Chapter 5 Walking through King's Landing

Author: Kel'Thuzad's Cat

Chapter 5 Walking through King's Landing

Before leaving the dragon's lair, Rhaenyra still gathered everyone and said: "Today's reward is not the last. If you have merit, you will not only have fine wine and food, but also silver deer and gold dragons. As a princess, I never break my promise. It depends on your loyalty."

Unfaithful”

"Pledge to be loyal to the princess to the death" "Princess, don't worry, I will stick to my duty"... The crowd surged, and the morale of one or two hundred people, large and small, was high.

Giving a look of affirmation to Aser Weishui who was shouting hard, Rhaenyla nodded with satisfaction, turned and left. Out of sight, Kriston Cole behind her turned around,

He looked at the young man dissatisfied.

Asher Weishui was still immersed in Rhaenyra's eyes, and he didn't reply until his companion next to him signaled Cole's warning.

At this time, Rhaenyra has gone far...

On the road, Rhaenyra was thinking about whether she had done anything wrong, and then she took a deep breath, feeling very satisfied with her trip to the dragon's lair.

If you don’t fight for people’s hearts, they will naturally not be on your side.

Having a benevolent princess name is better than "Maegor's son" who has been scolded for a century in King's Landing. The latter is a name that was ridiculed by the people, while Maegor is a famous person in the Targaryen court.

of tyrant.

Treating the people kindly is also the original wish of Rhaenyra. Rhaenyra understands that if she wants to save her life and become queen, she will not rely on harsh tyranny.

The dragon's lair is also my own escape route. If it doesn't work, I'll ride the dragon and run away!

That's why Rhaenyra is so concerned about the dragon's lair, and she still has some of her thoughts.

When she takes full power, she will establish a dragon affairs administration to take charge of the royal dragons

Anyone who wants to collect dragon eggs, raise young dragons, or tame old dragons must obtain her consent!

Just kidding, the dragon is equivalent to the emperor's imperial army, and it is the most elite kind. When have you ever seen the emperor hand over the elite troops to other members of the royal family? Uncles, uncles, aunts, nieces, cheap brothers, they want to ride a dragon to eat me.

?When you lead the dragon, don’t you think I’ll give you a few years?

Of course, this is something.

Of course Rhaenyra covets the dragons in the dragon's lair, but now she can only have a good relationship with the people and dragons in the dragon's lair. After all, one person can only tame one dragon. It would be great if she could tame more dragons.

At that time, I alone will be an army. Who agrees and who opposes!?

"Your Highness Princess," Ellie looked worried at Rhaenyra with a silly smile.

Rhaenyra finally broke away from her fantasy and wiped the non-existent saliva from her mouth.

Said to Yi Li, "Today's reward is partly due to the princess, and partly comes from my small treasury."

The Red Castle still values ​​the status of Her Royal Highness the Princess, after all, she is the King's only heir.

The finance and tax expenditures within the King's Landing and the Crown Territory are mainly for the kings and state affairs of the seven countries, and the Minister of Finance is responsible for this.

Such as hunting conferences, martial arts competitions, military and political defense, etc.

Among the seven kingdoms of Westeros, only the crown belongs directly to the royal family, while other principalities are vassals, such as Stark in the north, Lannister in the west, etc. The wealth they generate is often taxed to the king, and part of it is left to govern.

The rest of his own vassal country is his family's heritage. The Lannister in the West is as rich as any other country, and in addition, the wealth of the River Bend cannot be underestimated.

So much so that when the royal family was about to go bankrupt, they asked family lords from wealthy areas to serve as the king's hand...

The proportions belonging to the princess include part of the royal forest and a small part of the royal family's wealth, which are allocated by the palace treasurer and are not included in the cases under the jurisdiction of the finance minister.

In addition, a grain store at the port outside King's Landing and an inn in the city were private properties left by Rhaenyra's mother and queen. Her uncle Daemon Targaryen gave her a casino when she was 10 years old.

