The king on the Great Wall

The urban structure of Volantis is divided into inner and outer cities. The so-called inner city is actually the part enclosed by the "black wall" and commonly known as "Old Volantis".It was the military outpost of the same name that was established here when the Valyrians pushed the frontier to what is now Volantis - and the Outer City, or "New Volantis", is at this fort Commercial and residential areas built around it.

Unlike the one Iger built outside of King's Landing...the knockoff that painted the walls the colors of the Night's Watch and called itself the "Fortress of the Black Wall", the "Black Wall" of Volantis was two hundred feet high and thick Enough to drive six four-horse chariots abreast.It is said that it was built by the dragon kings with black stone melted by dragon flames, and it naturally has strong Valyrian characteristics: tall, magnificent, and unbelievably strong.

Although the Queen's Fleet brought "artillery", it still lacked firepower in the face of Valyrian heritage such as the "Black Wall".As long as the slave owners successfully withdraw into the inner city, and then make air defense arrangements against the giant dragon, they will definitely be able to survive until the reinforcements from the towns of Vilonses, Valisa, and Saihoru will come and attack the enemy dragged into a protracted war of attrition.

That's why I jumped to the queen's big red temple, so I had to use my "face" to blend into the black wall, and seize its entrance and exit before it closed!

The "Thor" regiment is one of the most hired mercenary regiments by Volantis. Messing and most of the senior officers in the regiment have become familiar with the generals of the city-state's defenders to such an extent that they are familiar with each other and even have close personal relationships. With their familiar faces and making up a suitable excuse, they can easily get close to the entrance and exit of the black wall to a distance that can catch the defenders by surprise... When the signal for the rebel army to take down the gate of the black wall is released, the Queen The fleet lands again in a big way, and the Anti-Dragon Mother Alliance will be successfully beheaded overnight!

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Surrendering before the battle would have a fatal impact on the reputation of a small and medium-sized mercenary group, but if the original employer was completely killed and stood under the banner of the winning side, it would be a completely different situation.

"Your Excellency, can you swear in the name of R'hllor to guarantee the safety of our lives after surrender?"

The red-robed monk showed a smile, he was very happy that the other party made the wisest choice: "In the name of the King of Light, I promise."

"Very good." Messing turned to face his regiment members: "Boys—officers above the captain stand by on the spot, and everyone else, take off their equipment on the spot and hand it over to the Great Red Temple!"

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Chapter 732 Central Park

Descending Flour Street on the Rhaenys Hills northeast of King's Landing is a labyrinthine slum of unpaved laneways and intersections.The buildings here are low and dilapidated, and they are still close to the narrow alleys. The stench from the pigsty, stables and cobbler's shop is mixed with the smell of wine cellars and women's houses... Brown soup" shop.

It has a not-so-nice but resounding name - flea nest.

The legendary Kingsguard Ser "The Tall" Duncan, the former false king's "Onion Prime Minister" Davos Seaworth...

The stories of the rise of countless low-level people start here, just as most of the stench that permeates the city comes from this lowland.

Now, Daenerys Targaryen, with her mighty martial arts and great victories, finally set fire to the slums built at the beginning of the new dynasty to this slum in the heart of the capital of the Seven Kingdoms.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Acting Mayor of King's Landing, the famous "little devil" Tyrion Lannister took the lead in organizing the first official "demolition" in the history of Westeros: the royal government gave the aborigines an estimated price Compensation, and then provide a new residence and long-term contract work (or a one-time buyout) in the suburbs of King's Landing for resettlement, and requisition the entire area of ​​​​the flea nest.Thanks to the "low human rights advantages" of the backward feudal era, even a few nail households who didn't want to move, or hooligans who asked for prices and even took advantage of the fire, were dealt with by him with both kindness and power, without causing too much social turmoil.

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"The deep ditch that is being excavated is the sewer. After completion, it will be connected to the drainage and sewage system built by King Jaehaerys I. While eliminating the problem of flea nests being low-lying and easy to accumulate water, it will greatly improve the city's discharge. And self-purification ability. Supplemented by the policy prohibiting citizens from dumping domestic garbage and excrement on the street, the odor of King’s Landing will be significantly improved in a short period of time.”

Standing on a ruin slightly higher than the surrounding area, looking around at a construction site that is in full swing but no buildings have yet to be seen, Tyrion explained to his assistant and lover his plan after the flea nest was leveled. .

