Game of Thrones: Kings in the North

Chapter 83
In the study, Maester Luwin handed the letters from the Dreadfort and White Harbor to Eddie. The letters from the Dreadfort were sealed with pink candle tears. Male mermaid coat of arms holding a trident.

In the operation of Yantun, in order to save transportation costs, Ed ordered the Amber House on the east coast of the northern border, the Karstark House in Kahuo City, the Bolton House in the Dreadfort, the Flint House in Widow's Watch, and the Old Town The Locke family and other vassals transported the salt from Yantun directly to White Harbor, and Wyman Mandalay settled the settlement according to the market price. The expenditure for buying Yantun from White Harbor would be deducted from White Harbor's tax on Winterfell.

This decision aroused dissatisfaction from the Earl of Dreadfort Roose Bolton from the very beginning. When he went to Skagos Island, Roose Bolton often complained to Ed. He thought that Wyman Manderly would blackmail him Drop the proceeds from Dreadfort Salt.

Lord Wyman Manderly of White Harbor remained in White Harbor because he was too fat to go.In a letter to Winterfell, Lord Wyman Manderly claimed that after Lord Roose Bolton of the Dreadfort set off on Skagos, his illegitimate son, Ramsay Snow, and a man named The servants of Reek, together in the territory of the Dreadfort, requisitioned the common people's salt, mixed it with salt and sold it to White Harbor.

The illegitimate son of the Dreadfort later led people to the area around Sheep's Head Mountain to forcefully buy salt from the common people. It was the fiefdom of the property knights who were loyal to the Manderly family of White Harbor. The knights of White Harbor protested against the illegitimate son of the Dreadfort. Ramsay Snow and Reek get wounded.

Lord Wyman demanded that Ramsay Snow and Reek be severely punished. He also pointed out that the Dreadfort used the salt of the people as the money of the salt village and sold it to White Harbor to make money, which was an act of blatantly defrauding Winterfell.

After Roose Bolton returned to the Dreadfort, he immediately wrote a letter to Winterfell to protest. Although Ed was still visiting the Brothers of the Night Watch at Castle Black at this time, the Earl of Dreadfort's letter of protest was sent to Winterfell.

In the letter, Roose Bolton denied that illegal salt was mixed in the Dreadfort Salt Tunnel, and he also claimed that Wyman Manderly was guarding himself, and that Lord Wyman let the salt from Gull Town, Braavos, and the Three Sisters Islands pass through customs, Flowing into the North, these black market salts cost the North and Winterfell a lot of money, driving up the price of salt.

As for Ramsay Snow and Reek, Roose Bolton claims they were wronged. "They're both good-natured fellows, like Domilik."

Roose Bolton reminded Eddard that the Dreadfort had fought valiantly on Skagos, and that Wyman's two sons, Willis and Wendell, were "captured by an iron bitch like two pigs, I slept the whole war in a dungeon I planted."

At the end of the letter, Roose Bolton sincerely asked Duke Eddard to severely punish Earl Wyman for speculating in Yantun, and hoped that Dreadfort would replace White Harbor as the settlement site for Yantun on the east coast, on the grounds that " The Dreadfort is located in the middle of the east coast, and the outlets of the River of Tears and River of End can be easily transported."

According to Maester Luwin's introduction, after White Harbor and the Dreadfort accused each other, many northern vassals on the east coast sent letters to Winterfell to express their stand.

Lord Greatjon Umber of The Last Hearth, and Lord Rickard Karstark of Cahoe City support Roose Bolton of the Dreadfort in demanding that White Harbor be punished for smuggling salt through the Black Market Customs.

More than 100 property knights under Earl Wyman jointly supported White Harbor and accused the Dreadfort of selling illegal salt.In addition, the Earl of Locke of the Old Town and the Countess of Flint of the Widow's Watch also supported White Harbor.

As Roose Bolton's in-laws, Lord Lathwell of the Streamlands, and Barbaret Dustin of Barrowton, wrote to Winterfell in support of the Dreadfort, but did not criticize White Harbor.

