章 152: Yannina Jaskis
Harren Town.
Compared to the lakeside town with a permanent population of only two or three thousand people, Harren Town is now much more lively.
A large town stretching over a league began to take shape, with stone forts scattered around the town. Thousands of wooden huts were filled with poor people whose homes were destroyed by the war, most of them were old people and children. In the area a little further north, more wooden houses of the same style were being built, and countless landless farmers were working there.
The nobles in Harrenhal have promised that as long as they go to work every day, the farmers will have bread and pumpkin porridge to eat, and every few days they can have porridge or stew with shredded meat.
The elderly and children who can't work don't have to worry about starving. The soldiers of the King of Hejian will provide two meals of wheat porridge every day, and the growing children can get a small fish and two steamed buns every day.
As the number of people increased, various "idlers" gathered here, including bards, vendors pushing carts, stepdaughters who showed off their bodies in thin clothes even when the weather turned cold, monks and nuns in brown robes, wealthy merchants from the East Continent and their guards, and even a circus that performed here, but because they didn't make any money, they left after a few days.
After obtaining permission from the nobles and the two scholars who presided over the construction of the town, dozens of taverns, restaurants, grain stores, wooden hotels, brothels and other shops sprang up in the new town - in order to distinguish, the small area of the original Heron Town was called the Old Town.
This deformed society was maintained by a large amount of food, and at least fifty carts of food were transported from the fiefdom of the Root family in the north every day.
The food comes from Essos. The trade route from Pentos to Maidenpool has been opened. In order to reduce the freight as much as possible, the wealthy merchants and captains of Pentos only deliver the goods to Maidenpool, and the rest of the journey is relayed by the fleet and caravan organized by Earl William Mooton.
But not all the food will stay here. Willowwood City on the east side of God's Eye Lake and Alan City in the southwest, as well as the Hedong area further west, are more affected by the war. The local villages are also in urgent need of food, so some of the food is put on the ship again and sent to the south by lake transportation, and then landed and into the homes of starving farmers.
Harrenhal, the main castle, the Hundred Hearths Hall.
A fat businessman wearing a loose yellow brocade robe, with a yellow beard and oiled forked, is lying on a chair, discussing a big business order with Miss Sansa Stark, who represents the King of the River.
"The currency we recognize is the old gold dragon coin. The new gold dragon coins and the gold in your hands will not be accepted for the time being."
Yannina Jaskis, one of the governors of Pentos, stroked his beautiful beard and pretended to be nonchalant.
As one of the strongest grain merchants in the entire Free Trade City-State area, he also heard that the Rivermen were buying a large amount of grain, so he immediately ran over to discuss possible long-term cooperation.
Sansa, wearing a purple tight robe, sat on the main seat and looked at this abnormally fat businessman helplessly.
Before, she swore that Willis Manderly was the second fattest person in the world she had ever seen. The first was Willis's father, Willman Manderly, and it was said that the equally bloated Wendel Manderly ranked third.
But in front of this Governor of Pentos, Willis and his sons actually became slim.
The bucket-shaped Governor Yanina needed four burly men to carry him to move.
Sansa, who has gradually grown into a great beauty, said: "I just learned what the new gold dragon coin is today. My lord, they are all gold, why don't you accept it?"
Just a few minutes ago, the merchant from Essos had just explained to the noble lady of Westeros the types of gold dragon coins on the western continent.
This made Sansa feel very embarrassed. Living here, she didn't know that the former Minister of Finance Baelish Petyr had come up with so many tricks.
Before, because King Robert owed Master Tywin of the Westerlands three million gold dragons, and the speed at which the Iron Throne spent money did not stop, the Westerlands began to reduce the amount of gold handed over to the mint outside King's Landing.
In order to ensure that the royal family still had money to use and to enrich his own private pockets, Lord Baelish, who had many tricks, began to mint new gold dragon coins.
The new coins are basically the same as the old coins, except for the gold content.
The gold content of the old coins is about 80%, which is considered full gold and can be circulated in most free trade city-states.
The gold content of the new coins is only about 30%, and the amount flowing into the market is not much, but it is already disrupting the order.
