Aztec Eternals

   Chapter 246 Quartet Situation, Intelligence and Diplomacy

  The rain of July lingers on the boundless fields, and the scorching sun sheds the light of life from time to time. The green plants are lush, the fruit trees are lush, and the land in the lake area is full of life. And when the pumpkin seedlings took shape, more rain came and covered the sky. The heavy rains turned into streams and converged into a wider lake, making Lake Patzcuaro even more magnificent.

   "It's the rainy season in August, dancing to the beat of the drums, swallowing mountains and rivers."

  Shirot stood on the top floor of the Palace of Winds, looking out at the lake in the north. During the peak of the rainy season, the water level of the Great Lake rose significantly, submerging the surrounding area. The abundant water and light are boundless, and at this time, looking far away, it is quite majestic and heroic. The young king watched for a moment, then suddenly frowned.

"Lake Patzcuaro can expand so much in the rainy season! Although a lot of fertile soil along the river has been vacated, it is still submerged to the edge of the farmland. This is just an ordinary year, and if there is a flood, the area may be submerged. No wonder The lakeside villages are all built on high ground, so what needs to be done is to surround the lake and control the water! Lake Patzcuaro needs to be tamed, just like Lake Texcoco, which is divided and surrounded by countless dykes, it must be completely tamed and tamed!”

  Shirot pondered silently, with intense pride echoing in his chest. The pride of the king is sometimes similar to that of ordinary people, and sometimes it is very different. The difference is that there is more confidence and heroism to reshape the mountains and rivers!

  Changfeng shook the wind chimes, and the crisp bells covered the rushing rain. It's rainy and windy, so it's not advisable to travel. The young king watched quietly for a moment, remembered the new plan in his mind, and turned to go to the main hall.

  In the gorgeous hall, the guards have already prepared breakfast. A fluffy grilled tortilla, a small bowl of tender grilled matsutake mushrooms, a grilled fish with chili sauce, two smoked venison with honey, and a cup of sweet hot cocoa.

  Shirot sat cross-legged at the table, eating a simple breakfast while reading the latest report.

  The tense spring ploughing has ended, and the closed country is peaceful. Both the army and the people in the field are enjoying the rare peace in the wind and rain. Under the wind and rain, a large number of scouts have been dispatched to collect information on the nobles in the south, and also to monitor the movements of the surrounding ministries.

"The news of the fall of the Tarasco Kingdom has spread far and wide. All the ministries in the four quarters are shaken. In the southwest of the country, the noble chiefs of the Texans have sent messengers, expressing their willingness to surrender and pay tribute. The latest messenger also hopes to redeem the Captured nobles and warriors."

   Seeing this, Shirlot pondered a little. Most of the warrior prisoners of the southern Turks have been sent to the capital of the lake, and he left only a few guides and tribal militia integrated into the Tuntian army.

   "Since I have been an enemy of the Alliance, I have to pay the price! Sooner or later, I will personally go west to the Colima Mountains. Well, at most, it is impossible to send back a few tribal nobles, warriors and militia with fighting ability."

  Shirot shook his head. After giving a brief instruction, he put the report aside. He continued to read, to understand the situation of the surrounding states, and also gave the foreign policy of the newly sealed country.

"After the spring ploughing, the northern part of the country was sealed off, and the allied Ottopan city-state immediately sent a congratulatory messenger to congratulate His Highness on his victory. At the same time, he sought support for the ownership of the land on the north bank of the Leman River? Tepopolo has already sent someone to ask for the wooden castle on the north bank. the land, and used the army of the Alliance as a threat. The Otomi people were stationed in the wooden fort on the north bank, and they were unwilling to surrender."

   Seeing this, Shirlot fell into deep thought.

  The city-state of Ottopan is the ancestral city of the Otomi people, and has a special place in the hearts of the Otomi people. Under the influence of the old groundhog priest Ort, the city-state's legion commander, Giova, has sworn an alliance with himself and is willing to be a vassal. The road to the west was difficult, and the three thousand Otomi army was very desperate. First, they looted and lured the enemy, and then they lost most of them when they attacked the strong estuary fortress. And the city-state of Otomi is also a solid barrier against the Chichimek breed in the north of the country.

   As for the Tepopolo fief in the northeast of the closed country in the Lake District. Although they have the same origin and participate in the western expedition together, they cannot be regarded as their own forces. There is no affiliation between the two parties, and there is even competition.

   The young king pondered for a moment before looking at the chief warrior standing beside him.

"Bottard, General Giova and I have sworn a blood alliance, and the noble noble Tepopolo will fight side by side with us. I really don't want the two sides to fight each other for the fiefs. It's just that His Majesty has demarcated the fiefs of the Lake District, and personally It is inconvenient for me to express my position directly on this matter.”

