Game of Thrones: Kings in the North

Chapter 169 Winter Wolf Army, Wolf Fort and Wolf's Command

In the hall of Winterfell, several tables were put together to form a temporary conference table.

Ed was sitting on the ancient stone direwolf throne, the nobles of the north, the chiefs of the mountain clans, the chiefs of the forest clans, the earls of the rock species, and the chiefs of the wildlings sat around the table.Robb sat on Ed's right hand.

Even the marshmen came.

Two days ago, Howland Reed, the lord of Greywater Watch, sent his son Jojen Reed and daughter Meera Reed to Winterfell to swear allegiance to Winterfell and celebrate Duke Eddard The feat of merging beyond the Great Wall and expanding the country for thousands of miles.

Meera Reed was the same age as Jon Snow and Robb, short and slender, with green eyes and brown hair. She wore a green hunting jacket, bronze armor, black wool breeches, and held a fishing rod in her hand. Frog spears and fishing nets, a bow and bronze dagger at his waist, and a sunny smile on his face.

Jojen Reed is a small, thin boy with moss-colored eyes, who looks serious and prim in a green wool coat and green wool trousers.

The Zelanders seldom come to Winterfell to attend the banquet, because the Zelanders like to be quiet, live a low-key life, and are unwilling to contact outsiders.Every time Winterfell goes out for an expedition, few Marshlanders are recruited, because the Marshlanders live in the south of Kalin Bay, the throat of the north, and must always be on guard against threats from the south.

Ed was very happy to meet the children of Howland Reed, because Howland Reed was Ed's life and death friend. In the battle of Dorne's Bliss Tower, thirteen partners followed Ed south to save his younger sister Reed. Anna, facing the three legendary Kingsguard "Sword of Dawn" Arthur Dane, Oswell Hean, and "White Bull" Gerald Hightower, Ed's partners all died in battle, only he and Howland Reed returns alive.

It was Howland Reed who saved Ed from the hands of "Dawn Excalibur" Arthur Dayne.In this world, only Howland Reed and Ed knew Jon Snow's life experience.

Jon Snow is the son of Prince Rhaegar and Lyanna. In the eyes of King Robert in King's Landing, he belongs to the remnants of the Dragon King. Once this secret is leaked, it will be used by the enemies in the North. The North is likely to encounter Attack of sword and fire.

For more than ten years, Howland Reed kept the secret secret, guarding the neck of the Stark family, and he has always been Ed's friend and loyal minister.

When Jojen and Meera saw Ed, they immediately knelt on the ground and swore allegiance to Ed on the direwolf throne.

"Wolf King, we swear to you in the name of mountains and land, bronze and steel, ice and fire. The people of the Zeland will always be loyal to the Stark family and Winterfell. The people of the Marsh will follow in the footsteps of the Wolf King until the end of time and the universe." end."

Ed helped up the two children, "May your winter be short and your summer stay forever."

Howland Reed hoped that the children would become adopted sons of Winterfell, and Eddard liked Meera and Jojen so much that he immediately announced that Meera and Jojen were adopted as sons.

The swamp people living in the neck are short in stature and live by fishing, catching frogs and loaches. Life in the swamp is very difficult. The swamp people are very poor. They live in huts made of thatch and reeds on floating islands. In , the floating island can move in the swamp, so the houses and castles of the swamp people can also move in the swamp.

Many believe that the marshmen's eerie moving castles and houses are the work of magic.

The neck is indeed a magical place, full of poisonous snakes, lizards and lizards, and the people of the marsh can breathe like earthworms and loaches under the mud.Since ancient times, intruders from the south who want to attack the north and the Gulf of Calim must pass through the Neck. The people of the marsh will attack the enemy with poisoned bows and arrows, making the invaders pay a heavy price for every step forward.

Countless invaders died in this way under the silt of the Neck and the poisonous arrows of the Zelanders. Because of this, the nobles and commoners in the southern border usually contemptuously call the Zelanders "clay figurines", "frog eaters" or It's "Swamp Devil".

