Chapter 201 Prince of Oldtown

The midsummer wind blew through the newly built palace in Oldtown. The silver-haired man glanced at his sons who were fighting with wooden swords outside the window, and continued to write his letter to his brother.

After Longzel returned to Dragon's Nest, Prince Viserys initially completed his plan and inserted a wedge in the Riverlands. Although the effect was poor, Viserys believed that this had proved that the influence of the royal family had returned to the Riverlands. The Stormlands had the support of the royal family and might be included in the royal camp. As for the Vale, the Westerlands and the North, the royal family was really powerless now.

The key now is the southern border, the Reach.

So Prince Viserys asked King Aegon to take over Oldtown. Although Aegon was reluctant to part with his beloved brother, he acquiesced to Viserys's "willfulness" this time at Viserys's insistence.

After Viserys flew to Oldtown with his children and wife, Aegon slowly gave his blessings and recognition.

He canonized Viserys as the "Prince of Oldtown". Recognized Prince Viserys's rule over the crown of Oldtown, and sent material resources and a temporary call for conscription.

King Aegon, who had taken back the title of "Protector of the Realm", now had the power to mobilize the national army. He ordered the Governor of the Reach, Duke Lyonel Tyrell of Highgarden, and Earl Redwyne of the Arbor to send troops to support Viserys.

After several months of fighting, with the joint efforts of Redwyne's navy and Igarath, the pirates and smugglers who once occupied the estuary of the Mead River were finally completely wiped out, and the restoration of Oldtown began to proceed in an orderly manner.

"To my dear brother, His Majesty King Aegon II of the Targaryen family:

I have settled down in Oldtown. Gods be upon me, if I had not personally arrived in Oldtown to deal with the problems facing this city, I would not have believed that the second largest city in Westeros would have fallen to this point. Four governors rotated, but did not bring a single gold dragon to the Iron Throne. To be honest, I even thought that my father and brother were deceived. Among all the governors of Oldtown, only the fourth governor was still decent. The first governor was responsible for the great migration of the Citadel and the Church. He made a lot of money in the process, but it made the economy of Oldtown suffer. Collapse, he went to see the stranger before he had time to deal with this problem, seven layers of hell, when I first arrived in Old Town, the registered population of the Old Town city was only more than 10,000 people, of course, the actual population must be much higher than this number, but they will not pay taxes, the city is almost collapsed, but the port area is extremely prosperous.

Your Majesty, if our captives are not lying, these merchant ships smuggling goods in the port area are even suspected of slave trade, each of their ships does not need to pay any taxes, and as long as they give the governor enough bribes, they can even use the warehouses in the port area without rent, where we saw mountains of Grain, coins, silk, and countless other goods that could bring at least tens of thousands of gold dragons to the kingdom. Seven layers of hell, I can't imagine how short-sighted and greedy the second and third governors were to allow such foolish behavior, but the gods also punished them. The first governor appointed by my brother died of excessive lamprey pie and drinking. I suspect someone murdered him, but I have no evidence. The second governor was appointed by my father, but I guess my father didn't expect that this guy would dare to fool him like this.

The second and third governors were clowns and fools despised by the new and old gods. I can't imagine how they were in this position. How much money he made, but it was also the blessing of the Seven Gods that the second governor died within a few years of his term. The third governor was a fool who took the money but did not do the job well, and was robbed by the smugglers. Only the fourth governor wanted to revive Oldtown, but unfortunately he offended the smugglers who had already formed a huge force in Oldtown, and they poisoned him into a fool.

However, Your Majesty, please rest assured that Duke Leonor provided me with 4,500 fully equipped infantry and 1,500 cavalry, Earl Redwyne brought 100 warships, and I also have Igarath"

Viserys's pen suddenly stopped, but he finally continued to write.

