(Today, Monday, two more, one chapter first.) ）

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People have no long-term worries, but they must have near-term worries!

The Magic Mountain has foresight!

He thought far ahead, thought a lot, but it had little to do with the war of the strangers in the north.

In the war between the Northern Army and the Night's Watch and the Strangers, the Magic Mountain decided to give moral support and material selfless help, as for letting himself go to the danger in person, the purpose of the Magic Mountain is to push it if it can, and not to push it again.

With a huge military strength like the Mother of Dragons as the backup for the future, the Magic Mountain hopes that the Clegane army can bypass the war with the Strangers head-on in order to preserve its own strength.

It is more in the interests of the Magic Mountain to die someone else's legion than to die your own.

Since he has crossed into this world, the magic mountain does not have the blood and height to become a savior, unless he can also have a dragon. He knew the general trend of the world's trajectory: the stranger would be defeated by the Terrans again, and this was a doomed end. This continent has experienced the darkest hour, when the Terran forces, weapons, situation, and the degree of tearing between the Terrans and the humanoids are worse and more fragile than they are now, but the Terrans still defeated the Aliens, this is the will of the gods on the continent!

Since he didn't plan to lead his troops to the Wall as a savior, that was the mission of Daenerys Targaryen, the Mother of Dragons. Naturally, Magic Mountain has other plans: to develop its own strength: to quietly develop its own military strength and economic strength.

Whether it is military strength or economic strength, one of the most important resources is needed: talent!

In Seagull Town, there's a special talent: the Craftsman!

It is the gathering place of the best tailors of the Seven Kingdoms, and the garments produced here are sold all over the world, as far as the cities of the Far East, the other end of the world: the eastern giant city of Ashia, 20,000 miles away.

Seagull is famous for two things: the wheat beer brewed by the Riverlanders, which is marketed in the nine free trade city-states of the Narrow Sea, and the skilled craftsmen: local tailors with unrivaled skills!

Each port city has its own unique characteristics, such as the White Harbor of the North, there is another kind of skilled craftsman: the silversmith with unique skills!

If you can make fine silver, you can make beautiful gold.

Magic Mountain led troops out this time, not only to come to Seagull Town to grab tailors, but also to go to White Harbor in the north to bring a group of silversmiths to the west to make unique gold and silverware.

Fine costumes and silverware, these things, are the most interesting and profitable goods for the wealthy on the other side of Westeros and the Narrow Sea.

The Earls of Mandalay did not make good use of the silversmiths of White Harbor, and the Graffsons of Seagull Town did not respect Seagulltown's amazing craftsmanship passed down from generation to generation: local tailors!

Neither the Mandalay family nor Graffson has formed an industrial chain in this regard.

The military purpose of the Magic Mountain this time is not to work for the Lannister family, the Mother of Dragons will attack Westeros in the near future, geographically speaking, the first thing the Mother of Dragons will attack is the cities along the coast of the Narrow Sea, not the western border on the other side of the continent.

At that time, Dragonstone Island in Magic Mountain will be the first stop and the first battle of the Mother of Dragons!

The Mountain doesn't want to fight Daenerys in the first battle, and he decides to give up Dragonstone when Daenerys arrives. Gavin Westerling, the manager of Dragonstone, will lead all his troops back to the west.

In order to be rich and strong, the western border, which is in a remote corner of the country, needs talents.

Talent is not only a fierce general who fights on horseback, nor is it just a strategist who can conspire and trick, but also a farmer who can farm the land, a weaver who can weave cloth, a craftsman who can make gold and silver objects, a weapon master who can make sharp swords, and a builder who can build castles......

Without the great nobles valuing, protecting, developing, and respecting the various skilled talents among the commoners, Moshan decided to change this situation by increasing the social status and income of skilled craftsmen, and bringing in a large number of these truly useful talents from all over the world!

The world-famous tailors of Seagull Town are trembling, unaware that their fate is about to change!

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In Eagle's Nest City, the halls of the main castle are full of valley nobles.

On the throne of the hall sat the obese Lyza Tully. For more than two years after the death of Prime Minister Jon Arryn, she was in a good mood and thought that eating was the foundation of happiness, and she soon fattened herself into a super fat woman who had difficulty walking and 'going down to the city to sit in a hanging basket'.

But this did not affect her good mood, because Petil Berish's love for her was not diminished by her obesity.

Petyr Berish loved her very much!

On the throne, Lysa Tully carried the eight-year-old Duke Robert Arryn in her arms, and next to her stood the little finger of Duke Petyr, who looked like a lord. The castle's maesters and captains of the guard stood on the next step.

In the middle of the hall is the famous Moon Gate, and under the colonnades on both sides of the Moon Gate, there are all the nobles of the valley, and the eight powerful nobles of the valley are here. They came because they opposed Lysa Tully marrying Duke Petyr, and against Duke Robert Arryn becoming Lord Petyr's adopted son, and firmly opposed - Petyr became Duke Robert's guardian and managed the valley with Lysa Tully until Duke Robert Arryn celebrated his coming-of-age ceremony.

