The king on the Great Wall

"They were very smart. After completing the task, they saw that it was the soldiers of the garrison, so they didn't resist. Except for a few punches when they were caught, they were fine. I gave them a holiday and asked them to go home and rest first. .”

"Very good." The officer who sent them back must be Slynt's subordinates. Slynt, who has no noble background and no backer except Robert, actually has many similarities with Iger. The biggest one is: as a As the leader of a faction, if one person has an accident, the whole faction will collapse in an instant, and the party members will be scattered like birds and beasts.Seeing that the boss was arrested, Slynt's subordinates must have been in a state of panic all day long, and began to look for a way out. "If you come to me again, tell them that 'cooperating' with the Prime Minister's investigation of Slynt is their only way out. The Night Watchman industry has no intention or ability to do anything to them."

"Understood." Nina nodded: "Also, before Sir Alliser sent the ghoul into King's Landing this morning, he showed it to many people entering the city at the Riverside Gate... now there are discussions everywhere in the city, many People came to the office to inquire, asking to see for themselves... Some people donated money on the spot after chatting with the night watchmen who came to King's Landing this time. Today the office received a total of one golden dragon, 46 silver deer, 180 five copper points Donate, how should this be handled?"

Someone donate?This is a good thing... Since the day the office was established, it has called on people to support the Great Wall defenders on notices, but to feed an army, relying on spontaneous donations from residents is of no use at all. Iger has never counted on this... In fact, the office has never received a donation of half a copper plate.

"Get a box. If someone comes to donate, just put it in it. If you don't have one, don't force it." The night watchman's property receives and withdraws tens of hundreds of gold dragons every day. To be honest, I really don't like that kind of donation, but money comes anyway. It's better than nothing. "Open a new ledger and record it every day. I'll leave this to you too. Work hard."

"Where...it should be." Nina was good at everything, but she just couldn't stand Aige boasting, and suddenly became shy again.

Iger smiled, and took out the piece of paper that Tyrion was writing before he escaped. It was Tyrion's short-term and medium-term planning suggestions for industrial development, but Iger knew that most of the content on it would have to be invalidated—Tyrion wrote this When they were opening things, they hadn't taken James' attack on Robert into account.

***

The night watchman industry has no influence in the Red Castle. Iger is not clear about the current situation in the foreign castle. What is certain is that King's Landing did not ring the death knell today.

Is the king safe and sound, or is the news of the death suppressed by Ed to buy time for various follow-up arrangements?

If Robert didn't die, there must be war next, and if Robert died, Ed would definitely notify Stannis to come to succeed him... Iger didn't know the second child of the Deer family well, would he do it for him? Brother to revenge and start a war against Lannister?And Renly, the third child of the Deer family, would he be content with being the Duke of the Stormlands if Ed was not dead?

There are too many unknowns. As a night watchman, he is not qualified to bet and stand in the game of thrones.What Iger can do now is to immediately take all conceivable hedging measures to ensure that no matter which direction the situation develops, the loss of the night watchman industry can be minimized.

"There are still some arrangements, I will list them now, and you can start to do them from tomorrow, as soon as possible." Iger said: "The first one, the third paper factory project under construction is suspended, and the workers who have been trained are better. Assign it, and send it to Hewan and Dorn as soon as possible to fulfill the contract we signed, and leave the rest to other positions. According to the agreement, your brother is going to Hewan, so don't let Miss Tyrell catch us."

"Suspended? But it is estimated that a third paper mill must be built, otherwise the paper output will soon be unable to keep up with printing, let alone satisfy orders."

"Trust my judgment, on the order, push down some with low profit!"

"I obey, my lord... But, the third factory building has been built, is it vacant there?"

"The new project I asked you to arrange before, solid detergent and cosmetics...the production of soap and lipstick, have you planned it yet?"

"The soap is ready, but the lipstick ... Blair's recipe uses some plants and bugs, which needs to be grown and farmed, mass-produced, and won't start for at least a few months."

