"Your Majesty, this is Count Herman Tauhar from Torun Square City in the north."
In the throne room, Clay, who was performing his duties as Hand of the King, loudly introduced the respectful and familiar northern noble in front of Robb, who was leaning on the Iron Throne with no interest.
This is a noble meeting ceremony that every new king must go through, which allows the vassals and dignitaries of Westeros to become familiar with the new king.
Originally, this ceremony was supposed to take place after the coronation, but a few days ago, as soon as Robb finished his coronation and walked out of the Great Sept of Baelor, he received bad news from the Golden Road.
Garlan and Loras, who led 20,000 Tyrell cavalry to pursue Kevan's remnant army, unexpectedly ran into the enemy's ambush.
This group of Tyrell family cavalry, who were proud and complacent because they fought a smooth battle in King's Landing, suddenly suffered a large-scale attrition. They could not even organize a defensive formation and began to flee in panic.
After receiving the news, Olenna and the Duke of Metz suddenly felt their faces dull and fell silent.
They had no idea that what was originally a matter of chasing down the remnant soldiers to gain military exploits would actually be done like this by Garland and Loras.
Seeing that her grandmother and father were silent, Margery stood up and spoke directly.
However, she did not plead for mercy for her two brothers. Instead, after analyzing the reasons for their careless and reckless failure, she asked Robb to severely punish them both.
Regarding Margaery's reaction, Robb nodded secretly in his heart, feeling that she was indeed the best candidate to be the queen as she was deeply educated by Olenna.
Robb immediately stripped Garlan and Loras of all their previous military exploits in front of all the nobles, disqualified them from commanding the army, and expelled them from King's Landing to the Golden Tree City to assist Willas in cultivating fields.
When the Duke of Metz heard that Robb's punishment was so severe, it was like cutting off the future of his two sons. His face turned pale and he wanted to beg for mercy.
But he was stopped by Olenna, who had a relaxed expression on her face, and Margaery, whose eyes were full of love and gratitude for Robb.
In fact, Robb's punishment seemed very serious in the eyes of other nobles who did not understand the inside story of developing terraced fields in Golden Tree City. After all, young nobles could not lead troops to fight but could only farm.
But Olenna and Margaery knew that with the importance Robb attached to cultivating terraced fields, this was equivalent to losing a great achievement to the punished Garlan and Loras.
As long as Golden Tree City can successfully cultivate a large number of terraced fields, allowing the Reach to have a bumper harvest in the fall, then Robb can reuse them.
Seeing Olenna and Margaery's expressions, Robb also knew that they understood his intentions.
Afterwards, he took off his gorgeous king's cloak and allowed Bloodwind to return to his normal size, and took Weir and other wolf guards to head towards the Golden Road in person.
After Robb left, Clay was the only one left to clean up the mess he left behind. Young Clay was indeed very capable after more than a year of deliberate training by Robb.
Nearly a hundred vassals and nobles were properly arranged by him, and many problems in King's Landing were solved one by one in order of priority.
In just six days, Robb, along with the Wolf Guard and the Tyrell family's cavalry, escorted Kevan and the remaining Lannister troops back to King's Landing.
That day, the Lion's Gate in King's Landing was completely surrounded, and countless civilians came to watch the majesty of the 'god' Robb.
When they saw Robb standing on top of the majestic Bloodwind, and the embarrassed lions led by Kevan behind him, they all shouted in unison, "Long live Robb I".
Back to business!
The first people to undergo the audience ceremony in the throne room were, of course, the group of nobles who fought with Robb. Count Herman, whom Clay just introduced, was the last of the northern nobles.
From now on, the next nobles will either be the former dignitaries of King's Landing or the nobles who have recently surrendered.
"Your Majesty, this is Earl Revrey Riker of Duskendale City, the king's territory."
"Your Majesty, the mood of all the nobles and commoners of the Seven Kingdoms must be the same as mine at this moment. They firmly believe that under your long-term rule, the Seven Kingdoms will surely prosper.
In order to congratulate you on your coronation, our Laike family presents a meager congratulatory gift!"
