Previously, in order to force Robb to return to the West River to fight, Tywin had sent people to carry out a scorched earth policy on the territories of Pink City, Travel's Rest and Riverrun on both sides of the upper reaches of the Red Fork River.
This left most of the farmers in the three places without their homes, let alone food for the winter. Fortunately, Riverrun had their lord Edmure's castle intact, and there was still some food to help these landless farmers.
The commoners in the two earldoms of Pink City and Traveling Rest City are very unlucky. Their lords have no homes themselves and cannot care about them.
So after hearing that there was a new king in Harrenhal and that free food was distributed, about 50,000 to 60,000 landless peasants rushed to the area of Divine Eye Lake one after another, and headed towards Harrenhal and Harren Town.
Come.
This wave of people is already on the way.
In the other direction, a large number of farmers came to Harrenhal on the east side of God's Eye Lake.
The Eastern Front Allied Forces used IOUs to collect a large amount of military rations. Now that the situation has stabilized slightly, village chiefs came to ask for food with IOUs and convoys.
Arthur could only use the golden dragon to get rid of some of the farmers from the east, while he promised to exchange the other part for the IOUs with grain from the valley, Pentos, Volantis and other places.
The farmers in the west are in much more trouble. Although they do not immediately demand carts and carts of grain, they only demand to be fed every day.
But having enough food for tens of thousands of people is still very stressful.
If each person eats one kilogram of grain twice a day, the daily consumption is tens of thousands of kilograms of grain.
Patrick only brought eighty loads of food to the Reach, and Willis also brought ten boatloads of food from Seagull Town. Together, the two waves of food were enough to last for several months.
So before farmers from the west arrived in large numbers, Arthur asked Twins City, Maiden Spring and other places to send more food.
But this is not enough. It only allows the farmers in the west to eat for a while. When the lords of the Riverlands are unwilling to provide food for the new King of the Rivers, the food crisis will come.
Therefore, it has become necessary to establish a stable channel for obtaining food from the outside.
Willis had suggested buying grain from Pentos, and after Stannis blocked Blackwater Bay, trade in the Narrow Sea dropped sharply, and some merchants in Essos had accumulated a large amount of goods waiting to be sold.
The farmers in the Riverlands were desperate for food, so Arthur decided to use Maidenpool to build a new trade channel. Although this would make the captains of the Narrow Sea spend more time at sea, it would allow the governor of Pentos and the giant merchants to
Now that we have customers, we no longer have to worry about getting the goods in our hands.
Willis had already left because he wanted to persuade his father, Earl Wyman Manderly, to send troops south to recover the Gulf of Moline so that the Yankees could have a way back home.
So Earl William Mouton was responsible for establishing such a trade channel. He was timid and cautious by nature, but he was quite good at managing the territory and running the town of Maiden. He was the most suitable candidate for this role that Arthur could find.
In addition, we must also solve the problem of housing for farmers from the west.
Their village was burned down, and since the western border troops withdrew from the Riverlands in large numbers, the farmers who originally fled to the north bank of the Red Fork River, the king's territory, and the Reach have gradually returned, so the landless farmers cannot be resettled in the free areas.
in the village.
Fortunately, there are many trees in the riverlands, such as beech trees, poplar trees, willow trees, locust trees, etc. With wood, wooden houses can be built relatively quickly, and they can still survive this winter.
The problem of food and housing for the landless farmers can generally be solved. In terms of manpower, in addition to the farmers themselves who can work, there are also soldiers from the Western Region who were captured in several wars.
These off-the-job soldiers who were fed by Master Tywin to be tall and strong are not as meticulous as farmers in workmanship, but they are much stronger. They are most suitable for carrying wood, cutting down trees, digging holes and other tasks.
The old maesters Thothmu and Qyburn in Harrenhal were responsible for guiding the construction of a new residence for the landless farmers, located on the plains north of the town of Harren.
In order to satisfy Qyburn, Arthur also asked the Oldtown Citadel to restore his bachelor status in the name of King of the River and return his bachelor's necklace.
Although it was definitely useless, Arthur still made a gesture to let Qybain know that he still remembered this matter.
In addition to these, there is one more thing that the new King of Hejian needs to pay attention to.
Something seems to be wrong with the Brotherhood Without Banners.
The brotherhood, which is composed of blacksmiths, carpenters, farmers, hunters, and members of the King's Landing Law Enforcement Team, has gradually changed its behavior.
They began to attack some villages that had provided services to the Western Army, and hanged villagers who had done things for the Western Army, even though the villagers were also forced by the Western Army.
