Chapter 342: Dragons are easier to get along with than women
Li Nan, who is a master of the arts, followed Daenerys to Dragonstone.
Dragonstone was built using advanced Valyrian masonry techniques, which were lost in the apocalypse, making it unique among the Westeros castles.
The entire Dragonstone Castle is made of black stone, with towers carved in the shape of dragons and battlements lined with dripping spouts. Most of the designs in the castle are related to dragons. Smaller dragons adorn the doorway frames, dragon claws protruding from the walls to serve as torch stands, large stone wings containing the blacksmith and armory, and dragon tails form arches, bridges, and outdoor staircases.
Although Daenerys, the queen of the dragon, has just arrived, the servants she brought have cleaned the entire castle in a short period of time, giving the castle its original majesty.
The two sides came to the picture table hall at the top of the stone drum tower in the castle, which was a large round room with four tall and narrow windows facing east, west, north and south. Behind a large wooden table carved with a detailed map of Westeros, it is said that Aegon the Targaryen conqueror used it to plan his battles during the Conquest.
The two sides sat down at the map table, and the half-race little beauty Missandei ordered a good wine, and then a long negotiation began.
After some negotiations, Li Nan understood a truth, that is, women are all good bargainers regardless of age or race.
Daenerys had long seen that it was impossible for Li Nan to give in to her, so she deliberately raised the price earlier.
It's like when you buy clothes, the seller first raises the fifty yuan to 100 yuan of clothes, and when you buy it, people give you a 5% discount, and you still feel that you have taken a big advantage.
After drinking several bottles of fine wine and spending a lot of time, the two sides finally reached a consensus.
Li Nan does not need to be loyal to Daenerys, the Queen of the Dragon, but he must acknowledge her identity and status. The Northern Realm and the Savage armies could only remain in the Northern Territory north of Carlin Bay, and were not allowed to enter the Six Southern regions to participate in the war, but in exchange for these conditions, they were only obsidian mines on Dragonstone Island.
"Only women and villains are difficult to raise!" After leaving Dragonstone Castle, Li Nan couldn't help but mutter.
The onion knight who was in charge of leading the way to Longshan smiled: "Hahaha, my lord, there are many men in this world who suffer in front of women, and you are definitely not the last. ”
The workers brought by the five hundred warships, under the command of the Onion Knight, were busy mining obsidian, while Li Nan took Asha and Artemisia to the beach to catch fish leisurely.
The industrial level of this world is very low, not only is there no pollution, but the fishing efficiency of fishermen is not so high, so there are many creatures in the sea, and it didn't take long for Li Nan to catch a few fat sea fish half a meter long, and then he also went to the sea to catch a few crabs the size of a basin.
Marine life has its own salt, whether it is roasted or cooked, there is no need to put any seasoning, and what you eat is natural umami.
The flames continued to burn, and the crabs steaming in the pot and the sea fish roasted on the fire slowly emitted an enticing aroma and wafted into the air.
Just as the three of them were about to eat, several huge black shadows appeared in the sky, and Li Nan looked up and saw that it was Daenerys's three dragons.
Perhaps smelling the aroma of food, the three dragons came straight towards Li Nan and the others, and there seemed to be flames brewing in their mouths.
If this is to let them breathe fire, then no one will be better, Li Nan was preparing to escape, and hurriedly shouted in the beast language: "If you don't want to die, be honest!" ”
Although these three dragons were hatched by Daenerys and regarded her as their mother, the two sides could not communicate in words after all, and at this time they suddenly heard the man on the ground talking in the language of beasts, and the three dragons with a high IQ were all surprised, they temporarily forgot the temptation of food, flapped their wings and stopped on the beach.
In fact, Li Nan just gave it a try, because he didn't know whether this flying dragon belonged to birds or beasts, and he was secretly relieved to see that they understood his words.