"After the completion of the project, the top of the sewer will be covered and blocked, and sidewalks will be laid on both sides; a small amount of housing will be added to the east to connect with the original wealthy area to accommodate the "invited" river bend nobles who come to King's Landing; the south will be on the main trunk The road is designated as a commercial area for the construction of various financial centers...the rest of the area is planted with flowers and trees, organized into a public garden open to the public, and the name is 'King's Landing Central Park'. What do you think?"

"I don't dare to have any opinion on the plan discussed by Mr. Iger and the master." Nina said with a smile, "Just one question - the flea nest is located between the Dragon's Den and the Red Castle, in the east of the city center. It only became a slum area because of sanitation problems, but after demolition and reconstruction, it will definitely be a treasure land with every inch of land... Is it too extravagant to set aside nearly half of the area to build a 'public garden'?"

"I had this question before, but I quickly figured it out... This is actually related to a change in the way of thinking. I just have time to sort it out today. Let's talk as we go."

Tyrion nodded, and walked south down the pile of construction debris on his short legs.

"I can illustrate this problem with an example - if you were a nobleman and owned a castle at the crossroads of a major traffic road on a plain, would you rent out the hall of your castle to business travelers as a resting place? Even if this Very profitable?"

"Of course not, this is where I live!" Nina replied without thinking, and then added, "However, Her Majesty should live in the Red Castle instead of going to the Central Park to eat and sleep in the open? "

"Really not, so I said it is related to the way of thinking. If you think about it this way-the queen can live in only one bedroom, why do you need such a big Red Castle? In nature, the more powerful creatures need more A large territory--voles are satisfied as long as they have a hole, but tigers need tens of thousands of acres of territory to feel safe, and the same is true for people." Tyrion shook his finger, "For a beggar, it is impossible to get wet. The bridge hole to the rain is his dream habitat; and a self-cultivator most likely wants a hut that can shelter from the wind and rain; You will definitely want a big house with separate bedrooms, kitchen and living room; and when you reach the class of lords, you can probably imagine and understand that the whole castle is his 'place to live'..."

Tyrion spread his hands: "See what I mean?"

"Understood. For the queen, the whole of King's Landing is her 'place to live'." Nina understood quickly. She is not stupid, but there are still two levels between her and the queen, so she couldn't understand immediately. Just realized it myself.

"That's right, any normal person's needs in terms of housing are first and foremost comfort and safety, followed by decency and social interaction...the last, no, and the last will never be money. Unless it is—" Unless it is Annu Chang and Mu Loufeng, he thought to himself, paused, and swallowed the second half of the sentence, "You can overlook the flea nests when looking north in the Red Fort, so the future 'Central Park' will be like an ordinary park in the Red Fort. A citizen's living room is the same as a bedroom. A park covered with vegetation can not only improve the view of the residents of the Red Fort, but also greatly improve the environment and air quality of the entire city, and enhance the city's livability '."

"This word was invented by your man too." Tyrion casually explained a sentence before continuing, "King's Landing is not only the Queen's residence, but also the facade of the Kingdom of Westeros...and in the era of de-separatism In the National Taiwan University strategy, it is also a huge golden birdcage to accommodate the nobles of the river bay. The queen asked them to move their families to King’s Landing for at least two years in their agreement with the nobles of the river bay. But what happens after two years? The ideal situation is natural That is, some nobles returned to their territories resolutely, while others were attracted by the superior and convenient living environment of the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, and never wanted to go back..."

"And given the messy and smelly state of King's Landing right now, this goal is absolutely impossible to achieve. The Wang family needs to quickly improve the 'livability' of King's Landing, and this Central Park is an insignificant but firm part of this huge plan. A small ring to advance towards the goal… I explain it this way, you can understand why we don’t commercialize the park for discounting, right?”

"Understood." In fact, Nina still only vaguely understands, but after all, this kind of national policy consideration is beyond her level. After hearing Tyrion's tone, it is obvious that the explanation has been completed. Even if she still doesn't understand, she has no choice but to Go back and think about it slowly.

"Okay, I asked you to come here today, and I didn't ask you to accompany me to press the road and listen to my bragging, but I have a very important task for you." Tyrion's face became serious, and then he added grumblingly One sentence, "I'm so busy!" He pointed forward, "Did you see the notice board on the side of the road?"

