Chapter 227 Braavos's Attitude

"I believe in the sincerity of Braavos, His Highness Neptune." Prince Aegon also smiled broadly: "After all, I believe Braavos will not allow a slave-holding place like the Disputed Land to continue to go unpunished."

"What? There are actually slave-holding guys in the disputed land?" Neptune was shocked.

Prince Aegon, however, was secretly criticizing Neptune for pretending to be stupid. How could this guy not know that the warlords and mercenary groups in the disputed land were all keeping slaves. Some of the big warlords even purchased organized slave legions from Slaver's Bay. . The Dothraki would also sell some of their looted slaves to these warlords to train their private armies.

But where does the money come from?

The money naturally comes from the Iron Bank.

Prince Aegon immediately showed off his proficient acting skills: "Yes, Your Highness Neptune, so we are sending troops for the great cause of liberating slaves. You don't know that the noble who asked us for help has his wife and children in dispute." Those damn maggots and disgusting demons kidnapped and sold them into slavery. This is why His Majesty the King is angry. He is unwilling to spend time on meaningless things, so our army is ready. "

The handsome prince suddenly smiled. He picked up the wine glass from the waiter's tray and stood up to toast the Sea King: "His Majesty the King's request is simple. He hopes to get the attitude of Braavos. We hope that we can Receive loans from Braavos, and naval support."

"Your Highness, you also know that Braavos is not my word. His Majesty the King's request still needs to be discussed by the Parliament." Sea King sighed and said: "The loan requires the consent of the key keeper. Although I have leadership rights in the Navy , but it also requires a nod from parliament.”

"Prince Longzel has promised to send a silver fleet to support us." Prince Aegon decisively released a message.

Aquaman's expression did change.

But the result didn't change at all. The fact that the Varese family's silver fleet can support the Targaryen dynasty's war is enough to explain a lot of problems. Sea King can immediately guess that Westeros's naval power is expected to be overwhelming in this war.

Although the navy of Braavos is powerful, it is only the navy of a city-state after all. The silver fleet alone can hold back, and even with the support of the dragon, it can destroy the purple fleet of Braavos.

Neptune sighed in his heart: "Prince Aegon, you don't need to ask me anymore. I have already told you that Braavos is different from Lys and Westeros. Major events in this city still require parliament." decision, but you can rest assured that personally, I support the crusade against all criminals who dare to keep slaves.”

Who doesn’t say nice things?

Aegon cursed.

Neptune looked at the change in Prince Aegon's eyes. As an unlucky guy who was pushed out by the governor and the keykeeper, Neptune was either a puss with little ability, or a fierce man who was extremely shrewd.

This Neptune is the latter, and he can see what Aegon is thinking.

Huh, Neptune also responded to Prince Aegon's slander in his heart. The important source of business for the Iron Bank is these chaotic places. It is difficult for them to accept the loss of one of their long-term financial resources, so before Prince Aegon arrives, see Keymen and bankers put pressure on Neptune, asking him to either delay or secure more benefits for them.

All Neptune wanted to say was.

You can come.

Prince Aegon has dragons, and there are more than thirty dragons behind him. It only takes two adult dragons to destroy the entire purple fleet, and one more adult dragon can turn the Secret City into a hellfire.

Where did they get the confidence to think they could make Targaryen soften and bow his head?

But he couldn't disobey these guys who had real power in the city. The old guys are always overconfident, but the little guys always don’t know how high the sky is. Perhaps only when the dragon flames are coming, they can understand why the Secret City has hidden itself for so many years, and they can also understand why the dragon kings are so obsessed with this "illegitimate child". "Female" was dismissed.

The insufferable Neptune ultimately failed to give Aegon the results he wanted.

"Your Highness, I can only tell you this much." Neptune raised his wine glass and touched Prince Aegon from afar. "I will convene an emergency meeting and try to give you an answer in the shortest possible time. I have prepared a room for you in the Neptune Palace. Please wait patiently."

Aegon tilted his head indifferently. The Iron Throne had never expected Braavos to decisively support the Iron Throne's war. Although Daeron had incomplete information, he had a lot of intuition. He did not trust Braavos. The bankers of Forth. He also does not completely trust the information he possesses.

Braavos is indeed worthy of its name. Even the repaired King's Landing looks like a small village in the countryside in front of Braavos, and the Palace of Neptune and even the Black Palace on the outskirts of King's Landing cannot compare with it. .

