Game of Thrones: The Strongest Dragon Mother

Chapter 264 The High Sparrow

"It's the church bank's certificate of deposit, bearer, cash at sight."

In this world, maritime trade is particularly developed, and the banking industry is also prosperous. It is unrealistic to issue paper currency, but something similar to the "Jiaozi" of the Song Dynasty has long existed.

However, most of them are real-name large-amount deposit certificates. If there are no more than 3 Golden Dragon Banks, they will not accept them, and only when the person concerned or a person designated by him or her is present and signed and deferred, can the money be withdrawn.

Of course, banks encourage people who save money to use bearer certificates of deposit, which are almost equivalent to large-denomination banknotes.

But it's not safe, if Dani is robbed, she will lose [-] gold dragons at once, but the ransom for a lord is only [-] gold dragons

Therefore, even if Dany took down the three major city-states of Ghis, she did not find many bearer deposit slips from slave traders.

Stryker's eyes widened, and his fingers tremblingly slid on it: "One, ten, one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand, seven gods, twenty thousand golden dragons?"

"Small idea," Dani waved her hand lightly, "tell Big|Sparrow to spend the money immediately. It is best not to buy grain in the Seven Kingdoms, and go to the other side of the Narrow Sea to find a grain merchant."

[-] golden dragons are nothing, are you a billionaire?

Sure enough, no one is perfect, this lady knight has a kind heart, is also beautiful, and has both good looks and good looks, but she just loves to brag.

Stryker carefully hid the parchment paper, and asked puzzledly, "Why? It's cheaper to buy food from Gaoting!"

"Well, the Seven Kingdoms are short of food, and they only consume internally instead of buying externally. It will be difficult to survive this winter. Moreover, there are constant conflicts between Tyrell and Lannister. Highgarden will not always support King's Landing until you all run to the river bend If the land sells grain, prices will rise rapidly.

Even if the cost of foreign profiteers remains unchanged, they will also increase the price of food. Such a vicious circle will cause the currency to depreciate wildly, and the economy of King's Landing will inevitably collapse. "

"This" Stryker couldn't understand at all, and he was a little at a loss, so he suggested: "Why don't you follow me to the Great Cathedral to see the Archbishop? If you have any suggestions, you can tell the Big | Sparrow in person. You You have a kind heart, and although I don't understand the suggestions, they are still beneficial to the people of King's Landing."

"See the big|sparrow?" Dany hesitated, looking at the white knight.

"We can meet you." Barristan nodded.

Dany asked Stryker again: "Will he meet me?"

"Will!"

"Well, I also want to know more about the legendary archbishop who has risen."

King's Landing is adjacent to the Blackwater River in the south and Blackwater Bay in the east. The urban area is mainly composed of three hills, named after the three husband and wife Aegon the Conqueror: the hill of Reynes where the common people and the poor live, and the abandoned dragon's nest in the center , where the flea nest is also there; the Visenya hills where craftsmen and middle classes live, the representative building is St. Baelor's Cathedral (the main court of the Church of the Seven Gods); Aegon High Hill, where the king and nobles live, and the Red Castle is located on the Blackwater River The high cliff at the corner with Heishui Bay.

They walked eastward along the avenue, the streets were still dirty and messy, but the buildings gradually became taller and neater: the air was still filled with stench and corruption, but there were also the smells of spirits, powder and baked bread mixed in, uh, Mixed together, it seems to smell even worse.

Along the way, Dani met a naked skilled girl lying on the window on the second floor, and saw a woman in a blue robe carrying a basket of vegetables. She dug out two copper coins from her pocket and bought them from a street vendor. Five shriveled apples the size of a child's fist, seeing hotels and hotels with depressed business

After turning to the Street of Silent Sisters, Dany also met the famous Alchemist Guild.

There are only two or three pyromancers idling in and out of such a large black stone building complex. The ordinary people nearby seemed to avoid the source of the plague, and they deliberately quickened their pace when passing by.

Contrary to the empty alchemist guild, St. Baelor's Cathedral is almost overcrowded, mostly ragged and dirty refugees.

They seem to have made their home in the square, with their young and old, building tents of coarse cloth on the white marble floor, huts of mud beside the altar of St. Baelor, and on the steps of the pulpit of the great cathedral, and laying bedding and lighting fires, Pots and pans set aside.

In front of St. Baelor's Cathedral, there is smoke! !

Stryker walked quickly to a group of brown sackcloth soldiers, handed the money bag to the leading one-armed man, explained, and pointed to Dany at the edge of the square.

Soon the group of soldiers came towards Dany. They were unkempt and dirty, with spears and axes, and their uniforms were not neat.Some wore a jagged plate armor over a rough cloth coat, some wore rusty mail, and some had only a cracked leather armor, but all had the church's seven-pointed star painted on their chests.

Dany understood that this army of rags was most likely the sparrow's 'beggar army' - the assembly of the poor.

Of course, the 'Poor People's Gathering|Assembly' is what ordinary people call this church armed. In the Church of the Seven Gods, its real name is actually very awesome-the Star Warriors.

The one-armed man first expressed his gratitude to Dany and Barristan, and then asked, "Miss is a church member?"

"Well, we all believe in the Seven Gods, and I'm still a teaching staff." Dany nodded.

"Okay, I'll take the two of you to see the archbishop immediately." The one-armed man smiled with satisfaction, "You two believers, I don't know how to call them?"

