Bravos, the city where the iron vault is located, is not on the westrow Road, but across the sea from it. This famous free trade city is very rich, and the iron vault is its money bag. The king of Westeros often borrowed money from the iron vault to spend his famine years or upgrade his armaments. The motto of the iron vault is "don''t be in arrears", but they don''t only need gold coins. They also accept all kinds of repayment, from cattle, sheep, rice, noodles and even slaves. Backed by the city of trade, these "repayments" can always be realized quickly and become huge profits of the iron Treasury.
The iron vault has no armed forces. If it meets a king who is in arrears, it will immediately turn to support its enemies. If the king is too good, he will use money to create enemies and use them to recover his investment. Therefore, although it did not participate in the war of Westeros, its power of money was entangled with the successive wars.
Westero''s biggest debtor was the royal family, that is, Geoffrey baratheon. This is a troublesome king, a combination of stupidity, madness, cruelty and self-reliance. The iron vault has always been doubtful whether it can recover the Royal borrowing.
So the iron vault did one thing. When an enemy of Geoffrey baratheon, his uncle Stannis baratheon, borrowed money from the iron vault, the iron vault agreed and gave him a huge amount of money to arm himself, so that he could recover from his previous failure and charge for the throne again!
Zhao Mai doesn''t care who will become the king, but he has to pay attention to Stannis barasheen, because he didn''t drive to the capital after he borrowed money, but went north to the Great Wall! Stannis is a superstitious person, very concerned about the side of the "daughter of fire sacrifice" melisandro''s advice. When his beautiful red priestess and Prime Minister Davos silvos pointed out to him at the same time "the terrible threat from the north", Stannis, who believed that he was the king and protector of westrow, decided to put aside the struggle for the throne and "go to save all his subjects".
Without Stannis''s army, the night watchmen would have been defeated by the army of "liberals" of mans Reid, the king of the Great Wall, and all the night watchmen would not have survived. Without the watchman, the Great Wall will no longer be a "desperate situation", and the ghosts will be able to cross South without hindrance, and then sweep the whole of Westeros. If that happens, westrow''s world will collapse.
It took Zhao Mai only half a minute to figure out the relationship between them, so the key is "did Stannis get the money?" He looked at Liu Su, who was carried to the ambulance, and felt that he had something else to ask him, so he said to Zhong Jianbai, "director Zhong, does the hospital have a light that can be used in the sun? I was frozen outside the Great Wall. "
Zhong Jianbai paused for a moment, and then understood Zhao Mai''s meaning: "yes, just follow captain Liu. Do you have your badge? It doesn''t matter if you don''t bring it. Just stay with team Liu. "
"Hey, hey, thanks." Zhao Mai waved, grain reserves with flowerpots also jumped into the ambulance, sat down beside Zhao Mai. Even though the doctor was very reluctant, there was no good way, so he had to let the driver drive as soon as possible.
"Team Liu, how did you bring down the iron vault? Did Stannis borrow any money? "
"I don''t understand the economy at all. That''s Zhong''s specialty. You don''t have to ask Xu Yaning, she doesn''t understand. Although what Zhong Zhixiu has done is very sad, his ability is really strong. I remember when the bank went bankrupt and ran, Stannis had just arrived in braavos, so he should have failed to get the money. "
"That''s to say, he didn''t have the money to form an army, and he couldn''t go north to help the night watchman resist the savages?" Zhao Mai sighed: "so, no help?"
"If the night watchman fails, or Jon Snow is dead, it''s over." Liu Su slightly moved his neck and turned his head to look at Zhao Mai: "I didn''t expect that the world was so unstable, and I didn''t know what Zhong Zhixiu was doing. If you don''t know who you are or who you are, you will be defeated in every battle. That''s a lesson! "
"What can be done to remedy it?" Zhao Mai asked.
"I don''t know, and I don''t suggest you go there again. If the world collapses, it may not always be able to leave. I know that a person, not in time, and the result of a planet was patted flat. This time, it''s a problem with the relevant ministries, so it will definitely compensate you. You don''t need to take any more risks. And thank you for saving us. Even if we don''t know what happened later, we know that if it wasn''t for you, we would have been abandoned. "
"Actually, Zhong chixiu always asked me to send you back, then lied that I had killed him, and then sent him to another world. He said that it was the origin of magic. Everything is possible. Do you know where it is? "
"Thank you. It makes me feel better to hear that he is not going to kill us in the end. I''ve only heard rumors about the origin of magic, and I don''t have any exact information, but you can ask the old man. " With a squint of his eyes, he took a look at the doctor in the car.
I see. Zhao Mai snapped his fingers. As soon as the doctor''s eyes were dazed, his head tilted and he fell asleep.
"Strong! Now I know that Zhong chixiu must have been beaten by you. I''ve seen him come and go with the thousand face man and the wizard before, but I believe him to say that it''s an indispensable part of the plan. He is very proud in his heart. He must be convinced to surrender Captain Liu said in a low voice: "the open and assured information is that some times and events are critical to a specific ability and are protected. Such as the birth of the three Qing Dynasty, such as Lich war, such as Fengshen and westward journey. These periods are related to the old man, so no one can go without his consent, even other detached people. Do you understand? ""I understand that self-protection mechanism is the foundation."
"Magic is a powerful system of power, but what is the origin of magic? Although we are in the East, there are many people who specialize in this field. Later found that although the magic is powerful, but there is no one like the old man, that is to say, its origin is not protected by detachment, should be accessible. On the one hand, everyone thinks that there is a possibility for the magic branch to become detached again, so they are all fighting; on the other hand, some people stubbornly believe that the trio is the detached one in magic, so the so-called origins that can be found now are deceptive. "
"I believe more in the latter. Because all the detached people are not constrained by time, even if they will appear after tens of thousands of years, in fact, they will exist before tens of thousands of years. But this will form a paradox, that is, all the detachment has been and has been completely produced, and it is impossible to appear new. I can''t understand it anyway. And the old man is very secretive about this issue. He just says that if he can''t understand it, he can''t understand it. He can''t explain it to us. "
"Back to what I know, once I went to Zhong Zhixiu, but his room didn''t close, so I went in. Many people are studying the origin of magic as a subject, and I see that his notes have a time and coordinates. I know you can get the list, so I can make a request for you now. You should receive it immediately. I''ll cancel it, but you can record it. By the way, I need some gold coins. "
Zhao Mai took out his gold coin and put it in Liu Su''s palm. Then he quickly received the list and recorded an address. "How could it be there? It''s impossible, isn''t it? " Zhao Mai was a little stunned, but Liu Su said it was the most reliable he knew.
"Zhong chixiu is too obsessed and paranoid. He has some defects in dealing with people, but he is really smart. Oh, what a pity. "