Chapter 913
When the Dragon Queen said that Long Night would last for more than ten years, the princes of Reach cried out.
Different from the poor North, Riverlands and Crownlands that were destroyed by the war, Chaos of Four Kings did not take place in the Reach land, and Reach has a large population, dig out those soldiers who participated in the war, It does not affect agricultural production in each territory, in stark contrast to North.
Robb took less than 20,000 strong laborers, and the wheat rotted in the fields and no one was harvested. In order to support Renly, Reach gathered at least 20,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry, with a total force of more than 50,000, but they still have the manpower and material resources to engage in Honeywine Tourney.
Nowadays, wealth such as Reach has persisted for less than four years. How did Seven Kingdoms survive the Long Night for ten years?
They have every reason to despair.
"Actually, ten years is not too long." The old horse hesitantly contradicted.
"Earl Rowan, your brain is not broken, is it ten years old?" Ser Lorent of Bitterbridge said absurdly.
"The last Long Night lasted an entire generation." Mathis Rowan said indifferently.
The crowd looked at each other in blank dismay.
"I thought the legend was false, Archmaester Formas also wrote a book "Lies of the Ancients", saying that the Others were just a First Men tribe, settled in extreme north, and once went south to invade the Wall.
"I thought the legend was false. p>
The Wildlings of the extreme northern lands became the monsters of the story because Night's Watch and Stark intended to make oneself the hero of the saviour of humanity." a Ser whispered.
"Ai, I have also read "Lies of the Ancients", the author named Formas is still the highest historian Archmaester!
As a result, the ancients did not lie, but the current Maester does Make up a fake history that is in their oneself interest to cover up the truth.
We're getting ripped off by those Maesters," complained another Knight.
Then, one after another, a Ser stood up and said that oneself had also watched "Lies of the Ancients", and Citadel Maester also continuously denied the existence of Others and Long Night, so I didn't want to actively store it before. grain.
They are all Reach nobles, very close to Citadel. Many of them went to Citadel for further education when they were young, and they were much more influenced by Maester than nobles in other regions.
Earl Mathis tapped lightly on the table with his finger a few times and waited for the venue to quiet down before saying, "This is not the time to sue Citadel, we are discussing Magic Academy."
Being reminded by the old horse, everyone reacted, oneself and the others went too far from the topic, they couldn't help but embarrassedly laughed at the Dragon Queen.
Dragon Queen wasn't embarrassed, she just looked at them lightly, making them even more embarrassed.
Earl Mathis cleared his throat and continued: "Because Long Night will last for many years, I think it is necessary to cultivate Mage now.
If you have studied at Citadel, you should You should know that Citadel has a lot of meditation methods for transcendent factions, and we have the conditions to systematically cultivate transcendent power.
Now the residents of villages and small towns are concentrated in the big castle, and they can easily use glass The candle selects the child with transcendent innate talent."
Speaking of this, the old horse's eyes flashed a look of plot against, and whispered to the Dragon Queen beside him, "By lighting the time of the glass candle The length of the innate talent should be able to be judged, right?"
Dany took a deep look at Earl with a square nose and said, "mental strength will grow with age and wisdom. Anyone who can light a glass candle, no matter how long it takes, is a person with outstanding innate talent."
"We are all believers of The Seven, becoming Mage, we should not change our beliefs, do you think Mother will Like the 'Magic Cleric' profession?" Earl Mathis asked cautiously.
—I would love it.
Dany thought for a moment with a sullen face, and then affirmed: "Mother is merciful, treats all believers as children of oneself, and he likes every child equally."
Earl Mathis' face Religious, said solemnly: "The best Mage should serve The Seven."
"This..." The nobles looked at the Dragon Queen and hesitated: they all knew that you wanted to use Church Suppress those with transcendent power, but Church is already so powerful, and then put the best talents into Church, do we want to be a "Holy Religion Court Noble" in the future?
But Saint Dany is the most devout Pope and the spokesperson of Mother in the world. They think so in their hearts, but they dare not say it directly!
Mother, a shrewd person, could not have guessed the thoughts of his colleagues, and said directly: "Mother has always disapproved of Church's participation in Seven Kingdoms politics."
Mother nominated and said : ""Seven-Pointed Star" has 'Seven Taboos and Forty Nine Admonishments' that regulate Septon's behavior. The first commandment is to 'cut off the desire for power'."
"Mother is compassionate, Father is selfless !" The old horse said solemnly immediately.
The reason why Lao Ma made such a suggestion is also because he has been researching "New · Seven-Pointed Star" and Church's recent actions.
He completely understood "Mother's mind": against the excessive expansion of Church's power, and strictly forbid Church's power to interfere with the secular kingship.
——The ruling power belongs to King and nobles, and the religious power and belief belong to The Seven.
This is the rule Mother has been emphasizing.
High Septon today, including Pope Saint Dany, strictly abide by this rule.
When High Sparrow was in power, Mathis would only suggest the formation of the strongest Magic Association to counter the inflated Church power.
In the end, for the general public, self-interest always comes before faith.
