Seeing that everyone was in low spirits, the old professor immediately cheered them up. "We don't have to be envious or jealous. The Westeros are always striving for self-improvement!"
"But if she can defeat the Alliance, unify the continent of Ursos, and build a Targaryen Empire similar to Valleglia, why should we reject such a great emperor?
To put it bluntly, with her current achievements, not to mention Tommen and Cersei, she can't even compare to Aegon the Conqueror, right? "
The one who said this was an olive-skinned, black-haired man. He wore a furry coat with three poisonous scorpions embroidered on his chest with black silk thread.
Laughing Baylor glanced at the wooden Garland beside her and scolded, "Sir Aron Cogel, what nonsense are you talking about?"
"Nonsense?" Sir Cogel smiled contemptuously. "I'm speaking the truth! The Dornishmen never hide their hostility towards Lannister, but someone has to sit on the Iron Throne. Targaryen is much stronger than Cersei Lannister and the child king. "
"Sandstone City is located in the central desert of Dorne. How did you know about that woman?" Professor Perestan asked worriedly.
"Sun Halberd City is a trading port no weaker than the old town. Everyone is not stupid. More than one sailor talked about Targaryen and dragons. How could we ignore it? Sixteen years ago, our king's surname was Targaryen! "
"She can't defeat the Alliance. This is common knowledge. One person can't fight against the entire world," Professor Perestan said with certainty.
"Professor, if she fails, she can only give up the great cause of freeing the slaves and go home to inherit the Iron Throne!" Danny said strangely.
"Uh, what do you mean?" The old professor was surprised.
"She has dragons, four dragons. Even if the Alliance takes Slavers' Bay, can they stop her from escaping on Megalosaurus? But the whole world is against her. Where can she escape to?
Only her hometown, the Westeros!
The Alliance will even support her return to the Westeros. After all, she has dragons, prestige, and a chance to turn the tables. If the Mother Of Dragons obediently returns to the King's Landing to fight for the Iron Throne, the slave merchants will welcome her with open arms. "
"What, what, what should we do?" Danny's analysis was reasonable, and the old professor was anxious.
If they won, they would be able to lead their million-strong army back to their hometown and live a life of luxury. If they lost, they would have to ride their dragons back home and sit on the Iron Throne.
Can't the people of the Seven Kingdoms escape from her shadow?
Danny's eyes flashed a ray of light as he said, "We can invite Faceless One."
The low and deep voice silenced the scene for a moment. The orange light from the burning torches fell on everyone's faces, imprinting all kinds of strange expressions. Their eyes flickered as they quietly looked at each other, but no one said a word.
"Ahem, ahem." Baylor coughed a few times and changed the topic with a faint smile. "Tonight is the celebration banquet of the Martial Arts Tournament. Let's not talk about irrelevant topics."
"Clown, come and tell us a joke."
The musicians played the music, and the guests cheered. The venue became lively again, as if the previous discussion had never happened.
The next morning, although the camp of the Martial Arts Tournament was not demolished, most of the participating nobles were preparing to leave. Baylor also returned to the city to continue supervising the construction of the warships, while Hyder stayed to recruit free riders.
The news of the female knight "Leila" winning the Martial Arts Tournament spread like wildfire in the city. When Danny led the horse back to the wine bottle, she heard a handsome blonde singer sitting in the hotel lobby, playing the harp and singing the story of "The First Female Knight in History" with a mellow voice. A group of apprentices and merchants surrounded him, listening with great interest.
Danny also saw a few familiar faces, such as the black girl Larissa and her friends, Lame Morand, the stupid little fatty Rooney, and others.
But there was no Pater.
What made Danny frown was that the girlfriend of the lousy apprentice, the flower of the hostess, Rosie, was in the arms of a handsome blonde young man.
Although he was wearing green and gold striped silk clothes instead of the gray robe of a scholar, the four metal chains on the silk rope around his neck showed his identity. He was a scholar apprentice.
An apprentice from a rich family.
Could it be that Pater had been poached?
It didn't seem like it. Rosie looked sad, and her eyes were red as if she had cried. Obviously, she was unwilling to accept her fate, which was to become a hostess like her mother.
"Ah, Knight Leila!"
Just as she was wondering, a hostess saw Danny and opened her mouth to shout.
This time, everyone in the hall looked over, and even the singer stopped singing. He hugged his harp and ran to Danny, saying affectionately, "Oh, Lady Knight, let me be your personal attendant. I want to write a legend for you and let countless people know of your deeds."
In Slave's Bay, there were too many gigolo bards who 'recommended themselves to the Queen,' and Danny did not know how many of them she had rejected.
She skillfully threw over a gold royal and said with a faint smile, "I'm very satisfied with your song, but I don't need an accompanying singer."
Then, under the protection of White Knight, she walked past a group of "groupies" who were asking all kinds of questions and went straight to the backyard.
She did not stay in the hotel for long. After washing up and changing into clean underwear, she still wore her armor and left the tavern from the backyard. She walked along the stone arch bridge to the famous City of Knowledge.
In theory, the core area of the City of Knowledge did not receive women, and would not recruit female apprentices, but the purpose of the rules was to wait for the privileged to break them.
The daughters of the Haithar family, the women of the seven dukes' families, and the royal princesses could all enter the City of Knowledge and be grandly received by the doctors.
