Chapter 240
2021-01-06
Chapter 240 Wildling EntryWildling The procedure for entering the Wall is as follows: Night's Watch Ice in Castle Black A temporary wooden fence was erected at the entrance to the wall, and a deep encircling trench was dug. Wildling's main force stayed in the camp on the edge of the Haunted Forest outside the barrier, while the three Giants who passed the Wall would join a The designated tribe gathered inside the wooden fence, and after handing over all their weapons... with all their belongings, they drilled into the narrow and dark passage through the Wall.
Waiting for them is Castle Black, who is on high alert.
In this month of tit-for-tat with wildling, Queenscrown, which is fully supplying raw materials, has produced several cans of Wildfire. Now, these huge lethal liquids have been mixed into a large number of asphalt and oil drums, stacked To the top of the Wall. Once the wildling showed signs of intending to break the agreement, the Night's Watch sentries atop the Wall set them on fire without the slightest hesitation, dropping oil cans at the entrance, and sealing off the opening with explosions and fire. At the same time, more than a thousand Night's Watches and land-grant militiamen gathered in Castle Black can easily kill several Giants and a large number of ordinary wildlings that have passed through the Wall.
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If this 1st Step goes well, the wildlings in the batch will enter Castle Black safely through the tunnel, and they will be greeted by a few tables at the exit. registration space. Here, several literate recorders will conduct a population registration of the new land grantors, count the tribe, name, age, gender and simple characteristics of each new land grantor, and issue the corresponding identification. Afterwards, dozens of Night's Watches will weigh the grain brought by the wildlings who entered Castle Black, count the livestock they brought in, pick out a list of items listed in the warehouse, and give them to the previous owners according to the type and quantity. Cash compensation...and then get them out of Castle Black.
Igor's original plan was to buy everything the wildlings could eat at a low price, but considering that some of the livestock still needed to be raised by humans, he ended up buying only horses, allowing the wildlings to take the rest of their property with them. to the placement site.
If even this step goes well, this batch of wildlings will be truly transformed into Land Granters and become residents of Night's Watch. They will be taken out of Castle Black to a row of stalls on the outside of the newly built and reinforced high wall... Here, the wildling who came out of the Castle Black gate can take the copper plate and Silver Coin they just got, and exchange it for All kinds of daily necessities they need - food, warm clothing, tent cloth and even simple hunting tools.
While selling daily necessities to the wildlings, the "stall owners" did not forget to tell the new land givers: There are two ways to get more copper plates and Silver Coins— — Pawns are not food and weapons, leftover items that are not on the mandatory collection list and not confiscated...or work for the Night's Watch.
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If a careful wildling pays a little attention, they can find that the price they sell food is only half of the price they buy after going out-Night's Watch is at half price Forcibly buy the wildlings' food, and then sell it in limited quantities at regular prices. The equivalent to wildlings is the power to pass the Wall at the cost of half their food and accepting domination!
Igor especially clearly remembers the scene of the first class meeting of oneself in the first grade of primary school: after the teacher, the head teacher, finished a lecture on campus affairs, a middle-aged man walked in outside the door, took a big box, and went to the classroom. Each child handed out a pack of Little Master Crispy Noodles and a small box of candy, and told the children: There is a canteen behind the teaching building, and those who want to eat snacks can go there to buy them.
This is from the 1990s, when pre-school education was not yet popularized, and "snacks" and "pocket money" were still rare concepts. Boss's less than one dollar thing, forcibly instilled the concepts of "commissary" and "you can buy snacks with money".
Part of the inspiration for Igor's plan this time came from this. If he simply wanted to feed himself half of the food that the new land givers had taken, Night's Watch could have used a more direct and simple method... but To help the former Barbarian grasp the concept of money and learn to use it, there is no better way than "give them a sum and teach them how to use it on the spot".
These coins, either copper or silver, can actually buy all kinds of things. Once the new land givers discover this, they will soon be convinced by the great charm of money. And voluntarily become a small part of the pocket country of land grant.
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Wait for the previous batch of wildlings to complete all steps, such as population statistics, handing over food, purchasing daily necessities, etc., to become thorough "new land-donors" and be led by special personnel After going to the selected placement point, the next batch of wildlings who handed over their weapons in the wooden fence outside the wall will be placed again under the signal.
In this way, the wildling in Castle Black will always be at an absolute military disadvantage, and Night's Watch can maintain peace of mind.
Due to cultural differences and a crisis of trust, all these steps did not go as smoothly as they were introduced, but under the onlookers and "guidance" of the densely packed black clothed soldiers, the first wave of wildling A reluctant but orderly passage through Wall and Castle Black completes the transition of identities.
Residents south of the Wall call these "wildlings" and they call themselves "freemen," but as Igor looks down from King's Tower...they don't look savage or free— —Only fear, numbness and dazedness about the future.
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Bowen Marsh stepped behind Mormont and Igor, who were staring at the wildling through the Wall, and said in a heavy voice: "didn't expect there would be a day when we had put our lives at risk. The price to prevent wildling from passing through the Wall... How many of these people have fought with our brothers? In the end, we have to take the initiative to let them in."
Osier also looked uneasy: "From now on , we'll be a joke in the mind of countless Westeros, people will turn their heads and spit at the mention of Night's Watch Legion."
"You two adults, this is a manifestation of your lack of determination." Igor nodded. He didn't return the hat to his colleagues: "For Night's Watch, is it more important to guard the Wall against the Others, or the image in the eyes of the Seven Kingdoms people? We are at all costs, defending the lives of the Seven Kingdoms people. Safety - and it has nothing to do with how the people of Seven Kingdoms see us doing it. Think about that and there won't be any more self-doubt like this!"
Jon Snow whispers suspiciously: " Will the wildlings be obedient and obey our laws?"
"The smart people don't waste time guessing whether the wildlings are obedient, but should think directly about how to ensure they obey our laws and will think The results are put into practice." Igor replied succinctly: "Our law has made it clear how to deal with offenders, enforce it with iron efficiency, and you will find that after the initial hardship, we You won't have to worry about it any more soon."
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"Igor, wildling was put into the Wall as you wished." Mormont, who was silent, suddenly spoke up. , "But the food crisis was only temporarily relieved, and your next plan to use them and members of the mountain clan to solve the Ironmen invasion should also be put on the agenda. The ideas you put forward are yours to lead the implementation, and Legion will fully cooperate, thousands of Don't screw it up."
"Leave it to me." Looking at the solemn Mormont, Igor nodded his face with confidence, and then quickly remembered something that had been neglected before: "Lord Lord Commander, there is one thing that seems insignificant, but it is very important. I suggest - ban the use of strongly subjective words such as 'wildling' and 'freedmen' in public places in land grants, and use ' New land grantors' to refer to. Since we want these beyond the wall visitors to build this land like the true inhabitants of the land grant, obey our laws, and serve Night's Watch, we can't treat them unfairly. "
Mormont frowned suspiciously, not quite sure what the point was, but thought it would do no harm, nodded: "Okay, add this to the land-grant law... Besides, Just to add one more - completely cancel the kneeling ceremony in the land grant, so that if our 'new land grantors' still want to taunt us with 'Kneelers', we also have a solid and powerful retaliatory weapon. "
Igor raised his eyebrows: "Good idea, my lord!" "
Political correctness has always been a derogatory term, but only those in high positions can understand: sometimes, this thing really has its meaning. Now, land grants are about to have The political correctness of its oneself has to be said that it has just begun to take shape, and it has become more and more like a complete small country.
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(end of this chapter)