Chapter 217 Excellent Child

Chapter 215 Excellent Child

"A perfect prince who grew up in the care of everyone, but still has not lost his childishness, and is ignorant of the world and the dangers in the world.

This is what Barristan Selmy thought after meeting Aegon Targaryen.

In fact, this evaluation is already very high.

Barristan has seen a lot in his life. He is the eldest son of the Earl of Harvest Hall and the true heir of the nobility.

When he was ten years old, he put on armor and transformed into a mysterious knight to participate in the tournament. In the ridicule of everyone, he challenged Prince Duncan, who no one dared to challenge.

It was for this reason that the prince gave him the title of "Fearless".

The facts also proved the prince's vision. Barristan was not taking the opportunity to show off.

When he was sixteen years old, he participated in the tournament held in King's Landing again, defeating Prince Duncan in succession, and the legendary captain of the Kingsguard. Knight Duncan was knighted by King Aegon V.

In the Battle of the Ninepenny Kings, he rushed into the Golden Company alone and successfully killed the last Blackfyre "The Fierce" Malis one-on-one, ending the last Blackfyre Rebellion and earning himself an immortal name.

"The Fearless" Barristan, spread throughout the Seven Kingdoms.

At the age of 23, at the recommendation of the captain of the Kingsguard, he gave up his family inheritance and the girl he was about to be engaged to, and was covered with a white robe by Jaehaerys II.

During the rebellion in Duskendale, Aerys II was taken hostage, and it was Barristan again who proposed to Lord Tywin that he sneak into the city alone to rescue the king.

In the end, with an arrow in his chest, he hacked and killed all the way and escorted Aerys II to escape from Duskendale.

In the War of the Usurper, King's Hand Jon Jon Clinton was defeated in the Battle of the Bells, and it was Barristan who reassembled the remaining troops and joined the Battle of the Trident.

In this battle, he suffered multiple arrow wounds, spear wounds and sword wounds, and was defeated due to exhaustion.

It can be said that Barristan, who has seen many outstanding people, has a very high opinion of Aegon, almost to the extent that ordinary knights bow down to him.

Moreover, the prince respected him very much. Upon hearing the news of his arrival, he immediately hurried back from the banquet to meet him.

As for the current situation, it was only because Jon Clinton had made a stupid move before.

The words he said infinitely raised the expectations in the old knight's heart.

At this first meeting, he was inevitably a little disappointed.

Barristan failed to see from Aegon that Jon Clinton said that the most important things of the king Quality and responsibility.

Being able to speak multiple languages ​​and being good at poetry can make one a scholar beside the king, but it cannot be used to rule a country.

The so-called perfect prince is just an excellent child.

Barristan believes that it is because Varys and Jon Colinton have invested too much emotion in Aegon that they look at Aegon from a different perspective. Anyway, he is much better than Joffrey.

However, this prince does look like a Targaryen.

He is slender, well-built, very handsome, with the typical silver hair and violet eyes of the Targaryen family, but the purple of his eyes is slightly lighter.

So, Barristan decided to communicate with Aegon again. He observed the room and then said:

"Why do you want to cooperate with the Iron Bank? Those moneylenders will squeeze your blood and sweat until the last drop."

Aegon glanced at Jon Colinton, and when he saw his adoptive father's encouraging eyes, he cleared his throat and replied:

"We have to cooperate with the Iron Bank. The original plan was not like this, but time is running out. "

"Robert the Usurper's extravagant spending has caused the Iron Throne to be seriously in deficit, and it still owes the Iron Bank a large sum of money. It is no longer able to buy any weapons or hire any troops."

"Joffrey succeeded to the throne, and Stannis and Renly each claimed to be kings. The current Iron Throne cannot cope with these two fake kings alone."

"As a result, the incest product of King's Landing, who should not have been king, was extremely stupid. He also executed Eddard Stark, the guardian of the North. The people of the North will never forget this hatred, and it is only a matter of time for them to rise up and take revenge."

"For the Targaryens, now is the best time to restore the country, but when the time comes, we have no army and no food, so we can only choose to cooperate with the Iron Bank. "

Barristan frowned, looking as if he was worried about Aegon. In fact, he was not satisfied with the prince's words.

There was nothing wrong with the previous words, but for Targaryen, now was not the most ideal time.

From the perspective of military strategy, it is better to wait until the Iron Throne and other kings fight each other and suffer heavy losses before attacking Westeros.

There are always unreasonable reasons for unreasonable results.

In fact, Aegon could also tell him that cooperating with the Iron Bank was a preparation to make the people of Westeros suffer less from the war.

But if that was the case, there was no need to rush to negotiate with the Iron Bank, and the group of moneylenders would take the opportunity to suck up all the results.

In short, it was very contradictory, no matter how it was speculated, it was very contradictory.

The most important thing was that with the information Barristan knew, in his heart, Aegon had a better choice.

"Your aunt, Princess Daenerys, married the King of Dothraki. It is said that she is very favored by the King of the Horse. Why don't you go to Vaes Dothraki to meet her husband and seek his help?"

"Of course, my line of succession is above hers. After my aunt learns the news about me, she will immediately ask King Ma to send someone to assist me. However, I haven't been able to do anything yet. If I go there rashly, If Dothraki comes to visit, I am afraid that the powerful Horse King will regard me as a low-status beggar, and it may also affect my aunt's status in the heart of the Horse King."

Aegon's reason was reasonable, but Barristan's heart was ringing with alarm bells.

The old knight was not clever and cunning, but more experienced. If you included Joffrey, he had served five kings and had seen all kinds of kings.

Aegon's words sounded so familiar to him. He could tell immediately which ones were excuses and which ones were the truth.

Barristan's experience told him it was time to go.

This prince has not yet landed in Westeros, but he has already taken the Iron Throne as his own.

In other words, Aegon's education made him believe that ruling the country was his natural right, which was not consistent with Barristan's ideas.

The next day, the sky in Braavos was still dull gray and very quiet, and the wet sea breeze had stopped.

The new moon set early, and as the sky gradually turned brighter and the road could still be seen, Barristan quietly called Arya awake.

The two of them had nothing to pay off, so they left a letter to Jon Currington and left the Mermaid Queen Tavern directly.