In the rainy season, the Lake Kingdom is busy and peaceful. The "Three Sisters" are growing in the fields, growing rapidly every day, while the farmers are busy repairing the small ditches to drain the lower fields. Without enough fertilizer, topdressing is out of the question.

By the end of August, this year's harvest was almost certain. With plenty of precipitation but not too much, lakes have not flooded, and crops are growing vigorously, it will be a good year!

At the Estuary Fortress, the Guajili Army has been formed. According to Arnold's suggestion, the king rewarded the warriors in the army generously, allowing the unruly tribal fighters to survive the hard initial training and gradually get used to the discipline in the army. Of course, their discipline is far from being comparable to that of the Pike Corps. They can only form an array, fight according to orders, and will not charge without authorization.

Afterwards, Shulot entrusted a group of senior warriors from the Northern Expedition to the dog-born villages in the east and west. Under the big and small banner teams, a mobilization unit at the account level has been added, which strengthens the kingdom's control over the banner teams. Then, he selected a group of war priests who were good at fighting from the army, plus some naturalized wilderness priests, to replace the ordinary priests in the dog-born villages. The fifteen Guajili banner teams were again further integrated.

After inspecting the various banner teams, the king has confirmed that the 60,000 dog tribes have hardly ever held a hoe, and none of them are suitable for farming. In a short period of time, the fifteen tribal flag teams will perform more military functions, and do not expect much economic benefits. In other words, as long as the various ministries of Guajili can support themselves, pay a little symbolic tribute, produce some furs and feathers, and fight in wartime, it will be fine.

The Alliance fleet went back and forth twice more, bringing in large quantities of food and tin, and taking away armor and copper. Alyssa was overjoyed when she received the letter from the little golden eagle. She had little Avilot brought over again, and Shulot threw the yo-yo again.

Alyssa's reply was very long, with many trivial details in it, like a girl's diary. There is also a cute stick figure in the diary. The picture shows two little people holding hands. A golden eagle stands on the shoulder of the villain, and a green snake coils around the feet of the villain. Both the golden eagle and the green snake had a fish in their mouths.

Shulot held the letter and stroked it for a long, long time. He hadn't seen Alyssa for many years, and he hadn't touched the little green snake for many years. The boy's memories stay in the distance, and the young king stands on the top of the fortress. He was always wearing armor, and a bronze sword was always slung around his waist, which could not be removed or removed.

Messengers of the Alliance brought greetings from the King and the High Priest. The king asked for gemstones to be added to this year's tribute, and the high priest agreed to Ort as the chief priest of Otomi. There was also a top-secret news accompanying him. The elder was seriously ill and bedridden, and his 90th birthday was not held as scheduled.

Hearing this, Xiulot was a little dazed. The immortal sun established the alliance with his own hands, from the last century all the way to today, and it is the end of the century again. Could it be that He is about to go out? No one has the answer, and the Mexica don't want to know it.

August passed in the rain, and the autumn wind came with a fragrance, and it was already September in a blink of an eye. The pumpkins in the field are ripe, and the farmers start to work hard, and the joy of harvest is everywhere. The dog descendants picked the harvested pumpkins, surprised at the fertility of the land under their feet, and finally made up their minds.

The king's flag of the black wolf finally moved south slowly. In mid-September, under the protection of the 6,000 imperial guards, the king returned to the capital, where he had been away for a year and a half.

Compared with when he left, Qin Cong Can City, the capital of the king, was more prosperous. The villages in Gyeonggi have regained their vitality, and villagers can occasionally enter the city to exchange some needed pottery, stone tools and cloth with surplus agricultural products. Business travelers from all over the world kept coming, selling food, cotton cloth, spices, and feathers from various southern ministries, and buying bronzes and gems, which are special products of the kingdom.

The tax officials who supervised the various places were busy day and night, concentrating the extracted goods into the warehouse of the king's capital, waiting for the statistics and expenses of the preaching priests. Yes, the current business tax is still collected in kind, plus a small amount of cloth, cocoa, and gold and silver.

Schlott once considered establishing a clear currency system. However, the tribal structure in the world is too scattered, the reserves of gold and silver are too rich, and the quantity of commodities is relatively scarce. In many cases, gold and silver cannot be used as "money". Many tribes are like dogs in the wilderness, only accepting cocoa, salt, grain, cloth and weapons, and scorning gold and silver that cannot be eaten directly. Because, if they want this kind of golden or white stone, they can dig and refine it by themselves. Anyway, there are many in the mountains.

On the contrary, the gemstones produced in the Kingdom of the Lake, because of their extremely stable quality, gorgeous color and relatively rare quantity, are becoming the currency unit of many wealthy city-states. Of course, if you leave the rich city-state and come to the poor villages and towns, the value of gems is still not recognized.

