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Chapter 108 I will save the people and win the crown

In the great hall of the rotunda of the town's landowners, the Root family, Tyrion Lannister and the three chiefs of the mountain clans were freed physically.

After Baron Charles Root provided a meeting place for the guests, he left with great interest.

Arthur sat in the main seat, looking at Tyrion who was pouring ale into his mouth.

"This can't compare to the Qingting Island wine you often drink."

Tyrion, who hiccupped, spread his hands, "No one knows when death will come, so it's better to enjoy yourself in time, if drinking ale is fun."

What he said was from the bottom of his heart. The mercenary who was not very smart earlier left him with a heavy psychological shadow.

Standing behind Tyrion, Shagga, the leader of the Stone Crows, saw the half-man put his hand aside, thinking that he had finished drinking, so he grabbed the wine glass and imitated the half-man's movement to pour ale.

Timett, the leader of the Burning Man Division, directly picked up the flagon and poured it into his mouth.

The other leader of the black-eared girl named Zira was much quieter, standing behind Tyrion with her big teeth bared.

Lannister, who was robbed of his wine glass, looked back at his ignorant subordinates, then turned back and shook his head helplessly at Arthur.

"There are more than 500 people in this group of high mountain clans. I want them to fight for me and the river land."

Tyrion didn't answer, but dragged a wicker chair from one side of the hall, slowly pulled it to the long table, and then jumped onto the wicker chair to make himself level with Arthur.

"No problem." Tyrion swayed from side to side so that he could sit comfortably. "I'm yours anyway, so they're just doing what you want, Lord Bracken."

The little devil felt that the handsome Hejian nobleman in front of him might be easier to talk, so he relaxed a lot.

Arthur was very satisfied with Tyrion's attitude, and then revealed his real purpose: "In addition, you have to work for me until all the wars are over."

Tyrion leaned on the back of the wicker chair, reaching out his hand to fill the glass with fine wine, but suddenly remembered that this was not his own Casterly Rock City, so he withdrew his right hand in a little embarrassment.

He thought for a while, leaned forward, and tried to put his little hands on the long table.

"Can't my father, Duke Tywin, let me go back after paying the ransom for me?"

He shook his head, which was as big as a normal person, "You know, our Lannisters are rich in gold. Since my father is willing to fight for me and the riverlands, he is naturally willing to pay a large ransom for me. Money is enough to make you a rich nobleman."

Tyrion carefully recalled the members of the Bracken family of Stone Hedge City, and after confirming that this Arthur was not Bracken of Stone Hedge City, he wanted to win him over with gold.

After all, gold is enough to lure the little nobles.

Arthur glanced left and right at the Hejian soldiers in the hall, and ordered them to take away the three leaders of the Gaoshan clan and give them some food for the leaders and the captured ancestors of the clan.

When there were only two people left, Arthur said, "If you think a little gold can satisfy me, then you underestimate me."

Tyrion's wise eyes showed a trace of puzzlement, "Don't tell me what you want is territory, but all the territories in the western region have owners. My father is willing to pay gold, but he is not willing to give the territory."

Arthur pointed to Tyrion, and said loudly: "Please understand this Lannister, I don't regard you as a prisoner, but as my assistant. Between you and many With the help of wise men like you, we can do something big, something that could change the history of Westeros."

Tyrion was stunned, "Can you be more...specific."

"To be specific, I want to be the king of Westeros, and then make a small adjustment to this society. In this process, I need your assistance." Arthur cut to the point.

Tyrion almost laughed at this ignorant remark, if he hadn't suddenly remembered his captive status, maybe he could really laugh out loud with his stomach in his arms.

"Forgive me, Lord Bracken, your title is less than a Viscount, right? How many tens of thousands of troops do you have? I'm afraid you don't even have a thousand, but you have millions of people who support you? No! Your bloodline ...Oh, Bracken is really a royal surname, but when you became king, the Hall family, the first master of Harrenhal, was still working as pirates in the Iron Islands. Now the Hall family has been extinct for 300 years , has become a speck of dust in history.”

Tyrion suppressed a smile.

He has read enough books, so he is very familiar with the entire history of Westeros, so some of the deeds of the surname Bracken are easy to come by.

