The Book of Manunggaling Universe

CHAPTER 31, CONSPIRACY

“Begini sir..according to the saving servants, it is necessary to rebuild the Sekarjati village government with a stronger army, as well as gambling houses and prostitutes in this village to lure the young man back here.”ujar Warsono.

“After everything is awakened again, we will spread the word throughout, until finally it will certainly arrive and be heard by the young man. After hearing that, surely he will come back here because he was curious about his failed efforts.”continued Warsono.

“How does kowe have a way of rebuilding that gambling house and prostitution as well as the Sekarjati village army?”ask kapitein William curious.

“Hamba has a little gift money from the previous village chief that I can use to rebuild this village as usual. But of course I also need help from the gentlemen in terms of gathering troops and weaponry.”ujar Warsono.

“Hamba believes that the troops made up of Javanese people who the gentlemen bring have friends or family who will be interested if given work and training as soldiers here. That's one of the reasons I need help from gentlemen.”.

“Then the servant also needed help from the masters to raise the servant as the new head of Sekarjati village, replacing Ki Ageng Gandrik who had died. With information from the gentlemen, of course, the people of this village will not dare to argue against the appointment of slaves.

“The last servant also asked the gentlemen for help to take back the money from the residents who were once given by the young man, could under the pretext that the money belonged to the village that was seized by the young man. Servants need it to rebuild this village, with of course the servant will divide four of the ten parts of money collected from the population for the two gentlemen.”ujar Warsono.

After being silent for a while, finally William's captain spoke again, “Then what other advantages can I give to both of us if we issue information about the appointment of kowe as village head?”said kapitein William who was greeted nod by luitenant Schmit.

“First is the continuity of cooperation with meneer Van Osch. He will still benefit from the sale of weapons, and the deposit of tribute as usually done by Ki Ageng Gandrik.”

“Secondly, of course, I will set aside the net profit that I earn outside the tribute deposit on the meneer Van Osch and the officials of the court, and, what I will give to the two gentlemen is three out of ten parts. How about sir?”warsono.

After a moment of silence, William finally replied, “Good kisanak, kowe can come back here tomorrow morning. I have to talk about this first with my colleague.”he said as he glanced at luitenant Schmit.

“Good sir, I beg you and will return to see the gentlemen tomorrow morning.”ujar Warsono while bowing and then inching back out of the palace.

After the departure of Warsono, William captain opened talks with his colleague, “What do you think vriend (friend)?I want to hear your opinion on this.”.

“I agree with you vriend, our duty is only to report to the majoor, ask our troops to invite his friends and family to join, and finally do training on them. After that without working, we will still get income.”ujar kapitein William.

“But I also have een idee (idea), what if we invest our money here by building one or two gambling houses and prostitutes. Later we share the results with the person we will raise as the village head. Not only women from Java, we will also bring Tartar women, even ******************* from the west. I'm sure the officials and the rich people will be willing to pay very expensive to be able to taste Tartar women and west.”.

“I agree, and finally we will become rich..hahahaha.”lalu both laugh together.

The next day Warsono returned to the former village chief's residence to discuss his plans with William and Luitenant Schmit.

After a long bargain, it was finally agreed that Warsono would be appointed head of the village of Sekarjati, and would give four of the ten parts of his net profit to them.

Then they were allowed to open at most two gambling houses and two brothels, which were to be divided in half by two of the ten sections for Warsono.

The entire management of gambling houses and brothels was left to Warsono as the village chief, only that they would later put their confidants to watch over their gambling houses and brothels.

After the agreement was obtained, William immediately sent several of his officers to return home to their respective homes, with notes within a week afterwards, they must bring as many as their colleagues or families who will be used as soldiers in Sekarjati village, and some officers took the forced take of money given by the young man who helped them under the pretext that the money belonged to the village that would be used as capital to build a village that had been ravaged.

The screams and sobs of the villagers of Sekarjati instantly resonated and exploded violently as black and curly-haired officers forced their way in and searched and took their property by force at the foot of a bedil and sword threats on the necks of the inhabitants.

Several people who tried to fight were shot dead in front of their families.

The confiscation of the property of the Sekarjati villagers was also accompanied by a reading of the appointment of Warsono as the new head of Sekarjati village, replacing Ki Ageng Gandrik who had been killed some time ago.

A new round of oppression and misery for the villagers of Sekarjati has begun...