The king on the Great Wall

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Arya's fuss, his originally fast-forming flickering thoughts were seriously disrupted.But the guests have been made to wait for quite a while, and it is inevitable that things will change if it is delayed any longer. Right now, they can only enter the room and play on the spot.

Fortunately, this is his forte.Barely regaining some feeling and state, Iger, who didn't dare to procrastinate any longer, took a deep breath, pushed the door in - according to the original plan, to deal with another difficult woman in the tower: Dragon Queen Daenerys Targaryen .

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Chapter 401 Unplanned Dismounting

"So?" Daenerys, who was sitting behind the table, straightened up, staring at Iger who entered the room in front of her for the third time but was still empty-handed, and the sense of crisis in her heart finally exceeded the limit of tolerance.As he asked, his hand quietly clasped the fork brought by the kitchen, and he quietly hid it under the table, "Where's the book?"

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Although the assassination ended in an embarrassing failure, Arya inadvertently helped Iger complete an operation that he had originally thought about but did not implement after weighing the pros and cons: give the mad king's daughter a "dismissal".

Information collection and transmission are time-sensitive. Even Varys, known as the "octopus spider", is by no means omniscient and omnipotent. Daenerys actually doesn't know one of the biggest obstacles to her conquest of the Seven Kingdoms. The younger sister of Robb Stark, the guardian of the north, is in the same castle as himself.Iger ran around looking for Arya, who was missing with a sword, but when he was supposed to come back with a book, he went in and out of the tower empty-handed without even a word of explanation. It's hard to guess... Then the girls screaming, crying and talking from outside the tower made Dany's nerves tense to the extreme.

If it wasn't for sure that she didn't bring Missandei, Dany would almost think that Iger had already killed her maid, and it would be her turn next.

Although what she heard with pricked ears made her sure that the noise outside the tower did not come from turmoil or bloodshed, and the whispers between Iger and Arya's master and apprentice could not be heard through the stone wall... But many anomalies, still It made the little queen feel like falling into a trap, and she was extremely nervous.

She shouldn't have come.

Although she has a sincere desire and expectation for the content of "The Prince", she has actually sent a ship to pick up the book... Even if this ancient book is really rotten and fragile and cannot withstand handling, these subordinates There are also people who can read in China, so you can spend some time and copy it down completely and bring it back to Dragonstone Island for her to read slowly.However, a faint thought deep in her heart is tempting her, making her want to come in person uncontrollably, coupled with the red robe monk who spared no effort to persuade her, warning her that the final battle is about to break out, as her The Son of Prophecy cannot be absent... In the end, by accident, she made this decision: when the encirclement of King's Landing in the south was gradually forming, and the war was approaching the critical point of stalemate, she would personally ride a dragon northward to visit the northern border of her kingdom.

Come, I want to come.But the reason why Dany dared to go down the dragon and enter the castle in Houguan Town, a place where people are unfamiliar and where there are no soldiers stationed under her command, was influenced by others: Among them, after hearing what Marqoro saw from the flames, The content, I believe that half of my visit to the gifted land will be welcomed by the night watchman; the other half is from the last time Iger saw Dragonstone Island, although it was embarrassing for her to still be rejected when she lowered her profile and offered an olive branch, but The Commander-in-Chief of the Night Watch still left a good impression on her by sticking to principles, advancing and retreating with restraint, and his words and deeds were decent, and the gift he gave was even more pleasing to her... It's just that I discovered this a little later.

Although she put on a cold face towards Iger on the surface, in her heart, Daenerys already had some respect for the commander of the Great Wall defenders.

It is precisely because she believes that this rational and principled man will not do anything stupid, she accepts the invitation and unreasonably agrees to venture alone, enter a castle that is not loyal to her, and read the full version of "The Prince" on the ground. ".

But now, the other party's series of abnormal actions and the noise coming from outside the door made Dani regret that she was too gullible in others.

If Long's deterrence is not enough, and the commander-in-chief of the night watchman insists on doing stupid things, the three children can certainly avenge her, but right now, no one can save him!

