Chapter 245 The Trend of the Situation After the War in the Western Region (Two in One)

Viserys found that the mental work after the war was much more troublesome than the physical work during the war.

He gradually understood why many conquerors in ancient times were generally appointed as local governors after the conquest, and they would directly become the bosses after ensuring the tax and food supply. Even the star civilizations in 40K directly levied a 10th tax on the world regardless of how the world itself was ruled.

Conquering Casterly Rock, collecting spoils, and rewarding the soldiers according to their merits were just the beginning.

Viserys was stationed in Lannisport, coordinating the confiscation of the land of the nobles in the West, nationalizing the bank shares of the former Lannister family - there was even a mint in the West - and other matters, as well as the oath of allegiance of the surrendered nobles in the West, taking over the custody of the children from the nobles as hostages, and sorting out a lot of work in the knighthood. These are only part of the aristocratic politics. In addition, there is also the need to appease the people's hearts, and to provide a wave of benefits to some nobles and knights who lost power during the Lannister rule, self-cultivating farmers and industrial and commercial practitioners - these are the fundamentals of winning the hearts of the people in the West.

In addition, Viserys also strongly expressed his desire to restore production and construction in the jurisdiction, and ordered Willas Tyrell, who actually presided over the logistics work in this war against the West, to issue an order to summarize a set of logistics planning systems. While trying to build granaries in the South, he also built a set of "posts" on the main roads to ensure logistics when attacking the West. This "post" is to ensure the efficiency of food supply, the transmission of war information, and the need for military control during wartime. It is directly related to the function of opening up the connection between the originally scattered noble castles.

It took a lot of time to clarify the finances of the West in the past two years. Viserys found that the Lannister family was militaristic in the West in the two years of the "War of the Six Kings". With two consecutive recruitments, at least 40,000 young and strong people in the West were conscripted in the past two years. A large number of self-cultivating farmers could only maintain the lowest harvest in the past two years, and even the land harvest of nobles in various places was reduced by more than half. The accumulation of ten long summers made this "War of the Six Kings", which has lasted for two years, particularly tragic.

At present, apart from the North, the Riverlands, and the Stormlands, the second worst is the Westerlands, which once gained political advantages in the middle of the war and reached the peak of political influence.

In the original timeline, the political defeat of the Lannisters after Tywin's death, in addition to Cersei's stupidity, is actually because the strength of the Westerlands itself has been greatly reduced in the war.

Perhaps because of this, the policy of tax reduction and sending troops back home has been supported by self-employed farmers and many small landowners, but it has left hatred in the families of those who died in the war and the families of soldiers who were found to have committed crimes.

These days, many people have been hanged in Lannisport. Although it is a formal punishment and each hanged person has enough reason to die, it still makes the citizens of Lannisport, who are under military management, feel sympathetic.

Viserys knows that he and Oberyn are destined to leave a bad reputation and shadow in the hearts of some people in the Westerlands.

People are in the Westerlands, but there are more things to deal with than the Westerlands.

As Viserys got in touch with Riverrun through Edmure Tully, he also received news from the Riverlands. The Riverlands were not peaceful now. Brynden the Blackfish was stationed in Riverrun, and Arya the Wolf borrowed two thousand Riverlands soldiers and fought with the Freys on the Kingsroad beside the Green Fork together with the Royce family in the Vale. The Freys did not expect the Royce family to send troops from the Mountains of the Moon, and were caught off guard and retreated in defeat.

It must be said that Arya's timing of fighting was exquisite, whether it was luck or sufficient intelligence. When the Lannisters and Tyrells were fighting in Tumblestone, the Blackfish and Arya chose to go out of the city to fight, and the Freys, who had no help from the Westerlands, were vulnerable. Many nobles in the Riverlands who had to surrender to the Freys did not help the Freys who were alone and deep in the depths, causing the Red Fork River, the Blue Fork River, and the Tumblestone River to be quickly recaptured by the Blackfish. Then, Arya decisively borrowed troops and set off directly on the main road, turning through the Trident Basin where three rivers intersect and taking the Kingsroad heading north.

