King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 581 Count me in!
"It's really big enough, but what are you going to do?"

Tyrion stumbled and was led astray again. Although he intuition Igor was talking nonsense and whimsical, his memory and experience told him: oneself The last time I had this feeling, Igor finally turned the cash flow of the bonds into operation and established an unprecedented Night's Watch industry. With the experience of managing and running this "company" alone, he will be able to set up a bank in the Westerlands after returning to Lanisport... What if this time, he can really put all his rhetoric into practice?
"First set a small goal to unify the Westeros for the Queen." Igor stretched out a finger and finally got a chance to throw a second bait, "You made a joke on me years ago at Castle Black. - You said, I kind of want to take me to see your old man, and let me tell him that choosing a dwarf as his heir has so many advantages, so that he can be fooled into passing Casterly Rock to you. Remember?"

Tyrion's eyes widened: "Remember, you meant..."

"That's right." Igor raised his head, "Now I probably really have a reason to be able to. Let him pass on the House Lannister position to you."

"Dry a major event and a history" - a super pie or a long-term goal for Tyrion; and "Westerlands guardian , Duke's position and Casterly Rock City" - is the practical benefit that the other party can get immediately... These two tricks are two-pronged, and there is no fear that the other party will not be moved.

Tyrion opened his mouth slightly in shock when he first heard the news, and Night's Watch on the opposite side continued to speak without stopping.

"I tried my best to convince Your Majesty to let James, who had been clothed in black clothed, survive and allow House Lannister to continue. But there is one thing she is determined to insist on no matter what, and that is ——Your father, Duke Tywin, who was Prime Minister of King Aerys but finally betrayed House Targaryen and gave the latter the final blow, must step down and stay away from the center of power... And the new Westerlands must be guarded by someone who has not been involved The war of the slayers, and the innocent people who have never smeared the blood of House Targaryen on their hands."

There is no doubt that Tyrion is meeting this requirement, but after Igor took a deep breath, he still The bait has not been cast.

“In addition to being the ruler of the Westerlands, the position of the Master of Coin in the Imperial Council is also waiting for you. After all, only the president of Lannister Bank controls the amount of gold, the financial means and experience, The personal connections and network I have... Coupled with the noble status of Duke in Casterly Rock City, it is enough to convince the public and calm anyone's opposition, and to sit on that important chair for a long time. And the advanced technology and knowledge I have, only With the vast wealth of the Westerlands, and the full cooperation and support of a strong and long-term Master of Coin, it is enough to become a real force."

Igor stretched out his right arm, Go over the table between the two and put his fist in front of dwarf.

"How about it, brother, join or not?"

It's obviously to talk about the conditions of acknowledge allegiance, why is the unfathomable mystery about to be pulled in for a major event?
Tyrion has a troubled look on his face.

He first understood: Igor was asking, but he had no intention of accepting a refusal.

Then I am soberly aware that with so many rewards and benefits, the price to be paid by oneself or the mission to be completed may be huge and difficult to an appalling degree.

This little Night's Watch, who once even needed oneself to rescue him to leave the Wall, has only been missing for a few years, and has grown into such a powerful force that even his Tyrion Lannister is in awe and even a little fearful. degree! ?
This is obviously a pit.

Unfortunately, Tyrion couldn't resist the temptation to jump into the pit and have a major event with him after hearing Igor's statement about "people die twice". !

"You this bastard..." dwarf gnashing teeth, stretched out a short arm, made a fist and touched the opponent: "Count me in!"

Igor feels Arriving at the strength and determination from the opponent's fist, he showed a bright smile. After a while, he restrained his expression and became serious again. He reached out and took out a copy from the pile of documents on the table, and used a serious tone: " Great, so now, we can start talking about this one at the moment—a not-so-big problem that needs to be solved quickly."

...

After a while, Tyrion Faced with unbelievably harsh conditions, I finally understood why Igor had to let him agree to join before he could talk about business.

