"Alright!"
Vada's victory was met with cheers from everyone in the Amber Family, and even Andarel, who was bruised and limping, looked as if he shared in the glory, his red hair so excited it seemed to stand on end.
"I never thought such a good woman would come out of that bunch of weasels from the Frey Family! Is she even a Frey by blood?!"
Count Anda Lie seemed to be long accustomed to the sight of his son being beaten, and appeared not to care at all, instead showing extreme admiration for Vada.
This competition also made the atmosphere on site much livelier, with the women of the Amber Family all gathering around Vada, chatting intimately. This made Vada a bit embarrassed, and she couldn't help but regret that she might have been a little too heavy-handed just now.
"Count Anda Lie, on my way here, I noticed a lot of high-quality timber around Last Hearth. May I ask what your annual felling quantity is approximately?"
As the northernmost lord of the Seven Kingdoms, the Amber Family's primary output was hardwoods like pine and oak from their camps. These were all high-quality timbers for building ocean-going ships.
To Daenerys's question, Count Anda Lie replied directly without any concealment,
"The North is barren, and all Last Hearth can offer is timber and some wild animal furs. We can probably fell a dozen or so ship-loads each year. To save on transportation costs, we send all this timber directly down the Mo River to its mouth and sell it to timber merchants from Braavos."
"The shipyards there need a large amount of high-quality timber every year, so it's always in short supply. In fact, it's not just my Amber Family; almost all families in the North that are rich in timber are like this."
"Braavos, you say?"
From a geographical perspective, purchasing timber from the North was indeed the most suitable choice for Braavos. White Harbor was the closest city in the Seven Kingdoms to Braavos. Moreover, the North was vast and had large areas of high-quality forests, which could continuously provide high-quality hardwood to Braavos's shipyards.
Not only timber, but many basic minerals, agricultural and sideline products, and animal skins from the North all flowed into Braavos in this manner.
However, Daenerys did not want the basic resources of the Seven Kingdoms to flow into the Free Trade Cities for free.
"Count, how about we make a deal? My Holy Flame Fortress is about to begin construction and requires a large amount of timber. Furthermore, Holy Flame Island is also building its own shipyard, and its future demand for high-quality timber will also be quite large."
"How about Last Hearth's timber from now on is directly sold to Holy Flame Island? The price can be half a percent above the market price, and at the same time, Holy Flame Island can also provide the Amber Family with an equivalent value of dragonflame wine and dragon porcelain quotas."
"Of course, if there are families allied with the Amber Family who also have high-quality timber or livestock and furs, I will treat them equally."
Count Anda Lie had long coveted the Family Manderly of White Harbor for having dragonflame wine and dragon porcelain for sale, and now that the opportunity was before him, he naturally wouldn't let it pass.
"No problem, I'll take care of it, Princess!"
"However, for other families, I think just half a percent above the market price is enough. The dragonflame wine and dragon porcelain quotas should only be given to my Amber Family; this way, Last Hearth will also have a new business."
Upon hearing this, Daenerys suppressed a smile and said,
"Since the Count has spoken, there's naturally no problem!"
Because she was pressed for time, Daenerys did not stay long in Last Hearth. After resting for an hour after lunch, she packed up Count Anda Lie and his four sons, his youngest daughter, about ten warriors, and the little giant Big Pyre, and sent them all to Winterfell using Dreamfyre.
It was Dreamfyre's first time carrying so many people, and almost all of them were extra-large, so she was a bit unaccustomed to it at first. Both taking off and the initial flight were a bit strenuous. However, fortunately, she had undergone several transformations this year. Dreamfyre flapped her Dragon Wings with all her might and quickly adapted.
Meanwhile, Count Anda Lie and the others on Dreamfyre's back clung desperately to the barbs on her back, not daring to move, fearing they might accidentally fall off the Dragon's back.
Only the carefree Andarel, because he was sitting next to Vada, was able to be so close to his beloved. His mind and eyes were now entirely filled with Vada, completely forgetting his own predicament.
"Roar~"
Gradually adapting to the heavy load, Dreamfyre felt that the energy within her, which had been entangled from devouring ice corpses and her own fire magic, had perfectly fused together after the recent effort. This made Dreamfyre feel very comfortable, so she couldn't help but let out a high-pitched Dragon roar.
An hour later, Dreamfyre brought everyone back to Winterfell. After everyone dismounted from the Dragon's back, Daenerys did not linger, directly ascending again and flying towards Kaho City, though this time she did not bring Benard.
Kaho City is the ancestral castle of the Kastark Family in the North, a sturdy fortress. Kaho City is located far to the northeast of Winterfell, in the center of a forest by the Mo River, close to the Shivering Sea, and further east are the great sea cliffs.
A thousand years ago, Karun Stark was rewarded with land for his success in quelling rebellious lords. He named his castle Karun's City, which over time became Kaho City. Centuries later, Kaho City Stark became Kastark.
The Kastark Family is one of the Stark Family's most important vassals. Their sigil is a white sunburst on a black field, and their words are "sunlight."
Members of the Kastark Family are typically tall and fierce, with long hair and beards, brown hair, and blue-gray eyes. Like members of the Stark Family, almost all of them have long faces.
Kastark Family members prefer to wear clothes made of seal, bear, and wolf pelts or black wool, with the family's white sunburst pattern on them. Their soldiers wear black iron half-helms and chainmail or quilted shirts. Count Kastark wears black iron chainmail. Their war cries sound deep and sorrowful.
On her way to Kaho City, Daenerys deliberately took a detour to the Lonely Mountain. Following the strong fire attribute magic fluctuations in the Lonely Mountain Range, Daenerys easily found a small active volcano located in the heart of the Lonely Mountain Range.
Thick smoke billowed out of the crater, and under the strong wind, it quickly spread throughout the mountain range. This thick smoke contained highly toxic gases, no wonder no one dared to easily enter the Lonely Mountain.
Dreamfyre flapped her massive Dragon Wings, easily dispersing all the nearby gases. However, for safety's sake, she still moistened a gauze scarf with water and covered her and Vada's mouths and noses.
Daenerys rode Dreamfyre, flying several circles around the volcano, and discovered that there were quite a few outcrops of copper, iron, and aluminum ore near the volcano. She also found several dog-head sized gold nuggets by a scorching hot river.
She quickly directed Dreamfyre to pick up the gold nuggets, then flew towards Kaho City with satisfaction.
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