Chapter 91: War Money?
Strictly speaking, this is another ill-conceived accident - his plot to destroy Littlefinger has succeeded, and so far: Petyr himself has lost ground in King's Landing, the final pawn he has planted in the valley is facing encirclement and suppression, and the grand ambitions of a generation of conspirators have been dug up by his own traverser with a wave of his hand, and the sun has been blown away. But when he came up with this idea, he only thought of Petyr alone, and forgot that among the adulterous men and women in the content, there was also a woman......
As a result, now the interests of this "smart" traverser himself are also threatened by unbridled rumors...... Egg smiled bitterly, there is really no such thing as the best of both worlds, it is normal to get a villain so easily, and it is normal to have a little side effects. Now what I need is to judge the future direction of the situation and try to profit from it, if not if not, at least to mitigate the damage it may cause.
As an outsider, Egger, who has limited knowledge of the world, is bound to be skewed when he deduces the development of the situation on his own, and it would be much better to have a well-read person who grew up in Westeros to refer to and participate in the discussion.
Tyrion learned the news that night.
After some discussion, the two came to a very bad conclusion: war may be inevitable.
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From the point of view of the time-traveler who knows the truth, what the "League of the Righteous" did is not an exaggeration to say that it is righteous: to take the young son of the former feudal monarch from his sick and neurotic mother, who murdered her own husband, to be raised and educated by several large families who have no objections, and slowly grow into a qualified ruler of the valley who is physically and mentally healthy, capable of civil and martial, and knows honesty and morality...... The ideal is beautiful, but the problem is that although the message released by Iger is the truth, it is spread by word of mouth in the form of rumors, which is doomed: the world can believe it, but it must not disturb the ruling order!
As the king of the Andals, the ancestors and the Royna, the lord of the Seven Kingdoms and the guardian of the whole territory, Robert could never accept that one of his great vassals was suddenly controlled by a group of lower vassals. If this kind of farce is allowed to run rampant, the authority of the top ruler will be greatly trampled on - not being able to protect the vassal is the greatest shame of the feudal king, even if the accusation of Lysa Tully is confirmed, it can only be dealt with by the king, and it is not your turn to mess around!
It's overbearing, but that's how feudal society works.
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"The Iron Throne and this ...... 'Alliance of the Righteous' should be negotiating in the air for a while, but there is a high probability that there will be no results. Tyrion analyzed: "Robert has made many compromises in order to stabilize the country after the establishment of the new dynasty - he has given up the royalism of Dornemartell and the Tyrell family of Riverbend, married my eldest sister in exchange for an alliance with the Lannisters, and appointed Jon Arryn as Prime Minister to stabilize the three families of Stark, Tully, and Arryn who have received no equal benefits and credits after the war...... The above are all big families, although it is embarrassing to compromise with them, it is not ashamed, but which onion is the Royce and Weywood family?"
"Moreover, our good king has been idle for several years, and his hands are already itching, and the martial arts conference can no longer satisfy him. The dwarf frowned, "Even if it's just to re-experience the feeling of leading troops, Robert won't make the slightest compromise." And what kind of alliance is that, since it has already started, it is absolutely impossible to let go of the results it has achieved and go home in disgrace and wait to accept sanctions!"
Just as he did not deny Robert's mediocrity, Iger did not dare to ignore his military ability, he was both a king and a good general, fighting him was one of the stupidest things in the world of ice and fire, and the fate of Baron Greyjoy's rebellion was the best warning: "Where is the confidence of these people?
"Their confidence was the strained finances of the Bloodgate and the kingdom—to put it simply: a perilous pass that had never been conquered, and Robert's empty purse. Tyrion said, "For thousands of years, there has been zero record of the Bloodgate being breached head-on, and the League of the Righteous itself outwitted it with a traitor, so it will not give Robert the opportunity to do the same...... As for the lack of money in the treasury, as long as there are eyes and ears in the court, they will basically know it, and when Robert's army is deflated under the blood gate, they will eat and drink in place for a month or two, and they will not be able to compromise if they want to. ”
"There is no money in the treasury, and in the event of war, Robert will certainly borrow money from his vassals. I see, Egger shuddered: "Our creditors are very likely to redeem the bonds, and even the investment that has just been negotiated is likely to fail!"
