Chapter 428 North (4)
"It's been a long time ago." Melisandra, who answered her, was responsible for the bits and pieces, "I stopped this deal last month because I can't see anything useful."
Stannis frowned, he thought for a while, and asked, "Is there any recent news about that wizard?"
Melisandra stopped talking. She had been staying in the Great Wall some time ago. When she returned to Stannis, she learned from her servants that a very powerful wizard appeared in King Landing.
However, if Melisandra is more home-doned, Davos's intelligence is very comprehensive. "He is still in Meereen, probably joining the girl from the Targaryen family."
"But the relationship between the two is quite strange, and even the Faceless One can't figure it out, but he demolished the Daznak Arena in Meereen and built a huge building with a strange appearance on the original site of the arena."
"He has been staying in it and rarely comes out. Usually only Meereen's city guards are responsible for sending some prisoners to it. No one else can get close to it, even the faceless one cannot do it. It has been half a month since he last appeared in Meereen, and he has been in that building during this period."
Davos' intelligence was purchased from the Faceless. After obtaining a large sum of money in the Iron Vault, although the army was not summoned, at least the funds for intelligence were not a problem.
"Is there any other news?" Stannis was not satisfied and continued to ask.
"Uh..." Davos began to recall that Ursus was not their main battlefield. Westeros' throne was called the real throne. Esus was just a group of natives. This is what most people in Westeros think of Esus. It is also what most people in Esus think of Westeros.
If it weren't for the trade relationship between the iron vault and Yi Xiao, Davos wouldn't have cared about the affairs of the eastern cities of Ursos. "I heard that he developed a special spice, which was very popular in the major trading city-states of Ursos, and he earned a lot of gold coins." Davos finally recalled, and he sorted out the information given to him by the Faceless.
But Stannis' brow was still frowning, "No news about any special creatures in Meeren?"
He obviously still remembered the original intention of his discussion with Yi Xiao, a monster transformed from the human body, a powerful existence far beyond the human army. This was the main reason why he agreed to cooperate with Yi Xiao. It was also the reason why he squeezed out some prisoners of war, the elderly, weak, sick and disabled from the hands of few people.
"Uh... no." Davos obviously knew this. After all, Yi Xiao, who was also who went to see Stannis, had a deep impression of these things. "But a very precious mirror appeared in Ursus, which seemed to have also been circulated from Meereen."
Stannis waved his hand and stopped Davos' useless news. Obviously, he didn't care about how to earn gold coins, but paid more attention to the army in his hands.
"So... we only sent a boat of people..." Stannis seemed to be talking to himself, and Davos and Melisandra stood quietly aside, ready to listen to their king's plan.
After thinking for a while, Stannis raised his head, "The person still needs to give him. Then prepare a boat of people to send him over, and treat it as a compensation for some time ago."
Stannis could give orders with a wave of his hand, but Melisandra who executed the orders was in trouble, so she did not agree with Stannis' idea, "We don't need to give him a boat. Many wizards are liars, especially Ursus's. A liar will not threaten us in Ursus, let alone worry about his threat."
Melisandra had already figured out what happened and knew about Yi Xiao's threat to Stannis, but she thought this was a liar. After all, there were very few real wizards in the world of ice and fire, so why did one suddenly appear?
"No, do what I said." Stannis shook his head. "He is not a liar. Davos and I have seen his magic." He stopped Melisandra from speaking. "That's not a fool, I can still tell whether it's a fool."
"And... even if he is a liar, we pay only the price of a ship of people every month. If he is a liar, he can naturally wait for me to take the Iron Throne before settle the score with him."
"But if he is not... then we can get a strong army, and if we reject him, we will not only lose an army, but also lose trust in a powerful wizard. The gains and losses are not worth it, so I choose to believe it."
Stannis was once the right-hand man of the old king Robert. It can even be said that the entire country was only organized under the control of him and Ailin, so he was naturally very clear about the exchange of interests. After he established himself, he was even more cautious in everything.
"But... we don't have a manpower, our manpower is already in short supply, how can we squeeze out two ships of people?" However, Melisandra did not give up, so she changed her reason to let Stannis dispel this idea from the shortage of manpower.
However, anyone who becomes a king, especially the king in troubled times, has more or less arbitrary abilities, otherwise it will be difficult to gain a foothold. Whether it is a correct or a wrong decision, at least it will not be easily shaken. Stannis is the same. After he is determined, he will not change his mind easily.
"No, do what I said." Stannis said again. He was still very good at Melisandra. If it were another person, he might not be so easy to talk to. However, he was not angry at Melisandra's missing Dragon's prophecy. "But you also said that we were short of manpower, so the problem of these two ships will be left to you."
"You must send it over, I believe you will solve it."
Melisandre's face was still very calm, with a cold expression, but Davos and Stannis were the two people who had the most contact with Melisandre, and they knew many Melisandre's little habits that ordinary people didn't know.
For example, from the angle that Stannis couldn't see, Davos could see Melisandra grinding a little silver teeth, but she couldn't say anything, because Stannis was not only the king, but also the reincarnation of the hero Ahai.
However, Davos felt that Melisandra must have wanted to bite Stannis, and maybe she was thinking about how to slap it.
Whether Melisandra would have mixed something special among these two ships for the wizard of King Landing as a meeting gift, but in the south where Stannis is located, King Landing, which is not completely enveloped by Winter, is facing a completely different situation from the shortage of people here. King Landing has too many people, especially those with unknown sources. (To be continued...)
Chapter 428 North (Four:
Chapter completed!