Danny was now "Dimensional Water", so her identity was naturally not qualified. However, she received an invitation from Doctor Perestan last night to go to the City of Knowledge to discuss the trade deficit with the economists.
Uh, the old doctor was frightened by the terrifying fact that the seven countries had lost more than ten million gold royals in fourteen years. This morning, he specially ran to her tent to remind her not to miss the appointment.
Through this period of observation, Danny found that except for the inexplicable hostility towards her, the City of Knowledge's performance was still acceptable.
They had basically fulfilled their duties. As long as they found a problem, they would try to find a way to solve it. Whether or not they could solve it was another matter, but their positive attitude was very commendable.
The City of Knowledge was right next to the Honey Wine River. It was only a stone arch bridge away from the wine bottle. In less than ten minutes, she arrived at the gate.
It was a bit like a modern university. The stone gate was very wide, enough for three carriages to pass through side by side. On both sides of the gate, there was a tall green sphinx statue. It had the body of a lion, the wings of an eagle, and the tail of a snake. One of them had the face of a man, and the other had the face of a woman.
This kind of stone statue was also called the Valleglia Sphinx. Whether it was the stone statue itself or the custom of placing a sphinx statue at the gate, it all originated from the ancient Valleglia.
Behind the gate, there was a desk on the left side of the stone path. Behind it sat five or six gray-robed clerks. They had chains, but not enough to form a necklace. They belonged to the assistant scholars.
More than ten citizens of the old town were gathered there. Some were asking the clerks to write letters, some were shouting for their wills, some were holding letters in their hands, and asked the assistant scholars to read the letters. There were also some who were simply bored and were there to watch the fun.
On the right side of the stone path, there was a row of bookstalls on the ground. It was a bit like the stalls near the BBS bulletin board before the seniors left the university. They sold old books, CDs, magazines, tennis rackets, basketballs …
Danny deliberately went over to take a look. They were all old books, storybooks, history books, biographies, and travel notes.
She squatted down and flipped through them. Ninety percent of the books were written by scholars of the City of Knowledge. Books related to Targaryen accounted for another seventy percent of the total. There were books such as "The Cruel Meg," "The Secret Records of the Dragon Knights," "Renise's Lover" …
Danny curiously flipped open "Renise's Lover" to take a look. The result was so shocking that her worldview was almost shattered.
Aegon the Conqueror had two wives. The elder sister was Visania, and the younger sister was Renise. Visania was the first wife, and Renise was the true love (probably).
The book said that every night Aegon accompanied Visania, he would accompany Renise for ten nights as compensation. However, Rhaenys was accompanied by many handsome men. Whenever Aegon and Visania were together, Rhaenys would enjoy these bedfellows.
"Seven Gods above, this kind of book isn't banned?" Danny asked the old apprentice who was selling the book.
Yes, the book was very old. The once snow-white parchment was pale yellow. The binding on the side was even a few short threads, and some pages were missing.
This book was definitely not newly written, and Targaryen had only been extinct for sixteen years.
The gray-robed old man who was selling the book was very old. His beard and hair were white, and he wore silver-rimmed glasses. However, there was still a rope around his neck, and on the rope were four or five links.
He was an old apprentice.
"Why is it banned?" The old man was puzzled.
"There are many scenes of Queen Renise and her lover in the book."
"But it's all true. How can it be wrong when it's spoken by the person involved? Besides, Aegon tacitly acknowledged his sister's behavior of keeping lovers. At that time, all the nobles in King's Landing knew about it. There was even a custom among noble widows to keep singers and poets as their lovers. "The old apprentice's face was calm.
Danny put down the book with a wooden face and used two copper coins to buy a hand-drawn map of the City of Knowledge.
The City of Knowledge was built along the Honey River. It had been constantly expanding for thousands of years, and the internal architecture was extremely complex. Some of the towers were even built on small islands near the river. If there was no map, there was an 80% chance that tourists would get lost.
Moreover, the City of Knowledge was a university town. It was not just a gathering place for scholars. The Holy Church and church schools were also mixed in.
Although the City of Knowledge did not accept female apprentices, it did not cut off the path of learning for women. The church schools were specially prepared for nuns.
However, there was almost no academic research in the church schools. It was mainly used to train reading and writing nannies for the rich families.
Along the winding riverside road, Danny saw a few stone sculptures of Targaryen Kings. They were all famous kings. 'Conqueror' Aegon the First, 'Merry King' Jaehris the First, 'Young Dragon King' Dylan the First, 'Virtuous King' Dylan the Second.
Yes, there was also 'Mad King' Eris who had half of his body smashed.
Eris was not purely a fatuous ruler. His life trajectory was a little like Li Longji's, rising first and then suppressing later.
In the first half of his life, he was quick-witted and charming. Together with Tywin, they worked hard to reform the country's corrupt policies.
During that period, the Westeros were peaceful and prosperous. It was almost a different version of the 'Kaiyuan Age'.
At that time, the City of Knowledge even erected a stone sculpture for him. Who would have thought that he would change so much later on …
Danny and Barristan arrived at the door of the Chief Steward's Pavilion and saw a middle-aged apprentice in his forties being dragged out of the door by two assistant scholars.
Barristan grabbed a tall and thin scholar who walked past and asked, "What's going on?"
"Zion stole Dr. Verin's waffles."
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