It was now 440 BC and more barbarian warriors were spotted to the southeast. It was becoming apparent that there must be some kind of settlement where they are coming from. I ordered our axemen to take care of the new barbarian threat. It was reported that in 420 BC our brave axemen stormed up a hill and defeated the warriors, killing every one of them and not taking any prisoners. Our axemen moved out after healing from the battle and discovered the barbarian city of Jute which had been about where we expected it would be to the southeast.
It was with great joy that we found out from Russian merchants that the Russian city of St. Petersburg had taken on the true faith of Confucianism in 300 BC and the following turn in 280 BC, the Russian emperor Peter had made Confucianism the state religion.
In 240 BC, there was another battle at the same hill southeast of Tenochtitlan where our axemen won a great victory years ago. The Jute barbarians tried a hopeless attack uphill and were utterly defeated. Our valiant axemen had no casualties and many slaves were brought back to Tenochtitlan.
We received word in 200 BC that the obelisk was finished in Tlatelolco, and the city started constructing work boats to fish the deep seas. I also ordered my smiths to start building as many axes as quickly as possible to increase our military strength and get ready for a possible attack of Russia.
By 1 AD, iron working was discovered which would allow us to use a better metal than bronze however our wisemen told me that our land did not possess any of the valuable metal. However, using obsidian rock, they had developed a weapon that would be deadly to our enemies and the new Jaguar units began to form.
In 20 AD, our scout still learning about Russia learned of a new civilization from Russian fisherman that had been blown way off course to the north. These fisherman claim that Americans live to the north but not much is known of these strange people. It is believed that Peter is aware of these people and sends secret envoys to them but it is only a rumor.
After finishing the axemen army in 60 AD, our Confucian priests asked for a temple to be built and I ordered the construction of a Confucian temple in the holy city of Teotihuacan. In 100 AD, we learned that there was a great scientist in Russia making new advances and that same year I ordered our new axemen army to march southeast and capture the Barbarian city of Jute.
In 180 AD, a great accomplishment had been made in Tenochtitlan. The first Jaguar unit was finished and it was such a marvel to see. Our enemies would not know what hit them when they saw this new weapon we had in store for them. I am told from my general that our Jaguars are especially adept in forest and jungle. After this momentous occasion, a Confucian temple was put under construction in Tenochtitlan. In that same year, I received word that our axemen were just outside the city of Jute and we also learned that there is an island to the north that has iron deposits.
In 200 AD, our axemen stormed the warriors garrisoning Jute. The Jute defenders were utterly defeated and most surrendered without a fight. The city of Jute now belonged to the Aztec Empire. Our axemen pillaged 61 gold from the inhabitants and this new city had access to more copper and stone. We got right to work gathering workers from the city to build roads, mines, and quarries. It also appears that Jute is the end of the continent as the eastern ocean has now become visible.
It was in 240 AD that some of our priests started conceiving of a blasphemous idea that there were multiple gods that governed many different things around us. They called it polytheism. This new idea is crazy and I see no reason why we should let it exist with our Confucian beliefs. Strange that it was the same year that the temple was finished in Teotihuacan. Teotihuacan is going to become a military city and I have ordered many Jaguars to be trained there. Not long after the first Confucian temple was finished, the second one was finished at Tenochtitlan in 280 AD. I ordered a library to be built so our wisemen can easily pursue new technologies.
The workboats were finally finished in Tlatelolco in 320 AD and the city started building a library. By 420 AD the Tenochtitlan library was finished and the following turn, 430 AD, Monotheism was discovered by our priests which has allowed us to have an organized religion. That same year another barbarian city was discovered to the south. The barbarian menace had not been defeated completely yet. Not long after discovering the new barbarian threat our axemen defended off a barbarian invasion east of Teotihuacan. This threat would have to be eliminated.
I received word that a great prophet had began spreading our faith in Tenochtitlan and he came to me asking to build a great shrine in Teotihacan to honor the holy city. This shrine would also gain our empire wealth from all of the Confucian pilgrims who would visit the shrine. So it was in 490 AD that the great Kong Miao was built in Teotihuacan. Confucian pilgrims from throughout the Aztec Empire and Russia came to marvel at the holy building and every year new believers flock to the holy city of Teotihuacan.
By 510 AD, we received word from a pilgrim that there was another great scientist in Moscow. The Russian people must be getting very advanced. There was also good news though as the southern barbarian city Harappan was captured by our axemen and 90 gold was pillaged from the city. Despite conquering Harappan, more barbarians began encroaching from the south and now these warriors were carrying axes. Our brave axemen that had conquered Harappan was outnumbered 2 to 1 by an axeman unit and a warrior unit. However, these axemen were able to defend off the attack in a heroic effort to save Harappan for the Aztec Empire in 600 AD.