Chapter 398: Conquering the outside world and keeping the inside at bay

Just as the Tyrell brothers and sisters were discussing whether they should support Lind's new imperial system, Lind had already returned to Summerhall Castle on Diltos. He was convening a meeting with Jon, Bert and others. The meeting contained only three contents: The support for the Great Wall of Despair, the structure of the new empire, and the implementation progress of the development plan for the continent of Sothoros.

Whether the lords of the Seven Kingdoms support his new imperial system is irrelevant. It is meaningless to Lind, because once the extreme cold weather enters the continent of Westeros, it will inevitably be abandoned. The territory naturally ceased to exist.

Now there is only one thing that Linde really cares about, and that is whether the support from the Great Wall of Despair is in place.

"Your Majesty, are you sure there are tens of millions of wights?" At the beginning of the meeting, after Lind told what he saw and heard in the Land of Eternal Winter, everyone was in an uproar, and Jon Bulwe couldn't help but be shocked. asked in a voice.

"Yes, I'm sure." Linde nodded very seriously, and then said: "Our previous estimate was still too small. All kinds of support materials need to be expanded at least ten times, especially the output of wildfires," as he said Turning to look at Coburn, he asked in a deep voice: "Can it be improved tenfold in a short time?"

Coburn shook his head slightly and said: "It can only be increased by two times at most. If it goes up further, errors may occur during production, causing the wildfire to become unstable." As he said that, he glanced at Moroya cautiously. , said: "If Lord Moroya can dispatch the alchemists she has on hand..."

Moroya immediately shook his head and said: "No, you'd better not play with those people's ideas. They are all making potions now. Those potions are to be sent to the Great Wall of Despair. Their importance is not much less than your wildfire."

"How about letting the fire warlocks from the association help!" Bronn, the president of the Mage Association, suggested.

Lagoz, the director of the Serenity Courtyard, also suggested: "Although the alchemist and pyromancer apprentices in the Serenity Courtyard cannot make wildfire alone, it shouldn't be a big problem when they are used to prepare stabilizers."

"In this case, the production volume should be increased to about five times." Coburn quickly calculated an approximate multiple, and then suggested, "I suggest that the Wildfire Factory is best moved to Miracle Port. In this case, it will save When it’s time to move on the road, once it’s finished, it can be shipped directly to the Great Wall of Despair.”

Linde nodded in agreement after hearing this.

"Your Majesty, do we need to send spellcasters to the Great Wall for support as planned?" Maloxin, the high priest of the God of Magic, asked in a deep voice.

"No need." Linde shook his head and said: "The previous plan for the caster to support the Great Wall of Despair needs to be revised. The power of the Great Wall of Despair will affect the caster. Even I can't cast spells freely around the Great Wall of Despair now. Moreover, the magic power outside the wall may be affected by the so-called cold god, and it is very chaotic. Even the giant dragon cannot get close, and the effect of the spell is uncontrollable. You casters will not be much better than ordinary people. "

"Is it that serious?" Everyone was surprised.

Linde looked at the two-headed sisters behind Moroya and said, "However, Ella and Yala can go over there and take a look. The chaotic magic over there may be good for you."

After hearing this, Ella and Yala were stunned, and nodded repeatedly to express their willingness to go to the Great Wall of Despair with Linde to take a look.

President Bronn touched the long beard on his chin and asked: "In this case, should the summoned spellcasters be disbanded and returned to their respective departments, or..."

Lind interrupted President Bronn and said: "No, there is no need to disband. Send them directly to Asshai to assist King Jaben of Asshai in controlling Asshai City, and then go to Big Mok Island to help develop Settlements on the Sothoros continent."

"Yes, Your Majesty." President Bronn nodded.

Lind turned to look at Jon again and asked, "Are there any financial problems?"

Jon replied: "It's barely enough financially. I'll wait until the loot from Braavos comes over in a while..."

Lind interrupted Jon and said: "There won't be a lot of loot in Braavos. I asked Nymeria to take most of the loot to Na-Sa."

Jon hesitated for a moment and said: "If this is the case, we may have to slow down some shipbuilding speed, because the latest batch of gold mines are still being mined, and taxes have not been collected yet, so our finances are a little tight. Unless the funds from the Iron Throne can be mobilized.”

