Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon.

Chapter 44 Farewell to Mill
"You mean, they're going to leave?"

Harry Strickland, leader of the Golden Group, stood in the office of the Mill City Defense Command Center with his hands behind his back, looking out the glass window at the bustling city streets.

After the death of Myles Toyne, Harry "Homeless" Strickland took over as the leader of the Golden Company.

Harry Strickland's great-grandfather lost his family's fiefdom because he supported Daemon Blackfyre's rebellion. Therefore, three generations from Harry's grandfather were born in foreign lands and raised in the Golden Company. He likes to boast that his family has been "loyal to the Golden Company for four generations". Before being promoted to the captain, Harry served as the treasurer in the group. He is fat, has a big round head, light gray eyes, and sparse hair that he pushes aside to cover his bald head.

Harry looked less like a warrior and more like a businessman calculating the pros and cons.

"Yes," a Myrish commander reported to Harry. Nowadays, the members of the Golden Company are no longer all exiles or their descendants. Many new faces have joined the mercenary group. They do not agree with the philosophy of Blackfyre, but the creed of "words are as good as gold." "Their ship is loading, and the contract for berthing in the port will not be renewed. They should leave Myr in the next few days. The sailors on the ship said that they would return to Pentos, and some said that they would go to Tyrosh."

"Where do you think they're going?" Harry asked him.

The young commander was born into a wealthy merchant family in Myr and had a keen eye for business. "It should be Tyrosh. The Spice Governor's ship can easily pass through the blockade, and the Myrish goods on the ship can make them a fortune in Tyrosh. Otherwise, they wouldn't stay so long and buy up a lot of goods in Myr. Myr's goods are good, but they are not so scarce in Pentos."

"Tyrosh," Harry muttered the name of the place, "Tyrosh. All right, go get Franklin."

"Yes, Captain."

Franklyn's full name is Franklyn Flowers. Flowers is the surname of the illegitimate son of the Riverland, which means that his father was born as a noble in the Riverland of Westeros and is a descendant of the nobles who drifted here with Blackfyre.

"You came to me." Franklin was a big, chubby man with a big belly and a staggering gait, and scars crisscrossed his face. His right ear looked like it had been bitten by a dog, and his left ear was completely gone. He was an old commander of the Golden Company. When Jon Connington was still in the Golden Company, they were quite good friends. In the Golden Company that Harry was in charge of now, he and another old commander Tristan Rivers were the leaders of the opposition.

If Jon Connington had not "died" at the beginning, it would be hard to say who would be the leader of the Golden Company now.

Jon Connington, once the Earl of Griffin's Roost and the head of the Connington family, was the Hand of the King of Aerys II. He was one of the few close friends who followed Rhaegar Targaryen. He was exiled because of the defeat in the Battle of the Bells. After the war, he went into exile in Essos and joined the Golden Company. He was once the right hand of the former leader Myles Toyne. He pretended to "die of drunkenness" and changed his name to Griffin. He secretly raised and protected Rhaegar's son, Aegon Targaryen, "Little Aegon".

In fact, in the original book, when Jon Connington reappeared with Aegon Targaryen in the Golden Company, Harry was sidelined after only one battle meeting.

So, in fact, many times, various organizations are just makeshift teams with loopholes to exploit. The Golden Group that Viserys deliberately avoided actually has a lot of room for operation, but he is not aware of this.

"It seems that you have lost, Franklin." Harry had a kind smile on his face. "The Beggar King has no intention of inviting any commander of the Golden Group to drink. It seems that after being ridiculed at the banquet a few years ago, he no longer has any hope for the Golden Group."

"They haven't left yet. If I lose, I will accept the loss and give you the money." Franklin said with his neck stiff. "Damn it, what are you and the Fat Governor planning? First, it was said that Viserys Targaryen would exchange Daenerys for tens of thousands of Dothraki roaring warriors in Pentos. Now the Dothraki troops have come, but they are wandering around the Heartbreak and the Golden Fields, eyeing Myr covetously. And the Beggar King, isn't he still begging everywhere?"

"Is this how you talk to the leader?"

"Have I offended you? Then I apologize, Captain."

At this point, Harry no longer had the interest to discuss Viserys with Franklin, so he got straight to the point: "Let's get down to business. I want to send you and Commander Tristan to accompany Governor Myr's envoy to visit the Dothraki who are passing by, to find out where they are going and what they are going to do, and by the way, to see how many troops those barbarians have."

The fluttering wings of Viserys, this little butterfly, finally stirred up a storm in this world. Because Daenerys did not marry Khal Drogo, Drogo's khalasar did not migrate back to Vaes Dothrak, the capital of the Dothraki, but instead seemed to be involved in the dispute between Tyrosh, Myr, and Lys. I wonder if he was planning to take the opportunity to blackmail Myr.

All I can say is good luck to Mill.

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Viserys had estimated three weeks to be long enough, but it lasted longer than he had imagined.

The undercurrents in Tyrosh, Lys, and Myr even affected Viserys.

It’s not because of the Dothraki that Governor Myr and the Golden Company are worried about. In fact, the news that the Dothraki are threatening Myr on land will not spread to the public.

If those in power have any common sense, they will not allow such news to spread and cause unnecessary panic.

