Chapter 0121 - Who Provoked Whom, Whose Knife Is Sharper
"Can I sit down and have another drink?" said Tyrion.
"You'd better hurry up. Cersei said lightly, "I don't want to see your little body fall from a high altitude, but there is a granite floor under the tower." ”
Tyrion said, "Well, if you have someone around you who can see something from the future or the past, and is almost like a god, I'll be jealous. ”
"Wizard prophecy again?"
"It's not just wizard prophecies, I've seen a lot of wizards, shamans, monks, all of them who hide their faces in their hoods. What I'm trying to say is that Will is using the oracle's identity to integrate the army. Army, when have you ever seen a wizard lead an army?" Tyrion walked to the window and pushed it open, "From here we can see the Baelor Grand Sanctuary, is the Baelor Grand Sanctuary armed?"
"The noble bastard Brin Rivers was an alien who possessed the bodies of birds and beasts, and he served as Prime Minister of two kings before being exiled by Aegon V to the Wall of Desperation as a night watchman. The so-called Chosen One did not also fulfill the position of Commander-in-Chief in the Night's Watch Legion. Cersei said contemptuously, in a disdainful tone.
"You're right, my old sister, Bryn Lantern Gawain has indeed achieved the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch, but he has tried to change the law of the Night's Watch, and he has tried to integrate the power of the Savages and the power of the Wolf Forest tribe. ”
Cersei's pretty blue eyes flashed a few times.
"So what? Even if Will wanted to do something, he was just trying to strengthen the Night's Watch. The Night's Watch will not engage in any war in the Seven Kingdoms, as it has been for eight thousand years. ”
"You're right again, my dear old lady. Tyrion walked back, unceremoniously poured himself a glass of wine, thought about it, he poured Cersei half a glass too, walked over and handed it to Cersei, with a sincere look in his eyes, Cersei took over.
Cersei hated Tyrion to the core, but she knew that some of Tyrion's advice needed to be heard, and Jaime often said that in front of her. Jaime is the only idiot who says good things about Tyrion.
"Brynden Gawain did not overturn the Law of the Night's Watch, which is the most fundamental difference. He has also disappeared outside the Great Wall for many years. I just wanted to remind you and my father that if we were to get revenge, even to the point of starting a war for James's sake - I'm sure Dad would, because Jaime was all his father's hope, and he had been hoping that Jaime would resign from the Kingsguard, inherit Castle Rock, and have a few more offspring for the Lannisters - and if you and Dad really had a plan, you had to take Will into account. Eight thousand years of the law of the night vigil have cracked. ”
Cersei looked at Tyrion playfully.
"A Night's Watch wizard scared you out, and if he grows strong and strong, isn't it the Starks of the North who will suffer first?"
"Yes, it's possible, but I'd rather believe that guy is going to help the North Stark than the other way around. ”
"Does he really dare to risk the Night's Watch in the Seven Civil Wars?
"There's nothing he doesn't dare to do. Tyrion said in a deep voice, "No matter what traditions are thousands of years old or what laws are tens of thousands of years old, they are insignificant in his eyes, and he will keep what he thinks is good for him, and he will abolish what is not." If he came out to object, he hanged him. That's my observation and conclusion about Will. When everybody thinks he's not going to do it, he's not going to do it, he's going to do it!"
Cersei chuckled, "There are more night watchmen, there won't be enough blankets in winter, do they have enough food for the winter? Savages and the Wolf Forest tribe, what do they eat and wear? I said, what are you worried about? You seem to be able to put down your glass." ”
Tyrion glanced at the already drunk wine glass, he put it down, and did not intend to pour it again, it was rare for Cersei to listen to him, he did not want to ruin the good chance of conversation with a glass of wine: "In addition to strengthening the army, he is doing other things: reclamation, planting, breeding, fishing, and hunting. and trade with the flatlanders, including the southerners. You know that a snowy wolf skin is very expensive to sell to Dorne. ”
"There are wolves in the Dorne Mountains, too. ”
Tyrion ignored Cersei's interruption: "I think the Wolf Grove tribe will come down the mountain to follow him and open a farmhouse on the Night's Watch's five hundred miles of land, and he will soon be able to collect a large amount of taxes." Once a trade point is established, you will be able to collect a money tax on southerners who go north to do business, including merchant ships on the other side of the Narrow Sea. Do you know what he sent them to do with two of the Night's Watch, Benson and Bunus, one with the Rangers to survey the geography outside the Wall, and the other to survey the Night's Watchman's five-hundred-mile territory. Flatlands, hills, streams, lakes, forests, mountains, and permafrost, distances, all have to be mapped and understood. ”
"What do you mean?"
"He was planning to build a town settlement and two trading points, land and sea. Tyrion spoke his mind.
Cersei couldn't help but laugh: "Building a city in the snow and ice outside the Wall? You said he sent someone to survey and map outside the Wall." ”
"Outside the Great Wall, there are mostly military forts. Tyrion said.
"Your words give me the impression that he wants to establish an independent state, but you say that he will be on the side of Stark? Isn't that a contradiction? Stark will allow the Night's Watch to establish an independent state in the North?"
Tyrion said, "I don't know if Will will build a country or not, but I'm disturbed by what Will has done. I can't prove anything now, but he was by no means a night watchman who was content to keep a vigil, I am pretty sure of that. In particular, he claims to represent the will of God, which will deceive many people into following him to the death. ”
"Well, what's your conclusion? I'll report this to our father. Cersei regretted listening to so much nonsense from this dwarf.
"If we're going to deal with Stark because of Jaime, take Will into account. If he comes to King's Landing this time, it's best to kill him. "Tyrion always felt that Will's potential threat was terrifying.
However, Cersei ignores Tyrion's concerns, and Cersei hates Stark, not Will: "It's not us who are going to deal with Stark, it's Stark who provoked the Lannisters first." Jaime is his father's hope, the heir to Castle Rock, and his father has been trying to convince Jaime to give up his position as the Kingsguard and return to him. But now my father didn't have to bother convincing Jaime anymore. After all, you are a superior skill, and you tricked Jaime into going to the other side of the Narrow Sea, and I really hope that you can take Jaime's place in his father's heart. Cersei sneered.
Tyrion said, "Cersei, you know I have no ill will ...... Jaime. ”
"Yes, my father and I can see your love for Jaime very clearly, especially this time. Cersei walked to the window and held the glass out, flipping it over, the red wine spilling, "Gods, Tyrion, I will pour out my wine from now on, and I will not give you a drop to drink again." Get out!"