Astapor.

When the dragon and griffin arrived, the whole city burst into cheers.

"Daenerys, the people in the city are still very supportive of you. Will laughed.

"It's very supportive, but no one thinks it's wrong for them to reopen the arena and restore the market. Daenerys was worried.

Arya and Jaime both stared at the crowd below with wide eyes.

These people are generally dark-skinned and dressed in fancy clothes that they have never seen before.

The Legion of the Unsullied lined Pride Square, as quiet as a man. Everyone stood up straight, like a gun.

Jaime laughed, "Daenerys, those black-armored soldiers are all Unsullied?"

"Yes!"

"There are so many soldiers and you can't deter the butcher archon?" said Arya.

"I don't want to cause round after round of slaughter, it's easy to be a butcher consul, but if people's mentality is not reversed, there will be a second butcher consul. Daenerys said.

"What's his name?" Will began to hover over the city on his griffon.

Daenerys and Jaime, as well as Arya, were all with him.

Below, the streets were full of people, all looking up at the three dragons and two griffons in the sky.

The griffons had never been seen before, and they were shocked. If it weren't for Her Majesty the Queen, these people would be very uneasy. What if it's an enemy magical flying beast attacking Astapor? The griffin looks like a dragon, with longer claws and a lion's tail, similar to the head of a mountain eagle, but it has been magnified by an unknown number of times, and its aggression is terrifying.

Beneath the great pyramid in the shape of a staircase, Cleon and his garrison soldiers looked up at the sky with a look of horror on their faces. Her Majesty and the other three strangers, the two strange flying beasts, did not come down, they were hovering in the air, receiving the cheers of the people, and this seemed to be a bit of a long time.

"Is that the arena?" said Arya, gesturing to an oval-shaped building.

The building is seven or eight storeys high, stacked in a circle of upward steps, without a roof, and all open. In the middle is a circular yellow sand ground surrounded by circular stands.

"Yes. I had ordered the Arena to be sealed off, and now the new Archon was open again, and it was the will of the hundreds of thousands of freedmen in the city, all of whom were in favor of reopening the Arena. ”

"Let's go down and see!" Will said.

"Good!"

So, the four of them flew down on two dragons and two griffins.

"There's another building over there. Arya shouted.

"Yes, there are twelve arenas in the city, and this is the largest. People from all over the world come to Astapor, and some of them come specifically to see the competition. Daenerys said.

"I'm more interested in the ** market. Jaime shrugged.

"I'll take you to see the ** market. Daenerys said.

"If I like it, can I buy a few and bring them home?" asked Jaime excitedly.

"I think you're going to have a crush on a lot of women. Daenerys asserted.

"Why do you say that? I'm a good person. Jaime flicked his long blond hair.

"Because the women in the ** market now are all good lords, virtuous lords, rich merchants, knights or other powerful women, including noble ladies and noble girls. Many of them are very talented, and they are very good at music, dance, poetry, and drama. ”

"It tickles my heart!" said Jaime, "what do you mean by other powerful women?"

Dragons and griffons flapped their wings and flew down the arena's sand like a whirlwind.

"In the sea of Slave Bay, there are many small islands and small kingdoms, and the royalty and nobles in these small kingdoms have purchased property in Astapor, and there are captains from all over the world, who often send Astaq's goods to all parts of the world, and bring goods back from all over the world, they generally have families in Astapor, with wives and children. The families of these people were all seized by the freedmen and forced to do **. ”

"Isn't that a mess?" said Jaime.

"Yes, Astapo is now a world of freemen and poor, whether you are a captain, a princess and prince of an island country, or a wealthy merchant of Quells in the East, as long as you come to Astapor, women will generally be forced to be **. Unless you pay a large ransom. Daenerys said.

