Chapter 229
2021-01-06
Chapter 229 Dilemma and "Reinforcements"Igor had raised Samwell to Mormont a month ago Tarly went to Queenscrown to raise Raven, but training the birds to and from several places can't be done overnight. At this moment, the defect of no efficient communication method is exposed: if you want to know anything about the situation, you have to rely on people to run around... Afraid that the description would not be clear, he simply went there again in person.
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“The Lord of Winterfell City has called on the princes of the North to save 1/4/2022 of the harvest as food, and sell the rest to Wall for support. Except for Dread Fort and Hornwood City, who have not responded due to the lack of an agent, they basically agreed to this transaction. However, due to the long distance, only the Umber family in Hearth has sent the first batch of grain and grass for the time being. Other places ..." Yam introduced, "I have learned that the main grain producing areas of North are the plains to the east of the First Men's waste mound and the fertile soil to the north and south of Mingyan Bay, and these areas are all in the south and west of North, if the Ironmen invade, then these The local convenience is all under threat, and I can't protect myself, let alone send the food team north."
"Damn Ironmen..." After counting the time, Euron will come back to assassinate Balon's superior, and Igor will be the first in his life. I hope that a villain will appear sooner - at least, this lunatic also knows to go to the south to loot the wealthy Westerlands and Reach, instead of just like a fool who only has hatred in his eyes and insists on fighting with the poor and tough North. "How much food did the Umber family send?"
Yam took out the food storage records and calculated that it was enough to feed a thousand people for a month.
"There will certainly be more to come, but as the Ironmen's area of activity infiltrates eastwards and approaches Kingsroad, we will soon have to send troops to escort the food convoy."
Send troops to escort Grain team? At present, there are more than 7,000 people in the ten fortresses along the Wall. The clan people are brave and good at fighting men and women, but with the addition of nearly a thousand Night's Watches... the total number of fighters is only 3,000. Defending a 100-mile-long front against tens of thousands of wildlings who have sharpened their heads and drilled south of the Wall can only be said to be just enough, and even cleaning up the enemies who have entered the land grant is slightly insufficient. Can you send out to protect the grain transport team?
If you want to send someone to protect the food delivery team, the best way is to pull a few clans out of the mountains to gather people, but the clans you pull out also need to be supported. Feeding more people requires more food and more food. It means that it needs to be purchased from more places, which in turn requires more escorts...
This is an endless loop, jumping in and not getting out is the last resort.
"Can I get food by sea, buy it from the Riverlands, and ship it to Eastwatch?"
"Theoretically yes, but the Riverlands are blocked by Ironmen on the west coast, Eastern Sea There is no available port on the shore, and the boats that can be used can only enter and leave from Baigang, and this place..."
Igor looked towards Baigang on the map, which is convenient for several dozen li to the west of it. It is Moat Cailin, which has been occupied by the Ironmen, and the grain of the Riverlands must pass through The Neck, which is blocked by the Ironmen, in order to be shipped to White Harbor. even more how, in order to prevent a wildling sneak attack, most of the white port will control or block the port...
Igor's head is very big: "The only way now is to ask the king for help and transport the food from the Riverlands to King's Landing , after loading the ship in the black liquid port and then heading north to Eastwatch."
"But there are too many people and procedures involved, we don't have the power to let the nobles of the two places cooperate with one order. "Yam frowned: "even more how, the Riverlands are constantly delivering food to King's Landing. With the war between Reach and Iron Throne, the price of food in Crownlands has skyrocketed. Riverlands people finally transported food to King's Landing, who would dare to? To be the master without authorization: let the people of the capital of Seven Kingdoms go hungry, but sell their food at a loss to Night's Watch at a fair price?"
The situation is indeed serious, how can this be done? Running a business that cannot be self-sufficient That's the only thing that's not good on the site - doing anything you have to trembling with fear is like walking on thin ice, and Igor is now unlucky to step into the ice hole with one foot. If he wasn't thinking about keeping his composure in front of his subordinates, he almost wanted to scratch his head: In order to prevent the current accident from happening, oneself has conservatively only pulled a few thousand clansmen out of the mountain, leaving enough funds for the Night's Watch industry. It's not easy to feed these thousands of people, but didn't expect it.
