Blood of the True Dragon

Chapter 38
Yunkai.

After Daenerys took the city without bloodshed, she did not continue to advance towards Meereen. Instead, she chose to stay in Yunkai's stable rule and wait for Aegon to return to aid before continuing to return.

"Your Highness, Meereen has cut off its trade with us. Our army is too large. If we delay for too long, there may be famine in the city!

Now the price of food in the city has tripled! "

The meeting atmosphere in the pyramid today seemed a bit dignified.

Although Yunkai was captured, there are thousands of Unsullied troops stationed this time. These people consume too much food, and the food cannot be grown in a short time, so the problem now is imminent.

Daenerys frowned listening to Jon Connington's report. She wondered how Aegon would solve it if he was there.

If you continue to lead troops out to attack Meereen, not to mention whether these soldiers can capture Meereen, it will be very difficult for those slave owners to come back and start a rebellion.

Therefore, some Unsullied must be left here to maintain the rule. After all, there is nothing more loyal than the Unsullied.

"Sir Jorah, you have been in Essos for a long time, you should know where else Slaver's Bay can get food from?" Daenerys turned her head to Jorah Mormont who was recuperating.

"Your Highness, the three sister cities of Slaver's Bay, except for Astapor, are actually self-sufficient, but Astapor has always relied on the city-states brought from other trading cities or Dothraki. Food Supplements!
You know, the Dothraki usually take their slaves to Astapor to sell after they plunder!
The good lords of Astapor will pay top dollar for those slave children! "

"Dothraki?"

Daenerys frowned at the word.

She remembered that Viserys was going to marry her to the Dothraki named Drogo.

"Yes, Dothraki! If you want to solve the current food crisis, you'd better buy the sheep and food they looted from the Dothraki!"

"There are people!" Daenerys added. "The Dothraki and they rob people and sell them as slaves! You let me trade with them?"

Jorah said solemnly: "Your Highness, a wise ruler should learn to cooperate with different people!"

"Do you think me, a teenage girl, is stupid?"

"Of course not, you are smarter than anyone! It's just us now"

Jorah Mormont wanted to say more, but was stopped by Daenerys:
"You don't need to say anymore, I will not trade with the Dothraki, never! His Majesty Aegon is here, and he will not let me trade with them!

The Dothraki live on looted food, we just trade food with their plundered peoples! "

"I agree with your decision, Your Highness!" Jon Connington supported.

He couldn't understand the barbarians like Dothraki, let alone trade with them.

"However," Chora said, "the price in the city has tripled now. If we trade with the Raza people, it will take at least half a month to bring back the food!"

After Jorah finished speaking, the other two were silent.

Stability in the city is the most important thing now, and such high food prices will only speed up these people's crazily hoarding of food and increase the cost of acquisition. Even if Daenerys wants to collect part of the food to help the victims, it will not help, because the people at the bottom People cannot afford food whose prices have been pushed up.

"Sir Jon, go out and gather all the merchants in Yunkai!" Daenerys finally raised her head after being silent for a long time.

"Are you going to force them to take out the food?"

Daenerys shook her head directly:

"Of course not, I will give them mercy. The ruler should give mercy to his people, but I really want them to release the food!"

Although Jon Connington didn't know what Daenerys was thinking, he still sent someone to gather the merchants of Yunkai.

After a while, the merchants of Yunkai came to the pyramid one by one.

"It seems that the princess of the sunset kingdom can't bear it anymore! I thought she could last for another two days!"

Before the meeting even started, these businessmen in golden toca robes conspired in private.

"I told you a long time ago that she's just a bitch, but it's a pity that she still thinks she's a dragon king with nails!" A bald-headed businessman mocked.

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

"Hahaha! Adazdan, you are so right, this time I want to see how much this bitch wants to spend to buy our food!
If she licks me well, maybe I'll sell her some more! "

Adazdan said with a smile: "If you ask me, I shouldn't sell the grain to her this time. After a few days, the price of grain will rise again. Only then can I make a lot of money!"

There were still some timid ones in the crowd. Hearing other people taunting Daenerys like this, she couldn't help persuading her: "She still has an army in her hands, so we can't be too tough!"

Adazdan himself is extremely tough in his actions, and now he has the opportunity to manipulate Daenerys, and he doesn't want to let it go, so he still encourages others:
"Our food can also recruit troops. As long as we hold on for a few days, they will definitely rebel if they don't have food!"

"I still don't think it should be overdone. I heard that the heads of slave owners in Astapor were all stuck in the Pride Square! Even if you are far away, you can see that horrible scene!"

"You coward, a Valyrian bitch scared you like this! You don't deserve to be called a Gisian!" Adazdan yelled at the thin man who had just spoken.

"You are not a coward, so how could you submit to her rule!"

The two were instantly irritated by each other, and they rolled up their sleeves and were about to fight.

"Enough, we should be together, don't mess around before seeing the enemy!" An influential businessman stopped the two of them, and continued:
"The most important thing now is how much money we can earn in this crisis. Everyone, only by uniting can we earn enough gold coins, so our sales must be under unified control!"

Everyone nodded upon hearing this, and then the Unsullied guards invited them into the council hall.

Daenerys was wearing a white robe and sat on a high seat, while Jon Connington, Missandei, Jorah Mormont and others stood beside her.

"your Highness!"

The merchants saluted after seeing Daenerys.

Daenerys nodded towards Missandei, and the latter immediately said: "Princess Daenerys called everyone together to discuss something!"

Everyone couldn't help being secretly happy when they heard this, but they still pretended to be puzzled and said:
"Her Royal Highness, what can we do for you?"

Seeing that the time is right, Daenerys smiled and said:
"King Aegon has captured New Ghis and obtained a large amount of food, which needs to be disposed of urgently to support us in recruiting an army to take back the Iron Throne!
You are the most experienced grain merchants in Yunkai, I would like to ask you how to sell at a high enough price? "

(End of this chapter)