Chapter 188
Kadlik isn't bragging.
The Port of Volantis occupies the entire mouth of Rhoyne, and the dock area is almost invisible, and ships from all over the world can be found here.
The piers the size of which extend to the sea are like burrs on the skin of wild boars, of varying lengths, densely packed.
None of these piers, which are too numerous to count, are empty, they are crowded with sea and river boats.
Battleships, whalers and trade oars, galleons, galleons, gondolas, large gondolas, longboats and Swan Ships. There are boats from Oldtown, White Harbor, King's Landing, Lys, Tyrosh and Pentos, the Qarth spice boat the size of a palace, Yi Ti, Asshai and Hyrkoon...
Even the fleet transporting goods to the terminal stretches for more than ten kilometers.
Even if the last ray of red light is hidden in the western horizon, there are still thousands, tens of thousands of slave workers, shirtless, busy loading and unloading goods under the torch light.
Atop Hathay tall, Dany looked complicated.
The torches on the dark sea are dense as stars, the chaotic shouts are loud and harsh, and the smell of salty sea, fishy smell, sweat, urine and feces wafting in the wind makes you can't guard against it.
This is indeed a world-class seaport, but its prosperity is all based on low-cost or even no-cost slave labor.
Wharf coolies, sea boat oarsmen, street coachman, bearer, hotel Winery waiter, prostitute on the street...even the manor farmer outside the city, almost all of them are slaves.
She now somewhat understands why the Allies and the United Nations are there.
Without the slave, the food, clothing, housing and transportation of Free Cities, etc., all living and business costs will almost instantly double tenfold.
In this way, the prosperous nautical trade in this world will not go on.
Dany is not only destroying slave systems, but also stifling maritime trade.
If her goal is achieved, the entire world's trade activity will be cut in half immediately.
In addition to the increase in the cost of sea trade, the market collapsed in an all-round way. Under Dany's rule, the people will no longer need foreign commodities because of the self-sufficiency of the small-scale peasant economy, just like the ancient Chinese dynasty.
The reason why it was difficult for the Great Heavenly Dynasty to develop maritime trade was because the dynasties and dynasties rarely needed foreign goods - even if the Southern Song Dynasty lost a large area of the northern land and had to rely on maritime trade to survive, the Song people also imported less , export more.
If there are immortal islands distributed overseas, each immortal island has a different amount of life-extending medicine.
Well, it can only prolong life, not longevity.
It is estimated that before the Song Dynasty, the Imperial Emperor was crowned "ball leader".
"Unless something can replace the slave and provide the same cheap labor for merchants..." Dany shook his head with a wry smile.
As a modern person, doesn't she know that something is cheaper than a slave?
Machine!
Hathay crunched forward, Dany covered his nose with a silk scarf, and whispered to the Knight beside him: "How many years has Citadel been born?"
The old man frowned for a while and shook his head. : "I'm not sure. There are First Men who say they came to Westeros 10,000 years ago, and Maester who thinks the whole Westeros is only 2,000 years old...
Your Majesty can go to Oldtown Recruiting a few Maesters, scholars from Slaver's Bay won't help you learn about your homeland."
"Even if Citadel was founded two thousand years ago, I ask you, could they invent the steam engine?" Dany asked.
"What...chicken?"
Chicken, you are so beautiful!
"Ser, have you seen the boiling kettle? "
"Of course."
"Is there a Maester imitating a kettle and building a big iron lump, can, can..." Dany's little face was tangled, Finally, he said: "You can turn, turn, turn...with an iron wheel while blowing."
"No." The old Knight's tone was very firm.
"Could it be that you don't know?"
The old man sighed then said: "Your Majesty... um, my lord, although I don't understand what you are talking about, but then It sounds very complicated, and with Westeros' Smith skill, it's completely impossible."
"Ai, I'm going to take a trip to the Citadel myself." Dany helplessly said.
There is no doubt that after the fall of Valyria, Citadel and Asshai became the highest representatives of wisdom in this world.
And Maester's spirit of exploration and curiosity is very sufficient, and he also specializes in the field of science, which can represent the highest productivity in the world.
"Hey, hey, hey..." Kadlik on the elephant's back turned his head and winked at Dany.
"What?" She looked puzzled.
"You haven't told me about that woman yet." The driver said dissatisfied.
"I thought you..."
Dany laughed suddenly, "Okay, I see."
"Arstan, listen. Said that the Mother of Dragons hatched another dragon in Yunkai?" she said loudly to the Knight beside her.
Knight was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.
"cough cough..." Dany pointed to the driver who was overheard on the elephant's back.
The old man reacted and said with a bitter smile: "Isn't it? I heard someone say it at the New Ghis wharf..."
The two sang together and put the The good times of Slaver's Bay are told.
"Make way, make way for the honorable Mrs. Braavos."
Kadlik yelled at the surrounding sailors and slaves in local dialect to clear the way, ears high He got up and listened to the words of the two guests in the back seat.
Seeing his energetic appearance, he was obviously very excited.
