Game of Thrones: Kings in the North

Chapter 99
Ed has no doubt that whether it is White Harbor, Dreadfort, or Barrentown, there are nobles colluding with smugglers, reselling salt, mixing it with salt in Yantun, and then pulling it to Winterfell or White Harbor settled the case and defrauded Winterfell's money. Now Ed wants to investigate strictly. Roose Bolton, Mrs. Ballerina and Earl Wyman all chose to remain silent.
Ed looked at Earl Wyman, "How do the residents of White Harbor react to the salt ban?"

This is the most important thing. Earl Wyman's answer will represent whether White Harbor supports the salt ban.

Although Roose Bolton and Lord Wyman are political enemies, Roose Bolton still hopes that White Harbor will oppose Winterfell.Once Ed's ban on salt is implemented, it means that the production and management of salt in the entire northern border will be controlled by the Stark family.

Roose Bolton and Mrs. Ballerina all stared at Earl Wyman, holding their breath.

Earl Wyman smiled happily, "Lord Ed, because some very few lords in the northern border colluded with smugglers to drive up the price of salt, the people of White Harbor complained a lot. Once the ban on salt was issued, the price of salt dropped rapidly. They are all full of praise for the ban on salt. I know that some lords are against the ban on salt, and the Mandalay family absolutely supports Lord Ed’s ban on salt, otherwise those smugglers, black-hearted businessmen, will use the salt to drain the North.”

With the support of Earl Wyman, Ed was calm on the surface, but he was happy in his heart.Earl Wyman's support means that Mandalay and his [-] property knights will support the salt ban.

Madame Ballerina and Roose Bolton were like frosted leaves, wilting instantly.

As the only nobles in the north of the Neck who believe in the Seven Gods, the Manderly family will always be squeezed out by other ancient nobles in the north. The Manderly family has not forgotten that the Stark family took them in and sealed the wolf lair. For them, nearly a thousand years later, this is White Harbor.The Manderly family has not forgotten Stark's kindness.

The strong wind knows the strong grass.Earl Wyman is fat and fat, and he is still reliable at critical moments.

The manager, Weiyan Poole, pushed open the door, "Lord Ed, the guests from the Streamland have arrived."

Roose Bolton's eyes lit up, "Lord Ed, I believe that Earl Roderick Rythwell of Streamland, like Dreadfort and Blightton, opposes the ban on salt. We should be cautious about the ban on salt." !"

Barbaret echoed, "Master Ed, my father is highly respected in Streamland and even the entire northern border. You must listen to the opinion of the Earl of Streamland, right?"

Ed was a little depressed.Roderick Lathwell is a silver-haired, kind old man who looks like a docile plow horse, but Roderick Lathwell is definitely an ambitious man.

Back then, Roderick Lathwell tried to marry his daughter Barbara to Ed's brother Brandon, so that the heir of Winterfell could become his son-in-law, but was unfortunately rejected by Duke Rickard.

Earl Rodrik Rythwell was not discouraged when he failed to marry the Stark family. He married his daughter Bethany to Roose Bolton, gave birth to Domilik, the heir of the Dreadfort, and gave birth to the other A daughter, Barbara, married Lord William Dustin of Barrowton, and thus the alliance of the Brooklands, Barrowton and the Dreadfort was reached.

Streamland is rich in horses, and is an important production area for war horses. In the tournaments in the river bends, riverlands, stormlands, valleys and other places, the war horses in the north are always welcomed by the southern knights, especially in the streamlands. .The stream is on the west side of Huangzhongtun.

Barrowton controls the vast Barrowlands along the coast of Saltspear Flat, and the town of Barrowton, which was once ruled by the ancient King Barrowton.

In history, the Stark family of Winterfell was originally the king of winter. After the Stark family defeated the Barren King of the Barren Mounds, they took a solid step to dominate the North.

The Bolton family sits on the Lonely Mountain, the vast territory of the Lacrimal River and the Mojiang River, and also has a pivotal position in the northern border. The Bolton family used to be the Red King who sat in the Dreadfort. The history of the Red King Bolton family and the King of Winter The Tucker family began to fight for hegemony in the North as early as the Long Night, and it lasted for centuries.

During this period, countless Starks, including the King of Winter, were skinned and cramped by the Red King of the Bolton family to make human skin cloaks.

Until the Andals came across the sea and aggressively attacked the territory of the Red King on the east coast, the Stark family took the opportunity to encroach on the territory of the Bolton family in the west. In the end, the Red King retreated steadily under the attack of the Andal pirates and Winterfell. .The Boltons were forced to give up their crowns and submit to the Starks, the Kings of Winter.

Whether it is the Dustin family behind Mrs. Ballet or the Bolton family, they are all descendants of the ancient ancestor kings, and they are ancient and proud.Facing Ed's ban on salt, Dreadfort and Blightton wanted to oppose it, and Earl Roderick Rythwell of Streamland was undoubtedly their important ally.

Roose Bolton whispered softly: "Steward, quickly invite Earl Roderick Rythwell in!"

Weiyan Poole apologized: "Lord Luce, Earl Roderick Rythwell did not come, but his son, Reeve Rythwell, who came. The Earl of the Streamland was unable to come to Winterfell because of his poor health. .”

Roose Bolton looked bewildered, and Mrs. Ballerina was completely bewildered.

A stone hanging in Ed's heart fell to the ground.The Earl of Streamland did not come to Winterfell to protest in person. It seems that there are differences within Streamland over the issue of opposing the salt ban in Winterfell.

Among the major families in the northern border, the Lathwell family in Streamland is considered to be a thriving population. They have many branches. Earl Roderick Lathwell relied on his marriage to win the Barren Tomb for Streamland in the north. He and the Dreadfort are two major allies, but in the face of his cousins ​​inside the streamland, Earl Rodrik Rythwell tried various efforts, but still couldn't do anything.

Similar to Roderick Lathwell's cousins ​​Mark, Luce, and Rickard, these people are all the uncles of Mrs. Ballet. They all have their own horse farms, their own pastoral areas, and their own coat of arms.These cousins ​​often quarreled over disputes over racecourses, horse prices, and village boundaries, and sometimes they would go to Winterfell to find Ed to complain, hoping that Winterfell would rule.

The coat of arms of the Laswell family is a horse's head, but the colors are different, some are black, some are gold, and some are brown.

Many of the Streamlanders are confused about the difference between the coats of arms of these lords, and there is a famous joke that House Rythwell is so divided that they cannot even agree on the color of the coat of arms of the horse's head .

Domilik had previously received a letter from the brookland raven. In the letter, Domilik's grandfather, Earl Roderick Rythwell, promised to come to Winterfell to celebrate his grandson's name day.Actually protesting the salt ban with Mrs. Ballet, Roose Bolton.

Now Earl Rodrik was suddenly "ill" and unable to come, so he only sent his second son, Reeve Laswell. Ed speculated that this was because the Earl of Streamland failed to persuade his cousins ​​to support him against Lin The ban on salt in Winterfell.

(End of this chapter)