After hearing Clay's introduction, Count Revrey quickly stepped forward and said with a smile.
Count Riverley is a middle-aged man with a masculine appearance, but at the moment he has a flattering smile on his face that does not match his appearance.
"Your Majesty, the 100,000 golden dragons presented to you by Count Revrey and a box of various gems have been put into the warehouse."
As soon as Lord Riverleigh finished speaking, Clay, who was standing next to Robb, immediately reported in a loud voice.
Robb, who was originally very bored with the audience ceremony, heard this, and suddenly showed a very friendly and kind smile on his face and said loudly to Earl Riveri: "Is this Earl Riveri from Duskendale?
Well, I have felt your sincerity!
It seems that you really truly think that I can rule the Seven Kingdoms for a long time! Very good, I will remember you!"
"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty!
Our territory in Duskendale City has been harassed by a large number of refugee deserters. Fortunately, your army drove them out of the royal territory."
Hearing Robb say to remember his words, Lord Riverleigh was extremely happy and started chatting with Robb, who seemed very kind.
At this moment, he felt that he had indeed made the right decision in making the huge bet that he had spent all his money on, and it had already produced results beyond his expectations.
But Earl Riveri didn't know that many other nobles behind him were already cursing the entire Laike family in their hearts.
Duskendale is a town built next to a port. Although this port cannot compare with the five major port cities in Westeros, the Lyk family is also living a very wealthy life.
Lord Riverleigh may not have thought too much, and offered the heavy gift simply to please His Majesty Robb.
But from His Majesty Robb's words, the nobles at the steps of the throne heard the hidden meaning.
That is, as long as he fails to show his sincerity, he feels that Robb's rule cannot last long.
Son of a bitch, Rivera Lake, you tricked us like this!
In the end, these nobles all thought of this sentence in their minds.
"Your Majesty, the next gentleman is also from the royal territory. He is Earl Gyles Rosby of Rosby City."
When Lord Riverleigh walked down the side steps of the throne with a smile on his face, Clay continued to introduce the next noble to Robb.
"Your Majesty...cough, cough! I'm sorry, Your Majesty, please forgive me. My cough has been a bit serious recently!"
Earl Gales was an old man with a sickly appearance. As soon as he finished speaking, he started covering his mouth and coughing.
Fearing that he might have some infectious disease, Robb inadvertently raised his hand to cover his mouth and nose.
Then he pretended not to mind and said, "Earl Gales came to King's Landing in person even though he was sick. How could I blame you for this reason?"
"Thank you, Your Majesty. May the Seven Kingdoms be under your rule forever!"
Seeing that Robb had no intention of blaming him, Earl Gales gave him a blessing before turning around and heading towards the side steps of the throne.
"Your Majesty, the thousand golden dragons presented to you by Count Gales have also been put into the treasury."
Before Earl Gales could move his old body, Clay beside him loudly said his congratulations.
After hearing Clay's words, the original kind smile on Robb's face gradually faded, and he stared silently at Earl Gales in front of him.
And Xue Feng, who had been lazily lying next to the Iron Throne with his eyes closed, opened his eyes, and the murderous intent in his eyes immediately made Earl Gales feel a chill down his back.
On the steps of the Iron Throne, the harmonious atmosphere between the monarch and his subjects suddenly turned into a tense atmosphere filled with chills.
Earl Gales, who had been suffering from illness and coughing constantly, originally had a bad reputation among the nobles.
Therefore, when he heard the heavy gift from Lord Riverleigh just now, he made up his mind to use this old face to get past Robb.
But now, enveloped by the bloody murderous intent, he suddenly realized that this His Majesty was a ruthless man who had killed thousands of enemies with his own hands and crowned himself!
If he was angered in public, there was no telling what he would do to the entire Rosby family.
Various thoughts flashed through his mind, and Earl Gales suddenly smiled and turned to Clay and said: "Master Clay, your report is not accurate enough! Maybe you have forgotten too many things. I should have explained it to you before.
Pass.
The reason why I only offer these one thousand golden dragons to His Majesty is because our Rossby family does not have the habit of storing large amounts of golden dragons.
