Chapter 696

On the ship of the empire, the two uncles and nephews who had reunited after a long time were arguing about something.

"Asha, your father's biggest dream in this life is to make the Iron Kingdom independent and restore the ancient road!"

"Now that you want soldiers and soldiers, and ships and ships, why don't you just sail to the end of the world and knock down a small island to become king and hegemon?"

Victarion did not understand why his niece was so afraid of Viserys.

No matter how powerful the dragon is, it is impossible to fly to the end of the world to hunt down Asha.

He had been to Meereen and knew that the world was bigger than he imagined, and there was an even bigger world on the other side of the Skeleton Mountains.

Heaven and earth are big, and freedom is the greatest.

Wouldn't it be better to be king at the end of the world, to build an empire, and to be happy, than to be a dog for that guy from House Targaryen?

However, on the other side of the quarrel, Asha also did not understand why her father and third uncle had been obsessed with restoring ancient ways?

And also seek the independence of the Iron Islands.

The Iron Seeds demanded the restoration of the ancient road and paid iron money to buy items and salt concubines, but after all, isn't it just a bunch of robbers?

As for seeking independence, the iron archipelago lacks resources and even cannot grow any food because of the land, only some worthless iron ore.

If the Iron Islands were to become independent from Westeros, they would not even be able to support themselves, not to mention the fact that the Iron Islands are now inaccessible and even reduced to ghosts.

Now she heard that her second uncle, Euron Greyjoy, had swept away the remnants of ghouls on the island, but the population that settled on the island was still scarce.

Even the refugees who escaped from the desert were reluctant to go to the Iron Islands, so Euron could only loot the islands of the natives and capture some prisoners.

Just like this, the Iron Islands still want independence?

The Iron Islands are now full of 1,800 people, and it can be considered that the position of the governor of a territory is given to a territory. If it is not considered for historical factors, the Iron Islands will even be absorbed into the system of the West Territory.

But now hearing the words of her third uncle, Asha held back her anger and said.

"uncle!"

"The Iron Islands are not in my hands now!"

"If you want to make the Iron Islands independent, you might as well go to Euron instead of me."

If it weren't for the fact that Victarion did save her life, Asha's words might have been even more unpleasant.

"And these soldiers, other than the Iron Bronze who escaped with me, do you think others will obey my orders?"

It's okay for Asha to issue other orders, such as sieging cities and looting merchant ships, etc., but if they are ordered to turn their backs on the Iron Throne, it is absolutely impossible.

After all, they are not the army of the Greyjoy family, and the soldiers now have the concept of a home country.

They are not like the nobles who used to be loyal to their heads, and even followed the rebellion without hesitation. Today's soldiers are only loyal to the royal family and the entire country.

Therefore, it is impossible for Asha to lead them to dominate at the end of the world.

"Euron?"

"Asha, you know, how could I possibly find this guy?"

The relationship between Victarion and Euron, the two brothers, has always been very discordant. In fact, the brothers of the Greyjoy family are not very good at dealing with the second Euron, even if the Euron has not happened at this moment. Lun's adultery with his sister-in-law, the tall middle-aged man said with a frown.

"I don't mean anything else, just a suggestion."

"If you don't want to hear it, forget it."

In fact, he really wants to seize the command of the fleet. Victarion has always regarded himself as the right-hand man of his elder brother Balon, and should inherit the Seastone position after his death, and his niece is only a woman.

He didn't want to murder Asha, but Victarion felt that commanding the fleet to fight should be left to men.

However, when Victarion came to the fleet, he found that except for some Iron Seeds who listened to his command in face, he did not command any of the others.

An Imperial Navy captain from the valley even looked him up and down with strange eyes, which made Victarion feel a little uncomfortable, but not easy to attack.

He didn't know that he went to Meereen to travel around the world for half a circle and returned, what happened here?

Why did the world he knew have changed a little bit?

However, at this moment, a whimpering horn suddenly came from the sea.

"Um?"

Victarion and Asha glanced at each other quickly and immediately pushed open the cabin door and ran out.

"what happened?"

"Master Commander."

And a blond-haired commander wearing Imperial Navy armor and holding a helmet in his arms was standing at the bow.

When he saw Asha Greyjoy running over, he hurriedly stood up straight and gave a military salute, then raised his hand and pointed into the distance.

"A fleet under the banner of Rees blocked our way."

"what?"

When Asha heard her subordinate's words, she frowned slightly, then raised her head and looked into the distance.

A white fog rose from the sea in the distance. Although it was not very real, one could vaguely see a dense array of warships lining up, blocking the front of the imperial fleet.

"telescope!"

Immediately, she reached out and took the monocular Mill's eye from the officer's hand, placed it on the right eye, squinted the left eye and looked into the distance.

With the help of a telescope, Asha could easily see the flags of the fleet that blocked the front.

"It's really Reese's flag."

Asha frowned and put down the telescope in her hand and handed it back to her subordinates.

"What do the Lysians want to do?"

"Did they really do it?"

The Imperial Fleet’s trip this time has been informed in advance that it has passed through various trading city-states, starting from Myr and then reaching Tyrosi, Rhys, and finally Volantis, and then bypassing the still riotous sea of ​​smoke, and then Go to Nas Island.

At that time, however, Reese did not object, and even welcomed the visit of the Imperial Fleet, but instead refused entry to the fleet after the assassination incident. Why?

It's hard not to make Asha feel like she's trying to cover things up, and the whole thing is getting more and more confusing.

And in Mill, hundreds of nautical miles away, a hooded guest came here in secret under the protection of many spies.

The entire merchant ship from King's Landing seems to be calm, but in fact, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are scanning everything around, the drunken mercenary sitting on the bow, the rich businessman with a round body, wrapped in a turban and holding a child woman and so on.

On the crowded port of Mill, the visitor stepped off the boat and then took off the hood on his head, revealing a pale and shadowy cheek.

Then he took a deep breath of fresh air and smiled brightly.