Chapter One Thousand Five Hundred and Five: This cup of cocoa will guarantee your future!
"Young divine prophet! The location of the Great Shah River fiefdom is to the north of the wild Northern Tekos tribes, almost at the end of the world. If the location of this fiefdom cannot be changed...then the area of this fiefdom must be at least Yun
Yamashiro Valley
The land is so big. Moreover, our tribes in Yunshan hope to take more tribes with us! The number of six thousand people is really too small. You must know that there are nearly 20,000 tribes in each city and fortress in Yunshan City.
The people are all relatives of the same ancestors..."
"Dear Elder Yungushan, according to your thoughts, how many of the Yunshan tribe's descendants do you hope to take away and transfer to the west to join the Kingdom of the Lake?..."
"Blessed by the ancestors! At least double it, 12,000 people! This is not my idea, but the bottom line that the descendants of Yunshan discussed together before I left the city... In addition, the titles of three glorious nobles are really too few.
There is not enough to distribute among the descendants of the gods. We hope to obtain the titles of five glorious nobles! In addition,
Since we are going to open up wasteland on the edge of the wild North Tekos and re-establish villages and city-states...then for the first three years of opening up wasteland, we need food support from the kingdom! And after three years, we will pay 10% of the tribute to the kingdom, and then to
The kingdom's priesthood pays 10% of the offering. Yes, a total of 20%, just like the Otomi people..."
"..."
In the prophet's tent, mysterious symbols and flags surrounded the strange hexagrams. And two theocratic priests and elders sat cross-legged on the black and white yin and yang fish-cotton blankets, conducting "meetings with the gods."
Shulot sits on the black spot of the white Yin-Yang fish, which is also close to the top of the emblem of the main god. He wears a very formal obsidian feather crown, inlaid with two red gems like the eyes of the gods, and a sun-rippled obsidian pendant.
, he looked solemn and dignified, very heavy. At this moment, with his eyes lowered and his expression gentle, he patiently listened to the conditions of the Mixtec priests and elders, just like a generous and tolerant "priest king".
"Witness the powerful Huitziloppo War God! Our tribes in Yunshan will worship him devoutly as the only main god, and let the traditional rain god become a subordinate god. All rain god priests will swear an oath to serve the greater
Lord God. But whoever is unwilling, let him
Go to the position of priest...and, as agreed, we will send young noble heirs to join the Kingdom's Divine Enlightenment University to study the main scriptures and 'divine enlightenment teachings'. All future priests and nobles who inherit will have to study at the Divine Enlightenment University.
What an experience!…”
"Of course, according to the agreement in the previous negotiations, the inheritance of the priests and nobles of the fiefdom is still determined by our headquarters and enjoys the power of autonomy! In order to resist the canine invasion in the northeastern wilderness, the fiefdom's army is independently organized and managed, but it will be used in external campaigns.
At that time, obey the call of the Kingdom of the Lake..."
"Yes! That's all! A fief of the same area, twelve thousand tribesmen, five glorious noble titles, three years of land reclamation support... plus a 20% tribute ratio, and the autonomy of the fief!..."
Yun Gushan, the priest elder of Yunshan City, sits on the white spot of the black Yin Yang fish. He wears the feather crown of Chak, the god of rain in the clouds, painted with golden tiger claws, and decorated with jaguar bone ornaments. The old
The eyebrows trembled slightly, and the cautious eyes under the eyebrows carefully observed the expression of the "divinely inspired prophet". Then, the mouth that chanted the mantra opened and closed slightly, quietly lowered his voice, tried to lower his posture, and explained
The demands of the city.
"The revered divine prophet! Our tribes in Yunshan City still have two years of food reserves. If we abandon some of the old and weak, we can even last longer. And the nobles in the city are facing the god-king who raised troops for no reason and cruelly conquered
, in fact, they do not believe it. The nobles do not believe in the promise of the God King, and are afraid that the fate of the Tlaxcala tribes will befall them..."
"There is still a lot of food stored in the city. The reason why we are willing to give up our inherited ancestral land and surrender and transfer it to a feudal state... To a large extent, it is out of respect and trust for you! We know a lot about your divine character and brilliance.
