The Winter of Ice and Fire Is Coming

"There is something wrong with Longshidao, the Prime Minister. Sir Tyrion took the initiative to resign and go back to Longshidao to deal with the affairs." Alister said.

"What happened?"

"The ground is sinking." Littlefinger said, "Dongshibao and Shigulou are beginning to sink, initially the city wall."

"What's the situation in the mine?"

"The main road of the mine collapsed for a section. I heard that hundreds of miners were buried in it." Littlefinger said.

"Okay, I will rush to see Longshidao." Longshidao is Will's territory, but he does not want to take Longshidao as private property, but for Dragon Crystal: Obsidian!

Tyrion once said to him that if the digging continues, it is very likely that Dragonstone Island will sink underwater, because the underground of Dragonstone Fort has been hollowed out, and the surrounding area is full of sea water, leaving only one way to collapse.

Will never expected that Longshidao would have a problem so quickly.

Thousands of people dig crypts on Longshi Island, and there are thousands of professional miners in the west. It is destined to dig out an island.

Since Tyrion had resigned as the Minister of Intelligence, he probably wanted to keep Dragonstone Fort for Will. If a duke’s fortress is gone, what duke is he still? Except for Dragon Rock Island, Will does not have a decent territory of his own. And Longshidao is not a decent territory, but a small island in the sea. Farmland is scarce, and there are few people. The villagers are all fishermen.

*

On the sea, a naval fleet is sailing north. One of the ships has Will's personal guards, Reso, Podric, and Ashes, two captains, ten Ashes team members, and a hundred of the commander guards of the Great Wall.

Resso and Poderek both possess Valyrian steel swords.

The two captains of Ashes: Heiya Ashes and Abel Ashes, as well as ten Ash guards, possess two Valyrian steel swords, which are basically exclusive to the captain at present. This is a topic of dissatisfaction that makes brothers talk up when they drink.

The commander's guard of the Hundred Immortal Great Wall is a guard composed of night watchmen, freemen, warriors of Skags Island, and noble children, belonging to Will's personal guard.

The cavalry teams of Tyron Ashes and General Woodshield were also on the big ship. The two cavalry teams were four thousand men, both elite.

Zheng!

The cry of the griffin came down from the sky. The soldiers on the ship were already familiar with the sound. When they looked up together, a giant flying beast with feathers like emeralds appeared in the sky. There was a man on the back of the griffin, it was Ellie. Ya Stark.

The soldiers cheered in unison, and the cheers of tens of thousands of soldiers overwhelmed the sound of the sea waves.

Hundreds of large and small warships sailing on the sea are spectacular. The deck was crowded with soldiers and generals.

The Griffin lowered its height. Arya did not intend to let the Griffin go down. She glided on the Griffin's back and moved forward with the flagship, maintaining a constant speed.

"Master Mans Reid, Master Will has an order, and your guard has landed in Blackwater Bay."

"Yes, Lord Arya."

"My lord conscripts the cavalry of Tyron Ashes and General Wooden Shield, and enters King's Landing City with his guards."

"Yes, Lord Arya."

Asha is dressed in skinny leather, with two daggers stuck in her boots, a short knife on her waist, a long sword slung on the sword belt, and two short axes that dance with fingers. She is heroic: "Master Arya, Master Will is here. Is King's Landing in trouble?"

"Lord Arya, Freedman Ha Ma always listens to Lord Will's dispatch. Do you need our five thousand infantry?" Gouto Ha Ma wanted to enter King's Landing with Tyron Ashes. Her belly is a little big, and she is pregnant with Tyron's child.

Mans Reid said: "General Harun, I approve you to lead two thousand freedmen infantry to go to King's Landing with General Tyron."

If it is not necessary, Lord Will will definitely not mobilize the army. Mans Reid didn't want Will to make any mistakes in King's Landing. Will is the commander of the night watchman who allowed freedmen to enter the south of the Great Wall for the first time, the first man in eight thousand years. He is a great benefactor to the free people in the north.

"Thank you General!" Ha Ma was overjoyed.

The brothers around her laughed unkindly.

This fleet sails in the waters of Fengshibao and will soon enter the royal waters.

*

In the Throne Hall of King's Landing City, Will once again sat on the long-lost Iron Throne, acting on behalf of the Queen. His post of regent has not been dismissed, although the atmosphere is somewhat subtle now.

Today's Iron Throne does not accept petitions from the citizens of the city. The throne hall is full of civil servants and generals, and all the noble ladies and ladies in the city also come. The agent manager of the iron vault, which was allowed to open a bank in Junlin City, also sat next to Littlefinger.

According to the agreement, the banker of the Iron Vault has the right to send a manager into the Throne Hall and become a financial official under the Minister of Finance.

