Chapter 207 Keeping the Promise

Chapter 205 Keeping the Promise

Just when Harsha and Sot didn't know how to deal with the conditions put forward by the Thirteen Lords, a messenger carrying the same wooden barrel as before came to the Dothraki camp again.

An hour later, the messenger rode away on horseback, and the trumpeter blew the horn.

The Qarth people thought that the Dothraki were going to launch an attack, so they quickly lay on the city wall and carefully poked their heads out to look out.

Then they saw a Qartheen dressed as a Dothraki, standing outside the range of the bow and arrow, and read out loudly:

"In the name of the King of Dothraki, we declare to all Qartheen that we hope you will immediately release the slaves, lay down your weapons, and open the city gates, otherwise you will be regarded as an enemy of the Dothraki army!"

"The merchant nobles should hand over two-thirds of their property to the victorious Dothraki. We will use that wealth to reward all the warriors who fought for the Dothraki. In addition, the great khal hopes to be respected by the Qartheen. He will give part of his property to the residents of Qartheen who suffered the dragon disaster to make up for the damage they suffered!"

"After the above conditions are met, the kind and fair great khal is willing to protect the safety of private property!"

The Qartheen soldiers who dared to take the initiative to walk up to the city wall were all hardliners in the city. Someone immediately picked up a horn bow and shot an arrow at the announcer.

The arrow shot in front of his feet with a whiz, trembling slightly on the ground, scaring him to retreat again and again.

But when the man wanted to draw his bow and arrow again, he was stopped by others beside him.

The herald saw the dispute on the wall and immediately became brave again. He found a safe position and shouted in response:

"If this is your answer, we will surround the city and destroy it. I hope you can still be as arrogant as you are now!"

The herald quickly finished speaking and left, leaving the Qarth soldiers on the wall to think carefully about their current situation.

They have had enough of being frightened and their lives are completely unprotected. This is definitely not the situation they like.

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Why did Mongol's messenger suddenly send such a letter? That was Sot's mistake.

In the team heading south this time, there was another person who dared to speak frankly to the great khal. This person was Daenerys Targaryen, the Khaleesi of the Great Grassland, the Queen of Dothraki.

Mongol has been fighting for many years and has always brought several scholars with him to explain local customs, culture and history to him.

Daenerys is different. She likes to read books by herself, especially historical stories and biographies of various characters. She has read almost all the books collected and looted by Dothraki from everywhere.

This time, she persuaded Mongol by using the story of the birth of the Code of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros.

When Aegon Targaryen I conquered the Seven Kingdoms, he allowed each conquered kingdom to have its own laws and traditions, and publicly promised to respect them.

This situation lasted for a long time, making the people of the Seven Kingdoms gradually accustomed to the rule of Targaryen.

It was not until Aegon's grandson, Jaehaerys I, was crowned king that he began to compile, organize and reform the laws of the kingdom.

With the help of his ministers, Jaehaerys spent several decades and finally achieved the Code of Westeros.

Daenerys used the story of Targaryen to tell Mongol that neither rule nor reform can be achieved overnight.

Especially Dothraki, it will be a country with an extremely large territory and extremely diverse beliefs and cultures.

Therefore, Mongol did not send Greytren directly again, but sent a messenger to Qarth.

He was not in a hurry and led the troops to march at a normal pace. After all, the Qarth people needed some time to think.

At the same time, the Thousand Seats.

This time, the merchant group in Qarth was not so anxious.

Merchants from different guilds gathered together and whispered about the Dothraki's announcement.

From a few words, it can be heard that their focus is not on handing over property, but whether the promises of the Dothraki are credible.

It is not difficult to understand that they are different from ordinary people or ordinary rich people. Merchants who can enter the Thousand Seats have at least dozens of merchant ships.

If a person has three gold coins, which is enough to live for a month, and he is asked to hand over two-thirds, he can't even live for a month, so he can only resist.

But if he has 30,000 gold coins, it may be distressing, but resistance is not within the consideration of most people.

The only thing to worry about is whether the person who takes money to do things will keep his word.

The merchants discussed for a while, and the representative of the Thirteen Giants, Zara, hurriedly arrived and brought two new pieces of news:

The Dothraki Great Khal Mungo and more than 10,000 cavalrymen have already rushed from the Red Waste, and may not be far from Qarth.

The tax collector of the Jade Sea Gate once saw three dragon egg fossils on a merchant ship belonging to Illyrio, the governor of Pentos.

According to the crew of that ship, they came from the Shadow Land east of Asshai.

Because they are dragon eggs, they have been thousands of years and are still bright and beautiful, and the tax collector remembers them very clearly.

And Mungo's queen Daenerys Targaryen was married by Illyrio.

From this point of view, the origin of the dragon egg, Targaryen, and Mungo, who was on his way, seems to be very obvious.

Some guild merchants made up their minds, communicated with each other for a few words, and sent a representative to express their opinions.

"Although I'm not entirely sure about the origin of the dragon, I don't think it's a smart move to confront tens of thousands of Dothraki troops."

"Even if they don't have siege weapons, they can surround us. Even if we survive by chance, what will we gain? A ruined city, Dothraki cavalry coming and going like the wind, how can we survive under their hostile and hateful gazes in the future?"

Zaro, who brought the latest news to everyone, raised his hand to indicate that he had something else to say.

"Please pay attention. I have another piece of news for you. The Dothraki already have siege weapons. They demolished the buildings in the outer city and recruited a large number of Qarth craftsmen."

The merchant who just made a speech, upon hearing what Zara said, took over tacitly and immediately said:

"Listen! Those two-thirds of the wealth will become our doom!"

Within a few words, the merchants in the Thousand Seats Hall had automatically divided into two factions, standing on each side. The merchant who still held opposing opinions shouted to the crowd:

"How can we guarantee that the promise of the King of Dothraki is valid?"

"Yes, since his figure appeared in Essos, it has been accompanied by bloody storms. The inner city of Qohor was slaughtered and looted, and the great lord of Meereen was publicly executed, leaving no one alive. What will be our fate?"

The opposition mentioned these, but it did not shake the surrender faction who had made up their minds.

They were not moved at all. One of the merchants had an idea and shouted:

"Doesn't this just show that the King of Dothraki kept his promise? He declared to Qohor that if he didn't surrender, he would massacre the city after it was captured. He fulfilled his oath and did not harm the merchants and ordinary people in the outer city. This shows his kindness."

"As for Meereen, I heard that before entering the city, he swore to the surrounding warriors that he would kill all the great lords of Meereen in the same way."

"He did it. The King of Dothraki is a man who keeps his promises!"

This is a turning point. The territory of Dothraki has basically covered two-thirds of the continent of Siethos.

After clearing the Slaver's Bay and taking Qarth, the land east of the Rhoyne River and west of the Skeleton Mountains are all Dothraki lands. The basic base has been stabilized. It is time to consider the issue of rule.