Be A Sultan In Another World
20: Java Sea earthquake
20-08-1805
Thousand islands, galuh province.
In the morning, the fishermen are catching fish as usual in the Java Sea.
Some of them used buoys given away for free by the sultanate government in case of a storm that sank their ships.
Although the fishermen in the archipelago can swim well but will not be possible against nature that has been arranged by God.
A fisherman with a sunda stature is resting after catching fish with a net.
He was reading the weekly newspaper he bought this morning.
"Wahh the Sultanate officially has a new fleet! And again all metal ships"
"the size is also as big as a fortress, perhaps more suitable to be considered a fortress of the sea than a ship?"
His son who was sitting enjoying the sea breeze approached him out of curiosity.
"What's in the papers?"
"Only news of the sultanate's progress, there was news of the sultan visiting a remote village as well"
"So right, sir, there's news about the Sultanate's military, no?"
"There, this is the acceptance of the sultanate army in the military academy has been opened"
"Where sir, Rudy wants to read!"
Hearing the enthusiasm of his son, the father just smiled and gave his newspaper.
While looking around the calm sea, suddenly appeared waves that were quite high towards them.
The father saw the unnatural waves immediately turn on the steam engine of his boat paddling away.
The waves are getting closer to make the ship sway but not to endanger the voyage.
The waves passed through their boat and continued to go towards the coast.
Fishermen who realize the next incident if the waves reach the mainland also pray for the safety of the people in the port of Jakarta.
Tanjung priok port, north jakarta.
Merchants and migrants filled the 2nd largest and most populous port in the sunda sultanate, the most populous port in the sunda sultanate was in Kota holy, mataram province.
In the real world the holy city is not a port city, but in this world the holy city is a stopover between ships from Europe, china, india, arabia, and other countries, and ottoman before to maluku or sulawesi where the spice trade is centralized.
The holy city is in the gulf of muria, if in the real world the gulf of muria no longer exists due to sedimentation from the surrounding rivers that resulted in the expansion of the island of Java.
"Ayo-ayo bought-bought, affordable price! Reasonable price!"
"Mr, please look around. Lots of dress motifs bu batiknya, the color is also good"
"Fish! Fresh fish just caught shajuh earlier! The fish!"
Trading in the area outside the port is always crowded and there is also a lot of bargaining between traders and buyers, but that only applies to local buyers.
Overseas buyers are usually confused as to how to bid and end up just foam agreeing with the price the seller sets.
"What is the cloth?"
"Which one sir? The red one or the yellow one?"
"The red sir"
"The red one meter costs 16 silver coins sir"
"Can I buy less sir?, 10 I buy"
"Can't sir, I'll give you 14 silver coins"
"I bought it, the money"
"Yes sir, here's the cloth"
Some ottoman visitors looked at the buyers and sellers just now with wonder, how could the price determined by the merchant instead be purchased at a lower price.
"Why does the trader agree on a price lower than he himself specified?"
"It's called bargaining, trade in the archipelago is like this. Ohh look at that"
From a distance a European-faced immigrant was trying to bargain, but only ended up being rejected.
"How much is this clove worth?"
"26 gold coins for 1 bag"
"Ahh I only have 25 gold coins, can you give a special price for me"
"Special? Special you said! Hey from what kingdom are you"
"I-I'm from denmark"
"Ohh denmark, I'm sorry sir but that's impossible. According to the national special trade letter. Only france, prussia and belgium can get special prices"
"What?! Isn't that unfair!"
"For a cruel nation and bar-bars like you, I think it's fair" said the merchant, smoking his cigarette.
"You! You despicable merchant!" Shouted the European newcomer in annoyance while brandishing the flinlock.
The merchant who shaded the flintlock just laughed casually, he then took out a gun from his pocket and shot into the sky 3 times.
Dor's! Dor's! Dor's!
Those three shots made the trade pause for a while, then continue again like nothing happened.
"Sir you should understand, this is Sundanese not Danish. The rules that exist here are absolute to anyone regardless of race and religion"
"You were the first to brandish a weapon at me so you won't be able to survive"
"God! If I give you some gold coins I'll be released"
"....hahh, you dumbass. Ahh, guard! This is the guy"
"Hey don't move you"
"what do you mean! I'm from denmark!"
"Who cares red ass! Hurry up here, you'll take us to a temporary prison"
"Hey, wait! I can give you money! How much do you want me to give you"
"Then 20,000 gold coins per person"
"W-what! 20,000 gold coins per person! That's too crazy"
"And that's the fine we'll receive if we let you go"
When the Danish man fell silent, he initially thought the guard in the sundanese sultanate would be easily given the lure of money. But in fact the fines they receive if they mess with the regulation is equivalent to the money traveling back and forth Norway-sunda as much as 4 times.
Finally the Danish man resigned and was taken to the post to be put in temporary ornjars.
This kind of scenery has happened very often in the Sultanate even almost every day if it is in the city.
Somehow the Europeans still consider themselves to be everything when they desperately need the export of spices.
25-08-1805
In the morning the atmosphere of the harbor seems quite quiet, the fishermen are only a few who go to sea because the weather is less supportive.
There is a storm in the Sunda strait that affects the number of high waves that lead to the Java sea.
KD Tarumanegara, dec bow.
In the Java Sea, swayed by a merchant ship from a trading company owned by the sundanese sultanate. The ship was carrying 2000 tons of goods consisting of 25% spices, 20% medicines, 5% gold bars, 30% weapons and ammunition for infantry and 20% rice sacks.
Captain joko sumiharto was looking at the ocean in front of him. The thunderous roar and the pounding of the waves on the hull did not make him tremble in the least.
