Chapter 480
"The ground is full of rocks, you can't dig it!" Bronn complained at the dinner.
"Didn't I set fire to it before?" Dany wondered.
She's not a fool who doesn't eat minced meat, of course she knows how pitted the 250-meter pit dug in Dragonstone, which is full of rocks.
So when she activated the lava magic power before, she deliberately used the magic flame to burn the stone from bottom to top for ten minutes.
After that, a large amount of icy sea water was poured into it, which expanded with heat and contracted with cold. Even if the stone didn't turn into tofu scum, it shouldn't be so difficult to dig, right?
"Only the stone near the gap that has been burned by the fire is relatively brittle, and other places are still difficult to dig. After all, you have to dig 40 square meters wide!" Bronn said.
“You don’t have to dig all 40 square meters, just build the basement at the top 50 meters, and it may be much faster later.” Marwyn said.
"Then I'll go back to Slaver's Bay first, you guys can dig slowly, no hurry." Dany said.
Old Crab moved in his heart and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, Prince Aegon...what's going on?"
"Didn't I write to you? ' Dany glanced at him, indifferently said.
"He...but really?"
Old Crab's voice was lower, but still so loud in the silent hall.
Because everyone stopped talking and chewing food, they looked at the Dragon Queen in the main seat.
“What do you think?” Dany asked rhetorically.
"I don't think it's useful, it depends on what you think. If you say he's real, he's also real; if you don't admit it, then he must be fake." Old Crab said faintly.
“Did Varys ever send a letter to Dragonstone?” Dany asked.
"No, Varys disappeared the night Tywin died, and no news of him has been heard since. Either he died somewhere in the dark, or he was hiding somewhere in the dark and plotting crafty plots and machinations," said Old Crab.
"There must be something wrong with that guy, or he should come to Dragonstone to find you right now," Bronn said.
Danyon nods: "Pay attention to the news of Varys, I have to ask him face to face about some things. As for Aeg, he has no influence on our plan. Long Night is difficult to pass, everything is empty talk."
Old Crab pointedly reminded: "If Prince Aegon appeared directly in Westeros, I can guarantee that nine out of 10 people would call him a liar.
This is dominated by The Spider, no He is believed to be loyal to Prince Rhaegar.
A little older, like me, knows how Varys separated your father from Prince Rhaegar.
But little Prince After a trip to Slaver's Bay, and your reception, the Seven Kingdoms nobles will think you are acquiescing to him.
I have to admit, Varys has always been smart, and this time he made another The most correct thing - let you vouch for Prince's identity.
The nobles don't trust Varys, they don't trust Prince Aegon who appears out of thin air, but they trust you 100%, you are 100% True Dragon.
Your Majesty, if you have any plans for the future, get ready now, before Prince Aegon returns to Westeros."
Dany stared at Old Crab eyes for a full ten seconds.
“How do I prepare?” she asked.
“What do you want at Westeros?” Old Crab asked rhetorically.
"Westeros has Seven Kingdoms, at least one kingdom belongs to me, to my descendants and bannermen." Dany said.
Old Crab thought for a moment, then sighed, "You're asking very little, and the King's Landing power gamers will be happy to hear that."
"hmph, then On the premise that I didn't end Long Night," Dany said with a sneer, looking around the audience at the long table, "I swear that I will stick to it.
After Long Night, if The person on Iron Throne is not the one who ends Long Night, then he is ready to accept the conquest of the national nobles!"
Then, she emphasized: "Even Aegon is no exception! No matter his identity is true or false! , on this matter, my position will never change."
"As for you..."
Dany understands that Aegon's presence and her "inaction" "The attitude of the little brother under his command made his little brother a little bit at a loss.
"From beginning to end, you are all my subjects. I am the king of Westeros, you are the nobles of Westeros, I am the king of Essos continent, and you are the nobles of Essos continent."
>Bronn was still thinking about what the word Queen meant when Old Crab's eyes lit up and excitedly said: "You mean, a family can have a double title?"
"What double title?" Bronn Doubt.
"Having both the titles of Westeros and Slaver's Bay." Old Crab looked at Queen expectantly.
"That's pretty much what it means, but it's not Slaver's Bay. Sooner or later, I will take the allied city-states of Qarth, New Ghis, Volantis, and Lys, and my territory will be enormous.
As my bannermen, don't keep your eyes on Westeros so narrowly.
Doesn't Ser Aerys now have the dual title of Slaver's Bay and Westeros?"
Old Crab Nodded with joy, he said: "Just let Aerys follow Your Majesty, Dragonstone has me, and Rhaegar is enough."
If the Queen arranges this way, it is indeed enough to have one of the Seven Kingdoms as Fiefdom.
After all, Essos is so vast and rich, and Iron Throne's dominion is only the narrow Crownlands.
Old Crab is very pleased with Queen's commitment.
Bronn said anxiously: "What about me?"
He also understood the Dragon Queen's plan, a two-ranked family, which is of course a good thing.
But he doesn't even have a son.
"I'm only 17 years old, and in the future, your son will have the opportunity to work for me."
