Game of Thrones: Viserys the Three-Headed Dragon.

Chapter 245: Trends in the Western Region after the War (Part )
Viserys discovered that the mental work after battle was much more troublesome than the physical work during battle.

He gradually understood why many conquerors in ancient times would simply appoint a local governor after conquering a place, ensure taxation and food supply, and then just leave it alone. Even the star-level civilizations in 40K would directly impose a % tax on the world regardless of how the world itself was ruled.

Capturing Casterly Rock, collecting spoils, and rewarding the soldiers is just the beginning.

Viserys was stationed in Lannisport, coordinating the confiscation of the land of the nobles in the West, the nationalization of 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 nobles' children as hostages, and sorting out a lot of work in the knights. These were only part of the aristocratic politics. In addition, there was also the need to appease the people, and to provide a wave of benefits to some nobles and knights who had lost power during the Lannister rule, self-employed farmers, and industrial and commercial practitioners - these were the basis for winning the hearts of the people in the West.

In addition, Viserys also strongly expressed his desire to resume production and construction in the territories under his jurisdiction, and ordered Willas Tyrell, who was actually in charge of logistics in the war against the West, to issue an order, asking him to summarize a logistics planning system. While trying to build granaries to store grain in the south, he should also build a set of "post stations" on major transportation routes to ensure logistics, such as those built during the attack on the West. This "post station" is directly related to the function of opening up the connection between the originally scattered noble castles, in order to ensure the efficiency of food supply, transmission of war information, and military control during wartime.

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

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

In the original timeline, the Lannisters' political defeat after Tywin's death was not only due to Cersei's stupidity, but the bigger reason was that the strength of the Westerlands itself had been greatly reduced in the war.

Perhaps because of this, the policy of tax reduction and sending soldiers back home was supported by self-employed farmers and many small landowners, but left hatred among the families of those who died in the war or were found guilty of crimes.

These days, many people have been hanged in Lannisport. Although it is a legal punishment and each person hanged has sufficient reasons to die, the citizens of Lannisport, which is under military control, still feel sad.

Viserys knew that he and Oberyn were destined to leave a bad reputation and shadow in the hearts of some people in the West.

People are in the Western Territory, but there are more things to deal with than just the Western Territory.

As Viserys used Edmure Tully to get in touch with Riverrun, 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 2,000 Riverland soldiers and joined forces with the Royce family in the Vale to fight the Frey family on the Kingsroad by the Green Fork. The Frey family did not expect the Royce family to send troops from the Mountains of the Moon, and was caught off guard and retreated in defeat.

It must be said that, whether it was luck or sufficient intelligence, Arya's timing in the battle was exquisite. When the Lannisters and Tyrells were fighting in Tumblestone, Blackfish and Arya chose to go out of the city to fight, but the Freys were vulnerable without the help of the Westerlands. Many nobles in the river who had to surrender to the Freys did not help the Freys who were alone in the deep, resulting in the Red Fork River, the Blue Fork River, and the Tumblestone River being quickly recaptured by Blackfish. Then, Arya decisively borrowed troops and set off directly on the main road, turning through the Trident Basin where three rivers intersected and taking the King's Road to the north.

No one stopped them along the way. Only two thousand tired soldiers were walking on the road. They turned around just a dozen leagues north of Harrenhal, and there was not a single Lannister or Frey soldier who stopped them.

It was not until the troops left the town of Earl Harroway that they encountered reinforcements from the Frey family heading south on the King's Road.

When Viserys attacked the Westerlands, Arya and the Freys fought on the plains east of the Green Fork.

This was not a big battle. The number of troops on both sides was similar. The Freys also had two thousand people, and they were the elite of the Freys. The two thousand on Arya's side were soldiers lent to her by Brynden in the Riverlands. Although they were said to be two thousand, there were only one thousand soldiers who could actually fight. The other one thousand were temporarily recruited by other river nobles who disliked Frey and saw that she seemed to be quite powerful, so they put them together - there was no other way. Blackfish only had two or three thousand soldiers in the Riverlands, and in order to defend the Riverlands where the situation had become unclear again because of Viserys, Blackfish himself could only stay in Riverrun motionless after driving away the Freys.

