[Rapid Building] The MRI has expanded and adopted a tactic of lightning craft. Temporary frames hold together rocks and then a mixture of lime, volcanic ash, and a lot of crushed rocks and terracotta is poured into the "mold". This was discovered after a builder accidentally forgot the mixture that was in a wooden box. When destroyed, a block of this building material came out. MRI's top scientists along with the top builders quickly studied and analyzed this innovation. They tested its strength, durability, and creating different molds to fill with this innovation. It was named "Kovid ruus" or Strong Rock in English. MRI with Kovid ruus would build structures of houses and buildings more quickly with the roof and other external structures taking more time. The largest fortress of MRI has been built with Kovid ruus, even the capital has been renovated to include Kovid ruus. [Expansion to the North] The MRI continues to ravage warlord regions and small tribes. It seems no bigger foe is in the way of conquest for the empire. Many smaller tribes join in fear of what the MRI would do to them. Tales of MRI slaughtering entire villages within hours, tales of their horrid treatment of prisoners, and tales of how a soldier needs to sacrifice a family member to join the MRI's army. MRI has resources of trees, grains, and many untamed livestock. [Expansion South] MRI only encounters plains after plains of land fertile for farming. A single legion of troops has been ordered to scout out and map land. Large irrigations have been built by farmers to make crops to sell at a cheaper price with their huge land plots. Crops for food, cloth, and spice can be harvested down south.
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