0943 Who Has Doubts?
Jon Clinton stood up, straight as a gun. He is not smiling, and he is naturally majestic.
He glanced at the Magic Mountain first.
His Majesty the King, before saying anything, eye contact is both a matter of etiquette and a necessity.
The mountain saw Jon's expression, and he knew what the Prime Minister wanted to say. Jon Clinton, like Eddard Stark, is a rare man in the kingdom who is naturally upright and brave, and both of them can take charge of the army and the people. Jon is more militarily talented and politically capable than Eddard, which is why the Mountain put Jon under house arrest in King's Landing Red Keep and made him his Prime Minister.
The mountain shook his head at Jon, and Jon still insisted, but the mountain raised his glass: "Prime Minister, I toast you." ”
Jon Clinton had to raise his glass, which was the minimum etiquette, and he couldn't turn it off on such an occasion. This is not a private occasion, this is the first political council of the two continents, and if you refuse to toast His Majesty, it will affect His Majesty's dignity, and it will also make the Dothrakis, the Midsummer Islanders, the good lords of Slave Bay, and the governors and princes of the free trade city-states invisibly look down on the majesty of His Majesty.
Jon filled his glass with his majesty the king.
"Sit. Magic Mountain said.
Jon Clinton sat down slowly: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that these adults are drunk, which is not good for the administration. ”
Moshan got up, came to the prime minister, and sat down: "Prime Minister, take a closer look, those who let go of drinking are not governors, princes, and princes, but their generals and nobles. Those who are in charge of the business, stay sober. ”
Jon was skeptical, his gaze swept over the table, and sure enough, those who drank and guessed boxing were not the lords of a city, but the generals and subordinates under the banners of those vassals.
"But this is not a serious political assembly. Jon said solemnly.
"Are you afraid that it will not be conducive to the conduct of administrative affairs, and that the atmosphere of the law will not be good?"
"Yes. Jon was secretly surprised that His Majesty had seen his thoughts.
Littlefinger held a wine glass and smiled to join in the fun: "Your Majesty, may I toast you with a glass of wine?"
"Of course!" Moshan slammed the wine cup on the table, "Full!"
"Yes, Your Majesty. ”
In the distance, the little demon Tyrion Lannister was drinking bright red Qingting Island wine from his horn wine glass, he had a full beard, very thick, and the scar on his face made his face ugly: "Polivier, why don't you go up and toast His Majesty with a glass of wine?"
"His Majesty is going to hold a council, and I will not toast His Majesty's wine until it is formally convened. Polivier's right eye blinked, and the right side of his face twitched. He will do this when he drinks too much, and the right side of his face will habitually twitch. This habitual twitching occurs in three situations: seeing beautiful human organs, drinking, arguing with others, or fighting selflessly. The current situation is caused by drinking.
"Are you worried that Your Majesty will drink too much and affect government affairs?" the little devil teased. He really didn't expect the neurotic Polivier to be so attentive and considerate.
"I'm not worried, but there are too many people here, and if one person comes forward to give His Majesty a drink, His Majesty will drink a few large barrels. ”
The little devil smiled: "Polliver, don't you know that there is a formal government council now?"
"How is that possible?" Polivier widened, the twitch of the right side of his face speeding up. This is uncomfortable, and the little devil touched his right cheek, and he felt that his right eye wanted to blink, and his right cheek wanted to twitch.
"His Majesty's banquet is a political assembly. The good lords brought by Her Majesty Queen Daenerys, the Elephants and Tigers of Valantis, the Prince of the Midsummer Isles, the Governor of the Free Trade City-State, and Kao of Dothrak, had already arrived, and the King thought that they had worked too hard to come from afar, so he held a banquet-style political assembly, and if His Majesty thought the time had come, he would speak of government affairs. ”
"Oh, if Your Majesty has arranged it this way, it must be the best. "Polivier's loyalty and superstition to the Magic Mountain have reached the point where the faithful believe in God.
Taking his seat, the Magic Mountain had returned to his seat, bowing his head and talking to Queen Jane. I saw that among the Valantis nobles stood up Tiger Jeff, a golden horn wine cup, which he had brought himself, and on which was carved Valantis's man-made wonder of the world: the Long Bridge.
