Chapter 17 Ceremony (2)
Standing at a high place, before Amy could send the Eye of Hermes, Ella saw the outline of the land. The land extended toward the horizontal line, and could not see the edge at first sight, and its area was more than ten times that of the Movara mud.
"Amy, put the Eye of Hermes back!" Ella shouted to Amy who had climbed halfway up the mountain, "Call Tessosomok here!"
Soon, several Aztlans lifted Tessosomok up. Because they were lying on the stretcher and unable to move, Tessosomok obviously gained a lot.
"Look at the land over there." Ella said, pointing to the other side of the sea, "Is this Aztland?"
Tesosomok nodded and shook his head again: "This is the Caribbean Sea. What you see now is Antilles, the largest of the many islands in this area. There is still a distance of sea to go from Aztland."
"Oh? Are there many such islands? Then who controls them now?"
"There are several islands on the south side of the Caribbean Sea that are controlled by another empire in the south, but the one you see now belongs to Aztland." Tessormok replied, "We originally planned to build cities on this island as a transit station to the New World. Now it seems completely useless. We have miscalculated the width of the ocean, which is too close to Aztland and too far from the New World."
Ella nodded. It has been several months since she set out to start. If it weren't for the Movara Ni and this island, the flying zealander would have almost couldn't hold on. The flying zealander was not good, and other small boats would be even worse. Unless the speed and range of the ship can be greatly improved, there would be no significance as a transit station here.
Perhaps because of the shallowness of the sea, Movara Nijia stopped moving forward and slowly and sank for a while, allowing the stranded ship to float again on the sea surface and be ready to sail at any time.
To be cautious, Ella asked: "Tesosomok, I remember you said that the basic unit of Aztland is a city-state, and each city-state has a Tratoani. Will our direct login arouse hostility?"
"I won't be here. There are also differences between city-states. Except for the three city-states of Tenochtitlan, Tescoco, and my Trakopan are allied by each other, the rest of the city-states are our vassals." Tsosomok said, "Tratoani here has to hand over tributes to me every year. Speaking of which, before he became Trakopan, he worked for me in Trakopan."
"oh?"
When she heard that Tesosomok's status was higher than that of the rulers on the island, Ella suddenly felt energetic. She stood up straight, cleared her throat, and then pretended to be very serious and said, "Tsomok, the Feathered Snake God has returned to Aztland after so long. This is the first stop. I believe that the enthusiasm of the local residents to entertain guests will not disappoint the Feathered Snake God, right?"
Amy whispered from behind: "Your Majesty, why do I feel like you are asking for bribes publicly?"
Ella was anxious: "What are you asking for bribes publicly? You asked for something from the other side to help the other side to do business! I don't do anything for them, I just want to have a big meal!"
"It sounds worse! Not only is it bad, but it is also a little sad..."
Tessomok didn't think there was anything wrong with Ella's words:
"That's right. Lord God will wait on the island first. I will send a team of people to the island to inform you and ask the local Tratoani to row a boat to pick you up."
Several merchant ships sailed towards the island like this. Ella asked the scattered pirates to gather together, line up, and then sat quietly on the beach and waited quietly. But perhaps it took a little time to prepare for the welcome ceremony. Ella waited from morning to afternoon, and her stomach was almost on her back, but she still didn't see anyone coming back from the island.
Amy dragged the plate of bark bread over again.
"Your Majesty, you didn't eat anything today. It's almost evening. Let's eat some bread to make your stomach..."
"What are you thinking about? Amy! We will have a big meal right away! Think about it, the table full of meat! I can't finish eating rye bread! I don't keep a little belly, what's the point of eating rye bread here!"
If it were normal, Ella would not be so obsessed with what she had eaten. But for months sailing at sea, let alone meat, even flour had to be eaten with grains, and the spices used for seasoning were broken for almost a month. If a pile of gold and a table of carefully seasoned food were placed in front of Ella, Ella would definitely choose the latter without hesitation.
"Okay, then I'll eat it myself..."
Amy cooked a pot of vegetable soup from the wild vegetables picked from the island, and swallowed the hard bread bite by bit.
"I think I should fill my stomach as much as possible when I can fill my stomach. Your Majesty wants to have a big meal, but I don't know if the Aztlan dishes fit your Majesty's taste."
After waiting for a while, when dinner was approaching, a fleet finally drove over from the other side. Interestingly, only the one at the front was a long boat of Pirate Kingdom style, while the ones following behind were canoes. It was a real canoe, just a hole for two to three people to ride on the trunk of a tree, and then equipped with a fleet of oars. In Ella's fleet, the long boat was considered a flexible and mobile boat. But in this fleet of the Aztlans, the long boat with twenty people was undoubtedly considered a battleship.
“Aztland’s shipbuilding has just developed in the past decade, so there is not much stock,” Tessosomok explains. “Before mastering this technology, canoes are our most effective means of water transport.”
The canoes were shaking on the sea, which made people worried that the fleet would be wiped out by a slightly bigger wind. However, the Aztlans seemed to be very skilled in controlling canoes. Several times Ella watched the canoe to climb, but under the operation of the pulp hand, they all turned into danger, and the pirates on the side were worried.
But in short, the fleet finally landed safely. Ella recognized their leader from the crowd at a glance - among the crowd, only he wore green bird feather jewelry and green gems, and his physique was obviously stronger than others.
"Tratoani! I'm late! I'm late!"
Although the leader was also Tratoani on the island, he chose to use this title to call Tesosomok. He shouted loudly as soon as he got off the ship, searching for Tesosomok among the pirates in line. When he found Tesosomok lying on a stretcher, his expression suddenly became extremely surprised:
Chapter completed!