It is worth mentioning that beggars on the continent of Westeros can recognize the face value of coins by touching them with their eyes closed, but the civilians do not need the new gold dragon coins. The nobles who need them basically do not need to spend money in their own territories except for going to the capital for fun, so they did not respond much to the new policy of the Minister of Finance.
Instead, the wealthy merchants in the East Continent, where money flows like water, first discovered Littlefinger's trick.
Because the new gold dragon coins are produced in different batches, the gold content is also different. After being cheated several times, wealthy merchants in places such as Pentos began to resist using the new gold dragon coins for large transactions.
Previously, when merchants in Maiden Spring City and the East Continent traded, they often used the money collected by the nobles in the riverlands. These gold dragons that have been lying in the castle for dozens or hundreds of years are naturally old gold dragon coins, so there is no such thing.
"Since you don't recognize the new gold dragon coins, why don't you even recognize the gold dug out of the Golden Tooth City? Can gold be counterfeited?" Sansa asked.
Governor Yanina raised his swollen right hand with difficulty and shook it slowly. "That's not certain. Who knows what you are up to?"
Miss Stark was left speechless by this fat and unruly businessman, so she had no choice but to rub her brows with her fingers as tender as white onions.
If Arthur was here, the fat man wouldn't dare to pester him like this, Sansa thought to herself.
She didn't really like her lover's behavior of hitting people before, but now she has changed her mind.
Throw the hammer down and see who dares to bark.
Perhaps they were connected, but just when Sansa was thinking of her lover, the King of the River led several nobles into the Hall of Hundred Furnaces.
"Looks like a great guest."
Arthur strode towards the main steps, nodding as he passed the fat man and his servants.
"This is His Majesty the King of Hejian. Please forgive me for being rude. This body does not allow me to salute you."
Yanina stretched her neck as a salute.
The King of the River landed on the main seat that Sansa had given up, grabbed her waist and kissed her hard.
"It's disgusting, there are so many people!" Miss Stark struggled to break away and covered the kissed lips with the back of her hand.
Although she blushed shyly, she did not run out immediately because she wanted to introduce the situation to Arthur.
Sansa made it clear in a few words the origin and appeal of Yanina Jaskis.
The River King nodded, "I guess Governor Yanina wants to make another deal with us, right?"
A wealthy businessman who is so fat must have come all the way, so he must be making huge profits.
What Arthur could think of was that in addition to grain trading, gold should also be one of the goals of the Governor of Pentos.
The gold mines in the Free Trade City region are far less rich than the reserves under the name of the Lannister family, so the gold dragon coins of Westeros have overflowed into the Western Continent. In places such as Pentos, Myr, Volantis, and even gold dragon coins Can circulate freely like local gold coins.
"If you are wise enough to see my purpose at a glance, I will not spare the circle. May I ask if the King of Hejian has any thoughts about selling slaves?"
Yanina revealed his greatest purpose.
Near him, several great nobles, including Karel Vance, Tristan Legge, and Matus Rowan, stared at the Governor of Pentos with vigilance. The subjects were considered one of the core assets of the nobles. Whether it was before Aegon's Conquests, during the Targaryens' reign, or during Robert's reign, selling one's own subjects was a mortal sin.
Lord Jorah Mormont of Bear Island was sentenced to death by Eddard Stark for selling poachers.
The custom of strictly prohibiting human trafficking for thousands of years has basically eliminated the existence of slaves in Westeros and ensured that the people of the territory will not be poached by slave traders from the east.
You know, near Volantis in the east is the largest slave-holding area in the world. It is said that every freedman there has at least three slaves. Freedmen with status cannot travel without their feet touching the ground and have to be carried or sat on elephants. car.
The entire Volantis maintains more than 100,000 slave soldiers all year round, and these slave soldiers are naturally composed of strong slaves who have been sold.
Pentos, which is not far from King's Landing, although it prohibits slaves in name, there are still many in private.
"I will never allow slave trading in my kingdom. Any slave trader who appears in the River Kingdom will receive a greeting from my giant hammer." Arthur first expressed his attitude, "You have heard of my giant hammer. Hammer?"
The giant hammer and sword of the River King are already symbols, and any businessman who has done a little research on the situation in Westeros knows this.
