The War of Knives - A Brief History

Tussan divided the colony into administrative zones that were coextensive with military jurisdictions, and then doled out civilian job titles to his senior officer. Life as a common soldier may have been slightly better than life as a cultivator, but not by much. And tousson clearly fostered a culture that let the soldiers ake their frustrations out on the cultivators whom they despised. Senior officers, meanwhile, were granted a cutta the profits from plantations under their jurisdiction to motivate enforcement of the labor codes.