"Good evening, your excellency. I'm glad you can show up before sunset, so I don't have to worry about starting the standby plan. Anyway, our previous cooperation was quite pleasant, so I want to maintain this good trust relationship rather than find a new partner."
As Zhang Cheng spoke, he came to pick up the red wine sent by the servant, waved the other party to step back, then pulled out the cork and filled two cups.
It was not until the servant was far away that he pushed one glass of wine in front of the guest, raised the other glass of wine, motioned, followed by raising his head and drinking it.
"So you let half the residents of King's landing see a huge magic dragon flying over the city and force me to negotiate with you?"
Seeing that there were no people around him who shouldn't exist, tywin finally took off his hood to cover his face, and his face revealed undisguised anger.
You know, it has been a long time since Reyes and tabek, the two families who once laughed at Lannister in the west, were uprooted. No one dared to challenge his majesty, let alone force him to appear in a threatening way.
But today, someone violated two taboos at the same time!
What made him even more unacceptable was that he was unable to do anything about it. He had to be led by the nose by the young man in front of him.
"Hahaha! Please don't be angry. I just took the most effective measures. Besides, don't tell me that you didn't plan to get rid of me directly after you got the news that I have a dragon. But am I angry? No! I don't even have a little anger, because you haven't taken practical action after all, have you?" Zhang Cheng laughed and put down the empty cup in his hand.
Obviously, he had expected the fierce reaction, but he didn't care very much.
"What the hell do you want?" tywin asked, squinting.
Zhang Cheng hesitated for a moment, quickly put on an indifferent look and shrugged his shoulders: "You may not believe it. In fact, I don't have anything I particularly want. Whether it's power or wealth, it doesn't mean much to me. If I have to give a definite answer, I think it should be knowledge. Of course, I don't mean learning what the bachelors in the city study, but what can really give a person supernatural power Magical knowledge of power. "
"Hum! A little nobleman who lost his territory in a short time climbed to the position of now count of Liangshui city. How dare you say that you are not interested in wealth and power?" tywin obviously didn't believe this statement and sent out a burst of sour irony.
"No, no, no, your excellency, you seem to have misunderstood me. First of all, taking power is never my intention. I just want to get a little convenience to collect information about the son of the forest. Second, I respect the rules of the game established by the nobles of the seven kingdoms, and I have neither planned to destroy it nor violated my commitments. Even in LAN When the nice family was besieged by countless enemies, I still did everything I should do as an ally. Finally, please don't vent your anger at Tyrion on me. I'm not your son, and I have no obligation to listen to you complain and vent. "After that, Zhang Cheng raised his head and looked straight into the other party's ruthless eyes.
Tywin held the glass full of red wine as if he wanted to crush it with all his strength. After two or three minutes, he slowly calmed down, lowered his voice and said, "well, I believe you don't have much desire for power, but what did you say to Tyrion today, which led him to ask if I regarded him as a member of the Lannister family?"
"Nothing, I just told him to find out his identity, so that he would be kicked open after being used every time." Zhang Cheng answered with a slight tilt of his mouth.
"You're trying to split my family!" tywin roared angrily.
Zhang Cheng shook his head with a sneer. "I'm afraid you know best what you think of Tyrion. I didn't try to split the Lannister family. I just hope that after your death, I don't deal with the stupid and short-sighted cersei or James who listens to her. Unfortunately, you don't realize who is the most suitable successor to lead the family forward."
"Who will inherit the Lannister family? I don't need you to tell me. Now I just want to know what price it will cost to make you and your dragon on our side?" tywin undoubtedly didn't want to talk too much about his children and began to talk about the terms directly.
He also understood that if James inherited the Duke after his death, Lannister would be controlled by cersei, and cersei, who lacked political wisdom, would only intensify contradictions and never become a qualified ruler.
As for allowing Tyrion, who was born disabled, to inherit the family, he was no longer within his consideration. He would rather Lannister go to destruction under cersei's leadership than let the whole family suffer any ridicule or insult again.
Even in his eyes, Tyrion, even if only alive, was a stain on the family's reputation.
Feeling that old tywin almost hated the little devil, Zhang Cheng resolutely stopped the topic, grabbed a map hanging on the wall and pointed to the southwest corner of Westeros: "I want here!"
"Old town?! it's the territory of the Hatal family!" tywin frowned subconsciously.
Perhaps many people who are not familiar with the history of the river bay area will simply believe that the Hattar family is only one of the many vassals under the Tyrell family.
But in fact, the history of the thar family in Shanghai is much longer than that of the Tyrell family, and their financial resources are no less than that of the Tyrell family. In addition, they are sitting in the largest and most prosperous port in Westeros and supported by the school city. They are much stronger than they seem on the surface, and it is much more difficult to capture the old town than to capture Junlin city.
"Ah, yes, it's the territory of the Hatal family. But don't worry, in a short time, it will be occupied by the iron species, and the immediate members of the Hatal family will be slaughtered, and I will appear as the savior to save the devastated civilians. All you have to do is put a layer of legitimacy on my actions. How about it? It's not difficult for you ? "asked Zhang Cheng with a smile.
Tywin was not an idiot. He immediately understood the young man's plan and took a deep breath: "aren't you afraid to arouse the hatred of the whole aristocracy if you are so unscrupulous?"
"Fear? Why should I be afraid? How many nobles do you think are capable of threatening me? Besides, the destruction of the old town is not because I covet wealth and land, but because of the hostile attitude of the hatar family and the school city towards magic, which doomed me and one of them to fall. Do you need to care about any means to deal with the enemy? I promise, I occupied the old town After that, no drastic action will be taken... "