No one blocked them along the way, but two thousand tired soldiers walked on the main road, turning just a dozen leagues north of Harrenhal, and there was not a single Lannister or Frey family soldier blocking them.

It was not until the troops left the town of Earl Harroway that they met the Frey family's reinforcements heading south on the Kingsroad.

When Viserys attacked the Westerlands, Arya and the Frey family fought on the plain east of the Green Fork.

This was not a big battle. The difference in the number of troops on both sides was similar. The Freys also had 2,000 men, the elite of the Freys. The 2,000 soldiers on Arya's side were the soldiers lent to her by Brynden in the Riverlands. They were called 2,000, but there were only 1,000 soldiers who could actually fight. The other 1,000 were recruited by other river nobles who disliked Frey and saw that she seemed to be quite capable. There was no other way. The Blackfish only had 2,000 to 3,000 soldiers in the Riverlands. In order to defend the Riverlands, where the situation was once again unclear because of Viserys, the Blackfish himself could only stay in Riverrun after driving away Frey.

Later, as the Royce family arrived at the battlefield, the Freys retreated step by step and retreated all the way back to the Twins to defend the city.

When Viserys received the news, the wolf girl's army was now stationed on the King's Road not far from the Twins, hesitating whether to continue to go north or gather troops to attack the Twins.

Brynden the Blackfish expressed his gratitude in a letter when he heard that Viserys would send Edmure back to the riverlands. However, the letter did not mention anything except gratitude and some trivial information, and put the responsibility of deciding the future of the riverlands on Edmure.

It can be seen that Brynden, the "Blackfish", is still testing Viserys' attitude and dare not believe it completely. Of course, there is also a reason that the Blackfish's rule over the Riverlands has not actually been recognized by the Riverlands lords.

In this way, Edmure's return to the Riverlands will also help unify the attitudes of the Riverlands lords.

Unfortunately, the team escorting Edmure has just left the Golden Tooth City and it will take some time to return to the Riverlands.

Speaking of which, after the Battle of the West, although the head was not sent to the Nine Frontiers, Viserys still sent people to spread the news that Tywin and Kevan died in battle and the entire Westerlands surrendered.

As the ravens brought the news to the territories and castles of various lords, there is no doubt that Viserys's great victory in the Westerlands had a huge impact on the overall situation of Westeros.

There is no need to say much about the praise of the jurisdiction. Blackfish, who is closest to the Westerlands, was extremely shocked. The war situation changed too quickly. He was in Riverrun when he got the news that Lannister and Tyrell had fought in the south. Lannister won and retreated to the Westerlands. The next intelligence was that the Westerlands were captured by Targaryen, and Tywin and Kevan were defeated and killed.

At this time, even Blackfish Brynden couldn't help but feel lucky in his heart. After he came into contact with Arya, he chose to send a letter to Viserys. To be honest, the idea at that time was just to borrow the name of King Targaryen to unite the river lords who were wavering in their hearts. I didn't expect that Targaryen's troops would have reached the Westerlands so quickly. Blackfish even thought that if he hadn't expressed his position at that time, perhaps after conquering the Westerlands, Targaryen would directly invade the Riverlands.

Yes, Blackfish judged that King Targaryen would choose a unified war and capture every lord who was not convinced by Targaryen.

To be honest, any outsider who was not by Viserys' side to listen to his arrangements and formulate policies would think that Viserys would sweep across the entire territory like Aegon the Conqueror, just like he did in the past.

With such power, Viserys believed that Edmure Tully would soon be able to control the unrest in the riverlands.

Not long after.

The news from the King's Landing spies also reached Viserys.

The Stormland troops who were monitoring the movements of King's Landing and the Golden Group mercenaries stationed in Summerhall found that King's Landing had strategically contracted its forces and closed the city gates. Someone outside the city saw that there was a fire and smoke near the Red Keep one night, which was obviously a riot, but it had subsided the next morning.

In the following days, King's Landing sent more people to each city gate and port for strict control.

Speaking of King's Landing.

