Game of Thrones: Battle Royale Game

"Ghost grass?" Bai Ya Puli was a little surprised. He didn't know why the emperor suddenly asked about such a thing.

"It's just a simple school test." Ian said calmly. Although he planned to ask Melisandre for advice later, if these wizards could help on this issue, it would never be a bad thing.

"Yeah." Bai Ya Puli was a little weird. It was hard for him to imagine what this matter had to do with proving whether they were wizards, but he still answered honestly, "Ghost grass is a plant from the land of shadows. It Born with rituals of blood magic, its pale stalks harbor cursed souls that glow faintly at night."

"Blood magic ritual? Won't ghost grass grow naturally due to the revival of magic?" Ian heard this statement for the first time and quickly asked.

"Of course not," Yaya Puli wondered why Ian would have such an idea, "If it is just magic revival without a blood sacrifice ceremony, where will the cursed soul come from? Moreover, magic revival This is something that is happening in the entire world. If magic is revived, ghost grass will be produced. With the aggressiveness of ghost grass, the world may have been covered with ghost grass."

"Where does the aggressiveness of ghost grass come from? Without new souls, how do they invade other vegetation and grow crazily?"

"Not every ghost grass has a soul in it," Bai Ya Puli patiently explained, "Only the initial ghost grass is produced by cursing the soul. When the ghost grass spreads, the cursed souls will follow. Other plants are killed and transferred to the newly grown ghost grass until there are no other plants to kill."

"This is all I know," Yaya Puli continued, "I don't know the purpose of ghost grass for the time being, but my friend Jihain is a wizard who focuses on studying blood sacrifices. He is in his garden. He cultivated some ghost grass. If you have any other questions, you can tell me and I will ask him for you.

Or if you can't wait, you can ride the dragon in person and go to Qarth to visit him. I can write you a letter of introduction." Yaya Puli paused as he spoke, "Of course, I'm not doubting you. status, but His Excellency Jihain's temper is really weird. He is an elder who has lived for a long time, and once stayed in the city of Asia for a long time.

He does not serve the immortals, and even his wisdom is no lower than that of the immortals. If you visit rashly without an introduction from a friend, you may not be able to get satisfactory results. "Yaiya Puli was very worried that Ian would be rejected by Jihain, and then he would directly spray the Jihain Garden with dragon flames in a rage. In that case, Qarth would be in an awkward dilemma.

"Then write a letter of introduction for me. I am a person who respects wisdom. All wise people will be respected here." Ian felt it, and asked himself to visit Qarth in Hai Ya Puli. When invited, neither the green prophet talent nor the red god talent showed any warnings, which meant that the other party was not hostile.

He planned to see Melisandre's reaction first. Anyway, he used the green dragon Lei Ge to deliver the message to Melisandre. The dragon could fly at an extreme speed without manning it. Tomorrow night at the latest Ian's letter can be delivered to Melisandre.

If Melisandre says that she has sufficient research on ghost grass and has a solution to the problem of ghost grass spreading in the Dothraki Sea, then Ian will not go to Qarth. On the contrary, Ian will prepare to visit that place in person. The wizard Jihain and the immortals in the Hall of Dust.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Haiya Puli breathed a sigh of relief and asked tentatively, "Then have we passed the test?"

"I can accept your proposal," Ian nodded, "but it must be on my terms. First, I want two-thirds of Qarth's main fleet to support it, and Qarth's navy must be supported by my The Navy Commander is under unified command.

Second, Qarth needs to pay me 1 million Qarth gold coins, with a minimum one-time payment of 500,000 for the first batch, which will be transported by the Qarth Navy directly to the port of Volantis. The remaining part can be paid in batches over the next two years. The price is indeed expensive, but I believe that if you really control the three major merchant guilds of Qarth, you will be able to squeeze out this money. After all, compared to restoring the power of the immortals, money is really not a very valuable thing. "

"This" Bai Ya Puli was frightened by the figure of 1 million gold coins, but seeing Ian swearing like this, and thinking of Qarth's long-standing reputation for wealth, he felt that this money was indeed worth it. Got it.

