The sun slanted slightly to the west and fell into the priest's hall. The spices in the censer had burned out, and a high priest was about to add more, but the high priest waved his hand. Although the breath of the gods is soothing, inhaling too much is not a good thing.
"Counting the time, the arrests in Tlacopan City have already begun."
The high priest smiled calmly, stood up, and went to the priest's apse to have some simple snacks.
Xiulote sat cross-legged in the main hall, carefully checking the alliance's household registration and farmland figures.
These figures were carefully collected by village priests in various places, coupled with the estimation of tribute tributes in various places, and calculated layer by layer. Obviously, these numbers are not going to be very accurate. But in this era, they are important and rare secrets. They are the basis for ruling the country and reflect the central power's control over local areas. Apart from the centralized alliances and kingdoms, the remaining ministries in the world probably don't even have such rough figures.
"God bless the Mexica Alliance and rule the world... The Great Temple is among the best in the world. It is surrounded by the Gyeonggi Province for 180 miles. It is directly under the alliance. It is a fertile valley given to the Alliance by the Lord God! The population of the Gyeonggi Province is more than 150 Ten thousand, about 500,000 adults, 10 million acres in Milpa Lake District, and 15,000 hectares in Chinampa Lake District..."
Seeing this, Shulot was slightly startled. The radius of one hundred and eighty miles around the great temple is directly under the jurisdiction of Gyeonggi? Based on this calculation, Teotihuacan, the holy city within a hundred miles northeast of the Texcoco Lake District and his hometown of Teotihuacan, has also been included directly under the alliance! ... He raised his head and wanted to ask his grandfather, but found that at some point, his grandfather had disappeared.
"Gyeonggi with a population of 1.5 million! The Mexica Valley in the Texcoco Lake District is indeed extremely prosperous! The agricultural level in the Lake District far exceeds that of other parts of the world!"
Shulot praised in his heart. Then he calculated silently.
The alliance has a small-acre system, with one square kilometer being 2,500 small-acres. Chinampa, a floating field on the lake, can support 20 people per hectare, and 15,000 hectares can support 300,000 people. If the remaining 1.2 million people are allowed to cultivate 10 million acres of milpa, the average farm allocated to each person will only be slightly more than 8 acres. During Milpa farming, at least half of the fields must be left fallow, so the actual cultivated area per person is only 4 acres. In a kingdom with a vast territory and a sparse population, 20 acres of land are granted to each dynasty, and 8 acres are actually cultivated.
"Based on this, the Valley of Mexico is indeed densely populated, and the population in the Gyeonggi area is extremely prosperous! Around Lake Texcoco, almost all the fields that can be cultivated have been cultivated, and even sweet potatoes are planted on the hills. River mud and manure are also applied to Chinampa, maintaining astonishingly high yields... There is a huge urbanized population in the capital city of the lake, which relies on the supply of Gyeonggi farmers. The crops in America are already high-yield, without fertilizers and large livestock Under the circumstances, this should be the limit of support in the Valley of Mexico!”
Shulot mused secretly, thinking about the current situation of the Alliance's capital and recalling Zeng Jin's "future".
In the pre-Columbian era at the end of the 15th century, the Valley of Mexico in the Texcoco Lake District reached its most prosperous peak. When the Spanish colonists arrived here, they were shocked by the astonishing wealth and prosperity of the Texcoco Lake area. They had never seen such a densely populated, fertile land filled with gold and silver.
After the sparsely populated colonists captured the capital city in the lake, out of fear of the gathering of large numbers of Mexicans, they frantically destroyed the dam on Lake Texcoco for the sake of early rule, allowing the saltwater to flow back in and then draining the lake. Skoko Lake.
The floating fields in the lake were destroyed and the Milpa along the lake fell into desolation, permanently lowering the population limit of the valley. In the mid-16th century, a man-made famine spread together with European diseases, and the population of the Valley of Mexico plummeted by nearly 90%! The once prosperous civilization was completely destroyed by the aliens, and countless bones were left unburied. It was not until the early 20th century, around 1920, that the population of the Valley of Mexico barely returned to its pre-Columbian peak.
"Changing dynasties means destroying the country; leading beasts to eat people means destroying the world! When the Meng Yuan Dynasty went south, they raced horses to enclose land, converted farmland into pastures, and destroyed canals along rivers. This is the same thing!"
Thinking of this, Shulot lowered his eyes slightly, but his expression became more determined. After so many trials, he now firmly believes that as long as he is here, he can completely change everything and rewrite the history of Central American civilization!
After a while, Shulot calmed down his turbulent emotions and continued to look down.
"Outside of the capital, based on tribute calculations, the total population of the western city-states is more than 500,000, Tepanikapampang has about 220,000 people, and Tolocan state has about 300,000 people. Milpa should be between 3 million and 5 million acres, specifically. The number of acres is unknown.”
Seeing this, Shulot raised his brows and pondered in his heart.
"Tolocan State actually has a population of 300,000! From this point of view, the importance of the Trocan State Mountain Family has probably been underestimated by me..."
"The alliance's secret guards are in Tolocan State and have been deployed for a long time."
The high priest remained calm. After lunch, he came to Shulot's side again. He glanced at the document in Xiulote's hand and reminded him lightly.
"Izel from the Shanluan Family is related to the Alliance Secret Guard. This young man has great ambitions. As for the Chunyu Family who once contradicted you at the banquet, the High Priests have sent the Temple Guard to punish him."
"Chunyu family, patriarch Shaopan..."
Shulot was stunned for a moment, and the memories from before came to his mind. he asked.
"How will the high priests punish you?"
"All the men of the clan were exterminated, and the servants and women were exiled to the city of Xilotepec."
The high priest said calmly, without any change on his face.
"By now, Chief Shaopan should have conferred the title. We should take this opportunity to completely take back the power of the priests of the Goddess of Spring and let the chief priest of Tolokan control the religious power of the city-state."
"...Um."
Shulot lowered his eyes slightly and nodded. He pondered in his heart, his grandfather's actions were obviously a little anxious...Suppressing his doubts, Shulot opened the document again.
"The city-states in the south have a total population of 600,000-700,000. The population of Latchiko State in the southwest is 380,000, the state of Kuonawak in the south is 140,000, and the state of Vactepec in the southeast is 130,000. Milpa has about 400- 6 million acres, about a thousand hectares in Chinampa, the details are unknown..."
"Lachikobang is an important town in the southwest, with fertile land and a prosperous population. There are rivers and lakes scattered there, and there are also Chinampa floating fields. During the Western Expedition, much of the food for the Southern Route Army came from nearby Lachikobang. The southeastern Vactepec State borders the Tlaxcalans, the alliance's old enemies. It has undulating hills, dense fortresses, and strong folk customs. It is a border military city-state. In recent years, the southeast of the alliance has been attacked by the Tlaxcalans several times. Invasion, population gradually declined..."
The high priest smiled slightly and spoke again.
"Xulot, my son. If you join the Southern Route Army, you will use the Vactepec State as a base to conquer the east! I will issue a decree and compile another book, and let the chief priest of Vactepec do his best. Support you!"
Hearing this, Xiuluo nodded and smiled. He looked at the next document.
"The northern city-states have a total population of 410,000. Metztitland in the northwest has a population of 80,000, Veipuchtland in the north has a population of 130,000, Atotonilk in the northeast has a population of 200,000, and Milpa has about 2.5-3.5 million acres. ..."
