Viserys briefly inspected the construction of the Military Academy. The first half of the academy has been built and normal teaching has begun, while the second half is still under construction.
Ser Henryk, who made trouble for Maester Matus in class, had a troubled day, but Viserys did not punish him or even look at him.
Henrik felt like he had escaped disaster and breathed a sigh of relief on the way back to the dormitory.
Viserys did not punish disobedient students, because his own learning attitude was his best punishment.
What a rare opportunity it is to be educated in this world of ice and fire.
He has told them the importance of learning. This is a smooth road to advancement. Whoever can grasp it can ride the east wind and soar up. Those who do not grasp this opportunity will continue to do what they should do.
A blacksmith's son is still a blacksmith, and a fisherman's son is still a fisherman.
After inspecting the Military Academy, Viserys turned to the Medical School. The Medical School is located near the Great Sept of Baelor, in the center of King's Landing.
The urban planning of King's Landing is somewhat special. Although the location of Baelor's Great Sept is in the center of the city, it is not the most prosperous area of King's Landing.
The most prosperous area of King's Landing is located near Aegon's Hill, in the southeast corner of the city. It houses the palace of the King of Westeros, the Prime Minister's Tower, and the Royal Council Chamber. The Tribunal under construction is also located on Aegon's Hill, which will become King's Landing in the future.
The highest legal body for appeal by the common people and other nobles from all over the country.
However, although Baelor's Cathedral is not as magnificent as Aegon's Hill, it is still very prosperous. The kingdom's medical school is next to Baelor's Cathedral. The scale of the building is not as grand as that of the Military Academy, and it is open to ordinary citizens.
Enrollment in the military academy is only recommended by the military from various places and is not open to the public. A large number of soldiers from the capital garrison are already standing guard near the military academy.
Except for the Military Academy, other academies do not have such stringent conditions. They can be open to recruiting students from outside, but they need to pay extremely high tuition fees.
But at present, this policy is only on paper and has not been officially implemented. Now it only accepts patients who come to see a doctor. The students are still the second sons of nobles from various places and are composed of illegitimate children. However, even so, the medical school is still overcrowded every day, with a large number of students
The people of Junlin queued up to see doctors, and they were overwhelmed.
The city's great physician, Dr. Ambrose, is now the dean of the medical school. He is also the leading doctor in the entire Westeros, and beside him there is a busy little fat man running around.
It looked a little familiar to Viserys.
However, the special situation of the medical school is that it is really too busy. Everyone is busy without touching the ground. Viserys just looked at it briefly and did not cause any more trouble to this group of medical workers. Instead, he turned and left.
Got here.
The Military Academy and the Medical School are what Viserys cares most about, one is about killing people and the other is about saving people.
As for the construction of the School of Economics and the School of Theology, they have not yet been completed. One is responsible for money, and the other is responsible for people's beliefs.
Economic reform is imperative in the future, but the country has not yet been completely pacified and is still in the post-war recovery stage. There will be greater wars waiting for them in the future. Currently, the focus is on a stable transition, and more suitable reform conditions have not yet been formed.
In fact, it is the deep-rooted aristocratic system in Westeros that has caused the stagnation of national strength. Looking at the free trade city-states on the other side of the Narrow Sea, none of them individually is as powerful as the Seven Kingdoms. Their population and
The size of the land is not comparable to that of Westeros, it is just a small land.
However, according to the report provided by Illyrio Mopatis, the finance minister and former governor of Pentos, under such a strong contrast in strength, a large amount of gold and silver is lost from the seven countries every year and flows into the Free Trade City-state on the other side of the Narrow Sea.
It has flowed into the Iron Treasury, the Ancient Spice Guild, the Thirteen Giants, etc.
Where does this strong trade deficit come from? How to solve it? This naturally becomes one of the next topics.
However, it is obvious that Westeros is now only a superficial producer of raw materials, with primitive processing and production methods, and the profits earned are minimal.
Farmers in Westeros produce raw materials and then sell them to wealthy merchants in the Free Cities at extremely low prices.
The wealthy merchants processed the raw materials into commodities and sold them all over the world, including Westeros. They easily took away large amounts of gold and silver at prices that were several times or dozens of times higher.
The West was once the main mineral mining area of the Seven Kingdoms. The land in the West contained rich minerals, gold, silver, copper, etc. However, the West, which contained so many resources, did not dominate Westeros in the end. Instead, it was
Empty the body.
Where did the gold dug out of the Western Region go?
Anyway, it did not flow into the hands of local businessmen.
These extremely wealthy merchants of the Free Trade City-States used the money they earned from Westeros to easily destroy the original merchants of the Seven Kingdoms and kill all their competitors to maximize their profits.
The former Iron Throne didn't pay attention to this at all, or was ignorant, and the finance minister only knew how to borrow money, which led to the current situation.
Implement limited trade protection, follow the example of trading city-states and establish their own "iron bank", that is, a bank, promote currency reform, change productivity methods, etc...
All these problems piled up in front of us urgently need to be solved by Viserys, but this kind of problem cannot be rushed. Economic problems can never be solved overnight. In the future, more long-term development is needed, step by step, and there is a very shortage of talents alone.
As for religion... it may be more complicated than economic issues, and it will take years and decades of long-term efforts until a generation dies completely before it can be changed.
Nowadays, the location of the seminary is also not far from the Great Cathedral of Baelor, next to the Alchemist's Guild Hall. The dean of the seminary is the Archbishop of the Faith of the Seven Gods, and the Fat Archbishop is also honored to do so every day.
Wearing the dean's medal, he walked around the college with his head held high.
Naturally, there are more than seven gods in the seminary. Melisandre, the priestess of the Red God Religion, has a high reputation among the people. With the support of Viserys, she became the deputy dean of the seminary, mainly cultivating professors of faith.
Monks of R'hllor.
The seminary also has the natural faith of the Rhoynar people and the old god faith, which has a larger number of believers in the north. There is also a small sacred forest in the seminary.
Generally speaking, the atmosphere in the seminary is quite harmonious, and there is no fight that Viserys had worried about before.
After inspecting the Military Academy and Medical School, Inspector Viserys returned to the Red Keep.