Although frightened, she didn't panic.She is Daenerys born of the storm, the destined lord of the seven kingdoms, the proud mother of dragons, the hero of the prophecy, not a little girl who will panic when she is frightened.Even though she was caught in a tiger's mouth, full of anxiety and fear, she silently gritted her teeth and vowed in her heart: If the other party dares to commit crimes or behave disrespectfully, don't expect yourself to be captured or submit to her obediently. She will not bend her knees or beg for mercy, and endure insults even if she dies!

Clutching her fork tightly for emergencies, Dany called out to Drogon secretly with the rhythm of her soul.The dragon rider has a subtle and indescribable emotional resonance with the specific dragon that accepts him. Although the "call" channeled through this mysterious connection cannot be as effective immediately as ringing a bell or blowing a trumpet, it has already been practiced countless times. Proven to work.

It can be as short as a moment, but as long as an hour, the three children will definitely fly to pick themselves up under the leadership of Drogon who sensed his uneasiness and anxiety!

***

The red-hot charcoal crackled softly, and the bottom floor of the tower, where the stove was lit after being tidied up, was much warmer and more pleasant than when it first came in. It was a good place to fool the queen.

Iger had no idea that Daenerys was on guard against him at the moment: if he dared to walk too close, or behaved in any other way, he would immediately fight to the death with a fork.

Fortunately, he didn't intend to do this at all: Although he was extremely eager to have close, zero-distance or even negative-distance contact with the queen in front of him, his strong reason and the polite habits he had cultivated for a long time still made him Stand still at the table and start talking within the "comfort distance" range.

After getting used to the mysterious attraction of Daenerys, doing so is full of pleasure to challenge yourself: Only those who can do counter-intuitive and counter-instinctive behaviors can achieve great things, right?Under the temptation of testing reason but acting like a normal person instead of kneeling under his skirt, this is like a high-intensity intellectual exercise, with the same sense of fulfillment as breaking through oneself and becoming stronger afterwards.

This is the pride and persistence that most outsiders can't understand: even if there are gods in this world who can manipulate people's subconscious, even if he is really unable to resist such methods as a mere mortal, he must be the one that is the most difficult to be influenced!

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"The book is very good, Your Majesty." He quickly recalled the lines in his mind, but he had skillfully made a calm smile with perfect marks on his face, "Before that, I would like to ask the Queen a question: You have returned to Victoria after all the hardships. Stroll, do you only want to get back what should belong to you, an iron chair, and the submission and submission of the Seven Kingdoms?"

"What does my purpose have to do with the Night Watchman?" Daenerys became more and more vigilant, and she couldn't figure out what Iger wanted.Is there a standard answer to this question?Could it be that if I answered wrongly, the guards outside the house would swarm in, come in and take me down and even execute the Fa on the spot?

"It does matter." Iger heard the anxiety and uneasiness in the Queen's tone, and knowing that it is not suitable to be a secret now, he simply replied, "If the answer is yes, then I have to say: the book Your Majesty wants, and Some of the suggestions I personally intended to give you are meaningless to you." He said calmly, "With the talents of Petyr and Varys, if you use them properly, you can get one. It is enough to take back the Seven Kingdoms... and now you have conquered both. You only need to recognize the identity of Aegon in the south and agree to marry him, and then you will surely be able to sit on the Iron Throne in a few months or a year , as a queen. And even if your majesty wants to be the sole queen, as long as you don't bother to do more activities, try to win the river bend and Dorne from Prince Aegon... With the popularity and popularity The huge advantage of recognition, as long as you are willing to spend more time and take more risks riding dragons into several battles, it is not too difficult..."

"That's not what the night watchman should think about." Daenerys interrupted him with a serious face, "I came today because of that book, whether I read this book, whether I use it or not after reading it, it's all up to me You have nothing to do with your own affairs. If I remember correctly, the Commander-in-Chief seemed to tell me a moment ago that he would fetch it for me right away. All I want to know now is: Where is the book?"

The little queen's mind is quite clear, Iger thought.

It seems that it is difficult to try to avoid the important things and take the light ones like when dealing with Arya, and use the little tricks that he came up with in a hurry to divert the topic and bring it to his own track.

"I have to confess one thing to Her Majesty the Queen." If you can't avoid it, then face the problem directly, "Your Majesty lied to you on Dragonstone Island before." Iger spread his hands apologetically: "What I promised you This book is not in my hands...more precisely, it does not exist in the world. It only exists in my mind."

