"You must not! The Alliance prohibits luxury. Bronze and Obsidian are strategic materials, controlled centrally by the Kingdom, lords or merchants are not allowed to sell them abroad..."
Xiulote issued his directive without mercy. The formal subordination of the Tlapanec people offered no benefits to the Alliance. Their remote location, settled among the complex terrains of the lowland rainforest, made their land of little value and difficult to be threatened by the military power of the Alliance.
"...send out a squad of Samurai, ban Tlapanec merchants, and monitor the private trade of the southern nobility. If anything is discovered, just collect evidence and hold on to it for a little while."
The young monarch thought for a moment, then added specific handling methods.
