Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 309 Duke of Jisdaka?

"It's such a sweet city, sweet enough to make people's teeth rot." Sitting on the luxury caravan pulled by the dwarf elephant, Darren Grafson sighed in a low voice.

Beetroot grows all over Volantis, and people here add it to almost every dish. In the morning, the tavernkeeper served Daeron with a cold soup, which was thick and thick like honey. Lun felt sick, and he quickly poured himself a glass of wine, and then he realized... damn Volantis is sweet too.

"I'm glad you like it." Manius Wisama, the Volantis host who was in the same car with Daeron, responded in fluent Westeros common language.

Daeron couldn't help but choked, he really couldn't confirm whether the dude in front of him had limited understanding or was deliberately mocking himself.This guy is the third son of Nesiso Wisama, one of the three consuls of Volantis, and he was sent as a guide for him to visit Volantis.

I don't know if Marnius is really stupid or pretending to be stupid. Anyway, he can't understand all the hints and insinuations of Daeron. This makes Daerun, who has been with Ian for a long time and has developed the habit of a senior riddleman, quite do not adapt.

"Has your father not come back yet? Or is it that he doesn't want to see me at all?" So Daeron asked directly.

"How is this possible?" Manius shook his head hastily, "My father is really looking forward to seeing you, as soon as he received the news of your arrival in Volantis, he has already rushed back non-stop. You have to be considerate of my father's age, riding in a carriage is hard work."

Is it hard to have a baby?Darren slandered in his heart.Hearing that the consul of Neciso Wisama is over 70 years old, and the youngest brother of Marnius is only less than 3 years old, Daeron has to admire the consul's vigor.

But at the same time, Daeron also felt that what Marnius said was the truth.

There were three consuls in Volantis.

The first was Malachor Megia of the Tiger Party, who was born in the army and enjoyed a high reputation among the military nobles of Volantis.

The second is Dofas Pannymeen of the Elephant Party, who is mainly engaged in the business of spices, gems and silk, and is extremely rich.

The third person is Lord Nesiso Wisama. Unlike the first two who will not be greatly affected by the Slave Bay, the Wisama family's industries are all maintained by the slave trade.

Therefore, as the envoy of 'Queen Daenerys' who has actually controlled the three cities of Meereen, Yunkai and Astapor, Daeron doesn't think that the other party will really be unwilling to see him.If there is anyone in this world who does not want the Ghis Alliance to fail, except the Ghis people themselves, it must be the consul of Nexio Wisama.

The Visama family has been operating in Slaver's Bay for several centuries and has mastered a very comprehensive and mature slave industry chain. If the Guise Alliance fails, all their operations over the years will be in vain.

"Where are we going to visit today?" Marnius asked graciously.

"Let's go to the outer city. We've already visited the inner city in the past two days." Before Daeron could speak, one of Daeron's guards sitting in the back row spoke first.

"This guard is a bit unfamiliar, isn't he the one who accompanied you two days ago?" Manius glanced at the guard and asked suspiciously.

"Do I need to ask you for instructions when I change guards?" Daeron frowned.

"Of course not," Marnius quickly explained, "It's just that your slave is too unruly. When will the master interrupt?"

Just as Marnius turned around to teach the ignorant slave a lesson, he heard Daeron's voice, "Go to the outer city."

Marnius glanced at Daeron in surprise, are you protecting your slave?He nodded, and gave orders to the coachman riding on the dwarf elephant to go to the outer city.

Their coachman was a small slave with a wheel tattooed on his face. He was naked from the upper part of his body, and he was only wrapped around a loincloth.As he received orders from Marnius, the beast began to move, its nose wagging from side to side, and the cart jolted along behind it.

Only then did Dai Lun look back at Kou Lu who was sitting in the back seat. This person was his bodyguard in name, but in fact he was the real leader of this emissary to Volantis.When he accepted the assignment from Ian, he got a pretty big order - 'Think of him as me. '

Daelon didn't know what the virtue and ability of this pirate who had joined the gang halfway, to gain such a level of trust from the boss, felt very unbalanced.But as one of the people in the world who knew Ian's abilities best, he didn't dare to obey Ian's orders, so he could only really treat this pirate as his immediate boss.