"Oh?" Daenerys didn't look very surprised, instead she squinted her eyes: Sure enough, it's time to do something.This angry and threatening expression appeared on her face, revealing a fatal temptation, "I must also confess: my knowledge of the laws and customs of Westeros is quite limited. However, as far as I know The crime of 'deceiving the monarch' is not a light punishment anywhere. You deliberately lied just to lure me here?"

"Indeed, I can only ask for forgiveness for this." You are indeed a monarch, but I haven't admitted that you are my monarch. Of course Iger didn't say this, and he carefully considered his words, "I was in Dragonstone earlier. The island had no choice but to make such a trick to deceive His Majesty. But I was really afraid that if I answered truthfully, His Majesty would detain or restrict my actions, and ordered me to write the full version before letting me go. The land grant and the Great Wall are facing serious challenges. Test, I can't do without me at this moment."

Admitting that you lied is the most dangerous step in this conversation.

Iger just tried to circumvent this hurdle, but failed. If he didn't make a clear explanation about "where is the book?", the conversation would not be able to proceed.But once you admit that you have cheated, you will face another problem: with Daenerys' temper, if you find out that you have been cheated, you will get up in a rage and leave, and you will not listen to the rest. Do not stop?

Iger held his breath: "In addition to this worry, there is another consideration. I can't make a judgment just by seeing it once: Is Your Majesty the... queen I learned through rumors?"

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Daenerys hated being deceived the most, and her face was filled with unconcealable anger in an instant, but she didn't get up and walk towards the door as Iger worried: "Get off the horse" to calm her down. At this moment, she is also worried that Iger will suddenly tear off his mask to show off. He is holding the fork tightly under the table, counting his thoughts to delay time, waiting silently for Drogon to sense his anxiety and come to save him. How dare he miss it? Standing up for no reason?

"Oh, what version of me did you hear?" Daenerys had roughly heard how her enemies arranged themselves, she raised her head proudly, and asked disdainfully, "It's feeding the dragon with a living person." A tyrant, a witch bathing in the hot blood of a virgin, or the number one slut in the sea of ​​grass who likes to mate with stallions?"

"Neither. A rational person can filter out the part that is closest to the truth from the messy information." Iger also shook his head with a smile, "Under these countless rumors, I pushed through the layers of fog and saw An idealist who wants to control his own destiny, correct the injustice in the world, and make the world a better place!"

Chapter 402

Daenerys raised her eyebrows, and she tried her best not to lose her composure after being told by Iger's words, but the shock rushed from her spine to the back of her head in an instant.I wanted to say "You are very flattering" to resolve the embarrassment, but then I remembered that I had praised each other like this when we met on Dragonstone Island... I could only swallow my words back, and looked up at the man standing across the table again. An unbelievable light gradually appeared in his eyes.

If she hadn't been exposed to that word before, Daenerys must have only this thought in her mind at the moment: Could it be that she met a comrade?

She first realized that her previous judgment on the situation was biased, and slowly let go of the hand that was holding the dinner fork hidden under the table, and then recalled another question: "You really wrote that book!?"

It was a little different from what I expected, but Iger finally found a chance to turn the topic in the direction he wanted after taking a picture of a horse that was so accurate.

"Your Majesty, when you read the first half of the book, didn't you wonder why there is such a book in the world that is completely suitable for you and fits the current situation of Westeros... It seems that it was written for you, but you have never heard of it Is it a book?" Iger shrugged his shoulders and asked himself with an inscrutable expression, "The answer is: no why. This book is tailor-made for you, to test whether you are what I imagined. of the Queen."

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The exclamation of the guards came from outside the house, accompanied by the sudden sound of air currents and the panting and neighing of giant beasts.Under the leadership of Drogon, the three dragons flew from the resting place a few miles away to the sky above the Pocket Lake in Houguan Town, hovering close to the top of the tower, and entered Kelongyan Burning City only after the mother gave an order. Retire but land to pick up people.But Heilong could feel that the mother who was connected with his soul suddenly changed from extremely nervous and defensive, to anger mixed with strong surprise and curiosity.

