Chapter 202 King Heping's Great Reign

Peace always makes time go by quickly.

Children are growing up, and adults are getting older.

Old legends gradually disappear in peace and tranquility as time passes, while new stories gradually plant seeds in peace and prosperity, waiting for one day to take root and sprout.

In the 142nd year of the Conquest of China, after nearly a year of trekking, Ringol returned to Dragon's Nest with a more mature self and three companions who later became his right-hand men. After a long talk with Longzel alone for one night, he took his companions, as well as his father's blood-sworn brothers Asor Celtigar and York Weishui to another huge city of the Vareses family, Silver Crown City. He would live there for half of the year and govern the largest city of the Vareses family. Relying on rivers and natural harbors, this city has developed rapidly and is still under construction. Sebastian Jieyan also went to this city to serve as Ringol's palace prime minister to assist him in governing the territory.

Viserys, the prince of Oldtown, also began to vigorously govern Oldtown. In just one year, Oldtown regained its vitality. However, Viserys did not repair the towering tower that had become a ruin, but started to build a new lighthouse on the black stone foundation of the towering tower. It was mainly practical and not as "spectacular" as the towering tower.

It was also in this year that Merlar Yangyan, who was far away on the Gray Island, suddenly found that there were several silver-haired and purple-eyed merchants in the village under his tower, the Hidden Tower. The wine they sold was much more than the wine sent by the supply ship. Their shops even had spices from the East and delicacies that he had never seen before. So the young Merlar easily fell into the tavern opened by the strangers. As for his guardian Hud Cobb, after confirming that those strangers had no ill intentions and would not take people away, he also let Prince Merlar stay out all night in the tavern with confidence, and even came to the tavern for entertainment.

This barren exile land actually had more candlelight at night.

The army of the Baratheon family landed on the Stepstone Islands under the cover of the Lys Fleet and the Silver Fleet. The pirates' ragtag army had no power to fight back against the Stormland army. Four pirate kings were smashed in the head by Borros Baratheon's warhammer in the first wave of attack. However, in the process of attacking Bloodstone Island, due to the withdrawal of the Silver Fleet and the Lys Fleet, the newly built warships of the Stormland were no match for the navy of Racharino. Borros suffered a tragic defeat. Two thousand people died in the sunken fleet. Borros was forced to withdraw to the landing site and prepare to wait for supplies from the rear and support from the royal fleet.

This year, neither the Targaryen family nor the Vareses family had newborn dragons. Viserys noticed that although the dragon eggs stored in Dragon Mountain could speed up hatching, the survival rate of the dragons born was not high, so he decided to transfer all the dragon eggs to the dragon cave in King's Landing for storage, and transport the dragon eggs back to Dragon Mountain on Dragonstone Island for hatching regularly and quantitatively. As for the Vareses family, Longzel deliberately stopped hatching dragon eggs. He wanted to store more dragon eggs for use. In the dragon cave of Dragon's Nest City, Silver Wing gradually stopped production, but Sarafathers took over the burden of Silver Wing and continued to increase the reserve of dragon eggs for the Vareses family.

In the 143rd year of the Conquest Calendar, there was nothing worth mentioning this year. The war in the Stone Steps Archipelago fell into a long torture. The army of the Storm Land struggled to support on the island, and the supply of the Storm Land was often difficult to reach due to the harassment of pirates. In the most severe month, even Duke Boros almost starved to death. Fortunately, Adam, who was promoted by Earl Joffrey to deputy commander of the Royal Fleet, led the Royal Fleet to arrive, ending the predicament of Duke Boros. The angry stag launched a fierce attack on Bloodstone Island, but was still hit back by Recharino. He could only retreat to the island renamed "Stag Island" by Boros to regroup and prepare for the next attack.

King Aegon and Queen Samantha officially consummated their marriage. After that, Queen Samantha often sat on the bronze chair left by Dragonzel next to the Iron Throne, gently helping her husband deal with trivial matters in King's Landing. However, Samantha never interfered in the handling of the kingdom's affairs, but was keen on handling the affairs between the people.

People loved this beautiful queen very much, and the people of King's Landing even called her and Queen Alysanne together.