"Hey, Braavos people, are you crazy, how can that evil Mother of Dragons be so good?" A displeased shouted came from the side.
Dany and Barristan naturally don't speak ill of oneself. Although they didn't hype "Mother of Dragons Spiritual God came into the world and save all sentient beings", they talked about her policies and the impact of these policies on the new Free. The meaning of Folk.
The street is not close to shoulder to shoulder, but the elephant and Hathay are too big, almost the elephant is connected to the elephant, the wheels are close to the wheels, and the two tall wooden wheels collide a few times from time to time, and then the car "ga zhi" " moaned.
What's more, Hathay has no roof, similar to putting a chair on a trolley, with the seat open on all sides.
At this time, a white elephant draped in colorful brocade walked on the left of Dany Hathay, sitting on it was a fat middle age person with blond hair, wearing a gorgeous purple silk shirt with gold thread embroidery on the cuffs and collar. Has beautiful dragon graphics.
"Have you been to Slaver's Bay?" Fatty's pig eyes were clearly suspicious.
"I want to go, but New Ghis and Qarth didn't go to the merchant ship in Slaver's Bay at all." Dany shrugged and said casually.
"Haha, you haven't been there, and you're still talking nonsense here? I've been there, and I've seen that woman. Let me tell you, that woman has such a big head... "fatty gestures on oneself pregnant belly.
"How is that possible?"
Before he could continue, an unbelievable call came from a Hathay on Dany's right, with an out-of-town accent, "I heard Mother of Dragons is only fifteen... sixteen years old, she is a young and beautiful girl, House Targaryen doesn't look ugly, how could she have such a big head?"
Hathay also sat on two people, Two young men of the same age.
One is tall and well-proportioned, with a handsome appearance and a dashing temperament, with a pair of blue eyes and a head of sand-colored hair mixed with gold threads,
the other black hair and eyes, He has a high forehead, Patafang, a wide nose, and looks very honest.
He's a little short, about the same height as Dany, but he's sturdy and stocky.
The one who shouted was him, his face full of shock and disbelief.
"Why is it impossible?" Fatty's pig face turned to the young man, and asked earnestly: "Do you know about her defeat of the Ghis coalition?"
"I heard that However, she fought bravely and used her soldiers like a god, defeating a mixed army of hundreds of thousands of mercenaries, slave soldiers, and Ghis with extremely low losses. What is more terrifying is that no one knows her complete tactics at that time." black haired youth said with a complicated look.
"That's not right!" Volantis fatty slapped his hands and yelled: "You think, without a big head, how can you support a ten-foot height and a ten-foot waist? Without a ten-foot burly body, How to charge into battle, you can't be brave?"
"This..." black haired youth was stunned.
Dany's mouth twitched, reminding: "She has a dragon."
"It's just a young dragon born less than two years old," Valyria fatty solemnly vowed, "our ancestors were The noble Dragonlord knows more about dragons than that woman.
And the mercenaries who have returned from the front line have said that the woman's dragon has never killed a few people except for throwing kerosene bombs on the ships. ."
He spread his hands, looked down at Dany, glanced at the two young men again, and asked loudly: "The dragon that throws the tinder barrel is at most equivalent to a trebuchet. I Ask you guys, is the trebuchet terrifying?"
Dany was at a loss for words.
Theoretically, at the same time, the fire bombs thrown by the dragon are not as good as the trebuchets.
dragon take-off and reloading takes too long.
Does the trebuchet function have the accuracy and attack range of a dragon?
"So, the woman who can defeat the Ghis Alliance must be ten feet tall, with muscular knots, and the shape of a Giant." "Too terrifying. I always thought she was a role model for a female Knight, and I wanted to see her style."
Seeing that several young people were stunned, Fatty was triumphant and continued: " Not only that, anyone who has been to Slaver's Bay knows that the woman is cruel and bloodthirsty, and even noble nobles will be cut off by her for making a small mistake."
" The nobles didn't get preferential treatment?" The blond young man asked in disbelief.
"Hehe, is destroying a family and a family a preferential treatment? That woman has a butcher named Cleon Chainbreaker. In order to get the seat of Earl, his family has killed countless inheritances of the Royal Family, the Royal Family, ah, Not an ordinary noble."
"unimaginable... madness." The blond youth said while staring.
"She's still a witch, feeding her dragons with the flesh of newborn babies; she's still an oathbreaker who mocks Gods, breaks treaties, deceives envoys, and slays the good.
She Burning with lust, not only fuck with men, women and eunuch, but even find dogs and children to satisfy their desires, and the end of her tired partner is extremely miserable..."
fatty down The voice, in a penetrating tone, said, "That woman took the man's Soul through intercourse."
"I must take the city." Dany whispered in Barristan's ear.
I also want to make qualified white paper as soon as possible. The printing technique is easy. Ghis people themselves are experts in burning bricks, but the pulp for papermaking can only be adjusted step by step.
The paper for butt-wiping has long been made, but it is far from enough paper for books.
With paper and printing, it is possible to print history books on a large scale.