After intense discussions and negotiations, the northern nobles agreed to take only half of the gold and leave the other half to the Hejian people.
According to the laws prevailing in Westeros, all gold, silver, copper and other precious metals mined by lords at all levels must be handed over to King's Landing. The mint under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Finance will cast them into gold dragon coins, silver deer coins and copper plates and then return them to King's Landing.
Lords.
During this process, a lot of gold and silver will be collected by the mint and handed over to the royal family in the name of seigniorage.
This seigniorage can also be called fire consumption.
As far as Arthur knows, the income and expenditure of the royal family and the entire kingdom are based on one bill, that is, the Iron Throne has no concept of internal funds or internal treasury.
Since the royal family owed three million gold dragons to the West during Robert's reign, the West did not hand over the mined gold and silver to King's Landing for a period of time.
This is why there is so much gold in Golden Teeth City.
"After we return home, we will unite all the families loyal to the King in the North and kill the Dreadfort and the Bolton family first."
After dividing the gold, Greatjon's mood improved a lot, and he shouted to the people in the North.
Many Yankees nodded in agreement with his statement.
Although their off-the-job soldiers and conscripted farmers were killed in battle, this also meant that there were fewer mouths to eat when the long winter came.
In addition, we have obtained so much gold, and gold can buy food across the narrow sea, so this winter will be much easier to survive than before.
Although there are still big problems such as the Ironborn and the Boltons in the north, after the Yankees return home, they only need to lock up Moor Carlin and White Harbor, and they can live a simple life with a glance:
Eat, sleep and play Boton.
After Arthur, who had not slept all night, discussed with many river nobles, everyone agreed to go to Riverrun first and then make plans.
So after simply cleaning up, the nobles from the two realms led the soldiers of their families to go north.
As for the Golden Teeth City, it was left to the management of Olivier Frey.
This is an enthusiastic and nervous young man, now seventeen years old. Judging from his selection as Robb's squire, his personal prowess and military qualities are quite good.
Olifa was originally loyal to the Young Wolf Lord, but now he should be loyal to his family and be friendly to the nobles of the North and the River.
Anyway, his allegiance will definitely not be to Stannis who occupies the Iron Throne. Without the order of Lord Frey, he would not be loyal to the Lion House in the West.
Five hundred soldiers from various families in the river stayed behind to defend the city with him. Coupled with the Frey family's 200-man team and the strength of the Golden Tooth City itself, it was impossible to defeat this fortress without thousands of troops.
As for the 1,500 prisoners in the mines outside the city, their hands were still tied and they were heading north with the 1,800 coalition troops. They were an excellent labor force.
Three days later, Riverrun appeared in the eyes of this group of people.
Here, the Yankees learned even worse news:
Winterfell was burned, leaving only ruins, and the two remaining Starks, Brandon and Rickon, were also dead.
It is said that Theon Greyjoy burned down Winterfell, the castle where he grew up, in order to escape the counterattack of the Northerners, and two Starks also died in his hands.
There are also rumors that Ramsay Snow, the bastard son of Roose Bolton, nicknamed "Little Skinny", burned Winterfell. He led people to retake Winterfell, and then killed Theon and Stark.
them.
In the great hall of Riverrun, all the northern nobles who had gone south gathered around the "remaining" Stark. The heroes angrily expressed their intention to wipe out the Bolton family and the Ironborn.
Before Arthur and others returned to Riverrun, a tall female knight brought news of Lady Stark's death.
After Renly's death, she and Catelyn escaped from the military camp outside Storm's End and headed north together.
Near the Blackwater River, a group of cavalry from the West attacked the two women. Although the female knights had amazing combat power, they could not defeat dozens of strong men with a single sword. Therefore, they easily killed Caitlin and took the body away.
Go away without knowing where to go.
The female knight was so ashamed that she ran to Riverrun alone and reported the incident to the nobles in the city.
Many male nobles ridiculed this female knight, believing that she was one of the reasons for Lady Stark's tragic death.
Sansa, who was half crying at the time, excused the female knight, believing that her mother's death was the fault of the Lion family. This moved Brienne Tarth so much that she swore an oath to Sansa Stark on the spot.
Allegiance.
By then, news of Robb's death had reached Riverrun, so Sansa only had Arya as her sister.
The Brotherhood Without Banners also failed to find Arya, so Sansa decided to send her only knight Brienne to find her sister.
Arthur struggled to squeeze into the circle of Yankees and saw Sansa, whose eyes were already red and swollen.
This poor girl has lost her father, mother, brother, and two younger brothers in the more than half a year since she went south.
The surviving sister still doesn't know where in the countryside she is, whether she has thicker clothes to keep her warm, and whether she has enough to eat every day.
"I...have no family anymore~" Sansa cried louder after vaguely catching a glimpse of her sweetheart with eyes wet with tears.
"It's okay, it's okay, you still have me." Arthur patted her back gently.