The key is that Ian's last words pierced his heart - compared with restoring the power of the immortals, nothing else is important.

"We can accept your conditions," Haiya Puli thought of this and spoke again, "Then, I don't know when we can."

"After we annihilate the fleet in Braavos and all the funds in Qarth are paid, I will select a dragon and send it to Qarth in person to the immortals."

"This" Bai Ya Puli's face changed, "Isn't this appropriate? If we have fulfilled all our promises." What if you regret and break the promise? He didn't dare to finish his sentence.

"Are you questioning my credibility?" Ian raised his eyelids.

"I never meant this." Haiya Puli quickly lowered his head.

"Of course I know what you are worried about, but the one who should really worry is me, right? What if after I give the dragon to you, you refuse to pay the subsequent funds and withdraw the fleet?"

"Perhaps you should also believe in our credibility." Haiya Puli said with a smile.

"Wizards also have credibility?"

"Um" Hai Ya Pu Li suddenly looked embarrassed. Does the wizard have such a bad reputation? When they have power, they rely on magic to bully the world; when they don't have power, they rely on deception to survive.

If the Immortals hadn't said that they couldn't afford to offend Ian Darry, they probably wouldn't have had the idea of ​​completing the deal as agreed.

"On the contrary, you can ask around in Meereen. Have I ever broken a promise on anything I promised?" Ian was full of confidence in this.

Although Ian has always been known for his cruelty and viciousness, he has never broken any of his public promises. Although Ian made an agreement with Fermor Nakrozna of Astapor to 'summon soldiers with dragons' It was not implemented, but it was Fermor who took the initiative to swear allegiance to Ian and gave up the dragon, and Fermor is now the number one minister of the Gith nobles under Ian, even in the entire empire. As a very important figure, no one would think that Fermor suffered a loss on this issue.

"Of course we believe in your honor, Your Majesty," Haiya Puli heard this and decided to inquire first, "It's just that the matter is very important. We need to report your conditions to the immortals and let them make the final decision. .”

"It doesn't matter. If the immortals agree to my proposal, they don't have to come to me anymore. They can just send the fleet to Volantis and let them bring gold and silver worth more than 500,000 gold coins. When you complete your promise After that, I will naturally send the dragon. If the immortals refuse, you can send an envoy to Meereen again and inform the governor of Meereen about this."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After leaving a letter of introduction to the wizard Jihain, Yaya Puli left the Great Pyramid, and Ian also made plans for the future. If Qarth really fulfilled his promise, would he risk his reputation being destroyed? The risk of having sex for nothing or paying a dragon?

After thinking about it, he decided to wait until he consulted Melisandre. If the immortal's power was restored enough to pose a threat to him, then he would have no choice but to have sex for free. And if the immortal will still be easily suppressed by himself and a group of Red God priests after his power is restored, then there is still value in using a young dragon that will have no effect in the short term to preserve the reputation of 'Jun Wu Xiyan'.

After sending away all the messengers, Ian officially began to deal with the backlog of Slaver's Bay affairs in Meereen.

The first is the grading system of nobles, commoners, and slaves after the introduction of the Red God Religion. This system seems to be a bit too complicated, resulting in the use of a large number of officials in promotion inspections and supervision of things, and frequent mistakes.

After thinking about it, Ian decided to only retain this grading system in Meereen and not promote it to the entire Slaver's Bay or even the entire empire. Other areas would only adopt fifth-class slavery, and nobility and commoners would no longer be classified.

Anyway, Ian originally tried this policy just to convert the slaves who were promoted rapidly during the Horse King's War into civilians of the corresponding level. Now that this purpose has been achieved, future slave soldiers will never be promoted at such a fast speed again. There is no need to worry about the imbalance of the pyramid of fifth-class slavery.

If there are too many high-level slaves again in the future, Ian only needs to give them Meereen household registration and transfer them to Meereen's system, and the problem will be solved.

