After the kingdom’s transformation and military campaigns to the north and south, the lengthy third volume has finally concluded! <(￣︶￣)>
The theme of the third volume is "Establishing the Kingdom," which, as the name suggests, narrates the establishment and stabilization of the Kingdom of the Lake. From the summer of 1484 to the spring of 1487, the newly born Kingdom of the Lake rapidly developed in the Mikenque Lake region and became a significant power in the world.
The most important content in the third volume is the various reforms of the Kingdom of the Lake. These institutional innovations aimed both to further centralize authority and to integrate the various social strata of the kingdom, turning it into a powerful war machine. The reforms in the Kingdom of the Lake, similar to the reforms of Shang Yang, steered the kingdom towards a path of agricultural and military enterprise!
The specific reforms included politically: systematizing households and equalizing citizens, taking control of villages, establishing military and civilian settlements; encouraging agriculture, rewarding farming and military achievements, granting land and nobility for military merits; implementing county governance, selecting talented individuals from the Prepetcha, and establishing an official system for Preaching Priests; reducing and restructuring the old nobility, bringing the kingdom’s population under direct control; and introducing a banner system to manage the Canine Descendants and the Tekos Tribe.
Economically: revitalizing the land, self-sustenance farming by the second-line legions and militia; emphasizing mining, vigorously developing bronze and coal mining, enhancing smelting and casting techniques, and initially excavating iron ore; focusing on agriculture, promoting bronze tools and farming equipment, initial agricultural reforms, constructing new irrigation systems, promoting composting; controlling trade, standardizing measurements, state monopolization of the seas to ban luxury, and engaging in trade with foreign nations, producing highly profitable gemstones.
Militarily: granting land and slaves for military merits, purging old noble officers, and popularizing new equipment and weapons. The kingdom’s army was divided into a first-line standing army, a second-line semi-detached, and a third-line militia farming army.
By the end of 1487, the first-line standing army included the Imperial Guards heavy legion (Bertade), the Capital Region defense legion (Olosh), and the Canine Descendants light infantry legion (Toltec); the second-line semi-detached included the First Spear legion (Kuluka), the Second Spear legion (Ezpan), and the under-construction Zicao legion (Etalik); as for the third-line farming militia, they were mainly concentrated in the Patzcuaro Lake region and the Apa Plain.
In terms of diplomacy: maintaining close ties with the Alliance, accepting support from the Alliance; engaging in population trade with the Guamal Canine Descendants and various southern tribes; through the northern campaign, bringing the three states of Otomi into subjection and gradually assimilating them; accepting the subordination of the western Colima tribes.
Technologically: expanding the Divine Revelation Place’s research system, improving the career path for Divine Revelation Priests. Promoting bronze farming tools, forging bronze Qin Swords, developing new types of ships, and the most critical invention, manufacturing new small bronze cannons! ┌(.Д.)┐
Religiously: spreading the faith of the Chief Divine, bringing the glory of the Chief Divine to the various Otomi, Canine Descendants, and Tekos tribes. Simultaneously, integrating new production methods into the teachings of the Chief Divine to enhance the development of productivity.
The final cultural innovation: compiling heritage epics, establishing a shared origins myth to unite all parts of the world. Setting up Divine Might University to train new priests, officials, military officers, and craftsmen.
A blank canvas is perfect for painting! On the ruins of the Tarasco Kingdom, a brand-new kingdom was thus established, carefully cultivated by Xiuxiu, gaining the power to truly change the world!
And the third volume, which occupies the most space, is focused on the northern campaigns against the Guajili tribes and the southern campaigns against the old nobility of the kingdom and various Tekos tribes. To unify the fragmented kingdoms of Central America, incessant warfare is essential, continuously breaking and crushing everything in war to establish a new strong order and system. The overview of the northern campaigns has been mentioned in the acknowledgments, while the southern campaign was relatively smooth. (^▽^)
As a true king, Xiuxiu possessed enough will and determination to push forward the path of unification at all costs! No matter the price, regardless of how blood-soaked and fiery the road ahead, he remained steadfast!
Over several years of reforms and warfare, Xiuxiu matured both mentally and physically. Born in 1469, at 19 years old, he was gradually becoming a true king and was about to welcome his wedding with Alisa. Ah, he had been looking forward to it for a long time! ＼（＾▽＾）／
Following the widely-anticipated wedding, there would be the Alliance’s campaign to the east. The theme of the next volume will be "Unification"!
The Alliance unifying the world was destined to be filled with countless battles, innumerable casualties, and rebounds from old forces. And while Central America gradually unified, severe challenges from the seas of the East would arise. By 1487, Columbus’s departure was not far off. Unifying the world of Central America and battling the incoming colonizers would be the focus of the next volume! (ง•_•)ง
Finally, at the end of the volume, the author and the cats roll around, seeking support and votes from all the readers! (Meow, meow!)