If there weren't so many people present, he would have wanted to hold Sansa in his arms to comfort her, giving her a solid support.
Many Yankees formed a circle and swore to Sansa that they would kill the Ironborn, Bolton and the Lions.
Then Heiyu appeared and loudly asked the Northerners to spread out a little so that he could help his grandniece, who was almost unable to hold on anymore, to sit on a free chair.
Due to problems such as Winterfell and the Ironborn, the leading nobles such as Great Jon, Maege Mormont, Robin Flint, Owen Nory, and Rhona Stowe strongly advocated heading north quickly and clearing the iron first.
people, and later went to war with the Bolton family.
Lord Leech and his army are still in the west. Since the Golden Teeth and other places are in the hands of the river people, and Riverrun is the territory of Uncle Robb's family, the Bolton army must first go east along the Golden Road before heading north.
It's around the other side of the Trident River.
This would greatly delay the arrival of the Bolton Army in the north, making it possible for the Yankees to first regain their lost territory from the Ironborn and then attack the Bolton Army returning from the north.
Blackfish and other river generals also supported this idea, and Earl Jason Mallister even promised to make peace with the neighbors Frey family and let the Twins allow northerners to pass.
"I will also ask Edmure to write a letter to his father-in-law, asking the Twins not to embarrass the people of the North." Blackfish said.
The relationship between the Tully family and the Frey family is pretty good now. Even if the Freys are neutralized because Robb broke the engagement, now that the Young Wolf master is gone, Old Walder can't embarrass the Yankees.
"Sansa will stay in Riverrun. No tens of thousands of troops can't capture this city on the water. It will be much safer for her to stay here than to follow you to fight in the north." Blackfish, who has always cared about his relatives, told the Yankees.
own ideas.
"No problem. The bastard who is always skinned is very troublesome. After we deal with him and the leeches, and then welcome Lord Jon Stark as the King of the North, it will be convenient for Miss Sansa to return home."
Winterfell has been burned, so taking Sansa with her would be a problem, so the very nervous Greatjon agreed to this on behalf of the northern nobles.
Little Jon suddenly suggested: "It is said that Ramsay has his own group of people. We can send our uncles to harass the territory of the Dreadfort first. Maybe it will have a miraculous effect."
Lord Jon Umber's two uncles, Morse Umber and Hother Umber, are agents of the City of Last Hearth. Their titles are "Crowfood" and "Whore Nightmare" respectively.
The Amber family is the most famous warrior family in the entire Northern Territory. Almost every member is a well-known warrior, and the martial arts of Crow Food and Prostitute Nightmare are naturally not bad.
Having these two people go to the Bolton family's territory to harass the guerrillas will make it easier for the pro-Wolf family forces to fight, and the Bolton family will also suffer a heavy blow.
Greatjon repeatedly praised his son for being as smart as him, and then went to find the maester at Riverrun and write a letter to the City of Last Hearth.
Time was running out, and after receiving support from dozens of carts of food from Riverrun, the northern nobles headed by the Great Jon led more than 1,800 soldiers to go north.
Among them, a thousand people survived the battle outside Casterly Rock, 300 people were from Arthur's men who stayed at the Golden Tooth, and 500 people came from the Stark infantry who stayed at Riverrun.
The remaining two hundred Stark infantry remained at Riverrun in the name of protecting Lady Sansa.
It took a day for the Yankees to leave. At night, another incident made the river nobles unhappy:
Lord Hoster passed away.
It is said that the name Lysa was on the lips of Lord Tully before his death.
During the Usurper's War, Hoster was wounded by Jon Connington, then Hand of the King, at the Battle of the Bell, and became ill.
Since about four years ago, that is, in the year 295 of the Conquest Calendar, Duke Hoster has been bedridden.
Since Edmure was also injured, Heiyu began to take care of his brother's funeral.
Two days later, the river burial ceremony officially began.
Coincidentally, the Frey family also sent people to attend the funeral.
To be precise, it was the newly appointed Lord of the River Crossing, Lord Frey Aenys, who came to the Tullys to confirm his status as Lord of the House. With the current situation in turmoil, it was impossible for him to go to King's Landing and ask Stannis to recognize his status as Marquis.
According to the Frey family, a member of the Frey family went mad and stormed into the North Keep, killing everyone there.
There are two castles in the north and south of the Twins City. Old Walder and dozens of people from his eldest son Steveron's line and other higher-status Freys live in the north castle, while the other sons and daughters live in the south castle. Countless Freys live in the north castle.
Most of the illegitimate children lived in towns and mills outside the castle.
This crazy member killed his grandfather and members of his eldest son's line. Old Walder and his son Aemon were enemies, so the third son, Aenys, became the lord of the river crossing according to the law of inheritance.
Along with the new Marquis Frey came two thousand Frey soldiers.
At the ferry where the river burial was about to take place, Arthur and others met the bald Inis.
