The king on the Great Wall

This complex of shipyards and factories, which combines the wisdom, actions and organizational capabilities of the Braavosians, is located on a fist-shaped reef in the lake behind the Titans. It is the place where the city-state fleet is built, moored and repaired.It is the first unit in the entire known world to practice the prototype of "assembly line operation", and its time node is even a hundred years earlier than the industrial park jointly opened by Iger and Tyrion on the outskirts of King's Landing...There are countless rumors and comments about it, The most famous and exaggerated of these was the one Braavosi always used to say when they boasted: "A warship can be built here in a day!"

As an old employee of the arsenal, Plassey naturally knows the water contained in this sentence: no shipyard in the world can build a ship in a day, the actual situation is-the arsenal started more than ten production ships at the same time at its peak. On the premise that the preparation work and the supply of materials are sufficient, [-] small paddle warships were launched in two rounds a month.

On average, it becomes "building a battleship a day".

However, the production of warships has now ceased here.

Since the report of the defeat of the combined fleet of the Anti-Dragon Mother Alliance's attack on Dragonstone Island arrived a few months ago, analysts at the Braavos Think Tank have predicted that the era of traditional galleys is coming to an end...and wait until the Valanti The shocking news of the fall of the city-state came, and the city-state rulers were shocked, and finally had a premonition that Braavos might be the next target.Therefore, the custodian will declare the city-state to enter a state of emergency, approve and allocate emergency funds and strategic reserves-occupy all the workers and production lines of the arsenal, and start producing improved artillery day and night!

If you also play the same word game above, then the artillery produced here is far more than one a day.

In terms of the number of thermal weapons, Braavos has already won the competition!

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The pier was crowded and chaotic, and the off-duty crowd waited disappointedly for the bad news: Unlike the ships that brought the day-shift workers in the past, they would take away the night-shift workers by the way—today the first batch of ships will first carry out the cannons that were baked last night The arsenal was sent to various places in the city-state, so the night shift workers had to wait another round before they could board the bus home.

Not wanting to go to the wharf or join the protest, Plassey took two steps in the other direction, into the shadows to the west of the factory.

He was very surprised to find that Moody, the manager of the factory, was leaning on the railing by the water, smoking a pipe sullenly.

No wonder there is no one here, it turns out that everyone is avoiding the big leader.

Unlike other workers, Plassey and Moody have known each other for more than ten years, and there is no sense of alienation and awe of superiority and inferiority.He casually walked over to Moody, and also leaned against the railing: "What are you thinking?"

"I was thinking, we can live for a few more days." Moody replied without looking back, pulled out the pipe in his mouth, held the bowl and pointed the filter at the other end to the northwest, "You know, over there— —what's in the ocean beyond an atoll?"

"The Queen's Fleet." Although the view was blocked by the atoll, Plassey blurted out the correct answer.The arsenal was only a few hundred feet away from the titan, and he hadn't forgotten the horrifying sight of the splashing water as it fell.

"That's right, the Queen's fleet, hundreds of powerful ocean-going warships, hundreds of ready-to-fire guns - each of which is bigger, thicker, and more powerful than the ones our arsenal is producing. Far!"

"They can't hit the arsenal." Plassie comforted. This is true. Although the wall-like atoll is only a dozen meters high on average, it is enough to block the sight of each other's detection. The artillery's flat fire will be blocked by the reef. , as for the curved shot, you can't even see it, so how can you shoot it accurately? "Besides, if the sky falls, there will be watchmen who will support it. What does it have to do with you, the person in charge of the factory?"

"But this time it just has something to do with it." Moody stuffed the pipe back into his mouth, and puffed a few more puffs, "You know that group of key watchers will have a battle plan that is What kind?"

"I don't know, I don't worry about it."

Moody rolled his eyes, but finally decided to tell him.Although the battle plan is classified, the native Braavosi in front of him is definitely not the queen's spy.

"The queen's fleet wants to enter Braavos, and it is necessary to move the sunken ship blocked between the feet of the titans. Once they send ships close, we—" He pointed to the arsenal behind him, "as the nearest The stronghold has to bear the heavy responsibility of obstructing it with all its strength. This will inevitably attract all the enemy's firepower, and no one can tell how long it can last. And when the enemy breaks through this line of defense..."

