Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 289 The Old Dream of the Empire
Seeing that none of the great masters of Meereen raised any objections, Ian nodded in satisfaction before continuing.

"Your initial level is still fourth-class, but I will temporarily give you the food supply treatment of second-class slaves during the next month of training. After one month, I will check and accept your training results. Those who are not qualified Those who are outstanding will be directly promoted to third-class slaves, while other qualified ones will remain in the reorganized new army.

After we defeat the centaurs, everyone in the reorganized new army will be directly promoted to third-class slaves!At that time, I will give you houses, and I will allow you to keep the spoils of battle as your personal property, and your masters will not plunder them.I will give you the right to take wives, and your wives will be yours alone, and your masters will not defile them.Your firstborn will inherit your rank of slavery, and your blood will no longer return to lowliness.

In addition, you will also have the same military merit system as my slave Iron Legion. The most outstanding among you will be promoted to second-class slaves after the war. Noble slaves, you will have better life and greater power, the lowly fourth-class slaves will respect you as their masters.

Go talk to your instructors, go talk to the slave Iron Legion soldiers in the nearby camps, and ask them what they got.You will find that unlike your Master or any leader you have ever met, I never make false promises.As long as you complete my order, you will definitely get the promised return.

You want to get all this, you only need to complete the next training, then maintain your formation when facing the centaurs, raise your spears high, shoot the crossbow bolts in your hands at them, let them fall before your position, you The number of corpses in front of the position will determine your exploits. "

The military merit system designed by Ian is not beheading. After all, the only targets of this system are the Iron Slave Legion and the reorganized new army. They are all on the defensive in Ian's plan. In front of the position, it is more appropriate to calculate directly with a small square formation of hundreds of people. If they make the square formation scattered in order to grab the head, then there will be a big problem.

As for whether there will be too many people promoted in the end?Don't make a fuss, Ian has the final right of interpretation. Can the pie you drew really make people eat it all?

After inspecting the slave training camp, Ian returned to the city of Meereen. He changed the pyramid of the Parr family into his temporary residence, and at the same time transferred the headquarters of his intelligence department in Meereen from the Bronze Gate Inn to this place. in the pyramid.

Since the intelligence department moved from the dark to the bright under the banner of Ian, their work efficiency has improved a lot again. In just one week, the most important information about the great masters of Meereen and their family forces, The political factions in Meereen, the relationship between various forces, the situation of the Temple of the Holy Grace, etc., have all been summarized and sent to Ian's table by Mi Da.

At the same time, the outstanding gladiators in the major arenas were all bought by Mi Da to serve as the organization's thugs.

These gladiators may not be useful on the battlefield, but in the city of Meereen, their combat effectiveness is fierce.Coupled with the mercenaries, killers and criminals recruited by Medah, his power is gradually expanding and controlling all the blocks of the city.

If Ian announces to occupy Meereen soon, he will not have to worry about being harassed by the "Sons of the Harpy" like Daenerys in the original book when he was in Meereen. have to die.

And out of some kind of bad taste, Ian named his Meereen intelligence station the Son of the Harpy, so that if the Great Master wanted to make trouble, they might have to find a new name.

This afternoon, Ian has been looking at Meereen's information for the simple reason that he hopes to find someone like Yunkai's Grazdan zo Eraz or Ashtar in Meereen. Agents like Femor Mo Nakroz of Po.

Although it would be a better choice to directly kill the great masters, but in reality, a compromise is necessary.

Killing the Great Lord of Meereen is very likely to cause a backlash from the Ghis nobles in Yunkai and Astapor.

Ian didn't stay in Yunkai for a long time, and he didn't complete control of this kind of city, although the sages who rule Yunkai today belong to General Shaker and Grazdan zo Eraz's pro-Ian faction', but the massacre of the nobles of Meereen might change their minds.

As for Astapor, it's even more serious. More than half of Ian's current bureaucracy and officers are from Astapor's nobles. It's not that Ian really wants to use them, but that the whole Staple thought they could at least be literate, and they would be useless without them.

