Game of Thrones: The Strongest Dragon Mother

Chapter 40 Guest Rights

Xaro is worthy of being one of the thirteen princes of Qarth, and the mansion prepared for her surprised even the well-informed Dany.

A large garden with exotic flowers in full bloom, a wide marble bath, a towering crystal divination tower-that is, an observatory, and even a garden maze.

The entire palace was bigger than the bazaars I had seen before, not to mention the 200-odd Kalasar, which could accommodate twice as many people.

In fact Xaro had prepared 200 servants for her.

After all the horsemen in Karasar were settled in the palace, Dany sat by the pool, feeling the comfort of the fish kissing her toes, and felt that the people of Qarth even kissed fish.

Suddenly, the sky above her head darkened, she turned her head, and was surprised to find that Kui Xi had quietly appeared beside her.

"you"

"I'm leaving," she said.

"Oh, goodbye." Dany was taken aback, wondering why.

"Be careful!" Kui Xi said without thinking.

"Uh..." She was taken aback for a moment before she murmured, "What are you careful about?"

"Be careful everyone. From now on, they will see this miracle of rebirth day and night, and then they will be greedy. For the flesh and blood of dragons are made of fire, and fire is power. Dragons are all mysterious powers source."

Although the red lacquer mask blocked her expression, Dany could still hear the solemnity in her tone.

After warning Dany, Quest left as unobtrusively as she had come.

Dany also lost interest in enjoying the luxurious life of the palace, and immediately called Jorah and the bloodrider to the fish spa pool.While letting them enjoy the gentle kiss of kissing fish, he also said Kui Xi's warning.

"I don't like her because I can't see through her." Jorah spoke first, "Every shadowbinder is worthy of our vigilance, but she didn't threaten us this time. From the moment I entered this city, I felt A very unfriendly, uneasy atmosphere."

"I don't like the way the milkman looks at us." Rakalo gritted his teeth with a heavy complexion, "It's like looking at a rare animal captured from a savage land."

The Qarth people have extremely fair skin, milky white and milky white, and they are obviously whiter than other white peoples, so the Dothraki call them "milk people".

Dany gave him a surprised look, she didn't expect her bloodrider to have such keen perception.

Yes, the people of Qarth did give them a warm welcome today, but there are many kinds of welcome.There is definitely a difference between welcoming VIPs and welcoming giant pandas to the city.

Therefore, when Dany passes through the streets of the middle wall, she will unconsciously substitute herself into the role of Alsace.

——Lordaeron welcomes Alsace's victory with bells celebrating victory, cheers, and flower petals flying all over the sky. Alsace launched a natural disaster in Lordaeron on the same day and slaughtered the city.

"They want to see the dragons," Dany said, turning to Quiro. "Arrange two groups of guards, one in the open and one in the shadows, to guard the three dragons. As long as they are here for a day, they must not let their guard down for a moment."

"Ago, Qiaogo, you arrange people, men and women, to find out the topography, the structure of the houses, and the guarding of the palace around our residence."

Finally, she looked at Jorah solemnly, "Sir, I understand the current situation very well, so I want you to go to the market, to the pier, to the tavern, or even the brothel, to find out how ordinary people in Qarth treat us. And information about the upper echelons of Qarth."

After thinking about it, she added another sentence, saying: "Since this is a trade center connecting the eastern and western worlds, there must be people from Westeros and merchants from other city-states. My dragons spread out."

"This..." Sir Jorah showed hesitation, "You were worried that the usurper would send someone to assassinate you, but now you take the initiative to declare to the merchants of the Seven Kingdoms that you will bring the dragon back to Westeros. Where's the son?"

"Well, at this time and at that time, the matter of hatching dragons has been exposed. If King's Landing has been paying attention to me, they will definitely know about it at the first time. Why don't we make this matter a focus, which not only protects ourselves, but also protects us. again"

It also disturbed everyone's sight and covered up her real goal.

That night Dani enjoyed the extravagant food matching the luxurious palace, stir-fried peacock tongue.

mmp, cooking with a peacock tongue, even the most gluttonous ancient Chinese would not have thought of it, right?

Early the next morning, just as Quesi had warned her, the powerful people of Qarth came down to Xaro's palace in sedan chairs, surrounded by a large group of servants.

Xaro accompanied them to Dany's residence. They declared that they were overwhelmed by her beauty and noble background, and sincerely sent gifts such as silk, jewelry, rare animals, and dwarves with special skills. At the end, they shed tears Praise the greatness of the dragon while looking around with wide eyes.

Well, the people of Qarth like to shed tears, and think that tears are a symbol that makes them appear more civilized.

Dany understood what they meant, and didn't refuse, she directly lifted the little dragon tied to the chain out, making those Qarth dignitaries cry even more ferociously.

The upper echelon of Qarth is composed of three powerful organizations: the royal family, merchants, and wizards.

In the era when dragons disappeared and magic became extinct, once powerful wizards lost their power and rights; the royal family controlled Qarth's camel cavalry and city fleet, ruling the city in name.

Merchants form the three most powerful guilds, the Thirteen Giants, the Tourmaline Brotherhood, and the Ancient Spice Guild.As a city of commerce, its actual power is of course in the hands of merchants.