Moody pulled out his pipe again and pointed at the new cannons being loaded in the dock area: "Do you know where those things are going to be shipped?"

"Other strongholds in the city?"

"Wrong, it's everywhere in the city!" Moody retracted his pipe and tapped the soot on the railing, "every island, whether it's a dwelling or a fort, every ship big enough, whether it's a warship or a merchant ship— —The plan is to abandon the wide waters of the outer ring of the city-state, and directly fight defensive street fighting in the urban area, relying on the dense water network and the terrain of a large number of islands as obstacles and cover, to wipe out the range and accuracy advantages of the enemy's warship artillery. Yes, month My God, how can we have so many well-trained artillery? This is clearly using the city-state residents as human shields, trying to use consumption to wear down the enemy! You, myself, and our parents, wives and children, in this battle Zhongdu may become a victim at any time!"

"Is that so?" Placi gulped, secretly hoping that the battle would not end like that. After thinking about it, he still helplessly defended the organizers, "But I think most of the city-state residents They should all support the fight to the end... After all, even if we don’t resist and surrender, the queen, as an outsider, will definitely extort money after capturing Braavos, and she will never give us good fruit.”

"It makes sense." Moody sighed a long time, naturally he was not satisfied with the old acquaintance's answer that didn't agree with his opinion, but in the final analysis, he didn't know what to do.

Shaking his head, he concentrated on refilling the tobacco pipe without arguing.

That's right, Braavos is the world's financial center, even if most of the benefits from economic activities are taken by the upper echelons... the ordinary residents at the bottom can still enjoy some soup.As one of the places with the highest average standard of living in the world, Braavos did not wait for Daenerys to release Fang’s slaves. After being captured by foreign enemies, the living standards of the local residents are certain, sure, and will definitely decline. ——This is the fundamental reason why the Braavosi still have the will to resist even though Fall of the Titans has caused a huge deterrent.

The two chatted for a while, and a small boat approached from the direction of the Titan ruins in the west, and the two defending soldiers on board who were in charge of scouting desperately paddled their oars and fled into the city. Go, shouting something to the two on the shore.

"Fly... what?"

"Does it mean that there is a dragon attacking? Why panic, the city-state is already ready for air defense."

The two murmured and looked in the direction of the Titan ruins. After a closer look, they found something strange.

A huge round white sphere slowly emerged from behind the atoll, rose into the air at a very slow speed, and finally stopped at a position higher than the original Titan, where it was stabilized as if being pulled by a rope .Under its light-colored main body, there is a relatively small hanging basket hanging. In the basket... seems to be a person?

It seemed harmless to humans and animals, but after a moment, Moody realized with horror what it was: an artillery observation post!

With such an observation position overlooking the inner city of Braavos across the atoll, the Queen's Fleet on the outer ocean will no longer fire blindly and randomly, but can target everything they want to destroy target.

And their first target, without any suspense, must be the arsenal they are currently in!

Sure enough, before it was too late to tell the analysis and conjecture to the old friend beside him, a thunderous rumbling sound came from far away from the other side of the atoll. The water surface of a large lagoon tens to hundreds of meters away from the arsenal exploded in all directions, sending out splashes all over the sky.

No wonder the Queen's Fleet didn't use artillery to harass at night. It turned out that they were keeping gunpowder and shells for use during the day.

The enemy didn't intend to give the Braavosi people a chance to fight bloody battles, but started bombarding them without saying a word!

It’s over.

Although this first round of shelling did not cause any loss of life or property, Moody knew that the situation was over.

The former glory of Braaavos is about to be turned into the dust of the times under the unreasonable bombardment, and the only thing he can do as an individual at this moment is probably to turn around and run away, praying not to be caught by any of these "dusts" The grain hit the head.

He grabbed his old friend and ran towards the pier without looking back: "Run!"

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Chapter 740

Iger did not invent finance, but when he first arrived in King's Landing many years ago, when he tricked Tyrion into selling Night Watchman bonds with himself, he formed a new vocabulary with two short words, gold and liquidity, and gave Westeros the common language The concept of "finance" was added to the list.