Lysa Tully looked at Petyr, dressed in an aristocratic dress, with a straight waist and a dashing figure, with a silver crest pinned to his chest: Imitation Bird!

From top to bottom, in the eyes of Lysa Tully, Petyr Berish was extravagant and talented, unmatched.

There was no smile on Petil Berlishi's face, he slowly took out a letter, and said lightly: "Count Jon Royce of Runestone City, Count Cobray of Heartland City, Count Kouwart of Coldwater City, Countess Weywood of Iron Oak City, Count Rayford of Red Base City, Count Hunt of Longbow Hall, Count Belmore of Hongge City, and Tamperton Knight of Nine Star City...... The Magic Mountain is coming, and more than 100 warships and more than 10,000 soldiers have besieged Seagull Town. May I ask you, who dares to lead an army to retreat from the enemy?"

There was a sudden silence in the noisy hall!

A teenager stepped forward: "Lord Petyr, when did the Demon Mountain besiege Seagull Town?"

"Guard Gales Graffson, half an hour ago. "This is a letter from your father, Count Geralt Graffson, to the Eagle's Nest, asking for help from Duke Robert Arryn. ”

"Lord Duke, what did my father say in the letter?"

"Count Geralt said that the Magic Mountain had made a request not to attack Seagull Town for half a day, and after half a day, as long as the valley did not submit to Tommen Baratheon I, the magic mountain would destroy Seagull Town, and then break the blood gate, burn the Giant's Spear, and sweep across the valley plains. ”

"Lady Lyza, the Magic Mountain can't break Seagull Town in a short period of time. Bronze Jon, the most powerful patriarch of the Royce family in the valley, stood up and said, "I am willing to go down the mountain, return to Rune City, and lead the navy of Rune City to go around behind the Magic Mountain Navy and attack the fleet of the Demon Mountain." ”

"Lady Lysa, I'm afraid this is not appropriate. Baron Lynn Cobray, the younger brother of the Earl of Cobry and the heir to the family, stepped forward, "mainly because time is too late." ”

The powerful nobles in the valley all spoke of Madame, and no one called Lord Petyr, and the hostility of this rejection was obvious.

Petyr Berish was not affected by the nobles' disrespect for him in the slightest, he still regarded himself as a lord, and he did not know anything about himself: "Count Jon Royce, it will take you two days and two nights to get down to Eagle's Nest City, it will take seven days and seven nights to return to Runestone, and it will take two days and two nights to gather the navy to attack and go around the port of Seagull Town, a total of eleven days without stopping, do you think Seagull Town can hold out until eleven days later?"

Bronze Jörn's Stopper!

Guard Gales Graffson was anxious, he was the youngest son of Count Geralt, who had been sent by Count Geralt to serve as a guard for Duke Robert.

"Lord Petyr, what should I do in your opinion?"

"Write back to Count Geralt, and the valley surrenders. The siege of Seagull Town is lifted. Petyr said.

Rumble!

The nobles of the valley suddenly exploded, although he was a knight, but his strength was not lost to the earl, Sir Simon Tamperton of the Nine Star City stood up and shouted: "Madam, Robb Stark, the king of the north, has sent troops south, crossed the neck, and entered the twin river cities, we would rather serve the king of the north as the king than the illegitimate son of the Lannister." ”

His words were echoed by the nobles of the Valley.

Littlefinger Petyr smiled slightly: "I agree with the Knight of Semon, then, Knight Semon, are you willing to take the place of Duke Robert Arryn of the Vale as an emissary to swear allegiance to the King of the North." ”

"Ma'am, I do," said Simon Tampaton, "and Simon is willing to be a messenger of the valley and swear allegiance to the King of the North. ”

"We will not swear allegiance to Robb Stark. Lysa Tully said categorically, looking at Littlefinger, "Lord Duke, why do you think we need to swear allegiance to the people of the North, even if the Demon Mountain destroys Seagull Town, can he break our blood gate? No one can break our blood gate, unless there is a dragon in the Demon Mountain!"

"No, ma'am, I think we can swear allegiance to Robb Stark as well as to the Iron Throne, as long as they don't come to us for trouble, don't pay large taxes, don't obey orders, and a false promise in words can save us from the real war, why not?"

Littlefinger's words caused a burst of boos from the nobles of the valley! Many people scolded Littlefinger for having no glory and being a shameful sheep shitman, and the scene was extremely chaotic!

Before becoming Duke of Harrenhal, Petyr Berish had a fief on the Littlefinger Peninsula of the Five Fingers Peninsula in the easternmost part of the valley. The Pinky Peninsula is covered only with goat poop and moss, in addition to raging waves and brown rocks.

When the nobles of the Vale express their anger and contempt, they like to humiliate Petyr Berish as Lord.

