Chapter 109: News from Afar: Cuba, Maya, and Chibcha_3

However, more than forty years ago, the Tutulxiu Family, along with Samurai and commoners, launched a rebellion that utterly destroyed the great Mayapan, renaming it Tutulxiu and establishing the new Capital City, Mani. The Kokom Family thereafter dwindled and dispersed, their main branch leading the remnants of their tribe southeastward to build a new small town. And a branch like mine ended up scattered everywhere, becoming merchants and ordinary folk.

Ever since then, my family could only roam in foreign lands, relying on the mathematical and astronomical knowledge passed down through generations, taking risks on boats and plying trade between different kingdoms. Other Mayan merchants, respecting my bloodline, made me the leader of their merchant group. Over the years, although it seems we carried rich baggage and led a comfortable life, in reality, we lived day to day, our fate hanging on the whims of the privileged,"