Then Dany announced to the Knights and Ser present: "Everyone is the same, Your second and third sons are loyal to me, and they can all get titles and Fiefdom according to their merits. Remember, Essos is very big."
"Long live Queen Your Majesty, congratulations to Queen Your Majesty!"
"Long live Queen Your Majesty!"
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Old Crab was particularly excited, and took the lead to stand up and toast Dany.
Bronn followed immediately, Knight at the long table stood up, and the two Maesters also got up to make a toast.
The banquet was full of joy and prosperity again, and everyone was looking forward to the future promised by the Queen.
In the middle of a fever, young Maester Pylos suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, can I ask you a question?"
"Speak, Maester."
"You disbanded Citadel, will there be a Maester in the future?" Pylos seriously said.
Dany has a feeling that it does, Maester certainly cares about Maester's future.
She said with a smile: "Of course, not only will I not stop the spread of knowledge, but the number and quality of Maesters in the future will only be more and higher. It's just that Maester's training methods and promotion system Something will change."
The stern-faced young Maester, visibly sighed in relief, said helplessly: "Now the Citadel people were alarmed...Alas, just a week ago, a Knight was hired to sneak into the Citadel, secretly Kidnapped...a couple of Archmaesters arrested and heading to the Great Sept of Baelor."
"hehe..." Dany's eyes were full of happy smiles.
Isn't that what she wanted?
She didn't have time to mess with those Archmaesters, so she paid for mercenaries and High Sparrow to grind them.
Pylos added: "After Black Dragon announced the crime of Citadel as the Great Protector and dissolved Citadel, more than 60% of the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms followed the announcement within half a month - if Citadel cannot give a convincing explanation for the matter, they will stop sponsoring Citadel and will no longer accept Maester from Citadel.
There are also nobles who claim to be oneself to cultivate truly loyal Maesters.
Now, although Highgarden and Iron Throne provide enough working capital for Citadel, the old structure of Citadel is breaking down, so I am asking you about the arrangement of Maester.
Not only I want to know In fact, hundreds of lords from all over the world have sent Raven to ask me about this."
Dany nods and says, "What is Citadel doing? Can you send Raven to explain to the nobles?"
"They shrank," Marwyn said with a sneer, "they don't admit or refute Black Dragon's published seven deadly sins, they just preach the Faceless Men stealing Dragon Hatching books, and Braavos' violation guest right two things."
"Uh, what is this operation?" Dany was a little puzzled.
"Turn your attention! Overwhelm the bad news with another, more sensational news."
"Citadel still understands this? How does it work?" Dany was really surprised .
“This method Citadel has been used many times. The news of the Faceless Men is indeed sensational, and to the shock of the Seven Kingdoms nobles, the Faceless Men are specifically stealing Dragon Hatching books.
Obviously , Braavos people want Dragon Hatching.
And Braavos violates the guest right.
That is the first of Nine Free Cities, the news is too sensational, it really reduces the Citadel scandal effectively Influence."
"Citadel is really...impressing me." Dany quirks.
Marwyn sighed helplessly, and said: "Citadel Maesters and Archmaesters currently have two main jobs: during the day, spreading Raven, telling every noble about the threat of the Faceless Men and the shameless of the Braavos, and agitating. The nobles refused to pay the Iron Bank interest;
At night, they turned into Warriors, wearing armor and swords, guarding the Citadel closely to prevent poaching by hired riders - hunting Archmaester and Maester on the list of sinners announced by Black Dragon ."
Dragon Queen's mouth twitched, not knowing what to say.
Citadel dared to bite the House of Black and White and Iron Bank, the courage... They really fought hard to suppress the "fake news".
Actually, Dany got one thing wrong, Citadel got on Faceless Men long before Big Black announced the seven felonies.
Maester disguised his identity and went to Free City to steal skills such as smelting and glass making, as it should be by rights.
——Maester Stealing knowledge is not stealing.
The Maesters were seriously offended when they waited for someone to get into their book cellar and steal the Citadel's secret tome.
They want revenge.
How to get revenge?
You can't beat it.
It can only be attacked with their best public opinion.
They even learn from Dragon Queen's advanced experience in making slave-master and slave-master in Dragon Queen, and compose dramas and stories about Faceless Men.
Oldtown is a world-class maritime trade port, how many foreign merchants and singers?
Maesters' dark style stories have a very high flow.
——Everyone is afraid of Faceless Men, but they are also curious about the story of Faceless Men!
Wait for Big Black to join High Sparrow and become the Great Protector of Light, announcing the Seven Deadly Sins of Citadel.
Maesters began to intensify their promotion of Faceless Men black material and Braavos people's shameless.
- Same as Walder Frey's idea, let the bigger Braavos on top of his head as a shield to attract everyone's attention.
As for why Maester is not afraid of revenge by Faceless Men...
hehe, my Maester, how to fear death?
We Citadel Maester , even dare to engage in "Dance of the Dragons", even dare to pit Dragon Queen, are you afraid of your little Faceless Men?
Maester has no confidence, but has a peculiar "backbone".
Don't be afraid of dragons, don't be afraid of Others, dare to fight against the spirit of Spiritual God!