Arthur nodded, "Yes, Mr. Lannister, I don't have any of the things you said. But I remember that your ancestor, the clever Lenny, was just a liar before, and he got the entire Casterly Rock City with just one mouth and the Western Territory, as well as the gold mines in Golden Tooth City and Casterly Rock City."

"Why can't I rely on me and your assistance to win the whole world?"

Arthur stood up, walked to the small window that was only the size of a palm, pointed to the west and said:
"In the South River in the west, several troops under your father, including Adam Marbrand, Davon Lannister, Amory Lodge, and Kevan, are fighting against the coalition forces of the northern border and the river nobles. The reason is that just because you, a nobleman, was kidnapped, Lord Tywin, who felt insulted, made millions of civilians feel hungry and war."

Tyrion nodded, he was very familiar with his father, and knew that Tywin did not send troops for himself, but because he was the son of the Lannister house governor, and the proud Lannister would not be insulted by anyone .

So he neither agreed nor opposed to his father's move to start a war.

He liked Arthur's words against his father's war from a civilian point of view, and expressed his opinion with a nod.

Arthur turned his fingers to the south: "At the junction of the Mander River and the Rose Avenue, Renly's [-] troops are gathering, waiting for the dust from the war in the north to move northward to seize the fruits of victory."

This finger points to the east again, "on Dragonstone Island, Stannis, who has the first successor to King Robert, is summoning pirates and smugglers on the narrow sea through Davos, the onion knight, with the intention of regaining his Iron Throne. .”

"On the more distant continent of Essos, Daenerys Stormborn is also watching."

Finally, Arthur pointed to the north, "Robb, the young man from the Stark family, was not far behind, and brought nearly 2 people from his family to join this game of power, and the reason he started the war was only because of his father and The sisters are trapped in King's Landing, so he will take 2 people to shed blood."

"All these nobles think they are chess players, and use the soldiers and territories in their hands as chessboards to play a chess game of power." Arthur walked back to the main seat and said to Tyrion.

"But the lives of civilians are also lives. In order to save his father and sisters, Robb Stark has killed more than 3000 northerners. In order to preserve the dignity of the Lannister family, Tywin has already Tens of thousands of Western soldiers and Hejian soldiers died, and even more Hejian civilians were massacred by Demon Mountain and Western soldiers.”

Arthur stretched out ten fingers, "These civilians, who can't be counted with a slap, are also other people's fathers and sisters, and they are also other people's sons. They gave up their lives because of the conflict between your two families, and went to see the gods in the sky. Gods."

He withdrew his ten fingers and made two fists, "But in the beginning, the existence of the nobles was to protect the people. The peasants paid taxes in kind and currency to the nobles in exchange for the protection of the powerful gentlemen. Now All the commoners have become pawns that the masters play with at will, just to cooperate with the nobles to complete this game of power."

Tyrion spread his hands and asked puzzledly, "So, what do you want to express?"

Arthur did not answer this question, but answered the little devil's previous question:
"Because I uphold justice, I am called Arthur the Righteous, and because I fought the Devil's Mountain bravely, some people call me the Arthur the Brave. This is the title I can currently call the title."

"As for the soldiers, there should be more than 2000 directly belonging to me, and this number is still increasing."

"As for the citizens, that's a better solution. I will save them and win their support."

Arthur finally concluded: "You ask me why I became king, and my answer is: I will save the people and thus win the crown."

Tyrion opened his mouth, and then changed his words, "Wow, that sounds good, but how do you save the people? By war? Isn't this the same as the nobles you criticized? "

The little devil really wanted to taunt Arthur in front of him, reminding him that Bracken himself was also a nobleman.

But considering the identity of the captive, he still held back.

"There is a slight difference here." Arthur stretched out his right index finger and shook it, "They started the war because of some trivial matters in their own family, but I started the war to sanction them."

Tyrion was still not persuaded, "Then, Your Majesty King Arthur, when will you let the Archbishop of the Seven Gods wear your crown?"

He was a little yin and yang, wondering when the ambitious man in front of him was going to become king.

