Chapter 222: Earn More, Get More Hope
Tyrion stood there in a daze for a long time, then threw away his crossbow and immediately ran towards his destination.
At this time, at the Blackwater Bay dock, Varys, dressed in black, was anxiously waiting for Tyrion.
As the saying goes, do your best and leave the rest to God. He has designed everything, but that doesn't mean that everything will develop as he planned.
He wasn't sure if Tyrion had the guts to kill the old lion Tywin.
Killing the old lion Tywin and letting Cersei take power is the most important step in the final plan.
If Tywin had not died, the Poseidon family in the North might not have become the final winner.
Just as Varys was waiting anxiously, a short figure appeared and Tyrion ran over quickly.
At this time, Tyrion was sweating profusely and looked a little panicked.
Seeing this, Varys knew what was going on. "It looks like you've made your choice. We should leave."
"Wait." After saying that, Tyrion looked around, as if looking for someone.
"Are you looking for someone? Have you told anyone about this?" Varys's face changed slightly. At this moment, three bells were heard from King's Landing.
Varys's expression changed completely, and his voice was no longer as calm as before, but rather anxious.
"What are you looking for? We don't have time. If we don't leave now, the dock will be blocked!"
At this time, Tyrion finally found the sneaky figure of the dog and hurried over.
"You are not suitable for disguise. Fortunately, you are not too far away from me!" Tyrion said thankfully to the person in front of him.
It was Podrick that Tyrion was looking for.
He killed his own father, the Hand of the Seven Kingdoms, the Duke of the West.
Now that the alarm bells have been sounded in King's Landing, he doesn't have much time to find Podrick.
Fortunately, this guy was not far from him and kept looking around, so Tyrion could spot him in the crowd at a glance.
"What happened? Why did the alarm bell sound?" Podrick was very confused at this time. He was called to the dock in a daze, and the alarm bell sounded again in King's Landing.
"Something big has happened, but we have to leave now. It will be too late if we don't leave now. Let's go."
Tyrion did not choose to tell Podrick that he killed Tywin, so Podrick followed Tyrion on the ship that Varys had prepared long ago.
In the black night, fires began to light up all around Junlin, like lighthouses guiding the way in the darkness, or like giant beasts from the abyss emitting flickering lights and choosing their prey.
Tyrion stared blankly in the direction of King's Landing, while Varys looked at Tyrion meaningfully with flickering eyes.
Only Podrick had a dull look in his eyes, completely unaware of what was happening.
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The day after Tyrion left King's Landing, the newly built northern provincial capital of Thror was basically completed.
Facts have proved that as long as food is provided and a work system that concerns personal interests is followed, it is not difficult to build a city even without large equipment.
Poseidon witnessed that Jack really did not ask them to work 13 or 14 hours, but they took the initiative to work overtime for the copper coins.
If Jack hadn't stopped them, they would have even wanted to work overtime for fifteen or sixteen hours.
This made Jack somewhat confused. Is double hourly pay for overtime really that attractive?
If it were him, he would definitely not choose to work overtime, because Jack pays the workers very high salaries, and even if they don't work overtime, they can still make a lot of money during the construction period.
In fact, the recruited workers don't want to work overtime. No one wants to work overtime.
But Jack offered high pay, including double pay for overtime. As long as they earned a little more money now, they would have a little more hope of survival in the face of the long night that could come at any time.
Firewood, food, salt, winter clothes and bedding all cost money.
So the people in the North are not stupid. Since Jack is willing to spend money to hire them, they will naturally seize the opportunity to save more money.
Jack also lifted the restrictions on civilians cutting down trees. In the original northern territory, all resources in the forest, including trees, were owned by the nobles and civilians were prohibited from obtaining them.
Jack specifically relaxed this restriction for a period of two and a half years, during which time civilians were allowed to cut down trees in forests throughout the North.
The implementation of this policy has greatly promoted the development of blacksmith shops in the north.
If people have money, they will naturally buy axes to cut down trees, and making charcoal also requires many tools.
With the external funds brought by Jack being reasonably injected into the North, the economy of the entire North began to recover.
Of course, some are happy and some are sad. Jack is happy, the common people are happy, and the nobles are sad.
As vested interests, Jack's reforms undoubtedly infringed on their interests.
But Jack is different from other rulers. He has a group of neurotic administrative officials under him, as well as the Unsullied who obey his orders and the barbarians from outside the Wall who follow him mindlessly.
This meant that the nobles had to endure numerous reform measures even if their interests were infringed.
To be honest, in the reforms in the North, only the interests of the nobles were infringed.
The wildlings outside the Wall got the land they had always dreamed of.
The Unsullied and administrators under Jack are slaves themselves.
Civilians were given land and plenty of jobs.
Only the nobles lost the right to forcibly conscript farmers and indirectly lost their military power, and were restricted by the newly promulgated laws and lost the power of life and death.
The reason they haven't rebelled yet is simply because Jack doesn't need their help in managing the North, and he still has a strong military force.
(End of this chapter)