Under Tyrion's direction, Egg found an old mine in the city who had managed the gold mines for the Lannisters, and after "retiring" with his children to King's Landing, he asked him to follow him to Dragonstone to provide an advisor on the mining of dragonstones.

Everything was ready, and it was close to noon on the third day of King's Landing, and in the salty sea breeze, Iger and his young son boarded the boat they had rented the day before and set out on a journey to Dragonstone, the land of the former rulers of the Targaryens.

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Dragonstone Island is located at the mouth of Blackwater Bay, and it was just down the river from King's Landing, but because the sea breeze blew to land during the day, the speed of the ship did not increase until the sun set in the west and the wind reversed and the ship went downstream.

The distance between the start and the end was hundreds of miles, and they had only walked less than a third of the way before dark, and the night had to be spent on the ship, but fortunately, the speed of the ship after dark was much higher than that of the day, and the owner of the ship had arranged for sailors to be on duty at night to control the ship, and he was not worried about wasting too much time on the road. The next morning, when Egger was awakened by a combination of shaking, light, and shouting from the crew, the ship had sailed into the harbor of Dragonstone and was trying to dock.

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One need only walk up to the deck and take a look at Dragonstone Harbor to see why Stannis Baratheon resents his brother for separating him into a small fishing village than a port, and it seems so bleak compared to the bustle of King's Landing: the sailboat Egger was on was the only moving object in the harbor at the moment.

Egger often said that the Wall of Desperation was a haunted place, but in fact there was a very subjective element to this assessment, and now that he had left there and entered the south, he could no longer complain like a resentful woman: the land grant owned by the Night's Watch...... To be honest, the land is fertile and abundant, but it is remote and dangerous, and the temperature is a little lower, so not many people want to cultivate there. And Dragonstone Island, which was formed by a volcanic eruption, is a place where stones are still stones, and it really can be called a "ghost" word.

A small fishing village, with a maximum of a hundred or so people, and as far as Iger knew, in addition to this village and the castle where the lord lived, there was only a military port where the Dragonstone fleet was moored - which meant that the people of the direct territory owned by Stannis were only this small fishing village.

In such a small place, just fishing is enough to feed a knight, let alone a duke?

Of course, the lords of Dragonstone Island theoretically also rule over the Narrow Sea Lords, but the problem is that these so-called "Narrow Sea Lords" are actually a large number of small island lords, and the total population of the top and bottom does not exceed 100,000 - how can this provide a duke with considerable troops, usefulness, and pomp?

It is said that Robert Baratheon was disheartened by the loss of Lyanna Stark and planned to never marry and pass the throne to his brother Stannis. If the rumors were true, he would have had no problem making his heir Duke of Dragonstone in Targaryen tradition, but the fact is that Robert was married not only by Jon Arryn's arrangement, but also by a higher priority heir, Joffrey Baratheon and Tomman Baratheon.

After the birth of Robert's "son", Stannis more than once demanded his power over Stormlands from his brother, which can be said to be a reasonable and reasonable demand from an outsider's point of view...... But I don't know if Robert was too lazy to toss or if he had another thought, until in the end there was no explanation for this matter.

Ranley Baratheon, who was still a kid during the Reaver War, eventually inherited Storm's End and led the Baratheon family's heirloom realm, the Storm Kingdom, but instead held on to the city in the Reaver War, dragging down the main Royalist army for a year, and contributed to the victory of the war, Eddard Stark's great hero Stannis was sent to this place where birds don't, no matter how big-hearted people are, they can't stand it.

Well, to say that the Dragonstone Island bird doesn't poop is to wronged it, in fact, there is. As Iger stepped out of the boat and stepped onto Dragonstone, he saw countless seabirds flying in and out of their nests on the cliffs along the coast, and there were probably more birds in sight than all the people on the island. Dragonstone, to be exact, is a place where only birds.

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As the boat docked, a sparse stream of fishermen gathered around and asked if they needed accommodation and food. Dragonstone Island itself is located at the mouth of the Heishui River, but because it is so close to King's Landing, countless boats pass by every day but do not stop.

Iger didn't want to waste time, so he rented three horses and found a guide, and rushed to the castle without stopping. The castle was built on the highest point of the island, and it was not small in scale, and it was majestic from a distance, but it was covered with moss up close, and it was obviously left untended for a long time, and only two listless guards at the gate watched, one of whom even stood up from the corner when he saw someone coming. This dilapidated and depressed appearance made Egger sympathize with Stannis even more......

A guard enters the door and informs Egg and the others of their visit, but Stannis is not as willing to meet a small night watchman as Eddard Stark did. Ten minutes later, a young man came out of the castle on horseback, claiming that he had been sent to lead the way for the visitors...... Egger didn't plan to meet the lord of Dragonstone, but he was happy, so after some small talk, they left the castle gate and began to survey and select the site of the dragon crystal mine.

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"Ancient caves?" the leader listened to Egger's description, sat on his horse and recalled for a while, and then spoke: "It seems that there really is, I have also gone in to see it, but there is nothing except some graffiti on the stone wall." ”

The graffiti on the stone wall?Egger was overjoyed, wasn't this the place he was looking for, although Stannis didn't even invite himself into the castle with a shelf, but the guide sent was competent, and he couldn't help but feel a little more favorable to Robert, the meticulous younger brother.

"Where, take us to see it. ”

"It's in the southernmost part of the island, it's a bit far, I don't know if I can come back before dark......" The leader hesitated.

"Thank you for your hard work, let's go now, and I'll treat you to a big meal when you come back. "Egger still has some money in his pocket, and he is naturally full of confidence when he says this, how high can the consumption level be on this broken island?

"It's not hard...... It's just that the road on the island is not easy to walk after dark. Hearing Egger say this, the young man became a little shy, and nodded: "Then let's go, try to come back early, but we'd better go to the village and get a few torches first." ”

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After a few hours of being blown by the sea breeze, Egg stood in the original story until the end, the entrance to the ancient mine that Jon Snow took his aunt to visit, which would have been hard to find without a local guide.

Lighting the torches, the leader led Egger and the old mine head father and son into it.

There was nothing in the dark hole, and there were indeed some murals left on the walls, but for Egg, who had watched the birth of the Night King from the perspective of God from a computer screen, and had killed the strangers himself, there was a good chance that he would not be able to get any valuable information out of it.

Things went so smoothly as expected, and that's it!

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