What made Dai Lun curious was that Kou Lu didn't give any instructions along the way, and always let him make decisions, but this time he suddenly asked to go to the outer city, and he didn't know why.

There was a sudden noise in front of him. Daeron looked up and saw 12 spearmen wearing gorgeous armor and tiger skin cloaks appearing on the street, driving the people on the street to the side of the road.

"Those are also tiger robe soldiers?" Daeron asked Marnius, "Why don't they have tattoos on their faces?"

Daeron had also been to Volantis before, and he had seen quite a few tiger-robed soldiers, all of whom had tiger stripes carved on their cheeks.In addition, the other slaves of Volantis also had tattoos on their faces. The tear tattoos on their cheeks represented sex slaves, the flames represented R'hllor's slaves, and the feces cleaners had flies.

There were five slaves for every freeman in Volantis, and there were millions of them in this city and in the adjoining prison districts, and they managed them in this way.

"No, although they use the same equipment as the elite Tiger Robe Army, they are Unsullied. They bought it from your master's city."

"How many Unsullied are there in Volantis?" Koru asked again.

again?The corner of Marnius's mouth twitched, and he pulled out the whip at his waist unbearably. He was about to punish this lawless slave who dared to interrupt his master's conversation repeatedly, but suddenly heard Daeron's voice again, "Volantis has How many Unsullied?"

This made Marnius stunned, the half-raised whip stuck in his hand, he looked at the guards, and seemed to understand something.

However, at this moment, the guard smiled at him.

Marnius was startled suddenly, and he realized that at that moment just now, the "fool" persona he had worked so hard to maintain in the past few days collapsed.

Seeing this, Kou Lu didn't say anything more, and turned his gaze out of the window.

"I'm not too sure," Manius quickly regained his composure, as if nothing happened just now, "All the noble families in Volantis have the habit of buying the Unsullied to guard their homes. At least a few thousand people will be there in the time, "After speaking, Marnius added with a smile,
"However, some of them were bought 30 or even 40 years ago. The old ones can only guard the gate and have no fighting power. For the high-ranking nobles of Volantis inside the black wall, they don't need guards to have fighting power. .”

As Marnius was speaking, he noticed that the elephant of the oncoming consul was approaching, so he ordered the driver to drive the dwarf elephant to the side of the road to make way for him.

"All make way for the Consul!" The leader of the Unsullied Squad leader shouted loudly while driving away the crowd.

Behind the Unsullied was a gray colossus, twice the height of the dwarf Daeron was riding, covered in elaborate enamel armor, and on the back of the elephant supported a tower-like Seat, on which some consul sits.

"The consuls are so dignified that their feet cannot touch the ground during their one year in office," Magnius duly explained, "and they travel everywhere on elephants."

"Which consul is that in front?" Daeron asked.

"It should be Lord Malachor Megia," Marnius said after glancing at the other party again, "They came from the direction of the long bridge. Lord Dofas Pannymeen has a noble status and has never They are unwilling to cross the long bridge to go to the lower city where the untouchables live."

"Your father and Lord Megia don't reject it?" At this moment, Marnius and Daeron looked at Kou Lu who was speaking.

"You answer his question." Seeing that Koulu became more and more unscrupulous, Daeron simply stopped pretending and said to Marnius.

"Excuse me. Who is this lord?" Marnius also took advantage of the situation and asked, and used a respectful speech to Kou Lu.

"Koru zo Jisdaza, the Duke of Jisdaka." Ian, who controlled Koulu's body, casually made up a surname and title for himself.

Just now, Fermor zo Nakroz, who commanded the Northern Front Army, defeated the Karasar led by the player who was among the Dothraki in the ruins of Jisdaka, which made Ian Gained a vital bargaining chip in the negotiations with the Neciso Wisama Consul.

In addition, his deployment in Volantis these days has ruled out potential threats. At this moment, Ian decided not to continue to conceal his identity, and personally took over the mission of this mission.

