Chapter 276
2021-01-06
Chapter 276 Land Grant CapitalIn addition to White Harbor, Robb and his hundreds of Winterfell The guards never saw anything more lively north of The Neck.
Occupying the wood house are the employees of the Night's Watch logistics department, who are busy and not chaotic to receive guests in the facade, and are only responsible for selling food, clothing and daily necessities. There are at least four fully armed guards at the entrance of each house to maintain order... Since important resources are subject to official pricing, there is no room for negotiation. Although the traffic is not small, the transaction process is quiet and fast: after paying the money, after the identity is approved— -delivery.
"In order to ensure safety, these stores do not store any goods themselves. All important materials are stored in the warehouse behind the wall. Every morning, the employees of the logistics department use vehicles to pull them out and transport them to the store. The business has just started. The supply of key materials such as food and grass is limited, and there are restrictions on the sale of a single commodity to each tribe according to the number of people, that is, each tribe can choose to buy a little less to save money for other purposes, but it must not buy even a little more.” Igor ordered the land-grant troops brought back by oneself to stay at the original assembly area and gradually disbanded. With the patrol team led by Robb, they slowly marched along the last section of Kingsroad to Queenscrown, and introduced to Robb while riding: "This Except for the soldiers of the Night's Watch and the employees of the logistics department, no one is allowed to carry weapons on the street, and quarrels, fights and other acts that disrupt the order are strictly prohibited. Violators will be severely punished."
Robb couldn't stop. Nominated, but became interested in Igor's last sentence: "What kind of severe punishment?"
"Level 3 according to the severity of the nature: fines, floggings and hangings. There are not enough land grants Law enforcement and judicial power, we do not have the resources to lean on this aspect to improve the legal system, so we can only use simple and rude methods first."
"Only these three punishment methods?" Robb frowned doubtfully: " Simple and rude to do it, but it's a bit..."
"I know what you're worried about, but the land grant is different from the rest of the Seven Kingdoms in Westeros, there are no rich people here, money is both food and Clothes, tools... are the resources that everyone depends on for a living, and no one dares to claim that they are rich - especially the new land grantors who have just arrived, naturally there is no such thing as paying fines and breaking the law recklessly." Igor quickly accepted Words: "What needs to be added is that the fine is not only for the perpetrators of bad acts, but for all members of the tribe to which they belong based on the head of the person. For the latter two penalties, the combined fine will still be enforced."
Robb was amazed by this: "The combined fine will be enforced anyway? That is, as long as someone makes a mistake, even if he has been hanged, The whole tribe still can't escape the joint punishment?"
"Yes, it sounds unheard-of, and a little unreasonable, but no one has ever put beyond the wall people in large numbers before. Well, special matters have to be handled specially. In this way, not only can the new land grantees be effectively used for self-management, but also the awareness of small groups within the tribes themselves can be reduced, and they can be suppressed who may endanger the safety of the land grant. Attempts."
"In this case, wouldn't it mean that the bigger the tribe, the more disadvantaged it would be?"
"We welcome requests by large clans to separate themselves. "Igor shrugged. In fact, no tribe has mentioned it yet, but if it appears in the future, he will definitely provide assistance and cooperation with all his strength.
"If there is a big tribe who openly shields oneself and rebels against Night's Watch law enforcement and management? "
"Thanks to the self-giving of a tribe called 'Tur', Night's Watch has told all the new land givers what to do with that gory demonstration." I'm doing everything I can to feed this gang and stop them being driven back to beyond the wall to die or sent to slavery across the narrow sea, no thanks, just that they don't give me any trouble, if even such a small request If you don't satisfy me, Rao is with such a good temper like me...and I will be angry too. "
As long as you're not a fool, you can understand what Igor this remark means. Robb has heard everything that happened during the land grant period, and this strict management and tough attitude satisfy him. He was just asking casually, but naturally he would not end and questioning. As the line progressed, he quickly became interested in those stalls.