"Then start with small-scale production and sell it as a luxury item first. After the product comes out, give each of our investors a copy. Once the wives and lovers of these big nobles start using it, it will be the best publicity." Eggs can't Putting it in one basket, the commercial body relies on a single project to expand and develop rapidly, but because the income pillar is too single, it goes bankrupt and collapses quickly when encountering turmoil such as war. There are too many examples in real history, and Iger does not want to follow in their footsteps. He has to make plans for the future of the night watchman industry earlier: "In addition, the Obsidian Mine on Dragonstone Island will recruit more mining workers, dig more obsidian, send some to King's Landing, and then we will hire people to carve them into various decorations or small pendants. Let our people spread the news—obsidian is not only the nemesis of ghouls and other ghosts, but also has the effect of warding off evil spirits and dispelling the cold in the human body."

"Repelling evil spirits? Really!" Nina blinked twice: "Also, what is the cold air?"

"False, but the Night Watchman industry needs to be maintained!" Iger looked at Nina with a funny look, no matter how smart she was, she was just a young girl after all: "If possible, I will try my best to get the ghoul back from the Prime Minister , look for an opportunity to publicly demonstrate the effect of obsidian on it."

True or false, false or true... Advertisements are like rumors, as long as "obsidian can kill ghouls" is true, then it can ward off evil spirits, dispel cold and so on, and it will naturally become true.

"So that's what a good idea is, my lord!" Nina's eyes lit up, and it turned out that the business could still do this.

"Whether it is a good idea or not, it will take time and the market to verify. There is one last thing, I will probably be invited by the prime minister or someone to investigate in the next two days. During this period, don't panic, the night watchman industry will maintain normal operations ,wait me back!"

-

Chapter 174 Jia Kun Farewell

Divide the "eggs" into baskets, and the night watchman industry began to prepare for the upcoming turmoil in the Seven Kingdoms.This chaotic night and day made Iger physically and mentally exhausted. After ordering many things, he arranged for more than a dozen night watchman brothers who came from afar. ... All those who accompanied him through this catastrophe went to eat a big meal to celebrate the victory.

Back at the house, I fell asleep.

This sleep was extraordinarily sweet, and there was no dream all night.It wasn't until early morning that he was awakened by a cough.

When I opened my eyes, it was still dark outside the window, but the room was already illuminated by the light of the oil lamp. Iger turned his mind and woke up halfway. If you close your eyes only when the light is on, the light must have been lit by someone else!

Iger stood up and sat up from the bed—on the stool by the table in front of his bed, there was a man sitting impressively opposite the bed.

"Who?" Iger asked, and quickly touched his hand under the pillow, holding a small dagger placed there, but recognized the uninvited guest in the next second: "Akun! What are you doing here?"

……

Anyone who wakes up in the middle of the night and suddenly finds a top killer sitting beside the bed will feel a chill in his heart... But Iger quickly reacted: If Jia Kun wanted to kill himself, he must be completely cold now, absolutely impossible Eyes still open.

"Somebody's apologizing - for waking your lord up from a good night's sleep."

"What's the matter with you?" Iger frowned. He noticed that the other party was not wearing the black uniform of the night watchman industry employees today, but was wearing a non-distinctive outfit that he had never seen before.

Still holding the dagger under the pillow, Iger just sat on the bed and looked at Jia Kun, the scene was weird.

"A certain person is here to say goodbye to the lord." Jia Kun said unhurriedly, "I don't know if the lord still remembers that you and a certain person agreed on the first day you met that you must inform you before you leave."

"There is such a thing." Iger recalled that he had been puzzled by Jia Kun's stay in King's Landing for a long time, and finally decided not to get entangled in this matter. He didn't expect the other party to be at the most unexpected moment Farewell suddenly: "But...why can't you say goodbye during the day, and insist on waking me up before dawn?"

"Once again, I beg your forgiveness, but someone has to take the first boat out to sea today, and time is tight, so he has to be so rude."

(What a straightforward guy, just leave a note, and he has to run over to scare people.) Iger secretly complained, a little regretful, no matter what purpose Jia Kun stayed by his side, but With such a master as a follower, he was actually much safer... It was a pity that such a powerful bodyguard had to leave.

Letting go of the hand holding the dagger under the pillow, Iger rubbed his head: "Since you are in a hurry to leave, I won't force you to stay. If you said earlier, I can still practice it for you. Anyway, thank you Saved my life the night before."

"It's my job, but before leaving, someone has one last thing, and I want you to answer truthfully." The faceless man sat quietly on the stool, looking at the speaker: "Yesterday, the night watchmen transported into King's Landing. There are really thousands of 'ghouls' outside the Great Wall? Are the White Walkers a lie fabricated by the Night Watch to get support, or do they really exist? Can the Night Watch Legion resist these enemies?"