The dragons of this world belong to the western dragons, which are completely different from the dragons of the east, and they look like lizards that are magnified many times, with hard scale armor all over their bodies, four legs under their abdomen, and two extra wings and dozens of sharp horns of different lengths on their heads.
Under the gaze of the three dragons, Li Nan asked, "Do you want to eat grilled fish?" ”
"Hmm." The three dragons nodded in unison.
Glancing at the huge bodies of the three dragons, it was estimated that they would have to eat hundreds of catties of food in one meal, and Li Nan didn't want to exhaust himself to death by grilling fish on Dragonstone Island.
Pointing to the sea not far away, Li Nan said to them: "Your food is too large, go catch some fish by yourself, and I'll let someone roast them for you, what do you think?" ”
Although the three dragons are huge, they are actually not very old, about three or four years old children of humans, as long as they understand their meaning, they will get along with them.
After smelling the aroma of grilled fish and steamed crabs, the three dragons agreed, got up and sprinted a few steps to fly again.
Seeing that they began to fish, Li Nan hurriedly asked his nearby retinue to gather some soldiers and set fire on the beach to prepare to cook for the three dragons.
Daenerys stood in front of the window of Dragonstone Castle, looking at Li Nan on the beach, holding the grilled fish and three dragons together, and couldn't help but be a little curious, envious and worried.
Misandei, the half-blood beauty who was waiting for her, asked, "Your Majesty, are you worried about what this man will do to the dragon?" ”
"No, I just feel that this man is very mysterious, and I am a little envious that he can talk to my children."
Missandei suggested, "Then let's let him teach you the dragon language, won't that be fine?" ”
"Do you think he would casually teach someone such an important language?"
Missandei had been by her side since Daenerys arrived at Slaver's Bay, so the half-race little beauty had long seen what was on her mind.
"I'll go and ask him, what if he says yes."
Looking back at the back of Missandei leaving, Daenerys was about to say something to stop her, but the thought of being able to communicate with her children in words had a powerful allure for her, the Mother of Dragons.
Missandei came to the beach and shouted at Li Nan, who was teasing the dragon with the grilled fish, "Leo, take a step to speak." ”
"Don't borrow!" Li Nan refused without replying.
Missandei, who was respected by all slaves and soldiers, was above 10,000 people under one person in Slave Bay, and was so despised by her, she was suddenly blushed by Li Nanqi's pretty face, and said angrily: "You ......"
"What am I? I'm not a slave or a subordinate of your Queen, and even Daenerys can't call me in and out of the box, and I don't want anything from you, so if you want something to ask me, be polite. ”
After half a ring, Missandei said softly, "Dear Lord Leo, I have something to look for you, can you come with me?" ”
"The son can be taught, this tone and title are right." Li Nan smiled and said, "But... I'm not going, hahaha......"
Missandei, who was played by Li Nan again, pointed at Li Nan with a trembling arm, and then stomped her feet away angrily.
The workers mined day and night, and all the obsidian was transported to the warships anchored in the harbor, and every twenty filled ships returned to the north under the protection of the escort ships.
Tyrion has set up a massive processing plant in the Mole Village near Castle Black, where Wildlings and Women of the North make obsidian into spear tips and arrowheads.
The sequelae of offending Missandei also gradually appeared, she was in charge of the logistics of the Dragon Queen's army, so the food and drinking water provided to the miners on Li Nan's side changed from more to less, from less to nothing.
Li Nan had enough trouble, and he didn't want to get involved in the Dragon Queen's war to seize the Seven Kingdoms, so he refused any requests from Missandei and Daenerys without hesitation.
Even if there was no food or water now, he would send someone to Pantos, a trading city on the other side of the Narrow Sea, to buy it, and it would not be a problem to solve it with money.
Just when Li Nan was desperate to gather enough obsidian as soon as possible and leave the land of right and wrong, the Unsullied and Dothraki warriors under the command of the Dragon Queen Daenerys began to regroup for the largest city in Blackwater Bay and the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, King's Landing.