Report on the Castilian Marches: Quarter IV

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Dispatch 412-B. To: The High Council of Tenochtitlan. From: Governor Tizoc, Castilian Marches. Subject: Agricultural non-compliance and security requirements. The implementation of the mandated maize cycles in the Ebro valley remains suboptimal. Despite the provision of technical advisors, the local populace continues to cling to archaic wheat rotations. Their resistance to the chinampa adaptation in the wetlands is not based on geological impossibility, but on a stubborn adherence to primitive tradition. They lack the conceptual framework for integrated irrigation. The resulting caloric deficit is a direct consequence of their refusal to modernize. Civil unrest has intensified in the foothills of the Pyrenees. A collection of mountain villages has ceased tribute payments. These peasants operate in small, disorganized bands, yet their familiarity with the terrain complicates pacification. They view our administration as an intrusion rather than the liberation of their economy from feudal stagnation. Local flint supplies are insufficient for the scale of the required discipline. The grain of the local stone fractures too quickly under high-impact use. I request an immediate shipment of three thousand macuahuitl blades (high-grade obsidian, sourced from the central highlands). The local population requires a more precise demonstration of the Triple Alliance's superiority. Current casualty rates are negligible. Resource expenditure is within the projected margin.