"The printing press of the Alliance...a weapon for the spread of religion and culture!..."
Shulot stroked the tough bark paper in his hand and pondered silently. After nearly six years of development, the alliance's papermaking technology has made great progress, and its papermaking scale has also expanded rapidly. There were large-scale papermaking workshops in Tenochtitlan, the capital of the lake, and Qinconcan, the royal capital. Small papermaking workshops are also popping up in various city-states in the alliance. Papermaking technology was spreading rapidly throughout Central America.
The extremely convenient bark paper, reed paper and straw paper have become indispensable daily consumables for priests and nobles. Caravans and business groups from various states also have equally strong needs. However, most people still use traditional graphic symbols to communicate on paper.
As for the alliance's writing, it is being spread together with papermaking, especially the kana writing that conforms to the Nahua word order and is spontaneously simplified from the Nahua graphic characters. It is most easily mastered by ordinary nobles. The high-ranking nobles and priests will study the scriptures printed by the high priests and find the mysteries of the gods from the complicated block text. The use of these words has spontaneously moved towards the process of localization in Mexico. The order of sentences and the pronunciation of the chants are different from those of the Chinese.
"The priests of the Kingdom and the Alliance have mastered the art of block printing and are also keen on printing religious pictures and texts. Thousands of pictures and scriptures of the main gods are being printed at a rapid rate! Even the temples in the village of Prepecha , all have pictures of the main god, and there are volumes of the "Ali Sutra". The belief in the main god is flowing to the countries conquered by the alliance at an unprecedented speed and in a miraculous way...The belief in the Kingdom of the Lake is already in Stable among the Prepecha people! And now the new focus is to spread the faith of the Lord God as quickly as possible among the 200,000 migrating Tlaxcala people..."
Thinking of this, Shulot picked up the pen and wrote down the new king's order.
"The kingdom's priests should select priests as soon as possible and go to the south to preach among the Tlaxcala people. Divine Power University will recruit two hundred priest apprentices from the 200,000 new immigrants... In addition, let the divine priests carry hot air balloons , went to the two southern counties, and showed another miracle!..."
In the spread of faith in the Lord God, "miracles" are naturally the most shocking and effective way to preach! Every "miracle" hot air balloon launch is followed by a religious frenzy. There are almost no disadvantages to preaching at this time. Of course, various divine "fireworks" can also have a certain auxiliary effect.
Thinking of the hot air balloon, Shulot paused for a moment and thought of the towering Yunshe Mountain City. It's just that the alliance's hot air balloons cannot carry people. The altitude they can lift into the air is very limited, and the time cannot be too long, making them difficult to use in actual combat.
"This is a psychological weapon. Only when it is used at the most critical moment can it become the last straw to overwhelm the enemy's morale... However, it is indeed possible to prepare in advance and build one first..."
The king thought for a moment, then looked at the sage's document and turned to the last part.
"Your Majesty, the Kingdom in the Lake has a population of over one million, which is similar to the old kingdom when it was at its peak. However, the number of military nobles and warriors supported by the kingdom is far greater than that of the old dynasty! There are seven thousand Guards, eight Thousands of Gyeonggi Corps, 8,000 Guakili Corps, 8,000 First Spear Corps, 8,000 Second Spear Corps, 8,000 Lithospermum Corps... six legions, with a total of 47,000 warriors, all of whom were granted land and slaves !... In addition, there are a considerable number of local militia battalions in each county, such as thousands of canine warriors in Hekou County, thousands of Tekos warriors in Apa County... These border militias need Regular training, very rough farming, and no participation in labor. But once you go out to fight and perform meritorious service, you will be promoted to a warrior..."
Seeing this, Shulot's face turned red and he felt a little embarrassed. He has not informed the sage that the kingdom is preparing to establish a seventh semi-off-duty Hydra Legion, also with a full strength of 8,000 people.
"After the Hydra Legion is established, the Lake Kingdom with 1.2 million people will have 55,000 warriors, plus a large number of border militias. The proportion of full-time and semi-full-time warriors alone is 4.6%. It can be said that there are twenty people per soldier!..."
Thinking of this, Shulot pursed his lips. The ratio of soldiers to civilians in the kingdom may indeed be a bit high. As for the warrior class who conferred land and titles, the proportion of the kingdom's wealth they occupied was probably much higher than this... The king thought and continued to look down.
"Your Majesty, the current kingdom is neither a kingdom of priests nor aristocrats, but a kingdom of warriors! Expeditions to the west, north, south, and east... The kingdom never goes a year without fighting, and every battle destroys the city. When conquering a country, military achievements are accumulated and knights are awarded, and warriors are granted lands and slaves. However, Your Majesty is very kind to the warriors and rewards them generously. He is the best in the world, even far better than the alliance!"
"Among the 50,000 legion, there are 1,800 first-level military nobles! Each person is granted 800 acres of land and 40 slaves. The fourth-level senior warriors have enough for one legion. Each person is granted 240 acres of land and 12 slaves. Then, there are about two legions of third-level elite warriors, each of whom is granted 100 acres of land and 5 slaves. As for the second-level captured warriors, the number is close to that of the third-level warriors, each of whom is granted 20 acres of land and 1 slave. ...The warriors of the kingdom occupy more fields, control more serfs, and read more epic poems than ever before. The old ministers are always in fear, restless day and night, not knowing the future destiny of the kingdom and where it will go..."
Seeing this, Shulot paused and his expression changed. He immediately brought the reward plan of the Eastern Expedition, and added and subtracted the number of people promoted at each level with the report of Sage Jatiri. Soon, he calculated the specific figures and looked surprised.
"After the Eastern Expedition, at least 700 military nobles and 2,000 senior warriors must be promoted... In this way, the number of military nobles in the kingdom will reach 2,500, occupying 2 million acres of farmland, and 100,000 serfs. The fourth-level warriors have 10,000 people, occupying 2.4 million acres of farmland, and 120,000 serfs. The third-level warriors, 18,000 people, occupy 1.8 million acres of farmland, and 90,000 serfs. The second-level warriors, 15,000 people, Occupying 300,000 acres of farmland and 15,000 serfs..."
At this point, Shulot's hands shook and he almost groaned.
In the four large-scale conquests before and after, the casualties of the samurai legions were very limited, but the number of enemies killed and captured was extremely large, hundreds of thousands! In order to conquer the warrior legions from various states and ethnic groups and gather the hearts of the people within the kingdom as soon as possible, Shulot strictly fulfilled his promise of conferring military merit on land and slaves. As a result, an unusually large warrior class was naturally born.
"O Lord God! The kingdom's warriors and military nobles will occupy a total of 6.5 million acres of farmland and nearly 330,000 serfs! The total number of acres of farmland in the kingdom, including the fallow area, is only close to 20 million acres. The total population of the kingdom, That’s 1.21 million people...”
"In other words, the samurai and military class occupy at least 33% of the country's farmland and 27% of the population! And more than a quarter of the kingdom are slaves?!"
In fact, the number of slaves was far more than that. In the two major mining areas of the kingdom, there are also thousands of mining slaves consumed. There were also a large number of serfs working in the manors of the kingdom's nobles and priests. The proportion of slaves in the entire kingdom was probably close to one-third.
Shulot raised his head, looked at the towering and majestic statue of the Lord God, and fell into deep thought. After this calculation, he had a deeper and clearer understanding of the kingdom in the lake he had built with his own hands. The young king was silent for a long time, and finally took a long breath and whispered to himself.
"It's really the Qin Kingdom in the West Sea, Rome in the Americas, a military group in the lake, and a national army...a slave military state with centralized theocracy!"
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