Chapter 47
Dany went to Temple of Memory the other day to read the history of Qarth.
From the thick sheepskin book, she got three important pieces of information: first, the world map centered on Qarth, so she knew the whole picture of the world; second, the speculation related to Whitecloud was confirmed .
When Valyria is not destroyed, Slaver's Bay has a Valyrian road connecting the major city-states of Valyria.
Valyrian road is a monolithic stone road smelted by Magic and lava. It is wider and stronger than modern highways. It connects almost all the city-states through it and the Noyne watershed in the western continent.
If you want to get rich, build roads first.
There is no safer high-speed passage than Valyrian road. At that time, businessmen went to "Far East - Jade Sea - Qarth - Whitecloud - Slaver's Bay - Valyrian road - all over the world" Route, all have desert Wonders like Whitecloud.
Dany guessed a little wrong. The dry riverbed she saw was not natural, but an artificial river.
Valyrian drove the slave to dig an artificial river from the source of the Lhazar River, nearly a thousand kilometers, through two white cities, until the third white city is the end point.
Three hundred years ago, Valyria was destroyed in the cataclysm, and the entire Lands of Long Summer was shrouded in a strange curse. From Slaver's Bay to Volantis, the Valyrian road became the Demon Road that everyone feared.
In this way, the thousand-year-old 'Silk Road' between the East and the West came to an end, and merchants could only avoid the road from Volantis to Qarth by sea.
The white city has lost its existence value, and the rivers that require a lot of manpower to repair every few years are gradually drying up.
In less than a hundred years, the white city, whose strength was weakened to the extreme, was destroyed in the hands of passing horse people.
Well, getting down to business, the third piece of information Dany got from the Temple of Memory was related to Valyria.
Valyria Dragonlord has captured the Plains of the Jogos Nhai in the Far East after catching the slave, how could he let go of Qarth beside him?
On the day the dragon came to town, the ancient Qarth Pureborn perished, leaving only one princess to become the wife of a Valyria Dragonlord, the two ancestors of the Royal Family before Dany today.
Dany guesses that the Royal Family must be both coveted and terrified of her dragon.
As the Mother of Dragons, she has the ability to be the ancestor of the next Qarth Pureborn, just as the Dragonlord did back in the day.
So, Dany asked the Royal Family at the top: "The great ruler of the immortal city of Qarth, I ask you, lend me a fleet, so that I can return to the hometown I miss day and night, The people of Westeros will thank you for bringing back their Queen."
At the end, she wept sadly, wiping away tears.
Qarth's onions are awesome!
It was a little embarrassing. In the huge hall, her finely choked sob actually produced an echo. It was really empty and silent, and no one gave her a response.
"wu wu wu..." Maybe the Royal Family also felt that it was too embarrassing to be so cold, and there were sobbing and crying sounds from the high platform.
It's still the nursery.
Wendello who received 777 Gold Honors from Dany.
"Daenerys, your words are really touching, your emotions deeply touched me." He wiped away tears.
Dany's eyes widened, expecting him to continue, it would be great to send her dozens of warships.
"But I'm addicted to music, not interested in business, not like The Thirteen, everyone has a huge fleet, I'm wealth to rival a nation, but I don't have the big ships you need."
>Dany's heart is half cold, you bastard, you say oneself wealth to rival a nation, and you are so stingy.
"Khaleesi, your clothes, your manners, and the way you speak all move me." Another Royal Family who took bribes, known as "Egon the Exquisite", used a crying tone, He politely refused: "I am a Royal Family, but I am also a poet. I would like to write a poem about your experience." Old Valyria recite poetry.
The content of the poem roughly tells the story of an ancient kingdom's Last Princess, how she went through all kinds of difficulties and dangers, but finally got the support of many subjects, defeated Usurper, successfully married the prince, and grew into a Generation Queen.
Although she can't send a fleet to send Dany back to her country, she can still fulfill her dream in this way!
"wu wu wu, it's so touching, and I wish you successes easily, Queen Your Majesty of Seven Kingdoms." Many people said for the first time... uh, that is Refuse.
Some people learned from Egon and the others and rejected them with euphemisms, while others remained silent and silently rejected.
I don't know when, Fatty Seneschal, who had been standing quietly at the lower left corner of the steps, suddenly moved a few steps to the middle, not disturbing the Royal Family on the five-meter-high platform, and just letting Dany think of oneself. .
Dany catches a glimpse of him gesturing quietly to oneself, signaling the end of today's petition.
what? Is this the end?
Even if you don't send a few warships, you should have a gift in return, right?
She has managed more than 10,000 Honors.
In order to raise money, she also sells most of the gifts from visitors.
This Qarth Pureborn is really a group of Top Grade, completely disregarding guest etiquette, completely stingy!
