Aztec Eternals

"Keike, are you saying that the three islands and the three large islands in the tribal alliance were originally the lands of the Ainu people? They migrated here thousands of years ago, and gradually annexed your tribes and territories, and destroyed the mountains, forests and swamps. The hunting grounds were transformed into patches of farmland?…”

"Hmm, Ancestor, I don't know. Did Kazuto originally have three big islands? Did they come here a thousand years ago?... Those are the tribal legends that my father told me when I was young... He said that the mountains of the ancestor Big Bear The spirit of the ocean once spread all over the north and south! The ocean spirit that protects the killer whales will sing throughout the world! From the southernmost island to the northernmost Thousand Islands, it takes several months or even a year to travel across such a vast land. There are Ainu hunting grounds everywhere, there are Ainu villages everywhere, and the village spirits of fishing owls fly! ...until Kazuto comes from the sea and builds villages on our hunting grounds, turning the swamp into a swamp. Farmland, enshrining their guardian spirits... There are more and more Kazu people farming, and they are getting stronger! They annexed the Ainu tribe along the way, driving us northward, until this last Ainu land, the last god of heaven. The big sheltered island, Ainumohili…”

The cold wind blows, and the gentle words flow on the frozen seashore. On the cold Kamchatka Peninsula, I miss the warm and prosperous southern ancestral land. Exploration captain Zuvalo held the soft girl in his arms and listened to the ancient legends of the Ainu people. His eyes flashed with thoughts from time to time, and he even planned for the long-term future.

"Lord God bless you! Who are our friends and who are our enemies? Who are the friends we can win over and who are the enemies we must fight against?... This is the admonition written by His Majesty in the scriptures of Shenwei University. It is also the admonishment of every sailor. Priest, this is a key question that you must always think about!”

"We sailed to this icy peninsula in the far north. The mountains and deer on the peninsula are all cunning and ferocious nomadic tribes, just like the canine descendants migrating in the wilderness. They drive sleds and herds of deer, from Migrating from one camp to another, they experienced too many winds and snows, and engraved the flexibility of wolves into their souls... Although such a tribe can accept the belief of the main god, this belief is by no means stable and full of practicality. It means... They revere the gods, but they always stay at the level of awe rather than piety. They just regard the main god as some kind of unimaginable incarnation of thunder, just like worshiping 'Tenggri' who is the incarnation of the sky and the incarnation of the earth. 'Sacred Mountain', or the 'Sacred Deer' incarnated by our ancestors! ..."

"Perhaps, in a few generations, many devout believers of the main god will appear in the Mountain and Deer tribes. And after accepting the main god, they will naturally accept the Jiaoren's epic and become a member of the Jiaoren tribes. …But at least now, at least within a generation, they will not dedicate themselves to gods…”

"And further south? What about the three islands on the big island, the tribal alliance, and the Korean tribal alliance where the craftsmen come from?... From the perspective of the captives we converted, their culture is deeper and their beliefs are so diverse that it is difficult to explain. level. They are a more practical tribe, more practical than the nomadic tribes on the peninsula, and they value what the gods can bring them! Their faith must always be exchanged for rewards and benefits... even if the kingdom With mountains of gold and silver, you can’t bribe too many Kazuto or Korean tribes, right?…”

Zuvalo stroked Thousand Island Shell's short hair, his wise eyes seemed to see through everything, just like the Samoyed dog pulling the sled nearby.

However, he obviously did not know enough about the kingdom's gold and silver, and he knew nothing about the purchasing power of gold and silver in the southern ministries. But when he lowered his head and looked at the fair-haired girl in his arms, her affectionate look was like he had discovered some real treasure, a treasure of faith!

"Blessed by the Lord God! The Yamabebe and the Deerbebe are our friends based in the Far North, allies of the reindeer and the fight. And these Ainu tribes with simple beliefs and can be won over are the real potential Jiao people group and the foundation for establishing The true hope of faith in the Lord God!…”

"They have no written language and little inherited culture. The natural guardian spirits they believe in are also compatible with many Jiao tribes. And the Ainu god Kotanka, who does almost nothing and is completely blank, can perfectly inherit the Mexican Lord God! ...They are in an unfavorable situation of being threatened and oppressed by others, and they are even more eager to gain support from external forces... Lord God! This is the best group of believers, and this is the missionary goal that the kingdom must strive for. !…”

After obtaining intelligence from the south, Zuvalo thought for a long time and finally clarified his thinking and developed a clear long-term political strategy.

The shaman chief on the Kamchatka Peninsula, the old grandmother who led the mountain tribe, was like an old but keen old wolf, which left a very deep impression on him. It is impossible for this female chief of the Nomadic Tribe Alliance to tolerate him and the "Haibu" to continue to annex and expand on the peninsula. If it threatens the other party's rule, there may be another bloody wedding, causing heavy losses to the kingdom's hard-earned power... Therefore, this road is positioned as a marriage alliance, and each other's spheres of influence must be divided and determined in advance, and then Gentle missionary penetration leaves great power to time.

Therefore, the location of the kingdom's next camp will continue to the south, falling on the territory of the Ainu people, and the Ainu tribes on various islands will gradually be included in the Jiao people group who believe in the main god!

Therefore, only by accepting the Ainu tribe and supplementing the local population can a more powerful Jiao people be assimilated and firmly established on the islands in the south. This is the only truly feasible future for the kingdom!

