Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 321 Make money!

"Do the Gith people have such a prophecy?" Xaro Xhoan Daxos blinked, "Why have I never heard of it? I have a lot of business in Slaver's Bay, and I think it's not bad for this civilization." learn."

"Don't talk about you, I have been in Meereen for 20 years, and I have never heard of such a prophecy." Hominas laughed, "But didn't the Temple of Grace say it very clearly? Those are two It was discovered by Grazdan Kalal, the Green Saintess, when she was sorting out ancient books a month ago, and it has been lost for thousands of years, isn't it normal that no one has heard of it?"

"More than two months ago, that was the time when Earl Darry entered Meereen." Xaro thought instantly.

"Be careful, be careful." Hominas stretched out his index finger, pressed it on his lips, and made a shh gesture.

"Huh," Xaro took a deep breath and looked around. Although in this wide hall, the distance between each table is very far, the possibility of others hearing him in the noisy environment at the moment It's not high, and the Qarse language they used to talk may not be understood by others, but he still kept his voice to a minimum, "Earl Darry was already arranging the post-war affairs at that time? Including calling Emperor, and... Let the entire Slave Bay, and even the Raza region convert to the Red God?"

The authority of the Green Maiden and the miracle of defeating the Dothraki are enough to convince most uneducated people that this is a miracle, but for high-ranking people like Xaro and Hominas, such an operation is not enough It's nothing new, just based on the 'prophecy' he heard, Xaro immediately guessed Ian Darry's plan.

It's just... "Where did he get this confidence?" Xaro looked at Hominas, an old friend and opponent, "Where did you get your confidence?"

"Actually, I don't have that much self-confidence, but I have no other choice. I lent all the stocks of the Iron Bank in Slaver's Bay and New Ghis, as well as the funds in the accounts of all chambers of commerce invested in, totaling 50 Jinhui coins. Earl Darry's Minister of Finance, and lent all the ships of my chamber of commerce to them for the transportation of military rations and soldiers." Hominas spread his hands, "We are now in a relationship of coexistence and death."

"Are you crazy? Hominus," Xaro felt like he was dreaming, "You are just the son of a keykeeper of the Iron Bank, but the Iron Bank has a full 23 keykeepers. Although you are in charge of the Slave Bay business, but the money is not yours! How dare you?

Defeating a horse king with 4 howling warriors is not the same as defeating Drogo, who has more than [-] howling warriors and is the most powerful horse king on the Dothraki Sea!And I also heard that Fermor zo Nakroz nearly exhausted all the Unsullied in the coalition army in order to defeat the enemy he met in Jisdaka. "

"I didn't make such a large investment from the very beginning," Hominas sneered and shook his head, "That was several months ago. When she first came to me, she just wanted to make a small order. Business, of course, I mean judging by our size, it is just a small business." He said and pushed out the small porcelain cup in his hand again, "She told me to sell me this."

"Her?" Xaro's focus was not on porcelain, but on the word her.

"You see, you Qarthians are so arrogant." Hominas pursed his lips slightly, "You have been in Meereen for more than a month, but you don't even know that Earl Darry's chancellor is a woman .”

"I" Xaro was a little embarrassed.

"Is it true that in the eyes of you Qarth people, wherever you go, as long as you report your name, everyone should greet you with a big gift?"

"Shouldn't that be the case?" Xaro asked back of course.

"So you deserve to be left hanging for more than a month," Hominas shrugged, and returned to the topic, "Her name is Celia, she is the High Priest of the Red God in Slaver's Bay, and Ian Darry's chancellor of the exchequer. To be honest, if another person comes to me to discuss such a small business, it is impossible for me to meet the other party. There is only one set of porcelain, one pot and nine cups. There is still a gap in Yidi porcelain.

I was worried that I would offend the other party if I refused, so I offered a high price to accept it. It was much higher than the normal market price, but it didn't matter to me, I took it as a gift and used it as a gift to the other party this friend.

The accident happened the next day and the woman visited me again and said she had more china to sell.I thought it was ridiculous at the time, she seemed to regard me as a cash cow, but it didn't matter, I just took this opportunity to show the new ruler of Astapor the financial strength of the Iron Bank.So I waved my hand and told her in high spirits, I want all your goods."

"result?"

"As a result, she brought a whole small boat, one-third of which was of high quality," Hominas pointed to the porcelain cup on the table, "That's the kind, the rest is a little worse, but the overall quality is extremely high. "

"Impossible! Even if you wait for a year in Yindu, it is impossible to collect a whole ship of porcelain of this quality." Xaro immediately retorted, but he immediately remembered what Hominas said before, and asked quickly, "So Are these things really produced by Astapor himself?"

Xaro suddenly panicked. The reason why Qarth became one of the richest cities in the world is because it monopolized the trade routes between the East and the West. Porcelain is one of the important profits. A new place of porcelain production has appeared, which will bring huge losses to Qarth.

"That's right," Hominas admitted, "At that time I was directly on her boat, and I didn't know how long it took before I told her in embarrassment that I couldn't buy all the goods at yesterday's price , but as long as the price is right, I will buy all these things for a reason.

We quickly settled the deal at a price slightly lower than the market price in Slaver's Bay. The more you go west, the more expensive this item is, so I immediately arranged for a ship to transport the item back to Braavos. The value of this ship of porcelain will be equal to our iron treasury. Interest income for the Slave Bay branch for a full year.

Just when I was immersed in joy, Sir Celia suddenly told her that she was preparing to establish a large-scale production base in Astapor, including ceramics, metallurgy, forging and textile industries.At her invitation, I went to Astapor and visited their kilns, metallurgical workshops and textile factories. Although the porcelain kilns and metallurgical workshops are small, and the textile factory has only one name, but She assured me that they had extremely advanced craftsmanship."

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