Daenerys comforted Drogon who had come to protect her in her heart so that she would not directly attack or forcefully land, while casually putting the fork back on the table as if she had just finished her meal, crossing her arms across her chest Leaning on the back of the chair, he stretched his body easily.

With the arrival of the dragon, both thinking ability and momentum recovered to the best state: "So, you have successfully tricked me now, am I the queen you imagined?"

"Yes, and no." Very good, even the lines have become decent, and can naturally lead to the following content.Iger knows that this flicker can basically be regarded as on the right track, but the main event is still to come: "You are indeed the queen I envisioned who cares about the world and is full of passion for change...but you seem a little dazed. Let me ask Your Majesty again One question, you have such a good ideal, but do you know how to turn it into reality, not to mention specific plans, at least have a general direction?"

of course not!

If so, how could she still be so impatient to read the second half of the Theory of the Demon Reformed Monarch, and even ride a dragon to come here in person?The first half of the book that Iger gave her as a gift already contained countless theories and narratives that Daenerys recognized and agreed with, and even felt bright, which whetted her appetite.But after the bragging and examples were over, she had a hunch that the next content would be the substantive suggestions and ready-made solutions she needed most, but when she turned to the next page, it was already the back cover.

The feeling of being suspended in mid-air when you are about to reach the most critical moment is really uncomfortable!

"Commander-in-Chief, what I hate most in my life is when others lie to me." Of course, Daenerys couldn't admit that she didn't have any plans in her stomach.She suppressed her guilt and said coldly, "If you want me to forgive you for this deception, you'd better be the author of that book and give me a satisfactory second half."

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If the legitimacy of Daenerys' identity and title is recognized, then in front of her is the supreme monarch of the Seven Kingdoms, the queen of the entire Westeros.

If there is not a huge centralized empire that spans several continents and governs several kingdoms in the remaining unknown part of the world of ice and fire, then this will be the last time Iger has a chance to fool someone with a higher status than himself in this world ...Successfully took her down, influenced and even influenced her thoughts, and he had cleared the level on this road.

And for this day, he has subconsciously prepared countless days and nights.

"Do your best." Iger listened to the sound of the dragon fluttering across the sky outside the house, "but before I start, I must ask His Majesty to promise me something: After listening to everything I said, whether you believe it or not Do not believe, obey or disobey, and do not leak it to anyone, including your closest aides and advisers."

This request is a bit too much. If you don't tell your trusted staff, how can you judge whether Iger is fooling you or setting yourself up based on your own experience and experience?Daenerys frowned: "Okay, I want to see what you can say."

Anyway, let him say what he should say first. As for whether to tell others, is the mouth growing on him?Daenerys is not a pedantic and stubborn person like Stannis. Her views on promises and rules have always been more flexible.

Iger nodded, took a deep breath and began to narrate: "If your majesty has a good memory, you should remember that I mentioned in the first half of the book I sent that there are roughly two types of countries in the world: one is the centralized government, and the other is the feudal princes. The former has only one king, and the rest are all officials serving it. Westeros is the latter: the Seven Kingdoms are like a vast wasteland, and the nobles are wild dogs in the wasteland, in groups of twos and threes. There are piles on one side and clusters on the other... Fighting for power and intrigue all the time, no matter when and where, you can always find princes who hold a grudge against the king or other nobles because of a bone or a few pieces of meat, and are waiting for an opportunity to retaliate. There will always be someone who is willing to jump out and be a weapon in the hands of rebels or rebels or a guide in front of them, serving people like you or little Aegon, hoping to change their king or lord, and their life will be easier .”

"I am the legitimate king of the Seven Kingdoms, neither a rebellion nor an uprising."

"I don't discuss anyone's legitimacy here, but just explain the fact that if such a feudal separatist country, big and small, wants to seize its ruling power, it only needs to find the right person to easily split it into two or Several forces. Then, after defeating the king himself and destroying his bloodline, if the remaining people have neither a leader nor enough will to resist, they will surrender on their own accord." Iger shook his head, "The nearest An example is your Majesty himself: you only need to attack King's Landing and destroy Stannis, and you will have the Kingland and the Stormland in an instant, and then you only need to try to win the easy-to-take Dorne and the Reach, and half of the Seven Kingdoms will be won .Then, the undefended Hejian land is in your pocket, and the western region was also severely injured in the last six-nation joint crusade... Finally, only the northern region and Gu Di may still insist on resisting for a while. But under the deterrent force of the dragon, it is conceivable that as long as you are willing to let go of your surrender, this persistence will not last long."

