The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 120 The West Enters the Golden Age

After accepting Euron's allegiance, Robert made a series of personnel arrangements in the east. First, he announced that Myr would become a direct territory of the Iron Throne, and that the commander of Myr would be directly appointed by officials sent by King's Landing.

The commander of Tyrosh is held by Stannis Baratheon. The royal fleet will soon be moved to Tyrosh. At the same time, Stannis's jurisdiction also includes the Stepstone Islands. Robert obviously wants the royal family. The fleet controls this golden waterway.

As for the final position of leader of Lys, Robert handed it over to a man who surprised everyone, Mace Tyrell, Duke of the Riverbend.

At the same time as the confirmation of the three commanders, Robert also divided the disputed land according to the historical and current lines of control of the three city-states, cutting the disputed land into three parts and dividing them among the three territories.

When he was appointed, the Duke of the Reach, the famous Inflatable Fish Lord, was very surprised. He never expected that the Tyrell family could obtain such a heavyweight status. He had already prepared to get some land. , and as a result, His Majesty Robert directly gave him a whole Lys.

Just as his mother complained, Lord Mace Tyrell quickly turned into an "inflatable fish" under the king's appointment. His whole person seemed to be inflated and he was filled with contentment visible to the naked eye. Lose yourself in the cheers of those around you.

Hugo held the wine glass in his hand and looked at the excitement of the Duke of the Reach. He sighed for Robert's skill from the bottom of his heart. After receiving such a huge profit share, Tyrell was now on Robert's ship. The Southern Territory Next, I will try my best to join the Eastern cause.

He could see that for the Baratheon dynasty, they had achieved a great victory today, and it was estimated that old Arryn in King's Landing would jump with joy when he knew the news.

Since the establishment of the Baratheon dynasty, the losers, the Tyrell and Martell families, have been the biggest factors of instability. Martell's Dorne can be left alone because it has always been remote and self-contained, but the Tyrell family has always been remote and self-contained. Lier, you really can’t let it go.

It is no exaggeration to say that Tyrell's Reach is powerful enough for one country to fight against six nations. Hugo still remembers that in the original book, the Reach exploded nearly a hundred thousand troops like a magic trick, and in the social system of Westeros Next, Hu Ge doesn’t believe that a prosperous life means poor combat effectiveness. Take the knights for example. The abundance of the river bend has allowed it to breed an extremely large number of knights. If they eat well, it means they are strong, and being rich means they can arm themselves. Put on the best equipment. This is better than the losers in those poor places. They are no longer known where they are. Hu Ge has always regarded the nonsense of the northerners about one Yankee beating three Southerners as nonsense. .

If it weren't for the fact that the Riverbend has always been at odds with each other, and these descendants of the Green Hand King are dissatisfied with each other, and they all disdain Tyrell, the former butler of the King of the Riverbend, and now the Duke of the Riverbend, the Riverbend would have crushed Westeros long ago. other places.

But this pattern was broken during the Usurper's War. After the Usurper's War, Tyrell entered into marriage alliances with various major families in the Reach. Through marriage, Tyrell united many families in the Reach - and Iron The Throne cannot intervene in this, because this is what the Baratheon Dynasty does, and what position do they have to deny others? So Hewan has completed its internal integration.

The Riverbend has restored the terror of when the descendants of the Green Hand King were still sitting on the throne. Therefore, it is very necessary to reintroduce the Riverbend into the Red Keep palace. They can no longer be excluded as before. Outside.

But the problem is that if you want Tyrell to return to the palace, you don't just have to let Tyrell's people re-enter the palace. You must redistribute the benefits. At the very least, you must first take away all the privileges that were taken away from Tyrell. Give them back, but these have been distributed to supporters of the Baratheon dynasty.

This is just the beginning, not to mention the more benefits that will be paid in order to ensure Tyrell's position. Moreover, if the Baratheon Dynasty does this, it will offend all its original supporters. What? This loser could get much more than them, so why would they join Robert?

Therefore, after Old Aelin put forward this opinion, the Iron Throne held several rounds of discussions on this matter, but they were unable to come up with any results. In the end, they could only come to the conclusion of "discuss at a later date".

The ultimate reason why the Iron Throne is in this predicament is that the cake has already been divided. If you try to interfere with the distribution of the cake, you will either offend this person or that person.