The bank of the Iron Throne was also opened in Junlin City, lending money to civilians in Junlin City to pay for living expenses, and accepting deposits from some mercenaries.

The iron treasury has a great reputation on the other side of the narrow sea, and its reputation among mercenary organizations is extremely high. Many heads of mercenary organizations are willing to deposit their money in the iron treasury bank. The nobles of King's Landing were all watching, and they could not accept the money to someone they did not know before.

All the banks in the iron vault in Westeros, Will has a very secret one-third of the shares.

Although the throne room was crowded with people, it was silent.

On both sides of the corridor, there are two garrison pikemen lined up. Under the high windows on the left and right sides of the Throne Hall, garrison soldiers with long swords and bucklers were also lined up. On both sides of the gate, there were two high-ranking officers, wearing black iron helmets and lowering their masks, only a narrow slit was exposed to observe the outside.

The atmosphere is very solemn.

Bran Stark, the commander-in-chief of the garrison, stood on the seventh step, on the right hand side of Lord Will, standing with his sword.

On the right hand side of Will is the fearless Barristan Selmi, the captain of the Royal Forest Iron Guard. The remaining six Royal Forest Iron Guards stand under seven steps, arranged in a line.

In Will's side and back position, standing James Lannister in plain leather armor, he also wore a helmet, but did not put on a mask, too many people felt uncomfortable with him.

Last night, Bran and Arya persuaded James that he should put the mask on a sensitive occasion like today. Today, in the meeting in the Throne Hall, there are many old enemies of the Lannister family, and there are also some related vassals. .

Regardless of whether it is a former enemy or a vassal, he has a feeling of hatred and hostility towards James. But Will told him today, no need to put on the mask, they don't have to please and fear anyone.

*

All the nobles in the throne hall represent the interests of all nobles, and Will canceled the existence of nobles in Dorne, which made all the nobles very uneasy.

Will knew this, and that was the reason why no one knew Will and Mans Reid's real military plan before this military operation. It is also the reason why the information that the Martell family keeps getting is based on falsehood.

This is a political progress, but it has touched the interests of all nobles. At that time Martell asserted: When the news of Donne spreads across the seven countries, the nobles of the seven countries will rise up against Will.

Will didn't want to go around in circles, so he simply pointed out that he didn't have time to go around any other circles. His change is like Daenerys abolishing slavery on the other side of the narrow sea, and will naturally be opposed by all slave owners.

Daenerys washed the slave owner with blood, destroyed the slave owner’s will and army with dragons and army, and forcefully promoted a new political system. Will, instead of lifting the table, he used It is a gentle transitional method. As for the result, he has made a two-handed plan, one is politics, the other is a sword!

Will said: "Today is free to speak. I promise that everyone will be innocent. I will just make it clear. The advantage of Donne’s political changes is that Donne is truly in the hands of the king, not Martel. In the hands of the family. From then on, the appointment of the governor of Donne, taxation, army, culture, trade, development direction, everything is in the hands of our royal family, and we no longer have to worry about Don's rebellion."

"What if Don's people rise up and rebel again?" a nobleman said coldly.

"Then there is only one problem that will make them rebel again?"

"what is the problem?"

"Oppression and exploitation have prevented the people of Dorn from living."

The nobleman was speechless and closed his mouth.

*

0983 Chapter 2

"Prime Minister, why don't you kill all the Dorn nobles?" a noble asked.

"I want to leave room for people. If they agree with us and are willing to surrender, why should they kill."

This nobleman came from Wind's Breath.

"If it were me, I would rather be killed than be demoted as a civilian."

"If you oppose Her Majesty Shireen, disobey the royal order and treason, I am willing to fulfill your good wishes." Will said coldly, "I will definitely kill your whole family without hesitation and try to treason."

The original intention of this nobleman was that Will should not abolish the noble system. The real nobleman would rather die than agree to Will's change. But Will's rebuttal was more powerful and directly blocked the opponent's follow-up questions. Will's words are aggressive, with a blade, and kill those who don't obey orders. But he cleverly avoided the hierarchical contradiction between the nobility and the common people, and only used royal orders to discuss.

This nobleman is like a teapot, filled with things, but the spout is blocked, and the contents cannot be poured out.

Will comes from the earth’s civilization, a civilization that is several levels higher than the semi-agricultural, semi-livestock of the world. When it comes to the political system, he knows the development trajectory of human primitives, slaves, feudalism and capital. He is a real Giants.

These people wanted to talk to him about the ranks of nobles and commoners, so he talked to them about kingship.

No matter how powerful the nobles are, they are under the royal power.