   "Your Highness, do you mean there is a difference between closeness and distance?"

  Bottard's face was calm, but his eyes flickered slightly.

"Well, Bertard, the alliance has its own laws, it just depends on the specific implementation. Ottopan City has made great achievements in the Western Expedition, and has always been close to me, I will maintain justice. Steady. He has very little reliable power and has not established his prestige. It is impossible to send troops to the north within this year. The world will not take this small wasteland on the north coast in its heart. The warrior chief, dispatch a messenger in a low-key manner, and tell the old priest of Oort the truth one by one. He will know how to do it."

   The samurai chief nodded, took out a pen and paper, and wrote down His Highness's words.

  Since Tepopolo arrived in the fief, he has moved his old tribe, assembled nobles, recruited samurai, and hastened the spring plowing. This series of actions shows that the transferred Glory nobles really want to do something. Akambaro State has experienced wars and is sparsely populated. Even with the repatriated Glory family, there are less than 100,000 people, and there is no shortage of arable land. This time, he lied and threatened, and asked for the northern fief. I am afraid that he wanted to establish the prestige of the new emperor in the hearts of the local nobles.

   "The young jaguar dominates the surrounding mountains. The land in the lake doesn't need it, another strong and greedy wolf."

   Bertard's eyes darkened. Shilot didn't care, just continued to read the report.

"In the northwest of the closed country, the Prince Feather of the Chapala Lake District led the warrior army and defeated several powerful Guamal dog tribes in a row. , began to retreat to Tekaikos on the northern plateau. This large-scale invasion of the canines should end here."

"Congratulations on your glorious victory, Your Highness, you are like an eagle soaring in the sky. The chiefs of the Guamal tribes who rule the vast and magnificent mountains and rivers sent people to ask the caravan if they would like to buy the plundered Prepecha slaves? They are not interested in gold and silver, and only ask for food, wine, salt or weapons. An adult dingkou can exchange about three hundred catties of grain, or one hundred catties of water and wine, or more than ten catties of salt, or two sets of weapons and armor. It can be substituted with equivalent cocoa beans. Young women are half price, and children can be added as a bonus.”

"The number of captives estimated by the caravan ranges from 10,000 to 20,000 to as many as 20,000 to 30,000. Most of them are young men and women. Buying in large quantities can reduce the price a lot. Please kindly reply to those innocent lives as soon as possible. Like flowers in the summer rain, trembling, falling down at any time, buried in the soil of the rainy season, because apart from the precious craftsmen and doctors, the canine descendants have limited food and will not keep too much food. Goods, a batch of slaves were purchased in advance. As long as they follow the Leman River, they can be transported back to the feudal country in less than a week.”

  Shirot frowned again. He looked at the letter newspaper in his hand. In the common graphic text, neat Chinese characters were mixed, and there were even rhyme lines. The young king asked suspiciously.

   "Who wrote this letter? It's not like the style of the samurai."

   Hearing this, Bertard smiled lightly, with a hint of interest in his expression.

"Your Highness, you forgot. The head of the northern caravan is Balamo. He has been blowing sand on the northern plateau for a year, and is said to have seen white snow. In the letters sent every month, it is always There will be some poetry mixed in."

"Ah ha ha."

  Shirot couldn't help but laugh after thinking about it for a while. Soon after the Western Expedition began, the Divine Blessed Legion arrived. He sent Baramo, the poet commander of the legion, to the north to take full charge of the caravan and scouts.

   There are many considerations in this. To trade in the barbarian department, one must first be excellent in martial arts and courageous. Secondly, you must be flexible, articulate, and good at communicating with people. Some cultures are better. In the end, it is necessary to use the wind, sand and cold wave in the north to sharpen the temperament of the poet commander.

   "How is Balamo doing well in the north? Looking at this letter, it seems that his temperament is still quite free."

  Shirot asked with a smile.

"Balamo is a very good caravan executive. He is good at speaking and martial arts, and he has learned some singing and dancing. He is very popular on the northern plateau. Well, he also maintains a very good relationship with the wives of many noble chiefs. The relationship between the plateau and the alliance is different, the tribesmen of the dog tribe often do not know who their father is. Many times, it is the noble woman who has the final say. Although Balamo is a little harder, it is also a pleasure."

   Bertard said this, and the two laughed together. After a long while, the young king accepted his smile and said sternly.

