Game of Thrones: The Red Dragon Lord.

Chapter 89: Hardship

The bay near Hardhome formed a natural deep-water harbor with abundant resources, which made it a wild town governed by several tribal leaders. The timber merchant mentioned by Vika obtained the huge timber from here.

In Hardhome, the sun shines on the sea, the waves sparkle like tiny pieces of gold. The originally peaceful and tranquil savages are busy in an orderly manner, when suddenly someone points to the distance and shouts in panic: "Look! What is that?" Everyone turns their heads and sees dozens of huge ships appearing on the sea, like towering mountains.

The crowd instantly fell into chaos, with shouts and screams coming one after another, interweaving into a noisy melody.

"How is this going?"

"Is it the Raven's ship?"

"Go and inform the leader!"

People fled in all directions, some hurried back home to pick up their weapons, and others ran wildly in the direction of their leader.

Gavin stood on the bow of the Bellerys, looking at the chaotic gathering of wildlings on the distant shore, and turned to Daenerys and said, "You will stay on the Bellerys for a while. When I am away, the fleet will obey your orders."

Daenerys frowned and said with a worried look on her face, "Gavin, I always feel that there will be danger. You should ride on Blazing Shadow."

Gavin comforted him, "Don't worry, it's just a business trip. Besides, riding on Blazing Shadow will only cause those savages to overreact."

Afterwards, Gavin took several Blood Dragon Guards and captains on three small boats and rowed slowly towards Hardhome.

The savages on the shore looked at the three small boats coming over, clenched their weapons, gathered towards the shore, and stared at Gavin with vigilance.

As Gavin stepped onto the shore, the savages looked at their team of only a dozen people, and their expressions relaxed a little, but they still surrounded Gavin tightly, with no intention of dispersing.

Gavin looked around calmly and saw a group of savages in the distance struggling to push through the crowd and striding towards this place.

As the wildlings made way, Gavin's eyes were fixed on a woman walking in front. It was the female leader who would later cooperate with Jon Snow to evacuate the wildlings. As for her name, Gavin couldn't remember it for the moment. He thought to himself: She must be the real boss.

The woman was tall and slender, with eyes as sharp as an eagle, and she was wearing a dress made of thick fur.

She walked straight to Gavin, looked him up and down, and said coldly: "You are from the south, what are you doing in our territory?"

Gavin bowed slightly and said politely, "Hello, ma'am. My name is Gavin Belleris. I have plenty of food, good weapons, and some daily necessities. I want to exchange some goods with the free folks."

The woman snorted coldly upon hearing this: "Humph, I hope you are telling the truth. There were merchants who came here to trade before, but there were also many people with ill intentions who wanted to rob free people as slaves. Now those people have been eaten by the Thenns. I advise you to put aside other thoughts here."

Gavin smiled and nodded: "Madam, I only brought a dozen people this time, which is enough to show my sincerity. What is your name?"

The woman said coldly, "Just call me Osha, follow me, southerner."

As he said that, he turned and walked towards the depths of the camp. Seeing this, Gavin followed closely with his men. Osha led Gavin and his party to walk in the camp. Gavin looked around and saw that the surrounding environment was extremely simple. Some crudely built sheds were scattered in disorder, and simple tools were also placed randomly in a mess. Several dirty wild children ran over with curiosity and surrounded Gavin and his party.

Soon, they arrived in front of a large wooden house.

Osha motioned to Gavin to wait here and then walked in.

Gavin stood quietly outside the door, and could vaguely hear the low voices of conversation coming from inside the house. After a moment, Osha came out and invited Gavin into the house.

In the middle of the hall, there was a blazing bonfire. Several wild chiefs sat around it, all looking at Gavin. One of the chiefs was the first to ask, "Southerner, tell me, how many furs do you want to exchange from us, and how much food do you have?"

After hearing this, Gavin responded: "My dear leaders, I am not here for furs, but to exchange for huge trees that can be used to build ships."

After hearing Gavin's words, the leaders looked at each other in bewilderment. One of them frowned and said, "Timber? Some people did come here to exchange for it before, but those timbers were brought by giants. Now there is no stock here. If you need it, you can only go to the giants, but the giants are not in Hard Village now."

Gavin looked calm. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I would like you to help me contact those giants. I am willing to pay a certain amount of money for this. As long as the other party is willing to trade with me, I will also offer a generous reward to express my gratitude."

Another leader stroked his chin with his hand and said thoughtfully: "That sounds good. How much can you give?"

Gavin continued, "Half of the ship's supplies. If you can help me make a deal, the remaining half of the ship's supplies will also belong to you."

At this time, Osha, who had been silent all this time, spoke up: "Southerners, we agree. But we need time to contact the giants, and the half shipload of supplies you promised to pay must be delivered to us now."

Gavin nodded slightly and said, "Okay, I will stay here while I wait. I hope you can give me a definite answer as soon as possible."

Countless small boats shuttled back and forth on the sea, busy transporting supplies.

Osha casually opened a bag of grain and saw that the grains inside were plump, bright in color, and exuded an enticing aroma.

She picked up another long sword, the blade of which was sharp, the workmanship was exquisite, and the quality was high.

Osha looked at these supplies. These were much better than what the merchants who came here before paid.

Osha walked towards Gavin who was standing on the beach. Gavin felt someone approaching and turned around to see it was Osha. He smiled and greeted her.

Osha looked at Gavin, who no longer had the previous wariness in his eyes, and said, "We will send people to look for the giants in a while, and we will have news in about five or six days. Southerner, don't you plan to exchange some of our furs?"

Gavin said calmly, "Well, you can, but I will give priority to exchanging for wood. I only brought 30 ships of goods. If there is any left at the end, I don't mind exchanging for some furs to take back."

After hearing this, Osha immediately said, "I'm afraid that even if you take out all the wood in the giants' stock, you can only exchange for half of it. Besides, they only need food, not these weapons and supplies. These weapons are too small for them. You must have a lot of surplus supplies."

(End of this chapter)