Jeff held the wine bag in one hand and the horn wine glass in the other, strode to the upper seat, and came to the side of the magic mountain: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Queen, in the name of the god of the sky, the earth, and the sea, please allow me to toast three glasses to His Majesty the King and His Majesty the Queen. ”
Demon Mountain shouted: "Full!"
"Yes, Your Majesty. Jeff said. He was radiant and a sense of superiority welled up in his heart. The king and queen agreed to his toast, and that was the glory.
"Your Majesty, I am Jeff of the Tiger Party from Valantis. Jeff poured a drink for Queen Jane as he introduced himself to her. Jenny was meeting most of the people at the table for the first time, and Jeff was no exception.
"Oh, you're the Tiger leader, Lord Jeff?" said Janie with a smile.
"Her Majesty has heard of my name? "Jeff is eloquent.
"I heard from the King that you have done a great job in Valantis to help His Majesty the King and Lord Ed straighten out the government, trade, taxation, military affairs, and many other government affairs, and His Majesty will reward you with a dragon. ”
Jeff came to toast, and what he had to say was to remind His Majesty to keep his promise and reward him with a dragon. Her Majesty brought three dragons, all of whom Jeff had seen: the lady with white and golden-red striped scales, her mother was a sheep thief and her father was Viserys, the knight had black scales with golden edges, his father was the black dragon Drogon and his mother was a sheep thief, and the dragon that the king had promised him was named Timesh, with golden spots with bronze green spots, his father was Rego, and his mother was a sheep thief.
Queen Jane's words made Jeff's heart reassured, and his hanging heart fell to the ground, since the queen took the initiative to mention that she would reward him with a dragon, there was no need to mention it again during the toast, just toast sincerely.
Jeff raised his glass, poured it full, drank three glasses in one go, bowed again to His Majesty the King and His Majesty the Queen, said many beautiful words of praise, and then withdrew satisfied.
Daenerys Targaryen had a strange look on her face, and her big beautiful eyes sparkled: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Queen, are you going to give him Ti Mei?"
"Yes!" said Magic Mountain and Janie.
Daenerys smiled, beautiful and charming: "Well, Your Majesty the King and Queen, I also want to toast you three glasses of wine, for the sake of charm." Daenerys and the Magic Mountain looked at each other and knew what was going on. Damn Jeff's greed. What was in his head? How could he really think that His Majesty would reward him with a dragon? Daenerys doesn't know what the Tiger Jeff has done to make His Majesty want to burn him with the Dragon's charm.
Magic Mountain said: "Your Majesty, if you want to toast, you must be like them, full." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty. Daenerys smiled.
Although Missandei is already Her Majesty's General Secretary, she still serves the Queen as Daenerys's handmaiden on such occasions. She poured Daenerys a full glass of wine, and Daenerys toasted three glasses in a row, the golden liquid running down her delicate chin and onto her chest. The queen doesn't care, the wandering and bumpy life experience has made her rough and delicate, gentle and heroic.
"Your Majesty, you should not drink too much wine. Jon Clinton whispered, "The little devil is also here, and I fear that in a moment there will be hundreds of people lining up to toast the king and queen, and I have never seen such a political assembly." Jon said it very tactfully, with his character, when he returned, or when he was nowhere to go in private, he would definitely speak harshly about the king, and he would never show mercy.
The little devil walked over with a glass of wine and a grin, swaying and burping. An exotic maid was less dressed, and when the little devil passed by, he did not forget to touch the handmaid's buttocks, and when the maid looked down at him, he smiled and said, "Are you free at night? ”
The maid's face flushed with shame. 127
"Still a virgin?" the little devil said in disbelief, then laughed. provoked the surrounding nobles to also burst into laughter.
"I am not short of gold, little girl, tell me who your master is? The little devil who had slipped away as he had said that he had slipped away came to the Magic Mountain, "My Honored, Great, Invincible, Wise, Wise, Saving My Life, Breaking My Heart, Please Accept the Pious Tribute of Your Servants." The little devil bowed deeply.
Demon Mountain looked at the little devil and didn't say a word.
"Your Majesty, I want to toast you with three glasses of wine, whether you accept it or not, I will fill it. "Gurgling, gurgling, the little devil poured wine and drank a horn cup with a coo.
