The next morning, Danny practiced three hundred standard sword swings with Whitebeard as usual.
The old man told her that although her movements were barely standard, they had not formed a physical memory. As long as she still thought of herself as a warrior, she would have to train for a day.
After washing up and eating a sumptuous breakfast, Danny took off her loose training clothes and changed into a painted leather vest, silk shorts, horse mane leggings, and riding leather sandals.
A belt with a bronze medallion was tied around her waist, and a maid had braided a whip for her. At the end of the whip were two small silver bells that jingled. One of them represented that she had defeated the demigod immortal in the Immortal Palace, and the other was for You Lun's contribution.
The battle against You Lun was far more dangerous and tragic than the battle in the Immortal Hall. Danny had a clear conscience to add a bell for herself.
Today, she would ride the little silver horse to the punishment square. After completing the transaction in the morning, she would probably leave Astapor at noon.
The two blood guards, Aggo and Rakarlo, were in front, each holding a large flag with a green background and a black dragon flag fluttering in the wind.
Danny did not use the three-headed dragon flag of the Targaryen family at this time. The black dragon was her "natal" mount, and the green color symbolized the endless sea of grass.
She rode the little silver horse behind. Bevos still chose to walk, trotting to protect Danny's left side. Missandei also rode a little mare to Danny's right side. Whitebeard rode a tall dragon horse to Missandei's right side, and Jorah Mormont brought up the rear.
Outside them, there were more than twenty roaring warriors with scimitars at their waists and longbows hanging from their saddles. They all had moon-shaped hairstyles, which made the pedestrians on the street point at them.
Behind the warriors was a long line of carriages, one hundred and seventy-seven carriages. In addition to gold, silver, jewels, and jade, there were six bundles of tiger skins, three hundred pieces of Yandi worsted silk, thousands of jars of saffron, myrrh, pepper, curry, and cardamom, and eighty barrels of Yandi's fine red, black, and green ink.
There was also a barrel of pitted olives filled with worms, twelve barrels of salted fish, a batch of exquisite bronze wares, seventeen ivory eyes, and a carriage full of books from the various countries of the Jade Sea.
In addition to the precious alien items mentioned above, there were also dozens of carriages of black rice and grape wine, which were mainly used to hold the bottom of the warehouse. They were not too expensive and were the most common goods in the great maritime trade.
Danny didn't send anyone to protect the convoy. They had already been checked by the clerk at the dock area. The ownership of the convoy basically belonged to the big benefactors, so it was completely safe in Astapo.
The eight benevolent masters and their children and wives, dressed in toka robes, stood on the last step of the trapezoidal pyramid and looked down at Danny, who was riding from the other end of the square.
The punishment square was filled with the army of Immaculate. Row after row, they were motionless, like wooden sticks that were neatly inserted into the ground.
A total of 8,600 fully trained Unsullied were wearing lightning rod helmets. The other 5,000 people were bareheaded and were only equipped with spears and short swords. They had not completed all the training and did not have helmets.
The youngest of these people was only a child, around five or six years old, with a childish face.
Even though they had not completed their training, they were like the true Unsullied. They stood straight and looked straight ahead, not moving at all.
Danny took the lead, passing through the ranks of the Unsullied and arriving in front of the pyramid. She dismounted from her horse, removed two boxes from her saddle, and placed them below the steps of the benevolent masters.
You Lun also dismounted and walked over to open the two boxes. The first box contained a scroll of blueprints, a sea chart that You Lun had drawn himself.
The second box was covered in a thick Myr carpet, on which was a rusty bronze dragon egg.
You Lun hugged the dragon egg and looked left and right, finding that the weight and texture were exactly right. He put down the dragon egg, stood up and nodded to the Benevolent Lord, saying, "That's right, this is the dragon egg that was stolen from me."
"It's my spoils of war!" Danny corrected.
"This dragon egg of Valleglia's Dragon King now belongs to Astapor!" Graz 'dan said with a chuckle.
"Then we have to complete the transaction first," Danny said calmly.
At this time, a clerk had already trotted up the steps and handed the list of goods to the benevolent masters.
Seeing that there was not a single item missing, Graz 'dan said solemnly, "Complete one last thing and complete the transaction immediately."
"What is it?" Danny's heart pounded, but her expression was calm.
"Swear that the bronze dragon egg is alive and can hatch a dragon," the slave master said loudly with a straight face.
Danny relaxed and said loudly, "In the name of the descendants of Valleglia and the honor of House Targaryen, in the name of the Queen of the Seven Kingdoms, I swear that the bronze dragon egg I got from You Lun is alive and can hatch a dragon in my hands."
Then, she raised her eyebrows and warned the slave master, "I am the Mother Of Dragons, and I have awakened the legendary bloodline of Valleglia. So, as long as I pay a certain price, there is a very high chance that I can hatch a small bronze dragon.
But if you want to hatch a dragon, not only do you have to find a shadow priest, it is best if you find a descendant of a true dragon or a noble of Valleglia to hatch a Megalosaurus. "
"We are also of Valleglia blood," Graz 'dan muttered.
