Chapter 50: Building a New Economic System
After everyone left, Jack returned to his rented courtyard. After all, he had just ruled Meereen and was collecting bribes in the Great Pyramid. This was not a good influence.
After returning to his rented mansion, Vittoria saw Jack coming back and immediately asked: "How are you? Are you not injured? You didn't send anyone back to pass on a message. I was worried to death."
Jack smiled and touched her little head, comforting her: "Don't worry, who am I? Only I hurt others, how can anyone hurt me?"
After comforting Vittoria, Jack sent someone to contact the eleven nobles. He had been eyeing these nobles for a long time, and his family addresses were also clear.
Time passed, and it was already evening in a blink of an eye. Jack summoned the last noble, Mando Gru.
Mando came to visit, not only bringing 50,000 gold, but also countless gems and gold ornaments, with a total value of at least 120,000.
This money is definitely a huge loss for a small noble like Mando.
Jack immediately stood up to greet him, "We are all family, why do you bring so many gifts?"
"Prime Minister, you are joking. It is precisely because we are family that I come to visit with some trivial things. You and Her Majesty the Queen have liberated Slave Bay, and it is naturally very hard. Bringing some gifts to visit is also my little thought. Please accept them."
Mantuo's face was full of respect and admiration. Even if the other party was a teenager, he still did not feel awkward at all.
"Hahaha, look at what you said, then I'd rather obey than be respectful. I'll accept this small gift. Sit down and prepare some wine and food, Vitelli."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Mantuo smiled on his face, but he was angry in his heart. This "small gift" took out 90% of his family's wealth, and almost emptied the house.
"Then I will take the liberty to sit down and thank the Prime Minister for his hospitality."
"Why call me Prime Minister? Just call me Jack in private. Don't be restrained."
"That won't work. You are a favorite of the Queen and the Queen's right-hand man. Respecting you is the most basic thing!"
"You, okay, then I won't say much. Let's drink first and the dishes will be served later."
The two of them talked happily, like old friends for many years. Mando kept silent about the allocation of the 13 special districts, while revealing information about Meereen to Jack.
After the dishes were served, the two drank even more happily until the moon completely illuminated the earth at night.
Jack took the initiative to say: "Mantuo, you have also seen the plan of the 13th district. I wonder which one you like?"
"It's all up to you. I only have one small request." Mando said cautiously.
"Oh? Come on." Jack motioned Mando to speak boldly.
"Prime Minister, you are young and promising, and my useless son is idle in the army all day. Can you take him with you, let him gain some knowledge, and learn from you?" Mando said with an embarrassed look.
"Is that so? No problem. I remember your son, Evan Gru, right?"
"It's his honor that you know his name, sir."
Jack didn't expect that the old man would let his son follow him. If this fell into the eyes of other nobles, it would definitely be a naked betrayal.
"No problem, just let him go to the Great Pyramid to find me tomorrow."
"Okay, thank you, you've worked hard."
Just after sending off the happy Mando, Missandei came to the door, "Sir, His Majesty called you and said there is something important to discuss."
"I'll go now."
Soon Jack came to the top of the Great Pyramid and saw Daenerys, who was refreshed. Obviously, she was in good spirits after a good sleep.
Jack came and sat down opposite Daenerys. Dany asked with a sharp look in her eyes: "I heard that you acted in the name of the Queen's Hand?"
Someone has reported everything that happened today to her.
"Why, you don't want to? Then I'll leave?"
"No, I didn't say I don't want to. Tomorrow I will officially grant you the position of Queen's Hand. In addition, I decided to stay in Meereen to learn the way of governance. Are you willing to assist me?"
"Astapor and Yunkai are in trouble, right?" Jack asked first.
"How did you know?" Daenerys was very surprised. You know, no one informed Jack.
"I guess, the slave owners in Yunkai are not dead. After you leave, slavery will definitely be restored, and the ruling council you left in Astapor is even more fragile."
Dany pursed her pink lips and said with some shame and anger: "Yunkai did restore slavery after I left, and Astapor was also controlled by a butcher named Cleon."
At this time, Dany has realized that slavery cannot be eliminated by military strikes alone.
"That's normal, but it's not what we should be thinking about right now. The first thing we need to solve is the economy. We need to build a new economic system. After the slaves are freed, no merchants will be willing to come to Meereen to do business."
Dani didn't know what to do for a moment, so she could only tentatively say, "Perhaps, we can sell salt, copper, Ghiscari wine, olives, and olive oil."
Jack shook his head, "If these things had enough profit, this place wouldn't be called Slave Bay.
Copper is worthless, and salt and Ghiscari wine don't have much profit.
The only thing that has considerable profit is olives and olive oil, and wine is barely okay."
Dani frowned, "But the olive trees have been burned by the slave owners, and so have the grapevines. We simply can't restart these trades in a short time."
"That's the problem. Without the slave trade, we can only live on the mountain and rely on the money you robbed from Astapor. How much do you have now?"
"About 8.6 million gold dragons, enough for us to support for a while and find a solution."
"If there is no war, we can indeed hold on for a while, but what if there is a war?"
"Are you saying that the slave owners of Yunkai will attack us?"
"The slave owners of Yunkai are just one of the forces. You liberated Meereen and waited for a few months after the news spread.
The slaves in other places will definitely be ready to move after knowing it, especially Volantis, these people are allies of Yunkai."
At this time, Dany realized that the situation might be more serious than she thought, "Do you have a solution?"
Seeing that Jack didn't speak for a long time, Dany narrowed her eyes slightly, and directly used the beauty trap, and slipped into Jack's arms.
"Since you said it, there must be a way, tell me."
However, Jack, who had finished enjoying himself in the morning, was still able to enter the sage state at this time and was unmoved.
Seeing that Jack was unmoved, Dani continued to act coquettishly and said, "What do you want?"
"Money!"
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