Chapter 269
2021-01-06
Chapter 269 Study Talks (Part 2)Igor's unequivocal attitude focused his attention . Fortunately - although it looks menacing and sounds overbearing, little Stark's words actually reveal an important message: Robb is not firmly opposed to the land-grant resettlement plan, everything is still a drama.
"First of all, I apologize to Commander Mormont and I for acting without permission. Putting the citizens of beyond the wall directly into the Wall without consulting the North lords, especially the guardian families, is really ill-conceived. But the truth is, The dead armies were chasing after the living ones fleeing south, and there was no time for us to inform and negotiate with the princes of the North." The Ironmen were also invading the North when the wildling attacked the Wall. In this case, even if Mormont advertised and solicited opinions, Igor doubted whether the nobles had the intention to participate: "Make a decision too late, and countless people will be killed and transformed into ghouls in the beyond the wall— — make Night's Watch and North face thousands more non-human adversaries for the foreseeable future." Igor finally made that statement. "As I recall, Commander Mormont must have put a ghoul on a carriage to travel around the North, and you must have seen that thing, it's not fiction."
"Nobody said it was Fiction, this is a somewhat convincing reason. Night's Watch is indeed facing an enemy that ordinary people can't imagine, which has raised the upper limit of North people's tolerance for you a lot." Robb twitched his lips: "But I don't think that thing Wisdom and ability to go over the Wall... As for the Others who have the ability to think and know Magic mentioned in your report, no one has seen it before, so it cannot be considered as a factor."
"I have seen, I also killed one, and the rangers killed another during my business trip to King's Landing. If you don't believe me, you can call your same father different mother brother Jon Snow to ask... This is a loyal and reliable youngster, You've known him longer than anyone else, and should know him."
"I know him. Actually, I don't need Jon, I'm willing to trust you." Robb shrugs at Igor: " But what if the Others really existed? The Seven Kingdoms add up to tens of millions, I don't believe, but without these tens of thousands of wildlings...we would lose the war against the dead?"
“Seven Kingdoms add up to tens of millions, but what are these tens of millions doing? Plunging into one infighting after another, throwing energy and resources into one palace scandal after another, the throne In the war caused by the war! In this moment of Long Night nears, what we need is to concentrate our energy and resources, and be prepared to deal with the natural enemy!" Igor was slightly excited: "Ten thousand land-givers who are fully prepared for the war are more than one Tens of thousands of Seven Kingdoms people who don't focus on business are more useful! And I am confident - under my leadership, the new land grantors will become the first!"
"Personal opinion It doesn't matter, let me be frank - you're just a foreigner from somewhere we've never heard of; and Jon, the illegalimate child of my father. Was put in the last ages to be our enemy In the major event of wildling entering the land-grant life, your confidence and assurance are of no value to the North princes, what I mean is... it is meaningless."
A pretty long sentence, simple In other words: In this social structure of feudal lords, Igor or Night's No one in the Watch Legion is qualified to make relevant guarantees to the North princes; and Robb has just taken his position, and he has no prestige and ability to stand against the crowd.
It doesn't sound good, but it's the truth. Igor frowned, suddenly realized where the problem is: "Wait a minute, I think we need to rethink our thinking... Otherwise, continuing the conversation will only be a chicken-and-duck talk, and never get to the point."
Robb gestures in agreement, then falls back, leaning back in his chair and waiting for Igor to speak again.
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Night's Watch calmed down and quickly forced oneself into a productive thinking state.
He had already thought about how to convince Robb Stark not to immediately oppose the land-grant resettlement plan, and go north with oneself during the whole process of going south from Wall, solving the Ironmen invasion and returning north. One step plan. But just now I was harassed by Arya, and after entering the study, I was interrupted by Catelyn who didn't expect to meet in advance, and I heard Robb personally say "I will personally take people north"... …
The conversation in today's study didn't start the way Igor expected, and there was even an important goal that was reached without waiting for him to shoot. A series of unexpected factors made the situation chaotic like a bug in the plot when playing the game. After returning to the Wall from King's Landing for a long time, he was a little rusty in his skills and almost forgot how to fool those who were higher than oneself. weighty people.