In any case, Cersei, who controlled the gold cloak army, and Jaime, who had thousands of soldiers, still controlled the situation in King's Landing, although they were struggling.

"Let him come! Let them come! Lannister will never bow his head, hear my roar! Hear my roar!"

Jaime was in the throne room, looking at the Queen Mother Cersei who was sitting on the throne to exercise power on behalf of the king. The Queen Mother's face was full of resentment, tears in the corners of her eyes, and her palms were tightly grasping the Iron Throne. The sharp blade of the throne scratched her hand, and bright red blood flowed out.

Jaime stepped forward distressed, but the queen looked at him with resentment, her eyes full of complaints, but soon turned into expectation: "Jaime, you can protect me and Tommen, right?"

"." Jaime opened his mouth slightly, he couldn't make a promise he couldn't fulfill, he could only say, "We can go, Cersei, just like Viserys did back then, go to Essos, go further. I will defend King Tommen to the death like William Darry did!"

"No, never!" Cersei shook her head, "Tommen is the king, I am the queen mother, we will never leave King's Landing, I will die here even if I die!"

Jaime closed his eyes, he couldn't think of any possibility of winning on the battlefield, he felt tired.

His father's death seemed like a nightmare, Jaime didn't see the body with his own eyes, but he had already believed that result, although his brain still refused to admit it. Sometimes when he woke up from a dream, he would think that a smart person like Tywin should still be hiding somewhere waiting for the opportunity, but the words brought by the raven were so cold.

Although the flow of information in King's Landing was controlled at the first time, King's Landing still became restless.

Even in the heavily defended Red Castle, this uneasiness could be felt.

Every day, Jaime was worried about the same thing: Will the army mutiny? Will the people riot? Are the nobles plotting something? When will the Targaryen army come?

He forced himself to calm down, patrolling every day, arranging the most determined Lannister soldiers into the palace guards, and instilling the concept of loyalty in those useless white robe brothers.

"We still have a chance," Jaime could hardly give any useful advice, so it was basically just Cersei who was talking. Jaime could see that she was going crazy, "Jaime, promise me, let the Church expand the Warrior's Sons, and make promises to the Church in the name of King Tommen, and the Church will also give us rewards. Only by supporting King Tommen can their armed forces be allowed to exist."

Previously, in order to exchange the Church for an extension of debt repayment, Cersei once wanted the Church to restore its armed forces. Jaime had made efforts to stop it, but Cersei had already agreed. In the end, Jaime could only tamper with the agreement to control the number of quotas for the Order's armed forces, taking the "seven" of the Seven Gods to only give 700 quotas.

Despite this, the power of the Order's armed forces still grew at a very restless expansion speed.

In the sect, the current Archbishop is a soft-hearted person. Because of the chaotic situation, the Archbishop was not assassinated, and the radical High Sparrow never took office. However, with the establishment of the armed forces of the sect, the High Sparrow, who was quite prestigious among the poor in King's Landing, soon actually controlled most of the armed forces of the Church. Although the seemingly peaceful and pious High Sparrow expressed a friendly attitude towards the royal family, he was willing to abide by the agreement to control the number of armed forces of the sect.

But Jaime could see a trace of restlessness in it.

Piety is often accompanied by madness. Jaime has read the White Books these days and knows clearly that even the cruel Maegor suffered a great loss from the armed religion.

Cersei thought the Church would be good for her, but Jaime didn't think so.

It is inevitable that everyone will push down the wall, just like Aerys II at the time. Is there no possibility of a reversal in the situation? But what is the result?

Jaime felt bitter, and he patiently explained: "The reason why King's Landing is still under our control is that we still have Adam Marbrand's men and gold cloaks in our hands, but Warrior Son, Cersei, they are not Ser Adam, nor are they gold cloaks."

"But they are blessed by King Tommen, so they should repay him, right?" Cersei couldn't listen at all. She only saw the good side, and recently, many people had been telling her, "Jaime, what King Targaryen couldn't give them, we can give them, and the Church can only choose to be our ally. And once the High Septon stands on our side, the Seven Gods will fight for us."

