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Chapter 136 Breaking the Curse
For Arthur, there were too many things to do next.

Previously, in order to force Robb to return to the West River to fight, Tywin had sent people to carry out a scorched earth policy on the territories of Pink City, Travel Rest City, and Riverrun City on both sides of the upper reaches of the Red Fork River.

This left most of the farmers in the three places without their homes, let alone food for the winter. Riverrun City was fine, their lord Edmure's castle was unbroken, and there was still some food for these landless farmers.

The commoners of the Earldoms of Red Pink City and Traveling Rest City are very unlucky. Their lords have no home and can't take care of them.

So after hearing that there was a new king in Harrenhal and that food was distributed for free, about [-] to [-] landless farmers rushed to the God's Eye Lake area one after another, and headed towards Harrenhal and Harren Town Come.

This wave of people is already on their way.

In another direction, a large number of farmers also came to Harrenhal on the east side of God's Eye Lake.

The Allied Forces on the Eastern Front used IOUs to collect a large amount of military rations. Now that the situation has stabilized a bit, the village chiefs brought their IOUs and convoys to ask for food.

Arthur could only send some of the farmers from the east with the golden dragon, and he promised to exchange the grain from the valley, Pentos, Volantis and other places in exchange for the IOUs.

The farmers in the west are in much more trouble, although they don't ask for carts of grain immediately, they just ask for enough food every day.

But tens of thousands of people have enough to eat, and the pressure is still very high.

If each person eats two meals a day and eats one catty of grain, the daily consumption is tens of thousands of catties of grain.

Patrick only brought [-] carts of grain from the River Bend, and Willis brought [-] carts of grain from Seagull Town. The two waves of grain together would be enough for a month.

So before the farmers from the west arrived in large numbers, Arthur asked Twin River City, Maiden Spring City and other places to send more food.

But this is not enough, it can only allow the farmers in the west to eat for a while, and when the lords of the river land are unwilling to provide food for the new river king, the food crisis will come again.

Therefore, it is necessary to establish a stable channel for obtaining food from the outside.

Willis once suggested buying food from Pentos, but after Stannis blocked the Blackwater Bay, the trade in the Narrow Sea dropped sharply, and some merchants on the mainland of Essos had accumulated a large amount of goods waiting to be sold.

And the farmers in the river land were starving for food, so Arthur decided to use Maiden Springs to build a new trade channel. Although this would make the captains of the Narrow Sea spend more time at sea, after all, the governor of Pentos and the giant merchant Now that we have customers, we don't have to worry about dropping the goods in our hands.

Willis had left because he wanted to persuade his father, Lord Wyman Manderly, to send an army south to retake Cailin Bay, so that the Yankees who had returned home had a way to go.

So Earl William Mooton was in charge of establishing such a trade channel. He was timid and cautious by nature, but he was quite good at managing the territory and running Maidenquan Town. He was the most suitable candidate for this role that Arthur could find.

In addition, the problem of housing the farmers from the west must be resolved.

Their villages were burned, and since the Western Territory Army withdrew from the Hejian Land in large numbers, the farmers who fled to the north bank of the Red Fork River, Wangling, and the River Bend have gradually returned. in the village.

Fortunately, there are many trees in the river, beech, poplar, willow, locust tree, etc. With wood, wooden houses can be built relatively quickly, and they can still survive this winter.

The problem of food and housing for land-lost peasants can generally be solved. In terms of manpower, in addition to the peasants who can work themselves, there are also soldiers from the western border captured in several wars.

These full-time soldiers fed by Lord Tywin are not as meticulous as farmers in terms of workmanship, but they are much stronger in strength. They are most suitable for carrying wood, cutting trees, digging pits and other tasks.

The old bachelor Tosmey and Qyburn in Harrenhal are in charge of guiding the construction of new houses for the landless farmers, which is located on the plain north of Harren Town.

In order to satisfy Coburn, Arthur also restored his bachelor's status to the Academy City in Old Town in the name of the King of the River, and returned his bachelor's necklace.

While it must have been useless, Arthur put on a show to let Qybain know he still had it in mind.

In addition to these, there is one more thing that the new Hejian King needs to pay attention to.

There seems to be something wrong with the Brotherhood Without Banners.

The brotherhood composed of members such as blacksmiths, carpenters, farmers, hunters, and the King's Landing Law Enforcement Team has gradually changed its style.

They began to attack some villages that provided services to the Western Border Army, and hanged the villagers who had done things for the Western Border Army, even though the villagers were also forced by the Western Border Army.

