Chapter 62: World Dock Qarth
"Ten. No, no, no, one thousand." The white eyes of the Asshai man turned into a crazy flashing golden color, "Mother of Dragons, fifty thousand gold coins, how about it?"
"Not too expensive." Dany nodded.
A cunning look flashed in the dark and thin man's eyes, and he added: "I mean, fifty thousand for one egg, two for a total of one hundred thousand."
"Hiss--" The old woman selling fermented goat milk next to him took a breath and said in surprise: "You only sold it for 10 silver coins before, and no one bought it."
"Wow!" Everyone around was stunned by the price of dragon eggs.
"Isn't a dragon worth 50,000 gold coins?" Baohan's face turned red, and he shouted to the surroundings: "The Mother of Dragons has certified that this is a real dragon egg from Asshai, a treasure that can hatch a real dragon." "Ahem." Dany interrupted him, leaned close to his ear, and whispered: "You are going too far. A dragon egg made of broken fossils, even I can't hatch a dragon."
"You are talking nonsense!" He shouted in shock and anger.
His voice was also very low, almost jumping out from between his teeth.
Dany laughed, "You know whether it's nonsense or not, and even if I lie, everyone will believe me, what do you think?"
"Great Mother of Dragons, how about ten thousand. No," the thin black man immediately softened and begged, "Five thousand brilliant coins will be sold to you? Both are for you."
"Two broken stones, what should I do here?" Dany shook her head and said something to him in his desperate eyes that would make him return to heaven, "But I won't deliberately destroy your plan to make a fortune."
"Thank you, thank you Mother of Dragons!" Baohan was almost in tears after several turns of great sorrow and joy.
"But there is one condition," Dany showed four white pearly teeth, "You have to answer two questions for me."
"Okay, don't say two, 20 will do." The Asshai man nodded like pounding garlic.
Jorah and Whitebeard were both alert people. As soon as Dany leaned over to whisper to the merchant, they circled around to isolate her from the outside view.
Then Dany asked, "Where did you get the broken dragon egg fossil?"
The thin black man Baohan said quickly, "Legend has it that Asshai is the birthplace of dragons. In ancient times, explorers found dragon eggs deep in the mountain caves.
I don't know whether the legend is true or not, and I have never seen a real dragon egg that can be hatched, but there are indeed dragon egg fossils in Asshai.
You know, Asshai is extremely unsuitable for human survival. Even food and water have to be transported from outside by merchant ships, but we have rich gold and silver mines there.
From time to time, slaves in the mines will dig out dragon egg fossils that look like gems, or like dragon eggs.
Often, we cannot tell whether they are dragon eggs or gems, and usually we sell them as gems, at a higher price than ordinary jade.
However, wizards and Red God priests have extraordinary ways of using dragon egg fossils. The Yashai people all know that they have tried many times to hatch dragons from stone dragon eggs. But how is this possible? Stone is dead, even if it was once a dragon egg, how can it hatch a living thing after millions of years? Uh."
Yashai's treasure khan looked at Dany in awe and asked in a low voice: "Where did your dragon come from?"
"Go back and ask your mother." Dany said unhappily.
"My mother is dead."
Baohan observed the expression and immediately returned to the previous topic, saying with regret and relief: "My two eggs are the product of a failed experiment. They were burned into several pieces by wildfires - that's what the fire wizard said when he sold them to me.
I thought he was bragging and didn't believe they were dragon eggs until you confirmed it today."
The "fire wizard" white-bearded Astan was stunned and murmured: "I didn't expect the wizards of Asshai to be so crazy."
"How much did you pay for it when you bought it?" Jorah interrupted.
"Five thousand hui." Under the knight's sharp eyes, Baohan smiled and raised two fingers, "Two silver coins, but my processing fee."
Dany interrupted him and said, "Don't talk nonsense, one last question, do you know where there are dragon egg fossils?"
The black thin man said with certainty: "There are in Asshai. The magic towers of the great warlocks have one or two dragon eggs that are hard to distinguish between real and fake, either as decorations or hoping to hatch dragons.
Great Mother of Dragons, you can't imagine those guys' desire for dragons. If you have dragon dung, you can even take it to Asshai in exchange for an equal amount of gold."
Dragon dung?
Dany's three dragons also poop, but compared to what they eat, they poop too little, all of which are like lumps of black stone.
However, Dany did not throw them into the pit, but collected them, ground some into powder, and mixed them with hay to feed the horses.
I don't know if it can strengthen the body, but the war horses of the 80 roaring warriors are gradually able to stand firm under the dragon's might.
In the future, if we confront the enemy cavalry, we only need to let the dragon fly in the sky for a circle, and our combat power will remain unchanged, while the opponent's warhorse will be half limp.
Well, the dragon's might is real. Dany has tested it, and the beasts will be afraid of the dragon. Not to mention the dragon, the dire wolf can also be regarded as a legendary beast. Robb Stark always uses the dire wolf to disrupt the enemy cavalry team in every battle.
Even the docile castrated warhorse, smelling the breath of the dire wolf, the experienced knights can hardly control them to run away.
