Two months after Viserys returned from his northern tour, some time had passed since the unification of the Seven Kingdoms.
In addition to Princess Daenerys, Prime Minister Jon Clinton, Finance Minister Illyrio Mopatis, major nobles from all over the Seven Kingdoms and newly nominated ministers of the Royal Council also arrived in King's Landing one after another.
Caravans and fleets were coming and going, and there was an endless stream of traffic. King's Landing entered into a grand event unprecedented since the turmoil period. It surpassed the old town and became the largest city in Westeros in terms of scale and economy. The country was peaceful and there was no war.
People live and work in peace and contentment, the climate is warm, and food production continues to increase.
The climate in Westeros is special. After the cold winter, the long summer has arrived. It can produce three or even four food crops a year. And if you look at the days, the first big food harvest after the unification of the Seven Kingdoms will arrive at this time.
Its existence has greatly alleviated the pressure caused by the food crisis in King's Landing. Truck after truck of food lined up in a long queue, and was escorted by the kingdom's army along the way from the fertile river bend to King's Landing, rescuing the kingdom's capital.
crisis.
After all, King's Landing now carries a population far beyond what his city can handle, and the influx of refugees from the north has put great pressure on the Riverlands, the West and the Valley.
Moreover, the wars in the Seven Kingdoms are fierce. This is a game for the nobles and nobles. However, the reality hidden under the glory of legendary epics, war strategies, etc. is even more cruel.
The war has brought painful scars to the country. The people have no means of livelihood, and there are dry bones on the road. Moreover, wars are often accompanied by the emergence of epidemics. They arrive quietly and then take away countless lives.
When Viserys toured the north, he did not notice the epidemic quietly breaking out in the Riverlands.
When Earl Geoffrey Bracken, the quasi-governor of the Riverlands, came north to the Twins to reorganize the city, he discovered the emergence of this small-scale epidemic through reports from his nobles asking for help.
Perhaps it has something to do with the corpses left over from the original war. After all, the Riverlands are the last battlefield against the White Walkers, and the large number of dead legions are natural petri dishes for bacterial cross-mutation. They took advantage of the wind and snow to bring terrible viruses.
Fortunately, due to the intensive fighting, the population density of the Riverlands has dropped sharply. People who can afford it have already fled to major cities in the south, blocking the spread of the virus, so no very serious losses have been caused.
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Spring is a time of high incidence of plagues. Earl Geoffrey Bracken once experienced a spring plague when he was young. It was certainly not the spring plague in 209 Aegon. That plague even killed many dignitaries including the king and the royal prime minister.
No one was spared.
However, although this plague is not that huge, we still dare not ignore it. The lessons learned from the past are clearly visible, and we can contain it in time before it spreads widely. Therefore, it can be discovered quickly and stopped quickly.
However, relatively speaking, the methods to stop the epidemic are not so humane. People in this era are even more afraid of the epidemic than war. At the same time, there are no good methods to control it, and they can only use the most primitive and terrifying methods.
The Riverlands army surrounded the areas hardest hit by the epidemic with a net, and then used bows and arrows to shoot and kill people in all the local villages from a distance. Then they burned the affected areas to the ground, including the corpses.
Fire is the most effective method that people understand to fight against epidemics. For the followers of the Red God, fire is also a method to purify all sins.
Because of Viserys' deliberate balance, the number of Red God believers in King's Landing has increased, gradually squeezing the living space of the Church of the Seven Gods, preventing the huge Church of the Seven Gods from controlling the beliefs of all people.
Phew~
A monk in red robes breathed fire from his mouth in the downtown area of King's Landing, attracting cheers from the crowd, and some generous spectators even threw down a few copper coins and silver stags as rewards.
"Ms. Nastrika, reward me with a golden dragon."
A lady with brown curly hair and a noble birth was wearing a green gauze floral dress, like a flower in bud. She wore the coat of arms of the Tyrell family on her chest, and then turned her head to face the face next to her.
The pimple-stricken family nun spoke and gave instructions.
"this"
When Sister Nastrica heard her young lady's instructions, she hesitated slightly, but then saw the affirmative look in the little beauty's eyes, and had no choice but to nod.
"Yes, my lady."
Then the nun felt distressed and took out a shining golden dragon from her cuff. If it were before, she would never care about a golden dragon for her master, but now...
The nun shook her head, and then threw the gold coin to the red-robed monk who was performing so hard, which received an ecstatic expression on his face.
A golden dragon is worth a lot of money. Many families in the Seven Kingdoms cannot earn a golden dragon in a year. The red-robed monk even couldn't help but kneel on the ground and kowtow a few times.
"Thank you, the noble Lady Margaery Tyrell, for your charity!"
Immediately, the red-robed monk stood up, took another sip of the unknown liquid, and sprayed out a two-meter-high flame from his mouth.
"Let us hail the great House Tyrell!"
The surrounding audience immediately cheered and cheered enthusiastically, but the noble-born lady of the Tyrell family just smiled shyly, and then left with her skirt in hand.
Ordinary people have no way of knowing, nor are they qualified to know, the fate of the top dignitaries of the Seven Kingdoms. They thought that the Tyrell family had fallen, but now it seems that they are still extremely wealthy and have a profound foundation.
Although the Tyrell family of Highgarden was deprived of Highgarden and became the Tyrell family of Star Shuttle City, after all, the residual power of three hundred years is still there, and the people still respect the Rose Family in awe.
Lady Olenna Redwin's plan to break through from Viserys, send Margaery to the Red Keep, and lead the Tyrell family back to the court failed, but the old woman did not give up.
, but found another way.
Willas Tyrell was appointed as the tax collector in King's Landing. She took advantage of the opportunity of asking her sister to join her brother, and finally sent Little Rose to King's Landing, and told her good granddaughter that she would fight for the money in King's Landing no matter the cost.
The name of your family.
Are the Tyrells rich?
Although millions of gold dragons were plundered from his family fortune in one fell swoop, a emaciated camel was bigger than a horse. Although the Tyrell family was no longer wealthy, it would not starve to death. After all, the family's strength had shrunk greatly.
However, even under such circumstances, Lady Olenna still instructed her granddaughter to forcibly prop up the front of the Tyrell family. Naturally, it is difficult for ordinary people to know what she intended, but the effect is certainly there.
From the common people in King's Landing, to the common people, to the places where luxury stores sell ivory, gold and jade, to the dignitaries of King's Landing, all the nobles in King's Landing knew the name of Miss Margaery Tyrell in the shortest possible time.
He also learned that the Tyrell family had not completely collapsed and was still very wealthy. They were even in awe of Willas who had just taken office in King's Landing and did not dare to ridicule him in vain.