The Winter of Ice and Fire Is Coming

Daenerys felt as though she had entered a big dark quagmire and had difficulty walking.

In the darkness, a hand stretched out and gently took her hand: "Don't be afraid, mother of dragon, follow me."

A very kind voice, like a family and old friend for many years.

This feeling surprised Daenerys.

In such a terrible place, a place with a top killer organization, a place where people outside are afraid to talk, a stranger gives her family-like peace of mind.

"Jacquen Hegar?" Daenerys said softly.

"No, I'm just an unknown person, the mother of dragons."

"Blake River?" This is the second name used by ‘he’, who used to be an apprentice of Bachelor Amon Targaryen.

"I am no one, I am an unknown person." The other party's voice was still so soft.

Daenerys was quite sure that this person was a friend of Lord Will, an unknown person.

"All mortals are mortal!" Daenerys thought of the motto of the unknown.

"All mortals must serve," said the unknown.

Daenerys smiled slightly, as long as she talked about the motto of faith, it was indeed the best way to communicate with each other.

"Where is Dr. Alger?"

"He walks faster, mother of dragons."

"Can he see?"

"He can see, the darkness is no obstacle to him!"

"Is he Sea King himself?"

"I don't know, Mother of Dragon. You have to ask him this question. The Black and White House welcomes all devout people who come in."

In front, a star light finally lit up, and someone held a small candle in his hand. Daenerys suddenly felt the faceless person around her disappear, and the person holding her hand disappeared like air. Could the conversation just now be just an illusion.

Daenerys walked towards the light, which was surrounded by darkness and illuminated a face: Dr. Alger's face!

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Outside the door, Varys's hands were trapped in the wide sleeves of his robe, his bald head was shiny.

The free trade city-state Ries is his place of origin, Pantos is his place of fortune, and Braavos is a branch of his little mice. Here, there are not many little mice. But he didn't know much about the Isle of Gods. Some wizards and believers here have magical abilities, and he has seen strange creatures summoned from fire by wizards with his penis.

Out of awe, his little mice's penetration of the island of the gods only stayed on the superficial surface.

The head of Harry Strickland’s Golden Knights has been in Braavos for a long time. Because of their strong combat capabilities on land, the Golden Knights often deal with the advanced generals and doctors of the Sea King. In Braavos, the Golden Knights The regiment has its own industry and station. What problems the Braavos have to solve on land, most rely on the Golden Knights.

However, the Golden Knights had been incorporated by Daenerys and became the Knights of the Targaryen royal family.

The previous Golden Knights also often acted as thugs for the iron vault to collect accounts. The iron vault’s customers are generally the governor’s grand prince or the king of a small country. On the sea, there are sea kings who send battleships to collect accounts. On land, there is the Golden Knights. The captain sent a knight to lead the army to collect the accounts.

Harry Strickland, who returned to Braavos, and his generals felt like going home. They are now in different identities, otherwise they would have gone to the brothel to drink and have fun. They came back this time to do a big thing, conquering the entire continent, it is exciting to think about it.

Although they are standing in front of the gate of the Black and White House, they are also participating in a battle: a battle without gunpowder. This battle is a battle of wisdom, courage and eloquence. The one who was conquered was their previous employer: Bravo Free City-State.

Half-Bachelor Hagel is no stranger to Braavos. These veterans who were loyal to the Targaryen Dynasty initially settled in Braavos. Although Braavos has the top two killer organizations, it is actually the safest place. The public security and order here are the best, the citizens' life is in order, there are not so many gangsters and gangs, and the pirates are extinct. It is safe for an ordinary person to live in Braavos. Killers never aim at an ordinary person, and their commission is beyond ordinary people.

It was the first time that two gladiators exuding a breath of death came here. The bald head and the dwarf were brave enough to survive hundreds of life-and-death battles. Their aura of death could not be concealed.

Sir Duck put his sword on the hilt and stood solemnly at the gate, as if ready to rush in at any time.

In the sky, three dragons were gliding and hovering, attracting the entire Braavos people.

This group of Braavos has faded away from their hatred of dragons. They are not the same as their ancestors' hatred of nobles with dragons. History has historical books as memories, but hatred has not been passed down from generation to generation because of time.

People are more admiring the dragon!

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After half an hour, Dr. Alger and Daenerys came out together, behind him was an ordinary young man with a very narrow sword hanging from his waist and a very kind smile on his face. No matter who it is, seeing this young man wants to get close to him, and wants to make good friends with him involuntarily.

"Come on, Daenerys, let's go to the Iron Vault." Dr. Alger said.

"Yes, dear Aquaman!" Daenerys said.

Sir Duck, who was pressing the hilt of his sword, was taken aback, and immediately took two steps back. He was too close to the sea king and pressed the hilt with his hand, which was disrespectful to the sea king.

Varys was also taken aback, the look on his fat face said it all.

Varys immediately stepped back and gave a salute: "Varys visits the great Neptune, please forgive me for my rudeness."

Half-Bachelor Hagel, Commander Harry, the generals of the Golden Knights, and the two gladiators stepped back to salute.

The etiquette of the free trade city-state of Braavos is not as cumbersome as on Westeros, and the etiquette of kneeling or half-kneeling is not popular. Doctor Generals are relatively free and equal when facing Sea King, and that kind of respect and inferiority do not have a distinct class level.

Varys and others have lived in Braavos and are no strangers to Braavos. It’s just that it’s not so easy to see Neptune himself. Even if you see Neptune himself, maybe it’s not Neptune himself, but a substitute for Neptune.

