Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 324 Return to Meereen
"Count Bolong, it's really not easy to see you," Grazdan zo Eraz, accompanied by four guards, began to advance to the next level, "Even though he is a member of the ruling committee, he has never If you don't handle anything and are so lazy, aren't you afraid that Lord Darry will have opinions on you?"

"Work? Haha," Bronn laughed, "When I saved Lord Darry's life in the underground sanctuary in King's Landing earlier, I had already done my work in this life, and maybe my next life too." , what I need to do now is another job for the hen to lay eggs."

"Speaking of which, how about those gifts I gave you last time? If you like, I have more here." Grazdan stepped forward and walked alongside Bronn. "Yunkai is good at this."

Grazdan likes Bronn very much. The earl who was chosen by Ian as the representative of the 'Westero faction' in the ruling committee has no interest in politics. He only used 20 bed slaves to get Bronn in almost all support for things.Moreover, Earl Polon had quite a few unique views on the 'art of sex', which made Grazdan meet late, and regretted that he was not a Yunkaiian.

"Your gift is just for fun. If you really want to lay eggs, I need a woman with more noble blood."

"Hmm." Grazdan was in a bit of trouble. This wasn't the first time Bronn had mentioned this matter to him, but he didn't like the daughters of the low-ranking nobles and even the down-and-out high nobles he had arranged for Bronn to meet.

After a few times, he summed up the requirements of Bronn, firstly, she must be the daughter of the Patriarch of the great/virtuous lord's family, secondly, the middle surname must be 'Zo', and finally, it would be great if that woman doesn't have any brothers.Of course, it doesn't matter if she has brothers, Bronn has a way to make her brotherless.Based on these conditions, Grazdan had no way of taking over the job of helping Bronn arrange his wife.

"If you want to please the high-ranking noble girls, maybe you have to change the clothes of your nouveau riche first." Grazdan can only talk about it, and in words, it seems that he has completely forgotten Not long ago, he himself was an 'upstart' in the eyes of everyone.

"Isn't my dress good-looking?" Bronn was wearing a bright gold velvet jacket, a bearskin cape, a large gold chain inlaid with emeralds and agates around his neck, and a gold silk belt with rubies around his waist. Even the scabbard is inlaid with countless exquisitely polished black diamonds.

Grazdan's face darkened, and he didn't know how to comment.

"My lords are a bit late." The head of the Meereen intelligence station, Mita, came forward, glanced at the guards behind Grazdan and Bronn, and said with a smile, "You don't have to be so vigilant, although this The city is already in danger, but I can vouch for the safety of the Great Pyramid."

"As long as the Lord Earl returns to Meereen, all the crises will disappear." Reznak mo Reznak had already arrived here, and he said in the local High Valyrian with a strong guttural voice.

This person is the steward appointed by Daenerys after conquering Meereen in the original book. He has very good abilities. He has a high influence among the local nobles and is also a second-class nobleman. En made him the last member of the ruling council.

"If the Earl doesn't come back, you have already made a second-hand plan, right?" Grazdan snorted coldly.

According to the intelligence of the Great, many of the local nobles in Meereen secretly contacted the larger forces or temporary alliances in the port during this period of time, in order to obtain the support of those fleets against Mi Lin after Ian's defeat. Lin was alone in the looting, and even got a share of the pie.

According to some clues, Grazdan suspected that this oily, bald Reznak, who was sprayed with perfume, was also involved in those shady plots.If it weren't for the fear that a direct showdown with Reznak would immediately cause chaos in Meereen, which would affect Lord Darry's war ahead, Grazdan would have wished to deal with this young man immediately.

"This is Meereen, the people of Yunkai, you want to gain power by slandering me, you are dreaming." I don't know if Reznak is really upright and not afraid of the shadow, or he believes that everything he has done is perfect, He responded to Grazdan with a defiant tone.

"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's go upstairs to see you." Mi Da stopped the next quarrel among the important ministers in time, snapped his fingers, and then the guard guarding the last step moved out of the way.

"What do you mean?" Bronn asked blankly, "Isn't there a terrace above?"

"Who will appear directly on the terrace at the top of the Great Pyramid and allow the three of us to use the word audience?" Grazdan laughed, and quickly stepped up the stairs.

"Master Darry is back?" Bronn reacted immediately, followed Grazdan's pace, and then asked, "It's true that he needs to let us have an audience, but what does this have to do with appearing directly on the balcony?" relation?"

"The last time you saw Ion, how long was his wingspan?" Grazdan reminded.

"Four meters? Five meters?" Bronn didn't care about that.

"Now that two months have passed, manning is no longer a problem for it." Grazdan said, disappearing around the corner with Bronn.

"Lord Reznak, what are you waiting for?" Only at this moment did Mita remind the last executive member who was still in a daze.

"No, it's nothing." Reznak touched the top of his shiny head, and quickly walked up the stairs.

"My lord, you're really back!" As soon as Grazdan stepped onto the top terrace, he saw Ian's familiar figure, and the black dragon Ian was crawling behind him.The terrace on the top floor of the Great Pyramid was big enough for Ion to lie on it, completely undetectable by the people below.

After expressing his emotion, Grazdan immediately half-kneeled down, and Bronn and Reznak who came up later also did the same.

Ian gave a soft 'hmm', and the three stood up.

"Report on the situation of Meereen." Sitting at a stone table and drinking tea, Ian said casually.

This made the three members who were eager to ask a bunch of questions oh no, the two ruling members held back their words.

They are very eager to know what it means for Ian to come back at this time. Is it to take time to deal with work before the decisive battle?The decisive battle has been won, return to Meereen early to prepare for the triumphant ceremony?Or did he leave the army and escape alone after losing the decisive battle?
Ian didn't seem to have the intention to speak up, and asked them to report to work first, but they didn't dare to ask more.

