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The sea lion

At the entrance to Lannisport, were Gerion Lannister, his uncle, and the high-ranking people. City Watch officers stood by his uncle's side. Aslan could see that the Lannisport guards were trained by their posture because they had an aura superior to the majority of Lannister soldiers.

Aslan got off his horse and went to his uncle and he hugged him in his bars.

"Uncle, I'm glad to see you. How are you?"

"Hahaha, good and you? I heard that my brother was ..."

"I'm fine, but father ... Ai."

The two sigh and then Aslan greeted the rest of the nobles, merchants and Lannisport guard officers.

Gerion then looked at Leo behind Aslan with excitement and said, "And the lion, why is he following you?"

Gerion was restrained at first when he saw a golden lion following his nephew, but ultimately he couldn't help it.

"Hahaha, my uncle, I found him at the edge of the Lion Mountain. I and my soldiers believe that he is a large lion from the western hills, currently, he is only a lion cub."

Gerion approached Leo fearlessly with sparkling eyes, but Leo groaned. Gerion withdrew his hand and looked Aslan with expectation in his eyes.

Aslan laughed and said, "Leo don't worry, you can trust him."

Gerion tried to caress Leo who let himself go.

Gerion was no longer afraid and finally, he hugged Leo with a broad smile.

Aslan thought, "He'sspringreally late, but it's refreshing."

Aslan and Gerion then went to Lannisport Castle and Gerion gave him several documents dealing with the affairs of Lannisport and Gerion. Gerion hated paperwork and only wanted to sail, he was an excellent admiral, but a pitiful bureaucrat.

Aslan, a talented former bureaucrat almost spit when he saw the desk books and unnecessary spending and fraud.

He looked at his uncle with contempt which under the gaze of his nephew shrank in cost.

"Uncle, you know we lost dozens of thousands of golden dragon? We could have done so much with all this gold."

Gerion was silent and he had cold sweats thinking of the reaction of his older brother if he learned.

"My dear nephew, you won't say anything to your father, right?"

Aslan looked dirty at his uncle.

"It's okay, but this year I'm going to take full control of Lannisport and I'm going to erase these leeches in the blood for daring to cheat on a Lannister."

Gerion shivered under the bloody gaze of his nephew. Aslan's crimson eyes lit up making his uncle tremble.

Quickly, in the year 277, Lannisport experienced a mass cleansing that Aslan named, the cleaning of spring.

Aslan let the business flow normally the first 7 months to track down all the fraudsters and thieves to collect them all thanks to the books of accounts. He also watched for the nobles, merchants who gave bribes and to the Lannisport Guard officers who accepted bribes.

One day like the others, the soldiers of Lannisports disembarked in the houses of the criminals whom Aslan ordered to arrest and all were led to the dungeons under the castle of Lannisport.

The arrests were quickly known in Lannisport and the citizens were panicked thinking that Aslan was a tyrant, but the day after the arrests, the new lord of Lannisport, Aslan, published the crimes of the arrested individuals.

The people were amazed and stood on the side of Aslan who quickly won the favor of the people because he was an honest lord for them. Gerion and the rest of Lannisport's high society were stunned.

A week later, the criminals were all beheaded in the public square as an example. This jest made Aslan ruthless and his uncle who was behind him during the executions saw the image of his older brother reflected on Aslan.

During these 7 months, Aslan had also started training with the Lord Commander of the City Watch. Aslan learned the basics and worked on them seriously, astounding everyone. Aslan says that these are the basics the foundation of everything and without having learned the basics a more developed sword game will only be window dressing.

The Lannisport guards and the Lannister soldiers in garrison were suddenly caught in the fire. They could not be credited by a child so all redoubled their training.

Gerion took a sip of saliva when he saw the development that his nephew had accomplished in just 7 months. His nephew cleaned up the city of the corrupt and he also motivated the Lannister army.

Gerion was happy that the Lannister house could have someone so talented and could pass on a heritage for the future.

Tywin got wind of Aslan's act and instead of blaming her for his actions, he congratulated her on her employability.

Aslan spent the last 3 months of the year reorganizing the bureaucracy and intensifying the training of soldiers and the Lannisport guard. Aslan also trained his body with his sword game.

In 278 Aslan took full control of Lannisport and he was called to Jamie and Cersei's birthday and their adulthood. Aslan spent the night with Jamie who kissed the prostitute and Tyrion who was only five. Aslan knew that Tyrion was melancholy and sought his father's attention, so Aslan told him to prove his father's importance with his intellect. Tyrion followed Aslan's words and began frequenting the Castral Rock library.

He returned two days later to Lannisport and Leo jumped on him because he missed him. Aslan had not brought Leo to Castral Rock to avoid complications.