Why are the Faceless Men so concerned about this news?Iger became puzzled, and recalled carefully, since Jia Kun saw the ghoul yesterday, he seemed to have changed from a boring melon to a chattering ghost, constantly asking about relevant content... Not only that, but today is a good day , simply put on clothes and bid farewell. Before leaving, I have to find myself to confirm this matter. What is the relationship between the situation outside the Great Wall and Braavos's top spies?

***

Iger thought about it for a while, and quickly figured out the problem: the situation outside the Great Wall really has something to do with Braavos... The Iron Throne is the biggest customer and debtor of the Braavos Iron Bank. Crossing the Great Wall to invade the Seven Kingdoms and turning Westeros into a hell on earth, then Braavos will never be able to recoup the loan made in Westeros.

In this era of low productivity, millions of gold dragons are an indescribably huge amount of money. If this amount is missing, the Iron Bank's capital chain will have extremely serious problems.

In short: if the predictions about the Long Night and the White Walkers are confirmed...then the Seven Kingdoms, separated from the Great Wall by the Great Wall, are definitely "high-risk customers" that banks can't avoid. Braavos may not only Give the Iron Throne or anyone in Westeros a little more credit, and even the original debt... will probably try to recover it as soon as possible!

Is it possible that Jaqen saw the "live" ghoul, experienced the rumors about the prince's identity, and witnessed the scene of civil strife in the Red Keep, and then found that the "loan risk" of the Iron Bank to Westeros had seriously exceeded the standard? , had to go back and report to Braavos in person?

This is just Iger's guess completely from the perspective of a businessman. The specific reason is probably only known to Jia Kun himself.Maybe Braavosi just wanted to study ghouls, and it was possible to make an army of the dead.

……

"There is absolutely no lie, the situation outside the Great Wall is only more serious than words can describe - ghouls are not only transformed from humans, there are many more terrifying and powerful creatures than humans... The most troublesome thing is that there are still people outside the Great Wall. 10,000+ savages, they are the reserve source of ghouls. As winter comes, their number will soon change from 'thousands' to 'hundreds of thousands'." Iger sat on the bed , facing the Faceless in pajamas, it always feels like being forced to confess: "Ghouls and White Walkers cannot cross the Great Wall by themselves, but with the coming of winter, the sea outside the East China Sea will be frozen, let alone the west of the Shadow Tower. There is also the Grand Canyon... The Great Wall of Impossibility is indeed an extremely reliable defensive structure, but the Night Watchmen are seriously insufficient in terms of troops, supplies and combat power, making it difficult for the Great Wall to fully function. If not, do you think the commander-in-chief of the Night Watch Corps would make an exception and send People leave the Great Wall to do business and train soldiers?"

Jia Kun sat on the stool and remained silent for a few seconds. After nodding his head to express his understanding, he stood up and said, "Someone understands. Then, my lord, let's bid farewell. Let's meet again by chance."

See you again?I'm afraid we won't see each other again.Watching Jaqen go to the door, Iger suddenly had an intuition: This will be the last time he saw Jaqen Hegar in this life, and he couldn't help but stop him: "Wait a minute, I answered you I take the liberty to ask a question, and you don’t have to answer it.” This question has nothing to do with interests or the future of the Night Watchman industry, it’s purely a personal curiosity: “You ran over from Lorras and sneaked into the royal library, what is it? What are you going to do?"

"Someone once answered that he was looking for a book about dragons, not to deceive your lord." Jia Kun stood at the door and slowly turned around: "But this person also admitted that he did hide something. Those who are curious about dragons , not someone, but someone's friend... A widely circulated prophecy claimed that the dragon in the stone was about to be awakened, and my friend happened to get a I firmly believed that this dragon egg could hatch a dragon. Therefore, I asked someone to come to Westeros to find the dragon egg hatching method left by the Targaryen dynasty."

a friend?Even people in this era know how to use friends as an excuse? If I guessed correctly, this so-called "friend" is actually the Black and White Court of Braavos.It appears that the analysis that Euron Greyjoy hired the Faceless to assassinate Balon Greyjoy for the price of a dragon egg...is true?