However, when Robert acquired so much land in the east, everything changed. Robert's behavior was equivalent to making the cake bigger. Since the cake became bigger, naturally it would not be possible to take out the cake to unite Tyrell. Objected.

Naturally, some people present had objections to Robert's order, but they only dared to say it in their hearts. Robert's great prestige in conquering the Kingdom of the Three Daughters gave his actions extremely strong legitimacy - and, Robert Your Majesty has distributed a lot of land and money to everyone.

"It seems that Baratheon's rule will be completely stable next. After Tyrell surrenders, no matter what the guys in the Dorne desert want to do, it will be meaningless."

On the other side of the venue, Aenys Frey said to Hugo. As he spoke, Frey still straightened his back.

"Yes." Hugo responded. He knew what Dorn was thinking, but he never cared about it. The East was currently in chaos due to the Great Crusade. It was very difficult to say what kind of development the future would bring. .

This significant ceremony continued, and the content after that was a bit repetitive and boring. It was all about enfeoffing and rewarding nobles, knights and ordinary soldiers. Robert personally signed each authorization letter and stamped it with the crest of the kingdom. Zhang, and then handed the document in front of the ecstatic upstarts.

Hu Ge is also familiar with this kind of scenery, because he has done this kind of thing before. This kind of thing seems complicated, but it can be said to be the most important. The feudal relationship is established in these authorization letters and ceremonies.

Therefore, Robert was extremely rare and maintained a strong patience. There was no trace of impatience that could be seen on the king's face. Whether it was the nobles who obtained new lands, the Easterners who had their territories confirmed and expanded, or the common people. As a soldier of the nobility, he maintained the majesty of the king.

As for those who fail to obtain land, they will also receive rewards from the king. Robert is not stingy with treasure at all, because he now holds in his hands the huge wealth accumulated by the Kingdom of the Three Daughters over hundreds of years - yes, Euron The treasures of Tyrosh were also given to the king.

At first Hugo listened attentively, but soon lost interest among the unfamiliar place names. It was not until Robert announced the last news that his energy picked up.

Because the last news was that Robert announced that all military forces except the necessary ones would be disbanded and allowed them to return to Westeros on their own. This was not declaring the end of the war, because Robert also gave an order, that is In a year's time, the armies of all Westeros will be reunited.

. Immediately after Robert disbanded his army in Mir, many people boarded ships docked at the port of Mir and returned to the west that day.

The reason why they are eager to go back now is simple, because everyone is filled with gold and silver, and there is nothing better than returning home rich and noble.

The nobles also followed their footsteps one after another. As for Hugo and Inis, they also returned to their territories, and His Majesty Robert's huge army began to disintegrate.

Soon, both sides of the Narrow Sea became lively. Groups of Westeros people returned to their hometown, and the return of these people also detonated the entire Westeros.

The personnel of this expedition can be said to include all of Westeros, which means that people are getting rich everywhere in Westeros, and there are poor boys everywhere who have nothing and become rich after a trip to the east. s story. As for the returning nobles, they also started construction on their territory, and countless gold and silver flowed out. Wealth naturally needs to be spent, which brings the flow of Westeros' commodity economy to a higher level.

However, it was the series of actions by the Iron Throne and the great nobles that shook the economy of Westeros. Shortly after Robert disbanded the army, Prime Minister Arryn of King's Landing issued several important orders:

First, the Iron Throne will reorganize the country's roads and turn these dirt roads into stone-paved avenues; then Prime Minister Arryn announced that there will be a large-scale population transfer on both sides of the Narrow Sea, and many people in King's Landing will be relocated. To the east, the Three Daughters Kingdom will also undergo population relocation and adjustment. Finally, Robert will build a large-scale construction project in King's Landing and carry out a complete overhaul of King's Landing, so that King's Landing can get rid of the cesspit-like urban layout.

These three things that Robert wants to do are all super big things. This reminds many people of the various wild plans of the king in the Mad King era. But Robert is different from Aerys. He holds in his hands the wealth accumulated by the city-state of his third daughter. Huge wealth. Before this wealth, even the most unimaginable things became possible.

