Chapter 10: The Great River of the South of Maosu

As early as when I was on a boat ride on the Hamadan River, I listened to the Aiphonqi people talk about their hometown, which is on the other side of the river, which is said to be larger than the territory of Romanhefei, but the Aiphonqi people were driven out of Maosu Island in disarray before they had time to occupy the south.

According to the caravan's original plan, it was to go south after Sivazi and go south to exchange some unique goods with the Rodin barbarians for sale, so I was sorry at first that I couldn't go to Maugu Island this time.

But fortunately, when it came time to Siwazi, the caravan leader changed his mind and he decided to take a faster waterway.

Originally, when we were repairing in Sivazi, we learned from the Sivazi caravan that in 1480, the Aifengqi people had established a new port of Tonila in a good harbor in the south, so we planned to take a boat from Sivazi to Linaon, and then rush to Linaon to Tonila. ......

...... The river was really big, and it was then that I understood why the people of Efonge worshipped this river to the south of them so much, and this vast river almost made me think it was the ocean, and as a result, the two leaders of the caravan had some arguments over this issue.

The female leader thought it was a river, but it was an infinite number of times larger than anything we had seen before, and was therefore feared by the people of Afonci as the Great River.

The male leader believes that this should not be classified as a river, but should be classified as a sea, because Maugu Island does not have land connected to Middle-earth, so this so-called "great river" is just an ocean between Maugu Island and Middle-earth.

The female leader sneered at each other and asked the male leader if he had ever seen such a large river, or was it such a small ocean? The ocean should be vast and unpredictable, and compared with the real sea, this big river can only be regarded as a bathtub at best, how can it be called an ocean?

The male leader retorted that the river should have a source and an end, and this so-called big river is just a confluence of the ocean, flowing into the ocean on the other side, which does not meet the definition of the ocean at all.

The two leaders then argued over whether the river was a river or an ocean. Regardless of what the great river is classified, it is certain that if a great river is a river, it is the largest river in the world, and if a great river is an ocean, it is the smallest ocean in the world.

Regardless, the Great River is a geographical gem and a place that every traveler should visit. ......

...... After passing through a very narrow place, compared to the rest of the great river, the two sides of the river, the north and the south of the land are so close together, only a few hundred meters, I feel that when I graduate from the academy, I can fly across the opposite bank with my spiritual power in one breath.

According to the introduction of the Ai Fengqi people in the same boat, this is the mouth of the old Linaang River, which is the only place to enter and exit the great river, and there is the old Linaon city in front of it, if you start a war, you can block this estuary at any time and paralyze the channel of the entire great river.

The history of this region is not very recent, only two or three hundred years, because the former ruling center of the Efonci was in the north, and the colonies were also in Middle-earth. The homeland of Linaon and Aiphonqi is separated by a large forest to the north, and the Aifunqi people reach Linaon through the exploration of Sivazi.

And as the conquest of the western regions of Fenno, their old enemy, began, Linaon gradually emerged from his half-dead state and began to prosper.

Remembering the dangers of the old Leonaon estuary, I think that Linaon will be in an increasingly important position among the countries of Afonci, after all, he is blessed with a unique geographical location.

After passing through the mouth of the old Linaon River, you will enter the harbor of Linaon, the territory of the former country of the Aifunzi people, which is now in sight. ......

Chapter 11: The Land of the South of Maosu

...... The land to the south of Mausu is a small territory—probably a little larger than the chief priesthood of Gosur, but it is crowded with three nations, Efonchi, Fenno, and Finlay.

Naturally, Efonqi doesn't need to say much, Fenno is what Efonqi calls a vulgar barbarian, but according to my understanding, Fenno people established a country more than 300 years earlier than Efonqi.

As for Finlay, it was the result of Afonchi's return to Mausu Island more than a decade ago, and their rulers were the former Fenreans' slaves, the Fenreans, whose relationship with the Finlay was presumably the relationship between the Sulassi and the Suhi.

The current situation is that the Finno have lost almost all of the territory in the southern part of the Finlay Mountains, and the Efonchi have regained their former homeland from Fenno, as well as some ports in the south of Fenno - Fenno has no such thing as a navy, just like us in Goshyg, and then the Finne take over the rest of the territory.

During my visit to Linaon, I had met some of the Fenno, but they were all remnants of Fenno's rule over the region, and the real Fenno had retreated north of the Finlay Mountains, and it seemed that they would not be able to see the Fenno this time. ......

...... By the time we arrived in Tonyra, it was late autumn of 1483, and the southern barbarians were no match for our settlers, who had nothing to trade at this time, and the caravans feared that I would not be able to afford the winter in the wilderness—you know, there were no official routes further south, so we stayed in Tonila for the time being, waiting for spring.

