Chapter 107 The Saint of Astapor
"Your Majesty, this is the Green Saint of Grazdan!"
The next morning, after a night's rest in the rooftop garden, Dany was about to go to the Punishment Square to continue liberating slaves, but Cleon came over with a middle-aged woman wearing a green robe and green gauze on her head and face.
Please take a seat first, Sir Shacklebreaker, and Her Excellency the Green Saint." Dany extended her hand to invite the two.
She was eating breakfast, persimmon cold soup, white bread, boiled goose eggs, grilled bacon, and chopped green onion steak.
There was a lot of heavy work waiting for her today, and she might not have time to eat lunch at noon, so Dany had a very rich breakfast.
Unlike the high-handed masters, Dany had a long wooden table placed on the grass, seven or eight meters long, facing north and south.
Dany sat at the north end, and Whitebeard and Jorah sat on her left, each with a large meal of the same size as hers.
Doreah, Jhiqui, and Irri had eaten before her. As maids, they were not qualified to sit at the same table with Jorah and Whitebeard. Well, in Westeros, the king can sit at the same table with minor nobles, but he will not sit with servants to eat. Dany is not a saint, and she has never thought of changing this.
Instead of changing the etiquette and customs that have been passed down for thousands of years, it would be more practical to find an opportunity to give the three maids the status of knights in the future.
Lord Shatter of Shackles and Green Saint sat down on Dany's right hand in turn. Green Saint was open and frank, with elegant and skillful movements. The butcher felt a little unnatural, but more excited. This most intuitive change of identity made him very intoxicated.
Doreah came over to bring food to the two of them. Dany asked, "Ms. Green Saint, did the Unsullied disturb the Temple of Grace?"
Dany was a novice surgeon before, and knew nothing about politics, but she still knew the principle that "the most important affairs of the country are sacrifice and war."
With more than 10,000 Unsullied and three dragons, the military power has always been firmly in her hands.
Sacrifice, that is, sacrifice, refers more to faith and ritual traditions.
Before attacking Astapor, Dany arranged for the Unsullied to protect and monitor the Temple of Grace.
Neither could the saints of the temple be persecuted, so as not to cause religious unrest - this is the most troublesome, nor could they come out to cause trouble for her.
The Temple of Grace itself is also a peculiarly shaped pyramid. The clergy are all women, collectively known as "saints".
The Green Saint is the highest priest among the saints, similar to the archbishop of the Holy See. There is generally only one Temple of Grace in each city, and there is usually only one Green Saint in a temple.
In other words, the Grazdan in front of us is the religious leader of Astapor.
Well, that's right, this saint is also called Grazdan - a feminine variant of "Grazdan".
The first generation of Grazdan was a great man in the ancient Ghis Empire. Ghis people with a little status wished that they were all called Grazdan.
"Your Majesty, the Unsullied are the most obedient warriors. They did not harass the temple." The Green Saint drank a sip of persimmon soup gracefully and said softly.
"That's good. I will ask them to withdraw when the unrest in the city subsides." Dany promised.
"Your Majesty, I wonder how you will quell the unrest in Astapor? I mean, the city-states of Kaiyuan, Meereen, and New Ghis will not sit idly by and watch your behavior." The Green Saint asked nervously.
"Alas, how could I think so far?" Dany waved her hand and said heroically: "I will just shout when I see injustice on the road, and I will take action when it is time."
Humph, three thousand Unsullied can defend Qohor, how many three thousand do I have here?
In addition to the Iron Legion in New Ghis, Kaiyuan and Meereen rely on slave soldiers to maintain their city rule. Let them come over and see if my Queen Dany's cannon is sharp!
Well, it's just a mouth cannon!
How many slave soldiers come is equivalent to sending me how many warriors fighting for freedom.
My soldiers will fight more and more, and maybe they will have a terrifying army of one million in the end.
They can scare those slave traders to death!
Even if the worst happens and they are besieged by everyone, can these little brothers of hers survive for two or three years?
After two or three years, won't I still sweep the world with three dragons?
The Green Saint sighed and asked, "Your Majesty, what is your purpose? Are you not going back to Westeros?"
Dany's eyes flashed, and she asked back, "Your Excellency Green Saint, what gods does your temple believe in? Harpy?"
"No, we don't believe in Harpy. In fact, the ancient teachings have been lost, and the people of Gis today have little to do with the Empire of Gis. The Temple of Grace does not assume the function of spreading faith. We exist for the people.
The Slave Bay in the world of Ice and Fire = Egypt on the real earth.
Many people think that Egyptians have always been Egyptians, and some people suspect that Egyptian history and pyramids are fake - there is no 5,000-year history, and they believe that the pharaohs did not have the tradition of using pyramids as tombs.
Their reasons are also sufficient: if there is a pyramid for each pharaoh, how many pharaohs are there in 5,000 years of history? How come there are only dozens of pyramids? Many pharaohs' coffins were not excavated in the pyramids.
In fact, the Egyptians were divided into several periods, and the ethnic groups of the rulers in each period were even different. The ancient pharaohs' lineage had long since perished.
Dynasties and ethnic groups are different, and customs and traditions, and even beliefs are different.
Moreover, in many cases, the pharaohs did not establish a unified empire, and their national strength was not enough to build pyramids, just like not all dynasties in the Great Celestial Empire were Han and Tang dynasties.
Therefore, although there were many pharaohs, not everyone was qualified to own a pyramid, or it was not popular for the pharaohs' race to be buried in pyramids at that time - the gods they believed in did not have the doctrine of resurrection from the dead.
