Game of Thrones' opening sold the gods

Volantis stood by a harbor so deep that its citizens used to boast that a hundred of Braavos's islands would be swallowed up in their own harbour.

But now the harbor of Volantis has been filled, and densely packed warships have surrounded the harbor of Volantis.

Yara Greyjoy stood at the bow of the ship, her eyes were a little confused. She never dreamed that one day she would lead the army to surround Volantis, the world's big brother.

And there is still no room for resistance on the other side.

Yara drove away the people at the pier first, then set up cannons at the pier, and finally sent someone to inform the consul of Volantis.

Like Valyria of yore, Volantis is a free bastion, ruled by a consul who holds an annual election in which every freeborn, landed Volantene has the right to vote.

Elections lasted ten days at a time, and these ten days became a Volantene carnival, with candidates who would do anything to get votes.

Only those whose ancestors can be traced all the way back to Valyria can become Archons.

The consuls are divided into Tiger Party and Elephant Party.

The city was once filled with a large population, and it was the most powerful and most populous city-state among the free trade city-states. Statues and fountains can be seen everywhere, and it was even known as "the city of flowers and fountains".

The war a century before the Conquest War changed everything. After the war, rioters and Elephant Party destroyed statues of many Tiger Party consuls to vent their grievances against the Tiger Party for dragging Volantis into the abyss of war.

The war also caused the population of Volantis to drop sharply, and the scene of hundreds of years ago has not yet been fully restored.

Today, the fountains either dry up and have no water or become stagnant pools. Although Volantis still seems to be prosperous, it is faintly declining, and some desolate urban areas have even turned back into swamps.

Originally, the ruling party of Volantis was the Elephant Party, which advocated the use of trade to conquer the world. Later, Daenerys appeared and was about to liberate the Slave Bay, which directly shook the foundation of Volantis.

So the Elephant Party united with the major slave city-states and launched a war against Daenerys. As a result, Azenia stepped in. In the end, the war failed, the Elephant Party stepped down, and the Tiger Party came to power.

After the Tiger Party came to power, they boasted that they would completely defeat Daenerys in Slaver's Bay, and then restore the former glory of Slaver's Bay.

As a result, just when the Tiger Party was preparing to start another war, the emperor of Azenia directly took Daenerys away, and then the Slave Bay was renamed Freedom Bay, which belonged to the overseas territory of the Azenian Empire.

This change caused the Tiger Party to misfire. When Azenia defeated Braavos, the whole world saw Azenia's military strength, not to mention that Azenia had several giant dragons.

But then something happened that made the Tigers think it was a good opportunity, and that was the news from King Baelish of the Valley.

Probably the Vale will besiege Azenia with the Reach and the West, inviting them to attack Azenia on both sides at sea, and Braavos will also participate.

Such a good opportunity, the Tiger Party will definitely not miss it, so they agreed to this encirclement and suppression.

As a result, the siege failed, and they countered the siege, and now they blocked the door directly, and Volantis didn't have any ability to resist.

When he learned that the general of Azenia was waiting for him at the port, the leader of the Tiger Party, Malacho Megaya, went to the port with a feeling of trepidation.

It was said that even though Malacho was old and toothless, he still lived up to his name as a tiger, but now the tiger trembled like a real sick tiger.

The older you get, the more afraid you are of death. If it was 20 years ago, Maracho would not lack the courage to fight Azenia to the death, but now, he just wants to live out his few lifespan comfortably.

When Yara saw Malachor, it was hard to believe that this old man was the feared consul of Volantis.

Then Maracho was brought in front of Yala. Yala stretched her long legs and carefully massaged Maracho up and down.

"You are the consul of the Tiger Party?"

"Yes, my lord, my name is Maracho." At this moment, Maracho was under tremendous pressure, and Volantis' fleet was completely wiped out. At that time, in order to win, even Volantis' city guards were pulled away. Went to the battlefield.

As a result, none were left. Now Volantis has less than a thousand city guards. If Azenia occupies Volantis, Volantis will have no resistance at all.

In fact, what Marachor is most worried about is not Azenia occupying Volantis, but what he is most worried about is losing his current rights.

"Volantis launched a war against the empire. According to the laws of the empire, Volantis should be annexed, that is, included in the territory of the empire."

Hearing that Malaccio opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted by Yala, "This is not to discuss with you, this is a notice, and the empire advocates peaceful annexation, I hope you can do a good job in the ideological work of Volantis, In return, you will remain consul of Volantis until you die of old age."

Hearing that Malacho was silent here, he was already very old, and he was probably going to die in a few years. It would be great if he could experience the feeling of being in power before he died.

"However, this female general, Volantis not only has the Tiger Party, but also the Elephant Party. If I promote a peaceful merger into Azenia, the Elephant Party will definitely block it secretly."

Hehe, Yara couldn't help laughing: "First, my name is Yara Greyjoy, and second, it seems that you haven't understood that since your navy was defeated, there has been no Tiger Party and Elephant Party Now, you are not the Maracho consul of the Tiger Party, but the consul of the Azenian Empire, understand?"

When Yala said this, Marachor didn't understand why Volantis has been incorporated into the empire now, but the empire wants to eat Volantis in a more stable and less violent way. Found himself, the Volantis consul.

This situation was played out in almost every free city-state that participated in the war. Did not fall.

First build a military base, and then participate in the governance of the city-states in the name of the empire. With the help of the ruling class, these city-states will accept the rule of the empire in less than a year.

At that time, the empire will almost digest Westeros, and it will be able to spare time and energy to re-differentiate and merge these free trade city-states.

At present, it is a preliminary reform, abolishing the slave system, and replacing it with various factories in the empire. Cheap labor is exactly what the empire needs.

Eight hours a day, with only 40 chiefs, Xia Lun will work desperately. Compared with the citizens of the empire who are always working hard to protect their rights, it is not amazing.

A large number of private enterprises came to the Free Trade City-State to set up factories, while the local former slave owners invested in these enterprises and became minority shareholders.