The continent of Westeros is very blood-heavy. The Usurper War overthrew the Targaryen Dynasty 15 years ago, but the four alliances of the Fish, Wolf, Eagle and Deer still selected Robert Barashi, who has the blood of the Dragon family of the Tan Dynasty. En be king.

Just because Robert's grandmother was a Targaryen.

This is naturally done for the legitimacy of the nobles, big and small.

After all, if the king, the head of the nobility, is determined by the size of his fist, then all powerful families will have ideas.

Then the powerful second-tier nobles under the first-tier nobles will also challenge the position of the lord, and the third-tier families challenge the second-tier families, and so on until the powerful knight families start to challenge the nobles above, forming a situation where the etiquette collapses and the music breaks.

For the nobles, this is not a good thing.

Therefore, Jon Arryn, the governor of the Eagle family, who understands the righteousness, chose to make Robert the king with the most legal system, and the deer family in the four alliances enjoyed it. No objection, Horst, the governor of the Yu family, is also sensible, let alone object.

For this, Robert was also called "The Usurper".

"When I save enough civilians, when they think I should be a king, I will wear the crown given to me by the civilians." Arthur replied.

He is a person who has received compulsory education, how could it be possible for religious forces to intervene in something so symbolic as the crown?
Arthur felt that the painting of Napoleon wearing the crown for his queen was a bit feudal and backward, and religious people should not appear in places where the throne and the throne are alternately inherited.

"Okay." Tyrion leaned back on the wicker chair again, "If you really managed to protect and save the civilians, and your subjects agree to support you as king, then no matter where I am, I will come to your side to assist you."

He himself is also a person who cares about civilians, and he has no objection to Arthur's idea.

I just feel that it is too idealistic and almost impossible to realize.

Arthur also heard the disbelief behind Tyrion's words, but he didn't expose it.

"Okay, the position of my first hand of the king must be reserved for you."

Tyrion saw that Arthur's tone was loose, so he asked tentatively:

"Before then, can you give me freedom first, for example, let me go back to King's Landing City or my father's camp in the south? After all, I am the key to this war. No more wars, isn't that what you prayed for?"

Although Tyrion felt that his father looked down on him, since Jaime put on a white robe and became the Kingsguard, he is the first heir to the Westland lord and Casterly Rock City, and it is better to stay in the sphere of influence of the Lion House. Much more comfortable than staying in hostile forces.

Arthur shook his head, "Not for the time being. Although the war started because of you, since the death of Robert, the battle for the Iron Throne between Joffrey, Stannis of the Deer family, and Renly was the main reason. Tywin is just a lion. The army of the Lu family was dragged in Hejian so that they could not fight with the two of the Lu family, and letting you go back will not help, you might as well stay by my side and be a military advisor."

He finally met such a first-class management talent in Westeros, how could he let him go so casually?

If you can't visit the thatched cottage to make Liangliang fall in love like Liu Bei, then you can only force Tyrion to stay by your side.

Marry first, fall in love later!

There will be more opportunities to get along with each other in the future. Arthur is confident that Tyrion will always be impressed by his own personality charm and willingly assist him.

Tyrion spread his hands helplessly, and jumped off the wicker chair to find a cup to drink.

"Okay, what else can I say?"

He was resigned.

Tyrion even took the time to imagine how this little nobleman would convince the Starks, Bolton, Seven, and Glover in the North that he was a military adviser instead of a prisoner after the army from the North came.

Arthur pointed to the door of the hall and said: "Then you, the military commander, can start working. May I ask how to hold this ferry town with only more than 1000 people until the Northern Army crosses the river smoothly?"

Roose Bolton's army does not know when it will arrive, and Arthur has to prepare for the worst defensive battle.

Considering that Tywin can only send out fast-moving cavalry, the number is at most 6000.

In addition to the Alpine clan, there are nearly 2000 fighters near Earl Harroway's town, so there is still a possibility of holding the ferry.

After finding the wine glass, Tyrion found that the jug had been emptied by Timett, the leader of the Scorching Ministry, so he had to smack his mouth to recollect the taste of the ale he drank earlier.

Then he turned his head to Arthur and said:
"At least let me observe the terrain, right?"

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(End of this chapter)