"But unfortunately," Jaqen continued, standing by the door, "the prophecy of the awakening of the dragon in the stone was finally fulfilled in a Targaryen girl. However, someone feels that it is much more important to bring the news of the reappearance of the ghoul back to his hometown to warn everyone."

"So that's how it is... I wish you a smooth journey."

"Thank you, sir." For the first time since we met, Jia Kun showed a shallow smile: "My lord rescued someone from the prison car heading to the Great Wall. According to the agreement, when someone leaves, he has to pay a ransom for himself. , a certain person has always kept his promise, within a few months, it will definitely be delivered."

"No, you saved me once, and the debt has been paid off."

"The one who owes the debt is Jaqen H'ghar who broke into the Red Castle and was arrested, and the one who saved the Lord is Jaqen H'ghar, an employee of the Night Watch Office. These are two different things." The Faceless Man turned around and opened the door : "It's almost dawn, someone has to go to the port before the ship leaves, no more talk, leave."

Jia Kun turned and walked out of the room, disappearing into the gray morning light. Iger sat on the bed in a daze, subconsciously touched his body, except for the wound on his shoulder, he was indeed unharmed.Thinking back, Jia Kun stayed by his side for several months, and the words between the two of them were not as much as they are today... Although he still did not confess his identity as the "Faceless Man", the killer of the Black and White Academy, it was indeed within the allowed range Tell yourself a lot of information.

Iger couldn't help thinking, if someone wanted to bribe the Faceless Man to assassinate him, what price would the Academy of Black and White offer?

Although it was still early, he couldn't feel sleepy anyway, so he simply got dressed, went out to exercise in the yard, and ushered in the second day after the upheaval in King's Landing.

……

The people who came to invite him to "drink tea" came much faster than expected. They just told Nier, Nina and others the news of Jia Kun's departure. , claiming that the Prime Minister wanted him to come for questioning.

I was mentally prepared for this, Iger tidied up his clothes without panic, and calmly gave a few instructions to the few people who were sharing breakfast with him, and then calmly followed the comers to leave. The golden robe is a little at a loss.

-

Chapter 175 The rain is coming

Eddard Stark looked up from the desk wearily.

He was tired and badly needed sleep, but the Seven Kingdoms needed more to manage.The king who was supposed to be sitting on the Iron Throne was sickly lying... no, recuperating on the bed, but dumped all the mess he made on his own to the prime minister.On the other hand, even if Robert was intact, Ed didn't expect him to be able to share the slightest task with him.

Accompanied by exhaustion, is full of gas.

The original seamless plan was messed up by the king's nonsense. Not only did the original goal fall short, even the King of the Seven Kingdoms himself almost got involved.Eddard really wanted to take off the Prime Minister's badge and smack Robert in the face and let him run the Seven Kingdoms his way.

After sketching out the scene of "removing the silver collar pin from his chest and smashing it on Robert's face" in his mind, his fatigue faded slightly, and Ed leaned back in his chair and looked at the two important ministers who came to visit : "Tell me, what's the news?"

Varys glanced at Pycelle and motioned for him to speak first.

The scholar had no choice but to speak tremblingly: "Master Ed, a letter from Fei Ya, a nobleman from Hewan and Hejian along the Golden Avenue, three days ago, the Western Territory army with a total of thousands of soldiers was divided into several teams. Intruded into their territory, driving and intimidating them to intercept and search teams sent according to your order... along the golden road all the way to the east, and returned to the west the day before yesterday. We have reason to suspect that the queen and Sir James are already in their father's army at this moment Under the protection of ... returned to Casterly Rock."

"There was no battle?" Ed asked displeasedly: "The princes along the river in the river, just watched Tywin's army rampage in their own territory, and under their noses, picked up the king who committed adultery and attacked the king. The queen of crimes and her brother?!"

"Calm down, Lord Stark." Varys glanced at Pycelle, and whispered softly with a smell of powder: "'The rainy season of Castamere', the lingering sound is still lingering in the ears of the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms. Before the Iron Throne officially declared war on Lord Tywin, there were not many people who dared to openly confront the lion. But I think... instead of blaming the nobles in the river bay for not fighting Lord Tywin, it is better to ask. —— Casterly Rock City Why can you act so quickly and take the initiative to send troops to meet the fleeing Queen Cersei and Sir Jaime?"

