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297 AC
Acanon
"One gold dragon and upwards for some cunt?! I never knew I was in one of kingslanding's own wealthy brothels."
"Well Sir you are paying for some of fairest and finest ladies the seas and land can provide , and many of these ladies are from bravos, pentos, Lys, Volantis, the reach, dorne, the Crownlands and of course the north itself. And we pride ourselves as the best amongst the other few establishments in this city and also in Redport." The front desk man said with his southern accent.
"For fuck sakes," the merchant grumbled.
"I hope one of your girls is the maiden born again, cause I wont be wasting anymore coin in this city again if she doesn't please me as she should."
"Most dearly my lord , you would not be displeased." Mathew says with a smile as he rubs his hads.
"Gimme one of your volantene girls, I always wanted to try something new", he huffed a snort.
"Ofcourse my lord, that would be three gold pieces"
The northern merchant took out 3 gold coins and placed it in his hand.
Matthew nodded to his steward who stood to his right of his wooden stand, indicating he take the man to his room where a group of volantene women would be brought to him to choose from , whichever he preferred.
"Right this way my lord", the steward urged him to follow.
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"By king Roberts beard! That's some strong stuff," The myrish national mumbled as he took another sip making his face cringe at the strong taste.
"Strong as rum , but not rum, nor as refined nor this delicate."
"Indeed. You are correct there. Its one of our most up and coming popular drinks. We call it Bourbon, an extract of grain. An acolyte of the dreadfort had concocted this mixture a year and a half ago from wheat and its finished product here we have it."
"Amazing," the man says.
The Land of the Dreadfort had resurged to be known as the land of prosperity and heavy trade in just a short few years, it was just like white harbor in a sense, one of those must go to locations for northern resources. And even Acanon more prominent for its valuable yet highly demanded finished goods and grain
A year ago they had dominated the market with sugar. A product that took the market by the storm. Everywhere from the north down to the south and essos itself had lined up to get a hold of this sweet crystalline substance, and as much as they could.
A substance that could replace honey in every which way.
Something he tasted for himself even now as a new hire from his tenure in the step stones. He was now a privateer employed by the South-East Trade and Shipping Company.
A conglomerate created by lord Domeric Bolton, Wyman Manderly and 15 other wealthy merchants that had the same aligned goal.
And that was dominance of the westerosi trade. A difficult if not seemingly impossible task for new comers but they would persist.
The competition would be fierce as Bravos although allies with the Dreadfort had always held its spot at the top along with the reach and dorne.
But the north had surpassed the other few southern kingdoms with its sale of steel ,fur, tin,copper, Ice and now even with the introduction of sugar, a more refined rum and Snowshine, a drink that was said to be able to down three men with only two cups.
It was so potent that it could be used to start a fire.
"So you sold sugar and dominated the market and now this?"
"Perhaps in the next 10 years we can start to say as rich as a bolton and leave the Lannisters aside cause this would see the markets upturned." He quipped.
"We are counting on it but this is a luxury drink, it aint like the rum or snowshine we sell for silver stags. This is for 15 gold dragons a barrel and we only sell them to our most wealthy and extravagant customers." The warehouse manager smiled.
"And now you would be shipping this to Velos, Astapor and Yunkai, along with Ice, sugar, snow-shine, furs and steel. And seemingly as you are experienced in sailing the gulf of Grief and slaver's bay. The great masters have been generous enough to provide gold , spices and slaves which we will free before bringing them to the shores of Westeros, all for for these valuable goods."
"Isn't Slavery outlawed on your continent or is there some new changes that I don't know about?" The ship captain raised an eyebrow.
"Well it is Captain Azerys, hence why I say we free them before they enter any port or land. And in that they pay this debt off through servitude to our lord and in three years they are free to go wherever they wish. If they want to remain in the north they can, they can work and find honest jobs. Lord bolton himself have granted a lucky few small pastures and accommodations."
"You surely jest?", Azerys said looking amazed.
"I do not." Alynn snorted.
"Nonetheless, that's something you shall think about another time, right now we will be getting you up to date with our navigational instruments and from there a sea trial after which if you pass, you will be given your seal of certification and ship manifest. Hopefully you're a quick learner and you can grasp all of this within 4 weeks along with the rest of the group"
"Group?" Azerys looked curious.
"Of course you're not the only sailor on these seas. A group of 34 others will be going through the same training as you."
"I see" He nodded understanding the logic by it.
"So then shall we begin then".