Dany handed the horse to a star warrior and said with a smile: "My name is Keisha Alexander, and he is my knight attendant Arstan."

"Hi, Miss Keisha, my name is Lancel," the one-armed man hesitated for a moment, "Lancel Lannister."

"Lannister?" Dany was indeed taken aback.

Suddenly, she remembered who he was, Jaime's cousin, who had climbed into Cersei's bed, Robert's immediate murderer.

"I have given up my title and territory, and have decided to dedicate the rest of my life to the Seven Gods." The one-armed hero had a vicissitudes of life and a desolate tone, like an eminent monk who sees through the world.

They walked through the crowd, past campfires, carriages, and huts. The refugees' expressions were dull, gloomy, numb, and many of them were vaguely hostile.

Lancel stopped in the middle of the crowd and announced loudly: "This Miss Keisha Alexander is our church member, a devout believer of the Seven Gods, and she donated a large sum of money to us."

It was like suddenly turning on the beauty and background lights, and the expressions of the refugees changed suddenly. They looked at Danni with gentle, reverent, and kind eyes, and the gray and cold weather seemed to be sunny.

"It's too realistic." Dani complained in her heart, with a smile on her face.

As she approached the statue of the blessed King Baelor, she was shocked to see that the majestic marble statue with a benevolent smile was piled up from the waist down with various bones and skeletons, many of which still had flesh and blood.

There are fat white maggots wriggling, buzzing flies flying around, and even a flock of crows sitting on it, enjoying a dry light meal.

"What's this doing?" Dany asked Lancel beside her.

"They are all clerics, nuns, monks, and regional bishops who died tragically in Hejian, Royal Land, and Stormland in recent years. Some of them were hanged by Red God Cultists, and some were disemboweled by northern rebels. More but was "

After a pause, the one-armed man continued with an ugly expression: "He was tortured and killed by the blood troupe hired by Duke Tywin. There are also bandits running around the river and the king's land. They robbed monks, raped nuns, and even The Silent Sisters are not spared either. Brothers of the Poor Assembly | Collect their remains here from all over the country, hoping that the Holy Church will bear witness."

The blood troupe is the warrior group, and its reputation in the mainland of Essos is second only to the mercenary group of the second son group (that of the illegitimate son of the Titan, which was destroyed by the Dani group).

The stupidest thing Lord Tywin has ever done was to hire a band of disreputable warriors from across the Narrow Sea to do his dirty work.

Excluding the fact that his son Jaime had his right hand cut off by the head of the Warriors, this arrangement also completely destroyed the agricultural production of the riverlands-unfortunately, this did not help much to win the riverland princes.

The Three Rivers Basin, the granary of the Seven Kingdoms, became the biggest burden on the Iron Throne after the War of the Four Kings ended.

The big | sparrow, including the little sparrow under his command, are all refugees from the Three Rivers Basin.

Walking on the stone steps in front of the church, Lancel reminded: "Miss Keisha, according to the order of the archbishop, the weapons of non-church armed personnel cannot be brought into the church, you and your attendants must take off your sword belts. "

"Okay." Dany untied the long sword from her waist and handed it to the white knight. "You wait here."

The old knight hesitated for a moment, then nodded and took "Clear Sky".

Ordinary iron swords are fine for the poor, but Valyrian steel swords don't look special on the outside, and anyone who pulls them out and swings them will immediately notice the abnormality in weight and thickness.

With two Valyrian steel swords appearing at once, it is hard to guarantee that the poor and crazy poor Ji| will not be greedy for ink, or cause other troubles.

After passing through St. Baylor's Square and a small garden, Dany followed Lancel to the gate of the church.

It is a magnificent marble-domed building with seven crystal towers rising from it.After entering the gate, there is a long corridor leading to the interior of the church.

Lancel stopped in front of the corridor, where more than 20 monks dressed in coarse linen knelt on the ground, scrubbing the floor vigorously with the water in the wood, the rag in their right hand and the soap in their left hand.

When Dani was wondering, a skinny old man with a height of 1.5 meters got up from the ground, threw the rag back into the barrel, and said with a smile on his dry old face, "Kesha, thank you for everything you have done for the people of King's Landing."

"You, you are the Archbishop?" Dany widened her eyes.

The old man was not as tall as her shoulders, and his body was too thin. His brown robe seemed to be put on a hemp pole, and his bare feet were black, hard and rough like tree roots.

But he was not sloppy at all, his robe was frayed and patched, but it was washed very clean, his beard was neatly trimmed, his thinning hair was combed back and tied into a knot, he was a very refreshing little old man.

"I'm the big|sparrow." He said with a gentle smile, "It's not convenient to receive guests here, Keisha, please come with me."

He led her down corridors of filth and soapsuds, through inner double|open doors, and into a vast hall where Dany's iron boots and the bare feet of a sparrow echoed on the marble slabs.

There are seven tall statues in the hall. Except for the Stranger, the altar under the other six statues is filled with candles, almost a thousand candles, shining brightly like stars.

Coming to the center of the hall, there are colorful lights coming obliquely from the leaded glass windows on the big dome, countless dust dances in the light beams, and the air is filled with incense. A monk leads hundreds of sparrows to pray in front of the statue of the Virgin Mary. The voice is like the waves of the distant sea, ethereal and sacred.

"Which god does Kesha serve?" Big|Sparrow asked softly.

"Girl." Dani said, and walked towards the altar of the girl automatically.

(End of this chapter)