Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Resurgence of Strife (5)
Jones actually knows very little about sociology, so he doesn't have any compulsion in mind whether his complaints are justified or not.
So far, his general direction has been to find a way to get civilians out of the land, and then slowly develop Lava City into a commercial city.
When Jones chatted with the merchants on the other side of the Narrow Sea, he found that the free trade city-states were already ahead of Westeros, and one proof of this was that the Sea King of Braavos already had an assembly line shipyard, where a three-masted ship could be produced in a day, which was beyond the reach of all of Westeros.
Of course, for Jones, the starting point for many of the above thinking and comparisons is based on the fact that this is a completely secular world.
And what he has to do today is explore other possibilities in this world.
After his head has been lowered for a long time, he has to raise it to see, this is his reminder to himself.
So, he decided to visit his neighbor today, a witch, a witch who could do magic.
Even if Dr. Malween didn't reply, Jones knew that when they were stationed at the Noble Heart that day, they had encountered a real witch, and that her methods were the same as the red-robed monk's flaming sword.
Jones also prepared for this for a while, for example, to let Carter explore the way first.
For example, the collection of Qingting Island Red Wine, Reese White Wine, Telosi Fire Wine, Mill Light Green God Wine and Dorne Summer Red Wine, although there is no legend of hundreds of thousands of years of the best, but they have all been confirmed to be genuine, and it is also a golden dragon that cost Jones a lot.
Therefore, this time Jones will not be as easy to pass as he was on the last march.
The twenty mercenaries he brought with him were another temptation.
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The horses ran down the hillside, through the cyan walls, less than half a meter wide and seven or eight meters high, and finally swayed across the moat from the newly built wooden suspension bridge.
Jones didn't stop to say anything to the sentry on the tower, and those who should have known that he was leaving naturally knew.
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They ran all the way to the northeast, and out of the disturbance of the creek, it was generally a very easy way to walk.
Almost all of the wheat fields you see along the road have been harvested, but very few of the charred fields have been ploughed.
"It's a pity that there is still a lack of iron, otherwise the iron plough would have been popularized a long time ago, and now they still use wooden ploughs, which is too inefficient. ”
Using iron instead of wood is not a difficult idea, and the Westeros can also think of it, the key is still the problem of money.
However, the Riverlands are a fertile place, and even if those people grow it casually and don't know what artificial fertilizer is, the harvest is good every season, and it can be supplied not only to themselves, but also to King's Landing, and even to the other side of the Narrow Sea.
It's just that now after the devastation of the war, the food in the riverland is now almost unable to feed itself.
Some time ago, the city had already grabbed food with the squirrels and ate acorn paste, which was bitter, and Jones just tasted it and squirted out......
Jones didn't think of any good way to solve the problem of food, so he could only hope to survive this time.
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"If only the witch knew what magic was to urge food to grow. ”
"If only that witch could shorten the growth cycle of the seed. ”
"That witch can find ore and smelt metal. ”
"It would be nice if she could increase my lifespan. ”
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"She would be a witch disguised not as a dwarf old woman, but as a thigh-length witch because she was so beautiful. ”
The closer he got to the noble heart, Jones found that he could associate almost everything with witches.
"I'm really looking forward to it!"
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Tywin asked Tyrion to lead the troops, he wanted to refuse, but he didn't have the right to refuse.
After the Frey's cousin came, it took less than half a day for Tyrion to find out his character.
Probably thanks to his aunt Gina Lannister's strength at home, Tyrion discovered that his cousin Clio Frey was not unafraid of Lannister.
Especially when his cousin chatted with him about his father, Tywin, his eyes would be evasive, and even his speech would be intermittent.
This made Tyrion find such a negotiator for the wolf family and the fish family in his heart, and silently sympathized for a moment, of course, only for a moment.
Then Tyrion called "cousin" and "cousin".
Wine and prostitutes greet at the same time, weapons that Tyrion is most familiar with.
Although the cousin refused many times in the middle, he couldn't match the mouth of the little devil after all.
In the next few days, he had a general understanding of the conditions of the various negotiations, and the importance of them.
First of all, Duke Eddard Stark must be released in its entirety.
However, the accusations of Duke Stark's crimes, such as his involvement in King Robert's death and his covetion of King Joffrey's throne, have been disputed for a long time.
Then, Sansa Stark and Arya Stark are to be released safely, and Sansa is going to break off her engagement to Joffrey.
Well, this one wouldn't have been a big deal.
But when Tyrion spoke to his father, he learned that the King's Landing gang had let a ten-year-old girl escape, and now they guessed that the little girl would either starve to death, be beaten to death, or be raped to death...... Anyway, it's supposed to be dead, so this is also a place to argue.
Finally, there is a mess of issues such as the war reparations in the Riverlands, the ownership of Harrenhal, the exchange of prisoners, the handling of certain people, and the subsequent allegiance to King Joffrey and the subsequent payment of taxes to the Iron Throne......
After Tyrion told his father everything his cousin knew, he took him to the Ember Hall in Harrenhal.
The ground here was as wide as a lake, and two rows of Westerners, dressed in full armor and with their metal masks pulled down, could not see any expression, armed with spears in hand, lined up like statues.
"Cousin's legs are shaking," Tyrion noticed as he walked down the hall with Cleo.
Yes, he should tremble, Tyrion thought to himself, and my father sat alone on a high platform in red leather armor, looking down coldly at the people who came, even if I was a little frightened by his expressionless and majestic face, let alone my cousin.
"In front of you is Tywin Lannister, the Duke of Castle Rock, the Shield of Lannister, the Supreme Guardian of the West, and the father of the Queen Regent. ”
Standing at the bottom, Tyrion's uncle, Kevon Lannister, proclaimed in a loud voice, "Who's the one who came?"
"I'm ...... I'm Clio Frey!"
Tyrion heard his cousin stammer, and then the atmosphere fell into an awkward silence.
"I'm here to negotiate. The cousin suddenly popped out again.
Tyrion wanted to laugh, but in such a serious situation, he decided to control himself and covered his mouth tightly. My cousin had told him many times before he came that when he saw Tywin, he would first reprimand him for not immediately receiving him, and even swore an oath to it.
Now these condemnations have obviously been eaten by himself.
"You say," Lord Tywin spoke for the first time, his words short but commanding.
This is not a negotiation at all, Tyrion thought to himself.
"Ahem," my cousin coughed twice and straightened up, probably because of the fright, his voice became a little sharp,
"On behalf of the Stark family, the supreme guardians of the North, and the Tully family, rulers of the Three Rivers, I ...... to Tywin Tywin Lannister made the following demands: First, the immediate release of Eddard Stark, Duke of Winterfell, and his acquittal. Second, immediately release Amud Tully, as well as the princes and knights of the Riverlands, including Tytos Blackwood and Genos Brecon. 3. Immediately release Sansa Stark, the daughter of the Duke of Winterfell, and annul her marriage to Joffrey Baratheon. Fourth, immediately release Arya Stark, the daughter of the Duke of Winterfell. Fifth, immediately release the northern princes and knight captives. Sixth, immediately withdraw and return Harrenhal and the Tullys. 7. The estimates and claims for compensation for the war losses in the Riverlands are as follows......"