Chapter 142: Chapter 142: The Northern Territory is busy collecting grain
What Jack didn't expect was the time to harvest the crops.
As a result of the Rebellion of the Five Kings, most of the farmers in Hearth were taken away by Lord Greatjon Umber.
In order to fight, farmers also brought their own farm tools, such as hoes, dung forks, rakes, etc. These were their weapons to save their lives on the battlefield.
With the land, oxen and even farm tools belonging to the lord, few farmers could save enough money to buy decent weapons.
So they could only carry the dung fork and hoe at home to fulfill their combat obligations for their lord.
Although they were called free people, they were actually not much different from serfs. They were free only in legal terms. Normally, they had to report to the lord even when leaving the village.
It was also because of this that the food in Hearth City and its surrounding areas, which could have been harvested in half a month, took a full two months.
It's not just the North. Except for the Reach and Dorne, the rest of the places are similar, especially the Riverlands. The once prosperous banks of the Trident are now full of abandoned manors and villages, not to mention harvesting grain.
During these two months, scouts from the Dreadfort in the South never stopped coming. After discovering that Jack was collecting grain, the Bolton family also began to speed up the collection of grain.
Everyone knew the importance of food, especially Roose Bolton, who had gathered 8,000 men, including 2,000 cavalry.
Although these people brought some rations with them when they applied, it was only enough for them to eat during the journey, and the subsequent food and grass still had to be provided by Roose Bolton.
And Roose Bolton discovered that there was a giant red dragon and an eagle hovering in the sky during this time.
The eagle is a skinchanger among the wildlings - the six-shaped man Varamyr.
Therefore, the movements of the entire Dreadfort were under Jack's control, and sometimes Jack would ride on Korakshuu to harass the Bolton family to harvest food and grass.
At this time, Moat Cailin was still under the control of the Ironborn. The Iron Throne was temporarily unable to help Roose Bolton and could only express support.
The Iron Throne depicts Jack and his crew as wildlings heading south.
It also stated that Jack Poseidon was a descendant of Blackfyre and had no right to inherit the Iron Throne.
But this also indirectly recognized the Targaryen family's right of succession.
Moreover, these words can only deceive the common people. The nobles have already begun to plan their own little plans.
Because it doesn't matter whether Jack Poseidon is Blackflame's bastard or not.
The important thing is that Jack Poseidon now has the support of 100,000 savages and a ten-meter-long dragon.
The dragon is the key point. Without the dragon, Jack is nothing even if he is a legitimate Targaryen.
Even if Jack Poseidon was given another 100,000 savages, the nobles would not consider the possibility of Jack Poseidon's success.
But things are different with dragons. If Aegon Targaryen didn't have three dragons, Westeros would still be divided into seven kingdoms.
Now to put it bluntly, Targaryen and Blackfyre have obviously united, and Blackfyre married a Targaryen, so there is naturally no such thing as an illegitimate child.
If it were just that, it would be fine. After all, in the end, whether it is orthodox or not will be determined by strength.
If the Baratheons can occupy the Iron Throne for three generations, then the Baratheon dynasty is legitimate.
The question is whether the Baratheon dynasty can last for three generations.
You have to know that now there is one Blackfyre dragon and three Targaryen dragons. In less than ten years, there will be four giant dragons participating in the war for the Iron Throne.
When facing a giant dragon, these nobles will have to think carefully about which side they should stand on.
Tywin Lannister also felt the undercurrent, so he wanted to take advantage of Joffrey's wedding to intimidate and bribe these nobles.
at the same time.
A huge merchant ship appeared at the Meereen dock.
Most of the ship's hull is black. It is the Black Pearl, Atlantis's second most luxurious modified ship after Poseidon.
Moreover, the Black Pearl is different from the Poseidon in that it is specially equipped with fifty warships for escort.
After the Black Pearl docked, several teams of Unsullied came down. They were there to take Daenerys to Sea King's Island.
Soon Daenerys arrived at the dock surrounded by the crowd, holding her two children.
Mando Gru looked worried. "Your Highness, please take care of yourself over there. Don't worry about Meereen. I will do my best to govern Meereen."
"Of course I believe you, Prime Minister Gru, but 50% is really too much. It should be 20% at most. Otherwise, I will be worried about the living conditions of the people of Meereen."
Mando Gru's eyelids jumped and cold sweat suddenly covered his back.
Ever since Jack left Meereen, the part of the "people's money" that originally belonged to Jack was taken by Mando, and he thought he had done a perfect job.
I didn't expect that everything was under Daenerys' control, and I didn't expect that Daenerys would not warn me until now.
Daenerys looked at Mando Gru, who was sweating profusely, and said with a smile: "Why are you sweating? Take care of yourself, Prime Minister, or your seven hot lovers from the Summer Islands will have to look for someone else."
After saying this, Daenerys turned around and stepped onto the Black Pearl. She finally understood why Jack liked to scare his subordinates. It turned out to be so cool!
Of course, Dany didn't know that Jack's habit of scaring his subordinates was learned from Cao during the Three Kingdoms period.
Cao had two major hobbies in his life: collecting wives and generals, and scaring his son and subordinates.
As the Black Pearl departed and three giant dragons flew overhead, Mando Gru wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
"Damn it, this family just likes to scare people, right? They are really not good people, bah!" Mando Gru slandered in his heart.
However, he still had a reluctant expression on his face. He turned around and humbly said to the other officials and nobles:
"Everyone, Her Royal Highness the Queen has left. From now on, the Free Trade Coast will depend on us. We must develop the Free Trade Coast in a down-to-earth manner and not let Her Royal Highness the Queen and His Majesty the Sea King down."
"Hmph." The X2
nobles and the group of generals led by Barristan snorted coldly and turned away.
Mando Gru didn't care and returned to the administrative pyramid, chatting and laughing with the other archons and their officials.
The political system of the Free Trade Coast is now very complicated, with the three major groups of nobles, military generals, and bureaucrats jointly maintaining the operation of the three cities.
But as time went on, the aristocratic system was slowly squeezed out.
Or to put it another way, the nobles gradually turned into a bureaucratic aristocracy, with some of the feeling of the gentry.
Because they had no power, they were at a disadvantage in the struggle with the consuls.
On the contrary, the second sons who had separated from their family were doing very well, because those second sons were not only nobles in Yunkai, but also served as governors of the Yunkai city area.
It can be said that the management rights of the entire Yunkai are in the hands of the Archon, and the military generals group controls a standing army of tens of thousands of people.
Although the nobles made more and more money since they no longer had slaves, the number of people required for the consul system was limited, so their power was less than before.
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