Game of Thrones: Overlord of the Deep Sea

Chapter 141 Lord Tormund and the Meaning of "Exploitation"

The moment the giant broke through the city gate, Tormund led the others to charge.

The war in the world of Quanyou is relatively simple. Basically, the two sides set up formations and then cut each other.

The savages north of the Great Wall didn't even have a formation, and they just slashed with weapons.

Heather Umber's face turned pale, and he knew exactly what it would be like to be rushed into the city by wildlings.

No way, Heather Amber decided to go south with his cronies to join Roose Bolton.

"Ang—" At this moment, a voice came from above his head.

Hoser Amber looked up, his face suddenly turned terribly pale.

A giant red dragon steaming all over his body was coming towards him.

"Dragon Flame!"

Scarlet flames fell from the sky, and the defenders on the city wall let out a piercing wail.

Heather Amber, who was the first among them, didn't even have a chance to scream, and was directly burned to ashes.

Although the savages who rushed into Hearth City were about to move, they were not in a hurry to burn, kill and loot.

Except for the Unsullied, almost no army in the world of Game of Thrones can avoid burning, killing and looting after entering the city.

But any army can do this under some kind of threat. For example, the wildlings at this time, Coraxus roaring in the sky, they can only curb their urge to plunder.

After capturing Hearth City, Jack distributed all the wealth of the Umber family to the soldiers of the Winter Sons.

They are not allowed to loot civilians, if they don't send money, chaos will definitely erupt.

There are tens of thousands of people in the territory of Amber's family, and large tracts of wheat are being harvested in the wheat field.

So Jack ordered the whole army to rest for three days, eat what they should eat, and those who should go to the brothel go to the brothel. After three days, everyone began to harvest food.

Food is the most important thing. If there is no food, it is extremely easy to cause mutiny in the army, and even Kolaxiu will be unable to suppress it.

So Jack is not in a hurry to go south, with Corak Hugh, but the Bolton family is in a hurry.

In the hall of Hearth Castle, as soon as Jack came in, he saw Tormund and several wildling leaders surrounding the fireplace.

Although the Sons of Winter is composed of night watchmen and wildlings, only the wildlings really participate in the war, and all the night watchmen are stationed at Castle Black.

The wildlings are obviously very interested in the castle's fireplace, because the fireplace is much warmer than the fire.

"What are you doing?" Jack asked curiously.

Tormund said with a little emotion: "No wonder everyone likes to live in a stone house. It is indeed more comfortable than living in a tent."

"Want it?" Jack asked suddenly.

"What?" Tormund didn't respond for a moment.

"Let me ask you, what do you think of this castle, do you want it?" Jack repeated.

The inheritance of the Umber family was completely broken. Mormont Umber was killed by Heather Umber, and Heather Umber was burned to death by Dragon Flame.

Horser Amber himself has no heirs, and the only one who may be alive is Little Jon Amber, but according to Jack's understanding of the plot, Little Jon also failed to escape bad luck, and was blocked by the Frey family with a sword .

"You want to give me this big house?" Tormund asked in surprise.

"That's right, I can make you the Earl of Hearth City, and this big house is yours, but you also have to bear the responsibility of the Earl."

Hearing that he had to bear the responsibility of the earl, Tormund immediately resisted.

"After becoming an earl, there will be bachelors serving you, as well as stewards, similar to how you manage your own tribe."

For Tormund, he doesn't care if the earl is not the earl, but this stone house is really good.

But Tormund is very smart, "I'm a savage, if you make me an earl, I'm afraid that group of crows and the northern nobles will have a problem with you."

"So I still don't want the position of nobleman. You can build me a castle like this in the future, if we can still be in the White Walker."

Jack raised his mouth, obviously satisfied with Tormund's words.

"Now that Daenerys Targaryen has become my queen, I have the legal right to inherit the Iron Throne, and I will seal whoever I say."

"In addition, I need to remind you, Tormund, I am not only the Sea God of Atlantis and the legal heir to the Iron Throne, I also have another title, Father of Dragons!"

"Thus, those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me perish."

"Ang—" Kraxhu's growl suddenly resounded through Hearthkeep.

Tormund looked to the outside of the window and looked at Colaxhu in the house with his head turned. He suddenly knelt down on one knee:
"I know how to say it, and I don't understand those rules, but from now on, you are my king."

Tormund was originally loyal to Mance Rayder, the king beyond the wall, but now Mance has surrendered to Jack, so now Tormund has no psychological burden to swear his loyalty to Jack.

As for freedom, it is nothing but self-consolation for not being able to pass the Great Wall. If they were given a choice, they would not even look at the hard life beyond the Great Wall. Who would not want to live in a warm and decent house.

Soon the news that Jack canonized Tormund as the Earl of Last Hearth City became known, and the wild people scolded Tormund for abandoning his freedom and becoming someone else's lackey.

But when the news that Jack was going to build them a house in the newly added land came out, the group of people immediately changed their faces and celebrated Tormund's becoming the earl.

So this group of people was not angry because Tormund gave up his so-called freedom, but because Tormund became an earl and got benefits that made this group of people feel dissatisfied.

Jack made Tormund the earl first, and then promised to build a house for the savages, which immediately boosted the morale of the savages, and they wanted to go south immediately.

Looking at the cheering savages below from above the castle, Jack murmured, "It seems that only benefits are useful."

He suddenly realized that although bloodline and surname can bring him convenience, benefits can actually make others fight for him.

However, the savages have no discipline at all, and it is impossible to rely on the savages to conquer the Seven Kingdoms or govern the northern border.

So Jack planned to divide the land north of Hearth City to the wildlings, using Hearth City as the boundary to separate the wildlings from the northern nobles.

Three days passed quickly, Jack ordered everyone to mobilize, and the wheat must be harvested immediately, otherwise it would rot in the field.

Even in order to stimulate the enthusiasm of the civilians, Jack promised that they only need to hand in half of the food.

As the leaders of the Amber family, the farmers generally have to hand over [-]% of the grain they grow, leaving only [-]% of the rations to make ends meet.

And now Hearth City has lost one-third of its population due to the Five Kings Rebellion. If they can leave [-]% of their food, there is definitely hope for them to survive the coming winter.

The purpose of Jack asking Tormund to announce this news is to consolidate Tormund's status and make civilians recognize Tormund as a wild man.

In fact, the effect was better than Jack imagined, because this guy Tormund lost himself in the cheers of the farmers, and directly set all future taxes at [-]%.

The taxes of the Seven Kingdoms are mainly divided into land rent and family tax. The family tax is directly handed over to the central royal family, and the land rent is handed over to their lords.

The land rent of the Seven Kingdoms is generally [-]% to [-]% of the harvested grain, and [-]% is definitely a very low tax.

Jack didn't say much about it. It was obvious that Tormund, who was a savage, didn't understand the meaning of the word "exploitation".

(End of this chapter)