"I will do my best to serve you. ”

"I will do my best to serve you. ”

This is a good thing to say, Ma Shen was in a good mood and bent down and personally helped Luo Kun and the bearded captain up.

"Get up, we still have a lot of things to do. ”

"I will live up to the trust of my lords. Luo Kun stood up and saluted, and then spoke, "My lord, in addition to the things discussed before, there are three most important things that need to be decided by your lordship. ”

"The first is what to do with the merchants stranded in Astapor, the second is what to do with the slave owners who have been captured by us, and the third is what to do with the other slave city-states in the slave port, if they learn that we have taken Astapor, they should not sit idly by, we need to think of a countermeasure to deal with them. ”

Ma Shen nodded, waited for Luo Kun to sit down, and asked, "Then let's deal with the first item first, what do you think we should do with the merchants of Astapor?"

"My lord, I think we're the best ... ”

The night is deep, people have not slept, this is a sleepless night.

The next day, there was a bright light in the sky, a wisp, a wisp, and then a fireball that emitted a thousand rays of light revealed a trace, like a pure and beautiful girl's face, bringing light to the world.

"For now. Ma Shen gently placed the quill on the table and rubbed his eyes, except for the knight of Lorent, who had not spoken a few words all night and had his eyes closed, Luo Kun and the bearded captain were a little tired.

After an evening of discussions, taking into account the bearded captain's knowledge of maritime trade and Luo Kun's internal affairs skills, they had already laid out the rules governing Astapor, including future development plans.

The development plan was to deal with the delay in the accountability of the other slave city-states, and to take the opportunity to consolidate the city of Astapo, stabilize the rule, and eliminate the unrest as much as possible.

Although Astapo City is not a big country, it is already in a relatively large city-state, with nearly 150,000 slaves and freemen in the city, and there are no longer a few people with ill intentions.

Some slave owners who escaped capture hid in dark corners, unwilling to be defeated, waiting for an opportunity to regain their rule after Ma Shen's departure.

The merchants, the freedmen, were terrified by the change of rulers who had ruled Astapo for a thousand years.

Careerists who are looking forward to taking advantage of the chaos are eager to try.

It will take time to stabilize, so it will take a month for Ma Shen to erase as much of the good as possible before he can start his military plan.

After thinking for a while, Ma Shen gave the final order: "Luo Kun, you will temporarily serve as the administrator of Astapo and assist me in handling affairs." ”

Then he turned to the bearded captain and said, "Abigai, you are in charge of the Astapor's fleet for the time being. ”

"As for the words of the sheriff. Ma Shen hesitated, at this time the sheriff had the greatest burden on his shoulder, "I will be in charge for the time being, and Knight Laurent and Saran will be my lieutenants." ”

Sure enough, there is still a shortage of talents, even if you don't want the Eighteen Round Table Knights, at least it looks like there are a lot of people, Ma Shenzheng sighed, and suddenly remembered something, remembering that there is a good general among the Unsullied, it seems to be called a gray worm or a worm.

In the plot, the gray worm or worm, without any hair on his face, has a very short brown hair on his head, has a grim complexion, a resolute expression, a stout body, a medium height and waist circumference, holding a spear of about 3 meters and a round shield with a diameter of 50cm, and has a relatively high force value.

The bearded captain, who didn't know what Ma Shen was thinking, eagerly stopped: "My lord, why do you need to come to such a thing, you are the ruler of Astapor." ”

"Captain Abigay has a point. Luo Kun chimed in.

"Don't worry about my safety. Ma Shen waved his hand indifferently, turned his head to look at the knight of Rorient who closed his eyes and smiled, how could he let you be idle, "There are so many unsullied people and our knight of Rorient to protect me, it is very safe, and I will put my name on it, and the specific matter still has to be taken care of by Sir Lrent and Saran." “

As for why Ma Shen is so patient with the Laurent Knight, it has nothing to do with the ransom that has not yet been received, mainly because Ma Shen values his ability to train soldiers, I heard that in the Western Realm, the Laurent Knight's family is famous for being good at training soldiers, and the training officers of the Lannister army will be served by the Laurent family.

