Capítulo 52: Chapter 52: Population Arrangements
Secondly, if we overthrow the slavery system, we must have a new system to provide jobs for the freed slaves, that is, work. Otherwise, they will be idle all day and there will definitely be unrest in the end.
So we can build some official blacksmith shops, tailor shops and the like, and then recruit other people as apprentices.
Apprentices do not receive any wages but are provided with food and lodging. After they have learned the skills, they can choose to stay or leave.
If you stay, you will be offered a suitable salary, and there will be benefits at the end of each year, and a small salary increase in the second year. "
"Then we will select a group of young and strong men to form a corps of freemen and send them to the Kaiser Pass, where we will build fortifications and train our troops.
We built estates and hired slaves who had no skills, providing them with food and very low wages, and then let them plant olive trees and vines.
There was also the digging of canals to treat salt-contaminated land, the construction of roads to the Kaiser Pass and defensive castles along the way, all of which required manpower.
In addition, I am willing to take in some slaves to relieve the pressure on Meereen.
In this way, you still have to spend money to get through the early stages, but you can avoid many problems and make full use of all available resources."
In the original drama, Dany spent money to support the slaves after freeing them, which resulted in her continuous investment without any positive returns.
Once Dany runs out of money, the food in Meereen will become less and less. Without food, any liberator will be driven out of power.
"Finally, there is the issue of allies. Meereen has allies, so we must naturally win over allies as well.
The Laza people are a very good choice, as they are not only good at growing food, but also good at herding."
Dany suddenly realized. "So you're going to station the new legion of free folk at the Pass of Kessel?"
"That's right. Come, I'll reward you with a kiss."
In the original book, Dany abolished slavery, and Meereen lost the means to conduct economic exchanges with the outside world.
The land around Slaver's Bay was covered with salt by the Valyrians during the Valyrian-Ghis War.
Therefore, most of the land in Meereen is uncultivated, and food is mainly obtained through foreign trade, one is through sea trade and the other is river trade.
Next to the city of Meereen there is a river called Skahazabain, which flows all the way inland.
At the end of the river is the settlement of the agricultural people, the Lhazaar, which is the place where Khal Drogo was injured and infected and died in the first season. The Lhazaar trade food with Meereen.
If one wants to trade grain with the Laza people on the Laza Plain, one must pass through the Kessel Pass. This is the only road and must be defended. Only in this way can the grain price in Meereen be stabilized.
Jack rewarded Dani with a one-minute-long kiss, and continued, ignoring Dani's breathlessness:
"We must not only maintain normal trade with the Laza people, but we must even give up some of our profits to win over the Laza people."
"Well, how are you going to compromise your interests?" Dany slowly recovered her breath.
"If we raise the price of grain by 10%, the Laza people will definitely be willing to sell the grain to us, and then we will send the Unsullied to provide them with protection. In return, they only need to pay some grain."
When it comes to the Unsullied, Dany suddenly becomes serious. "The Unsullied are the foundation of my rule. If I send too many of them, the nobles in the city might become restless."
"We don't need to send out too many Unsullied. After freeing the slaves, we won't engage in slave trade. An important source of income for the Dothraki is to trade the people captured in the raids with the three cities in the Slave Bay.
Now that there is no slave trade, the Dothraki will not come near Slaver's Bay to plunder. Two thousand people are enough to show their sincerity, and then cooperate with a part of the Freemen Legion."
Dany nodded. If that was the case, then it was acceptable. If the food supply could be guaranteed, then these costs would not be considered costs.
Providing protection to the cowardly sheep people and then obtaining food is a normal transaction.
But in the past, most of the sheep people's food could only be sold to slave owners at low prices.
Then the horsemen would often come to rob them. Sometimes, as soon as they sold all the grain, they would be sent to the slave owners who came to buy it.
Not only did the food belong to them, but even the people became the slave owners'. Therefore, the Laza people were most hostile to the Centaurs, and the slave owners were second only to them.
Therefore, Jack's condition was to win over the Lazar people, so as to find a relatively stable food base for Meereen.
"But, Dany, we must pay attention to the training of the Free Folk Army. Otherwise, if we can't defend the Kessel Pass, everything will be in vain."
"Well, don't worry. I understand the importance of Keiser Pass. I will let Grey Worm bring some second-level officers to train the Freemen's Army. How many people do you think are appropriate?"
"The population of Meereen, including the surrounding manors, towns, and villages, is at least two million, which can probably mobilize 20,000 freemen. In my opinion, we should recruit 18,000 people and divide them into three legions, named after your three eldest sons."
"Okay, let's do it this way. Do you have any other suggestions?" Dany looked at Jack expectantly.
Of course, Jack had other ways. He previously followed an up-master named "The Great Alliance of Time Travelers", who explained in detail how to make money by traveling to the ancient world.
(PS: Brothers who are interested can go and have a look, it's Douyin, maybe one day you will travel through time, right?)
There are explanations about refined salt, glass, soap, papermaking, curved plows, advanced water wheels, high-purity alcohol, etc.
Although Jack didn't remember everything, he remembered most of it. He could study the part he didn't remember on his own.
These are monopoly-level technologies with strong earning power, so naturally we have to consider the development of Atlantis first.
However, we can consider looking for distributors in Meereen in the future, which can also help boost Meereen's economy.
Speaking of this, I don't know whether Korakshuu delivered the letter.
As early as when Dany entered the city, Jack knew that the situation was irreversible, so he immediately wrote a letter and asked Carax to deliver it to Seychelles, informing Newgate to arrange an empty ship to pick people up immediately.
Take the purchased food along the way and make a fortune in Meereen.
Jack did not announce the establishment of Atlantis to the public, and the name of the Atlantis caravan was the Big Wave Merchants. At the same time, the caravan did not reveal the identity of Atlantis.
So even if Meereen and Essos go to war, as long as Atlantis or the Big Wave Merchants do not deploy their iconic 13 giant ships, Jack can still purchase food at lower prices elsewhere.
Even relying on the various products developed in the future, Atlantis will become a top wealthy country comparable to or even surpassing the Iron Bank.
However, the subsequent population transfer still needs to be planned carefully, so as not to expose one's identity. Exposing one's identity is a small matter, but failing to make a fortune in silence is the biggest loss!
Jack deliberately frowned, "That's all. I can't do anything else. I've been drained mentally, and the next step is physical.
Please, Queen of Meereen, you don't want Meereen's regime to be unstable, do you?"
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