But she didn't accept it, but half of the annual income was sent to the Red Castle by the small nobles who ran the casino. Her maternal grandfather, Rodrik Arryn, Duke of the Eagle's Nest, and his uncle had unfortunately passed away. He was succeeded by his cousin Jenny.

Nyla is not very affectionate, but every year the Eyrie City sends a batch of valley specialties such as wheat, pumpkins and cardamom, as well as some golden dragons to the queen, and Rhaenyla also has a share.

This is all the contents of Rhaenyra's small vault. Ellie has been responsible for keeping the statistics. In addition, there is a maid, Yepu. Rhaenyra never paid attention to the safety of her property before, but now

She must pay attention to whether her maid is reliable, so she won't let Ye Pu interfere for now.

After hearing Rhaenyra's arrangements, Yili naturally knew how to act. Rhaenyra nodded with satisfaction. They deserved to have grown up together. Rhaenyra didn't notice the talents around her before, but she herself

I definitely have to pick them out and use them for my own use.

The reward this time will not cost much, but in the future, the expenses used to reward and win over the people, knights and soldiers of the king must be prepared for rainy days.

As for now, the queen mother has just passed away, the heir has not yet been chosen, and King's Landing is not under her control. She still needs to wait for the opportunity.

Faced with today's actions, Yili was not surprised at all. She just felt that the princess had always had her own opinion, and she would do whatever she was told.

Kriston Cole, who had witnessed the whole process, was secretly surprised.

Her Royal Highness the Princess is no longer as innocent as before, but more like a, how should I say, like a political creature.

The handsome knight secretly frowned, but thinking that the queen had just passed away, Rhaenyra, as the eldest princess, must have been very uncomfortable. She had begun to grow up these days, and her worry turned into heartache.

Of course Rhaenyra wouldn't know what the knight behind her was thinking, and even if she knew, she wouldn't care at all.

I just want to save my life!! No one is like being eaten by a dragon, okay!!

Walking through the city, Rhaenyra looked around.

At this time, King's Landing was under the control of his uncle Daemon Targaryen, and the security level was greatly improved.

However, it still looks so shabby, dirty and muddy.

The slightly smelly air flowed among everyone, and even the monsoon wind blowing from the port could not dissipate the smell from the nose!

The streets were crowded with people, some coming out of the flea street, some walking into the church from the crowd, and more people selling and buying goods shipped from outside King's Landing in the market...

At this time, King's Landing was still said to be peaceful and peaceful, but there were still so many poor people in Flea Bottom. People in shabby clothes were mixed in, and if they were not careful, pickpockets would steal the wallets of merchants.

The guards in front yelled and cursed, telling the people to get out of the way, and Rhaenyra immediately stopped this behavior.

Seeing Her Royal Highness the Princess coming, the common people and the golden robes all turned around and saluted. Rhaenyra placated the people with a pleasant look and told the soldiers not to beat or scold the common people coming and going.

There were cheers from the crowd. From time to time, some common people came to pay their respects.

Seeing this, Rhaenyra sighed slightly. Sometimes, a superior does not need to be very wise, just be lenient to others, and the people will cheer for you. Rhaenyra felt that this noble man was above the common people.

In this era, there is still a lot that I can do.

Rhaenyra noticed some of the wandering children in the city. Some of them were from the citizen merchant class, and some were from the city. They relied on the city of King's Landing for their lives, but there were no nobles or farmers.

The nobles did not rely on the city to live, they had their own enfeoffed castles, and the farmers below naturally also lived on their own land.

Rhaenyra thought about it. Once the war starts and refugees from outside come, it will be difficult for ordinary people in the city to find jobs that can support themselves and their families. Although King's Landing is prosperous, it is like a city that can be broken with one poke.

Foam.

No wonder there was such chaos in King's Landing during the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion in later generations.

If she takes over King's Landing, optimizing the industrial structure and improving productivity will be an urgent matter.

Otherwise, once any ambitious person stirs up trouble in King's Landing, the Red Keep will collapse.

In King's Landing, there are spies of nobles, secret sects lurking, and the hidden dangers of the poor... There are so many problems!

Rhaenyra walked around outside and felt numb.
Chapter completed!