Chapter 263
A second-layer small building built of bricks and earth, with a messy courtyard without walls in front of it. In the center of the courtyard, there is a black scale iron pot that can fit a cow. Seven or eight men and women in Geyi are busy there.
Someone stuffed firewood into the bottom of the pot, there was a woman with dull and rough skin and a bloated body cleaning the turnip by the well, and there was a big bearded man Blade Technique fiercely skinning a dead dog - Dany from that fat The blackened corpse had a thick rotten stench.
There is also someone holding a large dustpan and pouring dark red meat with pale bones into the pot. Put barley, soybeans, onions and bones of unknown animals.
A thick layer of oil floats on the viscous brown soup. From time to time, bubbles the size of eyeballs slowly pop up and explode, and bursts of white gas bring a strange salty fragrance to all directions. .
"Gudong..."
"Gudong..."
Dany felt a little nauseated looking at the greasy soup, The "reed chai sticks" next to them opened their eyes wide and swallowed with their fingers.
"guest, the brown soup hasn't been cooked yet..." The square-faced man who poured the meat into the pot looked at the two Dany for a while, "Lord Knight, this place is good for you. I didn't serve you good wine or meat."
"These children," White Cloak pointed to the twenty or so beggar children around the taming horse, "give them a bowl of brown soup each. "
"Wait," Dany pupil shrinks, pointing in shock at the dustpan in the square-faced man's arms, "What is that? Damn it, you eat people!"
It's the dustpan Some are old, and a bamboo strip jumped out, hooking the outer skin of a red meat, and did not fall into the pot.
And that red meat, complete and attached to the skin, is the 'sausage' that all normal men have.
These guys really ate the "sausage" as a sausage! !
"Oh, this..." The square-faced man casually pulled down the big root sausage and threw it into the pot, his voice was flat, but his tone seemed firm, "We don't eat people, this is a duck. Neck!"
The other busy store clerks glanced at Dany indifferently, and did not stop their movements, still doing their own thing.
Dany wanted to say more, and even planned to draw a sword and cut someone, White Cloak grabbed her elbow and shook his head gravely, "Sir, that's a duck neck! Brown soup shop oneself won't do it. In the slaughtering business, only meat and vegetables are purchased from citizens, and they are boiled into brown soup and sold to nearby residents at almost cost price. Tens of thousands of Flea Bottom, hundreds of thousands of people live on it.”
Dany Silently pressed the sword back.
Old Knight dismounted and walked into the small courtyard. The man with the face on the other side asked, "Shiquik, how is the business recently?"
"Master Knight knows me?" .
"Hehe, I've lived in King's Landing for forty years and I know how many fleas there are in Flea Bottom." White Cloak's tone was complicated.
hearing this, the square-faced man and the other shop assistants looked towards the iron armored and helmeted Knight a lot more intimate.
"It's not good," Shiquik shook his head and sighed, "King's Landing has half a million people, most of the food, vegetables, and meat they need come from the Crownlands, but the wolf cubs in the north haven't built a big city. , but almost destroyed all the manors near Maidenpool.
The lions in the Westerlands are not a good thing, Iron Throne has changed their surname to Lannister, and when army crosses the border, they still send soldiers to the countryside to grab food, kill, rape .. ...."
The pig-kidney-faced youth crouching on the ground to burn the fire said with emotion: "Ai, I really miss the peaceful and prosperous times when King Robert was alive!"
"Yes, Yes,” agreed the teenage boy nodded next to him, “King Robert is good, at that time one copper plate could buy a pork sausage, now even a pumpkin costs three copper plates, and a Golden Dragon can even buy only one fan Beef."
"No, King Robert is nothing, King Aerys is good!" The fat woman washing vegetables by the well shook her head and shouted, "Dik, you are young and haven't experienced the ' Aerys is prosperous, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and they don't have to worry about food and drink, and the people of King's Landing are so happy that the brown soup business can hardly go on."
The bearded butcher also looked nostalgic and sighed: "Yes, I I still remember the King Aerys reigning the Seven Kingdoms in the Twelfth years, a copper can buy ten large apples in the Street of Flour, crunchy and sweet. Alas, I haven't had a juicy red apple in half a year!"
Some of those clerks miss Robert, some miss Aerys, and 80% of those who don't know the situation will think they are two peerless masters!
But Dany understands that what they miss is not King, but Summer in peacetime!
Why is everyone looking forward to Long Summer?
Just because Summer is rich, if there is no war, almost no one will starve to death.
Dany kicked the horse's belly, entered the small courtyard, frowned at the soup pot where the meat was tumbling, and asked the old Knight: "Their brown soup shop really doesn't make any money?"
Shiquik tugged at oneself's dirty linen shirt, and said unhappily, "You look at us, do you look like rich people?"
Dany nods, points to the group of children behind him, and asks: "How much should I pay to provide them with brown soup for half a year?"
Shiquik counted with his fingers. Said: "You can give it whatever you want, ten Silver Stags, twenty Silver Stags, you can."
"Will you be greedy for my money, but not give them food?" Dany said again. ask.
"How is that possible? I, Shiquik, are also famous in Flea Bottom," Shiquik flushed with anger and pointed at White Cloak. "Your companion knows me, you ask him."
