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Chapter 135 - The Great Council of Nobles

The main hall of the Golden Tooth Castle.

After intense discussions and negotiations, the nobles of the North agreed to take only half of the gold and leave the other half to the Rivermen.

According to the laws of Westeros, all the precious metals such as gold, silver, and copper mined by lords at all levels must be handed over to King's Landing, and the mint under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Finance will be minted into gold dragon coins, silver deer coins, and copper plates and then returned to the lords.

In this process, a lot of gold and silver will be taken away by the mint and handed over to the royal family in the name of minting tax.

This minting tax can also be called fire consumption.

As far as Arthur knows, the income and expenditure of the royal family and the entire kingdom are based on one bill, that is, the Iron Throne does not have the concept of internal treasury and internal treasury.

Because the royal family owed the Westerlands three million gold dragons when Robert was in power, the Westerlands did not hand over the mined gold and silver to King's Landing for a period of time.

This is why there is so much gold in the Golden Tooth.

"When we get home, we will unite all the families loyal to the King of the North and kill the Dreadfort and the Boltons first."

After dividing the gold, the Greatjon felt much better, and he shouted at the northerners.

Many northerners nodded in agreement with him.

Although many of their soldiers and conscripted peasants died in the battle, it also meant that there would be fewer mouths to feed when the long winter came.

In addition, with so much gold, gold can buy food across the narrow sea, so this winter will be much easier to get through than before.

Although there are still big problems such as the Ironborn and the Boltons in the North, after the northerners return home, they only need to lock up the Moat Cailin and White Harbor, and they can live a simple life that can be seen at a glance:

Eat, sleep, and fight the Boltons.

Arthur, who had not slept all night, discussed with many river nobles, and everyone agreed to go to Riverrun first and then make plans.

So after a simple cleanup, the nobles of the two realms led their family soldiers to the north.

As for the Golden Tooth, it was handed over to Oliver Frey for management.

This is a passionate and nervous young man, now seventeen years old. Judging from his selection as Robb's squire, his personal strength and military accomplishment are not bad.

Olifar was originally loyal to the Young Wolf Lord, but now he should be loyal to his family and be friendly to the nobles in the North and the Riverlands.

Anyway, he will definitely not be loyal to Stannis who occupies the Iron Throne, and without the order of the Frey family, he will not be loyal to the Lion family in the West.

There are five hundred soldiers from various families in the Riverlands left to defend the city with him, plus the two hundred men from the Frey family, and the solidity of the Golden Tooth City itself. Without several thousand troops, this fortress cannot be taken down.

As for the 1,500 captives in the mine outside the city, they are still tied with their hands and go north with the 1,800 coalition forces. They are excellent labor.

Three days later, Riverrun appeared in the eyes of this group of people.

Here, the northerners learned even worse news:

Winterfell was burned, probably leaving only a ruin, and the two Starks who stayed behind, Brandon and Rickon, also died.

It is said that Theon Greyjoy burned Winterfell before escaping in order to escape the counterattack of the northerners. The two Starks also died in his hands.

There are also rumors that Roose Bolton's illegitimate son, Ramsay Snow, nicknamed "Little Peeler", burned Winterfell. He led people to recapture Winterfell and then tortured Theon and the Starks.

In the hall of Riverrun, all the northern nobles who went south surrounded the "only remaining" Stark, and the heroes angrily expressed their desire to wipe out the Bolton family and the iron people.

Before Arthur and others returned to Riverrun, a tall female knight brought the news of Lady Stark's death.

After Renly died, she and Catelyn fled the barracks outside Storm's End and went north together.

Near the Blackwater River, a group of westerly cavalry attacked the two women. Although the female knight was amazingly powerful, she could not fight dozens of adult men with a single sword, so they easily killed Catelyn and took the body away, and disappeared.

The female knight was extremely ashamed and ran to Riverrun alone to report the incident to the nobles in the city.

Many male nobles ridiculed the female knight and believed that she was one of the reasons for the tragic death of Lady Stark.

Sansa, who was crying half to death at the time, made a few excuses for the female knight, believing that her mother's death was the fault of the Lion family, which moved Brienne of Tarth so much that she swore allegiance to Sansa Stark on the spot.

At that time, the news of Robb's death had reached Riverrun, so Sansa was left with only Arya as her sister.

The Brotherhood Without Banners did not find Arya, so Sansa decided to send her only subordinate, Knight Brienne, to find her sister.

Arthur squeezed into the circle of the northerners with great effort and saw Sansa with red and swollen eyes.

This poor girl has lost her father, mother, brother, and two younger brothers in the more than half a year she has been in the south.

She doesn't know where her surviving sister is in the countryside, whether there are thicker clothes to keep her warm, and whether she can eat enough every day.

"I... I have no family~" After her tear-soaked eyes vaguely caught a glimpse of her lover, Sansa cried even louder.