Grazdan and Reznak looked at each other, and they were reluctant to be the reporter. After all, the overall situation in Meereen is very bad. Whoever reports may bear Ian's anger.

But the two didn't have a stalemate for long, and after only a few seconds, Grazdan stood up.

Reznak had been promoted by Ian to balance the nobles of Meereen, and he and Ian hadn't even met a few times.

Bronn is a mercenary who came from Westeros with Ian and knows nothing but killing.And everyone knows that he once saved Ian's life, and now Ian rewards him with castles, status and titles, but doesn't let him work at all, just to raise a flag for everyone and tell them, give me your life today Work, Bronn's today is your tomorrow.

Compared with them, Grazdan zo Eraz thinks that he is the only person Ian focuses on cultivating. Not only Meereen's ruling committee, but also the empire's imperial council will have his own seat in the future. After all, everything in the forest has to be borne by oneself.

"The general state of Meereen isn't looking good," Grazdan reported. "Since you left, things have gone awry. Conspiratorial plotters who wouldn't have dared to do anything while you were around have resumed their activities. You They took away all the best of the coalition, leaving only a few untrained mobs in Meereen, who are useless even in the streets to maintain order."

"Public security chaos?" Ian summed up succinctly.

"Yes," Grazdan nodded, and continued, "Then there is the food crisis. Although it is true that a large number of Volantis grain ships came to Slaver's Bay after you issued the decree to purchase unlimited grain from all over the world, but They never left after arriving. In addition, a large number of slave ships and various merchant ships flocked into the three cities of Slaver's Bay, mainly the port of Meereen. Even after the port of Meereen was full, the nearby coasts The natural haven was also full of boats.

These tens of thousands of sailors and oarsmen have put great pressure on the food supply of Meereen, and the price of food has been soaring. On the front line, because of the evacuation of Hessi civilians and the victory of the Battle of Jisdaka, a large number of prisoners The captives in Drogo Kalasar once again had tens of thousands of mouths, further increasing the pressure on Meereen's food supply.

Fortunately, Miss Celia received a huge amount of funds from Hominas, which allowed us to buy all the food stored in the city by the major families of Meereen and their granaries near the Skahazaban Valley. The supply of grain and grass on the front line was basically guaranteed.

But even this situation won't last long. If we can't sell a large number of captives to the fleet in the port as soon as possible and let them leave Slave Bay, even if we give all the remaining gold coins to Those Meereen nobles, they also have no food to sell. The current level of agriculture in Slaver's Bay simply cannot support this population. "

War is an extension of politics, and politics is the concentrated expression of economy. Wars burn money and resources.

Celia and Hominas briefly mentioned these various economic and logistical aspects in their reports.So much so that although Ian knew that the logistics problem was troublesome, he didn't expect it to be so troublesome.

Of course, Ian wouldn't blame them either, after all, with all the efforts they made, the entire logistics system didn't collapse until he defeated Drogo.Since what they have achieved has fully met Ian's expectations, why do they have any reason to report their worries to Ian?
If the employees can solve the troubles, it is not the boss's troubles.As Robert said, I am only responsible for spending money, and finding money is your little finger's business.

"What do you think of Hominas?" Ian suddenly changed the subject.

Grazdan was taken aback for a moment, and then realized from Ian's confident expression that Ian already had a solution to the problems he just reported, and even the problems had actually been solved.

"Hominus." Grazdan breathed a long sigh of relief and began to answer Ian's question, "I must admit that he is a talent. After Miss Celia left, he accepted him from Celia. Everything is handled in an orderly manner, and he is responsible for the entire food dispatching." It would be great if Hominas could replace that damned Reznak as the executive member, he added in his heart.

"What about you? What do you think of Hominas?" Ian turned to Bronn and asked.

"Ah, he is a talent." Bronn touched the big gold chain inlaid with various precious stones on his chest, and gave a positive evaluation.

Ian then turned to Reznak.

"I don't have much work with that Braavosi man. I'm not familiar with him, but Meereen is in today's crisis. I think this person needs to take the primary responsibility." Reznak's evaluation and The first two are completely different, and even have a certain degree of aggression.

"Okay, I understand." Ian nodded, "Go down first, isn't there a grand banquet for the captains in the hall on the third floor? It would be rude for you not to attend."

"How do you know?" Grazdan wanted to ask subconsciously, but then he remembered that Darry-sama is a person with the 'God's Vision', so he should know everything as a matter of course.

"Okay." The three of Grazdan immediately bowed and prepared to leave.

"By the way, Grazdan, after going down, announce to them that the food supply in Meereen City will be cut off. Starting tomorrow, none of the grain from the Skahazaban Valley will enter the Meereen Market." Ian said at the end Only then issued his own order.

"How can this work?!" Reznak exploded in an instant, "The nobles of Meereen have already sold most of the food stored in the Great Pyramid, and now they are all supported by the food shipped from the valley every day. Meereen will run out of food, and all the nobles will also be affected!"

"The battle ahead is tight," Ian spread his hands. In fact, he has already finished fighting, and he has received a very generous supplement from the Lazarin people. "All the food in the valley must be sent to the front. I assure you that this will not last too long." Soon, I'll defeat Drogo, and you'll have to figure it out before Meereen's food supply resumes."

"My lord!" Reznak still wanted to argue.

"Back off." Ian said softly.

Reznak was shocked, shut his mouth immediately, and exited the terrace tremblingly.

It wasn't until after the three executive members left that Intelligence Chief Mi Da brought Hominas to Ian again.

"Lord Darry." Hominas bowed.

(End of this chapter)