The hawkers were shouting, the customers were louder, and there was a crowd in the crowd. Children's laughter and crying. Pigs are humming, sheep are bleating, chickens and ducks are clucking or quacking into a ball. The human voice is also mixed with music, but unfortunately it is not beautiful, just listen to a few sounds Judgment: These sounds are not made by orthodox instruments, nor are they played and sung by musicians.
Winterfell, the home of House Stark, is already lively in the North, but it's not as lively as it is here. It's as peaceful as a temple to get up.
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"Key resources are in the hands of the Night's Watch logistics department, but we also allow the land grantors to exchange other things among themselves— -Gathering hunting income, handicrafts, self-raised livestock, etc... Of course, the new land-grant people who arrived for the first time had little to exchange for other than manpower. Most of the stalls were the original land-grant people. speaking from a certain perspective , be considered 'local'. ”
Yam executed everything Igor had arranged, even better than he imagined. Everything in front of him was not completely to deal with the illusion created by the leadership inspection, the Night's Watch logistics department just sent more A large number of guards, fine-tuning the price of today's important resources, controlling the identity of access personnel, temporarily providing free food and lodging... etc., gather a large number of clans and wildlings who can speak the common language and are more honest and cooperative here, deliberately Created a crowded, noisy but orderly "land-grant capital" image.
The sight of Queenscrown will determine Robb Stark's first impression of the land-grant resettlement plan, and the first impression will always influence One of the most important factors in human decision-making.
Robb is not the only one who is interested in those stalls. Igor is talking about dangerous land and continues to introduce the overview of Queenscrown to the patrol leader, but Arya jumps off the horse. , excitedly ran to the stall on the roadside.
Robb and the guards from Winterfell immediately stopped the line, and also got off their mounts and chased after their lady.
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It may just be a certain person who stoned Commander Mormont, who may have been outraged by the loss of a loved one when the wave of ghouls attacked the last of the people beyond the wall, maybe even himself Didn't even think about killing Old Bear. But assuming it's pointless, the two-pound rock finally hit the nail on the head, knocking down a respectable and wise old aristocrat.
This piece The incident brought an all-time high in antipathy towards new land grantors at Night's Watch, land-grant Aboriginal and North people, and dealt a near-fatal blow to the land-grant resettlement program. Robb jokingly asked Igor oneself to enter Queenscrown a moment ago Shouldn't he wear a helmet, now that Arya is running away from the team, he's naturally nervous.
(There aren't many wildlings on the street, and the whole land grant can't be safer than here.) Igor yes He knew this well, but to do a full set of dramas, he had to make an appearance of caring about Arya's safety, and also dismounted and followed behind this willful little wolf.
Although Arya is a nobleman Miss, but not a "city person" who has never seen anything. She paced briskly past the chicken coop, gloves and boot stalls, chasing a few steps to scare a cat away, and was finally attracted by a strange smell to one In front of a stall that sells grilled game.
A dozen small skewers stand on a small stone oven, roasting a bunch of small birds, rabbits and even some meat from unknown rodents.
"What is this." Arya reached for a bunch.
"Quail." The stall owner was displeased with Arya's act of directly taking the oneself merchandise, but looked up at the Winterfell people who surrounded the girl like the stars and the moon, and realized that Queenscrown may have to deal with the group of people in front of her: "Maybe not, they are all small birds anyway... They taste almost the same, stuffed with onions, 3 copper points."
" Want more money?" a Winterfell guard muttered, "Do you know who the person in front of you is?"
The stall owner glanced up at the crowd, of course he didn't recognize any of them, but he knew what to do Said: "Who—has to pay."
"Who brought the money?" Robb shrugged, of course he didn't come all the way to be a bully, and of course he couldn't let the younger sister eat for nothing. . Unfortunately, as the Duke of Winterfell, he doesn't have the habit of carrying a bunch of change when he travels.
"I'll do it." Seeing a group of Winterfell people start to take out their pockets, Igor, the landlord, walked in front of the crowd and took out three copper coins.
Arya took a bite of the roasted, oily and fragrant little bird on a stick, chewing the bones and swallowing: "I want a bunch more!"
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Igor bought another bunch according to the words. The girl had both hands occupied with snacks. She was about to leave contentedly, when she turned her head and suddenly realized that only oneself was eating, which was really inappropriate.
