Chapter 51

Dear Dairy,

The Bricks are here. And the Cement and Steel are here as well. My people have already started to create some houses based on the designs I gave them.

The houses would be made up of simple apartments with internal plumbing and cost a pretty penny to make. Only the richest in my land would be able to live in these brick houses. But I'm confident that with time, the price of brick and cement would come down and more and more people will be able to afford these houses.

But for now, I have given them orders to construct a large building with many rooms that would serve as the first School in this world. Aunt Barbrey thinks that opening a school is a waste of my wealth and resources. But I'm confident that increasing the literacy of my people will only benefit me in the future.

And if all that fails, then I could simply turn the School into a pseudo military academy where the future leaders of my army will be molded.

As for the news on other places, I heard that the giants have found a nice cave in the lands I gave them and have settled down in that area without any problem.

The training of the wargs I brought South with me is also coming along quite well.

A distinct use of legilimency to increase the health of their mental state did a lot to increase their mental prowess.

Already, the woman named Briar is able to control half a dozen birds. And as for Varamyr Six Skins. He is able to control hundreds of rats at once without losing his mind and is able to scout any castle or fortress for weak points rather easily.

I already know that all the wargs that I've trained so far will be highly useful to me if a war ever broke out in my lands.

The news about the port being created at the mouth of the 'Weeping Water' River however is not all that good.

The port is still rather small and is not able to hold the growing number of ships in my fleet. That problem became even more apparent when I told the shipwrights to start the construction of large ships that are able to hunt the whales in The Shivering Sea.

After all, Whale are a good source of meat and oil. And there are plenty of whales in the sea. So why not hunt some of them to feed my people and bring new resources to sell in the market.

As for the port, I'm thinking about having my people dig a large hole in the ground and fill it with water after that, effectively creating an artificial port.

I know that such a project would require a large amount of men and time but I'm willing to sacrifice it if it would allow me to get a large enough port.

So far, the is not even able to handle the 30 or so ships in my fleet. If nothing else, I want the port to be large enough to take care of the needs of hundreds of ships. Such an undertaking would definitely take a lot of time and wealth. But I'm willing to do it if it means that I'll be able to challenge the Redwynes, the Royal Fleet and the Ironborns in the future with a naval fleet of my own.