"Balamo, my great general shouldering a heavy charge! The wind and sand of the wasteland shape carved pillars of stone, and they have shaped the tenacious you as well. In the vast lands of the north, you have long guarded a frontier for me, and truly borne much hardship and toil..."
After a full round of letters, it was finally the turn of the kingdom's last County Magistrate, the poet-general Balamo, who held Wild Valley City in Qingqiu County. And this time, Xolotl's letter and King's Order to this County Magistrate also carried belated commendations and rewards.
Wild Valley City lay at roughly twenty-two degrees north latitude, in what had once been the Pames Valley of Pames State, on the border between the Mexica Plateau and the Zacatecas wasteland. Judging by rainfall, this river valley happened to sit at around four hundred millimeters of precipitation, the so-called "boundary between farming and herding." Of course, in this age, there were no Old World herds on the northern wasteland, only running American Bison, migrating deer herds and Wolf Pack, and the desert cottontail rabbit colonies that served as an important meat source for the tribespeople.
"Qingqiu County guards the wasteland; its central river valley is suited for planting. To the west and north of the valley, however, lies half grassland and half Gobi, better suited to grazing..."
"So-called grazing means raising certain herds of herbivorous animals to provide food. This kind of husbandry actually exists on the plateau too, like the ant colonies, grass rabbit colonies, and hairless dog packs raised by the Alliance... And on the wasteland, there are two kinds of animals suited for raising: one is rabbit colonies, the other is Bison herds..."
Writing to this point, Xolotl paused slightly. He recalled the intelligence on the wasteland tribes, and