Game of Thrones: Battle Royale Game

"You found out so quickly?" Duke Korlu, controlled by Ian, enjoyed the food on the table and looked at Manius Wisama in surprise who suddenly requested to meet with him, "It's just passed now It’s just less than a day.”

"Yes, sir, I have basically figured out the situation of the group that kidnapped your friend." Manius nodded.

"It's amazingly efficient. You make me wonder if the intelligence officers under me are not working seriously."

"I really want to accept this compliment, sir," Manius said with a sneer. "However, I must be honest. I did not find this information in one day. In fact, I have been keeping an eye on them for half a year. .”

"Oh? Tell me in detail?" Ian felt he was full, so he put down the tableware and waved to the servant to take away the remaining food.

"Have I mentioned to you before that I wished you would write to your master and ask him to seize our family's ship in Slaver's Bay?"

"There is such a thing." Ian nodded, "You said this will get your eldest brother who is responsible for managing the family business into big trouble."

"Then I only need to get rid of the second brother, and I can become the only strong candidate for succession to the position of head of the family," Manius took over, "The organization you want to investigate is related to this matter."

"continue."

"The reason why I am confident in bringing down my second brother is because I have evidence that he colluded with the Lorne pirates and used public weapons for personal gain. The Lorne pirates he colluded with are the people you are looking for this time." Manius said excitedly.

"The business scope of the Rorne River Pirates is so wide, that they have come to Volantis City?" Are you sure you don't want to use my hand to eradicate dissidents?

"No," Manius probably understood Ian's expression and quickly continued to explain, "They did not appear in Volantis as river pirates, but in the name of a chamber of commerce. Its name is you. It must be familiar, it is the Volantis Chamber of Commerce that fomented rebellion in Yunkai not long ago - the Blood Flower."

That player's power? He indeed has allies in Volantis! Ian's eyes narrowed instantly, and he immediately believed a little more in Manius' words.

"The Bloody Flower Chamber of Commerce is a new chamber of commerce that appeared on the west coast of Volantis more than half a year ago. Almost no one noticed it when it first appeared, but it completed its first business with a method worthy of the name 'Bloody'. A bloody expansion that created a reputation on the west coast of Volantis."

It should be a player conflict, Ian guessed in his mind.

"After they completed their expansion, they immediately struck while the iron was hot and established a mercenary group called the 'Bloody Hands', and specifically undertook escort missions to the upper reaches of the Lorne River. At that time, many people laughed at them for being crazy. After all, merchant ships going out to sea encountered The probability of pirates is extremely low, but the probability of a merchant ship going up the river encountering river pirates is more than 50%. If you accept this escort mission, it will not take long for the entire army to be annihilated." Manius continued,

"The river pirates mainly gather between A Noi and the Heartbreak Territory. The river above A Noi belongs to the Qohor people, and the river below the Heartbreak Territory belongs to Volantis, but the middle is a zone of no concern, and it can be regarded as a deserted area. Lord's land.

Any ship that wants to cross that river to go to the north for trade will be severely extorted by river pirates. They are not like pirates who rob a ship and then completely kill people and steal goods, but more like collecting tolls. The proportional commission reduces the profits of ship owners to an extremely low but still profitable level.

In this way, although there are not many ships willing to continue trading on this river, they will not completely disappear. With these few passing ships, the river pirates will not starve to death.

So when the Bloody Hand Mercenary Group proposed this business, not only did no mercenaries dare to join them, but no captain dared to risk completely angering the river pirates to hire them. Except for one person. "

"who?"

"Dosis Chiheda, he is the youngest son of the candidate consul Elios Chiheda. He is old enough to enter the Grand Council and become a member. But considering that the Chiheda family already has a member in the Grand Council, With three candidates for consulship, one senator and two deputies, the proposal of Dosius Chiheda to enter the Grand Council was rejected.

He urgently needs a worthy achievement to serve as a stepping stone for him to enter the Great Council, but he does not have any power that he can rely on. The situation of Dorsis in the Qiheda family is somewhat similar to that of me in the Visama family. Similarly, although the relationship between them is not as tense as ours because he and his brothers are from the same mother, he can't expect to get any support from his brothers.

Therefore, Dorsis, who only had money but no power, immediately took a fancy to the Bloody Flower Chamber of Commerce who dared to challenge the Rorne River Pirates, and reached a cooperation with them. To everyone's surprise, they achieved great results in their first action. They destroyed a gang of river pirates and captured the most notorious river pirate on the Lorne River, 'Unbathed' Uho, back to Wa. Lantis holds trial.

Dorsis Qiheda became famous in the battle with the Bloody Hand Mercenary Group. Dorsis got what he wanted and entered the Great Council, while the Bloody Hand Mercenary Group grew rapidly. The Bloody Flower Merchant Guild to which they belonged He quickly bought a boat and acquired many properties in the Volantis XC area.

