Outside Tree Snake City, the Mexica Camp stretches for several miles and is heavily fortified. Hundreds of alliance warriors, wearing armor and holding bows, are patrolling around the camp. On the hills a few miles away, the White Snake City Head is fluttering.
Under the banner of the Lord God, two thousand-man warrior battalions are stationed.
As for the more distant mountains, Yunshe Mountain City is silent and deserted, standing alone on the top of a towering mountain. The large alliance camp has blocked almost all mountain passes and cut off the inflow of most materials, especially food and salt. Even the alliance's
As long as the nobles of the city-state are found to dare to smuggle salt into the mountains, they will also be executed by military law!
Such a strict siege has lasted for more than a year and a half, making the defenders in the mountain city even more difficult. In this dangerous mountain city, only the last four or five thousand Tlaxcala descendants, warriors and militiamen are left.
.They already know that White Snake Qiu City has completely fallen, and all the divine nobles have been executed! At this moment, the Cloud Snake descendants are just holding on to the last slim hope, struggling to hold on to the mountain fortress.
A bonfire was lit in the big tent, and stars fell from the ceiling. When Shulot returned to the camp of Tree Snake City, the kingdom's war machine sped up again. Many messages and reports came from everywhere,
Most of them are just reports afterwards, and only a few require the king's instructions.
Under the current military system, the chief of the royal capital, the bishop of the priesthood, and the local county magistrate all have great administrative autonomy. They make their own decisions and actively maintain the operation of the kingdom's war machine. They do not need Shuluo.
Special's personal command. It was under such a decentralized kingdom system that Shulot was able to lead an army on an expedition and did not return to the royal capital for three years.
"Master, the information about this year's autumn harvest from the Kingdom of the Lake has been urgently delivered. Hekou County has good weather and has a bumper harvest. Gyeonggi County has floods in the rainy season and has a slightly poor harvest. However, the wasteland-opening Zicao County and Apa County are in normal years. As for the
In Qingqiu County in the north, the specific information has not yet arrived, but according to previous estimates, there will be little change."
Eckart, the captain of the guard, was holding a stack of letters and summarizing the latest information. There was no one else in the tent, so he naturally addressed himself as the head of the family, which made him more intimate.
Shulot listened carefully and wrote down the key points with a pen. Once he encountered an issue of concern, he would check it himself.
"There are floods in Gyeonggi County during the rainy season? How much harvest will be missed?"
"About 10% of the harvest is lost. The area of farmland affected by the flood is not large, so it is not serious."
"Since there is a flood in Gyeonggi County, the two downstream counties of Lithospermum and Apa will also be affected! They reported it in an ordinary year, so they must be hiding something. They dispatched several teams of secret guards..."
Having said this, Shulot paused, thought for a moment, and changed the order.
"Don't transfer the secret guards. Transfer a batch of grain from Hekou County to replenish Gyeonggi County. Then transfer a batch of grain from Gyeonggi County southward to replenish the two southern counties!"
"The head of the family, the latest news from Hekou County, Yin from Kuruka County has once again assembled his army after the autumn harvest, preparing to plunder the Chapala Lake area downstream. He plans to mobilize four thousand spear warriors and ten thousand canine militia, and then
He recruited 6,000 Guamar tribesmen to form a 20,000-strong plundering army!... He needed to leave enough food, maintain the army's logistics, and trade prisoners of war with the Guamar people. Therefore, Hekou County could not requisition too much food.
.”
"Twenty thousand plundering army?..."
Hearing this scale, Shulot rubbed his eyebrows and asked in a deep voice.
"How was the 10,000 canine vigilante group formed and what was its equipment like?"
"Ten thousand dog-born vigilantes, five thousand from the experienced Guakili flag force, three thousand from the Bossaros transported from the north, and two thousand from the wilderness tribes with no identifiable ethnic group..."
"This militia of ten thousand dog descendants are all skilled warriors from the wilderness, good at marching and attacking. Most of them wear paper armor, and a few wear leather armor. They are all equipped with copper spears and axes, and there are also many cheap bamboo and wood bows.
... Generally speaking, their combat effectiveness will not be weaker than that of the alliance's city-state legions, and may even be better than them!"
"Able to pull out ten thousand desert militiamen who are good at fighting, and the equipment is not bad... Monkey has really done well in the past few years!"
Shulot nodded with satisfaction and sincerely praised him. He was not worried about the expanded army in Monkey's hands, because the bronze armor rate of the kingdom's main army was steadily increasing and had reached 10 to 20%. And half of the bronze armored Guards Corps in his hands
, and has an overwhelming advantage over the local legions!
Moreover, Monkey Kuruka was born as a civilian warrior and lacked the foundation of a family. He did not have the foundation to be independent, so he was allowed by the king to acquiesce and control more military power. In fact, several of the commanders Shulot used most often
The generals, the warrior commander Bertard, the black wolf Toltec, the miner Ezpan... are all from civilian backgrounds. The remaining legion commanders are mostly their own retainers.
"Since the monkey is going to go on an expedition again, let's not transfer his food. Instead, transport food from Gyeonggi to supply the two counties in the south that are opening up wasteland!"
"Yes, I obey you! Master!"
