"The Main God bears witness! Tikalo, after saying all that, what you mean is that accepting the surrender of Hidden Snake City's Water Fleet Commander has three advantages! One is cutting off support by sea, striking at the hearts and morale of the people in the city, and making Hidden Snake City fall as soon as possible. Another is that with an inside man's planning, we can sweep up the Priesthood and the divine descendants in Hidden Snake City as much as possible..."
The night was deep. Long shadows swayed through the great hall, and moonlight fell from the dome above. Black Wolf Toltec furrowed his brow, pondering Tikalo's cautious advice. As for those two military advantages, he actually did not think much of them. With his, Black Wolf Toltec's, ability, under the current circumstances, what difficulty could there possibly be in breaking the city and exterminating the tribe?!
"Mm... The most crucial one is still the third advantage. We'd obtain several ready-made Maya ships, take back two of the Kingdom's Longships, and gain a batch of ready-made Maya shipwrights... providing a transport fleet for the conquest of the farther eastern Maya and the development of Cuba!"
At that thought, Black Wolf stroked his chin and pondered for quite a while. He still had a letter from His Highness on him, instructing him to gather up shipwrights and carpenters from the city-states along the way and send them to Golden Bay City to serve the Kingdom's Eastern Shipbuilding Department.
He knew that shipbuilding was different from building siege engines. It was a real technical craft. There was no such thing as "great strength producing miracles," nor could the thing be thrown away after being used once in battle. Building a large ship required a long time. From timber, to frame,