Chapter 81 Centralization and Enfeoffment
Hardin bought the land to plant olive trees because his family's business depends entirely on the slave trade.
Once the slave trade is hit, the family will suffer too many uncertainties, and the industry is too single and has no risk resistance.
For example, now that Daenerys Targaryen has liberated the slaves, the Marek family has directly lost its source of income and can only live on its old capital.
The other five families are in the same situation, and the only pillar of the family industry is the slave trade.
It is precisely because of this that they will become reactionaries in Meereen, constantly trying to drive Daenerys out of the Slave Bay and restore slavery.
As for the pro-dragon faction and the neutral faction, although they also rely on the slave trade to make money, they do not rely solely on the slave trade. They also sell olive oil and Ghiscari wine, etc.
So even if there is no slave trade, they can still make money now.
Especially the Daznak and Karal families, their manors in the Kaiser Mountains still have a large number of olive trees planted, and the original wall-building and clearing of the fields did not affect them.
And they also took the initiative to restore the slaves in the manor to free people.
In addition to the necessary food, only one copper coin is needed every day to make the liberated slaves continue to work for them like slaves.
In this way, with only a few insignificant copper coins, Daenerys has no reason to attack the manor in the mountains.
To be honest, they also regretted not opening up a manor in the Cathar Mountains. No one expected that Daenerys would suddenly appear to liberate the slaves.
In their eyes, Daenerys is a psychopath. At the beginning, Dany's ancestor Valyria was also a slave.
And they just wanted to guard the foundation passed down by their ancestors, but inexplicably became evil and damned people.
Similarly, Locke wanted to join the Giant Wave Merchants, and he also discovered the problems of the family industry like Harding.
But the two did not expect that they had undercovers planted by the other party under their hands.
Then Locke laughed, "Nephew Harding is right. We should not doubt you just based on this. Uncle was careless."
Harding laughed but did not speak. Now the nephew and uncle started to get closer. Why didn't they do this just now?
The other four nobles did not find anything wrong at all. They just thought it was a simple misunderstanding.
These four people are very consistent with the image of stupid and ignorant nobles. It can be said that they have nothing but money, including brains.
Then the meeting of the two foxes and four idiots ended.
Meereen, on the surface, looks calm, but the dark has been turbulent.
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A month passed in a flash. To be precise, it should be 28 days.
Jack took a clipper and returned to the Sea King Island in just 28 days.
At this time, Pier 1 of the Sea King City was full of people. They were all curious about what the Sea King, who was only known by name, looked like.
Soon the hull docked, and Jack walked off the boat in a square step.
The square step is steady and can make the superior look more majestic, especially the leader walking in the square step, which will give people a sense of security and reliability.
It's a pity that Jack doesn't have a beard, which makes him look less mature.
But Jack's young and handsome appearance also makes people feel emotional.
"Is that the Sea King? He looks so young."
"I heard from Lord Newgate that His Majesty the Sea King seems to be only 16 years old, how can he not be young."
"Great, His Majesty the Sea King is back, and the evil dragon can no longer be rampant!"
"Brother, what happened to you? You actually said that the guardian of the Sea King Island, Korakshu, is an evil dragon?"
"Humph, the evil dragon ate the cow I bought, what do you think?"
"Didn't Lord Newgate compensate you?"
"Yes, three times the compensation, so I decided to take my newly bought cow and try my luck again."
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Amid the discussion of the crowd, Jack simply waved and said hello a few times, and then quickly went to the Sea King Palace by the Tianyan Lake.
The planned Sea King City covers an area of 5,000 square kilometers, and the construction will start from the Sea King Palace in the center.
However, the Sea King Palace at this time is only a prototype.
It can't even be called a prototype, but fortunately there are already habitable rooms inside.
The total area of the Seychelles Islands is more than 20,000 square kilometers, of which Sea King Island occupies half, 11,000 square kilometers.
(Reference Tianjin)
Sixty percent of the trees on the island have been cut down. Jack plans to leave 10% to make the island look a little green, and the rest will be cut down.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you are finally back, and I am worried to death." Newgate hurried out.
What happened on the island during this period of time made Newgate worried to death.
Whether it was the mischievous Korakshu or the mysterious water monster that has been causing panic recently, it gave him a headache.
Jack frowned and said seriously: "Newgate?"
"Ah?"
Newgate was frightened by Jack's serious expression. He thought Jack was blaming himself for his poor performance.
"Is your hair getting thinner again?"
It is often said that living with a king is like living with a tiger. At this time, Newgate finally understood the meaning of this sentence.
Jack smiled and patted Newgate's arm, then walked towards the Sea King's Palace.
After Jack left, Vitelli greeted Newgate and said, "Grandpa Newgate, long time no see, your white beard has grown longer, don't you trim it?"
Newgate looked at Viteli kindly, "Little girl, I haven't seen you for a long time. You have grown up so fast."
The relationship between Newgate and Viteli is like that of a grandfather and grandson. At the beginning, Newgate took good care of Viteli.
At this time, the sleeping Corax suddenly felt a chill.
He suddenly got up and looked back, and saw a young man holding a wooden ruler looking at him gloomily.
Corax turned his head and prepared to continue sleeping. When he got up suddenly, his old father who was far away appeared.
But unfortunately, Jack really came back, and then there was a commotion.
When Newgate and Viteli arrived, Jack was already sitting on the throne, with Corax crawling under his feet.
Jack was looking through the government affairs on the desk. When he beat Corax just now, Corax got under the table.
Just when he was about to flip the table, he accidentally found the memorial on the table.
The above is a work report made by a man named Hakimi. What surprised Jack was that this man actually managed a logging team of 3,000 people.
The most important thing is that this man is a senior slave who was a teacher.
"Newgate, this Hakimi manages 3,000 people. Can he manage it as a teacher?"
"Your Majesty, of course he can manage it, and the arrangement is in an orderly manner. These teachers and butlers are all good managers, much better than me."
Jack was secretly shocked. He suddenly found that butlers and teachers, these senior slaves, are similar to the bachelors of Westeros.
Especially butlers, many noble families are similar to a small kingdom, and each senior butler is equivalent to a king's hand.
Even stronger than the king's hand, after all, the king's hand in Westeros is not selected based on the level of internal affairs ability.
Now there are a total of 1,000 citizens who were born as butlers and teachers on the Sea King Island, plus the Chamber of Commerce buys some from outside from time to time, a total of 1,100 people.
Even if we throw out 400 teachers, the remaining people seem to be enough to support Atlantis to establish a centralized society.
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