Building Civilizations on Primitive Planets
27. Building the Port

After a quick discussion in the tent, Zayn and Udin then went out and checked things out.

Alamut, today has 157 human populations and will soon increase even more after the group from Gunungmacan will be present.

the 157 men consisted of 2 leaders Alamut, Zayn and Udin, 10 children of Minister Sugiono who had been executed by the kingdom of Alamut, 3 former crew Stockholm (ex-ship owned by Lexington), and 3 ex-crew, 5 captives of the former crew of the large battleship Ragnarok (Garak Crab), 120 soldiers and their families are transported by a medium-sized warship, Pig Feather and Sea Worms, 9 people who were taken captive by Gunungmacan troops from 3 Kalikucing city guard warships that were hijacked during the voyage also there are still 7 Samiam soldiers with Johnny who until now has not been heard from.

Zayn and Udin then gathered Rena, Anna, Bertha, Roni and Leman to discuss the arrival of the people at Alamut in a log cabin that Bertha's group first made.

“Unbelievable, Mr. Padishah rebuilt Tanjungpagar into Alamut, the area of ruins of the old unused fortress is already very clean, arranged and I count has been completed 9 wooden huts and there are still 1 more being built,” praise Leman who has been following Zayn with the title of Padishah.

“Ahh for this you can thank Bertha and her two colleagues, they we are assigned to build 10 wooden huts that each hut is able to accommodate 1 squad of soldiers in our standard of 12 people. With the completion of 1 cottage that is being built later means we already have a temporary residence for 120 people,” replied Zayn.

“So sorry if a little uncomfortable, the number of people in Alamut with your arrival amounted to 157 people. We were both temporarily staying on top of Rihlah, our ship that was at the estuary, 10 brothers including Rena and Anna who were here living in tents, he said, then there are still 8 people sailing including one of Prince Suleka who is on our side, and the number of our captives today reaches 14 people who we bind enough with handcuffs on sea spruce trees. So 120 of you apologize will occupy 8 huts only yes and soon become 9 huts after the last one is completed. The cottage we live in now that Bertha built will be dedicated to the 3 people who built it Bertha, Gunadi and Indra,” added Udin.

“Although this is still temporary, we will build a permanent and sturdy of stone and brick, later we explain the development plan of Alamut after the next group from Gunungmacan is present,” continued Zayn.

“So what is the agenda that will be discussed in this cottage Mr. Padishah,” Anna opened serious talks.

“Of course we will welcome new citizens dong, we will have the arrival of hundreds more guests, please Roni or Leman explain how many later our guests will come,” Udin chimed in.

“Baik Wazir Akbar, so first from Kebon Gede, Mr. Jumanji brought his ship the largest in the entire archipelago with a cargo of 200 people dominated by the family of soldiers of the Naval training center who also rebelled. Then from the Navy training center itself amounted to 85 people led by Rear Admiral Andi Keling. Then the remaining 100 soldiers from Gunungmacan Base. Of the believers, 124 are recorded. In addition there are still 100 families of the base soldiers to be transported. Tumenggung Jayadi targeted 181 more people including the family of soldiers. So there were 200 people from Kebon Gede and 490 who departed from Gunungmacan. Actually only 290 people can be loaded from Gunungmacan. But we managed to condition there are 10 merchant ships that on the day of the rebellion docked at the port so that the rest that needs to be evacuated here can be transported all," said Roni

“If you may know who prince Suleka is on our side sir?” Leman then added the question after Roni finished talking.

“I don't think Zayn, the citizens of Alamut will suddenly grow to almost 1000 people so soon. So this is Roni, Leman, prince Suleka who is on our side taking a mission from us somewhere, you will know who he is when he arrives in the coming days,” Udin answered accordingly.

“Din is the estuary able to accommodate so many more ships? I see the estuary is already crowded with 8 ships, not to mention after this there are likely 15 ships leaning, what is your idea? Or do you guys here have ideas too,” Zayn asked Udin and the others.

“During our experience as a sailor is indeed in the location of Alamut this is only the mouth of the Tabuan Lasi river which is the most suitable location for leaning ships, because to the west of the estuary or south of the fort is filled with rocky reefs, while in the east the estuary is a bit far away there is a beach that is too shallow. But we do not have an idea that can be applied immediately,” Leman interjected.

“How to Din?” Zayn asked. “So the rocks that are hundreds of years old compiler of this fortress in my opinion are not worth defending, the shape is irregular and less sturdy, some weathered, some, I think we can arrange it along the Alamut side of the estuary extending into the middle of the ocean. We will do as we can first, the volume of stone that can make the pier tangkis as long as approximately 100 meters. If you want to use my plan, let's start working together to lift stones and involve prisoners, ” Udin explained.

“Yahh that's a logistic thing anyway, so let's disperse and start dismantling the fortress rocks to build the harbor, so let's disperse it, we're going to lift the stone in relay until the waterfront starts from the northeast corner of the fort first, Anna I'm assigning you to free the captives, Roni please escort Anna with some of your soldiers, please, let's move immediately.” Zayn tried to end the meeting at the cottage.

“Then how about our fortress,” Leman interrupts.

“We will mine the rock from the hill in the northwest of the fort, we will later build a wider fort, no need to debate many things when we are narrow, soon there are 15 ships here. Come on move soon.” Rena answered Leman.

It did not take long 142 people to reliably move the stone to the bottom of the sea, each person stood up and moved the stone as far as 2 meters from the location of its establishment to the person in front of him. While 4 toddlers who certainly have not been able to lift the burden of being a supervisor and director.

Zayn and Udin are the biggest whisper among the people who are here to dismantle the rock arrangement of the fort.

The work that began at 10:00 Alamut Time was done by only resting between 13:00-13:30 and ending at 17:00

The hard work of the construction of the port for 6.5 hours managed to move all the rocks from the ruins of the fortress to the sea floor. An L-shaped pier has been composed of rocks piled to the bottom of the ocean as far as 70 meters to the south and then turned westward as far as 18 meters with a depth at the deepest point reaching 3.5 metre.

After today's work was completed the captives were again handcuffed with the position of legs hugging the sea spruce.

Hundreds of others after work fatigue are finally welcome to rest in 8 wooden cottages prepared.

But the work is not yet meant to be completed for the sailors.

“Roni and Leman help us deploy a reliable sailor by your side to move the current ship on the new dock. The new dock is still not ready to unload and degrade humans in large numbers. The rocks that we have just piled in the sea are still difficult to use for massive activities and are also still not really strong, still need some hardening activities again with mud, sand and soil. So while we move the ship here to remove the anchor and tether it on the inner side of the dock as well as the estuary side of the dock, then we will go down with the wooden boards,” Zayn gives extra orders.

“So on the estuary side of the dock we will moor a large warship that we call Ragnarok, then 1 large ship that you bring will be moored on the inner side of the dock. Stockholm we park on the outside of the southern part of the pier facing the vast ocean, 4 Medium warships that you carry will release anchors aligned with the inside of the dock that leads to the beach and its position locks the position of your large ship. Make sure the anchor is removed properly and the rope is tethered well so as not to get even shipwrecked and become a disadvantage for us. Rihlah itself we will position a little to the middle of the sea away from the dock while securing the waters and directing the upcoming fleet which could be in the middle of the dark night. Tomorrow the fleet with 15 ships to come will be parked in place of the ship today fill the estuary that is not so broad, how will we set.” Udin added.

“Oh yes keep in mind the construction of the port is still far from finished, in addition to the strengthening of the dock that we just compiled from stone. In the future Alamut Port will be the largest in the archipelago,” concluded Zayn optimistically.