Chapter 470
2021-01-06
Chapter 470 "The Countess' Conditions"Asha is not a mere fool.
She is the only daughter of Balon Greyjoy, Pearl of the Sea and Princess of the Iron Islands. She has always been proud and proud of being oneself, until Robert Baratheon led the Seven Kingdoms to attack the Iron Islands and attacked Pyke, killing her two brothers and taking her only younger brother, she woke up: oneself, but She's the princess of a bunch of incompetent pirates.
Since then, the dream of leading Iron Islands off the old path of "loot or starvation and poverty" to prosperity has taken root in her heart. Although not really as great and selfless as Igor claimed to be ready to give everything to this early... But if one day, an irreconcilable conflict between family prestige, personal interests and the future of the Iron Islands will lead to public and private conflicts. Difficult to balance, she will definitely abandon the former and volunteer to be a victim of that change.
But what was once a seamless plan and a good idea went completely bankrupt as her nasty Uncle Euron first returned to the Iron Islands to murder her father and grab the Seastone Chair, when the land-grant army When Igor's leadership unexpectedly intervenes in the war and plots to capture Asha, she is already very confused about the future and doesn't know what to do.
Igor defeated and captured her, but in a sense more like freed her.
However, fate is sometimes so wonderful: when reality cruelly closed the door she originally wanted to go, it opened a window for her that she had never noticed before. Let her see another possibility.
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When she was first handed over to Queenscrown by House Stark, Igor, who was not yet Lord Commander, simply ordered her to be treated with a minimum of humane treatment and dignity, and then completely He ignored her existence as if he had forgotten her. After several unwilling attempts to attract attention and change her situation but failed, she gradually began to accept her fate and accept the arrangement, and was ready to die of boredom here... But after she calmed down like this, she was able to take a new look. From the perspective of a spectator, she observed and observed her surroundings, and quickly found something surprising in this fast-growing land-grant capital.
The first is the dynamism of this never-before-seen stronghold—not just its new, solid, or astonishingly fast expansion, but also the Night's Watch Logistics Corps soldiers stationed here and The disciplined, energetic, or positive Essence, Qi, and Spirit that Asha has never seen anywhere else in Westeros before in the industry employees. Here, every officer, soldier, and even a handyman has a unique temperament that is unclear, uneasy, but not annoying...
Asha's cultural level is only Able to read and hyphenate, and lack of vocabulary in her stomach, I don't know how to describe it, but if she had to describe it, this is probably a kind of-everyone cherishes what they have now, but at the same time believes that tomorrow will be better- The "sense of hope" is completely opposite to the anxiety of the residents of Iron Island who are currently drunk and always worry about where their next meal will be.
At first, she reluctantly explained to oneself like this: the elite Night's Watch with stable military pay and good logistical support, maybe, probably is such a look that is completely different from mob. This guess is not far from the truth: the industrial park workers and soldiers brought by Igor to the land grant are indeed capable and reliable people out of ten. But one more discovery after another, has Asha falling into similar or even deeper confusion time and time again.
In less than a year after she was transferred to the land grant, Queenscrown went from a small transit station and temporary stronghold to a sturdy semi-permanent fortress, and then It soon turned into a medium-sized settlement centered on the castle, and then it was built into a two-story building with inner and outer floors at a speed that was visible to the naked eye and tingling the scalp. Several areas, military towns integrating defense, residential and industrial production functions!
In just two years, Igor was forcibly in a barren land that was once a no-man's land, with less than half the population of the Iron Islands, but came up with a piece of the latter in the last ages. A rarity like never before: a real, thriving town!
If Queenscrown is only built fast, and it is not difficult to do it by burning money and manpower, then the next deeper discovery completely shocked her: it converges from all directions. The land-grant people who settled down here soon began to have that kind of aura that could only be felt by the residents of the inner castle at first!
Law is maintained through strict enforcement and severe punishment, but how did this sense of unreasonable hope come about?
The land-grant people living in the outer city of Queenscrown eat and dress no more upscale and richer than ordinary Iron Island residents, and they inevitably complain about how meager their salary is and how much they live in their daily chats. Tired people, how inhumane the guards and overseers are, and how the Night's Watch officials squeeze the value of their labor like slaves... But no matter how much they whisper, when the sun rises every day, dissatisfied and angry people will still Huge crowds, full of energy, scrambled outside the gate of the inner castle, waiting for the official assignment and mission. From the white-headed old man to the ten-year-old child, everyone's eyes are burning with satisfaction with the status quo and expectations for tomorrow, not the confusion and cynical fierceness that is common in the eyes of Ironmen!
Is it because the land-goverers avoided a catastrophe under the threat of Others, so they are not demanding, or is there something that Asha can't yet understand, working quietly in places she can't see, creating a To have such a puzzling but infinitely longing-for a strong and life-forced social state?
Asha doesn't know, but the Wonders one after another gave her an inertial impression: Igor West, this black clothed person who broke the neutrality rule of Night's Watch and worked by fair means or foul, is abominable. Damn, but it does have a lot of abilities that ordinary people do not have, and there are infinite possibilities hidden in it!
And it was this kind of awareness that made her make a judgment in her heart without any hesitation after hearing that Igor had bowed his knees to Daenerys in public and vowed to return Queen to Iron Throne. Sure to win!
She didn't know the existence of artillery, and she didn't even consider the dragon's formidable power, and she didn't even know Igor's strategic plan, but she just had such a hunch: this damn Night's Watch will definitely be the final winner!
Oneself's plan has been ruined, but this bastard who will have the last laugh, he must know the way and have the ability to realize oneself's dream and lead the Ironmen to a better tomorrow. For the ideal of oneself that is on the verge of collapse, and for the people she cares about, what Asha has to do now is to try her best - jumping on Igor's train halfway.