This year, in the Dragon Mountain of Dragonstone, a dragon egg left by Dreamfire hatched a baby dragon. This milky white baby dragon looked almost exactly like Dreamfire. The Dragon Guards of Dragonstone found it at the first time and brought it back to the Dragon Breeding Courtyard.

The dragon cave in Dragon's Nest hatched a red baby dragon that looked like a mold carved out of Silverwing. Serena Varezes, who had grown into a beautiful and amazing little girl, discovered it when she visited Sarafathers. She named the baby dragon "Blood Princess".

In the 144th year of the Conquest Era, Longzier welcomed his sixth child, a child who looked almost exactly like Diana. This sickly child inherited his father's silver hair. From the moment she was born, this little girl named "Jenni Vareses" was not as healthy as her brothers and sisters, but under the careful care of her parents and brothers and sisters, she still survived healthily.

Queen Samantha also gave birth to her and King Aegon's eldest son at the end of this year. The birth process was smooth, and this healthy silver-haired boy cried loudly as soon as he was born.

Grand Maester Mukun wrote in his record: "This boy has the voice of a warrior."

The ecstatic King Aegon gave his eldest son a classic Valyrian name, which was also the name of an important member in the family history.

Daeron.

Longzier, who flew to King's Landing to escort his daughter's delivery, witnessed the birth of his grandson and gave him a precious gift - a dagger made of Valyrian steel.

The kingdom welcomed its heir. King Aegon named Prince Daeron "Prince of Dragonstone" on his naming day and prepared to choose dragon eggs for his son, but was again dissuaded by Viserys' letter. He still believed that the existing adult dragons and grown-up dragons of the Targaryen family were more worthy of children to tame.

In the year 145 of the Conquest Era, Valar and Rhaella welcomed their second child, a wrinkled little girl. Valar, who was already pregnant, cherished this daughter very much. He personally named his daughter "Valenna", which was the name of the grandmother of the three brothers. Longzier also gave the girl his blessing.

This year, Danyla rode the dawn to Silvercrown City and reunited with Ringol. The two held a grand wedding at the port of Silvercrown City under the auspices of Dragonzel. On that day, all the dragons of the Vareses family flew over Silvercrown City, and the silver fleet sailed through the port in a mighty manner, leaving a deep impression on everyone.

The bards composed a ballad called "Dragon Wedding" for this, which was sung throughout the continent.

After a long rest, Duke Borros decided not to fight to the death on Bloodstone Island. With the support of the royal fleet led by Adam, he led the elite of Stormland to raid the "Golden Sea Monster" station on Gallows Island. In that battle, Adam's brother Alyn commanded his warship to break through the blockade of the Ironborn longship. The ram of the warship was embedded in the "Sea Monster King" of the Golden Sea Monster like a siege hammer. The soldiers on the ship jumped on board under the leadership of Alyn, and the poor "Golden Sea Monster" Fel Greyjoy was beheaded by Alyn.

After this battle, Alyn, who beheaded the Golden Sea Monster with the power of a ship, won the nickname "Oak Fist" and the respect of the lords of Stormland.

The Bone Tide Islands lost their lords, and Borros happily led the fleet and soldiers to sweep through one island after another. He appointed many knights as lords on the spot to govern this bunch of small islands, but he overlooked one thing.

In the Stone Steps Archipelago, the last thing is pirates.

Pirates from all over the Summer Sea and the Narrow Sea gathered in the Bone Tide Islands and fought against the Royal Fleet. Borros, who could not completely control the sea, was in trouble. His army had a hard time after robbing half of the islands in the Bone Tide Islands. The Bloodstone Fleet of Bloodstone Island and the Pirate King Fleet under Lord Will Sparrow of Tyrosh launched a surprise attack on the Royal Fleet in Torture Abyss. If it were not for Adam's proper command, the Royal Fleet would probably have completely sunk into the sea there, and Borros and his men could only wait to die on these bare islands.

Borros's conquest journey slowed down again.

In the 146th year of the Conquest Calendar, Lynn Valtacon, a close friend of Longzel and the eldest brother of the Bloodsworn Brothers, was infected with a severe cold. After trying to rescue him, the scholars finally declared that they were powerless. Lynn Valtacon refused poppy milk and chose "Griffin Heart".

