Unlike the Celestial Empire, there wasn't a developed class of small peasant farmers here. The peasant farmers were just beginning to emerge in economic and political terms, providing very few "good families' sons" or "household troops."
"The Tarasco Alliance, Eight States, 1.6 million people, 50,000 Samurai/25,000 directly controlled, 100,000 Militia." This was the first time Xiulote had a clear understanding of a tribe's specific military strength.
Naturally, he developed a more concerning question, "How many people do we have in our Mexica Alliance? How many Samurai?"
Aweit smiled confidently, "Not counting those vassals, the great Mexica Alliance actually controls eleven states. The core is the Texcoco Lake District of the Mexican Valley, which has four thriving large states, about 1.5 million people in total."