This made the farmers and village chiefs, whose lives were beginning to stabilize, miserable.
So Arthur asked Aenys Frey, Tristan Legg and others who led the troops to recapture Willow City to find the leader of the Brotherhood. He wanted to know if Earl Berry and others were still leading this non-governmental organization that protects farmers. If
If not, the King of Rivers will have to talk to the new leader of the Brotherhood.
At least we can't let them run around unscrupulously in the Riverlands. Anyone who wants to kill the Lion Family should go to the Western Territory.
The peasants of the Riverlands were pitiful enough. Their lords were incompetent in fighting and their homes were ravaged by the enemy. Now they finally managed to survive until the war came to an end, but they still have to endure the bullying of the Brotherhood.
King Hejian felt that he should restrain the Brotherhood Without Banners and let them return to the right path.
This was something outside of Harrenhal. There were also some things inside the castle that troubled Arthur.
Since more than 30,000 peasants have already lived in the castle, and they have no awareness of not urinating anywhere, the smell of the entire castle quickly resembles that of King's Landing.
The stench of feces and farts can be smelled by the naked nose.
Even if you are walking around the castle, you may have a pot of urine poured on your head. If you don't pay attention, you may step on a handful of poop, which is still fresh and steaming.
So Arthur asked Cobain to take the time to design a relatively complete drainage pipe to make the castle more sanitary.
Of course, as the "manager" of Harrenhal, he also ordered everyone to go to the toilets to relieve themselves - dozens of temporary toilets were built slightly outside the two city gates to keep the smell away.
This group of people will also own wooden houses in the north of Harrenhal Town. When the construction is almost completed, some people will move out to make Harrenhal a little tidier.
Since he got ten thousand gold dragons from the Reach and five carts of gold from the Golden Teeth, Arthur could pay off his previous debts.
Outside the village of Sher, Arthur had borrowed more than two hundred golden dragons from Marco Piper, Raymond Darry, Karel Vance and others. Now he finally returned them, but the objects to be returned were too many.
Clermont Piper, Lyman Darry and others.
The golden dragon that Amory Lodge had snatched away from Wag Hot was also recovered. Mrs. He'an's share was returned to her, and Rock Hot inherited the Blood Troupe's share.
The deposits for the mercenaries of Qohor and the salaries of the mercenaries who died in the battle were also paid in full.
During the siege by Tywin's main force in the West, Arthur had ordered the collection of food from all the peasants who had taken refuge, and now he also paid those who were willing to take money.
Some people wanted food, so King Hejian asked them to wait until the merchant ships from the Narrow Sea arrived at Crab Cove before mentioning the matter.
Since the small lords of the Riverlands are not very familiar with Arthur, they support the new River King only because the vast majority of earl-level nobles have supported the new king. Therefore, in order to win over this group of people, Arthur will leave the remaining
All the gold in the form of golden dragons was distributed to the lower-level lords, allowing them to recruit strong farmers in their territories to resist the possible attack of the Lion Flower Alliance.
The batch of gold obtained from Golden Teeth City cannot be circulated unless it is made into gold coins, which will make the already chaotic market even more chaotic.
The gold mine outside Golden Teeth City can still yield some gold. Arthur is wondering if he can build a mint, design his own gold coins, and then mint this batch of gold into new gold coins and enter the market in the Riverlands.
Town circulation.
This matter has to wait until the situation has completely stabilized. Now the Lion family is actively preparing to march eastward, recapture the Iron Throne and King's Landing, and march into the Riverlands again to eliminate the "rebels". This has postponed Arthur's idea of running the Riverlands.
Some later.
The most important thing right now is to break the curse of Harrenhal.
Lady Riverside will not live long, and she has made it clear that the next master of Harrenhal will be Sansa Stark, and Arthur himself wants to marry Sansa, so both of them will be subject to this curse by then.
The River King is not sure whether his status as king can eliminate the influence of this curse, but Sansa must be affected.
This made the work of breaking the curse suddenly urgent.
Fortunately, Arthur still knows a lot about the magical power of this world, so he also has several ways to deal with it.
If the castles throughout Westeros have magical effects, the source of their power must come from the godswood and some miscellaneous little witchcraft.
For example, Storm's End, a castle built on a sea cliff by Stark the Builder, has the greatest magical effect of resisting shadow magic.
To be more specific, the shadow children born by Melisandre cannot pass through the walls of Storm's End.
So in order to kill the acting city lord Cortanai Penros, she had to let the Onion Knight send her under Storm's End before she could cast magic.
