Aztec Eternals

"From the mouth of the fortress in the north, to the Tarsas River in the south, to the mountains of Sitaquaro in the east, and to the mountains of Sakapu in the west. This vast land is my kingdom!"

Xiulot laughed, showing his white teeth. The young king's smile was full of handsomeness, and there was a bit of solemn majesty in his handsomeness. He stretched out his fingers and groped along the edge of the album, remembering the mountains, rivers, villages and towns one by one, and comparing them with the memories along the way of the Western Expedition.

"Fengguo runs from north to south, with two lakes sandwiched between two rivers; from east to west, from mountains to mountains. The climate here belongs to a tropical grassland with distinct wet and dry, and the terrain belongs to a fairly flat mountain plateau. The mountains and rivers are vertical and horizontal. During the period, the plateau was sunken in the hinterland, forming a series of natural lakes. The rivers around the lakes converged, thus forming the lake area. The land in the lake area is rich, like the Bashu Basin; the rivers are well-defined, similar to the Guanzhong Plain."

While viewing the map and extracting information, the young king uses the memory of later generations to understand and integrate.

Governing the closed country requires specific data as support, and governance must not be patted on the head. Although the various figures estimated based on the information of sample surveys in various places are not accurate, they can play a vital guiding role.

Shulot looked down at his feudal country, first estimating the specific area.

"At this time, the lake in my hands is a feudal country, covering about three kingdoms. It is roughly 100 kilometers from east to west, and more than 150 kilometers from north to south. The area is 15,000 square kilometers, about one-tenth the size of Henan."

Shulot's fingers fumbled on the map. He touched the blue-marked lake, and he measured the green-marked plain around the lake. The land in these places is fertile and flat, and most of them have been cultivated into farmland.

"This land is the essence of the Kingdom of Tarasco, with the most prosperous Lake Patzcuaro in the center, the once densely populated Lake Quetzeo in the north, and the north bank of the Tulsas River with developed commerce in the south. In this era, the population always gathers around water sources, relying on rivers and lakes. In this 15,000 square kilometers of land, there were once a million people, accounting for 60% of the population of Tarasco Kingdom."

Thinking of this, the young king carefully checked the map again. He recalled all the collected information, and roughly estimated the farmland area of ​​Fengguo.

"In this fully developed elite area, the area of ​​cultivated land that has been burned and reclaimed accounts for about 1/4 to 1/3 of the entire closed country area, that is, 4,000 to 5,000 square kilometers."

"At this time, Ding Zhuang is not tall enough, and his stride is slightly small. One step on the left and right is one step, and the length of one step is about 1.3 meters. One mu is 240 steps long and 1 step wide, which is 1.3*1.3*240 um, 405 Square meters. Then, 10,000 square kilometers is about 25 million mu, which is a little less. The number of acres of land cultivated by my school is between 10 and 12 million mu!"

Xiulot paused for a moment and quickly calculated with the charcoal pencil in his hand. Kuluka watched from the side, secretly imitating the strange numbers that His Highness often used. After a while, the young king calculated the acres of land in the feudal kingdom. Looking at the number on the tip of the pen, he was refreshed, and then continued to estimate.

"Mirpa agriculture is used in most parts of the closed country, with slash-and-burn cultivation, wide-distance sowing, and mixed crops. There is no deep plowing, and the fertilization is extremely limited. Except for the fertile soil within a few miles near the lake, most of the farmland is Burning and fallow are required. Then, in each farming season, the land that can be actually cultivated is about 5 million mu!"

Shulot pondered for a while at this point. He has always been very attentive to the cultivation of the field, and he is used to going to the field to check in person, and he often calls old farmers to ask questions.

At this time, the density of cultivation was low, and the breeding of corn had not reached the acme of later generations. Adding kidney beans and pumpkins, the output per mu of Milpa is about 80 catties of corn and kidney beans, and 100-200 catties of pumpkins. Because the calories of corn are slightly lower, and the calories of pumpkin are lower, the output of every 4 mu of land can fully maintain the needs of an adult male for a year. As for this unit, Xiulot referred to the data of the Neon Warring States Period and set it as a "stone". One stone here is about 320-350 catties of staple grains, plus 400-800 catties of miscellaneous grains. The main miscellaneous grains are pumpkins and sweet potatoes, which are used to feed the hunger and prepare for shortages.

"My closed country has more than 5 million mu of farmland. If there is enough labor to cultivate it, at the current level of technology, the annual output is roughly 1.3 million shi, supporting a population of more than one million. This figure is consistent with previous population estimates If it matches, it should be credible. In other words, well, I am also a million stone name!"

This idea inexplicably appeared in the mind of the young king. He couldn't help smiling. This time he made great efforts to plan, re-determined the land system, and divided it into step, mu, and stone. Then rely on these data to organize military and civilian settlements. Naturally, the plan is far-reaching, and what they want is to establish a law that will establish the foundation of the country!