, it is believable. In fact, you are able to return to the capital in the lake, hand over the inheritance of the alliance to your heirs, and serve the glory of the God of War wholeheartedly... It is really beyond our expectations among the Mixtec tribes, and we are very admired!"
"..."
The Mixtec elders had a sincere look on their face, while Shulot was silent. As the disloyal vassal who pays the most attention to the Mexica Alliance, the Mixtec tribes have always had a very deep understanding of the alliance's politics.
Three years ago, the power dispute between the Mexica Alliance and the Kingdom of the Lake intensified. The Mixtec tribes thought that the "barbaric" Mexica Alliance would once again perform the tradition of the Mexica royal family and stage a war.
Brutal royal civil war!
But the development of the matter was far beyond their expectations. Prince Shulot of the Lake Kingdom actually returned to the alliance and gave up his inheritance rights. With the temporary reconciliation of the two alliance royal families, the Mixtecs who were originally watching the excitement
The army immediately faced a disaster. The army mobilized by the alliance no longer had any scruples, and went directly south in large numbers, launching a "divine war" aimed at completely conquering the people in the clouds and devouring the rain god in the clouds...
"Dear divine prophet! You are a truly devout descendant of God, and a prophet who can foresee the future. You are a 'jaguar with a body of clouds'. You have faded away the greed and ferocity of the jaguar, leaving only the sacred whiteness of the clouds.
!…”
The elder Yungushan elder muttered in Nahua with a Toltec accent, and once again presented a "good guy card" after the former Otomi old priest Ault. Then Shuluo
Under Te's gaze with twitching eyes, the old priests and elders leaned deeply and kowtowed to the young prophet.
"Ancestors witness! We Yunshan tribes believe in your divinity and reputation. Therefore, we are willing to join your kingdom in the lake and accept the noble title of your kingdom! ... In fact, the more tribes we migrate, the more we will grow in the end.
, is also the strength of your feudal kingdom. And the titles of the five glorious nobles
Sir, it would not be a bad thing for you to divide the tribes on the clouds into five branches. As for the autonomy we request, we also follow the old example of the tribes of Otomi, the same as the tribes of Colima... If you are willing, we will also
I present the most beautiful noble girl to give birth to a divine heir for you..."
"The powerful God of War and the ancient God of Rain will witness our promise together! As long as you agree to these six conditions, and in front of the military formation outside Yunshan City, under the watchful eyes of the Alliance army, make a blood oath with us as ancestral gods.
…We will open the gates of each city and fortress in Yunshan City and hand over the Mixtec ancestral land passed down from generation to generation. Not only will we hand over this unbroken mountain fortress to you, but we will also hand over our 12,000 troops
Everyone’s lives are in your hands!…”
“…”
Facing the elders of Yungushan who bowed and bowed with pleading expressions on their faces, Xiulote sat still and thought quietly for a long time. Enfeoff these Central American nobles who surrendered in the divine war to the frontiers of the Central American world and let them open up wasteland.
Farming and expanding the scope of the world are just like the enfeoffment of the Western Zhou Dynasty
.For these enfeoffed border nobles, the kingdom will not choose to tax, but will use more economic means to exchange for the output of the frontier with superior productivity. Such enfeoffment will bring about an inversion of priorities and bring about
Did the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period bring about the hidden danger of rebellion a few generations later?…
I'm afraid, it depends on whether the belief in the main god has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people decades or hundreds of years later? How well has the kingdom's assimilation policy performed? To what extent has the central government controlled the local economy, and can it always occupy a dominant position?
Dominant advantage? And does he and the kingdom in the lake he created with his own hands have such confidence?…
"Okay! I promise you!..."
After a while, Shulot finally looked solemn and agreed in a deep voice. He looked at Yungu Mountain lying on the ground in the posture of a lord, and nodded solemnly.
"The ancient ancestors of the Jiao people are watching over us who have the same origin... As long as the tribes of Yunshan worship the main god, accept the myth of the ancestors of the Jiao people, and send the descendants of the nobles to study at Shenwei University... I will make a blood oath with you before the battle.
