Game of Thrones: The Arrival of the Dragonborn Chapter 244: Power and Economic Interests
The Magic Management Committee is empowered by King Robert to manage all magical affairs within the kingdom. The granting of wizard titles, the entry and exit of foreign magicians, the unified alchemy formula, the management of magic books, and the statistics and summary of magic school apprentices.
The establishment of the committee marks that magicians have formed a force that cannot be ignored in the continent of Westeros. It also concentrates all the power that was previously dispersed in the Royal Council to the Magic Committee. This is the end of ordinary people's ability to dictate magical affairs.
, the magicians have the final say in magic matters from now on! In addition to the king, Witte, as the chief magician, has also changed from a semi-virtual position to a real power, and officially leads the country's magicians in his position.
Matus Rowan, Hand of the King, was decentralized, so he invited Werther to a tavern for a big drink that night. When he drank until he was dizzy, he began to complain to Werther.
"Duke Werther, go and persuade Robert. If he continues to play with women like this, there will be problems sooner or later."
Werther was also a little drunk: "Lord Rowan, you have to know that when Robert led troops to fight and became king at the age of 23, I was only 5 years old when I was riding a horse. How could I care about him!"
Matus held the wine glass with both hands and took a sip: "Although my daughter is the queen, Robert is still looking for women. Not long ago, three of the five girls in the Bracken family were pregnant. Counting how many illegitimate children he has had! Now
Fortunately, when Robert is old and these children grow up, no one can say whether something similar to the Blackfyre Rebellion will happen."
Witte slapped the table: "How dare they! As long as I am alive, if any of my descendants wants to do something to my family, I will throw them to Skull Island to shovel dragon shit!"
Matus was much older than Robert. Before he became Prime Minister, he still had black hair, but now his temples have turned gray. Seeing his hair, Werther felt that it was a wise move for him not to become Prime Minister. The two of them raised their glasses and clinked their glasses.
Drink all the wine in the glass.
"Bartender! Full!" Werther prefers people like Matus. After being deprived of his power, he comes directly to Werther to drink heavily to ease the relationship. He openly talks about things when they have something, and does not hide it. His selfishness must be
Yes, who doesn't seek development for his family after taking office! As long as he doesn't harm Robert's life, Werther doesn't care how he messes with his family's interests.
After the bartender filled their glasses, he immediately left the bar. In this high-end pub, there were only two people at the bar, Werther and Matus. The other guests were very smart and sat far away so as not to disturb these two people.
Big shot. In fact, Werther's magic has been turned on. The two of them can hear the voices in the tavern, but their own voices cannot be heard.
"Mattus, how many of you descendants of Garth the Green Hand are still dissatisfied with the Tyrell family?" The atmosphere was harmonious just now. Following Werther's question, Matus was half awake after hearing the question.
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"Duke Werther, what do you mean?" Matus was thinking about who revealed this information to Werther, but after thinking about it, he felt relieved, it was probably Robert.
300 years ago, Yin Geng conquered the Reach. The last king of the Gardener family, Meng En Gardener, and his family members were burned to death by a dragon in the battle. Regardless of legal principles, the collateral line should inherit power next, but Yin Geng
He gave the title of Duke to Harlan Tyrell, the steward who opened the gates of Highgarden.
Even if they were defeated, Kaicheng's surrender would be looked down upon by others, not to mention that Harlan Tyrell was just a steward, not even a noble. And at that time, families with the right to inherit the Gardener family were all over the Reach.
Greenhand Garth had too many children, and his eldest son Garth was the ancestor of the Gardener family and the first king of the Reach.
He has many brothers and sisters. When Yin Geng conquered, the inherited families were all powerful nobles in the Reach, and the Reach was originally firmly united because of these bloodlines.
Northern part of the Reach: Rowan "The Golden Tree", the ancestor of the Rowan family of Golden Tree City. Rose of Red Lake, the ancestor of the Cline family of Red Lake City. John "Oak", the ancestor of the Oakheart family of Ancient Oak City. South of the Reach: Gilbert "The Vine", the ancestor of the Redwyne family of the Arbor. Malice the Maid, the ancestor of the Hightower family of Oldtown. Borros "The Destroyer", the ancestor of the Bulwer family of Blackcrown City
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In the middle of the Reach: "Hunter" Harlon and "Horn" Halledon jointly established the Tully family of Horn Hill. "Sweetest" Elaine, the ancestor of the Beesbury family in the Beehive City.
