Danyla had gained a reputation throughout the Seven Kingdoms for loving wealth when she was only five. In the years after she succeeded in riding a dragon, her talent for managing her lands had also become a subject of widespread praise.
Under Danyla's management, tiny Holy Flame Island had taken just over three years to produce more than an ordinary large Earl's Territory. That was why so many heads of the great houses of the Seven Kingdoms fully supported their younger family members in winning her favor at any cost.
Especially after word spread this year that Danyla could command multiple dragons, the Great Lords had fixed their attention entirely on her. And after she personally destroyed Sunhouse Castle and House Hightower, the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms had also witnessed this royal princess's appetite for land.
With the royal succession still undecided, they were carefully weighing which way to lean. The shrewd Royce Bolton was naturally among them.
Royce Bolton immediately grasped Danyla's meaning. His face turned icy and expressionless again as his mind raced, one plan after another beginning to take shape.
The Lonely Mountain Range and the lands on the East Bank of Long Lake covered a considerable area, enough to form a large Countship. Few dared venture into the Lonely Mountain Range, but although the land on the eastern shore was not particularly fertile, the hot springs flowing down from Lonely Mountain gave it abundant water, lush grass, and plentiful wildlife.
No one had settled there, but in summer, House Stark, House Bolton, House Umber, and their vassals would drive their livestock there to graze and hunt.
"Holy Flame Island has been researching high-yield crops for the past few years, and we've already achieved substantial results. White Sheep Town's barley yield has reached around two hundred