The Glory of the Seven Gods of Ice and Fire

Chapter 130 War and Peace in the East
While Westeros is caught in a storm of discussions over the so-called "Eastern culture", in the east across the narrow sea, life is no different from usual.

Over the years, the occupied area of ​​Westeros across the Narrow Sea has had a new name, the New Seven Kingdoms. After all, the seven territories under the Iron Throne are also the "Seven Kingdoms".

In the New Seven Kingdoms, more and more people from Westeros have been seen in recent years. However, the largest wave of immigrants was the one in 289 AD. This was an important reason why the pirates of the Iron Islands launched plunder in 289 AD. One is the arrival of winter.

The long winter is undoubtedly a nightmare for the people of Westeros. Every time the long winter comes, countless people will starve to death. Even if they don't starve to death, they will still starve. The further north you go, the more people are starved to death. The more people starve to death, the greater the productivity of Westeros will be hit.

But this long winter, due to the existence of the New Seven Kingdoms on the other side of the Narrow Sea, unprecedentedly, no one starved to death in this long winter. When winter came, the "excess" population of various settlements went there under the organization of the Iron Throne The east flows into each large territory among the New Seven Kingdoms.

There are ownerless lands everywhere in the New Seven Kingdoms. These lands are the masterpieces of the centaurs. However, with the establishment of the defense line of the Rhoyne River, it is difficult for the centaurs to cross the Rhoyne River to plunder the west. In the once wasteland, there are industrious Westeros. farmer.

In the cities of the New Seven Kingdoms, the number of Westeros in each city is increasing. Compared with the locals, the leaders of the New Seven Kingdoms naturally trust the Westeros more than the locals, so many people in Westeros People who have nothing in Luo can even become officials or even nobles when they come to the East, which further attracts Westeros elites to the East.

Today's New Seven Kingdoms are more loose and organized than when they were first established. The Iron Throne has sorted out the lands in the east. Generally speaking, the real estate types of the New Seven Kingdoms can be divided into four categories:
The first category is the royal territory, which is managed by officials or nobles appointed by the Iron Throne. The output here will be sent to the Iron Throne, which is an important source of wealth for the Iron Throne and the cornerstone of the Iron Throne's power in the east.

The second category is the expeditionary army territory. As the name suggests, this is the territory owned by people who have made great achievements in the Eastern expedition. Among these people are branches of Western wealthy families, first-generation nobles, and slaves who gained power after being liberated. ...This group of people actually formed the backbone of the New Seven Kingdoms.

The third type of territory is the auxiliary alliance of the Iron Throne. These auxiliary alliances used to be Essos towns and territories attached to various Free Trade City-states, as well as special Eastern vassals-such as the Golden Company-now the Free Trade City-states Next, they also turned to the Westeros. The characteristic of these properties is that although they are classified as Eastern territories, they are actually directly responsible to the Iron Throne. These Eastern lords and representatives have to go directly to the Iron Throne. The king comes to meet the king.

The first is Andas, as the earliest eastern territory and the holy land of the Seven Gods, and the place ruled by the man favored by the Seven Gods, Hugo Tolet. It has always attracted immigrants and pilgrims, because of the visit to Hugo The number of pilgrims in the city was so large that Andas built a road between the Holy War Port and the city of Hugo, called the Pilgrimage Road.

The fourth category is Eastern Church real estate. In the Eastern Expedition, various forces within the Church of the Seven Gods, which had always been regarded as puppets, played an important role, so they were able to obtain land. This type of land is also divided into two types, namely monastery territory and Knights' territories - these two types of lands have a common feature, that is, they are armed. The East is the front line, and the Iron Throne needs as much combat power as possible.

Among them, the Knights are given important responsibilities by the Iron Throne. These military orders have proven their abilities with their professionalism. However, it is not only military orders that are included in the Knights' real estate, but also non-religious warrior associations. , but because people in the East and the West rarely distinguish between the two, those warrior associations were also included in the management of the church.

