Chapter seven hundred and eighty third response measures
The news of the fall of Ibben has not yet reached Westeros. After all, Ibben is extremely far away. Far Ibben and the Bone Mountains belong to the same meridian, and are even further away than the red wasteland of Vaes Dothraki.
For the people of Westeros, Iban is almost the same as the Summer Islands and the Yi Land, and they belong to the end of the world.
After presiding over the highest-level meeting of the Imperial Army, Viserys put on a dark fur cloak and returned to his chambers.
It's still snowing outside.
And her wife Rhaenys Targaryen wore a set of silver dragon scale armor, a thick white fur shawl on her shoulders for warmth, and a black and red cloak.
She has a graceful and tall figure, a pair of dark brown eyes, and wears the Valyrian steel sword Dark Sister at her waist.
"my husband."
Viserys returned to his bedroom in the rebuilt Castle Black, and not long after, his wife Rhaenys also opened the door and walked in.
"Rhynys."
Then the two hugged each other briefly and then separated.
Viserys was not in Highgarden when the long night fell. At that time, the whole world fell into chaos, and Highgarden was naturally not exempt from it. From Highgarden to the royal family, from the Highgarden steward to ordinary maids and grooms, everyone was panicked.
I thought the end of the world was coming.
Viserys was in King's Landing and not in Highgarden at that time, so the young queen Rhaenys took the initiative to stand up and called her partner Rhaegal to protect Highgarden and save the imperial royal family's back garden from chaos.
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Not long after that, almost all the nobles in the entire royal territory of the Reach sent their families to the High Court. Because they did not have a lord above their heads, they were directly under the royal territory, so they had no choice but to deal with problems.
Come to Highgarden to ask for royal asylum.
Without the help of Viserys, Rhaenys was also on her own. She guarded Highgarden alone and let all the families of the Reach nobles enter the castle and settle them properly.
Rhaenys' abilities were unanimously praised by the families of the nobles of the Reach, and they chanted the name of the Prince of Summerhall.
However, Daenerys also left Highgarden suddenly before the long night fell, and Rhaenys did not know where Dany was going.
Although Daenerys is Rhaenys' sister-in-law according to seniority, they should be sisters according to age. In fact, Rhaenys even took care of the younger Daenerys when she was young.
When I was still a swaddled baby.
Therefore, the relationship between the two people is complicated. When Daenerys grew up, she also had more ideas of her own, and Rhaenys could not control her now.
After the long night fell, she was still a little worried about Daenerys's safety, but she breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that she had also flown to the Great Wall.
But Rhaenys didn't know what happened in King's Landing. Daenerys once had a fight with Viserys, and then flew to Dragonstone alone in anger. She just noticed that Daenerys saw her today.
The expression on his face was a little strange.
"Do you know what happened to Dany?"
"I thought there was something strange about the expression on her face when she saw me today."
Reunited in the house after a long absence, especially after experiencing the panic of a disaster, Rhaenys and Viserys briefly reminisced about the past, and then asked.
Viserys was slightly silent when he heard his wife's words. He thought of what Daenerys had said not long ago, especially the accusations against Rhaenys, but he did not say these words but shook his head.
"have no idea."
"Is it?"
The long-brown female dragon knight frowned slightly when she heard this, but then she didn't think much about it.
"Before you come to the Great Wall, you should go back to Highgarden first."
"Sister and the children need you very much."
When the long night fell, Highgarden was in chaos. If Rhaenys hadn't stepped forward, there might be no telling what the chaos would have been like.
But when the long night fell, Viserys was not in Highgarden but in King's Landing. In King's Landing, he discussed with the important ministers of the Royal Council and quickly made a series of preparations to deal with the long night.
For example, extending the blockade of the city to suppress panic, strictly inspecting the shipping and caravans entering and leaving the port, prohibiting all grain outflows from King's Landing, sealing all granaries, prohibiting public and private transactions to prevent soaring grain prices, cracking down on the black market, distributing grain on demand, etc.
A series of political measures taken by the Valyrian Empire played a very significant role. King's Landing also became a large city in the world that suppressed the long-night chaos in the shortest time. Pentos and Andalos also followed such measures and quickly maintained stability.
As for the other major cities in the empire, Old Town, Seagull Town, etc., more or less turmoil broke out, while the overseas city-states were even more dilapidated.
Because they had never thought of hoarding food in advance, coupled with the institutional restrictions of the Free Trade City, they did not have a stable external voice.
The Governor's Council is a commercial battlefield, and the governors have their own agendas.
When the long night fell, they were belatedly aware of it and did not immediately realize what it was. However, when they realized that this was the long night falling again eight thousand years ago, they began to desperately buy all the food and grass on the market.
They used their strong financial resources to instantly clear out all the food on the market in local cities, which directly caused the price of food on the black market to skyrocket.
Even if the long night lasts for decades, these governors will not die of hunger. However, those who really need food cannot buy food with money or cannot afford it, and they can only starve to death.
In contrast, the actions taken by the empire can be regarded as vigorous and effective.
Viserys was busy with these things during his time in King's Landing, and then when he was done with the things in King's Landing, he boarded the dragon and flew to the Wall.
"my question."
Viserys sighed, but the brown-haired little queen in front of him blinked slightly.
"Of course I know you have a lot to do, especially after such a disaster."
"You are the backbone of this nation, Viserys."
"You are more than just sister Arianne and my husband."
"More people need you."
"We will overcome this disaster, won't we?"
Rhaenys Targaryen spoke, and Viserys was silent after hearing the words. In fact, he was not sure.
Because the enemy in Changye was invisible, intangible, and even without any basis, he also had a headache and didn't know how to work hard. He just did everything he could, and the rest was to resign himself to fate or wait for their enemy to make a move and then reveal themselves.
flaw.
But facing Renes' expectant eyes, he naturally couldn't tell the truth truthfully, because as Renes said, he was everyone's support and everyone was looking at him.
If His Majesty the Emperor is discouraged, the battle with Chang Ye will be lost before it even begins.
So Viserys was silent for a moment, and then he still lived up to Rhaenys's expectations, and nodded.
"Um."
When Rhaenys heard his promise, her heart was relieved. Her child was only three years old, and she didn't want the sky in Heros's memory to be black.
"I'll go on patrol."
Then Rhaenys stood up and spoke, then turned and left Viserys' chamber.