Moreover, on the ship, Ma Shen also saw the training talents of the knights of Laurent, and in more than a month, Laurent changed the spirit of the soldiers of Harrenhal.

"Okay, okay, drink some water, drink more hot water to reduce fatigue and irritability. Ma Shen smiled and handed two glasses of water mixed with the power of nature to Luo Kun and the bearded captain, "You guys will rest for a while, and then you can start according to the arrangement for the night." ”

"But... Luo Kun still wanted to speak, but he saw the bearded captain drinking the water in front of him, and shook helplessly, this guy was actually bought by a glass of water.

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Under Ma Shen's instructions, a large number of Unsullied people posted announcements all over the city of Astapor, striving to be seen by everyone in Astapor.

These innocent people said that their faces were expressionless, but in fact, the mainland was actually very excited, and if it weren't for the hard and cruel training they had been training for a long time, they would have been jubilant.

As for the slaves who were not free and illiterate, Ma Shen would also send someone to inform them of the contents of the notice, which, as others expected, immediately won the support of all the slaves.

Five years is so short compared to a lifetime, not to mention that Ma Shen also promised three meals a day, including food and lodging, and working hours, so the slaves voluntarily accepted the unified arrangement and dispatch of the Astapor sheriff Luo Kun.

"Let's go see what's written on it. ”

"Okay, let's go check it out. ”

Seeing the notice posted on the notice board, the free people of Astapor, who were full of anxiety, and the merchants who were stranded in the city began to watch cautiously.

"Earl Arazuka of the ancestors, ruler of Astapor, master of flames, knight of champions, slayer of wolves... The horseback seller in the crowd looked at the notice and chewed it carefully.

The message was to tell everyone that the ruler of the city had changed, a man named Ma Shen, and then a series of policies towards slaves and the free people of Astapor.

But it had nothing to do with him, he didn't trade slaves anyway, he just came to Astapor to sell some spices and jewelry, and by the way, horses and so on, like the prohibition of the slave trade made no difference to him, and the horse traders now just wanted to know what the new ruler was going to do with them.

"Wolf slayer? Just as he was watching, a merchant from the continent of Westeros not far away suddenly let out an exclamation, "It's not the one from Westeros!"

"How is it possible, that wolf slayer is just a knight, how can it be an earl. Another merchant from Westeros immediately retorted that when the merchant left the Seven Kingdoms a few months ago, the wolf slayer was just a knight who had just won the first championship in the martial arts, how could he suddenly become an earl.

"That's your news lagging, I heard that the wolf slayer was canonized as an earl by the young wolf lord of the north two or three months ago. ”

"It's really fake. The merchant said in disbelief.

Listening to the chattering voices of his companions next to him, the horse seller frowned, read the entire notice word by word, and found that this notice did not say what to do with them.

What's the matter, the flesh on the face of the chubby horse seller shuddered.

As he was thinking, a group of Unsullied men came running in the distance, led by a Harrenhal soldier.

"The ruler of Astapor, Lord Ma Shen, has ordered that the merchants stranded in the city have lifted the ban and can leave at will!"

"The ruler of Astapor, Lord Ma Shen, has ordered that the merchants stranded in the city have lifted the ban and can leave at will!"

"The ruler of Astapor, Lord Ma Shen, has ordered that the merchants stranded in the city have lifted the ban... ”

The people who read the notice hurriedly made way for the Unsullied in fear, and when the Unsullied left, the merchants immediately exploded.

"What, we can go. ”

"Hurry up, hurry up. The merchants urged each other.

However, after hearing that they could leave at will, a small number of businessmen left in a hurry, but most of the businessmen were not in a hurry, you said that it was not easy for me to come all the way to Astapor to do business, anyway, there was no danger, so slowly do a good job of business and then leave.

Standing on the tall yellow city wall, Ma Shen watched the cargo ships drive out of the dock, and sighed heavily, they were all big fat sheep, big fat sheep, boiled ducks ran away in front of his eyes, and Lan searched for mushrooms.