No one could have expected that the new concept invented by a night watchman soldier to coax the gold master into the group, after going around and going around, would eventually become the name of a main street in King's Landing.

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Located in the eastern half of the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, connecting the city center with the steel gate, passing through the entire former flea nest area—now known as "Financial Street", or more vividly..."Jinliu Street" on the wide street, today's The hustle and bustle is far higher than in the past.The children selling newspapers shouted, the excited crowd crowded shoulder to shoulder, and the spectators and participants around the transaction bulletin board almost broke their heads.

Braavos, the powerful city-state that is remote and mysterious to most Westeros, suffered internal changes after being blocked and bombarded by the Targaryen navy for more than half a month. The first thing the powerful city-state wartime committee came to power was to announce its surrender to Queen Daenerys and accept all her conditions. Since then, it has been incorporated into the Targaryen Empire and has become the second ruler of the Dragon Dynasty in Essos. block of overseas territories.

1 years ago, the ancestors came to Westeros from the Eastern Continent through the Broken Arm Cape of Dorne, and took the possession and residence rights of the coast, plains, grasslands, mountains and swamps from the mouth of the children of the forest;

Thousands of years ago, the Andals sailed westward across the narrow sea and landed on the coast of the Five Fingers Peninsula, breaking the peace made by the ancestors and the children of the forest through the "Oath" and occupying all the land south of the Neck;

More than 300 years ago, the Targaryen family sent by the Valyrian Freedom Fortress to the outpost of Dragonstone Island left the fortress on a dragon, set foot on the land where King's Landing was located, and began to conquer all the Seven Kingdoms, whether they were the ancestors or the Andals. the conquest of...

The significance of the establishment of the Targaryen Empire and the victory of the two wars before and after Volantis and Braavos is not only because Daenerys defeated the slave master, but also for the first time since the beginning of the world—from West Luo's forces counterattacked Essos to the east and gained the upper hand!

However, at this moment, countless people gather in front of the trading display boards on Jinliu Street, not to celebrate the first time in the history of the ice and fire world that the west wind overwhelms the east wind, but because: with the news of Braavos' surrender, countless people with The prices of materials related to the national economy and people's livelihood and war conflicts, as well as the spot and futures of bulk commodities, as well as the prices of financial products endorsed by the state, will fluctuate greatly.Everyone wants to get a share of this carnival or even a little bit of oil and water!

In trading, some people are happy and others are sad, but the people gathered here today are definitely not a loss. They can at least witness another historic moment.

A common ladder was moved under a notice board that was changed very infrequently. A young man in overalls climbed up, picked up tools and began to make a long series of revisions.

More than three months after the official opening of trading, the exchange price of Targaryen bonds, which was once ridiculed and dubbed the "Queen's IOU", finally took a significant step: it jumped high and broke through its face value in one fell swoop. amount!

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With a flying dragon as a mount, Iger was able to arrive at the same time as the news when he set off later, and entered King's Landing earlier than the half fleet returning with him.

Therefore, in contrast to the joyful and lively streets and alleys—on the Visenya hills, in a quiet, private and safe courtyard in the former Baelor Cathedral, the Red Castle has been rebuilt and completed as the temporary residence of the former queen. Inside, the Prime Minister of the Empire, Igger West, had already sat in front of the noble empress Daenerys Targaryen without the knowledge of most of the citizens, and dictated her "Brave" to her. Forth Wars".

"Whether it is the intelligence from various sources, or the analysis and judgment of myself and other staff officers in the command, it is unanimously agreed that the Braavosi will resist to the end instead of surrendering. In order to prevent our precious fleet sailors and With the loss of artillery, we decided to clear the way with bombardment. The fleet focused its fire on the first day of arrival and knocked down the titans at the entrance to Braavos Lagoon - destroying the enemy's main lookout platform and the only possible threat to the fleet. After confirming that there is no ambush on the atoll, press forward as a whole, and extend the range of fire to the urban area."

