King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 152 Mud Gate Defense

Igor understands, Tyrion is right, oneself may be true now Missing a bit of murderous aura - After leaving Wall, his role gradually began to transform from a Night's Watch ranger to a black clothed businessman. Vale's counter-insurgency team has consumed him too much time. The long-term vision, decisiveness and ferocity of the capitalists have not yet been cultivated. The spirit of the soldiers is gradually exhausted in the day after day business and flickering. Perhaps, it is time to put these The tedious and repetitive missions are handed over to the people below, and the oneself is going to engage in some major events.

Tyrion's plan this time requires the "two giants" to come forward in person, relying on the combination of money and power to destroy the opponent without shedding a drop of blood. This kind of high-level means, if oneself wants to go further , is to learn.

In three days, the capital of the Night's Watch industry will bring down the garrison commander of the capital of the Seven Kingdoms... If it is not Tyrion Lannister who is boasting about Haikou, Igor is really a little suspicious: an "age" A business organization less than a year old has such influence?

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After lunch, Igor took a while to write a real-name report letter—this letter was just to open up this lighting war without gunpowder smoke. The prelude is the first shot. It doesn't need to be more ruthless and accurate, just fire it. Therefore, the above content is also very simple: as Igor West, chief logistics officer of Night's Watch, to report Janos Slynt for molesting female employees of Night's Watch office, interfering with the normal operation of Night's Watch logistics department, suspected of abuse of power and bribery.

Combined with Arya's story, this should be enough to give Ed a general impression of Slynt and pave the way for everything that follows.

In the afternoon, while waiting for Tyrion to send the list, Igor received another letter from Wall from Red Keep.

Igor guessed that it was a list of supplies needed for the next month, opened it and read it, but got a shivered: the first message, the wildling army forward has approached Wall, and the Wall defenders now need a lot of manpower and material support; The second piece of news is super explosive - after dozens of days of hard work, the Rangers went deep into the Haunted Forest, and after paying double-digit casualties, they finally caught a ghoul. The ghoul was installed in Eastwatch. After the "Battleship", it has sailed on the way to King's Landing. Due to the ocean current and north wind, the ship has a luxurious lineup of more than a dozen paddlers. The speed will be extremely fast, and it is expected to arrive within ten days!

It takes time for the bird that delivers the letter to fly. This letter was written a few days ago, and I don't know how long it took to put it at the Grand Maester after it arrived at King's Landing before it got to oneself... It said ten days , but in fact there may be less than a few days left, which means: the ship carrying the ghouls will arrive at King's Landing in a few days!
There have been enough things here, yet another one is coming. It's really a shitty thing and I prefer to bump into one piece... Igor's mouth is a bit dry, but I understand in my heart: It's not that these things "bump into one piece", it's historical The wheels are rolling forward, and these things should have happened at the same time, but the special status of oneself, the Night's Watch in King's Landing, happens to be at the intersection of the Wall-King's Landing association, which makes things seem so coincidental.

With the spread of rumors about Cersei and James, and the changes in the wildling and Others north of The Wall, the Night's Watch industry is an extravagant hope for a stable and stable development. Fortunately, in any case, catching a ghoul is not bad news for oneself who is a Night's Watch. Now, it is only necessary to consider how the ghoul will control the shock and vibration it will have on the residents of King's Landing and Seven Kingdoms after it arrives in King's Landing. , and try to take advantage of its benefits without affecting the operation of the Night's Watch industry, which is what oneself, the chief logistics officer, needs to consider.

No, the most important thing is always the present, the ghoul, or wait for it to be safely transported to King's Landing Port and then consider it - what oneself needs to consider today is still how quickly Get Slynt out of office so Tyrion can safely hide from the limelight in Casterly Rock!

"My lord, what's in the letter?" Nina saw Igor's face change and asked, "Will the materials that Wall needs exceed our capabilities?"

"Why? Possibly.” Igor laughed, carefully tore Mormont’s letter in two, handed the list of required supplies to Nina, and put the other half in a drawer, “reporting the above to the warehouse and purchasing Department, get them together and send them to the Wall as soon as possible."

Nina took the list and glanced at it, a little surprised: "Sir... this amount is half more than last month, if you don't discount it, give it to After the investors have paid dividends, paid wages and removed all kinds of expenses, we will not make much money.”

“You forgot the four thousand Golden Dragons I sold in paper and printing. , even more how, when did I say that my purpose is to make money? As long as the capital chain is stable, the materials provided to Wall will never be discounted, and tell the people in the relevant departments: not a single grain of wheat is allowed." If wildling or Others break through Wall, even if the game is broken, this is the bottom line, no matter how busy you are, you have to keep it: "As soon as possible, I will go back early, after dinner, and visit the list given by Tyrion. People.”