It's just that the internal struggle among the three major merchant guilds is very fierce. If it wasn't for the purpose of suppressing the royal family, they would have already fought for the actual control of the city.

The other 12 "Thirteen Giants" visited Dani on the first day, and the Tourmaline Brotherhood came on the second day.

After seeing the dragon, those gem merchants specially spent a week building a three-headed dragon crown for Dany: the dragon's curled body is made of gold, its wings are made of silver, and the three heads are carved out of emerald, ivory and agate. become.

On the third day, the Spice Guild sent Dani 77 boxes of precious spices from all over the world.

Well, when the Targaryen family unified the Seven Kingdoms, in order to integrate into Westeros as a foreign conqueror, they gave up the ancient Valyrian gods and converted to the Church of the Seven Gods.

In theory, Dany should also believe in the Seven Gods.

For the believers of the Seven Gods, "seven", "77", and "770 seven" are all auspicious numbers.

On the fourth day, Dany began to receive people in the middle and lower reaches of Qarth's rights, small businessmen, government officials, fleet captains, and camel cavalry captains.

When she asked if the Xaro royal family would come, he said with disdain: "The current royal family, apart from supreme dignity and ancient glory, what else is left? You just make room and take the initiative to meet them. "

However, it is not so easy to see the royal family. To be summoned by the royal family, one must have qualifications, and this qualification is in the hands of several powerful people.

To put it simply, just like Tang Sanzang needs to send personnel to Ananda Kassapa to obtain the scriptures from the Tathagata Buddha, Danni must clear all the checkpoints and send enough personnel to meet the royal family.

Even if you want to go through the back door, you have to have a way. If you can't find the key to give gifts indiscriminately, it will be useless except to waste human and financial resources.

Zara Dayi said awe-inspiringly that he is very knowledgeable in this regard, and can teach her who to find, who to give gifts to, and how much each person should give.

Dani really wanted to say, go to Mudmard, my wife doesn't like this.

But Jorah has inquired about the general situation of Qarth in the past few days. The royal family has indeed lost actual control over the city, but the camel cavalry and the city defense fleet are under the control of the royal family.

Dany couldn't figure out why the royal family who held military power lost their dominance. Maybe this is the characteristic of the trading city-state?

Or, if the merchant is richer, he can hire more armed forces, such as mercenaries?

It was no secret among high-level officials that Xaro persuaded Dany to use connections to meet the royal family.

The royal family has probably already opened their pockets, waiting for her to throw gold coins into it. If she doesn't go, it means that they will not give the royal family face, and if they don't give the royal family face, it means that they are not friends.

Hmph, if you're not a friend or a guest, then I can attack you.

Jorah advised her, "This is the custom of Qarth. Even in our Westeros, you don't have to enjoy guest rights when you come to my house.

When the guest comes to the host's roof as a guest and accepts the host's offer of bread and salt, the guest's right comes into effect.

If the host lays the unsheathed sword across his knees, it means that he has no intention of establishing a guest relationship with the guest, and the guest right naturally does not exist. "

"But, asking for bribes is too low-level, isn't it? Is it also popular in the Seven Kingdoms for hosts to ask for gifts from guests?" Dany said angrily.

"Cough, cough, cough..." Jorah coughed as if he was choking, and the bearded face couldn't stop the blush on his face.

"No way." Dani opened her mouth wide with disbelief on her face.

"It's not as naked as Qarth." Ser Jorah quickly distinguished: "Guests give 'guest gifts' to their hosts, mainly to express their gratitude to the other party for providing food and shelter. And when the guests leave, the host may also give them gifts. Give each other a 'guest gift'.

This tradition generally occurs when the guest is on the weak side, because he is afraid that the host will veto the guest's rights. "

It's also because Dany didn't pay attention to the details when watching the drama. What Jorah said was especially obvious between the night watchman and the wild man Custer.

Custer, a savage outside the Great Wall, is the number one ghost father in the world of ice and fire.He married his own daughter, and the daughters of his daughter continued to marry as wives. He continued to marry dozens of wives who were both daughters and granddaughters.

He had sons too, but all of them were sacrificed to the White Walkers at birth.

It can be said that, except for the Night King, almost all the ghosts are the sons of that guy.

Well, the White Ghost is not the same as the Ghoul. The White Ghost is transformed from a living person, and the Ghoul is the corpse of a dead person who is resurrected by the White Ghost.

Without Custer to provide housing and food, the death rate of the night watchmen who left the Great Wall and headed north would almost double, so the night watchman asked Custer.

Not only did he turn a blind eye to his incestuous behavior, but he was often blackmailed by Castor for iron weapons, that is, 'guest gifts'.

Also because of the guest rights, even if the commander-in-chief of the Night Watch, Mr. Xiong, knew that Custer was related to the White Walkers, he couldn't hurt him.

The rights of guests are two-sided. Not only the host cannot harm the guests, but the guests will not harm the host either—even if the host is making a deal with the devil.

Jorah saw that Dani was pondering and remained silent, and he couldn't help persuading again: "The ancestors have a tradition of guest rights, and the Andals also have a similar law. Maybe the guest rights are common all over the world, but the specific forms of expression are different."

"Well, I give gifts to the royal family, and I hope they can give me some 'guest gifts' too." Dany sighed.

(End of this chapter)