The captain's cabin was more spacious than Danny had guessed. It was a full 30 square meters. She asked the sailors to move away the tables, chairs, mattresses, boxes, and other miscellaneous items, leaving only a double bed and an open space.
"My dragon wants to live with me," she said to Blackbeard.
"But this place is too small. It can't fit three huge metal cages!" Blackbeard Pentos said doubtfully.
"You even prepared cages? There's no need. " Danny looked around the cabin and said, "After leaving Queers, I'll remove the chains on their necks."
"Then what if it catches fire …" Blackbeard's face was bitter as he said hesitantly, "The Hall of Dust and the stone walls were all burned to the ground by your dragon. Wooden ships and cloth sails are more likely to be ignited."
Danny frowned as she walked around a puddle of dried vomit and asked casually, "Have you heard of the Dragon Worshipping Portrait?"
"What Dragon Worshipping Portrait?" Blackbeard was confused.
Whitebeard, who was behind her, was shocked and cried out, "There are rumors at the docks that Her Highness' black dragon drew a picture for a merchant from the Summer Islands, depicting the scene when he paid his respects to you and your dragon in detail. That merchant called it the Dragon Worshipping Portrait. I thought he was just bragging when he was drunk … "
"Oh, I've heard of it too." Blackbeard was surprised at first, but then he said disapprovingly, "I've also heard that the black dragon sings and recites poems for visitors. It's all nonsense. Whoever believes it is a fool."
"Sigh, the dragon's throat bone can't make human sounds. The reciting of poems is true, but no one but me can understand it. This rumor is false." Danny shook her head.
Blackbeard and Whitebeard were aghast at her words. Was she implying that the rumors about the Dragon Worshipping Portrait were true?
"It's true. Many people were there, and I've seen the black dragon paint many times." Jorah lifted his chin a little, and said with an expression of pride.
Danny concluded, "I can let the dragon paint, and I can also restrain their actions … At least they won't burn your ship."
"Alright."
Danny spent more than an hour looking at the cargo yard from the deck to the bottom. It was dirty and messy. Rats and cockroaches were running rampant. Rotten clothes were strewn everywhere. A layer of mud had formed on the deck of the ship.
Back on the bridge, she said, "The crew's lounge is too dirty. We have to clean it regularly, or we'll get infected."
"There will be a thorough cleaning before we leave the port." Blackbeard nodded.
"Buy some rye and put it in the bilge. I have eighty horses," she added.
"This … isn't necessary, is it?" Blackbeard counted with his fingers for her. "A good colt is worth at most two gold royals, but it and the food that feeds it along the way take up a lot of space. If you exchange it for spices and gems, you can get at least a profit of 30 gold royals.
Besides, the sea route is long, and animals die easily … Why not sell them all in Quills, and buy as many horses as you want when you return to Pentos? "
If they really went to Pentos, then what he said was completely right. Not to mention the profit margin, after tens of thousands of miles of sea route, it would be a blessing if 40 out of 80 horses could survive.
"My horses are very special. They are not afraid of the Dragon's Aura, and their endurance and impact are twice that of ordinary horses," Danny explained.
Whitebeard exclaimed, "You feed the horses with dragon dung?"
Danny looked at him in surprise. "You know about it too?"
The old man nodded and said with a complicated expression, "It is said that before the dragons were extinct, the Targaryen family built a horse farm on the southern shore of the Blackwater to breed Draconic horses.
The Draconic horses bred from childhood are ferocious, and there is a legend that they killed a Shadow Lynx. Only powerful knights with superb riding skills can tame them, but every generation of Kingsguard has its own Draconic horse. "
"Bullshit!" Sir Jorah disagreed. "You southerners probably rarely encounter a Shadow Lynx. It is the overlord of the forest. It has the claws of a leopard, the dexterity of a cat, the dominance of a tiger, the strength of a bear, and is bigger than a horse."
"Since there is such a legend, there must be a reason for it," Whitebeard said calmly.
"Hehe …" Jorah smiled but did not say anything.
Danny glanced at the two of them and asked Blackbeard and Grollet, "Did you bring any fruits? Water is for you to eat. "
"There are lemons and oranges. If you don't eat fruits at sea, you will be cursed by the demons," Blackbeard said matter-of-factly.
It seemed that although this world was primitive, with thousands of years of sailing history, it had also allowed people to summarize a set of mature survival wisdom on the sea.
At noon, because the news of the Mother Of Dragons' arrival had spread, the merchants and captains on the ships near the dock had all come to the Seyduleon to watch. It was only until Aggo went down and shouted to them, "The Mother Of Dragons did not bring any dragons out today. Do not disturb her." Only then did the crowd disperse temporarily.
It was only temporary. The next morning, after Danny brought a group of Centaurs and boarded the Seyduleon, the Dragon Seekers came in an endless stream to ask for an audience.
Today was the last day. In the evening, the ship would leave the harbor with the tide.
Yes, Danny was leaving Kars.
When she left Zaluo's mansion, she also gave him a set of clothes. It was a large Chinese tunic suit, woven with gold silk and buttoned with black jade.
