Chapter 467
2021-01-06
Chapter 467 The Future of the Iron Islands (Part 1)The pursuit south after the Queenscrown defense was unexpected As a temporary decision, Legion didn't have time to make arrangements for Lord Commander's absence as detailed as Igor usually left. This was due to the backlog of letters from land grants that were accumulated in Queenscrown but no one was transported to Igor, who was in the army. The reason why James, who was unable to get a response for a long time, ran back from work at Bingxia Harbor angrily.
After playing with the lion puppet from Little Princess, Igor carried it back to his private office in his arms, and started to deal with the letters that he had hoarded in the past few days.
Generally speaking, there is nothing new under Sun. Apart from James's increasingly impatient inquiry letters, it was the post-war reconnaissance of the lost fortress by the Rangers in Ice Gorge Harbor and Nightfort and the final battle damage statistics along the Wall.
Because of the shadow tower and other western fortresses next to the Wall, the women and children were evacuated in time through the stairs on the wall, the final personnel loss of this land grant was a little lower than Igor's previous estimate- -The casualties and serious injuries were completely out of combat, the number of labor force was less than 10,000, and the population reduction of the entire land grant did not exceed 1/4/2022.
It's less than 1/4/2022, it doesn't look like much, but once you take into account that most of the population lost are young and strong between the ages of 15 and 40, and most of them are male, it is called "heavy loss". It's no exaggeration to describe. The only "good news" that can be comforted is probably: because of the special nature of the enemy, the death of the more than 9,000 people who lost accounted for the overwhelming majority, and the serious injury was very rare - although it was tragic, but the pain was gnashing and enduring. It’s over, and it’s better than a long war between human beings: protracted, destroying production, and creating a lot of cripples that need to be treated and cared for—not only pulling people to recall the past all the time, but also restoring and restarting the entire society Operation increases the burden.
Although there are many letters, most of the repetitive and precedent-based transactional content actually contains Humfrey, the land grant Seneschal marked the usual handling plan on the north side in advance, all Igor needs to do is to sign and confirm or rejected.
Among the many chores reports, one from Eastwatch caught Igor's attention.
He thought Yohn Royce died unexpectedly in the freezing seas and boat rolls caused by the strong cold wave of the Bay of Seals - the last survivors who survived back to Eastwatch did claim so Yes, Night's Watch officials originally planned to accept this statement. But what no one didn't expect is that the ghoul army that bypassed the Wall and attacked Eastwatch from the frozen sea was probably very eager to carry out a lightning attack on the east of the Wall according to the tactical plan formulated by the Night King, so that from the frozen sea When the warships in the ice layer passed by, they did not stop for a moment to find out, destroy and transform the remaining soldiers trapped in the ships.
The waters off the Bay of Seals, more than a meter thick, froze, and the ice did not thaw after the war.
The final result of the above two factors is: when the battle of Long Lake in the south is over and the crisis is over, the Night's Watch along the Wall begins to leave cautiously to go beyond the wall for reconnaissance patrols, Eastwatch's The scouts were surprised to find that the ice for a few miles by the sea was still solid and reliable for the battallion to pass. After a while...and was even more surprised to find that - some miles east of the Wall's entry, the de-icing team was blown over by the wind and froze in the ice, and the rest of the de-icing team who were trapped, although thirsty and hungry, but still alive.
As a result, the ugly truth surfaced: the commander of the de-icing team who failed to return to the fortress with the survivors did not die accidentally, but was shackled from behind by his own brother who was greedy for life. .
Cotter Pyke reported the investigation results to Igor in the letter, and told him that the surviving master and accomplice had been arrested and asked him for instructions on how to deal with it.
How to deal with it? Waymar · Royce was not killed by oneself back then, so Igor went through a battle of wits and courage to escape from danger after returning to Castle Black. Now, what can I do with the attack on Shangguan with solid evidence?
If that bastard named Zit killed any other random Night's Watch officer, the outcome will not make any difference - Ming canon punishment, public execution warn others from following bad examples. But it was Yohn, who had a grudge against oneself, and his predecessor, House Head, who also had many living family members. It is gratifying to get the truth, but the results of the investigation are too unreliable: Yohn's remaining two sons heard that The oneself father was sapped from behind by a hooligan... No, how would you feel if you were beaten to death by a smuggler? Would they suspect that this person was instructed by oneself, and oneself's order to kill the murderer was also to kill a witness to silence them?
After being irritable for a while, Igor realizes: oneself doesn't need to care too much about it. Reconciling with the Royce family is just a piece of cake in the middle of a busy schedule, so what if it fails? Not to mention that Runestone dropped a thousand zhang in one fall in Vale after the Lords Declarant rebellion was crushed by Robert, what if it was Lord of Vale? In front of the powerful combination of Longjia artillery, all Old Blood is just an ant in front of the wheel... If this enemy can't be solved, then run over it! at worst For safety's sake, don't go to Vale for the rest of your life.
He calmed down and replied to Cotter Pyke, ordering him to deal with the matter coldly: the trial will be conducted within the Eastwatch single fortress, the main culprit will be executed and the concealer will be punished. "This statement. Vale asked the messenger he sent to explain it secretly... Come to think of it, if Yohn's two sons were shameful, he would have preferred oneself's father to "fight and die with Others".
