The Lake Kingdom, A Well-Oiled Military Machine

The Lake Kingdom in the rainy season was busy and peaceful. The "Three Sisters" grew in the fields, shooting up strong day by day; the farmers were busy repairing the small canals, draining the lower fields. With no sufficient fertilizer, topdressing was naturally out of the question.

By the end of August, this year's harvest was almost certain. The rainfall had been abundant but not excessive, the lakes had not flooded, and the crops were growing vigorously. It would be a bountiful year!

At the River Mouth Fortress, the Guachichil Legion had finished forming. Following Ano's advice, the king richly rewarded the warriors in the army, letting the unruly tribal fighters endure the difficult early phase of training and gradually grow used to military discipline. Of course, their discipline was far from comparable to the Spear Legions. They could merely form ranks, obey orders in battle, and refrain from charging on their own.

After that, Xolotl enfeoffed a group of veteran warriors from the Northern Expedition to the Dog-kin villages in the east and west. Under the large and small Banner Units, a new mobilization unit at the tent level was established, strengthening the kingdom's control over each Banner Unit. Then he selected a group of battle-hardened War Priests from the army, together with some naturalized Wasteland Priests, to replace the ordinary priests in the Dog-kin villages. The fifteen Guachichil Banner Units were integrated even further.

After inspecting each Banner Unit, the king had already determined that the sixty thousand Dog-kin tribespeople had almost never held a hoe and were not farming material. In the short term, the fifteen tribal Banner Units would perform more military functions, and he did not expect to gain much economic profit from them. In other words, as long as the Guachichil tribes could feed