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Dakshin Bhartiya Empire, Maharashtra (Satavahana), Wardha grama (town).
Satish, the police officer of Wardha town, got up early today as he was informed that a package would be sent to the town from the royal capital. Satish has changed a lot since he took the post of the police officer. He has been promoted a few times, from an officer of a small village to an officer of a medium-sized town like Wardha. Before, he only had a group of subordinates whom he recruited himself, but now he has two different police stations in the town to take care of. He was also assigned new police officers from the head branch of the district, in order to assist him.
After dealing with the challenges of the recent Islamic rebellion, the past few days offered him a much-needed rest. Now, tasked mainly with resolving civil disputes and handling petty theft cases in the town, he found himself growing bored. The once-eventful routine of rising early, donning his police attire, and eagerly awaiting something more exciting began to feel monotonous. Just as the dullness was taking hold, the individual he had been expecting finally appeared. Holding a letter marked with the seal of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the long-awaited Orders had finally arrived.
Opening the letter, there were multiple orders for him to follow, along with some instructions given in general to all the officers at his level from the Minister of Internal Affairs, Arjun. After reading the letter, he did not delay any longer and got to work. First, he visited a carpenter and asked him to make two new banners for the pair of police stations in the town. In total, two new banners were ordered, and he also mentioned the specifications for both banners.
"Sir craftsman, create Two identical banners measuring 1.5 meters in height and 5.5 meters in length. At the top, inscribe ' Police Station' in a bold Bharathi language. Right beside it, in slightly smaller font, add 'Wardha Branch.' Below, repeat 'Police Station' and 'Wardha Branch,' maintaining the same format, but this time in Marathi language. Ensure that the text in the Bharathi language occupies 40% of the banner, with the Marathi language covering 30%. For the remaining space below the banner, include the address of this town."
The craftsman, diligently noting down the orders, ended up looking perplexed, scratching his head, he said with an embarrassed expression. "Sir, please forgive me, but I don't know how to write in the Bharathi language as I haven't attended a school that teaches adults yet."
Satish remained calm upon hearing the craftsman's embarrassment, as he had anticipated the problem. To reassure him, he said, "Do not worry; I have a sample of the written text for you. Just emulate this." He handed over the written sample in the Bharathi language. Additionally, Satish provided the craftsman with the Town address to include on the banner.
"Ensure that the background of the banner is yellow throughout its length. However, the area where the address is mentioned should have a red background."
"In addition, on the right side of the banner, draw this symbol," Satish said, handing over the police emblem.
The emblem featured a Garuda with two lions on either side, all three animals standing on a pedestal. The Garuda was positioned at a higher elevation than the lions; both lions were at an equal elevation but at a lower position compared to the Garuda. After conveying all his instructions, Satish was about to leave when, surprisingly, Nagappa showed up. Nagappa also brought multiple orders for banners, but unfortunately, he was not proficient in the Bharati language. Still learning, he wasn't yet skilled enough to write it. Satish assisted him, and to his surprise, along with making a banner for the panchayat, Nagappa also created banners for inns and workshops. Intrigued, Satish asked for the reason.
"It can't be that exaggerated," Arjun thought, but he did not say it out loud, as his majesty looked to be very serious. He wanted to ask what the solution that is different would be, but seeing Vijay's contemplative expression, he quieted down, thinking that his majesty could come up with some idea. And an idea Vijay did come up with shortly after.
"Let's do this. I will find something else for these prisoners to do."
"But your majesty, the reconstruction tasks are becoming less and less week by week."
"I will find some other project to do, but this time it will definitely take longer, and I need at least a million workers working on it. So there is no problem for these prisoners to do this task. The work schedule will be the same as before, also make sure that the work is divided sustainably. I don't want this workforce to die due to the excessive load of work."
"Yes, your majesty. I will make sure of it," Arjun said as he left the palace with a thoughtful expression. 'New project, what could his majesty be up to that needs a million workers? Is his majesty going to build a bigger road?' 'But didn't the minister of transportation, Nirmal, say that the road construction is in its end phase?'
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