Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 327 Have You Heard
"Have you heard? From tomorrow no grain from the Dales and Astapor will come to Meereen."

"Impossible? Meereen has restricted the food supply since a month ago. What do we eat when we run out of food? Where did you hear such absurd news?"

"In the afternoon, Lord Grazdan zo Eraz hosted a banquet in the Great Pyramid for all the high-status merchants, captains, and mercenary leaders who stayed in Meereen. He announced the news himself."

"The food we have left is not enough to eat for another few days, we have to find a way to buy it quickly."

"Now I can still think of a way to fart. Those who got the news first swept away the last grain in the market. Even they didn't grab a few bags of flour."

"Then what should we do? How long will the food shortage last?"

"Who knows? Lord Grazdan didn't explain the reason, nor did he say how long it will last. There is no food. It's not right for us to stay in Meereen now, and we can't leave if we want to."

"It's only a few days' sail from Meereen to Astapor. Maybe we should go to Astapor. During this time, the wheat will be ripe on both sides of the Worm River, and Astapor will not be short of food. And if we will The wheat from Astapor was transported to Meereen, and it can make a lot of money from this famine city. The great masters of Meereen sold all the grain at a high price to those quartermasters, and now they are asking them to exchange gold for grain , they have to change too.”

"However, if I mean that if the food shortage this time was caused by the defeat of the Ghis people, we will miss the opportunity to loot the city if we leave Meereen now. In terms of wealth, Astapor and Meereen Lin is not comparable."

"This"

"But no matter what, we must make a decision immediately. The remaining food on our ship will not last for a few days. If we delay for a while, we will not even be able to go to Astapor."

"Then go to Astapor," the captain made a final decision. "Even if the Ghis lose, they probably won't collapse so quickly. Maybe we still have time to do this business."

The port was cut off on the first day.
"Have you heard? A lot of ships left the port last night. It is said that they are going to Astapor. Meereen has run out of food, but Astapor has enough food."

"It's their luck," said the angry voice, "and Meereen ran out of food just after finishing a temporary supply. Unlike us, they can't even go to Astapor."

"Two-thirds of the ships didn't leave, they were all going out to sea without food. I heard that even those ships with only three days' food on board, who couldn't go to Astapor, went to Yunkai to try their luck. It's just us Ships that are close to being completely out of food stay here."

"Have you found the food source I asked you to find? The last bit of food left on our ship will be consumed tonight, and I'm worried that the sailors will mutiny."

"If they mutiny, they won't be able to produce food! At this time, even the great masters in the pyramid are in danger of running out of food. Where can we find food?"

"The great masters have no food? Has the food road from the valley and Astapor been completely cut off?"

"How do we know this? But I heard that a food transport team from Astapor arrived in Meereen early this morning, but they didn't enter the city, but went directly to the slaves outside the city. The barracks. After hearing the news, the Great Lord went to the barracks to make trouble, and conflicts broke out between the two sides."

"How is the result?"

"I haven't heard it yet."

"There is food in the barracks. I don't know if we can find a way to get some, even if it's just enough food to support us to go to Yunkai."

"Then I'll think about it again?"

Great Pyramid
"Xaro, my old friend, I've been waiting for you for a long time." After Hominas saw Xaro in the guest room, he immediately stepped forward and gave him a hug.

"What the hell happened? What's going on here?" Xaro Xhoan Daxos didn't face the other party, and pushed Hominas away, "What kind of tricks are you playing? The port has become a mess , the sailors looted all the taverns and shops to plunder the little food left, and the city guards of Meereen withdrew directly from the port area. You have made Ian Darry's city like this, you are really not afraid Is he angry?"

"Before you say this, you have to tell me, have you obtained the leadership of the Qarth Temporary Alliance?"

"Hmph!" Xaro snorted coldly, a little unwilling to admit that he did what Hominas said.

'Grazdan will announce something later, and then you will naturally agree to my conditions. ' Hominas's words that made him succumb to himself still echoed in Xaro's mind, which made him feel ashamed.

It was even more humiliating to Xaro that he actually had to do what Hominas said, because he too was running out of food.If he didn't come to Hominus, he would have to go with other captains and even the people of Meereen to rob the few food in the city, or even starve to death.

"I told them that I can help them solve their food problems, and they immediately obeyed me." After being silent for half a minute, Xaro admitted that no matter how embarrassing he was, he had to speak out, otherwise everything he had done before would not be worthless Does it make no sense?
"You asked me to come to you, you should mean someone who can help us solve this problem, right?" Xaro asked after finishing speaking.

"Of course, Meereen doesn't have much food in store, but we are friends. How can I let my friend go hungry?"

"We are all merchants," Hominas' tone made Xaro feel uncomfortable. "What is the condition for giving me food? You set a price, and I will pay whatever you want."

"Don't be kidding, the price of food in Meereen is already more expensive than gold, and you can't buy it yet." Hominas interrupted Xaro with a smile.

"This..." Xaro's heart sank.If you want something that is more expensive than gold and you can't buy it at all, what price will you pay?
"Come with me, Xaro, I'll take you to meet someone," Hominas hooked his hands, "Don't be sad, for you, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

Cut off the second day harbor.
"Have you heard? General Carlo, the commander of Meereen's reorganized new army, is reselling military rations. In order to get food, the great masters of Meereen brought whole boxes of gold and silver to exchange with him. It took only two days. Several families vomited out all the money they had spent selling food at high prices to the quartermasters in the past two months, and even put in a lot of their savings."

"At least they still have food to buy. Fights are breaking out at our port at any time. Those sea fish that we usually dismiss are now all delicious."