Moreover, the great nobles also have their own large-scale construction plans. With the huge wealth that no one can imagine entering the market, Westeros has entered an unprecedented prosperity, and the interests of the war have been invested on a large scale. Sunset Country, from which all benefited.

Of course, it will take time for the benefits to radiate to everyone, but with the current situation, it won't be long before people forget about Targaryen and indulge in the prosperity.

Under this prosperous scene, there are two places that seem to be embarrassed, one is the Iron Islands and the other is Dorne. The former is okay. The distance problem limits the iron race from going to the East to plunder in large numbers, but when the war in the East becomes huge, When the benefits came, as well as the bad reputation of the exiled Greyjoy in the eastern sea, countless ironborn boarded the longships and set sail.

The current Duke Balon of the Iron Islands did nothing to his brother Euron, but in the end he did nothing because plundering was the natural right of the Ironborn. As a proper ancient man, he could not stop the Ironborn from going to the East— —Even if they join their sinful and crazy brother.

As for the latter, there are all kinds of awkwardness. Dorne actively refused Robert's call. Only some Dornish people joined the expedition in their personal capacity. Therefore, Dorne did not gain anything from this grand expedition. How much benefit.

Dornish people have always been unruly and looked down on other Westeros people. When they saw other people making a lot of money, they felt like a fool and had to sit there and watch. No matter how strong their arrogance was, they dissipated. .

In the past, the Dornish people always talked about avenging the princess and her child who were killed by a lion. Now the streets of Sunspear are talking more about the wealth that His Majesty Robert acquired in the east, and how His Majesty the King fought against the Three Kingdoms. In the story of a girl from the Daughter Kingdom, hatred seems to have become a thing of the past in an instant.

The nobles and merchants of Dorne are also becoming more and more dissatisfied with the Martell family. If you hadn't been so stubborn, wouldn't Dorne have gained anything? They are not as good as those idiot Ironborn - of course, at this time they ignored the fact that they had also shouted with indignation to reject the Iron Throne.

In short, in the face of the huge benefits of conquest in the East, even if you are as arrogant as Dorne, it seems that it is only a matter of time before you bow your head...

For the bards, it is also an extremely prosperous age. There is so much work that they can never finish it, and their remuneration is getting higher and higher. Therefore, they are also full of gratitude for the expedition that caused this grand situation, and they are a hymn to the conquest of the East. It’s also one wave after another.

Under such circumstances, the people of Westeros became enthusiastic about the expedition, and a bright road to wealth lay in front of them. Therefore, more and more people were ready to join Robert's conscription a year later— —This is what Robert wants to achieve.

As the center of all this, Robert was naturally surrounded by countless glory and praises. This jubilation reached its peak when His Majesty Robert returned from the east and the news of the Queen's pregnancy spread shortly thereafter.

Of course, many people have expressed concerns about this. The king's previously designated heir was his brother Stannis Baratheon, and now his identity is embarrassing. However, these discordant voices are all working. He was suppressed under Bo's prestige.

His Majesty Robert, who had many things to do, did not stay in King's Landing for long. Not long after, he crossed the Narrow Sea again and headed for Pentos. Just as he had promised, Robert would inspect the northern lands and provide services to the nobles and subjects here. The person gave him a reassurance.

There, Robert also received overwhelming publicity. Both Aenys and Hugo did their best to welcome Robert and arranged a grand and complete itinerary for the king.

This time, the king came with a Kingsguard who had never been to the east, Jaime Lannister. This Lannister seemed to have come to the east for some reason, because after arriving in the east, he asked the king He asked for leave, and then led the team to meet his two uncles. They were moving so fast, as if they were rushing to say something.

Some people said that he saw a woman in the Lannister team, but there were countless such rumors in the East every day, so no one paid much attention to the news, and it just fell silent.

Hu Ge accidentally learned the news. When he knew it, he was stunned for a moment, then thought of something, then shook his head and didn't care about it. He could only ask James to bring Dongfang to settle it with his two uncles. It could be Tyrion's wife. Hugo didn't intend to interfere in this matter. It was a family matter of the Lannister family, and to be honest, he was quite happy to see it happen.

Therefore, he secretly helped Lannister, helping him erase some rumors and traces, and tried hard to prevent the old lion from smelling any strange smell.

(End of this chapter)