Chapter 302
"We continue the previous deduction, because Mance Rayder is learning from me and constantly developing technology..." Dany paused, explaining the concept of 'science and technology' before continuing: "The technology of both sides The level is the same, the quality of soldiers' weapons has been improving, but the improvement is similar.
Like Magnar Tormund, both Tormunds throw away their sticks and switch to bronze swords, and then to steel swords , in the future, it will even be replaced by the Valyrian Steel Sword - this means that technology is progressing and civilization is developing.
At this time, we still have no way to fight each other, and we have to continue to improve the battle strength of our soldiers.
Apart from weapons, obviously, Tormund, who is afraid of death, must not be able to beat Tormund, who is fierce and unafraid of death, right?"
"Yes." Tormund and Mance were both attracted attention He was also eager to hear Dany's next "inspirational truth of life", so he was very cooperative and didn't struggle at all.
Jon and Barristan were also fascinated, and Queen Your Majesty's words were easy to understand, but seemed to contain some great wisdom they had never touched before.
"In order to make 'Tormund' on my side braver, I have to make him understand that it is better for him to win than to lose, and he has more to gain as a winner."
"This..." Tormund wondered: "Isn't this as it should be by rights? Of course you can get more things if you win."
"Yes Is it?" Dany mysteriously smiled, "The 'crow' in your mouth is the Night's Watch, what's the difference between winning and losing?
I'll be more specific, Jon Snow didn't have a good time at the Wall. , his family died or disappeared in the war, and the family was torn apart.
The recruits on the Wall are jealous of his Stark status, the veterans have hatred for Stark for some special reason, Night's Watch His life is even more austere and abstinent.
On the contrary, when he killed Qhorin Halfhand and surrendered to the Wildlings, not only did he have your 'freedom', but his status was also good - he had Warg innate talent!
There is even a lover that Night's Watch can never have, well, Ygritte is a good girl.
At that time, he had two choices, completely integrating into the Wildlings group and breaking Castle Black , send hundreds of thousands of Wildlings south, sweep the North princes - at least avenge the family, destroy the Bolton family.
If the Wildlings are stronger, it is impossible to destroy Frey and shake the rule of Lannister.
Vengeance, love, freedom, that's good!
But he made the second choice without the slightest hesitation and continued with the mission given to him by Qhorin Halfhand, Undercover Wildlings Team, alert Castle Black Night's Watch, sabotage Mance Rayder's brilliant city gate capture plan.
You think, why did he do this?"
"He's stupid, knows nothing !" Mance Rayder stared coldly at Jon.
"Crow is crow, untrustworthy." The Wildlings were outraged.
"He is bound by something useless." Tormund's eyes flashed, and he said slowly.
Dany glanced at the red-haired Wildlings and said with a smile: "You still understand him."
"No, I don't understand at all." Tormund shook his head in denial, as if he understood. If you are an idiot, oneself will also become an idiot.
Dany shrugs and continues: "Jon for honor, Stark honor, Night's Watch man's honorable oath."
"Your Majesty..." Jon His eyes were red, and he was so moved that he almost cried.
Barristan patted the young Night's Watch on the shoulder and smiled reassuringly: No matter how bad Westeros is at this time, there are always some promising stars!
"Continuing our previous topic, I played against Mance, I can give honor to the soldiers, they must work harder, right?"
"Yes," Mance nods, "but What does this mean?"
"Civilization is made up of many aspects, in addition to technology, but also refined symbolization. Why does Jon have honor? If he is a burn, loot, abide by weak are prey to the The Wildlings who survived Principle, will he have this honor?"
"I don't agree with this," Tormund angrily said, "You are slandering Wildlings, tell you, I also have honor."
"What honor can a bandit and a robber have?" Ser Mallister taunted.
"Is it an honor to face two fire-breathing dragons and not surrender?" Tormund said while staring.
"Uh..."
"Tormund, you even rob oneself's compatriots, and certainly won't sacrifice oneself to protect those 'weak' you call them, Right?
Similarly, you wouldn't be honored for protecting the 'weak', would you?"
Tormund is miserable, he can't lie, weak are prey to the strong In other words, the wolf eats the sheep.
Beyond the wall, the powerhouse is the wolf, the weak is the sheep, and it is only natural for the wolf to eat the sheep. He never felt that there was anything wrong with it.
Therefore, the wolf will not protect the sheep, and will not be honored for protecting the sheep.
Dany sighed then said, concluding: "But Jon will, and so will Ser Barristan, Ser Mallister, Ser Glendon, Westeros a true Knight city.
Because the spirit of the Knight requires us to Hoe helps the weak to be proud, but the spirit of the Knight is not a restraint for you Wildlings."
"Yes." Barristan was excited, "Your Majesty completely analyzes the difference between us and the Wildlings!"
Jon, Mallister, and Glendon are nodded, and they don't consciously show pride on their faces.
"hmph, aren't ordinary people a lamb that is free to eat for the Lord and King?" Mance Rayder blinked.