Marnius was very confused by Colu's answer. He studied under Palachiro, a famous legal expert in Volantis. He has always been loved by his teachers for his erudition. Ka is the ruins of an ancient city of Ghis on the upper reaches of the Skahazaban, and the word 'duke' doesn't even exist in the Common Tongue of Westeros.

As for Daelon, he was even more confused, because he didn't even know what Jisdaka was.

"Duke is a new rank of title set by Ian, which is used to distinguish the size of the noble ranks in the common language," Kou Lu continued to explain, "Its rank is the highest among Lords," he looked at Daeron , "You can understand it as the title used by the lords of the Eagle's Nest, Storm's End and Highgarden."

Promote yourself in place, right?Kou Lu's explanation not only did not make Dai Lun suddenly realize, but made his mind go blank.For a moment, he seemed to understand the meaning of Ian's phrase 'take him as me'.Besides Ian himself, who the hell has the right to do such a thing?What is the relationship between this guy and the boss?
Forcibly suppressing the doubts in his heart, Daeron looked normal, nodded to confirm Koulu's statement, and introduced to Manius: "This is His Majesty's confidant, and the real envoy to visit Volantis this time."

He didn't say which majesty it was, and the other party could understand it as Daenerys, or he could have other understandings.Although Ian has not yet claimed the title of king, it is obviously inappropriate to say that he is Earl Darry's confidant when Kou Lu calls himself the Duke.
"Okay, my friend," Ian (directly using Ian to refer to 'Koru's body controlled by Ian' in the third-person perspective) put a hand on Marnius' shoulder, "before going outside On the way to the city, you can answer my questions carefully, I have always yearned for the great Volantis civilization, and I am eager to know about it."

"No matter how I think about the defensive deployment of Volantis and the living habits of the consuls, I find it difficult to classify them into the category of 'civilization'." Manius still had the respectful tone just now, but his words were different. sharpened.

"What? Stop pretending?" Ian laughed.

"You have already seen through it, so it's meaningless to pretend to be, and since you have revealed your identity to me personally, how can I not show my sincerity?" Although Manius didn't think that the 'Duke of Jisdaka' It's not a substantive title, but the aura of superiority that he felt from the duke was far stronger than his father's, and it was not adulterated.

"So you admit that your father is not actually not in the city of Volantis, but is hiding from us?"

"On the night that Earl Daeron disembarked at the port of Volantis, the consuls convened a high-level council to discuss your issue, but the discussion has not yet reached a result. I was arranged to delay the time." Manius It's like breaking a can, saying everything.

"What kind of meeting hasn't finished after almost three days?" Dai Lun couldn't help but interrupted and asked.

"That's because Maracho Consul is not in the city," Manius said, pointing behind him, "It's the one you just saw riding an elephant, and he rushed to attend the meeting."

"So later today, we can see your father, and even the three consuls?"

"Don't be kidding, how can the decision to join the war be so easy for Volantis today?" Marnius sneered.

"Join the war? Who will you fight with?" This time it was Ian's turn to be confused.

"It's boring to play dumb. Didn't you come to Volantis to ask for help? If the Slave Bay is burned by Khal Drogo's anger, Volantis' slave economy will be greatly impacted. This makes Valantis Lantis has to carefully consider whether to continue to stick to the policy of peaceful trade, or to send troops to help Meereen resist the invasion of the Dothraki."

Marnius talked eloquently. As a top student of law and political science, he was born to be trained to enter the Great Council and then run for the consul, which is his most professional field.

"No, that's not why I came to Volantis." Ian smiled and shook his head under Marnius's disbelief, "Khal Drogo and his Kalasar have never been killed by my... Put it in my eyes, he will be crushed to death by my master like an ant."

I am here to conquer Volantis, Ian added in his mind.

　I don’t have time to self-examine and correct errors. I will correct them slowly tomorrow... If you can see the typo, please remind me

　　PS: After thinking about it, the plot of Volantis is pre-empted. After all, it is not appropriate if the protagonist does not appear in ten consecutive chapters (the clone is also the protagonist)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)