"Your Majesty never said that these trading city-states would be conquered now."
"Because all of His Majesty's eyes are now on the north and he has no time to pay attention to these trivial matters, so he has given full authority to me."
"He told me, 'The enemies in the north are getting closer and closer. I have already felt that this time they will be more aggressive than before. They are breathing cold air and the cold fire is burning.'"
At this moment, the newly crowned Earl of Harrenhal in the Empire was in a tavern room in Myr. He was pouring wine from a flagon, and then he imitated the tone Viserys once spoke.
It's just that his tone was a little more sinister, which made the great pirate Salladhor Sahn, who was also sitting in the guest room, feel a little uneasy.
"Lord Ramsay Bolton, I think the White Walkers will not appear in the continent of Essos."
He had never seen a White Walker, but he had witnessed a wight with his own eyes a few years ago.
It was during a public exhibition in Pentos. The Dothraki used horse poles to capture several wights alive, then put them into cages, and were finally escorted by Euron's iron fleet.
of Pentos.
Only then did the people of Pentos know what kind of monsters their King was fighting, and they won a victory, successfully driving these monsters back to their hometown.
Later, the ghouls in these exhibitions all died, perhaps because the magic in their bodies dissipated or for some other reason, which made the city officials of Pentos very disappointed.
Because when the ghoul was originally exhibited, it caused a huge sensation in the world of trading city-states. People from all over the world rushed to Pentos and squeezed their heads to see what the legendary ghoul was.
What kind of.
At that time, Pantos was able to make a lot of money just by collecting tickets.
This also led to a large number of explorers, slave-catching teams, mercenary groups, etc. from the Essos continent to form teams and come to the north by boat in order to capture more ghouls for profit. Unfortunately, they were successful.
Very few.
They underestimated the corpses imprisoned in the cages and thought they were prey to be slaughtered. However, they paid an extremely heavy price when they arrived in the north.
Most of their slave-catching teams were buried in the North and became part of the army of ghouls. However, the few teams that successfully captured the ghouls died in the cabin on their way back by boat.
, turned into a pile of rotten flesh or scattered bones. It seems that the corpse has lost its magic after leaving the continent of Westeros.
The Iron Fleet was able to successfully capture the wights because the Night King had not yet retreated and the Cold God's power was still at its maximum.
However, after hearing what the pirate governor said, Ramsay just smiled slightly, put down the wine bottle in his hand, and then spoke.
"That is not certain, Lord Salladhor Saan."
"The Iron Islands were also conquered by the White Walkers."
Seeing the slightly uncomfortable look on the dark-skinned pirate governor's face, Ramsay stopped the smile on his face and spoke seriously.
"Has Lord Sang found out any clues about the assassination?"
The assassination of the Empire's messenger Asha Greyjoy also spread, causing quite a shock. People with a discerning eye can see that this may not be against the Empire but has an ulterior motive, because Asha, the Empire's messenger, was not actually assassinated.
She is not an important figure, but a marginal figure on the Iron Throne. Even if she dies, she will have no impact on the empire.
But what confused the pirate governor was how did what happened in less than half a month reach the ears of the emperor so quickly?
Could it be
Although suspicion arose in his heart, he still shook his head honestly and said.
"Nothing was found. These killers want to frame Volantis or Lys."
Lys is rich in poisons, and Volantis was mentioned in the confession. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that someone is trying to hide it, and the Lord Tyrosh has not escaped suspicion.
The empire's fleet dispatched troops to Nass Island and sent envoys to various free trade cities along the way. However, Asha Greyjoy clearly did nothing, but she stirred up a great earthquake in the world of trade city states. If there was not a driving force behind this, Sa
Rado Sann didn't believe it.
As for the gloomy-faced young man in front of him, the dark-skinned pirate governor quietly looked at the other person as he spoke. In fact, Ramsay Bolton's reputation was not obvious, but he had heard of his name a long time ago.
Every profession has a circle, and in the circle of pirates, intelligence is still very important. Ramsay Bolton had heard of this name as early as when he was in Pentos. The reason was that the other party was ruthless and fell into the enemy's trap by mistake.
None of the pirates in his hands came out alive.
The same goes for smugglers. He heard that a smuggler was interrogated by a black-robed spy after he was caught in Pantos. He tried hard to explain to the other party that the smuggler was not a pirate and his crime would not lead to death. However, the smuggler was
After taking it away, he never came back.
However, even though he had some doubts in his heart, he did not dare to ask them in front of the other party. God knows whether the current chaos in the Free Trade City world was caused by the other party's handiwork.
"So what's next?"
"Lord Ramsay."
"Do you have any instructions, Your Majesty?"
And Salladhor Sang didn't dare to think too much, but asked directly.
Now he has made contact with the governor of Lys, Trigg O'Molon, and Humphrey of the Hightower family, and the two sides are conspiring to capture Lys.
The other party also expressed his willingness to surrender to the Iron Throne, and the corresponding condition was that the Hightower family could obtain forgiveness from His Majesty the Emperor and return to Westeros and their homeland.
Of course, the old town will definitely not come back. Now the old town no longer belongs to the Hightower family, and no family has been canonized. It is now managed by the alderman appointed by the emperor.
On the other hand, the Omolun family's conditions are to dominate Reese.
He is no longer content with sharing this rich city-state with the other eleven governors, but wants to become the prince of Lys like the pirate governor of Myr, Salladhor Saan, and wield sole power.
"Chaos is an upward ladder."
As the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ramsay Bolton sneered after hearing Salladhor Saan's words.
"This sentence was said by someone I don't like very much."
"But I think it still makes sense."
Nowadays, the rise of the empire is accompanied by the turmoil and chaos of the entire world. People are struggling to survive in it, and the upper class use this as a ladder for promotion.
Salladhor Saan is such a person, Lys Governor Trigg O'Molon is also such a person, Humphrey Hightower is inferior to them and has been reduced to a pawn.
"Continue to contact them and muddy the waters of the trading city-state."