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One by one, the piled up letters and documents are rapidly reduced under the concentration and clear thinking. About three or four hours after it got dark, Igor finished the job. After putting down the pen, he rubbed his sore eyes, and decided to do something else before starting to deal with the next thing, the operation of land grants and the work arranged by Nan Zheng, so as to relax his slightly tired spirit after the high-intensity consumption of brain power.
He shouted to the guard at the door: "Go, tell Yara Grejoy, I'll see her now."
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Yara Grejoy, Kraken's daughter, the restless prisoner North throws in the custody of Night's Watch because of the trouble, used to seduce the male guards to get Igor's exact return date, so as to block him at the gate immediately when the Lord Commander returns to Queenscrown and make demands... …
Although the operation was hilarious, the result was a hit on the iron plate: not only was the request to join Night's Watch brutally rejected, but even the guard who leaked the news to her was reversely traced and investigated. After being punished and removed from the post, she was replaced by a female Spearwife, which made Asha's good interpersonal relationship operation in the early stage all in vain. Having taken that lesson, the female captain now seems much more at ease: she no longer tries to "run into" or intercept Igor on the road, but instead obediently and honestly relays her request for a meeting through the bodyguard below.
Being so well-behaved, Igor was too embarrassed to turn away. Of course - the more important factor: Theon Greyjoy was shot at the Long Lake bloody battle for too prominently hunting the second King of the Others, and Asha as his elder sister...whatever In a sense, it is regarded as the existence of the families of martyrs, and giving a little preferential treatment is also as it should be by rights.
It seemed that he was waiting for Igor to be summoned, and the guard brought the seeker over not long after he left.
Compared with the last time we met, the woman no longer has shackles and chains on her hands and feet this time, and she has also changed from the common land-grant women's padded jacket to her oneself tight leather pants, even if wrapped in In thermal clothing, the overall body shape is still sharp and curvaceous, and it still has the capital to attract the attention of the opposite sex. And what hasn't been worn out and deformed by more than ten months of captivity is not only her figure, but also her temperament and pride. Igor can see it from her still bright eyes and unyielding stubbornness on her face.
She knocked on the door and entered, stared at Igor with wide eyes for a while, and then said, "Good evening, Lord Commander."
"hehe." Complimenting you for being a girly man, you slapped your face like this, and Igor laughed amusedly, "Didn't you always call me by my first name, when did you change it?"
The whole Only Asha in Queenscrown can call his full name - Igor West, so he was quite impressed. The always stubborn person suddenly changed his title. This obvious showing of weakness made him a little unaccustomed to it—more precisely, he became vigilant: "Forget it, I'm not joking with you. I ordered someone to remove your shackles and anklets, understand. What do you mean, right?"
"I'm free."
"Yes, you're free, but this freedom is given by myself as a 'supervisor' , Housek didn't let go, I made this point clear in advance, so as not to have an oolong in the future." Igor nods the Star, "This treatment is your younger brother's life in exchange for his heroic performance in the battle between people and ghosts. Two Lightbringers are no exaggeration. I decided to use some of them to convert into your free body. I think he would not object even if he was alive. As Theon's closest family member, he won the runner-up in the Queenscrown arrow technique tournament I'm not going to swallow that Dragonsteel prize, it's yours now."
"Should I say thank you?"
"As you please - almost forgot Now, you're not a prisoner anymore, sit down." After looking up and down Asha, Igor shrugged, pointed to the chair across the table and continued, "You can now choose: take the one that should belong to your younger brother. Dispose of the Lightbringer yourself, or sell it to Night's Watch officials, to get a sum of cash for living. It is not clear how much a Dragonsteel arrow is worth, but for safety's sake, I suggest you take within 100 Golden Dragon first, I vouch in the character of Lord Commander of the Night's Watch - as much as it should be, you can always come back to Night's Watch in the future and ask for the difference from the market price.”
“many thanks The generosity of Lord Commander." Asha frowned, said these words dryly, after hesitating, she pulled out the chair and sat down, two pairs of breathtaking long legs crossed each other and raised their legs - damn, she both I almost forgot when I was free to do this last time, and at the same time as I snorted, I almost burst into tears: "Don't tell me, I have to leave the land grant anyway? Where can I go?"
"When I say 'go', I mean leaving the Queenscrown inner fort - you're no longer a prisoner, you're not a Night's Watch, and you're not entitled to stay within the walls." Igor He also folded his chest and leaned back on the back of the chair to deal with letters all night. He has no mood to sell to people now. Guan Zi spoke very straightforwardly, "But after leaving the inner castle, you are free to leave or stay in the land grant. Now the population under my control is seriously inconsistent with the territory. If Miss Asha is willing to settle down in the land grant, get married and have children and breed the first generation of native people for the Wall defenders, I personally welcome it. "
"Bah! &￥#%*! Igor swears he's serious when he says this, but Asha feels mocked, she slims eyebrows, curses Iron Islands slang that cursed men don't understand, and then presumably recalls oneself's identity position, afraid that Igor wants to understand. What does it mean, he turned his face in anger, and hurriedly changed the subject: "Leave your broken arrow to fool others, I don't care! Don't think that I'm here to ask you for release and charity. I'm here today to discuss a serious issue with you! Have you considered - the future of Iron Islands? ”
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(end of this chapter)