Chapter 254: Blue Dragon Egg
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, why are you here?"
Just as Jack arrived at the door of the Chamber of Commerce headquarters, Shanks hurried out.
In fact, he had already come to the lobby on the first floor and was waiting when the dragon's roar was heard.
"Let me see, you're doing great."
Jack's words came from the bottom of his heart. Shanks did a really good job, and the Sea People's Chamber of Commerce was thriving under his leadership.
Shanks also has another advantage. He can make decisions on small matters, but he will consult Jack on big matters and attach many suggestions of his own for Jack to decide.
This is Jack's favorite thing.
Soon Jack arrived at Shanks' office. Jack looked around and said, "You are not short of money now, right? Why is your office so simple?"
Shanks chuckled, "The Chamber of Commerce advocates frugality. People come to my office every day to report on their work. It's only right to be simple, it's the way it should be."
Jack nodded and agreed, "Indeed, thriftiness is good. It's a good quality."
Jack didn't believe a word of Shanks' nonsense. Shanks was a businessman and now the president of the Sea People's Chamber of Commerce. He was very frugal. Jack just ate Poseidon!
Jack sat directly at Shanks's seat and asked Shanks who was standing next to him, "How is the progress of the thing I asked you to do?"
Shanks knew what Jack was asking, so he quickly answered:
"The progress is not bad, Your Majesty. The dividends we give are three times their annual income. We have acquired a lot of land and turned it all into grain estates.
With the support of fertilizer and planting technicians from the headquarters, our estate's income far exceeds that of other estates. It won't be long before we have the final say on the price of food in Dorne."
Of course, Jack asked the Seamen's Chamber of Commerce to rent Dorne's land at a high price not for the purpose of building a factory.
Given Dorne's current situation, the number of factories has reached its limit, so the Chamber of Commerce rents land at a high price just to build manors.
Many areas of Dorne are deserts and Gobi, and a considerable portion of the limited land is used to grow wine-making crops such as grapes.
Coupled with the establishment of Poseidon's Brewing Factory, Dorne's demand for brewing crops has greatly increased, leaving even less land for growing grain.
At this time, the fertilizers and professionally trained technicians from Neptune Island played an important role. With the support of fertilizers and technicians, Jack was able to grow food on a large scale.
When the time is right, Jack will raise the price of purchasing grapes and other wine-making crops.
If we guide the development of public opinion a little bit, the Dornish people will feel that they still have no shortage of food, and then more people will give up growing food.
The price of grain remained stable, and Jack released a large amount of stored grain to lower the price of grain in Dorne.
At this time, he would buy the food from the Dornishmen at a low price. When all the food in their hands was drained by Jack, it would be the time for Jack to reform Dorne.
At that time, it would be wishful thinking for Dorn to play some kind of cave guerrilla warfare with Jack. What a joke! How can you fight a war without food?
Besides, by then the Sea People's Guild will only need to raise its voice, and it is hard to say who the free people of Dorne will support.
Moreover, it is a question whether those wealthy knights and small barons who have been receiving dividends have enjoyed the days of lying down and collecting dividends, and whether they are still willing to fight is a question.
After all, for them, there is no place for them in the center of power, so it doesn't matter whether there is reform or not, as long as it does not affect their ability to enjoy dividends.
Following Shanks' introduction, Jack nodded with satisfaction. It must be said that Shanks is truly a talented person.
At the very least, he understood the essential purpose of Jack's orders, and he was pushing forward Jack's orders with all his might.
"By the way, continue to open factories in Dorne. I want our factories to cover every human settlement in Dorne."
"I understand. But, Your Majesty, Dorne cannot afford so many factories." Shanks reminded carefully.
"We will build it even if it costs money. Then, under the pretext of field research, we will draw a detailed map of Dorne's topography and all the places where people can hide. I want a map that is detailed to the population number. Do you understand?"
"Understood, Your Majesty!" Shanks instantly understood what Jack meant.
"I understand. Once Dorne is completely wiped out, you can go work in the commercial department of Sea King Island."
Shanks' eyes lit up and he quickly thanked Jack for the opportunity.
Just as Jack was about to leave, Shanks stepped forward and said,
"Your Majesty, it's almost time for lunch. How about you finish your meal before leaving? I have prepared a gift for Your Majesty. I'm sure you will like it."
Jack narrowed his eyes when he heard that, wealth had no appeal to him at all, but Shanks was now sure that he would like it, most likely it was a rare treasure.
It just so happened that Jack hadn't eaten yet, so he could go find that old man Doran after he finished his meal.
"Forget about the gifts. You arrange them. I also want to try some of Dorne's delicacies."
Upon hearing this, Shanks hurriedly led the way and walked towards the fifth floor which was specially prepared to welcome the Sea King.
That is the most luxurious place in the Sea People's Chamber of Commerce. Ordinary people do not have the authority to go to the fifth floor. The fifth floor is where the beautiful girls collected by Shanks are kept.
Jack came to the fifth floor and was a little surprised by its luxury.
He didn't expect that the fifth floor of a chamber of commerce could be so luxurious. The luxury goods here were almost as good as those in the side hall of the Palace of the Sea King.
Then Shanks clapped his hands, and nine wheat-skinned girls walked in. All of them were under 14 years old and very beautiful.
Ever since Jack brought Myrcella and Lyanna to his side, the news that he liked young girls spread to everyone, and Shanks had naturally been prepared for Jack's arrival.
Jack was too lazy to explain this misunderstanding. He didn't like loli, nor was he a foot fetishist. He just simply liked beautiful people.
Jack waved to two of them, and they immediately came to Jack happily to drink with him. They knew very well what it meant to be favored by Jack.
The other seven girls began to dance, and Dorn did quite a lot of dancing.
But Jack's mind was not on the girl and the food. He just wanted to take a look at the gift prepared by Shanks, and then find the old man Doran to physically persuade him to send troops to aid the River Reach immediately.
Although the Reach is rich in resources, it is really rubbish when it comes to fighting. It assembled 120,000 men, but was defeated by the Iron Throne's 60,000 men.
Shanks also saw that Jack's mind was not on eating, drinking and having fun, but he had already asked someone to pick up the gift, and it should arrive soon.
Just as I was thinking about it, there was a knock on the door, and then a maid came out dragging a box.
Seeing this, Shanks immediately stood up, took the box from the maid, and then placed the box in front of Jack with a smile on his face.
"Your Majesty, this is a gift I carefully prepared for you."
As he spoke, Shanks opened the small wooden box, and a blue dragon egg fossil lay quietly inside.
(End of this chapter)