Time flies, and before you know it, a few months have passed.

Winter is not gone, spring is coming and not coming, but in Dorne, the southernmost part of Westeros, the north wind is weak and the temperature has already warmed.

During this time in Dorne.

Arthur, who set up the factory, succeeded in firing the glass.

However, the glass fired from the sand is not satisfactory in terms of color, strength and light transmittance, and in the end, it takes a large number of people to find quartz stone to make a satisfactory glass.

Seeing those exquisite glass products, the nobles of Dorne happily started the sea trade to make money, and then offered the prince who made glass and built the factory as the god of wealth.

Westeros is in ruins.

Only King's Landing and Dorne are somewhat popular.

King's Landing did not have such high-end goods as glass, so Yang Halberd City was crowded with merchant ships, and it became the most prosperous port city in one fell swoop!

Westeros West.

The Iron Pirates who have returned home already know that the Iron Islands have been slaughtered by strangers and ghouls.

Asha Greyjoy unsurprisingly became King of the Iron Isles, and then all the Iron People, under the guidance of the Drowning Priest, left their homeland again and traveled to Dorne to find the prince to cooperate with them.

No one likes these brutal, greedy pirates.

The Lords of Dorne were wary and wary of the appearance of the Iron Fleet.

But because of Arthur's persuasion, the Iron Pirates, who could not replenish their troops in the Iron Islands and could not afford any human losses, rationally put away their plundering hearts, and then shook hands with the Dorne princes to form an alliance to achieve Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello everyone.

Of course, only glass and sea trade cannot satisfy the iron people.

What really made the pirates compromise.

- Arthur who found the coal mine and helped them make steel at a low price with a small blast furnace using the local method!

Even if it's low.

Arthur's steelmaking industry is also making a lot of money.

After all, while making steel, he can also make pure iron, and iron products don't have to be weapons, but daily necessities are needed by everyone!

The money does make a lot of money.

Making money is not Arthur's business.

Research is!

The civil war for the Iron Throne north of Dorne has not yet begun.

Because of the Iron Vault, Illyrio Mopatis spent all his family wealth, and he was unable to hire the Iron Shield, the Second Son, and the Munus.

The Dragon Queen asked for 10,000 troops, and Tyrion and Gray Worm tried their best, but they only recruited more than 2,000 people.

Plus the wind blows.

Their total strength was also less than 5,000 men.

Although the number of troops is small, counting the two dragons, Daenerys still has the greatest advantage.

However, it will not be difficult for her to conquer Westeros, but it will not be easy to rule!

It is not advisable to use military force.

It is more important to recuperate and resume production than war!

In order to manage King's Landing, which has a population of more than half a million, the Dragon Queen, Tyrion, and Malwyn are so busy that they don't have time to go north.

Robert on their side.

This is also because of the past credibility of Divine Lorain, and the fact that they want to deal with the dragon queen who freed the slaves and harmed the interests of the Iron Vault.

Ryan crossed the sea to Braavos, and within a few days he successfully obtained the support of the Iron Vault.

With the preferential treatment of the Iron Vault, he used 100,000 gold dragons to hire mercenary groups such as the Iron Shield Regiment, the Second Son Regiment, and the Mu Nu Regiment, and recruited 10,000 soldiers!

Fought alongside dragons.

Robert, Ryan, Varian, Francis Sr., and others are well aware of the power of Drogon and Rego.

More than 10,000 mercenaries seem like a lot, but in fact, if the two dragons dive, they will scatter and flee under the dragon's might.

So, Robert and the others never considered going head-to-head with Daenerys.

King's Landing, with a population of 500,000, is occupied by the Dragon Queen, and it is very difficult to take it down, so instead of attacking it, it is best to restore the strength of the North, the Vales, the Riverbends, and the Stormlands, and develop itself.

After all, the most important thing in fighting a war is logistics.

The war between the two sides has not started, but there will be no shortage of temptations.

In Dorne.

Arthur was far away from the chaos of war, and every day was very fulfilling.

With the sun hanging high in the sky, Dr. Ryan, who had survived the Battle of Winter, quickly found the prince facing the loess with his back to the sky: "Your Highness, the cement No. 113, No. 114 and No. 115 have all completed the hardness test. ”

"Really?" Hearing the old doctor's words, Arthur immediately put down his work: "Go and see!"

The two soon ran to the cement experimental site where doctors and bachelors were concentrated.

Looking at the workers who were swinging the hammer towards the cement to test the hardness, Arthur's eyes were full of joy: "We succeeded!"

"Where is the material of these cement numbers?"

"We'll verify it right away!"

