The Metaverse World
Notonegoro's Fear
In the brick and mortar world, such a clean and clean beach is long gone. Seeing the paradise-like beach, Heru Cokro suddenly had the desire to dive deeper and immerse himself in the sea. He looked at her and thoughts flowed in his mind. He could bring Rama here for a vacation in the future.
"Notonegoro!" Heru Cokro calling.
"Here!"
“Help me. Build a wooden hut near the beach. Next time, I'll bring Rama here for a vacation, and we'll stay in that hut.” orders Heru Cokro.
Although he was the great ruler of Java Dwipa, he did not want to be bound by the endless picture of military affairs and government. When it came time to relax and enjoy, he would not hesitate at all to do so.
"Understood!" Notonegoro put those words into his heart. He had decided that he would build and beautify it into the best wooden hut ever, so that his master and the third young lady could enjoy the most comfortable living environment.
"Alright, let's go back to the village chief's office." After he visually fed his eyes with all the stunning scenery, Heru Cokro decided to return to the village.
Pantura, Hall of the Council.
As Heru Cokro whispered the stone tablet in his heart, the crystal-white stone tablet heard his call and slowly rose to the ground. On the surface of the heart stone, are inscribed three shimmering sanskrit words that spell Pantura.
He placed his right hand on the face of the core stone and whispered "Village subordinate." Then, a system alert rang in his ear.
"System notification: Pantura belongs to the base village, has 3 decrees of settlement making, do you want to use it?"
"Yes!"
"System notice: The Pantura settlement-making decree is silver-level, the settlement-making decree of the subordinate territory will be automatically reduced one level to the copper-level, do you want to extract?"
"Extract!"
Three black lights lit up on the white crystal stone, it slowly froze and fell into the hands of Heru Cokro, turning into 3 copper-level settlement-making decrees. Then, Heru Cokro looked at his property.
[Name]: Decree on Settlement Development (copper)
[Features]: 25% increase in attracting immigrants; 10% increase in attracting special talent; 25% increase in crop production; 10% increase in the productivity of skilled workers; 10% increase in military promotion.
[Evaluation]: Unique item\, cannot be dropped\, and cannot be traded.
The property of the copper-level settlement decree is only half of the gold. The quality is much lower. But Heru Cokro did not mind at all. He kept 3 tokens in his storage bag, because even the decree of making a settlement of a copper level was better than nothing.
Only at that time did Heru Cokro remember that he had not explained things about the Territory Merger Token to Notonegoro, so a hint of shame lurked in his heart. He can remember that Notonegoro not only once but twice asked for permission for Pantura to establish a new vassal territory, but he refused all of them.
“Notonegoro, there's something I need to tell you.” Heru Cokro pondered for a moment before continuing. “Pantura needs to focus on its main base! The main priority is to develop yourself, so there is no need for subordinate territory later. I have other plans for 3 decrees making this settlement.”
Notonegoro. His face paled, and he looked like a strangled person. He thought Heru Cokro did this only because Heru Cokro was dissatisfied with Pantura's current development.
“Sorry, I have failed to reach my master's expectations. Please punish me!” Notonegoro half-kneeled to the ground, and said in panic and fear.
Heru Cokro shook his head. This is a bad thing about scholars, they like to exchange ideas and too many thoughts flow through their minds. Sometimes, they would think too much about the situation blindly. If it was Pusponegoro or Buminegoro, they would not be like this and would only ask the reason directly.
“Wake up, don't misunderstand the situation. I'm not doing this because I'm not satisfied with your performance. This is nothing but an official arrangement made in accordance with future regional planning. Pantura stood by the sea, so it was only natural that the village focused on the development around it. This is the only right way to Pantura.” Heru Cokro should explain it well. Leaving behind feelings of hurt or creating a barrier between him and his trusted subordinates was something he did not want to see.
"Understood!" Notonegoro felt even more relieved, and his heart was finally able to calm down.
He couldn't be blamed for being so anxious. The fact that Pantura was replaced by Kebonagung made competitive Notonegoro uncomfortable. It made her feel a little uneasy and panicked lately.
Heru Cokro also noticed that Notonegoro was now in an emotionally unbalanced state. But things like this were hard for outsiders to entertain. The more one is entertained, the worse the discomfort grows. The only way is to let Notonegoro set himself up and calm the waves in his sea of emotions.
As the ruler, Heru Cokro cannot side with either party, be it Kebonagung, Pantura, or even Batih Ageng. Both the palm of his hand and the back of his hand were his own flesh, so any good news or development from the three villages was worth celebrating.
As long as the competition between regions remained within the limits and remained as a healthy competition, Heru Cokro would not interfere. But if one of the villages crossed the line, Heru Cokro would not hold his fist, and would severely punish the responsible personnel and show no mercy.
As the subordinate territory increased in number and strength, it would become a profound art to balance the relationships, resources, and arrangements between the subordinate territories.
That was why Heru Cokro sped up the construction of the Blue Banyu Sendang Road, to strengthen his control over the subordinate territory so that they would not grow out of his control.
In that case, Heru Cokro was still immature, and he could only take it step by step very carefully, slowly and continuously learn himself how to do it.
In fact, Heru Cokro needs a teacher, a mentor who can teach and enlighten him on the right path of a king's path. Even Kawis Guwa and Witana Sideng Rana knew nothing in this aspect.
After leaving the village chief's office, he immediately went to Pantura Port under the guidance of Joko Tingkir.
Pantura Port is a mixed port located in the southeast corner of Pantura. The other half belonged to a civilian fishing port, and the other was a military naval port. It was also the station point of the Pantura Navy fleet. The previous advanced shipyard, transferred to Pantura Port.