"And Prince Ringol's Starsong. I don't know why he appeared in the sky above the Reach on a dragon, but when he found us in a tough battle - that was our last naval battle near the Isle of Conquest. The pirates and smugglers who occupied the ruins of the towering tower and the islands outside the river mouth gathered a huge fleet, about 200 ships, trying to break through the blockade of Lord Redwyne. Some of their warships were equipped with scorpion crossbows. Igarath was too small. Although it was sturdy and had thick scales, it was still difficult to resist the spears fired by the scorpion crossbows. And Igarath's dragon flame would be less powerful at a safe high altitude, so we had a hard time in that battle. Igarath was even hit by an arrow - the Seven Gods blessed, the spear was far away and could not penetrate Igarath's scales.

When the pirates were about to break through, Prince Ringol rode Starsong to join the battlefield."

Viserys stopped writing again. This time he thought for a longer time, but finally dipped his pen in ink and continued writing.

"Facts have proven that Xingge is indeed a special dragon species. No matter in terms of size, thickness of scales, hardness, or the power of dragon flames, it far surpasses the family's giant dragons, leaving Igaras helpless. The ship is better than butter under the dragon flames of Star Song It is still fragile. Wherever its silver-gold dragon flames sweep, not a single enemy ship is on fire or sinking. To be honest, Your Majesty, I hope you can understand what I mean. Star Song will definitely become a hero after Wormisor. The most important dragon of the Varese family."

Viserys realized that he had said too much. After thinking about it, he erased the sentence after "tell the truth". He tore off this part of the stationery and continued to write on a new piece of stationery after the war. some insights.

“With the help of Starsong, we quickly turned all these pirate ships into ashes, and there are no more pirates and smugglers in the mouth of the Mead River—at least for now.

Prince Ringol refused our hospitality after the war. He seemed anxious to return to the frontier. I failed to persuade him and could only verbally express my gratitude. After dealing with these borers, I began to restore order in the old town and the economy of the city.

Your Majesty, Oldtown is the hub from the Reach to the sea. The Mander River is slow and covered with reefs. Although the Mander River is larger than the Mead River in terms of scale and drainage area, the Mead River is faster. , plenty of water, and nothing messy Shoal Reef, when the Hightower family ruled here, they did a very good job in dredging and managing the river and water conservancy projects. We can definitely inherit the legacy of the Hightower family and restore the Mead River in the Reach. Important water conservancy role.

Facts have proved that given the economic situation of the Reach, the role of the Mead River is irreplaceable. The port city that Duke Leonor Tyrell tried at the mouth of the Mander River, and the port that Prince Rey tried in the South Reach. All ended in failure. I planned to re-establish the system of the port area and the royal mint. And gradually restore the vitality of the city. If my plan can be carried out smoothly, in the near future, the old town will provide the royal family with an annual tax of no less than 700,000 gold dragons, which will greatly enrich the reserves of the treasury. At the same time, the royal family will Oldtown's participation can also effectively cooperate with the governance of Duke Tyrell."

Viserys wrote a lot. The new Prince of Oldtown was now full of ambitions, while his wife Lady Lara looked at their new home with some excitement.

Before learning that Viserys had officially become the Prince of Oldtown, the Rogar family had already taken action. They decisively came to Old Town in advance to help maintain order in the city and opened a bank in the port area - Rogar Bank. They are also an important financial sponsor of Viserys's reconstruction of the old town, and they provided the vast majority of the funds. In order to take care of Lady Lara, Viserys ordered the construction of a Lys-style palace for his wife in Oldtown for her to live in, and even acquiesced in her enshrining the goddess of lust in the palace, which was denounced as a false god by the Church of the Seven.

When the old town began to develop in full swing.

valley.

The mountain clans have reached their end after thriving for thousands of years.

Some mountain savages chose to lay down their weapons, walk out of the mountains, and seek refuge with the lords of the valley. As an outpost where the Andals landed, the valley has the strongest Andal cultural atmosphere, but it also retains a lot of traditions of the ancestors. For example, the mountain clans are all descendants of the ancestors, and the Royce family, the most powerful military noble in the valley, was once the king of the ancestors.

They still retain many of the habits of their ancestors.