"Do you think those great masters didn't fight? This morning, people from the Kurza family and the Naqian family fought at the south gate in order to compete for a batch of food. The two sides left dozens of corpses until the city guards When we got there, we separated them."

"Who managed to grab the food in the end?"

"I didn't get any. The city guards took away the food. Astapor's food was only supplied to the reorganized new army outside the city, and the city guards didn't have any share. In addition, the news that Meereen's food supply was cut off the day before was announced. , Many of the Great Lord’s family went to the warehouse of the city guards to get food, and today the city guards also ran out of food, and they have already begun to enter the house and loot the civilians of this city.”

"Go gather people and prepare to loot the houses near the port area. I have wanted to do this for a long time. Under the current situation, only those civilians still have food in their homes, but they just don't want to fight head-on with the city guards. Before we I haven't dared to do it all the time, and now the city guards are too busy to take care of themselves, so we can't blame us.

Pyramid of Kurza
"Something went wrong. The city guards have mutinied. They looted the food we bought from General Carlo, and they are looting civilians. After seeing the actions of the city guards, the foreigners in the port also started to move."

"Which family is in command of the City Guard?" Lord Kurza asked with a frown.

"It used to be the Paal family, but the Paal family was wiped out because of plotting against Lord Darry, and now the Lorak family of the 'Holy Lord' Hizdahr is in charge of commanding the city defense army."

"Then ask them to suppress it! The food in the pyramids is about to run out, and now the city defense army is standing side by side, how can we bring the food back?" Kurza Weizhu spent a full 3 Jinhui coins to buy it So many carts of food.

In normal times, the food bought with this money is enough for the people in his entire pyramid to last for 100 years. That is still when buying all kinds of luxurious food.Now with so much money, he bought so many carts of wheat in total.He was actually ransacked by the city guards, why didn't he get annoyed?
"The Lorak family responded." After a while, the son of the Great Lord Kurza returned to his room, "Hizdahr has lost control of the city defense army, and he is now visiting the Great Pyramid. Convince the ruling committee to formally announce the rebellion of the city guards, and mobilize new troops into the town to suppress the rebellion.”

"That trash!" Great Master Kurza couldn't help being furious, "Why are you still looking for those executive members at this time? Didn't he contact the Volantis? Tell the port guard to let the Volantis enter the city! !"

"The Volantis have no food when they enter the city." The son of Great Lord Kurza was puzzled.

"Just kidding!" Great Master Kurza snorted, "The decision to cut off the food supply was announced by Grazdan zo Eraz. Will he keep food for himself? Will Hominas give it to him?" Keep food for yourself? Many ships have already left Meereen for Astapor and Tolos and Elia on the other side of the Slaver's Bay. We only need to loot the Great Pyramid and wait for them to come back with food!"

"You are too impatient, Kurza."

Hearing the familiar voice, Kurza looked back at the gate and saw the bald forehead of Reznak Mo Reznak.

"I don't know that the executive committee members are here, so what's your business?" Great Lord Kurza knew that Reznak was an ally of the 'Holy Lord' and the 'Green Maiden', but he still couldn't help but groan.

Reznak and Grazdan are both members of the executive committee. He does not believe that Reznak did not know the news in advance, but he did not tell himself that this is a betrayal.

"We didn't get the news of the food supply shortage in advance. Ian Darry flew back to Meereen on a dragon yesterday, and he personally issued this order." Seeing this, Reznak had no choice but to explain.

"What did you say?" Great Lord Kurza was shocked when he heard the words, and quickly covered his mouth, "Then did he hear everything I just said?"

"Hehe, you also believe in the 'God's Vision' nonsense? If so, then he should have heard about our conspiracy with the Volantis." Reznak sneered.

"Huh," Kurza regained his composure, "So what's the result? Win or lose?"

"He didn't say anything, and he didn't give us a chance to ask, that's why I told you not to act rashly." Reznak's tone was a little irritable, "The Volantenes can leave Meereen after looting, but we can't , Meereen is our city. If Ian does not lose to the King of Horses, we will surely die when his army returns. In order to further inquire about the news, the 'Holy Master' has already gone to the Great Pyramid, and maybe Ian is also there."

"So the purpose of the Holy Master's visit to the Great Pyramid is not actually to ask the ruling committee to declare the City Guards' rebellion?"

"It's just an excuse, and the city guards didn't mutiny at all. Their actions were directed by us. Otherwise, how could we justifiably get food?"

"Then you are still attacking people in our family?!" Great Lord Kurza was furious.

"Is anyone dead in your family? It's just a group of slaves?" Reznak asked back.

"This"

"The Kurza family is the most staunch ally of the Lorak family. Only when you are attacked can everyone believe that the city guards have escaped the control of the Holy Lord. The Holy Lord has given them an order in advance not to hurt Your family members just died some slaves, you shouldn't mind, right?"

"Of course I don't mind those slaves! But what about the food? I spent so much money, is it possible that I still go hungry?"

"Of course it's impossible. We've already had someone secretly transport your grain to you. To express our apologies, we've also sent you a piece of spoils from the City Guards."

Cut off the third day harbor.
"Have you heard? Ian Darry's dragon has been seen! It's in Meereen!"

"What? Hasn't his dragon been with him all the time? How did it fly back to Meereen?"

"Who knows? Maybe Ian died in battle and the dragon flew back, and that's why Meereen was out of food."

"Don't talk nonsense, Lord Ian did not die in battle. He has returned to Meereen, and he has been seen." At this moment another sailor joined the conversation.

"Yes, I heard that too. They said that Lord Darry summoned some important ministers after he came back. He is now in the Great Pyramid."

"Who did you listen to?"

"I don't know, everyone says so."

(End of this chapter)