To be honest, after hearing the Dragon Queen's words, Old Cripple was very touched.
The legends were true. Every time a Targaryen was born, the gods would flip a coin to decide if he was great or mad.
Old Cripple had experienced the era of the mad king and knew how mad he was. Now that he saw the mad king's daughter being so 'saintly', he was filled with emotions.
"Your Majesty, I am very touched by your actions, but I do not agree."
Old Cripple decided to let the Dragon Queen understand that being too saintly would only lead to an even more disadvantageous situation.
"You must understand that the total amount of food is fixed. If I eat one more piece of bread, the children will have one less piece of bread in the future.
Perhaps you have enough food now to feed all of us, but three years later, five years later?
In the war of the four kings, it is not only the North that will be crippled. Hejian, the West, the Royal Territory, the Stormlands and the Riverbend will not have any harvest.
Last time, the Long Night lasted for a generation. This time, it will only last for five years. In the foreseeable future, the Seven Kingdoms will experience a large-scale food shortage.
Today, saving us useless old fogeys who can't even lift a sword is just an illusory mercy. Before the Long Night ends, we will all starve to death. In the future, let the entire human race live on and survive the Long Night. That is the true mercy! "
Old Cripple was so sincere that he was almost touching himself.
To think that I have such resolve. As expected, I should emulate those who are worthy! I did not have such noble thoughts before because I have not seen the great and benevolent king. Now, I have.
"Go back, go back. I have a way to solve the food shortage. Don't worry too much. Even an old dog can guard the door at night. You are not that old, there will be a suitable job for you. Who knows, you might even see the next summer! "
The Dragon Queen did not appreciate his kindness, nor did she understand his great resolve. She only waved her hand impatiently and chased him back to the city.
"Sigh, sigh, sigh. Your Majesty, don't shout. Don't call the children. That will not be a good sight!" Old Cripple kept shouting.
.....
That night, the stable in the northwest corner of Hearthfire was suddenly set ablaze.
The fire started very suddenly and spread very quickly.
Danny arranged the three dragons to take turns to hover above the castle, in case King Yi Gui led his army to kill her.
Therefore, when the fire broke out, Danny was the first to receive the news.
However, when she arrived, she only saw that the stables were packed full of elderly people. There were men and women, more than a hundred of them, and they were all elderly.
In the afternoon, they were forcefully chased away by the Dragon Queen, but at night, they gathered together, splashed oil all over their bodies, and set themselves on fire.
"Don't save me, I can't save him either."
Danny's face was livid. When she entered the burning stable and waved away the raging flames, the old cripple's eyes were about to melt, but he still sensed her arrival.
"Let us die with dignity!
How shameful it is for an old man to eat bread made from the last of his children's wheat!
If he died, at least he could make one last contribution to the children who were still alive.
Alas, I was once young. For the past few decades, I would see old people going out to hunt every winter.
There's not enough food, someone has to starve to death. If someone has to die, let us old people die! "
He was in a daze and spoke incoherently, but what he said was the same: don't worry about us, this is the best place for us to go!
Danny stood in the middle of the half-burnt "corpses". The flames raged, but they could not get close to her. However, the smell of burnt meat and the painful moans before death made her feel tormented.
After a while, she closed her eyes and activated Requiem. All the old people who were crying in pain fainted. Then the fire, like a flood breaking through a dam, filled the entire shed in an instant.
.....
The next morning, Big Bear brought forty pterosaurs and landed in the last Fireplace Castle.
Big Bear, Garth, and Quilo rode the pterosaurs with her to the Great Wall, but when she repaired the wall, the three of them, Pockmarked Face Richard, and seven other pterosaur knights left.
Dark Castle could not afford the daily food of ten pterosaurs.
After all, pterosaurs were legendary creatures. Even ravens could survive in the northern snow, so there was no reason for them to freeze to death.
However, there was a prerequisite. They had to be provided with a lot of fresh meat.
When they were full, they would not be cold.
However, the colder it was, the faster they would get hungry.
This …
Barristan was transporting the Unsullied and volunteers to Dragonstone Island. The thirty pterosaurs were the transport planes.
Danny came to Fireplace Castle. After deciding to save people, she sent a message to Dragonstone Island and asked the pterosaur army to come and rescue this group of people first.
Speaking of which, Barristan's volunteers were almost finished. The pterosaur army's task was not heavy.
.....
"Your Majesty, this is the tradition of the people of the North …"
Since the fire in the stable last night, Dragon Queen did not return to Fireplace Castle. She only sat cross-legged on the city gate tower "in a daze".
After Big Bear and the others heard the reason, they were worried that the queen would be affected. Under the lead of Eide Amber, they came to the city gate tower.
After seeing the Dragon Queen, they were a little surprised.
The tower had no walls. Other than the circular dome, there were holes in all four sides. The wind and snow poured in directly and covered the ground with snow. However, the Dragon Queen was clean. The area around her was also clean and dry. It was as if the wind and snow had a life of its own and deliberately avoided her.
"Your Majesty?" Big Bear called out carefully.
"A tradition that deserves to be eaten by the Other Ghosts!" Danny ended her cultivation state and opened her eyes. She turned to look at the few people who came over. "The North needs to implement the most comprehensive reform. The current productivity and production methods are too primitive. It's almost no different from when our ancestors crossed the narrow sea to the west ten thousand years ago."
"Change it to a rural commune at Slave Bay?"
Big Bear nodded thoughtfully. "After the Long Night ends, we can arrange for the nobles of the North to study at Slave Bay for a few years."
"I'm afraid that after the Long Night ends, there won't be many nobles left in the North." Garth Hyder's expression was serious. "Fireplace Castle is not an exception. I suspect that Kaho City, Deepwood Castle, and other castles near the North have all been attacked by the Other Ghosts."
