Chapter 1026
The world of Song of Ice and Fire has many bug buildings, Iron Islands House Greyjoy's clan, Pyke, is one of the bugs.
Pyke was founded on the top of a towering cliff jutting out of the sea. Over time, the rock supporting the cliff was eroded by the wind and waves, and the island was gradually reduced to a reef surrounded by sea water.
Like peanut ice cream placed on the balcony, let the scorching summer sun shine, the cream and chocolate melted and flowed along the wall, leaving only the peanut kernels in place.
The architect who built Pyke seems to be able to predict the future of the castle. When repairing the city, he specially built the tower of the castle on "peanut kernels".
In this way, thousands of plants were planted in the past, and the buildings that were originally connected together became a group of buildings isolated on a rocky reef.
The towers are connected by wooden bridges swaying in the wind.
Why was King Balon's death so easily accepted by Ironborn?
Think about it, after having dinner in the restaurant at night, I decided to read a book for a while, so I carried a lantern and walked through the spiral staircase that was several hundred meters above the sea (not that the stone tower was several hundred meters high, but the foundation). I came to the study for the cliff with an altitude of several hundred meters), then I went back to my bedroom to sleep, crossed the swing-like suspension rope bridge again, got up on the second day, heard that there were guests visiting, and then crossed...
It's so frustrating, even if the probability of an accident is 0.001% every time you cross the bridge, there are too many times, and there will always be a day when you fall.
Well, there are as many Greyjoys who fell to their death in a storm while crossing the bridge as there are Targaryen who went crazy and tossed oneself to death.
The key point is that even the cape has become a reef in the erosion of time, and the stone towers built on the cape are still well preserved.
At least, Asha slept in Duke's bedroom called "Sea Tower", listening to the raging waves outside the house, but his heart was very peaceful, and he was not worried that his castle would collapse in the wind and waves.
Of course, the peace in her heart is not only because of the strong family castle, but the last month has been the most comfortable day for her in recent years: she is needed by Dragon Queen and Seven Kingdoms!
Well, Asha doesn't lack love, and Dragon Queen doesn't give her love, but Euron did that, making Greyjoy, who had a bad reputation, completely reduced to a hated existence.
When the Seven Kingdoms hate Others, they don't mind keeping a place of hatred for Euron and Ironborn in their hearts.
So, even though Asha became the de facto ruler of the Iron Islands more than a year ago, she still has no idea, worried about the reckoning, worried about Ironborn and Greyjoy being abandoned by Westeros.
Don't doubt, Dragon Queen really revealed her intention to completely ban Ironborn.
In the 10,000-year history of the Westeros kingdom, the Iron Islands have been trying to prove one thing: Ironborn is doing all the Westeros no good.
Because of losing so badly in the battle of the Conqueror (the Harrenhal burned by the dragon belonged to the King of the Iron Islands), the Ironborn was barely honest for three hundred years while Targaryen ruled Westeros.
The so-called honesty is only relative to the unscrupulousness before the war of conquest. Ironborn has always sent fleets to the Narrow Sea as pirates, and will loot the coast of Westeros whenever they have the opportunity.
In a certain period of time, relying on the preferential customs policy given by Iron Throne, and meeting the wise Duke, Ironborn also made a fortune by sea trade, and he did not need to loot to make a fortune. House Greyjoy And accumulated a lot of wealth.
According to normal people's thinking, this day is good, we should live a good life, right?
Ironborn is not.
They're thinking: fuck, after so long, it's finally become a big money, with money to build warships, buy arms (iron), and armed forces, why don't you do a good job?
Then they really start rebelling, killing, looting, laughing.
So, Dragon Queen never thought about letting Ironborn live a good life, and then Cang Lin knew the etiquette, and knew the honor and disgrace.
To Ironborn, living obediently and honestly is humiliation, and looting, burning and looting is honor. In a sense, they have really achieved "they know honor and disgrace".
For such a nation, Dany's governance method is also very simple, completely block, block the economy, people's livelihood, external communication and other social factors.
