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Knowing that his father had lived in the tower for too long, and knew nothing about the changes in the outside world in the past six months, Gunsor explained in a low voice: "Asprin is not a noble family, and it is only passed down to now. Three generations.

The founder, Manta, was a hedge knight. Due to his outstanding military exploits, he obtained the official title and a small piece of barren territory. Later, due to poor management, he owed a huge debt. By the time of Mason's generation, he was unable to repay it and could only mortgage the territory. Repayment of arrears.

But for some reason, this originally unknown Mason suddenly seemed to be a different person. When he appeared in the eyes of everyone for the first time, he won the championship of the Prime Minister's Tournament with an overwhelming advantage. Allying together, they cast a dreadful hailstorm at the Battle of the Blackwater, successfully smashing Stannis' cavalry charge.

Afterwards, the Florens family who participated in the rebellion were deprived of all their territories and titles and transferred to him, and recently married Elo, completing the marriage with the Tyrell family.

I think the appearance of his dragon in Old Town means that reinforcements from Brightwater City have arrived..."

The voice just fell!

A heavily armed army poured in directly from the north gate, massacring the pirates mercilessly.

Those ironmen who were busy robbing and raping didn't expect that there would be such a thing as reinforcements, and they were stunned all of a sudden. In addition, they had no formation and were scattered in the streets and alleys, so Unable to organize an effective resistance, hundreds of people died in just ten minutes, and the rest turned around and retreated towards the port, regardless of the gold, silver, treasures and women in their hands.

Chapter 2 The Dragon Over the Old Town

"My lord, just as you expected, the other party didn't expect us to come so quickly. It can almost be said that we will collapse immediately. Do you want to clear them out of the city immediately?" Blanco asked in a low voice.

Although he tried to hide his greed, the eyes that kept drifting towards the loot still betrayed his inner thoughts.

You must know that Old Town is the wealthiest and most prosperous city in Westeros. Countless pirates, mercenaries, and even nobles all hope to be able to take a serious shot here one day.

Right now, Old Town is like a girl who has been drugged and stripped naked. She has shown her most seductive side. Now she can not only make a fortune, but also have a perfect target for planting a guy afterwards. Therefore, many people in the team began to feel a little ready to move, even those little nobles who joined temporarily.

After all, they did not directly plunder the local merchants and civilians, but obtained the loot from the ironmen. According to the customary rules, even if the owner wanted to take it back, he had to pay at least 60.00% of the original price as a ransom. This is what Hightower The family can't change it either.

Driven by the huge benefits at their fingertips, very few people can really keep calm and rational. If it weren't for the threat of the giant dragon that is constantly flying in the sky and spouting hot flames, the soldiers would have rushed into the streets and alleys. Go after the enemies who carry a lot of goods.

In fact, under the feudal system, such things as military discipline almost did not exist. The only things that could restrain knights and nobles were power, power and wealth.

Feeling the strong longing revealed in those eyes, Zhang Cheng suddenly realized that the army he was leading was essentially no different from the residents of the Iron Islands who lived by robbery.

These people have neither moral constraints nor a life goal to fight for. They are only driven by the desire in their bones. Therefore, the army of the entire Westeros continent, from kings and nobles to pirates and bandits, They would rob and rape whenever they had the chance, and even Stannis and Lando Tarly, who had very strict military discipline requirements, could not prevent similar situations from happening.

After trying to understand this, the corners of his mouth slightly turned up, and he glanced at everyone around him with playful eyes, and finally said in a slightly teasing tone: "I know what you are thinking, and I understand your desire for wealth, but I What I want to tell you is that once some things are done, they will never turn back. Are you sure you want to take the looted property for yourself at the risk of being hated and retaliated by the Hightower family?"

"No! Of course not! Under your leadership, we are fearless." Blanco knelt on one knee and was the first to express his attitude clearly.

Knowing the real purpose of this trip in advance, he has long regarded the Hightower family as a dead fish. Since they are dead fish, there is nothing to be afraid of. Anyway, after today, the convenience will no longer exist.

"Yes! We have nothing to fear!"

"Order, please, Earl!"

"Compared to you, what is the Hightower family!"

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All of a sudden, those new nobles who had just got rid of their status as mercenaries clapped their chests and shouted loudly.

Although they don't know what the lord they are loyal to is going to do, but with Blanco taking the lead, they will naturally not be left behind.

Only the little nobles who came here for temporary refuge showed hesitation on their faces.After all, most of them are vassals of the Hightower family in name. Once they are hated, the next life may not be too easy.

But as a saying goes, there will never be a shortage of people who dare to take risks in the world.

After simply weighing the gains and losses, Viscount Warren Bisbury from the Hive City took a deep breath and asked in a serious tone: "Earl Mason, I don't know if the Asprin family is willing to accept the offer from the Bisbury family. Allegiance?"

