King of The Wall

2022-01-12

Chapter 698 Knife or Shovel?
This is called negotiation.

Igor secretly drank this refreshing glass of wine called "Union under the City", sat up slightly, and began to give the little queen in front of her homework.

"Ms. Margaery, you've said so much, you must have dry mouth, let's drink some water to moisten your throat first." He picked up the water bottle and poured a glass for the visitor, put it in front of her, and withdrew his hand. Only then did he speak slowly, "First of all, I have to admit that a timely donation can greatly alleviate the financial difficulties faced by the land in the post-war period. But—" After a pause, he spoke sharply. Turn, "Having said that, the Night's Watch Legion's war with the Others is aimed at protecting the entire human world, which naturally includes Reach. Supporting us is the duty of every living being: from a 'li' point of view, I will represent The Night's Watch Legion and the army and civilians of Zengdi are grateful to the Tyrell family for their kindness and donation; but from a 'reasonable' level, I can't possibly admit it as one of the conditions of the negotiation."

Margaery felt his face tighten.

She listed the conditions, of course, reserved room for negotiation, and was prepared to be bargained. But she could never have expected that the opponent would pull out the Dragonslayer Blade, and slashed to the end with the first slash, and even the roots were pulled out.

Unfortunately, she never dared to say "since it is not a negotiated condition, we will not donate". After all, there's an inhuman sin on the Reach nobles that could be used as a justification for reckoning at any time.

This mute lost no water at all. After she swallowed it, her mouth suddenly became dry. She couldn't help but pick up the glass of water Igor had just poured... On the bright side, the other party didn't reject her. The donation proposal, at least, illustrates a minimal endorsement, and the worst is not going to happen.

"Remove this invalid item, and in the following part, I will summarize it for you on my own initiative - you claim: The Queen now accepts surrender, completes the peace treaty with Reach under the guidance of Tyrell House Head, a It can save time to recuperate and concentrate on the offensive of the Anti-Liberation Alliance; secondly, it can squeeze out the best indemnity conditions and drain the wealth of the Reach nobles; and thirdly, let the Reach people rule the Reach people, which can best Get back to rule and stability."

He nodded, and paused. Margaery suddenly came to visit, and to be honest, he was completely unprepared - who has just experienced an Epic Grade great decisive battle at the level of 100,000 people during the day, and is ready to negotiate with the enemy at night?
But unlike in the past when the great character who fooled those aloof and remote when he was in the low post had to rack his brains to prepare his speech in advance, this time he became the one who took the initiative. It's okay, just think about it slowly, even if she doesn't dare to be impatient.

Under these relaxed conditions, he quickly conceived the details of the next few cuts.

"The slave-masters on the opposite side of the narrow sea are indeed fierce, but they come from different city-states, have different hearts, and fight across the narrow sea, so they can only achieve the first wave of fierceness. To this extent. These people have neither the will nor the ability to threaten the foundations of the kingdom. The Queen did urge me to speed up, but at the same time added that: the Reach war must be completely resolved before the class can come back.” He half true half false "This means: either the situation on the Eastern Front is still under control, or Your Majesty believes that solving the big tail of Reach once and for all is more important than the security of the Eastern Border and cross-sea trade. It is of course the quickest and safest way to continue to rule Reach, but why do you think that a quick but rough restoration of rule is all the Queen wants?"

This second knife match The knife was a little lighter, but it still slashed people's scalp numb.

But what Margaery didn't know was that before she could ponder and judge the truth in this remark, the speaker temporarily changed her mind.

Igor doesn't want to haggle.

His original plan was to refute Margaery's one after another condition, layer by layer. But then I thought about it: this is not a debate contest or an examination of the eight-legged essays or parallel essays—the attention to confrontation is neat and imposing manner, so why does obsessive-compulsive disorder unnecessarily follow the "one after another correspondence" thinking of the questioner?

What he needs is not a knife, but a shovel. He wants to dig up the negotiating foundation laid by Margaery in one go and start anew!
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"Ms. Margaery, you're smart enough to see that the Queen wants to do an extraordinary major event."

Igor picked up the water bottle again , starts pouring water into the cup in front of oneself.

