The beginning of the year 295 was a tumultuous time, as the city of the Twin Rivers, which borders the north, was turned into an empty city overnight, and all the people of the Frey family disappeared, and the river below the city was occasionally washed out of the broken bones of the sticky flesh.

At the same time, a very serious wolf plague broke out in this area, the merchants passing through this area suffered heavy losses one by one, the northern trade route was blocked, and the Tuli family of the feudal lords of the river was currently recruiting soldiers to prepare to hunt and investigate the truth.

According to the merchants who came to King's Landing, a group of wolves that looked like people had appeared in the area of the Twin Cities, and the ordinary wolves were gathered by those monsters, so those monsters were murderers.

This incident was a strange story in King's Landing, but unfortunately the distance was far away, and no one could determine whether the news was true or false, and at the same time, there was no shortage of topics for people in King's Landing to talk about, so after the news circulated for a while, no one paid attention to it.

King's Landing is currently in turmoil due to a bounty.

The bounty on the Crab Claw Peninsula spread quickly throughout King's Landing, with mercenary riders who couldn't find suitable jobs due to non-war times signing up without hesitation, and some of the idlers began to call out for friends when they saw the high bounty, ready to make a fortune.

As a result, the huge city with a population of nearly 500,000 people continued to lose its staff, and nearly 30,000 people left in just one week, and at this time, the Iron Throne had not paid a single amount of money in the bounty except for some necessary preparations, and even after the preliminary number was reported, the bald king couldn't help but laugh.

But the king laughed, and the former Prime Minister Jon. Erin couldn't laugh at it, because he needed to strictly control everything during this bounty period, and during this time, his already small hair fell out several strands in a row - the preliminary preparations, the maintenance of the rules in the medium term, and the later payment of the bounty.

Bounties sound like a viable option, but there are a lot of loopholes to keep an eye on, the most important of which is to avoid fishing in troubled waters and to strictly limit killings to the interior of the peninsula.

This series of procedures is no easier than starting a war, and even more difficult because it is the first time to do such a thing.

Meanwhile, Jon. Erin also needs to keep an eye on what is happening in the Vale.

Earl Geralt Graveson of Seagull offered several lords and nobles who had come into contact with the Targaryens, but those few refused the Iron Throne's call to come to King's Landing to meet the king, and after several fruitless negotiations, the aging Duke of the Vale brazenly called on his lords to send troops to encircle and suppress the rebellion on his behalf—

Most of the Valley Lords were still in fact loyal to House Arryn, so as soon as the call appeared, they began to prepare for the coming war, and a few who were loyal did not jump to the opposing side, but chose to wait and see or perfunctory.

The final outcome of this matter has not yet been announced, but judging from the current situation, it is unlikely that the rebel camp composed of three lords will make any waves.

However, despite the stability, the old prime minister, or everyone at the Imperial Council, did not let their guard down on this, after all, no one knew what would happen until the danger was extinguished.

Lan Li was also staring at this matter, but he had a lot of things to work on recently, but he didn't put all his mind on it.

Not long ago, he had an interview with the fat archbishop of the church, and successfully persuaded him to start calling on the monks to boycott the Targaryens, but this did not mean that Lan Li had put out the idea of changing the archbishop, and he was still looking for a qualified candidate.

In addition to this, he was also busy presiding over the trial.

One of the king's daily jobs was to convene a court to try cases in the city, and one of Lan Li's main jobs was to advise the king at trial.

But Robert was an impatient man, and although he frequently attended important imperial councils due to various things during this time, it did not mean that he would also sit honestly in an iron chair to administer justice for the common people.

Even before the Targaryen incident, he didn't even attend the Imperial Council.

So the cheap brother threw the matter to Lan Li, the Minister of Justice.

In fact, the work of the Minister of Justice does not have the duty of presiding over the trial, and this kind of thing is normally the work of the Prime Minister, or what the King does not want to do, is the work of the Prime Minister, and in a sense, the Prime Minister is equivalent to the representative or stand-in of the King.

It's just that the old prime minister has been very busy recently, so this task falls on Lan Li.

The repeated hangings a while ago frightened many people, but also made Lan Li win a lot of praise among the civilian class, and at the same time, relying on his psychic talent, the cases he tried were basically not wrong, and even some of the victims in King's Landing who did not trust the Iron Throne have recently gone to the Red Keep to complain, and his work as the Minister of Justice has become more and more heavy.

This made Lan Li's prestige grow day by day, and the cost was that he had little time to do anything else throughout the day.

Lan Li was a little helpless about this, but he was not too upset by this, because he didn't really have anything important to do in the near future, except for keeping an eye on the situation in various parts of the Seven Kingdoms and the church, he could only prepare for the upcoming arrival of the Dorne envoys.

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"The number of personnel in the capital garrison has been sharply reduced to less than four thousand, my lord, should we start stabilizing people's hearts?"

Looking at the dark-haired young man sitting behind his desk with his head bowed in contemplation, Samwell, a barbarian with a bandage on his arm, asked.

The ferocious punishment and the high bounty made the people in the capital garrison panic, and some retail investors and bastards who had no backing behind them kept quitting their jobs during this time, and even their manpower became more and more insufficient.

"At the time of Viserys I, there were only 2,000 men in the garrison of the capital, and now we have nearly 4,000." Lan Li replied absentmindedly, but before the other party could respond, he changed his words.

"Recruiting people didn't go well?"

"There are a lot of people who sign up, but very few who qualify." The tall newly-promoted garrison commander replied.

He was attacked some time ago, but in fact the injury was not so serious, and it was announced to the public that the serious injury was just an excuse for Lan Li, and now it is only half a month before that incident, and he is almost fine.

"You don't need to be too strict, you can just guarantee loyalty." Lan Li put forward his opinion.

There is nothing lacking in this world, that is, there is no shortage of people, and a serious job is very attractive no matter where it is in the Seven Kingdoms, so even if the number of members of the garrison is greatly reduced, Lan Li does not care, and is even more happy to see it.

After such a toss, although the garrison of the capital city has become relatively fragile, it is much more powerful than before-

In Lan Li's opinion, although the carrion that was removed was very large, it was completely a drag, and the new skin, although it was still small, was under its control.

A fool can tell the difference between good and bad.

……

After chatting with the ancient man for a while about the situation of the garrison, Lan Li changed the topic and asked, "The Dornite you mentioned last time will really come with the envoys?" ”

"If it's really that Oberon who is leading the team, then she shouldn't be absent." Samwell the Barbarian replied.

Lan Li nodded when he heard this.

The "she" in the barbarian's mouth is a Dornite born more than 200 years ago, a member of the "League of Ancient People", but unlike the others, the one who is more powerful and hooked up with Prince Dorne's younger brother within a few years of arriving here, a guy nicknamed the Red Viper.