Ed finished reading the letter and said with a smile: "It seems that Roose Bolton and Wyman Manderly can't understand each other. The salt bar made the vassals in the northern border blame each other, and it was all messed up. White Harbor accused The Dreadfort has mixed smuggled salt into the salt village, and the Dreadfort accuses White Harbor of using customs and the black market to smuggle salt. Who's lying?"

"I don't think they're lying." Financial advisor Clare said, "There are a lot of smugglers in White Harbor. White Harbor itself is the settlement point for Yantun. Since reselling salt is profitable, it's not uncommon for the black market to pour in smuggled salt."

"As for the Dreadfort, Lord Ed, look at the bill for the production of the Dreadfort's salt villages. The territory of the Dreadfort has been ravaged by pirates, and many salt villages have been destroyed, even if they were in the northern army when they went to Skagos Island. , Immediately rebuilt Yantun, isn’t the output too scary? Any fool knows that it must have been mixed with private salt from the people.”

Ed looked at the bills of salt villages in various parts of the northern border, and he found that only the salt villages on Bear Island had normal production.This may be due to the remoteness of the geography. The smugglers were unwilling to go to Xiongdao for smuggling. It may also be that the acting city lord of Xiongdao watched over Yantun and did not allow illegal salt to mix into Yantun.Countess Maggie Mormont of Bear Island went to Skagos Island, and the acting castellan who stayed on Bear Island was one of her daughters.

The yields of Shenlinbao, Streamland, Flint's Finger, and Huangzhongtun's Yantun are all ridiculously high.

The Umber family, the Karstark family of Kahuo City, and the Dreadfort were the ones with the highest output. The sites of these three lords were attacked by ironborn pirates and rock species pirates before. Many salt villages and fishing villages were destroyed by the war.

Ed couldn't help smiling, "It seems that Kahuo City, Amber's House and Dreadfort suffered huge losses in the pirate attack. They hope to use the salt from the people as the salt in Yantun to make money and restore blood."

Krall said angrily, "Lord Ed, the merchants and vassals colluded to drive up the price of salt and made a lot of money from Winterfell's treasury."

"The money is just for the unscrupulous businessman to keep temporarily." Ed thought to himself, "The unscrupulous businessman committed public outrage, and when I catch those salt-smuggling businessmen, they had no choice but to obediently pay the money in order to save their lives."

Kral clapped her hands, "From the trickle of salt, there is also huge wealth gathered together. A large number of golden dragons will return to Winterfell."

Maester Luwin stroked the necklace on his neck, "Lord Ed, those vassals who participated in the sale of salt should also be punished? Winterfell City strictly prohibits the sale of private salt, which will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the vassals. If they are held accountable again Responsibility, I'm afraid they will join together to protest!"

Ed said indifferently: "I believe that many vassals are innocent. During the expedition to Skagos Island, the patriarchs of many vassals in the north chose to follow me. The owner of the minister is not at home, I believe that my vassal has nothing to do with the reselling of salt, it is their deputy city owner who made the mistake."

"Considering that the acting city lords made mistakes when their patriarchs went out for Winterfell, these acting city lords can also be forgiven by Winterfell. However, those black-hearted businessmen must be severely punished."

Maester Luwin left, and Kral looked at Ed with approval, "Lord Ed, I've always been curious why you launched the Yantun Project, which is full of loopholes and doomed to failure, so you are playing a big game of chess. Use the greed of vassals and businessmen to drive up the price of salt, causing public dissatisfaction to boil, and then use the public's dissatisfaction to strictly prohibit private salt, and direct the public's anger to vassals and unscrupulous businessmen."

"And your vassals, quarreling with each other for salt and money, are destined to be unable to unite against Lord Ed's ban. Private salt sales are not allowed among the people, and the right to operate the salt bar in the north will fall to Stark In this way, Lord Ed, relying on salt, controls the lifeblood of the table and strengthens his rule over the vassals."

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