Following Tyrion's finger and looking eastward, Nina saw the southernmost end of the original flea nest, a row that had been erected in advance on the east side of the road near the edge of Flour Street...

If Tyrion hadn't revealed the answer, she really wouldn't be able to see that it was a row of bulletin boards - because they were so tall and majestic, as tall as two people, whoever wanted to write on them would probably have to step on a ladder, not so much The bulletin board is more like a wooden wall.

"I saw it."

"Behind this wooden wall, the foundation of the building is 'King's Landing Royal Exchange'. It will take some time to complete, but the financial situation of the kingdom has been so tight that it has to be opened. No way, I have to First erect a bulletin board at the place where it is about to rise facing the road, while blocking the ruins and the dust from the construction site, let the kingdom's financial machine run first in the open air." Tyrion Slowing down, I looked at Nina, "I want you to come here and preside over the sale, trading, and interest payment of Targaryen bonds, and cooperate with me to stabilize the economic situation of the empire."

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Chapter 733 Treasury Bond Trading

"Let me tell you a secret, don't talk nonsense... although it's okay to talk nonsense." Tyrion walked to the bottom of the large row of blank bulletin boards, stood still and paused for a while. In the alliance war, we have two alternative scenarios."

"The first script is: If the west coast fleet led by Iger fails to succeed in the surprise attack on Reese and Volantis, or fails to fully achieve the expected goals, then the Queen will give up declaring war and choose to conduct peace talks with the Slave Owners Alliance. Take it After a big defensive victory, take a slight advantage as a bargaining chip, compromise with the promise of 'not interfering in the internal affairs of the city-states', and then give some business cooperation as a benefit-try to reach a peace agreement and end the war decently." He shrugged, " Successive victories are very impressive, but it is also a kind of wisdom to accept the good. The economy and public opinion of the Seven Kingdoms can no longer support the continued fight. What we need next is to defend the basic market and rely on the size and strength of Westeros. The population advantage keeps a low profile, and Xu Tu plans later, instead of fighting the enemy with injuries all over his body and blood all over his body."

"The second scenario is: The West Coast Fleet successfully captured the inner and outer cities of Volantis, subdued the towns under its jurisdiction, and completely completed the beheading of the slavery alliance. In this way, the queen will increase and officially activate the 'Valeilian The title of "Emperor of the Asian Empire" and declared all the free trade city-states as "the territory of the empire since ancient times". Then use the wealth obtained by breaking Volantis to support the second half of the war-grit your teeth and complete the unprecedented great feat."

"Wow."

Nina opened her mouth slightly. Although her scalp felt numb and her hairs stood on end, she still lowered the volume of her exclamation and tried her best to appear calm.

The news of Iger's victory in Volantis has already come from the Narrow Sea, plus Tyrion's unintentional slip-up that "it's okay to talk nonsense"... She can already roughly guess: Daenerys The upgrade of Silk's "kingdom to empire", and even the official declaration of war on all the free trade city-states, will probably be officially announced in the next two days.

She has not experienced the ups and downs of Myrcella's life, and naturally she has not been beaten out of the little princess's character... who yearns for power strongly, and the strangeness of being able to experience excitement and pleasure when witnessing and participating in major historical events constitution.But if you really stand at the turning point of the times and say that you are not touched or shocked at all, it must be a lie.

"So, what can I do for Master Iger and Master?"

"These two scripts actually have very detailed follow-up content, but since the situation of the war has become clear, the former script can naturally be thrown into the fire." Tyrion said with a complacent smile. Very good, because I found out that Iger’s promise to go down in history seems to have a high probability of being realized. “Let’s talk about the next development of the second script: the free trade cities have always had two giants—— Volantis and Braavos. Among them, the former has a vast territory, a large population, and rich products, while the latter has a dangerous terrain, amazing organizational capabilities, and developed economy and trade. As the world's financial center, Braavos, which can make easy money, is closer It rarely participated in wars this year, but this time, aware of the ambitions and threats of the newborn Targaryen Dynasty, it will never sit back and watch the Slave Owners Alliance lose its leader and disintegrate."

"So, Iger and I agree: after we take down Volantis, Braavos will most likely end up in person, formally join the Anti-Dragon Mother Alliance, and continue to preside over the war instead of Volantis. The fleet must organize another cross-sea expedition and repeat the decapitation operation - first defeat the Braavos navy, which is said to be the strongest in the known world, and then take this "mysterious city" that has never been attacked before. Force the remaining city-states to surrender and surrender, and end this war completely. And this battle cannot be copied from the sneak attack on Volantis, and it will probably be a tough battle.” Tyrion paused and asked his disciple, “Remember our What kind of commitment is there to support and anchor the value of the Targaryen bonds?"