"Don't even think about the Iron Throne. The treasury over there is empty, and Littlefinger is still eager to get money from us." Lind shook his head, then thought about it, and said: "It doesn't matter, it won't be long before Slaver's Bay should be taken, all those slave owners are fat and oily, and the loot they shipped over should be enough to fill the financial hole. "

The president of the Miracle Chamber of Commerce, Gorman Celtija, suggested: "In fact, Your Majesty, you can levy additional White Walker taxes from the lords of the Seven Kingdoms. After all, the Great Wall's resistance to White Walkers is not only to protect us, Summer Hall, but also In order to protect the entire Seven Kingdoms, we cannot just fund the Summer Palace. It is reasonable to levy additional White Walker taxes on the lords of the Seven Kingdoms. If someone refuses to pay, send them to the Great Wall. I don’t think anyone will ask for money or their life. ”

Others nodded slightly after hearing this, thinking that such a tax could be added.

Lind thought for a while and did not object. The only question was how much to increase. After all, after the war, the pockets of most lords were empty. If too much tax was collected, I am afraid those lords would not be able to take it. come out.

In addition to the extra White Walker tax, some people have proposed recruiting people from various lords to form a reserve army and conduct unified training. If all the Night Watchmen on the Great Wall of the North are killed in battle, this reserve army can take over at any time. You can also do this at the same time. Prevent some less-than-smart lords of the Seven Kingdoms from causing trouble while Lind is dealing with the White Walker invasion on the other side of the Wall.

Although Linde sat on the Iron Throne with his own strength, his origin is still criticized. Many lords with ancient heritage may not express any objection to Linde becoming the ruler of the Seven Kingdoms, but in their hearts There must be some ideas. Judging from the intelligence collected from all parties, the dissatisfaction in the hearts of the ancient nobles in the Reach, the Valley, and the Western Region is the strongest.

Needless to say, the River Bend is home to the oldest aristocratic families in the entire continent of Westeros. Any single family has thousands of years of heritage, so bloodline inheritance is the most important here. Even if Lind was born in the River Bend, He will also be discriminated against because of his bloodline, so Linde has rarely interacted with the nobles of the Reach over the years. He has only had close cooperation with the Tully family, who has a military background, and the Hightower family and Summer Hall. The ancient family has a good relationship with Linde.

The situation in the valley is similar to that in the Reach, and they feel that they did not participate in the King Selection at all. It was not until the king was finally selected that they were notified and chose whether to submit, which made them feel that they did not get the respect they deserved. , although they still carry out the orders of the Iron Throne, there are still some people who will do some things that are both obedient and secretive.

As for the Western Territory, it was very simple. They believed that Lind had just taken advantage of him. The Western Territory was fighting life and death. He should have won the final victory, but in the end, he lost everything because of the parricide scandal of the Lannister family. Therefore, their hearts have always been Somewhat dissatisfied.

These dissatisfaction and contempt for Linde will not be put on the table, because Linde's strength is too strong, so strong that even if they all unite, they cannot defeat it, but this does not mean that they will not When Linde is in trouble, they come out to cause trouble, especially when Linde's attention is all on the Great Wall of Despair. They are likely to ignore the overall situation and do some stupid things in a hot-headed manner. At least Linde's staff is there. After analyzing the relevant information, they all came to similar views.

Therefore, some people proposed that while collecting the White Walker tax, they also recruit the manpower that can be mobilized by various lords, not only to prevent those lords from causing trouble, but also to use these troops recruited from various territories to suppress the dissatisfied lords.

Soon the relevant proposals turned into orders, which were sent to the castles of various lords in the name of the Iron Throne.

No one will be happy to pay more taxes, but the lords of the Seven Kingdoms have no reason to refuse, because fighting against the White Walkers is a major matter related to the survival of mankind, and no one can do anything in this matter. Or causing trouble, you can name yourself an enemy of mankind, and you will be doomed.

Therefore, no matter how reluctant they were, they still paid the new White Walker tax honestly, gathered people from the territory, and sent them to Summer Hall.

However, some lords tried to stuff some old, weak, sick and disabled people into the reserve army they had summoned. As a result, the recruitment officers sent to those territories were all turned back, and according to Lind's instructions, the number of reserve troops recruited in the territory was doubled. .