In fact, Ma Shen didn't let these merchants leave at the beginning, in addition to maintaining law and order and preventing chaos at the docks, he also wanted to kidnap these merchants and their ships, so that he would have nearly 100 more merchant ships and a large number of gold dragon coins in his hands at once.

But later, under Luo Kun's persuasion and self-rational judgment, Ma Shen finally chose to let these merchants go, not just looking at the present, picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons, anyway, he looted the wealth of the Astapo slave owners, and now he is completely rich.

Patting the wall, Ma Shen stopped paying attention to the merchants who left, these merchants left, and there will be merchants coming in the future.

Turning his head and commanding dozens of slaves, he was going to pull the Harpy down and replace it with his logo: "Pull this half-dead, ugly guy down!

The slavers of Astapor will no longer exist, at least not for now.

The sinful slave owners were nailed to the Punishment Square, just like the slaves they had killed in the past.

The remaining ones who committed fewer crimes, after making some contributions, could not die, and could be freed from hard labor for five years.

A month later, a black bird with a chicken head, a snake neck, a swallow's jaw, a turtle's back, a fish's tail, and what looked like it was chirping in the sky took the place of the harpy.

At the dock under the wings of this black bird, a merchant ship began to slowly dock, without anyone paying attention, surrounded by a large number of merchant ships, this small cargo ship looked inconspicuous.

"Uh... "At this time, on this merchant ship, dozens of men and women dressed as Dothraki were lying weakly, this month's life at sea made them go to half their lives, as Dothraki, they had never been on a ship, perhaps they were the first Dothraki to take a ship.

"Rest assured, we've arrived at our destination. Daenerys Targaryen, who had crossed the ocean from Quells, whispered comfort to a sick Dothraki woman, then got up and looked up at the conspicuous black bird, "Is this Astapor?"

"Something doesn't seem right. Jorah, who was holding a sword in one hand at her side, squinted at the blackbird, "Astapo's emblem is not this strange blackbird, it's a half-human, half-eagle harpy. ”

"Everything changes, it's normal for buildings to change, maybe those cruel slave owners like this blackbird. Daenerys said and looked worriedly at the Dothraki lying on the ship, "The most important thing is that they can't hold on. ”

"But... Jorah glanced at the Blackbird flag on the dock and was about to say something, but was immediately interrupted by Daenerys.

"Don't forget, you persuaded me to come to Astapor to hire the Unsullied. ”

With that, Daenerys turned away with a blank face, ready to board the dock.

"Well, maybe you're right. Jorah shrugged helplessly, and watched as the ship got closer and closer to the dock.

At the same time, in the huge and luxurious palace in the center of Astapor, Ma Shen sat quietly on the main seat, listening to the "threat" of a young and elegant man in a yellow robe.

"Honorable and great Lord Ma Shen, I am from Yuankai and have come to greet you on behalf of the Maven. With that, the man saluted Ma Shen, who was seated in the main seat, and one of his attendants took a few steps forward with an open box.

Luo Kun, who was with him, took a few steps forward to take the box, and then placed it in front of Ma Shen.

"Oh, I have received the kindness of the Maven. Glancing at a dragon egg in the box, Ma Shenpi looked at the bowed young man with a smile, "Is there anything else?"

"In order to maintain the stability of Slave Bay, I hope that Lord Ma Shen can release those slave owners and leave the city, and we will provide Lord Ma Shen with a large amount of money and ships to return to Westeros. The young man said with a humble salute.

"What if I say I don't agree?"

The young man said with an unchanged face: "War is not far off. ”

Ma Shen was silent for a moment and smiled: "I'm clear, please go down and rest." ”

"Then I'll quit first. The diplomat from Yuankai did not press any further, and under the guidance of the servant, politely retreated and left.

Watching the young diplomat leave, Ma Shen asked, "What do you think, Luo Kun?"

"Warnings are warnings, wars are wars, and they don't have the guts to start a war. ”

"Then let him dry for a few days. Ma Shen said very blandly.

"Lord Ma Shen, Lord Ma Shen. Suddenly, a manservant came hurrying, "The man you ordered has just appeared at the docks." ”