Chapter 63

Chapter 63 Visit

Starfall City.

  At a market on the east side of the pier, Samwell finished shopping around and walked into a wooden house.

  Inside, Natalie was standing by the window, motionless.

  Opposite her, a young man covered in various dyes was painting on a piece of canvas.

  "Is it ready?"

  "It's almost ready, it's almost ready! Please wait a little longer."

  Samwell walked behind the young painter and looked at his work carefully.

  Hmm...it's okay.

  Although there is no charm at all, but at least it is similar.

  It is enough for any painter one can find in the market to be able to paint like this, if the requirements is not too high.

  When the painter finished, Samwell threw a silver stag over.

  " finished ? Let me see, let me see!" Natalie rubbed her stiff waist and trotted over to look at the painting.

  The little girl was not as picky as Samwell. She probably saw an oil painting for the first time, and it was a portrait of herself, so she couldn't take her eyes away immediately.

  But before she could see enough, Samwell reached out and took the painting away.

  "Oh~~ I haven't watched enough!"

  "If you want to see , look in the mirror, I'll take this painting."

  "What do you need my painting for?" Natalie seemed to realise and her eyes suddenly becoming a little wary.

  "Children shouldn't ask too much about adults' affairs." Samwell responded casually and walked out.

  Natalie snorted softly and quickly followed.

  After going out, Samwell stretched out his hand to summon two guards, then turned to Natalie and said,

  "They will accompany you around the market, I have something to attend to, so I will be back soon."

  "Where are you going?" Natalie panicked, "I want to follow you!"

  Samwell pointed to the majestic castle not far away, and said,

  "I'm going to visit the Dayne family, you wait here."

  "Why won't you take me there?" Natalie acted aggrieved.

  "I'll take you there next time." Samwell stepped forward, waving his hands without looking back, "Next time."

  ...

  "Sir Urik, thank you for your hospitality." Samwell ate bread and salt and stepped forward to offer a salute.

  "Welcome to Starfall City, Sir Caesar." Urik Sand said with a half-smile.

  It seems that he doesn't want to hide his dislike for Samwell at all.

  Samwell didn't care about the attitude of the other party. After all, Reach and Dorne had a thousand-year feud, and the acting lord of Starfall City was considered polite if he could maintain this superficial etiquette.

  The two entered the castle and sat down in the living room.

  The maid brought wine and dessert, and then quietly left.

  "Sir Caesar, what is the purpose of your visit to Starfall City this time?"

  Samwell took a sip of coffee and said with a smile:

  "Actually, it's nothing, I just wanted to meet my neighbors. You must know that I opened a new territory in eagle island..."

  Urik interrupted rather rudely: "Then you'd better build the castle as soon as possible, before that, Eagle Island is not your territory."

"Soon…Soon." Samwell didn't seem to notice the provocation in Urik's words at all, "In about two years, my castle will be built. "

  "Two years..." Urik secretly noted the time, "The speed is okay, not too slow."

  Samwell immediately began to pour out his bitterness : "Oh, if those savages are not lazy in their work, the work will definitely be faster. Moreover, the land in Eagle Island is barren and there is no way to grow food. I can only transport it from outside making it too expensive..."

  Urik didn't want to listen to this person's complaints, so he interrupted: "I heard that a silver mine was discovered in Eagle Island?"

  "Yes. But relying on this silver mine alone is hard to feed so many people." Samwell said with a frowning face, "I have no choice but to start brewing and selling wine. Sir Urik, do you want to buy a batch of my wine?"

Urik also heard the captains who went to inquire talk about this matter , so he asked curiously: "What kind of wine are you brewing ?"

Hearing this Samwell asked his attendant Katu to take out the brandy and pour Urik a glass of wine.

  The rich aroma of wine spread, immediately attracting Urik's attention.

  He picked up his glass and gulped it down.

  The Dornish people have strong tastes, so they usually like to add some spicy spices to their drinks, but when they drank the distilled brandy, they were immediately fascinated.

  "It's really good wine!" Urik couldn't help but praise.

  Samwell took the opportunity to sell and said: "If you think this wine has a future in Dorne, why don't we cooperate, I will be in charge of the supply, and you will be in charge of the sales."

  Urik rolled his eyes and asked cautiously:

  "ummhhh… What's the price of the goods?"

  "Ten silver stags to a gallon. This is my unified supply price to House Tyrell, House Hightower, and House Redwyne."

  "You have already asked these three families to help you sell?"

  "Yes. However, in Dorne, you are still my first partner, and you may also be the last one."

  Urik rubbed his wine glass, lost in thought.

  He noticed that Samwell had always been talking about cooperating with himself, not with the Dayne family.

  This means that all the profits from brandy sales will go into his personal pocket.

  Although, as the acting city lord of Starfall City, it is a little unreasonable to cooperate with a Reach, let alone a guy who is building a territory near the mouth of the Torentine River.

  However, Urik was still moved.

  As an illegitimate child, no matter how long he has been the acting city lord, no matter how well he has done during this period, Starfall City will not be his.

  But the profits from selling brandy will actually go into his pocket.

  What's more, Urik knew that as the real owner of Starfall City, Edric Dayne, was about to come of age so he would not be able to hold the position of acting city lord for long.

  That being the case, why not make a fortune before losing power?

  As for the threat of Eagle Island, anyway, there are still two years before the castle is completed, so he can leave it to Earl Edric to have a headache.

  Thinking of this, Urik changed his perfunctory and hostile attitude before, and the smile on his face suddenly became sincere:

  "Okay! Sir Caesar, I am willing to cooperate with you!"

  Samwell felt relieved, knowing that the crisis in the territory was temporarily lifted. .

  He signed a consignment contract with Urik with a smile, discussed the details of the wine supply, and then changed the subject, saying: "By the way , Sir Urik, I happened to be at the dock market when I came today and saw a portrait, the person in the painting has brown hair and purple eyes, she looked like a lady from the Dayne family, do you know her?"

  Samwell asked Katu to show Natalie's portrait out.

  Urik glanced at the painting, then smiled and said,

  "This painting should be of Miss Ashara Dayne when she was young. Where did you find this painting?"

  "I bought it from a merchant who came to Eagle Island." Samwell intentionally put on a look of expectation, "Is Miss Ashara married now?"

  Urik glanced at Samwell , he seemed to see through his thoughts, shook his head and said,

  "I'm sorry, Sir Caesar, Miss Ashara unfortunately fell into the sea and died more than ten years ago."

  Samwell immediately looked disappointed.

  Urik said with a smile: "Sir Caesar, the last lady of the main branch of the Dayne family has also married to Blackhaven City. If you are interested, I can introduce you to some ladies from the branch line."

  "This... there's no need." Samwell laughed and changed the topic to other topics.

  Now,there's is no doubt in his heart about the identity of the mysterious female Head of the Raven tribe.

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