As long as you can get to the end, even if you are holding the axle under the car, you will not hesitate!
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Without flinching, staring into Igor's eyes, Asha gave her answer slowly and without delay: "I want you to support me and my Uncle The struggle to save my people from the road that he led - only death and defeat ahead!"
The candlelight swayed slightly under the clear and powerful words of the woman, reflecting the two The projection of people on the wall also swayed back and forth. The answer was not beyond Igor's expectations at all, he chuckled lightly, his expression unchanged: "We are not Bard, why are we so literary? Miss Asha said bluntly - you hope that Night's Watch will send troops to retake the Iron Islands for you. Okay?"
"No, more than that, I want you to help guide me to rule and build the Iron Islands into...a prosperous place like Queenscrown."
Igor pursed his lips and stared back at Asha's resolute face, his smile slowly changing from a stereotyped mask to a funny play.
He quickly wondered why the woman on the other side would make such a request—a prisoner with a high degree of freedom is still a prisoner after all. Asha is not the management of the land grant, and the channels and methods of obtaining information are quite limited. She only saw Queenscrown prospering, prosperous, and prosperous under oneself, but she couldn't see the redness of the entire page on the Night's Watch financial statement.
Being able to rely on external loans and assistance to make land grants look like this is indeed the ability and credit of the middle and high-level land grantees headed by oneself, but in the final analysis - there is no Night's Watch industry and other external forces Blood transfusions, Divine Immortal can't make the donated land look new.
Night's Watch now owes a lot of debt. If Igor had no big plans in mind, he, the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, would probably spend the rest of his life trying to pay off the debt. Speaking of which, the mountains of various debts, material debts and human debts are still one of the driving forces that pushes him to grit his teeth and move forward.
Seven Kingdoms up and down, inside and outside the continent, the well-informed forces who have the spare power to help Night's Watch are willing to help Night's Watch, because once the Others break the Wall and go south, no one will be able to please. But - donating and lending money to strengthen the protective shield of the Protector class is one thing, and spending money to help a group of pirates get rich and get better off... Which Saint is willing to do this?
He doesn't do it anyway!
Probably also understood what Igor was thinking, Asha immediately threw out her conditions and sincerity after making the final request: "I swear to the Drowned God, after this is accomplished, I will lead the Ironmen to become the most loyal Night's Watch Legion and Queen. The vassals and followers of the Queen will last forever!"
This is probably true, but there are still few Westeros who want to be the Queen's supporters? As strong as Reach, with strong strength, good reputation, and absolute sincerity, Igor has to persuade Queen to break it into the bag, a notorious little broken archipelago, you have to win it and support a new ruler to get it. Its support, who cares?
The transaction mentioned by Asha, in the context of feudalism, is not outrageous or excessive, and even completely fair.
But what is Igor going to do?
Go help Queen break the wheel of history!
Although the wheel breaks one will roll out the other, but unfortunately - in the new world planned by Igor for the Queen, there is no place for House Greyjoy, or Iron Islands!
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Igor can find a hundred reasons to reject Asha, but the overwhelming majority will inevitably fall into endless wrangling. So, he decided to take the unassailable solution: declare oneself helpless.
No matter how lofty and lofty your ideals are, but Night's Watch and Others fought hard against the strength great injury, there is really no room to help, what reason can Asha find to continue to entangle?
"Miss Asha..."
Seeing the contempt and confidence in the corners of Igor's mouth, Asha knew that she would get a negative answer, so she grabbed oneself before Igor could say the next sentence. The remaining chips also fell on the table: "And I, too, can become Lord Commander, you... your personal most intimate and worry-free companion. I will swear that I will never marry, keep myself clean, and stay away from other opposite sex, you come with my call is lingering, does not require any name and commitment, but fulfills all the obligations and responsibilities of a wife, and strictly keeps secrets and will never trouble you... If you want, I can even pay for this in advance tonight !"
What's the matter, trying to use personal "exclusive mating rights" in exchange for military and political support? Igor originally just smiled contemptuously, but as Asha got up from the chair, with a resolute expression, he reached up to his waist and pulled the straps off the tight leather jacket, and his face turned cold.
"Stop!" Igor squinted and patted the table, "I said, stop!!"
Asha has the ability to attract men, not to mention anything else, just her From entering this room tonight until now, Igor has been listening to her flickering carefully, while admiring and gazing at her beautiful and healthy figure and her unique temperament that is very different from ordinary women...
But it's one thing to appreciate a woman's beauty, it's another to go further into intimacy.
Igor has never been a sanctuary or a vindicator. He is very happy to enjoy the process of having sex with the opposite sex and reach the end of his life in harmony. In layman's terms, he is a very open person. In terms of literature and art, his acceptance of this kind of thing is much higher than the average level of the modern society before he crossed over.
But that doesn't mean he has no taboos.
Sex can be a remedy for a boring life and a means of decompression, it can also be a bond or lubricant with his subordinates, friends and even partners of the opposite sex, or even a simple maintenance or promotion of specific characters Favorability, a means to steadily expand oneself's interpersonal network... But it must not be the remuneration and reward paid to him by others!
In Igor's view of the world, the strong will not arbitrarily set limits on themselves - in the eyes of opponents, this is called by fair means or foul. However, only the miserable people who can't become a major event will have no minimum self-control. Asha put forward this condition, no matter what she actually thinks, but Igor will feel that: the other party subconsciously regards oneself as an ordinary man who can think with sperms on his brain and think with his lower body, a weak person who can be controlled!
Asha, touches his reverse scale with a thing he likes.
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(end of this chapter)