Dany cursed the eighteen generations of the Royal Family's ancestors over and over again in his heart, still mourning, wiping his tears to express his gratitude to the Royal Family, and then politely asked to retire.
After leaving the palace, she waited for another hour in the drill field of the side hall. When the sky was getting dark, three dragons landed on her side, and she re-hooked the lock ring, and a group of people came along. path, leaving the Hall of a Thousand Thrones.
When she came by the bullock cart at noon, because the sun was high in the sky, the weather was too hot, and the street culture was sparsely populated. At this time, it was approaching dusk, and the wide driveway was blocked by the crowd.
Jhogo in front had to "crack" his whip in the air while shouting loudly from his horse, "Get out of the way, you milk men, get out of the way! To Mother of Dragons make way."
But his jerky Valyria language can only attract the curious eyes of countless people, and it has no effect on improving the congested environment at this time, and the ox cart can only move forward step by step.
It seems commonplace for the great businessman Xaro, reclining leisurely on the backrest of the cool mahjong mat, pouring the ruby wine into a pair of matching Emerald gold goblets, steadfastly. Handed it to Dany on the opposite side, "My light of love, I see deep disappointment written in your red and swollen eyes, have they rejected you?"
Dany took the glass and drank it More than half, "You bright vision like a torch, insight into the truth of affairs, yes, the Royal Family ruthless rejected me.
Or, they simply didn't think to help me, purely because My curiosity about dragons and my own boredom called me here."
Xaro hearing this did not show any unexpected expression on his face, while pouring wine for oneself, he asked casually: "They said it all. What?"
"Wendello said oneself had no boat and couldn't help me, 'Egon the Exquisite' recited a poem for me in tears, and Matthos who took my 500 Honor didn't even bother to say anything about refusal." Dany sighed then said, and asked, "Can I get Ser Jorah to ask him to get the money back?"
"Ai, these Qartheen are really untrustworthy, people without credit can't survive in the business world, Qarth is the biggest business capital, so the power of the Royal Family is getting lower and lower, and its reputation is getting worse and worse." Xaro mocked a few words with contempt, and then solemnly looked towards Dany, admonishing her: "It's about getting the gift back. , don't mention it again - if you don't want the 'Sorrowful Men' to sneak into my palace one night and murder you while you're asleep."
"Sorrowful Men … "Dany nodded, and stopped asking Matthos for money.
Qartheen not only sheds tears at every turn, and regards tears as a sign of a civilized person, there is another characteristic: politeness.
When the Qarth killer killed, he also politely said "I am so sorry" to the victim. Hence, the historic killer group became known as the "Sorrowful Men".
Well, the politeness of believe oneself infallible. What happened this afternoon at the Hall of a Thousand Thrones didn't make Dany feel that Qartheen was being polite.
"ao, my love, don't be too sad, you're not alone in what happened today." Xaro left and right hands spread their arms wide, resting on the back of the soft couch, hooking The wine glass between the fingers of the right hand shakes gently, "Qarth has a saying, it is easier to milk the Stone Cow of Faros than to wring gold from the Pureborn.
Do you know Faros? Located in the Jade Sea Isn't it peculiar to an island in the 'Stone Cow' where people worship the stone cow?
My luxury yacht can take you there to see local sights if you will marry me. In fact my caravan All over the Jade Sea, you can go anywhere you want.
We travel to Yi Ti, we can also go to find the dream city of the poet's mouth, we can go to the Plains of the Jogos Nhai, use the dead The head of Usurper sips the wine of wisdom..."
"I will sail to Westeros and sip the wine of vengeance with the head of Usurper. Why don't you and I go to King's Landing, the scenery of Sunset Continent More beautiful and mysterious than Jade Sea." Dany winked at him and said with a smile: "In addition to the shocking beyond the wall Wall, I heard that there are Others in the extreme northern lands!
Do you know Others? The terrifying monster that can bring eternal night to the world is much more interesting than that stone cow!"
"Let the Others come, it would be more chilling for me to be rejected by you again than the eternal night." fatty wiped He turned his face and squeezed out a few more tears from his eyes.
Sure enough, every Qartheen can cry under any circumstances.
"I've told you many times, I'm a businessman, all businessmen are pacifists, war is the killer of stable trade. We may expect war from others, but oneself is Never get involved.
Also, I can't figure out what's so good about that iron chair in King's Landing, I heard that it was smelted by your ancestors with thousands of swords. It's cold, hard and sharp. An iron monster.
Aren't you afraid of those uneven spikes cutting your toned buttocks?" The businessman also rejected Dany again.
“bang!”
In the street outside the car, countless citizens suddenly shouted together, and the huge sound seemed to overturn the ox cart under Dany’s seat.
"Crench—" The ox cart also stopped suddenly at this time.
"What happened?" Dany asked loudly through the veil.