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Chapter 201 Minister of Finance
The gift from the Myr people arrived in a timely manner. When Stannis retreated south, he not only looted the little gold left in the treasury, but also took away the five archbishops and the new "middle-aged" archbishop. And most of the things of value belonging to the Church in the Cathedral of Baelor.

In other words, even if Arthur I wanted to "borrow" some money from the church to save the emergency, there was nothing left. In the Cathedral of Baylor, only the poor sparrow monks in brown robes remained.

In the recent period, the royal family’s expenditures are all on credit if they can, and those that cannot be paid on credit are first paid with the money of the Tyrell family. Anyway, everyone knows that the royal family has obtained several large gold mines in the western region, and there will be no shortage of money in the future.

"One hundred thousand old gold dragon coins, I think the construction of wells and sewers, and the repair of the city wall can start."

After a belch, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Tyrion, waved his little hand and said.

Although he is the Minister of Finance, the king has given him many irrelevant tasks.

The rest of the members of the Imperial Council agreed with this. The lack of a section of the city wall to the west of King's Landing City made them feel that they could not sleep well.

The king's focus is on another aspect, "Have the three mints outside the city been opened? Is the new director of the mint in place?"

All old gold dragon coins that have passed through the hands of the royal family have to be changed into new gold dragon coins with reduced gold content.

The little devil spread his hands, "Your Majesty, you also know that the only person in my predecessor who can do things is Petyr Baelish, and I don't even know where his bills are. As the Minister of Finance, the only thing I can do is Counting the Siku, which is cleaner than my face, I can't even get the head of the Siku and the royal accountant together."

Siku is the general term for all warehouses under the name of the royal family. It is in charge of the general manager of Siku, and the general manager reports to the king and the Minister of Finance at the same time.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer was responsible for supervising a large number of officials, including the stewards of the four treasuries, the royal accountants, the royal measurers, the heads of the three mints, the harbor master, the tax collectors, the customs officers, the wool agents, the road toll collectors, the shipmaster and the wine Agents, etc., but after the two major forces of Stannis and Lannister took over King's Landing successively, these small officials died and fled, and many of them could not be found, which made it difficult for Tyrion to start his work.

Arthur motioned for Tyrion, who was pouring wine, to also have a drink for himself, "Baelish's bill is easy to find. On the north side of the Rhaenys Hill before the old city gate and the dragon gate, there is a Sataya's. Design Institute, where should all the unimportant things of Littlefinger be."

Shataya is a tall, dark-skinned Midsummer Islander. On the surface, she opened the accounting institute, but in fact it was opened by Littlefinger.

The king thought for a while, and ordered: "Well, after the meeting, Duke Tyrion will take someone to search Shataya's accounting institute, and move anything you think is valuable to the treasury. Don't leave it to Littlefinger, I'll let Podrick Payne go with you."

Anyway, it was impossible for Baelish to leave the valley. His property in King's Landing was lambs that could not resist.

"As you wish!" Tyrion raised his glass and drank heavily.

Then he asked for instructions: "Your Majesty, those blacksmiths in Steel Street have created some armor suitable for mass production. When will you choose it?"

According to the compensation agreement in the Western Territory, all families with iron mines in the Western Territory had to manufacture the iron armor required by the royal family in the workshop, a total of [-] sets.

"Just tonight, let them be sent to the Red Castle. King's Landing City is not safe, and some small tricks of hostile forces have to be guarded against."

Arthur thought about the itinerary and decided to inspect it tonight.

"The Minister of Finance needs to have some refreshments and get the kingdom's financial system back up and running as soon as possible." Paxter, who was wearing the Hand of the King badge on his chest, urged.

Arthur looked at the lord of Arbor Island and felt that his talent in brewing and shipbuilding was far greater than his ability in governing the country.

Therefore, during the Southern Expedition, he should be given the task of rectifying the few remaining royal fleets.

But just when they were discussing the matter of the Minister of Finance, Arthur felt that it was better to force Tyrion first, so that the drunkard could really devote his energy to work.

"The three mints outside the city have to be built as soon as possible, and then all the old coins we have on hand will be minted into new coins, with my bust printed on them."

"I want to appoint Hayley from Harrenhal as the royal accountant. She has been with me for more than a year. She is good in character and ability, and she is just in charge of this job."

Regardless of ability, in this turbulent transition period, it is better to ensure that the key positions are owned by one's own people.

"The chief of the four treasuries and the head of the mint is Patrick Mallister. He is now in charge of another matter. He will be in place when Duke Tyrion resumes the operation of the mint."

The Duke of Mace was probably killed by a murderer who sneaked in from the tunnel of the Red Keep, and this tunnel was at least well known to Varys and his little birds, so after returning from the West, Arthur ordered Patrick to lead The craftsmen secretly filled the tunnels on a small scale.

The tunnel system of the Red Castle was first built during the period of Maegor I Targaryen. At that time, the king was guarding against the ubiquitous church armed forces such as the "Poor People's Assembly" and "Son of Soldiers". The tunnel was built for the royal family to escape at any time.

But the tunnels have served as many functions since they were built as the Kingsguard have defended the king, not as solid as porcelain.

So Arthur secretly named Patrick to do this.

Coincidentally, Patrick is a man of ability and loyalty, and he is best suited to do these inconspicuous but fatal little things.

"Obey, Your Majesty, with this batch of gold coins, I will make the financial system work as soon as possible."