The death of Lynn made Longzel depressed for a long time. He flew to Longsky Castle in person and asked Wormithor to provide cremation for his friend.

After his death, the Valyrian steel plate armor "Black Mirror" was taken back by the Varezes family, while the Valyrian steel longsword "Griffin Heart" remained in the Vartarken family.

This is a symbol of loyalty.

Borros was still entangled with the pirates of the Stone Steps this year, but the decline of the pirates had begun to gradually emerge.

They could not have a steady supply like Borros.

In the 147th year of the Conquest, Queen Samantha became pregnant again. In the same year, she gave birth to Aegon's second son, a skinny silver-haired boy. This time Aegon was not so excited, and even the name was given by Queen Samantha.

The boy's name is Rhaegar.

Rhaegar Targaryen is also a common name in the history of the Targaryen family.

Oldtown also ushered in good news.

Lady Lara gave birth to Viserys' fourth child, a beautiful girl, whom Viserys named "Alysanne".

He wrote to his brother, hoping that King Aegon could arrange a marriage between the children.

He planned for Daeron to marry Naerys and Rhaegar to marry Alysanne.

But this time, Aegon did not agree, as he had already chosen his sons' wives.

He wrote to Dragon's Nest, hoping that Daeron could marry Jeyne Varese - he actually wanted to choose the beautiful and generous Serena, but Serena's honey-colored hair made him a little discouraged.

He was a little worried that if his grandson or granddaughter had non-Targaryen features, would it have other effects.

At the same time, he hoped that Rhaegar could marry Valenna Varese or Serena Varese.

But the latter was rejected by Dragonzel.

Only Daeron and Jeyne's engagement was blessed by Dragonzel, which made King Aegon very satisfied.

Duke Boros was unable to make any progress this year. His soldiers saw no hope of victory and gradually began to flee.

But they were at sea.

They could not escape anywhere, so they had to bite the bullet and continue fighting.

In the 148th year of the Conquest, the long summer ended, but the following winter lasted only less than a year.

In the 149th year of the Conquest, winter was gone and summer came, a brand new long summer arrived.

In the 150th year of the Conquest Era, Duke Borros, who had wasted three years in the Bone Tide Islands, finally made a breakthrough. He promised to hand over the abandoned city of Tyroshi to the Vareses family in exchange for the dispatch of the Silver Fleet.     Valar, who was already fat, rode Silver Wing excitedly to the battlefield.

But he did not see the worries of his family behind him.

In the 151st year of the Conquest Era, the long Stone Steps Archipelago War finally ushered in a great victory. With the support of the Silver Fleet, Will Sparrow's fleet suffered a devastating blow. Valar, who fell from the sky, reversed the situation. The dragon flame of Silver Wing destroyed everything in sight, and Will Sparrow died in the dragon flame and sea water.

The Silver Fleet landed and occupied the abandoned city of Tyroshi.

From this year on, the Stone Steps Archipelago War became smooth sailing.

In the 152nd year of the Conquest Era, Diana gave birth to Longzier's seventh child, a thin boy. This time, Ringol named his youngest brother after his good friend.

Regen Varese.

In the dragon cave of Dragon's Nest, Sarafathers's dragon egg hatched. The little dragon born this time was not as beautiful as Sarafathers. Although they looked very similar, this dark purple little dragon did not have Sarafathers' gem-like luster or its sapphire blue dragon flame. Serena named it "Purple Wing"

In the same year, Queen Samantha gave birth to a girl for Aegon.

She was also their eldest daughter - Rhaena Targaryen.

This year, Borros finally captured Bloodstone Island, but Recharino decisively ran away before, and even left the fleet to the Silver Fleet and the Royal Fleet.

Since then, the famous "Pirate Queen" has never appeared in this sea area again.

The Stone Steps Archipelago War finally came to an end at the end of the 152nd year of the Conquest Era.

Borros conquered the entire Stepstones, and his title was extended to "Governor of the Narrow Sea".

But the Vareses family also took over the ruined city of Tyrosh, and the intensive reconstruction work was slowly launched after peace came again.

