Chapter 79: Return to Atlantis

A week passed.

Even with Daenerys' warning, Barristan's titles such as "traitor", "old thief with white hair", and "traitor and villain" still spread.

After all, both of them are important ministers under the Queen, so such a big news as quarreling in court cannot be concealed.

But Jack was much smarter than Barristan and directly spent hundreds of silver coins to control public opinion.

So now most people believe that it is the treacherous slave Barristan who is jealous of Prime Minister Jack's talents.

Then he shamelessly accused the Prime Minister of corruption, only to be scolded by the Prime Minister until he vomited blood!

This made everyone realize once again how vicious Jack's methods were.

It was said that Ser Barristan had not been seen for several days.

Everyone speculated that he had fallen ill after being scolded by Jack and had to stay in bed for the rest of his life.

Once Jack had control over the direction of public opinion, he became idle again.

The garden at the top of the Prime Minister's Tower.

Jack was lying in a rocking chair, surrounded by four maids. Two of them were massaging him, one was peeling grapes for him, and one was reaching out to catch the grape seeds he spit out.

"Sir, there is a letter for you." Ivan came over and handed Jack a letter.

Jack didn't reach out to take it, but asked first: "Whose letter is it?"

"I don't know. There's no signature, just a picture of a standing lizard."

Hearing this, Jack waved his hand to disperse the maid beside him, and then took the envelope from Ivan's hand.

Sure enough, there was a picture of Godzilla roaring towards the sky, which was a message from Atlantis.

The Atlantis raven will first go to the Chamber of Commerce office at the Meereen docks, and then the people at the docks will put the message into an envelope, and finally deliver it to the Prime Minister's Pyramid.

Although there is an extra procedure, it also conceals Jack's relationship with Atlantis.

Now the whole of Essos is in a state of watching the show. Except for Braavos, most city-states have cut off trade with Meereen.

Unless Meereen can defeat the slave owners' coalition, the other waiting forces will not make deals with Meereen.

At this time, if they discovered that the Father of Dragons was actually from Atlantis.

Then they will no longer obediently allow Atlantis to use its products to reap their wealth.

Instead, they will unite and form a coalition again, defeat Atlantis, take over the product production technology for themselves, and then reap the wealth of the world.

Jack would never underestimate the greed of these slave owners.

After Ivan left, Jack lay in the chair and read the letters. There were three letters in the envelope.

The first one was Newgate's brief summary of the development of Atlantis. Jack nodded with satisfaction after reading it.

Although Newgate was not very capable, he was still quite steady in his work, and every step was carried out according to his plan.

When Jack saw the second letter, his face darkened. He didn't expect that this brat, Korakxiu, would become arrogant again after being well behaved for a while.

When he was with Jack before, Korakxiu behaved very honestly, but a dragon is a dragon after all.

As they age, they will gradually regard all creatures other than their riders as prey, including humans.

Moreover, dragons are very intelligent and also have rebellious periods. Thinking of this, Jack decided to keep Korakshu with him at all times in the future.

Otherwise, if they continue to be let loose like this, they will become wild enough, but I'm afraid they will grow completely crooked.

When Jack saw the third letter, his expression became strange.

Water monsters eat people?

Jack's first reaction was disbelief, but then he remembered that he was in a world of ice and fire.

Whether it is the original novel or the TV series, what is shown is just the tip of the iceberg.

Moreover, the World of Ice and Fire is also a magical world after all, so it is not impossible that there are some unknown fantasy creatures.

After tearing the letter into pieces and throwing it into the furnace inside the pyramid, Jack had to go back to Atlantis.

Now that he had a plan, Jack didn't waste any time and went straight to Daenerys, saying that he was going out for a while and would be back in two to three months.

Danny was stunned when she heard this, and suddenly worried that Jack was planning to run away.

Until Jack said that there were some problems with his dragon and he had to deal with it himself.

Dany finally felt relieved, then slowly raised her legs and placed her tender white little feet on Jack's knees.

"Since the fastest way back home will take a month, why don't we leave tonight and leave tomorrow morning."

After saying that, Dany blinked her big eyes, and kept playing with her long silver hair with her right hand, waiting for Jack's reply.

Jack glanced at the pure little Danny, then looked at the sky outside, and found that it was indeed getting late, so he decided to set out early tomorrow morning.

Dany smiled confidently and locked Jack's waist with her legs.

But Jack slapped him hard on the butt.

Dany groaned in pain and looked at Jack with tears in her eyes. At the same time, a bright red slap mark appeared on her face.

"I'll arrange a speedboat first, and I'll come back to deal with you later."

Jack left Dany's room, leaving Dany hugging her pillow and rubbing her sore spot gently.

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The next day, July 2, 301AC.

The news of Jack's departure from Meereen spread quickly. Even though Jack had already arranged development plans for the next few months, it still caused considerable panic.

Because many things were arranged by Jack himself, and on the eve of the war, Jack actually left Meereen. How could others not think too much about this?

But soon the Dragon Pyramid spread the news that the Prime Minister had gone out to fetch his dragon and would be back in two months. By then, Meereen would be protected by four dragons.

In this way, Dany released the news according to Jack's method, and as expected, the panic among the lower classes of Meereen quickly subsided.

But Dany also realizes Jack's powerful influence in Meereen.

After much consideration, Dany decided to handle government affairs personally during the two months that Jack was away.

At the same time, she was preparing to come forward to comfort the "workers" in Meereen.

This would not only enhance her prestige among Meereen's management, but would also improve her standing among the free folk.

Danny also planned to bring dozens of pigs with her when she visited the workers. This was a method she learned from Jack.

Any condolences from those in higher positions, even if they only bring a tiny bit of worthless benefits, will be appreciated by the group of free people at the bottom.

Thinking of this, he immediately asked his servants to buy fifty fat pigs.

It only costs three to four silver coins to buy a fat pig, and the specific price depends on the weight of the pig.

Even if calculated according to the highest price in the Meereen market, fifty fat pigs would only cost two hundred silvers.

The purchasing power of the gold dragon is so terrifying that fifty fat pigs weighing 300 to 400 kilograms only require two gold dragons.

So Dany planned to visit once a week for two months.

Similarly, Jack's departure also made the conservatives in Meereen more active, thinking that their opportunity had come.