"It's okay, it's okay, you still have me." Arthur patted her back gently.

If there weren't so many people present, he would have wanted to hug Sansa to comfort her and give her a solid support.

Many northerners formed a circle and swore to Sansa to kill the iron people, Bolton, and the lions.

Then Heiyu appeared and loudly asked the Northerners to spread out a little so that he could help his grandniece, who was almost unable to hold on anymore, to sit on a free chair.

Due to problems such as Winterfell and the Ironborn, the leading nobles such as Great Jon, Meggie Mormont, Robin Flint, Owen Nory, and Rhona Stowe strongly advocated heading north quickly and clearing the Iron People first. people, and later went to war with the Bolton family.

Lord Leech and his army are still in the west. Since the Golden Teeth and other places are in the hands of the river people, and Riverrun is the territory of Uncle Robb's family, the Bolton army must first march eastward along the Golden Road, and then start from Around the Trident River.

This would greatly delay the arrival of the Bolton Army in the north, making it possible for the Yankees to first regain their lost territory from the Ironborn and then attack the Bolton Army returning from the north.

Blackfish and other river generals also supported this idea. Count Jason Mallister even promised to make peace with the neighbors Frey family and let the Twins allow northerners to pass.

"I will also ask Edmure to write a letter to his father-in-law, asking the Twins not to embarrass the people of the North." Blackfish said.

The relationship between the Tully family and the Frey family is pretty good now. Even if Frey is neutralized because Robb broke the engagement, now that the Young Wolf master is gone, Old Walder can't embarrass the Yankees.

"Sansa will stay in Riverrun. No army of tens of thousands can't capture this city on the water. It will be much safer for her to stay here than to follow you to fight in the north." Blackfish, who has always cared about his relatives, told the Yankees own ideas.

"No problem. The bastard who is always skinned is very troublesome. After we deal with him and the leeches, and then welcome Lord Jon Stark as the King of the North, it will be convenient for Miss Sansa to return home."

Winterfell has been burned, so taking Sansa with her is a problem, so the very nervous Greatjon agrees to this on behalf of the northern nobles.

Little Jon suddenly suggested: "It is said that Ramsay has his own group of people. We can send our uncles to harass the territory of the Dreadfort first. Maybe it will have a miraculous effect."

Lord Jon Umber's two uncles, Morse Umber and Hother Umber, are agents of the Last Hearth. Their titles are "Crowfood" and "Whore Nightmare" respectively.

The Amber family is the most famous warrior family in the entire North. Almost every member is a well-known warrior, and the martial arts of Crow Food and Prostitute Night are naturally not bad.

Having these two people go to the Bolton family's territory to harass the guerrillas will make it easier for the pro-Wolf family forces to fight, and the Bolton family will also suffer a heavy blow.

Greatjon repeatedly praised his son as being as smart as him, and then went to the maester of Riverrun to write a letter to the City of Last Hearth.

Time was running out, and after receiving support from dozens of carts of food from Riverrun, the northern nobles headed by Great Jon led more than 1,800 soldiers to go north.

One thousand of them had survived the battle outside Casterly Rock, three hundred were from the men Arthur had left behind at the Golden Tooth, and five hundred were from the Stark infantry who remained at Riverrun.

The remaining two hundred Stark infantry remained at Riverrun in the name of protecting Lady Sansa.

It took a day for the Yankees to leave. At night, another incident made the river nobles unhappy:

Lord Horst is dead.

It is said that before Lord Tully died, he was mumbling the name Lysa.

During the Usurper's War, Hoster was wounded by Jon Connington, then Hand of the King, at the Battle of the Bell, and became ill.

Since about four years ago, in the year 295 of the Conquest Calendar, Duke Hoster has been bedridden.

Since Edmure was also injured, Heiyu began to take care of his brother's funeral.

Two days later, the river burial ceremony officially began.

Coincidentally, the Freys also sent someone to attend the funeral.

To be precise, it was the newly appointed Lord of the River Crossing and Lord Frey Aenys who came to the Tullys to confirm his status as Lord of the House. With the current situation in turmoil, it was impossible for him to go to King's Landing and ask Stannis to recognize his status as marquis.

According to the Frey family, a member of the Frey family went mad and stormed into the North Keep and killed the people there.

There are two castles in the north and south of the Twins City. Old Walder and dozens of people from his eldest son Steveron's line and other higher-status Freys live in the north castle. The other sons and daughters live in the south castle. Countless Freys live in the north castle. The illegitimate children mostly lived in towns and mills outside the castle.

This crazy member killed his grandfather and members of the eldest son's line, and the old Walder and his son Aimon were enemies, so the third child, Aenys, became the lord of the river crossing according to the law of inheritance.

Along with the new Marquis Frey came two thousand Frey soldiers.

