Chapter 42
2021-01-06
Chapter 42 A New BeginningWith Eddard Stark leading by example for more than ten years, North is The respect and friendliness of Legion in the black shirt has already formed a trend, but with the former being compared, the second half of the journey can be a bit bleak.
The further south you go, the warmer the climate and the colder the attitudes of the people you meet. When approaching The Neck through Moat Cailin, the faces of the residents of the village settlements and the little lords showed indifference and perfunctory; when they left Greywater Watch and entered the Riverlands, no one paid any attention to the black clothed on Igor and Yoren; To the south, even began to develop in the direction of contempt and contempt, and the respect and enthusiasm of the North people are simply worlds apart.
But this did not affect the mood of the two Night's Watches too much - they are both mature adults, and Yoren's attitude towards people from all over the world has long been accustomed to, And Igor is already mentally prepared: if wearing a layer of black clothed can be respected and preferentially treated by the nobles and commoners of the Seven Kingdoms, how can North still need to recruit strong men to supplement Wall? One of his long-term goals is to find a way to take off the black clothed. If the people around him remind him of the essence of his identity as Night's Watch with practical attitudes and actions, what motivation does he have to carry out this plan?
The only thing that bothered him was that the mission of "improving the image of Night's Watch" was probably more difficult than expected.
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No matter how long the road is, there is an end to it. After eating and drinking with Lannister for nearly a month, the destination is finally in sight. , Igor's inner worries also completely faded: although it was determined as early as when Catelyn Tully did not leave Winterfell, it was not until the results came out that everything about the Winterfell incident was really over - although he experienced some twists and turns, he successfully changed plot.
There was no accident, and there was no "existence in the dark" who fabricated a substitute for Catelyn Tully to block everyone's journey, and Tyrion returned to King's Landing smoothly.
This incident itself can only be regarded as a plot change, but it has more significance for Igor - he confirmed one thing with this: in the world where the ice and fire story happened, the original plot The major events in the game can be changed through human intervention. As long as you dare to do it, anything is possible!
King's Landing, located on the shore of the continental Eastern Sea overlooking Blackwater Bay, is the landing site of Aegon the Conqueror, where the Red Keep and Iron Throne are located, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, the largest city in Westeros and the political, economic and cultural center. Now, here comes a transmigrator who is about to change the future of Heaven and Earth turning upside down!
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The apprehension of the whole road was swept away, and Igor was as excited as he had been beaten.
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A few miles away from the city wall, shacks, tents and the others began to appear on both sides of the road, followed by a faintly discernable smell.
"Ha, the smell of King's Landing is nostalgic." Tyrion said leisurely on the horse, "I've been breathing fresh air for a few months, and I'm really not used to it."
Igor had heard about the stink of this city before crossing, but absolutely didn't expect to be able to smell it from such a distance, even outside the city wall, God knows what it would be like to enter? Although Wall was cold and dangerous, the air was very fresh... In such a cold place, even if there was any odor, it was directly frozen to the ground.
“The capital of the dignified Seven Kingdoms, how can it be so stinky. Is it that the sewers are not dredged, or the garbage is not cleaned?”
“There are both, but there are far from enough people. The first thing to do is to ensure that the noble residential area is clean and tidy, then the wealthy area, and as for the civilian area, you can only make do. Hey, there are 500,000 people living in the city wall, how much excrement, urine and garbage are produced every day?” Tyrion twitched his lips: "Why, Mr. Adventurer, do you have any good ideas?"
"I don't have any good ideas, just recruit more people if there are not enough people. I see that so many poor people live outside the city wall and even eat their meals. If you are not full, give them a good meal and send them a few coins, and they will be happy to do some cleaning work."
"Simple and crude way, but the question is, who will pay the money What?" dwarf said with a laugh, "our good king owes the Iron Vault and my father a lot of debt, and there's no sign of being able to pay it back."
"Oneself lives. The place smells so bad, how can he bear it?"
"Sorry, the Red Keep is on top of Aegon's High Hill. Stinks to worry about."
"Okay."
Igor really has nothing to say this time, even from modern times, he has no idea to solve this kind of ruler oneself Not asking for progress.
Not to mention - he himself has a lot of things to do, how can he think about whether King's Landing stinks?
While speaking, several people rode close to the gate to the northwest of King's Landing, which was crowded with pedestrians, horses and vehicles coming in and out. Among them were the Knight and the Freerider, the Bard with his harp and drum, the carriage with hops, corn, and barrels of honey, and the merchants, artisans, and prostitutes, and the crowds crowded the gates of the Gate of the Gods. Ten soldiers of the capital garrison dressed in golden robes were scrambling to maintain order.
"The Prime Minister's Tourney." Yoren said with a cold laugh, the North-born he knew Duke Stark's temper better than most of the Westeros: "The Prime Minister must hate this Tourney."
"The Prime Minister's Tourney." p>
"Tourney itself is a good thing, and it is this kind of activity that makes the kingdom prosperous. The nobles can take the limelight and seek glory, and the common people can join in the fun to temporarily forget the hardships of life, and those who do business can still Take the opportunity to make a little money." Tyrion lowered his voice a little, but did not hide the sarcasm in his tone: "The only problem is that our good king is holding it too often. One for the holidays, one for Prince's name day, When the new prime minister takes office, you can play if you are in a good mood...Tourney does not charge registration fees and admission fees. The participants and spectators are happy, but the organizer is heavily in debt. But he is Iron Throne borrowed money not personally, tsk tsk. Don't know if he's smart or..."
Several people discussing the just-concluded Tourney, riding down the street, approaching King's Landing's center.
The smell is heavier than the outside, but people's ability to adapt is so strong, but within a few minutes, a few people can already bear the smell - it's not that the nose can't smell it, but the brain I can ignore this smell and think about something else.
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"My ass has been devastated for the past two months, let's find a place to settle down first, and then think about the future." Tyrion said. Re: "I know of an inn, halfway up the Rhaenys hills, which is higher than most of King's Landing and smells a lot less, you'll like it."
"You don't live in Is it in the Red Keep?" Igor was a little strange, the other party was the Queen's younger brother, and even if he had an average relationship with the elder sister, he was eligible to enter the Royal Family's fort...or at least live in the noble area at the foot of the Red Keep.
“Red Keep is so far from my favorite brothel,” dwarf answered, “and, being with a bunch of ambitious, conspirators, and idiots makes me sick too. "
"My lord, you have already spent a lot of money on this journey. Let us handle the accommodation by ourselves." Yoren is not clear about the debates and transactions between Tyrion and a group of Night's Watch executives , he really thought that Igor was sent to King's Landing to raise supplies, and he used other people's money all the way, which made him a little uneasy.
"The Seven is on, just sympathize with me, my little, poor dwarf, when I want to chat with my two Night's Watch friends and have to hum hum hum on a horse Going across most of the city to find you?" Tyrion pretended to be angry and said, "Stop fighting, come with me."
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[Talking about the signing of the starting point Mechanism, you either laughed at it, or comforted the author (you got it, but don't come here, you don't need it), why did someone start to scold the author eunuch in a hurry? The six words "maintain the normal update" are not understandable, it really makes people didn't know whether to cry or laugh ...]
(end of this chapter)