Game of Thrones: Overlord of the Deep Sea

Chapter 206 The Bird of Fright
While Tyrion awaits trial by combat, Jack and Daenerys ride their dragons back to Neptune's Island.

The northern border is basically stable, Carlin Bay is almost repaired, the port is under the control of the Unsullied, and the Iron Fleet is stationed, so there is no need for Jack to sit in the northern border all the time.

There are two main things to do when returning to Neptune Island. One is to come back and see the two children, Alexander and Elizabeth.

The second is that Jack is ready to take action against Qarth.

Now that the situation in Westeros is somewhat stable, all we need to do is wait for Tywin's death to start a war between the Lions and Roses, and at the same time restore the strength of the North.

So during this time, I can just do some other things.

What's more, Atlantis has now formed three fleets.

Each fleet consists of one giant battleship, nine large battleships, 140 medium-sized battleships, and [-] small and medium-sized fast battleships, in addition to an uncertain number of supply ships.

The First Fleet is currently stationed in the Seychelles Islands, and the Second Fleet is stationed in the Free Trade Bay.

The newly formed Third Fleet has been docked at Longya Island, practicing all day long, but has not seen any blood.

In fact, the First Fleet and the Second Fleet have basically not experienced naval battles.

But since they need to garrison Neptune Island and the Free Trade Bay, this opportunity is given to the Third Fleet.

Each fleet of Atlantis is full of 210 warships with a total of 7800 people.

The giant battleship carries a large amount of supplies.

Next are nine large battleships, each of which is equipped with ballistae and trebuchets.

The soldiers on large battleships are all archers. The main task of large battleships is to protect the giant battleship and its surrounding supply ships.

In the Neptune Palace, Jack sat on the throne, with officials from various departments below.

The Minister of the Imperial Scientific Research Department first reported: "Your Majesty, the current research on gunpowder has made breakthrough progress. We have found that as long as the powder made from ground oil fish and dried fish is added to the gunpowder, the situation you originally envisioned can be achieved. "

Jack's face lit up. He had started experimenting with gunpowder a long time ago, but the progress had not been smooth.

Unexpectedly, it was oil fish that finally solved the problem of gunpowder energy release.

Originally, he was ready to give up gunpowder and look for other alternatives, such as solid wildfire.

Jack was in a good mood, and with a wave of his hand, he gave the scientific research department an additional 150 million gold dragon research funds.

But the research results of the Scientific Research Department are far more than these. The Scientific Research Department is divided into many laboratories.

Steam engine, printing, papermaking, hydraulic forging, etc.

In addition to these, there are many technologies emerging from the three cities of the Free Trade Coast.

A woman invented a loom that was sixteen times more efficient than artificial weaving.

This woman was also smart and chose to trust the authorities and quickly registered a patent with the authorities.

And borrowed three thousand golden dragons from the branch of the Imperial Bank to open a textile factory.

This woman is just a microcosm. In the cusp of rapid economic development, pigs can take off, but as long as they seize the opportunity, they will definitely become rich.

Time passed slowly, and Jack listened carefully to everyone's reports.

The most valuable one is the progress of the Ministry of Agriculture, which originally designated the No. [-] Grain Seed Breeding Base near Neptune City.

The original purpose of establishing the No. [-] Grain Seed Breeding Base was to prevent Atlantis from getting stuck on food issues in the early stage.

Later, this crisis gradually resolved, and it became a grain raising base.

Jack knew very well that food was the lifeblood of an empire at all times, as it had been before, and it would be so in the future.

The latest result of No. 3 Two Breeding Base is Barley No. [-]. Barley No. [-] has high resistance to natural disasters and good yield.

Jack didn't expect that this group of farmers, who were just learning about genetics, could actually breed grain seeds with significantly higher yields.Whether it's luck or anything, it's a success and a valuable experience.

Now Atlantis not only has the income from the Empire's factories, but also the taxes from the Free Trade Coast.

Of these incomes, in addition to 20.00% being saved for emergencies, the remaining 80.00% is basically invested in scientific research and national defense.

At present, it seems that the money has been wasted, and Atlantis' technology is now ahead of other forces in Westeros and Essos.

The next step is to expand externally, occupy more territory, and accumulate more funds to speed up the development of the empire.

After everyone reported their work, Jack briefly summarized and made the next deployment, and then got down to business.

"Everyone, the land in the Seychelles Islands and the Free Trade Bay has begun to be saturated. We need more land to build factories and grow food."

Everyone was stunned after hearing this. Are they preparing to expand?
Especially the people from the Ministry of National Defense looked at Jack with bright eyes, and occasionally glanced at the group of iron roosters from the Ministry of Finance.

Jack was originally based on the six-part political framework.

But later I felt uncomfortable calling the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Rites.

So they directly changed their names to higher-ranking names such as the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of National Defense, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Ministry of Defense is responsible for managing the empire's land, sea and air forces, but Atlantis now only has a navy and an army.

Even at the current development rate of the air force, it is estimated that it will take a hundred years at the earliest to appear.

This time is already very fast. If there is no idea provided by Jack, it is estimated that with the current technology in the world, it will take at least 800 years for the aircraft to appear.

Even if this is a normal development situation, without outside intervention, Jack estimates that the world may always be trapped in the medieval period.

"Where is Your Majesty going to take action?

Currently the entire Free Cities of Essos are very wary of us.

Once we take action against a certain city-state without any reason, I'm afraid we will be faced with a one-on-one challenge to Essos. "

It was Sorge who spoke, the original leader of Triton, the first army formed by Jack, and the first official army besides the Unsullied.

After the establishment of the Ministry of Defense, he joined the Ministry of Defense and held the position of minister.

The Minister of Defense is directly nominated by the Poseidon and has the power to command and manage the military.

However, the personnel transfer power of the military is the responsibility of the Political Assistance Committee composed of the Poseidon Party.

And Sorge was appointed as the Minister of Defense by Jack, so naturally he was not a loser.

His control of the situation was clear.

Ever since Poseidon, the god of the sea, landed on Volantis and destroyed most of the city, all the city-states in Essos were hostile to Atlantis.

They received confirmation from Volantis that Atlantis had some means to control the beasts of the deep.

Then they began to develop various weapons against giant creatures, the most common of which were enlarged versions of ballistae.

At the same time, the rulers of major city-states began to consciously publicize that Atlantis was worshiping a certain evil god, so that the people under their rule would resist Atlantis.

Sometimes, the rulers of the major city-states seem to see the shadow of Valyria.

And Atlantis can not only drive deep sea monsters, but also control giant dragons.

Now the major city-states in Essos seem to be frightened.

Once Atlantis attacks a city-state without warning, they will quickly unite to deal with Atlantis without hesitation.

After several years of self-government, how could they willingly go back to being dogs?

(End of this chapter)