This made the peasants and village chiefs whose lives began to stabilize miserable.

So Arthur asked Aenis Frey, Tristan Legg and others who led the army to recover Willow City to find the leader of the Brotherhood. He wanted to know whether Earl Berry and others were still leading this non-governmental organization that protects farmers. If not, the King of the River is going to talk to the new leader of the Brotherhood.

At least they can't be allowed to act recklessly in Hejian. If they want to kill the lion's family, please go to the west to play.

The peasants in the riverlands are pitiful enough. Their lords are not capable of fighting, and their homes are ravaged by the enemy. Now they have finally survived the war to an end, but they still have to endure the bullying of the Brotherhood.

King Hejian felt that he should restrain the Brotherhood Without Banners and let them return to the right path.

This was something outside of Harrenhal, and there were also some things in the castle that bothered Arthur.

Since more than 3 farmers have already lived in the castle, and they have no awareness of not being able to defecate everywhere, the smell of the whole castle quickly approaches that of King's Landing City.

The stench of feces, urine and fart that can be smelled by fleshy noses.

Even if you walk around the castle, you may pour a basin of urine on your head. If you don't pay attention to your eyes, you may step on a pile of poop, which is still fresh and steaming.

So Arthur asked Cobain to take the time to design a relatively complete drainage and sewage pipeline to make the castle more hygienic.

Of course, he also ordered in the name of the "manager" of Harrenhal to let everyone go to the toilet to defecate - dozens of temporary toilets were built a little farther outside the two city gates, so that the smell would drift away.

This group of people will also own wooden houses in the north of Harren Town. When the construction is almost complete, some people will move out to make Harrenhal cleaner.

Since he got [-] gold dragons from the Reach and five carts of gold from the City of the Golden Tooth, Arthur was able to pay off his previous debts.

Outside the village of Syre, Arthur had borrowed more than 200 golden dragons from Marco Pepper, Raymond Darry, Karel Vance and others, and now he has finally returned them, but the object of return has become Claremont Pepper, Lyman Darry and others.

The golden dragon snatched from Wag Holt by Amory Lodge was also brought back, Mrs. He'an's was returned to her, and the share of the blood troupe was inherited by Locke Holt.

The deposit to the mercenaries of Kohor and the salaries of the mercenaries who died in battle were also paid together.

During the siege by Tywin's main force in the west, Arthur had ordered the collection of food from all the farmers who had taken refuge, and now he paid those who were willing to take the money.

Some people wanted food, so the King of Hejian asked them to wait until the merchant ships from the Narrow Sea arrived at Crab Bay.

Since the little lords of the river land are not very familiar with Arthur, they only support the new king of the river because most of the earl-level nobles support the new king, so in order to win over this group of people, Arthur will All the gold in the golden dragon style was distributed to the lower-level lords, allowing them to recruit strong farmers in their own territories to resist the possible attack of the Lion Flower Alliance.

And the batch of gold obtained from Golden Tooth City cannot be circulated unless it is made into gold coins, which will make the already chaotic market even more chaotic.

And the gold mines outside the Golden Tooth City can also dig out some gold. Arthur wondered if he could build a mint by himself, design his own gold coins, and then cast this batch of gold into new gold coins and enter the city of the Riverlands. town circulation.

This matter has to wait until the situation is completely stabilized. Now the Lion Family is actively preparing to move eastward, recapture the Iron Throne and King's Landing City, and once again enter the Riverland to eliminate the "rebels". This makes Arthur's idea of ​​​​running the Riverland postponed After some.

The most important thing right now is to break the curse of Harrenhal.

Mrs. Hean can't live for long, and she has made it clear that the next master of Harrenhal is Sansa Stark, and Arthur himself also wants to marry Sansa, so both of them will be cursed by then.

The King of the River is not sure whether his status as king can remove the influence of this curse, but Sansa must be affected.

This made the work of breaking the curse suddenly urgent.

Fortunately, Arthur still knows a lot about the magical power of this world, so there are several ways to deal with it.

If the castles on the entire continent of Westeros have magical effects, the source of power must come from the godswood and some miscellaneous small witchcraft.

For example, Storm's End, the castle built on the sea cliff by "Builder" Stark, the biggest magical effect is to resist shadow magic.

To be more specific, the children of shadows born by Melisandre cannot pass through the walls of Storm's End.

Therefore, in order to kill Cortanay Penros, the deputy city lord, she must be sent to the bottom of Storm's End by the Onion Knight before she can cast her magic.