"The materials are ready, just wait for His Highness to come. Looking at the prince, who was as excited as a child, Ryan smiled, "And in addition to cement, the steel mill also refines high-quality spring steel,"

"Really?" Arthur jumped up completely: "It's a good thing!"

"Quick, let's get the cement and go look at the springs. ”

Making glass, building an earthen oven, smelting steel, experimenting with cement, forging springs, Arthur was all without the help of the doctors and bachelors present.

Willing to come to Dorne and participate in the research and experiments of the prince, these scholars are fond of research and innovation.

They were more excited and happy than the prince when they succeeded in making cement that was as hard as a stone, but the final verification results were not yet available, and they were still calm.

As a dignified son, Arthur has no grace to speak of.

Like a plasterer in the proving ground.

After the final verification, I hurriedly went to the steel mill with the doctors and bachelors.

Compared to making cement, the time to forge spring steel is much faster, and in ten minutes, Arthur saw what he dreamed of in a systematic steel mill.

"By the way, how is the barrel I want?"

Inside the steel mill, after looking at the springs, Arthur simply asked what he cared about most.

Dr. Ryan took the slip handed by the factory director and glanced at it, and said, "Two thousand five hundred and seventy-eight have been made of rifled barrels, six thousand nine hundred and twenty barrels have not been rifled, and three hundred more are being made. ”

Arthur: "Where's the bayonet?"

"Twenty thousand bayonets are already in stock. ”

Hearing these data, Arthur was very satisfied, and then quietly asked the old doctor: "What happened to the materials used to make the gun?"

Dr. Lane: "It's all set. ”

Arthur asked again, "What about the cannons?"

"Three hundred bronze cannons have been cast. ”

"That's good. ”

Listening to these news, the grafting plants were successful, but they couldn't find any drought-tolerant crops, and they couldn't carry out the plant research at hand, and unknowingly after being busy in Dorne for so long, Arthur wanted to leave: "I remember that the battleship seems to be completed in a few days, let's go to the shipyard to have a look." ”

The steel mill, the glass factory, and the experimental yard are all far from the sea, and the shipyard is in the port of Yangjicheng.

In the afternoon, before the sun had set, Arthur, who planned to return to the Flowing Water Garden before dinner, immediately took a large number of doctors and bachelors to the prosperous port.

"Ranmarok, how long will it take for our warship to be launched?"

Entering the shipyard and looking at the near-completion of the third class sail battleship, Arthur was full of anticipation.

Ranma Lock, the part-time director of the shipyard, said: "Your Highness, I'm afraid it will take three months for our warship to test the waters. ”

Hearing this, Arthur frowned suddenly: "Doesn't it look like it's about to be completed? Why do it take three months? What went wrong?"

Ranmaro: "Your Highness, many shipwrights have never built such a large ship. ”

"I'm afraid it's not safe, so I want to test it a few times before going into the water. ”

Arthur was speechless: "Is there a problem, can't we just test the water? Where do we need to test for three months?"

Ranmarok: "But... Our warship is different from the battleship of the Iron Islands, and the Iron People are not optimistic about our big ship, thinking that it is too large and bloated, and it will sink when launched, so I want to test it a few more times......"

Arthur was too lazy to talk nonsense, and asked directly: "Excluding inspection, how long will it take for the battleship to be completed?"

Ranmarok said, "It's done. ”

Looking at the behemoth in front of him, Arthur asked again, "Has the inspection started?"

Ranmaroch: "Just at first. ”

"Okay, I'll give you three days to check the problem, and I'll check your progress in three days. ”

After all, it was the first time to build a ship.

Even if a watertight compartment was added to the interior of the battleship, Arthur could not guarantee that the Galen ship he designed would be 100% successful.

Even if the Galen ship sank in the test waters.

As long as the reasons for the failure are summed up, the rich and willful Arthur will still continue to build.

And, in the end, be sure that you will succeed!

Mentally prepared to bear the loss, after seeing the Galen ship, Arthur did not stop at the shipyard for long, and returned to the Flowing Water Garden directly with the doctors and scholars.

"Your Highness, I heard that your battleship is almost finished, how did you leave Dorne?"

In the banquet hall of the Flowing Water Garden, the well-informed Nymeria put the tableware and looked at the prince who was munching on meat and wandering the world.

"Huh, leave Dorne?" Hearing the female sand snake's inquiry, Arthur, who came back to his senses, nodded: "Yes, I have been disturbing here for so long. ”

Hearing this, Ellaria immediately said, "No, we are welcome if Your Highness wants to stay in Dorne for as long as you want, how can it be an interruption?"

