Game of Thrones: Kings in the North

Chapter 87
Ed and Maester Luwin returned to the Bachelor's Tower in Winterfell. Ed sat on a chair while the ravens kept croaking.

"Lord Ed, do you really want to announce to the vassals in the north that the production and sale of private salt is prohibited? The vassals will probably complain, or even protest!"

Ed picked up a quill, "Reforms will definitely encounter resistance. Winter is coming, and I can't do anything timidly. At that time, my people can only starve and suffer in the ice and snow. Of course, I The ban will not be so rough, I will give some sweetness to the vassals."

Maester Luwin sat on the chair opposite Ed, "What sweets?"

Ed thought for a while, "Winterfell will not pursue the fact that the lord colluded with the salt dealers and used the salt villages to make money. We only severely punish the salt dealers and smugglers."

Luwin smiled approvingly, "During the skyrocketing salt price, many lords followed Lord Eddard to Skagos Island, and Lord Eddard pursued it. These lords will definitely push it to the acting city lord. Let the past go, the lords will be grateful to Stark The generosity of the family."

Ed added: "The salt dealers captured by the vassals, the property confiscated, I don't expect them to be sent to Winterfell, they can be collected in their own small treasury, I turn a blind eye. Some lords can Get a windfall. They only need to hand over the prisoner to Winterfell for disposal. Apart from these, you made it clear in the letter that you told the northern vassals that the Stark family guarantees that the vassals can always get Winterfell for free The salt sent out and the maintenance expenses of Yantun will be borne by Winterfell City, and the lord can share the income of Yantun."

Maester Luwin stroked the necklace, "Master Eddard, your policy is really a combination of toughness and softness, and only in this way can you win people's hearts."

The Northern Territory advocates "guest rights". When a guest comes to the host's roof as a guest, as long as the guest eats the host's bread and salt, the host must ensure that the guest will not suffer any harm under his roof.The descendants of the ancestors believed that anyone who violated the rights of the guests would be punished and condemned by God.

Winterfell has mastered the right to produce and manage salt in the north, and will donate salt to vassals in the future. The vassals will eat Stark's salt, which will strengthen the relationship between vassals and Winterfell.

Maester Luwin wrote more than a dozen letters that day, and Raven took these letters to White Harbor, Greywater Lookout, Bear Island, Barrowton, the Dreadfort, Last Hearth City, Kahoe City, the Northern Mountain Clan, the Widow Hope Raven will bring the news to every vassal in the north.

Ed did not send a ban on salt to the rock species. After all, the rock species had just surrendered, and the life of the rock species on the island was difficult. Ed would not disturb the lives of the rock species at this time.

Sir Herman Tallhart of Torren's Square, Lord Mitch Seven of Seven City, and Galbert Glover of Deepwood Moor have always been staunch supporters of Winterfell, and these families will support Winterfell city ​​policy.

Even though Ed added some preferential policies to the salt policy, there are still some powerful vassals, such as Roose Bolton of Dreadfort, Countess Barbaret Dustin of Barrenton, and William of White Harbor. Lord Mann and others may protest against Winterfell's policies.

However, now that Roose Bolton and Earl Wyman have been attacking each other for using the salt village to make black money, the princes in the north have stood in line, and the confrontation between Dreadfort and White Harbor is doomed to make the vassals unable to unite in protest.Ed believes that even if there is resistance, the reform can be pushed forward.

Once the vassals accept Ed's policy and Winterfell takes control of the production and management of salt in the northern border, Ed will introduce a method to improve salt.In Westeros, whether it is sun-dried salt or salt dug from salt mines, it is coarse salt. These coarse salts have many impurities and have a bad taste. However, these will not trouble the traveler Ed, who can refine refined salt. Let the northern border take the lead in eating "snow salt".

A simple filter is needed to extract refined salt. Ed picked up a quill, drew a structural diagram of a simple filter, and handed it to Maester Luwin.

"What is this?" Maester Luwin was dumbfounded.

"Relying on this filter in the future, we can refine coarse salt into edible salt. We have coarse salt in our warehouse. First, you can make this filter according to my design."

Maester Luwin stared at the drawing, "You need a bamboo tube, fine gauze, small pebbles, fine sand and cotton wadding. Lord Ed drew very carefully. Give me a few days, and I can finish it. But, this thing can really refine the details." Salt? I don't like it."

"Just do what I say."

Ed left the Bachelor's Tower, and the financial advisor Clare came over, "Master Ed, the glass craftsman has arrived."

"It's finally here." Ed smiled. "As long as this glass craftsman from Myr is willing to work for Winterfell, I can use glass to build our glass farm."

Claire smiled awkwardly, "Master Ed, this glassmaker, he is not Ortega of Myr, Ortega is still on the way, and it may take a few days to reach Winterfell. This is from White Harbor A glassworker, he heard that Winterfell was looking for glassworkers, so he came here himself."

Ed was a little disappointed, "White Harbor glassmakers? The silversmiths in White Harbor are very famous in the Seven Kingdoms. This is the first time I heard that there are also glassmakers in White Harbor."

In the living room, Ed met the glassmaker, a skinny man in a dirty shearling coat, with blond hair disheveled like a chicken coop, and a flattering smile.

"Master Ed, I am Gentle, and I am honored to serve you!"

Ed looked at Ginter, "You don't look like a glass craftsman!" Craftsmen usually earn a lot of money, and Ginter's clothes are tattered and old, so he doesn't look like a rich man.

Gentle smiled all over his face, "To be honest, I'm not a professional glass craftsman, I was born as an alchemist."

"Mad King" Aerys has a morbid fascination with flames, and likes to burn those who anger him to death. The Alchemist Guild relied on wildfire to please the Mad King. At that time, alchemists had a high income.

However, since Robert came to the throne, the status of alchemists has plummeted, and the Alchemists Guild has not received funding from the royal family and nobles, and has become more and more impoverished. This can explain why Ginter looks poor.

Alchemists have never been popular in Winterfell.As we all know, Ed's father, Duke Rickard Stark, was burned to death by the alchemist of "Mad King" Aerys. Ed's brother Brandon was killed by a torture device in order to save his father. strangle.

Although the traverser Ed has never met Duke Rickard and Brandon, but this body has some memories of Stark, which makes Ed somewhat hate the alchemist Gentle in front of him.

"Sorry, Winterfell is recruiting glassworkers, not alchemists."

Gentle quickly took out a piece of glass, "Master Ed, this is the glass I made, take a look!"

Ed took the glass, and when he squeezed the glass, it sank like ooze, "Is this the quality? Are you willing to show it off?"

Gentle laughed apologetically: "I admit that the workmanship could be improved, but I have wildfire."

Gentle took out a small iron can from his pocket, touched it with a flint and steel, and a blue-green flame shot out from it.

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