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Igor stared at the map, trying to figure out a solution. It's not just the Riverlands that produce food, maybe it's time to go to the Reach and ask the Tyrells for help? But they'd be hoping for some trouble in the North so that Stannis loses a strong support! He can even imagine the attitude of the princes of Reach - the Raven received should not exist, and if oneself went to negotiate in person, the old acquaintance of Margaery would definitely receive it politely and settle the oneself comfortably, but after talking about it. When it comes to business affairs, there must be difficulties in this one, and trouble in that one, but in short, I can't help.
While distressed, a guard knocked on the door and came to report: "Two adults, a large team has come up from Kingsroad, claiming to be reinforcements sent by King Stannis to help Night's Watch... They are too crowded. There are too many, and I dare not make my own decisions to put them in."
"King Stannis sent to help Night's Watch?" Igor looked at the messenger suspiciously. This should be good news, but he is worried now. There are too many people to feed: "Can you bring food?"
"It seems... not." The guard who reported the message blinked, "There are two carriages, but they are all for people. It doesn't look like how much food it can hold."
A few more mouths came, but the debt was not too much to worry about, Igor thought about it: Since it's reinforcements sent by Stannis, then explain to them that Night's Watch is It would be much easier for them to directly ask Stannis for help when they encountered the food and grass dilemma.
"Go, go out and greet me."
Igor left the Queenscrown Administration Building with several subordinates, came to the gate, and saw the team that was stopped outside the door.
Across the distance, Igor saw the fiery red silhouette mixed with hundreds of people, and immediately started: This witch, how come here!
"Lord Chief Logistics Officer, we meet again." Melisandre couldn't guess Igor's slander, and said with a small smile: "This town you built is not bad, but it's a pity the gatekeeper. The people here are too big...why, why don't you invite us in first?"
"Ah, come in quickly." Igor didn't dare to offend the priestess, and hurriedly signaled the big open the city gates to invite people in , but as soon as he turned his head, a villain rushed out from Melisandre's side and threw himself into his arms.
“Master—”
“Arya!” Igor was startled. I haven't seen her for more than a month, the girl's hair hasn't grown back enough, and she is wearing inconspicuous gray cloth clothes, standing unremarkable behind Red Woman, oneself didn't see her just now: "How did you get along with..." What did he want to say? I got into trouble with Red Woman, and the words changed when I said, "How did you get here, do your family know?"
"I'm afraid they don't know." The reinforcements brought by Melisandre were holding on. The flaming red heart flag entered Queenscrown through the gate, and the Red Woman oneself approached with a smile: "She ran away from home and caught up with us the day before yesterday, so I took her to find you."
Running away from home? This bear child is seeking death again!
There are several hundred li from Winterfell to Queenscrown. Along the way, there are wildling haunts and Ironmen threats. If you hadn't met a companion, it would be the first dangerous road in the Seven Kingdoms... Igor I really want to open Arya's head to see what this girl is thinking.
He looked towards the girl solemnly: "Explain?"
Arya sobbed aggrievedly, shook her head buried in his arms, and refused to speak for a moment.
"Okay, I'll talk to you about this later." Igor wanted to reprimand her, but seeing how she was crying, she couldn't say anything serious for a while, so she just dealt with the other things first. One trouble... He noticed: Red Woman was still only wearing the loose red robe that the two of them first met. There was no warmth on the outside, and the inside was most likely still vacuumed, and she looked like she would freeze to death in minutes. , close to her but can clearly feel the heat. "Ms. Melisandre, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to travel north to support Night's Watch... Allow me to greet Legion on behalf of Legion."
"You're welcome, Lord Igor." Melisandre said indifferently, "Long Night nears, the mortal enemy of the Great Other and the Lord of Light, the target is all living people, and everyone should contribute their full strength to this confrontation."
"Well said, ma'am, but We are currently facing huge troubles." Igor sighed, determined to complain without seeing each other first: "You have come from a long way, please let us prepare your room and dinner first, and we will eat and talk when the time comes. ”
Melisandre nodsassent and entered Queenscrown with Igor. Night's Watch motioned to Yam to arrange to entertain the visitors, and then took Arya back to the office and sat down face to face with the oneself disciple: "There's no one here, tell me, why did you come all the way here? Don't have a stomachache again. Want me to knead?"
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(end of this chapter)