"The people of Dorne are even willing to build a palace for His Highness next to the Flowing Water Garden!"

Tremier: "That's right, stay and be our neighbors!"

"Build a palace for me?" Arthur quickly shook his head, "Don't break the bank, I'm really leaving Westeros." ”

Nemelia: "Is it because of the war between Queen Daenerys and His Majesty Robert?"

Arthur nodded with a wry smile and said, "In addition to this, I also hope to erase the ignorance of Essos. ”

"Erase the folly of Essos?"

Hearing the prince's words, Anne and Selena looked at each other and smiled, and Nemelia suddenly became excited: "Your Highness, you know that Dorne is willing to fight for you unconditionally!"

Tranee also said, "That's right, our warriors of Dorne are willing to follow you through Essos!"

"Uh..."

Feeling the belligerent enthusiasm of the female sand snake, Arthur shook his head: "I just said to erase the ignorance of Essos, and I didn't intend to sweep Essos. ”

"I don't want to cause a war if I can. ”

Nymeria stared at the prince tightly and asked in a deep voice, "So, how does Your Highness want to erase the ignorance of Essos, and what kind of ignorance does Essos want to erase?"

Arthur: "Slavery. ”

Ellaria frowned, "Abolish slavery like Queen Daenerys?"

Treeny: "So Your Highness is going to Meereen?"

The news of the Dragon Queen's appointed lover, the Governor, leaving without permission, and the fall of Meereen by Cersei's troops has reached Westeros, and everyone knows that Daenerys has lost her rear base camp.

Because of the death of the Lion Queen.

Meereen lost control and was regained by the Meereen nobility, and now slavery has been restored.

When everyone heard this, they all thought that the prince wanted to get back Meereen for his fiancée.

"It does go. Arthur nodded, "But I'll go to Telosi and Mill first." ”

Ellaria guessed, "Your Highness has taken a fancy to the Land of Strife?"

Anne, who knew the prince, smiled, shook her head, and said, "No, our Highness wants to seek justice for the hunt and killing of Telosi and Mill. ”

"Are you going to send troops against them?" Treni's eyes lit up, "how else can you get justice?"

Arthur shook his head: "No, it's not good to start a war casually, I will cut off the trade with Telosi and Mill at most, and then make them apologize obediently." ”

"Cut off trade?"

Hearing this, Ellaria, who thought of the benefits of trade, immediately frowned: "Wouldn't this be a lose-lose situation." ”

Arthur said: "We don't trade with Telosi and Mill, their share can be divided among other city-states, and we have nothing to lose, but if they want our goods, they must buy them from other places at a higher price." ”

"It's called an economic blockade," Dr. Lane said. ”

"However, we feel that this is not enough to deal a blow to the economy of Telosi and Mill, and His Highness should send an iron fleet to block their waters and prohibit them from engaging in maritime trade by force. ”

"In this way, even if Mill is on land and can trade through the Land of Discord, he still needs to pay several times the price to obtain the goods he needs.

And it's just the island's Telosi, we even have a way to remove them from the nine free trade city-states within half a year!"

The nine free trade city-states are commercial cities, and such an economic blow to Mill will definitely lose a lot, and Telosi may also decline as a result.

But it's easier said than done, and it's very difficult to do.

After a deep sigh, Elaria, who believed in the prince, asked, "Apart from stopping trade with Mill and Telosi, does Your Highness need Dorne to do anything?"

"No, I don't want war. ”

Arthur said: "I only hope that the future will be peaceful and good. ”

Tempting the prince's innocence, Nemelia couldn't help but laugh and asked, "Doesn't the blockade of the sea areas of Telosi and Mill mean a war with them?"

"I'll try to avoid that. Arthur smiled wryly.

Gianna raised her eyebrows and said, "Your Highness thinks that as long as the trade with Telosi and Mill is cut off, they will obediently admit their mistakes and apologize. ”

"The nine free trade city-states all value their interests. Arthur looked right.

"The Talosi are notoriously greedy, and they often go to war with other nations over sovereignty over the disputed lands and the Stonesteps Islands. Ellaria reminded: "War may not be avoided. ”

Nemeria: "Your Highness, the warriors of Dorne are on standby whenever you need them!"

...... To be continued......

In the bustling city, there are obviously people everywhere, but it is full of indifference, as if everyone is a world, passers-by have become the background, and the boring life always makes people want to find some excitement, but in the crowded subway suddenly singing loudly, as long as the voice of disgust is ignored, no one pays attention to it, just sped up and left, they all think I am a fool, and no one is too lazy to take a look......

So, "Pompous" suits me very well.

(End of chapter)