Aztec Eternals

"The printing press of the Alliance. A sharp tool for the spread of religion and culture!."

Shulot stroked the tough bark paper in his hand, silent. After nearly six years of development, the alliance's papermaking technology has made great progress, and the scale of papermaking has also expanded rapidly. There are large-scale papermaking workshops in the lake capital Tenochtitlan and the royal capital Chin Tsung Chan. And small papermaking workshops also emerged in the city-states of the alliance. Papermaking technology is spreading rapidly throughout Central America.

The extremely convenient bark paper, reed paper and straw paper have become indispensable daily consumables among priests and nobles. Caravans and business groups in various states also have the same strong demand. However, most people still use traditional graphic symbols to write and communicate on paper.

As for the characters of the alliance, they are being spread together with papermaking, especially in line with the Nahua language order. The pseudonym characters spontaneously simplified from the Nahua graphic characters are most likely to be 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 square text. The use of these characters has spontaneously moved towards the process of localization in Mexica, and the sentence order and pronunciation of the chanting they use are different from those of the Celestial Dynasty.

"The priesthood of the Kingdom and the Alliance masters engraving and printing, and is also keen on printing religious pictures and texts. Thousands of pictures and scriptures of the main god are being printed out at a rapid pace! Even in the temples in the village of Prepeca, There are pictures of the main god on them, and there are books of the "Ali Sutra". The belief in the main god is flowing to the states conquered by the alliance at an unprecedented speed and in a miraculous manner. The belief in the kingdom of the lake has already spread in Prepe Find stability among the people! And now the new focus is to spread the belief of the Lord God among the 200,000 Tlaxcalans who have migrated as soon as possible."

Thinking of this, Xiulot picked up the pen and wrote down the new Wang Ling.

"Kingdom priests, select priests as soon as possible, go to the south, and preach among the Tlaxcala people. Shenwei University, from the 200,000 new immigrants, recruit 200 apprentice priests. In addition, let the priests of the gods carry hot air balloons to go to Go to the two counties in the south and show miracles again!"

In the spread of the belief in the Lord God, "miracles" are naturally the most shocking and effective way of preaching! Every "miracle" of a hot air balloon is followed by a religious frenzy. It is almost always beneficial to preach at this time. Of course, the "fireworks" of various gods can also play a certain auxiliary effect.

Thinking of hot air balloons, Xiu Luote paused for a while, thinking of the towering Cloud Snake Mountain City. It's just that the alliance's hot air balloons can't carry people, the height of the launch is very limited, and the time can't be too long, so it is 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 that can overwhelm the enemy's morale. However, it is indeed possible to prepare in advance and create 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 of the Lake has a population of over one million, which is similar to that of the old kingdom at its peak. However, the number of military nobles and warriors supported by the kingdom is far greater than that of the old dynasty! Seven thousand imperial guards, eight Thousand Gyeonggi Legion, Eight Thousand Guajili Legion, Eight Thousand First Long Spear Legion, Eight Thousand Second Long Spear Legion, Eight Thousand Zicao Legion Six legions, there are 47,000 warriors, all of whom are granted land and slaves! . In addition, there are a considerable number of local militia battalions in each county, such as thousands of dog-born fighters in Hekou County and thousands of Tekos fighters in Apa County. These frontier militias need regular training, and farming is very rough. They will not participate in hard labor. And once they go out to do meritorious service, they will be promoted to warriors."

Seeing this, Xiulot blushed and was a little embarrassed. He has not informed the sage yet that the kingdom is planning to establish a seventh half-production Long Snake Legion, which is also full of 8,000 people.

"After the establishment of the Long Snake Legion, there will be 55,000 samurai in the lake kingdom of 1.2 million people, plus a large number of frontier militias. The proportion of full-time and half-time samurai population alone will be 4.6%. It can be said that there are twenty men and one 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 samurai class who conferred fields and titles, the proportion of the kingdom's wealth they occupied was probably much higher than this. The king thought about it and continued to look down.

"Your Majesty, the current kingdom is neither a country of priests nor a country of nobles, but a country of warriors! Western expedition, northern expedition, southern expedition, and eastern expedition kingdoms have not fought for a year, and every battle destroys the city and conquers the country. Accumulated military exploits are awarded titles, warriors are awarded fields and slaves. And your majesty is friendly to warriors, and the rewards are very generous, which is the best in the world, even far better than the alliance!"

"In the 50,000 legion, there are 1,800 first-class military nobles! Each person is granted 800 acres of land and 40 slaves. The fourth-level senior warriors have a legion. Each person is granted 240 acres of land and 12 slaves. Next, the third-level elite warriors have about two legions, each of whom is granted 100 mu of land and 5 slaves. As for the second-level captive warriors, the number is close to that of the third-level warriors, each of whom is granted 20 mu of land and 1 slave .The warriors of the kingdom occupy so many fields, master so many serfs, and have read epics like never before. Veterans are always in fear, restless day and night, not knowing the future fate of the kingdom, and where it will go."

Seeing this, Shulot paused, his expression changing. He immediately used the reward plan for the Eastern Expedition, and added and subtracted the number of promotions at all levels with the report of the sage Jatiri. Soon, he calculated the specific figures with a surprised expression on his face.

"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. , 10,000 people, occupying 2.4 million mu of farmland and 120,000 serfs. The third-level warriors, 18,000 people, occupy 1.8 million mu of farmland, and 90,000 serfs. The second-level warriors, 15,000 people, occupy 300,000 acres of farmland, 15,000 serfs.”

After counting this, Shulot shook his hand and almost groaned.

In the four large-scale expeditions before and after, the casualties of the samurai army were very limited, and the number of enemies killed and captured was extremely large, counting in the hundreds of thousands! In order to subdue the samurai legions from various states and races and unite the hearts of the kingdom as soon as possible, Xiulot strictly fulfilled the promise of granting military merits and granting land and slaves. As a result, an unusually large class of warriors was naturally born.

"Lord God! The kingdom's warriors and military aristocrats will occupy a total of 6.5 million mu of farmland and nearly 330,000 serfs! The total number of acres of land in the kingdom, including the fallow area, is only close to 20 million mu. The total population of the kingdom, 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 is slaves?!"

In fact, the number of slaves is far more than that. In the kingdom's two major mining areas, there are also tens of thousands of consumed miners. And in the manors of the kingdom's nobles and priests, there are also a large number of working serfs. The proportion of slaves in the whole kingdom is probably close to one-third.

Shulot raised his head, looked at the towering and majestic sculpture of the main god, and fell into deep thought. After this calculation, he has a deeper and clearer understanding of the kingdom in the lake that he built with his own hands. The young king was silent for a long time, and finally he let out a long breath and whispered to himself.

"It's really the Qin State in the West Sea, Rome in America, and the military group in the lake. There is a national army and a slavery military state with centralized theocratic power!"