It was events at sea that affected Viserys's itinerary.

In the second week of arriving in Myr, some minor problems occurred on the route between Tyrosh and Myr. Several groups of pirates were rampant in the waters of Myr. Most of the local merchant ships going out of Myr were looted, and there were few ships from the Tyrosh Guild of Commerce that passed through the waters of Myr.

It is said that Myr and Tyrosh have both made a name for themselves and have each sent a fleet to wipe out these pirates, but with the combined efforts of the fleets of the two major city-states, it seems that the pirates cannot be completely wiped out for the time being.

This actually had little impact on Viserys, who was busy running around in Myr among the wealthy and powerful as planned to borrow money. Whether he was able to borrow money was another matter, but this trip allowed Viserys and Daenerys to fully experience the biodiversity of the wealthy and powerful in Myr.

Many visiting letters fell on deaf ears or were simply ignored. Most of the wealthy and powerful people who were willing to meet Viserys agreed with Governor Myr. Public business could be discussed openly, and private discussions would be in private.

Conversations in private are usually unpleasant to hear.

Someone even asked Viserys if he would sell his sister Daenerys, offering to pay any price. In such a case, Viserys would simply walk away.

Some people asked Viserys how much he would be willing to reduce tariffs if he returned to be king. This is basically just for fun.

Some people wanted Viserys himself or his knight Jorah to duel with their slaves in the arena. There were several of them, and their price standards were very uniform. They were willing to lend 10,000 mire gold coins for a win, and 1,000 for a loss. This was almost equivalent to humiliation. Even if he could send Jorah to fight, Viserys would not do such a thing. Now Jorah was a subordinate of the Beggar King, and humiliating Jorah was equivalent to humiliating himself. Although this practice of borrowing money was already very shameful.

Some wanted to hear what Viserys would say in private, but after hearing what Viserys had to say in private, they would smile and say nothing, saying nothing about the loan, agreeing to Viserys's request for secrecy, and then they would not hear from him again.

The most outrageous thing is that there are many female heads among the powerful and wealthy. There are some particularly open-minded widows who privately asked Viserys if he was willing to sleep with them, and if he was willing, they would agree to lend him money in their private capacity.

In the end, Viserys only managed to borrow 5,000 Myr gold coins. This loan came from a Myrish herbal medicine merchant, a 70-year-old old lady. She also rejected Viserys as a representative of the Chamber of Commerce and did not listen to Viserys' prepared speech. However, she invited Viserys to dinner at her home in a private capacity. After dinner, she agreed to lend him 5,000 gold coins on the spot, not expecting him to pay it back. The old lady only said at the end that if her precious grandson was still alive, he would be as old and handsome as Viserys.

Mill's trip ended in a dismal failure when it came to borrowing money.

But on the other hand, shopping with Daenerys was a fulfilling and nourishing experience. After seeing the private life of the Myr merchants, Viserys rarely brought Dany with him to visit them, and when he did, he would ask about their personalities in advance. He was really surprised by the widows who asked Viserys to sleep with them privately, and Daenerys laughed at him.

By the end of the third week, the brother and sister had almost cleared out most of the dragon souls that were displayed in the merchandise in most of the stores in Mill.

Captain Grolai had stayed in Myr for another week because he was afraid of pirates at sea. They had originally planned to leave for Tyrosh at the end of the third week, because it seemed that non-Myr merchant ships were much less likely to be robbed than Myr merchant ships, and Illyrio had a good reputation at sea, so it was not difficult to cross the Myrish waters.

Viserys knew what Captain Grole was doing secretly, and Grole took the opportunity to replace all the Pentos goods that were originally planned to be sold in the next few cities with Myr goods. This rare business opportunity made Grole ignore Illyrio's order to sail according to Viserys's request.

Jorah was sent by Viserys to work with Chamir and the Iron Throne and achieved some results. Jorah took a horse from the ship and rode to the taverns in various ports every day when he had free time. These days, he went to different taverns in Myr Port, specifically asking sailors from Westeros.

What Jorah found out was not a big secret, but that the Iron Throne had sent a number of financial affairs officers from King's Landing to the major free trade cities, not only in Myr, but also in other places. It was said that the finance ministers of the Seven Kingdoms had discussed a lot of business cooperation with the banks and governors of the major city-states.

Business cooperation.

Yes, this is the word that is circulated among the people.

full of imagination.

After hearing this, Viserys couldn't help but sigh: The business plate of the Seven Kingdoms' Finance Minister is really huge. How much money must this make for the Iron Throne, and how abundant must the king's treasury be? Oh, how enviable.

Finally the day had come to leave Myr.

Viserys and his party checked out of the inn, tidied themselves up a bit, and then left the inner city and headed for the port.

Leaving Myr was a "humiliating" departure. Viserys and Dany both looked unhappy when they left the city, gloomy and bitter.

But this time, when they left the inner city gate, no one except Jorah went to see the flag of the Golden Company.

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Many people think that the character cannot transform into a dragon in the finale, but in fact, he will transform at the end of the first volume. The plot is not difficult to guess. Once the red comet comes, the protagonist can no longer develop secretly.

I’m shamelessly asking for an investment, but the investment so far is less than 100.

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(End of this chapter)