The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 75 Pantos’ embarrassment

Looking at the square brick towers standing around him and the roofs covered with tiles, Uthello felt as if he had returned to Westeros - as a person who has close trade ties with Westeros and is himself a A city-state with a lot of Andal blood, the style of Pentos is very close to that of Westeros.

As one of the most populous trading city-states, the streets of Pentos were full of crowds. Uthello was now dressed as a merchant, with only two guards around him. It was impossible to tell that he was the envoy of Braavos.

Walking on the stone road of Pentos, Uthello couldn't help but think of the history and current situation of this city as he looked around and listened.

As the northernmost outpost of the Valyrian Empire, Pentos undoubtedly received significant construction during the Free Fortress period. After the collapse of the Free Fortress, relying on everything left by the ancient empire, the city quickly became the northwest of Essos. the overlord.

Hegemony has brought a prosperous life to the people in the city. Even now that the hegemony is changing, the living habits of the past have continued. Citizens like to dye and oil their beards, and are also fond of singing. They always admire excellent singers. Very generous, and the pursuit of art can be seen everywhere in society.

Of course, like most free trade city-states, all superiority is based on the hard work of slaves. These unrecognized slaves have supported this prosperous society with their shoulders.

Generally speaking, the loss of Andas and the Plains did not have a big impact on Pentos. After all, there were a large number of slave manors around Pentos that were enough to support the city. The output of these manors and the slaves in them were enough to maintain the city. operation.

However, Uthello still saw signs of decay on the road. Some well-dressed people were selling their collections on the street, and he still remembered that at the port, even freedmen began to compete with slaves for the job of carrying bags.

Andas and Flatland are important parts of the Pentos empire. There is no way that there will be no impact after their loss. However, the Pentos people have always been proud. Neither the free people of this city nor the forty families are willing to Easily bowing down in front of outsiders, just like their governor would even spend money to bribe Braavos in order to achieve "victory", because this can appease the restless people.

Ridiculous city, ridiculous people, they are intoxicated in the glory of the past, thinking that they are still the overlords of the Northern Narrow Sea, Braavos will definitely trample them under their feet.

When it came to matters about his past life choices, Uthello's thoughts were immediately filled with these, but the shouts on the street pulled him out of his own world at this time.

Originally, according to the general procedure, the Braavos fleet should hunt Westeros ships at sea and defeat the main fleet of Westeros at this time. However, due to the large number of prisoners caused by the failure of the Sheephorn River, Braavos had no choice but to Do not stop activities at sea.

As a group of mercenaries belonging to the Golden Company passed by, Uthello thought to himself, and the citizens of Pentos on the street were unhappy when they saw the mercenaries. They didn't like the sight of mercenaries on the streets, but this It was the order of Prince Villerion.

The tyrant who fomented populism could only rely on the protection of mercenaries after his failure. It must be said that this is really ironic. It seems that the failure of Vellerion is faster than the time expected by the Neptune Palace.

On the issue of slavery, Braavos' attitude is resolute, but they can't do anything about the status quo, because one thing cannot be changed, that is, slavery is the basis for the operation of the free trade city-state's economic system, even if Braavos Foss can only control themselves, but if they can promote the disintegration of slavery, they will still do it.

These people are the judges and lawyers of Pentos. They control the laws, but they do not have a complete and large group of judges like Braavos. The essence of this group of Pentos is still supported by Braavos. Only then did they expand, so they were also the largest abolitionist faction within Pentos.

Now all parts of Westeros are ready to move, and the second wave of expeditionary forces is already brewing. If they are allowed to reach the east, the situation will undoubtedly further deteriorate.

The matter about Hugo is undoubtedly a stain on Uthello. As the overseas agent of the Sea King Palace and the envoy who used his power to provoke the power of the House of Black and White, he completely failed in curbing the eastward advance of the Westeros forces.

It's just that not many people were interested in their message, but the failure on the battlefield eventually attracted some new people.

The people shouting on the street were a few well-dressed people. The calluses on their hands silently told about their long-term literary work. The small scale emblem on their chests indicated their identities.

The more he thinks about this, the more ugly the expression on Uthello's face becomes, because he has a huge responsibility in it. He is even thinking about whether it was a mistake to embark on this path, and whether he should do what his father said. That way, studying law will continue the family business.

This time Villerian was defeated, and these abolitionists also took advantage of this to launch propaganda for the abolition of slavery.

However, Uthello's high mood did not last long, because he thought of his own failure, the failure of the Unsullied, and the adventurer rampaging in the east.

"Citizens of Pentos, we have paid the price for slavery, so now is the time to completely abolish slavery. The nominal abolition is just self-deception. Only when slavery is truly abolished, our Only then can the city truly change and the bad status quo be disintegrated!”

Uthello was full of superiority towards Pentos. As a Braavos man, how could he not have a superiority complex towards this city? The Pentosians had failed so many times at the hands of Valyrian bastards.

What a coincidence. Speaking of which, if he hadn't chosen to serve Neptune, he would probably be doing something of this nature.

As Uthello knew, most of the citizens were not interested in their words, and some were a little annoyed by their words. Some slaves were very interested, but they were quickly driven away, even if they had no work for the time being. Public slaves were also quickly driven away.

However, even though they are so unpopular, no one directly attacks these judges and lawyers, because just like their counterparts in Bravo, the judges and lawyers in Pentos are also armored men, especially in the When Prince Le Lyon was defeated and many forces in the city suffered heavy losses, the strength of the judges, who refused to participate in the war at the time, was not much, but now it seems considerable.

