The Metaverse World
Request To Empu Supo Mandrangi
After he returned, Heru Cokro took out a jewelry box and gave it to Zahra, who would store it in an internal warehouse. This is Heru Cokro's third jewelry box.
Heru Cokro is not a stingy person. He presented the Empress, He Ayu Heryamin, Fatimah, Laxmi, two sisters, even Zahra and Manjusha. He gave them all the jewelry.
The next morning, Heru Cokro accompanied Rama to breakfast. After which, he immediately rushed to the Armament Division in the eastern district and looked for the apprentice blacksmith Empu Supo Mandrangi.
"Greetings to Your Majesty!" Empu Supo Mandrangi bowed and greeted.
Heru Cokro nodded. Then, he took out the meteorite's fine iron and placed it on the table. He smiled, "Can you recognize this item?"
As Empu Supo Mandrangi set his sights on the dull black stone, his eyes could not even turn away from it anymore. It was like a spell that had been cast on him. He could not move an inch of his body. Moments later, he stood up and helped himself to the side of the table. Slowly his hand lifted the stone. Then, he touched and stroked the meteorite's fine iron. He treated her like an peerless treasure, and muttered, “Ini~ini, is this the legendary god stone from the sky?”
Heru Cokro did not expect any of this. He did not think that the mischievous Empu Supo Mandrangi would experience such a highly emotional moment. He nodded and said with a smile, “Indeed, this is a sacred stone that fell from the sky.”
To be honest, Heru Cokro hesitated last night, he was not sure if he should hand over the refined iron meteorite to Empu Supo Mandrangi. It would be best to hand over the rare wrought materials to a higher level blacksmith for a higher guarantee.
In the game, the rulers have taken god-level blacksmiths as imperial craftsmen, or they will wander around like ghosts in the shadows. Normal people cannot reach them. These experts wandering around the land with no fixed abode, would need great luck to meet him.
Moreover, even though he considered the platinum-level meteorite fine iron as a rare forging material, it was merely an item in the eyes of a god-level blacksmith. Hence, Heru Cokro ended his strange thoughts of asking for the help of a god-level blacksmith.
If he took a step back, he could at least find himself a grandmaster blacksmith to forge that legendary stone.
If he could not reach a god-level blacksmith, he could still find a grandmaster blacksmith in the system capital. If he handed the stone to them, Heru Cokro could be sure that they would forge a platinum-level weapon.
But Heru Cokro unleashed this alluring prospect. The most important consideration was that he expected Empu Supo Mandrangi to take this opportunity to break through to the grandmaster level. At the very least, Heru Cokro wanted him to improve his blacksmithing experience. This way, he could lay the foundation for promotion to the grandmaster level in the future.
After all, he was not only an officer, but also the Javanese ruler Dwipa. He must make decisions based on the interests of the region. If the region gave birth to a grandmaster blacksmith, it could bring about limitless benefits.
After receiving the confirmation, the eyes of Empu Supo Mandrangi sparkled. He could not wait to work on the meteorite's fine iron. Suddenly, he thought about why master would come here. A flash of thought flashed through his mind, and his heart skipped a beat.
Sure enough, Heru Cokro said calmly, “I plan to forge a spear from this meteorite's fine iron. Do you have confidence?”
Even though he had prepared himself mentally, reality still shook the calm heart of Empu Supo Mandrangi again. Excitement filled him, and he stuttered, “Paduka, do you have any special request about that spear?"
Empu Supo Mandrangi sized up the meteorite's fine iron with his eyes and nodded, "That's more than enough."
"good. In that case, I will wait for your good news.” Without further ado, Heru Cokro stood up and left.
"Good Ones."
After Heru Cokro left, Empu Supo Mandrangi pulled himself in front of the smooth iron meteorite. He examined it carefully. He measured its size and quality, while doing the calculations and making a blueprint in his mind. He was on his way to forge a spear.
Empu Supo Mandrangi himself knew very well the difficulty of forging this spear and the significance it carried. Hence, he did not dare to act recklessly. He was determined to only act on his peak form so that he could forge the best spear. He will not disappoint his master.
In late October, farmers began harvesting crops across the region.
Naturally, the main production area is Kebonagung. Eighty thousand hectares of rice fields, preliminary estimates suggest that it will produce 240 million units of grain.
With such a large amount of grain production, agricultural taxes alone would account for a total of eight million units of rice. Then, these units would be supplied to the military, which was enough to support twenty thousand soldiers for six months.
Besides Kebonagung, Batih Ageng, Petrochemical Village, Rosmala Village, Maspion Village, Wilmar Village, Nippon Village, and the main base of Java Dwipa. All of them would produce their own harvest as well.
According to estimates from the Agriculture Division, total crop yields from all regions will increase to 200 million units during the second harvest season.
There are still eight full months until the first season of rice harvest in the following year. However, based on the rate of expansion and population growth of Java Dwipa, in addition to the consumption of Tuak Plant and military plant, Heru Cokro estimates that Java Dwipa still needs to buy 20 million units of rice from market to market. So that it can supply the entire region adequately and prosper.
Food has always been the most strategic resource.
When the rice harvest, the price of grain had plummeted in the market. After the previous food crisis, all the rulers had learned the importance of food the hard way.
As they harvested the rice, all the rulers followed the same actions as Heru Cokro. They calculated the food stocks they had in the barn and calculated their region's consumption in the next eight months. In the end, they discovered a shortage of their food stock.
Undoubtedly, food supplies in most areas do not allow them to be self-sufficient. They have to buy a portion of the market to fill their food shortage. Therefore, even if the price of grain has fallen, the days in which the price of one unit of 10 copper grain has been lost forever.
During the month of October, the White Wolf Mine Farm, Salt Warehouse and TPI both donated 17,000 gold coins. Of these, Heru Cokro took 5,000 gold coins and gave the rest to the Financial Bureau.