"Thirty-four degrees north latitude—the narrow coastal lands of the Chumash, the valleys among the mountains—was the kingdom's Three Mountain Port. When the support fleet arrived, Keyuan and Kejie discovered in surprise that this valley port beside the river mouth was not the two-hundred-person settlement reported to them, but had already swollen to more than eight hundred people! Before their eyes, this supply port was nearly ready to be raised from a village into a town. And Ke Bao, the first-rank priest presiding over this port, would certainly be promoted to second rank..."
"Praise the Main God! Priest Ke Bao had taken only fifty warriors and, around the river mouth, within the narrow valleys spanning more than a hundred li, had initially established the kingdom's administrative order. And those loose, primitive Chumash tribes, numbering only a few dozen people each, had also accepted the Main God's faith one after another, migrated to the area around the port, and begun planting crude fields. Without question, the kingdom's development here was a kind of enlightenment from the Main God! Once these Chumash people's simple, blank hearts converted to the Main God's faith, they appeared especially devout. They earnestly followed the teachings of the priests and Assistant Priests, learned the kingdom's farming techniques, and also planted the Potatoes brought by the kingdom. And after last year's autumn harvest, when they personally saw the ample food they had never had before, their faith became even firmer, like a reward in return!..."
"The support fleet replenished some food at Three Mountain Port and unloaded a batch of Bronze Weapons and tools, even some iron farming implements. Priest Ke Bao brought several young Assistant Priests of Chumash origin and requested that the support fleet leave behind some craftsmen who could build boats. He wanted to open up