Game of Thrones: Overlord of the Deep Sea

Chapter 200 The sixth sons of the nobility

Wyman Mandler smiled bitterly. In the current situation, what else can he do except agree?

It is true to be loyal to Stark, and it is also true to be nostalgic for White Harbor, but it is clear at a glance whether all of this is more important than the safety of the family.

"Your Majesty, the Mandalay family is willing to relocate the White Knife River."

"Okay!" Jack smiled with satisfaction.

In the following days, the news that the Mandalay family was made a marquis and moved to the White Blade River swept the North.

The northern nobles talked a lot, and they didn't understand why the Mandalay family, which had hardly been involved in the battle between Poseidon and Bolton, could be made a marquis by Jack Poseidon.

Jack would not explain to them, but began to reform the North.

Now there are 300 million golden dragons, [-] Unsullied and [-] Atlantis officials, which can completely stabilize Jack's rule.

Jack dispersed the 500 Unsullied, and the [-] Unsullied went to Moat Cailin to replace the defenders there.

1500 Unsullied and 15 Atlantis officials are heading to Houguan Town. The large army of wildlings should be approaching the Great Wall.

This group of savages was used to being "free". After letting them enter the northern border, if they were left unattended, it would definitely cause unpredictable chaos.

Therefore, Jack arranged for the Unsullied and Atlantis officials to go to Houguan Town in the new land to prepare for the restraint and management of this group of wild men outside the Great Wall.

The remaining [-] Unsullied were stationed in White Harbor, and Jack planned to build a northern provincial capital fifty miles north of White Harbor.

three days later.

Jack ordered a census of the population of the northern border, and after counting the data sent by nobles and nobles, he found that the population of the northern border was much smaller than he had imagined.

Before the Rebellion of the Five Kings, the population of the northern border reached its peak after a long summer, with 200 million people.

Later, after the Five Kings Rebellion and the Northern Civil War, the registered population of the Northern Territory is now only 50, less than a quarter of the original.

Of course, the population should actually be larger, and many refugees were not counted.

After counting the population, Jack immediately started his own actions.

He first divided the northern border into nine districts, and then appointed Atlantis officials as prosecutors to supervise the nobles in their respective districts.

As long as there is any violation of Jack's orders, Colaxio will appear over the noble's castle that day.

The appearance of this decision also allowed Korakxiu to obtain the title of "Glorious Executioner" in the future.

Then Jack ordered the nobles to set the tax at one out of ten, and not to collect taxes in any name. At the same time, they must provide free farm tools for farmers to use.

Finally, the five cities of Hearth City, Cahoe City, Dreadfort, Winterfell, and White Harbor began to recruit refugees without restriction.

Any refugee who joins the Five Cities can choose among three options: farming, road building, and city building.

For those who choose to farm, the Emperor of the Sea will directly award five acres of land and some farm tools, and those who choose to farm can also build roads or cities at the same time.

Those who choose to build roads will be sent to various places in the northern border to repair the roads in the northern border.

Those who choose to build the city will be sent directly to White Harbor, and then participate in the construction of the northern provincial capital.

I can eat three meals a day, I can eat meat once a week, and I have a daily salary of 90 copper coins, and I can even choose to take a day off every six days.

Although the northern border is sparsely populated, Jack's decree could not be conveyed to every place in time.

But fortunately, most of the people in the north gather together in one place to live together, and the government orders of places with a larger population are still transmitted quickly.

Jack's policy caused an uproar in the northern border. In the eyes of the nobles in the northern border, Jack simply had something wrong with his head.

It doesn't matter if you award land to lowly farmers, it doesn't matter if it's not their land anyway.

But this tax reform is a bit too ruthless, and their tax is less, so the tax paid to Jack is also less?

It is simply an unreasonable neurosis!
It's a pity that Jack's soldiers are in full swing at this time.

He not only has [-] Winter Sons and [-] Red Dragon Knights, but also [-] Unsullied Legion from Essos.

Coupled with the two giant dragons, no one dared to try their edge for a while.

Soon time came to December, and the winter that belongs to the northern border came.

At this time, the five cities gathered a large number of refugees, more than [-] people.

Fortunately, all the ports in the northern border are controlled by Jack, and there are enough golden dragons to keep many merchant ships going out to buy food and grass, otherwise the northern border will have to run out of food.

Sufficient food and grass, a lot of waste waiting to be done, Jack started his second step plan - to win the hearts and minds of the people.

Under the effect of money ability, a large number of Sea God Temples appeared overnight in the northern border, especially under the rule of the Mormont family, which occupied half of the northern border, there were especially many sea temples.

Next is the sea temples rising from the ground near Baigang.

The people in the northern border believed in the old gods, but during the two wars experienced in the northern border, and even after the wars, the old gods did not bless them, and their prayers were not answered by the old gods.

In the end, it was Atlantis who helped them survive and rebuild their homes, so some people began to try to convert to the god of the sea.

I don’t know if I don’t change it, but I’m shocked if I change it!
Some believers who sincerely believed in the Sea God actually received a response from the Sea God.

The legs limped during the war healed miraculously, the blind eyes suddenly recovered, and even women who were infected with the disease by bandits and deserters recovered.

All of a sudden, a large number of northerners began to believe in the sea god.

At the same time, in order to ensure the spread of the Poseidon belief throughout the northern border, Jack ordered that no nobleman could prevent the citizens of the northern border from choosing their own belief in any way.

Every citizen of the North is a citizen of Atlantis, and they have the right to decide their own beliefs.

No noble can restrict the freedom of the people in their territory. They have the right to choose where to live instead of being trapped in a certain village forever.

However, your place of residence remains unchanged. For example, if you are from Village A, according to the laws of the lord, you cannot leave this village.

If you have something to leave temporarily, even if you are getting married, you must obtain the consent of the lord.

But now, you are from village A. Although your household registration is still in village A, you can go to village B to work.

The promulgation of this decree greatly improved the status of civilians in the north.

The promulgation and implementation of various decrees allowed Jack to firmly grasp the hearts of the people in the northern border.

As for the fact that the citizens have the right to choose to go out to work, many nobles in the northern border have expressed that they want to unite to protest. They know that the people are the foundation of the territory.

But even though they said so, some old sixth nobles saw an opportunity.

Jack's military power is too strong, coupled with the establishment of prosecutors, it is estimated that even a joint protest will have no effect.

So these old men secretly promised more benefits, and then asked their bachelors to quietly recruit farmers from the territories of other nobles.

After the incident was brought to light, there was a crisis of trust among the nobles, and everyone was in danger.

While always on guard against other nobles coming to recruit farmers in their own territory, they also began to draw big cakes for their own people.

(End of this chapter)