Chapter 1,282 Prepecha Lake District, the most prosperous place in the world
A group of kingdom warriors were wearing leather armor and running on the county road in Gyeonggi Province. The leader had a feather on his back and a belt with a letter. He was the messenger from the clouds.
Behind the messenger is the endless Milpa farmland. Corn stalks two palms high stand out in the fields, with fingernail-thin bean stems and pumpkin leaves the size of half a palm. New shoots have just grown, and the rainy season has arrived. Every day
It only needs to be watered once in the evening. At this time in the morning, tens of thousands of villagers and serfs are busy in the fields. They hoe out the weeds that keep sprouting, water the well-rotted manure in the village, and even carefully and piously
Yes, bury it with finely ground "stone fertilizer".
"The Lord God bless you! May there be no pests and no harm, no waterlogging and no disasters! May the pumpkins grow wildly and the corn harvest be bumper!..."
The prayers of the villagers spread to the prosperous lake. Hundreds of canoes and catamarans shuttled on the lake, carrying goods from the countryside and equipment produced in the city. And two new ones
The dike built on the lake surrounded a freshwater lake to the south, and there were patrolling samurai boats on the lake.
At present, on the lake surrounded by white dikes, there are already hundreds of hectares of Mexicachinampa floating fields divided into pieces. These floating fields are surrounded by wooden fences, and the middle is filled with densely packed pepper vegetables.
, spices and herbs, and the sacred cocoa tree. Further out, more floating fields have been laid with wooden foundations to support them, and they will continue to be built after the busy farming season is over.
The construction cost of these high-yielding chinampas is very high, and they also require supporting water conservancy facilities. But once they are built, there is no need to worry about droughts and floods, which greatly reduces the labor cost of irrigation. They can harvest multiple times a year, which is exactly what the royal family and the nobility
The most important family foundation and the most important inheritance field for them! In fact, when the "stone fertilizer" and "manure" are sufficiently provided, the output of these floating fields is even comparable to the most fertile fields in the south of the Yangtze River!
"The Prepecha Lake District is really rich! The prosperity here is enough to compare with the Texcoco Lake District in the Alliance, and some places even exceed it!..."
The messenger stopped, looked around, and sighed in a low voice. From these orderly farming arrangements, you can vaguely see the iron farm tools, the gray and white struvite that the farmers cherish and use, and the large and small canals that connect the rivers.
The pond, as well as the Chinampa Floating Field built after the dam encircled the lake... can clearly be seen that this is where the most developed agricultural productivity is in the entire American world, the fertile wilderness of Gyeonggi in the Prepecha Lake area!
"The wide stone path appears... The capital of Qincongcan has finally arrived!..."
The Sanhetu County Road turned into a stone road on the outskirts of the city. Then came the ancient and rapidly developing royal capital of Qin Congcan. This large city built on the lake has become the most prosperous political and economic center in the entire western part of the world.
.And the city’s population has not only returned to the nearly 100,000 people it was at the peak of Tarasco, but is even growing steadily!
On the outskirts of the capital city, rows of ever-expanding shacks and markets for agricultural products trade bear witness to the growth of this prosperity...
"Blessed by the Lord God! This costume, this wooden sign...is the king's messenger!..."
"Guards entering the city!..."
"Let go!"
With the guarding warriors opening the way, the messenger rushed into the royal capital and passed through the increasingly prosperous large market in the city. Different from the large and small open-air markets outside the city, this was a trading center for bulk goods and expensive specialties, and was a place to satisfy warriors and nobles.
A big market for our daily needs!
In the large market, the continuous stone houses and wooden houses are wide and tall. Nobles in rich clothes shuttle with their servants. Goods from all directions are gathered together. Bronze, gems, and black pottery are all local specialties of Gyeonggi. Silver, bone, and leather are
It was brought from the wilderness in the north. Feathers, costumes, spices, and dyes mostly came from the mountains and forests in the south. As for cotton cloth, well salt, stone tools, and wooden tools, all states produced them. However, the sacred smoke was heavily taxed and strictly restricted.
It can only be brought from the distant and mysterious Maya in the East.
Placed next to the divine smoke are the honey, cinnabar, and turquoise produced by the Maya. Especially the famous Mayan turquoise, which is crystal clear, large and bright, and is highly respected by the nobles of the kingdom!
"Tsk tsk! The turquoise shipped by Maya has been increasing in quantity in the past two years, and the quality is getting better and better!..."
"Not bad! Marshal Bertard fought well, and General Black Wolf attacked the city all the way... I don't know how much loot he brought back, how many warriors were promoted to nobles, and how much wealth he made!..."
"The Lord God bless you! Make way, make way!... We, the Songbird Quekator family, want all these Mayan turquoises!..."
In the surprised eyes of everyone, a young nobleman from the kingdom, with several tall servants carrying sacks, hurriedly pushed through the crowd and came forward. He first pointed at the boxes of turquoise, and then waved.
The servants with the faces of the wilderness put down their sacks, untied them and fell to the ground. The rushing gold, silver, copper ore and furs piled up into small piles. Then, the young noble pointed to the red cinnabar next to him,
He took out two pieces of pure and translucent West Coast water jade and added.
"These cinnabar... you can get as much as you want! If these bags of goods are not enough, these two pieces of top-quality water jade will be packed here first! When the merchant fleet coming to the north comes back, no matter how much you owe, I will add 30% to replenish it for you!..."
"Hey! Whose family does this person belong to? He is so arrogant..."
"Didn't he say that he is from the Songbird family?"
"Songbird family?..."
"It's the Songbird family that pioneered the northern sea route and made a fortune!... He is Cuitowewe. He has an older brother, Songbird Cuito, who is the third-level officiant of a new parish in the northern wasteland! In that parish,
There are not only gold and copper mines, but also silver from the wasteland trade, and water jade that I heard came from further north..."
