The fragrance of birds ignited from the black pottery incense burner, carrying a special breath that seemed to stir the mind. After a portion of agarwood was burned, Naxiu added another portion of divine smoke. The young king next to the incense burner put down one volume of the album and opened another.
"Your Highness, Monkey Kuruka reports to you... In Hekou County, this year's autumn harvest is good or not, it is an average year! Based on the grain harvested from each village, the priests estimated that the population of the county is, There are about 250,000 people, four ding for every ten people. The cultivated fields are at least 2 million acres... The specific number may be too much, or it may be too little. But the villages are all in our hands. The grain tribute will not be small. By the way, there will be enough grain stored after the autumn harvest, and we can support a batch of Qingqiu County in the north..."
Seeing this simple and accurate report, Shulot smiled and felt a little relieved. Then, he calmed down and carefully
"After the autumn harvest, fifteen canine banner teams, oh, by the way, plus the new one admitted from the north at the beginning of the year, there are now a total of sixteen...all clamoring to go to the Chapala Lake area to plunder again. They planted The ground collapsed into the lake, and when I looked at the trophies brought back by the Guakili Army, my eyes turned red, and my mind was filled with battles and killings..."
"This year, there seems to be signs of a white plague in the north. The wilderness tribes are still going south, and the Guamar dog descendants have also organized themselves. They have tasted the benefits and made an appointment with us to send troops together to plunder the Feather Lake Chapala area. I promised... After the New Year, Hekou County will send out four thousand spear warriors and eight thousand canine warriors to go west along the Leman River. The Guamar people will send out 20,000 tribal warriors to go south from the plateau. Well, they It has also absorbed many wasteland tribes, and its strength has increased a lot, but it is short of food...
"Your Highness, we will attack from both sides and pluck all the feathers. Then, the young men and women they capture will be traded with the kingdom. According to the old rules, 50% will be exchanged for food, 20% for cotton cloth, and then weapons, salt , gems for 10% each... Well, in general, the price is very cheap. Get the people back as serfs of the samurai, or arrange for civilian settlements, and it only takes two or three years to recover the capital..."
After reading it briefly, Shulot nodded secretly. The Kingdom in the Lake is more than a thousand miles away from here, and it takes more than twenty days for the message to be transmitted. He has delegated power to the county governors who are close to each county, integrating military and political affairs, allowing them to make their own decisions. These documents are only reports from the county chiefs. Unless there is an extremely special event, he generally will not intervene remotely.
"Hekou County has a population of 260,000, ten people and four small people, and 2 million acres of farmland. They are about to go west to plunder... Well, the monkey did a good job!"
Shulot picked up the pen and wrote it down carefully. The fields here are all cultivated fields, regardless of the fallow area. Generally speaking, the amount of fallow fields will be 1-1.5 times that of actual cultivation... Soon, Shulot opened the next letter, which was a report from Jaguar Orosh.
"Your Highness, as of the autumn harvest, the population of Gyeonggi Province is 450,000, and the land area is about 4 million acres. The 70,000 Mexica young men promised by the high priest have all arrived a few months ago. Among them, 50,000 people have been resettled in Gyeonggi Province and have complied with It is your will that they intermarry with the Prepecha people..."
"After several years of rest and recuperation, the royal capital of Qincongcan has become quite prosperous, close to the scale of ten years ago. The harvest around the Patzcuaro Lake area is good this year, and towns and villages in various places have accumulated a lot of surplus food. The new-born children have also There are a lot more. The missionaries and priests estimated that each village has about ten people and three men."
"The Gyeonggi Corps is stationed in the Patscuaro Lake area and has not fought in three or four years. The warriors have not had any military exploits for a long time. They are all complaining when they see other regiments that have been fighting and making meritorious deeds. The officers asked me to write a letter to you, asking for your orders: Gyeonggi Corps , are the most loyal wings of the condor! No matter who the enemy is, they will fight and die for the king... So, respected king, when can the wings go out to fight?..."
Seeing this, Shulot burst out laughing. Orosh expressed his desire to fight openly and secretly. The Gyeonggi Corps had indeed stayed too long to guard the royal capital and were eager to fight. You know, without fighting, there would be no military merit, no promotion to a noble title, no income from plunder, and no granting of land or slaves...
"Haha! Gyeonggi County has a population of 450,000, ten people, and 4 million acres of farmland. The warriors are eager to fight..."
