NOVEL NEXT Chapter 338: plot
Chapter 338 Conspiracy
Astapor.
The morning sun shines from the eastern horizon, dispelling the deep night, and making the fire in the city no longer so dazzling.
Ser Katu Huya stood in front of the burning grain warehouse with a gloomy expression.
"Did you find out who set the fire?" he asked.
"No." An Unsullied officer shook his head.
Katu pursed his lips, but he wasn't too surprised.
Although the Unsullied are well-trained and fearless, they can be called the strongest light infantry, but their weakness is also very obvious, that is, they are very clumsy in other aspects besides fighting.
Entrusting them with matters such as hunting, interrogation, and tracking clues, it is better to entrust a few dogs—they may be able to find the real culprit by their noses.
In fact, Katu can also guess that the real culprits are nothing more than the gang of old nobles in Astapor.
These people became dishonest after Samwell and Daenerys left one after another.
In the beginning, they just spread rumors in the city, saying that after the slave trade was banned, Astapor would no longer be able to buy food with gold, and that the cultivated fields beside the worm stream would not be able to harvest in a short time.
The price of food in the city rose accordingly.
Fortunately, when Samwell killed the good masters of Astapor before, he confiscated the grain stored in their home. Seeing that the situation was not good, Katu immediately opened the warehouse to release the grain.
Food prices fell immediately, and the signs of panic in the city were suppressed.
But now, those old nobles actually sent people to burn the granary.
Katu could predict that rumors would spread in the city again, and panic spread.
"Add more people to guard the granary in the east of the city." Katu ordered, "We can't let what happened in the west of the city repeat."
The Unsullied Officer paused for a moment, and said, "My lord, I'm afraid we don't have enough manpower in the city, should we let those outside the city withdraw..."
"No!" Katu immediately refused, "Those who search for His Majesty Caesar cannot withdraw."
For him, even if Astapor fell into riots and was even burned, it was not as important as looking for Caesar.
"Transfer the Unsullied who are defending the city into two centurions and return to guard the granary." Katu ordered.
"Yes, my lord."
Katu looked at the gradually extinguished flames, but the anger in his heart was getting hotter and hotter. He really wanted to order the massacre of all those old nobles immediately, but he was worried that doing so would cause even greater turmoil.
It would be great if Lord Caesar was here.
…
In an inconspicuous tavern next to the Great Pyramid, a group of Ghisians wearing Tokar robes gathered.
The leader is a blue-haired woman who still has charm, reclining gracefully on a reclining chair, and sitting next to a man with a big arm and a thick waist.
Although the man is also wearing a toka robe, it can be seen from his unnatural posture that he is not used to this kind of bloated and exaggerated clothes.
This is not surprising, after all, Cleon was just a slave of Grazdan Good Lord a few days ago, responsible for slaughtering pigs, and it is said that he slaughtered pigs faster than anyone in Astapor .
Later, Lord Grazdan died in the dragon flame, and Cleon was free.
But he wasn't grateful, instead, he hated the pair of dogs and men riding dragons to death.adventure
Because Cleon was a slave before, but killing pigs for the good lord is not hard work, and he can always get a lot of leftover pork, so he lives a good life.
But now, he is free, but he is going to reclaim wasteland by the Worm River and plant beans under the scorching sun.
This is much harder than killing a pig, and I still can’t get enough to eat.
So, when the wife of the Good Lord Grazdan found him and asked him to set fire to the granary of those outsiders, Kryon realized that his chance had come.
Sure enough, when he successfully completed the task, he was immediately regarded as a hero by these old nobles.
Now Kleon not only put on the tokar robe, but even climbed onto the wife of Lord Good Lord—
Madame Urho's bed.
I'm going to be a good Lord too! Once this thought sprouted in Kleon's mind, he couldn't let it go.
"The people of Westeros transferred the Unsullied to guard the granary in the east of the city. It will not be easy for us to do it again." An old nobleman said.
"We can go to other places to set fire!" Kleon yelled, after the successful arson last time, he became obsessed with this method, "There are only so many Unsullied, it is impossible to see all places in the city!"
"What's the use of burning other places?" Someone really looked down on this vulgar butcher, "This is our city, what good is burning it to ashes for us?"
Kryon suddenly choked up.
The woman beside him patted his arm as a comfort, and then said to everyone:
"There is no need to burn the granary anymore. Our goal has been achieved. The seeds of panic have been planted in the hearts of the people in the city. We only need a suitable opportunity to detonate it."
"what chance?"
"I have already sent someone to contact the Long Spear Group and the Cat Group." Mrs. Urho said with a smile, "However, they charge a higher price, and the Urho family cannot bear the cost alone."
The old nobles talked a lot, and then one said:
"The cost is not a problem. We all have a lot of gold coins in our possession. However, are you sure that the cats and spears alone can defeat the Unsullied in the city?"
"There are fewer Unsullied people in the city than you imagined." Madam Urho said confidently, "The dragon girl took half of the Unsullied people with her when she left, and that Sir Kato did it for him. In search of the missing Caesar, more than 2,000 Unsullied were sent out of the city. Now there are at most 2,000 Unsullied in the city.”
"But it is still larger than the combined number of the Cat Group and the Long Spear Group. What's more, the combat effectiveness of the mercenaries is far inferior to that of the Unsullied."
"Don't forget that there are more than 100,000 hungry and panicked Astapors in the city." Mrs. Urho laughed, "I'm afraid you don't know that after the dragon queen captured Yunkai, she led her army to continue north without stopping. , went to attack Meereen. But as soon as she left, the Yunkai'i rebelled, overthrew the **** council she left behind, and restored slavery."
Hearing this, Kleon immediately said: "Then why don't we seek help from the wise lords of Yunkai?"
"The wise lords of Yunkai are gathering an army, and they are preparing to join forces with Meereen to strangle the dragon girl's army. On our side, the help of two mercenary groups and the people of Astapor is enough. As long as Caesar and his Without the White Dragon, those stupid Unsullied are no match for us."
"By the way, where did Caesar go?" An old nobleman asked, "And what happened that night at the Temple of the Holy Grace?"
Madam Urho smiled slightly: "This is exactly what I want to tell everyone. The gods of Ghiscari have sent an envoy to punish this arrogant outsider. Don't worry, Caesar will never come back."
The old nobles all showed joy:
"Then when do we act?"
"That depends on when you are ready for the gold."
"We'll be ready tomorrow."
Madam Urho laughed loudly:
"Then justice will come to Astapor tomorrow!"