Lords and natives followed vastly different development models.
The former were more aggressive and war-oriented, following a rapid-growth model.
The latter were relatively conservative, as the previous environment had been fairly stable, allowing for steady farming-based development.
If a lord's territory completely copied the natives' model, it would inevitably face major limitations.
Take army size, for example.
A normal Great City only needed to station 500,000 to 3 million troops to meet its Garrison needs.
They had virtually no need for expansion.
As long as they could fully man the Great City's defensive positions and leave none vacant, that was enough.
An army of that scale could therefore meet their needs.
But lords were different.
They not only had to defend themselves, but also had to prepare for expansion.
Normally, having 3 to 4 million soldiers for every 10 million people was an appropriate ratio.
However, such a massive non-producing population and number of full-time soldiers would undoubtedly make farming-based development far more difficult.
Relying on a limited population to farm and support so many soldiers was extremely difficult.
They still had to snowball through war and plunder.
These were all matters Zong Shen needed to pay attention to.
If lords wanted to cultivate soldiers in bulk, aside from obtaining military camp blueprints, the only remaining option was to DIY their own troop types.
One had to know that training troops in standard military camps required the corresponding Training Manuals.
Zong Shen had seven or eight thousand of those on hand, but compared to his recruitment needs, that was merely a drop in the bucket. They were not even as useful as those tokens for periodic recruitment or special buildings.
Thus, in Zong Shen's eyes, standard military camps were purely an awkward transitional product.
He could not even be bothered