In order to plan all this, in order to obtain craftsmen and livestock from the southern tribes, he must know more and know more details about the southern islands.

"After the thaw this year, I must personally lead the long boat south to meet the Ainu tribe on the southern island and see the Kazuto people in the southernmost part! ... Well, I also have to go to the peninsula in the west and pass there. What kind of 'Shan Tao' tribe are you bringing back in exchange for some four-legged riding beasts and herding beasts... I don't know how much gold you need to bring? Is it enough to bring a thousand kilograms first?

The falling snowflakes and the cold north could not extinguish the flame in the heart of the exploration captain. Piety and ambition are engraved in this man's eyes and in his bones, making him seem to have endless power. Thinking of the infinite possible future, Zuvalo suddenly felt a little hot. He tightened the girl in his arms, which resulted in a low exclamation and the girl's face instantly turning red.

"Zu...you want?...let's go back to the house?..."

"Hmm. Well... no, wait!"

Zuvalo was about to get up when he suddenly thought of something and froze in place. He narrowed his eyes, pondered for a while, then suddenly looked at the Thousand Island Shell with serious eyes and asked.

"Keike, you just said...the Ainu people are divided into five major tribes of the South Island tribes, as well as the Qiandao and Huata tribes of the North Island tribes?..."

"Ah? Yes... Zu, my father told me. We have the inheritance of the Northern Tribe of the South Island, but we have always intermarried with the Qiandao ethnic group among the tribes of the North Island. In fact, the divisions between the tribes are not so clear, and most of them are just numbers. A small tribe of a hundred people…”

"Well, generally speaking, the territory of the Ainu in the North Island includes the northern coast of the Ainumahili Island, the Thousand Islands in the northeast, and the Kata Island in the northwest... As for the territory of the Ainu in the South Island, it is the vast majority. Part of the Ainumoshiri Island is divided into the Hokuyu tribes on the west coast, the Ishikari tribes on the central coast, the Saihara and Higashihara tribes on the south coast, and it is said that there is a bay on the south coast directly bordering Kazuto. The Uchiura tribes..."

"Witness the Lord God! Shell, according to you, the Ainu people of the South Island alone are divided into five major tribal alliances, and each alliance has many small tribes... And a tribe is just like your tribe before it was attacked , just like hundreds of people?…”

"Hmm... that's right? It's difficult for the tribe to gather too many people because it can't afford to feed... My father said that our Beiyu tribe is the smallest, so among the five major tribes, we are the weakest. And the most powerful The Ishikari tribe often attacks us and robs us of property and people. They have been attacking us more frequently in recent years. It seems that they have been threatened or induced by Kazuto. They also send people to various tribes to ask for the best ferret and snow fox furs. It must have been exchanged for Kazuto..."

"Huh? Kazuto's threats and inducements, asking for the furs of ferrets and snow foxes?..."

After hearing the unexpected news, Zuvalo was startled, and something seemed to be caught in the flash of lightning in his mind. He remembered that he had packed a lot of furs on the Heguochang ship he led a raid on, and they were still piled in the cellar of the camp... But soon, he put aside the extra thoughts and only asked the question he was most concerned about. .

"Keike, your Ainu tribe only has a few hundred people. I'm fully prepared, and your Beiyu tribe alliance is estimated to only have 20,000 people. The so-called five Ainu tribes of the South Island together probably only have more than ten people." Wan tribe?"

"According to His Majesty's prophecy, and according to the instructions of Kazuto prisoners and Korean prisoners... the three islands and the tribes combined, that is calculated in millions, even more than the combined population of the alliance and the kingdom... the three islands and the tribes alliance Since they have such a powerful force, since they drove your Ainu tribes from the three islands in the south all the way to the large island of Moshiri in the north, they have still established themselves on the southernmost tip of the island for many years..."

"Witness the Lord God! Then why don't these Kazuto tribes conquer you to the end and eat you up completely?...Why don't they turn this last Ainu Island into their Kazuto territory and build their Where are the villages and farmland?…”

Hearing such a cruel possibility, Qiandao Shell was stunned and his eyes turned red again. Her cheeks flushed and she threw her head back like an angry cardinal. She bit her lip with tears in her eyes, looked at her chief husband, and declared firmly and loudly.

"The gods protect us, the guardian spirits protect us, and the ancestors in the sky also protect us! Ancestor! This last Ainu land, this last Moshiri Island, is the sanctuary promised by the gods to us Ainu people , which Kazuto can never conquer!…”

"They can send out ferocious warriors, and they can threaten and plunder our tribes... However, they will never be able to settle down in our territory, and they will never be able to build their own village with humans in the sanctuary of the gods!..."

"Huh? Shell, why do you say that? Hasn't Kazuto already established a settlement at the southernmost tip of the big island?..."

"The ancestors and guardian spirits witnessed it! My father said it, and the elders of the clan also said... Kazuto will stop here, and they can no longer take a step north! Because..."

At this moment, Qiandao Shell raised his head, looked at Zuwaro with extremely firm eyes, and spoke of the mythical creed that all Ainu people firmly believe in and have been continuously verified for hundreds of years.

"Because, Kazuto's most terrifying god, the most evil god...the rice god who is in charge of farmland, was blocked by three guardian spirits!..."

"Because their terrible canals and rice fields, their terrible wells and dry fields all stop outside this last Ainu land! Their white rice and yellow rice cannot be grown here at all, and they cannot survive!..."