You were talking about tough battles one second, how did you jump to bonds the next second?

Nina was a little confused, but she quickly answered the question: "5% annual interest rate, and the agreement - only bond payment is accepted for the purchase of thermal weapons."

"That's right, but now, in order to deal with the upcoming tough battle against Braavos, we have to break the latter promise: the one that will be produced from the industrial park arsenal next month - which was originally announced in the official publicity The first batch of artillery that will be sold publicly will be directly designated for the Royal Fleet to purchase and install."

"Isn't that good?" It turns out that the connection between tough battles and bonds is here, and Nina immediately frowned, "Targaryen bonds are just a piece of white paper, and if the promises on this piece of paper go back on their promises, it will seriously damage the queen's reputation." and the creditworthiness of the bond itself.”

"Indeed, so we're going to play a show to minimize this damage." Tyrion lowered his voice with a mysterious expression, "The queen divided the kingdom's armed force system into the 'Ministry of War' and the 'Ministry of the Navy. ', these two departments are the core leading actors, and Iger wrote to me that Prince Lang will also help to support...but we’d better not expect too much from the guests who starred in friendship. The script is like this: For the sake of fairness, The Queen will appropriate the two departments of the army and navy separately - the appropriation is in cash, but the purchase of artillery requires the payment of bonds. In order to compete fairly with other lords and princes who are eligible to purchase thermal weapons, it is obtained by bidding and procurement priority The artillery produced by the arsenal, the two armies need to try to get Targaryen bonds."

"The purpose of these transaction notice boards is to publicize the intentions and bids of the Ministry of the Army and the Navy to buy bonds from those who already hold national bonds from the market, so as to attract people who hold IOUs in their hands to exchange IOUs for cash."

"Cash? The Queen intends to use the only cash left in the treasury to buy back the IOUs that were sent out before?" Nina was even more confused. Although she had been in charge of the work related to the Night Watchmen's bonds for a long time, this move was incompatible with her experience. Common sense is completely contradictory, "Isn't the Queen's white note just to keep the cash in her hands temporarily for important things, why is she willing to take it out now? If I had known this, it would have been better to reward military achievements with gold and silver at that time."

"Repurchase at a price lower than the face value." Tyrion blocked Nina's doubts with only this sentence, "I said this is a play because of this-the War Department and the Navy Department They will play the role of competitors in this game, and they will first announce that they are willing to repurchase bonds at a price of [-]-[-]% of the face value of the bonds - starting with a low price is to avoid a run and cause financial chaos. But if in There is something stupid at such a low price... If the owner is willing to change hands, the two copies will be eaten as much as they can, and the more the better. It is like paying off the debt at half the price. With the spoils brought back by Volantis and my Western Territory, I will not advance. With the support of cashing in bonds, the Wang government can easily eat up all the bonds in the market, and instantly reduce the fiscal deficit to a low level that can be easily borne."

"But if there are no fools who sell the bonds at a low price, the navy and the army will continue to raise the price in the posture of 'swearing to overwhelm each other' by bidding with each other, until the first person is willing to sell the bond. Of course, because of the approval in advance, the navy The Ministry will ultimately win the bidding.”

Nina's two faint eyebrows were deeply frowned, as if she had suddenly realized, but she seemed even more confused.

"I dare not promise, but I am willing to make a bold prediction here - the price of the first successful transaction of Targaryen bonds should be between [-]% and [-]% of the face value. If Prince Doran of Dorne also comes down to help , may be stabilized to about [-]%, until it fully returns to the ideal level slightly higher than the face value after the victory of the war." Tyrion talked confidently, "Doing so will have at least two major benefits."

"One, among the forces that actively or are forced to support the queen, there must be some poor households who are almost unable to reveal their internal affairs and urgently need cash to distribute military salaries, rewards, or pensions to lower-level lords, followers, and soldiers... such as the Northern Territory and the Some nobles in Hejian. The Queen’s use of Targaryen bonds as military rewards is not only chilling, but also a bit fatal. Originally, we would save the situation and alleviate this problem in other ways, but now that we have money in our pockets, we can Directly use the simple and direct but most effective method - open bond trading and take the initiative to recover."