"By the way, send another messenger to Monkey with a message: Let him pay attention to the intelligence of the various tribes in Guamar and further win over some small tribes who are willing to take refuge. When the Chapala Lake area is annexed, the barrier of the northern plateau, where the Guamar people are located
The land and the kingdom must be taken down! At that time, the best excuse to send troops to the Guamar people is to be actively invited by some Guamar tribes to arbitrate their inheritance or disputes..."
Shulot said a few sentences and stopped at the end. He believed that the monkey could understand the meaning, and he was also sure that the other party had already buried hidden clues among the Guamar people. This oral message encouraged the monkey to go further and be bolder.
, dividing the various tribes of Guamar and looking for opportunities for the kingdom.
"I obey you! Master!"
After talking about the military situation of the kingdom, next is the development of the kingdom. The most critical ones are land reclamation, faith missionary, mineral production increase, ironware promotion, saltpeter soil production increase, new navigation exploration, and the implementation of the big plan
Road and water network construction.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Master, 400,000 people in the two southern counties have cultivated 1.6 million acres of new fields this year, and the total farmland is about 3.6 million acres... It's just that the new fields have just been reclaimed, and the autumn harvest per mu
It’s not enough.”
"Huh? 1.6 million acres of land were newly reclaimed?..."
Xiulote touched his chin and did some calculations. More than 200,000 Tlaxcala tribesmen have moved in to the two southern counties, most of them young and strong. This year, 1.6 million acres of land were newly reclaimed, with an average of about 8 acres per capita.
..This number is relatively reasonable. Even if it is somewhat false, it is not too much.
"Send envoys to tell the two county governors in the south, especially Ezpan, the governor of Apa County: Don't be too harsh on the newly 'immigrated' Tlaxcala tribe. Provide enough grain and rations, and also
Send priests to guide you.”
"Now that the rainy season is over, the autumn harvest is complete. For the large-scale construction after the autumn harvest, we must properly mobilize the men and women to ensure the food supply. The Eastern Expedition Corps has worked hard to transport the men back from two thousand miles away, and they are not just for you to consume casually.
.Even the enfeoffed serfs must be fed with grains..."
"Of course, for the strong and unruly warriors who refuse to convert, especially some of the Totonak warriors who were transported back alone... we can make them bear the heaviest labor! Before next spring plowing, there will be more
More than 100,000 tribes have 'immigrated' into the kingdom, mainly the Totonac people. Please bear with me and conquer these coastal people..."
Having said this, Shulot pondered for a moment, weighing the pros and cons. There are too many newly immigrated tribes in the two southern counties. It will take time to digest them, and the missionary work must also be strengthened. In a short period of time, it is better not to bring in too many immigrants.
After much thought, Shulot made a decision.
"As for the distribution of the more than 100,000 tribes, it will be roughly divided equally among the four counties! Apa and Zicao will each be divided into 30,000 people, while Hekou and Gyeonggi will be divided into 40,000 each!..."
"Yes! Master!"
The captain of the guard, Eckart, quickly drafted a royal order and asked the king to use his seal. The first royal order was naturally addressed to the warrior chief in charge of the farming in Shuigu City. The following royal orders were sent to the governors of the four counties and Nanfang, who was responsible for the transshipment.
Navy commander Noya.
It is worth mentioning that after Puap was sent to the exploration fleet, he participated in two long-distance sailing explorations. The management of the kingdom’s southern navy belonged to the newly promoted hereditary nobles of Prepecha.
Noah.
Noya was born in Prepecha's boat master family and was familiar with the water network and lakes in the southern part of the kingdom. She had an ancient family behind her, with more than a hundred navy backbones passed down from generation to generation. And Noya's appointment came from the chief minister.
Jatiri's strong recommendation. Her allegiance means that the last hidden elites in the Prepecha tribe have chosen to join the kingdom.
All of these are advantages that Huitu Puap cannot match. After thinking over and over again, Xiulote handed over all the fleet transportation on the Talsas River to the naval commander Noah.
Facts have proved that Noah did a good job and lived up to the king's trust. As for Puap, if he can return successfully, Shulot has prepared another position, the commander of the navy along the West Sea coast, specifically responsible for the northern route.
commerce.
"The head of the family, the Royal Capital Divine Enlightenment Office sent an urgent notification. They brought good news of divine enlightenment! The application of struvite in farmland has greatly increased the yield of the field!..."
"Bring it here! I'll see it myself!"
Hearing such a report, Shulot's somewhat tired spirit suddenly cheered up. He stretched out his hand, directly took the documents from the Divine Enlightenment Institute, and read them carefully. However, after a while, the king's young face was filled with tears.
A smile full of joy.
"...Your Highness the Divine Enlightenment! We ground and applied more than 30 tons of struvite and sprinkled it on 1,800 acres of corn fields... After the autumn harvest, compared with the surrounding farmland, the fertilized fields increased their yields.
More than 120 tons, approximately more than 130 kilograms of grain per mu have been increased this year... And 1 ton of struvite can increase the production of at least 4 tons of grain. This is only the first year!" "According to your divine revelation, these grains buried in the soil can be increased by at least 4 tons.
'Nutrition' should continuously flow out vitality, allowing the earth to harvest abundantly!...The alliance's farmland needs more, more struvite!"
This chapter has been completed!