According to ancient legends, the Andals came across the sea from Essos with the belief of the seven gods. In the following centuries, they wiped out the valleys, the riverlands, the baylands, and the stormlands. In the kingdom of hundreds of ancestors, the weirwood was felled wantonly, and only the ancestors in the north were still gathering places for believers in the old gods.

At that time, the Neck was a land of mountains and plains, with no swamps at all.In order to prevent the Andals from expanding northward, the Green Seers gathered together and used magic to attract seawater. The mountains and rivers were shattered, tens of thousands of Andal warriors were swallowed by the seawater, and corpses sank into the mud everywhere, forming the Neck. .

Long ago, the people of the swamp had their own king, the Marsh King.According to ancient books, King Zedi is just a member of ordinary people. They are just blessed by the old gods, have a green vision that can foresee the future, and even have some special abilities such as communicating with animals. Shapers can control lizards, lizards, etc. in the swamp. It is rumored that some powerful swamp kings have the same magical ability as the children of the forest.

During the conquering years of House Stark, the Kings of Winter, the last Marsh King was slain by Rickard Stark, the Laughing Wolf.Rickard married the daughter of the last king of the Zeland, and brought the Marsh into the territory of the North through marriage. Since then, the people of the Marsh have surrendered to the Stark family. Always a staunch ally of the Starks.

The Neck, together with Moat Cailin, formed the barrier to the north.The Northern Territory can form a vast territory and become the largest of the Seven Kingdoms, which is inseparable from the contribution of the Zedi people.

At the wolf family banquet, the nobles from the north sat opposite the leaders outside the Great Wall. There was a clear distinction between them. Now, at the lord meeting held by Ed, the lords from all over the place no longer distinguished whether they were outside the Great Wall or south of the Great Wall. Everyone sat together interspersed.

Roose Bolton next to Davyn the Seal Skinner, Lord of Bones next to Lord Wyman Manderly, Greatjon Umber next to Morona the White Mask, Tormund the Giantsbane next to Blightton Mrs. Ballerina, Lord Billy Sterne, next to Sir Herman Tallhart and Harmo the Doghead.

Meera and Jojen are not lords, but the lord's children. According to reason, they are not qualified to participate in the lord's meeting, but Ed thinks that Meera and Jojen are representatives of the Zedi people, so they are allowed to participate in the lord's meeting. Beside Margo the King of Giants
The little marshman sat with the giant, a scene from a fairy tale.

This is Ed's new northern territory, swamp people, rock species, giants, wildlings, mountain clans... all kinds of ethnic groups are united around the Wolf King and Winterfell.

Ed cleared his throat, "The first order I announced was to form the Winter Wolf Army."

"Winter Wolf Army?" The nobles began to get restless, Earl Harris Hornwood and Earl Gabriel Glover exchanged suspicious glances, Roose Bolton and Greatjon Amber whispered, Lord Wyman giggled, Lord Rickard Karstark was excited, and Tormund grinned.

Ed continued: "The Winter Wolf Army will become a standing army in the northern border. They will farm in the military manor in peacetime and go out in wartime."

Roose Bolton was a little uneasy, "Lord Ed, do you mean to recruit young and middle-aged men from all over the place to join the Winter Wolf Army? It's still summer, and the lords from all over the place are still hoping to harvest more food!"

Ed smiled, "Don't worry, the Winter Wolf Army will not recruit from lords from all over the world. The Winter Wolf Army includes Stark in Houcrown Town, Dawn Watch at the mouth of the Barren Tomb, Warhorse City at the mouth of the Stream, and the mouth of the Rock Coast. Rock City, the garrisons of Blacksmiths at Kraken Point, the garrisons of Greenguard on the Wall, the Nightfort, and Westbridge Watch, and the garrisons of Winterfell, the town of Winterfell."

