Game of Thrones: Winter Dragon Lord

Chapter 115 The Game of War

"Summer red wine from Dorne." The servant poured the wine into the glass. This is a wine glass from Myr with fine texture and smooth texture.

Garlan Tyrell was very familiar with this cup, his father Mace carried it everywhere, the pattern of roses on it was so conspicuous.So what does he mean?Insult him with a wine glass?
"A fine wine should be paired with a fine glass, right, sir." Cole took the flagon and poured the wine for himself.He himself uses plain copper-plated wide cups instead. "This wine glass is the property of the respected father, and I should return it to the original owner."

Garland took a sip from the wine glass that his father cherished very much. This wine was not very good, and it was far from the red grapes from Qingting Island.In Gaoting's treasury, there is also a kind of golden wine from Arbor Island, whose color and taste are far superior to all the wines he has ever tasted.A barrel of this kind of wine can be sold for dozens of gold dragons.

"There are several types of wine. There are quite a few vineyards in the manor in High Court. I once took Leonie to pick them. She is my wife and comes from the Fossoway family. The steward there told Me, the weather affects the quality of the grapes, and only the plump grapes can make the best wine." He inserted a mouthful of garlic sausage.

"Winter is not suitable for growing grapes." Cole put down the wine glass.

Garland nodded. "Wine can be more expensive in winter."

"The Reach is the richest land in the Seven Kingdoms. As the lords of Highgarden, how much is the Tyrell family willing to pay for the ransom of their master and young master?" He grabbed a handful of salt from the salt dish and sprinkled it on On the beef, use a knife and fork to cut a piece of meat of appropriate size, and sprinkle a little pepper on the meat piece, with sliced ​​onions on the fork to accompany the entrance. "I remember you said that you came as an envoy."

"Three thousand golden dragons." Garland offered directly.

"Ten knights for one duke?" Cole waved his knife and fork. "The reward for the king's tournament is tens of thousands of golden dragons."

"What about you, sir, I remember that you seem to be the Earl of Brightwater City now." He continued to ask.

"One thousand." This was the price Garland set for himself.

Cole handed him a plate of apple pie. "Have a taste of the pastry. We're not negotiating, just talking between friends. We were supposed to be friends, sir."

Garland silently took the apple pie, friend?Don't joke, they met on the battlefield.

"Renly and Stannis are brothers. Your sister is Renly's queen, and I am Princess Shireen Baratheon's husband. Logically speaking, we should be relatives," Cole said.

"Brother?" Garland sneered, there is no brother who meets swords. "My sister is about to marry His Majesty Joffrey, we probably won't be relatives, Lord Julius."

"Isn't Joffrey also of House Baratheon?"

But Garland's face was condensed, "I hope I won't offend you by saying this, sir. I don't agree with your father-in-law who took advantage of his nephew's youth to fight for the throne. He has no honor at all."

Cole just smiled, "You're scolding Duke Renly."

Pass the wine to the servant and let him pour it for Garland. "War is not a game of honor, my ser. If all men fought for honor, it would be a Targaryen who now sat on the Iron Throne."

"Game? Do you think so?" Garland held out the wine glass, and the servant poured the wine into the glass.

"It can also be a bet. Every family has its own chip, and what you have to do is to put this chip on top, but sometimes it's not whoever has the bigger chip wins." He chuckled lightly. "A vulgar metaphor, please forgive me, I haven't read many books."

"A very clear explanation." Garland nodded in praise. "So what do you mean, my lord. I believe that you definitely did not mean to preach to me."

"Would you rather a lion or a deer, ser?" Cole asked him.

"A lion is dangerous, but Stannis is no stag. He is a fire, and fire is the enemy of the rose," Garland said bluntly.

Cole clapped his hands, "It seems that we must be enemies?"

"At the moment it seems so."

"I've heard your nickname—'Garland the Brave.'

"My lord." At this moment Gilbert came over and whispered something in Cole's ear.

He stood up abruptly and motioned to say, "Please forgive me, I have to accompany you."

Cole followed Galbert to the back cabinet, and he took out a letter and handed it to Cole.

"My lord, this is a letter from the Prime Minister from Dragonstone," he said to Cole.

Looking at the sealing wax on it, Cole knew it was either the king or the onion knight.

Davos couldn't read, so the letter must have been written by someone else.

He read sentence by sentence, and suddenly the brows relaxed.

Gilbert hadn't read the letter, but when Cole handed it over, he unfolded the letter and read it.

"The ironborn attacked the Arbor Island?" Gilbert cried out in shock.

"Gods, why did they do this?" The lord seemed unable to understand what the ironborn were doing. "Has Your Majesty already won the ironborn's loyalty?"

"It wasn't written in the letter, but I don't think it's possible." Cole shook his head. He knew the virtues of the ironborn, and he could only scare the bandits with his fists if he wanted to bow his head and surrender.

"This is undoubtedly good news for us, my lord." Gilbert was a little excited.

"It can only be said that it is not bad news. The fleet of Qingting Island was destroyed, and the sea became the territory of the Ironborn. This is a group of robbers. They don't care who we are."

Of the three most powerful fleets in Westeros, only the Iron Fleet of the Ironmen is left, a group of greedy guys.With Stannis' character, he would never cooperate with this group of ironmen.

If the Iron Fleet fell to Lannister, it would still be their enemy.

But now at least for the time being, there is no need to worry about a fleet besieging it. With the remaining ships on Dragonstone Island, they can't show much combat effectiveness at all.

Without the Qingting Island fleet, the Lion House and Rose House in King's Landing could only stare across the Black Water Bay.

He should have thought of the Ironborn, they were also a group of restless masters.It is not known whether the current king of the Iron Islands is Balon Greyjoy or Euron Crow's Eye.These two are crazy goods, one wants to restore the ancient road, and the other is even crazier. Cole thinks that Euron's eyes may be on the whole of Westeros.

Dragonhorn "Dragonbinder", a magical item used by Valyrian dragonlords to control dragons.

Kor knew it was in Euron's hands at this moment, along with a suit of Valyrian armor.

(End of this chapter)