Spring plowing on the lowland coast always came a little earlier than on the Mexican plateau. May had only just begun, and the black smoke of slash-and-burn fires was already rising from the cleared jungle. Tens of thousands of tribespeople incorporated into the civilian Banner Units had also begun working the fields under the supervision of the Main God's priests and Banner Unit warriors, sweating as if in rain.
Simple yet sufficient farm tools of wood and stone; harsh yet orderly collective labor; rough but effective small irrigation ditches; and composting and fermentation that the villagers could not understand, treated almost like religious commandments... Improvements to basic agricultural production were spreading from the state-farm villages under the kingdom's rule, centered around Golden Bay City, gradually extending across the whole vast coast through the Main God's priests and warriors who managed the various departments! And the high-yield cassava brought back from Cuba was being cultivated in the official fields within Golden Bay City, nurturing hope for the future!
"More harvested grain, more laboring population, higher agricultural productivity... that is the fundamental power that changes the world!"
In mid-May, Xolotl made an inspection tour of the spring plowing in the state-farm settlements around Golden Bay City. He looked at the villages coming alive again, stood in the fields where new shoots were sprouting, and gave Itri, the Coastal Chief High Priest, his instructions with satisfaction.
"This year's spring plowing is clearly much more orderly than last year's. The kingdom's agricultural reforms have finally brought some results to the Coastal Lands!..."
"Itri, the Main God's missionary priesthood, and the Inquisition in your hands, must not only spread the Main God's faith, but also spread the newest agricultural techniques! The latest sacrificial hymns must be created, turning the steps of agricultural production into poems