But it doesn't matter, just like riding a bicycle and swimming, the ability to analyze the pros and cons and take the right coping strategy is hard to forget once you master it. Robb Stark's fairly good personal relationship with Igor makes the situation salvageable. What he has to do now is to quickly bring up the original plan of oneself from memory, find out where the problem is, and make corrections based on changes in the situation.
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After a while, Igor cleared his mind.
"What is the duty of the Night's Watch?" he reopened the mouth and said, "I am summarizing here according to my oneself understanding, that is - as the difference between beyond the wall and within the wall. It is a buffer between the seven kingdoms, especially the North, to ensure the safety of the Seven Kingdoms, especially the North."
Robb frowned, thinking for a while, but found nothing wrong: "That's right, that's it."
"But there's never been a law or article about how Night's Watch should do that, like there's never been a document that the Wall was built to stop wildling..."
"Wait a minute, if you're a Want to say: 'As long as North is okay, I don't care what Night's Watch does.' Then the discussion is back to square one - I, or North people, have questions about wildling's ability to stay safe and worry about my own safety. The most important thing is that we have the ability and intention to interfere."
"I know what you mean, and you said it just now: you are responsible for everyone. Please allow me to take oneself's understanding again. To sum up what you mean - when you say responsible, you are responsible for the 'safety of all in the North'. The demands of the North's guardian and the responsibilities of the Night's Watch meet at this point: the safety of the North." Igor's mind was clear Get up: "In other words, the discussions we have just had about 'is it right to put people beyond the wall' and 'Should we do this' are simply unnecessary and put the cart before the horse. What we should do now is to argue whether it is right or not. Wrong, but: Judge whether the people beyond the wall who are put into the Wall will threaten North - and if so, figure out and implement a solution!"
"Yeah, that's exactly what I meant. Robb raised his eyebrows. "That's what I said...you gave me an account, and I gave North people a promise. You summed it up well, so how are you going to give me that?"
"I can't."
"What?"
"I can't sit here, just talk to the North Guardian to believe that Night's Watch put the number in Wall Thousands of strangers can't threaten North - it's an impossible mission." Igor shrugged: "Even if it could, I think it's a huge irresponsible act, and we shouldn't rely on our mouth... The fate of ten thousand people."
"So ? "This time it was Robb's turn that he didn't understand the situation.
"I've always believed that seeing is better than seeing. Is there a more direct way to tell if the people beyond the wall are a threat to North than to walk into their midst... face-to-face, learn about their lives and mental states...?"
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“As the chief logistics officer of Night’s Watch, I am now formally inviting the Guardian of North, hoping that Lord Stark will honor him – condescending to come down to donate the land and personally inspect the progress and status of the resettlement plan. ”
When Igor set off from Queenscrown, his ultimate goal was very clear: to try to bring Robb Stark back to North, and to trick him into granting land to visit and investigate, through his arrival to create a "North Guardian Support". The illusion of "land-grant resettlement plan"... After the other party first proposed that he would take the initiative to go north to the Wall, the plan was confused for a while, the reason was from himself: Igor changed his goals subconsciously, involuntarily trying to persuade Robb to release it here and in Winterfell. Wildling through Wall is the right way.
It is human nature to throw the blame and try to prove that oneself is doing the right thing, and unsatisfied is also a survival instinct. But this time, the new goal itself is difficult to achieve. In Wonders, Robb believed that wildling would not threaten North, so he gave up going north to conduct his own research, and would completely destroy the follow-up plans.
When it is time to pursue the victory, it should be boldly pursued, and it should be closed when it is good.
, the bigger picture is the priority.
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Robb was confused by the rapid change in the topic, but after deciding to go north to find the younger brother, he replied Not difficult: "Well... well, I accept the invitation. ”
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(end of this chapter)