"Shooter" Fosoway has spawned two families, the Fosoway family of Cider Hall and the Fosoway family of Shintsutsujo City.
"Fox" Flores even found three different husbands, and her descendants gave birth to three families. The ones that still exist today are the Florent family of Brightwater City and the Peake family of Star Shuttle City. p>
These families occupy a large area of land with the richest water and grass in the Reach. Back then, the Tyrell family was named Duke. If it weren't for the powerful Yin Geng, any family could send troops to drive out the Tyrell family. p>
Therefore, the Tyrell family lived extremely cautiously, fearing to offend these powerful nobles. After performing several meritorious deeds with the Targaryen royal family, they also began to seek marriage with these families. Little Rose Margaery, as long as she is still alive
Those kinship relationships include the blood of Redwin and Hightower.
Originally, Werther didn't care about things in the Reach, and he was just a business ally who could be replaced by anyone. But Little Rose had just given birth to her own nephew, and now she had to step in to take care of these things.
Witte: "Count Matus, you descendants of Garth the Green Hand will not openly say that you are dissatisfied with the Tyrell family, but which noble in the country does not know this?"
Matus smiled awkwardly: "Haha, Duke Werther, these are all old things. My grandfather mentioned it, my father mentioned it. The title of earl has been passed down to my generation. I feel sorry for my ancestors if I don't tell it in private.
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Witte: "Is this your old tradition in the Reach?"
"No, Duke Werther just takes it as a joke." Matus pushed the fruit plate between the two of them.
"I wasn't interested in what you did before, but now the Tyrell family is my important business partner, and the Seven Kingdoms are peaceful under Robert's rule, so don't even think about annihilating the Tyrell family physically."<
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It can't just be a threat, as this will lead to dissatisfaction and even rebellious psychology. The more threatening some people are, the more they insist on doing it. Werther doesn't know what their character is, so if you hit them with a stick, you have to give them a sweetener. Werther went on to say:
"Now everyone is competing to see who is rich! The Duke of Metz and I do business together. Look at the gems he wears."
Matus is also a sensible person. He has carefully studied the character of each of the four Baratheon brothers. Werther is the most fair one. Now he knows the benefits. He did not answer the question of ** destroying the Tyrell family and directly
Talking about money with Werther is considered as accepting Werther's advice:
"Yes, all the raw materials grown on our land were taken away by him at a low price. We can only earn some hard-earned money, but he is a Duke, what can we do?"
Witte: "Now you are planting a lot of sugar cane. I, Tyrosh, will give you a big order. Next season you will use part of the land to plant corn. In orderly competition in business, no one can find your mistakes."<
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"Growing corn?" Matus knew that Werther was rich and was not worried that Werther could not afford the large amount of goods that several lords had grown together, but he didn't know what Werther wanted so much corn for.
"The land on the Stepped Islands is precious, and the vast land of your river bend provides me with raw materials. Corn can be used as food and for processing. The Duke of Metz's industry is mainly in sugar cane sugar production and paper making, and he can't touch the corn industry.
,Is this a good opportunity?"
Corn is a good thing and can be used to make many things. Werther raised his glass to Matus.
"Okay! In Jinshu City, half of the mountainous land will be planted with corn next season, and the rest will be planted with wheat and sugar cane." Matus raised his glass and touched it with Witte.
Power and economic interests always have the same balance. Werther kept them away from the power of the Reach and used economic interests to win them over. This would at least temporarily stabilize these disaffected nobles. How long it might last depends on the future situation.
The Reach was temporarily settled, and after he sobered up the next day, Werther began to deal with other matters.
Within the Magic Council, Witte set a charter. The president is automatically the chief wizard of the seven countries, and there is another vice president to complement the work, Renly. The number of committee members will always remain an odd number, and there are currently five people: Qyburn
, Thoros, Moroa, Dr. Marwen, and one position is reserved for Tyene. It will be increased in the future according to the number of magicians in the country.
The five people also represent the three current magic schools. Since the magic school in King's Landing was established first and many books came from here, no one raised any objections to one school occupying three seats.
Tyene Sand's attainments in alchemy have been recognized by all mages. Due to Witte's laziness, all the master books on alchemy in the Seven Kingdoms are now written by Tyene. Some mages even think that alchemy is
Tyene taught Wirt.
