He went through a nice tour of the House of Black and White. It was creepy. They had a huge statue of him in a hall, to whom they prayed to. Before leaving, he gave them his modified Uniphone. There was no magic in the air to create connectivity though.
There were no signals on the phone yet, but soon there would be. He had a Mecha Maker from Doraemon. He just needed to design it and put some metal in the machine. The satellite can be made in probably minutes. Putting it in orbit was easy too. He was also interested in looking at the planet from space and also finding out the reason behind its weird season cycle.
Being done with his work in Braavos. Alexander hired a ship back to White Harbor. He paid a lot of money to hire the ship for his personal travel. When the news reaches other big lords they'd think that Alexander likes to spend money on lifestyle, even if the money is loaned. It will also make them think that they can buy him.
When the ship started its week-long journey, Alexander decided to go to Cannibals Bay. As he didn't know the location, he used the anywhere door.
He opened the pink door and a gush of chilling air came. He quickly crossed it and closed it. He was greeted by a plain white sheet of white ice. He could feel that just some feet below him was the Shivering sea.
The legend has it that there's a part in the shivering sea where the sea freezes from time to time. By the time the ships turn around they find themselves trapped. In short, the place was a cold graveyard of ships with a cannibal population.
He walked around and saw many ships but no people there, only skeletons. The whole world knew that going deep into the Shivering Sea was dangerous so no one really goes there anymore. Which would also mean that all the cannibals would have died by now.
One by one, he started absorbing all the ships he could find. There was quite a good amount of gold too. In total, he found 1100 ships. After that, he went inside his pocket dimension to Phixheim and started using Restoring Beam to make the ships usable again. But they were very old models so it wouldn't be very helpful in the seas.
So, he used Delux Light, it turned the ships into a better version of themselves. This meant that he now had 1100 common ships that would be the backbone of his navy. Each of these ships houses a crew of 41. He only needed 1000 so he decided to give 50 out of the remaining 100 to coastguards. They would use it as their flagship. Their common ships were smaller than the Navy'.
The remaining 50 were to be used for transport and Trade for now. He created a lot of Godroids as its temporary crew and told them to bring 100 ships to the new mega-city Norgold, every 3 months. His Wolf's swords were already recruiting men on a large scale. They all were bounded by a contract to at least work 5 years. However, they could still complain if they didn't like something.
Then he returned to his ship to White Harbor and enjoyed his trip. But, due to sudden great wind, the ship would only need 3 days to reach the destination.
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Once back in Winterfell, Alexander convened a Stark meeting. Elina was included in that category as well, she was a Stark in all but name.
"Alright guys, what's the progress. I want reports." Alexander said. Their meeting took place in Stark's only living room. All the others sat in their seats in front of him.
Elina spoke first, "I was trying to count the coins in the treasury but just gave up after 10 Million. However, I have put that 10 Million aside as our main fund. It will give us a better sense of expenditure. I don't want us to become reckless thinking that we have infinite money"
"Haha... Job very well done, my dear. We'll use the 10 million and multiply it with our efforts." Alexander praised.
Then Dobby spoke, "On my part, The Repairing of Moat Cailin has been done. We also have built a small town with good planning. It can be easily expanded into a Tier 3 city later. A long Concrete Dock has also been built. We didn't wait for you and created the Canal on our own and disguised its formation as an earthquake. Though it created a new problem. King's Road was cut. So we built a big arched bridge. It's pretty high, your steel warship can pass easily. We also constructed a 3 man obliviation team. They changed the memories of anyone who thought that the bridge was too quickly made. Some had started saying it was magic so I had to do it.
In the 2 months of your journey, we also received 120,000 people. They have been given housing in Wintercity. One of Wolf's swords has taken the position of City Mayor and is currently creating a police department. Many of the people were unskilled so they were given some skill development classes. We currently have 20,000 working in agriculture and 40,000 working on the building of Norgold in Ramsgate. 20,000 were sent to receive Military training in a new Military academy I established in Wolfswood. It's run and taught by 10 Wolf's sword. The remaining 40,000 have chosen various other professions. We lack blacksmiths for now though.
The creation of your Naval force has also been fluent. We have gathered 30,000 men. They are receiving training in The Naval Academy started on Sea Dragon Point. It is run by 20 Wolf's sword. We have also received the news that nearly all Lord in the North had a huge harvest this time. They all said that they have even more than they need. They all sent thank you letters. Big Orders of Butterbeer and Firewhiskey have become common now. Just last month, we made around 40,000 gold Dragons from it. It's becoming even more popular.
That's all," Dobby relaxed.
All the people in the room looked at him with shocked faces.
"When the hell did you do all that? I saw you in front of the T.V. most of the time and whenever you were not there, you were playing with Rina," Benjen asked.
"Magic is very convenient my friend. Besides, I don't really need to sleep much." Dobby nonchalantly replied.
"Too efficient, Dobby. You even did the things that I was just planning on. Thanks, man," Alexander praised him.