"The soldiers stationed in Winterfell and the Stark Castles in the northern border total more than 1 people. The [-] standing army is my Winter Wolf Army. It is enough to protect our new northern border, but it is not enough. I'll recruit the Winter Wolves among the wildlings."

Tormund said harshly: "The wolf king brought us savages to the promised land in the legend, and freed the savages from the pursuit of the ghosts and ghouls. Our savages regard Lord Ed as a god, Lord Ed He is the father of life, the king of the savages and the king beyond the Wall, and the savages are all looking forward to joining the Winter Wolf Army!"

The eyes of the northern nobles showed fear, even Roose Bolton, who was always calm, the cold Mrs. Ballerina, and Earl Roderick Rythwell, who was used to forming cliques. .

Every lord knows what a standing army of [-] is. Moreover, the Winter Wolf Army is stationed in various parts of the northern border. Facing Stark's orders in the future, the lords of various places will only submit and perfunctory.

Gabriel Glover, Earl of Deepwood Castle, smiled nervously, "Lord Ed, [-] standing troops will cost a lot of money!"

Ed said: "Perfume produced by Winterfell workshops, scented candles, dyed woolen clothes, wooden toys, wood carvings, glass panes, vodka, blueberry wine, best-selling King's Landing, Seagull Town, Pentos, Braavos, Pro What Winter City spends is the silver deer, and what it earns is the golden dragon."

Maggie Mormont, Countess of Bear Island, said: "I heard that Lord Eddard owes the Iron Bank a lot of money."

Ed smiled, "That arrears are nothing, a small amount of debt can stimulate the desire to make money."

In fact, Ed borrowed a loan of 50 gold dragons from the Iron Bank, and more than half of it remained unchanged. Ed used the money to accumulate food and grass, build armor and weapons, build the east coast fleet and west coast fleet, build wolf castles everywhere, and build glass Farm, expand the manor, expand the workshop in Winterfell.

Ed's fleet is increasing, and Winterfell's best-selling goods are increasing. It is only a matter of time before the debt is paid off.

Gaibert, the Earl of Deepwood Castle, said: "Lord Ed, you have built castles on the Saltspear Flat and the Rocky Coast, why not build a wolf castle at Sea Dragon Point? Sea Dragon Point has a lair of ironmen pirates, and Robert and I often Lead the soldiers to clear the payment, but these grandsons are just like the poachers in the wolf forest, they can't catch them all, if you catch them, they will sail away."

Countess Maggie Mormont of Bear Island echoed: "Some pirates in Ice Bay also set off from the pirate lair at Sea Dragon Point. I beg Lord Eddard to build a castle at Sea Dragon Point!"

Sea Dragon Point used to belong to the territory of the Wolf King in history. The Stark family, the king of winter, defeated the Wolf King in the process of expansion, and merged Sea Dragon Point into the territory of the Northern Territory.Sea Dragon Point peninsula is long and narrow, piercing into the sea of ​​setting sun. Ships from the south must go around Sea Dragon Point if they want to go to Deepwood Castle and Bear Island.

Sea Dragon Point is surrounded by the sea on three sides, with many hills, caves and swamps. Such a geographical environment is destined to become the favorite place of Ironborn pirates.

Ironborn pirates are rampant on Bear Island and the northern mountains. Many southerners will mistakenly think that these ironborn pirates set out from the Iron Islands. In fact, they are not. Most of the ironborn pirates are actually hiding in Sea Dragon Point.

In history, the Stark family once enshrined some nobles in Sea Dragon Cape to resist the Ironmen and protect the coast. However, the strange thing is that for thousands of years, the nobles enshrined here seem to have been cursed by the wolf king. , was either killed by the Ironborn, or became extinct for various reasons.

In recent hundreds of years, Sea Dragon Point has become a land of no man. Winterfell handed Sea Dragon Point to the Glover family of Deepwood Motte. Effective control of Hailongjiao.

