Game of Thrones: The Strongest Dragon Mother

Chapter 263 Brown Soup (ask for recommendation ticket, ask for monthly ticket)

A small two-story building built of brick and earth, in front of it is a messy courtyard without walls. In the center of the courtyard is a black-stained iron pot that can fit a cow. Seven or eight men and women in Ge clothes are busy there.

Someone stuffed firewood into the bottom of a pot, there was a heavy woman with dull, rough skin washing turnips by the well, a man with a beard skinned a dead dog with a sharp knife - Dany asked from the fat and black body The road is thick and rancid.

Another person was holding a large dustpan and pouring the dark red meat with pale bones into the pot. While he was pouring, the two people beside him were stirring in the big pot with a spoon. It can be seen that barley, soybeans, and onions have been placed in it. with the bones of an unknown animal.

A thick layer of oil floats on the viscous brown soup, and from time to time bubbles the size of eyeballs slowly pop up and explode, and bursts of white air bring a strange salty fragrance to all directions.

"Gudong"

"Gudong"

Looking at the greasy soup, Dani felt a little sick to her stomach, but the "reed sticks" beside her opened their eyes wide and swallowed their saliva with their fingers in their mouths.

"Guest officer, the brown soup hasn't been cooked yet." The square-faced man pouring the meat into the pot looked at Dani and the two suspiciously for a while, "You two knights, this place doesn't serve you good wine and meat."

"This group of children," the white knight pointed to more than 20 beggar children surrounded by the tame horse, "give them a bowl of brown soup."

"Oh, this one." The square-faced man took off the big sausage and threw it into the pot as if nothing had happened. His voice was flat, but his tone seemed firm, "This is a duck neck!"

The other busy shop assistants glanced at Dani indifferently, and they didn't stop their movements, still doing their own thing.

Dany wanted to say more, and even drew her sword to cut people down. The white knight grabbed her elbow and shook his head solemnly, "My lord, that's a duck neck! The brown soup shop doesn't do slaughter itself, it only buys duck necks from the hands of the citizens." Buy meat and vegetables, boil them into brown soup and sell them to nearby residents almost at cost price, tens of thousands of flea nests, and 10,000+ people live on it.”

Dany pressed the sword back silently.

The old knight dismounted from his horse and walked into the small courtyard. The man with a face on the other side asked, "Strike, how's business going?"

"Master Knight knows me?" the square-faced man asked in surprise.

"Hehe, I have lived in King's Landing for 40 years, and I know exactly how many fleas are in the flea nest." The white knight said in a complicated tone.

Hearing this, the square-faced man and the other clerks looked at the armored knight with a much more intimate look.

"Very bad," Stryker shook his head and sighed, "50 people in King's Landing, most of the food, vegetables, and meat they need come from the king's land, but the wolf cubs in the north didn't take down a big city, but they almost smashed Maiden Spring City All estates nearby.

The lions in the western region are even worse, the Iron Throne has changed its surname to Lannister, and when the army crosses the border, they still send soldiers to the countryside to grab food, kill people, and rape them.”

The young man with a pig's kidney face squatting on the ground to burn the fire said with emotion: "Oh, I really miss the peaceful and prosperous times when King Robert was alive!"

"Yes, yes," the ten-year-old boy next to him nodded in agreement, "King Robert, one copper coin could buy a pork sausage at that time, but now even a pumpkin costs three copper coins, and a golden dragon can only Bought a fan of beef."

"No, King Robert is nothing, but King Aerys!" The fat woman washing vegetables by the well shook her head and shouted: "Dicko, you are young, you have never experienced the 'Aerys' prosperity' back then, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. , don’t worry about eating and drinking, the people in Junlin are so happy that the brown soup business can hardly continue.”

The bearded butcher also showed nostalgia, and sighed: "Yes, I still remember the No. 12 years when King Aerys ruled the Seven Kingdoms, and one copper coin could buy ten large apples on Flour Street, which were crisp and sweet. Alas, I haven't eaten a juicy red apple for more than half a year!"

Some of the shop assistants miss Robert, some miss Aerys, and those who don't know the situation probably think that they are two peerless lords!

But Dany understands that what they miss is not the king, but the summer in the peaceful age!

Why is everyone looking forward to the long summer?

Just because there are abundant products in summer, if there is no war, almost no one will starve to death.

Dany kicked the horse's belly, entered the small courtyard, frowned and looked at the soup pot where the meat was tumbling, and asked the old knight, "Is their brown soup shop really not making money?"

Stryker tugged at his dirty linen shirt, and said unhappily: "Look at our appearance, do we look like rich people?"

Dani nodded, pointed to the group of children behind her, and asked, "How much should I pay for providing brown soup for half a year?"

Stryker counted with his fingers. The more he counted, the more tangled and confused his face became. After a while, he waved his hand helplessly and said, "Give it whatever you want, ten silver stags, twenty silver stags, everything is fine." Can."

"Would you take my money and not feed them?" Dany asked again.

"How is it possible? I, Stryker, is also a well-known figure in the flea nest." Stryker blushed with anger, and pointed at the white knight. "Your companion knows me, you can ask him."

