It took about four days to get from Astapo to Meereen by sea, much faster than the land transport, and the bearded captain, on the orders of Ma Shen, hired four trusted merchants and their ships, and then divided the soldiers full of the Unsullied into four groups, and each of these four merchants led the ships towards Meereen.

Among these four merchants, each merchant will have three ships in his fleet, which is relatively easy to ignore, and the average merchant usually carries two or three cargo ships with him, and more than five ships belong to the big merchant, after all, it is too obvious if you turn more than ten ships into a fleet and sail towards Meereen in one go.

The next day, on a cargo ship sailing along the current, Ma Shen, dressed in silk clothes and disguised as a merchant, was lying on a deck chair, blowing the sea breeze comfortably.

As if she couldn't stand it, Daenerys paced to Ma Shen's side and took in the scenery on the sea, where the sea breeze ruffled her bangs.

"There are some Unsullied people under the cabin singing a song, and this song is good. Daenerys paused as she spoke, and then emphasized, "Whether it is sung in the seven Chinese languages or in Valyris, it is particularly charming." ”

"Because music knows no borders, Your Highness. Ma Shen didn't get up, lying on the recliner and staring carefully at the two arms of the dragon mother, and kindly reminded, "With my experience as a person who has come over, it is best for Your Highness to wear more clothes, now is not the same as before, the weather is not good these days, and the wind at sea is also strong, it is easy to catch a cold." ”

However, Daenerys ignored Ma Shen's tone and continued to ask, "Fight for the king?"

"The lyrics of the song are just that, and they can't be taken seriously. Ma Shen snorted, but saw that Daenerys was still staring at his eyes, so he could only get up and spread his hands helplessly, "There is a saying in my hometown, it is called that whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world, which translates to mean that gaining the approval of the people is their king." ”

"Makes sense. Daenerys looked in agreement.

Ma Shen plucked a grape and put it in his mouth, then spit out the grape seeds: "There is also a saying that power comes from the barrel of a gun, that is, you can become a king only if you have army and strength." “

These two sentences are opposites. "Daenerys is a little strange.

"Yes and no. Ma Shen smiled mysteriously, and it was still good to teach the future queen in front of him, "Strength is a necessary requirement to become a king, and the approval of the people is for stability and the continuation of the kingdom, and the two are not opposites. ”

Listening to Ma Shen's words, Daenerys was a little thoughtful, but quickly reacted: "I'm asking who the king in your lyrics refers to?"

"I have already told Your Highness just now. After finishing speaking, Ma Shen no longer paid attention to the dragon mother in front of him, leaned back on the chaise longue and closed his eyes slightly.

The weather was good, the cool breeze was slow, and the two hundred innocent people crowded in the cabin did not have to worry about the panic, and even the seasickness on their bodies was reduced a lot.

At this time, a crew member in gray leather armor walked quickly to Ma Shen's side and whispered, "My lord, there is a ship coming ahead, it looks like a merchant ship for trade. ”

"Don't panic. Ma Shen half-closed his eyes and calmly commanded, "What you were before, what are you now, pretend that we don't exist." ”

This kind of thing is normal, if you are lucky enough to encounter a few merchant ships on the endless sea, not to mention that now that the fleet is getting closer and closer to Meereen City, there will only be more caravans encountered in the future, not less.

"Yes, sir," the gray-armored sailor nodded, and immediately turned to the somewhat nervous sailor on the ship.

Daenerys looked at the approaching merchant ship in the distance with some concern: "It doesn't matter. ”

"Don't worry, they can't tell. Ma Shen still didn't open his eyes, and said lightly, the long-trained Innocents have stayed in the cabin and have never come out, so it is possible that they still have clairvoyant eyes, and they can see the Innocent hiding in the cabin through the cabin.

Everything is a risk, whether it is the so-called right path or the strange way with the art of war.

The righteous way is to slowly crush the enemy step by step, and beat the opposite side in a group of people.

As for the strange road, it is a small and broad method, if it succeeds, you can use the fastest speed, the fastest efficiency, and the smallest casualties to solve the battle, for example, Ma Shen is now using the Ming plank road, and the darkness is a warehouse.

Meereen was certainly defenseless and must be defenseless, and the ruler of Astapo was fighting all the way towards Kaiyuan City with nearly 10,000 soldiers, which everyone knew.

Now Ma Shen is bullying these slave owners in Slave Bay who are uneducated, yes, uneducated.

Have you read the art of war or anything like that?

Are there any generals who are good at leading troops? No, they are all slaves or fat mercenaries.

If so, how can it be so easy for our dragon mother to be abused into slag by relying on some legions of the Unsullied, and even those who resist can only hide in dark corners and use small means to create panic.

Slave owners, who had not experienced war for hundreds of years, would not have fought at all in Ma Shen's view.

Even if it was the worst plan, there was a traitor in the fleet, and the slave owners of Meereen were also notified, but in such a short time since the departure, how could the slave owners have time to attack the dragon mother's army, hire mercenaries to defend, and the sea route is obviously much faster than the unsullied one's step by step.

Even if it is exposed, the sloppy army in Meereen City alone will not be able to stop the attack of the more than 2,000 unsullied people in the fleet, and at most they will be entangled, and even if they can't be defeated, they can retreat.

The sound of the waves slowly crossed the bottom of the boat, and the fleet soon became convenient for the merchant ships on the opposite side to meet.

"Hey, are you going to Meereen City?" the enthusiastic sailors of the merchant ship greeted the crew of the Ma Shen ship with a wave of their hats, and it seemed that they were in a good mood, and the trade should have made a lot of money.

"Yes, do you know how far Meereen City is away, I'm tired of the sea, and I miss the girls of Meereen!" the sailors on the ship of Ma Shen also waved their hats in response, showing no flaws at all, or rather, this was their old business.

An oncoming merchant sailor shouted to the crew of the ship: "It's Meereen ahead, good luck to you, I already helped you greet the Meereen girls yesterday, hahahaha." ”

The meeting was brief, and in a few moments, the fleet crossed over with the merchant ship.

After the merchant ship sailed away, the gray cloth sailor respectfully came to Ma Shen's side: "My lord, we are already near the mouth of the Skazadan River, and above the sandy headland used to be the pier of Meereen. ”

"How much longer?"

"According to the sailors on the merchant ship, it will arrive in the evening, and the wind has been blowing in a northerly direction for the past few days, faster than expected. ”

"In other words, it took us less than four days to arrive at Meereen City, hahaha" Ma Shen's eyes flashed with joy, and he didn't bother to continue lying on the chaise longue.

After getting up, he looked at the respectful sailor in front of him and asked, "Where are the other fleets now?"

"By time and speed, it should be nearby. ”

"Tell the Unsullied to have dinner early, it's going to be busy in the evening. ”

Gradually, more and more ships were encountered on the way, some of them were heading for the distance, and some were going in the same direction as the fleet, and they were going to trade with Meereen, and these signs indicated that Meereen was ahead.

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