Margaery and his son Randyll·Tarly returned to the the North camp outside the city and met Gary.
Gary asked Margaery and the others to go down to rest, and then sent someone to call Tyrion, and officially started negotiations with Randyll·Tarly and his son.
The two parties exchanged simple greetings, and Randyll·Tarly said straight to the point, "Your Majesty is really willing to support House Tarly and become the lord of Stormlands?"
Gary sat in front of the desk, nodded and admitted, "If Tarly Earl had not lied to me before, he could bring 24,000 troops to the North, which is indeed worth my efforts Stormlands. However, the reward will have to wait until the war is over and Seven Kingdoms is restored to peace."
Randyll·Tarly understood King in the North's concerns and had no objection. "Your Majesty made such a heavy promise, House Tarly is very grateful, and will definitely follow your Majesty to quell Seven Kingdoms's civil strife before returning to the fiefdom."
Gary was noncommittal, staring at Dickon·Tarly behind Randyll·Tarly, "Tarly Earl, listen to the report from my men, your second son Dickon·Tarly is against Margaery· Miss Tyrell is so offended. Let's not talk about it for now. House Tyrell is still your lord of House Tarly. She is my fiancée after all. Why are you so dismissive?"
Randyll·Tarly explained, "Your Majesty Luke, Mace·Tyrell once sent a letter to us the Reach lords stating that Margaery has He died in King's Landing. At that time, there were already rumors that Miss Margaery was in the North. But Lord Mace denied the news and scolded Miss Margaery... In short, it was a misunderstanding."
Gary tapped the table with his fingers, seemingly a little dissatisfied with Randyll·Tarly's explanation. "Tarly Earl, since you said it was a misunderstanding, I accept it for the time being. However, Sir Dickon deserves no less punishment."
Randyll·Tarly heard this and couldn't help but frown, "How does Your Majesty want to deal with Dickon?"
Gary smiled and said, "It's not serious, Tarly Earl don't be nervous. I remember... Tarly Earl wants Sir Dickon to go back and inherit Horn Hill, right?"
Randyll·Tarly's face changed drastically. That was the situation before! Now he is about to become the lord of Stormlands after the war. The successor Dickon should go to Storm's End with him and inherit Stormlands in the future.
What King in the North means is to deprive Dickon of his identity as the heir, leaving his lineage behind Horn Hill and becoming a branch of House Tarly?
"Your Majesty? I am just such an heir..."
Tyrion and Gary looked at each other and smiled, and said, "Tarly Earl, your sentence is wrong. Your Majesty and I once met a young man named Samwell·Tarly at Castle Black. Although he is not good at martial arts, he is very smart and has the style of a bachelor. Your Majesty specially ordered him to go to Citadel for further study. Counting the days, he should be here soon."
Gary took over the conversation, "If I remember correctly, Samwell is your eldest son... right? I think he is very good, so he will inherit Stormlands."
Dickon·Tarly did not wait for Randyll·Tarly to retort, but stepped forward and interjected. "Your Majesty, Samwell is timid and has no ideas. What qualifications do you have to become the Stormlands lord? Or does your Majesty just want a weak and incompetent Stormlands lord?"
Randyll·Tarly noticed the killing intent in Gary's eyes, and hurriedly scolded Dickon·Tarly, "You have no place to speak here, get out!"
Dickon·Tarly left the camp angrily, with dissatisfaction written all over his face.
Gary said with a gloomy face, "Tarly Earl's ability as a general and lord is impeccable. But as a father, your vision is extremely poor! You and Tywin are idiots, both choosing the son who seems to be glamorous, but ignoring the other son who is truly wise. As everyone knows, to become a leader, force and appearance are not important, and resourcefulness is the most important."
Randyll·Tarly is very surprised. Samwell, the eldest son, is not valued so highly in the heart of King in the North?
"Your Majesty, are you very optimistic about Sam? I have tried for more than 20 years, hoping that he can become a courageous person, but in the end he did not even dare to kill a hare. Such a courageous person will succeed Stormlands? He will only be another laughing lion and inflatable fish. Your Majesty, do you want to see the future Stormlands fall into turmoil in the hands of an incompetent lord?"
Gary shook his head and smiled, "Tarly Earl shouldn't have seen Samwell for many years, right? He is still judging the current Sam by his past deeds. He has gone through some things that you can't imagine, and he has been reborn."
He then deliberately said, "Ah, you seem to have said that you want to keep a seat in my Small Council? I can reply to you now, no."
Randyll·Tarly was not surprised. Getting Stormlands is the best result. "Your Majesty, I don't ask for Small Council seats. It's just Sam..."
Gary raised his hand to interrupt him, "I made an agreement with Samwell. After he obtains the bachelor's title from Citadel, he will immediately return to King's Landing. He will serve as my Grand Maester and join my Small Council. It is impossible for House Tarly to occupy two seats. This is the fundamental reason why I reject you."
Randyll·Tarly was secretly stunned. What had his eldest son done to win such favor from King in the North?
Gary took advantage of Randyll·Tarly's absence and continued, "So, I think Samwell is your best successor. Same. At that time, he was also a close friend of my younger brother Jon·Stark. His presence can connect House Stark and House Tarly more closely."
Randyll·Tarly's originally firm heart was shaken, "Your Majesty, can you let me think about it for a while, at least let me see Sam before making a decision."
Gary smiled, "I'm afraid there are still two to three years before the end of the war. Tarly Earl has enough time to think about it. No matter who you choose to be the heir, it will not affect my promise with you. You Tarly will definitely become the prince of Stormlands."
"It's just that who your heir is will directly affect my attitude towards House Tarly in the future. Whether it is close contact or distant neglect, I believe Tarly Earl has its own considerations."
Dickon·Tarly had a quarrel with House Stark, and Samwell·Tarly became good friends with House Stark. The North is more optimistic about Samwell, which is natural.
What Randyll·Tarly really cares about is, has the cowardly Samwell really transformed? Does he have the strength to inherit the title and become the future lord of Stormlands?
The topic of House Tarly's successor ended here, and then Gary and Randyll·Tarly discussed the next strategic plan.
There are only four thousand cavalry among Maidenpool. They can follow Randyll·Tarly and join the large army of Gary.
As for the other 20,000 southern coalition troops who are all in the south of Crownlands, Randyll·Tarly will send Raven to besiege King's Landing from south to north.
After capturing Maidenpool without any blood, Gary left House Karstark's thousand the North infantrymen to switch defenses with Randyll·Tarly's cavalry to garrison Maidenpool.