Chapter 91: Meereen Can’t Turn the World Around

"Because they want more." Marty sneered.

"Do you think they want to lower the price of Poseidon Brew? They want the formula of Poseidon Brew!"

There is no doubt that Marty has a more thorough understanding of human nature, while Dono is a little worse in comparison.

It was also because of this that Jack made Marty the Chamber of Commerce's spokesperson and branch president in Meereen, and Dono became Marty's secretary and assistant.

Marty continued, "They want to withdraw from the Chamber of Commerce, just to get me to retain them and then ask me for the recipe of Poseidon Brew.

If I were soft, they would hold on to the recipe.

If I were to be tough, they would back off and ask me to lower the price."

Marty even figured out their thoughts, and he used these two tricks back and forth.

But they miscalculated one thing: the gap between Poseidon Brew and other types of liquor was too big.

Even if they united to boycott Poseidon's Brew, there would still be other trading city-states that would buy it.

What's funny is that His Majesty the Sea King's trial operation in Meereen gave them the illusion that Poseidon's wine must be sold in Meereen.

"Then what should we do? Lower the price? Or stop selling in Meereen?" Dono asked.

Marty sneered,

"Of course we have to sell it in Meereen. It's not like we can't sell it without them. We can work with Her Majesty the Queen."

"She is worried that Meereen has no alternative to the slave trade to attract outside merchants."

"And since they are going to withdraw, we have an excuse to confiscate all their merchant ships and wealth."

It would be fine if it was a great noble, but many of the Meereenese merchants who joined the Guild of Commerce had a total net worth of less than 100,000 gold royals.

As long as they dare to withdraw, Marty can force them to pay the penalty, and if they have no money, he can use their assets to offset it.

The list of people they had just compiled included 7 businessmen, 5 minor nobles, 1 neutral leader, and 2 conservative leaders.

A total of 15 forces proposed to withdraw from the Chamber of Commerce, considering that there are only 20 members in the Chamber of Commerce.

At the same time, this is also where their confidence lies.

Dono was a little worried: "Will they pay the money obediently? I always feel that they will refuse to pay the penalty under the leadership of the great master."

Hearing this, Marty said arrogantly: "Dono, this is your fault. You worry too much and look ahead and behind when doing things."

"What are you afraid of?"

"I tell you the truth, His Majesty the Sea King is expecting the Great Lord and his men to lead the resistance, and so does Daenerys."

Then Marty patted Dono on the shoulder and said confidently:

"As long as His Majesty the Sea King is alive, Meereen will never be able to turn the tables!"

Dono felt relieved after hearing that, so he said to Marty, "Let's go and have a drink."

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Jack had anticipated that this day would come, so he asked Dono and Marty to dismantle the distillation device in advance.

The winemaker has already boarded the ship to Neptune Island.

No matter how undercurrents surge in Meereen, the development of Neptune Island has truly entered its peak period.

Jack, who had been Prime Minister in Meereen for a period of time, became more and more adept at handling government affairs.

Therefore, the 30,000 people on the entire Sea King Island began to move rapidly.

Inside the Palace of Poseidon, Jack was lying on a bed, Vittoria was sitting on him and massaging him, and two handsome maids were delivering the tender and soft fruit flesh into his mouth.

Newgate reported the work beside him, "Your Majesty, the pool you requested has been built. It is fifty meters in diameter."

Jack didn't know whether the oil fish lived in groups or solitary, nor was he sure when the oil fish would leave their mother and live alone.

So let Newgate dig a pool with a diameter of 50 meters and a depth of 5 meters to lock up the young oil fish first.

The importance of the oil fish was so high that the mother oil fish burned for three days and three nights before it turned into ashes.

Moreover, the female beast can lay thousands of eggs at a time, which is much more convenient than coal when facing a long night.

Jack did an experiment and found that the substance that actually burned was the mucus secreted from the monster's body surface. This mucus was secreted when the monster broke out of its shell.

In other words, if the mucus can be preserved for a long time, it would be quite amazing.

Unfortunately, the mucus peeled off from the monster looked like sticky snot at first, but hardened rapidly once it left the body of the oil fish.

The hardened slime is as hard as stone and can no longer burn. Jack is experimenting to see if he can turn the slime solid back into liquid.

If this can be achieved, it will truly be fuel freedom.

It is useless to store it in water or oil, perhaps there are other ways of preservation.

However, given the current situation in Atlantis, it is impossible to conduct such research, so they can only temporarily abandon the plan of storing the mucus separately.

"I will take some time tonight to drive all the oil fish in the lake into the pond. How is the tribute plan going?"

The tribute program is a beautified term. The essence of this program is bloody and violent capital accumulation.

Jack plans to send out three thousand Unsullied to disguise themselves as pirates. War is about to break out in Slave Bay, and a large number of merchant ships are preparing to go to Slave Bay to make a fortune from the war.

Whether it is a naval war or an army war, merchants accompanying the army are very common in the world of ice and fire.

What's more, the slave owners' siege of Meereen will be a protracted war, and Meereen, guarded by the Unsullied, cannot be conquered overnight.

This gave merchants an opportunity to make a fortune, and many even began to sell their property to purchase food, livestock, and alcohol, waiting for the war to come and make a fortune.

Jack also saw the business opportunity. Merchants made money from war, and Atlantis made money from merchants. The only difference was that Jack bought it for free.

Jack also gave this action a nice name. Isn't zero-dollar purchase just like other people paying tribute? So it's called the Tribute Plan.

"I am teaching them navigation knowledge. They are learning very hard and quickly. In three days they will be able to set out with the caravan to Braavos."

Jack waved his hand and said, "Just arrange for a few hundred people to follow the caravan to Braavos. It will be too late to wait for those 39 large warships to return. It will take at least half a year to get from here to Braavos."

"You ask Rutger to free up 41 small merchant ships, and I will give him 12 giant merchant ships to replace those 41 small ships."

Newgate's eyes lit up. Atlantis now had a total of 260 ships, 37 more medium-sized ships than the previous 223.

Of these 260 ships, 39 large merchant ships were sent to Braavos to be converted into large warships, and the remaining ones were 13 giant ships including the Poseidon, 167 medium-sized ships, and 41 small ships.

Private business is currently prohibited on Neptune Island, and no businessmen know the location of the Seychelles Islands.

Therefore, except for the 39 large ships that are undergoing renovation, all the other ships are under the management of the Chamber of Commerce and go out to sea day and night to purchase various supplies.

The largest imports were slaves, food and iron ore.

Atlantis currently has only 30,000 people, and it would require a population of at least 100,000 to have a sufficient fertility base.

Moreover, when Atlantis purchased slaves, the ratio of male to female was always 4:6, and women were the main force of reproduction.

To this end, Jack also formulated some special policies to encourage men and women to get married and have children.