After Andas, there is the flat land. In Westeros, this land has a nickname, that is, the "Land of the Weasels", because the descendants of Frey are full of this land. These Frey's have married with the Easterners. He didn't hold any airs, and quickly integrated himself into the local culture. Because Frey was so enthusiastic, everyone ignored the other nobles here.

Bolton built a port on the plains and strengthened the connection between the Dreadfort and the East. This made the Stark family begin to feel uneasy. The relationship between the two families who had been fighting each other for thousands of years is now tense again, but both sides are restrained. So far, There were no fatalities.

Darry turned their territory into a private reserve for Targaryen loyalists. Of course, the Iron Throne knew this very well, but considering that these guys were smelly and hard like stones in a pit, they finally chose to let these guys die. Just entertain yourself, anyway, if they really want to do something, Frey and Bolton can kill these guys right away - they are always ready to do it.

This is the organizational structure of the New Seven Kingdoms today. Compared with the chaos just after the expedition, the current New Seven Kingdoms are undoubtedly very organized.

Andas has also recovered very well over the years. The tragic scene after the invasion of Norvos has also recovered due to the relaxation and continuous immigration in the past five years. As the vanguard of the Iron Throne facing the Northern Confederacy-the Northern Confederacy will Explained later.

Within the New Seven Kingdoms, the situation in each large territory is also extremely different.

For students from these two institutions, this is an extremely happy era. As long as they graduate, they can become officials, and if they do well, they can even become nobles - although they only have titles - the Iron Throne specially invented the title of robe-wearing nobles. The system was used to accommodate them. Therefore, after discovering this path to class advancement, the rich and citizens of Westeros sent their children to study to obtain diplomas.

Next, there is the former Kingdom of the Three Daughters. Robert divided the three territories here according to the three sisters. Among them, Myr is undoubtedly the most important. It is the center of the Iron Throne's rule in the east. The catch of the Myr Sea and the The food of the Mill Plains arrogantly dominates the entire east. It is precisely because of mastering such a huge land that Robert can continuously introduce tax reduction policies to promote economic development. There are not many nobles here, only the bureaucrats and nobles who are entrusted with management. These people Most of them have the experience of being educated in a school city or a teaching garden.

However, although Myr has few noble territories, it is still regarded as the best place to operate in the East, because according to the current Iron Throne policy, nobles are out of the question, but you can be a local landlord and run industries.

The political attributes of Myr itself are enough to attract a large number of people, not to mention that it is also full of countless business opportunities. The Iron Throne has also moved many residents here, so there is no doubt that Myr is the Westeros among the New Seven Kingdoms. Most places.

After Myr, there is Tyrosh. As the place ruled by King Robert's stern brother Stannis, Tyrosh is full of militarized characteristics, and the people who are moved here are treated by Stannis's acting governor. The knights were incorporated into a military management system, and this place was also where the royal fleet was stationed. However, it is also because the Onion Knight is the acting governor, and under the control of the former smuggler, the trade of the Stepstone Islands has developed in full swing, which is in sharp contrast to the harsh militarized atmosphere of this large territory.

The last thing I want to mention is the lovely Lys. This city is the most famous oriental city in Westeros. The reason is very simple, because of the extremely developed erotic industry in the local area.

Although Reese's star slave industry was severely attacked by the Iron Throne after being included in the rule of the Iron Throne, turning prostitutes into free persons did not solve their survival problems, and the experience of these people also determined that it would be difficult for them to return to their hometown, so , after hanging the slave owners and the madams, Rees still started his old business.

For Reese, joining Westeros has brought great benefits, because a market that is countless times larger than before has been revealed in front of them, and in Westeros, although Reese's The reputation has long been spread, but due to transportation and slave problems, most people who have the ability to go do not dare to go. Now, these problems no longer exist.

The nobles, rich and middle class of Westeros came to Lys's Gold Cave one after another. After experiencing the service and performance that overwhelmed the major cities in Westeros, they immediately went back to attract more people to enjoy it. Over the past five years, Lys has completely become a place full of Westeros libertines, and the people of Lys have also made a lot of money in the process.