The source of the magic power of Storm's End is the weirwood trees in the godswood in the city.
But Stannis has ordered the godswood in Storm's End to be burned, so Storm's End will not be able to withstand the attack of shadow magic in the future.
Winterfell also has magic, and judging from the fact that the godswood in the city is the largest in the continent, the magic effect of Stark Castle is super strong, so strong that it can affect the entire North.
But the effect may be very weak.
As far as Arthur knows, one of the functions of this magic circle is to stabilize the North. Specifically, if there is no living Stark in the city (literally), the entire North will suffer misfortune, and bandits will rise from the woods.
Skinners roam the King's Road, lords attack each other, and peasants become ferocious.
Although this may have nothing to do with the magic effect and is purely due to the fact that there is no monarch to suppress it in the north, it does bring bad luck.
The largest magical building in Westeros is the Great Wall built by Brandon the Builder and the Children of the Forest.
With a length of 300 miles (483 kilometers) and a height of 700 feet (213.36 meters), this wall may be the largest single building in the entire world.
Its only effect is that the White Walkers and wights cannot pass through the ice wall of the Great Wall.
The wight that Jon Snow killed when he rescued Commander Mormont was transformed into a corpse after passing through the Great Wall, so it did not violate the law of the Wall to stop wights.
The source of power of the Great Wall of Despair should come directly from the Old Gods.
In addition, there are some messy little witchcrafts that can also provide magical power.
For example, the Night Watch used to mix human blood into the material of the wall to gain some kind of power.
Black-Hearted Harren let his brother sneak into the Night's Watch, and after he became Commander-in-Chief, he also learned this trick, so when he was building Harrenhal, he mixed an unspeakable blood into the city wall.
This may be the source of power for the Curse of Harrenhal.
But considering that there is also a huge weirwood in the castle, and it is the only heart tree in the entire continent that can survive transplantation, so this may also be the source of the curse's power.
If it's the latter, the solution is very simple, just transplant the weirwood.
Arthur had already thought of the transplanting location and sent it to Qianmian Island.
That is the forbidden land of the old gods, and there are still green men suspected of being the "Children of the Forest" operating there, so it would be a good idea to fall there.
Although Arthur also hates the Old Gods and the Three-Eyed Raven, he still has to rely on the Old Gods, the Lord of Light and other manifest gods to resist the Cold God, and to allow the Old Gods to maintain the magical effects of the Great Wall, so the source of power of the Old Gods cannot be weakened.
As for the Seven Gods and other hidden gods, I am afraid they have not come out for thousands of years. If they rely on their power to resist the White Walkers and the Cold God, it is better to rely on Arthur to stab the dead corpses one by one with a dragon crystal weapon.
If the source of the curse's power is the former, it would be a bit difficult to deal with.
The stupidest way is to replace all the bricks and stones in Harrenhal with normal ones, but this is not as good as building another castle.
After thinking for a long time, he finally came up with another stupid solution.
The practice of mixing human blood into city walls to gain power came from the Night Watch. Although the Night Watch is closely connected with the old gods, it is unlikely that the blood witchcraft came from the old gods who respected nature.
Legend has it that this blood witchcraft comes from the line of ancestor kings in the north, and his tomb should be in the Great Wilderness Tomb of the Dustin family's Wilderness Tomb.
If his ashes are spread, maybe this curse can really be broken.
The Founding King was just a clan leader of the Ancestors. Other Kings of the Ancestors who were stronger than him were Garth the Green Hand and Duren the Storm King the God-Hater.
Greenhand's eldest son, Garth Gardener, is the founder of the Reach Kingdom.
A certain son of Greenhand, who is called "Blooded Blade" or "Blooded Blade", is rumored to be Brandon the Builder, the founder of the Stark family.
There are even rumors that one of Greenhand's grandsons is Clever Lann, the dwarf who is suspected to be very intelligent and has a sharp mouth, and is the ancestor of Lannister.
Needless to say, Duren, the title of "God-hating" is not something that can be earned casually.
Arthur also wanted to know what the Storm King had done to make the gods hate him, and he couldn't do anything to Duren.
In short, it is very simple to defeat the Founding King. The worst is to let Alduin completely burn the Great Tomb and the problem will be over.
Alduin was replaced by Joffrey, and Joffrey was the king of the First Men, the Andals, and the Rhoynar. He was much more distinguished than the King of the First Men, the king of the First Men.
Arthur decided to find some time to discuss blood magic with Qyburn first, and then find a way to break the curse of the First King.
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