Guard Gales Graffson said loudly, "My lords, Seagull Town is the richest, largest, most prosperous, and most populous city and port in our Valley, and if Seagull Town is slaughtered by the Magic Mountain, it will be a great loss to our Valley. “

"In half a day, we can't send troops to Seagull Town, but we can send ravens to deliver a letter to the Magic Mountain. I respect the opinions of all adults on how to write this letter. But I would like to remind you: for the safety of Seagull Town, reach an agreement as soon as possible!"

"Lord Sheep, according to your opinion, you will pretend to agree to the Demon Mountain first?" said Lin Rui Kobrui.

Lin Rui is a famous swordsman who owns a Valyrian steel sword: Lady Empty Silence! He became famous eighteen years ago in the Usurper War, where he killed a famous figure of the Royalist Army on the battlefield and was rewarded with the sword of the Lady of Empty Silence by his father.

"On the battlefield, politically, there is no reality, there is no reality, there is no reality. Of course, my opinion doesn't fit the glory requirements of the Knights of Semon, but I would like to remind you that Vale has been loyal to the Iron Throne before, and this time it was worth pretending to fool the Magic Mountain in order to save Seagull Town from being burned to the ground in the flames of war. ”

Knight Simon sneered: "Lord Duke, you said that you swore allegiance to the Iron Throne, and you also said that you swore allegiance to the King of the North, after the news came out, what did the Lannister and the Stark family think of the Valeers? What do the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms think of us? If the Lannisters and Stark send emissaries to inquire at the same time, how should we answer?"

"I think that's a good answer, Simon Knights. If the Iron Throne sends someone to ask, I'll answer that we're only pretending to promise the Northerners, but it's the Iron Throne that we're genuinely loyal to. For the Northerners, my answer is the same. Why don't we let the lions and the wolves fight to the death? When they are both defeated, but the valley retains its greatest strength, it will be easy to support whomever we want to support, or if we want to gain more power in the palace, or if we continue to maintain our independence. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, I think Littlefinger's despicable tricks are a good temporary solution. ”

Little Finger smiled slightly, his face was thicker than the city wall, and he was not ashamed!

"Then do it!" said Lysa Tully, "just a false verbal promise, first stabilize the Magic Mountain, let him withdraw his army, our Seagull Town cannot be ransacked by him, we have shops and merchant ships in Seagull Town." ”

"This is ridiculous, my lords, all the knights of our valley will lose their glory. Simon Tampton shouted.

A narrow smile appeared on his face: "Ladies and gentlemen, after stabilizing the Demon Mountain first, Knight Simon can lead his troops to Seagull Town to attack the Demon Mountain garrison." Count Jon Roy can also lead the navy to attack the Magic Mountain battleship, and I support you in any way you want to abuse the Magic Mountain. Also, let me tell you to reply quickly, otherwise Seagull Town will be in danger. “

After a round of angry shouting, everyone raised their hands and voted to agree that the nobles who had pretended to submit verbally prevailed, and the maester immediately wrote back to Lord Earl Geralt Graffson, asking him to verbally tell the Magic Mountain that the Vale would submit to the Iron Throne.

Let people tell it verbally, not in black and white, this is an invalid surrender, and there are too many excuses to regret it in the future. For the sake of Seagull Town, most people still think that Littlefinger's expediency is appropriate, although it is not in keeping with the excellent qualities of loyalty, blood, and integrity of the nobles of the Vale.

The Bachelor wrote a reply and showed it to Mrs. Rysa Tully, but the Lady did not read it at all, and waved her hand for the Scholar to present the letter to Littlefinger: "Bachelor, from this day onwards, all correspondence, big and small, please let the Duke of Petyr know. ”

"Yes, ma'am!" said the maester respectfully.

The nobles in the hall looked at each other!

They had spoken too much of Littlefinger's ill words in front of Lady Rysa Tully, but Madame apparently hadn't listened to a word. She had given power to the Duke of Harrenhal in the Riverlands, which already showed that the person she was going to marry was Littlefinger, not any of them.

The Bachelor presented the letter to Littlefinger, who took it and looked at it, frowning slightly, he revised the letter on the spot, folded it, and told the Bachelor to go to the Bachelor's Tower to release the raven.

The maester opened the letter before sealing the wax, and glanced at it hurriedly: Lord Count Geralt, tell Lord Gregor that the Vale submits to the Iron Throne. Ask Lord Gregor to lead his troops to attack Runestone City immediately.

Ruestine, the castle of the Royce family, the most powerful in the Valley, is located on an island in a U-shaped bay.

The Bachelor Wax sealed the letter and let the ravens fly!

At the same time, in the hall of the main castle, Littlefinger stood beside the high throne of Lysa Tully and announced with a smile: "My lords, I am here to announce a great event, my wedding with Lady Ryza Tully will be officially held in seven days, whether you agree or not, participate or not, we will all be officially married." ”