Chapter 603: The Kingdom of the Lake: A slave-holding military state with centralized theocracy
"The Union's printing press...a weapon for the spread of religion and culture!..."
Shulot stroked the tough bark paper in his hand and was 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. The capital of the lake, Tenochtitlan, and the king
There are large-scale paper-making workshops in Duqin Congcan City. Small-scale paper-making workshops have also emerged in various city-states in the alliance. Paper-making technology is spreading rapidly throughout the Central American world.
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 write on paper.
Communication is still based on traditional graphic symbols.
As for the alliance's writing, it is being spread together with papermaking, especially the kana writing that conforms to the Nahua order and is spontaneously simplified from the Nahua graphic characters. It is most easily mastered by ordinary nobles. High-ranking nobles and priests will study it.
The scriptures printed by the High Priests search for the mysteries of the gods from the complicated block characters. The use of these characters has spontaneously moved towards the process of localization in Mexica. The order of sentences and the pronunciation of the chants are consistent with
There are differences in China.
"The priests of the Kingdom and the Alliance have mastered the art of engraving and printing, and are also keen on printing religious pictures and texts. Thousands of pictures and scriptures of the main gods are being printed at a rapid rate! Even in the sacrificial halls in the village of Prepecha,
They all have pictures of the main god and have volumes of the Ali Sutra. The belief in the main god is flowing to the countries conquered by the alliance at an unprecedented speed and in a miraculous way... The belief in the Kingdom of the Lake is already spreading throughout the world.
The Repecha people are stable! But now the new focus is to spread the faith of the main god as quickly as possible among the 200,000 Tlaxcala people who have migrated..."
Thinking of this, Shulot picked up his pen and wrote down a new royal order.
"The kingdom's priesthood should select priests as soon as possible and go to the south to preach among the Tlaxcala people. Divine Power University will recruit two hundred priest apprentices from the 200,000 new immigrants... In addition, let the divine priests carry hot air balloons
, went to the two southern counties and showed another miracle!..."
In the spread of faith in the Lord God, "miracles" are naturally the most shocking and effective way to preach! Every "miracle" of a hot air balloon taking off will trigger a religious fanaticism. Preaching at this time,
There is almost no disadvantage. Of course, the various "fireworks" of gods can also have a certain auxiliary effect.
Thinking of the hot air balloon, Shulot paused for a moment and thought of the towering Yunshe Mountain City. However, the alliance's hot air balloon could not carry people, and the altitude it could lift into the air was very limited, and the time could not be too long, making it 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 to overwhelm the enemy's morale... However, it is indeed possible to prepare in advance and build 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 in the Lake has a population of over one million, which is similar to the old kingdom when it was at its peak. However, the number of military nobles and warriors supported by the kingdom is far greater than that of the old dynasty! There are seven thousand Guards, eight
The Thousand Gyeonggi Legion, the Eight Thousand Guakili Legion, the Eight Thousand First Spear Legion, the Eight Thousand Second Spear Legion, and the Eight Thousand Lithospermum Legion...the six legions, with a total of 47,000 warriors, were all granted land and slaves.
!...In addition, there are a considerable number of local militia battalions in each county, such as thousands of canine warriors in Hekou County, thousands of Tekos warriors in Apa County...These border militias need
Regular training, very rough farming, and no participation in labor. But once you go out to fight and perform meritorious service, you will be promoted to a warrior..."
Seeing this, Shulot's face turned red and he felt a little embarrassed. He had not yet informed the sage that the kingdom was preparing to establish a seventh semi-full-time Hydra Legion, also with a full strength of 8,000 people.
"After the Hydra Legion is established, the Lake Kingdom with 1.2 million people will have 55,000 warriors, plus a large number of border militias. The proportion of retired and semi-off-the-job warriors alone is 4.6%.
It can be said that there are twenty people per soldier!..."
Thinking of this, Shulot pursed his lips. The ratio of soldiers to civilians in the kingdom may indeed be a bit high. And when the warrior class is granted land and titles, the proportion of the kingdom's wealth they occupy is probably much higher than this... King
Thinking about it, continue reading.
"Your Majesty, the current kingdom is neither a kingdom of priests nor aristocrats, but a kingdom of warriors! Expeditions to the west, north, south, and east... The kingdom never goes a year without fighting, and every battle destroys the city.
When conquering a country, military merits are accumulated and knights are awarded, and warriors are granted lands and slaves. However, Your Majesty is very kind to the warriors and rewards them generously. He is the best in the world, even far better than the alliance!"
"Among the 50,000 legions, there are 1,800 first-level military nobles! Each of them is granted 800 acres of land and 40 slaves. The fourth-level senior warriors have enough for one legion. Each of them is granted 240 acres of land and 12 slaves.
Then, there are about two legions of third-level elite warriors, each of whom is granted 100 acres 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 acres of land and 1 slave.
...The warriors of the kingdom occupy more fields, control more serfs, and read more epic poems than ever before. The old ministers are always in fear and have troubles day and night, wondering where the future destiny of the kingdom will go..."
Seeing this, Shulot paused, and his expression changed. He immediately brought the reward plan of the Eastern Expedition, and added and subtracted the number of people promoted at each level with the report of Sage Jatiri. Soon, he calculated the specific number
Numbers, looking surprised.
"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. And
The fourth-level warriors are 10,000 people, occupying 2.4 million acres of farmland and 120,000 serfs. The third-level warriors are 18,000 people, occupying 1.8 million acres of farmland and 90,000 serfs. The second-level warriors are 15,000 people.
Occupying 300,000 acres of farmland and 15,000 serfs..."
At this point, Shulot shook his hands and almost groaned.
In the four large-scale conquests, the casualties of the samurai legions were very limited, and the number of enemies killed and captured was extremely large, hundreds of thousands! In order to conquer the samurai legions from all countries and races, and gather the hearts of the people within the kingdom as soon as possible
, Shulot strictly fulfilled his promise of conferring military merit on fields and slaves. As a result, an unusually large warrior class was naturally born.
"Lord God! The kingdom's warriors and military nobles will occupy a total of 6.5 million acres of farmland and nearly 330,000 serfs! The total number of acres of farmland in the kingdom, including the fallow area, is only close to 20 million acres. The total population of the kingdom,
That’s 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 are slaves?!"
In fact, the number of slaves is far more than that. In the two major mining areas of the kingdom, there are thousands of mining slaves. And in the manor of the kingdom’s nobles and priests, there are also a large number of working serfs. The entire kingdom’s
The proportion of slaves is probably close to one-third.
Shulot raised his head, looked at the towering and majestic sculpture of the Lord God, and fell into deep thought. After this calculation, he had a deeper and clearer understanding of the kingdom in the lake that he had built with his own hands. The young king was silent for a long time,
Finally he took a long breath and whispered to himself.
"It's really the Qin State in the West Sea, Rome in the Americas, a military group in the lake, a national army...a slave-holding military state with centralized theocracy!"