Second, killing Meereen Great Lord will make Ian face the same problem as Astapor in Meereen, and no one can use it.

It's like the nine-rank Zhongzheng system of the Great Heavenly Dynasty. Officials are elected by the gentry clan, but there is no other way. The gentry clan monopolizes knowledge, and all those who can read are their people.

The magistrate of the flowing water, the lord of the iron, the dynasty of the flowing water, the nobles of the iron.

The imperial examination is a way to break the monopoly of knowledge, but time does not allow Ian to do this kind of thing that is harmful to the present and beneficial to the future. It has been a few years since the long night has fallen, and he has to hurry up and use up all the things on this land. The surplus value is squeezed out.

The first person to be ruled out was Hizdahr, Lord of Meereen.

Although he can be regarded as the person who can shock the whole of Meereen based on his bloodline, connections and reputation, this is not what Ian wants.

What Ian wanted was someone like Grazdan of Yunkai and Fermor of Astapor, who originally possessed a certain reputation and influence, but were far away from reaching the summit.

Only with the help of Ian himself can they take control of the situation.

Such a person is beneficial to Ian's rule.

As for Hizdahr, he was already the most powerful lord of Meereen, what good would it do Ian to support him?He, like Yunkai's former Grand Marshal Yakhaz zo Yazak, is one who should be eliminated.

After flipping through the information of several great masters, Ian began to look at some powerful secondary nobles.

These people tend to be more upwardly motivated and easier to control than the arrogant morons.

The first thing Ian saw was Reznak Mo Reznak, the chief steward after Daenerys ruled Meereen in the original book. He is very capable, but he always sympathizes with Meereen in a series of things. The Lord did not stand on their side, and repeatedly persuaded Daenerys and Hizdahr to marry, which has the potential to be a couple.

Ian put his information aside for later use, and he planned to find time to investigate this person.

After all, Ian didn't intend to close the arena, nor did he intend to break with the Great Lord of Meerlin, and it was even more impossible for the nobles of Meerlin to have the ambition to marry the Queen, so these shortcomings of his were not really any shortcomings.

If one could manage to gain the man's loyalty, or at least a basic level of loyalty, he would be an excellent domestic administrator, and as long as he was not given too much power, nothing would go wrong.

Immediately afterwards, Ian dug up the information of Skalatz mo Kantak, who was the commander of Daenerys' "Beast Face Army" in the original book and the first Meereen who pledged allegiance to Daenerys. Noble, he shaved off his traditional Guise haircut to show his break with the past and to serve the new master, known as 'Master Roundhead'.

This person gave Ian the impression that he was realistic, cunning, cruel, tough, and without honor. As long as you can give him enough bones, it will help you bite off the neck of the enemy, and he can be regarded as the most perfect imperial loyalist. dog.

This person, Ian, will definitely use it, but at the same time, this kind of person cannot give him too much power. First, he cannot convince the public, but it is easy for him to breed ambitions that he shouldn't have.

So. Who should I use?

There doesn't seem to be a real fit.

Ian shook his head. This matter can be decided later. After all, it has been more than a month since the horse king Drogo arrived here, and he needs to formally take over the rulership of Meereen after defeating the horse king.

Perhaps during this period of time, there will be smart people in Meereen who understand the situation of Yunkai and Astapor, and are willing to take the initiative to come to him, and maybe they want to be the agent.

After listing some official candidates, Ian ended his afternoon work.

Next he will do some simple fencing exercises, and then he will go to the dinner party at the Great Pyramid.

Just last night, the last plainsmen mission from the Lazar region, the youngest son of the eastern city of Khosrak, led a team to Meereen.

So far, the Raza region has made it clear that the envoys of the 16 mountain clans, three major cities, and 14 plains tribes that will participate in the conference held by Ian have all gathered in Meereen.

Of course, this data does not mean that there are more mountain clans in Raza than the plain people, but that all the mountain clans in the entire region have already sent people, while the plain people only came less than one-tenth.