Shulot was narrating and pondering. After recuperating for the past few years, Patzcuaro Lake District has finally slowly regained its strength. The Gyeonggi Corps garrisoned the capital and suppressed the north and south. Although the whole army wants to go on an expedition, according to the current situation, it is still not advisable to do so lightly.
What's more, the Mexica warriors in the Gyeonggi Corps all participated in the war of annihilation during the Western Expedition. Most of them have reached the threshold of fourth-level senior warriors or first-level military nobles. If he makes further military exploits and is promoted to one level, the number of fields and serfs that need to be enfeoffed...
Thinking of this, Shulot's smile froze and he immediately wrote a reply to Orosh.
"...My dear teacher, marshal and legion commander. The warriors of the capital have been fighting with me for many years. Now they have divided their land, granted fields, and have groups of slaves, wives and concubines. After so many years of fighting, it is time , let them enjoy the blessing! Well, they are stationed in Gyeonggi and marry the Prepecha people. As long as they have more children, they can stabilize the situation in the kingdom..."
Next, there is the veteran Etalik, a family warrior from the Holy City line.
"Dear Your Highness, when I heard the news about the high priest, I felt extremely sad. I wish I could exchange my life for that of the high priest!... Your Highness, from now on, you will be the leader of the Holy City. The highest head of the family...please take care of yourself and don't take risks easily. The elder and the high priest have passed away one after another, and the waves in the capital city in the lake are treacherous, and no one can suppress them anymore..."
"As a warrior who has served the family for fifty years, I am now prostrate to the ground and boldly advise you: From now on, before you inherit the throne of the alliance, please never step foot into the lake capital! A few months ago, the high priest gave you I have a letter for you to read at the appropriate time. In fact, the advice just now is also the meaning of the high priest's letter..."
"Huh? A letter from grandfather? Don't step into the capital city in the lake?"
Seeing this, Shulot stood up suddenly, his eyes flashing. He desperately wanted to know what his grandfather said in his letter, but the current situation...
"Hey! When it comes to loyalty, a warrior who has served his family for generations is the most reliable. It is for this reason that I chose Hervey for the position of leader of the Hydra Legion..."
After a while, the distant memories were scattered in the fragrant smoke. Shulot suppressed the heat in his heart, calmed down the inexplicable fluctuations in his mind, and looked down again.
"Your Highness, as of the autumn harvest, the population of Zicao County is about 190,000, an increase of 80,000 from last year. Among them, 10,000 are the relocated Mexica youth, and 70,000 are the newly resettled Tlaxcala tribe. ...The cultivated farmland in Zicao County is 1 million acres. Most of the immigrants arrived too late and missed the spring plowing time. I have sent priests and warriors to organize them to build canals and build barns and huts in the villages. , to prepare for next year’s spring plowing.”
"This year's rainy season has seen a lot of rainfall. The water level of Lake Atoyak has risen, inundating some farmland along the river. The grain output from the autumn harvest is reduced, but it is enough to support the newly resettled 80,000 young men and women and provide them with grain until next autumn harvest. ..”
Seeing this, Shulot paused. He knew that in order to accommodate 200,000 Tlaxcala immigrants in the two southern counties, food would be very tight. However, as long as these immigrants are digested and farming and production are successfully organized...by next autumn, the food harvest in both states will increase explosively!
"Well, we need to mobilize part of the grain from the Gyeonggi granary to supplement the two southern counties... The Fire River Plain has always been prosperous. Maybe we can trade a batch of grain with Chief Colima..."
After all calculations, the kingdom's food supply is always tight. The reason is that the kingdom's population is expanding too fast and the county legions are consuming too much. However, as long as it can continue to plunder from the outside and continue to receive blood from the alliance, the Kingdom in the Lake will be able to become stronger at an extremely astonishing speed!
"In total, Zicao County has a population of 190,000, with ten to five people living in four to five acres, and 1 million acres of farmland. The food supply is tight and needs to last until next autumn's harvest..."
The relocated Tlaxcala captives were mainly young men and women. The ratio of Dingkou is naturally very high, even five Ding per ten people. Similarly, there is Apa County in the southwest.
"My supreme sun, your servant, Ezpan greets you! Your great martial arts in the Eastern Campaign have already spread throughout the world, even to the mountains in the southwest! Even the chief of Colima sent a congratulatory message The envoy of surrender, his other daughter... bows her head and tail, swaying, waiting for your glorious conquest at any time..."
