The sun slanted slightly to the west and fell into the priest's hall. The spices in the incense burner had been burned out. A senior priest was about to add more, but the high priest waved his hand. Although the breath of the gods makes people feel comfortable, it is not a good thing to inhale too much.
"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 numbers were carefully collected by village priests from various places, coupled with the estimation of tribute tributes from various places, and calculated layer by layer. Obviously, the accuracy of these numbers will not be very high. But in this era, they are important and rare.
The secrets are the basis for ruling the country, and also reflect the degree of control of the central power over the local areas. Apart from the centralized alliances and kingdoms, the remaining ministries in the world may not even have such rough figures.
"God bless the Mexica Alliance and rule the world... The great temple is among the best in the world, and one or two hundred miles around it is the Gyeonggi Province. It is directly under the alliance. It is a fertile valley given to the alliance by the Lord God! The Gyeonggi Province has a population of more than 1.5 million.
, about 500,000 young adults, 8-10 million acres in Lake District Milpa, and a total of 15,000 hectares in Lake District Chinampa..."
Seeing this, Shulot was slightly startled. The one or two hundred miles around the Great Temple is the capital directly under the jurisdiction? In this way, it is not only the holy city within a hundred miles northeast of the Texcoco Lake District, but also the hometown where he was born.
Otihuacan, as well as the feudal city-states further north, were all 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 admired in his heart. Then he silently estimated.
The alliance is 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
In Milpa, the average cultivated land per person is only 7-8 small acres. In Milpa farming, at least half of the fields must be taken on rotation, so the actual cultivated area per person is only 3-4 acres. In a kingdom with a vast land and a sparse population,
Each day, 20 acres of land are allocated 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 to support the population.
Amazing civilians. River mud and manure are applied to Chinampa to maintain astonishingly high yields... There is a huge urbanized population in the capital city of the lake, which relies on the supply of farmers in Gyeonggi. The crops in America are already high-yield, and in
Without fertilizers and large livestock, 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, everyone was attracted by the amazing wealth and prosperity in the Texcoco Lake District.
Shocked. They had never seen such a densely populated, fertile land with gold and silver everywhere.
After the sparsely populated colonists captured the capital city in the lake, out of fear of a large number of Mexicans gathering, in order to stabilize the early colonial rule, they frantically destroyed the dam on Lake Texcoco, allowing the salt water to pour back in, and then drained it.
Lake Texcoco.
The floating fields in the lake were abandoned, and the milpa along the lake also 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. Within a few decades, the population of the Valley of Mexico plummeted.
A reduction of nearly 90%! The once prosperous Mexica civilization was completely destroyed by 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 recovered to the peak of the pre-Columbian era.
"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 for a moment, but his expression became more determined. After so many trials, he now has confidence and a will as strong as iron.
"As long as I am here, I can completely change everything and rewrite the history of Mesoamerican 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 eyebrows and pondered in his heart.
"Tolocan State actually has a population of 300,000! From this point of view, I am afraid that I have always underestimated the importance of the Trocan State Mountain Family..."
"The alliance's secret guards are in Tolocan state and have been deployed for a long time."
The high priest remained calm, and after lunch, he came to Shulot's side again. He glanced at the document in Shulot'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 guards to punish him."
"Chunyu family, patriarch Shaopan..."
Shulot was stunned for a moment, and the previous memories came to his mind. He asked.
"How will the High Priest punish you?"
"The entire clan of men was exterminated. The servants and female relatives were all exiled to the city of Xilotepec."
The high priest said calmly, without any change on his face.
"Now, Chief Shaopan should have conferred his head. 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."
Shurot lowered his eyes slightly and nodded. He thought to himself that his grandfather's actions were obviously a little anxious...Suppressing his doubts, Shurot 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 part of the state of Vactepec borders the Tlaxcala people, the alliance's old enemy. It has undulating hills, dense fortresses, and strong folk customs. It is a border military city-state. In the past few years, the southeastern part of the alliance has been attacked by Tlaxcala several times.
Humans invaded and the 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 city-states in the north have a total population of 410,000. Xilotepec in the northwest has a population of 130,000, Metztitlan in the north has a population of 80,000, Atotonilk in the northeast has a population of 200,000, and Milpa has about 2.5-3.5 million acres.
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This chapter has been completed!