Chapter 24: Colonial Plan Overseas Provinces

After escaping from the Undying Temple, Daenerys found that Qarth was extremely chaotic. At Jorah's reminder, Dany looted Xaro's palace and took away all the valuables.

Then a medium-sized ship of the Thirteen Giants left the dock and headed towards Astapor, where it was said that there were world-famous slave infantry for sale.

After experiencing several betrayals and intrigues, Daenerys became more determined to take back the Iron Throne. The feeling of living under someone else's roof and being at the mercy of others is simply terrible.

Three months passed in a flash, and Dany stood on the bow looking at the sea in the distance.

Drogon suddenly rushed out of the sea, threw the fish in his mouth into the air, and roasted it with dragon flame. Finally, the roasted fish fell accurately into Drogon's mouth.

At this time, Drogon was already more than one meter long, while Viserion and Rhaegal were smaller, less than one meter.

At this point, the gap between Drogon and Viserion and Rhaegal is already obvious. Even though the dragons will continue to grow, there will still be a huge gap between individual dragons of the same age.

The peak age of a dragon is between 60 and 180 years old. After 180 years old, it becomes a senior dragon. Although its body size is larger, its endurance and speed begin to decline.

"How long will it take us to reach Astapor?" Daenerys asked Jorah.

Qiao La pondered for a moment, then said, "About three or four months. If we are unlucky, it may take more than four months. If we have good luck, it may take less than three months."

"How many Unsullied can you buy with 500 gold dragons?"

Jorah shook his head. "I don't know, but the Unsullied are very expensive. One silver coin can buy two or three ordinary slaves. The price of the Unsullied may be more than ten times higher."

Hearing Jorah's guess, Dany felt helpless. That fat guy Xaro was lying to her. He only searched the entire palace for five hundred gold dragons. Fortunately, she did not agree to marry him at that time.

Seeing Daenerys's hesitation, Jorah comforted her: "Perhaps we can buy ordinary slaves. With a little training, they can also be good soldiers."

"But they are not elite troops. The nobles of Westeros have knights in full armor. It is useless to rely on just those few people. Moreover, there is no money to buy weapons and armor, and buying slaves is useless."

Jorah remained silent. Dany was right. Even if she purchased ordinary slave training, if she didn't have money to buy weapons and armor, she might as well buy Unsullied. At least Unsullied came with free equipment.

Just then, a Dothraki came over and said, "Khaleesi, a very large fleet has been spotted ahead."

Upon hearing this, Daenerys came to the bow and soon spotted the huge fleet ahead. The moment she saw the flag, she recognized the owner of the fleet.

The blue sea monster on the flag was too obvious, it was Jack's fleet.

"He does have a powerful fleet, with about two hundred ships. If we can gain his loyalty, it will be much easier to counterattack Westeros."

Jorah's heart tightened when he heard this. If Jack really joined Daenerys, would he still have a good life?

"Khaleesi, Jack is a very dangerous man. Excuse me, the probability of him joining you is zero."

"I know. I just said it casually. The royal family of Qarth tried to win him over, and the Thirteen Lords also tried to win him over in the beginning. As a result, one of these two families is still in civil strife, and the other has been completely destroyed. How can he be a good person?"

Daenerys is no longer the innocent little girl at this time. She sees clearly that Jack is a very cunning businessman.

He might not even be a merchant, but a pirate or a plunderer. After all, there is no merchant fleet that would carry more than a thousand Unsullied at any time.

"Slow down and keep distance from the fleet ahead." Daenerys ordered. She must keep distance from Jack's fleet.

After all, on the sea, if the other party had any intentions, she might be imprisoned by Jack and used as a breeding tool, and the three baby dragons would also add three dragon knights to Jack's forces.

This is not because Daenerys maliciously speculates about Jack's character, but because Daenerys now always thinks of the worst in everything she does.

At this time, Jack on the Poseidon was admiring the erotic dance of Ellie and Jacob. Being sisters who were born as bed slaves, they would naturally dance in a lot of seductive ways.

Jack had no idea of ​​Daenerys's speculation about him, and even if he knew what Dany was thinking, he wouldn't care. Whether Dany wanted to win him over or was wary and cautious of him, he didn't care.

If Jack didn't have any cheats or his cheats were not strong enough, he might choose to cling to Daenerys, but now he doesn't need to lick any Game of Thrones character at all.

"Keep playing the music and keep dancing." Jack said after opening his mouth and eating the fruit handed to him by Viteliel.

As for where the fruit came from, it was naturally given to him by the locals when he was replenishing supplies along the way and he couldn't refuse the kindness.

Ellie came to Jack listlessly and said coquettishly, "Master, sister Yager and I are very tired. Can we take a rest for a while?"

"You're tired, so take a rest. I'll go to the deck and take a look."

Jack came to the deck, which was full of busy sailors.

Jack looked at the twelve giant ships surrounding the Sea King and the two hundred ships of various sizes outside, feeling extremely satisfied. These were all the assets he had worked so hard to rob!

Of the 300,000 gold dragons he had robbed in Qarth, Jack was going to spend 200,000 to rebuild his fleet.

Convert merchant ships into warships and transport ships. As for directly purchasing warships or robbing the navy's warships, the cost is much higher than converting merchant ships.

With the remaining money, Jack can buy three thousand Unsullied and some technical slaves, and then choose an island to build a land base.

The place Jack chose was the Seychelles Islands, which is close to the mainland of Sotheby's and is surrounded by reefs. The climate on the island is suitable for growing food and development.

Reefs are always the enemy of shipping, but it is not a big problem for Jack. With Poseidon, he can easily draw a safe sailing route.

In this way, the reef is no longer a deadly danger, but a natural protective barrier for the Seychelles.

If it weren't for the Heart of the Ocean, Jack would definitely choose some coastal city-states, then directly divide the land and claim the throne, and then slowly conquer the inland.

However, the appearance of the Heart of the Ocean forced Jack to settle for second best and choose the large number of archipelagos in the Game of Thrones world as his own territory.

However, this cannot be said to be a second best option. It just means that starting from scratch is more troublesome and time-consuming.

But it is not without benefits. With these islands as bases, Jack does not have to worry about being choked by food, and he can also develop his own technology.

As long as there is a strong navy to support it, aren't Westeros and Essos both excellent choices for colonies?

Take Qarth for example. If Jack had enough troops at the time, even if there were only 5,000, Jack could have renamed Qarth "Atlantis Overseas Province in Essos".

But unfortunately, Jack only had more than a thousand people, most of whom were illiterate and had no conditions for occupation.

It would be better to slowly accumulate strength and cultivate your own management talents before carrying out the colonization plan.