The sea king has a secret that originated in the age of the underground miners in Valyria, when the Valyrian nobles chased and killed the escaped slaves everywhere. As the final destination of the slaves, Braavos is a place that must be protected and cannot be known by the Valyrian nobles. In addition to protecting the place of Braavos, but also protecting the leader of this place of Braavos. At that time, it was not called the Sea King, but the leader.

In order to protect the leader of Braavos, the leader has many clones. They are not the core people inside, and they do not know who the leader of Braavos is. This plan is very effective and makes Braavos more leaders. It has escaped the killer sent by the Valyrian nobles.

This avatar tradition has been passed down for hundreds of years until now.

This Alger admitted that he was Sea King in front of Daenerys, but only those insiders who had a deep understanding of Sea King's history and traditions knew that Alger was just another identity stand-in.

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0875 Chapter 2 The face of the iron vault

"Dear Sea King, can I tell you about the history of the Iron Treasury? How did it achieve endless wealth." Daenerys said on the willow boat.

"Respected mother of dragons, the iron vault was originally established by some slaves who fled the mines of Valyria. The original purpose was to help the freed slaves have a bowl of food and find a job. "

"It has the same history as Braavos." Varys said with a smile on his fat face.

Sea King smiled: "Yes, Varys, the establishment of the iron vault is synchronized with the establishment of Braavos. At that time Braavos was not known to outsiders, and the Valyrians were still ruling the entire continent. The Braavos people who went out to trade outside claimed to be from the Secret City, and no one outside of them knew where the Secret City was."

"Later, there were more and more people living in Braavos. Some craftsmen who fled here first and became wealthy cooperated with some businessmen who did business with the outside world, and decided to open a bank to help from Vale. Leah’s escaped slaves did not end up on the streets at the very beginning. The money they borrowed at this time was free and without interest."

"But when the people who were freed got their first life-saving money and got a foothold here, they later repaid the iron treasury, which helped them in the first place, twice, ten times and one hundred times. This was the iron treasury inadvertently earned The first great fortune. The act of kindness brought them great returns."

Daenerys and Varys nodded together. For grateful people, kindness is priceless wealth.

"Later, in addition to helping the newly arrived slaves with nothing, this bank also began to lend money to other Braavos people to help them build their businesses. This is the first step for Tiejinku to really start its business development."

"At that time there was an abandoned iron mine on the island of Braavos. The iron ore was dug up, and there was only one mine left. The original'bankers' had only six people in total, and they worked in this mine. , The bank is also opened here. Because the iron mine cave is their bank vault, all the money is stored here, so people outside call this place the iron vault!"

"When the apocalypse of Valyria broke out, the Valyrians and their dragons were all destroyed by earth fire, and the Braavos had no fear of an empire, so the Braavos began to open foreign trade. And declared their existence to the world. The Neptune Examination also began at that time. Braavos began to implement the Neptune Examination system four hundred years ago. The Iron Bank, as the only bank in Braavos, lends to the Braavos regime, They began to participate in the construction of Braavos and received huge returns of wealth."

"When the trade of Braavos people develops, there are more and more wealthy people. The rich Braavos people find that keeping their money in their homes is not safe, so they decide to give the money to the reputation of A very good "Iron Vault" to help them keep it and earn "interest". So the Iron Vault began to have a second new function: deposit money!"

"Deposits and loans have become the two feet of the iron vault, and there are more and more gold and silver treasures stored in the iron ore cave. It can be said that the wealth of the entire Braavos people is deposited in the iron vault. Inside. For the safety of wealth, the bankers closed off the previous exits, leaving only one exit, set up layers of iron fences, and trained a team to protect the iron vault."

"Later, when the iron vault had more money, the bankers built an iron vault building outside the iron vault. They lent the money to merchants outside of Bravos for business, some of the free trade city states The governor also began to borrow money to help them expand their power. Many great aristocrats of free trade city-states came to borrow money, hoping to build momentum in the election and defeat their opponents to be elected governor or prince...Finally, after dozens of bankers With the efforts of generations, Tiejinku has become the largest and richest bank in the entire world, and the famous saying that Tiejinku can not default is also well known."

"I've heard of this." Varys said, "The iron vault's customers have now spread across two continents, Essos and Westeros. Many kings are their customers. Whoever wants to go wrong, You will taste terrible revenge."

Sea King smiled: "The Iron Treasury is not allowed to default. If it is allowed, the Iron Treasury will have failed. When the prince or king defaults on the debt to the Iron Treasury, or is stupid enough to disrespect their contract with the Iron Treasure, the new prince or king will behave like this. These new princes or kings must recognize their previous debts and repay the money they borrowed from the Iron Vault to win the throne, lest they suffer the same fate as their predecessors."

"Of course, there is the most important point. Assuming that the iron treasury's money is really cheated, the deceiver will be found dead on his tower, naked, and the new elected will be seen on the first day of election. The debt collection messenger sent by the Iron Vault." Varys said, "The Iron Vault has a fine tradition of abiding by the contract, and it also has the ultimate means to cut the throat of a liar."

"No!" Sea King smiled, "I have never heard of what Master Varys said. This is the first time I have heard of such a terrible thing."

Varys, Captain Harry and others all laughed.

Aquaman and Daenerys also smiled.

The team disembarked and boarded an island. In front of them was a huge tall building with hundreds of feet high and dense glass windows. I didn't know that there were hundreds of rooms.

On the huge strip of stone at the gate, there is a sentence carved: iron treasury cannot be owed.

At the door, there is a guard with a sword.

There are patrol teams around the gate and the island. Their armors are white and silver, shining in the sun. Military camps were built on both sides of the bank building.