Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 325 Seduction
"Is it done with Xaro?" Ian looked up at Hominas.

In fact, Ian Yulong returned to Meereen last night, but he didn't make any noise. He only summoned the chief intelligence officer Mita and Hominas, a traitor from the Iron Bank, and deployed his first-stage plan to them. .

"He didn't promise us anything," Hominas said truthfully, "What are you going to ask Grazdan to announce to those captains? Why are you so sure that Xaro will do what we ask?"

"Starting tomorrow, there will be no food available in Meereen's markets."

"What did you say?" Hominas was also surprised when he first heard the news. "Because I was tempted to buy grain at a high price a while ago, almost all the nobles and grain merchants in Meereen have sold the grain. The city is now There is little store of provisions, and it is sustained by the grain-ships from Volantis that come to Meereen every day, and from the valleys of Astapor and Skahazaban."

"Astapor's food?" Ian didn't think about it for a moment.

"Have you forgotten? After you captured Astapor, you ordered to stop the planting of all cash crops and long-term crops, and put all the manpower and land suitable for wheat growth into wheat planting."

"Have you become familiar so soon?"

"In Slaver's Bay, a batch of wheat can be harvested every three months in summer, and it takes a year or even longer in winter." After Hominas took over the job from Celia, he learned about it seriously. These are things that he usually doesn't pay much attention to.

"Now is not the time to talk about that." Hominas shook his head immediately and said urgently, "In short, if there is no food in Meereen, there will be a large-scale famine soon, and everything will be ruined! Moreover, although our current food supply is tight, the situation will soon ease after the harvest of the new wheat in the Astapor Worm River Basin is completed. I can assure you that for at least the next three months, the army and the city will There will be no problem with the food supply."

"Or" Hominas looked at Ian's expressionless face, and he thumped in his heart, and had the worst guess, "You are returning to Meereen by driving the dragon at this time, and you want to stop the food supply to Meereen. Didn't something happen on the battlefield ahead?

You failed to defeat Drogo, and you need to rely on Kaiser Mountain Pass to fight a protracted battle with him, so you came up with the idea of ​​building a warehouse to the west of the mountain pass?Or did you say that Drogo divided his troops into the River Valley region and attacked Meereen's largest grain production area, and you saw this through your 'vision', and then hurried back to deal with it? "

"It's normal to think like you, right?" Seeing Hominas' reaction, Ian nodded with satisfaction.

"You confuse me," Hominas felt that Ian's self-confidence had not changed, and he settled down, "Isn't this a good thing? Not only will this shake the nobles' confidence in you, it may even induce those captains ambition. I can't guess your mind, you must tell me everything I need to know so that I can serve you better."

"Since I called you here, it means that I have no plan to hide from you. You are the core and the most important executor of my entire plan." Ian stood up, came to the edge of the terrace, and told everyone Look below the pyramid.

Hominas is a trustworthy person. After betraying the Iron Bank, he will be exposed to the threat of the Faceless Man at most one year later, and the only person in this world who can help him deal with the Faceless Man is Ian ( At least Hominas himself thinks so), then his fate is completely tied to Ian.

"The Battle of Kaiser Pass has been won. Just five days ago, I destroyed Drogo's army, killed Khal Drogo, captured [-] centaurs, and hatched three new dragons." Yi Eun directly said everything the other party wanted to know most.

Hominas' expression became very exciting in an instant. After a few seconds, he suddenly raised his head and laughed loudly, his whole body trembling with excitement, "So now, should I call you Your Majesty?"

"You are so excited, and those who don't know may think that I have to call you Your Majesty in the future." Ian retorted casually.

"Your Majesty, calm down." Hominas's laughter stopped abruptly, and he quickly knelt down.

"I was just joking, get up." Ian felt a little helpless, the more he was in a high position, the less he could complain freely like before. Every word he said would be magnified countless times in the eyes of others.

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Hominas stood up again, and he didn't know if he was in a hurry to turn over the page just now, and he re-entered the working state in an instant, "So your majesty is suspending the supply of food and grass to Meereen this time. Is it because there are a large number of horse captives on the front line that need to be supported? This is not enough."

"No," Ian directly interrupted the other party's wrong guess, "I want everyone in Meereen to have the idea you just had."

"My... hiss just now," Hominas quickly recalled, taking a breath and said, "You hope that the captains in the port of Meereen will mistakenly think that you have been defeated, and start attacking Meereen to plunder this place." The wealth of a city? To be precise, Meereen, Yunkai, and Astapor will all be attacked."

As Ian's acting finance minister, Hominas guessed what Ian was thinking this time.

Your Majesty wants to lure those captains and mercenaries to attack the three cities of Slave Bay!
Those captains who really bet on Ian's victory, even those who are uncertain about the outcome of the war, have temporarily joined the Meereen Fleet to provide transportation services for Ian because of the high bounty they offered earlier.

Most of these ships that have been staying in the port of Meereen are waiting for Ian to be defeated in order to sack Meereen.Ian deliberately tried to release the news of his defeat at this moment, just to lure these people into the bait.As long as the opponent takes the first step, after Ian annihilates them, he can reasonably take the hundreds of ships in the port into his pocket, and ask the cities or countries behind these ships to provide an explanation to the Ghis Empire, but...
"But will it be too difficult to control the time?" Hominas questioned, "It's been five days since you defeated Khal Drogo, and it will take another week at most to travel to Skahaza The ships on the Ben River will bring the news back to Meereen, but your army cannot return in this time. Without your army, I fear that the three cities of Slaver's Bay will not be strong enough to resist the attack of these sea marauders .”

(End of this chapter)