The palace prepared by Neptune for Prince Aegon is second only to Neptune's palace in terms of size in the entire Neptune's palace. Not only is it fully equipped, there is even a pool of steaming hot spring water in the palace for Prince Aegon to bathe.

Of course, there are beauties too.

Aegon looked helplessly at the people lying on the bed, soaking in the hot springs, and the girls standing on both sides of the palace.

As soon as he came in, two girls with silver hair and purple eyes came forward to undress him and help the prince slowly walk into the hot spring.

The prince looked at the girls surrounding the room with interest. All of these girls were beautiful. Prince Aegon could even see colors from all over the world in them. There were people from the Summer Islands with skin as dark as jade, and some from the Summer Islands. Olive-skinned Myrs, fair-skinned tall men, Ghiscari people, and Dothraki with almond-shaped eyes, and even many silver-haired and purple-eyed Valyrians and the Ans that Aegon was familiar with. Dal people.

It's a pity that he has no interest at all after eating moon candy.

"Alright everyone." Prince Aegon soaked his whole body into the hot spring and allowed the girls to touch him. However, these girls in Braavos who were well versed in the art of the house soon realized that something was wrong.

But they dared not say anything.

"Get some rest early, everyone." Prince Aegon had no scruples and held the two girls soaking in the pool into his arms one by one. "Tell the people who asked you to come here that there is no need for this. I came to Braavos just to understand the attitude of Braavos."

Although his hands were dishonest and he touched the girls' bodies as smooth as gelatin, Aegon's body was unusually honest and there was no reaction at all.

The girls knew that their tasks might not be completed, so they could only silently complete the bathing process for Aegon, wait for him to enter the bedroom, and then slowly dispersed.

The girl who warmed his bed also noticed Prince Aegon's lack of interest, but she didn't dare say anything.

She could only silently leave the big bed after Prince Aegon fell asleep, and left Aegon's dormitory with her sisters.

"The girls are set."

In fact, after the meeting between Prince Aegon and Sea King, the real people in power in Braavos, those keykeepers, bankers, wealthy businessmen, liaisons of the Black and White House, captains, and governors gathered together and continued the discussion. The question of the Disputed Lands, while awaiting the outcome of Aegon's Palace.

Until the leader of the girls came to report the news.

The most respected old keykeeper said with some regret: "Prince Aegon may not match the information."

He gently turned the rusty iron key on his desk, letting it spin quickly on the smooth glass tabletop: "He is not as hungry as the intelligence says, but is very calm. If you guessed correctly, he should be here Taking a drug similar to moon sugar before arriving in Braavos."

"We should punish the intelligence officer." A governor with silver hair and blue eyes said in frustration: "Wrong intelligence has caused us to waste too many resources."

"Not much." The commander of the Sea King fleet said calmly: "At the very least, entertaining Prince Aegon well will let the Iron Throne know that we don't want to get involved too much." He sighed. As a soldier, he knew the dragon's power very well. Powerful, although the purple fleet is strong, it is as fragile as tissue paper in front of the dragon. Without the navy, Braavos would be nothing compared to the armored knights of Westeros with its army alone.

Not to mention, there are dragons.

"But... the disputed land, the gold we obtain from the disputed land every year is enough to guarantee tens of millions of iron coins." A banker said with some reluctance: "Even if we provide loans to the Iron Throne, you will not forget Forget the greed and shortsightedness of Targaryen. No king except King Aegon II can repay the loan on time. Have you forgotten the sophistry of that damn monk? "

"And Luo Jiaer." Another banker looked at the liaison person of the Black and White Institute: "When will the Black and White Institute deal with that damn dictator? He caused a quarter of our market to malfunction."

"Soon, don't be anxious." This time the contact person of the House of Black and White was replaced by a pale-skinned eunuch, tall and thin, with seemingly no flesh on his face: "But don't forget, everyone behind the Luo Jiaer family It's Targaryen, we can only win by chaos."

"As soon as possible." The old man said in a deep voice, and he pressed the rotating key. "Lissandra has lived too long. If he is allowed to appear in front of the public again, the reputation of the Iron Bank will be hit like never before. As for the Luojiaer Bank." The old man's face changed and he said gloomily: "It has been affected by Weiss. We need to work hard to protect Tello."