Long before Zaluo showed his scumbag side, Danny had already prepared this gift for him when she asked the tailor to sew a cheongsam for her.
According to the relationship between Westeros and guests, guests would give the host a gift before leaving as a sign of gratitude.
At first, Danny was truly grateful to Zaluo. At that time, he kept sending gifts to her house!
Zaluo was a scumbag. After receiving Danny's gift, he did not come out to see her off. He only sent a message to the butler: "The Great Wizard Haiya will not let you leave peacefully."
Danny asked the butler to convey her gratitude to Zaluo, but she did not take it to heart.
At sea, with her dragons, she was almost invincible.
At most, Haiya would disguise himself as a pirate to kill her, but the ship was made of wood and the sails were made of cloth. They were all flammable …
"Khaleesi, the captain of the Almond-Eyed Maiden only brought you a silver statue as thick as an arm. Do you want to let him in? The Gingko Maiden is just a small ship. Its captain might not have much money. "Jogo came over to report to Danny.
A tall wooden chair was placed on the side of the deck near the sea. Danny sat on it, and the black dragon lay at her feet. She waited for the nearby crew and sea merchants to line up to visit her.
Yes, they were here to see the dragon.
According to Zaluo's rules, every dragon visitor had to present a gift. The order of the audience was arranged according to the amount of the gift.
When Danny went to visit the Great Wizard's Immortal Temple, there was still a long list of names that had not been crossed off.
Now that they had moved to the ship, they would be leaving tonight. Danny's "Megalosaurus Zoo" was temporarily open for business again!
The visitors were too enthusiastic, and most of them were from the Western Continent of Ursus. Danny did not want to be known as "aloof and difficult to get along with" or "arrogant and ruthless".
She had to smile, she had to be amiable, she had to dress up beautifully, and she had to let everyone see her perfect control over the dragon. Then, Daenerys Targaryen would be labeled as' beautiful beyond compare, amiable, noble, elegant, and powerful 'by many seafarers, and they would be plastered all over the free cities.
Yes, invitation.
Although the main purpose was to invite guests, she did not want to let go of the opportunity to profit. Every guest still had to present a gift.
"What statue?" she asked.
"A young woman," Jogo said.
"A maiden!" Whitebeard, who was standing guard at the side, asked, "Is the Gingko Maiden from the Sea of the Setting Sun?"
"I don't know, but his accent is a bit like yours," Jogo said.
"Your Highness, you should receive him. He is a citizen of your old country," Whitebeard advised.
Danny nodded. "Let him come up."
Danny had seen merchant ships from Lys, Braavos, Pentos, and Midsummer, but she had not seen any pure Westeros sea merchants.
The silver statue was very small and not worth many Radiant coins, but the identity of the guest was very significant.
The newcomer was a thin middle-aged man who was missing an incisor. His mid-length hair had already turned white, and fresh stubble could be seen on his long and narrow face. It was obvious that he had tidied himself up before coming.
"Great Mother Of Dragons, Guardian of the Seven Kingdoms, the true Queen of Andals, Neuenar, and the Ancestors!" The horse-faced man spoke in standard common language and knight etiquette.
"I am the captain of the Gingko Maiden, Jordan Snow. Your appearance is like the bright moon in a quiet lake, holy, beautiful, and untouchable by mortals. You are the incarnation of the 'maiden' in the human world. "
As he spoke, he knelt on one knee and held up a small 'maiden' statue with both hands.
The mainstream religion of the Seven Kingdoms was the Church of the Seven Gods. The Seven Gods they worshipped were seven different forms of the same God, representing seven different virtues. However, the less educated people at the bottom of society would think that the Seven Gods were seven different gods.
The Heavenly Father represented judgment, the Holy Mother represented motherly love and nurturing, the Warrior represented strength in battle, the Blacksmith represented craftsmanship and labor, the Old Woman represented wisdom, and the Stranger represented death and the unknown.
The maiden represented innocence and purity, and people often prayed to her to protect the maiden's chastity. Like Jordan, the 'maiden' could also be used to praise a woman's appearance and temperament.
"Thank you for your gift, I will pray to the Seven Gods and let the Blacksmith bless you to return safely to King's Landing …" At this point, Danny stopped and asked tentatively, "Captain Snow, you are from the North, right?"
In the tradition of the Seven Kingdoms, illegitimate children would use the most common things in the area as their surnames, meaning the lowest people. For example, 'Snow' in the North, meaning snow in the North; 'Buddha's Flower' in River Bend, meaning that River Bend has a warm climate and many plants; 'Sand' in Dorne, meaning that Dorne has a large desert with the most sand; 'Stone' in the Valley, meaning that there are many stones in the Valley …
Generally, one could tell where an illegitimate child came from by his surname.
If he was an illegitimate child of a noble family, his coat of arms would usually be related to his father's family, or the opposite color, or an additional bar, or his parents were both nobles, and a new coat of arms was formed by combining the two families' coats of arms.
Many experienced people could often deduce which family's' bastard 'was from just a glance or a sentence.
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