Chapter 416
When Dany first came to Astapor, the streets by the pier were empty.
Apart from their entire group, they didn't even encounter a single foreign trader, and even local residents rarely wandered on the red brick streets.
Two years later, the old city wall with cracks was repaired and the weathered red brick floor of the street was taken out and replaced with new bricks.
The urban buildings have also been optimized, and all the dilapidated and dilapidated buildings have been demolished and rebuilt.
A block of red brick and black tile buildings rose from the ground, and three four-layer buildings were lined up on the street.
Residents also planted fruit trees such as apples, persimmons, figs, and Loquats on the streets in front of their homes.
Clean, tidy, with a natural harmony.
If there are not dozens of pyramids in the middle, it will almost make people mistakenly think that they are in a small county in the 1980s and 1990s.
Tyrion and Connington and the others walked all the way, amazed all the way.
"King's Landing is also close to the river and the sea. Compared with Astapor, it's a big shithole." Imp's tone was complicated.
“The air in the city is very fresh, the hygiene is very good, and the sewer system is almost as good as the Black Wall of Volantis.” commented skinny man Pogba.
"Ahhh, Earl Cleon, it's Earl Cleon!"
"Impartial and incorruptible Cleon!"
The Great Pyramid is behind the city gate, leave the pier, and walk along the Walking along the street under the city wall, half a kilometer east is the north gate of Astapor.
Passing the north gate is the Plaza of the People - the Plaza of Punishment who once trained the Unsullied and hung the corpses of disobedient slaves - behind the square is the Palace of the Morning Sun, the Great Pyramid of the Dragon Queen.
At this time, the southern end of the square near the Palace of the Morning Sun was packed.
They huddled together, shouting and cheering to the Earl Chainbreaker inside the circle.
Well, Cleon came to the Palace of the Morning Sun one step ahead of them, and just after the carriage was surrounded by countless citizens who had heard the news.
"Meereen has a Cleon, who can tell right from wrong and defend against evil, Harpy comes to persecute, dragon and Father are by his side..."
"There is a blue sky above my head, and a heart is full of love. Faith, not cruelty and bloodthirsty, is only to defend freedom.”
In addition to the citizens surrounding Earl Chainbreaker, there were seven or eight Bard standing on the edge, playing and singing, using poetry to make Cleon fearless Difficult and dangerous, solved Meereen's "anti-Dragonmother, anti-freedom and anti-people's Harpy group case", and the story of the hero who was wronged and imprisoned in prison.
In the mouths of singers, poets, and even ordinary people, Cleon is upright and considerate of death, by the strength of oneself against the entire "anti-songming group".
He is a great man, a fighter to protect the freedom of Slaver's Bay, and the first minister of Slaver's Bay.
It's Master Qingtian!
"Cleon has such a high prestige..."
Imp was stunned, and with the twitching of his facial muscles, pitch-black's nostrils expanded, and only the nearby The citizens of Astapor took a few steps back in fright.
Tyrion has seen a lot of similar expressions on other people's faces. After the battle of Blackwater Rush lost his nose, everyone looked at him with contempt, disgust, or fear.
He went from bitter and depressed at first to numbness, and finally he got used to it.
At this time, facing the pointing fingers of the crowd, Tyrion seemed unaware, walked up to Tand, who was the leader, and said strangely:
"That Harpy group is unwilling to acknowledge. Formed by the Ghis people ruled by the allegiance Dragon Queen?"
"Of course, who would rebel except the original slave-master?" Tand affirmed.
"But why did the Dragon Queen arrest Earl Cleon, who suppressed the rebellion?" Connington asked Imp's doubts.
"It's not the Queen's arrest, it's the normal operating mechanism of the Grand Court."
Knowing that several foreigners couldn't understand, Tand quickly put the Dragon Queen Justice (Grand Court) and The law on the separation of the executive (guard and gendarmerie) was discussed again.
Finally, he concluded: "The power of trial rests with the courts, and the power of arrest and search rests with the guards. If the criminal has the status of a nobleman, a grand court must be formed.
It can only be The gendarmerie is led by the Minister of State to search for evidence and arrest criminals.
In order to ensure the fairness of justice, the Queen can only play one role in the trial process.”
“legal "code" was really made by Dragon Queen himself?"
Imp was fascinated by the fact that the judicial system in "legal code" was so standardized, which refreshed him.
Tand was dissatisfied with Imp's suspicions, and said bluntly: "You a trifling joker, what laws do you know?
Any scholar who has a little knowledge of the laws of various countries. If you understand, you should understand that our "legal code" is unique and unmatched on the world."
"Although I haven't seen the complete "legal code" yet, I don't doubt its advanced nature ."
Imp first complimented oneself before asking oneself's question: "Dragon Queen is only 16 years old. She was even younger when she formulated "legal code". How can the customs of various ethnic groups create such a perfect legal code?”
“Queen hatched three dragons at the age of 14, led the tribe to traverse the Red Waste at the age of 14, and liberated Astapor at the age of 14. I am determined to liberate the entire Slaver's Bay, completely smash the slave system, and change the entire world. How can ordinary people do such things?" Tand rolled his eyes, said ill-humoredly.
"Uh..." Imp thought for a while, but was speechless.
"Ai, Dragon Queen is so wise and talented, how can any man in the world be worthy of her!" Tyrion slanted a meaningful glance at the silver-haired young man beside him and said.