"How is that possible? p>
"Give him twenty Golden Dragons, and the old Shiquik won't be greedy for ink." The old Knight's tone was confirmed.
Shiquik heard this, so moved his eyes were red, "Old Knight, take off your mask and let me see, someone who understands me so well must be my good friend!"
So White Cloak lifts his mask, revealing a shaggy beard.
"You're..." Shiquik was shocked, "Columbus in Mud Street? Where have you been in the past few years, it's been a long time since you came to see me for a drink!"
Dany...
"I'm not Columbus," White Cloak pulled on his face armor in disappointment, "Forget it, I've seen you many times, but you don't know me."
p>
"Ai, that's right," Shiquik pulled the back of his head and said apologetically with a smile, "Old Brother I'm sorry, it's like I know Queen Dowager Cersei, but she definitely doesn't know who I am."
This analogy...
"cough cough, not twenty Golden Dragons," Dany coughed a few times, interrupting the awkward chat between the two old men, "I have a fortune I want to donate a huge amount of money to your store, I just hope that in the future, a very hungry child will come over and have a full meal."
"Are you stupid?" Shiquik looked at her blankly.
“Why am I so stupid?” Dany wondered.
"Why do you care about those little bastards who are not raised by you, a noble lady from a rich family?" Shiquik asked.
"I'm rich, I'm happy."
Shiquik twitched the corners of his mouth, dropped the dustpan, and wiped his large greasy hands on his clothes before reaching out to Dany. "Don't worry, I won't be greedy for a copper plate."
Dany untied his backpack and threw a cowhide bag over there. The crash-bang sounded, weighing four or five pounds.
Unpredictable, Shiquik almost let go.
"Is this Silver Coin enough for 20 Golden Dragons? It's nonsense," he glanced at Dany, whispering began to unbutton the leather bag...a brilliant golden light almost blinded him.
"This, this, this..." Shiquik looked horrified and dazed, looking at Dany not knowing what to do.
"Trifling two or three hundred Golden Dragons only, don't look like you've never seen the world." Dany waved his hand and said casually.
"What, it's all Golden Dragon?" The other clerks didn't even do their jobs, and all came to watch.
Waiting to see the golden, shiny and cute little Golden Dragon, many people looked towards the money bag and Dany's eyes changed, greedy, hesitant, sinister, and even be eager to have a try... ...
Shiquik woke up instantly and shouted at the oneself guy: "What are you doing, what are you doing? Haven't seen the world? Trifling a few hundred Golden Dragons, all go back to work!"
The tone was stern and the sound was like thunder, the shop assistants lowered their eyes and retreated silently.
"Sir, can you..." Shiquik shook his head with a wry smile and said to Dany, "You look down on me too much."
Dany turned towards White Cloak Lifting his chin, he said with a smile: "His recognition is worth far more than this bag of Golden Dragon, but I only have this cash left on me, otherwise..."
Shiquik was surprised , looked towards the old Knight again, seriously said: "Who are you?"
"Dorne Arstan, worked at King's Landing for a few years."
Shiquik thought hard for a while. Not remembering such a "luxurious man", shaking his head, he said seriously: "I can't accept this money, and I'm not qualified to accept it. But I can help you transfer it to High Sparrow, only he can hold and take your donation. Practical."
"You know High Sparrow? Are you in the Poor Fellows?" Dany frowned.
"No, I don't know High Sparrow or join any Church Forces, but High Sparrow has heard of my name." Shiquik puffed out his chest and said proudly.
"He often sends Septon to deliver food to me, so that I can reduce the cost of brown soup and help more people."
"This," Dany looked surprised, " Has High Sparrow been doing these things?"
"Well, he sold almost everything that was valuable in Sept--even the Most Devout crown to buy food for the poor King's Landing. And so, Most recently Crownlands and Riverlands people who have destroyed their homes and lost their jobs have been gathering at King's Landing."
Dany's face changed, and he asked, "Are you going to see Most Devout now?"
"Of course," Shiquik said with a bitter smile, raising his purse, "if I don't go, I'm afraid I won't survive tonight when the news spreads."
"Is King's Landing so messed up? "White Cloak frowned.
"They're all hungry."
Leaving the group of little beggars at the brown soup shop to wait for the soup to cook, Shiquik stuffed the purse in his pocket and accompanied Dany and the two together. Leave.
The three of them walked through the narrow alleys in silence and came to the main road, and the grave expression on the Shiquik surface dissipated a little.
He let out a long sigh and said slowly: "The weather is getting colder. I heard that there was a light snow in the Riverlands two months ago. Everyone knows that winter is coming, but the kingdom is now.... ..Miss, you've already exposed your money, don't go to Flea Bottom in the future. King's Landing starved people riot a year ago, even Kingsguard died several times, even Most Devout..."
Shiquik didn't say anything, but Dany still guessed that the Most Devout was probably made into a brown soup!
After thinking for a while, Dany pulled out another parchment with intricate patterns and exquisite craftsmanship from the backpack, "This is also for you."
"What?" Shiquik took the left Look to the right, "I can't read, but the mark of The Seven and several strings of numbers on it look a bit like a Church Bank certificate of deposit?"