Later, as the Royce family arrived at the battlefield, the Frey family was defeated 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 Kingsroad not far from the Twins, hesitating whether to continue 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 "Blackfish" Brynden is still testing Viserys' attitude and dare not trust it completely. Of course, there is also a reason that the Blackfish's rule over the Riverlands has not actually been recognized by the riverlords.

From this perspective, Edmure's return to the Riverlands will help unify the attitudes of the Riverlands lords.

Unfortunately, the team escorting Edmure had just left Golden Tooth City and it would take some time to return to the river.

By the way, after the Battle of the Westerlands, although the head was not sent to the Nine Fronts, Viserys still ordered people to spread the news that Tywin and Kevan were killed in the battle and the entire Westerlands surrendered.

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

There is no need to say much about the praise from the jurisdiction. Blackfish, who was closest to the Westerlands, was extremely shocked. The war situation changed too quickly. He was in Riverrun when he got the news that the Lannisters and Tyrells had fought in the south, and the Lannisters retreated to the Westerlands after winning. The next information was that the Westerlands were captured by the Targaryens, and Tywin and Kevan were defeated and killed.

At this time, even Brynden the Blackfish could not help but feel lucky in his heart. After he came into contact with Arya, he chose to send a message to Viserys. To be honest, his idea at that time was just to borrow the name of King Targaryen to unite the wavering river lords. He never thought that Targaryen's troops would reach the west so soon. Blackfish even thought that if he had not expressed his position at that time, perhaps after conquering the west, Targaryen would directly invade the river.

Yes, Blackfish judged that King Targaryen would choose a war of unification and conquer every vassal state that did not submit to Targaryen.

To be honest, any outsider who was not by Viserys's side, listening to his arrangements and formulating policies, would think that Viserys would sweep across the entire territory with lightning speed like Aegon the Conqueror, after seeing how quickly he recovered the Stormlands, the South, and the West.

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

It didn't take long.

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

The Stormtroopers who were monitoring the movements of King's Landing and the Golden Company mercenaries stationed in Summerhall all discovered that King's Landing had strategically retracted its forces and the city gates were closed. Someone outside the city saw flames and smoke near the Red Keep one night, apparently there was a riot, but it had subsided the next morning.

In the following days, King's Landing deployed additional personnel to strictly control the city gates and ports.

Speaking of King's Landing.

In any case, Cersei, who controls the gold cloak army, and Jaime, who has thousands of soldiers and horses, still control the situation in King's Landing, although they are struggling.

"Let him come! Let them come! A Lannister will never bow his head. Hear me roar! Hear me roar!"

Jaime was in the throne room, looking at Queen Mother Cersei, who was sitting on the throne and exercising 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 resentfully, with a look of resentment in her eyes, but it quickly turned into expectation: "Jaime, you can protect me and Tommen, right?"

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

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

James 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 had not seen the body with his own eyes, but he had already believed that result, even though his brain still refused to admit it. Sometimes when he woke up from a dream, he would think that a man as smart as Tywin should still be hiding somewhere waiting for the opportunity. The words brought by the raven were so cold.

Although the flow of information in Junlin was controlled at the first opportunity, Junlin still became restless.

Even in the heavily defended Red Fort, one could feel the uneasiness.

Every day, Jaime worried about the same things: Will the army mutine? Will the people riot? Are the nobles plotting something? When will the Targaryen army arrive?

He forced himself to calm down, patrolled every day, arranged the most determined Lannister soldiers to be the palace guards, and instilled the concept of loyalty into 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 that the Church will expand the Warrior Sons. Make promises to the Church in the name of King Tommen, and the Church will give us rewards. Only by supporting King Tommen can their armed forces be allowed to exist."

Previously, in order to exchange for the Holy See to postpone the repayment of its debts, Cersei once wanted the Holy See to re-arm. Jaime had made efforts to stop it, but Cersei had already agreed. In the end, Jaime could only tamper with the agreement and control the number of places in the Holy See's armed forces, taking the "seven" of the Seven Gods to only give 700 places.

Despite this, the power of the cult's armed forces continued to grow at a very restless pace.

In the sect, the current Archbishop is a soft-hearted person. Due to 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 people of 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 also willing to abide by the agreement to control the number of armed forces of the sect.

But James could see a hint of unease in it.