"Sell me one of your stone-binding potion." Dany said.
Baohan was surprised, "You too."
"Hmm?" Dany squinted at him and raised her voice.
"I understand, I understand, I understand!" Baohan seemed to be as happy as "finding a soulmate after a thousand miles, meeting a colleague in a foreign land". He winked at Dany, then smiled and found a fist-sized glass bottle from the back of the stall, tore off a piece of parchment, and wrote a list.
"The potion, the formula, and the method to cover up the color difference, the whole set of methods is here." The bottle and the paper were handed to Dany, and he said with a smile: "You will learn it, and you will learn it. No cheating!"
"How much?" Dany asked.
"10 silver coins." Baohan rubbed his hands.
"How dare you ask." Jorah sneered.
"I also bought my potion from the wizard of Asshai." Baohan argued.
Dany took off two silver medals from her belt and stuffed them into his hands. "Is that enough?"
The medals were as big as Dany's palm and very thick, while ordinary silver coins were only as big as a one-dollar coin.
Baohan stroked the medals with a smile on his face, and said repeatedly: "Enough, enough, absolutely enough."
Opening a gap in the crowd of merchants and travelers, Dany and his party continued to move forward.
After they left, more people gathered around Baohan's stall, all clamoring to see the dragon eggs.
After leaving the commercial area, Dany came to the seaside embankment.
Along the coast of gray-black rocks, like fingers extending from a palm, there are several long stone-built docks, which extend into the bay for one or two kilometers and are full of ships of various styles.
The middle finger is in the best position, not only perfectly avoiding the strong winds and waves in the narrow sea, but also closest to the commercial district and warehouse district.
It belongs exclusively to the Thirteenth Master.
Dany even saw the figure of Jarrow, whose luxurious oxcart was parked under a gorgeous sea ship with the white words "Crimson Kiss" painted on the side.
Two gangplanks connecting to the stone path of the dock were built on the side of the Crimson Kiss. One was for transporting goods down. The sailors, with their upper bodies naked, carried boxes of oriental spices such as saffron, frankincense and pepper from the ship and placed them on the carriage next to the big ship.
The other was for transporting goods to the ship. Barrels of wine, bags of sour grass leaves and bundles of zebra skins were unloaded from the carriage and transported along the gangplank into the empty cabin.
Maybe we can set sail tonight with the tide.
"This is indeed efficient, but don't ships need to be repaired? And the sailors, they just returned to Qarth and immediately have to load and set off again, won't they be tired?" Dany wondered.
Jorah thought for a while and said, "Maybe they will change a group of crew members. As for the ships, it is enough to overhaul them once every six months. The Jade Sea is calmer and the voyage is shorter."
Zha Luo on the ox cart also saw Dany and her group, but neither of them wanted to talk to them. Zha Luo turned around and continued to shout at the workers, and Dany continued to move forward along the coast.
Next to the exclusive dock of the Thirteen Giants, there is also a long rock dock at the position of the "ring finger". It belongs to the Spice Guild.
Dany can almost guess that the "index finger" on the other side must be the exclusive dock of the Tourmaline Brotherhood.
The three major chambers of commerce in Qarth occupy the most prime dock areas.
The dock of the Spice Guild is very lively. People gathered around a rowing boat named "Sunshine", shouting and raising their hands to bid for slaves.
"As everyone knows, if you want to save money on buying slaves, you have to buy them by the ship." Jorah explained to Dany.
"From Slaver's Bay?" Dany asked with a frown.
Jorah stood on the saddle, carefully identifying the flag flying on the main mast of the Sunrise, and said uncertainly: "They should have come from Astapor. Look at the harpy on the flag. A heavy chain hangs from her claws, and there is an unfastened shackle at each end of the chain. It is the symbol of Astapor."
"Are they selling Unsullied?" Dany stood on tiptoe to look. They were all naked men and women, without the iconic lightning rod helmets of the Unsullied.
"High-level slaves like the Unsullied will not be shipped here for sale." Jorah shook his head.
"Hey, there are also centaurs." Dany saw a group of bronze-skinned young men, almond eyes, long braids, and typical Dothraki features.
They were not very old, in their teens, no more than 20.
"Unsullied need to be trained from a young age, and adult centaurs are usually sent to Meereen to be gladiators. How did they get here?" Jorah was also puzzled.
"Sir, you and Aggo go over and buy them." Dany parked her mount at the entrance of the dock, and Jorah and Aggo dismounted and quickly squeezed into the crowd.
About a quarter of an hour later, the two led a long line of half-grown centaurs over.
Well, at this moment, the centaur slaves have put on a gray linen skirt, a dress, the skirt worn by Qarth men.
They were naked before mainly to facilitate the guests to check their bodies.
There were about 20 people, wearing bronze slave collars around their necks. Their faces no longer had the arrogance unique to the centaurs. Their eyes flickered, and they were timid and didn't dare to look directly at Dany on horseback.
They were trained by the Astapor people, Dany sighed in her heart.
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