Chapter 381 King’s Landing, Unexpected Visitor

The news of the surrender of the Citadel spread throughout Westeros like a gust of wind in an instant.

No one deliberately spread it, but the news was so explosive that everyone was stunned.

The Citadel, like the Church of the Seven Gods and the Great Wall, is an old thing in Westeros.

People had become accustomed to their existence, and as a result, the new king uprooted this big guy as soon as he completed the unification.

Some people know that the cardinals of the city, those "highly respected" doctors, later disappeared and did not come to King's Landing with the large army.

But everyone is very secretive about this. Those who don’t know don’t know, and those who know have the right to pretend that they don’t know.

After all, anyone can guess where these people will end up.

The existence of the dragon-shooting crossbow, although it did not shoot down even a single dragon from beginning to end, still caused considerable trouble for Clay Mandler during the unification process.

Therefore, just think of them as victims to appease His Majesty's anger.

Dead Taoist friends are not poor Taoists. Since someone is always going to be unlucky, they don't want that person to be them.

…

Along the Rose Road, Clay brought some members of the Tyrell family, as well as some nobles from the River Bend, to King's Landing.

This is not another genocide plan.

But it’s the new dynasty that is getting its share of the cake by now.

Sunspear City strongly opposed this, saying that for the people of the Reach, it would be better for them than for me.

Clay never tolerates anyone's faults. If you treat yourself like a dish, and if you don't want to come, then don't come.

If your mind is not clear, there is nothing anyone can do.

After returning to King's Landing, Clay issued a summons to the major lords throughout Westeros.

Except for those in the northern garrison, all the powerful lords come to King's Landing.

What to do?

You may want to go there yourself. After passing this village, there is no such shop.

Fortunately, most of the lords of Westeros were still awake, so after receiving Clay's raven order, they all hit the road.

Up to now, except for the friction between Dorne and the Riverlands, large-scale wars in Westeros have stopped.

As for the broken soldiers wandering in the fields and villages, whether they are bandits or something else, that is a matter for each lord.

For unification after the great chaos, the step of suppressing bandits is indispensable.

But this is not a very important thing at the moment.

To put it bluntly, the butt determines the head. The foundation of Clay's dynasty's rule is not the people at the bottom.

Although if you say this, in the previous life, you would have been dragged out as a heretic and killed, but here, it is indeed like this.

Therefore, the top priority is to divide this fat cake that has been made big enough.

Land, population, location of the royal council, etc.

These are all things that everyone has been eyeing for a long time.

Clay has never relented on any of the items, just because he considered that if he made a promise in advance, it would definitely be difficult to deal with later.

He is not a weak monarch. He came to power by relying on the strength of other families. Therefore, he does not need to consider other people's opinions.

"Clay, is there something wrong with eating such a large piece of riverland at once?"

Daenerys looked at the administrative divisions of Westeros that had been changed by Claymore, her eyebrows furrowed tightly.

On this map, the territory of the royal territory has been expanded to a considerable extent.

To the north, together with the Twins City, which was originally the territory of the Zhengerbajing King, this large and long part in the middle includes Harrenhal, Earl Holloway's town, Beauty Collection, Seaside City, including the last The Twin River City at the northern end is part of the new king's territory.

This was originally the riverland under the rule of the Tully family.

But now, the Tully family's voice is not ranked at all in Clay's court.

So, what should be done? Clay's resistance has never come from the guardian family of the riverlands.

"This is necessary. There are taxes and people in the riverlands, but there is no force to protect them."

Clay said.

The east side cannot control the Blood Gate, and the cavalry of Arryn Valley can rush from inside at any time and use their horses' hooves to sweep across the river.

To the west, the Golden Tooth City was like a knife thrust into the waist of Riverrun.

As long as there is a slight disturbance, the army of the Western Region can follow the river road and attack the capital Riverrun City.

Perhaps Riverrun itself is indeed easy to defend but difficult to attack.

But the problem is that, looking at the overall situation, it is almost impossible to defend.

It's a lonely city, and the capital was surrounded as soon as the war started, so let's forget it.

