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Adopting the Mit'a System
To boost the efficiency of our mining, colonial administrators have been considering adopting the ancient customs of the Inka for a solution. The Mit'a System, a rotational labor draft used by them for generations, offered a precedent for organizing vast indigenous manpower. By adapting this system, we can greatly increase silver output, though many fear that this will come at a heavy human cost and widespread unrest.
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SilverGoodstriggerDefinitionin_game/events/DHE/flavor_CAS.txt:6997
6998type = country_event
6999title = flavor_cas.112.title Adopting the Mit'a System
7000desc = flavor_cas.112.desc To boost the efficiency of our mining, colonial administrators have been considering adopting the ancient customs of the Inka for a solution. The Mit'a System, a rotational labor draft used by them for generations, offered a precedent for organizing vast indigenous manpower. By adapting this system, we can greatly increase silver output, though many fear that this will come at a heavy human cost and widespread unrest.
7001outcome = neutral
7003fire_only_once = yes
7005historical_info = flavor_cas.112.historical_info To sustain the immense silver production at Potosí's Cerro Rico, Spanish colonial authorities adapted the pre-Columbian Mit'a system, originally used by the Inca for public works. The system forced thousands of indigenous men into brutal cycles of conscripted labor. While it helped Potosí become one of the economic engines of the Spanish Empire, the toll on native populations was devastating, with many dying due to harsh conditions.
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