"We use a hot air balloon tied by a rope as a fixed artillery observation post to report the impact of the artillery shells, and at the same time attract the attention of the enemy, and then send the flying birds controlled by the skinchanger deep into the islands in the inner city to observe the defenders' ships and troop movements. After completely flattening the arsenal at the entrance of the atoll with saturated firepower, the fleet all approached the atoll. While cleaning up the stone-carrying merchant ships sunk by the defenders at the entrance of the atoll, they continued to bombard the range under guidance. Northwest of Braavos."

Daenerys nodded, motioning for him to continue.

Spring in the world of ice and fire is very short, and as a big city, King's Landing enters summer a few minutes earlier than most places in the Seven Kingdoms.Because it was a private meeting rather than a formal interview, the Dragon Queen, who was sitting reclined in a recliner covered with ice silk cushions, was wearing a very cool home-style silk suspender dress, with large areas of snowy skin on her arms, neck and legs. Exposed to the outside world, even though he has accepted R'hllor's gift of being able to resist the enchanting aura that comes with the blood of the real dragon, Iger still finds it difficult to be attracted to his eyes and attention from time to time.

"The fleet cleared the passage between the titan's legs on the third day, and officially entered the brackish lagoon of Braavos on the fourth day. We did not consider landing operations or entering the narrow waterways between hundreds of large and small islands, Instead, it sticks to the inner side of the atoll, cruising in circles on the huge outer waters of the saltwater lake, covering it layer by layer with shells from the outside to the inland. Shuiyan Town, Zigang, Haiwangdian... Especially worth mentioning is Sweet Water Canal." Iger raised his voice slightly, "Your Majesty should know that the so-called saltwater lagoon where Braavos is located is actually the sea water of the narrow sea, which cannot be directly drunk by people. So the early city builders built Stone bridges span the elevated aqueducts of the houses, carrying fresh water from the southern continent across swamps and shallows to the center of the city. We destroyed a section of the sweet aqueduct with artillery bombardment, which is equivalent to cutting off the city-state's fresh water supply... ...Although there are a lot of deposits in the moon pool, there are hundreds of thousands of people living in Braavos now."

"There are no bright spots to mention in the next part. The fleet continued to bombard all the military installations in Braavos City while keeping an ultimatum ordering them to surrender. The defenders planned several times. launched a counterattack, but under the scouting of the skinchangers, no one can be fooled at all... In order to prevent them from organizing a large-scale counterattack at night and causing unnecessary losses to the fleet, I even ordered to rebuild a temporary arsenal on the destroyed arsenal. Camps and artillery fortresses guard the entrances and exits of the city-state, and the fleet enters the lagoon through the gap every morning to start shelling, and retreats calmly under the cover of the arsenal's fort before sunset... If you keep going back and forth, it's almost like workers on day shifts in an industrial park. Stable. This lasted for ten days. After only paying single-digit casualties, the enemy who lost the source of fresh water and had no hope of winning could no longer persist. It's messed up."

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Chapter 741

Daenerys, who was half reclining in a comfortable posture, could no longer sit still, and after twisting her torso uncomfortably, she stood up.

"Very good." She nodded, naturally overjoyed to take down Braavos, but only had one question, "However, if this is done, what about the civilian casualties and property damage?"

"I ordered that all possible measures be taken to avoid civilian casualties." Iger had expected that Daenerys' character would care about this, so he replied without hesitation, "Although some collateral damage is still inevitable, But don't worry, Your Majesty, we have taken - those who made stubborn decisions in the ruling class of Braavos, those who commanded troops to deploy artillery in the city and civilian ships among the city-state defenders, even the name who planned to assassinate you and me twice. All the culprits... for the Ministry of Special Affairs have been apprehended and brought before the War Council of Braavos - charged and tried for war crimes."

This passage sounds no problem at first glance, but the concentration of deception is actually so high that it explodes.

Iger said "all possible measures" instead of "all measures". This is the first word play: when one of the two warring parties chooses to fight in populated areas, civilian casualties become an "impossible to avoid". "Things. 0x1=0, the "all possible measures" in his mouth are actually——except for prohibiting burning, killing and looting, nothing has been done.

And after adding the word "probably," he wasn't even lying.

