Chapter 4: Dark Age: Rise Of Java Chapter 4. Palace
After a few months here Hayam got an idea of this royal palace, actually he wanted to draw it to make a sketch but this damn palm leaf is very small to draw, it once crossed Hayam's mind to make paper from bamboo but he had seen it on the internet and the results were very bad the paper was a bit stiff and the color was yellow but it would be Hayam's last choice if he did not get information about mulberry trees.
The area of the palace is not too big according to Hayam's estimate of about 15000 M to 20000 meters, this is just an estimate, this palace is not as big as the British buckingham palace or the priest's palace in Nepal.
The palace in Java is not the same as those in Europe, the structure only uses bricks, but Hayam also admits that the instructors of this era are very smart because they install bricks without cement and it is very strong even the evidence in the future after several hundred years there are still many that stand firm.
Even though this is the island of Java, it is different from Europe or China. Volcanoes are so many here that even in the future the island of Java has experienced several sunami and for earthquakes Hayam has experienced several times, for volcanic eruptions he has also seen it on TV, the eruption of Mount Merapi in Jogja is what he remembers most because at that time he was still in elementary school even though his area was not affected by the lava but the ash of the eruption reached his residence.
Therefore, Hayam is still very surprised by the construction experts of this era, they even still leave some buildings that are crowded such as gates and some temples even though this region must have frequent natural disasters because the Majapahit capital area of Trowulan is close to the mountain.
But it was also a blessing because the land on the island of Java was very fertile even when Hayam asked his slaves they could produce 1 ton of rice per hectare this was indeed very surprising because they did not use fertilizers or pesticides they only cleaned the weeds in the fields.
The area of majapahit palace is square and divided into several places for Hayam's residence is in the East corner, this area is where Hayam and his mother live, his father and mother live together but at this time his father is not in the palace, in the area where the King lives there are 2 main buildings namely his residence and his parents and there are two small buildings namely a temple of god Shiva and a meeting hall.
Then to the west of the king's palace was a large compound and several buildings for the residence of the palace servants and the royal kitchen.
The northern part was divided into three parts, the large western area for the alun alun which functioned for religious ceremonies and the eastern part was the meeting hall and hall where Hayam studied, but there were also several small buildings for the offices of palace officials. The main entrance to the palace was to the north of the square and there was a side door that was usually used by servants to collect palace supplies.
There are several secret places that only his mother knows about which contain some royal treasures and heirlooms, in this era people still believe in myths and knowyul so they still consider krises as heirlooms and contain supernatural spirits but Hayam does not believe in knowyul, then there are several secret doors that can be used by the royal family.
The walls surrounding the palace are made of bricks arranged which are 3 meters high and there are many soldiers who patrol for 24 hours in rotation, for the construction of the walls Hayam is still very amazed because they can create a wall that is quite high and sturdy without adhesives, although this palace is not as great as the palaces in Europe but Hayam believes that if they are given cement technology they can build very great buildings, maybe for high rise buildings it is not impossible.
You know the chicken feet technology used in bridges in modern times was invented by Indonesians if Hayam applied it to this era maybe he could create the most advanced construction in this era.
He was certainly convinced by the Majapahit construction workers because he had read the news in the future that the layout of the Majapahit capital was very great, from several sites found there were many canals surrounding the Majapahit capital, these canals served for transportation and prevented flooding because the Majapahit capital area was close to the Brantas river.
According to the memory of the owner of this body there were indeed several canals but Hayam had to do a thorough survey and he also had not estimated the population.
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After being tired of studying in the morning Hayam returned to his palace firing his habits from the future Hayam made some simple sports devices such as barbells made of a mixture of stone and soil, although the shape is very strange Hayam is more concerned with its function than its appearance.
His mother was initially very suspicious but with his nonsense his mother believed, Oh his mother also knew that Hayam could meet with his teacher by escaping through the secret palace road and because of this his slave uncle wangsa also got punished for not being able to watch him, his mother also gave a strict prohibition to Hayam not to leave the palace again because his identity as crown prince was very sensitive if something happened to Hayam maybe his throne could fall to his cousin, the son of his mother's younger brother.
It seems that his mother is also still suspicious of Hayam because now there are more servants watching him, the only person who can be trusted by Hayam is Uncle Wangsa, Hayam gave Wangsa some of his little secrets but it seems like he didn't divulge it like when he was looking for a mulberry tree it seems like he just said to find a toy for Hayam, even though it's not too sensitive but Hayam's assessment of Wangsa is slightly increased.
"Huff".
"Huff".
Sweat poured down Hayam's body and he decided to take a break, the servant who was watching Hayam gave him a jar of water to wash Hayam's face.
Actually this routine makes Hayam very bored because of the absence of internet and computers, the entertainment in this ere is very trashy even the children's games of this era are not very fun although there is chess but Hayam did not find a worthy opponent making this game very boring, after exercising Hayam decided to go take a bath.
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