"Basically correct." In fact, it is completely correct, Daenerys thought to herself, but it is a pity that she encountered obstacles in the first step: destroying Stannis, and was stopped by this powerful enemy, "Then what ?”

"No. Then, I just want to introduce a concept before I talk about the following content. We can only talk about it if we can reach a consensus." Iger said, "That concept is the law of 'easy to get, hard to cure' in the world. That is : The difficulty of conquering a country is inversely proportional to the difficulty of ruling it next. The easier the road you choose to gain the ruling power, it will inevitably mean that you have borrowed more external forces and left more of the previous dynasty. The old man and the old aristocracy...and after these people become heroes and supporters in your new kingdom, they will form a vested interest group unless you do not infringe on their interests at all, otherwise they will become resistance to your rule."

Iger started by talking about the content in the magical reform of "The Prince". In addition to wanting to inherit the past and make the content he narrates easier to understand, he also has another consideration: to occupy a psychologically dominant position in a subtle way.

Once they talked about the arguments in """, Daenerys will soon find out: Iger really knows the content of this half of the book well, and he is the author of it.And this process of "unknowingly recognizing that this book was written by Iger" will at the same time transfer Daenerys' previously brewed expectation and admiration for the mysterious author of this book to the specific person in front of her. That is, Iger came.

When the author and the reader chat about the content of the book, the former can easily gain the overwhelming upper hand!

"The law of 'easy to get, hard to cure'?" Daenerys whispered the word, not realizing that her attitude towards Iger had unconsciously become much more respectful. At this moment, she seemed to have returned to her childhood , turned back into a student, and the man opposite was her teacher.

"That's right, here's an example: If His Majesty wants to regain the Iron Throne, the easiest way is to recognize the legitimacy of Aegon Targaryen, marry him, and form an alliance with as many great lords as possible in Dorne, the Riverbend. Join The more nobles you have in your camp, the easier your path will be, but when you go to the end and you sit on the Iron Throne, your husband, your first supporters, will turn around and become the weakener of your control Conversely, if you choose to slaughter all the nobles in the Seven Kingdoms and replace them with newcomers, then your road to the top will be difficult and full of difficulties, and it is almost impossible to go to the end as compensation. The control of the country will be so strong that it cannot be shaken." This is a word that has never appeared in the original Theory of the Monarch. Iger summed it up in combination with the reality of Westeros. No one can explain it better than him, "Remember Hold on to this concept, because we’ll come back to it later.”

Drogon, who was flying over the Pocket Lake, felt that his mother was not in danger, and after circling a few times, he took his two brothers and sisters and flew away from here... But Daenerys didn't care about all this: she was already in a little bit of trouble. Looking forward to the next content.

"Very good, after introducing this concept, we can continue the topic." Iger nodded with satisfaction, quite satisfied with the correct attitude of the new students, "Your Majesty wants to correct the injustice in the world and make the world a better place. How to do it?"

Chapter 403 Breaking the Wheel

"Deprive the nobles of their privileges, break the wheel of history, and build a nation free from oppression?"

Daenerys replied with some hesitation that this was a goal she had been dreaming about day and night...but even she knew that it was clearly a general goal rather than a specific policy.

"Very good." Looking at the queen's expression, Iger knew that she herself was aware of the problem, but it didn't matter, "Your thinking is very clear, let me analyze it: you think that all the suffering of the people at the bottom comes from The oppression and persecution of the upper-class nobles and slave owners. As long as the issue of equality is solved and the blood-sucking bugs in these societies are eliminated, the people will live a better life. But please reflect on your experience of ruling in Slaver’s Bay, and answer me this Question——Is the living standard of the residents of the three major city-states of Slaver’s Bay under your rule higher than before you appeared, and if so, how much higher?”

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A blush of shame quickly appeared on the face of the little queen. Fortunately, the light in the room was dim, so it was not too obvious.