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The list sent by Tyrion had a list of names, but he recommended Igor to visit the garrison at Linhe Gate, commonly known as Mud Gate. Sub-Captain Jacelyn Bywater Ser.

This garrison officer used to be friends with Captain Gerolds, the current Night's Watch logistics security team, and also did not deal with Slynt, but luckier than his oneself friend was that he was born in the Crownlands Bywater family. ——Although the family does not even have a Fiefdom, it is a noble after all. In the rules of the game of Westeros, he belongs to the theoretical bannermen of the king, and he made military exploits when Robert quelled the Greyjoy rebellion. But after all, he didn't dare to blatantly punish him, which made him work in the position of guarding Captain at Linhemen until now.

"This is a man of courage and honor," Tyrion commented on the list, and asked Igor to find him first.

After dinner, Igor took Jaqen and set off from the house to Linhemen in the south of King's Landing. The original little squire Casey is currently serving as an inspector at the security camp outside the city. This Faceless Men, who is lurking in the Night's Watch industry, hardly does any work except teaching Arya sword techniques and guarding the office. It's time to use him to get a salary.

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The seasons in Westeros are irregular, but only in the long run, and in the short term, the climate changes slowly and mildly. In the past six months, the temperature has been getting colder a little bit, and subjectively, the season of King's Landing has gradually changed from midsummer to early autumn: it is still hot at noon, but it has become cool in the morning and evening.

At this moment, Sun has sunk behind the King's Landing wall, and the afterglow has put a golden light on the taller buildings inside the wall. Light smoke began to rise from the chimneys on the roofs of the residents, and as autumn came, the notorious smell of the city seemed to be greatly reduced... To use a literary phrase to describe the current King's Landing weather is: "The daytime has put its Burning out."

If it wasn't for a ferocious blood-colored comet hanging from the east, it would have been a peaceful and peaceful evening.

Igor arrived at Mud Gate before Sun completely sank below the horizon. After negotiating with the soldiers, he entered the city gate building and met the target of the trip in the Captain's personal room. .

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Mud Gate Guard Captain is a middle age person who has experienced vicissitudes of life. His brown hair is slightly gray, his eye sockets are deep in the brow bone, and his jaw is frighteningly wide. Of course, the most important feature is that his right hand was cut off at the wrist, and a prosthetic hand made of iron was installed.

Igor ate earlier than usual today, which made him seem a little out of time because the master was eating.

"Chief Logistics Officer? Please take a seat." Bywat stared at the visitor strangely, holding a fork in his left hand, inserted the last slice of bacon on the plate and sent it into his mouth: "What's the matter with you? "

Igor didn't answer, but instructed behind him: "Aquan, you go outside and wait."

Jaqen nodded expressionlessly and backed out.

Bywat chewed the food in his mouth, frowned suspiciously, and nodded to the oneself squire on the side, telling him to retreat as well.

"Igor West... heard of your name, but regretfully tell you that I don't have the money to invest in your Night's Watch business." Mud Gate Guard Captain put down his fork and used his left hand Pushing the plate to the side, he wiped his mouth with the napkin: "If you are here for this, then you can please come back. If it is other things, please also nonsense."

Rectal, Although it's not polite to speak, but with Tyrion's comments on the note, Igor has a bit of a favorable impression of the man in front of him: "Bywater Ser, it was your friend Gerold who asked me to come to you, I heard you Not having a good relationship with the garrison commander Janos Slynt?"

"Gerold? That guy heard that you're playing for your team now, and you're doing well?" With mutual friends, Bywater's tone was slightly He softened a bit: "Yes, there are no outsiders here, and I don't hide it. The relationship between Commander Slynt and me is not very harmonious. To be precise, he does not have a good relationship with a large part of the soldiers and officers of the garrison. , but he is now the Lord Commander personally appointed by King Robert, what else can we do besides being men with our tails tucked?"

"Now, there is a chance to bring him down, I don't know how to worship him. Is Mr. Watt interested?" The best way to talk to the rectifier is to be equally straight, and everyone saves effort: "Slynt has violated the interests of the Night's Watch industry, me and Tyrion Lannister, and we are now ready to take him down. It has been listed for him. I have been charged with some crimes, but ultimately need witnesses and material evidence to convict me, so, your friend, my lord, recommended you to me."

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(end of this chapter)