Chapter 17: Each Has His Own Agenda

The Thousand Halls is the power center of Qarth, where the royal family rules the entire Qarth.

The royal family sat high on the huge wooden chairs of their ancestors. The wooden chairs were arranged in an arc, rising step by step from the marble floor to the high round ceiling, on which was painted the glorious scene of Qarth in the past.

The chairs were not only huge, but also strangely carved, with bright gilded surfaces and inlaid with amber, agate, jade and emerald. Each chair was different and competed with each other in beauty.

Jack was invited by Mavis to the Hall of a Thousand Seats. The luxury here made Jack realize that he had underestimated the financial resources of the ancient nobles.

Mavis looked at the 20 Unsullied behind Jack and knew that Jack did not trust her, so she asked the slaves to carry up a box of gems.

"This is my greeting gift. Nice to meet you, Jack. Excuse me, is that a baby dragon in your arms?"

"Yes, it's the young dragon. It's also nice to meet you, Prince Mavis."

At this time, Jack roughly guessed Mavis's intention. It seemed that the information he had seen on the forum before should be true.

Although Qarth is nominally ruled by the Prince of Qarth, the management of the city is actually in the hands of the Guild of Commerce and the wizards.

Merchants and wizards are the nobility of Qarth.

In the American TV series, Zaro finally joined forces with the wizards to kill the remaining 13 giants and said that he would be the king of Qarth.

This means that the royal family of Qarth at that time may have lost the ability to resist.

Sure enough, he brought Jack to the bedroom behind the Hall of a Thousand Seats and asked the slaves to prepare delicious food and wine.

While Mavis was pouring wine into Jack's mouth, she tried to find out his background indirectly.

Jack also cooperated and told his "origin". After taking a sip of wine, he said "drunkly":

"I come from an earl family in Westeros. A medium-sized gold mine was discovered in the territory. Although I am the second child and have no inheritance rights, because I look a lot like my father, he customized a large ship for me and made me a merchant."

"I'm lucky enough to have successfully established myself in the business world. To be frank, my wealth can easily support a standing army of thousands of people!"

Mavis' eyes lit up. The royal family of Qarth had 4,000 standing troops, but they all relied on the financial support of the merchant nobles.

The money given by that group of merchants was just enough to maintain a standing army of 4,000, and the supply had even been gradually reduced since a few years ago.

Mavis had thought about eliminating these merchants before, but these merchants also had many slave soldiers.

Once the action is taken, the Chamber of Commerce will cut off the supply and slowly wear down the royal army.

But if the royal families had the support of other businessmen, the situation would be different.

Especially for a wealthy businessman like Jack who owns a giant ship, Mavis has every opportunity to eliminate these chambers of commerce in Qarth and truly rule Qarth.

Mavis never thought that Jack was bragging. After all, the Poseidon was the best proof.

However, Mavis was not in a hurry to present her ideas to Jack.

After all, for businessmen, the cost of supporting a war is very risky.

If you lose, you will lose everything and may even go bankrupt.

So Mavis decided to slowly test and trick Jack.

After eating and drinking, Mavis arranged Jack in a luxurious palace.

Jack was a little surprised and wondered if he had guessed wrong.

But if my guess was wrong, why would the royal family of Qarth entertain me so warmly?

But if I guessed correctly, why didn't Mavis speak?

The two of them had their own hidden agendas, and finally Mavis said that she would come to visit again tomorrow.

In addition, Mavis also indirectly hinted that the Thirteenth Master was not a good person.

Let Jack be careful and don't believe anything the Thirteenth Master says.

Jack watched Mavis's leaving back and called over an Unsullied, asking him to go to the Poseidon and bring another eighty Unsullied over.

On land, even in coastal cities, Jack was extremely careful.

At the same time, Jack asked another Unsullied to find Mavis and ask her where she could buy a good horse.

"You just said that I love horses very much and it is my dream to own a great horse. If he is smart enough, he should know how to do it."

The two Unsullied took their orders and left.

Having a good horse would allow Jack to quickly escape to the sea when he was surrounded.

At the same time, Jack was also testing Mavis to see if Mavis really had something to ask of him.

If Mavis just told Jack where there were horses for sale, it meant that Mavis was simply interested in the baby dragon, and Jack would have to return to the Poseidon as soon as possible.

But if Mavis directly sent a good horse, it meant that Mavis had something to ask of him.

Jack sent three more Unsullied out in disguise to find out the current situation in Qarth.

After making the arrangements, Jack began to train Korakshu again.

Placing a piece of raw meat he had brought with him in front of Korak-Hugh, Jack whispered, "Dracarys!"

dracarys means dragon flame.

Daenerys used it to command her dragons to breathe dragon fire, and Jack took it and used it directly, which was really convenient.

"Hiss--" Scarlet dragon flame mixed with some black spurted out of Korakxiu's mouth.

Different dragons have different colors of dragon flames.

The color of dragon flame is generally black, and Viserion's dragon flame is light gold with a hint of red and orange.

Rhaegal's dragon flame is orange-yellow with a slight green texture.

Drogon's dragon flame is as black as scales.

It took only two seconds for the surface of the raw meat to be charred black. Korakhu swallowed the charred meat and looked at Jack expectantly.

However, Jack did not give Korakhuu any more food, but instead ordered, "Dragon Flame!"

Korak looked at Jack in confusion, as if asking: Where is my food?

Jack didn't say anything nonsense, he took off his shoes and slapped them with the soles of his shoes.

Regardless of the knocked-out Korakhuu, Jack shouted the command again: "Dragon Flame!"

Although Korakxiu felt a little dizzy this time, he still opened his mouth and spewed out dragon flames.

Jack immediately took out a piece of roasted meat and fed it to Korakhuu, praising him: "Good boy, very good."

The intelligence of a dragon is not low, but it is definitely not high either.

An adult dragon has about the intelligence of a teenage child, but unlike a child, a dragon is much stronger and more brutal.

Ultimately, the dragons in the Game of Thrones world are more like beasts.

There is a big difference between this and the giant dragons that can speak human language in humans or myths and legends.

So Jack thinks that dragon training is very important, and that obedience training must be started when the dragon is young.

Otherwise, it will be difficult to train them to be absolutely obedient when they grow up.

As for Daenerys and Drogon in the later part of the TV series, their relationship is actually more like a mother-son relationship rather than a superior-subordinate relationship.

The first step for Jack to tame the dragon is the command.

Important and serious commands should only be repeated once.

If there is no response the first time, action must be taken, either with a stick or with food reward, or both.

Otherwise, if a password is repeated seven or eight times, the authority of the password or Jack himself will be greatly reduced.

Once Korak has his own ideas in the future, he will carry out his ideas without following orders.

Therefore, Korak must be made to develop a habit and learn that listening to oneself is good and necessary.