"Do you want to go to Kaho City to take a look? It's just next door at Seal Bay, "Eide Amber said worriedly.
"Let's leave here first. I'll go take a look." Danny stood up.
Kaho City in the House of Stark was only five to six hundred kilometers away from Fireplace Castle. It would take the Megalosaurus about three to four hours to fly there and back.
She did not go there herself. She only let Whitey take a detour in the southeast direction.
.....
Actually, Kaho City could no longer be called "Kaho City in the House of Stark".
The current owner of Kaho City was the Thurn family.
When she watched the TV series "Game of Power", Danny only felt that the male lead was a little "know-nothing" and a little silly. She did not think that he had any great political skills.
She was wrong.
In other words, the TV series "Game of Power" had played the role of an idiot.
The real Awkward was not only sensitive to politics, but was also naturally proficient in political tactics.
For example, he killed Slynt in Dark Castle (Chapter 431) to avenge his father.
For example, he cleaned up Robb's mess and completely solved the hidden danger of Stark Card.
Rickard Stark Card, who was beheaded by Robb, had three sons and a daughter. The eldest son, Harrion, was captured by Lannister. The second son, Eide, and the third son, Toron, died in battle for Robb. Only the daughter, Yali, was left at home.
Rickard also had an uncle called Aelf. Aelf had two sons and three grandchildren.
Aelf secretly sided with Bolton, but purposely brought his second son and three grandchildren to Erlu as spies.
Aelf's eldest son, Cregan, planned to forcefully marry his niece, Yali, in order to become the Count of Kaho City.
Yali was unwilling, so she fled to the Great Wall to find Jon. Cregan thought that this was Stark Card's family matter. He chased her all the way to the Great Wall and asked for her release.
Aelf arrested her and locked her in an ice cellar under the Great Wall, where she froze to death.
From Yali, Jon also found out that Aelf was a spy. He then informed Erlu.
With Erlu's personality, how could he tolerate betrayal?
The five Stark Cards received their lunchboxes together.
Thus, the Stark House of Stark had no male heirs, and Yali was the only direct descendant left.
After that, Aelf did something that angered all the northerners. He married Yali to Magna of Thain.
The Thain people were the only tribe among the barbarians who knew how to smelt bronze, establish law, and the concept of a lord.
Because of this, the Thain people were the strongest force among the barbarians. They had thousands of tribal soldiers.
However, this force was not owned by Dragon Queen. On the contrary, the new leader of the Thain people was very hostile to her because she killed the Lord of the Thain people, Si Di.
When Danny went to the Great Wall for the first time, she happened to see Dark Castle being besieged by the barbarians who had climbed over the Great Wall. Magna of Thain, Si Di, was the leader of the barbarians.
Si Di raised his axe and rushed towards the Dragon Queen, but was slashed in half by Whitey's tail.
After that, Si Di's brother, Snow, was killed by Erlu. Si Di's son, Saigon, became the new Lord of the Thain people.
After all, Si Di had killed his father. No matter how strong or merciful the Dragon Queen was, Saigon would definitely hold a grudge against her. Thus, he and the Thain people did not go to the Queen's Corner to be "Dragon Queen's barbarians."
Jon and Erlu both took a fancy to the Thain people's strength.
Jon married Yali Ka Stark to Saigon, and Erlu accepted Saigon's allegiance as the king.
Thus, Saigon officially established the "Thain family". Its emblem was a white sun surrounded by crimson flames. The Stark House of Stark's emblem was a white sun. Except for the color, the two were almost identical.
The meaning was very clear: Let Thain take Stark.
With the help of Saigon's thousands of Thain warriors, Yali easily took back Karhold City.
Nominally, Yali ruled Karhold City as the successor of her captured brother, Harrion. In fact, her husband, Saigon, had become the true Lord of Karhold City. Jon, the King of the North, and Erlu, the King of the Seven Kingdoms, recognized him.
At this point, the blood feud between Stark and Stark had completely disappeared.
In the War of Conquerors, Theon Barra (Aegon's illegitimate brother) married the daughter of the last Storm King (Lord of Storm's End Castle), Theon Barra. The Lord of Storm's End Castle was changed from Barra to Theon Barra.
The Stark family was replaced by the Thain family almost yesterday.
The House of Stark was no more. No matter how great the feud was, it was resolved.
Also, because the Lord of Karhold City was replaced by the former barbarian, Saigon Thain, its ending was different from Hearth.
"The only thing that could stop them was the Great Wall. Now that it has fallen, the North is finished.
Tens of thousands of ghouls are outside Karhold City. Duke Stark and King Stannis can't save us. They can't even save themselves. "Saigon lamented.
Saigon was a short, thin man. He wasn't handsome, and his hairline had receded prematurely. He looked a little old, but he had always been gentle to his wife.
Yali hugged the baby in her arms and cried, "But he's my child!"
"He's my son too, but we have no choice. The soldiers don't even have many dragon crystal weapons. In two hours, there will be no survivors left in Karhold City.
No matter what, this poor child won't survive. If we hand him over, we can still protect thousands of our subjects. " Saigon closed his eyes in pain.
"Are you sure the dead will leave?" Yali loosened her arms.
"I'm sure. It's no secret beyond the Great Wall." Saigon took the baby from his wife and choked out.
Yali grabbed the baby and struggled, "Can't a commoner's child?"
"It wants our child now. Our child has a noble bloodline."
"Wuwuwu …" Yali covered her face with her hands. "Why is this happening? Why?"
Then, through Whitey's vision, Danny saw a peaceful Karhold City with smoke rising from its chimneys.
The biggest enemy of the anti-Japanese united front wasn't the Japanese soldiers, but the option of surrendering.
Now, before the anti-ghost united front was fully established, the biggest enemy had appeared.
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