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Chapter 25 The First Step in the Rise of the Empire(1/2)

Author: Xiashan Tianshi

The killing in the square continued, but Aegon slowly walked towards Krazny who was lying on the ground.

At this time, Krazny was not dead yet, his body was still twitching, and the blood in his mouth kept spitting out.

"Good Lord, you say they are tame sheep, but I want to tell you, there are wild beasts hidden in the hearts of sheep!"

After saying this, Aegon turned his head and stopped looking at the slave owner.

Krazny's eyes were filled with regret. He lay on the ground twitching for a long time and then stopped moving. His eyes were wide open.

The killing outside ended quickly. Hundreds of slave owners resisted for a moment and were all torn to pieces.

The color on Astapor's red bricks has become a little darker.

"Kill them! kill them!"

The Unsullied below kept shouting.

At this moment, Aegon and Daenerys were the incarnations of gods in their eyes.

Aegon raised his hand, and then the spears that these people were poking slowly stopped.

"I, Aegon VI Targaryen, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, declare that you are all free.

If you are willing to leave, you can all take some money here.

But if you are willing to join me and fight to liberate more slaves, I will promise that I will fight until the last moment for you and fight to the last moment to liberate all slaves.

Until my body can’t move! Until my blood can’t flow!”

"Fight! Fight!"

The Unsullied echoed Aegon's proclamation loudly.

Daenerys and Raislin both felt the blood in their bodies boiling when they heard Aegon's words, and the latter's eyes became softer when they looked at each other.

Aegon then walked up to the Unsullied Legion.

"Which of you is the leader?"

A young man with a stern face, a resolute expression, and a sturdy build came out.

"Your Majesty!" Gray Worm said respectfully.

"May I have your name?"

"Little man...my name today is Gray Worm."

The Unsullied are trained without fixed names, allowing slave owners to erase all of their individuality.

"You will be the leader of this legion from now on, and Sir Jon will help you learn how to manage them. They are the same as other legions, and all of them must have names!

Including you! You can call me by your previous name!"

After Aegon finished speaking, Gray Worm frowned and fell into deep thought. After a long time, he replied:

"My name is Gray Worm! Your Majesty, my former name was cursed, and it made me a slave.

The name Gray Worm is very lucky. He was drawn by the King of the Seven Kingdoms on the day he liberated us, so I chose Gray Worm!

It is my honor to be the leader of His Majesty’s legion!”

"Okay," Aegon said helplessly.

"Since this legion is the same as other legions, they will have military pay. From now on, the monthly military pay for each of their ordinary soldiers will be 5 silver months (that is, two thousand copper cents.)"

"Your Majesty, the Unsullied do not need money."

"No, they want it no matter what, and there will be a clear reward and punishment system within the legion.

Each enemy killed will reward 15 Silver Moons.

For every 5 enemies killed, one more golden dragon will be awarded (1 golden dragon is equal to 30 silver moons, which is 12,000 copper coins).

Each knight killed will reward 1 golden dragon.

He will be awarded honors for every three knights he kills, and 2 more gold dragons will be awarded to him.

Every time you kill an officer, you will be rewarded with 2 golden dragons, and you will be promoted to a corps leader, leading a team of 10 people, and your military salary will be increased.

Every time he kills an enemy with a title, he will be promoted to captain! Leading a team of 50 people.



If any of you can kill the king, I will make him an earl, the leader of the secondary legion, and reward him with 5,000 gold dragons."

Although these Unsullied ones do not need money, not all the slave soldiers who will join in the future will be trained as horribly as the Unsullied ones.

Therefore, Aegon still gave these people very generous military pay for their mobility.

Only in this way can these people unleash unparalleled fighting power.

Why those Ming troops who surrendered in the late Ming Dynasty turned around and killed Nan Ming so fiercely? This is inseparable from this reward mechanism.

When other ordinary slave soldiers who were not Unsullied heard these conditions, they looked at Aegon with eyes full of yearning.

Then Aegon turned his attention to the Astaporians still alive on the field.

These people are civilians in Astapor, and their lives are no better than these slaves.

Aegon's order to the Unsullied was to kill all slave owners, but these free people were spared.

When these people saw Aegon looking at them, they all knelt on the ground, shouting that they were willing to surrender.

"You are not slave owners, you will also be commoners in my kingdom from now on, and I will give you the same fairness.

You can send some representatives over and I will re-enact the laws of Astapor."



Finally, several scholars, doctors, and priests who had some influence in Astapor walked up to Aegon.

"His Majesty!"

Several people knelt on the ground devoutly.

Aegon sat on the chair and raised his hand to ask these people to get up:

"Get up, there will be no slave trade in Astapor. This is the most important point in the new law.

The people here will no longer be enslaved by Valyria as before.

Rather, he obediently accepts the king’s rule.”

"Your Majesty, your Holy Wisdom!" Several Astapor people said respectfully.

"Similarly, the people here will fight for me when I need it. They will also receive military pay and rewards, and they will receive pensions after their death.

The orphans here will be sent to orphanages, and the king will raise them with money. The old people here will have a good death.

As for your beliefs, you can keep your original beliefs unchanged!"

In order to show his kindness, Aegon gave these people a series of very preferential policies.

As for the most critical aspect of faith, he has not figured out the intentions of the gods hidden behind the scenes like the Lord of Light, so he plans to ignore it for now.

Moreover, if you forcefully change your beliefs now, it will easily lead to rebellion.

"Your Majesty, it is our honor to fight for you!"

The representatives who were sent were dumbfounded when they heard the news.

The living conditions given to them by the new rulers were much better than those of the original good masters.

They did not consider the terrible fact that the economy would plunge into a downturn after the abolition of slavery.

There will be no fleets willing to sail here, and there will be no trade.

If there is no output here, the people here will fall into poverty.

When the harvest fails, they will overthrow Aegon's rule and establish a new slave system.

This is an objective law and is not subject to anyone's will.

This was something Daenerys had not considered, so after she left, the place fell into endless disputes again.

This is a place cursed by God!

This is a city made of blood!

But Aegon was determined to change this place.

So Aegon told these people his next arrangements:

"I will build some salt factories and shipyards later. You can work here and get paid. Of course, you can also do your original industry.

Also, you need to pay taxes and use uniformly minted gold coins. Violators will be punished.

Anyone from outside who comes to trade must use gold coins minted by the king's order. If they don't have them, you can ask them to find the king to exchange them.

Your money will be exchanged uniformly later.

Do you understand?"
To be continued...
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