Those ancient people wanted to "abandon the darkness and turn to the light", and after thinking about it, Lan Li thought that they did have this reason.

So he's ready to give these people a chance to prove it.

Asking those people to go to the Crab Claw Peninsula to find out the specific situation in the local area was this opportunity, but in fact, Lan Li himself didn't expect this to bring him any help, because he didn't know what the situation was in that place, he just felt a little unusual, so when he saw that someone took the initiative to come over, he instructed people to go over there, which was equivalent to a move that was better than nothing.

Lan Li didn't pay much attention to it, this was just a small episode in his opinion, and on the contrary, he was more impressed by the solidity of the class system in Westeros-

It turns out that what can you do if you have talent, and what can you do if you have ambition? Without a corresponding background, you can't get on the stage or can't get on the stage.

……

There were no more accidents on the rest of the journey, hills, mountains, forests, wilderness...... The long journey can be boring, but there's always an end, and Lanli's custom route is from a path called the Rose Avenue to the Royal Forest in Stormlands, and then across the forest to a strip called Sharp Corner.

Sharp Horn is the name of a castle and the domain of a lord family loyal to the Blue Rites, ruled by the Bar Amon family, whose patriarch threw a welcome banquet for the arrival of the Blue Rites, and then sent a ship to send the Blue Rites to the territory of Dragonstone.

From a distance, Dragonstone Island is uneven, like a mountain rising out of the ocean, and as you get closer, the peak gradually spreads out, so that you can see that there is a slightly flat and rocky hilly area around the mountain.

It was noon, but the sky was gloomy, and the top of the highest mountain on the island slowly rose with pale and gray smoke, faintly connecting with the dark clouds in the sky, silently revealing that it was an active volcano.

At the top of another hill, a little lower on the peak of the volcano, a towering castle with a huge body of darkness came into view, the castle was made of black stone, and the thick walls concealed most of the buildings, but the few towers above the castle alone showed that this castle was extraordinary-

Several black towers are carved in the shape of dragons, and they stand quietly around a large main fortress with a round vaulted roof in the castle, and the battlements of the black walls at the edge are also full of dragon decorations, and at first glance the castle looks as if it was formed by the petrification of countless dragons.

As the ships approached, the Black Dragon Castle became clearer and clearer, and the rocky expanse of land beneath the castle and a densely built village came into view, but before the ships could actually land, they were spotted by a lighthouse on the edge of the island, and they were notified in advance.

Then Lan Li met a relative who had taken care of his territory for more than ten years when he was in Riverbend-

Andrew Ismon, the matrilineal family of the three Baratheon brothers, a steady middle-aged man of the Ismon family, and in fact, Lan Li knew him when he was in Storm's End.

"Erin has been writing long to ask when Lord Lanli will be able to return to Dragonstone, and I think he will come to visit him when he hears the news of your arrival." This middle-aged man with a beard and a pair of thick brown eyebrows said happily after hugging Lan Li, which reminded Lan Li of the funny fat playmate when he was a child.

"I'm looking forward to seeing him again."

Lan Li laughed and said, "He still owes me a turtle feast." ”

The two of them laughed and walked up the rugged road of Dragonstone Island, not to the village not far away, but slowly towards the castle on the high hill diagonally above in the distance.

The Andrew next to him was not the father of the little fat man, but one of his cousins, Lan Li still remembered that the little fat man claimed that this person had knocked on his head for a long time, wanted to knock him stupidly, and stared at his succession with malicious intentions, but in fact, this middle-aged man named Andrew was a steady and well-intentioned good man.

Along the way, this relative from the matrilineal family didn't need Lan Li to ask more, and took the initiative to talk about everything in Dragonstone Island.

Fiscal situation, domain taxes, population status, several vassal families......

In fact, Lan Li knows a little about these, but he doesn't know too much, and now he has a more intuitive understanding of his territory-

The territory's finances barely fill the island's imposing but expensive castle to maintain, but if you want to have rich money, you can't think about it.

The population on the island is less than 1,000, and the few vassals under his command are also not strong, and if there is really a war, there will not be many troops at all.

At the same time, the four vassals directly under his command also have their own careful thoughts, the Count of Saitiga on Crab Island is greedy and stingy, he is an old slippery head, and every time he comes to pay taxes, he has to steal and play tricks, and Count Valerian of Tidehead Island guards the glory of the family's past, and has an arrogant temperament and no self-knowledge. The sharp-horned Bal Amon family is very honest, but the contemporary Count of Bar Amon is a sick man, always sick all year round, and there is no guarantee that he will die suddenly at any time, and his only heir is also a weak and sickly little fat man, which is very worrying to look at.

The only normal ones are the Sanglas family in Miaogang, but the current Count of Sangrath is crazy about believing in the Seven Gods, and in Andrew's opinion, he is not a normal person.

Lan Li listened to all this quietly and did not say anything.

It can only be said that he originally didn't have any expectations for this Dragonstone Island, and aside from the special status of this island during the reign of the Targaryens, the only thing he can fancy here is the dragon crystal mine hidden under the volcano on the island.

According to the memories of his previous life, this dragon crystal is a powerful weapon for dealing with strange ghosts, that is, the catastrophe that will occur in this world in a few years, but before that, it seems impossible to use it for profit.

"Master Kans is a respectable old man, very capable and kind, but he is currently treating some sick villagers at the foot of Longshan, and we haven't had time to inform your return yet."

After talking about the vassals, Andrew began to introduce the composition of the castle, and the dragon mountain he talked about was the huge active volcano on the island.

"Because you're not around all year round, there's no housekeeper or head coach in the castle, and most of the servants in the castle are natives of Dragonstone, and they—"

The procession was walking along the mountain road that was slanting upward, but before he could finish his words, he was suddenly interrupted, and a thin round-faced young man suddenly burst out, half-kneeling and wailing towards Lan Li.

"Lord Duke, you have to make decisions for my father!"

This person's voice was very loud, and there was a commotion in the team because of this, and Andrew beside him couldn't help frowning when he saw this, and then whispered to Lan Li: "He is from the Saitiga family." ”

Lan Li was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then understood.

He hadn't forgotten that Count Adrian Setiga of Crab Island had gone to collect taxes in person not long ago, but he had not forgotten it, but the man in front of him had put on this gesture......