Yanina nodded hurriedly, and the fat on her neck swayed with waves.
"In that case, I won't mention this issue. We can discuss food and gold..."
He didn't expect this young and handsome king to have such a tough attitude.
"But I have a question." Arthur interrupted him, "Why do you suddenly want to run to Westeros to trade slaves? Have you ignored thousands of years of tradition?"
Yanina looked at the King of the River in surprise, "Don't you know what big thing happened?"
"What's the big deal?"
Arthur was confused by him. Was there any important information that he had ignored?
Tristan and other nobles also shook their heads, indicating that they were unclear.
Seeing that the King of Hejian and these nobles really didn't understand, Yanina began to explain it to them.
It turns out that the dragon mother has already started her own cause of liberating slaves, the cities of Astapor and Yunkai have been conquered by Daenerys, and Meereen is also in danger.
This put the entire trade in Slaver's Bay on pause, leaving the slave-holding areas without a source of slaves.
"The entire Volantis is eagerly waiting for the arrival of fresh slaves. I estimate that the market for at least hundreds of thousands of old gold dragon coins is vacant every month. People with ideas, such as the cheese seller, have already started to take action. After that, Soon, Your Majesty will hear about the mercenaries of the Golden Company robbing the farmers of the Stormlands."
King Hejian was keenly aware of the information revealed by the fat businessman.
The cheesemonger naturally refers to another governor of Pentos, Illyrio, who made his fortune selling cheese, so he was nicknamed contemptuously by some of his opponents.
According to Yanina, Illyrio supported Aegon VI and paid sky-high salaries to the Golden Company. The motivation for landing this mercenary group in the Stormlands was due to the slave trade.
"Is there any evidence for what you said?" Arthur asked.
Originally, it was nonsense for the Golden Company to support the restoration of "Aegon VI".
The founder of the world's most powerful mercenary group is Han Tie. He supports the Black Fire family, so the Golden Group has always supported Black Fire.
The Targaryen family is a red dragon, and the Blackfyre family is their branch, and the hatred has continued for several generations until the Battle of the Nine Copper Kings, when the last Blackfyre member, "The Fierce" Maris, was killed by Ser Barristan Selmy.
"There is no evidence, but you will understand later. By the way, the Faceless Men have mixed with Illyrio, Jon Connington and others. They have formed a loose alliance to restore slavery and Valyrian traditions."
The fat merchant said with difficulty.
Although Arthur and the nobles were surprised by this statement, they chose not to believe it.
After all, the Faceless Men are a belief born from the resistance of slaves and are naturally opposed to slavery.
But it is clear that the Sea King of Braavos and the House of Black and White where the Faceless Men are located have conflicts.
Arya Stark's swordsmanship teacher "Water Dancer" was appointed as the chief swordsman by the Sea King because of his observation ability far beyond ordinary people, which can see through the disguise of the Faceless Men.
"Let's continue to discuss the matter of gold and food."
Arthur brought the topic back.
After a period of time, after the two sides had been arguing back and forth, they finally reached a treaty that satisfied both Yanina and the River King.
The gold dug out of the gold mine must be purified to more than 80% before it can be traded with the governor, and it does not need to be cast into the style of gold dragon coins. Correspondingly, Yanina can ensure that his food is continuously transported to Maiden Spring City, and the price is consistent with the Essos continent.
"I was originally going to compete with my peers for the operating rights of the Pentos Mint, so I need this unformed gold."
After the deal was reached, the communication between the two sides was much more pleasant.
After sending Yanina away, Arthur began to arrange the war for the next period of time.
Rosso Frey took 500 people to Raven Tree City and managed the castle and territory with his brother Jemos.
Marquis Inis took the remaining 4,000 people of his family and 1,000 people of Maiden Spring City, crossed the Trident River to the north, stationed along the Green Fork River, and guarded the direction of the valley.
The remaining 9,000 soldiers and nearly 10,000 captives, servants, etc. stayed in Harrenhal to reinforce and renovate the city walls while guarding against attacks from King's Landing.
After arranging the matters at hand, Arthur took the most distinguished captive of this battle, Lord Mace Tyrell, to visit Alduin, who was meters tall and had a wingspan of nearly 5 meters.
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