"In addition, I will launch a new plan in the near future, and the correspondence between the lords of the East Mander River River Basin will increase significantly."
Titus smiled maliciously and added, "----I have to trouble you to do the work of document writing and information compilation. Wenda is too busy for one person."
When Greg bachelor heard this, his face showed distress.
The training of grassroots officials is an unprecedented and huge project, and the workload is already heavy. Coupled with the increase in correspondence and paperwork in the future, the pressure on the bachelor's team can be imagined.
But he also knew the importance of this matter, so he could only bow down again and said, "Please rest assured, sir, we will do our best."
After saying that, he turned around and left, starting to arrange relevant matters.
Looking away from Greg's leaving figure, Titus stood up and walked to the window, admiring the neat posture of Captain Wenda downstairs who took the time to "practice his left-handed sword", and thought to himself:
Thirty years the Reach west, thirty years the Reach east, don't bully the poor in the frontier?
Today, it is no longer the time when Highgarden and House Tyrell took advantage of Hightower and House Peake to dominate the southern border.
He will take his place, first be "Dornish Marches Timely Rain", "The Reach Hu Baoyi", and then be the leader of the whole the Reach
Brother!
Just like what he told Bachelor Greg, Titus and Peake, who have stabilized the rear area, plan to officially launch the next plan to launch an offensive to win over the five major lords east of the Cider Hall and in the middle and upper reaches of the Mander River.
In the northeast of the Reach, there are two important tributaries that merge into the Mander River. From north to south, they are Blueburn River where Green Valley City is located, and Zhouyi River where Cider Hall is located.
The lords of these two places have already been included in Titus's befriending list, and the progress is going smoothly.
The Cuy family of the Cider Hall and the Mei Dou family of Green Valley City were the first targets of his attack. They either showed favor, put pressure, cooperated with the bundling of interests, and used various methods, and they have received good feedback.
The patriarchs of both families have entered his "circle of friends".
Especially under Alyn·Cuy Earl's investment opinions, Mei Dou Earl, who originally had some conflicts with Titus, was also attracted to participate in the large-scale development of real estate around Jinshan Port.
The Mei Dou family's Green Valley Castle is the easternmost castle in the Reach. Like many southern nobles, his family is not short of money.
This became even more so after his wife Earl, who was born in House Caswell, inherited Bitterbridge, who was in a key position in Roseroad, and the family's financial resources became stronger.
Needless to say, Cider Hall is a close neighbor of Starpike. As the cooperation between the two parties continues to deepen, their relationship becomes closer.
Alyn·Cuy Earl also benefited a lot from it.
To the south of their home is Harvest Hall, plus Fawn Hall to the east, all belonging to the lords in the "Dornish Marches Guard" military alliance circle. With these layers of "protection", the development of the Cuy family is inseparable from the power of Titus.
In addition to these two important territories that control the tributaries, the three lords along the main river channel of the Mander River are also paying attention to Titus.
Counting upstream from the Cider Hall, who is the gatekeeper to Highgarden, there are Longtable of Merryweather, Bitterbridge of Caswell, and the terminal of the Reach, Dunksfield at the source of the Mander River, where is Fu Deli's Tumbleton.
The reason why young Orton Merryweather Earl was able to successfully return to Westeros and succeed him as the lord of Longtable was inseparable from the secret help of Lord Titus. The two parties have a profound foundation of cooperation.
The Bitterbridge owned by Caswell has always been a water and land transportation artery for the Reach. Now it is also managed by Earl and his wife from Green Valley City. Their stance is consistent with that of Green Valley City.
And Tumbleton----it can only be said that Ringlet House Roxton, who was under the influence of House Peake and Titus, had a profound impact there. After its territory was repeatedly destroyed by the giant dragon, the weakened House Fossoway has long lost its former courage.
Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult for them to withstand the pressure from Titus.
As long as Titus says hello and threatens Bitterbridge to close to them, House Fossoway's external traffic will be blocked in half - his family is the one with the least choice among the five lords.
Of course, Titus's goal is not to forcibly persuade them, but to continue to deepen their control over these five families through subtle penetration.
Then use trade cooperation, military protection, mutual aid alliances, etc. to completely integrate them into your own territory.
When the time comes, after Dornish Marches, Titus will become the uncrowned king of the eastern basin of the Mander River.
By then, the entire the Reach district will have formed a new pattern:
Titus occupies the Reach east;
The Reach's nominal supreme commander, Tyrell of Highgarden, occupies the western part of the Reach; Hightower, the "King of the Southwest", occupies the southwest.
The southern part of the mainland, a land with a huge area, a large population, rich products, and numerous princes, will gradually form a trend of "three families dividing the Jin".
In terms of territory potential and lord style, the Eastern Greater Bay Area of Titus·Peake is obviously more like the "Zhao Kingdom" of "Hufu riding and shooting".
Hightower, let's just say his family is a "Wei".