"." Jaime opened his mouth to speak, but Cersei quickly interrupted him.

"Or do you have any other way to protect Tommen's rule, Jaime, as long as you tell me a way, I will listen to you. This is for Tommen, isn't it?" Queen Cersei on the throne lowered her eyes, looking sad. But the tears in Cersei's eyes never flowed.

Jaime didn't know that Cersei had already firmly believed that the old lion king was dead, and she, the lioness, was the only hope of the Lannister family, so she would not shed another tear.

"." Jaime was led into it by Cersei's words. He couldn't think of any way out, because he had already regarded the current situation as a desperate situation. The only question left was when despair would come.

"Jaime, the supply line in the West has been cut off, and King's Landing is likely to face the situation of being besieged by Renly and Stannis again, so the area around Rosby City on the northern line has become particularly important, but I'm worried that they will choose to betray after hearing the news." Cersei stood up from the throne, looked at her bleeding hands, and looked at Jaime again, "Only you, Jaime, can I rest assured if you do this, I only trust you."

". King's Landing needs me more," Jaime keenly noticed Cersei's intention to get rid of him. In the past, Cersei would never have thought of "supply "If I leave King's Landing, here."

"Rosby is very close to King's Landing, we are each other's support--"

Jaime asked angrily: "I want to know who spread the slander?"

"Slander?" But Cersei was not afraid of him at all, "Jaime, you have seen the miserable state of King's Landing, those damn mobs for food... Damn! Thinking of those makes me angry, or you go and kill all the mobs in Flea Street, you don't have to worry about supply problems. "

"I don't know when the Targaryen army will come, I don't know Can go!"

"Look, that's it, Jaime, you're scared, how can you protect me and Tommen like this?"

"I'm not. I can die for you and Tommen!"

"Die? What's the point of you dying in battle?" Cersei said coldly, "die, die, die, is there only one way for us to die?"

"." Jaime was speechless. He suddenly felt unprecedented fatigue. He was silent for a moment. He didn't know what he was feeling, but he agreed, "I promise you, Cersei."

"Okay," Cersei smiled and came closer , with an ambiguous look, "I cut my hand, help me."

".I, before leaving, I want to ask you something," he asked without answering Cersei, "about the wildfire in King's Landing"

"!" Cersei widened her eyes, hurriedly stepped forward to cover Jaime's mouth, looked around, and said, "Don't talk about this anymore, Jaime, what did father teach us? Lannisters must pay their debts, even in desperate situations, we must fight back, let those damn bastards listen to the roar of the Lannister lion!"

Jaime's heart sank.

The Vale was also shaken by the news from the West.

As the Royce family blatantly ignored the orders of the guardian of the valley, led their troops to walk out of the valley from the Moon Mountains and lend troops to "Wolf Girl" Arya, the situation inside the valley became tense instantly.

Although the orders from the Eyrie were passed on to the lords of the Vale, other families were still ready to move. Although the Royce family had a legitimate reason to send troops - the Royce family and the Starks were related by marriage, the world of great strife seemed to be coming to an end in their eyes, and some ambitious and restless elements could not be suppressed.

And with the news coming from the West, the lords who had been pursuing a policy of keeping to themselves in the Vale for two years could not sit still. The lords began to whisper and prepared to write a joint letter to ask Lady Lysa and Duke Robert to express their attitude, whether to choose Targaryen or Lannister.

There is no doubt that this was aimed at Littlefinger Baelish from King's Landing. Of course, it also contained the intention of forcing Lysa to express his position on the Targaryen side.

The world's general trend is always beyond people's control. Baelish is a smart man after all. He quickly protected himself and returned the title of the Guardian of the Valley, which was considered an explanation to the lords of the Vale. However, he was unwilling to give up the opportunity he had finally obtained. He did not leave the Eyrie, but became Duke Robert's teacher in the name of Lysa's husband.

Baelish certainly did not dare to regard himself as Duke Robert's stepfather.

Because the current situation is in the upper hand of Targaryen, even Lysa's status has been shaken under this general trend. Baelish can no longer think about swallowing up the Vale. He can only choose to stabilize his foothold.

