Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 235
"My lord, the messenger from Yunkai has arrived." Yada, the water dancer, pushed open the door of Ian's new study and reported to him.

"An envoy from Yunkai?" Judging from the distance between several cities and Astapor, it is reasonable that the envoys from Yunkai will arrive first, and it is estimated that the envoys from Meereen and New Ghis will arrive in the next few days, "he called what name?"

"Grazdan mo Erazh, a sage of Yunkai'i, with golden tassels on his tokar robes."

"This kind of tassel means that his status is not low, and Yunkai still attaches great importance to his proposal." Ian nodded, "Please wait for him first, I will see him at dinner."

"Yes, my lord." Yada took the order and left.

"Grazdan Mo Eraz." Ian whispered the name.

Another one is called Grazdan, which is not surprising, because this is the name of the "great man" Grazdan, the founder of the Ghis Empire. Every three upper nobles of Ghis can find one named Grazdan.

And this Yunkai lord of Grazdan Mo Eraz is probably the one with the most roles in the original Yunkai people. In the TV version, he is also one of the few There are Yunkai'i who make an appearance.

That's right, this is the guy who begged Daenerys with fifty thousand gold marks when she captured Astapor and started marching on Yunkai, told her to go away with the money, and was burned by the dragon .

For this person, Ian plans to conduct a round of testing first to see if there is any possibility of wooing him in the future.

As for why you chose to win him over, it starts with his name - his middle name is 'Mo'.

Although the orthodox Old Ghis language has been lost, and all the Ghis in Slaver's Bay speak Valyrian as their mother tongue, their naming method still retains the traditional habit.

Guise's middle names 'Zo' and 'Mo' are similar to 'De' in French, 'Dan' in Spanish or 'Von' in German, which are symbols of nobility .The difference between these two words is that the former stands for high nobility while the latter stands for lesser nobility

The middle name a Ghisian can use is determined by the surname, and this rule originated hundreds or even thousands of years ago and is not affected by today's status.

This has led to some people who have put on a tokar robe with golden tassels, but still can only use the middle name "Mo" of a lesser nobleman, and someone's tokar robe is not even qualified to decorate with tassels, but has a noble name. Middle name 'Zo'.

This situation is more common in the two smaller cities of Astapor and Yunkai (it basically never happened in Meereen until Daenerys took Meereen and chose two lesser nobles as her important ministers) , there are often inferior nobles who make a fortune and squeeze into the ranks of giant slave owners, such as the good lord Krazni mo Nakroz who previously owned the most Unsullied in Astapor, and
This time, Grazdan mo Eraz came as Yunkai's envoy.

Just as the current lord of Astapor, Fermor mo Nakroz, liked to change the middle name of the Nakroz family to 'Zo' through Ian's war of conquest, Ian thought that this Yunkai'i emissary Perhaps there will be interest in this in the future as well.

Of course, that is a matter of the future. As far as the initial stage is concerned, Ian only intends to do a simple test and does not intend to reveal his intentions to any messenger.

Then Ian came to the drawing room and met the upstart lord of Yunkai.

Grazdan mo Eraz looked lean and wiry, with hair combed up into unicorn horns that protruded from his forehead, and the tassels on his tokar robes were golden Myrish lace.

"Welcome to Astapor, my friend." Ian gave him a warm hug, "I've been looking forward to your arrival day and night."

"I am flattered by your enthusiasm." Grazdan Mo Eraz smiled politely, showing his huge and white teeth, "It would be a great honor for me to be your friend."

"Please sit down first," Ian made a gesture of invitation, "I have prepared a rich dinner for Your Excellency."

Then the two sat down at the dining table.

The dinner is composed of the traditional delicacies of Slave Bay, dog brain jelly, dog fetus, roasted duck with paint, honey dormouse, big barracuda and stewed red octopus soup. Saffron, cinnamon, cloves, pepper and other expensive spices are used in cooking to process.

The drink is golden wine from Qingting Island in the south of Westeros. There is also red wine in Slaver's Bay, but due to the poor quality of the grapes, it tastes sour and astringent, so it cannot be served on the table.

During the dinner, Grazdan wanted to talk to Ian many times, but Ian stopped him with wine. Interestingly, Grazdan was also very cooperative in drinking.

It wasn't until I didn't know how many times after drinking that Grazdan and Ian were both drunk and began to call Ian brothers and sisters, that Ian started talking to him.

"Brother, tell me the truth this time, what is Yunkai's attitude towards my proposal?" Ian asked, putting his arm on Grazdan's shoulder.

"No, no, no," Grazdan waved his hands, "I can't say it, I can't say it, I'm here to watch the show this time, what you want to borrow is the soldiers of New Ghis, and what you want to go to is the territory of the Lazarin people, that The land of Meereen will be destroyed first when the horse lord you have brought here arrives."

"Brother," he didn't seem to realize what he was saying, "this shit has nothing to do with our Yunkai! The wise masters said, I'm here to watch the show this time, If you succeed in persuading New Ghis and Meereen, and gain their support, we will offer you a symbolic contribution of fifty thousand gold marks, to ensure that you don't hold grudges against us and we're done."

Another fifty thousand gold marks. Do you Yunkai have this tradition or something?Ian complained.

"But they are simply worrying too much," Grazdan continued, "Will you lead troops to attack Yunkai?"

"How is this possible?" Ian also looked drunk, "Our goal is Westeros, what the hell am I doing hitting Yunkai?"

"But, the other sages of Yunkai. I repeat, it's the other sages. I have never doubted you, brother!" Grazdan burped, "They are worried that your army is too large. Worried about your fifth-class slavery, especially the latter, how did you come up with such a thing?"

"What's wrong with this thing?"

"The spread of this news has already had a bad influence on our slaves. The slaves of Astapor have hope of rising, but they don't. This influence is very bad!

Slave riots in Yunkai have become more frequent than ever these days, and runaway slaves are more common than ever.Great sages, let me ask you clearly, what exactly are you trying to do with such a system? "

(End of this chapter)