NOVEL NEXT Chapter 107 Retrial Plan
"I didn't agree with their plan from the beginning!" Ian suddenly said excitedly, "But I am soft-spoken and failed to convince the two brothers."
Hearing this, Illyrio looked at Darren Grafson.
"Yes, Sir Ian never participated in our robbery. He only agreed to come to Pentos to join His Majesty." Darren nodded. After spending time with Ian, his current code of conduct is No matter what Ian says, just cooperate and that's it.
"Okay, you have proved yourselves." After a long time, Illyrio finally nodded again, "Please stay here first, and the four knights under you can also come in together. When the time is right, I will naturally bring them in." Please recommend it to His Majesty."
"Where is Taroben?" Ian showed a worried look.
"I will handle his affairs, so don't worry about it anymore." Illyrio wiped his mouth and stood up, "You don't have to blame yourself for this, because I found out everything, and you never betrayed anything. people."
"Have a pleasant evening." Illyrio said and left the table.
Ian was still thinking about the meaning of Illyrio's last words, but when he turned around, he saw more than a dozen charming Yunkai maids standing behind the two of them.
Involuntarily covering his waist, Ian patted Darren Grafson on the shoulder: "They are all yours. I wish you a pleasant night."
With that said, Ian walked out of the banquet hall as if running away.
After returning to the room, Ian quickly regained his normalcy.
The half-afternoon exercise wouldn't really make his current body feel tired, but pretending to be fake would give him a good reason to use Illyrio's gifts less often, thus saving him more time. Business.
The first important thing he has to do at this moment is to re-examine his plan.
Of course, instead of revisiting the plan to swear allegiance to Viserys, the reward for the second main line is as high as 5,000 gold dragons and 20 points. He must get stuck in the bug of obtaining the title through the legal theory of Viserys and Darry's bastard status.
And judging from the content of Illyrio's school exam, he did not doubt his identity at all. What he wanted to know was his own values and abilities. In the end, he passed Illyrio's test.
Then, he only needs to sit back and wait to be introduced to Viserys to complete the second main plot.
The part of Ian's plan that really needs to be re-examined is whether he should choose to run away after completing the second main line, or follow the original line with Dragon Mother as he had previously thought.
He thought he valued Illyrio enough.
After all, although Illyrio did not show much prominence in the original work, his experience as a wandering assassin working with the thief Varys to gradually climb to the position of the most powerful governor of Pentos was enough to make Illyrio Treat it with caution.
But after what happened today, Ian found that he still seemed to have underestimated Illyrio's intelligence network in Pentos City.
Of course, not only himself, but even big businessmen like Talobane in the Illyrio Chamber of Commerce underestimated Illyrio's intelligence network - after all, if he could have imagined that Illyrio could do this with just an invitation letter, If you can find out about the slave trade, it will be impossible to entrust this task to yourself.
According to Ian's original plan, although he maintained a powerless posture in front of Illyrio, secretly he wanted to expand his contacts through Illyrio's chamber of commerce, and then make money through business as an agent.
After all, after the completion of the second main line, I will have more than 12,000 gold dragons in my hands. I can't wait for two months in Pentos and let the money go moldy.
But the terrifying intelligence ability that Illyrio had just demonstrated made Ian want to quit.
In Pentos, no matter how secretive things are, there is a risk of being discovered by Illyrio, so you can't make money secretly.
But if he was really allowed to spend two months pretending to be a grandson in Pantos with nothing to do, then he would rather finish the second main line and then take the money and run away.
But what about after running away?
Buy a few ocean-going sailing ships and go to Yi Di to do business?
This is definitely the fastest way to get money from resources other than the system. Back then, Corlys Velaryon, a non-black man (why do I emphasize this), led 20 large ships to the east, transporting back pepper, Elephants and Silk, 6 of the ships sank on the way, only 14 returned to Westeros, and most of the elephants died on the journey.
But the Valerian family still relied on the profits from this voyage to become the richest man in the Seven Kingdoms. Even the Lannister family, whose family owns mines, and the Hightower family, which controls the continent's largest port, 'Oldtown' We must avoid its sharp edges.
But there are too many restrictions on this matter.
The first is cost. The large ships that can reach Yi Land from Pentos through the Narrow Sea, the Summer Sea and the Jade Sea can be compared to the carracks of the same era.
The cost of building a Carrack is about 8,000 ducats, so three ships are about 24,000 ducats. If one gold ducat is 3.56 grams and one gold dragon is 7.56 grams, the cost is 24,000. A gold ducat is worth approximately eleven thousand gold dragons.
In other words, if Ian wants to go to Yi Land, he can only buy at most three Pentos ocean-going sailing ships.
As long as all three ships do not sink, one voyage can yield about 30,000 golden dragons. If the ship is sold, the funds will almost quadruple.
The second is the cost of time. A round trip to the destination takes at least a year. No one can say how many changes will occur in one year when there are more than 30 players left.
The third issue involves risks. The Sea Serpent is one of the greatest navigators in the history of Westeros. He lost more than a quarter of his ship in just one trip to the land.
For a person who knows nothing about navigation, even if he consumes a scroll of basic skills to learn navigation skills, and then spends all 6 skill points to upgrade navigation to advanced levels, he is still at the level of an ordinary captain.
If he wants to go to Yi Land, he can only place all his hopes on the captain he hires. But how can a good captain be so easy to find?
Shaking his head, Ian gave up the plan.
But other business plans are hard to think of. Businesses with huge profits are all monopolized. Ian has no business experience and no background and connections, so it is difficult to find a way.
The next moment, he thought of farming.
There are indeed many unowned lands on the continent of Essos, or places that are owned but in fact no one cares about them.
For example, Andalus, the homeland of the Andals, and the upper reaches of the Rhoyne River, the homeland of the Rhoynar, could occupy a piece of land in those places by simply going to the disputed areas and recruiting a group of mercenaries.
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ps: When reading this book, please ignore the setting in the original book that the Iron Throne is in debt to millions of gold dragons.