The Musafir
Building Hall
KANA SPREAD HER EYES. “So, I will come into the auction room?”
The mantang nodded his head. “Why not?”
“But, how about the entrance fee issue?”
“It's a very easy affair.” The mantel said relaxed.
What he had to think about was not the cost of entry, but the price of goods which of course many times more than the cost of entry.
Mantingan remembered the auction held in Wind Bell Village, didn't the auction manage to spend almost all of his money just to buy one item? If only Mantingan did not immediately build a flower outlet at that time, then he currently did not have a piece of gold.
Unless, of course, he exchanges 20 of Dara's gifts worth 20,000 gold pieces. But he, Mantingan, had promised not to use the 20 Stones except in the circumstances that really urged him.
Not too much was paid, so Mantingan and Kana quickly got their turn to enter the large building. But before that, a guard dismissed them and asked for an entrance fee.
“Welcome, Gentlemen. To go inside, each one of the Master must pay ten gold pieces.”
Seen from the look on his face, the officer actually seemed to doubt whether Mantingan could pay the entrance fee of 10 gold. The sight of Mantingan and Kana's clothes that could be said to be delicate had clearly made him doubtful.
But Mantingan can refute that doubt perfectly. It was easy to reach into his coffers and put 20 gold pieces on the payment table. In doing so, he had acted as if he had no burden at all to spend that much money. It was obvious to surprise the guard at the entrance of the building.
“If you can please know,” said Mantingan when the officer in front of him was still surprised, “where is the auction room?”
Despite his shock, the attendant replied straightforwardly, “The entrance of the auction room is on the second floor. The tribune for the auction guests was indeed on the second floor, but it jutted continuously all the way to the first floor. The auction stage was also on the first floor. Even so, the entrance remains on the second floor.”
The mantan nodded in understanding, he took out a piece of silver as money thanks to the attendant who had kindly explained about the auction place to him.
He and Cana then entered the building hall. How they were amazed by the view inside. Moreover, to Kana, he had never seen such a beautiful big room.
Various beautiful paintings hung on the walls of the room. The paintings on display generally depict the lives of farmers who are almost always side by side with clear rivers. Indirectly glorify Punawarman who has improved the irrigation path of many rivers in the State of Taruma.
Even more amazing, the ceiling of the hall was painted black with many bright white dots. It clearly meant to depict the stars shining in the night sky.
The stars were not simply painted, Mantingan knew that the painting depicted a real state, namely the mapping of the constellations. Not only that, in the middle of the sky of the hall, there was a round of Saka's dating chart.
“This hall describes science in Tarumanagara ...” Manten muttered based on his observation.
But the young man had to admit, this hall did not describe all the knowledge in Tarumanagara. In fact, there is still a lot of knowledge about shipping, agriculture, war armies, political rules, and so on that make Tarumanagara no less sophisticated than the civilization of the Land of the Roof of Heaven.
Especially in the case of the cruise. Today, Tarumanagara is the largest maritime power in Dwipantara. Jayasingawarman or Rajadirajaguru who can also be called from Jambhudvipa clearly understands a lot about sailing.
More precisely, he was a maharesi from Salankayana who fled to Yawabhumi because his land had been conquered by Maharaja Samudragupta from the Gupta Kingdom.
Jayasingawarman landed in the Citarum river. From there he began to build a civilization which he later named Taruma. Soon after, Jayasingawarman married a daughter of King Dewavarman VIII, a king of Salakanagara to begin his march in politics.
Shortly after the death of King Dewavarman VIII who was later buried in the Gomati river, Jayasingawarman moved the royal capital from Rajatapura to Sundapura. This also signifies that his power has been solid as a substitute for Salakanagara.
Of course the progress of the Tarumanagara civilization was not without cause. Rajadirajaguru brought a lot of knowledge from Jambhudvipa which was then used to build civilization in Yawabhumi. Mainly, science of shipping and agricultural science.
Combined with existing knowledge, both from Javadvipa and Suvarnadvipa, Tarumanagara became the most advanced and strongest civilization in Dwipantara.
At this time, Tarumanagara was led by Jayasingawarman's grandson, Punawarman. Iron-handed, the third king of Tarumanagara continued and developed the knowledge and power of his father and grandfather. Perhaps with this Punawarman temperament, the rest of Salakanagara's loyal supporters felt unacceptable and finally held a rebellion that took place recently.
According to Mantingan himself, Punawarman iron hand is quite needed as an Emperor who oversees dozens of small kingdoms. But for those who are envious of it, it is certainly very easy to make untrue allegations despite the obvious plausibility that has sparked the uprising.
The mantle slipped from her daydream when Cana pulled the cloth of her robe.
“You're looking at that woman?”
The mantel raised his eyebrows. It was only realized that when he daydreamed and his gaze became completely empty, his face was accidentally faced with a woman who was very good at his stupidity. The mantan will appear to be looking at the woman until pensively made, even though she is really immersed in daydreams about the Tarumanagara civilization!
Kana smiled broadly. “Kakanda, if Kaka Sasmita knew this. Really Kakanda, it turns out your attitude often changes.”
“This is not what you see and think, Cana. I'm just daydreaming.”
“Sasmita once said to me, Men always reason when asked about women. And I heard that Kakanda was really giving an excuse.”
The mantle breathed a long breath. “Already, we should hurry to the second floor. You don't want to miss the auction, do you?”
“I do not want to miss the auction, but I also will not forget this.”
The two continued their journey to the second floor. While the really beautiful girl was visited by another woman.
“Nyai, auction will start soon.”
The makeup girl nodded her head without taking a look from the painting in front of her. “I'll be there in a minute. You can go, and thank you for reminding me.”
“That's my job, Nyai.” The woman lowered her head before retreating from before him.
The girl let out a long breath. “Why do I feel Mantingan is here?”
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note:
I changed the word "penghantre" to "banjar".