If he didn't talk about "lofty ideals" and "ultimate goals" first... this kind of romantic stuff arouses his curiosity and hangs his interest, he mostly listened to the two conditions Immediately slap the table and stand up and turned away.

The first one is that the current Duke Tywin Lannister of Casterly Rock... took the initiative to put on black clothed to join Night's Watch, thus leaving the power center and vacating the position of the ruler of the Westerlands.

This request is excessive, but it is understandable considering that the former's hands are indeed indirectly stained with the blood of countless House Targaryen members.

But the second is: move all the core staff and gold of Lannister Bank to King's Landing, under the jurisdiction of the Royal Family, and implement Tyrion's very familiar gold control - only this time Westerlands It has become a regulated party, and all gold mining, smelting and casting are all subject to the monitoring and control of the central government.

If the former is just to change the power within House Lannister, then the latter is to kill them: the Westerlands want territory without territory, population without population, and grain production without grain production ...why does occupy a place even come out on top in Seven Kingdoms?
Isn't it just because of money?

Tywin managed to hold all the lords in the territory softly in his hands, collect all the wealth of the Westerlands to concentrate his efforts, and how much effort it took to rebuild and restore this war-torn land Some improvement, that Dragon Queen actually wants to pick the ready-made fruit and take away all his decades of achievements and efforts?

If this condition is really agreed, the management of the vast wealth of the Westerlands will be handed over to Iron Throne - to put it badly, in case something like Mad King happens in the future, Westerlands Unable to breathe, he decided to break up with Iron Throne, and House Lannister would not even be able to revolt and overturn the table, like a dog tied by an iron chain!

"It's impossible." Tyrion resolutely and decisively said, "I'm definitely not what I used to be, and it's true that I have a huge voice in the family... But after all, I'm just a son. I'm old and strong. The father still has the authority of stand by one's word, Westerlands is headed by him, my Uncle Kevan ranked second, my bank manager is ranked third at most... And he, it is known, Duke Tywin is a man who will always put the interests of the family first. The first person, asking him to give up his position for the continuation of the Lannister surname, this is negotiable, but how can I convince him that it is also for the family's interests to transport all the gold from the Westerlands to King's Landing for storage? Even I am oneself. Don't believe this!"

"It's not in the Lannister family's interest." Igor shrugged, admitting the indefensible fact, "I don't expect Duke Tywin to agree at all, but right now ——The future Duke of Tyrion is not sitting in front of me? You will agree after you take office. Can your father still travel thousands of miles to chase after Wall to prevent this from becoming a reality? Banks and large amounts of gold are not moved in a hurry. It's important."

......

If both parties are still talking about the future and negotiating terms as friends in the previous dialogue, then this sentence finally brings the beautiful A small corner was torn from the appearance, revealing the cold reality inside.

Igor is a friend of his Tyrion, but hardly a friend of House Lannister!

"Hey, just imagining my dear father reuniting with James and Joffrey - three generations at the Wall, makes me laugh out loud."

Tyrion's heart sank to the bottom as he forced out a wisecrack with a smile on his face.

Igor is asking him to hide the latter condition from Tywin first, and then let oneself implement it after he agrees to put on black clothed to give way!
In doing so, if oneself is as he said, assist Queen and Igor during his tenure as Master of Coin - build an unprecedentedly large empire, and extend military and financial hegemony to every corner of the known world , let the name "Tyrion Lannister" remain in the content of every chronicle and history textbook of later generations... that would be a good thing.

But what if he doesn't make it in the end?
The oneself who led House Lannister to surrender all his wealth, stretched out his neck and let the Queen put the chain on it, his name would be engraved on the pillar of shame forever, and would be regarded as an example of stupidity and cowardice for all the world.

This is literally putting him on fire!

I felt the heat on my back that didn't exist, and the positions of Guardians of Castile City Lord and Westerlands, which were very attractive just now, suddenly became less fragrant.

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