Westeros Continent is different. Existing nobles who support Will, such as Robb of the Stark family, Robert Royce of the Valley, the five new aristocratic families in the West, the Tully family in the Riverland, and the Vale The Ailin family and Littlefinger Petyr, these people are all nobles.

But there are also freemen: the Tyron Ash tribe, the wooden shield tribe, all the freemen tribes in the north, the unicorn tribe of Skaggs Island, the civilians of Dorn and some truly surrendered nobles, such as the Bright family, etc. .

The situation he faced was more complicated than that of Essos.

Daenerys unified the continent of Essos, pushing all the way, killing all those who refused to accept it, vigorously, burning the entire slave system to ashes. She can do this, the first is to open the dragon, and the dragon represents the divine power.

Theocratic power is supreme, and it is above the royal power.

And Will, who ruled the continent of Westeros, was mainly kingship for the nobles.

With royal power over the power of the nobles, the nobles either surrendered or resisted. If the name of resistance is not justified, then push it horizontally.

Will did not intend to push horizontally. The winter of Westeros has arrived, and the enemy is in the north. It is an undead intelligent creature: a ghost!

"Prime Minister, I heard that you ordered that Lord Randall Tully and Lord Metz Tyrell not be allowed to leave King's Landing City, and on the first day of their return, Lord Randall’s position as Minister of Military Affairs was removed and also cancelled. The official position of the state advisor of Lord Mays." A nobleman in the river bay stood up and said.

"Yes, is there any problem?" Will asked.

"The positions of the two adults that the king and the imperial minister passed together will be dismissed as soon as you come back. Is it because Lord Landau and Lord Mays are not under the authority system of adults? Or did the two of them enter the imperial council and treat the adults? Is the ambition to control the entire kingdom hindered?"

"What do you think?"

"I don't know, so I asked the lord to explain to everyone in the throne hall."

The whispers in the hall gradually sounded, and finally there was a lot of discussion, whispering.

Will glanced at Little Finger, who was also looking at him, and did not intend to support him. Little finger is only loyal to himself, this is his eternal principle. This little finger!

"Speaking of the dismissal of Lord Landau and Lord Mays from their official posts, I first affirm that their dismissal was approved by the Council of Ministers through a vote. For this point, the Council of Ministers are here. You can verify this. Of course, you must also. I've asked them a long time ago. Then I'll come to the second point, why would Metz be removed from the position."

"Previously, there was no official position of State Adviser in the Imperial Council. I am the regent, and I have the right to veto the appointment or removal of official positions I don't know."

"But Her Majesty has signed the order."

"Yes, that is the power of Her Majesty. Now that I am back, I am still the regent and have the right to use the power of veto. Who has any doubts about this?"

Everyone looked at each other.

Although the Prime Minister has the right to use the veto, it does not mean that what he did is right. This is the focus of everyone's concern.

But Will has to get his name right first, and then he's right.

Will said lightly: "Since everyone has no objections, and Her Majesty the Queen does not have objections, then I will talk about why it is not allowed to set up state advisors. First, the king, the prime minister, the secretary of finance, the secretary of law, and the secretary of sea affairs. , The Minister of Intelligence, the Captain of the Imperial Forest Iron Guard, the Commander of the Garrison, and the Minister of Military Affairs. The Imperial Council formed by them is already capable of solving national government affairs. It is not necessary to set up a state adviser. There was no before. I will not allow it now, and I will do it in the future. will not have."

"Secondly, Lord Mays was able to sit on the position of state affairs adviser because of threats, not because of the appointment of Her Majesty from the heart. Because of successive years of civil wars and fires that burned King's Landing, the nobles and civilians of King's Landing had no food. The Bay of the River is the granary of the Seven Kingdoms. The king and the Imperial Council had to agree to the unreasonable request of Lord Metz under the threat of Lord Metz not giving food.”

"I went to war in Dorn, and the royal family's troops were insufficient. The other noblemen's troops were all going to the Great Wall. Only Hewan did not send troops to the north. They are rich and powerful, and no one can overcome them. Since I am back Now, I will never let any nobleman overpower the king. Anyone, not only Lord Mays, but also everyone here, every one of you.”

There was no sound in the Throne Hall.

Will believes that his blade has made everyone feel sharp!

Will said lightly, "I dismissed Lord Mays from the position in accordance with the law. Lord Landau is a vassal of Lord Mays. He stood up to protect the lord and resigned, wanting to threaten me with this. I will naturally satisfy Lan. Master Dao’s request. I have already ordered Master Metz to deliver two thousand carts of grain from Hehewan to King’s Landing. I can’t see the grain within a month. Master Metz’s head will fall to the ground and the Red Fort will be inserted. On the tip of his gun. This is my decision." He scanned the audience and slowly said, "Who is against? Stand up!"