We have to admit that power is the best stimulant.
Innis, who was relatively calm before, now starts to feel windy when he walks, swinging his hands from left to right, and his head is even higher.
If Robert Glover was still in Riverrun, the two of them could compare the angles of their heads.
What made Arthur even more amused was the way Innis walked.
He looks very much like the arrogant UFC player Conor in his previous life.
Fortunately, Aenys is now the most powerful prince in the Riverlands, so there is no need to worry about anyone taking offense and beating him up.
All the nobles arrived, and Edmure was carried to the river burial ceremony. After the prayers were recited, the boat containing Lord Hoster's body was released.
The boat floated down the gentle water of the Red Fork River until it drifted into the distance.
When everyone saw that the boat was as big as a palm, Heiyu glanced at the direction of the wind and lit the arrow, then drew his bow and shot.
Edmure was still struggling to stretch his head to see if he had hit the target. Blackfish had already thrown the bow to the guard beside him, and turned around and left without caring about the result.
After a few breaths, the boat began to burn, and soon black smoke began to rise.
Edmure lay down relieved.
Taking advantage of this moment, Inis walked up to Arthur and whispered in his ear: "I have brought two thousand people for you. While everyone is here, shall we..."
Sansa also stood aside, still staring at her side with red and swollen eyes, very curious about what this person wanted from Bracken.
Arthur put his hand in front of the bald man's mouth in time, "It's not urgent. I'll talk to you when I have time."
The result of his discussions with Tristan and Clement was a showdown between the nobles of Harrenhal and the Riverlands.
Before the showdown, several influential earl-level nobles need to be won over, such as the two Vance family governors, William Mouton of Female Spring City, Jason Mallister of Seaside City, and others.
With the support of these people, Arthur could convene a grand meeting of nobles throughout the Riverlands and try to establish himself as king.
Of course, Ravenstree City, which has a feud with Bracken, and Riverrun, which is run by Blackfish, will not be invited to participate.
The soldiers of these two families were also taken to the Western Realm by Robb. They were almost all gone, so they were left to play by themselves.
Becoming king is not an impulsive idea. After King's Landing was defeated by Stannis, the Riverlands already had buffer space.
Looking at the entire continent, only the Vale and the Reach are still strong. The former has been standing still, while the latter continues to compete with Storm's End.
Although Lord Inflatable Fish is very mediocre, he has a bunch of smart people under his command. Therefore, staying near Storm's End, which has only a few hundred people, is in the best interest of the Reach nobles and can best preserve their strength.
Without Lord Tywin's personal supervision of the battle, there is a high probability that these 60,000 people would not go north to attack King's Landing, let alone bypass King's Landing to attack the river people near Harrenhal.
Because the latter means that his food line is exposed to Stannis's attack range, and the Riverlands has already fought a round, and there is not much food to collect, so the Riverbend army can only transport food from the south.
After the river burial, Blackfish invited the river nobles to discuss the next move. Edmure, who had recovered somewhat, was also carried to the meeting.
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Outside Dusk Valley City, in a farmhouse.
Varys, who was wearing a hood, lifted his hat, revealing his shiny head to Illyrio's eyes.
Illyrio, who was also dressed in an inconspicuous gray robe, complained in a low voice: "Why did you call me here in such a hurry? Although most of Stannis' fleet has arrived at King's Landing, the blockade of Blackwater Bay is still there.
Go ahead, I'm taking a big risk on this trip."
The eight-clawed spider ignored the cheese seller's words and said seriously: "A black dragon appeared in Harrenhal, the Baratheon family occupied King's Landing again, the alpha wolf has been killed, and the situation on the entire continent has greatly deviated from our plan.
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Illyrio touched his huge belly, "I thought the rumors about the dragon were false. This is outrageous. The dragon that the Targaryens have not created since Aegon III actually reappeared in the world.
Four of them came out at once."
Word has spread that dragons have also appeared in the red wasteland of the Essos continent in the east.
"So that matter must be implemented quickly, otherwise the lion will have an absolute advantage, which will make the valley also turn to the lion's family." Wallis warned.
Governor Pentos made a grimace and said, "I'll try my best. The price of the Golden Group is not cheap. Even I can't afford so much gold at once."
"One more thing." Varys patted his old buddy gently, "I need more little birds. Since escaping from King's Landing, my intelligence system has almost failed."
Little Birds are the spies and spies under Varys. They are basically little boys and girls from Essos and have received extremely strict special training.
"You were about to finish it last time, why did you consume it so quickly?" the cheese seller said dissatisfied.
Buying a little bird also requires money. Now the gold in his hands is very tight, and every bit must be spent where it should be spent.
Wallis ignored his old friend's complaints and continued to give instructions on several matters.
Illyrio also raised his own difficulties and showed how far he could go to meet his old friend's request.
The two talked for nearly an hour before saying goodbye to each other and leaving.
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