Without iron tools and large livestock, a farmer's farming ability is very limited. In the days of intensive farming, a young farmer could only cultivate 5 mu at most by manpower alone. And iron can reduce physical exertion, and dig deep plowing. Farming cattle and horses can increase this number by at least 2-3 times.

Therefore, at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, 20 mu of land was awarded to Yiding, which was regarded as the limit of effective farming. There are ironware and farming cattle. The northern plains harvest once a year, and one person cultivates 20 mu; the southern paddy fields harvest twice a year, and one person cultivates 10 mu.

In Shulot's feudal kingdom, the area of ​​one mu of land is roughly the same as that of Tianchao Tianmu, only slightly smaller. The density of cultivated crops is only one-third to half of that of Chinese farmers, and the busy farming time for cultivation is about 2 times longer due to the diversity of crops.

In this way, the largest cultivated area of ​​a young adult is about 8-10 mu. The normal annual harvest is between 2-2.5 shi, which can support two young adults, or support one small, and the rest will be used as tribute and savings for famine.

It was by relying on these data that Xiulot worked out the details of the military and civilian settlements, roughly planned the future taxation level, and conceived the direction of further reforms.

Every Ding in the military village cultivated 10 mu, harvested 2.5 shi, and the surplus grain was supplied to the army in the field. For every 8 mu in Mintun, 2 stones are collected, half of which is self-supporting, the remaining 3/5 is tribute, and 2/5 is village savings, that is, the tax is about 30%. Young and strong women plowed 6 mu and received 1.5 shi, and old and weak plowed 4 mu and received 1 shi. Counting the labor labor during the slack season, the future taxation level of the feudal state will be comparable to that of the Qin state after the reform and centralization.

"Encourage farming, build water conservancy; organize households to equalize people, reward childbirth; develop metal farm tools, grant land to seal the country according to military merits, raise ten people for every twenty stones, and give three dings for every ten people. 1,200,000 shi will send 60,000 troops."

Complicated thoughts flashed through the young king's mind, and turned into a smile at the corner of his mouth. Learning from Shang Yang's reforms and imitating the farming and war system of the Qin Dynasty is exactly his future political direction, but there are still details to be clarified. He continued to look at the map, thinking about the current population status of the feudal country.

"The northernmost part of the feudal country is bounded by the Leman River, centered on the Estuary Fortress, and tens of miles to the southwest is Lake Quetzeo. This is also the place where the Alliance Navy is anchored. Kuluka, you went to the Estuary Fortress and saw Is my father here?"

Hearing this, Kuluka nodded, and then reported in detail.

"Your Majesty, I went to see the Deputy Marshal. He is sitting at the mouth of the river, and he has repaired the fort. The logistics arrangements are very appropriate. The wounded have also been treated, and some recovered warriors have begun to return to the army. Incorporated and eliminated, the towns and villages maintained obedience and order, and the farmers completed the spring plowing on time. However, the number of priests there was seriously insufficient, and after the nobles were cleared, the villages were mostly managed by the village elders themselves."

"The water sources around Lake Queteo are abundant and the land is fertile. Within dozens of miles around the lake, there are many villages densely dotted with a population of 200,000 to 300,000. There are millions of acres of reclaimed farmland here, all without tree roots, ripe ground from which stones have been removed."

Hearing this, Xiuluo nodded. He stood up, paced in the hall with his hands behind his back, lost in thought.

Around the Quetzeo Lake area in the north of Fengguo, there were originally more than 40 large villages and market towns, densely populated and rich in products. It's just that the north has experienced wars, the kingdom has been confiscated several times, the army has been fighting continuously, and the villages and towns have been dilapidated the most. Now, the Acambaro state in the northeast is divided and becomes the fiefdom of Tepopolo, and the entire north needs to be reorganized. Determining the division of the closed country is the first step of the New Deal.

The young king thought for a while and made a decision.

"Monkey, take a pen and record."

Kuluka nodded yes. He took out a fine brush, dipped it in ink, and began to write half-drawn crookedly.

"Re-establish the Bangguo county system, divide the boundaries and population. South of Leman River, north of Huayamo Fortress, north of Fengguo, 150 miles from east to west, and more than 50 miles from north to south, including the entire Quetseo Lake area, Half of Sakap State is set up as a "county". With the Hekou Fortress as the county government, it is called Hekou County. It has jurisdiction over more than 40 large villages, a population of 100,000, and a population of 10,000. It should be registered as soon as possible, and the establishment of Mintun!"

"county?"

Kuluka wrote with a pen, drawing a series of villains and simplified radical characters. Then, doubts appeared on his face.

"My lord, what is a county? How is it different from a state?"

Shulot pondered for a moment, then smiled slightly.

"Self-government is a state, and direct subordinates are counties!"

Then, the young king looked down from the north to the south, betting on the Patzcuaro lake area and basin in the center of the feudal kingdom. Here is the most prosperous royal capital, and it is also the center of the universe in the mythology of the Prepecha people.