Clay glanced at Daenerys and then said:

"I must get the Blood Gate. Anyway, the current position of Valley Guardian is still vacant. Whoever supports me in moving the Blood Gate to the royal territory will be the new Valley Guardian."

It's that simple and clear.

Don't you want that seat in the Eagle's Nest City? Okay, come on, come on and be a good boy, otherwise, you won't get anything.

As for the original Aylin family, it was the side branch that came to power.

Clay knew, and so did the valley nobles, that they would not be able to defend the Eagle's Nest.

If you don't have enough strength, giving it to them will actually harm them.

The position of Blood Gate Knight definitely cannot come from a Valley family.

It can be any of the remaining seven kingdoms, or even designed to be controlled by the royal family.

The people of the valley dared to be so arrogant, and Lysa Tully dared to close the door to herself in the early days. That was because the Blood Gate was in their hands.

If the blood gate belongs to someone else, just keep it to yourself and let me take a look?

Clay's dynasty has just been established and is not suitable for using too harsh methods to change the overall social structural framework.

Unification requires unification, but on the basis of not moving the original social structure, Clay can only use a gentle method that is relatively moisturizing and silent.

"Also, can you tell me about your division of processing in the Western Region?"

Daenerys no longer bothers with matters in the valley, Clay's explanation just now has convinced her.

Therefore, her purple eyes turned to the west, where Clay used two colors to mark it.

Clay's finger pointed at the area with Golden Teeth City as its core, extending eastward to Riverrun City, and westward to Sarsfield City.

"You want to ask why I split the Western Territory?"

Daenerys nodded.

Clay chuckled lightly. It seemed that his design ideas were still a bit "avant-garde". It would be difficult for people whose thinking was bound by the original boundaries of the Seven Kingdoms to understand.

"The reason why the West is so strong, in my opinion, is that besides the gold mines sitting under Tywin's butt, this north-south mountain range, just like the Moon Mountains surrounding the valley, gives the Lannister family enough confidence."

"The people of the Reach have never been good at fighting, so the pressure in the south has never been great."

"Apart from the occasional madness in the Iron Islands, the Lannisters can rest easy as long as they guard the Golden Tooth, the only pass in and out of the city."

Clay's finger slid across the map and continued:

"In this case, I will simply let Golden Tooth City become independent on its own, and no one will rely on me."

"If this is the case, the remaining people in the West will definitely dislike Golden Tooth City. That's enough."

Daenerys was silent, she had to admit that Clay was right.

But she had never thought of such a thing before.

"Okay then, it's up to you."

Since she felt that this was beyond her scope of cognition, Daenerys simply let it go.

Anyway, I don’t have to worry about these things.

"As for Stormland, I have to use your name to punish the rebels in your name."

Clay spoke.

"What's the meaning?"

Daenerys wondered.

"I will dig out the northern part of the Stormlands and draw it to the royal territory as a vassal screen in the southern part of King's Landing."

"But we've already eaten a big chunk of the Riverlands, so we can't show that we're so popular."

"So, there has to be a proper reason."

"Although the Baratheon family is gone, someone must bear the responsibility for their crimes. You understand what I mean."

…

Standing in front of the Gate of the Gods, the two men wearing hoods stared at the city that looked a little dilapidated in the sun.

King's Landing's population has returned partially, but there's still a long way to go before it can return to its peak state.

Every time he sees this city, Xili can think of his hometown, the pearl of the north called Novigrad.

Compared with this city, Novigrad is at best a small village in terms of area.

"Let's go into the city. Clay Manderly has returned to King's Landing. Look, that's his dragon."

The red-robed monk Thoros looked at the dragon shadow flashing across the sky.

Because it flew so high, it wasn't too eye-catching.

But he still couldn't escape Thoros, who had an obvious sense of fire magic.

That is to say, R'hllor did not regard the dragon as a sacred object of the Red God Cult.

Otherwise, Clay's current status will only be higher than before.

Ciri nodded and climbed onto the gray mare's back.

After staying in Westeros for so long, she already knew the current situation very well.