Will looked around and said, "Daenerys, if it weren't for the army and the dragons, Astapor would soon be in the middle of a war. The islands of the sea will join forces to attack Astapor, and the captains will hire soldiers to take revenge. ”

More than a dozen doors were opened, and hundreds of people poured into the arena, most of them wearing red fruit and a slave ring around their necks. The dragon and griffin let out threatening cries, and the men were frightened and stood still.

"Who are you?" Daenerys asked.

The men immediately knelt down on one knee, and one of them respectfully said: "Your Majesty, we are the stewards of the Warrior Arena, and these are the slave warriors who manage the Arena. ”

"You all stand down, and my friends and I come and see the arena. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Daenerys waved her hand, and more than a hundred people bowed, bowed their heads, took a few steps backwards to show their respect for the Queen, and then all withdrew.

"What about the gladiators?" asked Arya, with interest.

"In the stone chamber below. Daenerys said, "Do you see the iron fence, open the iron fence, there is a gentle slope down, and then there are many stone chambers below, and in each stone chamber, there lives a gladiator. ”

"That's a lot of iron fences!"

"Yes. ”

"Are the gladiators of today all the nobles, wealthy merchants, and magnates of the past?"

"I think so. ”

Jaime walked over to an iron fence and banged on it with his hand, making a loud noise. Suddenly, there was a low roar of beasts from inside the iron fence.

"Beasts are still locked up here?" Jaime laughed.

"Yes, because we have dragons and griffons around us, and the beasts of prey are scared and their voices are nervous. Daenerys said.

"Put one out and see. Arya was in high spirits.

"No need. Daenerys said.

"And what kind of beasts are there?"

"The giant snake lizard on the islands of the Jade Sea, the night lion on the Dothraki steppe, the black crocodile of Yidi, the sharp-beaked wolf on the island of Slave Bay, the scavenging dog on the red wasteland, and other ferocious beasts that I can't name. ”

"It's no wonder that every year it attracts the powerful and wealthy businessmen from all over the world to come here to watch the gladiatorial fights. Jaime sighed, "I just heard the names of these beasts, and I really wanted to see how the gladiators fought them. ”

"Isn't there a fight between beasts of prey and beasts?" said Arya's interest was also high.

"Yes. There are also kings from other places who bring lions and crocodiles to challenge, and the arena is a very important source of income for Astapor, Yuankai and Meereen. ”

"I think it's okay to let them keep going, as long as they don't allow people to fight beasts. Jaime said.

"People are more willing to pay a lot of money to see people fight beasts. Daenerys said.

"If it were me, I would be willing to pay to watch it if I knew that there was such a good show. I also brought my beloved woman with me to travel. Jaime said.

"Yes, that's why hundreds of thousands of freedmen support Cleon's reopening of the arena. The arena is a great way to get rich quickly. Daenerys sighed.

"And the ** market. "It's also a quick business." ”

Arya said, "If Cleon is really only targeting the powerful, I doubt where they will find so many gladiators and ** women. ”

Will said helplessly: "They will initially abide by only forcing the powerful to be gladiators and **, but once it is reopened, within two months, there will be freedmen who will be sold as ** and gladiators." When people want to make money, they make changes. Once the elite gladiators are almost dead, they will buy slaves from other places to train, and it doesn't matter whether the slaves they buy are powerful or not, as long as the men know martial arts, and the women as long as they are young, they want it. ”

"Then Daenerys's act of freeing the slaves became a joke, and Astapo was no different from the past, except that a new group of people came to enslave the slaves. Jaime said.

"Yes, that's why I can't agree to open the arena and the market again. Daenerys looked at Will.

"You can only allow yourself to enslave others, and you can't let others enslave yourself. Arya concluded.

"So, my esteemed Prime Minister, do you think of anything you can do to change this?" said Jaime with a gloating smile.

Arya looked at Will, "Will, have you figured out a solution?"

"There is a way, it works, but when the arena and the ** market are canceled, what will these hundreds of thousands of freedmen and the freedmen on the land under the jurisdiction of the city rely on to obtain wealth?"

