Chapter 111 Gifts
In Robb's plan, the two towers in the middle of Harrenhal are the King's Tower and the King's Wing Tower.

These two towers are the core of the entire Harrenhal. They are the most luxuriously decorated and well-designed places. The drainage system is rare in this era and has a perfect drainage system.

The people living here are His Majesty Robb and his family, as well as Minister Wang Yi and his family. In addition to its residential properties, the hall on the first floor will also be the place where future government orders are issued across the continent.

This hall is completely different from the crowded environment of other castles.

The lord's hall in the king's tower is unusually large, with forty or fifty fireplaces alone. It is not a problem to accommodate the entire wolf cavalry team, not to mention summoning all the ministers to discuss matters.

With this lord's hall, there will never be a situation where Robb entertains all the ministers who come to help in Winterfell in batches.

The floor is not an ordinary stone tile, but is paved with carefully polished smooth stone slabs. The sunlight shines directly in from the outside, and the entire hall is illuminated by the reflection.

The King's Wing Tower next door also has a hall, which is where ministers meet to discuss national policies. It is much smaller than Robb's Lord's Hall, but it is one of the most luxurious halls in Westeros, even the meeting hall in King's Landing. Also slightly inferior.

After all, the gold snatched from the West, the supplies shipped from the Reach, and the abundant wood and stone in the Riverlands were not in vain.

The two towers are surrounded by a whole garden. The grand maesters from the city designed it according to the courtyards of Dorne Water Garden and Highgarden. Robb named it Dragon Garden.

In addition, the three guarded towers are the barracks of the Wolf Cavalry, the warehouse for storing supplies and ordnance, and the offices of the clerical staff.

Outside the city walls of Harrenhal, countless residential buildings and infrastructure buildings are being constructed in full swing with Harrenhal as the center.

This is a huge project, and with the perfection of Harrenhal’s internal details, craftsmen such as carpenters, blacksmiths, and more will find countless jobs here.

The surrounding fertile soil was also used by Robb as a reward to the soldiers. Of course, the soldiers who had land had to take over all their families.

These people came to Harrenhal with their families, and the population created more needs. Merchants came after hearing the news, taverns and various consumption venues were built, and business began to prosper.

This is Robb's own castle.

After the battle with Little Rose, Robb stood on the top of the king's tower with Little Rose in his arms, admiring the whole view of Harrenhal: "It only took two or three months for Harrenhal to grow from an abandoned castle to the prosperous one it is today. Human beings are really a species that can create miracles."

Little Rose lay lazily in Robb's arms: "It's because of you, Your Majesty, that they can create miracles."

After looking at it for a while, Little Rose asked curiously: "Civilians live outside Harrenhal, so besides those towers, who are there so many buildings in Harrenhal for?"

Robb smiled: "Some are public infrastructure, and some are of course for nobles to live in."

If you want to become the Great Emperor, the feudal system is Robb's biggest enemy.

But Robb couldn't abolish this system directly, otherwise there would be immediate backlash.

So Robb prepared a variety of methods, including boiling frogs in warm water, and based on his previous life's Chinese and Western experience, he prepared a complete luxury meal for these nobles.

Make sure they get through the entire labor pain period before they can react.

"It's too early to say that now. Let's prepare for the wedding first."

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Another month has passed, and weddings are happening everywhere in Westeros.

The wedding of Robb and Little Rose, and the wedding of Joffrey the Great and a daughter of the Hightower family were held almost at the same time.

King's Landing.

The people here have not yet felt the haze of war. Many refugees poured into King's Landing before, causing some commotion. However, the 'wise' Regent Queen Cersei soon drove out all the refugees and restored King's Landing to peace. peaceful.

Today is a very happy day, the marriage between King Joffrey and the Hightower family begins.

There was a cheerful atmosphere everywhere inside and outside King's Landing.

Joffrey dressed in red and gold clothes in the palace, put on the golden crown, and proudly walked out of the door, preparing to attend his wedding.

He doesn't know what's going on outside, and Cersei and Tywin don't want him to interfere in government affairs.

If only Cersei was here, Joffrey could still make waves, but Tywin was also in the city, so he didn't dare to risk his life and make unreasonable demands.

When Cersei saw her son, she immediately boasted: "Xiao Qiao, your appearance is really worthy of the title of king. I can guarantee that that girl will be fascinated by you!"

"Humph, of course I know." Joffrey was very proud.

Cersei was worried that the queen who appeared out of nowhere would steal everything from her as predicted, so she came to get closer to her son.

Cersei loves her family, but she loves herself even more.

When Joffrey was bitten by Arya's wolf before, Robert tried to make peace with him and get over it.

Cersei wanted to vent her anger for her son at first, but when she saw Robert's attitude, her emotions immediately changed to the fact that she wanted to be respected by others and she must get what she wanted.

So when Robert was sleeping like a pig, she pulled Jaime tossing and turning on the king's bed, asking Jaime to catch the wolf to satisfy her desire for control.

The mother and son came to the wedding scene, and all the ministers stood up to congratulate them.

The Hightower family and the minor nobles who followed the Hightower family also came. They had offended Robb and had no choice but to go to the dark side and follow the Lannister family.

Even if Robb had a dragon on his hands.

Only Tywin and the little devil were still sitting on the chairs. One didn't care about Joffrey's authority, and the other was so heartbroken that he was too lazy to care.Joffrey didn't dare to glare at Tywin, so he had to pour all his anger on the little devil, and called the show he had carefully prepared.

Joffrey shouted: "Call those dwarfs in, I will let them put on a wonderful show for my uncle!"

When the little devil was the Hand of the King before, Joffrey was fed up with his anger. As a king, of course he would take revenge this time if he had the chance.

The little devil's expression was ugly, but he said nothing. He was thinking whether it was his sister or his father who wanted him to die in the battle to defend the city that day.

The wedding went smoothly, the ministers said their congratulations, and the Hightowers also presented gifts to Joffrey.

At this moment, several long calls of eagles were heard in the sky.

When a guard saw it, he immediately became alert: "What is it!"

Several huge eagles were not just passing by. They held a package in their talons. When they flew over the venue where Joffrey's wedding was held, they released their talons and let the package fall down.

"Shoot them down!"

James just wanted to pick up the bow and arrow, but his stiff arms woke him up. He could no longer bend the bow and shoot arrows.

Whoosh whoosh!
Several arrows flew up into the sky quickly, but those eagles seemed to have spiritual powers and turned away long ago, leaving those arrows in vain.

At the same time, the packages fell down.

pat!

The sound of the object breaking was heard, and the cloth covering the surface was torn to pieces, revealing the true appearance inside.

"This is the head!"

A guard shouted in horror, and many people immediately became nervous and looked around.

Although these heads have been smashed, some other things can still help identify their identities.

The crest of House Frey...the crest of a minor noble attached to House Hightower...

The Hightowers stood up immediately. They recognized the subordinate nobles who were not following them.

In other words, some minor nobles agreed to Robb's conditions and dedicated the heads of their family members to Robb in exchange for their family's peace.

But isn't this a slap in the face to the Hightowers? !

"Why panic!" Tywin stood up and took control of the situation, "Since they use eagles to deliver gifts, we can just accept them."

A few bold guards stepped forward and discovered that there was a letter inside the skulls.

They picked it up, checked to make sure there was nothing wrong, and handed it to Tywin.

Joffrey's face darkened when he saw this scene.

Tywin opened the letter:
[Pseudo King Joffrey:
His Majesty Robb Stark, King of the North, King of the Riverlands, and Warden of the Reach, is deeply pleased to hear the news that you are about to marry the Hightowers. In order to express his gratitude for the fact that a mentally retarded young man like you can get married. Out of joy, I send you a special gift. Please accept it.

Gift list: three heads of the Hightower family, and several heads of the traitor Walder Frey's comrades.

Foreign Secretary: Catelyn Stark]

"Humph!"

Tywin was filled with anger. This Robb was so ungrateful!
I gave these heads at the wedding and said they were congratulatory gifts!

The name was Joffrey's, but it was Tywin who was targeted!

Who doesn’t know that it was Tywin who planned the bloody wedding?

A wedding was ruined by a gift from Robb, and everyone's heart was cast into a shadow.

Many people with ulterior motives looked at each other and could see the uneasiness in each other's eyes.

Littlefinger and Varys looked at each other, both knowing that the other seemed to have a trump card, but they didn't know what it was.

Joffrey was trembling with anger: "Immediately! Immediately! Now! Send out troops, capture all the lords under Robb and behead them! Then use catapults to throw them into the barren Winterfell, and also When he gets married!”

Joffrey didn't even know that Robb had lived in Riverrun, let alone Harrenhal.

His hysteria seemed even pitiful in the eyes of some ministers.

In the final analysis, this king is just a puppet in Tywin's hands.

Tywin frowned, preparing to think about his next move. He ignored Joffrey's madness and left the venue with his cronies.

The wedding in King's Landing ended in farce.

The haze of war once again shrouded everyone's mind.

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