You know, in the current situation, even Lady Lysa has to carefully consider what attitude she wants to express in the name of the Duke's mother's regent. Because under the influence of the external situation, the lords of the Vale are very likely to act to "clean up the court". Lady Lysa has married Littlefinger, and it is very likely that the lords of the Vale will gather together and drive Littlefinger and Lysa out of the Eyrie together.

The situation is stronger than the person. No matter how smart Littlefinger is, he can't do anything in this situation. So he shrewdly chose to retreat behind the scenes, pretending to be the teacher of Duke Robert, and forcibly stayed in the Eyrie by seemingly withdrawing from the power struggle, and instructed Lady Lysa to keep the regency behind the scenes.

So after writing a letter to appease the princes, in the name of Lady Lysa and Duke Robert, the Vale prepared to convene the princes of the Vale to hold the Vale Parliament at this autumn harvest celebration, so that the princes can vote together to decide on the next decision of the Vale.

Although the result is obvious, such a parliament still has its value, at least it is of great value to Lysa and Littlefinger, because once such a formalistic parliament is held, no matter what the result is, the original sharp attitudes of the princes will be eased, and the contradiction will turn from dissatisfaction with Lady Lysa and Littlefinger to the inevitable decision of the Vale. It is equivalent to Littlefinger using only a dispensable parliament to stabilize the originally shaky situation of himself and Lysa.

Robert Arryn is just an eight-year-old boy. With Baelish's cunning, he believes that as long as he keeps his footing, he can find other ways to plan for the power of the Vale.

He still has Sansa as a card in his hand, which means that he can continue to play both sides when the Lannisters lose power.

With the endorsement of Targaryen's policy towards the North, the lords of the Vale sympathize with Stark. After all, they were all lords of the anti-Targaryen alliance at the beginning. The lords of the Vale will definitely push Arryn and Stark to the front and let them negotiate with Targaryen.

And Baelish can say that he rescued Eddard Stark's daughter Sansa from King's Landing, and then he can undoubtedly calmly deal with others accusing him of being in the Lannister camp.

He is in Lannister, and his heart is justice and fairness. It's just that he was alone and weak at the beginning, so he could only do his best and leave it to fate.

Baelish is a conspirator who can go with the flow. He is keenly aware that under this changing situation, he may be able to influence Sansa and Robert in the Targaryen era.

It must be said that Baelish is worthy of being one of the most annoying and hidden conspirators in Ice and Fire. Even in the original time and space, he was never tied to the Lannister ship. There is no way. Such a person can grasp the direction of the wind, has a smooth position, knows how to go with the flow, and has sinister means. He is destined to become a psoriasis-like existence in the chaotic historical trend.

Varys is equally keen.

Of course, "Varys" is dead. He was burned to his bones in the explosion caused by a wildfire in King's Landing not long ago, which made the intelligence agency of King's Landing chaotic and leaderless for a while. Cersei supported a maester named Qyburn who was expelled from the Citadel to take over Varys' intelligence work, but Qyburn is not a competent intelligence officer. In fact, after Coburn took over, he could only monitor King's Landing in accordance with Varys's little bird system. Outside of King's Landing, he was blind.

The fire that killed "Varys" also took away the channels and recording methods for gathering intelligence, and many of "Varys"'s intelligence personnel did not try to contact the new steward of King's Landing.

So who did they contact?

The answer is Grek, the eldest son of Grolai, the spy chief sent by Viserys to King's Landing.

Yes, after Varys' "death", many intelligence personnel suddenly appeared, stretched out their tentacles and began to contact Grek frequently on the grounds of looking for intelligence buyers, and then sold a large amount of intelligence from all over the world to Viserys' spies. There is a great idea of ​​​​taking the initiative to show up and become Grek's next partner.

Is Varys really dead?

Although the evidence is conclusive, Viserys does not believe it at all, but those intelligence sellers come to the door with sincerity, and they cannot be turned away. In fact, many intelligences are very accurate and effective after screening.