"Fengguo lacks small mouths. The proposal to acquire captives is feasible. All young men and women and children are required! Among the materials purchased, first use salt, then drink, then coarse grains, and finally the broken weapons in the Western Expedition. Equipment. Let Baramo lower the price, and try to rely on the Leman River to trade. I will let Anatri's navy go to deliver it. In addition, I will add a group of priests to the northern caravan, so as to bring the glory of the Lord God as soon as possible. Spread it!"

   The samurai captain quickly recorded it, and then saluted Shirot again.

   "Your Highness is merciful!"

  Shirota nodded. After the war was established, the population of the closed country was more in short supply than the material, and it needed to be filled by all means. As for the future arrangement of the poet commander, some new ideas appeared in his mind, and they quickly pressed into his heart. The young king continued to look at the four directions.

"The southern part of the country was sealed off, and the Trapanic Tribal Alliance sent messengers to come. They expressed their surrender to the alliance and were willing to pay tribute to the specialties of the rainforest in the south, trading feathers, spices, gems and salt. They asked the great Highness to continue before and the tower. Lascaux's copper trade, and the same desire for obsidian, which is largely monopolized by the Alliance."

   Reading this, Shilot shook his head.

The tribes of    Trapanic formed a loose alliance in the south of the Wetamo Mountains. They are scattered between east-west mountains and the sea to the west, inhabiting lowland rainforests and coastal plains. The Trapanic tribe has a small population and not much arable land, but is good at commerce and mostly engaged in resale trade. Their east is the Mistec and Zapotec alliance.

   "No! The alliance prohibits extravagance. Bronze and obsidian are strategic materials, which are centrally controlled by the kingdom, and are not allowed to be sold by lords or merchants."

  Shirot instructed mercilessly. Formal affiliation of the Trapanics did not benefit the Alliance. They are located far away and live in the lowland rainforest with complex terrain. The land value is not very high, and it is difficult to be threatened by the military of the Alliance.

   ". Send a team of samurai, ban Trapanic merchants, and monitor the private trade of the southern nobles. If you find any, you only need to collect evidence and leave it for a while."

  The young king thought for a while, and then wrote down the specific treatment method.

   He used a jade seal to imprint a red seal on the document, and then handed the document and letter to the samurai chief, while he kept a concise memo. The samurai chief immediately summoned several personal guards, selected the person in charge, and then handed over the documents and letters. Then, the responsible personal guard received the documents, and immediately took the letter talisman to the camp to transfer troops and directly carry out His Highness's will.

   Although the implementation process of these series of policies is a bit rough, it is like an arm, simple and efficient, and only the orders of the authorities are followed.

   With the improvement of the authority of Shulot, a lot of information and powers at home and abroad were completely gathered to him. Generally speaking, he is the reviewer of information and the highest decision-maker; the generals and cronies around him are the decision-making circle involved in the discussion of politics; the personal guards, heads of various departments, and officers at all levels of the regiment are specific. Executor. Attached to the execution circle are thousands of craftsmen on duty, tens of thousands of Mexica legions, and hundreds of thousands of community civilians who have been effectively integrated.

   This kind of political system does not rely on a mature and systematic grammatical system, but on the authoritarian control of the king himself. Compared with the mature civil service system of the Celestial Dynasty, the political form of the alliance is more similar to the nomadic tribes on the northern grasslands, with powerful "Khans" or "Great Chiefs" to decide major events.

"In the southeast of the sealed kingdom, the Mistec sent envoys to congratulate the pilgrimage, offering dyes, gold, silver, precious stones, pearls and maidens. Your Highness, they are looking for trade with the new kingdom, and they also hope to form a partnership with you. A closer cooperative relationship. At the same time, the inspectors found that they were also constantly inquiring about the details of the war in the Western Expedition, and were very interested in the new weapons of the gods. In addition, according to the uncertain news of the distant merchants, Tarasco The southern commander of the kingdom, Prince Queus, may have fled along the Tulsa River to Mistec."

   "Precious metal craftsman, people of the cloud, Misteke gunpowder secret Queus."

  Shirot was lost in thought. The feudal state had nominally controlled Apatchin Gambang and was able to travel up the Tarsus River, through the subservient Jontar tribes, and communicate with the Mistecs in the southeast on a large scale.

  Different from the Trapanic tribes, which were sparsely populated and politically loose, the Mistec Alliance had a rudimentary state with a population of about 800,000 to 900,000. Under the pressure of the alliance, it advanced and retreated with the Zapotec people. They have a prosperous population, have at least 20,000 warriors, occupy the prosperous southern land, produce many luxury goods, and also have a large number of skilled craftsmen. Thinking of this, the young king picked up the pen again.