"Mother is merciful, Father is justice!" Noble around the table responded in unison.
After reaching a unified idea, Mathis relieved and said: "It will take us three to five years to make Mage systematization like Maester. If each castle has three or five Mage, it will be much safer to defend the castle.
In addition to defending the city and communicating news, maybe we can solve the food problem through Magic."
Here, the old horse stretched out his hand and pointed out the window, where there was a sky suspended in the sky. Little Sun.
"But once so many Mage are cultivated, a standardized system is necessary, and we have to discuss it carefully." He continued.
"In the Essos continent, the transcendent force is very active and does not seem to affect the secular regime." Jon of Green Apple said.
"A shithole like Free City is not a role model for us to learn from." Earl Mathis scoffed.
Don't doubt, although Westeros itself is like a shithole, the Seven Kingdoms nobles look down on Free Cities on the other side of the Narrow Sea.
They despise Essos for being dishonest, unruly, chaotic, stupid and short-sighted...
This also makes sense, in Westeros, Joffrey was drugged to death by his wife It has been considered a "hard-to-follow" injustice. But on the other side of the Narrow Sea, more Kings died of poison and assassination than natural deaths.
Of course, the Free Folk in Free City also despised Sunset Lands for being savage and backward.
In general, Westeros sucks, Essos sucks, and it's a sloppy world.
......
"We really can't learn the chaotic Essos," Dragon Queen thought for a moment, and approved Earl Mathis's idea of systematization and normalization of Mage, "You all See Robert Strong in the corridor at the entrance?
It is a product of the Necromancy law.
Not only does it desecrate the body and soul of the dead, but its existence itself is also a great hidden danger.
p>
For example, it originally belonged to Cersei, but was easily taken away by Euron, and then met the ancestors who played with the undead - Others, Euron also suffered backlash."
"Your Majesty, You are almost the strongest Mage in the world, and also our Queen, the Magic Academy and the Mage system are all up to you." Ser patted flattery.
Dany shook his head, "It's about the future of Seven Kingdoms, I'm not alone. You can build the framework first, and then everyone will discuss it slowly. Now, I'll just mention one thing, discipline standardization!"
"Discipline?" Others are still at a loss, Earl Mathis has understood Dragon Queen's thoughts, "Your Majesty, you mean, limit Mage's career?"
"Yes , In Long Night, we need Firemage the most, and when Long Night ends, we must also prohibit the existence of evil occupations such as Necromancy, Shadowbinder, Warlock, Bloodmage.
We only need to be good for society, people, and mankind For example, Medical Cleric, Scalpel Cleric, Mechanical Wildfire Specialist, Weatherperson, Harmful insect Poisoner, Animal Breeder, Special Material Blacksmith."
Including Earl Mathis, everyone looked at the surging The endless Dragon Queen, with a blank face.
"I don't seem to have heard of these occupations you mentioned." Old Mananne said.
Never heard of one.
Dragon Queen helplessly said: "Look at the mainstream Mage in Eastern Asshai, Black Alchemist, Necromancer, Aeromancer, Pyromancer, Bloodmage, Torturer, Inquisitor, Poisoner, Shadowbinder, Red Priest, there are nine out of ten. Half, it is Evil Mage,
transcendent power is indispensable, but we can't abandon the teachings of The Seven, to believe in Evil God, to learn evil witchcraft. Therefore, we must create a new Magic profession!"
"Makes sense!"
"Queen Your Majesty is far-sighted!"
The Noble praises sincerely.
Just listening to the Asshai Sorcerer professions mentioned by the Dragon Queen, their scalps are numb, and they even begin to doubt the necessity of establishing the Mage system: those evil Sorcerers don't seem to be much worse than Others!
"Your Majesty, what do these new professions stand for?" Earl Mathis wondered after a while of flattery.
“Medical Cleric is a Cleric who is proficient in pharmacy, and uses Holy Heal with medicine.
Poisoner no longer studies how to poison humans, but specializes in how to poison harmful insects in farmland. Does not affect human health.
Weatherperson is Moonsinger who specializes in weather prediction.
And Breeder, Blood Magic sacrifice to Evil God cannot be studied, but bloodline power itself is not evil , we can use Magic to grow more hardy, more productive crops. And material blacksmiths, we need..."
Dragon Queen isn't too improvisational, either, about Mage's career, She had thought about it for a long time, and it was true that the existing transcendent factions were too evil.
In Yi Ti, in Asshai, every Mage has studied Black Magic.
If Black Magic can advance society, so can Dany.
But the fact is that, with the exception of Valyria's Fire Sorcery, the existing Magic system not only does not improve productivity, but is limiting social progress.
"It's better to develop Mage sooner rather than later. Maybe it can be tried in Oldtown, and Maester should be involved." Mathis said tentatively.
Let Maester, who has always advocated the "real world", cultivate transcendent power?
Dany's mouth curled into a sneer, "I heard, those Maesters are busy moving the Citadel to Arbor recently?"
"There are also living dead outside Oldtown." Ser said.