Chapter 58: Willing to be a Slave

The great lords never expected that Daenerys' army would break through the city gate so quickly. They had nowhere to escape and were almost all captured.

She ordered her people to cut off the collars of all the slaves in the city. On the same day, Daenerys issued a message asking the slaves in the city to expose the crimes of the great lords who abused them. She would pick out 113 great lords with serious crimes and nail them to wooden racks in Meereen to avenge the girl on the signpost outside the city.

Other great masters whose crimes were less serious were imprisoned in the dungeon and prepared to stand trial.

The freed slaves of Meereen did not dare to expose the crimes of the Great Lord at first, until a brave slave came forward to tell of his own abuse and the murder of his former companions. Then more and more people came forward to expose the crimes.

In just one morning, the list of great lords to be nailed to the gallows was determined. They were gathered on the path of Meereen and escorted by the Unsullied to carry out the punishment.

Then they were nailed one by one on wooden frames in the shape of road signs, with a wooden frame every twenty meters. The road leading to the largest pyramid was suddenly filled with the screams of the great lord.

Seeing their miserable appearance, Drogon felt only pleasure, without a trace of sympathy. When they nailed the little girl to death, they probably didn't think that they would have such a day!

The day after Daenerys took power in Meereen, she ordered people to tear down the huge statue on the top of the pyramid representing the power center of Meereen and replaced it with a three-headed dragon flag.

Three days later, order in Meereen gradually returned. In addition to the great lord nailed to the wooden frame, Daenerys imprisoned more than 60 great lords who had committed bad deeds.

In the meeting room, several people gathered together to report and discuss important affairs in the three places of Slave Bay.

There is no need to worry too much about the thousand Unsullied garrisons in Astapor for the time being, but they can only intimidate the local slaves and good masters. The city management is still very chaotic. Although the slaves who have regained their freedom do not have the same ambitions as the Butcher Cleon, they will slowly develop other ideas.

With Daeron and a thousand Unsullied in Yunkai, they can suppress the power of the local wise lords and govern the country properly. The former slaves all have their own houses after receiving resettlement fees from Daenerys.

However, according to Varys' intelligence, the Wise Lord of Yunkai is still privately contacting leaders in New Ghis and other places, trying to retake Yunkai.

In addition to the stability issue, the three places in Slave Bay also face a huge food problem. In the past, the three places were all slave cities, and the city's income was entirely obtained by selling slaves. After the slave owners got the money, they fed and trained the slaves to continue selling, and the cycle continued.

Now they are all free men, most of them have no skills, and after receiving the resettlement fee given by Daenerys, they have no source of income. Even those who have skills will not be hired.

What Daenerys hates most is that yesterday some nobles and merchants from Qarth and Long Summer came to Meereen to buy slaves. Many Meereenese people wanted to sell themselves to them. After being stopped by Daenerys, they still harbored resentment, as if Daenerys had blocked their good life.

Seeing this scene, drogon remembered the movie "The Shawshank Redemption" he had watched before. The old black man in the movie had lived in prison for decades and was not used to the life outside after he was released from prison. He even thought about returning to prison to spend the rest of his life.

The slaves of Meereen have been trained by the Great Master since childhood, and some of them even have deep slave natures and only know how to please their masters.

And according to Dario, slaves with special skills lived a comfortable life after being bought, with good housing and food, and not all slave owners would abuse their slaves.

Drogon also had no idea how Daenerys would feed hundreds of thousands of mouths. It was obviously not possible to just rely on the gold, silver, jewelry and diamonds stolen from the slave owners.

He missed Tyrion a little bit, so he should leave these troubles to him!

After Jorah reported the basic situation of the three places, Daario told him what he had done in the past two days.

"My queen, I have seized fifty-two of the Great Lord's great ships for you."

"Why did you take their ships?" Daenerys frowned slightly. The Great Lord was already frightened, and they probably wouldn't dare to resist if the Second Sons took their ships.

"I know you like big ships, so I took the initiative." Dario said indifferently.

Daenerys did not comment, she almost married herself to the Qarth lord Xaro for a few ships.

"Ser Jorah, how many ships do we have in total?" Daenerys couldn't help but feel excited when she heard that she now owned fifty-two ships.

"Your Majesty, all the ships added up to one hundred and six."

Daenerys' eyes lit up: "Then can I cross the Sea of ​​Hell and attack King's Landing?"

"I'm afraid not. The ship can carry all the Unsullied and the Second Sons, but even if you take the Unsullied who are staying in Astapor and Yunkai and abandon Meereen, it is still not enough to attack King's Landing with these ten thousand men. The soldiers of King's Landing are experienced in fighting the North and Stannis, and their numbers are not small. You simply don't have enough soldiers."

The light in Daenerys' eyes disappeared in an instant. Ten thousand people were still too few. Besides, she had no intention of giving up Slaver's Bay. If she gave up here, what kind of liberator would she be, what kind of breaker of shackles? Who would dare to believe what she had sworn?

She decided to focus on being the Queen of Slaver's Bay and governing it well before considering attacking King's Landing.

At this time, the Unsullied outside the door reported that a Meereenese noble wanted to meet Daenerys. Everything that needed to be said had been said. Daenerys announced the end of the meeting and asked the Unsullied to bring the noble in.

"Your Majesty, my name is Hizdahr zo Loraq, from the ancient Loraq family. This time I'm here to ask you to release my father and allow him to return to the Temple of Holy Grace." A young noble with slightly curly hair and a short beard walked in and said.

"Is your father in the dungeons?" Daenerys asked.

"You nailed him to the wooden frame, and he died due to old age and physical exhaustion." Hizdahr said with resentment on his face.

Listening to Hizdahr's somewhat resentful words, Daenerys's face darkened slightly: "I want to avenge the little girl who was made into a road sign. She cannot be taken down yet."

"My father did not consent to their crucifixion, and there was nothing he could do about it," Hizdahr argued.

[No innocent souls are on the gallows!] drogon scoffed at his words. The evil deeds revealed by the slaves could not be false. Their crimes had been clearly written and there was no way to defend them. Even if his father did not approve, he had committed many other crimes.

Daenerys also agreed with Drogon's words and would not wrongly accuse any great lord who was nailed to the cross.

"He has received the punishment he deserves. Can I do as a son should and save his body from being pecked by crows?" Seeing that Daenerys had no intention of letting his father go, Hizdahr knelt on the ground and begged again.

"You know he is enduring the pecking of crows, but have you ever thought about those little girls?" Daenerys asked with a slightly gloomy face.

Hizdahr had nothing to say at this point, all he could do was kneel down and remain silent.