"That's right, the situation we are facing now is very troublesome......" Tyrion also gasped: "If Robert goes to the Arryn Valley, my father will definitely send troops to help more or less, although my family has a lot of money, but it does not fall from the sky, and now it becomes impossible for me to even borrow money from my family......"
"We have to settle the account, what kind of test can our capital chain withstand at present?"
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After some addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, they came to the conclusion that they immediately dismissed all employees, stopped the construction of the factory, did not pay wages and defaulted on the construction of the project, concentrated all the money in their hands, including private property and the Iron Throne's "appropriation" to the Night's Watch, and gave up thinking about the next food, drink, and lodging problems, and the capital chain could withstand seventy percent of the redemption amount - this is a good result, this is the result of the game just beginning, and they did not spend money indiscriminately.
If the redemption volume is less than half, the business can continue on a low scale, but the capital chain is precarious and faces the danger of breaking at any time; if it is more than half and less than seventy, then the two can only survive and hope that Robert can quickly win the return to the dynasty; if it is higher than seventy percent, then Iger can roll up and prepare to go east to join the dragon mother, and Tyrion can also start working on drafts to think about how to beg Daddy Tywin to clean up the mess for himself.
After all, Tyrion is Tywin's son, even if he is disgraced, he will not suffer too much, but he is a night watch deserter who failed to engage in "fraud" in King's Landing and ran away, what does the dragon mother want to accept you?
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"It's impossible to ......" Egg's face was slightly distorted because of his anger, and it felt uncomfortable to be cut off from his wealth, the key was that it was not a certain "person" who might be about to cut off his wealth now, and he didn't even have a place to vent his anger.
"Don't worry, the more anxious you are, the more you can't think of ideas, we are the first to know the news. Tyrion reassured him, "Think about what you can do with this time difference?"
The three words of time difference suddenly reminded Egg, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind: before the crossing, if he accidentally learned this kind of inside information, what would he do?
Throw away the stocks that may have fallen sharply due to this bad news, and turn to the military-related market.
Even if this war breaks out, it will only be a partial fight, even if Robert returns under the bloody gate, several counts in the valley will not have the courage and strength to counterattack the Arryn Valley, on the contrary, in this local war, after venting part of their strength, and after the internal contradictions accumulated in the past few years are transferred and vented, the overall situation in Westeros will stabilize for a while - their financial game will not collapse, as long as they grit their teeth and survive this period!
"We immediately purchased a large amount of grain, grass and armaments, and as soon as the news came out, the price of these things will definitely rise sharply, and we will use the price difference to make money and maintain the stability of the capital chain!"
"What?" Tyrion was startled, "Who would buy a lot of this stuff all of a sudden?
"I'm not a normal person, you forgot again. Egger narrowed his eyes, and suddenly felt that this idea had a play: "I am the chief logistics officer of the Night's Watch, and the 100,000 savages outside the fortress are approaching the desperate Great Wall, in order to prepare for war, I have purchased a large amount of grain and grass and armaments and plan to send them to the Great Wall, who can say anything more? Ed will at most put pressure on me not to raise the price, and it is impossible to cut off my head because of this! As long as I do a good job of eating and acting, and then play a more realistic trick, I can definitely do it!"
Tyrion stared at Egg for a moment, realizing that the other party was indeed the head of the Night's Watch's general logistics, but it was too dangerous to make war money and take food from the tiger's mouth, should you gamble like this?
Pregnant!
The dwarf's face regained his looks: "Indeed, there is nothing wrong with you buying grain, grass and ammunition, but it is still too dangerous to operate, I will give you a way: take the initiative to give up the majority of the profits, and everyone can make a fortune together, so as to keep peace." ”
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