Chapter 299

Chapter 299

2021-01-06

Chapter 299 Good News, Bad News Xiao, although the letter of complaint was intercepted by Igor, the paper couldn't contain the fire after all, and the relevant information could never be completely concealed from North's master. Anyway, sooner or later, he will know that what Igor has to do now is to seize the opportunity and ensure that Robb Stark is the first to learn about this from oneself - by preconceived methods, to ensure that the subsequent development of this matter is beneficial to oneself... or at least no Harmful.

Igor has just experienced the power of the "first impression", and he wants to strike while the iron is hot and take advantage of this weakness of human nature.

They went up the stairs at a moderate pace to the surface, and Robb instructed the Flint clan to fence off the wellhead with guards, then leave the ancient kitchen and stay in the tents of the Nightfort house where the Manchus lived. Patrol.

Because they had been greeted in advance, the whole castle was naturally as ready as when Queenscrown was inspected.

The same thriving, the same order, but the Nightfort's new walls, towers that stand in great numbers, guards that can be seen everywhere compared to the "land-grant capital" and the headquarters of the logistics department , and the sentries a few steps away from the top of the ice wall... all make this revived ancient fortress more heavily guarded.

Has several points of being guarding Wall, Robb secretly said, not saying it, but in his heart he was already secretly applauding.

Igor was not idle either. Along the way, by walking and chatting, he briefly and succinctly reported the accident that just happened in Castle Black to the Lord of North.

In his mouth, it wasn't Jaime Lannister's unauthorized actions that caused the trouble, but the stubborn handful of Night's Watch that hated the new Land Granters. In order to achieve the purpose of driving away the "wildling", they planned to murder the former King-Beyond-the-Wall, making a big news, and forcing the rebels against the original free people who had gradually begun to integrate into the land grant!
Fortunately, the conspiracy of the unscrupulous was seen by the keen Castle Black officers before it could succeed, and several high-level officials and Maester Aemon brought people out in time to stop their atrocities.

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Apart from "Castle Black had a skirmish this morning between Night's Watch", Igor's story pretty much strips out anything that might be detrimental to oneself. information.

He first made a clever adjustment of the cause and effect of the incident, and put the blame on the ultra conservatives who opposed the land-grant resettlement plan; at the same time, he did not mention the identities of the conflicting parties, only saying that they were "with most of the Night's" Watch brother disagrees", to avoid Robb's stereotype of a specific person affecting his attitude towards the matter itself (obviously, in Kingslayer James Lannister and Eastwatch's commander + former ally and elder Yohn ·Between Royce, Robb, who is a typical Stark, must have a better impression of the latter); in the end, he also held a pair of three chiefs and Maester Aemon who actually didn't come forward until the very last moment, compelled by circumstances, and Maester Aemon— -Igor doesn't want to push those neutrals or "moderate conservatives" to the opposite side. If all those who disagree with oneself are described as bad people, oneself will not be able to clear the suspicion of "slandering and framing colleagues".

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The same thing, if you make a change in the narration, the listener's senses can be completely changed. After listening to Igor's description, Robb Stark's brows were already wrinkled: "How can there be such a mess? You don't care about the stability of Wall and the land grant at all! Has the troublemaker taken down, who is it?"

"Mainly a couple of brothers from Eastwatch. Due to the timely discovery, these people's conspiracy failed to succeed. They just made a scene under the tower where the Mance Rayder family lived, and no one was injured. You know , in Night's Watch, there are many people who have been convicted and put on black clothed. Except for military law, there is no agency or department responsible for dealing with Night's Watch that has made mistakes... We can't arrest oneself for a crime that has not yet been committed. Oath brother, weakening Wall's defense can only be avoided." Igor said in a consultative tone, "Here, I apply to relocate the Mance Rayder family to Queenscrown, so that they will not be hurt by impulsive brothers."

"Shouldn't this kind of thing be decided within Night's Watch, why should I apply to an outsider like me?"

