Game of Thrones: Roar of the Dragon

Chapter 141 Rapid Development, Divine Grace Appears
Three months after the king's wedding, Jacaerys was holding a routine council in the Red Keep.

Except for the newly added seat of Minister of Agriculture under Chief of Intelligence Coleman, which was vacant, all other ministers in the Imperial Conference were in their seats.

There were rumors in King's Landing before that Earl Samwell would be replaced by Duke Jason or Duke Essamba.

After all, in terms of qualifications and financial resources, these two dukes are far superior to the earl who rose to prominence in the Dance with the Blood Dragons.

But three months later, Earl Samwell is still as steady as a rock.

This also made most of the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms admire King Jacaerys, and they began to rack their brains to find a position in King's Landing for their family heirs.

“Your Majesty, I just received a letter today from Lord Thaddeus, the Minister of Agriculture.

The transformation of the valley's terraces has been very successful. According to the current progress, it is estimated that it will be completed in another two months.

Duke Essamba was also very satisfied. He estimated that the crop yield in the valley in autumn could be increased by at least three times. "

Stone began to report the latest news he received today.

As Count Thaddeus and his agricultural army gained more experience, the subsequent terrace transformation progressed faster and faster.

Thanks to the hard work of tens of thousands of civilian laborers provided by the Western Territory,

In more than two months, not only the Golden Tree City, but also the Western Silver Mountain City, Deep Cave City, and Corn City near the Golden Mountains were transformed.

Due to the previous performance of the Tyrell family and the unsatisfactory gifts at the king's wedding.

At the end of last month, Jacaerys ordered Earl Thaddeus to lead his agricultural army to the valley to carry out the second round of terrace transformation.

I didn't go to the Western Territory because the three cities in the Western Territory located in the Golden Mountains are suitable for terraced field transformation.

The Tengshi Mountains where cities such as Golden Tooth City and Branded City are located are mainly used for gold mining.

In fact, there are some coastal cities on the west coast that are also suitable for terrace transformation, but the geological conditions are more complicated.

Jacaerys had communicated with Duke Jason, one of the many fathers-in-law, in advance, and would arrange special transformation for these western territories after the transformation of the valley was completed.

Duke Jason did not dwell too much on this little change. After all, Duke Esamba had never had a female family member selected as the queen's wife. However, he still offered a full 250,000 gold dragons.

Therefore, it is understandable that Jakaris placed the second round of terrace reconstruction in the valley.

I just didn’t expect that the terrace transformation effect of the valley covered with hills and mountains would be so outstanding.

If the valley can really achieve a harvest more than three times as great, it will become the granary of the seven kingdoms together with the Reach and the Riverlands.

With sufficient food and the previous intense fertility rewards, the population of the seven countries will usher in explosive growth.

Upon hearing this, all the ministers in the Imperial Council began to praise Jacaerys.

After Stone continued to report some unimportant news, Coleman, who was sitting below him, immediately said, "Your Majesty, our 'Dragon Claws' have spread throughout the seven kingdoms.

The 'white maggots' heading to Essos also gained a foothold and began to send intelligence back to King's Landing."

Dragon Claw, as the name suggests, is the claw of the dragon!

This official intelligence organization was formed by Coleman's takeover of all the large and small black market intelligence organizations.

It is Jacaerys's eye monitoring Westeros, and also his dark hand reaching out to Essos.

The smart Coleman knew very well that the reason a black market intelligence chief of White Worm's level was willing to surrender was definitely not because of his personal charm.

Therefore, not only did he not have any intention of deceiving his superiors or his subordinates, but he clung even more tightly to the king who had granted him this power.

Upon hearing this, Jacaerys gave a few words of encouragement and ordered Coleman to let the white maggots find out the enemy's situation at all costs.

As the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle!

The next time he leads the armies of the seven nations to land on the continent of Essos, it will surely be a thunderous attack!

After Kou Man finished his report, Grand Secretary Mu Kun stood up and reported: "Your Majesty, the order you issued to restrict church activities did not go smoothly.

After all, the belief in the Seven Gods has a history of thousands of years in the Seven Kingdoms and has long been deeply engraved in the minds of the common people of the Seven Kingdoms.

Not to mention such a meaningless order, even using force to suppress it would be of no avail.

After all, even the Faith of the Seven Gods was unable to wipe out the Faith of the Old Gods from the North!"

“Well, this matter is indeed not as simple as imagined.

It's okay, it's just a small test.

I will do the rest myself.”

Upon hearing this, Jacaerys did not blame Grand Maester Mukun for his incompetence, but waved his hand to signal him to sit down.

After Grand Secretary Mu Kun sat down with a grateful look on his face, the imperial meeting suddenly fell into an eerie silence.