This is also normal. After all, Ian's condition for the mountain clans is to allow them to join the Ghis Alliance as equal allies. The alliance will provide them with food in the next long winter, and after defeating the centaurs, the slaves Bay slave hunts will not be carried out against the Mountain Clans.

No one can refuse such a condition. All the mountain clans have sent very important envoys. Their purpose is not only to participate in the negotiations, but to directly swear to join the alliance.

But the people of the plains at the bottom of the mountain are different. Except for the three major cities that have obtained the same conditions as the mountain clans, the other tribes have obtained the conditions that the ten tribes that surrendered to Ian first, and their chiefs can directly become subordinate to the queen. Holy slaves', and according to the size of their tribe, they will get a certain quota of first, second and third class slaves.

For those who submit after ten, their chiefs can only become first-class slaves, and the number of slaves of all levels they get will also be reduced proportionally.Those who refuse to surrender will all become fourth-class slaves after being conquered.

Therefore, only a very small number of tribes among the Plainsmen sent representatives to negotiate on this condition, while more tribes were still waiting to see, pinning their hopes on Ian's defeat by Khal Drogo.

As night fell, the Great Pyramid of Meereen was brightly lit.

The eunuch-slave singers Ian had brought from Yunkai sang songs of the Old Dynasty in an ancient language, their voices high and sweet, ethereal and pure beyond imagination.

In the center of the hall, the beautiful bed slaves from Yunkai were performing various traditional performances. The beautiful pictures caught the eyes of all the Raza missions, and Ian also took advantage of the opportunity to bring the hundreds of A slave girl presented it to them.

This act of generosity quickly won the favor of the messengers.

Ian's dedication to this banquet can be described regardless of the cost. Food, wine, beauties and various performances filled the hall. The participants not only gathered Astapor, Yunkai, Meereen and New Ghis The nobles also gathered dignitaries from the mountain people of Lazarin and Ghiscari Mountains.

At first glance, those who don't know may think that the ancient Ghis Empire has resurrected in this world.

Such a scene brought tears to the eyes of many Great Lords of Meerlin who were indulging in the old dream of the ancient empire, and even many people gave up their prejudice against Ian in their hearts.

If only he were a ghis!Many dignitaries from Meereen, Yunkai, Astapor, and New Ghis thought of Ian, who was sitting on the throne and chatting with Raza's envoys in turn.

If only he had been a Ghis, perhaps the 'Great' Grazdan returned to rebuild the Empire for us.

unfortunately
"Wait, is Earl Darry unmarried?" The great master Marek, who was already flushed from drinking, suddenly said such a sentence, which immediately attracted his two sons and the other sitting beside him. A great master Zach turned his head.

"What are you talking about?" Although the Great Master Zack didn't know what Marek was thinking before, he had some guesses just by relying on the word 'unmarried', because the whole Meereen knew that the Marek family The little girl known as the Light of Meereen was of marriageable age two years ago.

"You know what I'm talking about, Zach, Ian Darry will need a queen." The Great Master Marek suddenly began to shine with excitement.

"He's just an earl, and he already has a queen."

"A queen, and I'm talking about a queen. Damn, that's not the same thing." In Valyrian, like the Common, queen and queen are the same word.

"It's pretty much the same thing as a so-called 'Earl' who commands all the armies and has essentially taken control of Slaver's Bay, and a young 'Queen' who has nothing but this Earl. If you were Earl Darry, you Will you marry this queen to wear the same crown for yourself?" The Great Master Zach reminded.

"A crown far away at the end of the world, it doesn't matter," Marek shook his head, "One day Earl Darry will leave Slaver's Bay with his queen, and return to their wasteland to the land where they could marry and share the crown.

But until then, he can have a wife in Slaver's Bay and leave a child of Gis blood, who should become the Emperor of Gis! "

"Then the Marek family will become the new royal family of Guise, right? Since the child's father has left the empire, his mother's family must take on this responsibility?"

"You know me so well, my old friend."

"Go and try. If you really succeed, the title of Holy Lord of Meereen should be changed, but my intuition tells me that you are dreaming."

(End of this chapter)