This is a rising new dynasty.

Nowadays, there are quite a lot of people coming to King's Landing, but the two of them are inconspicuous.

After successfully entering King's Landing from the Gate of the Gods, Ciri decided to stay in the city first.

After all, the person she wanted to meet was the king, and the only one who had this channel was Soros.

In fact, she didn't know that if she announced her home, that guy named Clay Mandler would definitely let her in.

Unfortunately, this is poor information.

…

"Your Majesty, most of the lords from all the families have arrived. Only Duke Bran Stark from the north has passed Harrenhal because the distance is too far. He can arrive at most the day after tomorrow."

After listening to the report from Krissen, who is now a member of the Kingsguard, Clay nodded.

In fact, this meeting can be held now.

It doesn't matter if Brynden Rivers delays, he has already made arrangements for the north anyway, and the big cake he has prepared has nothing to do with the Stark family.

But in order to show his respect for the Stark family and not take "orphans and widows" seriously, Clay had to be patient and wait for this slow guy.

"You go out of the city, go meet our Duke Stark, and tell him to hurry up, everyone is waiting for him."

Clay waved his hand, indicating that Kristen could leave.

After the latter left, Daenerys came over and chuckled:

"Clay, recently there have been many people who have come to me through various connections and want to know more about your new king. How about letting them know a little bit?"

Clay shook his head.

"At this time, let's not talk. Just let them worry for a while."

"The benefits this time are too great. It's not good to meet anyone in advance. It's better not to see anyone at all."

Anyway, it only takes two days, so let them wait.

"Oh, by the way, do you know the red-robed monk Soros?"

Daenerys asked suddenly.

"Um?"

Clay was stunned. He did know this name. After all, this was a guy who could wear "resurrection armor" on people. Clay was naturally impressed.

"I know, what's wrong?"

"This guy is in King's Landing now. Some time ago, he asked someone to find me. It seems he wants to see you."

Daenerys sounded a little confused. Why did R'hllor's envoy come to Clay?

Melisandre, a woman in red robe, had appeared next to Clay before, but it was only for a moment. Her husband seemed to have nothing to do with the Red God Cult.

"Meet me... OK, you have him brought to Maegor's Tower."

Clay thought for a moment and then agreed.

He made up his mind that if this guy was someone's spokesperson, then Clay wouldn't need to talk to him.

The reason why I saw him was actually because it was R'hllor who was behind him.

After all, after dealing with matters in the south, there is still trouble waiting for him in the north.

…

Ciri enters the Red Keep for the first time.

The last time she came to King's Landing, she only took a look at the royal fortress standing on Aegon's high hill from a distance.

In line with the principle of not being too troublesome, she did not choose to sneak in.

Now, she followed Soros and entered here openly.

Things went surprisingly well, she had thought that meeting King Clay Manderly would be difficult.

Who knew that Soros would bring back news of the unified interview not long after.

I don’t know if this king has no airs or something.

Ciri has been in King's Landing these days and is also aware of the current atmosphere at the bottom of King's Landing.

The nobles from all over the country came here and could not see the king.

He was the first to get there.

Unfortunately, I am not from this world.

After passing through the long corridor that dazzled her, the two of them stepped onto the long staircase of Maegor's Tower under the guidance of the guards.

Finally arriving at the place, we came to a thick gray oak door. The armored guards standing on both sides pressed their palms on the hilts of their swords and kept looking at the two people with sharp eyes.

Although the two of them had no weapons at all.

Ciri knew very well that when her magic power was suppressed, she could not use the power of the ancient blood, and if she lost her weapon, her chances of winning against these two iron cans would not be great.

"Your Majesty, the people are here."

The guard knocked on the door and shouted to the other side.

Shiri heard a young voice:

"Let them in."

Then, the door opened.

Thoros and Ciri stepped into this room that was theoretically the highest power in the Seven Kingdoms.

Then, their eyes were directly attracted to the figure sitting by the window.

For some reason, Xili saw a very obvious look of astonishment in the eyes that looked at her.

Is it an illusion?