We in Rosby City have now prepared one million bushels of barley, wheat, and oats. We also have at least half a million bushels each of corn, carrots, chickpeas, and many other vegetables.
It should be sent to King's Landing in a few days!"
What Earl Gales said was not just to deal with Robb. Rosby City was indeed one of the important food and vegetable supply towns in the royal territory.
During this war of kings, half of the food and vegetables consumed by the hundreds of thousands of people in King's Landing came from Rosby City and Stoke Holding Castle.
"Oh, yes! Your Majesty, Count Gales did tell me about this before.
This is my mistake! Please punish me!"
Upon hearing Earl Gales' words, Clay immediately showed a look of realization on his face, and then turned to Robb and said.
After hearing what Clay said, Count Gales' eyes were full of gratitude to Clay for not exposing him.
"So that's it! Clay, I know you've been working very hard during this time, so why punish you for such a small thing?
Well, I have clearly received Earl Gales’s message!
Earl Gales, you should pay more attention to your health."
Hearing this, Robb said with a smile on his face again. Xue Feng beside him also closed his eyes again. The chilling and tense atmosphere just now suddenly dissipated.
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty!"
I don't know if it was because he was too nervous, but Earl Gales stopped coughing when he spoke later.
Following the lessons learned from Earl Gales, other dignitaries and dignitaries behind him used their wealth to offer congratulatory gifts to Robb.
Therefore, wealth is always concentrated in the hands of a few people!
In total, these dignitaries and dignitaries living in the wealthy south presented Robb with gifts worth nearly two million gold dragons.
Now that the War of Kings has basically ended, Westeros is riddled with holes and needs a lot of funds to rebuild and stabilize the people.
If Robb Light were to talk about the spoils of the second round of the war going south, the West, Highgarden, and King's Landing together provided him with a total of six to seven million golden dragons as spoils.
By the time Robb finalizes the specific reconstruction work plan, under the premise of providing work-for-relief, these golden dragons will be enough to support the project for a long period of time.
Waiting for the fall planting and harvesting in Westeros, which has basically restored peace, Robb believes that the lives of the people of the Seven Kingdoms will get better and better in the future.
After the meeting ceremony of the new king, it was time for the dinner for this group of Westeros dignitaries to communicate with each other or exchange interests.
The theme of such aristocratic dinners has always been about what was said, not what was eaten.
But this dinner surprised most of the Westeros dignitaries, because all kinds of unprecedented dishes and novel but delicious new flavors made them want to stop.
So it was very rare that at the beginning of the dinner, many nobles, like unsophisticated commoners, gathered around the long table piled with various dishes and kept selecting and tasting them.
Hosting this dinner were the cooks from Robb's northern army. Under Robb's training, they were basically familiar with the various cuisines of China in their previous life.
Duh, duh, duh!
On the high platform of the banquet hall, Robb looked expressionlessly at the many nobles enjoying delicious food.
He was holding a wine glass full of high-end wine in his left hand, and the index finger and middle finger of his right hand were tapping the solid wood tabletop rhythmically, not knowing what he was thinking about.
"Your Majesty, what are you thinking about? Can you share it with me?"
Margaery, who was wearing a classical palace dress and had a pretty face, accidentally saw Robb's expression. She put her white left hand on the back of Robb's right hand and asked softly.
"I was thinking, I really want to be like them, immersed in eating, drinking and having fun without any worries."
Hearing Margaery's question, Robb turned to her with a smile, and then answered.
"Of course Your Majesty can do this too!
You are now the Lord of the Seven Kingdoms and own everything in the Seven Kingdoms!"
Hearing this, Margery showed a sweet smile and said.
"No! There are still some potential threats that have not been resolved!"
"Threat? You personally dealt with the remaining Lannister army, and Lord Landau surrounded and suppressed the deserters in the north. Are they the rebels who fled back to the Stormlands?"
"Hehe, they can't even be called a trouble, how can they be considered a threat!
Forget it, don't talk about it, I don't want you to be troubled.
By the way, Margaery, I have started to prepare for our wedding today. I want to hold a grand wedding for you in King's Landing!"
