Bloodstone Isle.
Aegon was personally on-site directing the reconstruction of the port.
The temporary port built by House Velaryon was a mess aside from its excellent location, barely at a 'can dock ships' level!
"Your Highness, the temporary port has deep draft, the land is vast and flat, it completely possesses the potential to build a giant port," the craftsman said, holding the messy drawing in his hand.
Aegon glanced at the drawing, clicked his tongue lightly, completely unable to understand it.
"I don't care about the process, only the result. From now on, Bloodstone Isle's trade will all depend on this port, and a large number of standing warships need to dock here.
You are the overall head of the project, you'd best know what you're doing!
Also, I'm telling you, I'm responsible for paying, and you are responsible for building. If I'm not satisfied in the end, I won't let you off.
Of course, if the port is built well, I will also give everyone some rewards. To me, money is the least valuable thing."
Aegon couldn't understand the drawing, nor did he need to understand it.
He only needed to focus on the final outcome.
"You can rest assured, Your Highness, I've built ports for thirty years and never had a problem!" the craftsman guaranteed, patting his chest.
"Alright, being cautious in everything is never wrong. Speed up the construction." Aegon waved his hand.
Meanwhile.
Narrow Sea, a hundred miles north of the Stepstones.
A fleet so vast it stretched beyond sight was speeding downwind, various flags flapping in the wind!
"My lord, we are less than a hundred miles from the Stepstones, and quite a few more pirates are following behind us. They are getting impatient."
Kraken Hightower nodded, calmly giving the order:
"Speed up. Don't worry about that group of pirates, they can't stir up any big waves. Even if our men aren't skilled in naval combat, they are enough to crush any enemy!"
Their fleet was composed of dozens of nobles, big and small. Besides the conscripted sailors, there were also many second sons of nobles.
These second sons had no right of inheritance; the titles and assets passed down through generations of their families were irrelevant to them.
Without special opportunities, they would be landless wandering knights or sellswords for their entire lives.
But they were lucky.
Prince Aegon was granted the title of Duke of the Stepstones and did not yet have any vassals under his command.
Moreover, although the Stepstones were barren, they were not completely without land that could be cultivated, and they could also collect tolls from passing merchant ships.
The Stepstones now could completely be said to be the place with the most opportunities. Too many landless knights wanted to display their ambitions here and establish an immortal family!
It wasn't just the pirates who were stirring; the landless knights on board were also all eager to fight, itching for action!
You must know, the supplies on the ships were all support dedicated to Prince Aegon!
Who wouldn't want to carry a few pirate heads to show off in front of Prince Aegon?
However, the pirates tailing the fleet didn't know this.
As more and more pirates gathered, finally some pirates couldn't help but make a move.
Someone took the lead, and the rest of the pirates instantly fell into madness. Everyone wanted a piece of the pie in the upcoming 'carnival'!
For a moment, looking down from above the clouds, it was like a pack of wolves hunting!
But the true hunters often disguise themselves as prey.
The moment the pirates made their move, the fleet immediately began to change formation, and the warships carrying the landless knights moved to the outermost perimeter.
The howling pirates rowed their longboats to charge and quickly approached the outermost cargo ships.
The landless knights on the ships could even clearly see the pirates' excited, ferocious grins, and couldn't help but reveal excited, ferocious grins themselves!
"Come on, come on, the more the better!" a knight shouted excitedly.
The ferocious grin on his face was even more terrifying than those on the pirates' faces!
Groups of longboats of various sizes, made up of hundreds of pirates, charged into the fleet. Large numbers of grappling hooks were thrown onto the ship railings.
"Brothers, the chance to get rich is here! As long as we plunder this ship, we'll have money and women!"
"Brothers, the chance to gain merit is here! As long as we kill this group of pirates, we'll have merit and status!"
The pirates, with ferocious grins, excitedly climbed onto the deck.
Looking closely, they saw a group of knights standing not far away, clad in plate armor and also with excited expressions!
The pupils of the first pirate to board the deck shrank, and his face changed drastically.
"Not good, run, run!"
This group of pirates who roamed the Stepstones were very clear about how strong the combat power of knights from Westeros was.
The seemingly clumsy plate armor was not only very flexible but also had defensive power far exceeding ordinary armor!
With the worn-out weapons in their hands, let alone piercing the armor, it would be good if they could even leave a mark on the plate armor!
However, the pirates behind had no intention of listening to his shouts. They all rushed onto the deck, screaming madly, and then stood dumbfounded.
Shouldn't there be panicked sailors on the cargo ship?
Why are there fully armed knights of the Seven Kingdoms?
"That's enough, everyone attack!"
Clang--
The elderly knight leading the charge suddenly drew his longsword and was the first to rush towards the trapped pirates!
In an instant, blood dyed the deck red, and a one-sided slaughter began.
The pirates who had already boarded wanted to turn and run, while the pirates who hadn't boarded were eagerly wanting to board and get a share.
The deck directly turned into a slaughterhouse. The well-trained knights in plate armor killed pirates with no difference from killing chickens.
Time passed minute by minute.
As the cannon fodder pirates were gradually wiped out, the real threat began to emerge!
Dozens of large pirate ships approached the cargo ships with lightning speed.
Thump, thump, thump--
The sides of the pirate ships rapidly approached, and the pirates, clearly much better equipped, boarded one after another, not fearing the heavily armored knights at all!
Blood gradually dyed the azure sea red, and countless dark shapes stirred beneath the surface.
The pirates wanted to plunder the supplies and gold on the ships, while the landless knights wanted to protect the supplies and gold, and incidentally exchange the pirates' heads for titles and land.
The battle between the two sides entered a white-hot state the moment they engaged!
Splurt--
Balkan swung his sword, directly splitting a pirate diagonally in half.
"A true knight can kill three ordinary soldiers in ten breaths, understand?"
"Understood, I believe I can do it soon!" Bars said, panting.
Balkan and Bars, the brothers, were originally wandering knights from the Crownlands.
Since there were no wars in the Seven Kingdoms, they usually made a living by helping great nobles manage villages.
Although their small lives were quite comfortable, in the end, they were managing land for others.
Later, after hearing about the situation in the Stepstones, the two brothers prepared to go to the Stepstones to try their luck.
If they happened to get land, or even the titles of baron or count, they would make a fortune!
Balkan was about to say something when his face suddenly changed, and he abruptly tackled his brother.
After Bars was tackled, a crossbow bolt whizzed past, grazing his right arm!
"Be careful, this isn't the time for chatting. First, kill all these pirates who don't know death!"
The two brothers stood back to back, holding longswords and fighting fiercely!
Just as the battlefield was gradually becoming more intense, a dragon roar suddenly erupted above the battlefield!
"Hiss-ga!"
Tessarion tore through the clouds and began to dive!
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