December 18th, 1655
Dakshin Bharatiya Empire, Vijayanagara State, capital city - Hampi
In the Royal Palace, Vijay, returning from his brief trip around the empire, came to accompany Kavya once more.
Currently, he is sitting next to her, reading the book ’Black Sparrow on the Tree of Ashes,’ which Kavya had written.
Since the length of the book was only 350,000 words, he did not take too long to read the novel.
*Tap*
*Sigh*
Vijay finally closed the book with a sigh, as he could never have imagined Kavya to possess such profound literary talent. Make no mistake, it is indeed true that most of the plots written in the novel are, in one way or another, plots used in famous literary works in the future.
However, it is still remarkable that she put them together according to her story and made the story more impactful without seeming abrupt or inconsistent. Hence, he does not hesitate to say that Kavya is a literarily gifted person.
Vijay, who had already witnessed the events mentioned in the novel firsthand, still felt somewhat affected after reading the book, especially after reading about how Geeta felt when she was hanged, her hopelessness, her despair, and finally the end of her suffering. It detailed how her mind was affected, her thought process, and ultimately her salvation and standing up on her own two feet.
If Vijay had not witnessed everything he had read in the book, he was sure he would be shedding a few tears right about now. Fortunately, or unfortunately, Vijay had seen and experienced too much suffering for these things to affect him anymore.
On the contrary, he felt a little pity for Kavya, as he knew that she must have experienced a lot of pain and suffering when writing this book.
"Thank you for your efforts," Vijay said in a light and inaudible voice as Kavya was sleeping next to him, and he was gently stroking her head.
Kavya seemed to feel the kindness shown by Vijay, and there was a smile on her face. Vijay finally set the book aside, slowly approached Kavya’s forehead, gently kissed her, and left the room.
There was a wider smile on Kavya’s face as she continued to sleep. She was now almost four months pregnant, and her belly was now noticeable to anyone who saw her. Also, her hormonal Disturbances had increased a lot, making her irritable or causing mood swings most of the time. Fortunately, Vijay came back, and there was some relief in her heart as she slept soundly.
Vijay also said that from next month, these symptoms would reduce day by day, which made Kavya very relieved.
Vijay, who had left the Royal Quarters, entered his office and sat down to inspect the documents that had accumulated during his absence.
He went through these documents one by one, giving them a seal and signing if he approved of them. Otherwise, he wrote down a paragraph about what needed to be improved and sent them back.
"Oh," he exclaimed.
In this process, he suddenly came across an interesting document. It was about a successful amputation at the field hospital in Balochistan, in the city of Khuzdar.
Looking at the hospital report and the procedure details, Vijay was very impressed and satisfied with Vishwa Swaroop’s quick thinking and ability to come up with solutions on the fly.
After fully reading the report and understanding the medical knowledge present in it, Vijay quickly sent it to various medical academies to verify the operating method on sure-death patients with their consent. He also arranged to add it to the library as a textbook and to train future medical personnel in the clinical procedure, after the verification process, of course.
Vijay was about to complete his work when suddenly,
*Knock*
*Knock*
A knock on the door was heard.
"Come in," he said.
The person who entered was an agent from the Bharatiya External Pragya. Vijay was curious and at the same time worried because when intelligence agents contact him in such a hurry and come to the Royal Palace, it is usually not good news.
Unfortunately, his worry came true.
The report mentioned the forceful recruitment of soldiers in the Mughal Empire in all regions, with nobles participating in army-building efforts.
Vijay was taken aback, and he became nervous and tense as things were moving too fast, but he continued to read on.
The report also detailed the uneasy atmosphere in all the cities and villages of the Mughal Empire, with information about multiple riots taking place but being brutally suppressed by the Mughal Empire.
*sigh*
Vijay let out a deep sigh as he leaned back onto his chair with a hint of sadness. From this report, Vijay could already see that the Mughal Empire was on the path to destruction, and there was no way to turn back the damage done. In fact, even if he did nothing, in a few years, In the current condition, the Mughal Empire would collapse by itself, disintegrating from within.
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Unfortunately, due to him being the cause of this change, the Mughal Empire was probably on the path to destroying the Dakshin Bharatiya Empire along with itself.
"Looks like we will be meeting a lot more than 300,000 troops the Mughals are currently training," Vijay said to himself, his eyes dull, already expecting the deaths of millions of people during the span of the annihilation war between the two empires.
However, his nervous expression did not last long as determination took over his eyes, and his body radiated seriousness and bravery.
He immediately called over Ravichandra Rao, the old butler.
"Uncle Ravi, send my order: starting today, all the colleges in the empire will begin compulsory military training for at least 6 hours a day. The courses will be minimized to core subjects like mathematics and physics. Train these people like officers, let them have basic knowledge about managing a team."
Ravichandra Rao, though old, understood the seriousness of the matter. Since His Majesty the Emperor was mobilizing even the military strength of these students, who His Majesty considered the future of the empire, it already showed the seriousness of the matter.
Hence, he did not speak or interrupt Vijay but diligently noted down the orders, ready to execute them in sequence.
"Finally, the local militia units in each village and city should increase the frequency of training. There should be at least 30 hours of training per week. And with the monitoring of the local police unit, let them practice shooting firearms," Vijay stated.
That was not all. Vijay also thought of the production of more weapons, as he was trying to arm hundreds of thousands of soldiers with guns. Hence, he had to consider the production for these soldiers and said,
"Clean up the banks of tributaries and canals. Prepare to build more iron smelting and arms manufacturing factories in these locations," he added.
Narasimha Rao had doubt in his mind as he was sure that the water wheels would not be able to turn with such a low water force. But since his Majesty thought of it, he kept quiet.
Vijay naturally knew that the water wheels could not turn in these tributaries and canals built for agricultural use, but he naturally had solutions for that.
So, the worry is not necessary...
The order from Vijay, given without any discussion, was passed throughout the empire’s official channels over the week, and everyone in the official circles was taken aback.
"His Majesty suddenly ordered such things. What do you think happened in the Mughal Empire?"
"I don’t know. It must be something serious, or else why would His Majesty react like this?"
"I guess things are getting very serious, and we are heading into the final stages of the war sooner than we could have imagined."
Such discussions were prevalent throughout the official circles. As for the students, most of them were excited. Being a soldier in this era, especially in the Dakshin Bharatiya Empire, was a glorious thing. However, there were also opposing students who did not want to go to war. Unfortunately, their opinions did not matter.
At this time, when either the Dakshin Bharatiya Empire or the Mughal Empire would survive in the subcontinent, the thoughts and opinions of these students, mostly around 16 years old, did not matter.
Democracy was directly thrown out of the window in this situation, and Vijay had fully taken command of the empire. Orders were now passed directly by him and not through the Prime Minister. Even the current order was not passed through the Minister of Education but directly by Vijay himself.
The ministers did not even question the order since they knew His Majesty would only do such a thing if the situation in the Mughal Empire was getting desperate.
As for the military logistics department, it immediately rounded up labourers and began the construction of hundreds of new factories. This time, all the factories were small, capable of producing only a single part, as the power for these factories came from tributaries and canals, which did not have much force without special conditions.
At the speed at which the progress was going, the construction should take around two months. Then, the military-industrial capabilities of the empire would explode once more, becoming the absolute backbone and confidence for the military of the Dakshin Bharatiya Empire.