King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 404 befriend a distant state and attack a neighbouring one
Of course allies with Dorne and Reach , Is there any other way to fight against the other five countries?

But Daenerys opened his mouth and realized right away: Igor just reminded her just how strong Reach was, and it wasn't for nothing.

The implication is nothing more than to tell oneself: Reach, the strongest force, not only can't negotiate terms with it to form an alliance, and pull it into the camp after compromise, but must also defeat it and gain it into oneself's hands?

This is totally counter-logical.

"But, except for Dorne and Reach, the other five nations stood opposite House Targaryen in the Battle of the Reavers, and my family—well, now it's just me— There is a bloody feud of killing my father and brother. Even if I am willing to win over them, they are impossible to stand on my side. I have no choice at all, how can I say 'how to choose'?"

"First put those damn families Forget the grudges, simplify the problem model, step by step." Igor shook his head, stood up, and took paper and charcoal from the cabinet beside him. Fortunately, this room used to be the laboratory of the Pyromancers. They need to do some calculations from time to time when doing experiments. There is no shortage of everything... After taking the pen and paper, he returned to the Queen and sat down again. He brushed a few strokes to the south of Wall. The Westeros rough Terrain Map on paper: "Number the Seven Kingdoms from one to seven, without regard to closeness and distance, without regard to the views and attitudes of the ruling family towards you, without regard to culture and beliefs...just geography .Assuming you are already victorious, how do you rule this kingdom so that you can ensure that control over the entire territory is strong enough...any reform you want to make is unstoppable?"

A Night's Watch, actually Can you draw a map of Seven Kingdoms at your fingertips? Daenerys glanced at Igor unexpectedly, then leaned forward with her hips slightly away from the chair, looking down at the simple map across the table like a child reading a teacher marking exam papers: her Night's Watch "teacher", marked on the map. A string of numbers: 1 for Reach, 2 for Westerlands, 3 for Riverlands, 4 for Stormlands, 5 for Vale, 6 for North, 7 for Dorne. After a pause, it probably felt like it was endless, and I marked an 8 in the Crownlands, a 9 in the Iron Islands... Finally, after a moment's hesitation, I marked a 10 in Wall's place.

"Sorry, I was too vague, the Seven Kingdoms are actually not just Seven Kingdoms, but ten factions - even ignoring Dragonstone and the Narrow Sea Islands. Please Your Majesty, take another look, how do you want to rule this continent?"

Daenerys tilted his head and looked at this super-simplified map of Westeros for a long time, and couldn't figure out what the order was: Obviously not the location, the strength is not the same, the resource abundance is even more wrong... As for how to rule this continent? Don't talk about a nodded thread...she doesn't even have the slightest bit!
What does it mean to only consider geography? She understood every word Igor said, but she couldn't keep up with her train of thought!

Oneself has not won the war yet, so it starts to think about how to rule in advance. It's a bit of putting the cart before the horse. Hey!
......

After changing from a "proud Queen" to a "humbly Queen", Daenerys once again transformed into a "helpless Maiden", with a bit of misery in doubt Mean looked up at Igor, and was just about to say "please teach me sir".

Igor looked up and looked at Daenerys, couldn't help glancing at her face, which was so close because she leaned over to look at the map, and took a breath at the faint but surprisingly beautiful wafting of air about her. Smell, I suddenly thought: Peel off the shell of strength and pride, the little Queen in front of her is just a young girl who is only seventeen or eighteen years old, not even as old as Nina. Taking off the identity of Queen, she is still just a person who needs care, help and guidance...

Stop! Igor pulled himself out of his reverie just in time, and almost broke out in a cold sweat on his back: this magical attraction is so inexplicable that he thinks he can fight it with reason, but in fact it is very likely - he is just trying to improve it in another way. Unnoticeable influence is affected, and it's just a little bit of a dip.

It's not the time to think about this, the brainwashing process is halfway through, don't make mistakes due to distraction at this time!
"Prompt, which parts of the Seven Kingdoms border the Crownlands, and which parts are further away?" He put away his thoughts and handed the pen to Daenerys, "Mark the far ones."

The little Queen took the pen hesitantly, and looked at the half Heaven and Earth map again, hesitantly, gritted his teeth and crossed out North, Iron Islands, and Dorne.

"Mostly correct." Igor took the pen back, holding back a finger that didn't mean to touch Daenerys. He traced the three small x's punched out by Queen's pretty little hand into a big eye-catching x, and then made the same forks in Westerlands and Vale, "And these two places, they don't seem to be far from Crownlands, However, it is separated from the Great Plains by the mountain range, which is inconvenient to reach by transportation. Your Majesty understands that I crossed these five places because they have something in common?"

"These five places, Can't get there without going over the mountains?"

"Yes, but from a political point of view, the feature of 'can't get there without going over the mountains' means...even if you knock down these five places , staying in King's Landing is also difficult to rule." Igor nods, "Where I come from, there is an old saying: 'befriend a distant state and attack a neighbouring one', which is the situation - if you can't control it. , then don't take it hard. These five places are far from the core plain in the center of the Westeros continent, and the traffic is very inconvenient. Unless Your Majesty's dragon has the ability to flatten the mountains and dry the marsh and the ocean, it will be a waste of time. Going down, it is also difficult to govern directly: appoint a new lord, you will still be rebellious after a long time; control it with a bureaucratic system, in the case of 'the sky is high and the Queen is far', the burden of corruption in official governance will eventually be passed on to the people. And this goes against your ideal of making the people live a better life. So, my suggestion is - don't be enemies with these five places."

"Avoid these five places. The rest..." Igor didn't give Daenerys a chance to ask questions, he didn't even have to look at it, he roughly marked the locations of Seagull Town, King's Landing and Oldtown on the map, shua shua a few times, and drew an irregular pattern The big frame: with three big cities as the axis and the plain as the body, it covers the entire Crownlands, almost the whole of Reach, half of the Riverlands, a small part of the Westerlands and Stormlands. One third of the south of the wall within the wall, half of the south outside of the North.

Putting down his pen, Igor pointed to the big box he drew on the map, and pretended to be surprised: "God! I can't even help but suspect that your ancestor, Aegon the Conqueror, chose The King's Landing and Crownlands are located with what you want to do today - the Riverlands, Reach and Stormlands bordering the Crownlands, occupying the flattest, most fertile and most densely populated core plain of the Seven Kingdoms, this plain It accounts for 70% of the population of Westeros and 80% of the food production. Expand the scope of Crownlands to as shown in the figure, under the direct rule and command of the royal family, it firmly controls the lifeblood of the kingdom, how to act wilfully, how to act wilfully, As long as you don't seek death too much, you will be invincible!"

Daenerys opened his eyes and looked at the big frame on the paper, his mouth was slightly open, and he couldn't close it for a while: swear to Gods, she I came here because I really just wanted to watch "The Monarch (Part 2)". And now, with a few lines drawn on it by a piece of paper and charcoal, she... was a little scared!

"But...but..."

"It's nothing but, let's give it a name first, expand outward on the basis of the original Crownlands, might as well be called 'Big-Crownlands' '. Why in the long, millennia-long history of Westeros has no one ever unified it? It's simple, it's not productive, it's inaccessible, and no one has the ambition and ability to do it." Igor continued to bewitched, "But your ancestors have cleared these obstacles for you through nearly three hundred years of rule and preparation: King Jaehaerys I vigorously built roads and strengthened connections between places. The large Crownlands has a horizontal and vertical traffic route system consisting of 'River Road', 'Kingsroad', 'Goldroad', 'Roseroad' and 'Ocean Road'. As long as these ready-made Great Ways are repaired to a certain extent, With a few additions in the north-south direction, the entire Greater Crownlands will be integrated! To a certain extent, the decree can be reached here, and the place is directly under the command of the Royal Family, forming a complete kingdom - if you still terrified and Over-cautious hesitant, then forget me to speak bluntly: Please Your Majesty stop talking about breaking the wheel of history and adding jokes to others!"

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[I haven't been to the starting point for a long time, and I accidentally found that the comments can be posted. I will create a map when I have time to help everyone understand the plot ~ see the comment area for details]

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