This was a good sign, but it happened at the wrong time. As soon as this idea came to mind, Uthello himself rejected it. After all, if it hadn't been for the arrival of those adventurers, how could things have happened now. After this little episode, Uthello soon came to the palace of Prince Pentos. The Prince's Palace was once the residence of the Dragon King of Valyria. After the collapse of the Free Fortress, it was transformed by the Pentos people. Prince's Palace.

However, before it was transformed into the prince's palace, a very bloody thing happened here, that is, the "general liquidation" of the Valyrian people by the citizens of Pentos.

After the collapse of the Free Fortress, many dragon kings and dragons still remained in the future Free Trade Cities. These dragon kings immediately began to fight for the hegemony of Valyria. While they were busy fighting each other, those who were oppressed by the dragon kings People, as well as ambitious urban nobles took action.

In unison, various free trade city-states began to liquidate the dragon kings and giant dragons. This wave of liquidation caused almost all the remaining dragons and dragon kings to be killed - almost because of the calmness of Dragonstone Island. The Gillian family escaped this disaster and became the only Dragon King.

(This is not my personal design, but it is said in the world collection. They just killed all the dragon kings and giant dragons outside. I can only say that the Free Trade City is more scary than the unruly people of King's Landing)

The current Prince's Palace is where the killings of Pentos took place. Those noble silver-haired people of Valyria died under the swords of lowly people. And in response to such killings, all Free Trade Cities have invariably adopted avoidance measures. Instead of talking about it.

After all, except for Braavos, who is the "illegitimate daughter", other city-states have a very ambiguous attitude towards Valyria. On the one hand, they persecuted and massacred the Valyrian people on a large scale, leaving no one in the East today. The Valyrian people, but on the other hand, they are extremely pursuing everything about Valyria - culture, technology, and even blood.

Uthello has nothing but disgust for the attitude of the trading city-states. His ancestors can be clearly traced back to the slaves who escaped from the Fourteenth Fire Peak. The family has extremely detailed records of the Dragon King's viciousness. In Uthello's view, The Dragon King and everything they represent should be buried - of course, he would never show such emotions, not even a bad attitude. As an agent of the Neptune Palace, he cannot do this and don't take it for granted. .

The Prince's Palace was guarded by the Unsullied. Seeing these manifestations of slavery, Uthello's disgust continued to surge, but his good training prevented him from showing any discomfort - from this point on In his personal opinion, what those expeditionary forces did was a good thing, but it would be better if it did not infringe on the interests of Braavos.

Naturally, Uthello would not enter through the main gate. He walked to the small door and revealed his identity to the eunuch warriors. After a simple identity confirmation, he was able to enter the palace of the past princes of Pentos.

However, although it is said to be the Prince's Palace, most of the time, it is the governors who are here, and they are the ones who really control Pentos - this continued until Prince Villerion came to power.

Under the escort of the Unsullied - or more accurately, under the surveillance, Uthro was able to meet the prince. This prince with strong Valyrian characteristics was now much more energetic than he remembered. Haggard, he was listening to what one of the attendants said.

Valerion's life was not easy, Uthello knew this, and the governors would not let him go. In fact, if Valerion had not brought a large number of troops, even the governors might have killed him—— This is the practice of Pentos. The prince is essentially nothing more than consumables.

Next to the prince stood a strong Unsullied, his face hidden under his visor. A dark-skinned general with a huge nose was making arrangements for the two people around him on the map of Pentos. Uthello Know who he is, the current leader of the Golden Company.

Uthello stood aside and waited for the prince's call. There was also a person waiting there. This person's clothes were a bit exaggerated, which reminded him of the water dancers in the Secret City.

"Illyrio Mopatis." This is a man with a strong build and extremely handsome appearance, with blond hair and a parted beard, and a charming smile on his face, "I salute you."

(The Governor has not yet become a fat man at this time.)

Uthello was on alert because of this name. Who didn't know that he was the biggest intelligence dealer in Pentos? He had heard some colleagues say that this person was difficult to deal with, so he just nodded, "Salute to you."

Illyrio obviously saw the messenger's nervousness. He just smiled and didn't say anything. He just waited quietly. Standing with such a person made Uthello uncontrollably nervous. Illyrio seemed to Some enjoyed his nervousness and kept looking at him with a playful look, but fortunately the torture did not last long.

"Lord Uthello of Braavos, please come forward."

Uthello stood in front of the haggard prince. He didn't say much. He just took out a letter and handed it to the Unsullied beside him. The prince took the letter and his expression kept changing as he read the content. , very uncertain, "Did Neptune say anything else?"

"Sea King said that Novos has used all his strength this time, and Qohor has also brought out their elites from the bottom of the box. Braavos and Loras will also try their best to send troops. Therefore, Prince Valerion, in every aspect, There must be no mistakes. This is related to the well-being of all participants in this siege and the future stability of the East. Moreover, the Iron Throne of Westeros is already ready to move. If the king who usurped the throne chooses to invade the east on a large scale, Pentos is the first to bear the brunt."

Uthello's words caused the prince's mood to change a lot, and it went in a bad direction. Just when Uthello thought he would curse, the prince suddenly controlled his emotions, "Pantos will do his best, but I Braavos' help is needed."

"Neptune has said that no matter what you ask for, as long as Braavos has it, you can give it."

In order to eliminate the adventurers in Andas, Braavos has already brought out a lot of things. He doesn't mind giving some more to the Prince of Pentos, and... it would be best to let him have some unrealistic ambitions.

"Really? Then I want the army of Braavos." Looking at the prince's lion's mouth, Uthello understood that what happened next was nonsense, but that was exactly what he was trained for, so here we go Bar.

(End of this chapter)