Then there was "inevitably causing some collateral damage" - the so-called "some" here means that the most prosperous area of ​​Braavos was completely battered, civilian casualties reached four figures, and the lack of fresh water caused serious damage. Production and life stopped.By the standards of the earth world, it is a huge humanitarian crisis. However, Braavos does not have the Internet and TV stations, and the Queen cannot set up an investigation team in the face of Iger to count how much this war has caused to the enemy. "Collateral damage", she can only choose to trust her prime minister.

As for finally telling the queen that the "culprit" has been brought to justice, it is actually subtly inducing and comforting Daenerys, eliminating her sense of guilt, and letting her understand that all this is not entirely her fault, so as not to cause her psychological distress. Excessive pressure triggers the madness buried deep in the blood of the real dragon, which repeats the tragedy in the original timeline.

"With the assistance of reliable sources of information from the Black and White Institute, the fleet successfully prevented the Sea King of Braavos and the Keykeepers from attempting to abscond or transfer their property, either explicitly or covertly, and all the assets and wealth of these guys will be destroyed. Confiscation and confiscation, and I and my relatives will be escorted by the fleet to King's Landing, and it will be up to His Majesty to decide whether to kill or exile." Iger didn't give Daenerys much room to think and find something wrong, and then Continue to report, "It is worth mentioning that the inventory inventory after our army occupied the Iron Bank, I personally supervised the work, but the final result was quite unsatisfactory - the known treasures worth tens of millions of gold dragons should have been stored. In the world's largest vault, for some reason, there are only gold and silver treasures worth more than 200 million yuan."

Seeing that he had successfully attracted the Queen's attention, he paused for a while and continued.

"At first, I suspected that insiders or robbers took advantage of the war to steal and transfer wealth, but after conducting isolated interrogations and investigations on a large number of staff, it was found that the Iron Bank's system is perfect and its management is strict, so that even if it is attacked in a city-state It also maintained a minimum level of safe operation. So we checked the in-out and out-of-warehouse records and ledgers, and after an overnight statistical check, we found that there was basically no problem with the amount of cash in the vault, and the problem was with Braavos or Iron How the treasury works."

"Thousands of years of stable operation have allowed the Iron Bank to have a reputation thousands of times that of the Targaryen Bank... It has an inconceivably high resistance to capital chain breaks and runs caused by economic fluctuations, gossip, or creditor defaults , relying on the invisible rock of credit, it is able to play with the magical ability of finance to "change money" at a rate and speed far beyond my imagination. Well, if you talk too much, your majesty will probably get dizzy, so I will summarize the intuitive Let’s look at the data—the Iron Bank has more than 200 million worth of cash in it, but on paper, it still owes depositors nearly 3000 million gold dragons in deposits, as well as a similar amount...waiting for repayment of loans! Oh Oh, and that includes the millions owed by the snatcher, Robert Baratheon."

More than 200 million to 3000 million, a ratio of more than ten times!

Daenerys was a little dizzy from the huge number of Gu Yan. She completely forgot the collateral damage suffered by the residents of Braavosi in the war, and subconsciously widened her eyes and straightened her waist.

"This is just... crazy!"

"My first reaction was exactly the same as yours." Iger agreed with a wry smile. This sentence was not foolish—however, the actual situation was not as outrageous as Daenerys thought: the balance of 200 million yuan in the iron treasury was being released by Brasil. The Foss garrison and arsenal urgently withdrew a large sum of money, and the remaining figures were left after some residents were squeezed out before the war entered a state of emergency.On a normal day, that number would fluctuate slightly between four and five million.

Even so, in such an environment with such backward technical conditions, the Iron Bank's forcibly playing leverage and financial games as wildly as modern people still really shocked Iger.

"So...is this a good thing or a bad thing?" After being shocked and dazed for a few seconds, Daenerys asked in a bewildered and weak voice.

"With real money in hand, it can't be a bad thing. However, our next processing and coping strategies will determine how 'good' it can be." Iger spread his hands with a relaxed smile, " My suggestion is to keep the 'shell' of the Iron Bank and let it continue to operate. Among the deposits, we will openly admit the savings of the common people, and those of the rich families of Braavos and the dignitaries of the city-states, we Then you can use the titles of 'treason', 'enemy' and 'war crime', or freeze or deprive them, and count those who disappeared or died in the war...I believe that we have the ability to prevent runs and collapses Then, we can drive a huge cannon ship, put on the name of the Iron Bank, and take its list of loans—to collect debts all over the world.”