The second thing is the reconstruction of Gujis City. In the third bounty mission, rebuilding Gujis is worth a full 200 points. The system did not give a standard for completing the reconstruction. Ian didn't know what level of reconstruction was considered successful, but there was nothing wrong with giving it a try if he had the energy to spare.

Ian searched out some mountain clans from the Ghiscari Mountains and sent them, along with some Lazarin slaves, to the ruins of the ancient Ghis city, allowing them to settle here and rebuild the city.

The land near Gughis City was covered with salt and bones by Valyrian invaders. Even after hundreds of years of natural restoration, it is still a saline-alkali land and it is impossible to grow the traditional crops of Slaver's Bay.

Ian ordered Astapo to be responsible for the food supply of the city of Guis, and asked the rebuilders to start managing and improving the land on the Gugis coast according to Adam's plan, and began to try to plant some plants such as high-alkali vines. Salt-tolerant crops such as hemp, sugar beet and sesbania.

The restoration of the salt-alkali land is an extremely long-term project. Ian did not know whether he would see the day when the Gujis Peninsula would prosper again, so he did not invest much energy and left everything to his servants.

The third thing is the issue of the arsenal in Slaver's Bay. Slaver's Bay is rich in copper ore, but lacks iron ore. Astapor's arsenal and steelmaking plant have already formed a large scale, but they are greatly restricted by raw materials.

At the same time, there is also a lack of iron ore near Volantis. If you want to obtain a large amount of iron ore, you need to go deep inland from the upper reaches of the Rhoyne River. If the iron ore dug there is to be transported to Meereen, the time and transportation costs will be too high. Big and almost worthless. Shipping to Volantis is relatively easy, but it would take too long to build new arsenals and smelters in Volantis.

This forced Ian to once again set his sights on the other side of Slaver's Bay - according to Gith records, there is a large mountain range in the north of the Valyrian Peninsula, which connects the Valyrian Peninsula to the Dothraki Sea. Isolated, it is rich in iron ore resources.

The entrance to this mountain range is the ‘Monster City’ that declined due to the Doomsday Catastrophe of Valyria – Matalis.

Ian had previously thought about conquering the city when he was preparing to open the land passage between Meereen and Volantis. However, when thinking about the plan, he was interrupted by the ominous premonition provided by the talent and was forced to start early. In order to seize Volantis, the plan was shelved.

Now, whether it is to open up the land passage between Meereen and Volantis, or to help Astapor obtain a large amount of high-quality iron ore resources to arm his huge new army, Ian has no choice but to Do not put this matter back on the agenda.

Ian issued an order to summon Euron's first mate who had sent people to Meereen at that time, and rediscovered Euron Greyjoy's voyage notes.

Mataris is not a port city, and Euron may not have been there, but Euron has sailed in the Sea of ​​Smoke and explored the Dragon King's mansion in Oros. Oros is much closer to ancient Valyria than Mataris, and the curse is more serious. If Euron recorded this exploration in his voyage notes, then there must be a lot of valuable information in them.

Ian quickly found relevant content in Euron's voyage notes, but unfortunately, he did not find any valuable information. Finally, after summoning Euron's former first mate, he ordered him to lead an expedition to Mataris.

As long as the expedition is not cursed in the short term, Ian will send a second-rate army to conquer Mataris, and then let the locals and slaves mine the iron ore there.

[ps: The 'Euron Manuscript Line' originally included the exploration plot of the Valyrian Peninsula, Ymen Towers, Iban Island and the Thousand Islands, which will reveal the Valyrian Doomsday Catastrophe and the Forbidden Curse of the Children of the Forest, 'Sea Water' The truth about the "Hammer", this line is carried out simultaneously with the "Ghost Grass Line" (that is, the conquest of the Dothraki and the Qarth wizard).

In the original outline, these two plot lines were arranged before entering Westeros, and the two lines were simultaneously revealed to reveal the secrets of the old gods.

But now the Euron manuscript line only retains the part of conquering Mataris to obtain iron ore, and the Ghost Grass line will not be expanded]