Chapter 994 A land of thousands of miles, a country of millions, a seaside alliance controlled by the kingdom!
"Huh? That's it! A double flower...huh?! What?!..."
The morning light broke and the side hall was clear. Shulot suddenly stood up and woke up from his intoxicated sleep. He stared at the rising sun with his eyes wide open, but there was a "buzzing" sound in his mind. He rubbed his head with a headache.
Rubbing his eyebrows, his ears still seemed to be echoing with the clear and unforgettable call of a pair of silver bells. After a while, he looked around and saw the two sleeping sisters, and his face was instantly wonderful.
"This is...sister? This is...sister?..."
This time, even though the two sisters had their eyes closed and could not see their expressions at all, Shulot could still distinguish them clearly, like some kind of instinct engraved in the bone marrow. He was stunned, and then he understood an ancient saying from the Celestial Dynasty.
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"What you see on paper is ultimately shallow, but you know you have to do it..."
"That's not right!... All conditioned phenomena are like bubbles in a dream, like dew or lightning, and should be viewed as such..."
Shulot stood up, squinted his eyes, and looked at the dazzling morning sun. The dizziness from hangover and indulgence still made him a little dazed, and even the sun in front of him seemed to be shaking out of existence. He tried hard to adapt to it for a while,
He talks to himself, but he distorts the Buddhist scriptures.
"Witness the Lord God! This unforgettable joy, this magnificent dream-like flower shadow, this wonderful flower dew, and the trembling electric light... Let me experience it a few more times, and try to understand from the most difficult entanglement.
Break free!…”
The sun rose and set, and the flowers bloomed without a trace. Several days of such absurd and indulgent days passed. Only then did Shulot barely understand the Buddhist principles, escape from impermanence and change, and continue to handle the political affairs of the Coastal Alliance.
"Blessed by the Lord God! The population of each tribe in the Coastal Alliance has been estimated by the priests of each tribe. In the vast seaside land, the tribes are too loose, just like the alliances and kingdoms in the lowlands... That thousands of miles away on the coast
During this time, there was no division of states, only city-state centers! To be specific, the Coastal Alliance controlled two small cities, four large cities, and a total of ten city-states!…”
"Witness the Lord God! Those 600,000 people are not directly under the control of the Kingdom by organizing flag troops and establishing villages! Those people under the Direct Government have not yet converted to the Lord God. The Lord God's priests have been dispatched and the Kingdom has been settled.
We can provide a small amount of taxes and food, as well as a minimum number of warriors and young men..."
After reading the reports from various departments on the seaside and marking out the entire seaside map, Tonak had no clearer and clearer understanding of the kingdom's control over the seaside alliance.
"The ten coastal cities are actually directly under the Kingdom! Four big cities, Seven Mountain City, Snake-Zhan City, Nishui City, Cone House City, Coyote City, Carved Stone City, Lake Sacrifice City, and Grass Mandala City. With each big city as the center, encompassing the surrounding areas
Within a radius of 60 meters, there are 30,000 to 50,000 tribes each... It is estimated that the population of the flag army is over 300,000!..."
The so-called semi-directed jurisdiction, to put it more complicatedly, means that we have not experienced small-scale purges of nobles and chieftains at that time, and whether the original tribal system has been changed. It just made us blood-sworn converts to the Lord God. Therefore, those semi-directed tribes still have
It maintains a considerable degree of autonomy. The reason for autonomy is mainly due to the geographical separation of the jungle. The cost of establishing direct jurisdiction is very low, making it difficult for the kingdom to have deep control.
"The existence of small settlements also means that it is very difficult for us to move around, escape or guerrilla. For those wealthy jungle tribes, the cost of military conquest is even lower, and the possible gains are extremely high. It is completely
Directly proportional…”
"Well, for the vassal tribes, it can provide fewer soldiers, but the provision of taxes and food is far from enough... And the previous direct administration also requires the construction of jungle roads and the development of inland river transportation.
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Therefore, the kingdom's rule on the seaside is not actually connected as a whole, but is an approximate circle with the city-state as the center. In fact, the same is true for the ruled areas of the Mayan chiefdoms, which are composed of jungles and mountains.
Determined by the natural conditions!
Tonak continued to move his fingers, moving deeper inland on the eastern coast. This was a place where the kingdom's rule was weaker and stronger, and the southeastern jungle had only established nominal submission and tribute.
Yi Yingyong looked at the seaside map and drew larger blue circles with a pen. In the vast seaside land, there are sparse jungles and swamps, and rivers overflow in the rainy season... After the completion of small-scale water control projects, there are suitable places for development of settlements. In fact,
Very unlimited.
The red sandalwood desk is very long, and the documents from each city are mixed with pictures and texts, and they are spread out on the desk in turn. Tonac sat cross-legged behind the desk, casually checking the reports of each city and department. In front of me, two faces
The similar clerks have beautiful smiles and bright expressions, just like the fragrant flower buds before the rain. One of you is mixing blue and white ink, and the other is burning pleasant balsam, but you are in perfect harmony, and you are not alone in the scenery.
"Therefore, the coastal alliance controlled by the kingdom can only establish a tribute rule under politics and a religious rule under faith in the inland jungle in the southeast for the time being! For us, the kingdom will send missionary priests to spread the faith of the Lord God.
, and guide us in agricultural production, building cities and villages... until step by step, we transform into a semi-direct tribe..."
"Those small and large jungle Toshulote tribes scattered deep in the jungle are estimated to be less than 200,000. But the value of those 200,000 tribes to the kingdom is even more unlimited, and they are almost completely autonomous... We are almost completely autonomous.
There are small city-states, and there are also modest walled cities. The tribes are rich and tough. Apart from gathering together to go out for conquests and robberies, they basically provide very little tax and labor..."
Yi Yingyong's eyes moved slightly, he drew two small circles, and then he muttered the words. The 600,000 Tuoshulot tribe, the young one settled on the seaside, is the most traditional seaside tribe, and in the alliance's recognition, the East-West Tuoxiulot tribe
The location of Yi Yingyong Alliance.
"Two small towns, the Jinwan town in the center of the seaside, has a radius of 120 meters, and has a population of 160,000. The small town of Hidden Snake in the east has a radius of 160 meters, and has a population of 150,000. The two small towns add up to another 30
Less than 10,000 village flag troops!… The total number of ten cities combined is not 600,000 less than 600,000 people!…”
"There are more than 600,000 direct tribes in the coastal areas, more than 200,000 semi-directed tribes in the forest, and less than 200,000 autonomous forest tribes...Thousands of thousands of miles of seaside and forest, and millions of Toshulote tribes, are the foundation of the Seaside Alliance!
The entire seaside alliance is as small as the Kingdom in the Lake. Its population and potential are at most half of the Kingdom in the Lake!…”
"And from the ten coastal cities to the inland, there are no eight Toshulot city-state tribes that have surrendered to the Coastal Alliance. We are located outside the jungle deep in the interior, and we cannot be considered to be the Toshulot tribes in the jungle.
.The eight cities are Hatori City, Tuhe City, and Tuqiu City... With each city-state as the center, within a radius of 100 meters, there are approximately 60,000 to 70,000 tribes in each. Taken together, there are not less than 200,000 semi-directly governed tribes.
, or called vassal tribe..."
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