Chapter 184 The Development of the Stone Step Islands
Duke Vert Baratheon of "Ruins" announced that he would auction a newly made Valyrian steel sword in Tyrosh City. After the king confirmed the authenticity of the news, everyone in Westeros believed that he
Rich nobles are all ready to go.
Purchasing goods in the form of auctions is common in the Slaver's Bay area. The nine major trading city-states seldom carry out due to mutual hostility. In the thousands of years of history of Westeros, auctions can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
Gotta come here.
Families that already own Valyrian steel swords will not participate, but they also want to pay attention to the final auction price. In the past, it was a one-to-one private transaction, ranging from tens of thousands of gold dragons to hundreds of thousands of gold dragons, and the prices were very opaque. This
The higher the price at this auction, the more respectable the sword will be when it is taken out, and a public benchmark price can also be set for the Valyrian steel sword.
The nobles who did not have much money at home wanted to see a novelty when they decided to leave for Tyrosh. Some middle-class nobles wanted to take this opportunity to make friends with higher-level dignitaries. There were not many nobles who really had the strength to buy.
Duke Mace Tyrell of Highgarden has arrived at Tyroshi City in advance and is being taken around the city by his son, Garland Tyrell, Earl of Bloodstone Port.
"I'm still not used to it. I always feel scared and panicked. Look! It's looking over again!" Mace Tyrell said to his son beside him. He raised his head and looked at the one at the highest point of the city.
With huge blue magic eyeballs, I had to undo one button on my collar to feel more comfortable.
Garland "Father, Duke Werther is the most powerful magician. He often comes up with some novel things. You will get used to it after staying for a few more days."
Metz "Let's go to the outside of Nancheng now?"
Garland "Outside the south city are the tent areas where slaves live. I am going to the Duke's Castle for a meeting. Father can come and observe."
The city of Tyroshi has now become a large construction site, with construction scenes in full swing everywhere. A large number of slaves from Volantis are working on the construction, and the whole city can be heard with the sound of hammering stones.
There are two buildings completed first, the clock tower located in the main city and the "Witt's Eye" lighthouse at the highest point of the city. One of these two buildings is used to determine the time for the people in the city, and the other is used to navigate ships and gather all slave construction workers.
After these two buildings were repaired, they scattered and built other facilities.
"Werther's Eye" was not originally like this. After the lighthouse was repaired, Werther issued a notice asking everyone to watch the first lighting effect on time after dinner.
After a full meal, Werther came to the bottom of the lighthouse and input magic power excitedly. The people in Tyroshi saw a huge eyeball appearing in the dark night sky. The blood-red magic power around the edge of the eyeball scattered like flames, and in the middle
His black vertical pupils were still turning, scanning everyone in the city. When people looked at each other, it felt like their souls were being sucked into the eyeballs.
The result was obvious. Everyone from Tyrosh, from the great lords to the working slaves, immediately protested. This thing was so scary! Everyone said that if they even looked at it, they would not be able to sleep for several days.
Sleep! Even the birds flying in the sky were scared away.
In order not to affect development, Witte had to make a compromise. During peacetime, the color of the eyeballs was changed to blue and the pupils were round. If there were unknown enemies near Tyrosh, the color would be yellow. During war, the color would be blood red vertical pupils.
Only then can the city residents be appeased.
After the lighthouse was built, Werther stopped the construction of the castle at the bottom first, and only built a few temporary cabins near the lighthouse to live in, giving priority to the construction of the blacksmith shop attached to the castle.
A temporary hut has been set up as a small conference room, which can still accommodate dozens of people even if it is crowded. Today, Witte convened all the vassals of the Stone Step Islands here to hold a development meeting.
After entering, Garland sat down at the long conference table. The lords of other islands were already seated. There were many bachelors from the city on the chairs on both sides of the wall. Mace also found a seat by the wall and sat down.<
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Witte sat at the head of the table and took out his pocket watch to check the time. "Okay, everyone has arrived. Today's meeting begins. First of all, let me tell you that the city has replaced all the bachelors on the Stone Steps Islands as per my request.