If Ed builds a castle at Sea Dragon Point, it will well protect the territory of Deepwood Castle and Bear Island, and even the mountain clans along the coast. He looked at Ed with expectant eyes.

Ed said: "Winterfell will build a castle at Sea Dragon Point. The names of the castles are Sea Dragon City, Bear Island, Deepwood Castle and Mountain Clan. I will send craftsmen to Sea Dragon Point to help build the castle. After the castle is completed, I will Send five thousand winter wolves to garrison the castle."

Brother Glover from Deepwood Motte, the leader of the Mountain Clan, and Countess Meggie from Bear Island all smiled.

Robert Glover glanced at the King of Skeletons, Tormund, the dog-headed Harma and others, and suddenly felt that something was wrong. He said, "Lord Ed, the garrison of Sea Dragon Point Castle is from our Winterfell city." The personal soldiers, or the troops recruited in the winter town?"

Ed thought for a while, "It's a mixed army. There are people from all over the place. There will be soldiers from all over the territory of Winterfell, as well as people from the Frozen Coast, Glacier, Hornfoot, and even the Thenns."

Galbert Glover said in amazement: "Master Ed, what should we do if the savages are running around? If they hide in the wolf forest, they will become bandits wandering in the wolf forest."

As soon as these words came out, many wildling leaders were very dissatisfied, the king of bones cursed, the dog-headed Harma muttered, the seal skinner David glared at him, and Tormund spat.

"The wildlings came to the south relying on the Wolf King and the Stark family. Now that they have joined the Winter Wolf Army, who will run away?"

Mrs. Barbaret said: "Lord Ed, I don't mean to offend. There is Warhorse City in the stream, and Dawn in the barren mound. They are both Wolf Fort. In the future Winter Wolf Army, if there are savages deserting, they will flee to the barren mound village." Streamland, if you want to suppress it, it will be a waste of money and people."

Ed said coldly: "Not only wildlings may desert, but anyone may become a deserter. Therefore, the selection of the Winter Wolf Army is very strict. There must be family members. The family members live in the winter town. Anyone who becomes a deserter , will implicate the family members and reduce them to hard labor.”

Lady Ballerina, Gabert Glover, Earl Wyman, Roose Bolton and others were relieved immediately. The nobles were nothing more than worried that the loyalty of the wildlings would be a problem after joining the Winter Wolf Army when they arrived in the north. Ed kept the Savage's family in the winter shelter town, which was tantamount to holding hostages, and the loyalty of the Savage would undoubtedly be greatly enhanced.

In fact, every savage once faced the heart tree when he followed Ed across the Great Wall, and swore to be loyal to the Wolf King and the Stark family. on oath.

Absorb the elite of the savages into the Winter Wolf Army, and become a standing army loyal to Ed and Winterfell. The wolf castles scattered in various places will not only evacuate the savages gathered in the winter towns, but also protect the frontier and deter the lords everywhere. .

Ed swiped his finger across the map, passed White Harbor, and stopped at the north side of White Harbor, where the tributaries of the White Knife River and the main river meet.

"I will be here to invest in the construction of a new castle called Yingchun City. Once Yingchun City is completed, Stark will station troops here and resettle tens of thousands of residents. There are wildlings and locals from our northern border. Yingchun After the city is completed, there will be barracks, stables, a forge, and a shipyard. If White Harbor is attacked in the future, Yingchun City will be able to help immediately. To build this castle, I need the assistance of White Harbor."

Earl Wyman smiled, "Duke Ed, you really have a unique vision, Yingchun City can protect the White Knife River, protect the rear of White Harbor, and can also be used as a base to help White Harbor, this castle will make White Harbor's trade more prosperous , I will fully support it.”

Ed said: "I will send [-] savages and [-] giants to build Yingchun City. The materials for building the castle will be transported by boat from the upper reaches of the White Knife River. White Harbor can send craftsmen."