"Well, Lord Forester, I remember you told me before that you had something to report to His Majesty."

Stone frowned, looked at Marquis Forester who was in a trance, coughed and reminded him.

Upon hearing this, Lord Forester, the Minister of Justice, immediately stood up and reported: "Oh, yes, report to your Majesty.

Your newly added system of rewards for military merit is sought after by almost all nobles and commoners.

Our recruitment of new soldiers is going very smoothly!
Currently, there are 8,600 new recruits who have passed physical examinations and identity verifications and are now undergoing the military training you have set up.

Once they pass the final military training assessment, they will be able to join the official new army!"

The military merit reward system means that if you achieve a specified number of beheadings, you can get a reward from the king.

The rewards set by Jacaerys were unprecedentedly generous.

I won’t go into details about the common rewards such as weapons, armor, bronze stars and silver deer.

Soldiers who have gained a lot of military merit can be upgraded to captain, middle-level commander, senior commander, or even knight noble.

That’s right! What we are talking about here are the wealthy knights who have been canonized by the king and have fiefs.

During the thousands and thousands of years of Westeros' history, the class structure of the nobles in the Seven Kingdoms became rigidified.

As long as they do not commit the serious crime of treason, the nobles will always be nobles.

For example, there have been almost no changes in the guardian families of the seven countries.

If this is the case for the upper class of nobles, let alone the common people below.

The upward channel has become solidified, and many ambitious people, like Little Finger in later generations, have tried hard to change their class but have failed.

Now Jakaris has opened a hole in this solidified upward channel. It depends on whether those ambitious civilians are willing to risk their lives.

And now it has been proved that they are willing to do so, as they have recruited more than 8,000 new soldiers in just over a month.

It looked like the 20,000 recruits that Jakaris had expected would soon be exceeded.

He now also owns a large amount of Dorne territory. If he only appoints knights, it is enough to appoint nearly a thousand wealthy knights.

And even if it's not enough, it doesn't matter, because the next large-scale war will definitely be in Essos anyway.

At that time, I will directly use the land of the foreign continent to confer titles on those brave soldiers who are willing to fight for me.

"Excellent work, Lord Forester.

You continue to recruit new soldiers, and those who have passed military training will be handed over directly to Rudy.

When all this work is done, I will give you a big surprise."

There is a lot of good news today, and Jakaris is in a relatively good mood now.

So in the end, a big pie was drawn for Marquis Forester.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Marquis Forester didn't seem too happy to hear that. He thanked him and continued, "Oh, by the way, Your Majesty. Half a month ago, you asked me to issue a notice to the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms to take back the execution rights of criminals in the Seven Kingdoms.

Now nobles from all over the country have escorted nearly a thousand criminals to King's Landing one after another, and the dungeons of the Red Keep and the prisons of the Capital Guard (Gold Cloaks) are almost full.

What should I do next? "

"Thousands of criminals were sent here in just half a month? Wow, that's pretty efficient!

I remember there is still a lot of open space in the Rhaenys Hill, which is closer to the dragon's lair, which saves a lot of trouble.

Lord Forester, I leave this matter to you.

Send someone there to survey the terrain and build a large prison as soon as possible to detain this type of criminal."

After hearing the report from Marquis Forester, Jacaerys showed a hint of joy and immediately proposed a solution to the problem from the root.

Upon hearing this, the other ministers at the imperial meeting frowned.

They were already thinking about what Jacaerys had just said, that large prisons were closer to the dragon's lair, saving a lot of trouble.

Are they feeding the dragon with criminals?

As for Marquis Forrester, his focus was not on this at all, and he fell into the same absent-minded state as before.

After not hearing a reply for a long time, Jacaerys turned his head and asked Lord Forester, "Lord Forester, what's wrong? Are you in any trouble?"

Hearing Jacaerys' question, Lord Forester showed hesitation and struggle on his face, and finally gritted his teeth and answered: "Your Majesty, our Frey family is willing to be loyal to you until death!

But now the previously damaged East Coast Castle is being rebuilt, and during this period it is also responsible for the food supply for the new recruits' military training, as well as paying for the transportation costs of all the nobles who sent criminals.

So I really can't spare more gold dragons to build the prison, please forgive me!"

"Hmm? Your Frey family is responsible for the food supplies for the new soldiers' training and the transportation costs of the criminals?"

Jakaris, who was originally smiling because of the many good news today, heard this, but the expression on his face disappeared instantly.

He knew that Lord Forester would not lie about something that was so easy to verify, so he turned to Lusiris and continued to ask,
"Luthris, I think I said before that all the expenses for the training of new soldiers and the transportation of criminals should be paid by the national treasury!"

