6 Dark Age:Rise Of Java Chapter 6. Plan

Today it is raining heavily, despite having adapted to the current environment Hayam still has many doubts in his mind. He still thinks if all this is a dream and will wake up one day but Hayam is also afraid that if all this is reality then when he is killed he will also die.

Although his identity as a nobleman would guarantee his safety but he knew that his current situation was actually a very dangerous one.

According to history Hayam Wuruk would ascend the throne but that was just future history, he was afraid of the butterfly effect of his rebirth and even more frightening in this era human life was worthless, wars and rebellions were common.

Hayam clasped his hands tightly while looking at the rain outside and said in his heart "At all costs I must stay alive and become the ruler of the archipelago, I will use all tricks even if they are very despicable and dirty tricks".

Yes Hayam swore in his heart that he would become the ruler and a great ruler must definitely sacrifice everything to get his wish, Hayam did not want to be a naive man who stood idly by and relied on others, according to him people who could be relied on and trusted only themselves while others only gave benefits to those who were loyal and punishment for those who betrayed.

Although Hayam has never experienced the cruel world of politics but he has experienced the cruel world of work, many sycophants and even the closest people can become enemies just for the sake of position and in the political world it may be more cruel so Hayam must prepare his mentality or he will die young.

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At noon the rain finally stopped, Hayam walked out of the palace and saw the ground was still wet, he walked while enjoying the sunlight that was starting to appear.

"It doesn't seem to be raining anymore, so maybe I can leave the palace and walk around to see the situation of the capital".

Since Hayam had been confined to the palace for several months, he planned to ask permission from his mother, so that he could go around to see the situation in the capital.

Hayam's real goal was to find information, yes he had to find information about this era. With enough information he could make the right plans for the future.

Hayam also thought about creating a flintlock type rifle, yes with the technology of this era Hayam felt it was not impossible and according to Hayam the manufacturing cost was not expensive. Actually before Hayam crossed into this body in the future Bayu had made a flintlock rifle, even though it was illegal but because where he lived was in a village and mountainous area so he was still safe.

Bayu got information from the internet and he also bought materials from the internet, through sharing trials he was finally able to make it even though it took up to two years because he had to go back and forth to the city and return when he was off from work.

And now with that experience Hayam is confident even though he only tried the flintlock he made once and ended up just being a wall decoration, but the experience is very useful. According to Hayam's calculations, making the iron tube and the flint part that is used for the trigger to shoot is the most difficult part.

But Hayam will not give up because it is the only hope he can use to unite the island of Java, yes Hayam's first target is the island of Java because this is the basis for his future.

In the original history even though Hayam Wuruk became the greatest ruler but he has not united the island of Java, the kingdom of Sundanese galuh is the stumbling block of Majapahit, if Hayam follows the original history then the result is tragedy and the only way is to unite by force, namely conquest.

However, if using the usual method only drags Majapahit into endless battles, although Majapahit's strength is several times greater but it is very difficult to conquer it, the territory of Java is currently dominated by forests and mountains if fighting at sea then Majapahit will win easily, but to get land territory is very difficult if you only rely on swords and arrows.

Cannons are not a solution because in the Javanese kingdom they are not used to building large walls, they prefer to fight in guerrilla style, this is what makes it very difficult for the invaders, direct confrontation might happen but the people of Sundanese galuh are not stupid, direct confrontation will definitely harm them but if the guerrilla is their expertise in addition they are very familiar with the battlefield.

With flintlock weapons Hayam was sure that it could change the pattern of fighting, flintlock was only one of his plans and he still needed another plan so that Hayam could conquer the Sundanese galuh completely and then he could shift to the islands of Sumatra and Malacca, but that was only Hayam's future plan.

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Hayam came out of the queen's room with a long sigh because it turned out that the queen was having business with the ministers so Hayam could not meet.

"Hahhh... Damn it".

Hayam could only shout in his heart, at this time he could only guess if the queen was arguing with the ministers about the rebels, if Hayam's guess did not miss maybe they would choose to pursue them or not many pros and cons.

But Hayam didn't want to bother thinking about it because currently his mind was full of plans and designs for the flintlock, but there were still many obstacles, he didn't have the money and power.

Hayam wanted to make the flintlock in secret without many people knowing, Hayam did not want to arouse a lot of suspicion.

Sitting on the terrace Hayam drank the warm tea served by the waiter, the tea was very delicious with the sweetness of palm sugar permeating Hayam's tongue.

"But I need a blacksmith, I myself can't forge and it seems that in this country blacksmithing is an honorable job even though I can use my identity but surely the Queen will be suspicious". Sighing, Hayam took another sip of his tea.

Suddenly Hayam remembered Wangsa it seems that the slave has no news but Hayam is not worried even though he has given money but it is also a kind of test if he runs away with the money then Wangsa is just useless trash, it doesn't matter to lose a little money to test someone's loyalty and it seems that my mother is also starting to get suspicious because he did not return.

"Huuhh Uncle Wangsa I have good judgment on you, hope you don't disappoint me".