Earl Wyman envied, "It's good to have more people. Duke Eddard easily recruited thousands of wildlings and giants. This is only treated by 'Builder' Brandon. Even Black Hearted Harren, in God's Eye Lake When Harrenhal was built, Harren had no giants."

Ed said dejectedly: "The black-hearted Harren is very happy. He built Harrenhal to satisfy his own selfish desires and drained the power of the people in the riverland. Countless people died on the construction site, so when Aegon and the dragon arrived at the river The princes of the Three Rivers turned their backs one after another. Without the support of the people, no matter how magnificent the castle is, it is useless."

"My Yingchun City is different. This castle is to resettle the people of the northern border, resist foreign enemies, strengthen the connection between the northern border, and make the northern border rich and powerful."

Earl Wyman was amazed, "Duke Ed, any of your policies take the people into consideration, that's why the wildlings and the people of the North love Stark!"

Greatjon Amber smiled and said: "The Amber family, the Karstark family, and the Bolton family all have a lot of wood, which is worthless to sell to the locals in the north. Lord Ed is in White Harbor, and Eastwatch has fleets. , can you send a ship to help us sell wood? I heard that wood is very valuable in Braavos."

Earl Rickard Karstark rubbed his hands, "The Mo River is the second largest river in the northern region. Lord Ed can dock the fleet at the mouth of the Mo River, and we will send people to transport the timber to the seaside."

Roose Bolton said softly: "Master Ed, if you help us sell wood, the Amber family, the Karstark family and the Bolton family are all willing to share the profits with Lord Ed."

As the river entered the sea, Ed immediately sensed a business opportunity, and he pretended to be embarrassed.

"When the wood arrives in Braavos, it can be sold for a lot of money. However, the shipbuilding cost and the sailor's cost are very high. The narrow sea is full of storms. There are also pirates from time to time near the mouth of the Mojiang River. Many captains don't want to go. Mo Jiang."

"That's good, Amber's family, Dreadfort and Kahuo City, pool money to build ships, first maintain the law and order at the mouth of the Mo River, and then I will send a fleet to help you sell wood."

Greatjon Umber excitedly said: "Lord Ed, we have the money to build ships, and we don't need you to help sell wood. Lord Ed, you are at the mouth of Saltspear Beach, the middle of the White Knife River, Sea Dragon Point, Kraken Point They have built castles, why can't they build a castle at the mouth of the Mo River?"

Ed immediately said: "I will agree to your request and build a castle at the mouth of the river called Red Wolf City. The Amber family, the Bolton family and the Karstark family will all send craftsmen to build the castle." , there will be a winter wolf army stationed here in the future."

Greatjon was very happy, he proudly said: "Thank you, Lord Ed!"

Roose Bolton looked at the Greatjon with dark eyes, and Lord Rickard Karstark was bewildered.

Greatjon was very generous and asked Ed to build a castle at the mouth of the Mojiang River, because the Umber family's territory is located in the upper reaches of the Mojiang River, and there is no territory at the mouth of the sea.

The estuary of the Last River, the south bank is the territory of the Bolton family, and the north bank is the Karstark family. Once Stark builds a castle here, the territories of Bolton and Karstark at the estuary will automatically belong to Winterfell all over.

What made Roose Bolton even more distressed was that the mouth of the Mojiang River was only two days away from the Dreadfort. Ed built the Red Wolf City here, which was equivalent to driving a nail into the hinterland of the Bolton family. Every move of the Dun family will be exposed to the eyes of the Winter Wolf Army.

Ramsay Snow and his Reek, if they continue to play the game of hunting beautiful women in Bolton territory, they may incur the wrath of the Wolf King of Winterfell.

Roose Bolton wanted to protest, but his words were still stuck in his throat in the face of Eddard Stark who was in full swing.

