Game of Thrones: Kings in the North

Chapter 73 To Castle Black

Ed's ship docked at the territory of Amber's family on the east coast of the north, and Ed's next stop will be to Castle Black, where he will visit the old commander of the Night Watchman Legion, Bear Elder Mormont, and his brother, Benyan. Stark.

In the territory of the Amber family, Ed was pleasantly surprised to find that the coastal fishing villages that were once destroyed by pirates had returned to life, and some salt villages had also resumed production.Now the Rockborn tribe on Skagos Island surrendered to Winterfell, and "Iron Bitch" Helen Pike became Ed's subordinate. The fishing village and salt village here were safe.

The vassals in the northern border returned home with their soldiers. Ed handed over the soldiers of Winterfell to Jolly Cassel, the captain of the guards of Winterfell, and asked Jory to return to Winterfell with the army.The shipbuilder Mogul, the blacksmith Walter and other Ironman craftsmen also followed Jory Cassel to Winterfell.

Ed told Jory, "Go back to Winterfell and tell the financial advisor Klar to build a shipyard for the shipbuilder Mogul on the upper reaches of the White Knife River. They work in the forge. Let Vayon Poole, the Master Master, welcome these craftsmen well, and entertain them in Winterfell and Winterfell, and keep them well fed."

"By the way, tell Kral to find a way to hire some glassmakers in Myr or Braavos."

Jory Cassel said: "Lord Ed, you are going to Castle Black with only twenty guards, isn't it too few? To be on the safe side, I suggest increasing the number of guards to 50."

Ed smiled, "I'm surrounded by masters, twenty soldiers are enough." Among Ed's guards were Braavos water dancer Syrio Forel, guard Dawson, and sharp archer Fei. Lan, "Iron Bitch" Helen Pike, his adopted son Domilik Bolton, Theon Greyjoy, and his illegitimate son Jon Snow, plus twenty Winterfell soldiers.

Ed took his entourage and galloped towards the King's Road. After night fell, he set up the tent.

Theon and Jon Snow had Nightfire, Ed and Helen Pike.

Domilik sat together around the fire.Domilik said excitedly, "I've never been to Castle Black. I heard that the Great Wall is seven hundred feet high! The most majestic wall in the world."

Theon said disdainfully: "What's the use of the most useless city wall, the Great Wall of Impairment?"

Helen Pike said: "When I was a pirate on Skagos Island, I used to go to East China Sea to watch smugglers. The Great Wall of Desperation really shocked me. The geographical location is so far north, and it is still an ice-free port. I have always dreamed of such a place." port."

Jon Snow frowned, "Is Eastwatch an ice-free port? I thought the Great Wall was made of ice."

Helen Pike shrugged, "The Great Wall looks like ice from the outside, but it must be rocks inside! Eastwatch is an ice-free port, so you can't be wrong. The savages outside the Great Wall and the brothers in black from Eastwatch and I We’ve talked to each other, and they all said that even in winter, Donghaiwang won’t freeze in the event of a blizzard.”

Domilik said: "If Donghaiwatch freezes, wouldn't savages be able to walk across Seal Bay directly from the sea in the long winter? But it's quite evil. The Great Wall of Despair is covered by ice all year round. The easternmost end of the Great Wall, Donghaiwang, is actually an ice-free port."

Syrio the Braavos water dancer said, "I think it's because of the magic in the Wall."

Theon showed a disapproving smile, "Magic? Syrio, do you hear too many stories about Old Nan? Where is magic in this world?"

Domilik said: "Magic, you can't prove that it exists, and you can't prove that it doesn't exist. I believe that the Great Wall has magic."

Helen Pike said: "We Ironmen are a seafaring nation, and we know the ocean very well. I was in the Stone Step Islands before, and I heard some pirates mention that Eastwatch is an ice-free port because it is affected by ocean currents. There, the seals The warm Gulf Current meets the cold current from beyond the Great Wall."

Syrio, the Braavos water dancer, agrees, "Where the cold and warm currents meet, there is the best fishing ground. We in Braavos are where the Shivering Sea and the Narrow Sea meet, and we are rich in fish, eels , rays, clams, lobsters and all kinds of fish fed Braavos."

Ed sighed, "The fish in Seal Bay are no worse than yours in Braavos. It's a pity that the fishery in the northern border has not developed."

"Master Ed, in the future, Ironman shipbuilders will build ships for you, and the northern border will soon be able to go fishing on a large scale. Both Ice Bay and Seal Bay are very luscious fishing grounds." Helen Pike assured Ed.

Ice Bay is the sea area near Bear Island. The Milky River beyond the Great Wall flows into the Ice Bay. However, due to frequent raids by ironmen pirates, the fishermen on Bear Island cannot fish with peace of mind. The mountain clans on Bear Island and the west coast of the North The sea, but cannot rely on seafood to make money, their life is very poor.

The shipbuilder Marin is building a ship for Ed in White Harbor, and several ships should have been built by now. These are all large ships of the Braavos purple sailing size. In the future, there will be the Ironborn shipbuilder under Helen Pike. The ability to manufacture high-quality longships.

After solving the pirate problem, the fish in the ocean will enrich the food basket in the north and make money for Winterfell.Once winter comes, the northern border sometimes needs to face a cold winter that lasts for several years. At that time, fish can provide the northern border with food for the winter.

After eating some dried meat and bread by the fire, everyone left one after another, leaving only Helen Parker and Ed by the fire.Under the firelight, Helen Pike was still beautiful. She put on a sea green wool coat and black breeches, a chain mail coat, daggers, axes and long swords hanging from her waist.

"Lord Ed, your ambition in building a fleet is definitely not just fishing, right?" Helen Pike added fuel to the fire.

Ed looked at the flames, "Ambition? My ambition is to make the people of Winterfell and the Northern Territory live in a short winter and stay in the midsummer, making the Northern Territory rich and powerful."

"Wealth and power are inseparable from money." Helen Pike's sea blue eyes flashed mischievously, "Master Ed, if you are willing to subsidize me, as long as I have a hundred longships in my hand, I can bring you The gold of the West, the riches of the Reach, the Vale of Arryn, King's Landing. There is gold and silver in the South."

Whenever Ed was alone with Helen Pike, she showed the true colors of pirates, greedy and bloodthirsty.

"Helen, I am the guardian of the northern border. You openly proposed to loot other areas, do you want to live?" Ed reprimanded.

Helen Pike said solemnly: "We can pretend to be iron people pirates from the Iron Islands, go looting and run away after looting, how would they know? By fishing and farming, when will there be Casterly Rock, Old Town, Gao The riches of court and King's Landing?"

"What's the Greyjoy saying? Better to win than to work!"

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