The voyage from the Gabi Tribe to Iron Bay Town was over a thousand li by sea. For Galleys, it took ten days, but for Caravels sailing at full speed, it required only four. And when those ten days passed and the supporting Galley fleet arrived at Iron Bay Town, the two Caravels had long since finished resupplying and set out again to patrol toward the Great Island of Haiti.
Of course, those two patrolling Caravels had another mission as well: to receive the tribal chiefs of the Great Island of Haiti and bring them to Iron Bay Town for the New Year festival in late January, to take part in the grand celebration where the various tribes gathered. And before anyone knew it, the warm winds of January had blown past—it was already a new year!
After the fleet arrived at Iron Bay Town, Chief Priest Tomatl held a welcoming ritual and soothed the newly arrived Samurai. All the Kingdom priests and Samurai in Iron Bay Town were also thrilled beyond measure that the Maya-Cuba route had been completely opened!
Of the three hundred Samurai Copilli had brought, one hundred had already been settled along the northern coast of Cuba; another hundred would remain in Iron Bay Town as its garrison, further strengthening the military power of this vital Snake Head of Cuba stronghold. As for the final hundred, after the New Year festival, they would gradually be transported to the southern coast of Cuba and stationed among the various Taino tribes, working with the local priests to speed up the conversion of those tribes.
At present, Cuba was in the midst of the Kingdom's rapid missionary work and assimilation. A new order founded upon the Main God was being established with almost no resistance. And as long as