"It seemed like our journey was going to be very difficult, the waves and wind direction were very unsupportive" he said looking at the small flag at the end of the bow, a flag that signified the direction of the red wind.
"Luckily I was placed on this ship, with its steam engine will not make the ship wreck as a result of being swept by the waves" he said, turning to the ship's command room.
"Captain storm's getting closer, please get into the cabin"
"Alright but I'm not going to the cabin, I'm going to the command room. Please prepare coffee for everyone there"
"Understand!"
Captain Joko was re-entered the ship cabin, while the storm was getting stronger and rain began to fall in the Java sea.
05-09-1805
Holy port, mataram province.
In the cloudy morning, many cargo ships are leaning, the sea waves are getting more and more uncontrollable.
Some of the sultanate's forces were also alerted in case of unwanted events, the officers and also the mayor declared a natural disaster emergency a few days ago.
A shipyard.
The workers who usually meet this place are now in a special building thanks to the rising waves are getting closer to go ashore.
"Hahh, why is nature not calm as usual. Is anyone trying to challenge nature until they make us this way"
"That's zhao, stop complaining. We all also want to return to work because there are still many ship orders, especially from johor province and pattani province"
"I know, it's just that we're here doing nothing. I can't stand by while my debt is on the rise this month because of my wife's birthday"
"Oh yeah, I understand. What does your wife want for a gift?"
"That's..motorcycles"
"What..it's crazy?! They only launched last month and there are only 5000 units in total, they are also very elegant and expensive! Hey buddy I salute you
"....of course I have to answer what but, thank you"
"Hey let's go to the cafeteria, let's have a chat first. The boss is also in business with the defence representatives"
Zhao nodded and went with his friend to the cafeteria to chat and took off some stress.
12-09-1805
In the morning, one week after heavy rain flushed the northern coast of Java island and caused the spice trade to halt for a moment, this became a problem for European traders as the climate in their country slowly grew colder and was about to enter winter soon.
The need for spices increased rapidly with the stormy conditions in the Java sea that avoided wooden trading ships. Only a steam-powered ship whose hull was made of metal dared to cross it.
But it's all over, the Java sea will again be filled with traders from other countries.
The Java Sea, 214 km northeast of the island of karimun java.
A frigate bearing the Prussian flag is sailing to Surabaya. But they are currently leaning on an empty island.
The island has a coastline of up to 500 meters with some trees that look like coconut trees but the leaves are like the leaves of a banyan tree.
The island has cliffs near its edge. The height of the sea level is currently 40 meters, and there are still hills and valleys in it.
The empty island has an area of about 890km² with an average surface height of 97mdpl.
The sailors from Prussia decided to stay on the island which is a slightly steep beach when for the beach.
The empty island had many strange trees and many large rocks loomed in it.
Hermen von scheider, the captain of the ship, looked at the island in confusion.
"I never knew if Sunda had an island like this, the trees were unique"
"Our captain got a connection from the Sunda tribal patrol fleet"
"really? What they say"
"They ask why we're leaning in the middle of the ocean"
"Their technology is great, it can tell we're leaning somewhere far away"
"But how can they say we're leaning in the middle of the ocean? Don't they know about this island?"
"....the captain said in the past week there have been no patrols in this place because of the storm"
"Then how could they not know this island?"
"....they said the island never existed, the captain of the main ship there also admitted that he often patrolled here and did not find this island both when the weather was bad and sunny"
"If the weather is bad I may believe it but, how could it be? Don't tell me this island showed up last night, hahahaha where is it possible"
As the crew laughed out loud and the atmosphere of the ship became very light, the fleet of sundanese patrol boats appeared from the south.
There were about 20 ironclad ships, 40 steam-powered frigates and 1 steam-powered pinisi ship as command ships.
The captain of this patrol fleet is major udin prakasta, he has just risen in rank from the chief lieutenant for completing an important mission a few months ago that made the sultanate sunda successfully avoid the plague.
"Captain, the merchant ship of the Prussian kingdom is right on our way"
"Then slow down the ship and set up anchors, command 20 ironclad ships to patrol the vicinity to ensure our safety. Those fucking pirate champs are gonna be a problem"
"That's true, but the kratabaya has taken care of them" said the vice-captain
"Kratabyte? They are just paid people and again what they do is the same, the difference is they do not target ships from our sultanate"
"But isn't one of their higher-ups already a rear admiral in our navy?"
"You mean rear admiral Chueng po tsai, well he did become an admiral and gave his loyalty to a woman who was very much in accordance with his wishes. Did you know that his half-sister also married him as a second wife as a bond between our navy and the kratabaya"
[Author:kratabaya is a term coined by ahmad to refer to a mercenary pirate who has ties to the military of the sultanate.
They can still plow but only outside the sundanese sultanate, of course, the hijacked ship is a ship other than the sundanese sultanate]
After pinisi ship owned by major udin leaning next to hermen katpen ship. Major udin and captain Hermen chatted for a brief chat and continued the discussion about the island.
"So major udin, this island is really not listed on the sunda sultanate map?"
"Yes, but seen from anywhere this island as separate from civilization even has a very abnormal plant"
"Not normal?"
"Look at the tree, it has a trunk like a coconut but the leaves are like a banyan tree"
"I see, I understand the coconut tree but the banyan?"
"Then I will give you a brief explanation, the begringin tree is...."
After the explanation of the banyan tree, the Prussian merchant ship sailed back while the sultanate navy stood guard and explored the empty island.
Researchers and military and doctors were sent from the city of Semarang to the island to find answers, what was with the island that just appeared overnight.
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