Rhaenyra felt a pang of unpleasantness when she saw that her parents' attention had been completely captured by Daenerys.
So she immediately retorted,
"Father has already tamed Balerion, why would he need to tame other dragons? Wouldn't that be demeaning himself?"
"It seems Daenerys, you are not only greedy for money, but also avaricious! You want everything, you want to monopolize everything!"
Daenerys quickly distanced herself from Rhaenyra, making a face at her and saying,
"I just love seeing Niece Rhaenyra look so jealous of me and yet unable to do anything about it! Hahaha!"
Daenerys's words instantly amused Viserys and Emma.
And Rhaenyra, who had prepared a whole set of lecturing words, was silenced on the spot.
Emma suppressed her laughter and smiled, persuading them,
"Alright, alright! You aunt and niece haven't seen each other for so long, don't rush to quarrel, you should be getting to know each other well!"
"Rhaenyra, you just ate the dessert your aunt prepared for you, have you forgotten her kindness so quickly?!"
"Daenerys, you are also a grown lady now, you must pay attention to your ladylike image. You are Princesses of the Targaryen Royal Family, you are to be role models for the noble ladies of the Seven Kingdoms! Do you understand?"
Rhaenyra obediently nodded and said,
"Understood, Mother!"
Daenerys, however, said indifferently,
"I think the Targaryen Royal Family has enough with Niece as an excellent light of the Seven Kingdoms! My goal is to be a powerful guardian of House Targaryen. I want everyone who harbors ill intentions towards our family to prostrate themselves before our dragons!"
"If we, the Royal Princesses, cannot live as we please, then what's the meaning of life? Don't you agree, Cousin and Cousin-in-law?"
"And Cousin, you must seriously consider my suggestion! Only strength can counterbalance strength!"
Viserys and Emma were inherently gentle people, and facing the unbridled confidence of their own family, what could they do?
So they said no more, and instead took Daenerys and Rhaenyra to mingle with the nobles as usual.
They believed that children could be guided slowly, after all, Daenerys had said a lot, and the most noble Royal Princesses should naturally live a more unrestrained life.
The matter of Daenerys winning ten three-masted ships from Boros in a bet at tonight's banquet is estimated to dominate the Seven Kingdoms' extra news for a long time.
It is estimated that the situations of those troublesome children in various noble families will also improve significantly, because compared to Boros, that prodigal rascal, their behavior seems not so unacceptable.
But even if they don't accept it, what can they do? How many parents in the world can truly outmaneuver their own children?
Also going viral tonight was Daenerys's "dragonflame wine." Originally, various nobles loved it after tasting it, and with Samwell's promotion, many families had already placed orders.
Now with the incident of Daenerys and Boros's bet, everyone is even more eager to store as much as possible.
These noble lords are very shrewd; next, not only the Seven Kingdoms, but even the Free Trade Cities will likely spread the amusing story of the Stormlands heir losing ten three-masted ships.
Boros will also, to some extent, be remembered in "stupid" history, being called "Boros the Ship-Loser."
And the "dragonflame wine" in the story will naturally become a popular fine wine.
This is a good business opportunity for them!
After all, they still have many minor nobles and their own trade channels under their command. These people cannot easily access Dragonstone, so they can only purchase from them.
So they immediately sought out Samwell to place additional orders. In one night, Samwell received orders worth over 500,000 gold dragons. Fortunately, White Sheep Town had already stored a considerable amount of "dragonflame wine" over the past three years, so they could fulfill the orders.
However, the future brewing scale will have to be expanded. Currently, the brewery in Goat Town can only produce 100,000 gold dragons worth of new wine per month.
To purchase enough barley, Samwell traveled all over the Seven Kingdoms.
Although Westeros had been stable for a long time, grain reserves were relatively sufficient. However, the cost of transporting grain was not low, and Dragonstone had no presentable products to transport back.
Therefore, grain merchants were not very willing to come to Dragonstone.
So, to attract merchants, there must naturally be enough presentable products.
"dragonflame wine" was the first White Sheep Town brand product launched by Daenerys.
However, because "dragonflame wine" was too expensive, the quantity sold was limited. So the traffic-attracting effect in these past few years was not good.
Instead, the quality of White Sheep Town's cattle, horses, and sheep greatly improved after being fed Daenerys's special feed, attracting many livestock dealers.
Coupled with the rich vegetation resources on Dragonstone New Island, the current stock of goats and sheep in White Sheep Town has reached over 200,000.
In addition to providing blood meals for the dragons, they can also bring Daenerys tens of thousands of gold dragons in income each year.
The scale of cattle has also grown to several thousand. However, most of them were distributed by Daenerys to the common folk for plowing.
Daenerys improved many agricultural tools and lent them to the common folk, which greatly increased the farmers' planting efficiency.
After cultivating Daenerys's ten thousand acres of fertile land, they also reclaimed a lot of land themselves.
Because Daenerys exempted rent for the first two years, even some poor people from Fishing Village voluntarily joined in.
Their newly reclaimed farmland has reached forty to fifty thousand acres. Starting this year, they will have to pay land rent to Daenerys.
Just the land rent alone can bring Daenerys tens of thousands of gold dragons in income per year.
However, Daenerys only collects 40% of the land rent from them, which is considered very low. But the monthly obligatory labor is not small, after all, Dragonstone New Island is still in the development stage.
But Daenerys doesn't use them for free either; she provides meals and a small subsidy.
Over the past decade, due to the extensive development of Dragonstone New Island, Daenerys's small treasury has not increased much.
In the end, she relied on occasionally piloting Dreamfire to plunder pirates and the merchant ships of some disreputable great families from the Free Trade Cities in the Narrow Sea, accumulating five million gold coins of various types.
And those ships were secretly sent by Daenerys to Tarth Island, where Lord Tarth refurbished them. Those of average quality were sold, and those of good quality were added to their jointly operated ocean-going fleet.
As for why Daenerys and Lord Tarth have such a close relationship, it is naturally due to the mediation of her personal guard, Cameron.
He is Lord Tarth's own brother, which is why they established trust so quickly.
Coupled with the fact that Tarth Island had been repeatedly plundered by Stepstones pirates supported by the Kingdom of the Three Daughters, they harbored deep hatred for pirates and the Free Trade Cities.
This was also an important reason why Lord Tarth was willing to cooperate with Daenerys.
As for the sailors and crew, those who were slaves and proved obedient and reliable were recruited. Pirates and wealthy merchants from those great families were either fed to dragons or sent to the mines to dig for ore.
Now their fleet has safely completed a large round trip from the Free Trade Cities, and this round trip alone brought back goods worth no less than ten million gold dragons.
This was also because this sea voyage was just a reconnaissance, avoiding risky areas as much as possible. Places rich in gold, silver, and gems were not visited.
The main purpose was to first understand the situation of the major Free Cities to prepare for the future. Next time, Daenerys plans to personally accompany the fleet, piloting Dreamfire.