Ice and Fire: Reign of the Dragon.

Chapter 149

The dragon flames from the burning fire ignited Melisandre, but the red-robed woman was not burned to ashes. Instead, she was surprised to feel the ruby ​​on her neck regain its temperature, but the blood in her body still did not regain its temperature.

"Melisandre, let the Lord of Light tell you what you should do. He gave you immortal magic and eternal flame, but he did not give you enough wisdom. What a pity."

Longzel waved his hand, and the flames suddenly engulfed Melisandre. The next moment, the flames condensed into a point. It dispersed all of a sudden, and most of the flames turned into sparks, passing through the castle and blending into the entire mountain. The rest of the flames and Melisandre disappeared into the hall.

Huo Huo stared at the bizarre scene with his big eyes, looking puzzled. He sniffed the place where Melisandre disappeared, but found nothing, so he could only look at Longzel with some confusion.

"Brother, this." Rey quickly walked to where Melisandre disappeared, but found nothing.

"I asked her to go down there and reflect for a while, hoping that she can understand the will of the Lord of Light."

Longzel shook his hands with some regret. The ruby ​​was indeed a good thing. It contained extremely powerful fire magic. If he guessed correctly, the fire magic contained not only protective magic that could burn diseases and toxins, but also magic that could strengthen fire magic, and the most important magic was resurrection and immortality magic.

But the price was also terrible. Melisandre's soul was forever bound to this ruby. As long as the ruby ​​was there, she would live. If the ruby ​​was broken, she would die, even though she might not be very old.

"What a lunatic." Valar sheathed his sword and asked curiously, "Brother, where did you exile her? I remember there is a dragon's lair down there?" Longzel glanced at his brother, "It's somewhere further down, that place." Longzel closed his mouth as if he was hesitant to speak.

Deep in the Crimson Mountains, a cluster of flames suddenly burned in a cave that was formed in an unknown age. The flames grew bigger and bigger, and finally burned fiercely. Melisandre staggered out of the flames. She looked around cautiously, only to find that there were smooth black stone walls on all sides. There seemed to be something painted on them, but it was really hard to see clearly. Not far from her feet, magma was flowing slowly, and in this small space it solidified into a piece of land where she could stand.

"This..." Melisandre didn't understand what she saw. She took off the ruby ​​from her neck with some confusion. As the ruby ​​left her body, her copper-colored hair and red eyes that were originally as bright as fire dimmed at the same time. Even the originally youthful and beautiful woman in red robes became much more mature.

After making sure that the magic contained in her gem still existed, Melisandre put the gem back to its original place and returned to her youthful appearance.

She was still very puzzled by Longzel's actions. After all, her former mentor and her former master would not easily forgive her after being angered. But she had clearly offended Longzel, but was only deprived of part of her magic, and her most precious things were unharmed, which made Melisandre full of doubts.

She also discovered that in this cave, she had no way to leave with the help of fire, nor could she cast her proud shadow magic and fire magic. She could only sit down slowly and watch the slowly flowing magma.

"King of Light, the only true God, please give revelation to your loyal servant." The woman in red robe prayed.

The luxurious carriage to Dragon's Nest was moving smoothly on the Prince's Avenue connecting Wine Harbor and Dragon's Nest. The road was flat and wide enough to accommodate six carriages driving side by side. Lysandro Rogar looked at the endless stream of people and vehicles outside the window and continued to write the letter he was going to send back to Rees.

"To Governor Randall Liceu:

I have arrived at the borderland princely territory. Goddess blessed us, we did not encounter any fleets from Recharino or the Iron Race along the way.

After passing the Stepstones, we were escorted by nine warships of the Silver Fleet, including a galley with four hundred oars, a large sailing ship, and seven galleys with two hundred oars. Their commander was a young knight who wore silver armor in the style of fish scales and a helmet with a relief of a sea serpent. I guarantee on my reputation that the commander's armor is worth no less than ten gold coins.

After questioning his crew, we learned that the young commander owned a castle and a large territory. Surprisingly, the commander was only the commander of a squadron in the Silver Fleet. This confirmed our intelligence. The Silver Fleet of the Vareses family not only did not weaken due to the long journey to a foreign land, but became stronger. Your Excellency, I think if you want to preserve Reese, the support of Prince Longzel is indispensable. Please believe me, I am ready to convince him.

After a long voyage, we arrived at Wineport, a port city ruled by Prince Longzel. To be honest, although this city is not as magnificent and beautiful as Lys, and is full of noble and gorgeous atmosphere, it is also full of order and prosperity. Our "Carnival Maiden" is anchored at the edge of the harbor pier of Wineport. Since we did not send envoys or ravens to Westeros in advance, the customs officials at the port regarded us as merchants from Lys. Goddess, they can judge where we are from by the shape of the ship, our appearance, and the goods we carry. However, the tariffs in Wineport are not heavy, which is completely different from King's Landing, Oldtown, Gulltown, Lannisport, and even White Harbor. The tariffs on grains are the lowest, and the tariffs on some luxury goods imports are even as high as one-fifth.