The biggest partner of Braavos's Iron Treasury in Westeros is the Vareses family, but neither Ronzel nor Ringor want to fall out with Targaryen, and the other children with impatient tempers are very Respecting their father and brother, the envoys of Braavos have never been able to convince this Dragon King family to truly side with Braavos.

Without the support of Vareses, simple financial methods will not have much effect on the Rogar Bank, which is rooted in King's Landing and Old Town and is protected by the Dragon Kings. Especially due to the bumper harvest brought by the long summer in Westeros, there is no shortage of cash in Rogar Bank.

"What about our people in the disputed land?" The banker asked again: "Give up and ignore it? Or let the Dragon King family return to the Eastern Continent, in case they go crazy and want to restore Valyria what to do?"

The banker stood up and said loudly without hesitation: "I am a very direct person. Let me ask you, it was you and your fathers who secretly paid for Prince Ronzel and others to arrive in Westeros. Don't you You may not know the consequences of the dragon kings returning to Essos. Although the disputed land is devastated, it is the most fertile land along the coast. It is impossible for you not to know the consequences of letting the Targaryens own it. "

"Okay, okay, calm down." The old man waved his hand, motioning him to sit down and not be so excited: "No one said we have to give up the disputed land." The old man's eyes suddenly flashed a cunning: "I believe you all know the story of Aegon's conquest. Three dragons conquered a continent. It's legendary, right? What was the result? When Aegon was alive, he could suppress the old nobles of Westeros. When Aegon died, the world was in chaos. Ladies and gentlemen, dragons can conquer, but dragons cannot govern. Do you understand what I mean?"

The old man showed a mysterious smile.

The same mysterious smile also appeared on the faces of other councilors.

Only the Sea King had a sad face, and I don't know what he was thinking.

"Your Highness, you still have to comfort Prince Aegon and tell him that we are discussing the loan arrangement for the Iron Throne." The old man said with a smile.

The Sea King sighed in his heart and nodded. "I will follow the arrangements of the parliament."

Daeron didn't think much of Braavos from the beginning.

This is normal. After all, with the dragon in hand, he thinks that any force is weak, but he is not blindly arrogant. It seems that he is born with sharpness and military intuition. His early preparations are exceptionally good.

The food mobilized from the Riverlands and the River Bay began to be transported to several predetermined ports, and the armies organized in various regions have begun to gather at the corresponding ports one after another.

The food and grass piled up in the ports of Tidehead Island, King's Landing, Seagull Town, Silver Crown City, and Sunspear City have been piled up like mountains. The various armies have also gathered one after another in a few months, cleaning armor and sharpening long swords.

They are ready to go far away.

Tidehead Island.

It has been decades since we have seen so many ships gathered in the port of Tidehead Island. Oh, or after the Dance of the Blood Dragons, we have never seen so many ships gathered in the port of Tidehead Island. The entire royal fleet, 300 longships of the Iron Fleet, and an entire Redwyne Fleet hoisted sails in Blackwater Bay, ready to be deployed at any time.

The dragons are flying over the city of Climax.

In order to protect the king, Lord Joffrey Velaryon decided to ride a dragon to join the war, and his Tyrex became the new dragon in the army.

In fact, Daeron originally planned to start from Silvercrown, but was dissuaded by Viserys. Although starting from Silvercrown saves time, Silvercrown is the territory of Vareses in Viserys's view. The king is personally leading the army, and the starting point must be a place directly under the king's jurisdiction, or a clear territory of the king's line, so that the people can be more aware of the king's achievements.

Although Daeron did not understand Viserys, his military intuition told him that his uncle was talking nonsense, but due to the family's face, Daeron finally compromised, but not completely.

Jacaerys and Dan will lead the vanguard of the Borderlands, Dorne, the Reach, and the Stormlands from Silvercrown, and after joining Daeron at the Stepstones, they will go to the disputed land together.

This elite vanguard has only 5,000 people, but each of them has exquisite armor and agile war horses. The second and youngest sons of these nobles are eager to establish merit.

They are thirsty for blood.

February of the 169th year of the Conquest Era.

The Great Expedition kicked off with the long cries of Dreamfire, Sea Smoke, Warmax, Horn Tide and Terekshu.

And the people of the Disputed Lands have not yet been able to unite.

As the first ship from the Disputed Lands was sunk.

The war began.

The first update is combined with the second update yesterday. There are two more updates today, war dramas.