"Twenty Years a Slave? What's that? "Danzo was puzzled.
"A memoir that's about to be published on a large scale, and the author is me."
"Uh, the book you wrote …" Danzo looked at the minister up and down and said doubtfully, "Your experience as a slave for twenty years?"
It was obvious that Bill Clinton was a high-level slave. They were from a completely different world from the coolie slaves. Their lives were leisurely, and they lived more comfortably than him, the deputy leader of the Wind Blowing Group.
Could such a person's experience help the Dragon Queen preach the need for anti-slavery?
"It's not just my experience. What I saw and heard can be woven into a short story similar to 'Shrike, Hill, and the Bug'. You can think of 'Twenty Years a Slave' as a collection of stories."
The old poet said disapprovingly, "This kind of story can be told orally. It's a waste of paper to write it into a book."
"Hehe, wait and see. Queen Danny's great invention will change the world." Bill Clinton smiled proudly.
After entering the Great Pyramid, Danzo and Edward separated from the minister of culture.
They reported their names and intentions at the desk. After waiting for about half an hour, the old mercenary and the red-bearded captain were led to the top garden by an Unsullied.
On the long wooden table, Danny, who had taken a bath and changed into a loose dress, was having dinner with a few subordinates.
Danny swallowed the food in her mouth, drank a mouthful of red wine, and then asked, "Have the two of you had dinner?"
"No."
"Then let's eat together." Danny invited the two.
It was Edward's first time eating at the same table as the queen. He was so nervous that he couldn't even speak a complete sentence.
Although Danzo was also a little nervous, he still thanked her politely and pulled his companion to sit beside Bruce.
After sitting down, the old mercenary found that the queen's food was unusually rich and simple. Toasted white bread, lamb chops smeared with honey and cloves, mushroom stewed chicken with a lot of fire dragon peppers, barley stewed beef, and frozen fruit salad.
The variety was simple and there were no fancy delicacies, but the portions were sufficient. There were large pieces of meat, large bowls of soup, and toasted bread that was as thick as an arm and longer than a person.
The old mercenary cut a piece of bread with a knife and dipped it in the bowl of barley beef soup …
"Captain Edward, what kind of seeds have you brought me?" Danny asked casually.
"Cough, cough, cough …" Red Beard almost choked on the food in his mouth. He did not expect the queen to ask him first.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry …" After taking a sip of red wine, Edward caught his breath and said, "There's black rice and sorghum from the barren lands, white corn from Helkelon, sweet potatoes from an unknown island … There are even specialties from the Seven Kingdoms, such as barley from the Northern Territory, fire dragon pepper from Dorne, and many more. They are all edible exotic plants that His Majesty requested."
"Very good. After I see those seeds tomorrow, I will pay you the reward as promised." Danny nodded with satisfaction.
Slave Bay mainly dealt in the slave trade and did not pay much attention to agricultural production. The crops were very simple, the most common were olives, grapes, wheat, and sugar beets.
There was rice in the Worm River Basin, but the yield was low and the taste of the rice was terrible.
After Danny took control of Slave Bay, there would naturally be no more slave trade. However, Slave Bay's location was really good. Leaving the bay was the main route of the Great Voyage. It would be a waste if they did not produce some crops that could be used as commodities.
Of course, she also wanted to improve her diet. She was tired of eating bread every day.
After all, this world looked like the Middle Ages, but it had actually developed the Great Voyage trade for thousands of years.
Regional specialties such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, corn, rice, tea, and so on were already known by the world. It was not too difficult to find their seeds.
Well, the difficult part was to popularize them locally.
Well, Danny was only 15 years old now. She felt that she could cultivate hybrid rice in her lifetime. There was no need for it to be as high-yielding as Farmer God Yuan. She only needed to improve the taste so that it could grow on a large scale in Slave Bay.
This was not a fantasy. After all, this world had the Children of the Forest!
After dinner, Edward, Lara, Bruce, and the others said goodbye and left. Only Danny and Danzo were left in the garden on the top floor.
"How was it?" After taking a sip of the barren black tea, Danny looked at the old poet and asked.
"The leader agreed to pass on information that is not considered core secrets to you."
"Haha, if you don't give me core secrets, why would I work with you?" Danny sneered.
"Your Majesty, the Windblown Group has too little access to core secrets. If even a little is leaked, we will be in danger of being exposed.
Illyrio will most likely reject the prince's return to Pentos. If that happens, won't we get nothing?
The greater the profit, the greater the risk. I think this is a fair deal. Unless … "
After pausing for a moment and seeing that Danny's expression did not change, Danzo let out a sigh of relief and continued, "Unless you do not need to consider Governor Illyrio's opinion and directly agree to help the prince take down Pentos."
"Well, I can't let my old friend down …" Danny refused.
The old mercenary's eyes dimmed and said helplessly, "Then, what about the deal?"
Danny shrugged and said lightly, "Tell me about those that are not considered core secrets first."
After knowing Dragon Queen's choice, the old mercenary did not hesitate and said directly, "First of all, the previous' Guise Alliance 'has officially changed its name to' World Trade Alliance '. Queers, New Guise, and Volantis will be the three heads of the alliance.
