Chapter 64 The Situation of the Seven Countries

In the original book, when Daenerys negotiated with other city-states, she mentioned that Meereen could export salt, copper, Ghiscari wine, olives, and olive oil.

But later, the nobles thought that salt, copper, and wine were not profitable. The biggest reason was that coarse salt and wine could be produced by all city-states, not to mention copper.

However, the fine salt made according to Jack's method must be profitable. No matter where it is, the fineness of the salt determines the price of salt.

As for soap, it is more special. Soap not only needs plant ash water, but also animal fat.

The best raw materials are fish oil, sheep oil, and lard. Fish oil can be obtained from marine fish, but the fat of fish is too low, and the efficiency of obtaining is not high.

The best way to obtain fat is lard and sheep oil, which is efficient to obtain. More importantly, lard and sheep oil can be bought directly.

In Meereen, nobles and slave traders will purchase a large number of cattle and sheep raised by the Laza people.

They will eat the fattest parts, and the remaining meat and fat will be sold to free people.

As for the lowly slaves, they are only fit to pick up the bones and swill they throw away.

But the pig and sheep fat need to be considered in the long run, which also involves Jack's economic deployment.

After carefully reading the envelope in his hand, the various matters are explained clearly in it, and Newgate only needs to do it according to what is said above.

With a large number of senior butler slaves, many things no longer need Newgate to do personally, and the butler slaves are enough to replace grassroots officials.

In addition, the Sea King Island is not open to the outside world now, and the only way to contact the outside world is the Giant Wave Chamber of Commerce.

So it is more convenient to keep secrets, and Newgate can boldly employ these newcomers.

Thinking of this, Newgate turned out a very thick book called "My World".

It records in detail how to control thoughts and how to keep key technologies confidential.

He has to study it carefully, and there must be no mistakes in the tasks assigned to him by His Majesty.

This "My World" is a book written by Jack in his spare time based on his historical experience in his previous life.

He was afraid that he would forget some valuable historical experience over time.

The content of this book includes astronomy, geography, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, politics, economics, etc.

In Jack's eyes, it is like an incomplete encyclopedia.

But in Newgate's eyes, it is a Bible and a divine book.

If it falls into the hands of any ruler, it is enough to build a huge empire.

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Westeros continent.

The situation in the seven kingdoms is very chaotic now. Since the death of Eddard Stark, there have been rumors about the truth of Robert's will and Joffrey Baratheon's life experience.

The final result is that the Stark family in the North declared independence, and Robb Stark, the eldest son of the Stark family, became the King of the North. He led his army south and vowed to avenge his father.

And Robert Baratheon's two younger brothers also declared that Joffrey was a bastard and was not qualified to inherit the throne.

So the second son of the Baratheon family, Stannis Baratheon, became king on Dragonstone Island and wanted to compete for the throne.

Renly Baratheon, the third son of the Baratheon family, became the king of the Stormlands and received support from all the families in the Stormlands.

At the same time, Renly also married the Tyrell family of the Reach. For a time, he had an army of 100,000 and became the most powerful contender for the Iron Throne.

In addition to the above three kings, there is Joffrey Baratheon, who now occupies the Iron Throne.

However, Joffrey is actually the son of Cersei and his younger brother Jaime, and has the blood of the Lion Family Lannister.

At the same time, Joffrey is also the nominal king of the Seven Kingdoms, but the throne has not yet been firmly established.

The last one to be king was the Greyjoy family of the Iron Islands, and the king was Balon Greyjoy.

People jokingly called him King Balon.

The reason was that he had rebelled once more than a decade ago. At that time, Balon, who proclaimed himself king, felt that his family's iron fleet was invincible.

The Iron Islands have no land connected to the Seven Kingdoms, and the Iron Throne cannot do anything to him.

As a result, he was severely beaten by Robert and the North, and his sons died in battle one after another. In the end, only one son was left, and he was adopted by Eddard Stark.

However, Balon also has a daughter, Yara Greyjoy, who is no less handsome than his son.

Their family emblem is a golden sea monster, so they are also called the Sea Monster Family.

In just one year, five kings appeared in Westeros. Except for the King of the North and the King of the Iron Islands, the remaining three kings claimed that they were the orthodox of the Iron Throne.

The result was unexpected that Renly Baratheon, who had the most troops and supplies, became the first king to die.

It is said that Renly Baratheon died of strange magic, but more people still believe that Renly was assassinated by people, not strange magic.

However, no matter what the rumors are, it cannot change the fact that Renly Baratheon died and Stannis Baratheon obtained the loyalty of the Stormland vassal.

The War of the Five Kings became the War of the Four Kings before the chaos officially began.

The Greyjoys were not strong enough on land and did not have the strength to fight in depth.

Therefore, there were only three real protagonists in the War of the Five Kings.

They were the Northern Army led by Robb Stark, who had sparse equipment and even farmers holding dung forks, totaling about 20,000 people.

The entire North has a population of only 800,000, and with some hidden populations, it is about one million.

The 2% enlistment rate has caused considerable problems in the North's grain harvest.

So the North must complete its strategic goals as soon as possible and then go home to harvest grain.

The second is the Westerly Army that supports the Iron Throne. The gold mines in the Westerly are extremely rich, so the weapons and equipment of the Westerly Army are very sophisticated, and there is no shortage of food and grass.

And the leader of the Lannister family in the Westerly, Tywin Lannister, is a very outstanding ruler.

So the Westerly Army is different from the conscripts in other places. They have received orthodox training at Tywin's request and have very strong combat effectiveness.

Finally, there is Stannis Baratheon, who has now received the support of the Stormlands.

The Stormlands were originally the territory of the Baratheon family. It is not rich, but it is not that bad.

So Stannis Baratheon also has an army of 24,000 people and a navy of 4,000 pirates, with a total of 28,000 people on land and sea.

And Stannis has another advantage, that is, his superb combat command ability. His military talent is definitely one of the best in Westeros.

It's a pity that he later met the little devil Tyrion Lannister.

In the Battle of Blackwater, the confident Stannis was defeated by the dwarf Tyrion, and finally could only go north with thousands of remnants.