After hearing Margaery's words, Robb shook his head and ended the topic directly, and then changed the topic to their wedding.
"Your Majesty, I can feel your thoughts!
But... you don’t have to waste so many golden dragons on a wedding, why not just keep it simple!"
Hearing Robb's words, Margaery was immediately deeply moved. However, she felt a little regretful as it was already her third marriage, so she suggested having a simple wedding.
"No!...How can a simple wedding allow these rich people to give heavy gifts!"
Upon hearing this, Robb first directly objected, then turned around and mumbled in a low voice.
"Your Majesty, what did you say?"
"Oh, I said no, I said before that I won't let you be wronged!"
"Your Majesty, I...I will definitely become a competent queen!"
Seeing that Robb said this very seriously, Margaery also replied seriously with a moved face. Then her eyes flashed, she slowly approached Robb, put her red lips to his ear and continued,
"Your Majesty, didn't you just say that you should eat, drink and have fun like they did before?
If you're done eating and drinking, I... can play some exciting fun with you!"
Seeing Margaery's blushing face immediately after speaking, Robb's heart felt hot, and he pulled her and quietly slipped out of the banquet hall.
The night of wanton fun passed happily, and the next morning, a refreshed Robb appeared in the throne room on time.
At this time, the nobles in the throne room who had followed Robb in the wars were extremely excited, because they knew that His Majesty Robb would reward them for their merits today.
Originally, Robb held a special awards ceremony just like he did in Winterfell. However, due to the complexity of the military achievements of the tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, they are still being counted.
Therefore, he first gave the long-awaited reward to the noble class.
First of all, the top guardian families of each realm, the North, the Riverlands, the Reach, and Dorne have not changed.
The Lyton family in the West has already been designated as a guardian by Robb. Now he is just making an official announcement to Duke Kevin.
Robb, the guardian family of the Stormlands, is still designated as House Baratheon, but the Duke is young Gendry.
Robb found witnesses who could prove that Gendry was King Robert's illegitimate son, and legitimized Gendry in the name of King of the Seven Kingdoms.
From today on, he officially becomes Gendry Baratheon!
The guardian family of the valley was identified by Robb as the Royce family of Runestone City.
Although the Bronze King had helped Tywin, Ser Rodrik, who was rescued by the Bronze King, had already told Robb the whole story.
Robb, who didn't want to plunge his troops into the quagmire of the valley, just took advantage of the situation and appointed a piece of paper to protect the family. Let the bronze king and Littlefinger fight to the death.
After the blockade of the guardian families of each realm was completed, rewards were given to the meritorious nobles. After the rebellion of the kings, a large amount of land was vacated in each realm, so Robb was not stingy in awarding rewards based on actual military merit.
In the end, all the nobles who fought with Robb were satisfied, while other nobles and dignitaries looked on with jealousy.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, there is a raven letter from Castle Black!"
As soon as the rewards in the throne room were over, Grand Maester Pycelle, who Robb had not had time to deal with, approached the throne room tremblingly and respectfully delivered the raven letter.
Seeing the pretentious Pycelle, Robb pretended not to know his true identity and directly opened the raven letter.
However, this look immediately made him frown, with a thoughtful expression on his face.
Even though Castle Black was easily defended with Jory's help, Jon actually went to Hardhome to rescue the wildlings himself!
Jon! Jon! Should I praise you for your character? Or should I scold you?
No, there is no Stannis fleet in this life! If the time cannot be staggered, Jon will have no choice but to die when faced with the Night King's army of corpses surrounding him!
…
When Robb in King's Landing received the Raven's letter, Jon and Mance had already been walking towards Hardhome for five days with a thousand free people, three hundred Winterfell soldiers, and thirty men of the Night's Watch.
When Jon returned to Castle Black with Mance's request, of course he received overwhelming opposition.
Although in this life, thanks to the assistance of the three thousand soldiers of Winterfell, the Night's Watch basically suffered no losses. However, the hatred between the Night's Watch and the free people has been accumulated over thousands of years, so how can it be easily resolved.
Even Jory, who was definitely on Jon's side, raised objections.
