Blood of the True Dragon

Chapter 10 The Governor in Collusion with Pirates
In the early morning, Reese's pier was already busy. When Aegon arrived at the pier, beside the original ten merchant ships, there were seven or eight merchant ships flying the Reese's flag.

Aegon immediately became happy when he saw this scene, and it was indeed the right time for him to come to Rhys this time.

This kind of business should be done more in the future.

No, it seems that it can only be given to these local tyrants.

"Your Majesty, this ship is the jewels sent by Governor Tweek, along with 100 Unsullied soldiers, and these 30 young and beautiful bed slaves just bought from Yunkai."

Governor Tweek's butler enthusiastically introduced the gift that Aegon had prepared for him.

Then several other governor's subordinates also introduced to Aegon one after another.

Several people added up to send six merchant ships, 500 Unsullied soldiers, and 120 bed slaves.

What is surprising is that Governor Druman sent the most things among the governors of Rees, and he was the only one who sent two ships.

"Then whose are these three ships?" Aegon asked curiously looking at the three extra ships beside him.

"Your Majesty! This is mine."

A soft female voice came over, and Aegon looked around, only to find a fair-skinned young girl with long blond hair coming behind him.

The woman was wearing a green gauze dress, which made her pink arms even more alluring, and her pair of dark blue eyes looked extra charming as if they were filled with water vapor.

"I remember you, your name seems to be Joanna, we met at the banquet the day before yesterday!"

Joanna curtseyed to Aegon, then smiled and said:

"Your Majesty has a good memory, Joanna Harlow, I am in the insurance business for the crew."

In this era, sea transportation is faster than land transportation, because sea transportation can travel both day and night, while land transportation can only travel during the day.

Moreover, sea transportation is easier than road transportation, so no matter where you go to do business, you usually choose to take a boat, and the wind and waves at sea and pirates are the biggest enemies of these businessmen.

This naturally gave birth to these marine insurance industries.

People like Joanna will collect insurance premiums from the crew. If they die or are sold to slave owners by pirates, Joanna and the others will pay the ransom.

Aegon was a little surprised and said:

"I didn't expect such a young girl to build such a big business! It seems that the people of Reese are really born with the talent for doing business."

Joanna in front of her didn't look like she was two years older than herself. It was not easy to take charge of such a large property at this age.

"Your Majesty, I'm not from Lys, and my father left me this property. He was a good friend with Governor Tweek. Unfortunately, he passed away the year before last."

The scene was very embarrassing for a while, but Aegon recovered quickly.

"Forgive my recklessness, and thank you very much for your gift!"

Joanna shook her head with a smile, her smile seemed to be breathtaking: "It's okay, and you are the king, as your vassal, you don't need to say thank you to me!"

"You mean vassal?"

"Yes, Joanna Harlow is at your service, Your Majesty!"

Joanna knelt down on one knee to show her allegiance to Aegon.

This really surprised Aegon. The governors of Rhys were watching one by one, planning to give some benefits to establish a good relationship in advance, and they did not plan to be loyal to him.

As a result, the rich businessman of the young Reese would directly choose to put all the treasures on him.

Aegon quickly raised his hand to signal Joanna to get up.

"Your Majesty, I have something else to tell you alone."

Hearing this, Aegon looked at the people around him, and the others walked away tactfully. Anyway, it is impossible for a woman to come and assassinate Aegon in person.

"Danny, you stay here." Seeing Daenerys hesitate, Aegon stopped her directly.

"She's my aunt, and I can tell her anything."

As if afraid that Joanna would not understand the relationship between Daenerys and him, Aegon hurriedly emphasized it to her.

"Okay, then I will tell His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Princess. In fact, His Majesty should be careful when going to Slave Bay this time."

"How to say?"

Aegon was a little surprised. He now has hundreds of Unsullied troops. Ordinary pirates shouldn't be afraid, right?
And on the way to Slave Bay, there are only a little more pirates in the Stone Steps Islands, and I have already come, can the other party chase after me?

Joanna did not take the initiative to answer, but turned her head and said, "Your Majesty, do you know Drewman?"

"That fat man?"

"Yes, when Drumman was young, he was just a small wealthy businessman in Reese, and his business ability was average, but now he is the governor of Reese, do you know why?"

Both Aegon and Daenerys pricked up their ears curiously, and Joanna continued to talk about Drumman.

"There are many fleets passing through Lys, and on the way to Braavos or Pentos, they will always be ambushed by pirates on the Stepstone Islands.

And many of these attacked fleets have been on Drumman's territory, so I rarely do business with these ignorant people when I do insurance later. "

Aegon finally understood: "You mean that Governor Drumman is in collusion with the pirate gangs on the Stepstone Islands, and he is responsible for providing information on these fleets?"

This Drumman's show operation is really good, and it is comparable to the operation of the islanders on the Three Sisters Islands who deliberately turned off the lighthouse on a rainy night to make the fleet run aground.

Reese is the largest resort, and the brothel industry is so developed, there is an endless stream of fleets that come to dock.

After all, where there are enough brothels, the crew will dock there!

But who would have thought that the governor of Reese could collude with pirates to kill people?
He even doubted whether Druman was a descendant of the iron people (people on the Iron Islands, the most famous pirate kingdom in Westeros, these people were called iron people).

"Yes, with every shipwreck on the Stone Step Islands, the wealth of Druman's family will increase.

Your Majesty, you carry so many jewels, I think it is difficult for a pirate to resist this temptation. "

After Joanna finished speaking, Aegon's heart sank.

The merchant ship is a flat-bottomed boat, and its speed is definitely not as fast as the pirate's long ship. Maybe it will be chased halfway by then.

If there were more people on the opposite side, it would not be a problem to eat yourself.

This really trapped me in Rhys.

But if he didn't leave, Robert might bring the Royal Fleet to destroy him when he found out that he was raising the banner in Reese!

That is much fiercer than pirates.

This appears to be a dead end.

But Aegon soon realized the problem.

"Since you already know about Drumman's collusion with pirates, you must also know how to survive, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have come here to pay your allegiance to me!"

Based on his judgment of Joanna just now, this woman is obviously not a fool who is willing to leave her life to others to decide. Since she dared to come, it proves that she must have a way to take him away.

"Yes, this method is actually very simple, Your Majesty, do you know who is Cuige O'Meren's friend?"

Aegon shook his head, and then asked tentatively, "Druman?"

"Yes, Drewman and Trager are good friends, but Trager actually made a big fuss at Governor Tweek's banquet the day before yesterday!"

"You mean Governor Drumman is at odds with Governor Tweek?"

Aegon's eyes lit up instantly.

(End of this chapter)