"Oh? As far as I know, the Bisbury family has always been loyal to the Hightower family?" Zhang Cheng blinked in feigned surprise.

"Hehe, as you can see, the world is always changing. Some families are dying in the long river of history, and some families are rapidly rising to become a powerful force. In my opinion, after experiencing this catastrophe, Hai The Tarr family will inevitably decline, and you will become the most powerful noble in the Reach, even the Tyrell family will be eclipsed. It is far better to rely on you than to continue to decline with Hightower A lot, isn't it?" Varen explained with a smile on his face.

"Hahahaha! You are really a sharp and decisive person. I believe that the Bisbury family will surely go to glory under your leadership. I accept your allegiance. From today onwards, the Bisbury family is Asprin I am a vassal of the family." After finishing speaking, Zhang Cheng handed over the hand with the seal ring.

Without any hesitation, Varun immediately knelt down and kissed the signet ring in front of everyone.

This seemingly innocuous act means that the Hive City has betrayed Hightower, and it means that a new political power is rising in the Reach.

With the first person to eat crabs, the remaining nobles also scrambled to re-select their camp. In the blink of an eye, Zhang Cheng gained the allegiance of thirteen nobles, big and small.

Although this loyalty is quite cheap and not reliable, it is a good start anyway.

He is very clear that with the current actual situation in Westeros, there are not so many talents who can form a huge bureaucracy to completely replace the extremely backward aristocratic feudal system, so as the sphere of influence expands, he must follow the example of the conquerors. Aegon accepted some nobles to maintain the most basic rule.

What's more, his ultimate goal of participating in the power game is not to build a huge empire, but to learn how to control power and how to deal with conspiracy and tricks.

You must know that almost 90.00% of the known magic world is based on the aristocratic feudal system. If you lay the foundation now, you can save a lot of energy in the future and devote yourself to collecting and learning magic knowledge.

With the loyalty of the nobles, the last factor of instability was eliminated. Zhang Cheng quickly ordered the troops to divide into two groups. One part was led by Viscount Warren Bisbury to clean up the remaining ironmen in the city, and the other part was led by He personally led it and went straight to where the towering tower was.

With the air support of Kuro Kerba, all the unlucky ones trying to resist will be turned into groups of scorched corpses under the scorching dragon flames.

In less than half an hour, the "reinforcement army" passed through most of the city and encountered Victarion who was trying to prevent his men from fleeing.

This tall man, at this moment, could no longer see the high-spiritedness he had before, and kept roaring at the top of his throat, but his efforts were of no avail after all.

After all, this huge fleet not only has residents of the Iron Islands, but also a large number of pirates recruited by Euron Greyjoy.

Maybe in normal times, Victarion can use the power of the ironmen to suppress the less peaceful pirates.

But when the defeat happened, the unrestrained pirates immediately revealed their true nature, and some even started to kill each other because the other party blocked their retreat route.

They don't understand at all that such a giant beast that can fly freely in the sky, even if it returns to the ship, it will die...

Chapter 2 The Dragon Over the Old Town

"You! It's you! Despicable and shameless villain! I'm going to kill you!" Victarion kicked away the men who were trying to escape, and rushed forward with his giant axe.

Unlike his crazy and cunning brother, he prefers to be straightforward, so he tends to express his anger and dissatisfaction with practical actions.

But he obviously forgot one thing, that is, the young man in front of him is not an ordinary person, and there is a ferocious and terrifying dragon in the sky.

Before he could take a few steps, a huge shadow descended from the sky, blocking his way with a bang.

I saw Kuro Kerba raised his thick and powerful front paw and waved lightly, Victarion was like a poor doll. A scarlet blood arrow spewed out from its mouth, and then fell back to the ground.

He was severely injured, the weapon in his hand had long disappeared, and he tried to struggle to get up several times, but in the end he failed.

The huge sunken scratch on the armor fully proved the insurmountable gap between mortals and dragons in terms of strength.

Seeing this scene, the Ironborn and the pirates not only did not rush to rescue, but accelerated their speed of escape. Some ships in the port were not even full of people, so they couldn't wait to raise anchor and sail, and slowly headed towards the deep sea.

Looking at the faces full of fear and despair, Zhang Cheng walked across the side of the dragon wing, bent down and said softly to Victarion who was coughing up blood, "Relax, don't let anger dominate your reason and emotion. Believe me, that's not going to help at all except make you suffer more before you die."

"What on earth are you trying to do? Use us to gain the friendship of House Hightower?" Victarion demanded with blood-red eyes.

He understood that the fleet he led was doomed, all the ships could not escape very far, they would be overtaken by the dragon, and burned to ashes, the only thing he could do was to figure out the reason for being used before he died.