King's Landing, Red Keep.
Gary and his party took advantage of the darkness to drive a boat to a beach on the side of King's Landing. Then, guided by Tyrion and Jaime, they successfully entered the tunnel.
The tunnels below King's Landing are complicated, and not all routes of Tyrion and Jaime are known. "Your Majesty, are you going to Red Keep? Or Flea Street?"
Gary thought for a while and made up his mind, "Don't alarm Cersei first. Let's go find Arya and the others to meet up. Starting tomorrow, we will split up and find Cersei hides all Wildfire underground in King's Landing. After all Wildfire are transferred by us, we will have a showdown with Cersei."
Tyrion took the order and immediately led everyone through the underground passage of King's Landing. It was not until late at night that they came to the entrance of the passage below Flea Street.
Gary climbed out first. After confirming that there was no one around, he pulled everyone up one by one.
Next, while avoiding Gold Cloaks's patrol, Gary sensed the location of the ice core and led everyone to a separate courtyard.
The doorkeeper was none other than Sandor. The moment he saw Gary and his party, he opened the door in advance. After Gary and his party entered the other courtyard, he quickly closed the door.
Since they had not hired servants yet, the huge courtyard seemed particularly deserted.
The two parties reunited, and Gary also began to formulate a plan, "Bran and Arya continue to monitor Red Keep, Sandor and Brienne stay in the courtyard to protect them. The matter of finding Wildfire is left to us. Xiaolu, how is your sense of smell?"
The deer said with confidence, "If I become Direwolf, I can have their sense of smell."
Gary smiled and said, "Then we have to rely on your sense of smell to find Wildfire Cersei hidden underground."
Although Xiaolu has never seen Wildfire, she trusts Direwolf's sense of smell. As long as she can remember the smell of Wildfire, she will be able to find them all.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it!"
Gary raised the corner of his mouth, "Very good. Let's rest tonight and officially start transferring the Wildfire plan tomorrow!"
Essos, Lys.
Aegon VI's mansion has a special guest, the envoy of Iron Bank, Taichu Nestos.
After seeing Aegon VI, Taichu Nestos first saluted, "Prince Prince, the first batch of gold has arrived. Please send someone to inspect it."
Aegon VI asked his Hand of the King, Jon Sir Clinton to go out to inspect the gold, and he chatted with Taichu Nestos, "How much gold did the envoy bring this time?"
Taichu Nestos is neither humble nor arrogant, "Converted to Gold Dragon, it's about two million."
"Only two million? When will you give me the remaining two million?" Aegon VI crossed his chest with his hands unhappily and asked repeatedly.
Taichu Nestos looked out the window, "I heard that Prince Prince is about to counterattack Westeros. I have some good news for you."
Aegon VI raised his eyebrows, "What's the good news?"
Taichu Nestos smiled and said, "House Baratheon is unable to repay our debts, so we plan to support Prince Prince in winning Iron Throne. However, according to the rules, Prince Prince must sign a new contract with us, promising that after the war, while repaying his own debts, he will also repay the debts owed by Iron Throne."
Iron Bank's rules, Aegon VI knew clearly, "I can repay Iron Throne's six million, but how much gold can you lend me?"
Taichu Nestos laughed a few times, "In addition to the two million for this trip, we can also lend the prince Prince and ten million Gold Dragon."
Aegon VI's eyes lit up. If he had ten million Gold Dragon, he could recruit several times more Mercenary. He could even send people to negotiate with Dothraki and hire them to fight across the sea.
Dothraki only has cavalry as an arm, and the sight of thousands of horses galloping is extremely frightening. Aegon VI has seen such a scene once, so it left a deep impression on him.
Dothraki, who grew up on a horse, has been in charge of Essos for many years, and his strength cannot be underestimated.
"Ten million Gold Dragon... what price do I have to pay? It is impossible to repay this money with Westeros's treasury taxes alone. What do you want?" Aegon VI is still sober and has not been dazzled by the amount of gold.
Taichu Nestos squinted his eyes and smiled, "We want 1/3 of the gold mine of Westerlands. From now on, every time Westerlands produces three Gold Dragon, one Iron Bank will be given to us, and Westeros will only get two of them."
Aegon VI sneered, "Does the envoy think I am a fool? Westerlands's gold mines have been mined for nearly a thousand years and there are still some leftovers. How can a mere ten million Gold Dragons be compared? The 1/3 of the gold mines that the envoys are going to take is estimated to be able to forge gold worth more than one billion Gold Dragons."
Taichu Nestos moved the small bag behind him to the front and said with a smile, "Prince Prince, we come here with sincerity. As long as you see our sincerity, you will know that 1/3 of the gold mine is actually not much at all."
Aegon VI looked at the small package in Taichu Nestos's arms and said, "Show me what it is that can be worth so much gold."
Taichu Nestos opened the small bag, and a green Dragon Egg covered with scales appeared in front of Aegon VI.
Aegon VI stood up suddenly and shouted overjoyed, "Dragon Egg? No... the dragon has long been extinct."
The excitement in his eyes quickly faded, "This is a Dragon Egg fossil? It is worth a lot of money and can be regarded as a collection."
Taichu Nestos smiled and shook his head and said, "Dragon Egg fossils are very rare, but no one can hatch the fossils because those are dead eggs. But this Dragon Egg is different, it is a living egg!"
He held Dragon Egg to his ear, looking intoxicated, "Ah, this sweet heartbeat."
Taichu Nestos carefully placed Dragon Egg on the desk of Aegon VI, "Prince Prince, you can pick it up and listen to it."
Aegon VI picked up Dragon Egg doubtfully and put it to his ear, "Thump... thump... thump..."
There was a hint of horror in his eyes, there was really a heartbeat inside this Dragon Egg!
"Where did you get this egg?"
Taichu Nestos did not answer this question, but asked Aegon VI: "Prince Prince, do you think this Dragon Egg is worth 1/3 of the gold mine?"
Aegon VI hugged Dragon Egg as if he had found a treasure, "If it can hatch Dragon normally, it will certainly be worth it."
Taichu Nestos smiled even more happily, "Prince Prince, don't worry, we have preliminary knowledge of the incubation process of Dragon. And we can agree with the prince that if this Dragon Egg does not hatch in the end, then the contract about the gold mine will be automatically canceled, how about it?"
Aegon VI cried out, "You have a way to hatch Dragon Egg? How to do it? No, no, you are not from House Targaryen, how can you possibly master the secret of hatching Dragon Egg."
Taichu Nestos pretended to be mysterious and said, "Prince Prince should know that someone has hatched Dragon."
Aegon VI gritted his teeth and said the name, "Luke·Stark, the illegitimate son of House Targaryen."
Taichu Nestos nodded, "We found the place where he hatched Dragon Egg, as well as some clues and witnesses. I believe that the process of hatching Dragon Egg is similar to what we guessed."