Aslan began by developing the field of commerce with the opening of branches throughout the seven crowns and even in Essos. Aslan also opened his own stores which he kept hidden. He opened shops for wine, clothing, and forges in the seven crowns and in Essos.

Trade increased and profits increased with spending. The costs of maintenance and wages, but the benefits were 3 times higher. Tywin congratulated him by letter and told him that he expected more over the next few years.

The first 6 months went smoothly, until ships were attacked by Grejoy pirates. Aslan ordered the Lannister fleet to sail around the Westlands and form a sea wall to prevent the Grejoy pirates from entering the South, but without success.

The Grejoys knew about the riches of Lannisport and they kept trying to attack. Numerous conflicts broke out between their two fleets, but the Lannisters were at a disadvantage compared to natural sailors and outnumbered ships.

Trade decreased and this was felt by the decrease in ships entering and leaving Lannisport. Aslan called his uncle and summoned all the carpenters from the shipyards.

Aslan told them about the problems they encountered and Gerion was angry.

"The assholes! Nephew, give me the fleet and I'll slaughter them!"

Aslan shook his head to the dismay of his uncle and he pulled out two shots in front of everyone's eyes from a drawer in his desk.

"Carpenters, look at this."

The carpenters stepped forward to look at the plans and a few minutes later exclamations were heard.

"Ooo, it's beautiful!"

"It will be solid and fast, no one can beat these ships!"

Aslan had presented to the carpenters the plans of the Spanish galleons and the French frigates.

The galleons were very large three-masted ships that could transport 3000 men plus the supplies necessary for their survival for 4 months.

The frigates was a smaller version and therefore more maneuverable.

Gerion was amazed by these ships and quickly hugged his nephew begging him to make him a custom ship.

Aslan agreed and asked himself to build a personal ship for himself.

However, this was just the start. Aslan then presented them with weapons to put on the ships after their construction.

Aslan presented to them the use of Greek fire which in this world was not lost because on Earth it exists but it was lost in history.

The Greek fire could be used as a flame thrower thanks to bronze pipes attached to the bow of the ship. Aslan also presented them with harpoons, ballistae and small catapults.

These weapons could inflict serious damage on the long-range and at short-range, one could use the Greek fire burning all the enemies.

The carpenters looked at Aslan with expectation and he did not disappoint them.

"My dear collaborators, I will provide you with all the money necessary for the construction of 200 ships before the end of this year, you can also recruit outside Lannisport but do not let the plans be stolen, otherwise ..."

The carpenters nodded and hurriedly left the office to start building the ships.

Aslan was finally able to rest his mind but he promised to give the Grejoy an unforgettable lesson for having disturbed him in building his forces for the future.

Aslan then turned to the bandits surrounding Lannisport. Aslan summons the next day the commander of the soldiers in garrison at Lannisport and his officers.

Aslan explained to them that he wanted to entirely pacify the region by massacring the bandits. Lannisport's commander, Mereth, followed Aslan's orders and soon organized the army, leaving only Lannisport guards in charge of the town.

The next day, at the gates of the city, 15,000 soldiers pulled up under the first rays of the sun.

Before them, stood a 13-year-old child with Lannister armor adorned with various ornaments and at his side stood a lion 2 meters long and 85 cm high with the beginning of a mane.

Beside them was Mereth, the commander of the Lannisport garrison.

Aslan on his horse looked at the men in front of him with excitement as they would be the future backbone of his army.

"Soldiers! Today you will see blood! You will massacre and devour bandits! Are you ready to kill!"

The soldiers struck their large shields with their swords and they roared.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

"Good! Good! So kill and then party! Forward!"

The soldiers advanced under the command of Aslan.

Mereth looked at Aslan in amazement because he knew it was the first time that his young lord had commanded an army and yet he already had the charm of a leader.

Mereth smiled and followed with Aslan.

Aslan went south of Lannisport, to the far reaches of the Westlands. The bandits were particularly active at the borders and often looted peasants and traders who took the roads between the two territories.

Aslan started by crushing the bandits from west to east.

Currently, Aslan was standing with Mereth on a hill watching a forest containing a group of bandits containing 200 men.

"Young lord, so I leave this group to you and I and the other groups continue on our way."

"Good. You and the other groups only have two commands, never underestimate the enemy and don't sacrifice the lives of our soldiers, otherwise, there will be consequences."

Mereth nodded and he returned to his group to continue on his way to suddenly kill the bandits.

Aslan had divided the army into 15 groups of 1000 soldiers to strike numerous groups of bandits in a single blow, in the same way as Philippe IV the beautiful, king of France massacred the Templars in one blow.

Aslan turned around and joined his group of 1000 soldiers preparing for an attack after consulting the Art of War battlefield of Sun Tzu.

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