Seeing this, Shulot raised his brows and felt a little hot again. He took a deep breath, feeling the refreshing smoke, and shook his head slightly. Then, with a solemn expression, he skipped the unimportant praise and went straight to the key points.
"The sun shines on the plains of Apa, and because of your light, this year is a good year!... The newly cultivated land is very fertile, and the harvest exceeds expectations. The 10,000 newly-immigrated Mexica immigrants have already been resettled. And The 90,000 Tlaxcala people who have moved in in recent months are building villages and huts."
"... There are 210,000 people and more than 80 farming villages in Apa County. The terrain here is open and the cultivated land is sufficient. A farming village has about 4,000 people, which can accommodate a large flag team... If you When you come here, you will definitely be satisfied with the neatness of the village!... Thousands of tribal people are bathed in your light, ready to dedicate everything to you..."
“This year’s spring plowing will cover more than 1 million acres of cultivated land. The food produced is sufficient to supply the new immigrants. Witness the Lord God! By the time of next year’s spring plowing, the number of acres of cultivated land in the county will have at least doubled!… "
Seeing this, Xiuluo nodded and expressed satisfaction. However, he knew that with Ezpin's character, there would definitely be some moisture in the report. Apa County has resettled so many immigrants. It must not only supply food rations, but also prepare to grow food. Food must be very tight.
"Apa County has a population of 210,000, ten people ranging from four to five cents, and 1 million acres of farmland. We need to transfer grain..."
After writing this, Shulot thought for a while and took out another scroll. He suppressed the heat in his heart, stayed patient and spoke respectfully, and wrote a letter to Chief Colima to trade grain. It takes about three to four hundred miles to transport food from the Fire River Plain to the Apa Plain, which is basically the same as transporting food from the royal capital Qin Congcan.
"Well, I have read the reports from the four counties one by one. Qingqiu County has just been established and is too far away, so there is no latest report yet."
"The northern land has always been barren. The population of Qingqiu County, even if it annexed all the Otomi people in Parmus State and accepted thousands of dog tribes from the south, would barely reach 100,000. As for the cultivated fields, the area is estimated It is less than 800,000 acres, and the yield per mu is 20% less than that in the south... The only advantage of the north is that there are sufficient tribal troops, and they are cheap to recruit and feed!"
Shulot thought about it for a long time and took notes again.
"Qingqiu County has a population of 100,000, ten people and four tribes, and 800,000 acres of farmland. Beware of the white plague in the wilderness and accept the northern tribes..."
After a busy day, I finally finished reading the documents from the five counties. Shulot stood up and drank a cup of honey tea prepared by his bare hands, feeling a surge of heat in his chest. Then, he unfolded the map of the kingdom and stretched out his hand to sketch it, with high spirits.
"Hekou County has a population of 260,000; Gyeonggi County has a population of 450,000; Zicao County has a population of 190,000; Apa County has a population of 210,000; Qingqiu County has a population of 100,000... The land of five counties stretches across the north and south, together Together, we are a big country of 1.2 million people!”
"Most of these 1.2 million people are controlled by the kingdom's military system! There are no constraints from the traditional nobles, there are no corrupt priest families... Most of the old superstructures have been built by me over several years. Clean them up one by one! Everything in the kingdom is full of vigor and progress!"
Shulot paused, opened his arms, and stood tall. The pride of a king surged in his chest. The taste of power is like a man's best aphrodisiac, stimulating his blood. At this moment, a stronger desire arose in his heart, from a corner of the west, sweeping across the alliance and beyond, to the entire world!
"Haha! My will will be spread throughout the kingdom! These 1.2 million people will farm for me, work for me, and fight for me. No one dares to disobey! I will control them and roll forward. , like..."
"Your Highness~..."
An emotional call suddenly sounded from the king's side, with a trembling charm, like the whisper of a white fox. His Highness turned around and saw only Naxiu's low waist, the plumpness of white jade, and her silky eyes, which almost made her water drip.
Shulot paused for a moment, took a deep breath, and his eyes instantly turned red. Then, with a fierce look on his face, he suddenly stretched out his big hand, like a jaguar pouncing on prey, picked up the beauty, and threw her on the map of the world with a "bang". Then, the young tiger leaned down and let out a suppressed yet cheerful growl from deep in his throat.
"Roar!...Rolling forward, connecting up and down, this is the king's will! Just like at this moment, painting in the world!"
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