"Little devil, I'm about to announce a major government affair, you have to keep me awake, otherwise, I will strip you naked and throw you into the pool in front of these adults. ”
The little devil burped, hurriedly stretched out his hand to cover it, and after a while, his face was full of apologies: "I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I drank too much just now." But don't worry, you announce government affairs, I will carry out, there will be no mistakes. ”
Goo-goo!
The little devil toasted three glasses of wine in a row: "Your Majesty, I have a request. ”
"Say!"
"When I come back to Braavos, can I also have a government conference in this format? ”
"Okay. ”
"That's great, thank you, Your Majesty, I love you to death, you are the greatest king. ”
"Little devil, as long as you hold a government council in this form, I will cut off your head. ”
The little devil's smile immediately froze on his face, one eye blinked, and the right side of his face twitched slightly, which must have something to do with Polivier's habitual twitching.
"Your Majesty, I would like to keep my head on my neck a little longer. ”
"Then take back your request. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty. The little devil shrugged his shoulders and showed a big self-deprecating smile, "Your Majesty, I ...... And one more ...... Small request. ”
"Say!"
"Allow me to toast three glasses of wine to Her Majesty the Queen. ”
Jenny smiled slightly, and raised the white jade wine glass, her wine glass was extremely small, like a thumb, even if it was filled every time, it really couldn't hold much: "Fill it up!"
"I knew Her Majesty would give me glory. The little devil laughed and laughed, gurgling, he poured a full bottle of wine, poured it in a few sips, and then raised his glass to show it to everyone, and everyone coaxed and applauded together.
After the little devil left, as expected by Prime Minister Jon, more nobles stood up and came up to toast, but were blocked by the Kingsguard.
Magic Mountain looked at the Minister of Intelligence, Bernie Clegane, a short man who was a little taller than a dwarf, and he came to the king's side: "Your Majesty, the people I arranged are counting, and there will be no mistakes." ”
Count?
Yes!
The Magic Mountain asked Bernie to find more than 30 shrewd people who were good at counting, divided the work into pieces and tables, and recorded all the drinks of each governor, prince, and prince, as well as the types of wine, even including the appearance of drinking, what kind of dishes he liked to eat, etc., all of which were secretly recorded in detail and perfectly.
As for what to do in terms of statistics, the king did not say, and Bernie did not dare to ask.
The Magic Mountain waved his hand, and Bernie retreated silently. Moshan slowly stood up: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am almost full of wine for today's government affairs conference, while I can still stay sober, I announce that I will announce a few things." ”
Announce?
Didn't you say that it was discussed at a meeting?
Just announced it directly?
Has His Majesty drunk too much?
Some shrewd bigwigs are alive in their hearts.
"I have already discussed these government affairs plans with the imperial ministers and several governors, so I will not spend time talking nonsense at the banquet. Article 1: Currency unification, and all coins circulating in the market in the future will be made of Klegan banknotes. Every time the Klegane Bank issued a banknote, there was bound to be a corresponding equivalent amount of gold stored in the iron vault. Paper money and gold coins are freely convertible at the Klegan Bank. The governors, princes, and princes of each place automatically become partners in the local Clegane Bank, accounting for 40%, and these 40% require you to take out real money to enter the branch of the Clegane Bank. ”
Suddenly, there was silence in the huge restaurant.
The big deal of trading with paper money is so decided?
Most of the governors, good lords, and princes were stunned.
They received a letter from the government that they would come to a meeting to discuss and then vote on it. In the letter sent by the prime minister, he also said that if some areas are too resistant and the people will not accept it, there will be a period of reprisal.
But now listening to His Majesty the King, that reprieve has also been lifted.
Meeting to vote?
It's totally overthinking!
The king decreed directly!
The prince of the Midsummer Islands felt bitter, and his people were determined not to replace gold, silver, and copper coins with any paper money.
"No matter how unacceptable you may be, I know that it will be difficult for your people to accept it all at once, but I want you to give me a year, during which you will fully cooperate with the Klegane Bank in the transaction of paper money, and if after a year people still resist it, paper money cannot replace gold coins, then put it on hold. Moshan glanced at the audience, "The first thing I said was finished, which adult has questions?"