Lusiris, who had remained silent in the imperial meeting, heard his brother's question.
He first glanced at Marquis Forester, then answered, "Brother, it is natural for vassals to work for their lords.

How can I ask for money from the feudal lord?
When Earl Collis and Sir Tyran served as Lord High Admiral, they merged their fleets into the Royal Fleet.

I have never asked my lord for the food consumed by the fleet, the cost of repairs, etc."

After hearing what his brother said, Jacaerys said to the other ministers expressionlessly: "Ladies and gentlemen, today's imperial meeting ends here.

Everyone except the Master of the Coin, Lucerys Velaryon, leave!"

Da da da!
Several ministers, who did not dare to get involved in the quarrel that was about to break out between the two brothers, quickly left the room.

When the door was closed from the outside by the White Knight Captain Dario, Jacaerys stood up and walked to the side of Lusiris.
Then he spoke slowly, “First, in formal occasions, I am your king, so you must address me as Your Majesty.

Second, the rights and obligations between the feudal lord and the vassal are complementary to each other.

Yes, I can indeed force the Frey family to bear these expenses as you just said.

Or let the other nobles who transported the criminals bear the expenses themselves.

But you are cutting off your own roots and draining the pond to catch all the fish.

Third, I know your character, Lusiris, so these words definitely did not come from you.

So who is teaching you?"

Lusiris, who was familiar with Jacaerys, saw that his brother was really angry, and immediately answered obediently: “It’s Rhaena.

Brother... Your Majesty, please don't blame her.

She taught me how to save gold royals for you so that I could serve as the Minister of Finance better!"

“Well, you go talk to Marquis Forester in private today.

No need to apologize, just say that all the expenses for the training of new soldiers and the transportation of criminals will be allocated to him. "

"As you command, Your Majesty!"

Looking at Lusiris's back as he left obediently, Jekaris's eyes showed a thoughtful look.

First, Rhaena asked Benilla to change her image to please her, and then she instigated Luciris to be a stingy finance minister.

It seems like it’s time to go to Chaotou Island to see what’s going on!
……

Essos, north of the Disputed Lands.

Ever since Jacaerys conquered Myr by force, the towns in the Disputed Lands near Myr have lost their protection.

Every now and then, there would be free mercenaries who were transformed into horse bandits, small Dothraki khalasar who came to plunder.

The managers of these towns had no choice but to spend a lot of money to organize defensive forces to resist.

Today, a small town is erupting with terrifying shouts and cries of killing.

The ferocious horse bandits broke through the gate of the small town, entered and continued to kill civilians and loot.

In this small town, two extremely fierce town guards are using the familiar terrain to engage in street fighting and occasionally raid the horse bandits.

But they were outnumbered, and one of the bald guards was stabbed through the heart by a spear from the horse bandits while trying to protect another guard.

Cole Quirey took the opportunity to kill the enemy, and then looked at Lannino with a dull look as he lay on the ground with a large amount of blood gushing out of the bloody hole in his chest.

He had never imagined that after years of bravely eloping with Lannino, he would end up like this.

Wow!

Cole, who was truly in love, had completely forgotten about fighting, threw away his weapon, and cried loudly while hugging his lover.

A horse bandit seemed to see an opportunity and immediately rushed towards Cole.

Hey!
A ball of orange fire flew out from an alley and in the blink of an eye, it turned the bandit into a human-shaped torch.

Da da da!
A bald monk in a red robe walked out from the corner and came to Cole.

Cole just stared at him as he pulled the spear out of the chest of the already dead Lanino.

Then he reached out and touched the bloody hole in Lannino's chest, closed his eyes and prayed.

"My Lord, the King of Light, please let your light shine upon this person and save him from the horrible death and endless darkness.

The fire in his heart has gone out, I hope it can be rekindled under your light! "

As the red-robed monk's prayer ended, the torn flesh on Lanino's chest actually grew new tissue.

And these granulations seemed to have life, quickly filling up the horrible bloody hole in his chest, turning it into an extremely ugly round scar.

Boom, boom!
When the wound on Lanino's chest became like an old wound, his heart began to beat again.

“Wow!”

Lannino suddenly opened his eyes, sat up and took a deep breath.

This directly frightened Cole, who had a sad face. Then, when he came to his senses, he immediately hugged Lannino tightly, tears dripping from his eyes.

The red-robed monk also stopped praying and opened his eyes to stare at Lannino.

He smiled and said to Lannino: "The night is long and dark, and everywhere is dangerous!"

Lanino seemed to have experienced something in the death just now. He who had no faith before now smiled and replied: "The night is long and dark, and everywhere is dangerous!"

(End of this chapter)