Finally, Jon ended the democratic discussion by saying, "No matter what, wildlings are better than those dead!"
For the first time, he used his power as Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch to decide to allow freedmen to pass through the Great Wall to the land grant, and to assist them in moving the elderly and children who stayed in Hardship.
Since most of the young men of this generation of free people gathered under the Great Wall, and there were no Stannis ships to borrow, Jon and Mance discussed and selected a more suitable number of soldiers to go to Hardhome.
This number of soldiers can maintain the order of the loose free people without carrying too much food and baggage, which will affect the speed of the journey to the difficult settlement.
Jon originally planned to take only thirty men of the Night's Watch to follow Mance to Hardhome, but Jory, who was worried about him, insisted on choosing three hundred Winterfell soldiers to go with him.
However, it was precisely because of these three hundred Winterfell soldiers who had never been outside the Great Wall. In five days, their group had not yet passed through the ghost forest covered with ice and snow.
The journey that originally took more than a week now takes at least nearly half a month.
However, Mance did not complain at all along the way. Instead, he kept letting his freedmen help the three hundred Winterfell soldiers.
The two sides gradually went from being completely non-confrontational at first to chatting and bragging more familiarly.
Half a month after setting off from the Great Wall, Jon, Mance and his party successfully arrived at Hardhome, which is located at the tip of the Stold Point peninsula extending towards the Shivering Sea.
Hardhome has been a gathering place for freedmen since ancient times. It is the only place outside the Great Wall that is close to forming a real town.
However, more than 600 years ago, a mysterious disaster occurred in Hardhome.
According to the report of the investigation team sent by the Night's Watch, Hardhome was burned down by the fire. The entire bay was filled with savage corpses, and a large number of charred bones and branches remained among the ruins of Hardhome.
From then on, the savages felt that Hardhome was a cursed place and never returned to Hardhome again.
In the twenty years since Mance became King Beyond the Wall, Hardhome, which is strategically located, has been rebuilt again.
"Everyone, welcome to Hardship, which was rebuilt by us personally!"
Pointing to the wooden town below the cliff, Mance spoke with pride in his tone.
Jon, Jory and others looked down in the direction of Mance's finger.
Hardhouse is built in a river bend surrounded by semicircular cliffs. These cliffs are very steep and full of large and small caves.
There is only a relatively wide mountain road on the left side of the entire cliff that can go down, but there is a thick and solid wooden wall below the mountain road blocking this road.
In Jon's opinion, the location of Hardhome is indeed very good, easy to defend but difficult to attack. If you want to attack, in addition to taking down the wooden wall, you can only jump from the high cliff.
"Mance is back! Open the door!"
With Mance walking at the front of the team, even if the guards at the Hardwood Wall saw Jon and other crows and Winterfell soldiers, they would open the door without hesitation.
From this we can see their trust in the King Beyond the Wall, because they understand that Mance will never betray them for any reason.
After entering Hardhome, thousands of free people looked at Jon, Jory and others with great curiosity. However, with Mance walking in front of them, no one dared to impulsively insult or take action.
In fact, they were not the only ones who were curious. Jory and the Winterfell soldiers were also looking at them curiously. Especially... the giant who was far away from the crowd.
"Gene Era"
Without any delay, Mance directly summoned the elders of each tribe of the free people and told them the agreement he had reached with Jon.
When they heard that they could go to the rich south of the Great Wall, the elders of each tribe looked at each other with joy, and then immediately said that they would prepare the tribesmen to evacuate Hard Village today and leave early tomorrow morning.
Jon frowned when he heard this. His original intention was to return to Castle Black immediately without stopping.
Mance obviously saw his expression, and then explained that with such a large number of elderly and children moving, traveling at night would be uncontrollable and more dangerous.
In desperation, Jon could only trust Mance, who had been living outside the Wall for a long time, and promised to leave Hardhome at dawn tomorrow.
But what they didn't know was that in the northwest corner of the Haunted Forest, heading towards Hardhome, foot soles covered with bones or with pieces of rotten flesh were stepping out of the Haunted Forest.