Although the lords still wanted to take advantage of Linde's fight against the White Walkers on the Great Wall and had no time to distract from managing the affairs of the south, and tried to resist, but the Recruiting Officer also came with the Divine Chosen Corps and the Dragoon Regiment, facing Because of Linde's strength, they could only put away some small thoughts and act honestly according to Linde's orders.

After all the accumulated affairs of the Summer Hall were dealt with, Linde rushed to the Great Wall without stopping, leaving the affairs of the Iron Throne and the Summer Hall to two sets of governing teams.

While Lind was still in Summer Hall, news came from the Great Wall. Part of the tribe outside the Wall in Hardhome had been transferred to Skagos Island, and the other part had crossed the Great Wall with the tribal warriors of the Free Folk Alliance. , entered the south of the Great Wall and settled in the gift land. Only a few tribes who were separated or hiding due to the war were still in the ghost forest.

Mance Rayder did not give up on this part of the lost people. He personally led a team of free folk warriors to the Ghost Forest to find those lost tribes.

The Night Watch Legion's outpost in the Haunted Forest also received news that a large number of ghouls appeared in the area east of the Fangs of Frost and Snow, and were rapidly approaching the Fist of the First Men.

In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, Stannis ordered all outpost rangers to return to the Great Wall immediately, and also abandoned all bases outside the wall north of the Great Wall. At the same time, he set traps on the isolation belt near the Great Wall, waiting for the White Walkers. 's arrival

After Mance Rayder received the signal from the Night's Watch, he gave up searching for the lost tribes and returned to the Wall with the tribes he had found.

At this point, the Night's Watch Legion has completely abandoned the area outside the Great Wall to the north of the Great Wall, using the Great Wall as a forward position to fight against the incoming ghoul army.

As for the situation on the Frozen Coast, it is similar to that on the Haunted Forest. Under constant pressure from the nearly endless army of zombies, the Sisters of Redemption and the Silent Monks have all withdrawn from the Frozen Coast.

Some of them led the troops from Bear Island and the Iron Islands to West Bridge to garrison the Grand Canyon, because this was a place that could not be protected by the power of the Great Wall and was a gap in defense.

Although the Grand Canyon is an insurmountable abyss for ordinary people, it is not a problem for ghouls. As long as there are enough ghouls, they can build a bridge in the Grand Canyon.

Just in case, Lind not only stationed the Sisters of Redemption, the Silent Monks, and people from Bear Island and the Iron Islands at West Bridge, he also set up traps in the Grand Canyon. Once the White Walkers tried to pile up corpses, By building a bridge through the Grand Canyon, he can detonate the traps in the canyon, shatter the ice at the bottom of the canyon, let the milky river at the bottom of the ice float out, submerge all objects at the bottom of the canyon, and rush them into the sea. among.

According to the research on corpses and white ghosts, once they fall into the water, they completely lose their fighting ability and rush into the sea. The power contained in the sea will dissolve the magic power that supports their activities, eventually turning them into a corpse. A real dead body.

In addition, Cersei, who has completed all the trials of the Temple of Redemption, also leads another order of Redemption Sisters and Silent Monks to fill the vacancies on the Great Wall.

What's interesting is that James also led the Kingsguard to join this team. The reason he gave is that the Kingsguard protects the king. Since the king is at the Wall, they should naturally come to the Wall.

Lind didn't say anything about James' selfishness. It just so happened that he also wanted to see the effectiveness of James' implants in combat.

As for the other group of Sisters of Redemption and the Silent Monks, they boarded ships from the Iron Islands and Bear Island and wandered near the coastline of the Frozen Coast. From time to time, they used skinchangers to possess ravens and cruise on the Frozen Coast. , find a suitable target, and then land a surprise attack. After solving the target, immediately sacrifice the captured White Walkers, and then quickly return to the sea, and the cycle begins again.

Although the Sisters of Redemption and the Silent Monks were unable to cause much damage to the zombie army every time they attacked, it was a disaster for the White Walkers. In just a few days, there were already more than thirty people. The human White Walkers who commanded the wights on the Frozen Coast were captured and sacrificed. This made the wights on the Frozen Coast uncontrollable until a new White Walker commander appeared, making it more convenient for nuns and monks. They defeated each of them.