Iron Islands are archipelagos, even the wood for shipbuilding must be imported from the continent, cloth, wine, iron essence and other materials are scarce, facing the blockade, they can only barely make ends meet, the population cannot grow up, and the war is lost. Potential, how can there be power to provoke the major seaport cities?
...
It's all right now, Dragon Queen herself promises that as long as she helps her obediently and honestly, whether she succeeds or not, she will give Ironborn another good person. Chance.
Internal trouble and outside aggression were eliminated, Asha felt more at ease and slept more at ease.
"Fuck--" Wyvern's cry woke the Iron Islands female Duke from her slumber. She opened her eyes in a daze, and after confirming that Wyvern was really coming, she immediately woke up and lifted the duvet. Pushing aside the man who was wrapped around her like a vine, naked walked down to the ground, and the cold air made her shivered shiver.
"Maybe, I should move to the city gate fort and build a heated kang." Asha muttered to herself, pulling the sheets to wipe off the wet stains on her thighs.
"Lord Duke, so early?" The man on the bed also woke up from his dream.
It was only by the dim yellow light of the whale oil lamp that Asha could see her bed-mate's face.
Fortunately, it's oneself's bodyguard, Dick, young, Kong Wu, and his looks are barely qualified.
She originally also had seven or eight fixed bed-mates, but the previous years were not peaceful. When Deepwood Motte was captured by Second Stag, three were killed in battle, and the rest also responded to the call of King Euron. , either die in Reach or fight Others in Highgarden.
"There is Wyrmrider coming, it should be from Dragon Queen." She said casually, and she called the maid to dress oneself.
Claw Isle Second Young Master, Rhaegar Celtigar.
Young Crab was originally not qualified to become a Wyrmrider. Later, Old Crab felt that oneself was too old and had no energy to fight on a dragon, so he discussed with Dragon Queen and gave oneself's Wyvern to his second son.
Well, Big Crab Aerys Celtigar is the Slaver's Bay Fleet Commander and has had Wyvern long ago.
Although Young Crab is greedy for life and has a strong interest in profit, he has a very good resume in the past few years: in his early years, he helped Meribald build a stronghold, presided over disaster relief for Dragon Queen at Crackclaw Point, and later participated in the Battle of Winterfell , and also the first wave to respond to the call of "Dawn Warrior".
So Dany agreed to Old Crab's request.
"Duke Asha, I know you like reading, and this time I'm bringing a full hardcover edition of The Walgrave Play Collection." Seeing Asha in the main castle lobby, Young Crab graciously presented a large A bundle of books wrapped in hard kraft paper, followed by a bamboo basket of fresh strawberries, "Eating more fruit will make you more beautiful."
Asha smiles well, politely but not too close, "Ser Celtigar , you came to the Iron Islands this time, is Queen Your Majesty any arrangements?"
She knew what Young Crab was thinking at this time, Iron Islands Royal Husband.
But it wasn't the first time the two met. He disliked and despised her back then (Young Crab had a way and knew about Dragon Queen's idea of blocking Iron Islands), until Dragon Queen promised to give Iron Islands and Iron Islands again. Greyjoy gave her a chance, and he suddenly wooed her.
She looks down on such a snobbish guy.
Asha's bland reaction disappointed Young Crab, but he didn't forget oneself's mission.
"I wonder if the great Drowned God Your Majesty agrees with the Queen's advice?"
"This..." Asha turned to Tarle the Thrice-Drowned.
Drowned God High Priest shook his head regretfully, "Drowned God Your Majesty didn't respond to me, I should have refused."
Asha looked towards Young Crab with some concern.
Young Crab wrinkled frowned, and his tone became stern, "The conditions of the alliance can be negotiated, but Drowned God Your Majesty won't even talk about it?"
"Maybe, He also Thinking, give us a little more time to explain the situation well to Drowned God Your Majesty," Asha said.
Tarle sighed then said, nodded and said: "I will try my best."
He actually does not agree with Queen's covenant.
Let the Ironborn's paramount god be a mortal's younger brother?
This is blasphemy!
In another time and object, he would roar "what is dead may never die, but rises again", calling on Ironborn to rebel and teach blasphemers to feel pain and death.
But now, the opposite of daring to create a Dragon Queen is... the dead must die, the rise is hopeless, the Drowned God kicks the bucket, and the Ironborn is extinct.
“One more thing for Iron Islands this time,” Young Crab softened, “Queen Your Majesty has built the first Holy Light Shelter at Crackclaw Point, Duke Asha and Priest Tarle can Go take a look."
"What is the Holy Light shelter for?" Asha wondered.
"After you have been there, you will understand that the future of mankind depends on Daenerys Your Majesty.
Whether Long Night lasts ten, twenty, or longer, In the end the winner is destined to be human, it is us, it is Queen Your Majesty." Young Crab said meaningfully.
After half a day, Asha understood the meaning of his words.
"Am I dreaming?"
The top of my head is bright and sunny, there are bare-chested farmers busy in the fields, the black soil is dotted with green spores, and the green grass on the ridges The green leaves stick out, the ditches flow, and the warm breeze brings the fragrance of spring and the cheerful songs of birds.
Asha saw a similar scene when she was ten years old. It was after winter, before Summer. For people today, it was a very distant "spring".
But it's Long Night now!
She suspects that oneself travels through time and travels back in time.
But she clearly remembered that a few minutes earlier, she had seen a large translucent bowl on Wyvern's back, upside down.
Rhaegar sang a song out loud, "Children, hand in hand..."
Then a silly face appeared on the wall of the bowl, incomparable gigantic, Grinning giggle, the thirty-meter Wyvern burrowed through Giant's cracked mouth.
The walls of the bowl look thin, but Asha flew one minute in it...perhaps not in a straight line?
It was an ocean of wind, with a total of two layers, the outer layer was a positive spiral, and the inner layer was a reverse spiral. When flying through the middle layer, Asha had some difficulty breathing and blushed.
So, she didn't dream or go back to the past, she just penetrated the wall of the wind bowl and came to the Holy Light shelter.
"We all call it the 'Daenerys' Zone', and it's the Always Summer place that Your Majesty made himself. Even on Long Night, it's Summer, early summer." Septon Meribald walked over.
“At present, Daenerys' Zone is still in the experimental stage. As long as it is verified and feasible, it can be widely promoted. One thousand Wind Spirits, two hundred Wind Giants, Wind Giant Kings, and Storm Giants can create at least three enveloped Three. A super wind ring for the Rivers."
"Three Three Rivers? Half a Westeros!" exclaimed Asha and Tarle.
"It's not an exaggeration, there are only twenty Wind Giants trifling here, and the Wind Giant is far less powerful than the Wind Spirit.
even more how Queen and a storm that is no weaker than the normal True God Giant, one can protect a Three Rivers watershed." Old Septon said.
"Bless Gods, humanity is saved." Asha exclaimed.
"Humanity will win, but to save more living people, there is still a big problem that needs to be solved." Meribald looked at Priest Tarle and said seriously: "If Wind Spirit is used to build Daenerys' Zone, Queen Your Majesty will lose her powerful Magic weapon. What's next for Cold God and the Evil God Alliance?
If Your Majesty is exhausted while rescuing the city-state of Essos, the Evil God Alliance ambushing her , what should I do?"
"So, Your Majesty needs a helper to solve the Evil God alliance first, so that you can deal with Others without any worries.
And there are too many humans, Wind Zone I can't feed everyone, and I need the seafood from Drowned God Your Majesty to give me life!"
Asha pondered for a moment and said, "With Daenerys' Zone, human beings will surely survive Long Night, Drowned God Your Majesty's choice is just icing on the cake for humanity.
I don't think he would refuse to ally with the winner."
If she refuses, she doesn't mind leading Ironborn to convert to The Seven.
Spiritual God, who refuses to help believers out of desperation, what is the value of faith?
"I try my best." Priest Tarle said seriously.