"Farming, sericulture, weaving, fishing, hunting, farming, and maritime trade, as well as copper mines. ”

"You can open a racetrack and let rich people come in and gamble. People who don't have money can also make a big deal with a small amount. "Betting on horses, this can divert people's attention from gambling entertainment.

"Dog fighting is okay too. Jaime said.

"Why do you want to fight dogs, lions, black crocodiles, snakes, lizards, and wolves!"

"Great idea!" "If there were so many beasts fighting, I'd definitely buy a ticket to go in and see it, no matter how much it cost." For the rich and powerful, there is no need to worry about the price of tickets, just worry about whether it is good or not. ”

"And what about after the market is cancelled?" will you still be allowed to run brothels?" Will asked.

Unlike brothels, where women earn money for themselves and are protected by the garrison and Her Majesty. Jaime said.

"**The market has been cancelled and brothels have been allowed, but Her Majesty needs to strengthen its management. Some bosses beat and exploit prostitutes and should be punished. Jaime laughed.

"As long as you think of what Astapor relies on to create wealth and make everyone live a nourishing life, I can make Astapor's slavery disappear, gladiators and ** disappear. Will laughed.

"So what do I do?" Daenerys asked with concern.

She's been worried that this trouble won't be solved!

"It's not up to you to do it, Your Majesty, we have to get the people of the city to propose to us to abolish the arena and the ** market, to abolish slavery, and that all of us, whether good or common, be truly equal free people. ”

"Let them themselves propose to me to cancel the gladiators and the ** market?

"Simple!" said Will, the first step, the Unsullied Ones gathered, we need a guard of three hundred men. ”

"There's no problem with that. "Daenerys has full confidence in her Unsullied.

"The second step is to gather all the priests, priests, monks, scholars, and doctors in the city. ”

"It's easy, too. ”

"The third step is to speak to them about your divine revelation. ”

"What do you mean?"

"What gods do the Astaporians believe in?"

"Harpys, gods of the sky, earth, and sea, and sphinxes. ”

"It's easy to know what they believe. Let's go, go to your palace first, take a bath, have a meal, drink a little wine and sleep, and officially do things tomorrow. Will laughed.

"Good!" Daenerys' face glowed, adding to the beauty.

Arya looked at Daenerys, looked at Will, and said, "Daenerys, you smile so beautifully. But I warn you, Will and I are already engaged, so we're close to getting married. I'm already his man. ”

Daenerys was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Okay, Arya, I'll find a man better than Lord Will as soon as possible." ”

Will coughed, then uttered a griffon language, and the flames swept low, and Will rode on the flames, and said "See you at the Great Pyramid", and with a bang, the flames flew away, rolling up the yellow sand.

Will was the first to reach the Great Pyramid, and he saw a burly man with a very angry face standing at the gate, with scars on his hands and head, surrounded by dozens of soldiers.

"Archon Cleon?" called Will. The flames swirled gently, the wind of wings ruffling Cleon's hair and his archon's white robes.

"I am, who is my lord?"

"A friend of Daenerys, the one who taught her how to harness dragons. Will said. He saw Cleon's face change slightly. Will didn't take Cleon's fears to heart, he came, and Cleon had to die, there was no doubt about it.

When the soldiers of the garrison heard this, their faces were also in awe.

"Your Excellency is riding a dragon too?" Cleon asked. There was a lot of deference in his voice.

"I ride a griffon, the king of beasts, and feeds on lions, wolves, leopards, and other beasts of prey, and my favorite food is horses. ”

If you are a scholar or a priest or other learned person here, you will have heard of griffins or seen the drawings of griffins, Cleon was born as a butcher, and you don't know a single big character, this is the first time you have seen a griffin and heard the name of a griffin.

"The griffon, the offspring of the lion and the vulture, is a magical flying beast. Will chatted with Cleon easily. The griffons fly gently at low altitude, attracting more and more people around to watch.

Soon, Daenerys arrives on a dragon, followed by Jaime and Arya.