"Most of the recovered cash will be subject to the same gold controls as in the Western Territory, and all will be deposited in King's Landing—converted into Targaryen bonds!" Daenerys's eyes lit up, and she has already said the next step first. Answer.

"That's right." Iger nodded in agreement, "Compared to the cash in the vault—the claims of Braavos and its status as the world's financial center are our biggest spoils in this war!"

The queen's expression relaxed, and she sat back in the recliner again.After hesitating for a few seconds, she asked a question that she shouldn't have asked in her capacity.

"what's next?"

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Chapter 742

what's next?

Daenerys is the king of Westeros and the first emperor of the Targaryen Empire.As the supreme leader and helm of the faction, she should have thought and come up with the answer to this question by herself, but the fact is: her detailed plan for the direction of her own forces generally only ends with the unification of the Seven Kingdoms.What is left to break the wheel of history, Xie Fang to all mankind, etc... Before meeting Iger, it was basically just empty slogans and labels.

Following the loss of Petyr and Varys, the two old aides, leaving only Iger to support the whole imperial front alone, she was almost being dragged away by the man in front of her.

It seems that Daenerys is lying still in King's Landing, enjoying the benefits... In fact, she has to manage the entire country, deal with the princes from all over the world who gathered in King's Landing after the war, and coordinate and support Egger's battle against the river behind the scenes. , War against Volantis and Braavos.Sitting on Iger's warship and sailing forward non-stop, even with a capable person like Tyrion ballasting and sharing the pressure, Daenerys and the land under her feet are still exhausted physically and mentally. The lights are dry.

Now she really has neither the energy nor the thoughts to think about the "next" question.

Probably because she realized that her question was a bit inappropriate, she hesitated for a moment before making an addition, so that the topic would not sound so broad as to ask Iger what he would do if he became king: "emmm, I mainly mean... ...When and how will the two major events of 'tax exemption' and 'religious revolution' directed by you, as well as the war against the slave owners, end?"

"Well, let me answer the latter question first, it's relatively simple." Iger is very happy to see Daenerys asking questions, which is much more natural than him forcing his thoughts into the past, "The answer is-the war is over, No matter how those free trade city-states react next, within half a year, before the next harvest and cultivation is completed, our army will not launch an active attack again."

It's not that it won't, it's that it can't.The plundering of Volantis and Braavos was very restrained because of the need to be brought under the rule. The trophies were mainly gold and silver treasures, but few production and living materials... and although money is a wonderful thing, it cannot be done according to individuals. The keys are transformed into gunpowder, shells and grain with a pop.The war power of the continent of Westeros has been temporarily exhausted, and it is in urgent need of recovery. No matter how strong the subjective initiative is, it is impossible to fight against the objective laws.

"Nine free trade cities, we have won three of them. If the city-state system is compared to a pair of hands, then its two thumbs are gone-my rule over Lys, Volantis and Braavos The strata have been thoroughly cleaned and eliminated, just to scare the remaining six city-states and tell them: Surrender is the hope of survival, and resistance is the only way to die. None of the remaining six city-states has any alliances Among them, at least the three families of Pentos, Tyrosh, and Myr, because they are only across the narrow sea from Westeros and may be hit at any time, will definitely surrender immediately. Only Lorras , Norvos, and Qohor...one is far away in the Shivering Sea, and the two are deep inland, because of reasons beyond our reach, they may choose to remain hostile because they think it is safe, or ask us for more conditions."

“In this regard, my thoughts and suggestions are: among the remaining six major city-states—the three that are close at hand, we strongly demand that they carry out slave emancipation, demilitarization, and send governors and troops to conduct direct rule and As for the other three far away in the sky, you can relax the requirements and adopt a detainment policy, allowing them to maintain a large amount of autonomy, as long as they start slave liberation and reform on their own, and recognize themselves as part of the Targaryen Empire in name, That's it."

"What if they don't agree?"