Adam, who had made great contributions, successfully married into the Velaryon family, and his bloodline will inherit the throne of the Lord of Tides in the future.

In the year 153 of the Conquest of the World, the fifth child of Lady Lara and Viserys was born. This boy with silver hair and purple eyes was very strong, and even little Aegon was sometimes pinched by his little brother. As he grew up, little Aegon gradually matured. Although he still didn't like Aemon, he was still acceptable to his sisters and the newly born brother named "Aerion".

The only problem was.

He got a girl in the brothel in Oldtown pregnant.

This made Viserys furious, but also had a different emotion.

Maybe there is still hope?

The year 154 of the Conquest Era was later called the "Year of Sorrow". Many old people who had experienced the war died in this year.

"Old" Rodrik Dustin died in his sleep. His longevity surprised people, although his peaceful death might not be a blessing for Rodrik.

Vincent Kaon, the chief retainer of the Vareses family, also died in this year. Kaon Castle was officially inherited by Regan Kaon, but he appointed his sister to act as the governor, and he still stayed to assist Ringol.

Many old lords died in this year.

But new life was also born.

The eldest daughter of Ringol and Danyla was born.

This is a healthy, strong, and beautiful girl with silver hair, but a pair of heterochromatic eyes, one deep purple and one green.

Longzel named his granddaughter "Daenerys".

Daenerys Vareses.

The year 155 of the Conquest Era.

This year is also called the "Year of Rebirth".

At the beginning of this year.

Samantha brought a healthy girl named "Diana" to the royal family.

And Lady Lara also brought her sixth child, a chubby boy, and Viserys named his sixth son "Maegon".

But Lady Lara was injured because of this delivery, and the maester pointed out that she would not get pregnant again.

But this also made Viserys cherish his wife and children more.

Although he didn't know that little Aegon had made another girl pregnant.

The dragon eggs in Dragon's Nest and King's Landing also began a new round of hatching.

In this year, four dragons were hatched in the dragon cave in Dragon's Nest, three from Sarafathers and one from Silverwing.

Among the three young dragons from Sarafathers, one is similar to Sarafathers in appearance, but unfortunately, like Purplewing, it did not inherit Sarafathers's specialness. The other two are more like Star Song, but unfortunately, they are also inferior.

The other golden dragon is more similar to Silverwing. But it has a larger horn crown and more thorns.

The dragon eggs sent to Dragon Mountain also hatched three baby dragons. One looked almost exactly like Araxes back then, which made King Aegon dazed when he saw it. The other two looked more like Syrax and Dreamfyre.

Serena enthusiastically gave the dragons names and nicknames. The blue-purple baby dragon similar to Sarafathers was named "Valarion" after Valar, the green baby dragon similar to Starsong was named "Reyels" after Rey, and the other crimson baby dragon was named "Cerelis" by Serena herself. The golden dragon similar to Silverwing was named by the equally enthusiastic Jacaerys Varezes, who simply and crudely named the golden dragon "Golden King".

By the time when it was 156 years of the Conquest Era, the dragons owned by the Vareses family and the Targaryen family had reached their peak in number.

The dragons of the Vareses family include: Vermithor, Silverwing, Shadownight, Starsong, Dawn, Morninglight, Sarafathers, Cendros, Skyblaze, Vermax, Horvenders, Blood Princess, Purplewing, Valarion, Reyers, Cerelith, and Golden King, a total of 17 dragons.

Since Burntfire followed Samantha to King's Landing, it was counted among the dragons of the Targaryen family. As for Sheep Thief and Gray Shadow, they were never tamed, so they continued to be treated as wild dragons.

The dragons of the Targaryen family include Dreamfyre, Korax, Seasmoke, Syrax, Glowfire, Tyrex, Mogul, Stormcloud, Igarath, Galesos, Perkye, Jadeolyns the Emerald Eye, Unicorn, Horntide, White Queen, Igris, Gerorion, Bloodeye, a total of eighteen dragons.

This year, Dragonzer was fifty years old, and Ringol was thirty years old.

The long peace and almost continuous long summer brought a truly great era.

Aegon was called the "King of Peace" and the "King of Midsummer" by later generations, which also originated from this.