"It was Old Bear's order to place the Mance Rayder family under house arrest at Castle Black. New The Lord Commander of the Night's Watch has not yet been chosen, and we need someone who is both neutral and able to speak and persuade to arbitrate."

Robb is being stalked by Arya about what's going on down the well, hearing this nodded without hesitation: "If it's safe for them to change to another place, then let's do it. At this juncture, the land grant and the stability along the Wall must be placed first unconditionally."

"That's natural." Igor nods, "Well then, then I'll send a letter back to Castle Black and Queenscrown, and have them move on immediately."

"en."

With a serious look on his face, Igor smiled lightly in his heart: in a few words, as easy as blowing off dust ——"transfer the Mance Rayder family" from oneself's emergency measures, which were originally unlawful actions, It has become a stability maintenance measure officially recognized by the Lord of North.

Although oneself is actually the first act and then the act, James Lannister may have almost brought people to their destination now, but in this backward world without instant communication, two dozen or more li are separated. A matter of this place... Under the circumstance that the communication of flying crows between a large number of fortresses along the Wall is controlled by oneself, the sequence and causal relationship that happened in a day will be ripped apart in the future, who can tell clearly?
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After Nightfort finished walking around, Wall saw snow on top of it, and the sky in the northernmost region of the Seven Kingdoms turned dark. Robb, who had enough cold wind, waved his hand to dismiss the crowd. The Flint clan was busy arranging dinner parties and accommodation for the North guests, and Igor, after a long day's journey, was finally able to find time to deal with more important matters that had not been completed.

In addition to the letter of complaint from Castle Black, which was handed to him on arrival and burned immediately, he also had several letters from Queenscrown or other newly activated fortresses, not urgent but not Disregarded letters need to be opened for processing.

It's all about food supply, price adjustment, and the next step in the construction of the logistics department's base camp. Although it's troublesome, his two capable subordinates in Queenscrown have all attached the questions after the question. As for the options, Igor only needs to review and finally decide which option to choose. It doesn't take half an hour to get it all done... So, he first met a guy who hurried from Queenscrown and had been waiting in the hall for a while. Night's Watch Industry employees at the meeting.

"It's hard work." The good news won't come so quickly, Igor didn't feel very well, and asked with a heart, "I can't believe what I said, so I have to let you come over?"

"It's not that I can't say it in the letter, but the credit that Lord Yam sent you this morning lost the last Raven flying Nightfort, and the news came from Eastwatch in the afternoon. We are not sure when the Raven will be able to Returning, but this matter could not be delayed, so I led a few fast horses, galloped all afternoon, and came here to report to you in person."

"en. "What can't be delayed?"

"Braavos' envoys have arrived at Eastwatch by boat, and will soon be stationed in Castle Black and Queenscrown to supervise us to guard the Wall. The leader of them informed us that the first shipment of food The ship was just behind their fast ship, and it would be in a few days, and he asked either the Night's Watch Legion Lord Commander or the Chief Logistics Officer to come in person to receive the loan rations."

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It turns out that this is the case, the listeners are relaxed, it is not bad news after all.

With the decisive dispatch of troops to the south to assist the North in expelling the Ironmen, the land-grant resettlement plan continued to operate on thin ice with the food support of the North princes as a thank-you gift, barely did not collapse, and finally persisted until the arrival of support across the narrow sea .

The Night's Watch property was mortgaged to the Iron Vault in exchange for a loan of 100,000 Golden Dragon. The contract was signed by Mormont and oneself. Now the other party requires the signatory to be responsible for receiving the goods... Very logical .

Unfortunately, Mormont died unexpectedly, and oneself was busy receiving the North patrol team and trying to run for Lord Commander. How could he have the time to go to receive food?