In particular, two pieces of information in Essos that seemed like jokes caught Viserys' attention: one was that an unprecedented giant storm entered the area around the River Rhoyne from the Summer Sea, causing countless casualties on the continent of Essos. The Dothraki who were stranded in the Golden Fields area fled eastward to the northeast of Dagger Lake.

Second, there were rumors from merchants that a three-headed dragon was born in the city of Qohor. At that time, this news and the sighting of a sea monster on the Five Fingers Peninsula were presented to the King's Landing Council, but no one took it seriously. But what they didn't expect was that, together with the Five Fingers Peninsula, Like the sea monsters of the peninsula, dragons did appear in Qohor, but not so exaggeratedly. They were not Targaryen or Valyrian fire-breathing dragons, and they did not have three heads. Instead, the Church of the Red God of Qohor came from Thoth. The long-winged dragon obtained from the Ross continent is a creature that is very similar to a dragon, but does not breathe fire. They are the apex predators of Sothoros. It is said that an adventurer returned from Sothoros and obtained several long-winged dragon eggs there. They were transferred to the hands of the Red God Sect and were finally hatched. Followers of the Red God secretly raised the Pteranodon in the primeval forests around Qohor, but it was later seen by witnesses that the news came out. It is reported that none of the followers of the Red God can ride it. Instead, it becomes a scourge after being raised. An entire jungle monastery, R'hllor monks, was buried in the belly of a dragon, and the long-winged dragon has already died in the dense forest of Qohor. A swamp takes root and becomes a scourge.

Viserys vaguely captured from these two pieces of information that Essos might be engaged in a divine war around the Song of Water, and the Red God's thoughts on creatures like dragons did not seem to be limited to Valyrian dragons.

Let’s talk about the intelligence dealers who may be related to Varys.

Greg asked more than once whether he should accept these collaborators and develop them into his own intelligence agents.

But Viserys felt that there was Varys's shadow behind him, so he never agreed. He only continued to ask for stability and asked Grik to stabilize first. He first set up and stabilized the intelligence agency composed of his own people, and gained work experience. Think about other things.

Viserys guessed that Varys was testing his own attitude. He deduced that Viserys was a pragmatist and cautious in everything, so he "killed" himself to observe the development trend of the situation, and exploit the opportunities to make his own plans. .

Although Viserys could guess that Varys was probably a "Blackfire", he still couldn't guess what other conspiracy the other party had now. However, the general trend is on Viserys's side, and it is difficult for Varys to make any big waves if he hides behind the scenes.

I just don’t know if Varys will come into contact with “Little Aegon” and Jon Clinton and have other plans.

Speaking of little Aegon.

Viserys felt a headache. He originally wanted to kick the ball to "Duke Blood Raven", but he didn't expect that it seemed like this was not a good move. He should have thought that "Duke Blood Raven" was just the "Three-Eyed Crow" In part, the other party's view of Targaryen's blood is not as cold as "Duke Bloodraven".

The other party hinted that little Aegon was a black dragon with Targaryen blood.

But the Three-Eyed Raven chose to use a riddle to kick the ball back to Viserys.

Master Aemon left little Aegon around to observe, and found that little Aegon really regarded himself as "Aegon, son of Rhaegar", and was well taught by Jon Connington and his party. He was elegant, knowledgeable, and had a good temperament. Yes, after being contacted by Master Aemon, he also found that young Aegon was somewhat indecisive, and in a sense very empathic, and could be said to be kind.

From the perspective of a prince who claimed to be the one who originally wanted to revive the Targaryens, Maester Aemon judged that young Aegon was unqualified.

But Maester Aemon still wasn't sure whether he was Rhaegar's son.

Finally, one night, Master Aemon had a dream. He dreamed of a red dragon and a direwolf running on the snowy field, and finally turned into a blooming ice-blue rose. Then he dreamed of a black dragon and a direwolf. A direwolf ran across the snowfield and finally disappeared in the mist.