Piety is often accompanied by madness. Jaime has been reading the White Books these days and knows clearly that even the cruel Maegor suffered a great loss at the hands of the armed religion.

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

It is inevitable that everyone will push down the wall when it falls, just like Aerys II in the past. Is there no possibility of a reversal of 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 now is because we still have Adam Marbrand's men and gold cloaks in our hands, but the Warrior Sons, Cersei, they are not Ser Adam, nor are they gold cloaks."

"But they have received King Tommen's gifts, so they should repay him, right?" Cersei could not listen at all. She only saw the good side. Recently, many people have been telling her, "Jaime, what King Targaryen cannot give them, we can give them. The Church can only choose to be our ally. Once the High Septon stands on our side, all the Seven will fight for us."

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

"Or do you have any 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 out.

Jaime didn't know that Cersei had already firmly believed in her heart 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 taken in by Cersei's words. He couldn't think of any solution 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 to the West has been cut off. King's Landing may face the same situation as when Renly and Stannis besieged it. Therefore, the area around Rosby in the north has become particularly important. But I'm worried that they will choose to betray me after hearing the news." Cersei stood up from the throne, looked at her bleeding hand, and then looked at Jaime. "Only you, Jaime, can do this for me. I only trust you."

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

"Rosby is very close to King's Landing, we can support each other—"

James 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 situation in King's Landing. Those damn mobs fought for food. Damn it! Thinking of those things makes me angry. Or you can go and kill all the mobs in Flea Market, then you don't have to worry about supply problems."

"I don't know when the Targaryen army will arrive. I can't leave!"

"See, that's it, Jaime. You're scared. How can you protect me and Tommen like this?"

"I don't. I can die for you, for Tommen!"

"Die? What's the point of me asking you to die in battle?" Cersei said coldly, "Die, die, die. Is death the only way for us?"

"." Jaime was speechless. He suddenly felt more tired than ever before. He was silent for a moment. For some reason, he agreed, "I promise you, Cersei." "Okay," Cersei smiled. She came closer with an ambiguous look. "I cut my hand. Help me."

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

"!" Cersei's eyes widened, and she quickly stepped forward to cover Jaime's mouth. She looked around and said, "Don't talk about this anymore, Jaime. What did our father teach us? A Lannister must repay his debts. Even in desperate situations, we must fight back and let those damn bastards listen to the roar of the Lannister lion!"

James' heart dropped.

The valley was also shaken by the internal situation due to the news from the western border.

As the Royce family blatantly disregarded the orders of the Guardian of the Valley and led their troops out of the Valley through the Moon Mountains to lend troops to the "Wolf Girl" Arya, the situation inside the Valley suddenly became tense.

Although the orders from the Eyrie were passed down to the lords of the Valley, other families were still ready to move. Although the Royce family had a legitimate reason to send troops - the Royce family and the Stark family were related by marriage - but in their eyes, the era of great strife was coming to an end, and there were still some ambitious and restless elements who could not be suppressed.

As the news spread from the West, the lords who had been pursuing a policy of keeping to themselves in the Vale for two years could no longer sit still. The lords began to whisper and prepared to write a joint letter to ask Lady Lysa and Lord Robert to make clear their attitude, whether to choose Targaryen or Lannister.

There is no doubt that this is aimed at Littlefinger Baelish who came from King's Landing. Of course, it also implies forcing Lysa to express her support for the Targaryens.

The fate of the world is always beyond our control. Baelish was a smart man after all. He quickly protected himself and returned the title of Guardian of the Valley as an explanation to the lords of the Valley. 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.

Of course, Baelish did not dare to call himself Lord Robert's stepfather.

Because the current situation is in the Targaryen's advantage, even Lysa's position has been shaken under this trend. Baelish can no longer think about swallowing up the Valley. He can only choose to keep his foothold.

You know, in this situation, even Lady Lysa has to think carefully about what she wants to say in the name of the Duke's mother's regent. Because under the influence of external circumstances, the lords of the Vale are very likely 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.

The situation was stronger than the person, and no matter how smart Littlefinger was, he couldn't do anything in this situation. So he shrewdly chose to retreat behind the scenes, pretending to be Duke Robert's teacher, and used the seemingly withdrawal from the power struggle as a means to force himself to stay in the Eyrie, and instruct Lady Lysa to keep the regency behind the scenes.