"However, the growth experience and living environment limit your pattern, and you can't imagine: what kind of great cause can be called 'extraordinarily big'. Weakening Reach and strengthening kingship, In your eyes, it's probably a grand cause that can make people suck in a cold breath. But what would you think if I told you that the Queen really wants, and is moving forward, the full name is 'The Great Crownlands Project' ?"

He, who planned to boil frogs in warm water and completely abolish Reach step by step, did not dare to show Margaery the schematic diagram of the big Crownlands plan as soon as he came up - if that's the case, no matter how hard it is. No matter how difficult or dangerous it is, the remaining 2/3/2022 Reach lords, including the Oldtown Hightower family, may have to bite their teeth to organize the next wave of counterattacks. Fortunately, the term "Great Crownlands" itself is straightforward enough that anyone who hears it can immediately understand: what the Queen wants to do is not just to strengthen the kingship.

"Forget that this is a surrender and peace negotiation, Ms. Margaery. Concentrate, what follows is an old acquaintance friendly reminder, and I'll just say it again." Igor punched Margaery. She snapped her fingers crisply, then raised a finger under her gaze, "The Queen is not just after the restoration of the Targaryen Dynasty, she actually announced to the Seven Kingdoms by melting Iron Throne a few months ago. Oneself's intention - what she wants to do is to create a new era, an era that cannot tolerate the old forces!"

"The legal advantage and huge amount of the Tyrell family as Reach lords Valuable information, and the personal connection between you and me... Of course, plus a little bit of your own intuition and quick action, makes you different tonight from the rest of the Reach nobles who are about to be extremely unlucky - a chance to sit here , to make the following choice, that is: In this new era to come, will it turn into dust and become the dust of history, or embrace it with open arms?"

It is a choice, but it is not at all. Gotta choose.

Igor needs to worry not about Margaery's rejection of his terms, but how to try to prevent the Tyrells from outward devotion but inner opposition, on the surface promises to smuggle in the dark.

"The birth of the Tyrell family was accidental and special. Aegon the Conqueror promoted you from a steward to Lord of Reach for the purpose of humiliating the princes of Reach and weakening the cohesion of this fertile land. The history of more than 300 years from year to day is the history of blood and tears of the Tyrell family struggling to get rid of this identity, striving to upgrade from 'Dragon Family's pawn' to 'true Reach master'... After more than two hundred years of obedience, caution and After neutrality, you almost achieved your goal, and now you are only one step away from stepping into the center of power."

"Once you got close to your goal, you were obviously in a hurry. Waiting and watching instead of spare no effort, sending you to fight for Robert's second queen, and supporting Renly and Aegon Jr. in the ensuing Seven Kingdoms melee, are all indiscriminate to take this final step. Bet." Igor poked Margaery's heart in a sincere tone and let out a long sigh, "Unfortunately, this series of risky attempts to find anyone or anything in a crisis ended in failure, and I have unfortunately become the biggest killer of your dreams, my old friends."

A plausible analysis, but it's all bullshit.

What the victors say makes sense, but if Renly Baratheon wasn't assassinated by Red Woman's sorcery, or the Reach Golden Corps allied forces won on the battlefield during the day, why would you have a Night's Watch here? Criticizing and blaming the Tyrells for trying to find anyone or anything in a crisis?
Margaery was coldly snorted, instinctively trying to put on a well-behaved expression that was deeply touched and even remorseful, but eventually resisted the urge.

The past contact with the guy in front of her has made her understand: in front of this bastard, acting is useless.

Igor didn't move forward in a hurry, but stopped and slowly drained the water from the oneself cup under Margaery's unsentimental gaze before returning to the conversation.

"I express sympathy and regret for this, but I will not apologize or even hide my contempt - you are so firmly limited by your noble attributes and inherent concepts, you have huge resources and supreme lords. I have an orthodox identity, but I just want to play in the rules of the game formulated by my predecessors, and go through the normal process to get rid of the label of 'nouveau riche' to get the recognition of those ancient families." Igor took a long sigh of relief and regretted it. Shaking his head - this disgust doesn't need to be faked, "Have you ever thought that even if everything goes well, the Tyrell family will only barely overwhelm the big nobles and win - it should belong to your Reach Supreme Lord. Respect?"

"And now, a chance to look down and even trample them on the Tyrells is now in front of the Tyrells!" After a time-consuming nonsense, Igor finally thought about it. After thinking about his new conditions in the middle, "Next, listen to my thoughts."

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(end of this chapter)