The example of the Earl of Lathwell in the Streamland and the Lady Ballerina in Barrowton is just in front of you. These two allies of Bolton, who used to be self-righteous, bargained with Ed on the issue of the mouth of the Saltspear Beach. After buying some golden dragons, after Ed's triumphant return, the Earl of Laswell, Mrs. Ballet, who was worried about being liquidated by Ed, could only return the gold coins tremblingly, and compensated hundreds of war horses in a stream.

At the meeting of Lords of the Northern Territory, it was not a good idea to offend the father of life, the conqueror beyond the Great Wall, Ed the wolf king. Roose Bolton is a person who is very good at hiding his emotions. Although he was extremely unwilling in his heart, he could only Accept the fact that near the mouth of the Mo River, there will be a wolf castle.

At this time, Greatjon Umber had a smirk on his face, "I believe that the Red Wolf City in the future must be a great castle. You won't have to worry about selling wood in the Mo River Valley."

Roose Bolton cursed Greatjon Umber in his heart. This big bastard looks simple-minded, but in fact he is very ghostly. He used the territory of Bolton and Karstark's estuary to invite Ed to build Castle, quietly sold all the neighbors.

Ed announced the plans for the Winter Wolves and the castle, and immediately announced the next one.

"To build a strong northern border, we must uphold the rule of law. From now on, those who break the law in the northern border will be reduced to hard labor and reformed through labor to redeem their sins. My lords, after you return to the castle, empty the dungeon and send the prisoners to Winterfell. Winterfell has come to reform them."

In this way, Winterfell will firmly control the judicial power in the north, and every prisoner will have the opportunity to appeal in front of Ed. At the same time, Winterfell will receive a large number of hard labor, which is the cheapest labor force.

Earl Wyman patted his big belly, smiled and said: "Lord Ed, when it comes to the rule of law, I heard that among the savages, many savages are polygamous. Isn't this uncivilized? Our Seven Kingdoms are all monogamous."

Ed said: "Polygamy is a savage custom. I can't break them up. In the future, polygamy is allowed in the northern border, but husbands are not allowed to beat their wives. Husbands who beat their wives will be reduced to hard labor."

Ed looked at Barbaret and Meggie with some expectation, they seemed to hesitate to speak.

In fact, many customs in the northern border are also very barbaric. For example, the mountain clan and the Amber family all retain the custom of the right to the first night. The nobles have the right to take away the bride's first night on the wedding night.

Roose Bolton's illegitimate son, Ramsay Snow, can also be regarded as a product of the First Night Power.When Roose Bolton hunted foxes, he came to a mill in his territory. The miller married a beautiful wife, but he didn't inform Roose that he would come to enjoy the bride's first night. Roose was very angry, so he hanged the miller. Under the miller's dangling legs, he ate the miller's wife, and Ramsay Snow was born.

The Mandalay family in White Harbor believed in the Seven Gods, and they were more disgusted with polygamy, but most of the nobles and commoners in the northern border were believers in the old gods, and they were not as disgusted with polygamy as the nobles and commoners in the south.

Earl Mitch Seven was a little worried, "Lord Ed, the savages have the custom of robbing women, and many of the savages who are polygamous are robbed. These savages, hearing that polygamy is allowed, will not rob women everywhere, right? "

Seven City is less than a day's ride away from Winterfell. There is a joke that the stench of savages in the winter town can be smelled in Seven City. No wonder Earl Seven is worried that wild men will rob women.

The dog-headed Harma said angrily: "Why are savages robbing women? The savages are members of the northern border, and if they want to rob, they will only go to the south."

Ed said: "Whether it is a savage, a slave trader, or a human trafficker, I strictly prohibit human trafficking, robbing women, and human trafficking. Just wait to be a hard worker for the rest of your life! The savage will be a member of the northern border. intermarriage."

"Abandoning babies and children is also a crime and will be severely punished. My lords, after you return to your respective territories, tell my people that if they can't support their children, they can send them to Winterfell, and Winterfell will establish orphans. homes, to feed every child.”

