Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 320 He Will Return Like Lightning
"Gith's new empire will undoubtedly be slavery. I don't know why people from the Iron Bank will come to join in the fun." Xaro Xhoan Daxos sat down, facing the Iron Bank sitting on the other side The envoy Hominas sneered, "Don't you Braavosi people always hate slavery the most?"

Xaro Xhoan Daxos is the emissary of Qarth, a bald man with a jeweled nose, and as a member of the 'Thirteen', the top merchant guild of Qarth, his business is very dependent on the slave trade .

Since Astapor was controlled by the outsider named Ian and implemented the so-called 'fifth-class slavery', due to the solidification of slave levels, the actual slave trading volume in Slave Bay has dropped significantly, and has fallen to the original less than one-fifth of that.

Qarth couldn't just sit back and watch this happen, so he sent Xaro to Slave's Bay to see the situation. Unexpectedly, he heard a very terrible news just after he disembarked in Astapor. Slaver's Bay was completely destroyed. Under the control of the Westeros named Ian Darry, and the other party also summoned an army to fight the most powerful horse king in the Dothraki Sea.

After hearing the news, Xaro Xhoan Daxos hurried to Meereen without stopping, and immediately visited the agent of Earl Darry who stayed in Meereen. Bolong, the newly appointed Earl of Alos, , Grazdan zo Erazh, Lord of Yunkai, and Reznak mo Reznak, Lord of Meereen.

For a week after arriving in Meereen, he was not interviewed, which once made Xaro feel humiliated, but just as he was about to leave Meereen and was unaffected by this bird's breath, the Ghis people in Guggis The news came back to Meereen that the south of Dakar's old site had defeated a Dothraki khalasar that numbered more than ten thousand and had taken all the women, children and birth horses of Drogo Khal's khalasar.

Seeing the carnival of the Meereenese, Xaro Xhoan Daxos had to change his mind and stayed in Meereen, waiting for the interim ruling council to be received.After all, if the Earl Darry really defeated the horse king, but he left Meereen, then his own business and even the business of Qarth as a whole would be affected.

So Xaro waited for another full month in this oppressive city before finally waiting for this interview.

He put on his most luxurious attire, and under the leadership of the guards, he stepped into the Great Pyramid in the center of Meereen City and came to this hall. Then he discovered that today's reception banquet was not prepared for him alone. of.

The envoys of New Ghis, Toros, Elia, the Commissioner of the Slave Bay of the Iron Bank, the rich merchants of Volantis and the Third Daughter city-state, the adventurers of Westeros who come here for fame, and even the two-headed monster from Mataris , This hall is already full of people.

Xaro Xhoan Daxos was furious that the ruling council of Meereen should be so contemptuous of him, and treat himself as much as these fellows.As the richest man in Qarth, Xaro owns a full 84 ships in his own hands. His own wealth alone has surpassed that of the poorest and weakest of the nine free trade cities, Roras or Norvos. A whole city.

But after being left alone by these Ghis people for more than a month, he was arranged to be interviewed together with so many untouchables.

The three temporary members of the Slave's Bay Executive Council hadn't come yet, so Xaro first vented his anger on the people in the Iron Bank.

After all, the Thirteen Giants also have huge banking business, and they are the most direct competitors with the Braavos Iron Bank.

"It's really hard for me to believe that such words would come from a big businessman like you." Hominas, the envoy of the Iron Bank, responded with a smile, "Doctrine is doctrine, and business is business. If you don't understand this truth , the business is not going to be big.”

While talking, Hominas pinched a bone china cup with his slender fingers, and took a sip of the tea in the cup, "Look at this thing, what do you see?"

Xaro accepted it in some confusion, and observed it. The small cup was milky white, with a soft luster and a jade-like texture. The body of the cup was surprisingly delicate, and the glaze was smooth and crystal clear.

"I don't know what you are showing off. This thing is indeed very good, but if you want to compare it with the Yidi porcelain in my collection, there is still a big gap. It is the collection of Yidi Tianzi Buyu, ten years ago" The Hammer of Jugosnai, General Bo Xiong, proclaimed himself emperor in the commercial town, challenging the authority of Emperor Buyu.

In order to raise military expenses, Buu had no choice but to sell the treasures in the palace. As the highest bidder at that time, I won the set of porcelain. If you are lucky enough to visit Qarth sometime, I will definitely open your eyes. "Xaro put the cup down again, with a look of 'you have never seen the world', and the flaunting of wealth made him feel better.

"Then how much did you pay for that collection of yours?" Hominas was not disappointed, with a smile still on his face,

"If you put them here, it's enough to buy an entire army." The look on Xaro's face became more and more proud. I exchanged, but I didn't agree."

"But if I tell you that porcelain of this quality," Hominas said, playing with the bone china cup in his hand, "the people of Astapor are looking for mass production?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Xaro slapped the table and stood up, immediately attracting everyone's attention. He was a little embarrassed, then sat down quickly, and said in a low voice, "Although the quality of this thing is far from mine Collection, but looking at the entire Yidi, only the imperial kiln of the emperor can be mass-produced, how could the Gis people have this kind of technology?"

"Because of God's grace." Hominas laughed.

"What?" Xaro's eyes twitched.

"In addition to this kind of porcelain, there are also newly produced armor and weapons in Astapor. The quality of the high-quality goods has reached the peak level among the non-enchanted products made by Kohor craftsmen, and these things... are as good as Fire related."

"Fire?" Xaro froze for a moment, and then remembered something, "You said that the Astaporians obtained these superb craftsmanship because of the divine grace of the Red God R'hllor? This is ridiculous."

"Gold and silver will never be absurd," Hominas spread his hands, "whoever bestows us wealth is our true God." Grazdan Kalal, the Green Saintess, "By the way, they found another piece of evidence."

"what?"

"The old woman took out an ancient tome that was treasured in the Temple of the Great Grace, which recorded the behavior of the last emperor of the Gughis Empire, Grazdan 66, when the Valyrians finally attacked the city of Ghis.

The city of Ghis fell under Valyria's dragon flames, and the 66th Emperor Grazdan threw down his purple robe and crown at the last moment and entered the enemy's line, facing the flames sprayed by the dragon.Everyone thought the emperor had died in battle, but his heroism at the last moment moved the fire god.R'hllor took the emperor's soul and stored it in the flames. At the same time, he left a prophecy that after 5000 years, when the people of Ghis lit the holy fire again, their emperor would return like lightning and bring the world back to life. The world is underfoot. "

(End of this chapter)