Game of Thrones: The Red Dragon Lord.

Chapter 100 New Crossbow
Two months later.

In the deep-water port of Longyan Bay, the sun shines on the sparkling sea, casting a golden glow.

Gavin stared intently at the three-bow crossbow that had been modified by Coben, looking forward to its performance.

"Ready!" Coben gave the order, and the operator skillfully pulled the loaded crossbow. The sunlight flickered on the crossbow, as if foreshadowing the shocking moment to come.

"Fire!" Following Coben's command, a loud noise echoed in the port, and the crossbow arrow flew out like lightning. It was as if a hole had been opened in the air, and the crossbow arrow tore through the sky at an incredible speed, bringing up a gust of wind.

I saw a black shadow instantly penetrate the side of a ship in the distance. The huge kinetic energy instantly burst the wooden board of the side and formed a hole, and wood chips flew like rain. The crossbow arrow was unstoppable, and it went through the other side of the side, stirring up high water splashes on the sea surface. The power was unparalleled.

Coben could not hide his excitement, "Sir, after this improvement, the range and power of this crossbow have increased by nearly half!"

Hassan on the side watched with his eyes shining, and said excitedly: "Sir, in my opinion, we should immediately start replacing the crossbows on all warships!" His words were full of anticipation and excitement, as if he had already seen the victory brought by the new crossbows in future battles.

Gavin asked Coben, "How long does it take to make a new ballista?"

Coben immediately explained: "Because we are modifying the original ones, the replacement speed is very fast. Now we have enough manpower, and it will only take two months to replace all the crossbows in the fleet."

Gavin nodded with satisfaction, and immediately instructed Hassan: "Immediately arrange for the fleet's ships to take turns to Dragon Flame Bay to replace the crossbows."

Hassan immediately obeyed, "Yes, sir!"

Afterwards, Gavin announced in public, "From today on, Coben is appointed to be in charge of intelligence work and serve as the chief scholar of the Stone Steps Islands."

Koben bowed deeply and said, "Thank you for your trust, sir. I will do my best to live up to your expectations!"

At night, the manor was slowly shrouded in darkness, as if it was sleeping in a peaceful dream.

In that quiet study, the light is soft and warm, and the surrounding bookshelves are filled with heavy books.

Gavin, Boris, Cobain and Hassan sat around an antique desk.

Gavin stood up, took out a bottle of summer red from the wine cabinet beside him, and slowly poured it into everyone's glass. The wine rippled in the glass, exuding a mellow aroma. With the sound of the wine hitting the glass, Gavin finally said slowly: "I plan to launch an attack on Reese in the near future. Do you have any suggestions?" His voice was low, and his eyes swept across everyone's faces one by one.

The Lys envoy that Gavin had sent a warship to intercept had been captured and brought back to the Stepstones half a month ago. After interrogation, the other party admitted that it was Governor Lys who knew Gavin had a dragon and was worried about Gavin's threat, so he had no choice but to choose the assassination method. The Lys envoy was ordered by the Governor to go to Braavos to hire the Faceless Man. When he left Lys, Governor Lys even planned to remake a batch of dragon hunting crossbows that had been abandoned for a hundred years.

Gavin plans to take the initiative while Reese is still unaware and use the information gap to eliminate the threat in advance.

The study fell into a brief silence. Only the dim light cast swaying shadows on the four people's faces, as if foreshadowing the coming storm.

Boris was the first to break the silence and said, "Those tax officials sent by the Iron Throne have been pestering us recently. They have always wanted to see you, My Lord, but I have rejected them all for various reasons. Ever since the news of your plan to marry Princess Daenerys came out, these people have come to me more and more frequently, and the tax control and ship inspections in the territory have become more stringent. Although the main source of income in the territory is our goods, we have been expanding our fleet and building new projects, and there is basically not much deposit left in the territory. I feel that if we go to war with Rees now, we must do it quickly." His face was gloomy, and his tone was filled with deep worry.

After listening to this, Gavin nodded slightly without any response, and then turned his gaze to the other two.

Hassan also spoke up, "Among the three kingdoms of daughters, only Lys is an island nation. In terms of maritime strength, Lys is the strongest, followed by Tyrosh, and Myr is the weakest. Since you conquered the Stepstones, our relationship with Lys has been the worst, and the two sides have often confronted each other. The number of their warships is comparable to ours, and the Sann family they support has 40 warships stationed in Lys. However, in terms of ship performance, the enemy's sailing warships are less than half of ours, and they also have the newly designed ballista by Maester Qyburn. Once the war starts, I think we have a great advantage at sea, but we need to consider the threats from Tyrosh and Myr."

Qyburn immediately interrupted and said, "The alliance of the Three Daughters is not that close. The alliance is mainly to prevent Volantis from seizing the disputed lands. Tyrosh and Myr may not participate in our war to Lys, but of course we cannot rule out their participation. My lord, we can send envoys to Volantis. As long as they show signs of seizing the disputed lands, we can contain Tyrosh and Myr."

Hearing Coburn's suggestion, Gavin narrowed his eyes slightly and responded: "How sure are you that Volantis will take action?"

Coben thought for a moment and said, "Your Excellency, the three governors of Volantis are Malachor Megia of the Tiger Party and Nesiso Wisama and Dophas Panimion of the Elephant Party. The Tiger Party is the war party and has always been eager to seize the disputed land. We only need to convince one of the two Elephant Party members to achieve our goal. If we only let Volantis take an offensive posture and do not participate in the war, I think we have a good chance of success."

After hearing this, Boris also agreed, "My lord, I think Maester Coburn's suggestion is very good. Whether Volantis agrees or not, we must send envoys in a swaggering manner. When Tyrosh and Myr learn of this, they will definitely be on guard against Volantis. This can effectively divert their attention."

Gavin nodded and said to Qyburn, "Then do it. I'll leave it to you to send the envoy to Volantis. Also, how is the situation at the Iron Throne? Has the news been delivered?"

After hearing this, Coben immediately replied: "According to your instructions, the message has been delivered to those people. There is no response yet. I think they need to confirm the authenticity of the message, so they dare not act rashly for the time being."

Gavin smiled and said, "I'm afraid King's Landing will be in chaos soon. They won't be able to take care of us for a while. We can take this opportunity to get rid of Reese."

(End of this chapter)