Maester Aemon was unsure of the meaning of this dream, and finally chose to use the crows on the Great Wall to write a letter asking Viserys for his opinion. In the letter, Maester Aemon also added that young Aegon participated in several events during his time on the Wall. During the battle against the ghoul infestation, Master Aemon sometimes mentioned his views on the current situation. He seemed to have ideas about opening up transportation in the north for the king, and he vaguely revealed his desire to show off his talents in the north.

Maester Aemon hung them for a long time, but young Aegon was more patient than expected, including Jon Connington and the members of the Golden Company who traveled north.

This kind of patience shows that the other party may know that Master Aemon is hanging on them, but they are willing to endure such a test in order to achieve their desired purpose.

Master Aemon said that little Aegon undoubtedly had Targaryen blood, and perhaps he was not sure whether he was a red dragon or a black dragon in his dream. Finally, he added: "Sorry, Viserys, I'm too old."

In fact, Master Aemon has grasped the essence of the matter: after confirming that Aegon has Targaryen blood, whether his identity is established depends only on Viserys, because he does not actually threaten Viserys, and Much of the evidence is considered convincing.

Including the three-eyed raven who may have given Maester Aemon a hint in his dream, the same view was held.

Although what the Three-Eyed Raven said was a riddle, Viserys knew what it meant. Master Aemon's dream was about two people, one was Jon and the other was Aegon.

Jon is the child of the red dragon Rhaegar and the direwolf Lyanna, a snow rose, while Aegon is the son of the fake Rhaegar, a descendant of the black dragon, but by recognizing him, he can be allowed to do things in the north, but in the future will become uncertain.

There are direwolves in the dreams about these two people, and it is undoubtedly the Three-Eyed Raven's hint, hoping that Viserys will choose one so that they can clear up the north as soon as possible to make room for the next war.

The Three-Eyed Raven seemed to see Viserys' attitude towards the North, so he planned to invite him to choose someone who could do things for the North.

Although Jon is the real son of Rhaegar, his heart is a direwolf, and his personal identity is also a direwolf.

Although Aegon is a fake red dragon and a real black dragon supported by conspirators, his heart is a red dragon, and his personal identity is also a red dragon.

Choose one of the two.

After some in-depth thinking, Viserys finally chose Aegon.

Whether it is out of consideration as a political animal or confidence in his own strength, Viserys feels that it is more useful to choose a fake dragon with the same heart as himself than to choose a real dragon with a dragon body and a wolf heart.

Of course, in order to ensure that this fake dragon is always loyal, Viserys also needs to give him a big gift, the "Neon Genesis Evangelion Handbook". As long as Aegon becomes his pan-believer, he can't escape Viserys's palm.

So the reply was finalized.

Because this matter seemed quite important, and the Manual was an important method of cultivation, Viserys used the Citadel's ravens to reply. The Citadel's ravens were strictly trained and deliberately cultivated to convey important information. They even knew how to dodge arrows and dared to fight against hawks.

And this reply, in a sense, also meant that Viserys pronounced on the fate of the Frey and Bolton families.

These two families had no grudges against Viserys, and to be honest, if these two families were willing to express their sincerity to Viserys at this time and swear allegiance, Viserys could point out a clear path for them: that is, to give up the rewards and promised status of the King of King's Landing, and take the initiative to recruit people to go to the Wall to fight against the aliens. Viserys could even personally endorse them, allowing their families to retain their pre-war status, make contributions on the battlefield of the Wall, and even exempt some of the punishments to be pursued.

But in the end, Viserys did not receive any letters from the Frey or Bolton families. Since they did not ask him for help, Viserys certainly did not need to care about their lives. Viserys is busy and has no time to care about so many things.

Next, he will travel around the South, Stormlands, and Dorne to coordinate the construction of post stations, roads, and granaries in various places, build high walls, and store grain. While sending back a large number of civilians and soldiers from the Westerly War, he must also implement the rules and regulations of civil defense training before winter.

Although the plan is to temporarily let the horses go to the mountains and send the troops back, the corresponding military training cannot be reduced. It must be ensured that when war mobilization is needed, the jurisdiction can respond to the call as quickly as possible and have sufficient combat effectiveness.

Viserys did not forget that he had to take time to go to Valyria.