You can tell who is the weakest at a glance.
The Reach center, Highgarden.
The Golden Rose family living here does not yet know that their family has been classified as the "weakest country" in the future "three-thirds of the world" by a certain Earl.
Mrs. "Queen of Thorns" Olenna·Redwyne, who is known throughout the southern region for her shrewdness and ability, initiated a seemingly ordinary social gathering.
This gathering has high hopes within House Tyrell and is regarded as an important opportunity for the Golden Rose to regroup and unite the power of the Reach aristocracy.
Therefore, those who were invited were all the Reach powerful princes of high caliber, not even a small character.
After being invited, Raymond Fossoway Earl from the Cider Hall and Sir Jon Fossoway from New Barrel City rushed to Highgarden together.
House Fossoway passed down from "Archer" Foss and their Cider Hall have a long history.
Although after the "Cider Hall Tournament" in which "Tall" Duncan and his squire "Ego" participated, the family was separated due to differences in ideas, forming two branches: "Red Apple" and "Green Apple", the two family heads of this generation have always had a good relationship.
Especially after jointly experiencing the embarrassment of being captured by Rosso Brune, the two became more harmonious and regarded each other as a good relative who could be trusted and relied on for help.
For this meeting, even though the castles of the two families were not connected together, they still made an appointment in advance and specially went together.
The head of the "Red and Green Apple" family and their entourage passed through the city gate of Highgarden, and when they reached the area between the first and second city walls, the eyes of Raymond and Jon were attracted by the garden maze on the roadside.
This well-known labyrinth garden in the southern border was severely damaged when Ironborn invaded, and has now been almost rebuilt.
Anyway, they couldn't see the embarrassing appearance of previous years at all.
The new maze is based on white flat stones, and the winding path is surrounded by neatly trimmed green shrubs.
The bushes are dotted with proudly blooming roses of various colors: red as fire, pink as clouds, and white as snow, all of which are rare and carefully cultivated varieties.
It's not golden, but I wonder if I'm afraid of being burned again?
As the Fossoway team marched, the two leaders discovered that the fountain in the center of the maze had been reactivated. The clear spring water jumped out from the beautifully carved rose pattern spout and fell into the white stone pool below, splashing fine water.
The sun shines down, and the water surface sparkles, making the surrounding flowers and plants more beautiful.
Next to the path, every few steps, there is a bronze lamppost with a unique shape. The lamppost is wrapped with simulated vines and flowers, which can illuminate every path of the maze even at night.
"Tsk tsk, this place has been rebuilt more grandly than before."
Sir Jon·Fossoway couldn't help but sigh, his tone full of envy.
"House Tyrell is really rich! Three years ago, after just paying the huge ransom of one million gold dragons, he was able to spend so much manpower and material resources to repair his own garden - and he didn't show any signs of hardship, Raymond."
Raymond Fossoway Earl nodded with deep understanding, glanced at the carefully tended lawns and flower beds around the maze, and said softly, "It's not just a maze, we took a boat from the Mander River to the west, and you also saw the boat that disembarked at the northern river port——
The port area that was completely destroyed by Coren Greyjoy has now been restored to its original appearance."
Sir Jon only reacted after he reminded him.
The stone trestle at the northern pier is brand new and strong. There is an endless stream of merchant ships passing by, and workers loading and unloading goods are busy. There is no trace of the ravages of war.
He didn't even expect this just now.
"Yeah."
Jon immediately agreed, "It is said that a skinny camel is stronger than a horse. Highgarden, as the center of the Reach, has been managed by Tyrell for hundreds of years, not counting House Gardener. It has a profound foundation. If it were another family, after such heavy losses, I am afraid they will not be able to recover for ten or eight years----"
The two of them talked and sighed and moved on.
When they arrived at the second city wall, the green-cloaked patrol leading the way stopped.
The two of them looked at the city gate, and there stood two men dressed in gorgeous armor and dressed as knights.
Taking a closer look, one of them was none other than Highgarden's coach, Sir Fertimo Clyne.
Three or four years ago, at about the same time that the "black Earl" led his army to relieve the siege of Storm's End, instructor Fertimo Clyne also led 10,000 the Reach soldiers and successfully lifted the siege of Highgarden under the pressure of Iron Fleet.
This campaign made him famous and became a hot new star in the Reach district--
Well, whatever is lacking, I like to emphasize.
People from the south love to play the trick of flattery.
Standing in front of the leader of Clyne is the patriarch of House Crane, Red Lake City Earl Elad Clyne.
This is a middle-aged nobleman who always smiles. It turns out that he was one step ahead and stopped the Highgarden instructor to talk to his own Lord Fortimo.
What did they talk about?
At this time, seeing that it was Cider Hall and Xintongcheng who came from Clyne, the two Clyne immediately stopped talking.
Elad Earl from Red Lake put a friendly smile on his face and came over to say hello.
"Archer"Foss: