Chapter 286 Building a Fleet

The Great Wall of Despair collapsed.

The violent shaking it caused was no less to Westeros than the effect of Myr's slaughter on Essos.

After all, the two sides were separated by the sea, and Viserys received the news a lot too late, and the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms learned the news earlier than Viserys.

Only at this point did they realize... that things were tricky.

Limited by the backward tools of intelligence transmission, it takes time for an important piece of information to spread in this era.

However, the reality is important information, often with a strong timeliness.

Viserys held the heavy letter in his hand, his face was solemn, and he could not see the joy or anger.

To be honest, he didn't have much schadenfreude in his heart, he just felt that things were a little troublesome.

The Great Wall is the only barrier for humans to stop the White Walkers. The collapse of the Great Wall means that it is much more difficult for humans to block the White Walkers.

Viserys wants to see the Baratheon Dynasty and the White Walkers fight to the death, and then he can take advantage of the fisherman, not to see the White Walkers completely destroy the Seven Kingdoms.

In that case, the entire Westeros will probably be completely reduced to ghosts, and human beings will be rampant, becoming an unmanageable situation, and may even threaten the safety of humans on the narrow sea side.

And the issues that Viserys was still struggling with before, now it seems that there is no need to continue to struggle.

Reality made the decision for him.

"How is the fleet built now?"

Viserys read the information in his hand, then raised his head and asked.

The Dragonstone fleet, loyal to House Targaryen, was raided many years ago by the Royal fleet led by Stannis on Dragonstone.

The key to this battle is that Stannis bribes some of the soldiers and officers of the Dragonstone Fleet.

And the 'distant relatives' Valerian family, who had been refusing to stand in line, suddenly fell to Baratheon's side and attacked the Targaryen fleet that was stationed at Dragonstone Island.

This battle resulted in the defeat of the Dragonstone fleet, which suffered heavy losses and was forced to retreat to the coast of Braavos, abandoning Dragonstone and losing its ability to attack Westeros.

The commander-in-chief of the fleet, Earl Geoffrey, was also shot in the chest by an arrow and was seriously injured.

Although it was rescued later, it also left a permanent root cause, and old injuries occurred from time to time.

The fleet suffered heavy losses, and the only admiral was seriously injured. Viserys would first need to restore the Dragonstone fleet if he wanted to attack Westeros in the future.

Therefore, in the past few years, the Targaryen family has allocated a lot of funds to restore the size of the fleet, the total tonnage, the number of ships, and the number of soldiers on the ship.

However, at that time, the Targaryen family only controlled the area of ​​Andalos, and there was only a small dock. The shipbuilding industry was extremely backward, and there was no corresponding technology and ability to build large-tonnage ships.

Later, with Viserys going to the meeting alone, 200 people took the city, and after taking Pentos, all these problems were solved.

Pantos has a very prosperous port, and there are trade exchanges between the Seven Kingdoms and even Yuhai.

The shipbuilding industry is naturally very developed. There are many skilled shipbuilders who can manufacture the largest tonnage of warships. Therefore, the restoration plan of the Dragonstone Island fleet has been restarted again.

The Black Death, the flagship of the Dragonstone Fleet of the older generation, gave up repairs due to serious injuries and was honorably retired. Now it is docked at the small harbor of the Sentinel Tower.

Now the new Black Death is being built. Its tonnage scale far exceeds its predecessors, and it is equipped with a large number of trebuchets and giant crossbows.

At the same time, there are two other main ships built at the Pentos port shipyard after the flagship of the new Black Death, the dragons of Renes and Daenerys. , Rego and Viserion named.

Hearing Viserys' question, Jon Clinton, who was sitting in the second position from the left, was shocked.

Then I sorted out the useful parts from the thick data and handed it over to Viserys.

"His Majesty."

The three new ships are being built in Pentos, and Jon Clinton has always been in charge, so he knows a lot about these ships.

Sitting diagonally across from him, Oberon on Viserys' right hand was playing with the ring in his hand a little bored, and at the same time raised his head and glanced at Jon Clinton.

He had just fired the other party two months ago, but Jon didn't seem to have any resentment towards himself, but his attitude was still the same, not flattering but not alienating, and even a little arrogant.

No one in the palace liked him, but also no one did not fear him.

To put it simply, this person has no friends, has a rigid and rigorous personality, does not form gangs, and likes to act like a businessman in everything.

Even Oberyn suspects that the reason Jon doesn't resent him is because he thinks it's in order for him to dismiss him, because Oberyn has a higher office than him and has the power to do so.

And the other side.

Viserys looked at the information Jon handed him, his face was not very good-looking, and his brows were slightly frowned.

Because of the construction progress of the three warships, some are behind expectations.

Jon Clinton may have seen that Viserys was a little unhappy, pondered a little, and explained.

"Your Majesty, the construction of the ship is behind schedule because of the siege of the city some time ago, and some key raw materials could not be transported in."

There is a reason for the slow construction of the three warships. The city was besieged by the Dothraki some time ago, and many shipbuilding raw materials could not be transported in, so naturally the construction could not be started.

The three main ships have very strict requirements for wood. They must be hard enough and resistant to moisture and humidity.

"Ok, I know."

"Jon, push them again to speed up their progress."

Viserys naturally knew why the shipbuilding progress was delayed, and then said with a frown.

"It doesn't matter if it's slower in peacetime."

"However, the situation on Westeros has changed dramatically now. The Great Wall suddenly collapsed, the savages flooded into the north, and the Allied Forces of the Seven Nations retreated to Winterfell to capture the savages."

"The situation is changing rapidly now."

"We may be ready to set off on an expedition to Westeros at any time, whether against the White Walkers or against the usurpers. Even if they are both in one pot, warships are essential things."

There was no ship Viserys could fly over, yet his soldiers could not swim across the narrow sea.

Therefore, as long as the warship is not in place, Viserys will just stare blankly even if he wants to plot against Westeros.