Dark Age:Rise Of Java Chapter 7. Trowulan

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In the morning, Hayam's body was sweating a lot, although he was still 10 years old and soon 11 years old, Hayam's body was taller than his age with the accumulation of exercise for months, Hayam's body began to accentuate his abdominal muscles even though it was not too clear but Hayam was very satisfied with the results.

Hayam has been in this body for almost 4 months and he already considers that this body is his. Fortunately, the royal family's care is very good by consuming lots of healthy meat and vegetables, his body is very tall and sturdy.

Hayam's height is 160 cm, which is extraordinary because he is still 10 years old and he is still in the process of growing, therefore Hayam is very concerned about his diet and life.

Exercise and healthy eating were Hayam's obligations, after washing his body Hayam sat down for breakfast, meat was one of Hayam's mandatory menus plus rice and some vegetables this morning's breakfast was very rich. Although Majapahit had fertile land, the commoners could only eat this much.

This is also one of Hayam's plans to change the people's diet, yes with fertile and vast land must produce a lot of food, surely Majapahit will have a food surplus and the commoners can improve their lives then they will produce good seeds.

After persuading his mother for several days, Hayam finally got permission from his mother to leave the palace but it had to be accompanied by servants and several bodyguards. Since his goal had been achieved today Hayam was very happy, he rubbed the small pouch that contained some gold coins and he planned to buy some interesting items.

But it's just a plan Hayam also doesn't know what to buy, the most important thing is to find information even though he lives in the capital but because he is a crown prince the opportunity to walk around in the capital is also rare, Hayam has also explored the memories of this body several times but everything is unclear there is only a little picture.

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After breakfast Hayam called the slaves and servants, there were two maids who followed Hayam and there were 10 soldiers escorting him, although Hayam thought this group was too conspicuous but with Hayam's previous condition that the soldiers escorting him had to wear ordinary clothes not royal army uniforms.

Although this look was still conspicuous but it was better than the bodyguards wearing the uniform of the royal army, someone who was escorted by the royal army was definitely not an ordinary person but if the escort was only an ordinary person maybe people would think that Hayam was a nobleman's son or a rich businessman.

Hayam was a crown prince but not many people knew, let alone commoners, even the nobility also only knew a little because Hayam only appeared occasionally at major ceremonies and in this era information was very limited.

When outside the palace Hayam saw a canal that was about 5 M wide then he said to the maid who followed him "How long is this canal?".

"Sorry Raden, this lowly servant does not know, but this canal almost surrounds the capital city and is connected to the Brantas River."

Hearing that explanation Hayam frowned slightly, he was not sure if the canal reached the entire capital, maybe only important roads were passed through.

Hayam saw someone using a boat and carrying a lot of fruits and vegetables then he said to his servant "where did he bring the fruit?".

"They take it all to the market?".

"Take me to the market".

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The distance of the market from the palace is quite far after walking for more than an hour Hayam finally arrived, actually the servant suggested to use the train but Hayam refused even though the journey was very tiring but he had gotten a lot of information.

Actually Hayam was not too tired because he often stopped in the middle of the road when heading to the market, the servants seemed very overwhelmed because along the way many asked questions, but patiently they answered of course they were careful if the prince was offended maybe his head could be lost.

The market area was to the north of the palace with a canal running through it, Hayam saw many people bargaining with each other, the noise was very noisy. The majapahit male merchants were shirtless and there were several Resi buying goods.

Hayam was walking and observing the situation with an escort of 10 people many traders were a little wary of seeing Hayam although there were some soldiers who often patrolled but these people were not stupid Hayam's identity was definitely not an ordinary person.

This market actually according to Hayam is a little chaotic although there are soldiers who often patrol but according to Hayam the arrangement is very bad although the cleanliness of this place is not too bad.

Lots of vegetables fruits, pottery and livestock or game. But Hayam recognized that Majapahit was very prosperous because the size of this market was not small and it seemed that the economy was also quite developed.

Because he was tired of walking Hayam decided to find a place to eat to rest.

Hayam asked his servant to look for a restaurant or a place to eat even though there was no such thing as a restaurant but finally Hayam found a restaurant. The restaurant building was not very luxurious even though it already used brick walls and roof tiles, because in this era most houses still used walls made of bamboo booths and thatched roofs.

When Hayam entered the restaurant many visitors were wary, a small child who was escorted by many soldiers was definitely not an ordinary child, then Hayam looked for the most corner and sat down, because the eating habits of Majapahit were Lesehan (eating by sitting on the floor).There were no tables and only the floor was covered with mats.