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Salary Increase
The army rested and prepared for three more days, and after that, Heru Cokro began to reorganize all the battalions. The territorial defense units themselves would occupy all advanced military camps in the region, officially taking over the responsibility of the territory's defense. Another advanced military camp was built somewhere twenty miles away in the west by the Construction Division and handed over to an infantry unit, it is named as Pamong Kulon Camp which is located somewhere between the border of the region and the main base, which is responsible for maintaining the security of the western region. The responsibility is heavy, because the main properties are many, such as industrial areas outside the city, mining fields, factories and settlements everywhere.
Cavalry units were transferred to Batih Ageng. In the north of the city, an advanced military camp was built for the cavalry, named Pamong Lor Camp. The camp was like a nail plunged deep into a vast meadow, guarding and watching the wandering tribes.
Before the cavalry departed, Heru Cokro called Wirama to his office and held secret discussions throughout the afternoon with the presence of Raden Said. Whatever was talked about was unknown to everyone else except the three of them.
In the evening, Jawa Dwipa welcomed some happy events.
Through the recruitment hall, there appeared an advanced sage, Arrya Bharad. He is said to be a magic priest who split the land of Java into two kingdoms with magical water from his kendinya, so that each hemisphere becomes Janggala and Pangjalu. The cleavage was done to avoid a civil war between two princes who wanted to fight for power.
Arrya Bharad did not choose to build Sala Resi in the village, but instead chose to build it on a hill somewhere in the west of the village after touring the entire region for more than 3 days. The view around the hill is beautiful, making it a great place. Primbon Jawa has always been mysterious, Heru Cokro did not stop him for this reason and he strongly believes that Arrya Bharad chose that location to have his own reasons and considerations. Because he is someone who is good with Primbon Jawa.
Sala Resi belongs to the category of cultural structures, it comes with an advantage in promoting the cultural index of the region. Therefore, Heru Cokro did not expect to earn any income from the temple. He also ordered the Construction Division to follow Arrya Bharad's demands in the construction of the monastery. Upon completion, under the specialization of Arrya Bharad and the unique characteristics of the temple, the cultural index of the entire region increased by 5 points.
The temple was later named Wurare Temple by Arrya Bharad and she took 2 servants and 4 orphans as disciples.
The other two buildings in the middle village, the pawnshop and the inn, are also finished now. However, these two structures have not been able to operate, because with the existence of Bank Nusantara which provides low-interest loans, pawnshops are only a decoration. In addition, the inhabitants of the region are basically refugees from other places who have not been able to save a lot of money or valuables of any kind. Therefore, the Financial Bureau employs only one shopkeeper to guard pawnshops.
The same goes for the accommodation. Java Dwipa is currently a closed area and there are almost no outsiders. Naturally the inn had no guests at all, therefore, no one was willing to take over the inn and with no choice left, either, the lodging can only be managed temporarily by the Financial Bureau.
While the jewelry store, making Heru Cokro off guard over this business. After knowing this, Heru Cokro specifically went to understand the situation. But the truth is, it makes him confused whether to laugh or cry.
The reason was not because of the shortage of gold or silver artisans, the problem was that these craftsmen had the required skills but lacked capital. Jewelry in ancient times was generally made of gold, silver, and copper, and required materials of relatively higher purity. With the condition of Java Dwipa, no one is able to provide the required materials.
Heru Cokro deliberately decided that the government would take over the jewelry store business and his profits would be used for the government's daily expenses. He immediately inserted 100 gold coins and turned them into high-purity gold, silver, and copper bars through the magical function of the item storage bag.
With the government taking over the jewelry store now, Heru Cokro must choose a shopkeeper to maintain the store. Under Fatimah's recommendation, she chose her maid, Manjusha to take charge of the store. Manjusha had been following Fatimah for quite some time so he also learned a lot of business knowledge. Therefore, Heru Cokro believes that he is capable.
Since rare items were naturally expensive, the price of the Rainbow Sutra had reached ten gold coins, becoming the third goose to lay golden eggs in the city. Upon learning of the news, Heru Cokro immediately demanded the expansion of the silkworm breeding field. The Financial Bureau then immediately loaned two hundred gold coins at low interest for the improvement of the entire chain of the textile industry. Under this process, textile associations began to generate more profits for the village.
The 30th of April. It is time to sell salt. Gudang Garam had made a monthly profit of 3600 gold. Same with Fish Auction Place.
On another business pillar in the region, the White Wolf Mine field, the monthly profit reached 8500 gold as the number of miners increased to 5,000, the report said, it exceeded Gudang Garam by a large margin and became the largest industry in the region.
Coupled with the 900 gold he owned, now Heru Cokro had 16,600 gold. This amount looks very large, but minus the daily cost, the funds that can be used are not much. Then Heru Cokro once again took out 5,000 gold and handed it over to the Financial Bureau to be used as the territory's financial expenditure.
First is military spending. As the military expands, the costs will increase. The military cost is already huge.
Since the region became financially independent, Heru Cokro increased a soldier's monthly salary by 10-fold. The enlisted soldier, the prada will get 15 silver coins a month, the kopka will get 90 silver, one gold, 5 gold polda, and a captain will get 20 gold in a month.
With a cavalry unit as an example, the cost of an enlisted rank soldier was 180 gold, adding 50 kopkas, 5 poldas and one captain, the unit cost reached 275 gold coins. If multiplied by 4 units then the price to be issued is 1,100 gold. Not to mention the cost of food, weapons, and equipment that cost around 1400 gold.
The second is government spending. Since all the bureaus and divisions were filled, the cost was also very high. An ordinary civilian official was paid 1 gold, the director of the 10th division of gold, and the director of the bureau for 25 gold. Adding the cost of ink, paper, and other expenses, his monthly expenditure was around 500 gold.
There were also public expenditures, such as raising funds for system auctions, finishing the territory wall, the territory protection river, the Batih Ageng area wall and road repairs, as well as the salaries of construction workers, spending another 1,000 gold. But this job, is not part of the monthly expenses.
In addition, due to the scale of the logging camps, mines, Armament Division, Bow and Arrow Division, weapons workshops and other military-related industries, brick kilns, pottery workshops, shipyards, etc, and other region businesses increased, the monthly cost had exceeded 1500 gold.
Especially military businesses like the Armament Division. Hiring all the special talents, their salaries must be high. An apprentice earned 30 silver a month, a base talent of 1 gold, a medium talent of 5 gold, and an advanced talent earned 10 gold a month.
Finally, there is the basic welfare program of the people. That everyone who entered the city would be given a package that cost around 15 silver. Every day, the main region gets 80 new people who add up to 360 gold coins in a month, added with 3 other affiliate regions, this is close to 1,500 gold coins.