At the ferry where the river burial was about to take place, Arthur and others met the bald Inis.

We have to admit that power is the best stimulant.

Inis, who was relatively calm before, now starts to walk with wind, swinging his hands from left to right, and his head is even higher.

If Robert Glover was still in Riverrun, the two of them could compare the angles of their heads.

What made Arthur even more amused was the way Innis walked.

He looks very much like the arrogant UFC player Conor in his previous life.

Fortunately, Aenys is now the most powerful prince in the Riverlands, so there is no need to worry about someone taking offense and beating him up.

All the nobles arrived, and Edmure was carried to the river burial ceremony. After the prayers were recited, the boat containing Lord Hoster's body was released.

The boat floated down the gentle water of the Red Fork River and into the distance.

When the boat had become the size of a palm in everyone's eyes, Blackfish, who had glanced at the wind direction, lit the arrow, then drew the bow and shot the arrow.

Edmure was still struggling to stretch his head to see if he had hit the target, but Blackfish had already thrown the bow to the guard beside him, and turned away without caring about the result.

After a few breaths, the boat began to burn, and soon black smoke floated.

Edmure lay down with peace of mind.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Aenys rubbed against Arthur and whispered in his ear: "I brought two thousand people for you. While the people are all here, should we..."

Sansa also stood aside, still staring at the side with red and swollen eyes, very curious about what this man wanted to do with Bracken.

Arthur put his hand in front of the bald man's mouth in time, "This matter is not urgent, I will talk to you when I have time."

The result of his discussion with Tristan and Clement was to confront the nobles in Harrenhal and the riverlands.

Before the showdown, he had to win over several influential earl-level nobles, such as the two Vance family heads, William Mooton of Maidenpool, Jason Mallister of Seafort, and others.

With the support of these people, Arthur could convene a meeting of nobles in the entire Riverlands and try to establish himself as king.

Of course, Raventree, which had a grudge against Bracken, and Riverrun, which was supervised by Blackfish, would not be invited to participate.

The soldiers of these two families were also taken to the West by Robb, and almost all of them were killed, so they were left to play on their own.

Establishing oneself as king was not an impulsive idea. After King's Landing was taken down by Stannis, the Riverlands already had a buffer space.

Looking at the entire continent, the only two places that are still strong are the Vale and the Reach. The former has been keeping its troops in place, while the latter continues to compete with Storm's End.

Although Lord Inflatable Fish is very mediocre, he has a group of smart people under his command. Therefore, it is in the best interests of the nobles of the River Reach to stay near Storm's End, which has only a few hundred people, and it is also the best way to preserve strength.

Without the personal supervision of Lord Tywin, these 60,000 people will most likely not go north to attack King's Landing, let alone bypass King's Landing to attack the rivermen near Harrenhal.

Because the latter means that his food line is exposed to Stannis's attack range, and the riverlands have already fought a round, and there is not much food to be collected, so the River Reach Army can only transport food from the south.

After the river burial, Blackfish invited the river nobles to discuss the next move, and Edmure, who had recovered a little, was also carried to participate in this meeting.

...

Outside Duskendale, in a farmhouse.

Varys, wearing a hood, lifted his hat and showed his shiny head to Illyrio.

Illyrio, who was also dressed in a grey robe, complained in a low voice: "Why did you call me here in such a hurry? Although most of Stannis's fleet has arrived at King's Landing, the blockade of Blackwater Bay is still going on. I am taking a big risk on this trip."

The octopus spider ignored the cheese seller's words and said seriously: "A black dragon appeared in Harrenhal, the Baratheons occupied King's Landing again, the head wolf has died in battle, and the situation of the entire continent has greatly deviated from our plan."

Illyrio touched his huge belly, "I thought the rumor about the dragon was false, this is outrageous, the dragon that the Targaryens have not created since Aegon III has reappeared in the world, and four of them have appeared at once."

The news that dragons appeared in the red wasteland of Essos in the east has spread.

"So that thing must be implemented quickly, otherwise the lions will have an absolute advantage, which will make the Vale also surrender to the lion family." Varys warned.

Governor Pentos had a bitter face, "I'll try my best. The price of the Golden Group is not cheap, but I can't afford so much gold at once."

"One more thing." Varys patted his old friend gently, "I need more little birds. Since I escaped from King's Landing, my intelligence system has almost failed."

Little birds are a nickname for spies and spies under Varys. They are basically little boys and girls from Essos, and they have received extremely strict special training.

"You almost passed it last time, how come you are running out so fast!" The cheese seller said dissatisfiedly.

It also costs money to buy little birds. Now he has a tight supply of gold, and every bit of it must be spent where it should be spent.

Varys ignored his old friend's complaints and continued to instruct on several matters.

Illyrio also raised his own difficulties and showed how far he could meet his old friend's requirements.

The two talked for nearly an hour before saying goodbye to each other and leaving.