The next day, Castle Rock, Lannister Main Fort Hall.

Duke Tywin's voice was not high, but it was as majestic as substance: "The knights of the whole Westland are here, I have a few things to announce today, and everyone can put forward any opinions." ”

The audience was silent, and no one spoke.

This pleased Lord Tywin.

He likes the vassals to listen to it, and the so-called opinions can be raised, which is just a polite and humble speech.

Of course, Tywin doesn't reject real opinions, and the key point is that you have to think deeply about your opinions and have a complete set of logic to back them up, otherwise, you must not speak.

"The first thing is that all the mineral salt operations in the entire western territory will be recovered from Kaiyan City. The small shops that sell salt under the Sir Brothers are no longer in stock, and the stock will end when they are sold out. All the salt mined in the mines of the West was brought to Kaiyan City. Do you have any opinions?"

The audience was silent.

Tywin said, "Very well, since everyone agrees, then I have appointed Sir Kevon as Minister of Salt in the West, and only snow salt will be allowed to be sold in the West. In the first six months, the price of snow salt is the same as that of mineral salt, and after half a year, the price will increase by 20%. But once it is sold to the outside world, the price of snow salt will increase by two times. In each vassal's territory, a fixed amount of snow salt is allocated, and the monthly custom quota can only be reduced, not increased. Do you have any comments?"

The quota is to prevent vassals from buying salt from Kaiyan City at a low price and selling it outside at a high price. As soon as the quota is calculated, you only need to go outside and sell it at a high price, and you and the people in your territory will have no salt to eat.

The audience was silent, and no one disagreed.

"Sir Kevon?"

"I accept the arrangement of the Duke to accept the official position of the salt affairs in the West. ”

"Good. The second thing is that all the vassals in the western realm must send two generals to Kaiyan City within three days to learn the method of commanding the army of the military outpost. As for the military posts, it is forbidden to spread them to the realms of other dukes. If it is found that someone leaked it, it will be severely punished by military law. ”

Tywin's gaze slowly swept across the room, and everywhere he looked, everyone lowered their eyes and stopped looking at him.

There were still no dissenting views.

"Sir Ralph Clegane. ”

Raffard hurriedly stood out of the queue and answered, "Yes, Lord Duke." ”

"I appointed you as the chief instructor of the training of the military posts in the western territory, and gave you a month to train two generals under the vassal banners of the entire western territory to master the method of controlling the army of the military posts, a cavalry general and an infantry general, what is your opinion?"

The usual smile of the sweet-mouthed Raff was completely gone, and he was serious and cold: "Yes, Lord Duke." ”

This is the great honor that the Duke has given to the Clegane family, and it is also the honor of Sweetmouth Raff.

"After the training of the generals of Kaiyan City, within two months, I will test the method of controlling the army of all the legions under the vassal in the western territory, and conduct all the formation changes, the military outpost method of the combat march, and the legion that fails to pass the assessment, the lord and the general will be severely punished by military law. Fellow vassals, who disagrees?"

The audience remained silent, and no one dared to raise objections.

Tywin's gaze slowly swept over the hundred Jazz Knights in the audience again, and he was used to slowly scanning the whole audience every time he said something.

"The third thing, from today onwards, the whole Western Frontier will start with the big nobles and promote the use of chopsticks. Within half a year, all the nobles, knights, legions, and commoners in the Western Territory used chopsticks to completely replace the iron tableware. Steel is so precious that the price of iron ore sold to us by the Iron Islands is increasing every year. ”

"In all vassal domains, from tomorrow, blacksmiths will no longer be allowed to use iron tools to make large quantities of plates and knives, and the production of any iron cutlery will cease. Maester Potter, tell them what the benefits are. ”

Master Potter cleared his throat: "My lords, I calculated last night that every year we save iron tools used to make iron tableware and daily necessities, such as washbasins, our iron reserves in the west will increase by forty percent, and the price of weapons will drop by three percent if these saved iron tools are used to make armor, long swords, short knives, daggers and iron arrowheads. ”

The audience was silent and silent.

When it comes to computing, everyone believes in the University of Sport.

Duke Tywin's gaze slowly swept across the audience, immense.