"Give him twenty golden dragons, and old Stryker won't be greedy for ink." The old knight said with affirmation.

Stryker was so moved that his eyes turned red, "Old knight, take off your mask and let me see, the person who understands me so well must be my good friend!"

So, the white knight lifted his mask, revealing a big shaggy beard.

"Are you?" Stryker was shocked, "Columbus from Mud Street? Where have you been these past few years, and you haven't come to drink with me for a long time!"

Dani

"I'm not Columbus," the white knight pulled up his helmet with some disappointment, "Forget it, I've seen you many times, but you don't know me."

"Oh, that's right," Stryker scratched the back of his head and smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry brother, just like I know Queen Cersei, but she must not know who I am."

this metaphor

"Ahem, not twenty golden dragons," Danny coughed a few times, interrupting the awkward chat between the two old men, "I have a huge sum of money to donate to your store, and I only hope that some very hungry children will come over in the future. Can have a full meal."

"Are you stupid?" Stryker looked at her blankly and said.

"Why am I so stupid?" Dany asked puzzled.

"You are a noble lady from a rich family, why do you care about those little bastards that no one raises?" Stryker asked.

"I'm rich and I'm happy."

The corner of Stryker's mouth twitched, he dropped the dustpan, wiped a pair of big greasy hands on his clothes, and then stretched out in front of Dani, "Don't worry, I won't be greedy for a penny."

Dani untied her backpack and threw a cowhide bag in the past, which made a rattling sound and weighed four or five catties.

Caught off guard, Stryker almost let go.

"This amount of silver coins is enough for 20 golden dragons? You're making a fuss," he glanced at Dany, muttering, and began to untie the leather bag, and the brilliant golden light almost dazzled his eyes.

"This, this, this" Stryker looked horrified and dazed, looking at Dani with a look of bewilderment.

"It's only two or three hundred golden dragons, don't act like you haven't seen the world." Dani waved her hand and said casually.

"What, are they all golden dragons?" The other shop assistants didn't even do their work, and all came to watch.

After seeing the golden and shining cute little golden dragon, many people looked at Qiandai and Danni's eyes changed, greedy, hesitant, vicious, and even eager to try

Stryker woke up in an instant, and shouted at his buddy: "What are you doing? Have you never seen the world? There are only a few hundred gold dragons in the area, and they all go back to work!"

With a stern tone and a thunderous voice, the shop assistants lowered their eyes and retreated silently.

"My lord, can you?" Stryker smiled wryly and shook his head, and said to Dani, "You think highly of me."

Dany raised her chin towards the white knight, and said with a smile: "His approval is worth far more than this bag of golden dragons, but I only have this little cash left on me, otherwise"

Stryker was startled, looked at the old knight again, and said solemnly, "Who are you?"

"Dorne Astan, he has been working in King's Landing for several years."

Stryker thought about it hard, but he still couldn't remember such a "luxurious hero", shaking his head, he solemnly said: "I can't accept this money, and I'm not qualified to accept it. But I can transfer it to the big sparrow for you, only He can hold and put your donation to good use."

"You know the big | sparrow? Did you join the poor people's party?" Dany frowned.

"No, I don't know the Big | Sparrow, and I haven't joined any church armed organization, but the Big | Sparrow has also heard of my name." Stryker puffed up his chest and said proudly.

"He often sends monks to deliver food to me, so that I can reduce the cost of brown soup and help more people."

"This," Dany said with a startled expression, "has the sparrow been doing these things?"

"Well, he sold almost all the valuable things in the church—even the archbishop's crown, and bought food to relieve the poor in King's Landing. Therefore, recently, the people who lost their homes and lost their jobs in the royal land and the river have been going to King's Landing Gather."

Dani's expression changed, and she asked again: "Are you going to see the Archbishop now?"

"Of course." Stryker raised his purse and said with a wry smile, "If I don't go, I'm afraid I won't survive tonight when the news spreads."

"Is King's Landing in such a mess?" The white knight frowned.

"They're all starving."

Leaving the group of little beggars at the brown soup shop until the soup was cooked, Stryker stuffed the money bag in his pocket and left with Dany.

A group of three walked through the narrow alley in silence, and when they came to the main road, the solemn look on Stryker's face dissipated a little.

He took a deep breath and said slowly: "The weather is getting colder. I heard that there was a light snowfall in Hejian Land two months ago. Everyone knows that winter is coming, but Miss Wang Guo, you have already exposed your wealth. Don't go to the flea nest again. A year ago, the hungry people rioted in King's Landing, and even the Kingsguard died several times, and even the archbishop returned "

Although Stryker didn't say any more, Dany still guessed that the archbishop was probably turned into brown soup!

After thinking about it, Dani took out another piece of parchment with intricate patterns and exquisite craftsmanship from her backpack, "This is for you too."

"What?" Stryker took it and looked left and right, "I can't read, but the imprint of the Seven Gods and several strings of numbers on it look a bit like a deposit certificate from a church bank?"

(End of this chapter)