24th July 1662
Simhasana Bhavana, Imperial Capital, Bengaluru, Akhand Bharatiya Empire
" So how's the migration going? "
Vinod and his fellow ministers, who were just about to get up and leave as the meeting had ended, immediately stiffened and sat back down. They were taken aback, but it was not an unexpected question. He, along with the Cabinet ministers, had already been prepared for this question to be asked—it's just that it came at the last moment, catching them off guard.
Vinod took a deep breath, organized the words, and responded, " It's going on smoothly, Your Majesty. In the last five months, at least two million people have migrated to the frontiers, both on a temporary and permanent basis. "
" The number keeps increasing day by day with word of mouth from the people who had gone spreading back to the mainland. "