The Ghis in Slaver's Bay are similar to the Egyptians. Although they are called Ghis, they are not the same race as the Ghis 5,000 years ago, and their culture and beliefs have also undergone fundamental changes - Valyria will not allow them to have a strong and cohesive belief.
"There are seven colors of saints in the Temple of Grace. The green saint is the highest priestess; the blue saint is a healer; the white saint is a girl of noble birth who learns the skills of a woman in the temple. They can choose to transfer to other colors.
The pink saint is a servant and can be a maid of a noble man; the gold saint is a scholar and can educate children for a wealthy family; the purple saint can become a housekeeper of a wealthy family."
At this point, the green saint sighed and said helplessly: "The pink saint, the gold saint, and the purple saint are all products of the Valyrian era, but now they have almost no meaning to exist.
Every generation of green saints still needs the pink saint to serve, and the gold and purple saints are almost eliminated. Nowadays, the most common ones are the red saints."
"What is a red saint?" Dany asked.
"Ahem." Jorah coughed a few times unnaturally, with an embarrassed expression.
The green saint's expression remained unchanged, and she said calmly: "The red saints are holy prostitutes. We do not shy away from pursuing physical desires. The most exquisite residence in the temple is the Garden of Desire. The red saints wait in the Garden of Desire every night, waiting to be picked up by men. Those who are not picked will wait until dawn."
Dany didn't pretend to be shy or blush. She had already found that from Slaver's Bay to Qarth, the social atmosphere was unusually open.
Clothing that reveals half of the breasts and painting pornographic pictures on the city walls were simply unimaginable in the ancient Celestial Empire.
"Given the actions of the Temple of Grace, it seems that it doesn't support slavery." Dany said.
"But it doesn't oppose it either." The Green Saint said.
"But my conscience opposes it, the justice of the world opposes it, the bottom line of mankind opposes it, and the gods with a little bit of mercy oppose it." Dany said loudly.
"I won't oppose you, Your Majesty, and the Temple of Grace won't oppose you either. I came here this time just to understand your arrangements for Astapor." The Green Saint sighed.
There is not even a clear doctrine program. The combat effectiveness of such a church is so low that Dany feels sympathy.
"I promise that I will only target slavery. If a queen cannot bring a better life to the people, she might as well abdicate and let others do it. Your Excellency Green Saint, I will only make Astapor better. Of course, this is for most people." Dany said solemnly.
"I understand. It's time to say goodbye to you." The Green Saint stood up and prepared to leave.
"Wait a minute." Dany stopped her and advised: "I hope that the Temple of Holy Grace can participate more deeply in the construction of the city in the coming days."
"What do you mean?" The Green Saint was puzzled.
"No matter how wise a king is, he can't rule the kingdom alone. When a king rules the country only by his own will, his kingdom is not far from destruction."
The Green Saint was thoughtful, and Jorah looked at Dany in shock. He didn't expect her to say such a thing.
Whitebeard was excited and his eyes were a little moist.
"I will organize a council to manage this city. Your Excellency Green Saint is qualified to get a seat as a council minister."
Dany saw the graceful high priest and asked: "Are you willing?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for giving me this opportunity. I am very grateful." The Green Saint replied excitedly.
"Very good, now you can perform your duties." Dany smiled.
When the Green Saint sat back at the table, Lord Shatter of Shackles asked with a licking face: "Your Majesty, may I ask, am I qualified to be a councillor?"
"Of course, you are my first nobleman of Astapor."
Then, Dany asked the Green Saint, Cleon the Butcher, and Jorah to continue to attack the remaining pyramids, while she took Whitebeard to Pride Square to liberate the slaves.
More people came today.
Excluding the Unsullied, there are nearly 100,000 residents in Aposta, and the ratio of slaves to Gis is as high as 7:1, with more than 80,000 slaves!
Uh, yes, the Gis have become a minority.
Yesterday, 6,000 people were killed by the Unsullied and the out-of-control slaves, and Gis only has half of its population left.
Not to mention the Slaver's Bay, even in Volantis, one of the nine free trade cities, the ratio of slaves to free people is 5:1, which shows how promising Dany's career of "liberating the world" is.
As long as she stays calm and doesn't wave, she will win.
"These are the ashes of two thousand slaves who died fighting for freedom." Under the scorching sun, on the first steps of the pyramid, under the gaze of tens of thousands of slaves, Dany pointed to the huge two-meter-high wooden box beside her and shouted into the iron loudspeaker: "I promised that their glory will be immortal.
Before I untie the slave collars for everyone, I want to announce two things. First, no slave owner can punish you anymore. This square is now renamed 'People's Square'. Who are the people?
The people are you, me, and all of us. The people are the true masters of Astapor."
"Long live the People's Square, long live the Mother of Dragons!"
"Misha, Misha!"
Tens of thousands of people raised their white, black, brown, and amber arms and shouted at the top of their lungs. The surging waves of sound almost broke through the white clouds in the sky - in fact, the people behind didn't hear anything at all, but there were three brightly colored real dragons circling and roaring above Dany's head, and they were all excited!
Dani pressed down with her right hand, waited for the scene to quiet down again, and continued into the iron speaker: "The second thing is, in the center of the People's Square, on the wooden platform where slaves were originally punished, I will use the ashes of these 2,000 freedom defenders to build a stone monument - the Freedom Guard Monument.
It represents all the fighters who have sacrificed for freedom in the past, present, and future, and represents their will and their glory."
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