Chapter 99
"Gift?" Kraznys was puzzled, then pointed at the old man in surprise and said, "How can you speak Valyria?"
The old man each minding their own business opened a leather box the size of a cello, It is covered with thick fine Yin silk, and eight black scepters are placed on the soft silk cloth, almost two meters long, glittering and translucent like obsidian, but with an indescribable luxury and majesty.
The tops of the five scepters are encrusted with large blocks of gold carved in the shape of the head of Harpy, the eyes are inlaid with bright blond crystals, and the teeth are also carved from White Jade-like ivory.
In the position of the armrest of the stick body, there is also a one after another gold hoop, with fine lines to prevent sweat and slippery hands.
Kraznys opened his eyes and found that there were Valyria words inlaid with fine pink diamonds on the gold hoop, one of which was "Kraznys mo Nakloz", which was his oneself name.
Two more tops are inlaid with silver in the same style as before.
The slave businessman moved in his heart and looked towards the silver hoop. Sure enough, the name on it represented Good Masters, a Tokar robe that could only be worn with silver tassels.
The last one is exceptionally gorgeous. Although it is also mainly made of gold, it is inlaid with at least 80 pearls the size of broad beans.
The name of Grazdan with pearl fringe on it.
"These are really for us?" Kraznys, who has always been stingy, stared at the pig's eyes with disbelief, "If I read it right, this is a dragon bone rod, right?"
dragon bone is very special, it has a metal texture, but it is much lighter than black iron - even if it is not light, dragon does not raise.
At first Kraznys thought it was a black iron scepter, but only Pick it up and look at it for a while, and it is completely sure that they are all dragon bones.
"It's dragon bone." Whitebeard put the box in front of the slave-master, "I hope you like it, Good Masters, I'm taking my leave."
After he finished speaking, he put the pestle Turning away with oneself's hardwood cane.
"Wait," Kraznys stopped the old man and asked with a puzzled face, "but why? Eight exquisite dragon bone scepters are worth at least thousands, even tens of thousands of Golden Dragon."
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"We left Astapor today, and the Queen asked me to come over to give gifts." Whitebeard said lightly.
In fact, he was a little puzzled by oneself, and he didn't even know when Dany prepared these gifts.
When she set off in the morning, she asked the horse men, who was transferred to Smith, to send a large box, and asked him to personally give the gift to Good Masters after she left with Unsullied.
"Hey, tell your Westeros bitch...Queen." Looking at the luxurious dragon bone scepter, Kraznys felt that he should repay the other party, and stopped Whitebeard, sincerely suggested: "It's best to let the slaves get some combat experience first.
There are many small cities along the way, which are very suitable for looting. No matter what loot you get, you can take them all, because Unsullied is right Money and jewels have no desire.
The captured prisoners can be brought back to Astapor by arranging a team of escorts, Meereen and Yunkai will not stop them.
Well, the warriors with martial skills are sold to Meereen, young women and slender men sell to Yunkai and we'll buy healthy boys at good prices.
Maybe before she gets back to Sunset Sea, she'll make the slave money Come back, maybe ten years later, the boy she sent us will become Unsullied. This will form a virtuous circle, which will benefit everyone."
"hmph!" The old man turned pale and glared at the slave The -master glanced and rode away without saying a word.
Going out of the city gate, he saw the army of grandiose on the vast plain of Worm River.
Several hundred meters on horseback, Whitebeard met Dany on the loess-filled Great Way.
She was on a horse talking to several Ghis men in Tokar robes, and there were nearly a thousand horse men with bronze slave collars standing on the nearby flat ground.
"The horse men slaves of the whole Astapor are here, a total of 936 pieces. If you buy enough quantity, I will give you a 20% discount. One Silver Honor can buy five." The red and black stand upright The old slave dealer with hair said with a smile.
"Aggo, give the Good Masters 200 Silver Coins." Dany said to the Bloodrider behind him.
"Hehe, more, more," the slave dealer said happily, rubbing his hands together, "and I'm just a small businessman, not a good master."
" It's not easy for you to find horse men from all over the city, and the extra Silver Coin is a gift from me." When it came to 'gift', Dany meaningfully laughed at him, "One day, You will be treated the same as Good Masters."
"hehe, many thanks for your good words." The slave dealer was more and more happy.
When the Ghis people left with a large bag of coins, Whitebeard came over and said, "The gift has been sent, and the slave merchants like it."
"en." Join the marching force with horse men slave.
In Red Waste, although horse men are old and weak, everyone has horses, and the number of people is small, which is relatively easy to manage, and can travel more than 100 kilometers a day.
Now the environment is better, there is no shortage of water resources, and there is no shortage of fodder for horses, but there are many troops, and they are all infantry. It is estimated that it is difficult to walk 30 kilometers a day.
"Slave merchants also make you more..." The old man hesitated for a long time, but loyalty still prevailed over his conscience, and hesitantly relayed Kraznys' words, "You can let Unsullied sack the towns along the way, not only adding Military supplies, and can...oh!"
In the end, he still couldn't persuade her to sell slaves.
