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Rucita Agni Village
Heru Cokro said sincerely, "This is just a small gift, as long as Her Majesty the Queen likes it, it's fine, I don't need a gift in return."
Dewi Kunti shook her head, “No. Colored silkworms are very helpful and can be said to be the contribution of the times, making our silk color more vivid and attractive. Of course, such a contribution should be appreciated. What if I gave you a guide to cultivate silkworms and complete them.”
Dewi Kunti took out a book made of leather and asked the servant to give it to Heru Cokro.
He took it, looked at it and was amazed, saying, "Thank you, Your Majesty the Queen for your gift!"
[Dewi Kunti Sericultural Guidebook]: Once activated\, can increase silk production by 20%.
After receiving the gift, Heru Cokro was very smart and knew that he should not stay any longer, "Your Majesty the Queen, this is already late and I should hurry back to the camp outside the city, please leave yourself."
He nodded, "Because it's been like this, I won't hold you back much longer."
"Yes!" Heru Cokro said and with Mahesa Boma, they slowly left the hall under the servant's lead and walked out of the palace.
It was 4pm when Heru Cokro returned to camp. The camp has undergone a major change.
With the combined efforts of 2000 people, the wooden walls of the camp had been completed. On top of the wall, there were soldiers patrolling and going around. The four corners of the camp there are arrow towers. In addition, at the main gate of the camp, which is at the east gate, there are two arrow towers. In front, there were two rows of horses. When the camp guards saw Heru Cokro, they bowed. Seeing that, Heru Cokro smiled and replied well, making the soldiers feel a little warm in his heart.
Entering the camp, tents one after another were neatly placed in rows and separated into different camp areas. Between each area, waterways have been dug.
Heru Cokro handed his barong to Mahesa Boma, and walked alone to the large tent in the middle. In the large tent sat 20 foreign players, so the room looked a bit cramped. Seeing Heru Cokro enter, they all stood up to greet him. Heru Cokro smiled, nodded, and replied one by one of them. He also did not forget to greet Hesty Purwadinata and Maria Bhakti.
Hesty Purwadinata helped take Heru Cokro out of the situation and smiled. “Jendra, let me introduce you to 20 players. They were chosen by Mary Bhakti and I. They have also agreed that in the last battle, their troops will be led by us.”
Heru Cokro was stunned and instantly understood the words of Hesty Purwadinata. These players still had their doubts and unlike Maria Bhakti, who was willing to cooperate openly with the Jawa Dwipa Alliance. These people only wanted to borrow his status as a representative to gain the initiative in battle. Only in the final battle would they follow his orders. Before that, everyone would do their own thing, and even their camp would not be in the same place.
From this, one could see that only the members of the alliance could be trusted. After this battle, a meeting had to be held to receive the Indonet Village entering the Java Dwipa Alliance. Because his attitude was so firm, Heru Cokro had no reason to reject such a powerful ally.
The change in attitude of Heru Cokro was felt by everyone. Some of them looked embarrassed and some acted as if they did not care, so there were various reactions. Fortunately it was late, so after seeing Heru Cokro, they all said goodbye and resigned.
After dispatching all these players, Heru Cokro returned to the tent, gathered four people in the alliance, and easily opened the meeting. Everyone reported and discussed the things they had.
Maria Bhakti made a summary of the twenty players and said, “Each of those players has 1-200 strong troops, and their overall strength is 3500 people, mainly sword shield warriors and archers. The specific figures were 2300 sword shield soldiers, 700 archers and 500 cavalry. Adding our own original strength, we now have 3,000 sword shield warriors, 1,500 archers and crossbowmen, as well as 1,000 cavalry with a total of 5,500 men, taking most of the Prabu Pandu Dewanata stronghold.”
Heru Cokro nodded. She did not feel happy and laughed bitterly.” A small number of troops split into 20 hands. When the time comes, whether we can form collective power is a big question mark. These people might agree now, but once the changes happen on the battlefield, they might change and leave us. I think 2000 of us should form a collective force. As for the players who have surrendered themselves to us, we must evaluate them and only allow those who are reliable to join our squad.”
Maria Bhakti and Hesty Purwadinata nodded together and said, "No problem, leave this to the two of us."
Against the two of them, Heru Cokro was very confident and continued, "Of all these players, do any of them have generals or historical figures of the strategist type?"
Maria Bhakti nodded. “Wow, that's totally predictable to you. Rucita Agni Village has Ken Arok.”
"Ken Arok?" Heru Cokro began to recall details about Ken Arok. For the past half year, he has been reading and adding to his historical knowledge. As for the famous generals or kings in every dynasty, he had a good understanding.
Ken Arok or commonly referred to as Sri Ranggah Rajasa is the founder of the House of Rajasa and the Kingdom of Tumapel better known as Singhasari. He reigned as the first king with the title Sri Ranggah Rajasa Bhatara Sang Amurwabhumi in 1222.
Ken Arok grew up to become a delinquent who stole and loved to gamble, thus burdening Lembong with a lot of debt. Lembong threw him out. He was then nurtured by Bango Samparan who was a gambler from Karuman village who considered him as a bringer of luck.
Ken Arok who is not at home life became the adopted son of Genukbuntu, Bango Samparan's old wife and his young wife named Thirthaja. Then befriend Tita, the son of the village chief Siganggeng. The two became a pair of robbers who were feared throughout the Kingdom of Kadiri.
After that, Ken Arok met a Brahmin from India named Lohgawe who came to the land of Java to look for Vishnu.
Based on the Pararaton Fiber, Ken Arok is described as a descendant of Lord Brahma. This symbolically illustrates the differences in Ken Arok's later cognitive social status with children his age at the time.
Lohgawe then brought Ken Arok to the Duchy of Tumapel which was one of the subordinate areas of Kadiri Kingdom at that time. Furthermore, with the help of Lohgawe, Ken Arok was accepted to work as the bodyguard of Tunggul Ametung.