The silver-haired boy hugged his helmet and felt slightly strange when he heard the guard's words.
Over the years, they have developed peacefully on the Andas Plains and have not interfered with Pantos. Although the two sides are not far apart, they are still blocked by the Velvet Mountains. In addition to normal business exchanges and people-to-people exchanges, there is no way for the two city-states to interfere with each other.
There is almost no high-level dialogue between them.
Viserys did not expect that Pantos would actually send a governor to Andalus today, no matter which side the sun came out from.
Viserys knew very well that Pentos was theoretically governed by the Prince of Pentos. However, in fact, the power of the Prince of Pentos had been removed by the governors a long time ago, and now he only has ceremonial functions and presides over meetings.
and festive feasts, Pentos is now effectively ruled by governors.
"Since Your Majesty has other important matters to attend to, I will leave first."
Sir William leaned on a cane and spoke in a hoarse voice. Viserys nodded slightly, and then Sir William left the racecourse. It was time to drink medicine today, and he had to find the maester to mix some potion.
The coach's figure left, but Bessie was still following Viserys. As Viserys' bodyguard, he naturally had to protect the safety of the little king at all times.
Although he was not officially named a Kingsguard, because as the younger brother of the former "Mad King" Kingsguard Jon Darry, the instructor believed that they were not qualified to compete with his brother, and now they are even more unable to assume the role of Kingsguard.
Name.
But in addition to a title, Bessie already has responsibilities equivalent to the Kingsguard.
Viserys pondered on the spot for a long time, and then asked again.
"Do you know the name of this Governor of Pentos?"
The guard who came to report heard Viserys's question and thought about it for a moment, then responded respectfully.
"Your Majesty, I heard their conversation. The governor of Pentos seems to be called Illyrio Mopatis."
"Illyrio Mopatis."
Viserys felt a little familiar when he heard the name, and then he seemed to remember something, his lavender eyes narrowed slightly and he nodded.
"I see."
"Go and ask the Governor to wait in the hall."
"clear."
The guards received Viserys's order and retreated.
Then Viserys led his guards and left the school grounds.
And above the castle.
A girl with brown hair stood in front of the window and looked at Viserys's retreating back, then she pursed her lips and snorted softly.
She seemed to still be angry with Viserys about what happened when she wanted to go out to the city a few days ago but was blocked.
She had just witnessed the entire lance duel between Viserys and the knights of the guard. She was startled when Viserys' lance suddenly broke, and she let out a cry of surprise. She was afraid that something would happen to Viserys.
However, it was a matter of lightning and flint. Fortunately, it was just a false alarm in the end. The knight named Bessie lost the contest and was knocked off his horse by his 'brother'. The girl then patted her chest.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
Because of the similar age difference and the fact that they had been attached to each other for life, Rhaenys had always regarded Viserys as her older brother in her heart.
Then she found Viserys riding on a horse holding a broken lance. He raised his head strangely and looked in the direction of the castle.
He seemed to have just heard a girl's exclamation.
When Rhaenys saw this scene, she remembered that she seemed to be angry with Viserys, and hurriedly hid behind the curtains.
It was only now that Viserys and his attendants had left, and Rhaenys emerged from behind the curtain again.
And she was holding a timid-looking little girl with silver-gold hair on her hand.
The little girl heard the excitement outside the window, then stepped on the small stool and held the edge of the window to look out, but due to her height she could not see the scenery outside the window.
"Okay, Daenerys, don't be naughty."
"I'll throw you down later."
Rhaenys noticed the little girl's dangerous movements and quickly took her off the stool.
...
Illyrio Mopatis rode a carriage into Andalos, the rumored ‘City of Wood’.
The carriage staggered on the flat road, and then a thick finger with jewels lifted the curtain of the carriage.
The obese man was sitting in the carriage, looking out curiously at the moment. He had a greasy yellow forked beard, uneven yellow teeth, and a gemstone ring on each finger.
He is none other than Illyrio Mopatis, the wealthy merchant governor of Pentos. Although Pentos is not very far from Andalus, you still need to travel overland and cross mountains and rivers.
When he was young, Illyrio was once a poor assassin with a strong body. But now, due to neglect of exercise and severe out-of-shape, Illyrio has lost the ability to ride a horse. Now he has traveled thousands of miles to Andalos in a carriage.
My butt is about to be broken.
"I swear! This is my last ride in a carriage!"
"Abe!"
"Come and rub your waist for me!"
Illyrio sat in the carriage and looked out the window at the scenery of the Wooden City. At the same time, he ordered the servants beside him. The servant named Abe hurried to his master to massage his sore waist and abdomen.
And Illyrio hummed slightly, adjusted his sitting posture and continued to look at the scenery outside the window, with a little curiosity in his eyes.
Andalus is rumored to be called the Wooden City because the city was uprooted at an extremely alarming speed. After Viserys Targaryen came to the Andals Plains, in the name of the Apostle of the Seven Gods and the King of the Andals, he called for
All the Andals gathered together and built this city.
Because of the need to quickly establish a foothold, there were more than tens of thousands of people in the early stage. Even if Targaryen accumulated a lot of wealth on Dragonstone, he could not withstand such squandering.
For the first time, Viserys learned that mobilizing a large army for battle would cost astronomical amounts of money and food even for one day.
So when you come to a new city, you must quickly establish yourself and start production, trying to be self-sufficient.
Therefore, Andalos, a city that miraculously grew rapidly, was entirely built of wood in its early days, and later became known as the City of Wood.
But all this changed somewhat after the fire that occurred two years ago.
A fire that was not known to be a natural disaster burned one-fifth of the city of Andalos. The number of people burned to death in this fire reached over a thousand, but the economic losses were not huge.
Because although Andalus has risen rapidly, its economic level is not high, and even if it is a fire, there is nothing to burn.
However, Viserys still learned from the painful experience at that time, slowed down the expansion of the city, started some renovation projects, and gradually knocked down some wooden houses and rebuilt them into stone houses.