Bhamo Tin Aung - Mercenary

After walking up the mountain, if you look to the north, you can see the snow-capped Uttara Hills. They are only about seven thousand feet above sea level. The forests covering these hills are home to many wild animals, including elephants, leopards, and leopards. It is a very harsh and wild place, rarely visited by humans.

In the winter, the Shwe Min Wan flows through the snowy northern hills and mountains. It often jumps between the thick rock beds and large rocks around the foot of the mountain. Then it passes through the thick forests and bamboo forests where the sunlight cannot penetrate. It flows through the forests and bamboo forests, making a roaring sound, and then gradually becomes thinner and thinner, and then enters a flat and flat area.

Passing through such flat fields, forests, and villages, Shwe Min Wun gradually and unknowingly crossed its waterways, cutting a canal through Myanmar from north to south, and meeting and merging with the great river Eyre. At the mouth of the river, which is also called the confluence of the rivers, the city of Sitha is well-built with walls. It is also well-protected by armed forces.

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Before the rise of the Konbaung kings, the last dynasty in Myanmar history during the Mizzima period, Sittha was just a small village that had been forgotten by successive monarchs. It had only about thirty houses. It was very backward. It had no significant economic activities. There were only a few subsistence activities such as fishing and farming. Therefore, it was not included in the parliamentary surveys.

However, since the rise of the new political power of the Konbaung dynasty, Sithar has gradually received the attention of Nay Pyi Taw. During the Konbaung period, it became a prefecture that was established with the aim of maintaining peace and order in the northern part of Myanmar. It was included in the parliamentary surveys. Sithar prefecture was ruled by a horse-headed man from the royal army. As the population gradually increased, it was no longer just a small farming industry as before, but also agricultural industries expanded and developed. As agriculture developed, small villages and hamlets appeared along the Minwan River. Sithar's economy gradually shifted from a subsistence economy to a manufacturing economy. Along with the manufacturing economy, a middle class such as merchants and brokers also emerged. However, it was not strong, It's barely a tongue twister.

By the middle of the Konbaung period, Sithar had become a large and important prefecture, not only for defense but also for economic and financial reasons. Due to the land and forest products, many villages and hamlets sprang up along the Minwan River. Some villages had more than two hundred households. Even small villages had no fewer than fifty households. With such rapid growth in villages and hamlets, the production of rice, cereals, and bamboo increased. The production was much more than the land used. As Sithar became a large prefecture that could gradually replenish the royal treasury and treasury, the parliament elevated Sithar to the status of a city. Sithar was fortified with city walls and towers. As it became a city, the parliament established a city guard and a city guard. There were governor's offices, courts, and even prisons. It became very crowded.

Along and around the riverbanks that support Sithar, not only forest products such as bamboo, rattan and linseed oil are produced, but also many crops such as rice, cotton, sesame, various beans, medicine and corn. They produce a lot more than they need. Therefore, these surplus goods have to be collected from Sithar and transported to Nay Pyi Taw. Therefore, Sithar has become like a big warehouse for the entire region. It is crowded with shops and fairs. The goods transported from Sithar are often managed by the Burmese government to be exported to other areas that are not enough through Nay Pyi Taw, as well as to foreign markets.

After the Konbaung period, especially after the two Anglo-Burmese wars, Sithar became a very important and reliable province for the Yadanarbon Nay Pyi Taw in terms of economy, finance and defense. The southern part of Burma, which had received a lot of rice, dried fish, fish fillets, salt and sea tax, had been lost, and Sithar had to find and find all the expenses of the state. Therefore, the Burmese royal government paid a lot of attention. It also became a large province that was thoroughly and tightly controlled. It also became like a province. It was no longer just a parliament, but the king and queen appointed a high-ranking civil servant or another well-trusted prince to administer the Sithar province. It became important. The governor or chieftain, who is thus entrusted with the duties of the two lords and the parliament, is often given not only ceremonial insignia but also powers that are no different from those of a sun-king.

Therefore, during the Yadanarbon Naypyidaw period, the position and duties of the chief administrator became a very important position and duty. It was also a position that princes, ministers, and secretaries eagerly sought. What

Because with that position comes wealth and prosperity.