So after sending letters 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 Council during this autumn harvest celebration, allowing the princes to vote together on the Vale's next decision.

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 sharp attitudes of the princes will be eased, and the contradictions will shift from dissatisfaction with Lady Lysa and Littlefinger to the inevitable decision of the valley. It is equivalent to Littlefinger using only a dispensable parliament to stabilize the originally shaky situation of himself and Lysa.

Robert Arryn was only an eight-year-old boy, and with Baelish's cunningness, he believed that as long as he kept his footing, he could find other ways to seize power in the Vale.

He still has Sansa as his card, which means he can continue to play both sides if the Lannisters lose power.

With Targaryen's endorsement of the North's policy, the Vale lords sympathized with Stark. After all, they were all lords of the anti-Targaryen alliance, and the Vale lords would definitely push Arryn and Stark to the forefront and let them negotiate with Targaryen.

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

He is a Lannister, and his heart is for justice and fairness. However, he was powerless at the time and could only do his best and leave the rest to fate.

Baelish is a conspirator who goes with the flow. He is keenly aware that under this changing situation, he may be able to make a difference in the Targaryen era by influencing Sansa and Robert.

It must be said that Baelish is 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 ruthless means. He is destined to become a psoriasis-like existence in the chaotic historical trend.

Varys is equally perceptive.

Of course, "Varys" is dead. He was burned to the bone in a recent fire caused by a wildfire in King's Landing, which made the intelligence agency in King's Landing chaotic and leaderless. Cersei supported a maester named Qyburn who was expelled from the Citadel to take over Varys' intelligence work, but Qyburn was not a competent intelligence officer. In fact, after Qyburn 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 means of recording intelligence, and many of Varys' intelligence personnel did not attempt to contact the new steward of King's Landing.

So who did they contact?
The answer is Groly's eldest son, Grek, the chief spy sent by Viserys to King's Landing.

Yes, after Varys' "death", many intelligence agents suddenly appeared and extended their tentacles to contact Greck frequently under the pretext of looking for intelligence buyers, and then sold a large amount of intelligence from all over the world to Viserys' spies. Many of them took the initiative to show up and become Greck's next partner.

Is Varys really dead?

Although the evidence was irrefutable, Viserys did not believe it at all. However, the information sellers came to him with sincerity, and he could not turn them away. In fact, after screening, a lot of information was very accurate and effective.

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 was a rumor among merchants that a three-headed dragon was born in the city of Qohor. At that time, this news was presented to the King's Meeting together with the sea monster seen in the Five Fingers Peninsula, but no one took it seriously. However, what was unexpected was that, like the sea monster in the Five Fingers Peninsula, a dragon did appear in Qohor, but it was not so exaggerated. It was not a fire-breathing dragon of Targaryen or Valyria, and it did not have three heads. Instead, it was a long-winged dragon obtained by the Red God Church of Qohor from the continent of Sothoryos. This is a creature that is very similar to a dragon but cannot breathe fire. They are the top predators in the continent of Sothoryos. It is said that an adventurer returned from Sothoryos and got several long-winged dragon eggs there. They were passed to the hands of the Red God Cult and finally hatched. The believers of the Red God secretly raised the long-winged dragon in the primeval forest around Qohor, but it was later seen by witnesses and the news spread. It is said that none of the Red God's followers could ride it, and instead it turned into a scourge after being raised. An entire forest monastery of R'hllor monks was buried in the dragon's belly, and the winged dragon has taken root in a swamp in the forest of Qohor, becoming a scourge.

Viserys vaguely grasped from these two pieces of information that Essos might be engaged in a war of gods around Watersong, and the Red God's thoughts on dragons did not seem to be limited to the Valyrian dragons.
Let’s talk about those information dealers who may be related to Varys.

Greg asked more than once whether to accept these partners and develop them into his own intelligence dealers.

But Viserys felt the shadow of Varys behind him, so he never agreed. He just kept insisting on stability and asked Greg to stabilize himself first, set up his own intelligence agency, stabilize it, and increase his work experience before thinking about other things.

Viserys guessed that Varys was testing his 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 make his own plans by taking advantage of the opportunity.

