Game of Thrones: Overlord of the Deep Sea

Chapter 242
In fact, what Cersei wants is not to settle down the enemy first, she just wants the gold and food in Highgarden Castle.

Yes, the Iron Throne's finances are in ruins.

The most terrible thing is that the gold mines in the West have bottomed out, which means that the Lannister family can no longer relieve the pressure on the Iron Throne. Now the Iron Throne cannot even support the capital guard.

At this point, Cersei has only two paths to take.

First, raise a free army to help you deal with Jack Poseidon.

Second, capture Highgarden, then borrow money from the Iron Bank, summon military diplomacy, hire mercenaries, and work together to deal with Jack Poseidon.

But since there are four dragons in the Poseidon family, oh no, there are only three now, so Cersei decided to merge the two paths and go at the same time.

"I think we can take action against Highgarden first. The Tyrell family is capricious and has no credibility at all."

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at the current Sea Lord Euron Greyjoy.

Everyone is disdainful. Everyone is qualified to say this, but Euron is not. How can you, Euron, be qualified to say that others are capricious?
However, they did not dare to say what was in their hearts. After all, the iron fleet in Euron's hands was not meant to scare people.

What's more, Euron is mentally unstable and cruel by nature, so naturally they don't dare to provoke Euron.

Euron wants to take action against the Tyrell family, naturally not because the Tyrell family is really capricious, nor because of Cersei's consideration. He simply wants to seize the ships of the Arbor Fleet and the vast wealth of Highgarden.

Now the entire Royal Council is Cersei's voice. Since she already has an idea, there will be no surprises. In the end, the Royal Council decided to put forward conditions to Highgarden first. If they don't agree, they will go to war directly.

At this time, Euron's iron fleet was stationed on Dragonstone Island. It was originally planning to attack White Harbor directly after starting a war with the Poseidon family. After all, it was impossible to defeat Cailin Bay.

But now I'm afraid I have to go to the Reach to get a share of the pie.

After the royal meeting, Cersei led a team of guards to the slums of King's Landing.

Looking at the feces, garbage and barefoot and naked refugees everywhere, Cersei had a look of extreme disgust on her face.

Covering her mouth and nose, Cersei quickened her pace and found the target of her trip, the High Sparrow, in a building.

The High Sparrow is a tall, thin man with cold eyes, gray hair and obvious wrinkles on his face.

Unlike the previous archbishops, he never wore gorgeous robes, exquisite crystal crowns or gold filigree products, only a simple and monotonous knee-length woolen tunic.

He was extremely devout in his faith and his will was as firm as steel.

According to Maester Coburn's report, after the previous Archbishop was killed, the Archbishops entered the election process. As a result, during the election process of the Archbishops, sparrows rushed into the venue holding axes high and carrying sparrows on their shoulders. The Archbishop was frightened. They surrendered and chose the High Sparrow as the new High Septon.

After taking office, the High Sparrow began to sell off the church's property, including the gold crown, the archbishop's crystal crown, gorgeous clothing and gold.

All the money he received was used to buy food for the sparrows and the poor, but he himself wore a simple woolen robe and asked other monks to wear it as well.

When Cersei came to the door, the High Sparrow was carrying a wooden bucket and distributing gruel to the poor and sparrows. Everyone who got the gruel had gratitude and enthusiasm in their eyes.

"Hmm, Your Majesty the Queen, why did you come to the dirty slums?" The High Sparrow had already discovered Cersei.

To be precise, Cersei knew when he entered the slums that the entire slums were his sparrows.The High Sparrow also has some guesses about Cersei's purpose of coming here. If nothing else, the church will have an opportunity to rise again.

Jaehaerys I used his powerful family power and dragons to force the church to disband the church's armed forces. Now it's time to take it back!
"Are you the High Sparrow? I have something to ask you about, but this place is too disgusting."

Cersei frowned slightly. Unlike in the original play, Cersei did not have to rely on the High Sparrow to provide her with military power at this time. She just wanted to simply build a "capital defense force" that cost no money.

"The High Sparrow? This is really a funny name. It's as funny as Mr. Duck and King Turtle. It's true." The High Sparrow shook his head.

"We can never get rid of the names or nicknames given by others, the High Sparrow, what an ordinary name. Some people will never understand that everyone is equal before the Seven Gods and belittle me."

"Seven Gods bless you, why don't you wear shoes?" At this time, Cersei discovered that the High Sparrow was not wearing shoes either.

"Seven Gods bless you, my dear. I don't think the High Sparrow is derogatory." As he spoke, the High Sparrow filled another bowl of porridge for someone. "I gave the shoes to those in need. We all do the same. Only This way you won’t forget who you really are.”

"Do you know why I came to you?" Cersei looked at the High Sparrow, with a proud look on her face again.

"I don't know, and I don't dare to speculate." The High Sparrow looked at the proud Cersei, and he was already thinking about how to control King's Landing.

"Kingdom and divine power are the two pillars that support the world. If either one collapses, the world will cease to exist."

The High Sparrow said nothing, but handed out the hard black bread while waiting for Cersei to continue.

Cersei felt that she had taken the lead at this time, so she continued: "How much do you know about the situation in the North?"

"Not much. I arrived in King's Landing very early. I heard that the real dragon has returned to Westeros?"

An inexplicable light flashed in the eyes of the High Sparrow. He really didn't know much about the North. The places he could control were churches and slums.

"The current dragon family is no longer Targaryen, but Poseidon. The Poseidon family now has three dragons, and they brought the belief in Poseidon. The people in the north no longer believe in the old gods. You Do you understand me?"

The High Sparrow's face changed slightly. He didn't expect that the Poseidon family actually brought another faith, and even wiped out the old god faith in the north!

"Are you sure that the people in the north no longer believe in the old gods?" The High Sparrow couldn't believe it.

In his impression, the people in the north have believed in the old gods for thousands of years. How could they change their beliefs in just a few years?

Cersei sneered, pointed at the black bread in the High Sparrow's hand and said:

"There have been three major wars in the North, and there are many more refugees there than in King's Landing. You can make them grateful by just giving them some black bread and gruel, but do you know what Jack Poseidon did?"

"What did he do?" The High Sparrow's face began to look ugly.

"After Jack Poseidon arrived in the north, he quickly suppressed the price of food, and then promised that as long as he listened to the preacher's sermon for an hour, he would receive a piece of bread, black bread without sand and wheat husks.

Later, he simply built many churches in the north, and there were Divine Mercy Guilds in the churches.

The Shen Pity Guild sells a variety of grains, but the price is less than half of the normal price. Only believers who are familiar with the church's philosophy can buy from this Shen Pity Merchant Guild. "

(End of this chapter)