Moroa Hightower, as the librarian of King's Landing Magic School, is responsible for the sorting and summarization of magic books and the copying of copies. All the mages in the Seven Kingdoms know her. Moroa is also an excellent teacher.
, her own magic level is only elementary, but her theoretical knowledge is very rich. Coupled with the natural system brought by the Son of the Forest, she is proficient in the theory of six series of magic, and can guide others to learn even advanced magic that she cannot use.
Qyburn himself knows the destruction department, but he specializes in the summoning department. In the summoning department, Qyburn is very proficient in elemental summoning and undead summoning. While serving as the school's logistics manager, he is also responsible for teaching young students.
We love and fear him because he often summons skeletons to scare the maesters who make trouble in class. Qyburn is now known as the number one summoner in the Seven Kingdoms. Magicians will automatically ignore Werther and Renly when discussing rankings.
Two people.
Thoros, the field manager of the magic school, teaches destruction and combat on a daily basis. He also joins the mercenary group from time to time, interacts with people from all walks of life, and is also a drinking buddy with King Robert. The combat courses he teaches are also unique.
He used wild fire, nails, and lime powder to attack the apprentice, and he was known as the most ruthless person.
Dr. Marwin had a very good relationship with Werther. After Werther taught him the correct basic theory of magic, he immediately promoted the restructuring of the academy and became the founder of the academy's magic school. His own theory was also very solid, relying on the academy
With a huge knowledge reserve and a network of relationships across the country, countless civilians with average qualifications have been admitted to the academy. He is the most respected elder among civilian magicians.
There was a lot of construction going on at the office, and Werther ordered the magic school to be expanded. The Dragon's Cave hill was filled with smoke, so Werther suggested that everyone go to Tyrosh to avoid it.
After the letters sent from the Red Keep reached the various nobles of Dorne, replies came quickly. Most expressed support for King Robert and believed that the Dornish people should resolve the matter themselves. A few nobles wanted Robert to intervene.
Being ignored, Robert let Prime Minister Rowan and these people continue to talk nonsense.
The Stormlands and the Riverlands will not send troops to Dorne, but they have begun to organize small armies to defend important intersections in the Crimson Mountains.
The troops from the Stormlands will set up checkpoints at the Bone Road, and the troops from the Reach will set up checkpoints at the Prince's Pass. There are not many troops, but the meaning is obvious. The two places will not participate in the war in Dorne, but when you and the Dornish people fight
Don't even think about coming here.
The nobles of Westeros will not participate in the Dorne War. The purpose of Werther's trip has been basically completed and he is preparing to return to Tyrosh.
Werther does not plan to ride a dragon this time when he goes back, but takes a boat with the people from the magic school. There is plenty of time, and Werther plans to teach them more while on the boat to avoid embarrassment.
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Tyrosh also has magicians from the continent of Essos and Asia. These people are often together with Witte. Their magic cannot be called orthodox but they all have their own system. In some aspects, they even surpass those from magic schools.<
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The security of the magic school was taken over by the city's golden robes. Because of the expansion, the school's defensive magic circle was removed. Only the most important library was set up by Witte with numerous magic circles, and no one could enter.
Jon Snow, the gold-robed deputy commander, after assigning security tasks to his colleagues, took his wolf and carried a large leather bag to the port.
There are three large ships moored at the Blackwater River port, one for people, one for food, and one for luggage. Witte didn't understand what these aristocratic children were doing with so much stuff.
Seeing Jon coming, Werther touched Ghost's head at his feet. The direwolf grew very fast, and now its shoulders are as high as Jon's legs.
When other people reach out to touch a direwolf, most of the time their hands will be bitten off. Ghost and several direwolves have lived with people from the magic school for a long time. They won't bite but will avoid being touched, but Werther will hide even if he reaches out.
He didn't dare to hide, but raised his head.
After touching its fur head, I patted it gently: "Go up!"
As soon as Werther let go, Bai Ling immediately jumped out, jumped across the planks and ran to the boat to play with his brothers and sisters.
"This is all you have?" Werther saw that Jon was only wearing a noble robe with a long sword hanging on it, and only a leather bag on his back.
Jon asked: "Ah? What else can I get?"
People who are accustomed to living a hard life will not enjoy it. Werther patted him on the shoulder: "Let's go, get on the boat, count the number of people, and set sail when the wind blows."