The poor governance experience of Slave Bay has always been a pain in her heart. Due to her own wrong strategy and inexperience, both Astapor and Yunkai fell into chaos or were restored by the slave owners because the war intensified conflicts and conflicts. Due to the consumption of resources and other reasons, the lives of residents have become worse.Only when Meereen--Littlefinger came to her when she took the city, by adopting his series of suggestions and policies, and at the same time staying to rule herself instead of rushing to the next stop--is this the case? slightly improved.

And even in this case, Meereen had to stop the influx of refugees from the first two cities from bringing hunger and plague... so cold-blooded that it didn't get itself into trouble.

When I have mastered the art of dragon control in Asshai, completely repelled the foreign armed intervention, and even surrendered Yunkai and Astapor again to bring them under the rule, realize the unification of the east coast of Slaver's Bay, and finally stabilize the situation and make all preparations to embark on the journey. On the road to counterattack Westeros... She barely completed the goal of "returning the lives of the residents of the three cities to their original standards"—there were only three out of ten residents in Yunkai and Astapor, and the entire east of Slaver's Bay. The coastal population has been reduced by nearly half.

And this is obviously not a dominance achievement that can be shown off.

"Not any more," Daenerys replied honestly, but with a little shaming, "but anyway, at least they're all free men now."

"It cannot be denied that the liberation of Slave Bay is a great feat." Iger complimented, holding back no inappropriate expressions.After all—what he has to do now is to fool Daenerys, trying to get her to act in a direction that is beneficial to her own interests, instead of hitting her in the face, so that the degree of goodwill she has just brushed up will be greatly reduced, "but , be careful in Westeros, slavery has long been abolished in the Seven Kingdoms, and everyone is free. Here, if you don't make people's lives better, people won't admit it: you put them from Liberated from the 'oppression of the nobles', they can only shout: 'I wish we had such a good life under the rule of the Duke of such and such'!"

Daenerys was even more ashamed by this sentence, which obviously meant no disrespect, but the more she listened to it, the more it sounded like teasing. The arrogance of the "queen" on her face disappeared, and she completely turned into an open mind asking for advice: She heard the confidence in Iger's words. If the night watchman in front of him really has a good plan to realize his ideals, she doesn't mind lowering his posture.

Under the eager gaze of the Queen, Iger didn't make too much noise, and after a while, he changed his tone: "Let me make an imprudent inference—even if you wipe out all the nobles in Westeros now, and divide all the resources equally , you will still be surprised to find that everyone is just full and has a little bit of leeway. Once there is a disaster, a long winter that exceeds expectations, or a war, the situation will still be bad. Not to mention, in order to maintain this kind of To be fair, to ensure that one's own policies are implemented in place, it is necessary to expand the number of officials and replace lords and knights with a bureaucratic system-and such a system is out of production without any benefits, and everyone has selfishness and will do it for themselves. Driven by the desire of Z, as soon as you take power, you quickly become a new squeezer, and for this you have to form a supervisory department..."

Daenerys frowned: "Do you mean that nobles and lords are irreplaceable, and my ideal is just a joke?"

"No, what I want to say is that His Majesty wants the people to live a better life. In addition to institutional changes, what is more important is to make materials and commodities more abundant. Productivity and production relations must develop and progress together, so that the world can It's really going to get better."

Productivity and production relations, let’s talk about it in a serious way—not to mention whether Iger has such a reserve of knowledge, even if he does, then he can prepare to spend the night with Daenerys tonight.Explaining things in detail like in textbooks and handouts is neither necessary nor meaningful in this era. Iger has already briefly mentioned these two concepts in the first half of the book on the theory of the devil reforming the monarch. A little supplementary explanation can make the listener fully understand what he means.

"Your Majesty's idea of ​​'breaking the wheel of history' is essentially to change the distribution method in production relations. This is not wrong, but you have overlooked one point: no matter how you distribute, if productivity does not change, what can be distributed is so Many, no matter how good the system and system, will be quickly destroyed by population expansion and accidents. Therefore, the correct approach is to carry out a comprehensive reform of the country, so that productivity and production relations can develop simultaneously and promote each other.”

"Of course I want to, but there is so much food growing in the ground, and the forests and oceans provide so many products. How can the 'productivity' be improved?"