Seeing such a situation, Xiulot carefully controlled the output of glazed gemstones, maintained the reputation and value of the market, and sought huge profits in the manufacture of "currency". At the same time, he continued to send royal caravans to expand the gem trade to farther places. The world has been in war for a long time, and the grain and cotton cloth of all ministries are strictly controlled and will not be sold too much. The greatest value of these gems is still used to exchange slaves.

According to the estimation of the sage Jatiri, from the establishment of the gem trade at the beginning of last year to September of this year, the kingdom has purchased about 20,000 young and strong slaves with the glazed gems manufactured, with an average of more than 1,000 slaves per month. These slaves mainly came from the three tribes of Mixtec, Zapotec and Trapanik in the south through various channels.

The loss of tens of thousands of people has attracted the attention of lords everywhere. The Mixtec and Zapotec alliances in the south successively promulgated decrees prohibiting the sale of slaves to the Kingdom of the Lake, and sent warriors to patrol severely. Although the Trapaniks bordered the kingdom and did not dare to prohibit it, there were many "bandits" blocking trade. Sources of slaves are drying up unless new sources are found.

The 20,000 young and strong slaves purchased have been distributed as serfs to the military nobles of the kingdom. Now, the most troublesome thing for Shulot is the entrustment promise to the Kingdom Legion.

In the Western Expedition to destroy the country, the North Road Corps confiscated 2.2 million acres of land and needed 110,000 servants; the Holy City Army settled and confiscated 300,000 acres and needed 15,000 servants; The legion does not need to grant slaves, but can be rewarded with fiefdoms without a master. The Janissaries still needed 400,000 acres of land and 20,000 slaves.

In Hekou County, the king used the method of setting up a large tent to entrust one or two hundred senior warriors who had been promoted to military nobles in the Imperial Guard Corps. Then, he gathered another five thousand dog-born captives and savages from the mountains and forests, and barely completed the military exploits of the Northern Expedition. But when he returned to the capital and saw the report from the sage Jadiri, he felt a headache again.

It has been more than two years since the kingdom was established, and the granting of land for the Western Expedition had been completed long ago, but the number of slaves granted was far from enough, and most of the enfeoffed land was forced to be abandoned. To this day, there is still a shortfall of about 80,000 slaves. Although the king's prestige was rising, the warriors respected the leader, and they didn't have too many objections, and they waited with peace of mind. But Wang's reputation is crucial, and these gaps must be filled as soon as possible!

And to fill such a huge gap, the only solution is war, war, constant war!

"For the sake of land and serfs, the kingdom needs to wage war. After the war is won, the samurai continue to be promoted, which creates a greater demand, and then continues the war..."

Shulot stood at the top of the Palace of Winds, looking towards the southwest direction of Chinganbat. The mines there also need supplementation to further expand production.

At this moment, thousands of miners are busy day and night, and black smoke rises from there. Countless copper mines and coal mines were mined, and then smelted into armor, long spears, battle axes, Qin swords, arrowheads, and even bronze artillery! Everything in the kingdom is preparing for military expansion, and only military expansion can solve all the problems of the kingdom!

Thinking of this, Shulot lowered his eyes, recalling the situation when he first returned to the capital. When the Northern Expedition returned victorious, the military nobles were greatly excited. The generals in the capital asked for an audience one after another, while those from other places kept submitting letters.

Olosh, the head of the Gyeonggi Legion, proposed to expand the scale of captives after autumn, and completely wiped out the savage tribes on the four sides of the border; Horta, the head of the Sky Patriarch, proposed to launch a war on the Chapala Lake area and crusade against Prince Feather; Suggestion, to conquer the southwest mountainous area, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com to expand the periphery of the mining area; Ezpan, the commander of the Second Long Spear Corps, said to purge the turbulent southern nobles and eradicate the remnants of the Tarasco Kingdom; veteran Etalik wrote, He seconded the head of the Ezpan army, and provided information on the southern nobles and the private army. Before leaving Hekou County, Kuluka, the head of the Second Long Spear Corps, euphemistically expressed that he hoped to obtain His Highness's permission to completely swallow up the Sakapu state in the western mountains and forests.

"What kind of military machine did I build with my own hands?"

Shulot looked up at the sky, and the kestrels in the lake area were soaring. Its eyes are so sharp, its stomach is so hungry, and it is always looking for new prey!

After a while, Shulot walked back to the palace. Bertard followed silently until His Highness's voice came.

"Notify Charape, the deputy director of the Military Industry Department, and Tilippi, the director of the Bronze Bureau: Let them get ready. Two days later, check the Sun Condor Cannon and the Rain God Tiger Squat Cannon!"

"Yes, Your Highness."

Bertard nodded, and then went in person. His heart was also full of expectations, and he also longed for war.

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