Of course, with the arrival of these livestock and grain merchants, the businesses in Fishing Village and White Sheep Town became even more prosperous.
Moreover, over the past month, merchant caravans from various great families of the Seven Kingdoms, who had already signed dragonflame wine orders and secured dragon porcelain quotas with Samwell, have successively arrived at Dragonstone.
They naturally did not come with empty ships; their cargo ships were filled with livestock, handicrafts, and local specialties from various regions.
The Family Mandele from White Harbor in the North not only brought high-quality animal furs and various livestock, but also quite a few unique sour wines and barley wines from the North.
The Northern Kingdom is located in the northernmost part, with a cold climate and scarce resources. People here need to build special greenhouses to utilize the warmer spring and summer climates for vegetable and grape production.
Due to climate limitations, the North cannot have large areas of wine-producing regions, so the output is extremely limited.
However, the quality of their barley wine is quite good, and this was one of the items Samwell specifically requested to be used for settlement in place of gold dragons.
The shrewd Samwell naturally knew that as long as these barley wines were specially processed by their winery, they could be sold at hundreds of times their original price in no time.
The Reach is the richest and most productive ducal territory in the Seven Kingdoms, with extremely abundant resources. In some places, crops can even be harvested three times a year.
Therefore, most of the lords of The Reach are very wealthy, and it is the region with the most families who signed orders with Samwell this time.
The Reach has both flat areas and high mountain southern slopes and large valleys, with ample sunlight and large temperature differences between day and night, making it very suitable for grape growth.
The Kingdom of The Reach is a "great wine country," and the best "golden wine" on the entire Westeros is produced here. This is also one of the items Samwell specifically instructed could be used for settlement.
The Reach is almost the entire Seven Kingdoms' food exporter, livestock supply base, and cash crop kingdom.
Therefore, their arrival not only brought a large amount of fine wine, grain, and livestock, but also a large amount of silk products and various cash crops, spices, and other valuable goods, making it the ducal territory with the largest transaction volume.
The Vale is located in the northeast of Westeros, with many mountains, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. The valley is mainly composed of mountains and forests, rich in resources but difficult to exploit.
The Vale is a peaceful and tranquil country, sheltered on all sides by mountains, with fertile black soil in the middle, wide and gentle rivers, and hundreds of large and small lakes that shine like mirrors in the sun.
Wheat, barley, and corn are all grown in the Vale. The pumpkins produced in the Vale are larger than those from Highgarden, which is known for its richness, and the fruits produced are sweeter.
The Wycliffe family is famous for making scented candles, which are infused with nutmeg and other expensive spices.
The great nobles of the Vale, led by House Arryn and House Royce, brought a massive amount of fruit products and fruit wines. Of course, there were also plenty of agricultural products and various livestock.
Because the prices offered by White Sheep Town are generally 10 to 20 percent higher than the market. In fact, even old, weak, or sick livestock will be accepted at a lower price by White Sheep Town.
Because not only do the dragons need a large amount of livestock for daily feeding, but the daily meals for the workers in the winery, porcelain factory, and other shops also consume a lot of meat.
So now Dragonstone is the most favored trading place for those livestock merchants. And it's not just these merchants from the Seven Kingdoms; some grain and livestock merchants from the Free Trade Cities have also begun to travel across the ocean to trade here.
Therefore, after this funeral, King Jaehaerys not only spent a large amount of money to begin expanding Fishing Village, but also specially dispatched tax officials and increased the number of guards.
He even sent a royal fleet of fifteen three-masted ships to be stationed at Dragonstone.
If King Jaehaerys had not exempted the transaction tax for the incoming merchant caravans and White Sheep Town in Fishing Village, Daenerys would have prepared to build a new port herself.
The Riverlands is a rich, fertile, and densely populated land. The dense river network crisscrossing it facilitates the movement of people and goods in the Riverlands.
In times of peace, the rivers are full of small fishing boats coming and going, large grain ships flowing downstream, and merchant barges wandering along the river.
For a long time, the residents here have been accustomed to transporting their harvested crops to the riverbank and exchanging them with merchants on the river for the goods they need.
As the Riverlands is the ducal territory closest to Dragonstone, it has the largest volume of grain and livestock transactions with White Sheep Town.
In addition to grain and livestock, the Riverlands' fishery resources are also very developed, so they also bring a rich variety of freshwater fish, cured fish, caviar, and other freshwater fish products each time.
The Stormlands is located south of King's Landing, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, bordered by The Reach to the west, the Dorne Sea to the south, and Shipbreaker Bay to the east.
In terms of area, it is one of the relatively smaller territories among the Seven Kingdoms, with an inland terrain that is mostly rugged mountains (such as near Summerhall).
The coast is mostly rocky (such as Storm's End), with vast and dense jungles (representative areas include the Royal Forest near King's Landing and the rainforests north of the Dorne Sea).
To the southwest, a long, narrow region extending from the Red Mountains is called the Dorne Marches.
This forms a geographically effective buffer zone, separating the three long-standing hostile kingdoms of the Stormlands, Dorne, and The Reach.
Countless battles have occurred here over the past few centuries, and this area has changed hands many times, until Dorne was later incorporated into the Seven Kingdoms, and the war gradually subsided.
To the east, there are also some islands off the coast that belong to the Stormlands. The most famous among them are Tarth, known as the Sapphire Isle, and the ancient Estermont.
Most ships avoid passing through the bay near the Stormlands, which is Shipbreaker Bay. However, a few miles away, the waters near Tarth are surprisingly incredibly blue and clear, which is why it is called the Sapphire Isle.
Therefore, the Stormlands is the region with the richest timber production and wild animals in the Seven Kingdoms.
Of course, several earldoms near Harvest Hall are also very important grain-producing areas.
The Stormlands brought a large amount of timber and wild animal furs to Dragonstone.
This is undoubtedly very important for the heavily under construction Dragonstone New Island and the expanding Fishing Village.
The Westerlands is not the largest in area, most populous, or most abundant in resources among the Seven Kingdoms, but it is undoubtedly the wealthiest.
It is mountainous, and the output of gold and silver mines is astonishingly rich. Casterly Rock, Golden Tooth, Castamere, Nun's Deep, and Pendric Hills are all major gold mining areas, so the Westerlands has invested a huge amount of manpower in gold mining and other resource extraction.
Therefore, the great nobles of the Westerlands brought a massive amount of gold and silver products for trade.
Of course, the wines of the Westerlands are also good, and the unique geographical environment allows many livestock raised in the Westerlands to be of very good quality.
Especially the Sunset Sea, which is rich in marine resources, besides those mining nobles. The earldoms whose family income is mainly based on marine fishing are the most numerous.
Therefore, among the Seven Kingdoms, the Westerlands also has a good naval force.
The two twin sons of Duke Lannister of the Westerlands, Jason Lannister and Tylan Lannister, had only just returned to the Westerlands, but they were already on their way back to Dragonstone with their family's merchant caravan.
Jason Lannister and Tylan Lannister