But shortly afterwards, multiple river pirate gangs on the Rhoyne River launched retaliation. A large number of Volantis merchant ships were looted and a large number of sailors were killed. The reputation of Dosis and the Bloody Flower Chamber of Commerce took a turn for the worse.

At this time, Dosis introduced the president of the Bloody Flower Chamber of Commerce, Georis, to my second brother. I should have said before that my second brother is related to the Qiheda family by marriage, and his wife is Dosi. Si's sister.

At the beginning, my second brother actually didn’t want to wade into this muddy water. After all, the Rhoyne River pirates north of the Heartbreak Territory have existed for hundreds of years and have never been solved.

We Volantis call the River Rhoyne our mother. No river in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros is half as wide as her. There are many small islands in the middle reaches of the Rhoyne, and those river pirates hide on the islands. in a cave or a hidden fortress. Every time the Volantis navy tried to destroy them, they would hide, and when we were gone, they would come out again. "

After saying so much in one breath, Manius stopped to take a sip of water and moisten his throat.

"You must be wondering why we don't have a navy stationed there, right?" Manius continued to ask.

In fact, no, just as Ian was about to say this, he heard Manius' explanation, and he simply did not interrupt.

"To enter the area where the river pirates are active, we must first cross the Heartbreak Territory. That place was once called Chayorn or the Festival City. It was once the greatest city in the Rhoyne Valley and the capital of the Rhoynar.

The city was destroyed by the Dragonlords of Valyria. At that time, the Valyrian Freehold and the Rhoynar were at war. The Rhoynar used water magic to kill three dragonlords and their dragons. The Freehold was furious. They dispatched 300 dragons at once to fight against the 250,000 troops led by Prince Rhoynar Gailin, and successfully destroyed the Rhoynar army.

It is said that after the dragon kings defeated the Rhoynar, they hung Prince Gaelin in a golden cage. Before his death, Prince Gaelin used a spell to summon the Rhoyne Mother to curse his enemies. That night, the river Rhoyne swelled and flooded all the dragon kings who were still in Chayorn.

The dragon kings turned into stones and were sunk at the bottom of the water. Their cold breath floated up from the bottom of the river and turned into white mist. Anyone who came into contact with the white mist would be infected with greyscale, a fatal disease. . Its symptoms are that the patient's skin becomes hardened, covered with black and gray spots, and is as hard as stone to the touch. Therefore, people infected with the disease are also called stone people.

This kind of fog still covers the Heartbreak Territory. Whenever the east wind blows, the white fog will dissipate from the River Rorne and spread to the Laluru River and the Golden Fields. This is an opportunity for our ship to go north through the Rorne River. , all merchant ships can only take advantage of the east wind to travel to and from the river section near the Sadness Territory.

When there is no wind or the west wind blows, the white mist will once again cover the surface of the Rhoyne River near the Heartbreak Territory. Volantis's patrol boats will always only go south of the Heartbreak Territory, while the river pirates will only go to the Heartbreak Territory. Activities in the north. The wind direction near Heartbreak Territory is irregular. If we want to station a naval force to fight against river pirates north of Heartbreak Territory, we will not be able to deliver supplies to them if there is a long period of westerly wind or calm weather. Moreover, their presence may also arouse fear or even attack from the Qohor people.

So when Dorsis came to visit my second brother with the Bloody Flower Guild President for the first time, my second brother found a reason to refuse. He didn't want to get involved in this matter. He couldn't see it here. prospect.

It's a pity that although my second brother is cold and stubborn, he really likes his wife. After my second sister-in-law's constant persuasion, he finally agreed to meet the president of the Bloody Flower, and then... quickly Be overwhelmed by the other person's eloquence.

He joined the Bloody Flower Chamber of Commerce's plan that day and provided them with four ships and 500 elite slave warriors. His investment quickly paid off. Two months later, the second brother announced in a high profile that the banditry in the Lorne River had ended. solved by him.

Then more and more news proved this. All the captains who passed through the middle reaches of the Rhoyne River said that they had not encountered any more harassment by river pirates, and they traveled back and forth between Volantis and Qohor. The number of merchant ships increased sharply.

The second brother took advantage of the situation and asked his crony who was the governor of Sehoru Town to set up a checkpoint on the river, and added a high tariff. Compared to the tax rate of Volantis Customs, this was already a high tax, but with the captain Compared with the tolls we once had to pay to the river pirates, it was only one-third. This tax did not affect the captains' enthusiasm to join this 'new route' at all. "

"Charging 60% for three ships, the income will definitely be far less than charging 20% ​​for 30 ships, right?" Ian immediately understood the meaning of this operation. , "That's why you suspect they are colluding with the river pirates?"

"No," Manius shook his head, "The river pirates on the Lone River belong to countless factions. It is simply impossible to cooperate with them. Some people have tried to do this before, but without exception. All failed.

So now that they have achieved this step, the Bloody Flower Chamber of Commerce has either really eliminated all the river pirate forces, or it has unified the river pirate forces and become the only king of river pirates. "