"Someone must have tipped off the news, Lord Ed..." Pycelle's tone was affirmative: "The distance from King's Landing to Casterly Rock City is hundreds of miles. In terms of time, Lord Tywin learned of the news the next day when something went wrong in the Red Keep. And sent a response force, the speed of this news transmission, only Asuka can do it, it must be an adult in the river bay, after receiving the prime minister's order to chase and intercept, it immediately passed it to Casterly Rock City... It's a pity , we sent dozens of copies of the same order, doomed to be unable to figure out which one."

"Grand Maester Pycelle's analysis makes sense." Varys crossed his hands on his knees and said with a smile: "But there is another possibility that I didn't mention-is it possible that the person who reported the letter did not receive Ai It was the people in our King's Landing who transferred it to Lord Taiwen after Lord De's order."

"This is impossible... the keys to King's Landing Raven House are all in my hands, and all the letter crows sent out are also released by myself. The letter was written by the Prime Minister's attendant and me. They can all testify!"

"The letter sent is fine, but it doesn't mean the place it's sent to is fine."

"Are you saying that I tipped off the Lannister family?" Pycelle was so angry that his beard trembled, "Varys, you are slandering an important court official. As a grand scholar, I would never do this Treason! You can go check the crowhouse! Not a single one is missing!"

"Master Pycelle, don't worry. I believe there is not a single crow missing in the crowhouse. I said the letter was sent from King's Landing, but I didn't say that the letter was sent from the Red Keep." Varys continued with a smile on his face. Said in a sweet tone: "Maybe the folks raised some birds privately, and then they reported to Tywin, right?"

"It's possible." Pycelle stared at Varys for a while, after all, he couldn't guess whether the eunuch knew anything, but anyway, he would never be able to produce evidence-the raven was trained to go to and from a fixed place, which is just Flying to Shitang Town is just flying to Casterly Rock City. People who are not familiar with it will not be able to tell if they arrive at the destination: "Who could it be? Without the approval of Xuecheng and Iron Throne, it is a felony to raise a raven privately! "

"Lord Pacelle is really joking. Anyone who dares to report to the Lannister family still cares about whether it is a felony?"

"Okay." Ed coldly looked at the two words in front of him, who spoke in a strange way, and snorted coldly, interrupting their conversation.I have no evidence to show that Varys and Pycelle belong to the Lannister family, but these two guys are old people who have served two dynasties. Who can make sure which family they are facing and who they belong to? "I'm mentally prepared for the bad news about Pycelle, so why should Lord Varys report it?"

"The clean-up and control of the Lannister family forces in the city and the investigation of the former garrison commander Janos Slynt have all been completed, and the results are in this document... In addition, I would like to remind my lord that if the queen and The younger brother's adultery has become a fact, so what should the prince and princess whose father's identity be a mystery do? You have to think carefully. My lord has a kind heart and will never accept bloodshed... But the three Baratheons Child, if it falls into the hands of someone with a heart, it will bring endless blood and blood to the Seven Kingdoms."

Ed had already considered the question Varys asked. James and Cersei didn't take their three children with them when they ran. Did he decide that he would not hurt them?He couldn't judge, but he couldn't help but wonder if he was really too easy to see through?

Bloodshed is absolutely unacceptable, but let it be, how would Stannis Baratheon, now first in line to the throne, view these three threats?

After thinking about it, the only way left now is to get these three children to the northern border and put them under my control - it can not only ensure their safety, but also prevent them from being used by those who want to.The only thing wrong with this plan is that the three adopted sons are probably the product of incest, and they are likely to be regarded as a stain on their reputation by the people in the north.

A stain on your reputation?Ed thought of his "illegitimate son" Jon Snow, and smiled disdainfully: As long as you are frank and frank, you are afraid of any stains!

"I have my own plans for the three children, so you don't need to worry about it." Ed has made up his mind and doesn't want to discuss this matter any more: "Master Pacelle, send a letter to Duke Tywin, ordering him to kill James and Cersei immediately." Send them to King’s Landing for trial and punishment, and personally come to explain the crimes of their children, if they don’t come within ten days, they will admit to treason, and the Iron Throne will use the power of the whole country to punish them.”

Pycelle opened his mouth, but didn't say what he wanted to say: "It's... Your Excellency."

"Get out of the way!" The girl's clear voice came from outside the door. The guards tried to prevent Arya from breaking into the office, but obviously failed. He roared: "Father, when did you let my master out! I've said it many times, Tyrion is not a bad person, and my master definitely did not help the Lannister family rebel!"

Ed ignored his daughter: "Master Varys, is there anything else to report?"

Varys smiled and looked at Arya, who was full of anger, and shook his head: "There are many things to report, but most of them were entrusted to me by Lord Renly to pass them on to you. Everything is clear. Please leave without disturbing your lord and Miss Arya."

Varys stood up and went out first, and Paischer hurriedly confirmed the details of the wording of the ultimatum to Ed, and left in a hurry. Soon only Ed and his daughter were left in the room.

"It's okay, close the door." Ed said to the guard who failed to stop Arya, he put his daughter in his arms, patted her on the shoulder and asked, "I want you to greet Your Majesty once a day, but you can go today ?”

"Margaery is taking care of the king, what should I do?" Arya twisted her body: "Is she going to be the queen soon?"

"Maybe, it depends on what King Robert thinks." He said so, but Ed knew in his heart that after Cersei and Jaime escaped from King's Landing, the Iron Throne is likely to be in debt with Vivian. In the case of the battle of the richest family in Stroll, the support of the Reach is indispensable... Now, I am afraid that no one can stop Margaery Tyrell from becoming queen.

The girl from the Tyrell family was supposed to leave for Highgarden a few days ago, but after Cersei escaped, she decisively canceled the itinerary, and now she spends every day in front of Robert's bed, directing the servants to do things. Work, clean up Robert's wounds, serve him with water and food... It's like thinking of herself as the mistress of Maegor's House in advance.

"You're changing the subject again, you adults like it!" Arya suddenly remembered the purpose of her running here, and abruptly brought the topic back: "When did you let my master go!"

"Didn't I tell you that he was suspected of tipping off Tyrion Lannister? Now he is a prisoner. How can he be released without a trial?"

"He must have been wronged!" cried Arya, stomping her foot.

"Sansa also said that her Prince Joffrey must be the child of King Robert, the legal heir of the Seven Kingdoms." Ed shook his head: "It doesn't count if you say such a thing."

"Then interrogate him first!" Arya didn't care, "Otherwise I'll come here to bother you every day and call Sansa along."

"You child, why are you ignorant at all!" Ed frowned and stared at his daughter for a while, seeing her resolute attitude, and counting the days, it was indeed long enough to lock up the night watchman, and the White Walker reappeared outside the Wall At the moment when the night watchman needs a lot of support, after all, it is not good to really do something to their chief logistics officer: "Okay, as you wish, first interrogate him. Haier! Take my token and go to the prison, and put the night watchman in prison." people bring them here."

"Yes, my lord."

-

Chapter 176

Iger guessed the beginning, but not the end.

He had expected that he would be interrogated or investigated because he reported to Tyrion, but what he didn't expect was that the bunch of arguments he had prepared had no time to be used, and he was sent directly to the prison of the Red Castle. Closed for almost a week!

Five days, six days?Or five and a half days?In the dark prison cell, the sense of time passing has become blurred. The only thing to be thankful for is: I was imprisoned with a bunch of Lannisters—as "political prisoners" and hostages, before the official war between the Iron Throne and the Western Territory , the treatment is not too bad.

Judging from the reactions of the Lion House on the same floor or the prisoners who swore allegiance to the Lion House, [-]% of them were really ignorant of Cersei's ungodly behavior and her treasonous plan.Some of them kept complaining in the cell, some roared, demanded this and that, swore to go out to show their captors a good look; some sat withered in the corner of the assigned small bed as if their souls had been drained , sitting silently as if resigning to fate and waiting for death; apart from the two extremes of movement and silence, Iger thinks the most remarkable are those who seem to have nothing happened, chat when they are full, and sleep when they are tired... Treat the cell as a bedroom where you cannot leave freely people.

In the cell Iger was in, there was such a freak. After a few days, the night watchman, who had nothing to do but chat, made friends with one of his roommates.Lannister is too rich, and rich people generally need to settle accounts more than poor people. My roommate is an accountant of the Lannister family in the King's Landing Chamber of Commerce. Iger learned from him that the Lannister family and The total wealth of its affiliated Western Region forces in King's Landing has reached an astonishing hundreds of thousands of golden dragons. After swallowing and digesting this wealth, the Iron Throne already has the initial funds to launch a war against the Western Region...not to mention hostages .

***