"Accept the request of the Mistecs for trade, but restrict the transaction of strategic materials. Do not accept the request for intermarriage of the Mistecs, and betroth the tribute girl to the soldiers of the Mexica Legion. Control the gunpowder craftsman, and the formula of gunpowder must be Strict confidentiality. Clean up the battlefield of the war again, and strictly prohibit the outflow of new weapons! In addition, test the envoys of the Mistec people to see if they are willing to exchange a batch of weapons and leather armor with the nobles of Tarasco.”

   After a pause, Shilott wrote again.

   "If the Mistecs are willing to sell slaves on a large scale, the Alliance is willing to sell enough copper, grain, salt, and armaments."

   The young king handed the document to the samurai chief and picked up the last letter on the table. He looked at the words on the letter carefully, and finally a smile appeared on his face.

"The supreme king Avit led the southern legion, and fought several battles with the Tlaxcalans in the state of Wattstepec in the southeast of the alliance. The Mexican legion relied on the range advantage of the longbow and the crossbow to suppress the Tlaxcala. People's bows and arrows, and won two field battles! Counting the militia, the Tlaxcala Legion lost nearly 10,000 and retreated to the east of Wattstepec, currently occupying several frontier fortresses. At the peak of the rainy season, the fighting between the two sides has temporarily stopped, and they are facing each other across half a country.”

“With the exception of the two states that were infested by the Tlaxcalans, the Union’s spring ploughing went well this year. After the application of well-composted fertilizers, the crops in the Texcoco Lakes region are growing satisfactorily, and this year’s grain output should increase a lot. "

"The news of the victory of the Western Expedition reached the capital, and the high priest personally led a group of twelve priests to hold a grand sacrifice ceremony in front of the Great Temple to celebrate the victory of the Western Expedition! The ancestors of all dynasties. The sound of the city's celebrations is like thunder in the rainy season, and there are shouts boiling all night!

  The names of the king and his highness, like the great ancestor Montezuma, were prayed in unison by the warriors of the alliance in the sacrificial ceremony! Now, the people of the capital city in the lake are only waiting for the king to return to his division in victory and hold a grand victory sacrifice! The post-war Victory Sacrifice is likely to be arranged on the New Year's Day, and it will be an unparalleled sacrifice, with the most and the most sacred Ajini offerings! "

  Shirot was slightly absent-minded, and the sleeping face of King Suangua appeared in his mind.

   In the past three months, the Alliance's search team has successively captured several fugitive Prince Tarrasco. And Tarrasco's king, royal family and many great nobles have all been handed over to the legion that Avett returned. Their fate is like a pyre built high, long ago chosen by the flame of the Lord God, and destined to be turned into smoke drifting in the wind amid the excited cheers of hundreds of thousands of people.

  The young king has long been heartbroken. He just stared for a moment, then looked at the last words.

"The High Priest and the priests and elders have decided to form the Archdiocese of Tarasco. His Highness the Chief Priest is promoted to the youngest fifth-level suzerain, and he is fully responsible for all affairs of the Archdiocese of Tarasco! At the same time, the capital priests will meet A large number of priests were selected, led by the newly promoted fourth-level suzerain, Hugos, who arrived in Mikancho Lake to seal the country before the autumn harvest to assist in the affairs of the new parish.

  At the request of His Highness, the Shenqi Institute in the capital will also dispatch a large number of senior craftsmen~www.readwn.com~ to go to Qincongcan City together to form the second Shenqi Institute. His Royal Highness sealed the land in the lake. After the elders consulted with the high priest, the Shenqiu in the capital is now taken over by the priests and elders. As for the newly built Second Divine Revelation Institute, His Highness is solely responsible for it.”

"Well, the newly promoted fourth-level suzerain, the son of the elder Wugel, the archdiocese of Ugos Tarasco. The youngest fifth-level suzerain is a priest supported by a large group of priests. The new Shenqisuo is exchanged for the old Shenqisuo, eh, As it should be, I am short of competent people, but it is worthwhile.”

  Shirot stood up and paced thoughtfully. After a few lines of text, a series of political deals and power games follow. Fortunately, the grandfather, as the high priest, is at the top of the central power, and the result of the transaction will be satisfactory.

   Time passed gently in the king's thoughts with the sound of ticking rain. I don't know how long it took before a personal guard entered the hall. He kneeled on the ground respectfully, and replied loudly, alarming the contemplative king.

   "His Royal Highness! At your invitation, the original epic master in the Palace of Winds, the knowledgeable elder of the Prepecha people, the sage Jatiri has arrived. He is outside the palace, asking for an audience with the respected king!"

   Well, I was addicted to sleep and couldn't extricate myself. It was a little uncomfortable on weekends, so I've been at home for two days and cheered up today! (_)

   (end of this chapter)