Goddess, I can guarantee that the Myr people will hate the tariffs here. After all, the goods they produce are too similar to those produced by the Varese family, and the quality is much worse. Through my sons and I's observation, I can assure you that the tariffs collected by this port alone are at least 200,000 gold coins per year.

If the Rogare family and your family can open a bank here, I can guarantee that we will make more profit. After all, I only found one bank here.

The port area has a vast square with a marble floor. In the center of the square is a statue of a dragon knight. I'm not sure if it is a sculpture of Prince Longzel himself, after all, the statue mainly highlights the dragon. But to be honest, the carving craftsmanship is average, not as good as our craftsmen in Lys. I think if we successfully sign the covenant, we can send craftsmen to make a few exquisite sculptures as gifts.

Goddess, I really hope to see a living dragon with my own eyes. After all, that is the wish of us Valyrian survivors. On the east side of the square are numerous warehouses. Due to time constraints, I did not observe how many warehouses there were, but from the carriages entering and leaving the warehouses, it can be seen that there are a huge amount of spices, silk and fine wine stored here. "

Having written this, Lisandra could not help but smell his cuffs. Even now, the aroma of wine from the Wine Harbor still lingered on their bodies. Liss's governor continued:

"On the west side of the square is the Sailor's Temple District, where many temples of Essos gods stand. It reminded me of the temple district in Lys and the island of Braavos. From the appearance of the buildings, I can recognize the Temple of the Red God, the Temple of the Supreme Shepherd, the Temple of the Moon Singer, and I even saw the Temple of the Thousand-Faced God. However, the most conspicuous one is the Temple of the Seven Gods. It is said that there is a larger and more magnificent temple in the inner city, but we were short on time and ultimately did not go there.

I heard from other merchants that the outer city of Jiugang has thirteen gates, and the inner city has seven gates. Due to time constraints, we did not go to the inner city and only saw its towering city walls. But I can assure you that the wall was definitely built for military purposes. Even from a distance, I could see the scorpion crossbows and catapults installed on the wall.

It is said that the wine master, blacksmith master, and skilled textile workers trained by Cleolius Varese all live in the inner city. According to our observation, the inner city, and even the entire wine port, are built around the hill where the inner city is located. On the top of the hill is a castle with three high towers. Even in the port, I can clearly see the castle. I guess that the castle also serves as a lighthouse, but I didn't see it lighted on the night I stayed in the wine port. I guess I guessed wrong.

The outer city of Wine Harbor is divided into different blocks by streets and canals. I am glad that I did not see slums like the Flea Bottom in King's Landing. All the streets are neat and clean. But I don't know if it is because there are too many winemaking workshops in this city, the strong smell of wine is everywhere. However, Drazco and a few little guys are very satisfied here. Lisanlo even started betting with Moredo who can distinguish more types of wine by smell. Only my lovely little Lara is not satisfied with the taste here, and begged me to find a place to stay as soon as possible.

The population here is very complex. On the way to find an inn, I met a large number of silver-haired and purple-eyed Valyrians, as well as more local barbarians from Westeros. Although they get along well with each other, I can still feel the barbarism in the blood of the barbarians in Westeros - they are completely different from us Valyrians. It is hard to imagine how the compatriots who once lived in Volantis get along so well with these barbarians.

We live in a four-story hotel. The second floor of the hotel is a very good tavern, which even sells our Lisbon liqueur, red wine and white wine. We can even enjoy Lisbon-specific food here, and the price is even cheaper than in Lisbon. According to Drazko, even the dock workers can enjoy exotic food from time to time, and even enjoy wine once every seven days. It's a pity that there are no lovely girls and boys in my perfume garden to accompany the wine, and no Lisbon perfume to add to the fun.

Drazek went to the underground tavern, where there were more civilians. We also got more information that King Aegon, who lived in Dragon's Nest, was selecting his Kingsguard, and Prince Longzel's Bloodsworn Brothers had just been replenished. The people in Wine Harbor were celebrating this event.

Goddess, Drazek couldn't believe his eyes. He actually saw a Dothraki treating everyone in the tavern to drinks with a pure gold belt to celebrate one of their kor becoming the blood sworn brother of Prince Longzier. We also learned from these drunkards that Prince Longzier and King Aegon are preparing a tour of the territory, and we must finalize all matters of the covenant before they leave Dragon's Nest.

What shocked me the most was that the city had a special city guard patrolling the streets and was responsible for the curfew in most areas - only a few streets were allowed to be operated at night, including the block where we were, and the public security of each street. I saw a thief's right hand chopped off on the spot, and a criminal had his penis chopped off first, and then his head chopped off - all done openly on the streets. The city guards brought judges with them, and they sentenced crimes and punished on the spot, which made the whole city full of order.

Sir Governor, in view of this, I suggest that we should establish an alliance with Westeros, especially the Varese family. Only in this way can Lys survive the looting of the red sea monster and the war that may break out at any time.

Goddess bless you and me, Lisandro Rogar, the third governor of the Council of Governors."

First update check-in. This chapter is titled "Lisanzhuo's Wine Port Experience"

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