"The south of Huayamo Fortress, the north of Apacin Kampang, with the source of the mountains and rivers as the west boundary, and Sitaquaro as the east boundary, the land of more than 100 miles from north to south and 200 miles from east to west is set as Gyeonggi. King Qincongcan’s capital is the center. It governs 100 villages and towns with a population of more than 200,000, Dingkou and Jiangjun about 70,000. Among them, it is divided into 50,000 military villages, 150,000 civilian villages, and about 30,000 residents in the capital. "

By July, the 20,000 surrendered troops promised by Avett had arrived in the hinterland of the Lake District not long ago. They traveled all the way in the rainy season. From the surrender to the present, they have been short of food for several months, and they are all sallow and emaciated. At this time, these militiamen have been unable to keep up with this year's spring plowing, and their bodies also need to be recuperated.

Shulot just sent officers and priests to organize the newly arrived troops while letting the priests transform and teach the faith. These young adults can put into work during the autumn harvest. In the heart of the young king, there is another plan waiting to be investigated.

"With the copper mine dozens of miles south of Ivacchio as the northern boundary, the Talsas River as the southern boundary, east to the Sitaccuaro Mountains, and west to the first north-south river. Hundreds of miles from north to south, east to west For more than one hundred miles, the entire Apachin Kampang is centered on Kuramo City and is set up as Kuramo County, which is Zicao County. It has nearly a hundred villages and towns under its jurisdiction, with a population of 200,000 and a population of 40,000. Well, as soon as possible Check out the local aristocratic fiefdoms so that we can implement the next plan!"

Apatchin Kampang has a large area and can be roughly divided into three parts according to its characteristics. There are several shallow copper mines in the north, and a large number of open-pit gold and silver mines in the south. In fact, there are also branch veins of copper mines deep in the veins here, and gold, silver and copper are associated with each other. And the southernmost part is close to the Talsas River, which flows through half the world, and there are many small towns that prospered due to trade along the river. This is a land rich in minerals and prosperous in commerce!

The city of Kuramo is located in the southernmost part of Apacingam, slightly westward, and is a large city by the river. The largest river in the south-central part of the world, the Tulsas River expands here, forming a wide lake basin, which also connects the edge of the Colima Mountains. This big city is a well-known commercial distribution center, where merchants from Mixtec, Zapotec, Tepanik, and Tekos all gather here, forming one of the most developed cities in the southern region.

Iscari's advance army landed in the southeast of Apacingan, and did not pass through the city of Kuramo. The city thus survived the flames of war, but also retained the traditional aristocratic rule.

The meaning of kuramo in Prepeca language refers to the ragwood of the Boraginaceae family, a beautiful tall tree, usually up to 8 meters, with bright cymose flowers. The ragwood is very attractive in its summer blooms and is very popular with the people of Prepeca. It is worth mentioning that ragwood seeds contain a lot of oil, which is one of the rare sources of oil in Central America.

While his thoughts were spinning, Xiulot walked to the huge wooden board again. He used his hand to draw the finely marked map, and the three counties in the north, middle and south were the core of the feudal kingdom in the lake.

During the Western Expedition, Hekou County in the north and Gyeonggi in the middle went through wars, and the Tarasco nobles were almost completely wiped out, losing their local influence. The population of Gyeonggi has been divided into military villages and civilian villages, and is directly under the central government; while the population of Hekou County is in a semi-autonomous state, as long as a new batch of priests arrives, they will be fully controlled. Only Apatchingam State in the south, the planned Zicao County, has not experienced too many wars. While retaining most of the population, it also retains too many remnants of the old nobles.

Thinking of this, the young king's expression turned cold. He pressed his palm hard on the position of Kuramo City, his eyes became deep.

"Your Majesty, what is your next plan?"

Seeing His Highness's movements, Kuluka looked up. With bright eyes, he asked carefully.

Shulot smiled. He reached into his arms, took out a book, and patted it on the wooden table in front of him. And at the top of the book, there are four neatly written characters.

"Military merit award!"

These chapters took significantly more time to write. The author needs to consult a lot of reliable data, and then rely on the data to think about real and feasible administrative strategies. Here are some remarks.

1. According to the data of the Tokugawa shogunate, one stone of the Warring States Period in Japan should be 130-150 kilograms of brown rice, which can be eaten by an adult man for one year.

2. In the early Tang Dynasty, 1 20 mu of land was awarded, located in the northern plains, with cattle and iron implements.

3. Ten people are raised for every 20 stones, and three dogs are paid for every ten people, and one is drawn for every three dollars in wartime. This is a relatively common military mobilization ratio during the Sengoku period in Japan.

4. After Shang Yang's reform, Qin State's several taxes and labor services together accounted for about 30% of the land income. In the late Qin Dynasty, it even increased to 50% in some areas.