Chapter 390
2021-01-06
Chapter 390 Myrcella, the little counselorA pair of master and disciple sparring while walking, soon Found Myrcella who just got back from the younger brother.
Little Princess is still well-behaved and sensible, and she expressed her gratitude when she saw Igor immediately looked towards him - sincerely. Although Igor's promise was made before, she didn't expect dignified Lord Commander of the Night's Watch so that she could keep oneself, a princess in distress, in her heart, even if she had to go to King's Landing on official business, she did not forget to arrange it in advance Everything: After he set off for Eastwatch half a month ago and boarded the ship south, someone quickly followed the order to find a kitten for her younger brother Tommen. It was healthy and beautiful, and it was easy to feed after weaning.
Although House Stark treats her well, being "incidentally taken care of" and being "respected and taking seriously" feels quite different.
After talking about adjusting the room to let the two girls share the same room, in a casual chat on the way back together, they talked about the dilemma Igor was facing right now.
"Severe punishments must be given to those who blatantly disobey the order, otherwise it will be difficult for adults to manage the land grant in the future." Little Princess said earnestly, "But if the means are too cruel, it will be easy. Invoke backlash. I have seen many similar stories in the historical records: kings executed disorderly or disrespectful nobles, noble families and children were obedient, but secretly held grudges, constant outward devotion but inner opposition even behind their backs Participate in the conspiracy, and finally stand on the opposite side of the king again in another turmoil after a certain period of time. Your lord, you are now the king who gave land, and you have to pay special attention to the methods and means to deal with this kind of thing."
"This analogy is not appropriate, but it is true, and this is exactly what I am concerned about." Igor nodded the king's approval all day long, and then deliberately glanced at Arya, the meaning could not be more clear: look at other people's children Thinking of playing.
Miss Stark was immediately displeased by this stare, and immediately put forward the opinion of oneself: "It would be better to kill her son directly, then split his subjects and assign them to other tribes for management. Solve the problem from the root, haven't you used this trick."
Myrcella shook her head: "cut weeds and eliminate the roots sounds pleasant, and it is indeed the safest... But what Mr. Igor is facing now It is oneself's subject, not the enemy, which cannot be generalized. The commander established a school for education and management, rather than simply under house arrest the children sent by these new land-grant families. He must not only take them as hostages, but also hope to influence their children. ideas and gain their loyalty. He now has to consider not only the child's thoughts, but also the impact of his actions on his image in the eyes of the children and all the land-grant residents.' A classmate was executed for his father's mistake ', it will make all the people beyond the wall have the impression that the Lord Commander is cruel and ruthless. It would be fine if the adults took the tough line from the very beginning, but your 'wildling faction' attribute has been deeply ingrained in everyone's eyes. If your words, deeds and behaviors are inconsistent, you will not only carry a bad reputation for moody Impermanence and emotional instability, but also attract contempt and ridicule from the opposition in Night's Watch who were originally opposed to accepting wildling. In the end, it's worse than doing things with integrity and killing the leader."
Arya could only roughly understand this, but Myrcella's words were well-founded and coherent, but she could feel it. Yes, she felt even more unconvinced that oneself was being compared in front of the master: "Then tell me, what should my master do now?"
"Hmm..." , The doll-like face made a serious thinking expression, revealing an unexpected cuteness. After a while, she had an idea: "Isn't your lord the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, he obviously has a ready-made solution, why not?"
Being reminded of this, Arya immediately thought, He hurriedly called out, "Ah! Let that leader be clothed in black cloth! Sent to the most dangerous Gorge front!"
"That's right. If he died in the battle against the Others, then Everyone is happy, as long as he is honored fairly, no one can hold a grudge against Lord Igor for the death of a soldier... Even if he stays safe and sound with Night's Watch, there is no threat to Lord."
Hey!
Igor raised his eyebrows, he also thought of this idea, but what he didn't expect was: a twelve-year-old little girl, in less than one minute, can come up with an idea that is different from oneself after deliberation. The same scheme that coincides... This is nothing, what really surprised him is that Myrcella can see the purpose behind oneself's establishment of the school, clearly and logically analyze the disadvantages and advantages of doing this, and the most powerful Yes - obviously thought of a way, but deliberately reminded Arya to let her answer first, so as not to make the former too stupid by being alone in the whole process... and make the relationship between the "sisters" rigid.
Arya, who is not stupid, was beaten by a match, and this operation can't be summed up by being exceptionally intelligent!
For the first time, Igor looked at Myrcella with interest without looking at a girl.
It was different from what Little Princess thought: his previous politeness and friendliness, not so much that oneself took her affairs seriously, but rather the at least politeness and trustworthiness that modern people have long been accustomed to. But it was only then that he really began to face up to the former Little Princess, who had both talent, courage and wisdom.
But Myrcella's idea wasn't over.
"Also, my lord, you can still follow the previous plan: let the child oneself decide what to do with his father, and see his attitude. If he begs you to let his father die , you have come up with a 'compromise plan' and agreed to let his father put on black clothed to avoid death and atonement, not only implemented the original plan, but also gained a favor and loyalty in vain, isn't it one move, two gains?"
"This...but You're quite something."
I was just a little interested before, but now Igor hardly knows how to praise her.