The source of the magic of Storm's End is the weirwood in the godswood in the city.

But Stannis has ordered the godswood in Storm's End to be burned, so Storm's End will not be able to withstand the attack of shadow magic in the future.

Winterfell also has magic, and judging from the fact that the godswood forest in the city is the largest in the whole continent, the magic effect of House Stark is super strong, so strong that it can affect the entire northern border.

But the effect may be very weak.

As far as Arthur knows, this magic circle has a function to stabilize the northern border. Specifically, if there are no living Starks in the city (literally), the entire northern border will attract bad luck, and bandits will rise from the forest. Flayers run the Kingsroad, lords turn on each other, and peasants turn ferocious.

Although this may have nothing to do with the magic effect, it is purely due to the lack of a monarch in the northern border to suppress it, but it did bring bad luck.

The largest magical building in Westeros is the Great Wall built by Brandon the Builder and the Sons of the Forest.

Three hundred miles (483 kilometers) long and seven hundred feet (213.36 meters) of wall, this thing may be the largest single structure in the entire world.

Its only effect is that the White Walkers and ghouls cannot pass through the icy walls of the Wall.

The ghoul that Jon Snow killed when he rescued Commander Mormont turned into a corpse after passing through the Great Wall, so it did not violate the law of the Great Wall to stop ghouls.

The source of power for the Great Wall should come directly from the old gods.

In addition, there are some messy little witchcrafts that can also provide magical powers.

For example, the night watchman used to mix human blood into the material of the cast wall in order to gain some kind of power.

Harren the Black let his brother join the Night Watch and became the commander-in-chief. He also knew this trick. Therefore, when he was building Harrenhal, he mixed an unspeakable blood into the city wall.

This may be the source of the power of the Harrenhal Curse.

But considering that there is also an oversized weirwood in the castle, which is the only heart tree in the entire continent that can survive transplantation, so this may also be the source of the curse's power.

If the latter, the solution is very simple, just transplant the weirwood out.

Arthur had already thought about the transplanting location, and sent it to Qianmian Islet.

It was the forbidden place of the old gods, and there are still green men who are suspected of being "children of the forest" active, so it must be right to fall there.

Although Arthur also hates the old gods and the three-eyed crow, he has to rely on the old gods and the Lord of Light to resist the cold gods, and let the old gods maintain the magic effect of the Great Wall, so the source of power of the old gods cannot be weakened.

As for the hidden gods such as the Seven Gods, they probably haven't come out for thousands of years. Relying on their power to resist the ghosts and cold gods, it's better to rely on Arthur to stab the ghouls one by one with a dragonglass weapon.

If the source of the curse's power is the former, it will be a bit difficult to handle.

The most stupid way is to replace all the bricks and stones of the entire Harrenhal with normal ones, but this is not as good as building another castle.

After thinking for a long time, he finally came up with another stupid way.

The practice of mixing human blood into the city walls to gain power comes from the night watchmen. Although the night watchmen are closely related to the old gods, it is unlikely that the art of blood witches came from the old gods who admired nature.

Legend has it that this blood witch technique came from the lineage of the ancestor king in the north, and his tomb should be in the Dahuang Tomb of the Dustin family.

If his ashes are lifted, maybe this curse can really be broken.

The First Ancestor King is just a certain clan leader of the First Men. The First Men Kings who are stronger than him include "Green Hand" Garth and "The God-hating" Storm King Dulun.

Green Hand's eldest son, Garth Gardener, is the founder of the Reach Kingdom.

A certain son of Qingshou, who is called "Blood Blade" or "Blood Knife", is rumored to be the founder of the Stark family, "City Builder" Brandon.

It was further rumored that one of the Blue Hand's grandsons was the witty Lann, the supposedly wise, quick-mouthed dwarf who was the ancestor of the Lannisters.

Needless to say, Du Lun, the title of "God-hating" is not something that can be obtained casually.

Arthur also wanted to know what the Storm King had done to make God hate him, and he couldn't do anything to Duren.

In short, it is very simple to destroy the First Ancestor King. At worst, let Alduin completely burn the Great Wilderness Tomb, and the matter will be over.

Alduin was replaced by Joffrey, and Joffrey was the king of the ancestors, the Andals, and the Rhoynar, and he had more respect than the ancestor king, the king of some ancestors.

Arthur decided to find a time to discuss blood magic with Cobain first, and then find a way to break the curse of the ancestor king.

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(End of this chapter)