Game of Thrones: The Red Dragon Lord.

Chapter 189 The Rise of the Horse King

Jalal paused and continued, "The current ruler of Astapor is Krazni Monakloz. He controls a thousand Unsullied and two thousand slave soldiers responsible for the city's defense."

When Gavin heard the name Krazny Monakroz, his thoughts drifted away instantly. This was the good lord who represented the Lord of Astapor in the original plot, demonstrated and sold the Unsullied to Daenerys, but was eventually burned to death by Daenerys with dragon flames.

Obviously, as a ruler, he has the ability to unite with benefactors to initiate large-scale transactions. If he can help, this matter may go much more smoothly.

Gavin continued, "Please contact Krazny Monakros for me tomorrow and tell him that I want to buy all the Unsullied. As long as he can help me, I am willing to pay him double the gold royals."

After hearing Gavin's order, Jalal frowned slightly, shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's difficult to buy all the Unsullied through them at this time. The entire Slave Bay is currently on guard against possible threats from the north, and Astapor also stopped the bulk sale of Unsullied half a month ago. Now the bulk trade of Unsullied is only sold to local benefactors and slave owners in Slave Bay. Other outsiders can only purchase a maximum of 100 Unsullied each."

"Threat from the north? Aren't there Dothraki people to the north of Slaver's Bay? Why are they fighting now?" Gavin asked with a puzzled look on his face. His eyes showed his curiosity about the situation, as if he was trying to piece together this complicated puzzle.

Jalal explained in an orderly manner, "No, Your Majesty. Recently, a horse king named Drogo was born in the Great Grass Sea in the north. A year ago, Khal Drogo inherited the khalasar of his father Khal Balb, and then continued to annex the surrounding tribes, quickly rising to become the strongest khal today. The population of the khalasar he leads exceeds 100,000, of which 40,000 are elite roaring warriors. It is a powerful force that makes the surrounding forces tremble with fear."

"The Dothraki have always fought against each other, and it is rare to see a khalasar of this scale. All the forces surrounding the Dothraki are on high alert, worried that the other side will turn its spearhead outward and bring endless looting and disaster. And it is rumored that not long ago, Khal Drogo led his khalasar to Pentos to collect tributes. After leaving Pentos, he headed south and did not return to the Dothraki Sea. Many people are worried that these 100,000 tribes will never be satisfied with the tributes from Pentos, and they will most likely loot southern Essos or even come to the Slaver's Bay."

Gavin nodded slightly after hearing this. He naturally knew about Drogo, but he had never paid attention to his situation and his understanding of him was limited to the plot in the original drama.

Gavin was not clear about the situation before Drogo married Daenerys. As the power of Slaver's Bay was adjacent to the south of the Dothraki Great Grass Sea, it was not surprising if a war broke out between the two sides.

Jalal continued, "Now that the Dothraki are heading south, the sales of the Unsullied are booming like never before. The purchases in Slaver's Bay alone have surpassed the usual total sales. The Gith are very united, and the Good Lords are happy to sell to Gith of their own kind first. And for the sake of city defense, they have restricted sales to other countries. I guess the restrictions will only be lifted after the Dothraki leave."

After a pause, Jalal said, "If you want to buy a thousand Unsullied, Kraznys will most likely increase the price and sell all of his Unsullied to you. With the Unsullied in the hands of other good masters, he is not worried about the safety of Astapor, but if you want to buy all of them, I think he will most likely refuse."

After hearing this, Gavin smiled and said, "It seems that Kraznys is really a greedy person. Are there many benefactors like him?" Jalal answered seriously with a focused expression, "Your Majesty, there are not many greedy benefactors, only a few. Most of the benefactor families have hundreds or even thousands of years of inheritance, and the price of Unsullied is extremely expensive. They are not short of money. Whenever they face a crisis, they will stop selling Unsullied to the outside world and keep them to guard Astapor. For them, their lives are obviously more important than gold."

After hearing this, Gavin nodded slightly, and after a moment of deep thought, he continued to ask: "If we seize the Whip of the Harpy, can we gain control of all the Unsullied?"

Gavin was thinking in his mind that since he couldn't buy the Unsullied through normal channels, he could use force to decapitate the good masters, and then seize the Whip of the Harpy to gain control of the Unsullied.

Jalal frowned slightly, thought for a moment and then replied, "Your Majesty, this is a bit difficult. Although the Unsullied will obey the command of the whip holder, there are more than ten whips in Astapor, and each whip has a different style. The Unsullied belong to different good masters, each of whom has his own Harpy Whip, and the number of Unsullied they can command is also different. Once the Unsullied is sold, they will pledge allegiance to the new whip under the ceremony, and the new whip will only take effect after the ceremony. In addition, since the good masters live in their own pyramids, it is extremely difficult to seize all the whips at the same time, and the risk of seizing them one by one is too great."

Hearing Jalal's explanation, Gavin's fingers tapped rhythmically on the table, making a crisp sound.

He couldn't help but think to himself: In the original plot, Krazny Monakros gave the Whip of the Harpy to Daenerys in exchange for a dragon. It seems that this was a special case of selling the Unsullied.

But nowadays, normal purchases are no longer feasible, and it is difficult to impress all benefactors simply by relying on gold.

I can't really exchange it for Scorching Shadow, and Scorching Shadow is not a baby dragon, and I'm not the homeless Daenerys. Even if I'm willing, those kind-hearted people may not dare to agree.

His target is all the Unsullied. It is not impossible to seize the Harpy's Whip one by one, but he must act quickly. Otherwise, once his actions are exposed and alert other good masters, it will be difficult to obtain the remaining Unsullied later.

Seeing Gavin lost in thought, Kairos, who had been standing at the door in silence, spoke up: "Your Majesty, I heard that in the history of Astapor, all the Unsullied were commanded by a whip. Whenever Astapor was faced with a serious external threat, with the consent of all the good masters, they would hand over the command of the Unsullied and hold a ceremony to unify the Unsullied under a single whip of the Harpy so that they could better command the battle."

(End of this chapter)