~I guess, some traits of old house-elves are still there.~ He though.
"Alright, everything's good, I guess. Ned, In the name of all the gods, I name you Lord of Moat Cailin. From now on, you'll be known as The Stark of Moat Cailin. I don't want you to change your name like the Karstarks." Alexander said.
Ned looked surprised and asked. "B-But, what about Brandon? Shouldn't he receive it?"
"No, he's my heir. Also, I'm giving him the Norgold. It's going to be a city even bigger than Braavos and King's Landing. But don't take Moat Cailin as a joke, Ned. It's the first line of defense and now with the Canal connecting east and west, a city as big as King's Landing would be built there. Your duty will be to collect small money from ships passing the canal for maintaining it. I'll send a Wolf's sword to teach you about management and creating a good police department too." Alexander explained.
Ned stood up and kneeled, "I will uphold the honor and justice. I will do my duty to the best of my ability, Uncle. You can count on me"
"Haha... good, now get up," Alexander patted him on the shoulder.
"Now, the next thing is. I have created many changes to the north. I don't want to do more before we properly absorb the current one. So, our job for the next 5 years will be to become the most powerful and richest house in the world. Make the North the most powerful kingdom. I want those 10 million gold dragons turned into 100 million. After everything becomes normal, I'll start bringing more revolutionary changes. Let's do it, guys. Meeting Dismissed" As he said that, they all started to walk around and get to their job. Ned went to tell his wife about his new job.
~If I remember correctly, the crown in the T.V show had more than 10 million debt by the end. Let's see how much I can increase it this time. Robert has married Cercei already and she was pregnant too. Now, we need to know what will happen after the honeymoon period passes. Varys has indicated that Robert is returning back to his former self slowly. Should I help him?~ Alexander talked to himself.
"Grandpaaa... Let's go out. I wanna learn how to use a bow" Rina came running to him.
"Oh, why do you want to learn it?" He warmly asked.
"It will make me stronger. I want to beat the Cat lady. She said she do not like Jon and never let me play with Robb." She pouted.
~Well, I am sure many want to put an arrow in her. She's too annoying.~
"Okay, sweety. But you must promise me to never use it on the Cat, or any other person if he's not a very bad guy. You can use it on targets though. Let's go"
Alexander took her to the courtyard and made her a soft and light bow. She looked very cute trying to hit the target. Alexander quietly clicked some pictures to show them to her when she grows up.
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It had been 1 year since Alexander's return from his short travel. Things have been smooth. 300 ships have already arrived and commissioned into Northern Naval service. 12,500 men serve on the ships as of then. They were all contract bound. The captains were Godroids for now, although they had already started to train their First officer to become a captain.
As only one fleet of 250 ships was completed. He had assigned 10 Godroids as Commodore, 5 as rear admiral, 2 as vice admiral, and 1 Wolf's sword as the Admiral. The ship models he brought from Doremon word had been made big and real with Big light and Upgrade light. Magic cannons and other things were installed and then commissioned into the navy.
The steel warship was currently under construction in the Navy's shipyard at the Sea Dragon Point, though it was all an illusion. He already had them fully complete. It was going to be officially introduced to the navy later. The shipyard was also heavily guarded by constant patrol ships and magic cannons on guard towers.
He gave away the remaining 50 ships of 300 to coast guard for securing the borders. They also had a Wolf's sword as commissioner. His current fleet was already the biggest fighting fleet in Westeros and many big Lords had heard the news of North's new mighty fleet.
Currently, his fleet worked in some escorting work for big merchant ships of the north. He had also given Manderlys a new design for trading ships and they were too happy to make it.
He was to have another delivery of 100 ships in some time, but that was for later. As for today, Alexander was going to be at another Lord's meeting.
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"How have all of you been?" Alexander asked while sitting in his chair in the meeting hall.
"My lord, the last time we met here. You gave us the wonderful means to make food. Now, not only do we have enough to feed ourselves but we also sell to the east with Manderly's new merchant fleet. We are richer than ever, my lord" Greatjon Umber respectively spoke.
Manderly stood up and started speaking. "That is also due to Lord Stark. He gave me the new design for the trade ships. They are faster and store more, there's also the Northern Fleet which provides us the safety of travel. I am afraid, so much money is coming, I'll have to create another big vault"
"Hahaha... I might have a solution for that. All of you must have seen the new great city on Ramsgate, now called Norgold. It is due to open in a week and you are all invited. It's going to be the biggest trading city in the world. I also talked to the officials from the Iron Bank. They have accepted my proposal to open their branch in Norgold. You will all be able to store your money there, the city will also be safeguarded by a huge amount of police and Navy. The Northern Naval headquarters will be there so it's going to be quite safe. All of you are also gifted a manor there to live. House Manderly's White Harbor will become a manufacturer and industrial hub from now on. So, no one will lose anything." Alexander informed.
