Protecting the disciples from escaping, blatantly disobeying the edict of the Iron Throne, and having never paid taxes for many years, as the first traitor to jump out, the Crab Claw Peninsula must be fought.

But how to fight is a problem.

The Crab Claw Peninsula is named Peninsula because it is connected to the continent of Westeros, but its territory extends into the ocean. The special environment makes the geography of the peninsula very unique.

Mountains and swamps run parallel to each other, forests cover large areas, barren and barren, and the population is scarce.

The Crab Claw Peninsula is not very powerful, but it is very difficult to attack, and it has never been breached by anyone for thousands of years of history, whether it is the oldest Andal invasion or the era when hundreds of kingdoms were established side by side.

It wasn't until Aegon the Conqueror descended on Westeros that the people of the Peninsula bowed their knees when the situation was not good, but they surrendered because of the dragons and nothing else.

However, Baratheon has no dragons.

"The Crab Claw Peninsula is full of open swamps and dark swamps, and if you want to attack it, you will inevitably pay a great price." Bald Jon. Duke Arryn said to Lan Li, "But we can't let it continue to exist. ”

He shook his head as he spoke.

Lan Li knew something about this, although he had only participated in the Imperial Council once, but he had heard a lot of rumors living in the Red Keep during this time.

In fact, attacking the Crab Claw Peninsula is very much worth the loss, because even if it is defeated, it is useless, a forest wasteland, the population is not large, and there are no commendable resources to speak of.

Just from the Iron Throne leaving it there for more than ten years, you can understand how unappreciated that place is.

It's just that it's come to this, and they have to fight if they don't want to.

"I don't know much about military operations." After thinking about it, Lan Li spoke, "But maybe we can start from other aspects. ”

"Anything else?"

The old prime minister asked: "What way?" ”

"How many people can there be on the Crab Claw Peninsula?" Lan Li didn't answer right away, but asked a seemingly unrelated question.

"We don't know that." Jon Sr. replied, "The people of the Peninsula in Targaryen's days never paid taxes, and I am afraid they don't know how many people they have. ”

"Can it be more than 10,000?"

"It can't be as many as 10,000 people." Jon Sr. shook his head.

"Let's just have 10,000 of them." Lan Li said: "We will take out 10,000 golden dragons to reward these 10,000 people, one golden dragon for each person, Lord Jon, what do you think of this method?" ”

"This ......"

The old man was stunned for a moment, and then fell into deep thought.

The mercenary knights, riders, and mercenaries of Westeros are all poor jingles, and there are no job opportunities in non-war times, and many of them can't even afford to sleep in hotels, and being able to sleep in a stable and on the floor is already a relatively good treatment.

So don't say that a person has a head and a golden dragon, even if it is a person with a head and a silver moon, it is very attractive-

More than 200 years ago, the famous tyrant of the Targaryen Dynasty, Megaryen. The knights of the Knights, the sons of warriors, are also rewarded by the Targaryens, and there is only one golden dragon.

This kind of bounty can be called a huge one, if it is really announced, it will inevitably attract the entire Westeros continent of civilian armed personnel to flock to it, and if you think about it, these scattered people can just target the special environment of the Crab Claw Peninsula!

The crab claw peninsula is full of naturally formed traps, and it is very unfavorable for a large-scale army to attack, but if it is a group of three or five, or one or two mercenaries break in, the environmental restrictions of the peninsula are not so great.

Jon. Erin thought even more.

Is there really 10,000 people on the peninsula?

Even if there were 10,000 men, could they hold out until they died and not surrender to the last man?

"One golden dragon for ordinary civilians, an appropriate increase for minor nobles, ten, dozens, a hundred or even hundreds for the lord class." Seeing the old prime minister bowing his head in contemplation, Lan Li added: "At the same time, we can spread the news that the locals of the peninsula can also accept this kind of reward. ”

It's going to make them fight among themselves.

The old man was even more moved when he heard this, but he was worried.

"But how can we tell the identity of the bounty?"

"The identity of the lord class is relatively easy to identify, but it is not easy for ordinary people."

Lan Li thought for a moment and said, "But we can make a decision on the mercenaries who came to accept the bounty, such as leaving a little mark on their face or ear, piercing their ears, etc., so that we are not afraid that they will kill each other to pretend to receive the reward, and at the same time, if we really want to do this, we must blockade the Crab Claw Peninsula, only enter and not leave, so that the mercenaries will not run to other places to kill innocents." ”

"Maybe the people of the Crab Claw Peninsula will hide, or come together to resist?"

"Our bounty can last forever based on the number of heads, but the people of the peninsula can't get together all the time, they need to farm, they need to fish, they need to eat, drink, and ......"

……

Obviously, the old chief was quite moved by this proposal, but Lan Li could see that he had concerns again, and seemed to think that this method was too violent and full of blood.

Lan Li was noncommittal about this, because this trick was really not very decent.

So he didn't persuade much, and after a few simple chats, he left and left.

In Lan Li's opinion, the Crab Claw Peninsula is not a big deal at all, and it doesn't matter whether he fights or not, relatively speaking, he cares more about the situation in Westeros as a whole.

Earl Graffson of Seagull Town claims to confess some of the Targaryen-related families in the Vale, so there will inevitably be some kind of murder in the future, and Lan Li sees this as an opportunity, and even thinks about whether he can use this to "solve" the Vale once and for all.

And as long as the valley is dealt with, then in addition to Dorne, only the riverland of the Seven Kingdoms is not very stable...... Maybe the Iron Islands?

Thinking of this, Lan Li, who was walking in the direction of the throne hall, unconsciously frowned.

Ten years ago, he had talked to the king of the Iron Islands about many ways out of the Iron Islands, shipping, commerce, deepening ties with Westeros, being a sea coachman or something—

The maritime trade is hugely lucrative, and the Valerian family under the command of Lan Li once used the reselling between continents more than a hundred years ago to become the richest man in Westeros for a time.

The more than 30 islands of the Iron Islands, if they work together to develop here, it cannot be said that they will be the same as Valerian in the past, but they are always better than being a bandit who does not enter the stream, not that the money is better, but that the so-called ancient road is outdated.

Unfortunately, it is not clear whether it is due to the influence of the ancient road seeds, or if it is the original temperament, although the Greyjoy leader has developed the voyage trade over the years, he has not paid much attention to it, and his heart always wants to restore the ancient road and lead the Iron Islands to burn and plunder.

Because of the ancient path markers that can read minds, Lan Li knows this very well, and he thinks that Greyjoy is not an honest man, nor can he be called loyal at all, and if it is really profitable, he will be on the side of the Targaryens in every minute.

Thinking of this, Lan Li's footsteps suddenly paused.

"Why didn't I see the son that Greyjoy sent as a hostage?"

After the defeat that year, Greyjoy lost two sons, one was sent to King's Landing as a hostage, and the other was sent to the north as an adopted son, but he has been in King's Landing for a long time, why haven't I heard anything about the son who was a hostage?

He wondered a little about this, and decided to ask later, but before he could reach the throne room, a man he saw on the way made his mind move, and then squinted.

He seemed to have met the commander of the capital garrison named Genos Slint.

Raven Principal said

It's just two chapters today.,It's a bit of a card~.