Whip Island of the Jade Sea will follow Queers to declare war on you.
Although Elephant Island of the Jade Sea did not join the alliance, its ruler, King Shan, has promised to provide an unlimited amount of elephant soldiers to the alliance.
The barbarians are not willing to participate in the conflict of the Western Continent, but the Emperor's envoy has also promised the alliance to join the trade blockade of Slave Bay. "
Danny supported her chin with her right hand and tilted her head, "In other words, there are now two opposing alliances in Slave Bay. The military threat of the alliance, and the trade blockade of the Sea Trade Alliance?"
"Yes, Your Majesty's summary is very accurate. The alliance and the United Nations." Danzo nodded.
This is too unlucky!
The alliance and the United Nations are such "auspicious" names, but it was taken by the enemy. Doesn't that make me Lei Feng?
It doesn't make sense. I'm the one who raised the flag of "freedom and liberation"!
"What's up with Whip Island? If you didn't tell me, I wouldn't even know about it, "Danny asked.
"Whip Island is nothing. It's just a barren island in the Jade Sea. But its location is too good. It's a transit station for slaves. Slaves from the Far East have to pass through there.
So, dozens of Far East slavers and Pirate Lords who rely on the slave trade joined the alliance in the name of Whip Island. "
"I see …" Dani was enlightened.
There were two sources of slaves: war and slavers.
The Dothraki were used to reducing the defeated to slaves. But the slaves that the Centaurs brought to Slave Bay only made up a small portion of the total number of slaves. Most of the slaves came from slavers.
For example, Missandei and her three siblings were captured from Naas Island by slavers.
Other than Missandei, she had races from all over the world under her command. Forget about fifty-six races, she could make up the whole of the United States.
There was no doubt that the slavers played an important role in this. Although they were scattered and individually weak, when combined …
"What's the reaction of the free trade city-states?" she asked.
"Rhys promised to advance and retreat with Volantis. Although Myr and Tyrosh are also involved in the slave trade, the two sides have been fighting for control of the land of dispute for decades. It's difficult for them to join the same camp.
Our captain guessed that if one of them joins the alliance, His Majesty might have another ally. "
Danny waved her hand and said in disdain, "I won't ally with any slave city-states."
Danzo was stunned and sighed. "His Majesty's temper is too strong."
"This is a matter of principle," Danny emphasized.
"Alright! Second, the alliance and the United Nations are still in their embryonic form. Currently, representatives from all sides are gathering in New Gith to participate in the 'Dragonslayer Convention' held by Glazidan. "
"Dragonslayer Convention?" Danny's expression was strange.
"You are the Mother Of Dragons and three dragons," the old poet explained.
"Glazidan has been defeated time and time again, but he still has such great appeal?"
"Sigh, you might not know how famous you are in the major city-states. Although Glazidan has been defeated time and time again, he is also the only general who has fought you head-on many times and survived."
Danny's heart skipped a beat. "How many people have come to the Dragonslayer Convention?"
"The main representatives of Volantis, Qiles, Rhys, and the barbarians are all here. Many of the slavers from the Summer Sea, Jade Sea, and Qiles Strait are also here. The convention has probably started already."
"What else is there?"
"The Iron Legion's third fleet has lost contact in the Smoke Sea. The New Gith people are buying dragon eggs from the Qiles royal family. The Witch who left Yuankai with me is now an honored guest of the Gith people. I heard the Qiles royal family has also sent her an invitation. "
Haha, it's best if the Witch sacrifices those bastards.
Danny laughed inwardly and asked, "What's the matter with the Iron Legion? Why are they in the Smoke Sea …"
"Oh, don't tell me they went to explore Valleglia with You Lun?" She suddenly realized something and said with a strange look in her eyes.
Noticing her strange expression, Danzo said in surprise, "Is it true that You Lun Greyjoy once explored the ruins of Valleglia?"
"Hehe, even I don't dare to let You Lun lead the way. The Gith people are really bold." Danny sneered.
"You mean You Lun tricked the Iron Legion? That's impossible. The third fleet has ten longships and two thousand soldiers of the Gith Iron Legion. This kind of power is enough to suppress anyone in the Summer Sea. "
"Hmph, you can ask around in the Westeros. You Lun most likely returned with a full load."
The next day, Danny led tens of thousands of farmers out to plant the fields for the whole morning.
Yes, planting wheat.
The seasons in this damn world were chaotic. As long as winter did not come, they could keep planting and harvesting.
There were even strange scenes where they planted wheat in this field in the morning and went to the next field to harvest wheat in the afternoon.
For example, the Rural Mutual Aid Association that Danny set up had been planting wheat for a month. The first wheat field that was planted had already grown half a meter tall green wheat seedlings.
Even if the average farmer had planted more than 30 acres of wheat, there were about 10 million acres of wheat fields outside Yuankai City. Danny still pulled hundreds of thousands of farmers to plant the fields.
The Yuankai Plains were too vast. There were more than 30,000 square kilometers of fertile land, at least 45 million acres.
There were still more than 30 million acres left empty …
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