Alexander was also going to start Merchant's guild in the city. It will work under the jurisdiction of the city Mayor who will work under the Lord. A proper chain of command was going to be established to make sure that the city flourishes.
"My lord, my sale of Vodka has been bringing a lot of money to my house as well, but I've recently come across a problem. I received a raven from my biggest buyer in Reach that they are not allowed to buy my Vodka if I do not buy their crops." Lord Dustin spoke.
"Yes, my Lord. I received the same threat for my rice and rice wine." Howland Reed spoke. It was rare for him to come out of the neck.
Many other Lords also voiced their problems coming from the Reach.
"Silence... I've heard you all. I will deal with Reach. Do not stop your production. When Norgold opens. You can open your shops there and sell it from there to the rest of the world. We must have put a big dent in Reach's coffers by not buying their overpriced food. They are foolish to think that the threats will work. All of you, send ravens to every big house in Westeros. If they do any kind of business with the Reach, we will not sell them our drinks, crops, and other products. If all they want is food, they can buy it from us at a lower price than Reach. Also, If they still do business with the Reach, we will stop protecting their vassals from pirates." Alexander loudly proclaimed.
Reach could have found hundreds of other ways to deal with their food. Sell them to Asshai, they always need food there. But no, they wanted to pressurize the north.
"My lord, what if they still keep on doing business with Reach. Won't we lose money?" Roose Bolton spoke up.
"What do you want then? We bend ourselves to cater to Reach? Buy food from them even when we don't need it? Don't forget we are hardened, northern warriors. Those flower lovers have nothing on us. We have the mightiest Navy, we have money, we have strong armies too. Why should we fear anyone? Also, have you forgotten who Robert's best friend is? Crownlands will not do business with Reach. Vale too, I have helped Lord Jon Arryn to get rid of some pirate problem. Stormlands might side with Reach. I have good relations with Dorn as well so they might just stay neutral. We still buy some food from Riverlands just to keep them happy, so they will not go against us. We have nothing to lose but much to gain."
Alexander's words silenced any voice against his decision and the hall erupted in loud cheers. They all happily went away to prepare to go to the opening of Norgold.
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Highgarden, Reach
"Mother, did you read this? Such audacity. I say they want war with us." Mace Tyrell showed a letter to his mother Olenna, sitting in the garden.
"Shut up, you stupid oaf. If they wanted war they would have already done so. No one in Westeros can fight their Navy. Lord Stark also has a firm grip on each house in the north. Even the Boltons are afraid of doing something wrong. It was you who declared war by sending those letters. Why did you think you could force them to buy food from us when they do not need it? Sometimes I really wonder if you are my real son but then I remember giving birth to you... *Sigh* It seems I'll have to go and meet this Lord Stark. Let's see if he is as the legends say" She went into deep thoughts.
"B-But, we can raise an army of a hundred thousand." Mace refuted.
"And? You do know that waging war on another kingdom without the consent of the King is treason. And even if we call for all banners, what then? They have rebuilt the Moat Cailin, even better than before. The same Moat Cailin which protected the north from Andals for thousands of years. Now, they also have a big canal dividing the North from the south. And before you say that we block them near the great bridge(arched bridge over the Great Moat canal). They also have a mighty navy. Now, go and play with some flowers, don't bother me" She shooed him away.
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Alexander quietly sat in his office talking to his men at the new Iron Bank. They were finalizing all the plans and also the new insurance branch that Alexander was making. Traders could buy the insurance and pay a small amount monthly to secure their trade in the seas from pirates. The Northern navy would protect all those that take the insurance. They would be given a special small flag to put on ships. Whenever they are attacked, the flag would secretly send a signal to the nearest Northern Navy vassal.
He knew that people would not trust them but he had a small trick for that. He was going to remove all the murderers and rap*sts from the pirates and only let the small-time thieves work. Their job would be to terrorize some traders and not harm them, then the northern navy would come and save them.
When the words will travel, they will start taking the insurance. Then he'll hire some more small-time pirates to periodically show some threats. He'll also be getting rid of most pirates except the ones working for him. Ones with low sins will be given jobs and those with high sins will be judged.
He was also going to present other kinds of insurance later but for that, he'll need to have strict control over the whole Westeros.
*Knock Knock*
Elina entered, "Boss, I just received word that the Citadel is burning in green flames. Our men secretly helped them to escape. Marwyn and other Arch Maesters have convinced everyone to come here to Wintercity and establish a new Citadel in the Tower of Knowledge. Another thing, the first batch of 300 doctors and 1000 nurses have graduated. 100 Doctors will remain here and work in the City hospital. 150 will go to the new Norgold city and operate from 3 different hospitals. The rest 50 of them will go to Moat City."
"Good, good. When the next batch of doctors and nurses graduates, tell all the serving members of the government, Police, and Defence, that their health benefits service has started. Also, send a Rear Admiral and 50 ships under his command to Oldtown to bring the Maesters here," Alexander instructed.
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