Chapter 251
2021-01-06
Chapter 251 Conservative AllianceWarner Buckwell took over 200 soldiers to Nightfort, Flint The clan also sent hundreds of Warriors to help out, which made the operation well-staffed and went quite smoothly.
Igor did not want to know the specific process of catching the murderer in the new land grantor village, so he did not let Warner report in detail... But there is no doubt that the operation was blocked and blocked as expected. Make things difficult. It's a pity: one is a fully armed soldier, and the other is a villager who can't even bring out a decent weapon. As long as the leader took out half of the decisiveness and action of the sneak attack Red Keep and attacked the House Stark soldiers, the riot was easily quelled.
The original beyond the wall people with tribes as a unit, each tribe is like a big family, in order to survive in the harsh environment of Saibei, the level of internal unity is unimaginable for people south of the wall , but... the level of unity between the tribes is far less high than the Night's Watches feared at first.
After a bloody arrest and real pressure, Meera Reed was nearly invaded, and Commander Mormont had an accident, a small clan named "Tour", with a population of less than three hundred— - The number of adult males was reduced to zero, women and children were forcibly assigned to dozens of other tribes, and they were removed from the world... In this regard, not only did the other new land-grant villages have no change, Jon brought two female wildlings to visit Those even decisively sent representatives to Castle Black to attend Commander Mormont's funeral to publicly support Night's Watch's handling of the Tour tribe.
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And the so-called "real murderer", when brought to the front of a group of Night's Watch officers, has long since lost the ability to justify oneself. The impersonal appearance made Igor and other high-level officials a little unbearable... They frowned and sentenced the murderer to death for violating the law of land grant and guest right, and then hurriedly gave the man a good time, and the body was hanged in Castle Black On the gallows outside the gate, as a warning and deterrent to the rest of the new land-givers.
Truth and justice? Before the big picture, farts are not.
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Tough crackdowns and hanging corpses prominently in traffic lanes as warnings, which Igor could only see in games and movies before crossing And barbaric methods... In this backward world, it is the simplest and most cost-effective warning method, and its effect is better than how many times Igor sent employees to publicize the law.
According to Buckwell's original meaning, in fact, he wanted to hang all the mobs killed in the crackdown to the gallows or trees, along the Wall and Castle Black to the Kingsroad in Queenscrown. Hang one every few miles to ensure that every new land grantor can always see the end of the chaos... but Igor thought about it and finally felt that it was too unfriendly, and it did more harm than good to stability, and rejected it. proposal.
"The culprit is already under the law. Before the election of the next Lord Commander, I would like to apply to add some content to the land grant law - establish a strict joint mechanism, one person breaks the law, and family members, relatives, friends and neighbors are jointly involved. Penalty.” Igor said, “In this way, the new land grantors themselves can be used to supervise each other, and the law enforcement pressure and cost of land grant after resettlement can be greatly reduced.”
“A good proposal.” Shadow Tower Commander Denys Mallister, full of smiles, said, "But Lord Cotter Pyke and Lord Bowen Marsh have different ideas - the three of us have reached an agreement: to discontinue the land-grant resettlement program."
Have the three leading conservative figures agreed?
Igor heart shivered with cold, with a calm expression on his face: "Oh? Then Ser Mallister, you have already decided what to do with the new land grantors who have passed the Wall?"
" Send it back to the north of the Wall... Of course, they are definitely not happy, but there are other ways. Haven't you already reached an agreement with the Iron Vault to use loans to provide food aid? Braavos' ship has brought food, and it must be when you go back. It's an empty boat, just let those wildlings...hehe, well, new land grantors, take a boat across the narrow sea and make a living."
"Make a living?" Igor haha He forced a laugh: "What is it like across the Narrow Sea? It's impossible, my lords. When the new land-grant people get there, there is no other way out than being a slave... This is equivalent to selling slaves. I remember Commander Mormont's statement. Son... Jorah Mormont, was sentenced to death by Duke Eddard Stark for this crime."
"We don't charge money, how can it be considered slave trafficking?" Bowen Marsh changed his usual rigid expression, The relaxed face actually showed some weird cowardly expressions: "And, no matter what, it's better to be a slave than to be killed by the Others and then pulled up... If the owner you meet is generous, you may live a more comfortable life than us. .”
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Igor’s specialty, but now it’s showing too many side effects—even the opponents have learned it!
Fortunately, Igor still has one last line of defense to stand by: "Understood, but what I want to ask is—several adults, have they agreed on who will be the next Lord Commander?"
"Not yet, but we'll do it no matter who gets elected."
"'Whoever gets elected'? That means there's no agreement." Igor clenched his fists: "I'm sorry, my lords. -I, Chief-In-Charge of the Land Grant Program, only follow orders from the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. Once a new commander is born, I will follow orders, but until then, I will only follow orders that have been given by Commander Mormont The commander is responsible."
As soon as the killing move came out, everyone was at a loss for words. In life, many things will be impossible or very troublesome if they follow the rules completely, but if someone has to insist on it, no one can say half a word... Igor is playing such a role now.
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"Since that's the case, if we want to come, we can only choose a commander as soon as possible." Denys Mallister said with a smile, looking towards Cotter Pyke: "Take it. Come down, let's have a fair and just vote."
"I think so too." The Eastwatch commander greeted his old foe unceremoniously.
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As Legion elders who ran against Jeor Mormont for Lord Commander, Cotter Pyke, Bowen Marsh and Denys Mallister are well aware that, if nothing else, this The Lord Commander must be born from among them.
Originally, they were worried that the "chief logistics officer" who suddenly appeared would come out as a dark horse and make an appointment to squeeze Igor out of the game together. Brought from Eastwatch. But now, as the latter announced in public that he would not participate in the Lord Commander campaign, he punished the "murderer" who killed Mormont with astonishing decisiveness, and gave an explanation to all Night's Watch...
This time, Not to mention Bowen Marsh, at least the two commanders of Eastwatch and Shadow Tower have neither reason nor means to deal with Igor.
After all, they and Igor have no personal grudges or grudges.
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Successfully moved the spearheads of several Old Guys away from oneself and pointed them at each other. Igor, who walked out of the Conference Hall, wiped the bubbles that appeared on his forehead. cold sweat. Samwell Tarly's suggestion, by accident, has saved him from a major problem: conceivably, with the other three main Lord Commander candidates colluding to deal with oneself, if oneself rolls up his sleeves and intends to lead the force Seriously inadequate reformers will have a decisive battle with conservatives and directly participate in the election... I am afraid that waiting for oneself will be a stormy target.
When the time comes, don't say that you once ran away when your colleagues were fighting against Others, hooked up with Lannister and went to King's Landing to enjoy the gray history...I'm afraid it's even suspected of being in King's Landing He once "nursed" a lover, and once worked a "little boy" until his pants were covered in blood and other black materials would be turned out.
Even if you don't get knocked down, you're bound to be so devastated that you won't have the energy to do the right thing at all.
The strength and means of the conservatives exceeded expectations. Although oneself narrowly avoided a major trouble and planned to temporarily continue to advance the land-grant resettlement program by provoking them to compete with each other, this After all, it's just a stopgap measure... With the advent of winter and the continuous progress of oneself's process of building a pocket kingdom, in the end, the land grant must have an authority figure who can speak well.
If you want to continue to play the big game in the plan, oneself must be that person, and to do this, sitting in Castle Black and publishing a campaign manifesto to win people over is far That's not enough...the pace has to be quickened.
Igor once again experienced what it was like to be driven forward by the whip of fate, and in order to prevent the pile of betting chips already in the game from turning into juice... run wild.
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(end of this chapter)