Chapter 98
2021-01-06
Chapter 98 Flickers and Opportunities“Beyond the wall, more than 100,000 wildlings are to avoid the Rin in the prophecy Winter, trying to cross the Wall, Night's Watch Legion is too weak to resist, making changes is inevitable, and staying unchanged means extinction." Igor remember to mention Others less, until there is evidence, talking about this thing can only let oneself give Minus points for others' impressions: "However, the reason why I came out to organize this matter, in addition to the righteous action of Lord Tyrion Lannister, is the more important reason that I 'haven't offended anyone'."
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Speaking of art, in fact, a dwarf has already summed it up in a rough sentence: "The price is not too expensive."
Tyrion was able to successfully take Igor away from the Wall, apart from the promised funding and a lot of bullshit, the most fundamental reason is: Igor was just an irrelevant person at the time, no one was his Backstage, no one is his enemy either, no one will stare at him, run to question Mormont or complain to Robert when he breaks the rules.
But if it is the intended heir of a count family, because he was on the wrong side in the slayer war-offends the new king and is forced to put on black clothed, in this case, he wants to leave...
It is no exaggeration to say that Robert is impossible to die, and even if he does die, it will be difficult. It's Westeros' unwritten rule that those who are on the wrong team want to survive and either defect or go into exile. The king stands at the top of the ruling pyramid. As the biggest beneficiary of the noble game, as long as he is not an idiot with a negative political-political score like Joffrey, it is impossible for him to take the lead in breaking the rules and dig his own grave for a petty profit.
If you want to imitate Igor's way and leave the Wall, you must first make a high price that will make the king's heart move, and then you have to block the mouth of the world.
The Antlers family property is rich, and it may be worth thousands of Golden Dragons, but for a Warrior king who has been an arm-flinging shopkeeper all the year round, and doesn't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are... this amount of money, Not even a fraction of the loan he owes to his oneself father-in-law Tywin and the Iron Vault, would Robert take it?
Indeed, in theory Night's Watch can ignore the king's thoughts, but in reality, in Westeros, in the world How many people can really not care about the feelings of the supreme ruler when they all acknowledge allegiance? Don't look at Frey Marquess, Red Viper, Queen of Thorns, Old Flayer... These people are more than one when they appear, as if they all have their own background sound and arrogance, but as long as King Robert who created the Baratheon Dynasty is immortal, deer wolf The four major alliances of the Ospreys will not break up, any heroic hero who is trying his best, and a heroic girl who is not conceding to men, has to hide in his own castle with his tail tucked!
Even regardless of the attitude of those outside the Night's Watch Legion, there is a more realistic obstacle: how much did Tyrion spend in persuading the Night's Watch executives to let Igor out? When he is only an "ordinary person", it is so difficult to make an exception for the senior management of Legion, let alone Ser Buckwell, a "political-political-criminal" and the backbone of the Night's Watch Rangers?
All, once you open this up, Night's Watch Legion will be dissipated in an instant: people with a background will try their best to find relationships to drill out, and those who have nothing can only watch others jump up and down with their teeth itchy, jealous, and then kill their hearts. Great rise... and once this trend begins to appear, whether it is the ruler or the high-level Night's Watch, for the safety of themselves, the North and the Seven Kingdoms, they will definitely stop this phenomenon from worsening in a one-size-fits-all manner, when the time comes, maybe Even oneself, the obediently and honestly "business" chief logistics officer, had to go back to the Wall.
This is not easy to do.
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"Understood." Old Earl understood Igor's subtext, nodded, it's a blessing to be on the wrong side of the Reaper War and not lose his head. It was a bit unsatisfied to want to leave Night's Watch, but he still didn't give up: "But I have an idea - since you are the chief logistics officer, if you can manage to interfere with personnel transfers, transfer Jarman to your staff as a logistics officer, and then order him Wouldn't everyone be happy to come to work at Crownlands and assign him the mission to 'raise food, grass and armaments in Antlers'."
