Chapter 90 Arriving at Sunspear

In autumn and winter, the monsoon wind of the Summer Sea blows from west to east, completely filling the sail. You can see the wind blowing the canvas bulging. Although the ocean current circulates from east to west, this does not have any impact on the sea. What impact did the ship have?

After Villas' fleet set off from the Old Town, it was a smooth journey without encountering any obstacles. The power of the huge fleet was enough to shock all ships with ulterior motives on the sea. They passed through the Whispering Bay in just two days. Arriving at Redwin Strait near Qingting Island.

Villas's original plan was to take this opportunity to visit the Redwin family on Arbor Island and discuss the purchase of wine. However, due to a delay of a few days in Old Town, he had to modify his plan and wait until later. When Dorne comes back, he will visit the Arbor.

However, Earl Paxter Redwin of the Redwin family of Arbor Island took a boat to meet Willas at sea when Willas's fleet passed by. This time, Victoria came with him. Rath's aunt, Mina Tyrell.

A few years ago, Earl Redwyne married Mina Tyrell and became an in-law of the Tyrell family. The relationship with the Tyrell family became even closer. The Tyrell family also had a strong influence on the Redwyne family. With great trust, the security of the sea area south of the Reach was entrusted to the Redwin family.

The Earl and Countess of Redwin also have a very good relationship. In just one year, they already had twin children, which also made the relationship between the two families even closer.

This time, the reason why Earl Redwin couldn't wait to meet with Vilas, and even brought his wife over, was mainly to explain the attack on Old Town.

It is the duty of the Redwine family fleet to prevent pirates from attacking Oldtown and other territories in the south of the Reach. However, this time Euron Greyjoy led thousands of ironmen to attack Oldtown, and the Redwines were completely unaware of it. , even when Euron escaped, he failed to stop him. This was undoubtedly a major dereliction of duty.

Although Earl Redwyne had immediately written to High Court to explain the situation, he still felt uneasy, so he decided to come and explain the situation to Vilas in person when Vilas passed through the Redwyne Strait. Let Vilas speak for you.

When the Ironmen attacked Old Town, the reason why Qingting Island's fleet was not able to detect it in advance was because a very large storm suddenly appeared on the sea near Qingting Island. It lasted for five or six days. Qingting Island All the ships on board were unable to leave the port. After the storm stopped, news was received that Old Town had been attacked by the Ironborn.

Villas had no doubts about Redwin's explanation, because the news that Qingting Island encountered a huge storm had spread among the maritime merchants in Old Town in the past two days, and some were planning to go to Qingting Island to purchase goods. The wine merchants also stopped their plans and waited for news of the storm to subside in a few days before setting off.

After Vilas said that he would report the situation on Arbor Island to the Duke after returning to the High Court, Earl Redwin felt relieved. Afterwards, he discussed with Vilas and signed a wine purchase agreement, and then left with satisfaction. .

However, before Earl Redwin left, he assigned two more warships to join Willas's fleet to escort Willas on his trip to Dorne.

After experiencing the episode on Qingting Island, Villas's fleet never encountered anything worthy of attention. Every day was the same ocean. For this reason, the people on the ship had to find their own fun, such as on the ship. Hold a small hand-to-hand competition or something like that.

Linde had the foresight to buy a few books to pass the time in Old Town. He read books in the cabin every day and practiced sword practice on the deck. From time to time, he would go to Moroya's cabin to watch her mix medicines and make the so-called magic saint. Things like things, life is very fulfilling.

After Mo Luoya learned that Glory was seasick, he made some concoction for Glory to drink. The effect was very good. Glory became alive and kicking after a few days.

In this way, the fleet sailed on the sea for more than ten days before crossing the Summer Sea and arriving at the waters near Sunspear City.

Perhaps the merchant ships encountered on the road felt that they would not encounter pirates if they followed the large fleet, so many merchant ships followed Vilas' fleet on the road. When they arrived at Sunspear, the entire fleet It looked like there were more than a hundred large ships, completely covering the outer sea of ​​Sunspear.

