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Chapter 38 King's Landing-

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Within the city walls, the city is dotted with residences, trees, barns, stone warehouses, wooden hotels, business clubs, taverns, cemeteries and brothels. There is also a fish market. Hundreds of docks can be found in the port. Between the buildings are two

There are wide roads, streets, and segmented alleys lined with trees. There are three huge trebuchets standing at the mud door, which are called the Three Prostitutes of King's Landing. They are a new defensive measure in the city.

This big city of 500,000 people also coexists with light and darkness. The poorest residents live in a slum called Flea Bottom, where the narrow streets and alleys are like a maze, crowded with beggars and the poorest of the city's population.

The poor part. The rich people live on the other side of Rhaenys Hills and Flea Bottom. The upper area of ​​King's Landing is near the old city gate. Tourneys are usually held outside the city, next to the Blackwater River.

300 years ago, Aegon the Conqueror landed at the mouth of the Blackwater River and built his fortress on the top of the highest hill with earth and wood. Later, after Aegon conquered the entire realm, he decided to build his fortress around it.

The capital, because this place was located in the center of the continent and had never been the territory of any other kingdom, kept the king away from his vassals.

Later, the Targaryen kings gradually expanded the city. The Red Keep was completed during the reign of the cruel Maegor. Maegor got this reputation because after the completion of the Red Keep, he combined all the designers involved in its construction.

, the stonemasons and carpenters were all beheaded, and the secret of the king's capital castle was forever buried in the king's mind.

At the same time, King's Landing is also one of the five major ports in the country, second only to Old Town. There is an endless stream of merchant ships traveling from all over the continent and even the world.

Robert patted Eddard on the shoulder: "How many years has it been since you came to King's Landing?"

Ed smiled bitterly: "I have never been to this city since we captured it 15 years ago. My father, my brother and my sister all have sad memories of this city. I don't want to go back."

To this sad place."

Robert laughed: "Now, as the half master of King's Landing, you can flex your muscles in this city where your father and brother died. King's Landing owes you the Stark family and will definitely pay it back in the future.

you!"

Kirk sighed secretly in his heart. Xiaopang muttered: "As long as the lives of the Stark family and our little lives are no longer filled into this bottomless pit, we will be Amitabha."

Outside the city, the important ministers lined up to welcome the king's return to the capital. Several people came up to greet him. The first was the eunuch Wallis who came over. He exuded the sweet smell of corruption. This dead eunuch was known as the "Eight-Clawed Spider". He was in charge of the city.

intelligence agency. He is a monster-type intelligence chief.

The second one was Lord Renly who walked over. He looked exactly like Robert. When he saw him, he turned back time and saw the heroic Robert who had just returned from the victory on the Trident. Standing in front of him was Lord Renly.

He understands the importance of his own charm, and his taste and devotion in dressing are enough to put any important minister of the kingdom to shame.

The third person is Baelish, the king's finance minister, nicknamed "Littlefinger". He has always been in love with Eddard's wife, Catherine Tully, and even had a fight with Eddard's brother over Catherine, but was defeated by Eddard's brother.

Rand was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. Later, Eddard's brother died, and Eddard married Catherine home and inherited the title of King of the North and Duke of Winterfell.

The fourth one is Grand Maester Pycelle. He has a kind face, and a few strands of white hair hang down on both sides of his bald forehead. His maester's collar is a heavy necklace made of twenty-four kinds of metal pieces.

From the throat to the chest. At this time

In ancient times, maesters shouldered various important responsibilities, including but not limited to apothecaries, magicians, diviners, stargazers, military and political advisors, and even served as midwives (Ed's five babies were all delivered by Maester Luwin)

) and the role of babysitting.

The above four are the important ministers who make up the King's Council. In addition, the King's second brother, Lord Stannis, is also the king. However, he recently returned to Dragonstone and did not come to greet him. In addition, there is a new Prime Minister Ed.

.Stark, these six people together form the highest decision-making body that actually rules the country.

Kirk, Wang Han and Xiaopang glanced at the important ministers, smiling bitterly in their hearts. This is the source of the power and conspiracy of the Seven Kingdoms, and this is the biggest challenge in the entire world.

This world, as a plot world competing for the senior team championship, naturally has to test the strength of the senior team in all aspects. The team strength in the space, in addition to the combat effectiveness of the senior individual and team, must also comprehensively examine the overall strength of the senior team.

.Including the ability to judge the overall situation, execution, and layout. This world full of political power and conspiracy is the best arena to test the overall strength of the veteran team!

If a team relies on a few strong players and most weak players, or is only accustomed to using force or focusing on intelligence to solve problems, it will be impossible to win the final victory under the dual test of plot forces and hostile teams.