The idea is completely feasible, but Igor will not tell him that the appointment of oneself, the chief logistics officer, is completely It's a chicken feather arrow made by half coaxing and half cheating. When an ordinary person hears the name of oneself, he subconsciously thinks that oneself is the "fifth in command" of the black shirt army after the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, chief ranger, affairs officer and craftsman. The illusion caused by this inertia of thinking That's exactly what Igor wants, and it's really starting to benefit him...
But in fact? Not to mention comparing with other "chiefs", even a random Ranger Great Captain has a higher right to speak than Igor for the time being. He can guarantee that oneself will not be recalled, thank God, how can he have the guts to woo others?
"My lord, I'm not going to lie to you." Igor didn't intend to lie about this, but it's okay to modify his words a little: "The logistics department has just been established, and its power is not comparable to those of the old-fashioned departments for the time being. In terms of personnel, I have the authority to recruit at will, but I can't transfer anyone in the Wall... Of course, this is the status quo, after all, I have only been in office for two months."
He paused and continued. Go on: "When I develop the Night's Watch industry, establish a network of contacts in the Imperial court, monopolize the bulk of the logistics supply of Night's Watch, and then fill The Wall with oneself-trained combatants..." Igor first described everything A bright future under the smooth, and finally said resolutely: "Influence and authority are things that don't come out of thin air, but must be fought for. You have been in charge for several decades, you must understand this truth."
"I understand." Earl Buckwell nodded, the black clothed guy in front of him wanted to express himself. "I will try my best to support what you are doing in King's Landing, invest it... After this war is over, if Antlers doesn't use up the family property, it will continue as promised. I can say that I make less or even no money, but Jarman Please also ask the Chief Logistics Officer to take seriously."
"You're welcome, Night's Watch will remember your help in this most critical moment of Wall's defense."
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It saves effort to talk to a smart person, just a few words, two people or two small forces that had nothing to do with each other, discovered the common interests of each other, and even made an appointment for preliminary cooperation.
Igor feels a little ashamed, he can't actually recruit people for Old Earl at all, but in order to win this investment, he still deliberately let the other party produce "oneself can actually be done, but it's not easy to do" impression. This is the so-called butt decides the head. After oneself started this financial game, it has gradually changed from an upright engineer to a slick businessman - do not forget to sell oneself's financial products, what to talk about He will try his best to bring the topic to money, investment, etc...
Once upon a time, he was an honest man who would not lie to anyone except his parents and girlfriends, but now, he has been able to do it. Blowing on one side, my face is not red, my heart is not jumping.
It's not pleasant to be what oneself doesn't like, but fortunately, oneself at least doesn't intend to defraud investors of their principal. In this cruel world, oneself, a rootless outsider, can't be willful. Littlefinger, one of the main villains of the original book, was easily brought down by a rumor under the spoiler of oneself, but that's because gossip is a fearful thing and not because the other side made a mistake - anyway, this guy "no matter what accident happens. The ability to profit from it" is still worth learning from oneself.
Successfully relying on flickering to stabilize the first investment, Igor thought to himself as he walked: If Littlefinger was standing in the position of oneself - at the critical moment of entrepreneurship, he was pulled by Robert Baratheon with a temporary idea Come to accompany the army and waste countless time, what will he do?
Yes, this time the six countries worked together to suppress the rebellion, for Robert, it may just be a show of dominance and muscles, and by the way, re-experience the feeling of fighting, but for oneself, the "Night's Watch with the army", most of the country's The nobles who are in the top ranks will respond to the king's call to join the coalition in this war. Isn't this an opportunity to meet a large number of resource masters by sitting without running around and without trusting relationships?
don't let an opportunity slip by Although Tyrion persuaded oneself to enjoy this trip to Vale, as a man with a strong sense of responsibility and responsibility, Igor could not accept it: his partner was busy in King's Landing, while oneself was wandering around in Vale to see the scenery.
Seize this extremely rare opportunity and get all the wasted time from this trip back from your connections!
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(end of this chapter)