"Well, you admit that oneself, the King-Beyond-the-Wall, is not fundamentally different from me?" Dany said oddly with a smile.
"Uh..."
This goes back to the original question, whether Free Folk's 'freedom' is a lie. If beyond the wall Magnar is no different from the lord of the Seven Kingdoms, what about the 'freedom' that Wildlings is so proud of?
Then, she said resolutely, "I don't deny your words, the people are the lords, the lambs in King's mouth.
So we have always had a dream and established a real The dream of fairness and justice, full of benevolence in the world, for this dream, we are working hard - maybe with little success, but it is better than you have no hope and no progress at all."
Mance's ordinary face again After a bit of whiteness, he still insisted on saying: "Everyone can say nice things, but even a fool wouldn't believe it if it came out of the mouth of a Queen who 'chew sheep'."
"A fool doesn't understand so you don't believe it, you are a smart person, you will definitely believe it." Dany laughed, "Continuing the previous topic, the battle between us is not over yet!
A soldier with a sense of honor Be braver. Under the same conditions, my army will win.
At this time, if you don't want to lose, what should you do?"
"Learn from you."
Dany nod, "Remember what I mentioned before, the civilized race will be eliminated, the powerhouse will survive. If you learn my social system and develop spiritual and cultural civilization, the 'Wildlings Social Survival Principle' will be eliminated, right? ?"
"Yeah." Mance said sullenly.
"The weak are the ones who are eliminated. Your social system at this time is substandard! From technology to humanities, your civilization has lost to us in all aspects." Dany pronounced the sentence.
"..." Mance Rayder was speechless, bowing his head deeply.
Even the most active Tormund looked frustrated, as if he had suddenly lost his Soul.
Some of the other Wildlings were ignorant, and some understood a little bit, but whether they understood it or not, everyone understood one thing: King-Beyond-the-Wall Mance lost to The Silver Queen.
Different from Jon and Barristan, who were overjoyed, Dany continued to say, "The battle between us is not over yet.
Mance, you can recognize the reality. Learn from my strengths and at least maintain an undefeated situation.
In this verbal 'Battle of Civilization and Race', you have not lost, we will continue."
"Yes." King-Beyond-the-Wall said hoarsely.
He understands that oneself has actually lost. Even if he can look at the problem rationally and learn with an open mind, the imitator will at least take a step slower. In technology and culture, it has been slow several times in a row, and quantitative changes have long caused qualitative changes, resulting in an irreversible collapse of the situation.
"As much desire as a person can generate as much motivation, and the gorge of desire will never be filled. With honor, they will demand more things, such as wealth.
>The soldiers on both sides of you and I have the same weapons and fighting spirit, but in addition to honor, if I promise money, will they be more brave and active?"
"Yes."
"Then you also learned to reward soldiers with bounties, and even more; after I knew what you were doing, I followed it up... So, the treatment of soldiers is getting higher and higher, the two of us King Their interests are gradually being divided by them, becoming less and less, what will happen in the end?"
"This..." Mance was stunned, his face changed drastically, and he said in shock: "The soldiers and According to how much he contributes, King distributes war dividends fairly, and even the land, wealth, and dominion of the entire country?!
This is the limit state, if King pays more benefits, he will lose money, so he might as well go Soldiers, what's this...what's this?"
Jon and Barristan also looked horrified.
"As you think," Dany looked around, lightly said with a smile, "that is the future of civilization, and it is also the ideal social system, fair and just, everyone is The owner of the country, the interests of the country are closely related to everyone. King is no longer a wolf, and the people are no longer sheep, they are all of the same species, they are all wolves.
The strong wolf and the weak wolf , there are differences in strength, but it is much better than the despair of sheep facing wolves."
"Why is this happening?" Jon said blankly.
"I said, the principle of survival of the fittest is actually beneficial to the development of civilization."
Dany leaned back in his chair and looked at the hard hit. King-Beyond-the-Wall, lazily said: "Okay, having said so much, it's almost time for you to make a choice?
Or recognize the reality and make a change from this moment, or I was completely eliminated in this racial competition."
Mance Rayder was demoted, with a complex expression, sincere admiration and gratitude, and deep helplessness.
After a while, he said: "Daenerys, you are the first king that convinced me, and the most special king I know, maybe even the greatest king in history. With you Robert Baratheon is horrible in comparison.
Thank you so much for making this clear to me...but King-Beyond-the-Wall is different from the Seven Kingdoms monarch, there are some things you can do with it, I..."
"oh!"shook the head, he didn't say any more.
Dany glanced at the nearby Wildlings, either dazed, arrogant, or flickering... Wildlings, who had all kinds of expressions, but few acknowledged allegiance gestures, immediately understood his difficulty .
Mance is 80% overwhelmed by her rhetoric and has the idea of surrendering to save the Wildlings race.
But the Wildlings tribe was formed by a common ideal of invading the Seven Kingdoms, and he could not change the Wildlings' strategic goals, much less convince the Wildlings to surrender to the 'Kneelers'.
"Have you met Robert?" She decided to change the subject to lighten the mood.