"This point, if you want to talk about it in detail, it has to be a big book—the most important thing is that this is still a book that I can't write." You can't drive her away, so you can be more casual.He pulled away the chair opposite Daenerys, sat down after pouring himself and the queen a glass of warm wine, took a sip and continued, "But although I can't write it, I'm sure, that's possible It did. If you, Your Majesty, have done some understanding of the night watchman industry, you will know that this is not only a large production organization, but also the staff of the research institute that it belongs to, will also carry out some... or be affected by me Instructions, or spontaneous experiments. Among them, there is this one."

"Don't tell me that the food that the employees of the night watchman industry eat is all grown by themselves."

"Of course it's impossible, but most of the cooking of the meals is done by the cafeteria itself. The staff in the cafeteria only need to cook two meals a day, and the rest of the time they have nothing to do, they will cook in the huge factory room. Plant some vegetables on countless vacant lands—not only to pass the time, but also to subsidize the consumption of food raw materials in the cafeteria. After I learned about this situation, I ordered the research institute to intervene in this amateur activity, by using tools and changing the farming methods , Try new fertilizers, everything you can think of, and find ways to grow more things in the same size of land.”

"Success?"

"The output of each experimental field varies, but they are all higher than the average level of the seven countries." Iger said, "Therefore, there is no disrespect-but I have to correct what your majesty just said: the field is really not just To be able to grow so much food and make it grow more through agricultural reforms is called productivity improvement.”

"How?"

"Carefully cultivated fine seeds, sturdy and handy tools, scientific and reasonable farming methods: sowing, irrigating, fertilizing, etc... Are you sure you want to listen now? As far as I know, Dragonstone Island can't grow food."

"I see." Daenerys had given up thinking, she just wanted to read the next chapter now...no, listen to the next paragraph, "And then?"

"We have now reached an agreement: the advancement of technology will lead to the development of productivity. If you have any doubts, please raise them immediately. If not, we will move on to the next argument." Iger expressed on the knowledge that Daenerys wants. He was extremely generous, because what he said today was not his trump cards and reliance for his real participation in the game in the future.Even if she has to be an enemy to Daenerys one day in the future, she will not become more difficult to deal with because of what she heard from herself today, "After the development of productivity, the biggest benefit will be seven Where in the country?"

"Benefits are the greatest... Isn't everyone benefiting?"

"That's right, but now I want Your Majesty to answer this question through your own thinking. Which place will benefit the most?"

It's not that Iger is trying to be tricky. He also wants to complete the brainwashing as soon as possible, so that the queen can think according to her own ideas, but this issue is too sensitive. If I lead the way all the way, I may get some very bad suspicions.

Daenerys was forced to switch from "learning mode" to "thinking mode" painfully. Fortunately, this question is not difficult to answer.

"The River Bend, because the River Bend has the warmest climate, the largest arable land, and the largest population."

"Yes." Iger nodded, "But since your understanding of the current situation of the Seven Kingdoms is 'quite weak', I think it is necessary to introduce the specific data ratio to you in more detail: the area of ​​cultivated land in the River Bend is the second largest among the rivers. Due to the warm and humid climate, three crops can be harvested a year during the long summer, and its grain output is half of the total of the seven countries; the population is not so exaggerated, but it is also more than the sum of the northern border, western border, rivers and valleys... …This is just official data, we don’t know how many hidden parts there are. Did you hear me clearly?”

"I have to admit, I really didn't understand so clearly."

"Now, we can finally go back to the concept we introduced before: the country is easy to get but hard to rule." Iger breathed a sigh of relief, the first half is finally over, "The ideal situation is naturally to be an enemy of the entire world, defeating the Seven Kingdoms to control the maintenance The entire territory of Stroll, but His Majesty certainly does not want to spend the rest of his life on war. Then, a reasonable solution is a compromise: win over some nobles, and make enemies with the rest. To regain the Iron Throne, we must rely on the help of the great nobles forces, but trying to break the wheel of history, they have to be enemies - if you want to achieve your ideals in the face of resistance, you must have sufficient control over the Seven Kingdoms. Suppose your dragon's combat power is equivalent to one If your Majesty needs to win over the three countries and fight against the remaining four countries, how would you choose?"

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Chapter 404

Of course, it is an alliance with Dorne and the Reach to fight against the other five countries. Is there any other way?