Another part of the mountain savages chose to resist. Under the leadership of the Burning People, they fought bloody battles with the Valley Knights and the border infantry from the south who were proficient in mountain warfare.

But the end result is that the savage's blood is gone.

But there are more and more enemies.

Until the last group of savages who were unwilling to lay down their weapons were forced to their last stronghold, a mountain towering into the clouds.

The Burning Man tribe inherited the castle left by the original owner of this mountain - a small castle built on the top of the mountain that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Savages shuttled through the caves in the mountain and guerrillaed in the forests all over the mountain to resist the attack. Attacks by Vale Archers and Border Mountain Men.

They were driven out of the cave by frontier soldiers who were equally proficient in mountain warfare and cave drilling, but were better equipped. Almost everyone had chainmail, leather armor, and steel weapons.

Lord Joffrey Arryn set a price for every wildling's scalp and ear. Piles of golden dragons are placed in the Gate of the Moon and distributed to soldiers in the valley and border areas at any time.

This made every soldier go crazy.

Every cave is filled with blood, and every mountain forest is filled with screams.

But the savages were still resisting. They relied on the difficult terrain of the mountains to finally hold on to their last fortress.

Then. The dragon has arrived.

One head, two heads, three heads.

The first to arrive was the purple Terexiu, and Lord Joffrey Velaryon flew to the last fortress on it. However, he did not take the lead in attacking, but was waiting for the reinforcements promised by Lord Joffrey.

During these years, Lord Joffrey Velaryon was busy building the royal fleet and at the same time working on the bloodline of the Velaryon family. He gave birth to a healthy daughter with Princess Alexandra, and Valaryon Lean's illegitimate sons Adam and Aelin also accepted the recruitment of Count Joffrey as experienced captains and sailors during this period.

And soon became famous in the royal fleet. It is said that the polite and handsome brother Adam was favored by Earl Joffrey, and the earl even intended to marry him.

Of course, these are rumors, after all, Earl Joffrey's daughter is still too young.

The reinforcements arrived before sunset.

The first to land was Wormithor. This tyrant beast, which was even comparable to the mountain in size, set fire to the forest where the wildlings were hiding as soon as it landed. When the flames went out, there were charred bodies of the wildlings and bare mountains everywhere.

The last wildlings were forced to leave the camp between the mountains and hide in the fortress.

Then came Silverwing. Valar was still a strong warrior, but the long peace also made the twin brother of Dragonzel gradually different from his brother.

In short, Valar got fat.

Shadow Nightmare and Dawn arrived later.

Almost all the dragons of the Varez family that could fight came out.

"The Burning Tribe will never surrender."

"The flames will only be our glory."

This was the wildlings' reply after Lord Joffrey's letter of challenge was shot into the fortress.

It was obvious that these uneducated guys had no idea about Harrenhal.

They paid the price for their ignorance.

The reply was written in flames.

It is said that Valar laughed after seeing the wildlings' reply, while Longzier and Rey said nothing, and Danyla was still worried about how to wear leather armor.

The last voice to reply to the wildlings was Valar's.

"No, fools, the flames are not your glory."

"The flames are your death knell."

But this sentence was not heard by the wildlings hiding in the fortress in the end.

Because after the moon rose completely, the mountain was like a lit candle, illuminating the night sky of the valley.

Vormisor was the first to sound the alarm of the flame.

Its golden dragon flame melted the stone wall of the fortress in almost the blink of an eye, turning those who came into contact with its dragon flame into a pool of ashes in an instant.

Then, the dragons took to the sky, and together they spewed deadly dragonfire at the fortress.

When the sun rose.

Where the fortress once stood on the mountaintop, only a pool of muddy water produced by the melting of rocks and ashes that could not be wiped away remained.

The screams fell silent.

Glory to the flames.

Unfortunately, it was not the wildlings. It was the silver dragon.

The dragon once again showed its greatness, just as it had been at Harrenhal.

When the dragonfire on the mountaintop went out.

The valley bid farewell to its old enemy.

The mountain wildlings became history.