Chapter 750 Vassal Duchy

So many years have passed.

The ancient old city has undergone earth-shaking changes. The city wall has extended outwards to expand the scale of the city, and magnificent spectacles have risen from the ground. The children who used to play knight games have also grown up into heroic teenagers.

"His Majesty."

A burly young man with blue eyes, reddish-brown hair, his face was serious and meticulous, he first knocked on the door, then opened the door and said.

"People have brought it."

This reddish-brown-haired boy was Viserys's squire, Robb Stark. He had been with Viserys for a few years, and now he was sixteen years old.

It may not be long before he leaves King's Landing and returns to his homeland to take up the post of Governor of the North.

Of course, this is what Robb has been looking forward to.

The Governor of the North is still in the custody of Lord Rickard Karstark, although his mother Lady Catelyn tells him that Lord Rickard is trustworthy, and that Rickard Karstark writes regularly to Robb letter and report to him the situation in the north.

But Robb still felt that the power should be in his own hands to be at ease, and he didn't like Rickard Karstark calling him 'young master' in the letter, and it was vaguely like coaxing a child between the lines. Usually coax him.

"I'm not a kid!"

"I've grown up!"

So every time Robb received a letter from the north, he would roar loudly in his heart.

But now that his mother, Lady Catelyn, has returned to Winterfell with her younger siblings, Robb has no object to talk to.

He couldn't tell this to his sister Sansa, who was the queen's maid, so he could only keep these resentments in his heart.

And after so many years, everyone's and things are changing, and Viserys will naturally not remain unchanged.

He was sitting on a chair with his back to the desk, rubbing his fingers lightly, as if he was looking at the sea in the distance, but in fact he was closing his eyes, because he could see the sea outside without eyes.

Viserys' appearance hasn't changed much in a few years. If there is any, it's a lot of unshaved stubble on his chin and lips.

However, compared to a boy who was standing by and pretending to be mature at the moment, the change in Viserys' aura was even more drastic.

He doesn't need something like a beard as a symbol of a man's maturity and majesty, he just sits there without opening his mouth, or a movement of his fingers, and the slight changes in his eyes can make people restless.

And now the person that Robb Stark is leading is the captain of the Stormrage who was talking eloquently in the Throne Room yesterday, and Asha trusts her right and left hand, Romy Pike the One-Eyed.

He had an important mission on his shoulders, and these could not be told at the Throne Room of five hundred people on the political day, as Tyrion Lannister, His Majesty's personal adviser, told them yesterday.

Tyrion would relay this on his behalf, which is why Viserys found him alone today.

"His Majesty."

Although I had already met the Emperor of the Empire in the Throne Room yesterday, this meeting alone made the illegitimate child of the Iron Islands with a black blindfold a little nervous.

After all, with his background, if it weren't for a chance coincidence, it would be impossible for him to set foot in the throne room, let alone meet the emperor in the palace alone.

"His Majesty."

"Lord Asha Greyjoy asked me to bring it here."

Romy Pike then took out a letter from his bosom, covered with the Greyjoy family's mud coat of arms, and handed it to Robb Stark as a squire.

Robb took the letter in his hand and briefly said that it should not have been poisoned, and then handed it respectfully into Viserys' hands.

And Viserys took the letter, and with a light stroke of his finger, he cut the envelope with precision like a knife, and then pulled out the letter in the middle, everything Asha Greyjoy wanted to say. The words are all above.

Viserys' eyes flickered slightly after reading the entire letter, but he didn't speak for a while.

On the other hand, Robb Stark glanced at the illegitimate son of the Iron Islands beside him. As for the one-eyed captain, he was blank, because he didn't know what was written in the letter.

"Asha Greyjoy. The expedition is successful, and the pioneering is successful."

"Canonized as the Grand Duke of the Midsummer Islands, he enjoys inheritance from generation to generation, and he will have his descendants."

Viserys sat behind the desk after reading the letter and didn't speak for a long while, and then he spoke.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he canonized Asha Greyjoy a title of the highest rank that the empire has never conferred since its establishment, even more than the Duke of Summerhall canonized by Renes and the Duke of Dragonstone canonized by Daenerys. even bigger.

Because of Asha's achievements in the expedition, Viserys had promised her a high position before she set off. After returning, you can choose the castles up and down the Seven Kingdoms.

She has also always wanted to fulfill her dream of being named a nobleman as a woman and being called an 'adult'.

However, Asha's expedition this time was by accident, or by chance, she opened up a vast land, directly captured the entire Midsummer Islands, and became the unique queen on the Midsummer Islands.

And Viserys naturally wouldn't be so greedy and shameless to grab land with his subordinates.

What's more, the Midsummer Islands are not the land claimed by the Iron Throne, and even the Valyrian Freedom Fortress has not conquered and ruled this land, although the distance is not too far.

Perhaps because the land was barren at the time, the dragonlords of Valyria didn't appreciate it.

Therefore, this is Asha's own pioneering work, and it should be regarded as her own land. On the surface, this letter written by Asha is to report the victory to the emperor of the empire, but in fact, it is full of 'please praise me' .

Therefore, Viserys was not stingy, and directly gave Asha Greyjoy the title of a Grand Duchess, enjoying the inheritance from generation to generation. Inside.

In theory, from now on, the Duchy of Midsummer Archipelago needs to provide the empire, and the empire also needs to provide protection to its vassals, but because the two sides are too far apart, there is a high probability that it is only a formal relationship.

However, the Principality of Midsummer Archipelago as an empire's nail or outpost has been firmly planted in the Summer Sea, and no one can easily remove it.

And it also brought the influence of the empire along the sea to more distant places, such as Slave Bay, Sothros mainland, Qarth, and even the countries and regions around the Jade Sea, Great Morak Island, Ray Road, and the Golden Dynasty. and many more.

The purpose that Viserys wanted in the first place has actually been achieved or even exceeded, so naturally he will not be stingy.