Chapter 206 A frightened bird

Just as Tyrion was waiting for the trial by combat, Jack and Daenerys rode back to Sea King Island on their dragons.

The North has basically stabilized, the Cailin Bay has been repaired, the port is under the control of the Unsullied, and there is an iron fleet stationed, so Jack does not need to stay in the North all the time.

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

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

Now the situation in Westeros is slightly stable. We only need to wait for Tywin to die and provoke a war between the Lion and the Rose, and let the North recover its vitality.

So during this period of time, we can do something else.

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

Each fleet consists of a giant battleship, nine large battleships, sixty medium battleships and one hundred and forty small and medium-sized fast battleships, in addition to an indefinite number of supply ships.

Currently, the first fleet is stationed in the Seychelles, and the second fleet is stationed in the Free Trade Bay.

The newly formed Third Fleet has been docked at Dragon Tooth Island, training all day long, but has never seen blood.

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

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

Each fleet of Atlantis is fully staffed with 210 warships and a total of 7,800 people.

The giant warships carry a large amount of supplies.

The next are nine large warships, each of which is equipped with crossbows and catapults.

The soldiers on the large warships are archers, and the main task of the large warships is to protect the giant warships and the surrounding supply ships.

In the Sea King Palace, Jack sat on the throne, and below him were officials from various departments.

The Minister of the Imperial Research Department first reported: "Your Majesty, there has been a breakthrough in the research of gunpowder. We found that as long as the powder ground from dried petroleum fish is added to the gunpowder, you can achieve the situation you originally envisioned."

Jack's face was happy. He had started the experiment of gunpowder a long time ago, but the progress had not been smooth.

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

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

Jack was in a good mood, and he waved his hand and gave the research department an additional 1.5 million gold dragons for research.

But the research results of the research department are far more than that. There are many laboratories inside the research department.

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

In addition to these, many technologies have emerged from the three cities of the Free Trade Coast.

A woman invented a textile machine that is sixteen times more efficient than manual textiles.

This woman is also smart. She chose to believe in the official and quickly registered a patent with the official.

And borrowed three thousand gold dragons from the branch of the Imperial Bank and opened a textile factory.

This woman is just a microcosm. In the vent of rapid economic development, not to mention pigs can take off, but as long as you seize the opportunity, you will definitely become rich.

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

The most valuable of them was the progress of the Ministry of Agriculture. At the beginning, he marked out the No. 1 grain breeding base on the edge of the Sea King City.

The original purpose of establishing the No. 1 Grain Breeding Base was to prevent Atlantis from being strangled by food problems in the early stage.

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

Jack knew very well that food was the lifeblood of an empire at any time, as it was before and will be in the future.

The latest achievement of the No. 1 two-breeding base is Barley No. 3, which has high resistance to natural disasters and good yield.

Jack did not expect that this group of farmers who had just learned about genetics could actually breed grains with significantly increased yields.

Whether it is luck or something else, it is a success and a valuable experience.

Now Atlantis not only has the income of the Empire Factory, but also the tax revenue of the Free Trade Coast.

These incomes, except for 20% saved for emergency, the remaining 80% are basically invested in scientific research and national defense.

At present, it seems that this money has not been wasted. Now Atlantis's technology is ahead of other forces in Westeros and Essos.

The next step is to expand outward, occupy more territory, and accumulate more funds to accelerate the development of the empire.

After everyone finished reporting their work, Jack briefly summarized and made the next deployment, and then started the main topic.

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

Everyone paused when they heard this. Is this preparing for expansion?

Especially the people in the Ministry of Defense, they looked at Jack with shining eyes, and occasionally glanced at the group of stingy people in the Ministry of Finance.

Jack originally established a political framework based on the six ministries.

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

So he changed the name directly to the more forward names such as the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Defense, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Ministry of Defense is responsible for managing the empire's navy, army, and air force, but Atlantis now only has the navy and the army.

And even at the current development speed, the air force is estimated to appear at the earliest in a hundred years.

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

Even this is the normal development situation. If there is no external intervention, Jack estimates that the world may be trapped in the Middle Ages forever.

"Your Majesty, where are you going to attack?

At present, the free trade city-states of the entire Essos are very wary of us.

Once we attack a certain city-state without any reason, I am afraid we will face a situation of single-handedly fighting Essos."

The speaker is Sorge, the original leader of the Triton. The Triton is the first army formed by Jack and the first formal army besides the Unsullied.

After the establishment of the Ministry of National Defense, he joined the Ministry of National Defense and served as the Minister.

The Minister of National Defense is directly nominated by the Sea King and has the command and management rights of the army.

However, the right to transfer personnel in the army is the responsibility of the Political Assistance Committee composed of the Sea King Party.

And Sorge was appointed as the Minister of National Defense by Jack, so he is naturally not a good-for-nothing.

He has a clear control over the situation.

Ever since Poseidon landed in Volantis and destroyed most of the city, all the city-states in Essos have been hostile to Atlantis.

After they got confirmation from Volantis that Atlantis had some means to drive deep-sea monsters.

They began to develop various weapons against giant creatures, the most common of which was the enlarged version of the crossbow.

At the same time, the rulers of the 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 seemed to see the shadow of Valyria.

Moreover, Atlantis can not only drive deep-sea monsters, but also control dragons.

Now the major city-states in Essos are like frightened birds.

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

After a few years of autonomy, how could they willingly return to the days of being dogs for others?