"Second, Targaryen bonds have the notoriety of 'Queen's IOU' in the market. As a country's theoretically most important and reliable financial product, this reputation is very terrible. But what if it is open for trading and someone takes over? It is of course a shame that the bond backed by the Queen's Credit cannot even be sold for its original face value - but no matter how shameful, this IOU now has a definite and immediately discountable value! This will be wiped out in an instant The trend of public opinion that 'bonds are worthless' has turned 'white strips' into 'banknotes'."

He has already told Nina the story Iger told Tyrion, so there is no need to explain what the new word money means here.The dwarf held his hands on his hips and held his head high: "Look, opening up the country's bond trading not only covered up the unreasonable operation of directly handing over the artillery to the navy, but also stabilized the economic situation of the new empire and improved the public opinion environment... This is called killing three birds with one stone!"

"At the price of throwing money." Nina muttered in a low voice.

"Your businessman's way of thinking still hasn't changed. It's true to spend money at the price, but... well, I'll just say one more thing. Go back and think about it: the operation of Targaryen bonds and Night Watchman bonds The forms seem to be the same, but one of the issuers is a profit-making organization, and the other is a governing body. It is different from the night watchman industry as a company that usually does not and should not take the initiative to send money out. For an empire, there are There are too many things that are more important than the cash in the vault." The complacency on Tyrion's face disappeared, and he became serious, "I entrusted you with this task because you and your team operate the Night Watchman bond Experience and proficiency—but don’t bring in the money and business habits of the previous position. Honestly complete the work I have given, and don’t change the script on your own initiative!”

Nina understood that this matter was no small matter, and put away her doubts and thoughts: "Understood, you can rest assured."

"Yeah." Tyrion nodded, anyway, he himself controls the whole game in King's Landing, and he can save it in time if something goes wrong, "The specific operation method is: take up two notice boards, and hang a sign from high to low that is willing to take over the country. The bid price or the required share of the buyer of the bond, and the other one lists the bid price and holding quantity of the holder who is willing to sell the national bond from low to high-when the two match successfully, a successful transaction is completed. Of course , you must have noticed that this street is full of similar notice boards, and the treasury bond transaction will definitely not use so much... The rest can be rented out as a trading place for other commodities, futures or bonds. In time, this street It will definitely become the financial center of Westeros and even the whole world, to be honest, I am thinking about what to change the name of this street... When you are free from work, you can also help me with ideas."

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Chapter 734

Tyrion is really busy.

After visiting the ruins of Nina's Flea Nest and assigning assignments, he sat in the carriage and rushed to the west of the city non-stop for another appointment.

Since the queen's army broke through King's Landing and took the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, the Valley Regency, which had been hiding behind the bloody gate to remain neutral and indifferent to world affairs, began to throw an olive branch to Daenerys through the channel of relatives and friends in the river.The two sides had intermittent exchanges for a long time. It was not until the news that Eggsy conquered the river bay and won the victory in Gaoting that the people in the valley, who realized that their united front value was rapidly decreasing, became nervous. After discussion, they dispatched the chief regent "Black Fish" "Ser Brynden Tully and Lady Anya Waynwood have come to King's Landing in a party for formal negotiations and agreement.

The queen personally received the noble group of the Valley, showing friendliness and generosity, but did not make any promises or guarantees to them, but left the specific negotiation work to the imperial meeting.

Due to inconsistent ideas and appeals, the progress of the peace talks was very slow.

The proposal brought by the two nobles of the Vale is: Daenerys will be made king of the Vale and will offer her allegiance, while the Queen will retain the guardian status of the Arryn family and the titles, fiefs and properties of the Vale vassals, and recognize King Robert...or The regency appointed by Robin "The Snatcher" after he pacified the League of the Righteous.

In short, everything is restored to the pre-war state, but a queen has been changed.

The negotiator appointed by the emperor insisted that the demands of the nobles in the valley can be met, but they must pay the price for their participation in the rebellion of the snatchers and the failure of His Majesty Daenerys to submit to him when the king returned.The specific terms are - 1. Let the bleeding gate be garrisoned by the royal family; 2. Purchase a huge amount of Targaryen bonds; 3. Hand over control of the seagull town port to the royal navy.