"O Lord God! The wealth of the Northern Sea Route! If I were ten years younger, I would definitely go north with the Kingdom's fleet..."
In the midst of everyone's discussion, another young nobleman from the kingdom came out, but it was Aubao, the second son of the commander of the Gyeonggi Army Orosh. He looked at his familiar old friend in confusion and asked in a deep voice.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Is it you? Little Songbird? Why did you suddenly buy so much turquoise and cinnabar?...Is your father dead?..."
"Leopard, is that you?..."
Cuitoweve turned around and looked, suddenly surprised and delighted. He stepped forward and punched his old friend in the chest with his fist. The two of them were of similar age. They were classmates who graduated from Shenwei University together, and they were also good friends with similar interests.
.And this classmate relationship has transcended the ordinary aristocratic circle and become another unique bond within the kingdom.
"Leopard, you are right, my father is dead! Yesterday, my father drank cocoa, drank some fruit wine with honey, smoked a lot of sacred smoke, sang and danced to pray to the gods...and then this morning...
Look, he has been taken away by Death!…”
Speaking of his father's death, Quitoveve showed a little sadness, but not much.
One of the reasons for this is that his father is old and suffering from illness, and he has already made plans to find a good time this year and take the initiative to die during the sacrifice to the gods. This is also the custom of many Nava nobles who do not want to look bad.
Secondly, when my father died, he still had a smile on his face. He had just shown it to the priests and said that he had woken up in the red kingdom and was living a good life!…
Therefore, the most important thing at the moment is not to be sad, but to quickly follow the plateau tradition and prepare turquoise for dad to be buried with him, and cinnabar for the red kingdom! Among them, turquoise enhances the soul, protects divinity, and allows dad to stay in the kingdom of God.
The status in the country is higher. And red cinnabar is the hard currency of the red country and can be used as money...
As for the slaves who serve, the kingdom strictly prohibits human sacrifice, which is a decree issued by His Majesty himself. He can only bury a few of his father's old slaves secretly at night. Anyway, in Cutoveve's view, these
Even if the old man is returned to the village, he will not be able to do farm work, and no one will have extra food to support him. He will not live long at all. The level of productivity in society always determines the baseline level of morality. To demand morality beyond productivity is just nonsense.
Just a dream...
"Ah! The old song bird died while offering sacrifices to the gods? How wonderful! What an auspicious way to die!..."
"That's right! It's really blessed by the Lord God!..."
"Congratulations! You were taken to the red kingdom by the Lord God, and you will enjoy eternal peace and joy!..."
Hearing this, Aubao's face showed admiration, and the nobles around him also sincerely congratulated him, and the elderly were even a little envious. The Nahua tribes put little emphasis on life and death, and valued the omens of the gods, which is indeed similar to the Yin and Shang Dynasties.
"Little Songbird, these turquoises should be enough to cover the bottom of the tomb, right? Otherwise, there are caravans from the kingdom over there selling gems from the lake... There are also emeralds in them..."
"Buy more! Seeing how my grandma is drinking and smoking, she is probably going to leave with my dad... I have to prepare a big family tomb and then offer it on the altar... It's just an emerald in the lake, how can it be compared with
How does it compare to Mayan turquoise? Look at the color of this emerald, this rain-moist luster, this is the real, legendary rainforest turquoise! But the ones produced in our lake... are still a bit inferior, not good enough!"
Speaking of this, the two men lowered their voices slightly and looked at each other, both understanding. The Shenqi Institute branch in the outskirts of Gyeonggi always shipped out gems from the lake in batches... This has been happening for a long time, so what?
Can you hide it from the local nobles? Everyone has more or less rumors and speculations, and only the nobles outside the capital don’t know about it...
Therefore, these lake gems can be used at home to support the scene and deceive people. But now it is about the treatment of the soul after death. It must be buried in the tomb, so how can we fool the gods? We still have to use the best Mayan green.
Pine stone!
But strangely enough, in the past two years, Mayan turquoise, which was originally priceless but unmarketable, has become more and more abundant and cheaper. I heard from businessmen from far away that the boatloads of turquoise came from
Totonac Beach, brought back from the front line of the Eastern Expedition. It is unimaginable that the legendary Mayan tribes were so rich and had so much turquoise!
These Mayan caravans selling turquoise are so profitable that they are not only escorted by the warriors of the Coastal Alliance, but also have the background of the East China Sea Marshal's Mansion. It is said that the bulk of the turquoise is to be transported to the Mexica Alliance and sold to the alliance.
The great nobles exchanged for the supplies of food and grass to support the Eastern Expedition...
"Hey! Your Majesty is not here, but the Mayan trophies from the Kingdom are obviously going to be shipped to the Alliance for sale!..."
"That's right! It's really an advantage to those big nobles of the Alliance! They can actually sleep with Maya's turquoise pillows after death!..."
"Don't be anxious, there will still be turquoise when the next batch of Mayan caravans comes..."
The murmurs of the nobles in the royal capital became smaller and smaller as they moved away from the large market in the royal capital. The sound of forging and banging sounded in front of them, and became louder and louder.
The bigger.
"God bless me! I am His Majesty's messenger!"
"Quick! Go and tell Director Talea!"
"The craftsman camp is so big, where is the director?"
"Let me think about it...it should be in the innermost armor area! New armors have been made recently..."
"Oh! I remembered... what kind of armor is that... You take the messenger and drive slowly, I will report it right away!..."
The voice of the warrior sounded, and the gate of the craftsmen's camp opened. The messenger in the cloud rushed inside, and the bustling production scene suddenly came into view.