Young people, there are some bachelors who may not be familiar with them, so you should get to know them first."
These bachelors belong to the lords of each island. Originally, there were older and younger bachelors sent by the city. However, traveling to the Stepped Islands requires taking a boat. How can the older people bear this kind of trouble, so Werther used his own
The relationship with the upper echelons of the city resulted in the replacement of several older bachelors with young people.
Witte "Okay, what I want to talk about today is one thing, how to develop our Stone Step Islands! We are in ruins here, which has disadvantages and advantages. The advantage is that it is located on a traffic thoroughfare, and as long as it is properly planned, you can make money! The disadvantage is
Everything has to be started from scratch, and it will take at least two years to maintain stable income!"
When they heard that they could make money while lying down, every lord began to listen attentively. Sure enough, there are great benefits in following Weite!
"First of all, I will tell you how Tyrosh will develop, and then I will tell you how to develop on each of your islands."
Witte pointed to the map of the Stepstone Islands behind him
"The inner city of Tyroshi is planned into several parts, the Duke's Castle, the advanced alchemy workshop, and the magic school. Except for the lighthouse that has been built, the Duke's Castle has no other facilities for the time being.
There are two alchemy workshops in Tyrosi. One is at the southernmost tip of Tyrosi Island, where the research and development and production of "Wildfire" are mainly carried out. Because of the high risk, it must be kept away from the main city. There will be a military camp next to it to protect the inner city.
The alchemy workshop next to the Duke's Castle conducts research and development of advanced alchemical items and can also be used in conjunction with the teaching of the magic school.
I have discussed the magic schools with the king. There will now be three magic schools in the Seven Kingdoms. Those with average magic talents can enter the school city to study, and the magic schools in King's Landing with good talents will issue invitations. As for the magic school in Tyrosh,
Only those who have obtained magician qualifications will be accepted for more in-depth study and research."
“Very good!”
"There will be more and more magicians in Tyrosh in the future."
In the school city, anyone with magic talent can enroll. However, magic talent is too low. After learning magic all his life, he can only drink a glass of ice water. Witt has no intention to take care of their food and accommodation in the early stage. After they graduate, they will become magicians.
Once you have the qualifications and basic theoretical knowledge, you can serve the lords of various places, or you can come to Tyrosh to continue your studies. At this time, no matter how bad you are, you can still work in the alchemy workshop to make money for Werther, and a few people with quick thinking can get it together.
, maybe we can research something.
The magic school in King's Landing implements an invitation system, recruiting students with noble backgrounds or wealthy families. Common people with good talents will also be invited. Let the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms put aside the ideological barrier between nobles and commoners.
Werther also does not have the ability to change their minds at this time. They may not change until a generation or several generations later, when everyone's concept of magicians changes.
The magic school in Tyrosh is the place for further education. Magicians who graduated from the first two schools can already have a good future, but some people still want to continue to study magic. At this stage, the magic theories and applications of the Seven Kingdoms all come from
Witte alone could simply gather these people to Tyrosh to avoid having to run back and forth between Tyrosh in King's Landing.
Originally, he planned to study for another four years and be given the title of Great Magician after graduation. But now that magic has just emerged a few years ago, there are still only a few people who are truly proficient in magic. After thinking about it, Witte gave up, lest some parallel imports ruin magic.
The teacher’s signature.
Witte "After talking about my own inner city, let's talk about the main city of Tyrossi. The area of each of our islands is large or small. It is not realistic to develop agriculture entirely, so we have to develop and occupy an area of
An industry with small land area and high value.
Tyroshi will mainly focus on the production of watches, umbrellas, wine making, weapons and armor production, banking, and entrepot trade, supplemented by accommodation, catering, entertainment, and ship supplies."
"What is an umbrella?" Garlan Tyrell asked.
Witte "Umbrella is a new product I developed. This product can isolate rainwater from the human body. It is high-tech!"
"It sounds like a tent."
Ashara muttered softly, and a small ball of paper bounced onto her head.