It is of course delusional for the people of the Valley to hope that everything will go back to the way it was before. As one of the important participants in the War of the Snatchers, it is obviously unfair to the remaining six countries that they do not bear any losses and costs.

However, the harsh conditions put forward by the Queen's representative are obviously beyond the reasonable range, and in nature they belong to "a roof that wants to open a window but claims to tear it down."

Excessive asking price, pay back the money on the spot.The negotiations should have been like this, but the current situation is: with the surrender of Old Town and the successful attack of the West Coast Fleet on Volantis, while the situation is changing rapidly, the bargaining capital and confidence of the Valley people are rapidly shrinking and disappearing.Realizing that their side seems to be able to "pick off the roof", the Queen's representatives became more and more tough in the negotiations, the two sides were not speculative, and even meetings and discussions began to be intermittently no longer carried out on a daily basis—in fact, the violent "black fish" Brynden slapped the table after being hung out for a few days, and was about to leave and return to the Valley. Thanks to Mrs. Anya Waywood calmly persuading the former, the Valley delegation stayed in King's Landing and began to try to use contacts and networks Bribery and lobbying.

And all of this was actually in the queen's plan.

The play of playing hard to get is almost done, and it's the turn of the red-faced character.

In addition to the two valley nobles, today there are also a group of northern and river nobles who have gathered in King's Landing after the Western Expedition.After the rendezvous, led and led by Tyrion, a group of people stepped out of the King's Gate in a mighty way, and began to visit the "New Night Watchman Industrial Park" that had been expanded once again.

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The warm wind blows in the warm early summer, riding on horseback along the scheduled tour route, the tour group has passed through the huge and smelly nitrate boiling base, and the lush and gratifying food crops The experimental field, the charcoal burning field and smelting plant where the smoke can be felt from a long distance away, and the black castle that has been painted black all over the world and is now world-famous.

Due to the use of advanced technology and management organization methods, and the use of coal as the main fuel on a large scale in a scientific way, the difficulties that the residents of this world encountered in the past that hindered the increase in metal production have been solved one by one, and large-scale production has finally matured.Contrary to the guesses and prejudices of ordinary people outside, the industrial park is running at high speed day and night. It is not only an arsenal for manufacturing murderous weapons, but also a research institute and agricultural college that are harmless to humans and animals, and their subordinates are responsible for digesting The raw materials screened by the arsenal due to their slightly inferior quality are used to cast iron farm tools in workshops and factories.

Some of the agricultural tools produced here will be rewarded to soldiers who are loyal to the queen, and some will be transported to all parts of the country, especially Hewan. Farmers who have registered household registration can rely on reliable guarantees to purchase new tools in the form of credit and loans and invest in them. This year's farming - not only temporarily exempting the agricultural tax, but also actively providing tools. This move will not only benefit the post-war recovery of the Seven Kingdoms, but also quickly increase the Queen's administrative control over various places, and achieve effective rule as quickly as possible.

All of this is based on the crazy burning of money—to be precise, the consumption of the wealth looted from the nobles of the River Bend.And as the imperial chariot rumbled forward, soon the slave owners on the other side of the narrow sea would also be drawn into the wheel, becoming victims of being passed on to conflicts and sucking blood.

Tyrion introduced everything he passed along the way to the invited visitors in as much detail as possible, but in the end he did not invite them to rest in the famous "Black Wall Fort". Instead, he led the crowd and continued to the west of the industrial park. go.

The road becomes narrower, the weeds on both sides become more lush and tall, and the buildings and people in the field of vision become low and sparse. This is outside the walls of the old industrial park, which was opened up by Iger and the Queen after they took King's Landing .

Where is this damned dwarf trying to take them?

The nobles kept muttering in their hearts, but in the end, they didn't arrive at a flat land that suddenly became clear until the Black Wall Castle turned into a small black spot lying on the horizon behind them.

This is the artillery test firing range opened by the Night Watchman Industrial Park. A large number of soldiers are patrolling around to fight against possible spying and sabotage.Dozens of unarmored experimenters are already waiting here, busy working around something. Among them, there is a huge, ugly statue with a dark blue light, which seems to be stretched strangely like a giant clock. The pillars are fixed horizontally on a solid base made of iron frames, wooden strips and stones. The slightly thicker end of the giant pillars is pointing obliquely to the sky, as if performing a strange performance art of blasphemy against the gods... …Coupled with the seriousness on the faces of the surrounding personnel as if they were about to perform a religious ceremony, and a hint of reverence in awe, the air was full of a strange and dignified atmosphere.