"Hehe, are the residents of the town sold as slaves to the Slaver's Bay city-states, forming a virtuous circle?" Dany smiled and helped him continue.
"Uh..." The old man was stunned and persuaded: "Her Highness the Princess, you can't sell slaves, not to mention the reaction of the Seven Kingdoms people when they found out, you have also See, how miserable the slaves are."
"If we don't loot small cities, how do we travel tens of thousands of miles and return to the Seven Kingdoms?" Dany asked deliberately.
When the slave-master sold Unsullied, he only gave away a sleeveless leather armor, a short sword, a lance, a metal shield, a sleeping bag, and three-day rations.
Unsullied have finished training with bronze spiked helmets, Unsullied apprentices don't even have helmets.
Without robbery, Dany wouldn't be able to feed more than 10,000 people a month later.
Well, the belongings she brought from Qarth are still there.
Whitebeard thought long and hard after a long time, and said tentatively, "Maybe, I can borrow it."
"Who can I borrow?" Dany became interested.
"The bank merchant of Free Cities, Iron Bank of Braavos." The old man glanced at Knight Jorah, who was silent, "Even Earl of Bear Island can have tens of thousands of Golden Dragon loans in Iron Bank. The amount, Queen of the Seven Kingdoms borrowed several million, no problem at all."
"You know what?" Jorah blushed, "My Longclaw is Valyrian Steel Sword, Duke Tywin 80 I didn't even sell Golden Dragon, Iron Bank is smart!
Also, in order to pay off the interest, I sold my life for them for several years, hovering on the edge of life and death dozens of times."
The old man touched his chin and looked at Knight's gorgeous black armor inlaid with gold, nodded and said: "Her Highness the Princess, the money from selling the armor is enough for the 10,000 people of us to circle the world twice."
"Can't-" Jorah blushed, looking pleadingly towards Dany.
"Forget it, it's just a joke, I have a plan in mind." Dany said with a smile.
"What plan?" the two asked at the same time.
She pondered and asked, "Do you know why I want to send a present to the slave-master?"
The two looked at each other with a blank expression, and Jorah's heart moved for a while. , suddenly remembered the topic that oneself had talked to her several times, tentatively said: "guest gift?"
"hehe..." Dany nods with a smile.
"But we don't have a guest relationship with the slave-master?" The old man was puzzled. "They sell slaves, and we buy Unsullied. It's completely normal trade."
" It's also a kind of guest relationship." Jorah gently pulled the reins, looked thoughtful: "Free Cities is not the same as Seven Kingdoms. In Westeros, strangers pass by the host's mansion, and the precondition of guest relationship is reached, as long as the host The guest right will take effect automatically when you take in guests.
According to the previous theory of Her Highness the Princess, this is actually a kind of credit, a 'promise', a promise not to harm each other.
In Free Cities, a normal credit transaction counts... We came to this city, the city owner didn't rob us, and he invited us to lunch yesterday and watch a beast fight, isn't this a guest relationship?"
Whitebeard was persuaded by Jorah and gradually accepted this point of view, and nodded sighed: "That's right, in Westeros, as long as you eat the salt provided by the host, the guest right will—"
Speaking of this, he looked up suddenly, looked towards Dany in shock, and stammered: "Her Highness the Princess, you...you...you gift to the Good Masters... .is a guest gift?!!!"
Jorah hearing this was stunned for a moment: Isn't it obvious, it's necessary to make a fuss about nothing?
But next moment, after he wanted to understand the meaning of "guest gift", he also changed his color and said in a trembling voice: "Guests give gifts to hosts and guests mainly to express their gratitude to the hosts for their hospitality. But...but at the same time, it also represents the end of the guest relationship between the two parties. We and Good Masters no longer enjoy guest rights, you want to-"
Dany looked back calmly and interrupted. He said: "You hate and hate the slave system, but you only want to avoid it. I am different. I want to change everything. After tomorrow, I will see who will dare to sell slave Warrior."
Her words Confirming the conjectures of the two, they were dumbfounded for a while, not knowing what to say.
"Will the Unsullied... follow your... plan?" Whitebeard hissed halfway through.
Dany laughed, "I'm not sure, so I'm going to leave Astapor and try it out."
If Unsullied is obedient, execute plan A and make big news; , she did not have the "Queen temperament" of the original owner, Daenerys, and could not let Unsullied bow down, so she immediately ran away with horse men little brother.
A few kilometers away from the city anyway, even if the slave-master knew she was going to fuck them, she couldn't catch up.
They were walking on the ancient Ghiscari Great Way along the coast at this time, and the four sea-going ships of Groleo had been along the coastline, following her!
However, Dany guessed that oneself will succeed 99% of the time through the prophecy revealed by Quaithe yesterday.
Thinking of this, she turned her head to beckons with the hand, a little black girl who was more than a dozen meters away, and called out, "Missandei, come here."
The maid Jhiqui prepared a meal for her. A red-maned filly, small and docile, just big enough for her to ride.
"Master, what are you looking for the villain?" Missandei rode over, respectfully asked.