Chapter 4: The Queen of Ashes
The dinner party on Dragonstone went off without a hitch, and Daenerys sat at the top of the house, picking up a handkerchief to wipe her greasy lips and ordering the banquet to be removed.
Daenerys slowly stood up and led the group to the map stone table on the right side of the hall, where the long stone table was used for meetings, and the dirter 'Grey Worm' followed in Daenerys' footsteps, and when she was seated, stood quietly behind her.
The Red Viper Oberon Martell, along with one of his mistresses, Ellaria Shad, and her four youngest illegitimate daughters, known as the Sand Snakes, plus Varys, the octopus spider, and two representatives from the Free City-States, attended Queen Daenerys' first meeting of Dragonstone.
Daenerys looked around at the conference table and was the first to speak, "It's a pleasure to have your support, and you'll be happy to find that your choice will be very wise." ”
Oberon Martell, the red viper with a toothpick, sat with his legs crossed, grinning, "The seafood in Dragonstone is delicious, but I must state that we have come to support our new queen with selfish motives. ”
Daenerys smiled gently, and said very generously, it can only be sincere support, and what conditions can be put forward generously.
The representatives from the free city-state of Mill and Rees glanced at each other on the terms proposed, and one of the representatives stood up, bowed slightly to the first place respectfully and said: "The conditions of our two families are the same, we will fully assist you with our goods and wealth, I only hope that when you become the queen of Westeros, give us two port cities to rebuild two free-trade Mill and Reese cities, and we will pay rich taxes for your kingdom." ”
Oberon, the red viper, has a fierce temperament, a dissolute private life, and is shrewd and venomous. He used to study in the school city, and during this time he also built a few chains, but later dropped out of school because he was bored. He had traveled extensively and even established his own mercenary regiment across the Narrow Sea.
However, he himself was not very interested in these Gentiles, because of the wide range of safaris, and he was very disdainful of the general dullness of the Essos.
Before Daenerys could express her position, when she heard the proposal of the representative of the Free City-State, the Red Viper couldn't help but pout: "The continent of Westeros is the territory of the people of Westeros, where should you go back and forth, I heard that your continent has suffered a natural disaster, maybe you turn around and go back now and find that the disaster has passed." ”
Representative Mill glared at the red viper, "It's not a natural disaster, it's the gods who have descended, and the gods have taken the continent." ”
"Oh, don't you believe in the gods, why did the gods banish you believers, if it was because you caused the calamity, I doubt you would have brought it to Westeros. ”
Representative Rees stood up, looked at the red viper and said: "Although you are half right, please don't slander the gods, the continent of Essos has many gods, and now it's just because they are fighting, we will go back, but it may be hundreds of thousands of years later, besides, doesn't Westeros also have gods of faith? Seven gods, old gods, and drowning gods, I can name a lot, the gods represent all the gods in the sky, without the protection of these gods, the Westeros continent will also lose order." ”
Daenerys, who grew up in Essos, understands what is happening in the Western Continent, and also through Varys's explanation, it is difficult for people who have long understood the Westeros to understand the deeds of the Western Continent, so she is too lazy to explain some things.
She looked at the red viper and the few women beside him, and asked lightly, "I will reasonably consider all the proposals, so what do you want?"
The red viper put down the toothpick, glanced at his mistress, and said with a smile: "I am much more generous than the people of the free city-state, and I ask for very little.
I can bring Dorne's army to you to drive, and I just want you to keep the dragons merciful when you burn King's Landing with the dragons, and leave all the Lannisters at my disposal. ”
Compared to the demands of Mill and Reese, the Red Viper's demands and efforts were indeed disproportionate, and they were extremely generous.
However, Daenerys stated that the dragons would not attack King's Landing, and that she intended to besiege King's Landing instead of burning it.
The Red Viper frowned, "If there are dragons participating in the battle, you will get twice the result with half the effort, why don't you do this?"
Daenerys' eyes were silent, "I don't want to be the Queen of Ashes. ”
Ella, the mistress of the Red Viper, smiled, "Are you the Queen of Ashes, but that Queen Cersei in King's Landing has been in office for a few days, and now her body has been burned to ashes by the Church of the Seven. Your Majesty, fellow woman, I sincerely propose that if you want to rule Westeros, you must make everyone fear you. ”
However, Daenerys did not rely on these to build up the army from Essos, she firmly believed that her own system, just as the liberation of slaves would be supported by the slaves, and Huairou was her original intention to govern.
Daenerys is convinced that her understanding can be applied anywhere, and Westeros is no exception.
She made up her mind and addressed the crowd who had come to surrender: "I have heard your proposals and demands, I can give you the city and the heads of the Lannisters, these are not a big deal for me, but to submit to me, you must do what I command, and if you think it is okay, in five days, we will hold a battle meeting to conquer Westeros once and for all." ”
The queen did have the right to decide, and the red viper could not refute it, he stood up and bowed to Daenerys with his chest on his back, and before leaving his seat, he suddenly stopped, turned around, first looked at the two representatives of Mill and Reese, and then asked Daenerys, who was sitting in silence with a nonchalant face, " When I arrived, I saw that the Narrow Sea was crowded into a vegetable market, and I did not reject the Essos, but these Gentiles must have a great conflict with the natives of Westeros, and when millions of Essos poured into Westeros, squeezing the living space of the lords and ordinary people, you had better be sure that you were on which side you were on......"
Looking at the back of the disappeared few people leaving at the corner of the stairs in the hall, Daenerys remembered the words of the red viper, and raised her head to look at the dirter "Gray Worm" behind him, and a burning bronze brazier behind him illuminated the three spikes standing proudly on his bronze helmet.
"Greyworm, if you think Governor of Essos or Lord of Westeros is more trustworthy?"
Gray Worm's face was expressionless, "You are the queen, you are the mother of dragons, you can trust anyone who submits to you, and anyone who betrays you can also choose to be burned with dragon flame." ”
Daenerys smiled when she heard this, people with simple thinking can often give a satisfactory answer.
The dragon mother who had regained her demeanor smiled and said to Varys on the side: "I heard in Essos that there is someone in Westeros who can control the real dragon, who is he, can you help me find him back? ”