Chapter 24 Colonial Plan Overseas Provinces
After escaping from the Undying Temple, Daenerys found that Qarth was in an unusual chaos. At Jorah's reminder, Daenerys looted Xaro's palace and took away all the valuables.
Then she drove a medium-sized ship of the Thirteen Giants away from the dock and headed towards Astapor, where it was said that there were world-famous slave infantry for sale.
After experiencing several betrayals and conspiracies, Daenerys became more determined to regain the Iron Throne. The feeling of living under someone else's roof and being manipulated by others was simply terrible.
Three months passed in a flash, and Dany stood at the bow and looked at the sea in the distance.
Drogon rushed up from the sea fiercely, then threw the fish in his mouth into the air and roasted it with dragon flames, and finally the roasted fish fell accurately into Drogon's mouth.
At this time, Drogon was more than one meter long, while Viserion and Rhaegal were smaller, less than one meter.
At this time, the gap between Drogon and Viserion and Rhaegal can be clearly seen. Even though the dragons will continue to grow, there will be a big gap between individual dragons of the same age.
The peak of a dragon is between 60 and 180 years old. After 180 years old, it becomes an old dragon. Although it is larger in size, its endurance and speed begin to decline.
"How long will it take us to reach Astapor?" Daenerys asked Jorah.
Jorah pondered for a moment and said, "About three or four months. If we are unlucky, it may take more than four months. If there are many favorable winds, it will take less than three months."
"How many Unsullied can you buy with 500 gold dragons?"
Jorah shook his head, "I don't know, but Unsullied are very expensive. Ordinary slaves can buy two or three with one silver coin. Unsullied may be more than ten times more expensive."
Hearing Jorah's guess, Dany was a little helpless. Xaro, the fat man, was lying to her. It took five hundred gold dragons to search the entire palace. Fortunately, she did not agree to marry him at that time.
Seeing Daenerys's hesitation, Jorah comforted her, "We may be able to buy ordinary slaves. With a little training, they can also be good soldiers."
"But they are not elite. The nobles of Westeros have knights in full armor. It is useless to rely on those few people alone, not to mention that there is no money to buy weapons and armor, so it is useless to buy those slaves."
Jorah remained silent. What Dany said was right. Even if ordinary slaves were purchased for training, if there was no money to buy weapons and armor, it would be better to buy Unsullied. At least Unsullied also gave equipment.
At this time, a Dothraki came over, "Khaleesi, a very large fleet was found ahead."
Daenerys came to the bow after hearing this and soon found the huge fleet ahead. The moment she saw the flag, Dany recognized the owner of the fleet.
The blue sea monster on the flag was too obvious. It was Jack's fleet.
"He does have a powerful fleet, with about 200 ships. If we can get his loyalty, it will be much easier to counterattack Westeros."
Jorah's heart tightened when he heard this. If Jack really surrendered to Daenerys, would he still have a good life?
"Khaleesi, Jack is a very dangerous person. Excuse me, the probability of him surrendering to you is zero."
"I know, I just said it casually. The royal family of Qarth tried to win him over, and the Thirteen Giants also tried to win him over at the beginning. As a result, one of these two families is still in civil strife, and the other has been completely destroyed. How can he be a good person?"
Daenerys is no longer the innocent little girl at this time. She can see clearly that Jack is a very cunning businessman.
He may not even be a businessman, but a pirate or a plunderer. After all, there is no merchant fleet that has more than a thousand Unsullied on it at any time.
"Slow down and keep a distance from the fleet ahead." Daenerys ordered that she must keep a distance from Jack's fleet.
After all, on the sea, if the other party has any intentions, she may be imprisoned by Jack as a reproductive tool, and the three young dragons will also add three dragon riders to Jack's forces.
This is not that Daenerys maliciously speculates about Jack's character, but that Daenerys now thinks of the worst in everything she does.
At this time, Jack on the Sea King was enjoying the erotic dance of Ellie and Jager. As sisters who were born as bed slaves, they would naturally dance in a lot of coquettish ways.
Jack had no idea of Daenerys's speculation about him, and he knew that he would not care about Danny's thoughts. Whether Danny wanted to win him over or was full of vigilance and alertness to him, he didn't care.
If Jack himself did not have any plug-ins or his own plug-ins were not strong enough, he might choose to hug Daenerys's thighs, but now he does not need to kneel and lick any Game of Thrones character.
"Keep playing the music, keep dancing." Jack said after opening his mouth to eat the fruit handed over by Vitelli.
As for where the fruit came from, it was naturally when he was replenishing supplies along the way, and the locals were so kind that they gave it to him.
Ellie came to Jack in a gloomy manner and said coquettishly: "Master, my sister Yager and I are very tired. Can we take a rest?"
"We are tired, so let's take a rest. I'll go to the deck to take a look."
Jack came to the deck, which was full of busy sailors.
Jack looked at the twelve giant ships around the Sea King and the two hundred ships of different sizes outside, and felt extremely satisfied. These were all the assets he had worked hard to rob!
And of the 300,000 gold dragons he had robbed in Qarth, Jack was going to take out 200,000 to transform his fleet.
Convert all merchant ships into warships and transport ships. As for directly purchasing warships or robbing navy warships, the cost is much higher than the transformation of merchant ships.
With the remaining money, Jack can buy three thousand Unsullied and some technical slaves, and then choose an island to build a land base.
The place Jack chose is the Seychelles Islands. This archipelago is close to the Sothoros continent and is surrounded by reefs. The climate on the island is suitable for growing food and development.
Reefs are the enemy of shipping at any time, but it is not a big problem for Jack. With Poseidon, he can draw a safe sailing route.
In this way, reefs are no longer a deadly danger, but a natural protective barrier for the Seychelles Islands.
If it were not for the Heart of the Ocean, Jack would definitely choose some coastal city-states, then directly divide the land and become the king, and then slowly conquer the inland.
However, the emergence of the Heart of the Ocean forced Jack to settle for second best and choose a large number of archipelagos in the Game of Thrones world as his own territory.
However, this cannot be said to be a second best. It just means that starting from scratch is more troublesome and takes longer.
But it is not without benefits. With these islands as bases, Jack does not have to worry about being strangled by others with food, and he can also develop technology on his own.
As long as there is a strong navy support, aren't Westeros and Essos both excellent choices for colonies?
For example, if Jack had enough troops at the beginning, even if there were only 5,000, Jack could have renamed Qarth "Atlantis Overseas Province in Essos".
But unfortunately, Jack only has more than 1,000 people, most of whom are illiterate and do not have the conditions for occupation.
It is better to slowly accumulate strength and cultivate your own management talents before carrying out the colonization plan.
(I'll write here first and watch a movie. Prehistoric Planet is quite good. I recommend it.)
