Chapter 146: Meeting
"Oh, did this stupid woman finally do such a thing as abolishing slavery directly?" With a laughing teaser, Zhang Cheng pushed open the door of the room and walked out inside.
"Yes, my lord, not only did she announce the abolition of slavery in Astapor, but she even demanded that all the city-states around Slave Bay must also abolish slavery, or else they would resort to force. At present, the cities of Yuankai and Meereen are already in a state of war readiness, and I think it will not be long before the war breaks out. Master Inigo replied with a wry smile.
As a maester, his obligation was to be loyal to the castle, not to a particular family, so when the Florentine family was eradicated, it was natural for him to switch his allegiance to the new owner of Brightwater City.
However, people have feelings, and this bachelor was obviously very sympathetic to the Florentine family's plight, so much so that for a long time he regarded Zhang Cheng as a fierce and cruel lord.
But as he spent more time together, he found that this slightly mysterious young man seemed to be different from what he imagined, although he had been clearing the territory of the rebellious aristocratic forces, but he did not do anything to the ordinary commoners, at least ignoring the grumbling peasants.
Don't think that this is commonplace, on the contrary, most feudal lords simply cannot tolerate the offense of the common people, and if they find out that any peasant in their territory dares to criticize them, they will immediately ask for the other party.
Of course, he didn't know that in fact, the reason why Zhang Cheng didn't deal with those grumbling peasants was not because of any kindness, but because he didn't care.
After all, even if the peasants were dissatisfied with the lords, they did not dare to make any substantive rebellion, and they paid the same taxes and labor, and the little verbal venting was almost no different from the "trolls" on the Internet in the information age, and they all belonged to the giants of language and dwarfs in action, and they were not at all a threat to the ruling structure.
Taking the note from the bachelor's hand, Zhang Cheng quickly skimmed through the contents of it, and then muttered in a voice that only he could hear, "Perhaps...... I should go meet Daenerys Targaryen now......"
There is no doubt that the process of conquering Slave Bay can be said to be the growth history of "Dragon Mother" from a political idiot to a barely qualified ruler.
At the moment, she has not tasted all sorts of betrayals, is a young woman who does not understand anything, with the characteristics of a strong idealist, precisely the period when she is most vulnerable to deception and foolery.
"My lord, do you need me to prepare a ship for you?" said Master Inigo, undoubtedly sensing something, cautiously probing.
"Boat, no, I have a better way to get around. Alright, let's get busy......" Zhang Chengyi smiled deeply, turned around and disappeared into the narrow hallway.
After dark, a huge black shadow rose from the cave in the mountain behind Bright Water City and flew towards the sea.
When it swept past the farm, many horses, cattle and sheep and other domestic animals made nervous noises, and some even panicked, causing a lot of trouble.
But none of this had anything to do with Zhang Cheng anymore, he had already ridden Kulo Kerba to the slightly salty and wet sea breeze, soaring in the endless sky.
With the speed of a dragon, he could reach Slaver's Bay in three to four hours at most, meet the legendary "Mother of Dragons" with his own eyes, and get the information he wanted to know.
The only regret is that riding on the back of a dragon is not as comfortable as imagined, especially the wind takes away a lot of heat from the body surface, and Zhang Cheng's face is blue from the cold after only a while, even if he is wearing a thick coat, he is still a little unable to resist.
In order not to freeze to death during the journey, he had to lower his altitude and continue to move forward while dodging ships that could appear at any time on the surface of the sea.
When the sun was about to rise, I finally saw the land slowly emerging from the place where the sea and the sky met.
"Damn! It's finally here! I swear I'll never ride a dragon on a long trek again!" Zhang Cheng grumbled as he directed the dragon towards Astapor.
This time, he didn't have any intention of hiding his whereabouts, and showed the existence of the dragon generously.
When Kulo Kirba's huge body passed through the downtown area, the whole city was immediately in a panic.
They had just seen Daenerys and her three dragons in person, and now suddenly there was a bigger, more ferocious dragon, and they could calmly accept it.
Zhang Cheng ignored these ordinary people and went straight to the tallest building in Astapor.
As he approached, three young dragons about three meters long flew out of the balcony at some point, screaming at their own kind, as if to give some kind of warning signal.
But unfortunately, Kulo Kelba didn't pay attention to these three little points at all, waved his strong and thick wings, and directly fanned them out, and then landed steadily on the spacious balcony.
"Who are you?!" asked a petite beautiful woman with silver hair and purple eyes on a wary look.
Presumably because she had just woken up, she was wearing only a translucent white silk nightgown, in which the delicate curves, twin peaks, and mysterious areas of infinite reverie were clearly visible.
"Ah, good morning, Venerable Daenerys Targaryen, I have suffered enough to meet you. Why, don't you invite me in to sit down and have a steaming breakfast by the way?" Zhang Cheng turned over and jumped down from the dragon's back, grabbed the back of the other party's hand and kissed it gently.
"Who are you, and why do you have a dragon too?" Daenerys subconsciously withdrew her hand, frowned and continued to ask.
She couldn't believe that there were people in this world who had hatched dragons, and they were bigger and more dangerous than her three dragons.
"It's a bit of a long story, so why don't we go in and talk about it. Besides, you can get the loyal guard at the door to lay down his arms, and trust me, if I really wanted to do you any harm, I would have done it earlier. With that, Zhang Cheng glanced at Jorah Mormont, who was hiding in the corner, walked into the house by himself, and poured himself a glass of wine.
He urgently needed something to drink to warm up his cold body now, and he would talk about getting information later.
In this way, under Daenerys's gaze, Zhang Cheng drank the entire bottle of wine one after another......