Even though Willas had already notified Sunspear City through the raven of the Lemonlindat family when he passed through Lemon Grove, the approach of such a large fleet still made Sunspear City extremely nervous.

For this reason, Sunspear City sent its own fleet to block Vilas' fleet at sea, and then sent an envoy to put forward Sunspear's request.

The envoy sent by Sunspear is Manfri Martell, Prince Doran's cousin and the steward of Sunspear. His status in Sunspear is only below that of Prince Doran and Prince Oberon.

Sending such a third-ranking figure in Sunspear to serve as an envoy showed that Prince Doran also attached great importance to Willas's visit.

However, after Manfrey met Willas, he posed a difficult problem to Willas, that is, Prince Doran only allowed Willas to lead two hundred knights and three hundred soldiers to land in Dorne, and the others could only Stay on board and not allowed to go ashore.

"What? How can you do it with only such a few people?" Before Vilas could say anything, the others around him stopped.

"This is already the limit allowed by His Highness the Prince. If there are any more people, we will treat it as an invasion of Dorne by you from the River Bend." Manfrey looked at the people beside Willas very seriously, his eyes on Linde and Glory stayed for a while, then turned to Vilas and said: "Lord Vilas, the prince asked me to tell you that he can promise to guarantee your safety in Dorne. Any attack against you will be treated as a serious crime." For the attack on Sunspear."

After hearing Manfri's words, everyone fell silent and turned to look at Vilas.

They all could see that Dorne would never allow so many troops to land in the Reach. In fact, on the way to Dorne, Willas had already discussed this matter with his staff. In fact, they were discussing it. , they felt that Dorne's permission for a hundred knights and two hundred soldiers to land was already the limit. Now the number of people Dorne agreed to land was more than double the number they negotiated. This has made everyone very satisfied. Just now, it was just Just acting in front of Manfrey.

Now that Manfrey has spoken out Prince Dolan's promise, this has given enough face to Hewan, and no one can say anything else.

If others in Dorne had made a promise, perhaps everyone would still have doubts, but Prince Doran's promise is as real and valid as the Lannister gold, and no one will question whether he can keep his promise.

"I agree." Villas said nothing more and agreed to Manfrey's conditions.

Afterwards, he discussed with Manfrey the matters after landing, such as how to arrange the ships docked here and the people on the ships, how to provide food and other items, and how to arrange the route to Shenfa City, etc.

During the discussion, Manfrey told Vilas a piece of bad news, that is, the Green Blood River was dry, and the river bed was visible in several places, making it impossible for ships to sail normally.

In other words, Willas cannot take a boat upstream from the Green Blood River to Divine Grace City. He can only disembark at Sunspear City and go to Divine Grace City by land.

At this time, Manfrey suggested: "Prince Oberon will also go to Divine Grace City to participate in the martial arts competition. If Lord Willas doesn't mind, he can go with Prince Oberon."

"In that case, let's trouble Prince Oberon." Vilas did not reject Manfrey's kindness. Obviously, this should be the preparation made by the Martell family for Vilas' safety.

After discussing various matters, Manfrey left. But before leaving, he suddenly invited Vilas: "After Lord Vilas disembarks, please be sure to go to the Flowing Water Garden outside the city. Dolan The prince has arranged a reception dinner for you."

Willas will naturally not refuse, because Prince Doran is the most important target of his trip to Dorne. Without Prince Doran's consent, even if he has reached an agreement with the Dornish lords who went to Divine Grace City to participate in the tournament, , it’s no use either.

So even if Manfri Martell doesn't take the initiative, he will find a way to have an informal meeting with Prince Doran.

As for a formal meeting, he had not even thought about it. After all, he was only the heir of Highgarden, and his status was not far behind Prince Doran, the Lord of Dorne. He was not yet qualified to have an equal and formal meeting with Prince Doran.

Because he regarded Prince Doran as the main target of this trip to Dorne, Willas also collected as much information about Prince Doran as possible, so as to understand what kind of person Prince Doran was from different people. , and then formulate his own strategy to persuade Prince Doran.