Less than 3 years after the construction of Tonila's port was completed, everything was very rudimentary, and the surrounding Rodin barbarians were eyeing it and full of hatred, and Tonila was still very dangerous.

The Rodin here are very different from the Rodin in Sivazi, such as being more difficult to communicate with and being hostile to outsiders, so in December 1483 I had the privilege of participating in a battle to defend against the Rodin invasion at Tonila, and I killed one with my own hands. ......

Chapter 12: Travels in the Territory of the Rodinians

...... In the early spring of 1484, in the cold wind, I left Tonila and followed the caravan through the tribes of the Rodins.

It is a desolate land, with no traces of civilization in sight, no towering walls, no uniform fields, wild beasts everywhere, and rudimentary fences and altars at best, this is the tribe of the Rodins.

The previous trips were all along the official road, even if the official road maintenance was broken, it was only a matter of the caravan, and people could still walk, but now they have to fight against barrenness every step of the way, and all this is really terrible. ......

...... Even the wasteland between Stine and Harikasu was not as difficult to walk as it was here, and it was a torture for me to walk for months while there was only a little more than ten days to travel there......

...... The attitude of the Rodin tribe here is very bad, and for them, it seems that everyone who does not speak their language is an enemy, unlike the barbarians on the side of Goschug, they cannot communicate. ......

...... The caravan persisted, and the female leader judged from some of the Rodins who believed in the sun that there must be a country in the south that believed in the sun, and God knows if that was the case. ......

...... I had a fever, a very heavy fever, probably because I was moving in the rain the other day, but I can't be blamed for that, the female leader said that there would be a flood there, and we had to go quickly.

Fortunately, the female leader was a kind-hearted person, he did not abandon me, stopped to give me time to rest, and placed me in a cave to regain my energy. ......

...... It's been a week since I fell ill, and now that I'm finally half refreshed, our team can set off again, thanks to the blessing of the Star God......

...... That's right, the lady's judgment was correct, the faith of the Rodin barbarians here has changed, and they no longer believe in the gods of Afonci, but in the sun worship that they have seen in Afonci's slap. ......

...... Seeing a group of communicative Rodin made me feel like I was back in Sivazi, and although the Rodin here believe in the sun rather than the river or the forest, at least the Rodin are familiar with our dress. I'm thrilled because it means that there really is a mature country to the south.

...... The stars are above, I can see it, it is a neat farmland, and there are farmers ploughing the land! Civilization! It is civilization! That beautiful and magnificent civilization!

After several months of arduous trekking, I finally saw the traces of civilization again.

Chapter 12: Bairekh - Huanai - Sakhalin - Yat

...... I followed them into local clothes and into a city I hadn't seen in a long time.

This is a new civilization, a civilization that has never been seen before, and they call their country Yayoktor, and the area I entered is Bayreh, the capital of the great province of Bayreh in Yayoktor.

...... The Yayokdons like to wear brown clothes, giving the impression that earthy yellow is the most common color in their country, not only ordinary houses, but even palaces are earthy yellow, and from a distance they look like a lump of XX.

As a Gosur, I don't know what is so strange about a lump of colors that are indistinguishable from the ground, but the Yajoks seem to like it very much. Is it because the Yayoks worship the sun? It should be golden, why do they paint a lot of earthy yellow paint? ......

...... Walking along the coastline and going south, it is a pity that I was not able to go to the interior to see the capital of Asia York. But at least one thing is thankful that I'm finally on the official road again, instead of going through the weeds. ......

...... Here in Huanai, I spent the last day of 1484, ushered in the year 1485, and experienced the way of celebrating the New Year of the Yayoks, well, it is to simulate the rising and setting of the sun, and use magic to make all kinds of fires, enough to ensure that the brightness at this time makes it impossible for you to sleep. ......

...... When we got to Athe, it was very difficult if we wanted to go any further, because there was a war going on in front, and Ledica in front was in a state of fire, in a blockade.

It is said that in the year 1481 of the Great Calendar, when I was still in Roman Hephi, Ajoctor united with a southern country called Medas and declared war on Ami, and the war continues to this day.

When I heard the news, the caravan was very worried, for us the war was preventing us from traveling, it was fine to walk north of Yajocto, but if we reached Yami, it would be full of fireworks and a long part of the journey was unsafe, especially for me who was only 15 years old.

The male leader proposed to sail directly from Yate to safety by boat, but the maritime industry in Yayoctau was not well developed, and there were no ships to provide us with navigation.

At this point, we are once again in the midst of a forward crisis.