After the horse riding process, Kirk noticed that the senior members of the Lannister family were beaming with joy. Thinking about it, after being frustrated for more than ten days, they finally arrived at the Lannister family's stronghold. From now on, their movements will be much easier.

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Kirk sneered twice and followed Ed into the Prime Minister's Tower.

The Prime Minister's Tower is where the Kingdom's Prime Minister is stationed. It is not tall and luxurious, but it exudes an aura of self-reliance and power. Its previous owner was Prime Minister Jon Arryn, who was in his 80s.

After the Prime Minister died, the Prime Minister Tower has been idle, and today it finally welcomed a new guest.

This time, at Kirk's suggestion, Sir Roderick was not left in Winterfell as in the original plot, but followed Eddard southward. At the same time, there were also selected members of the Honor Guard who went south.

50 guards. Kirk spent a lot of time trying to persuade Ed to bring these guards, but fortunately he was very charming and had that disgusting but useful [Slave Trader's Tongue], so he was finally convinced.

This stubborn and proud King of the North.

But a mere 50 plot honor guards were not enough, so Kirk roped in Sir Roderick, who is rich in talent and has strong combat skills. Although this old knight is a bit careless, his loyalty and strength are absolutely no problem. In order to persuade Ed

To bring him along, Kirk even used 10 points of favorability from the Stark family to get this old man over.

However, under the heavy conspiracy of the Lannister family and the hostile contractors, such a protective force was still not enough. After discussing with the bosses such as Van Gundy and the Magic Archer, Kirk reluctantly took out the thousand gold dragon coins given to him by the king, and in one breath

We recruited weapons in the dock area and hotel area.

50 free riders and wandering warriors who are highly skilled and agile. These people have been screened by Sir Roderick, who has wide connections in King's Landing, and have shielded many spies from various forces who are involved. They are all relatively good.

A warrior of trust.

Of course, this move once again aroused Prime Minister Ed's dissatisfaction, thinking that Roderick and Kirk were making a fuss out of a molehill. As the new Prime Minister, he had a hundred elite bodyguards and swaggered through the city. It was too impressive and the cost was too high, which would arouse criticism.

Kirk once again used his sharp tongue to increase the favorability of the Stark family by 10 points, and informed the Prime Minister that the guard expenses were paid for by the king's reward. Only then did he finally get rid of this difficult and unlucky Prime Minister.

His series of moves to strengthen the Prime Minister's protection were all seen by Sir Roderick. The old Sir felt that although this new personal guard was a bit fussy, it was always right to strengthen the Prime Minister's protection. Especially what he had just done

He saved the Stark family from a crisis, and this time he generously used his own savings to pay for the Prime Minister's escort. He was also very appreciated, and the two became good friends.

Of course, Kirk would not bear all this expense on himself. He pulled Van Gundy and Marksman and cried with tears and snot, saying how important it was for the entire Stark family to do this.

No matter how strong the purchasing power of the Golden Dragon Coin is, how great the loss will be. Van Gundy and Marksman had no choice but to smile bitterly and collect compensation from the team, paying Kirk 30,000 survival points as compensation for his sacrifice.

In fact, they were very satisfied with Kirk's actions. After all, Prime Minister Stark's safety was beneficial to all three teams. A mere 30,000 survival points was nothing. One thousand gold dragon coins was indeed very difficult to deal with.

An honorary guard's monthly salary is only 1 gold coin.

At the first council meeting, Littlefinger announced King Robert's decision and asked the council to hold a grand jousting tournament to celebrate the inauguration of the new Prime Minister Eddard Stark.

Littlefinger, the finance minister, still smiled and handed the king's letter to Ned with his own hand, which was stamped with the royal seal.

"Damn it," Ed couldn't help but cursed: "How much will it cost?" He had no interest in this kind of martial arts competition that wasted money and money.

Littlefinger readily gave the answer: "The winner will be rewarded with 40,000 gold dragon coins, and the second place will be rewarded with 20,000 gold dragon coins. The winner of group close combat is also 20,000, and the winner of archery is 10,000."

"Ninety thousand gold coins in total," Eddard shouted, "and other expenses must be added. I know that King Robert will have a big banquet for his guests."

Master Pycelle looked at Littlefinger and asked: "Can the treasury pay this amount?"

"Where does the treasury come from?" Littlefinger curled his lips, "Why don't we have to borrow money? The Lannister family will be happy to support us. Anyway, we already owe Lord Tywin more than three million gold dragons, so we can borrow another few hundred thousand.

What is it?"

Ned was beyond shocked. "Mad King Aerys Targaryen left behind mountains of gold and silver treasures. How could Jon Arryn allow Robert to squander it like this?" (To be continued...)

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