This kind of trick has a written name in the world where Igor originally came from, it is called imperial power. As a huge subject and art, its content can be more complex and all-inclusive than "The Prince", speaking of which is simple, but skillfully applied to real life is another matter... Myrcella is a little girl, How can you be so proficient at this kind of thing? Is it because she is in a particularly good state today and appears to be full of ingenuity, or is her IQ, EQ and knowledge, which are so high and rich, but have no place and opportunity to play in the original plot?
Igor now has a stable, high-execution and loyal man under his command. What he lacks is a wealth of knowledge, a deep understanding of Westeros, and the ability to make suggestions for oneself, providing another way of thinking to avoid misunderstandings. The appearing strategist. After crossing into this world, Igor has already mastered the following identities to fool people with status and power above oneself, but now, he has gradually lost the opportunity to use this skill, and the reversed above Next, he has very little experience.
This is a brand new field. If Myrcella's level and wisdom in this area are so high...that's the arm that oneself lacks!
Igor sighed. Even if Myrcella's performance today is no accident, she's a girl, the child of Cersei and James—just as unqualified to comment on Arya's marital arrangements: as the de facto hostage of Catelyn Tully's titular adopted daughter, reasonable In every circumstance, Igor has no grounds and reasons to ask her to come and put oneself by his side.
It's a pity.
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In the days that followed, Igor took Arya around Queenscrown as promised—not to make time to play with her, of course, but to leave After a period of time, it is necessary to re-master the status of the oneself territory, and a lot of final preparations also need to be personally supervised and guided. Anyway, I have to run around. I have limited time to bring one more person while doing these work, but it can not only solve Miss Stark's boredom, but also make her feel that oneself is concerned and valued.
No way, Igor was a little disturbed by this girl's unintentional statement of the truth earlier: He really did accept this recipe by using her as a quick way to inquire about news. But——the essence of the human world is that it is true that py trades and uses each other, but most of the time, you still have to cover up with some fancy things such as affection, loyalty, etc., in order to make things warmer and easier to accept... ...Arya grew up slowly, gradually became sensible, and was no longer as foolish as she was when she was a child, and Igor now dare not just leave her aside and take it seriously. In case one day makes her feel that oneself has been used up and abandons it - a friend who turns his face can cause much more damage than an enemy.
Unlike in the past, now he also brings Myrcella when he gets the chance. This Little Princess has shown extraordinary intelligence, and although I don't know what it is, there is nothing wrong with brushing her favorability.
Igor first toured the crowded residential areas in the outer city and the tents outside the city wall, and responded to the oneself "fear of Others running away" rumor with a personal statement. Among them, he especially visited and observed Giant who was temporarily placed outside the city wall.
These big guys actually live not too far from Queenscrown, but considering their slowness and slowness, Igor still included them in the "first batch of refugees" when arranging the plan - that is, intermediate As soon as the warning signal was released, the group should immediately leave for Queenscrown. Even in this situation, the speed of these lazy big men exceeded his expectations: it was less than 100 miles from the habitat to the Queenscrown trifling, and they had been dilly-dallying for ten days, almost by mistake. He didn't even go when the report happened, and Zhen Shengsheng killed the guide who was in charge of leading the way.
Considering the size and strength of the Giants, once clashing with people in the crowded city wall can cause too much damage, Yam temporarily placed them in the wilderness outside the wall away from the city gate. These big men aroused Arya's great interest, but despite the girl's insistence, Igor refused her close contact - to touch Giant.
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Then there is the preparation of the great killing tool in the industrial area: with Igor’s wake-up call, Qyburn figured out the correctness of the “salt-containing nitrate” in almost half a day. Purification scheme. Under the vertical command of the headquarters, the entire industrial area, in addition to the iron smelting department still provides the production and repair of conventional weapons and equipment, and the foundry assigned to Tobho Mott is also responsible for recasting the Dark Sisters, so most of the weapons research is reserved. And all experimental work ceased - the vacated space, equipment, and personnel were devoted to the purification of the salty nitre and the assembly of the Dragonglass bomb.
Although Dragonstone was occupied and blocked by Daenerys, Night's Watch temporarily lost its source of obsidian and sulfur, but fortunately the previous hoard was sufficient. Bombs are produced at an average rate of dozens of bombs per day, but... as the ultimate trump card, these great killing tools have long been mature models that have been tested and improved countless times in the secret testing ground. Igor also let Arya and Myrcella take a look Take a look, you won't play with them just to make them happy.
In stark contrast to the continuous production of spherical objects, there are a large number of flame-out copper smelting furnaces, which are piled with open-end tubular objects of different sizes and thicknesses. The difficult research has successfully solved the difficulty of forming and cast the cannon-shaped bronze ware. They are only a matter of further improvement of the material and the control of the precision formidable power from the copper tube into the cannon, but obviously, at this most critical juncture Above, Igor impossible to use precious gunpowder to test shooting weapons again - unless Night King waits opposite Gorge for half a year, otherwise, the artillery will be put into actual combat, most of which will be after the war.
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Gorge and Bay of Seals are still every day all will come back and ask for help, and the preparation of the great killing tool is step by step, neither mistakes nor surprises... In Under the raging atmosphere of Battle Qi, the casting of "Lightbringer" also quietly embarked on the right track.
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