Gary is unwilling to accept assistance from Iron Bank in this way, "The two debts combined may exceed tens of millions. I am not willing to bear the debt left by the enemy, so let's drop this matter."
More than 10 million Gold Dragon, equivalent to decades of fiscal revenue for the national treasury.
If Gary is burdened with such a huge debt, even if he successfully gets on Iron Throne, in order to repay Iron Bank's loan as scheduled, he must squeeze the nobles and common people.
When the war breaks out again and his reputation is ruined, how can he still preach?
A bad smile appeared on Tyrion's face, "Your Majesty, if we simply borrow a sum of money from Iron Bank, and then use the money to hire tens of thousands of mercenaries from Essos to win the war. According to the content of the contract, we do not need to bear Iron Throne's debt."
Gary raised his eyebrows, "If we do this, Iron Bank will also support others to compete for Iron Throne... No, if Iron Bank has already finalized the candidate, I'm afraid he won't lend us any more money."
Both he and Tyrion assumed that King's Landing was not repayable, and thus many assumptions were made.
As the predecessor Master of Coin, Tyrion knows when Iron Throne's debt will mature. He smiled and said, "So we have to go to Iron Bank to borrow the money before Iron Throne defaults. Your Majesty, we still have seven months."
Braavos is located in the northwest corner of Essos, across the sea from Vale, and is not very far from White Harbor in the North. It will not exceed two months from White Harbor to Braavos.
Seven months is more than enough time.
Margaery has also heard of Iron Bank, but she is not so optimistic, "Iron Bank will not lend money to others casually, they should check the borrower's repayment ability in advance. The North is poor, so I'm afraid there is no way to borrow a lot of money."
If they don't borrow enough money, it means they can't hire many mercenary legions. If in a few months, only one or two thousand Mercenary come to the North, wouldn't it be a waste of expressions?
Tyrion had already thought of this, and he reminded, "Your Majesty, you have Valyrian steel! We only need to make up a story, saying that Your Majesty found a huge amount of Valyrian steel in the Valyria ruins. With these Valyrian steel as a guarantee, Iron Bank will not be stingy."
After drinking the fruit wine, he laughed and said, "If the loan amount still cannot meet our expectations, Your Majesty can also use the future Dragon Egg as collateral."
Dragon Egg?
It will take at least ten years for Gary's Dragon to lay eggs. Tyrion's move is no different from White Wolf's empty glove.
Gary thought it was feasible and nodded in agreement, "Okay."
Tyrion sat upright and said sternly, "Although I have never been to Essos in the east, I have heard about the fame of Golden Company and Unsullied. As long as you hold these large mercenary legions in your hands, your Majesty's most shortage of troops can be perfectly solved."
Margaery agreed, "With Highgarden's support, Vale will most likely favor us."
"Well, let's give it a try." Gary thinks that people like Littlefinger are not trustworthy and can only be temporary allies. After he takes down Crownlands and Westerlands, he will definitely go back and deal with this scourge.
After talking about the two topics "Iron Bank" and "Vale", Tyrion came up with the third topic.
He put down the wine glass and said, "Your Majesty, next we should discuss who should be sent to Braavos? Do you have a good candidate? If not, I can only go there myself."
Margaery said softly to Gary: "Luke, the amount of our loan is huge, which may arouse Iron Bank's alert and let them guess the purpose. So you must send an eloquent person to negotiate with Iron Bank."
Speaking of being eloquent, a person suddenly appeared in Gary's mind. He touched his chin and said, "There is... one candidate. This person is currently leading the troops and it will take some time before he can return to Winterfell."
"Who?" Tyrion became interested and asked hurriedly.
Gary didn't hide it, he said it directly, "Onion Knight, Davos Seaworth."
Tyrion knows this person, "Hand of the King of Stannis? I have heard of him. He is from a civilian background, and his ancestors were smugglers. With this status, he can suddenly become Hand of the King of Stannis. It is simply incredible."
Gary raised the wine glass high and said with a smile, "Stannis's vision is not bad, it's just bad luck that he met you and me."
Tyrion raised his glass respectfully and said humbly, "I borrowed the right time and location that time. Your Majesty defeated Stannis with real strength, which is different from the same."
Gary couldn't help laughing, "I didn't expect that Tyrion·Lannister would also flatter others, hahaha..."
"Your Majesty..." Tyrion drank the fruit wine in the glass awkwardly.
Gary drank with him, and then said, "Okay, tell the truth more in the future, and you will avoid these flatteries. You are my Hand of the King, not my jester."
Tyrion lowered his head and saluted, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Gary put down the wine glass, "Are there any other issues?"
Tyrion was well prepared and immediately answered, "For the next topic, I hope your Majesty can organize it as soon as possible, Small Council."
"Small Council? Isn't it too early?" Gary now has the North, who needs the help of Small Council.
Tyrion instinctively began to praise, "Not too soon, Your Majesty will soon be able to occupy the land of the North and Riverlands, with a land area that occupies half of Westeros..."
Gary raised his hand and interrupted him, "Tyrion, I want to hear the truth."
Tyrion said helplessly, "Okay, the truth is, the North and Riverlands are both messes and need Small Council to take care of them."
According to the normal establishment of Iron Throne, the members of Small Council are: Hand of the King, Master of Coin, Master of Laws, Master of Ships, Master of Whisperers, Grand Maester, Kingsguard captains and several advisors.
Gary and others began to discuss the issue of Small Council's members.
The position of Master of Coin undoubtedly fell to "Onion Knight" Davos Seaworth, who was about to go overseas to borrow money.
Master of Laws is vacant. This position sounds very high-level. It is said to supervise the country's justice, but in fact it is to guard the king's prison. The only power is probably to preside over certain trial meetings. It is of little significance. Gary has not been assigned yet.
Master of Ships, simply put, is the Commander of the Navy. For this position, Gary gave it to White Harbor Earl Weiman·Manderly. The reason is that Weiman Earl is very loyal to Winterfell, and he once promised Gary to build a navy for the North.
After Gary takes Iron Islands, Ironborn will also be used by him. At that time, Asha·Greyjoy's fleet will be responsible for the battle on the west coast, and the White Harbor fleet will be responsible for the battle on the east coast. By echoing each other, they can control all the sea areas of Westeros.
Master of Whisperers is vacant, and the ideal candidate in Gary's mind is Varys. However, the bright moon shines on the ditch, and Varys seems unwilling to contact Gary.
Grand Maester is vacant, and the bachelor sent by Citadel has not arrived yet, let alone Grand Maester.
The last place is for the king's personal guard commander, Ice, the captain of the warrior group Daenerys...
Tyrion almost bit his tongue, "Wait a minute, Daenerys? Your Majesty, this name is not common."