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Chapter 489 Lannister's "Foreign Aid"

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In this way, many small families have no choice at all. Maybe they are more traditional and look down on emerging families, but on the surface they still have to obey, which is what Li Lingyi wants.

No king can subdue everyone by relying on kindness. Only by giving kindness and might together can he firmly control everything.

And for the West and the South, although there is no obvious attack now, the combination of ideology still needs to be fought, which is specifically manifested in sending people to spread the policy and various benefits of the Bannerless Family among the common people.

Because the western region has always been controlled by Lannister, and the south is also Lannister plus the Rose family, with King's Landing as the center, it is strictly forbidden for civilians to discuss the Bannerless family in private, and deal with one caught. It is very strict.

But when Li Ling knew about it, he found it very funny. This is nothing but self-deception, and people have a rebellious mentality. The more you prohibit it, the more curious people will be, and the more they want to learn about it through various channels.

What's more, this kind of prohibition will make it easier to force some talented people to the Bannerless family, because if you prohibit it, it means that you are afraid of the existence of this kind of family and the existence of this kind of thinking.

That's why Li Lingyi sent people to secretly spread the word, so that one day he really leads troops to fight there, at least the civilians will have less resistance, and maybe there will be some "leading parties", which is undoubtedly better.

As for the question of allies, in fact Li Lingyi also thought of a family, that is the Martell family located at the southernmost tip of the mainland.

This family is also quite legendary. When Aegon the Conqueror arrived, he could easily beat other families, but when facing the Martell family, he was defeated by Queen Melia many times, which also allowed his territory Dorne to remain. Hundreds of years of independence.

In the end, the Targaryen family proposed a marriage, so the war between the two families ended, and the Martell family almost monopolized the large territory of Dorne, maintaining a detached existence.

Later, when the Usurper War broke out, the Targaryen family was overthrown, and Queen Elia Martell and her children were brutally killed by the Mountain during the fall of King's Landing.

So after Robert of Baratheon came to the throne, although the Martell family surrendered on the surface, they hated the Baratheon and Lannister families very much, and ignored the orders of King's Landing, while maintaining an independent state. Basically do not communicate with other families.

At the same time, they are also plotting to overthrow the Iron Throne and restore Targaryen, that is, to let Viserys Targaryen sit on the Iron Throne.

Of course, Viserys couldn't take on this important task at all, and he himself didn't have this talent. He was even scalded to death with golden juice by the horse king. According to his sister Daenerys, he is not a real dragon, because a real dragon is not afraid Fire and hot.

So the plans of the Martell family have come to nothing. Of course, they didn't expect their elder brother to fail. Instead, their younger sister has risen extremely powerfully. The three fire dragons accompanying her are just like Aegon the Conqueror.

But this is all something later, the Dragon Mother's dragon has not yet grown up, and her reputation has not spread to the mainland, and even the Martell family thinks she is dead.

So the plan to restore Targaryen failed, but the news that the Devil's Mountain was killed still made them very happy, so they naturally had a good impression of Li Lingyi.

Coupled with the fact that the latter is now establishing a family, it is completely clear to fight against the Iron Throne, which makes the Martell family even more happy to hear and see. At the same time, they are secretly waiting for an opportunity. If it is really possible, they will definitely be willing to participate in the overthrow of the Iron Throne. thing.

This is why Li Ling thought of them, but the current Martel family cannot openly rebel, just like most families, they also want to wait until the situation is clear and the winner is about to be decided before joining war.

There is nothing to say, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages is everyone's choice. In fact, there are only four families that openly rebel against the Iron Throne, Stark, Tully, Bannerless, and Stannis (Barathion).

Stark and Tully are married, Wuban and Stannis have already formed an alliance, and now Wuban and Stark have also formed an alliance. As long as the Tully family is mentioned, the four major families have formed a powerful alliance.

It can be said that he already has the strength to contend against the Iron Throne head-on, but Li Lingyi believes that Lannister will not sit still, and will definitely prepare well during this period, and even invite some "foreign aid".

For a long time, although Lannister was rich, he had always been "loaning". The lender was the most powerful "bank" iron vault in the free trade city-state across the narrow sea.

They issue loans to the world's major kingdoms and families, as long as they are optimistic about you, they will loan you, and the amount is extremely huge.But no one knows how much money is in the iron vault, and where exactly is the vault.

Almost every royal family has the shadow of the Iron Bank. With their help, many things will become very simple.

Of course, don’t think about borrowing money and not repaying it. The purpose of the Iron Bank is to “collect all debts.” If you don’t repay the loan within the stipulated time, you will be sanctioned.

There are many means of sanctions, the best and simplest one is to support the debtor's opponents, let them grow up to defeat the debtor, and seize his property to pay off the debt.

For example, if Lannister wants to pay back the money tomorrow, but the iron bank finds that the family is not good enough, so they can't afford it.So they will turn to support the rival families such as Stark and Bannerless, let them defeat the Lannister, and then use the spoils to pay off the debt.

If this doesn't work, then the Iron Bank also has its own army, the Golden Squad, which sounds like an army piled up with money, so it is naturally powerful.The armor and weapons are all the most advanced, and there are even high-strength mounts such as elephants!

So if you don't pay back the money, you may wake up the next morning and find a row of elephants standing at the gate of the city. Not many people would like to see that sight.

But until now, the Iron Bank still supports Lannister and the Iron Throne, which means that they don't want to see the rise of the Bannerless Family, and they don't want the Iron Throne to be overthrown in the end, so maybe there will be some move.

Li Lingyi is also very worried. If the golden map really comes from the Narrow Sea, it can go directly to the mainland from Lannisport, and then go straight to Riverrun along the Three-Forked River. At that time, the Tully family will definitely not be able to stop it. of.

Then Li Ling might have to send troops to rescue him, and he would undoubtedly fall into a passive situation at that time.So... Although he told Catherine before that he wanted to capture King's Landing, what he thought in his heart was that once he did it, the Lannister's old den should be captured first, Casterly Rock City!

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Chapter 490 Analysis

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Casterly Rock City is close to the sea, and the strong throughput of Lannisport is also a major reason why Lannister first made a fortune. Port cities have developed rapidly since ancient times, so if they can win here, it will be a very big change for the overall battle situation.

As for King's Landing, to be honest, the city of King's Landing itself has no advantages. There is neither a superior environment nor special products in the surrounding area.

Compared with military status, King's Landing symbolizes the political center more, and only by mastering it can one become king, but Li Lingyi is not in a hurry to attack it.

This is different for other families. The Stark family and the Tully family undoubtedly thought that they should go directly south to intervene, occupy King's Landing and order the Quartet, but they did not succeed in going south at all.

Stannis was the only one who hit King's Landing in the Rebellion of the Five Kings. He was about to succeed, but he was flanked back and forth by old Tywin with his carbine, and he left the field in a disastrous defeat.So it is estimated that he will agree with Li Lingyi's judgment more, and will not take King's Landing's idea lightly.

As time passed day by day, the small families in Hejian land allegiance to the Wuqi family one after another, and a few who were unwilling even took their property and ran to the south, fearing that the Wuqi family would force them.

Naturally, Li Lingyi would not stop those who escaped. In fact, the south now is not as beautiful as these gentlemen imagined.

According to the spy's report, the tax in the south has been increased by nearly [-]%, because since the central part was actually controlled by Li Lingyi, the tax burden on the Iron Throne has been abolished in Hejian.

Not to mention the northern border, even a silver deer will not be brought out.In this way, King's Landing is equivalent to reducing two-thirds of the country's taxes in an instant, which makes some greedy and extravagant nobles suddenly unable to sit still. You must know that most of the taxes end up in their pockets.

As a result, the civilians in the south were miserable. They had little money because of the war. Although they lived better than the northerners, they were only able to maintain food and clothing.

But now that the tax rate goes up, their food and clothing line can no longer be maintained, and many civilians have to reduce two meals a day to one meal, living a life of starvation.

At this time, the people sent by Li Lingyi also began to play a role. People at the bottom exaggerated the living standards of the residents in Hejian, and they could eat three meals a day, as well as meat. In short, everything was good.

Although it's a bit exaggerated, as long as you keep working hard, you can have three meals a day. This is also the rule that Li Ling must set.He will never allow his subordinates to be corrupt, and he will deal with them one by one.

No matter who the opponent is or how big the official is.For example, there was an old member of the former Brotherhood Without Banners who was greedy for more than 40 golden dragons, and Li Lingyi directly abolished his official position as captain, and then locked him in a dungeon for three months, and he has not been released until now.

For this matter, he also specially held a people's meeting, expressing his deep abhorrence of corruption and his attitude of never condoning it.So under his absolute authority, no one dared to commit crimes anymore.

In this way, more money will be apportioned to each commoner, and life will naturally be easier.

As for the south, to be honest, Li Lingyi thinks that the biggest shortcoming of King's Landing is that there are too many nobles.

There are tens of thousands of nobles in a city, although not every noble exploits the common people, and some even have a very miserable life themselves. (For example, Sam who was sent to guard the Great Wall by Dad.) But the exploiters still make up the majority.

In this way, it is conceivable how the common people live. If these nobles can be reduced by half, the life of the common people will be greatly improved.

Of course, it doesn’t mean to eliminate. This is impossible in this era. You want to eliminate nobles, but don’t forget that you are also yourself, and they will fight against you in groups.

Elimination is difficult, but at least don't let them be so greedy, of course it is difficult to do so.According to Li Lingyi's view, these nobles are all spoiled, if you are not happy, then they will work together to get you down and support a new superior.