Game of Thrones: Kings in the North

Chapter 133 Rock Species and Marine Project

The most real threat to the North is the combination of Samuro Crowle, King of the Rock, and Mance Rayder, King Beyond the Wall.

Whether it is Samrow Claure or Mance Rayder, they are all ambitious, charismatic, and capable, and they are very prestigious in their respective ethnic groups.

As Maester Luwin said, once the savage forces of Mance Rayder, the king beyond the wall, infiltrate Skagos Island, it is difficult to guarantee that the rock race tribe that surrendered to Winterfell will follow the rock king again. Raise the flag of rebellion.

In his study, Eddard pondered the question, and he told Maester Luwin, "Eastwatch and Greenguard have our soldiers from Winterfell, Winterfell and the longships of the Night's Watch, control the Bay of Seals, Winter City’s longboats go out to sea for fishing and patrolling every day, and even smugglers with fast boats find it difficult to smuggle in the nearby waters.”

"As for the savages, the savages lack the technology and tools to build boats. The savage stowaways in Seal Bay can only make boats and rafts. If you count on such boats, you obviously can't compete with the longboats of East Seawatch. Mance Facing the vast ocean, Reid can only do nothing."

Maester Luwin nodded gravely, "Even though Mance Rayder couldn't smuggle a large number of wildlings to Skagos Island, the Rock King has been wandering around Skagos Island for a long time, so it's impossible for the Rock King to instigate one or two rock kings." All tribes of Yanzhong have sent adopted sons to Winterfell as hostages, but hostages may not be useful in the face of interests."

Ed spread out a map of Skagos Island, and he had a panoramic view of the topography of the island. This is the largest island in the north, five times the size of Bear Island. Even the subsidiary islands to the east are no bigger than Bear Island. Small.

"There is too little arable land in Skagos Island. In winter, the life of the rock species will be more difficult. It is not as good as this. The rock species is brave and good at fighting. I plan to recruit thousands of warriors from the rock species tribe and move them to Winterfell. The territory of the city, they farm and train in peacetime, and follow us in wartime.

Maester Luwin smiled, "Master Ed, this is a great strategy! In this way, Winterfell recruited the elite of the rock species, which strengthened the power of Winterfell, and the rock species lost so many young and middle-aged labor force, and also lost The power of rebellion. Even if the king of rock and the king beyond the wall want to use the tribe of rock species, it will be difficult to cause a big storm."

"However, there is still a hidden danger. For thousands of years, Winterfell has imposed a sea ban on Skagos Island, prohibiting rock species from going to sea. Now, Lord Ed has lifted the sea ban, allowing rock species to go to sea, and passing ships Go to Skagos Island. There are many ships from the Free Trade City, Iban, the Stone Step Islands and even the Midsummer Islands. If you don’t have enough, foreign forces will collude with the rock species.”

"Lord Ed, don't forget that the rock king's rebellion caused such a big storm on the east coast of the northern border, largely because the rock king colluded with the iron bitch Helen Pike. Now, Helen Pike has surrendered, but there is no guarantee that the next Helen Pike is sailing towards Skagos Island!"

Ed smiled, "Risk always coexists with opportunities. The rock species has returned to Winterfell, and I must find a way to improve the life of the rock species. Is it possible to let the rock species stay on the island to fend for itself? There are some ambitious people It may be possible to move the idea of ​​​​Skagos Island and incite the rock species against the North, but the sea power of the North is growing."

"Our White Harbor Shipyard, the Upper White Knife Shipyard, is building a steady stream of ships. The financial advisor, Kral, helped me find several shipbuilders from Braavos and Iban. They are heading to Eastwatch, Winterfell There will also be shipyards in Eastwatch, warships, fishing boats, whalers, and more and more.”

Maester Luwin nodded slightly, "Since Brandon the Burner, there have never been so many ships in the northern border, Lord Ed, according to the letters from the soldiers of Winterfell on Bear Island and the Great Wall, the fishing boats in the northern border A lot of seafood, salmon, crabs and prawns can be caught every day from the Bay of Ice and Seal Bay, making the winter reserves in the north more abundant."

In the early morning light, Ed took Caitlin, guard Dawson, Syrio Forrell, Helen Pike, Domeric, Jon, Robb, Theon, Sansa, Arya, Bran left After leaving Winterfell, he went to Barrowton to attend the wedding of Madame Ballerina and Phelan.

Accompanying him were thirty soldiers from Winterfell City and twenty attendants from Huangzhongtun.Direwolf Sunshine and Nightwalker also appeared in the crowd.

A few days ago, Maester Luwin had released the ravens and invited nobles from all over the northern border to Barren Tonkun to attend the wedding of Ballet and Ferran.

Riding on the horse, Caitlin smiled and said, "Mrs. Barbaret, you are going to get married, and you won't hate me for taking Brandon away, will you?"

"I will always remember." Mrs. Ballerina showed an evil smile, "You and Ed have had so many children, I am jealous of you. I want to forgive you, unless one day, the number of children between Ferran and I exceeds yours."

Caitlin smiled and said, "Since I can't get your forgiveness, I have no choice but to make up for it in other ways. You can ask me for advice on preparing for pregnancy and raising children."

Mrs. Ballerina raised her eyebrows, "Mrs. Caitlin, you are indeed better at giving birth than me, but there is one thing you will never be able to compare with me. Do you dare to race horses with me?"

Madame Ballet let out a wild laugh, and she began to gallop.

They passed through the long wilderness, villages, rivers, and hills, all the way south, and entered the barren mound land, which was once the territory of the barren mound king. Seven days after starting from Winterfell, they finally arrived at barren mound village.

Barrentown is one of the most important towns in the north, second only to White Harbor and Winter Town in terms of population.Pig pens, sheep pens, and stables piled up with dirt smelled of animal excrement. From the market next to it, the smell of onions, beef, chicken, and soybeans wafted. People in the barren village saw Ed and Mrs. Ballet They all stopped to pay their respects.

Helen Pike was riding on the horse, looking at the bustling market, "I always thought that Huangzhongtun was a mass grave, but I didn't expect it to be a town! I knew that when I was a pirate, I would come here more often to rob."

Mrs. Ballet heard this, "Iron bitch, please calm down! People in the barren village hate the iron people pirates to death. Near the barren village is the source of the barren river, and you can reach it by going down the river." Salt Spear Beach, Salt Spear Beach is the inland sea in the north, it connects to Bright Flame Bay, out of Bright Flame Bay, there is a vast sea of ​​sunset, but not many fishermen dare to go fishing in the sea, it is because of the damn Ironmen."

Helen Pike said coquettishly: "You northerners dare not challenge the sea, and you can't blame the Ironmen entirely!"

Ed frowned, "Are there still not many fishermen at the mouth of the Salt Spear Beach?"

Mrs. Ballerina shook her head, "Only Mrs. Ed's Yantun, there are very few fishing villages, and the fishermen will try their best to live in the upper reaches of the Huangzuo River."

Ed already had a plan in mind.

(End of this chapter)