Chapter 37 Fair Deal
“Your Majesty, the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms care most about their reputation.
If you treat their princess like this, the Martells might just go to war with us.
Because of the blockade of the waterway, Mill and Rees have already begun to take action.
Is it inappropriate to continue to increase the number of enemies at this time?"
Stone, who had been protecting Jakaris closely, spoke as he watched Alexandra leave the fortress hall without saying a word.
The personal guards trained by Jakaris are both civil and military, and the most outstanding among them are Stone and Rudy.
They both have their own focus, Stone is more inclined towards culture.
So unlike most of the excited soldiers on Bloodstone Island, Stone understood that although Jakaris's title of king on Bloodstone Island seemed like a favor, it was actually an exile.
After all, even the Velaryon fleet that had been stationed on Bloodstone Island had left.
"The Martells are just a bunch of cowards.
Their army is quite powerful and has sufficient manpower, but they do not have a strong fleet.
It can't pose any threat to our Stone Steps Islands.
Many enemies? It doesn't matter!
As long as you scare them into death, they will naturally become your "good friends" who will give you whatever you want."
Jacaerys was very rational. He just used Alexandra to slap Prince Coelen in the face.
During this period of time, he was quite annoyed as he only earned two entry points every day.
From frugality to extravagance is easy, from extravagance to frugality is difficult!
After experiencing the rapid harvest of tens of thousands of entry points, how can you calmly develop?
This entry panel plug-in seems to be born specifically for war, and it is the type that becomes stronger as the war goes on.
Prince Koolen had already participated in the assassination on Bloodstone Island, but now he had the audacity to cooperate with him and even made many requests.
indeed!
Agree to cooperate with him, and with the help of Dorne's sufficient military force, the Kingdom of the Three Daughters can be resolved more quickly.
But if I keep swallowing my anger, how can I live up to the promise I made before?
Is your life goal to live freely in this world without suffering any injustice?
Jacaerys even dares to fight Vhagar, so why would he be afraid of your Martell family?
I'm worried that there are too few enemies and I can't harvest enough entry points!
Closer to home!
Jacaerys suddenly remembered the unfinished discussion with Stone about the supply issue on Bloodstone Island, so he continued:
"By the way, you just said that our supplies are only enough to last ten days?"
“Yes, it was enough to last more than two months.
But today's coronation banquet consumed too much food supplies."
"I remember that a lot of cleaning fees were collected during this period, right?"
When Jakaris suddenly asked something else, Stone was slightly startled.
Then he answered, "Yes! There are a lot of gold and silver coins, gems and jewelry from both continents.
It is worth at least 1,500 gold royals."
One thousand five hundred golden dragons are enough to equip an elite army of one hundred and fifty people with very sophisticated weapons and armor.
In this era, it is already a huge sum of money that would make the small nobles of the seven countries jealous.
"Go find a large grain-producing town in Myr or Lys, and use the money to buy food supplies at more than twice the market price."
“Use money to buy food supplies?
Your Majesty, this method can indeed temporarily alleviate the supply problem.
But if we can’t solve the problem at the root, we will still have supply problems later.
Besides, will Myr and Lys sell us food?"
Stone has a relatively long-term vision and speaks directly about his ideas.
Jacaerys chuckled and said, “Hey, the governors of the Kingdom of the Three Daughters are all selected from the wealthiest group of merchants.
Therefore, most of their territory managers are powerful businessmen.
The biggest characteristic of businessmen is that they can do anything as long as there is enough profit.
As for the root cause of the food supply problem, it is actually because we are not strong enough now!
Do as I say, it's an order!"
"As ordered!"
When Stone heard the last sentence, he bowed respectfully and immediately went to carry out the order.
The personal guards can offer their own opinions and suggestions.
But when Jakaris gave an order, no matter how absurd or unreasonable it was, they had to execute it!
This is the result of his careful cultivation over the past seven years.
……
Oak Town is located on an island northwest of the Rees Territory. It is a large agricultural town specializing in growing wheat crops.
Lys was even more dependent on slaves than Tyrosh, with the ratio of slaves to Lys civilians in the territory being approximately three to one.
Of course, this is just an average calculation.
In a large agricultural town like Oak Town, the number of serfs is far greater than that of the Lys people.
At this time, in the wheat fields near the town of Oak.
Several blond, blue-eyed, and fair-skinned Rees overseers were brandishing whips and loudly scolding hundreds of dark-skinned, rough, malnourished serfs. "Damn lazy asses, hurry up!
All wheat must be harvested before the sun reaches overhead.
If you fail to complete it, each of you will be given twenty lashes!"
The serfs shuddered when they heard this. The whips in the overseers' hands were made up of nine knots with thorny vines tied to the front.
Normally, when a whip was hit, nine scratches similar to those left by sharp claws would be left on the body of the serf, making it look as if he had been bitten by a wild beast.
If each person is given twenty lashes, I don’t know how many of these hundred people will die.
Under the threat of death, the serfs tried their best to squeeze out their remaining physical strength, and the action of harvesting wheat suddenly became faster.
"Humph, these animals are just so cheap.
If you treat them too well, they will become lazy at work!"
"That's right! But why are you so busy these days?
And even the unripe wheat is harvested?"
"You don't know yet? A few days ago, a big buyer came to buy grain at double the price.
Isn't the mayor trying to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune?"
"If we sell even the unripe wheat, how will we supply the island of Lis?"
"So you can only be an overseer, and you can't be a successful businessman.
The mayor will definitely buy it from other islands at a slightly higher price!"
"Humph! You're smart, but you're still an overseer, aren't you?"
Amid the joking conversation of several Rees overseers, the wheat in the area they were responsible for was quickly harvested and bundled.
At noon, warships flying the black three-headed dragon flag approached the port of Oak Town.
Hundreds of fully armed slave soldiers surrounded the port, staring at the warships in the port with extreme vigilance.
At the port dock, twelve strong slaves carried a large bed covered with white wool.
Lying on the bed was a very fat middle-aged man dressed in Rees's wealthy businessman's clothes.
He looked with a smile on his face at the boxes of gold, silver coins and jewellery in front of him.
After his men verified the authenticity, the fat businessman raised his hand and waved.
One by one, the serfs neatly stacked the bundles of barley, wheat, oats and rye onto the warships.
Oak Town is indeed a major agricultural town. The wheat crops they produced took a whole afternoon to pack.
After checking each ship, Stone walked up to the fat businessman, nodded and said, "It seems that there is more cargo, thank you, Mayor Meg.
I hope to do business with you again next time."
"Mr. Stone is too polite. I must send more goods to justify your beautiful price.
To be honest, I was a little worried before the trade.
After all, the King of the Narrow Sea has a bad reputation...well, not a very good reputation.
Now it seems that I was worrying too much!"
"Of course, that is a slander against His Majesty by the enemy.
Before I set out, he specifically told me to trade fairly with you!"
“A fair trade, King Jacaerys put it so well!
Those assholes who live on Lees Island always undercut my prices.
Uh, that's going too far.
I wish you safe sailing and look forward to working with you next time."
"OK, bye!"
Four days later, the fleet led by Stone returned safely to Bloodstone Island.
In the lobby of the underground fortress, after Stone has finished reporting on the purchasing trip.
"Great job, Stone!"
Jacaerys stood up from the throne and praised Stone, then rubbed his hands together and continued,
"Brothers, prepare to set sail. Let's attack Oak Town!"
"Hmm? Your Majesty, didn't you say that we should trade fairly with Oak Town?"
Stone was surprised when he heard this.
“Yes! We were the buyer before, and we traded fairly with them.
But now... we are enemies!"
(End of this chapter)