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Chapter 207: If he was said to have stolen it, then he had stolen it!
"Don't worry about that. Qarth stole our brewing technology and refused to return it, so we used force to take it back. Isn't that unreasonable?"
Jack had already thought of an excuse, and he was not afraid even if the other city-states in Essos really united.
All we have to do is wake up the sleeping Poseidon.
Poseidon is now 118 meters long and spends all day in the deep sea below the Seychelles.
As the number of his followers increased, Poseidon grew larger.
With the power of faith, the original 20-year growth period can be completed in just one or two years.
It is estimated that in half a year at most, Poseidon's body size will reach 200 meters in adulthood.
But now Poseidon no longer needs to eat. He harvests the power of faith every day, trying to condense his godhood as soon as possible.
Jack also asked Poseidon why he was so anxious to condense the godhood, but Poseidon said that he just wanted to verify a hypothesis.
She felt as if her soul had been torn directly from Jack's soul by some force.
Otherwise, she would not have been able to see Jack's soul when she was introspecting her soul.
And his soul was like a shell, composed of dense threads extending outward from Jack's soul.
Therefore, Poseidon wanted to condense his godhood as quickly as possible.
If the godhead is imprinted on Jack's soul.
That means Poseidon's soul was indeed just a part torn from Jack's soul.
And it wasn't torn apart.
So Jack was not afraid that the free trade cities of Essos would unite and take action against Atlantis.
However, although Jack was confident, his men did not know the current situation of Poseidon.
After all, Poseidon hasn't appeared for more than half a year.
If praying in the Temple of Poseidon had not produced any response, they would have suspected that something had happened to Poseidon.
"Your Majesty, our brewery is heavily guarded, and each worker is responsible for a different process. The brewing technology should not be leaked, right?"
Asidorf's face was slightly tense. Brewing technology was one of the pillars of Atlantis. If something went wrong, things would be very serious.
The most important thing is that he didn't even receive any news about this matter!
Strictly speaking, this was his dereliction of duty.
Jack was stunned for a moment, then reacted and waved his hand, "Of course the brewing technology has not been leaked. This is the cornerstone of the empire, so it is impossible for it to be leaked."
"Your Majesty, do you mean to slander Qarth?"
Asidorf reacted instantly and realized that this was an attempt to slander Qarth and put the blame on Qarth.
"What do you mean by slander?" Jack's face turned serious.
"Our empire has three naval fleets, each with 210 warships and 6,000 soldiers.
He, Qarth, has a maximum of 5,000 standing troops. We say he stole it, and he did steal it!"
On the continent of Westeros, due to factors such as distance, it is difficult for the Atlantis army to provide large-scale support.
But it is different when facing Qarth. Qarth has a limited territory and is also the center of trade exchanges between the East and the West. It is naturally worth a visit by the Imperial Navy's Third Aircraft Carrier Battle Group.
And this is only the first step in the expansion of the empire. Jack currently has 13 giant merchant ships.
In addition to the Poseidon for daily play and the Black Pearl for business reception, there are also 11 giant merchant ships.
Jack planned to form eleven naval fleets around these eleven giant ships.
Because Jack called the giant ships aircraft carriers after they were transformed, these naval fleets are also called aircraft carrier battle groups.
Three naval fleets have now been formed, with a total of 700 warships and 20,000 people.
The annual investment of three million gold dragons is certainly not for the purpose of negotiating with other trading city-states.
Atlantis was a one-man show for Jack, so no one opposed Jack's plan.
After the meeting, everyone had basically finalized the "Punisher Plan" against Qarth.
Before that, they need to lay the groundwork for public opinion.
Three days later.
The supply of Poseidon's wine in Atlantis was suddenly cut off for two days.
Then Atlantis announced a shocking news.
Atlantis stated that the royal family of Qarth had stolen the manufacturing technology of Poseidon's Brew, and they had already obtained solid evidence.
It is hoped that the royal family of Qarth will immediately hand over the stolen technology and compensate Atlantis for the loss of 40 million gold dragons.
The news was quickly brought back to their respective city-states by the merchants.
Many city-states were shocked, and they also tried to steal Atlantis's brewing technology of Poseidon's wine and the production technology of fine salt.
But outsiders were not allowed to approach Atlantis's breweries and salt factories. Moreover, each worker was only responsible for one job and there were seagulls watching at all times, so there was no chance of obtaining the complete technology.
All the city-states were curious about how Qarth stole Atlantis' brewing technology.
Of course, some people suspect that this is an excuse for Atlantis to blackmail Qarth.
Because although Qarth did not explicitly ban Atlantis merchant ships from docking for supplies.
But they secretly increased the docking fee of Atlantis tenfold.
In addition, there were various high taxes on Atlantean goods.
For example, Atlantis now produces a huge amount of fine salt. The royal family of Qarth will increase taxes by dozens of times, forcing merchants to raise prices. Once the price is raised, ordinary people will not be able to afford it.
At this time, the royal family of Qarth would purchase this batch of fine salt and then sell it to the nobles of Qarth.
This made life even more difficult for the merchants in Qarth. After the rebellion of the Thirteen Giants was quelled, the royal family had been constantly suppressing the merchants. Now they finally had a way to make money, but it was ruined by the royal family, and the royal family was secretly eating the money and not allowing them to eat it.
This also resulted in Atlantis's products only occupying the market in the central and western regions of Essos, and there was basically no market in the area east of Qarth.
Because the cost is too high and the Qarth are secretly doing bad things, naturally no businessman is willing to do business at a loss.
However, it will take some time for this news to reach Qarth, and the same is true for some more distant city-states.
During this time, Jack ordered the Imperial Second Navy Fleet stationed in the Free Trade Bay to head to Yimen Tower with three thousand people and a large amount of supplies.
The supplies included various farm tools, livestock cubs, and most importantly, food and medicine.
Among these three thousand people, most were ordinary civilians, with only a few craftsmen of various types and the gray cardinals of the Poseidon Party.
They all signed the pioneer contract, and the empire would give them a large sum of "life money". For this, they would need to spend 20 years of their own time to go to the unknown continent to open up territory.
During this period, if they unfortunately died, the empire would give an additional compensation to the victim's immediate family.
But even with such generous conditions, they could only barely gather three thousand people.
After all, life on the Free Trade Coast is becoming more and more affluent nowadays, and even having enough food is no longer a luxury. Naturally, no one is willing to take risks in the unknown continent.
The unknown is always the scariest!
Immune Tower is a ruined city located on the northern coast of Sothoryos. It is located in a large delta, at the mouth of the Immune River. To the north are the Summer Sea and Axe Island, to the west are most of the islands of the Basilisk Archipelago, to the south is the Immune Forest deep in the jungle, and beyond the Immune Forest is the Green Hell. Nymeria once stopped here when she led the Rhoynar to migrate. The city was once a colony of the ancient Ghis Empire. The dragon king of the Valyrian Freehold completely destroyed the high-walled Immune Tower. Queen Nymeria refused the Pirate King of the Basilisk Archipelago's request for an annual tribute of 30 boys and girls in exchange for living on Toad Island. She took the Rhoynar and settled in Immune Tower, which had been abandoned for at least a thousand years. When Nymeria's ship stopped here, some of the Rhoynar set out up the Shuo River to the Immune Forest. Although the land of Sothoryos is very fertile, many Rhoynar contract various diseases and parasites, or are hunted or suffer from the high temperatures of the following year. One day, several ships bound for the ancient city disappeared overnight, and Nymeria decided to abandon the Elmen Tower and return to the sea. Today, the Elmen Tower is still abandoned, and the jungle is constantly eroding it.
(End of this chapter)
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