Although Viserys could guess that Varys was a "Blackfyre", he could never guess what other conspiracies he had in mind. However, the general situation was on Viserys' side, and it would be difficult for Varys to cause any major disturbances if he hid behind the scenes.

I just don't know if Varys will contact "Little Aegon" and Jon Connington for other plans.

Speaking of little Aegon.

Viserys felt a headache. He originally wanted to pass the ball to the "Duke of Blood Raven", but he didn't expect that this was not a good move now. He should have thought that the "Duke of Blood Raven" was only a part of the "Three-Eyed Raven", and the other party's view on Targaryen bloodline was not as cold as the "Duke of Blood Raven".

The other party hinted that young 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.

Maester Aemon kept little Aegon by his side 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 graceful, knowledgeable, and had a good temperament. After getting to know him, Maester Aemon also found that little Aegon was a little indecisive, and in a sense, he was very empathetic and kind.

As a prince who claimed that he was originally going to revive the Targaryen family, Master Aemon judged that young Aegon was unqualified.

But Maester Aemon was still unsure whether he was "the son of Rhaegar".

Finally, one night, Master Aemon had a dream. He dreamed of a red dragon and a dire wolf running on the snowfield, and finally turned into a blooming ice-blue rose. Then he dreamed of a black dragon and a dire wolf running on the snowfield, and finally disappeared in the fog.

Maester Aemon was unsure of the meaning of the dream, and finally chose to use the ravens of the Wall to write a letter to ask Viserys for his opinion. In the letter, Maester Aemon also added that young Aegon had participated in several battles against wight attacks during his time at the Wall, and sometimes mentioned his views on the current situation in front of Maester Aemon. He seemed to have ideas about opening up transportation in the North for the king, and vaguely revealed his desire to make a big splash in the North.

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

Such patience showed that the other party might know that Master Aemon was keeping them hanging, but they were willing to endure such a test in order to achieve their desired goal.

Maester Aemon said that young Aegon undoubtedly had Targaryen blood, and that the things in his dreams might be because he was unsure whether he was a red dragon or a black dragon. Finally, he added: "I'm 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 true depends on Viserys's words, because he actually poses no threat to Viserys, and a lot of evidence is convincing.

The same view is held by the Three-Eyed Raven, who may have given Master Aemon a hint in a dream.

Although the Three-Eyed Raven spoke in riddles, Viserys knew what it meant. There were two people in Master Aemon's dream, one was Jon and the other was Aegon.

Jon is the child of the red dragon Rhaegar and the direwolf Lyanna, an ice rose, while Aegon is the fake son of Rhaegar and a descendant of the black dragon. But acknowledging him will allow him to act in the North, but the future will become uncertain.

The dreams of these two people both contained direwolves, which was undoubtedly a hint from the Three-Eyed Raven. He hoped Viserys would choose one and let them clean 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 help select someone who could do things for the North.

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

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

pick one of two.

After some deep thought, Viserys finally chose Aegon.

Whether out of consideration as a political animal or confidence in his own strength, Viserys felt that it would be more useful to choose a fake dragon that shared the same mind as himself than a real dragon with a dragon body and a wolf's heart.

Of course, in order to ensure the eternal loyalty of this fake dragon, Viserys also needs to give him a great gift, the Neon Genesis Evangelion Handbook. As long as Aegon becomes his pan-believer, he will not be able to escape from Viserys's palm.

So the reply was finalized.

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

This reply letter, in a sense, also means that Viserys has pronounced the fate of the two families, Frey and Bolton.

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

But in the end, Viserys did not receive any letter from the Freys or the Boltons. Since they did not ask him for help, Viserys certainly did not need to care about their lives. Viserys was busy and had no time to care about so many things.

Next, he will travel around the South, Stormlands, and Dorne, coordinating the construction of post stations, roads, and granaries in various places, building high walls, and storing grain. While sending back a large number of civilians and soldiers from the war in the West, he will also implement the rules and regulations of civil defense training before winter.

Although the next plan is to temporarily let the troops go and return, corresponding military training is necessary. We must ensure that when war is required, the jurisdiction can respond to the call as quickly as possible and have sufficient combat effectiveness.

Viserys had not forgotten that he had to take a trip to Valyria sometime.
(End of this chapter)