Its vassals and knights remained quiet.

"Who has any opinion or doesn't understand this?

Whether to make chopsticks from wood or to make cutlery with iron, who is more expensive and who is cheaper, Tywin already knew in his heart. This decision, he has thought deeply.

Most civilians could not have armor in wartime, and even the swords were rusty and of poor quality, simply because the weapons were too expensive.

Steel is too precious.

And wood, the western realm is full of mountains and primeval forests.

"Lord Duke, if the manufacture and sale of ironware and tableware are stopped, what will we use to cut vegetables at home? I don't think chopsticks can cut meat. Said Earl Lyford of Golden Tooth City.

He spoke for everyone's heart.

"The kitchen knives used by the chefs are uniformly made by the blacksmiths of Kaiyan City, and the kitchen knives are quotas for each vassal territory. I will make sure that every family has at least two kitchen knives. In the future, whether it is barbecue or toast, after half a year, it is not allowed to add a knife and fork to one person, and it is only allowed to cut all the meat and vegetables in the kitchen first, then put them on a plate, and serve them on the table to eat with chopsticks. ”

"Half a year later, all families in the West will use chopsticks. All the iron utensils in the house, including the Lannister family in Castle Rock, must be handed over. Your iron cutlery can be exchanged for snow salt. I repeat, ironware, we must reserve a lot and use it sparingly. In the future, in addition to being used on weapons and armor, all food and drinkers, iron plates, iron basins, and iron handicrafts will not be made of steel, and all wood will be used instead. Whoever disagrees, bring it up!"

Everyone looked at each other, and they all felt that they still needed to go home to digest and digest, and the iron tableware that had been inherited from generation to generation was changed in this way.

Because the Duke of Tywin demanded this from me, and had no privileges.

Gregor had to admire Duke Tywin, who was invited by the king at the age of twenty because of his outstanding political talent, and became the prime minister of the seven countries, governing the country's government affairs, and doing it for twenty years, and no one dared to question his ability to govern the country.

Replacing iron with wood would give the West a head start over other kingdoms in iron reserves. When the price of weapons drops and the civilians of the West can have good weapons, in the event of a war, whose soldiers will be more combative?

Although Gregor comes from a world with a high level of civilization, he is really a rookie when it comes to coordinating national affairs.

When he first used chopsticks, he didn't think of replacing a large amount of iron with chopsticks that were too cheap to be mentioned. The Iron Islands' Big Wick Island, which is rich in iron ore, has indeed forced an annual price increase on the western frontier.

"Alright, that's all it takes. I would like to make a special mention today to Sir Gregor Clegane, who has made a very special contribution to the West, and I am sure that there will be many more good inventions and technologies to come. For the Jazz who has made outstanding contributions, I would like to give him a special reward today. ”

Gregor stepped out of the queue, respectfully.

"Sir Gregor is my most loyal general, and your loyalty is beyond doubt. I am amazed that you have received the light of the seven gods, let us thank the seven gods! You are also my bravest general, invincible in all battles, invincible in the west and even in the whole country. This time, I'm going to reward you with a larger piece of territory, and at the same time, I'm going to reward you with my best, most precious and most beloved things. ”

"Thank you, Lord Duke. Gregor knelt down on one knee and placed his right hand into a fist on his left chest.

"My daughter, Jenny Westerling. Duke Tywin took Janie's hand beside him, "You are also of marriage age, I am going to give you to Sir Gregor today, I hope you will agree!" Tywin was a negotiating language, but it was an unquestionable tone.

As soon as these words came out, the audience was as quiet as if no one existed.

Jenny's head exploded, and she saw the Duke's mouth open and close, but she couldn't hear what the Duke was saying.

Then, Jenny felt that everything was floating, and all the light, shadow, color, and sound were changing illusory. She seemed to hear the voice of her father, Earl Gavin, dreamy but unreal: "Lord Duke, you are Janie's father, and the Westerling family is deeply honored that you have given Jane a marriage. ”

Jenny felt herself limp, she could no longer sit in her chair, she felt herself paralyzed, and then all light, shadow, and sound disappeared, and she fell into the infinite darkness, and she felt that her body was sinking, sinking, and sinking, without end.

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