Chapter 149
The fiery dragon flames ignited Melisandre, but the red-robed woman was not burned to ashes by the dragon flames. Instead, she was surprised to feel that the ruby around her neck had regained its temperature, but the blood in her body still had not regained its temperature.
"Melisandre, let the Lord of Light tell you what you should do. He gave you immortal magic and eternal fire, but he did not give you enough wisdom. What a pity."
Ronzel waved his hand, and the flames suddenly swallowed up Melisandre's entire body. The next moment, the flames condensed into a point. The earth suddenly dispersed, and most of the flames turned into little sparks, passing through the castle and integrating into the entire mountain. The remaining flames disappeared into the hall together with Melisandre.
Yanhuo stared at its big eyes, looking at the incredible scene in front of him with some confusion. It sniffed the place where Melisandre disappeared, but found nothing. It could only look at Long Zell with some confusion.
"Brother, this..." Rey quickly walked to the place where Melisandre disappeared, but found nothing.
"I asked her to go down there and reflect for a while. I hope she can understand the will of the Lord of Light."
Longzell waved his hand with some pity. That ruby was indeed a good thing. It contained extremely powerful fire magic. If you guessed correctly, these fire magics not only contained protective magic that could burn diseases and toxins, but also could Magic that strengthens fire magic, and most importantly the magic of resurrection and immortality.
But the price is also very tragic. Melisandre's soul is forever bound to this ruby. When the ruby is there, she lives. If the ruby is broken, she will die with it, although she may not be old.
"What a madman." Valar sheathed his sword and asked curiously: "Brother, where did you banish her to? I remember there is a dragon's lair down there?" Long Zell glanced at his brother, "Yes. The place further down, that place." Long Zell hesitated and closed his mouth.
Deep in the Crimson Mountains, a cluster of flames suddenly burned in a hole formed in an unknown age. The flames grew bigger and bigger, and finally burned fiercely. Melisandre staggered out of the flames, She looked around cautiously, only to find that she was surrounded by dark smooth stone walls. There seemed to be something vaguely painted on them, but she couldn't see clearly. Not far from her feet, lava was slowly flowing. The small space solidified into a piece of land that can be settled.
"This" Melisandre didn't understand what was happening in front of her. She took off the ruby from her neck with some doubts. As the ruby left her body, her long copper-colored hair and red eyes that were originally as bright as fire dimmed at the same time. Even the originally youthful and beautiful woman in red robe herself has matured a lot.
After confirming that the magic contained in her gem still existed, Melisandre returned the gem to its original position and returned to her youthful appearance.
She was still confused about Long Zell's behavior. After all, neither her former mentor nor her former master would forgive her easily after being angered. But she clearly offended Long Zell, but she was only deprived of part of her magic, and her most precious thing was unscathed. This made Melisandre full of doubts.
She also discovered that in this cavity, she could not leave with the help of flames, nor could she use the shadow magic and fire magic that she was proud of. She could only sit down slowly and look at the slowly flowing magma.
"King of Light, the only true God, please give your loyal servant enlightenment." The red-robed woman prayed.
Heading to the luxurious Wheel Palace in Dragon's Nest City, we drove smoothly on the Prince's Avenue connecting Liquor Port and Dragon's Nest City. This road was flat and wide enough to accommodate six carriages passing side by side. Lissandra Rogar looked out the window at the endless crowds and vehicles, and continued to write the letter he wanted to send back to Reese.
"To Governor Randal Riccio:
I have arrived at the Border Prince Territory, and with the blessing of the goddess, we did not encounter Rachalino or the Ironborn fleet along the way.
After passing through the Stepped Stone Islands, we were escorted by nine warships of the Silver Fleet, including a four-hundred-oared galley, a large sailing ship, and seven two-hundred-oared galleys. The commander is a young knight. He wears silver scale armor in the style of fish scales and a helmet engraved with a relief of a sea serpent. I guarantee with my credibility that the value of the commander's armor will not be less than ten gold coins.
After questioning his crew, we learned that the young commander owned a castle and a large territory. Surprisingly, the commander was only the commander of a squadron in the Silver Fleet, which can be confirmed According to our intelligence, the silver fleet of the Varese family has not only not weakened due to the long journey to a foreign land, but has become stronger. Your Excellency, I believe that the support of Prince Ronzel is indispensable if we want to preserve Reese. Please believe me, I am ready to convince him.
After a long voyage, we arrived at Liquor, a port city under the rule of Prince Ronzel. To be honest, although this city is not as grand and beautiful as the city of Lys, it is full of nobility and gorgeousness, but it is also full of order. With Prosperity, our 'Carnival Maiden' was moored at the edge of the harbor dock in the Wine Harbor. Since we had not sent an envoy or a raven to Westeros beforehand, the customs officials at the port mistook us for Lys merchants— - Goddess above, they can actually tell where we come from by the shape of the ship, our appearance, and the cargo we carry.
However, the tariffs in Wineport are not heavy, which is completely different from King's Landing, Oldtown, Gulltown, Lannisport, and even White Harbor. The tariffs on grain are the lowest, and the tariffs on some luxury goods are even as high as 1/5.
