Chapter 10 The Governor Collaborating with Pirates

Author: Xiashan Tianshi

Chapter 10 The Governor Collaborating with Pirates

In the early morning, the wharf of Lys was already busy early. When Aegon arrived at the wharf, there were seven or eight more merchant ships flying the flag of Lys beside the original ten merchant ships.

Aegon immediately became happy when he saw this scene. He had indeed come to Lys at the right time.

We need to do more of this kind of business in the future.

No, it seems that it can only be given to these rich people.

"Your Majesty, this ship is a jewel sent by Governor Tweek, along with 100 Unsullied soldiers, and these 30 young and beautiful bed slaves just bought from Yunkai."

Governor Tweek's butler enthusiastically introduced the gift that Aegon had prepared for him.

Then several other governor's men also introduced Aegon.

Together, several people sent six merchant ships, 500 Unsullied soldiers, and 120 bed slaves.

What is surprising is that Governor Drumman actually sent the most things among the governors of Lys. He was the only one who sent two ships.

"Whose are these three ships?" Aegon asked curiously, looking at the three extra ships next to him.

"Your Majesty the King! This is mine."

A soft female voice came over, and Aegon looked around and found a young girl with blond hair and fair skin coming behind him.

The woman was wearing a green gauze skirt, which made her pink arms even more attractive, and her pair of deep blue eyes, filled with moisture, looked particularly charming.

"I remember you. Your name seems to be Joanna. We met at the banquet the day before yesterday!"

Joanna curtsied to Aegon, then smiled and said:

"Your Majesty has a very good memory, Joanna Harlow, I do insurance business for the crew."

In this era, sea transport was faster than land transport, because sea transport could travel day and night, while land transport could only travel during the day.

Moreover, sea transportation is more trouble-free than road transportation, so no matter where you go to do business, you usually choose to take a boat. The storms and pirates on the sea are the biggest enemies of these businessmen.

This will naturally give rise to these marine insurance industries.

People like Joanna would collect insurance premiums from the crew, and if they died or were sold to slave owners by pirates, Joanna and the others would pay the ransom.

Aegon was a little surprised and said:

"I never thought that such a young girl could build such a big industry! It seems that the Lis people are really innate in their talent for doing business."

The Joanna in front of her looks no more than two years older than herself. It is not easy to be in charge of such a large industry at such an age.

"Your Majesty, I am not from Lys, and this property was left to me by my father. He was a good friend of Governor Tweek. Unfortunately, he passed away the year before last."

The scene was very embarrassing for a while, but Aegon quickly recovered.

"Forgive me for being reckless, and thank you very much for your gift!"

Joanna smiled and shook her head, her smile seemed to be breathtaking: "It's okay, and you are the king. As your vassal, you don't need to say thank you to me!"

"You mean vassal?"

"Yes, Joanna Harlow is at your disposal, Your Majesty!"

Joanna said and knelt down on one knee to show her allegiance to Aegon.

This really surprised Aegon. The governors of Lys were all waiting and watching, intending to offer some benefits to build a good relationship in advance, but none of them planned to be loyal to him.

As a result, this young wealthy businessman from Reese actually chose to put all his treasure with him.

Aegon quickly raised his hand to signal Joanna to get up.

"Your Majesty, I have something else I want to talk to you about alone."

When Aegon heard this, he looked at the people around him, and the others walked away wisely. Anyway, it was impossible for a female to assassinate Aegon in person.

"Dany, stay here." Seeing Daenerys hesitate, Aegon called her directly.

"She is my aunt, you can tell her anything you want."

As if he was afraid that Joanna would not understand the relationship between Daenerys and him, Aegon quickly emphasized it to her.

"Okay, then I will tell your majesty and the princess that your majesty should be careful when going to Slaver's Bay this time."

"How to say?"

Aegon was a little surprised. He now had hundreds of Unsullied troops. Ordinary pirates shouldn't be afraid of them anymore, right?

Moreover, on my way to Slaver's Bay, there were only a few more pirates on the Stepstone Islands. But I was already here, could they still catch up?

Joanna did not take the initiative to answer, but turned around and said: "Your Majesty, do you know Drumman?"

"That fat guy?"

"Yes, Drumman was just a small wealthy businessman in Reese when he was young, and his business ability was average. But now he is the governor of Reese. Do you know why?"

Aegon and Daenerys both pricked up their ears curiously, and Joanna continued to talk about Drumman.

"Many fleets passing through Lys are always ambushed by pirates on the Stepstone Islands on their way to Braavos or Pentos.

And many of these attacked fleets were on Drumman's territory, so when I was doing insurance in the future, I rarely did business with these ignorant people."

Aegon finally understood: "You are saying that Governor Drumman is in collusion with the pirate gangs on the Stepstone Islands, and that he is responsible for providing intelligence on these fleets?"

This Drumman's operation is really cool. It can be compared with the operation of the islanders on the Three Sisters Islands who deliberately extinguished the lighthouse on a rainy night and caused the fleet to run aground.

Reese is the largest holiday destination, and the brothel industry is so developed that there is an endless stream of fleets coming to dock.

After all, wherever there are enough brothels, the crew will dock there!

But who would have thought that the governor of Lys could collude with pirates and kill people?

He even doubted whether Drumman was a descendant of the Iron People (people from the Iron Islands, the most famous pirate kingdom in Westeros, these people are called Iron People).

"Yes, with every additional shipwreck on the Stepstone Islands, the wealth of the Drumman family will increase.

Your Majesty, you carry so much jewelry, I think it is difficult for any pirate to resist this temptation."

After Joanna said this, Aegon's heart sank.

The merchant ship is a flat-bottomed boat, and its speed is definitely not as fast as the pirate's long ship, and it is possible that it will be caught halfway.

If there were more people on the other side, eating yourself wouldn't really be a problem.

This really trapped me in Reese.

But if he doesn’t leave, when Robert finds out that he is raising a banner in Lys, he might bring the royal fleet to destroy him!

That's much more powerful than pirates.

This seems to be a dead end.

But Aegon soon realized the problem.

"Since you already know about Drumman's collusion with pirates, you must also know how to survive, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't come here specifically to be loyal to me!"

Based on his judgment of Joanna just now, this woman is obviously not a fool willing to leave her life to others to decide. Since she dares to come, it proves that she must have a way to take him away.

"Yes, this method is actually very simple. Your Majesty, do you know who Trigg O'Molun's friends are?"

Aegon shook his head, and then asked tentatively: "Druman?"

"Yes, Drumman and Traeger are good friends, but Traeger actually made a scene at Governor Tweek's banquet the day before yesterday!"

"Are you saying that Governor Drumman is at odds with Governor Tweek?"

Aegon's eyes instantly lit up.
Chapter completed!