"Everyone, now, let me introduce the protagonist who will appear today." Tyrion stood in front of the strange metal artifact, patted its hard and strong buttocks and said, "The most powerful man ever made Weapon, one of the super cannons forged from the Iron Throne, 'Royalty'!"

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Chapter 735

This cannon named "King Power" is more than four meters long, and the outer diameter of the front end is more than half a meter. A small man like Tyrion can get in from the top of his head.Compared with the famous artifacts handed down from the Earth plane such as "Urban Cannon" and even "Tsar Cannon", it is nothing in this world, since its sister "Truth" has not yet been cast, and the elimination of After the perverted existence of the magical age is removed, it is probably indeed "the most powerful weapon (physical) ever created by mankind".

However, careful people may have discovered that this cannon is definitely not cast from the Iron Throne, because it is made of bronze.

This is why Iger just opened his mouth: he didn't think so much when he grabbed Daenerys's hand in the throne room of the Red Castle and said so much, but various studies and data from the arsenal show that: now With technology, it is impossible to cast an iron cannon that is big enough to bluff and can actually fire at the same time—so, the two cannons of kingship and truth were cast in bronze instead. The Throne Fragment and then asserting that it was forged from the Iron Throne" plan naturally fell through.

In fact, even with the use of expensive but reliable raw materials such as bronze, the casting of the first super cannon still experienced several twists and turns and failures before it was barely completed.

But this is a small problem—Tyrion has already thought of the official propaganda rhetoric: just claim that there is an inner core made of the Iron Throne in the bronze interlayer of the gun wall. Saw the gun barrel to verify it.

Undoubtedly, this cannon, whose cost and weight are astronomical, but whose reliability is very doubtful, has pitifully low practical significance... But it doesn't matter, its main duty is to suppress the field and scare people.

And now it looks like it's clearly up to the job.

Not to mention the two valley nobles who had heard of the cannon, even the northern and river princes who had seen the cannon and even tasted its power, were also impressed by the size of the giant metal beast in front of them and the faint power emanating from it. Overwhelmed by the feeling, they all fell silent for a while.

"This...is a cannon?" Robb Stark asked in a hoarse voice, suppressing the trembling in his voice.

In terms of absolute size, the "kingship" is much smaller than the giant trebuchet, but Winterfell was bombarded - Robb can't forget at all: Iger's land grant army put into practical catapults at Winterfell Those small cannons that can be lifted by two or three adults can easily penetrate the strong gate of the main castle.Compared with the big guy in front of him, those cannons are like the difference between a little finger and an arm.

He hadn't even seen medium and large artillery, so he skipped two levels in a row and jumped directly to visit the giant artillery without preparation and preparation. The visual impact brought by this strong contrast can be imagined.

"That's right, this is a cannon." Tyrion readily accepted the Lord of the North's words, and emphasized on one, "Don't worry, everyone, I will invite you here today, and I will definitely serve dinner... It's time to start!"

The last words were shouted to the engineers and artillerymen clustered around the Crown.With this order, the originally quiet and solemn scene like a religious holy place suddenly boiled up. The security guards began to issue instructions to evacuate people who might be in front. The function is very similar to a shoulder pole, but the tool that can gather the strength of four people lifts a huge stone sphere prepared next to it...

While the preparations for the launch were being carried out noisily, Tyrion led the visiting group away from the artillery for tens of meters, and came to a building a little farther away from the muzzle... a man made of heavy sandbags. After high cover.

"Please don't leave here until the launch is over, in case of accidents."

All the nobles looked at each other in dismay, feeling incredible: They didn't stand in front of the cannon, just watch it launch, what danger could there be?

The preparations for the launch of the giant cannon are actually very cumbersome and troublesome, but in order to maximize the bluffing effect of this demonstration, most of the pre-work has already been completed, and the final signal before ignition came quite quickly: the commanding hand waved the small flag, and when the signal was received A soldier raised the cornet in his hand and blew a loud horn, and a relay followed him not far to the east. The cornet sound went all the way until it finally disappeared in the old industrial park.

"This is to remind the people who are working in the industrial park that the test launch is about to take place, and they should be mentally prepared... so as not to be frightened and cause production accidents." The dwarf quickly explained again, and then took the lead in covering the fire with his hands. He cut his ears: "Now, please protect your ears like me."