"What they do is not the key at all!" Iger laughed, "We need peace now because Guanghewan, Rees, Volantis and Braavos are enough for the empire to digest for ten or eight years-actually In fact, if it weren’t for the slave owners who insisted on forming an alliance by themselves, we should stop fighting and sit down to negotiate to prolong the time after we finished fighting the river bend. The advantages of size, system and technology are all on our side, and time is on the side of the empire No matter what the remaining slave owners think or do, they can’t avoid the butcher knife that will inevitably come in the slightly distant future—the six city-states are six reserves of pastries and supplements for the empire. Once the future empire has an internal Conflicts or expansion needs need to be transferred, relieved, or vented. Just pick one of them and find an excuse to start. The difference between slave owners surrendering or not surrendering is only: in the future, whether they will welcome the fall after the fall as a rebellion within the empire or as an external hostility. .”

How can you do that!

Daenerys was secretly amazed, and while silently memorizing it, she couldn't wait to ask: "This is an external enemy, what about the inside?"

"Everything in the country actually revolves around one core, which is to stabilize Your Majesty's rule. Therefore, all activities are actually one thing." Iger emphasized, "Our short-term tax exemption is to win over the common people. In order to temporarily strip them of their connection with the nobles, the wealth obtained from the princes of the River Bend in the process of weakening the nobles in turn supports the implementation of the tax exemption policy... This is a complete closed loop, we must support this wealth In the time window before the tax exemption, the occupation and seizure of the relative ownership of the entire river bay’s administration, judiciary, and military can be completed. The Great Religious Revolution, but I found that this time window was a bit generous, and it seemed wasteful to do only one thing, so it happened Just proceed..."

"If you want to ask when it will end, my answer is very simple: after the matter is done and the goal is achieved, it can be ended. In terms of weakening the place-as long as the population and household registration statistics of the new part of the royal land are completed, the administrative system loyal to His Majesty will be roughly laid down. In the case of the Religious Revolution, the situation is slightly different—we intend to annex the Seven Gods and form a new Protestantism. The advantage of this is that it is less bloody and destructive, and the disadvantage is that we will never Possibly eliminating 100% of the influence of the old religion... There is no clear event or time point to tell us: the religious revolution is complete. In theory, the longer the suppression of the religious authority is carried out, the better the effect - but the containment of the Seven Gods is after all Therefore, my suggestion here is to determine the appropriate end time of the Great Religious Revolution depending on the progress of the royal power going to the countryside.”

"The specific method is: when His Majesty's rule in the Great King's Land is basically stable, he will call bishops from all over the world to King's Landing in the name of the Archbishop, and hold a religious conference in the Cathedral of Baylor to announce to everyone "The Bible of Truth", and selected His Majesty as the spokesperson of the world... At the same time, observe the reactions and attitudes of the participants. After more than ten months of property liquidation, competition and other humiliation and suppression, I think most of the bishops should have a heart Points. Those who are willing to obediently accept the merger of the Seventh and Red religions will be pardoned by Your Majesty, and they will be seamlessly accepted as Protestant priests of the same level, and they will still be sent back to serve in other places... and those who are still hard-headed, just look for anything For crimes related to property or religion, it is enough to be exiled outside the Great Wall to open up frontiers. The northern border is the territory of the old gods, and the Seven Gods have no power or foundation. , can’t make any waves.”

Daenerys rolled her eyes, carefully chewed on Iger's overall plan, and found that her thinking was unprecedentedly clear and smooth.

This isn't policy advice at all, but a guide for dummies.

"It's very clear! Lord of Light, I can't even imagine how this mess can be untied without you." The queen let out a long sigh of relief, and naturally leaned back on the couch, not at all. The sudden relaxation of the mental state was not concealed.She raised a pair of beautiful eyes, looked at Iger, with a combination of trust, dependence and appreciation, and changed her tone: "Let's discuss some light and happy topics... so many things, so many battles, you have managed it beautifully Winning is also crisp and neat, and I don’t know how much pressure I have shared. The number one hero...But he never asked for anything. No matter how I imagine the rewards I want to give you, I feel almost meaningless. There are no outsiders here, so you don’t need to be shy. What do you want? Don’t be afraid to ask, what—I’ll give it.”

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Chapter 743 Rewards