The northern lords hailed it as an act of kindness.

Ed said: "Children are hope. I am going to build a wolf academy in the winter resort town to compete with the school city, but we are more practical than the school city. We offer courses in magic, medicine, agronomy, craftsman, etc. The academy welcomes nobles , savages, and civilian children enter school, we will teach them to read and write, knowledge, and become the pillars of the northern border. Both men and women are accepted!"

Tormund, King of Skeletons, Dog Head Harma and others were very excited.Tormund said: "The savages don't have writing, the ones who can read among the savages are people like Mance, my child can also read? Ha! This is really a gift from the father of life to us!"

The dog-headed Harma said: "My daughter is very smart, you can send her to study."

Great Jon frowned and said, "Women are only responsible for bleeding on the delivery bed and making love on the bed, let them read and write? I'm afraid it's not a waste, the school city doesn't accept female students."

Countess Maggie, Countess Ballerina, and Harma the Dog all glared at Greatjon.

Mrs. Ballerina sneered and said, "Big Jon, although I don't like bachelors, who are gray rats, it's always a good thing to read and write. Women can learn to read and write just like men. Lord Ed's wolf academy, recruiting Female students, it's an act of kindness, a rough person like you naturally doesn't understand."

Earl Meggie taunted: "Greatjon, your uncle 'The Whore Nightmare' went to study in Old Town Academy, what else did he learn besides sleeping with men? Women can be educated like men, just like women can play like men It's like killing an enemy."

Under the siege of all the women, the Greatjon had to apologize and beg for mercy.

After the meeting was over, the lords left one after another, and Ed called Gabriel Glover and Maggie Mormont Countess.

"I want to build a shipyard on Bear Island, Deepwood Motte. You need to provide the site and wood. The shipbuilders and shipwrights will be dispatched by Winterfell. We will build more longships. In the sea of ​​​​the sunset in the Bay of Ice, catch fish, but also against threats at sea.”

Gablebert and Maggie were very happy with Ed's plan and promised to fully cooperate, and the two left the hall together.

Robb watched the entire meeting, and Ed wanted to train her to be his successor. He would take him with him in every meeting, and let Robb listen, observe, and learn.

Robb said: "Father, if you want to build a ship, you can directly order Deepwood Castle and Bear Island to build it. Why should Stark invest money?"

Ed smiled, "Robb, the ships built by the vassals belong to the vassals, and Stark's ships belong to Stark. These vassals rely on Stark, and they will be more loyal to Stark. The Stark family It must be far more powerful than the vassals, strong stems and weak branches are the best."

"If you're like your grandfather, Horst Tully, who sits in Riverrun but doesn't have the strength to crush his vassals, he's the Governor of Three Rivers in name, but it's really hard for him to control the situation."

Suddenly, Robb realized.

Ed and Robb walked out of the Great Hall, and Jory Cassel, Captain of the Winterfell Guard, entered.

"Lord Ed, we caught a poacher in the wolf forest."

Ed frowned, "A poacher? Isn't this a common thing? Just go to the dungeon."

Jory Cassel said: "If it's an ordinary thief, I wouldn't dare to bother Lord Ed. But, this kid is a fat man. He claims to be from the Tully family in the River Bend, and he has the Tully family's stride on his chest." The hunter's coat of arms. Considering that the Tully family is a great nobleman in the Reach, I brought the fat man here."

Robb was curious, "Why did the nobles of the Reach go to the wolf forest to poach?"

Jory Cassel said: "I asked the fat man, and the fat man said his name was Samwell Tarly, and his father, Lando Tarly, originally sent him to the Great Wall to join the Night's Watch. He was escorted by his own knights and hired knights. Unexpectedly, when he walked to the wilderness north of Huangzhongtun, the hired knights suddenly attacked the sworn knights of the Tully family and robbed them of their property. Sam was so frightened that he rode his horse and fled into the wolf forest."

Ed said, "Take me to Sam."

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