, agree to your transfer conditions!…”
"Witness the Lord God! After you are transferred to the Dasha River Plain, your food support for the first five years will be provided by the Great Lakes Festival Envoy. Not only that, the kingdom's priests will also teach you farming techniques and rent and provide metal farm tools.
...And with the water and soil conditions of the Dasha River Plain, as long as you can cultivate it carefully, the output of the fields will never be worse than this Yungu Valley, and it will even be richer!"
Speaking of this, Xiulote stretched out his palm and held the hair of Elder Yungushan. Then, he lifted the excited priest and elder, and his solemn expression softened slightly. After a moment of pondering, he looked into Yungushan's eyes.
, said with profound meaning.
"The ancestral oath can only exist one at a time... Since the Yunshan tribes have chosen to join the alliance, they must make a complete break with the Zapotec tribes in the south who swore an oath!..."
"Before coming to negotiate this time, the condition the God King gave me was to allow you to take away eight thousand people. But I made my own decision and promised you an additional four thousand people... I need you to come to the south of the alliance.
Conquer and make some useful contributions! For example, exchange the Zapotec tribes of Oaxaca for your Yunshan tribes..."
"The Zapotec coalition forces are stationed at the camp at the entrance of the Oaxaca Valley. While they are watching and hesitating, they are constantly sending out small groups of troops from the surrounding mountains and valleys to test them. They are neither willing to send the main force north to rescue you, nor are they willing to completely shrink.
.And this kind of small-scale fight in the forest does not help the battle line at all. It just wastes the lives of the warriors on both sides needlessly..."
"So, the God King intends to make a complete break with the entangled Zapotec people in the southeast of the Yunshan City Valley... We will spread the news of the rebellion of the Huastec tribes in the northeast, and then from the valley that has been occupied
Withdraw the troops and lure the Zapotec army into a deep pursuit, all the way to the Yunshan City Valley... But the Zapotecs have always been cautious. In order to let these cautious bats out of their caves, the Alliance needs the assistance of you, the descendants of Yunshan!"
"Witness the Lord God! We will let your envoys break out and pass the alliance's latest information to the Zapotecs. Your divine descendants from Yunshan City will invite the Zapotec allies to come and cooperate internally and externally to attack the retreating alliance.
The army...such and such...such..."
Shulot leaned forward and chatted with the elder of Yungu Mountain for a long time. The eyes of the old Mixtec priest flashed, and the expression on his face changed, showing struggling hesitation. After a while, he nodded heavily and said firmly
He bit his lip and promised.
"Okay! As witnessed by the wolf-like God of War, I will arrange everything! The tribes of Zapotec and Oaxaca have been married to our Yunshan tribes, and there are many descendants of nobles who are blood-connected. Since the alliance wants us, we must sever ties with
The Oath of the South..."
"I will send my third son there as the leading envoy for the Yunshan tribe to ask for help! He will not know the agreement behind it. He will only hold on to the last hope of saving Yunshan City, break through to the death, and go to the Zapotec where his mother was born.
The tribe asked for help. And the noble children he took with him to break out of the encirclement will also have the blood of Zapotec marriages... As for whether the Zapotec army will come, and how much it will come, let's see the smoke-like fate!
…”
Speaking of this, the Yungushan elder lowered his head, and real pain appeared in his old eyes. This group of noble children who went to Zapotec for help was not only a sign of surrender from the Yunshan tribes, but also the price destined to be lost.
.When the Mexica army launched a well-prepared ambush, these young nobles who knew nothing and were loyal to the tribe would probably die without a burial place together with the Zapotec reinforcements...
Shulot lowered his eyes and also figured out the choice of Elder Yungushan. He was silent for a few breaths because of the other party's decision, and quietly filled a cup of blood-colored cocoa and handed it to the other party's hand.
"Blessed by the Lord God! No matter how much cocoa is lost, as long as the sacred cocoa tree can continue, the future of the tribe will be preserved! And the future of the Yunshan tribes, in my eyes, is the overlap of the fifth era and the reconstruction into one
Jiao Man… So, with this cup of sacred cocoa, let’s pay tribute to the smoky fate and Jiao Man’s future!…”