However, what gave him a headache was that the more news he heard about Prince Dolan, the blurry the image of Prince Dolan became in his mind. In the end, he couldn't even describe what kind of person Prince Dolan was.

In the eyes of most people, Prince Doran is a pitiful man. For a long time, he grew up under the suppression of his mother, Princess Dorne. It was not until the death of Princess Dorne not long ago that he succeeded to the throne.

However, his health is very poor and he is weak in doing things. The Dornish people seem to like his younger brother Oberon Martell, the red viper, more. The various lords of Dorne do not seem to obey him. They feel that he will lose the Prince of Dorne at any time. The throne was replaced by Oberon Martell.

However, in the eyes of others, Prince Dolan has a different look. They have actually taken over the power from his mother, Princess Dorne, very early on, but in name he is only an heir.

On the surface, the various lords of Dorne seem to be very dissatisfied with Prince Doran and seem to be unwilling to obey Sunspear's orders, but in fact it is completely different.

For example, when Princess Elia and her children were killed more than a year ago, and the entire Dorne formed an army under the call of the Red Viper, intending to go north to avenge Princess Elia, Prince Doran just relied on a piece of order to do so. He ordered all the armies gathered by the Dornish lords to disband, and the rebellious Prince Oberon was also banned from Sunspear City.

It can be seen that Prince Doran's control over Dorne is comparable to Lord Tywin's control over the West.

Willas also asked the Queen of Thorns what she thought of Prince Doran, and the Queen of Thorns replied that she couldn't see clearly.

The Queen of Thorns said that Prince Doran has always been hidden in the shadow of others. In the past, he was hidden in the shadow of his mother, Princess Dorne, and now he is hidden in the shadow of the Red Viper. The Prince Doran that anyone sees is just him. If someone really uses this information to study Prince Doran's character and abilities, they will only get a wrong answer in the end.

The Queen of Thorns finally gave a summary to both Prince Doran and the Red Viper.

She felt that the Red Viper, Prince Oberon, was like a poisonous snake that raised its head high and was ready to attack at any time. Although it might not be possible to avoid the attack of the poisonous snake, it could at least know the other party's intention.

But Prince Doran is the kind of poisonous snake that buries himself completely in the sand. No one can see his existence, and when he attacks, it is definitely the most deadly and precise attack. Those attacked by him The target may be dead without even being able to think about who attacked them.

This was the first time for Willas to hear his grandmother speak so highly of a person, which also made him even more curious about Prince Doran.

So while the ship was still selecting the 100 knights and 500 soldiers who would accompany Vilas to the City of Divine Grace, he could not wait to lead more than 20 knights including Linde and Gals on the small boat and go ahead. Went to Sunspear City in one step.

Sunspear City is located on the coastline on the north side of the Greenblood River. It is surrounded by the sea on three sides and the land is sunken inward. It is a natural deep-water port. A huge dock is located on the south side of the city. It is separated from the inner city by three high walls. Come.

To the west of the pier is the Shadow City. Most of the buildings here are made of adobe bricks made of mud and straw. The architectural planning is extremely chaotic. Usually many buildings are built on top of the original buildings. It feels like It was like a child randomly stacking a pile of stones together. Due to the construction materials and building shape, the entire Shadow City looked extremely simple and old, completely unlike a subsidiary town of a country's capital.

However, in fact, this simple town is as prosperous as any other city. Spices, silks and precious porcelain from the East are sold in the town market. Taverns and brothels are filled with visitors from different parts of the world. The noisy Crowds filled every street in the city, and the noise continued late into the night.

Due to the construction methods and other reasons, the streets of the entire Shadow City are like a maze. You never know whether what is waiting for you at the next turn is a surprise or a fright. How many dangers are hidden in it? An uninhabited island, if not If local people lead you, it will be difficult to walk out of this town.

After Willas and the others boarded the pier, Sunspear officials who had been waiting at the pier led them directly through the Shadow City to a manor on the northwest side. This was a temporary accommodation arranged by Prince Doran for them. residence.

The reason why they were not arranged in the Shadow City was probably because they were worried about conflicts between the Dornish people there and the River Bend people under Willas.