Because the atmosphere in Lys was so decadent, Randyll Tully, the acting governor of Lys, simply could not accept this atmosphere and moved his headquarters directly to the mainland so that he could support the war on the Rhoyne at any time.

Myr and Lys are now the two most popular places in the New Seven Kingdoms. To buy property, go to Myr, and to have fun, go to Lys. This has become a Western saying.

And behind them is Upper and Lower Lorne. To put it bluntly, Lower Lorne exists for the Iron Throne to suppress Volantis. Compared with the territory, it is more like a large military zone. The Iron Throne has the standing and military equipment here. The semi-standing force has exceeded 10,000 people, and it has maintained the suppression of Volantis for a long time. Such a force is so huge, if the master is not Ser Barristan, the Iron Throne will definitely be very uneasy.

As for Upper Lorne, the situation here is much more complicated. The Dornish people live on the River Lorne, and the people of the Westerlands live on the Golden Fields. The two have conflicts from time to time due to the incident in the Usurper War, but in Tygat Lannis Under special restraint, these conflicts have never become serious, and they all have a common enemy, that is, the centaurs who can't be killed no matter how hard they try.

In the past year, the pressure on the Lorne River Front has relaxed a lot, because the internal melee among the Dothraki has finally come to an end. However, this also means that a super centaur power has appeared on the horizon...

However, after all, the centaurs left a weak impression on the people of Westeros, and no one cared about them. In comparison, what people cared about more was the Northern Confederacy.

The so-called Northern Confederation is a political and economic union formed by the remaining free trade city-states after half of their original territory was lost. The four free trade cities of Braavos, Lorath, Norvos and Qohor formed the confederation. City-states, they realized that if they wanted to fight against Western power, they could only unite.

The leader of the Northern Confederation is Braavos. After losing a lot of market interests, the former Essos vanguard found that it could only maintain its interests by shrinking back to the original slave economic system, so it organized and established the Northern Confederation. confederation.

However, although the Confederation was built to fight against Westeros and integrate the interests of all parties, the most important thing about the Confederation was to establish a small northern slavery economic cycle. The city-state of Slaver's Bay passed through the Great Grass Sea by bribing the centaurs. , put slaves into this northern market, and then let this market complete further internal circulation on its own.

Relying on this trick, these four city-states stopped the economic decline, but the good days have indeed passed, and the glory of the past has become a dream. Not to mention regaining the original market, even to keep what they already have, they are needed. Try your best.

As for Volantis, with the support of the entire city-state of Slaver's Bay and Qarth, which monopolizes everything, they disdain to mix with the city-states in the north that were backwoods even in the Valyrian era.

The city-state of Slaver's Bay is now greatly affected by the collapse of the slave economy, because they have a large backlog of slaves in their hands. Even if the slaves in various cities are fighting day and night, and the slave soldiers sent to Volantis continue to surrender to the enemy, they cannot stop the slaves in their hands. More and more facts are becoming known, so the city-state of Slaver's Bay has given almost everything to support Volantis, and even the Unsullied have been sent to Volantis in batches.

It's just that their counterattacks were thwarted every time under Ser Barristan's exquisite command.

And something has happened recently to make matters worse. The Lannister fleet, led by Jillian Lannister, and Euron Greyjoy's sea monster fleet swept the Basilisk Islands and captured the Basilisk from them. Control of the islands, monopolizing the spice trade in the Summer Islands and blocking the slave trade in Nass Island.

The sea monster fleet also moved further east, and Euron also gathered a large number of pirates in the Basilisk Islands. Then they came to Qarth and gave this city that monopolized things a hard time. The city was almost attacked, and then Euron Lun also broke the blockade of Qarth, led his pirate fleet into the Jade Sea, and plundered wildly, leaving countless horrific legends on the eastern coast, and finally returned with countless trophies. It is said that there are many Asshai in his fleet. Mysterious items, and many warlocks and wizards were kidnapped.

Qarth, as a city that monopolizes the East and West, assembled its own forces with the Yidi and Thunder Island warlords to intercept Euron on his way back, but they were still fooled by Euron, who bypassed them directly and passed through the waterway. Back to the West.

(End of this chapter)