Chapter 200 The Sixth Noble

Wyman Manderly smiled bitterly. In the current situation, what else can he do except agree?

It is true that he is loyal to Stark and misses White Harbor, but compared with the safety of the family, it is clear which is more important.

"Your Majesty, the Manderly family is willing to move to the White Knife River."

"Okay!" Jack smiled with satisfaction.

In the following days, the news that the Manderly family was named Marquis and moved to the White Knife River swept the North.

The nobles in the North talked about it, wondering why the Manderly family, who had hardly intervened in the battle between Poseidon and Bolton, could be named Marquis by Jack Poseidon.

Jack would not explain to them, but began to reform the North.

Now with three million gold dragons, five thousand Unsullied and fifty Atlantis officials, Jack's rule can be completely consolidated.

Jack dispersed the five thousand Unsullied, and 500 Unsullied went to Cailin Bay to replace the garrison there.

1,500 Unsullied and 15 Atlantis officials went to Houguan Town. The large army of wildlings should be approaching the Wall.

These wildlings are used to "freedom". If they are allowed to enter the North without supervision, they will definitely cause unpredictable chaos.

Therefore, Jack arranged for the Unsullied and Atlantis officials to go to Houguan Town, a newly added area, to prepare for the restraint and management of these wildlings outside the Great Wall.

The remaining 3,000 Unsullied were stationed in White Harbor. Jack planned to build a northern provincial capital 50 miles north of White Harbor.

Three days later.

Jack ordered a census of the population in the North. After counting the data sent by the nobles, he found that the population in the North was much smaller than he thought.

Before the Five Kings Rebellion, the population of the North reached its peak after a long summer, with a total of 2 million people.

Later, after the Five Kings Rebellion and the Northern Civil War, the current registered population in the North is only 500,000, less than a quarter of the original.

Of course, the population should be much larger, and many refugees were not counted.

After counting the population, Jack immediately started his own actions.

He first divided the North into nine prefecture-level areas, and then appointed officials from Atlantis as prosecutors to supervise the nobles in their respective prefecture-level areas.

As long as there was any situation of lip service to Jack's orders, Korakhu would appear over the castle of the noble that day.

The emergence of this decision also earned Korakhu the title of "Glorious Executioner" in the future.

Then Jack ordered the nobles to set the tax rate at one-tenth, and not to collect taxes indiscriminately under any name, and to provide farm tools to farmers for free.

Finally, the five cities of Hearth City, Carhor City, Dread Fort, Winterfell City, and White Harbor began to recruit refugees without restrictions.

Any refugee who joined the five cities could choose from the three options of farming, road construction, and city construction.

For those who chose to farm, the Sea King would directly reward five acres of land and some farm tools, and those who chose to farm could also build roads or cities at the same time.

Those who choose to build roads will be sent to various places in the North to repair the roads in the North.

Those who choose to build a city will be sent directly to White Harbor and then participate in the construction of the capital of the North.

They can eat three meals a day, one meat meal a week, and a salary of 90 copper coins a day, and even choose to rest one day every six days.

Although the North is vast and sparsely populated, Jack's decrees cannot be transmitted to every place in time.

But fortunately, most people in the North gather in a certain place to live together, and decrees in places with a large population are still transmitted quickly.

Jack's policy caused an uproar in the North. In the eyes of the nobles in the North, Jack is simply mentally ill.

It's okay to reward lowly farmers with land. Anyway, it's not their land, so it doesn't matter.

But this tax reform is a bit too harsh, and if their taxes are reduced, won't the taxes paid to Jack also be less?

It's simply an unreasonable psychopath!

It's a pity that Jack's military power is at its peak at this time.

He not only had 5,000 Winter Sons and 1,000 Red Dragon Knights, but also 5,000 Unsullied Legions from Essos.

With the addition of two giant dragons, no one dared to test his edge for a while.

Soon it was December, and the winter that belonged to the North had arrived.

At this time, the Five Cities had gathered a large number of refugees, more than 300,000 people.

Fortunately, all the ports in the North were controlled by Jack, and there were enough golden dragons to maintain many merchant ships to go out and buy food and grass, otherwise the North would have to be out of food.

With sufficient food and grass, and everything to be rebuilt, Jack began his second step plan - winning the hearts of the people.

Under the influence of money power, a large number of sea temples appeared in the North overnight, especially under the rule of the Mormont family, which occupied half of the North.

Secondly, near White Harbor, one sea temple after another rose from the ground.

The people of the North believed in the old gods, but in the two wars experienced in the North, and even after the war, the old gods did not bless them, and their prayers did not receive the response of the old gods.

In the end, it was Atlantis that helped them survive and rebuild their homes, so some people began to try to convert to the sea god.

You wouldn't know until you convert, but you'll be shocked!

Some believers who sincerely believe in the sea god actually received a response from the sea god.

The lame legs in the war were miraculously healed, the blind eyes suddenly recovered, and even women who were infected with sexual diseases by bandits and deserters recovered.

At one time, large numbers of people in the North began to believe in Poseidon.

At the same time, in order to ensure the spread of Poseidon's faith throughout the North, Jack ordered that no nobles could prevent citizens in the North from choosing their own beliefs in any way.

Every citizen in the North is a citizen of Atlantis, and they have the right to decide their own beliefs.

No noble can restrict the freedom of the people in their territory. They have the right to choose where to live, instead of being trapped in a village forever.

But the registered residence remains unchanged. For example, if you are from Village A, you cannot leave the village according to the lord's law.

If you have something to leave temporarily, even if you get married, you must obtain the lord's consent.

But now, you are a person from Village A. Although your registered residence is still in Village A, you can go to Village B to work.

The promulgation of this decree has greatly improved the status of civilians in the North.

The promulgation and implementation of various decrees allowed Jack to firmly grasp the hearts of the people in the North.

As for the right of the people to choose to work outside, many nobles in the North expressed their willingness to unite and protest. They knew that the people were the foundation of the territory.

However, although they said so, some of the old six nobles saw an opportunity.

Jack's military force was too strong, and with the establishment of the prosecutor, it was estimated that even a joint protest would not have any effect.

So these old six secretly promised more benefits, and then let their scholars quietly recruit farmers from other noble territories.

After the incident was exposed, a crisis of trust arose among the nobles, and everyone was in danger.

While always guarding against other nobles coming to their territories to recruit farmers, they also began to paint a rosy picture for their people.