This was also true. From Qualls to Slaver's Bay, to Volantis, and all the trading cities except Braavos, the upper nobles were of Valleglia blood. This was because the people who ruled these free cities were pure-blooded Valleglia nobles.
The Dragon King, who had a dragon, lived in the capital of Valleglia. The lower nobles and greater nobles without dragons were divided into different regions.
After the Great Calamity, the lesser nobles and their descendants survived.
Among them, the ruler of Volantis had the purest bloodline, even more so than the Targaryens.
Because the Targaryens had many marriages with other families in the following 400 years, there were more nobles in Volantis, and the population was large, so they could form a closed and conservative inheritance system.
"I have already made the oath and warned you. Can we complete the transaction now?" Danny asked.
"After the transaction is completed, will You Lun be free?" Graz 'dan seemed to ask a question that was very irrelevant to the current topic.
But Danny understood that the dragon egg was very precious. What was more valuable than the dragon egg was the sea map.
Valleglia ruled the world for five thousand years. How much wealth did they plunder?
It was unimaginable.
Some people speculated that the gold and silver there was more than all the wealth in the world combined.
What did Valleglia rely on to rule the world for five thousand years?
Dragons and magic.
A real dragon and a real magic spell.
In the four hundred years after the Great Calamity, how many explorers had tried to cross the Smoke Sea, hoping to find treasures and secret techniques in Valleglia?
Uncountable.
In One Piece, because of Roger's "Do you want my treasure?", the Great Age of Pirates started.
But compared to Valleglia, Roger's treasure was nothing.
Unfortunately, in all these years, only one person came out of the ruins of Valleglia, You Lun Greyjoy.
Even though he brought back little treasures, he did not return empty-handed. The crux of the matter was that the Serenity was a long and narrow ship. It was not a cargo ship or a large ship. The amount of space it could carry was relatively small. You Lun could be considered to have returned with a full load.
If Greyjoy's Seduleon could return safely from the ruins of Valleglia, the treasures he brought back could buy the entire Astapor, or even Slave's Bay.
Although the sea map was priceless, Benefactor hoped that You Lun, an experienced driver, could lead the way … To be honest, if You Lun was honest and showed a little bit of loyalty to Danny, she also wanted to keep him.
But if the experienced driver was dishonest and purposely led you into a trap, the damage would be much greater than a newbie exploring the road.
In Danny's heart, You Lun was not trustworthy at all, so regrettably, she could only give up on the beautiful idea of letting You Lun lead the way.
"I promised, once we return to land, I will immediately set You Lun and his crew free." Danny nodded, looking at the smiling Crow's Eye, "After we leave Astapor, you can go anywhere you want. But, I still suggest that you come with me.
This is Slave's Bay, and you are wanted by dozens of cities, don't get caught and become a slave. "
"I know, but I want true freedom more." You Lun said casually.
"Then it's up to you."
Hearing the conversation between the two, Grazidan smiled with satisfaction. Under his signal, his "old friend" Krazny quickly walked down the stairs and came to Danny's side. He raised a whip and said loudly, "Benefactor says, deal!"
"Deal!" Grazidan, who was on the pearl tassel high on the stairs, echoed loudly.
"Deal!"
"Deal!"
.....
Eight Benefactors, eight "Deal", all the Unsullied and the surrounding Gith people saw and heard it.
"Deal!" Danny nodded and waved her hand behind her. The centaurs who were standing behind the treasure and seafood boxes stepped back one by one.
Then, she took the whip called "Harpy's Finger" from Krazny's hand.
The 30cm long whip handle was carved out of black dragon bones, with gold inlaid on both ends. One end was a golden spherical female head with ivory teeth in its mouth; the other end was connected to eight slender leather strips, and at the end of the leather strips was a gold-plated eagle claw.
It was heavy to the touch, but the meaning it represented was even heavier — the control of 13600 Unsullied.
It was like a real estate certificate.
While Krazny was eagerly looking at the sea map, Danny climbed on the little silver horse, stood in the stirrups, raised the "Harpy's Finger" above her head, and silently circled around the square.
Finally, she deliberately shouted in the Valleglia language as if she had just learned it: "You now belong to me, the people of the Mother Of Dragons, all of you, five in a row, follow me to a new world, a new future."
Danny took the lead, followed by the Unsullied in neat rows, five in a row, and the long line stretched for three to four kilometers.
After a quick look at the sea map, Krazny said to You Lun with a mocking expression: "That bitch must have practiced those words all night, she's not bad, the eunuchs all understood."
You Lun opened his mouth and wanted to say: "She is an orthodox descendant of Valleglia, and has lived in the Free City of the Western Continent for more than ten years, why do you think she doesn't know Valleglia?"
But not far away, Whitebeard was carrying a big box, staring at him. Crow Eye touched his nose and whispered: "Are you interested in cooperating?"
"That's what I want!" Krazny's eyes flashed.
"Then … I'll see you later." Crow Eye's blue right eye had a kind and gentle smile, so convincing.
"You Lun, your crew is waiting outside the city gate, go quickly." The old man said coldly.
You Lun nodded, jumped on the horse, and galloped away.
Whitebeard turned back and said to the slave merchant: "Danny, Queen Liz asked me to bring a gift for the good lord."
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