Goddess, I can guarantee that the Myr people will hate the tariffs here. After all, the goods they produce are too similar to those produced by the Vareses family, and the quality is much worse. Through my observations and those of my sons, I can guarantee you that the tariffs collected by this port alone are at least 200,000 gold coins per year.
If the Rogaer family and your family can open a bank here, I can guarantee that we will make more lucrative profits. After all, I only found one bank here.
The port area has a vast square, with marble paving its ground. In the center of the square is a statue of a dragon rider. I'm not sure if it is of Prince Longzel himself, after all, the statue mainly highlights the dragon. But to be honest, the carving craftsmanship is average, not as good as our craftsmen in Lys. I think if we successfully sign the covenant, we can send craftsmen to make a few exquisite sculptures as gifts.
Goddess, I really hope to see a living dragon with my own eyes. After all, that is the wish of us Valyrian survivors. On the east side of the square are numerous warehouses. Due to time constraints, I did not observe how many warehouses there are, but from the carriages in and out of the warehouses, it can be seen that there are a huge amount of spices, silk and fine wine stored here. ”
Writing this, Lisandra could not help but smell his cuffs. Until now, the aroma of wine that permeated the Wine Harbor still remained on their bodies. The Governor of Rees continued to write:
“On the west side of the square is the Temple of the Sailors, where many temples of Essos gods stand, which reminds me of the Temple of Rees and the island of Braavos. From the appearance of the buildings, I can recognize the Temple of the Red God, the Temple of the Supreme Shepherd, the Temple of the Moon Singer, and I even saw the Temple of the Thousand-Faced God, but the most conspicuous one is the Temple of the Seven Gods. It is said that there is a larger and more magnificent temple in the inner city, but we have limited time and finally did not go.
I heard from other merchants that the outer city of Wine Harbor has thirteen gates, and the inner city has seven gates. Due to limited time, we did not go to the inner city and only saw its towering walls, but I can assure you that the wall was definitely built for military purposes. Even from a distance, I can see the scorpion crossbows and catapults installed on the wall.
It is said that the wine master, blacksmith master, and skilled textile workers trained by Cleolius Varese all live in the inner city. According to our observation, the inner city, and even the entire wine port, are built around the hill where the inner city is located. On the top of the hill is a castle with three high towers. Even in the port, I can clearly see the castle. I guess that the castle also serves as a lighthouse, but I didn’t see it lighted on the night I stayed in the wine port. I guess I guessed wrong.
The outer city of the wine port is divided into different blocks by streets and canals. I am glad that I didn’t see the slums like the flea nest in King’s Landing. All the streets are neat and clean, but I don’t know if it’s because there are too many wine workshops in this city. There is a strong smell of wine everywhere, but Drazco and a few little guys are very satisfied here. Lisanlo even started betting with Moredo who can distinguish more types of wine by smell. Only my lovely little Lara is not satisfied with the taste here and begged me to find a place to stay as soon as possible.
The population here is very complex. On the way to find an inn, I met a large number of silver-haired and purple-eyed Valyrians, as well as more local barbarians from Westeros. Although they get along well with each other, I can still feel the barbarism of the barbarians in Westeros - they are completely different from us Valyrians. It is hard to imagine how the compatriots who once lived in Volantis get along so well with these barbarians.
We live in a four-story inn. The second floor of the inn is a very good tavern. There are even sweet wines, red wines and white wines from Lys for sale. We can even enjoy Lys's unique food here, and the price is even cheaper than Lys itself. According to Drazko, even the workers at the docks can enjoy exotic food from time to time, and even enjoy wine once every seven days. It's a pity that there are no lovely girls and boys in my perfume garden to accompany the wine, and there is no perfume from Lys to cheer up.
Drazek went to the underground tavern, where there were more civilians. We also got more information. King Aegon, who lived in Dragon's Nest, was selecting his Kingsguard, and Prince Longzier's blood sworn brothers had just been recruited. The people in Wine Harbor were celebrating this event.
Goddess, Drazek couldn't believe his eyes. He actually saw a Dothraki using a pure gold belt to treat everyone in the tavern to a drink to celebrate that one of their knights became Prince Longzier's blood sworn brother. We also learned from these drunkards that Prince Longzier and King Aegon were preparing a tour of the territory. We must finalize all the covenant matters before they leave Dragon's Nest.
What shocked me the most was that the city had a special city guard patrolling the streets and responsible for the curfew in most areas - only a few streets were allowed to operate at night, including the block where we were, and the security of each street. I saw a thief's right hand chopped off on the spot, and a criminal's penis was chopped off first, and then his head was chopped off - all done publicly on the street. The city guard brought judges with them, and they sentenced the crimes and punished them on the spot, which made the whole city full of order.
Your Excellency, in view of this, I suggest that we should establish a covenant with Westeros, especially the Varese family. Only in this way can Lys survive the looting of the red sea monster and the war that may break out at any time.
Goddess bless you and me, the third governor of the Governor's Council, Lysandro Rogar. "
First update check-in. The title of this chapter is "Lysandro's Wine Port Experience"
