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Chapter 236 Iron and Steel Coal Mine.
Facing Margaret's question, Olenna shook her head. "It's not that the chances of winning are slim. It's just that our information is too behind the times."
"You should know the price of this Poseidon wine, right?" Olena pointed to the wine on the table.
Margaret nodded. She was of course familiar with the Poseidon Brew. This new wine was so good that even the wine from Qingting Island was not as good as the Poseidon Brew.
Olenna continued,
"This Poseidon brew was not invented by the Dornish.
Poseidon's base is on an archipelago close to the continent of Sothoryos, which is the birthplace of Poseidon's wine.
The Poseidon family not only makes money from things like Poseidon's Brew and soap, but also from taxes from the three cities in Slave Bay.
We have to face not only the North, but also an archipelago and three free trade cities in the East Continent."
This is what worries Olenna the most.
When she first faced the sudden appearance of the Poseidon family, she thought they were just Targaryens with a different name.
But as time went on, more and more news about Atlantis and Poseidon's family reached Qingting Island, where trade was developed.
It was only then that Olenna realized that Jack's confidence did not come only from the four dragons, but that his greater confidence came from the East Continent.
In other words, as long as there is no problem with Jack's base camp in the East Continent, he can hold on to the natural barrier of Bay of Cailin in the north.
Then it slowly develops by relying on the constant blood transfusion from the base camp.
The longer time goes by, the deeper his roots in the North will become, and the bigger the dragon will become.
When Olenna heard the news, she thought about it for a long time and finally concluded that there was no solution.
The only way is to kill Jack's four dragons.
Then unite all the naval fleets of Westeros and the slave owners of the East Continent to completely destroy Jack's base camp.
Only in this way can we achieve a permanent solution.
Otherwise, even if Jack is driven out of Westeros, it won't be long before he makes a comeback.
But this is easier said than done, not to mention whether the foreigners in the East Continent are reliable.
For example, three of the four major fleets in Westeros have been destroyed.
There are four major fleets in Westeros, namely the White Harbor Fleet of House Manderly in White Harbor; the Royal Fleet of House Baratheon in the Iron Throne; the Iron Fleet of House Greyjoy in the Iron Islands; and the Arbor Fleet of House Redwyne in the Arbor.
As a result, Mandalay in White Harbor has been completely controlled by Poseidon, and the family fleet has also been "confiscated".
The same is true for the Greyjoy family of the Iron Islands. The Iron Fleet is controlled by Asha, and Asha is Jack's woman.
Not to mention the royal fleet of the Iron Throne.
After the Battle of the Blackwater, under the leadership of Stannis, they were directly crippled, and now there are only a few big cats and small cats left.
Only the Qingting Island fleet remained intact.
But the power in the Iron Islands changed, and after Euron came to power, he continued to promote the Ironmen traditions.
This resulted in the Westerlands and the western coast of the Reach being frequently raided.
In this corrupt situation, Westeros simply cannot unite.
What's more, she and Littlefinger were both "exposed" by Varys, which in turn led to turmoil among the southern nobles.
What is even more difficult for Olenna to accept is that the Tyrell family is one of the main causes of the turmoil, which makes it impossible for the Tyrell family to sit back and watch.
Fortunately, this kind of thing cannot be explained with just words. As long as there is no evidence, just insist that it is a false accusation.
Even if Cersei was stupid, could she burn Mace and Loras with a barrel of wildfire? ——Just
as the undercurrent was surging in the south, the first blizzard hit the northern provinces.
This blizzard came very suddenly, starting in the middle of the night, and has lasted for two days without stopping.
The north wind was howling, and the Silver Palace became a real Silver Palace, covered in silver.
There was a constant snowstorm outside, and in Jack's room a copper stove hotpot was being cooked, the air was filled with the aroma of mutton.
Lyanna Mormont and Myrcella Baratheon were whispering, Asha Greyjoy was slurping her food, and Daenerys Targaryen was carefully feeding the two little ones.
After swallowing the mutton in her mouth, Asha drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
"Great, I really don't know what else you don't know." Asha said with some emotion. Jack always has some unexpected skills.
For example, the copper stove hot pot, and the coal stove and coal balls under the hot pot, none of them seem like something a king would do.
Especially the invention of coal briquettes and coal stoves made Asha even more eager to take back the Iron Islands, where the most abundant resources are coal mines and iron mines.
It's just that the people of the Iron Islands have always advocated plunder, and the price of iron ore and refined iron blocks is very different.
In contrast, the money earned from mining iron ore is not as much as that from fishing, not to mention the faster money earned from looting.
But now it is different. Jack not only invented coal briquettes and coal stoves, turning cheap and toxic coal into treasure, but also brought more advanced iron-smelting technology, greatly improving the efficiency of iron-smelting.
Now with the construction of the North, steel is used in more and more places, and iron ore and coal mines will inevitably become best-selling products in Westeros.
By then, we will be able to make a fortune relying on the steel and coal on the island.
(End of this chapter)