With a wry smile, Igor began to pick in his mind who could play for oneself. But after a few seconds, he was shocked, and suddenly realized that oneself's focus was wrong: oneself did not have time to appear is not the biggest problem, the most troublesome place is - Night's Watch is only a port of Eastwatch that can receive cross-sea arrivals food, and the commander of this coastal fortress, prompted by various reasons, is now oneself's opponent!

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Of course he didn't know that Eastwatch was the only seaport that Night's Watch mastered, but when the first generation table Legion negotiated loans and grain purchases with the Iron Vault, how could he have imagined Will Mormont die unexpectedly? And not long ago, when he rushed back to Castle Black and angered the two commanders for offending them, it was already at the crucial moment, how could there be time to think about the future?

At that time, I was very proud, but offending people is always impossible and has no consequences. At least now, the backlash that Igor is about to face is coming.

"Damn..." Igor's expression gradually changed from relaxed to solemn, and he slapped the table: "Food is a good thing, but it's not the right time!"

He is at Castle Black It did deflate Cotter Pyke several times and prevailed. Among them, the gap in the level of mental plot against is the main reason, but it is also the key that the other party has left his "nest" and there are not enough manpower and resources available. And this morning Jaime slapped him in the face in public - not by extension - at Castle Black, and in such a helpless situation, the commander is likely to choose to return to oneself's home ground, and What will Cotter Pyke do once Cotter Pyke returns to Eastwatch at this juncture, just in time for the arrival of Braavos' grain ship requesting entry?
Repaying grievances with virtue and cooperating with grain harvesting regardless of previous grudges, or will you make small moves to cause trouble for Igor?
You can know with your toes.

The first batch of Land Giver recruits have finished training and sworn to join the Night's Watch, and their votes have sealed the victory for Igor... His votes are expected to approach 2/3 after the second batch of recruits completes training

Queenscrown's food supply is more than enough for a month, in other words - with North's backing, Igor is not afraid that Braavos' loan food will arrive late, he is afraid that the food ship will win the Lord Commander by oneself. Arrived at Eastwatch before, and then was caught by Cotter Pyke as a way to retaliate against oneself... It's not bad to refuse the grain ship to enter the port, I'm afraid that the ship is put into the port, but some "accident" is burned down, then How bad!

How could it be so coincidental? Igor thought angrily, but complaining is the behavior of the weak, and what the strong should do is to control the situation when things happen to be so coincidental.

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"Can you inform the grain ship, delay it for a period of time, and wait for the Lord Commander to choose before docking and unloading grain?"

Biography The believer obviously didn't understand why he did this, but he still thought about it for a few seconds: "This is not good, it is said that there are several ships, all of which are great ships... Let them wait with the boat and people, dozens of times a day. Golden Dragon, right?"

"The rent during the waiting period will be borne by the Night's Watch industry." Igor clenching one's teeth and said, he does have money, but the Night's Watch industry must support the land-grant resettlement plan. Huge monster, and Queenscrown is going to be built again... The Leaf on this cash cow is almost exhausted. Maybe this time I have to find a way to ask Tyrion in the Westerlands to borrow some money to tide over the difficulties.

It's just that the Westerlands was also battered and rebuilt after the war...

"No, wait a minute." The soldier who reported the message frowned and interrupted Igor's thoughts: "The most important thing doesn't seem to be money, it's weather and sea conditions... I heard the iron vault employee living in Queenscrown say that the colder the weather, the more frequent the storms on the narrow sea. Depending on the ship, the remaining points are decided by people. For large-scale shipments like this, the commander of fleet will spend a lot of money to find an experienced weather forecaster, pick a day that will not have too much storm in a few days, and set off on a day when there will not be too much storm. All sailing at full speed on the road, praying to arrive before the weather changes... Gods will bless you if you can, but when you arrive, you will not be able to enter the port at sea? I am afraid that no captain will agree, no matter how much money, lost in the winter storm of the narrow sea and buried in the seabed . …are never meant to be enjoyed!"

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(end of this chapter)