Young Griff looked gloomy and kept his eyes down.
Connington was very helpless when he saw this. He had hoped that Dragon Queen had one-tenth of Rhaegar's compassion and wisdom. Now it seems...
too rich to be a good match ah!
With a sigh, he changed the subject and said, "Since the judicial system is so perfect, and Cleon is impartial and incorruptible, and sticks to the "legal code", why was he still arrested?"
"dang dang dang..."
A group of Unsullied rushed out of the Great Pyramid and struck the gong to disperse the crowd.
Finally, they formed two lines, isolating a passage for Cleon and the guards who escorted him into the hall.
The crowd dispersed, Earl Chainbreaker's silhouette disappeared at the entrance of the palace gate, and Tand walked forward with Firemage and Connington again.
As he walked, he shook his head and sighed, "It's also because Earl Cleon is too rigid, too impartial and incorruptible, and in the Harpy case, he hit too far, and a small number of innocent people were killed. Implicated."
"How many people have been wronged? To bring down a respected Earl." Imp said strangely.
"Not sure, but a total of 60,000 people were imprisoned, and 20,000 were sentenced to death. It's a bit—"
"Seven Hells!" The tanned ugly face turned pale in an instant, and howled: "How many Ghis people are there in Meereen?
I remember that the ratio of Volantis slaves to Free Folk is four to one, and I think the ratio is higher in Slaver's Bay. , how many people are there in Slaver's Bay?
Did Cleon catch all the Ghis people?
This method is simple and guarantees that a bad guy can't escape, but... ...."
"How can there be all? There are close to 200,000 Ghis people in Meereen!" Tand said.
Tyrion looked up at Tand, and said strangely: "Do you have any misunderstandings about impartial and incorruptible?"
"Earl Cleon fully abides by the "legal code" without a trace of selfishness Love." Tand said resolutely.
“How come there are so many Ghis people in Meereen?” Connington said strangely.
Tand explained: "After the liberation of Slaver's Bay, the previous slave business could not be done. Queen optimized and adjusted the economic structure of the three cities.
Astapor develops manufacturing With heavy industry, Yunkai, the original capital of bed slaves, was converted into a granary, and the Ghis people who cultivated bed slaves all migrated to Meereen, and Meereen developed handicraft and light industry."
Dany is so kind, kind, and honest.. A Queen of ...., naturally cannot directly say to the common people: Meereen is my chosen battlefield, I want to let the disobedient Ghis people go to Meereen as cannon fodder.
Of course, she didn't lie completely, and optimizing the industrial chain was also one of the goals.
“What is heavy industry and light industry?” Tyrion said curiously.
"Uh, Queen said, any department that provides means of production is called heavy industry, and departments that produce means of consumption are called light industry..."
The customs inspector scratched his head , said with a tangled face: "Don't ask me what 'production materials' and 'consumption materials' are, I don't really understand.
In short, mining, smelting, forging metal ingots, burning glass, logging , building sea ships is heavy industry. As for light industry... well, except agriculture, it is light industry! It's easier to understand." The eyes are full of brilliance.
"But I see that most of the merchant ships come to Astapor and rarely to Meereen." He asked again.
Tand frowned and thought for a while, before saying uncertainly: "The industrial layout does not seem to be complete. There is no doubt that Meereen was the most prosperous and had the most artisans and craftsmen.
But They are all slaves. After they were liberated as the new Free Folk, they all moved to Astapor.
Now, both heavy and light industries are in Astapor. Meereen mainly develops cash crops, such as olives, soybeans, and peanuts.
Especially olive, the olive oil in Slaver's Bay sells well all over the world.
Yunkai used to have a lot of olive forests, but unfortunately they were all burned to white ground by the slave-master, now only wheat, corn, turnip can be grown Waiting for the food crops."
"Fantastic, wonderful!" Tyrion yelled, clapping his hands.
"What's cool?" Young Griff looked at him as if he were mentally disturbed.
"Uh," Imp was stunned, his ugly face tangled, "I don't know what's wrong, but this industrial layout has a strange beauty and is very... harmonious."
"Aesthetic?" Now Young Griff takes him for a mental disorder.
"Optimizing the industrial chain can double the production efficiency." A slightly immature female voice suddenly came out from the side.
Tyrion turned his head and saw a little black girl with a round face and a flat nose looking at oneself with wide golden eyes.
"Ah, it's Lord City Lord." Tand respectfully walked over to the little black girl, bowed and saluted, "Tand Horpe, the inspector of the Commodity Inspection Department of Xiaguan Customs, has seen Lord Missandei."
>"City Lord?" Everyone was shocked.
"City Lord is a female dwarf?"
Tyrion looked at Missandei inexplicably kindly.
It seems that Dragon Queen is empowered by any sage, regardless of background.
Also, even the Firemage with crooked melons and jujubes and the shape of Demon also has a high salary of "millions of gold coins". It is very reasonable for dwarf to be the City Lord.
If Dragon Queen doesn't care about the identity of oneself Lannister, and I don't know if oneself can become the Hand of the King with the wisdom of oneself...
In just a moment, Tyrion Countless thoughts flashed through my mind.
But next moment, Tand slapped him on the back of the head and scolded: "You think you are as tall as you, you must be a dwarf? Missandei is only 11 years old!"