Chapter 549 Tax Officer

"Ho-"

Under the night shrouded in the sky illuminated by the fire, the giant dragon soared in the sky and circled constantly around the towering tower, spewing dragon flames to burn.

The towering tower more than 800 feet high is straight into the sky, and the figure of the giant dragon seems a little small in front of it.

However, the towering tower stands as Count Leighton Hightower said, and even dragon flames cannot incinerate its bricks, but the people in the towering tower are uncomfortable.

They would roast ducks in it like a hanging oven. This kind of punishment is unbearable for ordinary people, even worse than being burned alive.

Their skin will lose moisture first and then become dry and cracked, followed by flesh and blood and internal organs. The oil is roasted and sizzling, exuding a tempting fragrance. Perhaps it is their best choice to kill themselves as soon as possible.

The war is over.

Earl Layton Hightower and his eldest daughter 'Mad Girl' Moroya Hightower were roasted alive at the top of the towering tower. When their charred bodies were found later, the two seemed to be still close. Hug together.

As for the other members of the Hightower family, they fled to death, some fled to the Shield Islands by boat, and some went directly to another continent.

And "Grey Iron" Garth Hightower, who was in command of the army, was besieged by the Dornish army on the battlefield, and finally several spears pierced his heart and died in battle.

The Hightower family army, which has lost its commander, has completely lost the courage to resist.

"escape!"

"Run away!"

"Help!"

They threw away their weapons and fled, some hid in the houses, some took off their armor and jumped into the icy river, trying to swim out of the old town from the waterway.

Now Oldtown, the greatest city in Westeros, is now a purgatory on earth, with Dornish armies and Dothraki rampaging through the city.

"This is the trauma that war brings to human beings, but human beings can't avoid it."

And Viserys, who was supposed to be recuperating in High Court, actually appeared on a hillside outside the old town on a white horse.

Taking advantage of the rich night, he overlooked the distant city that was blazing with fire.

There are several loyal Dothraki roaring warriors around the silver-haired youth. They are wearing animal skin armor, horse mane leggings, and riding war horses with scimitars and torches, and they are looking around vigilantly.

It seemed that Viserys was walking lightly and in a low-key manner.

"Maybe one day in the future people will understand each other, restrain each other, and avoid the outbreak of war."

"But not now."

"Unification is the best way to end the civil war in this era."

Viserys looked at the fire in Oldtown, then took a deep breath and said.

"The war in the Reach is over."

Beside him, the new Star Shuttle City Earl Velas Tyrell looked a little complicated.

If High Court and Old Town had adopted the same choice, would it have ended in the same way?

However, Earl Leighton Hightower of Old Town is his grandfather, and his mother Ellie Hightower is Earl Leighton's second daughter. While Vilas is fortunate, it is hard not to feel sad.

"Your Majesty is right, but this is also one of the stubborn diseases that Westeros has been unable to cure before."

"Family, power, that kind of concept is deeply ingrained."

"People don't know how to unite, let alone understand each other."

The night was shrouded in darkness, and the distant firelight illuminated his cheeks. Velas tightened the reins to make the restless warhorse under his crotch more honest.

Although Viserys rejected Madam Olenna's request to send Little Rose into the harem, and drove them out of High Court and moved them to Star Shuttle City, he did not beat the Tyrell family to death.

Velas Tyrell said that if he wanted to come to King's Landing, he could do whatever job he wanted.

Viserys also recognized Vilas' ability, so he appointed him as a tax officer under the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who will be responsible for the taxation of a certain area for the royal family in the future.

This job can’t be said to be a high-ranking job, but it does have some lucrative benefits. Viserys’ placement of Vilas Tyrell in such a position is also a test of his ability.

And the new Earl of Star Shuttle City got the opportunity to work without any hesitation and readily agreed.

Even though the tax officer might not be very friendly to a cripple like him, Vilas didn't care, but firmly seized the opportunity.

So Viserys took Vilas Tyrell with him when he set out from Highgarden to Oldtown, which was the last major castle and city in the southern part of the kingdom that still rebelled against the Iron Throne.

When the army of the Iron Throne conquered the old town, the southern part of the kingdom has almost been completely recovered, and then when the war is over, Vilas Tyrell will follow Viserys and the army north to return to King's Landing.

Waiting for the news of Wang Shibei Ding and the unification of the country.

"Your Majesty wants to use the Dothraki's butcher's knife to kill the academy and the church?"

Looking at the old town that was being ravaged by iron hooves and fell into mourning in the distance, the Sanctuary of the Stars collapsed under the dragon flames, and the giant dragons continued to breathe out dragon flames around the towering towers. Lil was silent for a moment, but couldn't help but speak.

"For His Majesty's great ideal, the church and the academy have indeed become obstacles."

"Your idea of ​​using the Dothraki to eradicate them under the guise of recuperation is a stroke of genius, but"

Vilas Tyrell hesitated to speak. He was educated in the academy since he was a child. Seeing that the old town was in crisis, he really couldn't bear it.

And Viserys turned his head to look at him when he heard Vilas' voice, and said.

"but what?"

"Will burning the Fanxing Sanctuary attract the followers of the Seven Gods to bounce back?"

"And knowledge and books are innocent, aren't they?"

"you…"

Vilas froze for a moment, he didn't expect Viserys to know all this.

He originally thought that Viserys was a person with an indifferent character, ruthless means, and unscrupulous means to achieve his goals, but he did not expect that he was sober, and he was not dazzled by victory at all.

"If you've known from the age of eight that a king is going to kill you, and you've been left alone, you've learned to think twice about everything."

And Viserys said calmly.

"The world I want was not built by people who are loyal to the present order."

"If the cultists jumped out now, they would clean up all of them in one breath, otherwise it would be inconvenient to mobilize troops after the world is at peace."

"As for the Academy as the highest intellectual institution in Westeros, they should not be concentrated together, and they should not be far from the capital of the kingdom."

"I'll break it up and spread it out around the world."

"From Winterfell to Dorne, from Port Lannett to Pentos."