▁ 5 0 0 – 7 0 0 ▁soldiers ▁and ▁officials ▁while ▁his ▁subjects , ▁the ▁people ▁of ▁K ed iri , ▁pro str ated ▁themselves ▁as ▁the ▁king ▁passed . ▁ ▁Econom y ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Chinese ▁sources , ▁the ▁main ▁occup ations ▁of ▁the ▁K ed iri ▁people ▁revol ved ▁around ▁agricult ure ▁( rice ▁cultiv ation ), ▁animal ▁far ming ▁( c attle , ▁bo ar , ▁p oul try ), ▁and ▁the ▁sp ice ▁trade . ▁D aha , ▁the ▁capital ▁city ▁of ▁K ed iri , ▁( s ugg ested ▁to ▁be ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁site ▁as ▁modern ▁K ed iri ) ▁is ▁located ▁in land , ▁near ▁the ▁fert ile ▁Br ant as ▁river ▁valley . ▁From ▁the ▁prede cess or ▁kingdom ▁of ▁Air lang ga ' s ▁K ah ur ip an , ▁K ed iri ▁inherited ▁ir rig ation ▁systems , ▁including ▁the ▁W ring in ▁S apt a ▁dam . ▁ ▁K ed iri ▁economy ▁was ▁partly ▁mon et ised , ▁with ▁silver ▁co ins ▁issued ▁by ▁the ▁royal ▁court . ▁ ▁In ▁later ▁periods , ▁K ed iri ▁economy ▁grew ▁to ▁rely ▁more ▁heavily ▁on ▁trade , ▁especially ▁the ▁sp ice ▁trade . ▁This ▁resulted ▁from ▁K ed iri ▁development ▁of ▁a ▁n avy , ▁giving ▁them ▁the ▁opportunity ▁to ▁control ▁the ▁sp ice ▁trade ▁routes ▁to ▁eastern ▁islands . ▁K ed iri ▁collected ▁sp ices ▁from ▁trib ut aries ▁in ▁southern ▁Kal im ant an ▁and ▁the ▁Mal u ku ▁Islands .