"No, it's nice that you haven't forgotten about big brother, but I'm not hungry." Robb waved his hand away.
"He won't eat you, master!"
This is really typical I treat you to pay for it. Igor was amused by Arya's shameless "grandfather", and simply took out a Silver Coin, bought all the baked goods on the stall.
Half a minute later, Robb, Igor and Rodrik Ser, including even a few Guard Captains, continued walking towards the Queenscrown's gate, one skewer per hand.
In one bite, the onion strips stuffing the belly of these little game dishes made a crunchy ka-cha sound and the gravy poured into your mouth. Robb took a few bites and wiped his mouth and hands with a cloth: "It's not like Winterfell can't eat these things, roast chicken, roast duck, roast goose, as long as you tell the kitchen, what?"
" Those people know Lem cake, Lem cake, I hate desserts the most."
Robb reluctantly laughed: "The kitchen keeps doing it because Sansa tells the kitchen she likes it, and you don't say anything, who knows What do you like to eat?"
"Don't tell me, these little game are sometimes better than the poultry raised in the shed."
"Little child, Snacks are more fragrant than food."
"I'm not a child!"
Igor originally reported Queenscrown's general situation to the head of North, but was interrupted by expert Arya for such a tossing, topic Suddenly changed in a strange direction. To be honest, the barbecued game in the hands of everyone is not delicious enough to need a special description, but whoever rushes for a day will eat whatever they eat when they are approaching dinner. Approaching the gates of Queenscrown.
As the landlord of this place, Igor finally pulled the topic back: "Queenscrown allows everyone who lives in the land to visit, but this gate only allows Night's Watch, logistics staff and guests. Enter. The so-called guests are the invited leaders and followers of the mountain clan or the beyond the wall people, as well as people from the Seven Kingdoms of the South."
"Those who come to buy food and wait to be assigned work. People..."
"Live outside. The street we just passed by is responsible for most of Queenscrown's external interaction functions, and the tents outside the street and the simple houses built on the remnants of the original village are the A place for the new land-grant people to live temporarily." Igor explained: "The Queenscrown's walls are big enough to live in a thousand people, but I dare not let them in...beyond the wall people don't have the skills to siege cities, they are protected by walls. Ten thousand thugs can't help this town, but if there is internal chaos, only three to five hundred triflings can destroy this place."
Robb was a little surprised by Igor's calmness, and turned to Turning around: "Even your oneself don't trust your new land grantor, but you're always trying to convince me and others to support your land grant resettlement plan?"
Robb didn't grow up in a palace, Pampering a little Prince who has no common sense of life, blindly reporting good news but not bad news is likely to cause the opposite effect. Igor decided to add some credible content while arranging and deceiving: "Trust or not is not the key at all, in the coming winter, we need the power of these living people, this is how I arrange all this. The key. Half of the buildings in Queenscrown are used to store resources, and the remaining half, except for the staff of the logistics department and the Night's Watch industry, have a surplus, and in the future, this part of the building will assume the function of education.”
“Education?”
“When we let the people beyond the wall pass through the wall, we agreed that the chief family of each clan would hand over a child as a hostage—my idea was , to control these children is to control the future of those tribes." Igor explained: "And the so-called control, of course, does not mean that they are locked in shackles and cages, but to let them learn our language and script, let them and the original The land grantors and the children of the mountain clan tribes were trained and raised together, and let these hostages be the bridge between us and those beyond the wall people - in a way of assimilation, so that the new land grantors will be completely gifted A part of the land."
One of Igor's personal guards announced his identity loudly, the gate of Queenscrown slowly opened, and the mayor Yam came out to greet him with a hurried look that only knew that North's guardian was visiting, And Igor also ended his speech at this moment: "Disarmament and strict management by law are hard; assimilation with the force of time and habit is soft. Considering "believe or not" new land grantors, it is the defense of Wall The future is left to the ideas and wishes of these Barbarians. But to surrender them both hard and soft, it is to take everything in their hands... Relying on means to ensure control is more reliable than illusory's 'trust'?"
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(end of this chapter)