"You also let people mine those gold mines in the western region as soon as possible. All the rules are the same as before, except that the object of handing over has changed from the Lannister of Casterly Rock to the Targaryen of King's Landing. By the way, do you have the right one? Can anyone choose to be in charge of supervising and managing the mining of these gold mines?"

Facing the king's inquiry, Tyrion rarely used his brain, "Your Majesty, I recommend Mrs. Alysanne Lefford. Her family used to be in charge of the gold mine in the Golden Tooth City, and they have rich experience in this area."

Arthur thought about it. This lady married Bennard Brun and is currently spending their honeymoon in Golden Tooth City.

It’s not impossible to choose her. Bennard Brun is loyal to Targaryen. He is used to supervise Alysanne Lefford, and Alysanne Lefford is to supervise and manage the major gold mines in the western region .

The king nodded in agreement with this, and then arranged tasks for Paxter, the hand of the king.

"You stay in King's Landing City. In addition to presiding over the imperial meeting and dispatching various resources to support the war in the Stormlands, Lord Redwyne and the soon-to-arriving Baelor Hightower will also be responsible for reorganizing the royal fleet. There are not many, and it may be possible to save money for the next one after rectifying one.”

Among the astonishing bills that Robert squandered, at least one or two million gold dragon coins were spent on the reconstruction of the royal fleet. At present, Arthur does not have extra money to vigorously develop sea power, so he can only hope to pick up gold coins from the trash. Bring out some usable warships.

Fortunately, both Paxter and Baylor Hightower are talented in ship management, so there is no need to worry about this.

The matter to be resolved today seems to have been discussed. Several members of the imperial council were about to get up and leave, but the king and the prime minister suddenly spoke at the same time.

Of course Paxter would not speak before the king, he apologized embarrassingly, and then let the king speak first.

Arthur I pointed to Minister of War Aenis, "I know that your Frey family currently only has more than 1000 people near King's Landing. Before the rest of the soldiers arrive at the capital, you will take this team to kill the soldiers in the Great Sept of Baelor." The sparrow monks all rushed to the storm."

After the completion of the Great War in the Western Region, the Hewan army headed south and returned to their own territory to rest. Part of the Hejian army followed the king to the king's territory, and some soldiers returned home with the wounded and the rewards they received.

The Marquis of Frey sent most of the soldiers back to the territory of Hedukou on the pretext that his army was hurt by the battle with the Westerners, and only brought more than 1000 people to the king's territory.

Innis was obviously a little reluctant, "Your Majesty, it is not a decent thing to attack the Baelor Cathedral."

During the Dance of the Dragons, even if Lord Frey died fighting for the Black Party, all the troops of the Twins fought at full strength on the battlefields of the Riverlands and the Reach, and did not miss a major battle. At the time of the Seven Regents, Lady Sapphire Frey was not granted a regency.

It can be said that Innes's access to the imperial council is one of the most glorious moments in the 600-year history of the Frey family, and it is also an important period that he regards as the most important to enhance the family's image.

Although the power of the Church of the Seven Gods is declining, it still has influence in public opinion. Innis doesn't want to add another black mark to his family's reputation because of this.

"It's a decent thing for those sparrow monks to occupy your brother's great church. You have to understand that the current archbishop is still your fourth brother, Brother Lu Chen. In other words, the sparrow monks occupied your brother's holy hall." Church?"

The secular title of Lutzen Frey has been abandoned, and his current code name is "Middle Age".

Arthur's intention of using the outdated name Brother Luchen was to arouse Innis's possessiveness.

But the bald head is obviously very rational, "Your Majesty, Lu Chen is only the secular status of the archbishop, and he is not my younger brother now."

"Then, in the name of the middle-aged Archbishop, I will order Frey's soldiers to drive out the monks occupying the Cathedral of Baylor."

Arthur ordered forcefully.

Thanks to several effective kings of the Targaryen dynasty, the authority of some aspects of the royal power has been generally recognized by the nobles and the people.

For example, the appointment of the archbishop and the commander-in-chief of the night watchman should have been elected positions within the corresponding organization.

One king, Baelor Targaryen, even appointed an illiterate stonemason and eight-year-old boy as High Septon, and the nobles didn't think much of it.

In this atmosphere, the archbishop was absent, and the king could really order in the name of the archbishop.

Innis had no choice but to nod deeply, and then left the conference hall to carry out the matter.

The king's order in the name of the archbishop is not something he can easily refuse.

After King Arthur I ordered Paxter to speak, "Your Majesty, recently, I deeply feel that wine is the most consumed thing for nobles in King's Landing. Wine that can replace drinks must be cheap, otherwise it cannot be supplied in large quantities. I Some members of the family have the ability to make wine, so we might as well ask the winemakers of the Redwyne family to build a winery for the royal family to ensure that the Red Castle’s wine is always available in time.”

Although Qingting Island sells wine, his family's gold wine has always been the highest-end wine in the whole world, and the lowest price is ten gold dragon coins per bucket, which is not suitable for drinking.

In fact, the nobles and wealthy merchants of King's Landing drank a lot of mulled cider and ale from the Riverlands and Kingland, some rum from the Westlands and the Reach, and summer reds from Dorne.

The price of ale and cider can sometimes be as low as three or four silver stags per barrel, and they can indeed be drunk as daily drinks.

Regardless of the king's attitude towards this proposal, at least Tyrion and Prince Oberyn, who love to drink more, agree with this point.

Of course Arthur would not object, the level of winemakers in Qingting Island would not be low.

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(End of this chapter)