King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 192 Survival in Troubled Times
Sales of obsidian goods are beyond imagination In the modern society that did not have Magic and paid attention to science before coming here, the selling point of "repelling evil spirits" was recognized and bought by countless people. Even more how is this ignorant world where Magic really exists?
After market research as accurate as possible by the sales department, the selling price of "Dragonglass Products" is finally determined.

Ordinary obsidian fragments, polished off the edges and corners that are easy to scratch people, made into obsidian beads smaller than grapes and irregular in shape, with the name of "Dragonglass particles" on top, sold Ten copper points, the main selling point is that "the poor are also afraid of ghosts, and they are qualified to ward off evil spirits without money"; and after carving, grinding, and polishing, they are made into various shapes and patterns, and they can even be perforated and hung around the neck. For "Dragonglass jewelry", the price ranges from five Silver Stags to ten Silver Stags. Even if there is no such thing as warding off evil spirits, the shiny and shiny obsidian itself is not a bad pendant after polishing, and soon became the most popular among the middle and upper class. one of the accessories.

The above prices are aimed at the civilian and well-off classes. After making people fear the existence of ghouls, using a price that they "feel expensive but affordable" to ensure that obsidian sales and individual profits are around the most delicate and perfect balance, to ensure that Night's Maximize the interests of the Watch industry.

As for the most mysterious..."military obsidian" such as Dragonglass arrows, For items like daggers and spear tips, the price would not be high. From forty-fifty to hundreds of Silver Stags, it all depends on the eloquence of the salesman and the level of "foolishness and money" of the buyer - you must know that the lance used to stab the ghoul that day was shot for nearly 20 Golden Dragon's high price.

I dug out the innumerable natural glass on Dragonstone and transported it to the industrial park. After a little processing, the worker master bought it to the citizens of King's Landing. In these links, the biggest cost is labor, the most annoying The trouble is how to stop the workers from smuggling obsidian out of the industrial park... This is a real profit. Obsidian is a kind of "useless resource" that never attracts attention. In the entire Westeros, only Dragonstone is produced in large quantities for the time being. This makes Igor no competitor, and the profit margin is higher than that of paper printing.

It always has to be paid back. Slynt is sitting on the wealth of tens of thousands of Golden Dragon and the lesson of being overturned and beheaded by the Night's Watch industry is imminent. Igor is making a lot of money and giving it to shareholders and investors. At the same time as they shared the dividends, they did not forget to let the Gang Lord come to the door to ask for the cover, and the garrison and rogue gangsters who were actually useful to oneself also followed him to drink some soup - as a great character in the eyes of ordinary people, it is enough to be deterrent. It's not enough, only the existence that can make people afraid and make people eat spicy food can build a long-term power, ancient and modern, all over the world, it is the same.

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Because of making too much money, Igor even began to feel guilty - Stannis Baratheon allowed him to mine obsidian on Dragonstone at will, at Eddard Stark's request Provide weapons for Wall, but now oneself is making money with obsidian like crazy, in case this has no money, no rights, and is not seen by the Seven Kingdoms nobles, no oneself's "filial piety" is so bitter that even the meat can't be eaten by Duke. of Dragonstone's eyes are red...just do any blockade and you're done.

This is likely to be a gentleman's belly with the heart of a villain, but to do business with peace of mind, Igor began to try to visit Stannis, hoping to give him a share of the obsidian industry, dividends and other benefits, Let the other party feel comfortable and oneself also rest assured... Anyway, with this guy's temper, it is estimated that he will not be greedy to lion's big mouth.

Unfortunately, the Master of Ships was busy leading the Dragonstone fleet to deal with the swarms of pirates and mercenary ships these days, so Igor's people couldn't find it after several attempts.

Everything was going so smoothly, but the good days were a few days away, and without his knowledge... by chance and necessity, Seven Kingdoms was a mess.

Renly Baratheon and Margaery Tyrell quietly left King's Landing, the Stormlands army turned back without warning on their way to the Westerlands battlefield and approached King's Landing...Without Arya, a small intelligence agent, Igor Wasn't able to get the news immediately, but luckily it wasn't too late: Eddard Stark called up the remaining troops of the Crownlands princes for the second time as the garrison began to recruit new recruits in King's Landing, and Igor acted as a protective umbrella in the eyes of half golden robes and The godfather, one of the most powerful people among the "non-aristocratic people" in the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, even if you don't take the initiative to ask, it's hard to hear nothing.

After experiencing the exhilaration of a flip of the hand gather the clouds, another flip turns them to rain in King's Landing business world for half a month, Igor felt powerless again. The Night's Watch industry has grown big enough to withstand the aftermath of the war, but it's definitely not strong enough to prevent a civil war from happening -- and this time, it's going to face the brunt of it.

Night's Watch Industrial Park is located on the banks of Blackwater Rush on the northwest outskirts of King's Landing, and Renly's army is coming along Goldroad from the west. If Reach raises troops to support him, it is likely to advance eastward along Roseroad, and finally Cross the Blackwater Rush at a suitable location to complete the siege of King's Landing.

As long as you are not blind, the huge building complex of Night's Watch Industrial Park will not escape anyone's attention.

"Developing itself in a suburban enclosure", a model that allowed the Night's Watch industry to start and mass-produce at near no cost, which has allowed the Night's Watch industry to grow into what it is today in less than a year. Such a huge monster, but as a satellite city of King's Landing, an economic development zone of the capital of Seven Kingdoms, an industrial park without even a decent wall, and a warehouse stocked with grain, grass and armaments inside, such an existence is worth thousands of dollars. In front of the large army, it was simply a piece of bacon that had been fried and placed on a plate.

The most troublesome thing is, King's Landing is extremely expensive land, he can't move the industrial park into the city wall at all!
As a force leader, Igor must survive for oneself's cause.

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The situation is tense, and all gates of King's Landing have begun to strictly control. Although Igor's identity is still smooth for the time being, it can be officially closed in two days. , then no one can accommodate oneself... Brace oneself, he took the guard squad and three times the number of horses, went out of the city from King's Gate, and began to gallop westward along the Goldroad.

Because of the existence of Melisandre, Renly was doomed to lose the moment he decided to fight for Iron Throne, what oneself has to do now is to stop... or ask him not to drag the Night's Watch industry down into the water.

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The weather is clear, and the golden robe scouts sent by Eddard Stark for early warning are all over Goldroad. Fortunately, Igor already has no less than the commander in the eyes of the garrison soldiers. Recognition and authority, he was not hindered or questioned. He set off in the morning and drove non-stop for a day. On the next morning, he encountered a scout from the Stormlands army. After expressing his intention, he was introduced to Renly's barracks.

Even though he had seen the six kingdoms army led by Robert himself when Vale was fighting the rebellion, Igor was still shocked by the size of the barracks in front of him. Just by looking at it, he realized that the army in front of him would never be more than The "thousands" of Stormlands soldiers he had heard from Aral Dim before - not because he could count the number in an instant, but because he saw the Golden Rose of Highgarden beside Renly's high-flying Crowned Stag flag. .

In less than ten days, when the main elite was in the Westerlands, Reach landed another army and came to join Renly. Its battle strength is unknown, but the number of people alone is scary enough... King's Landing may be difficult to defend!
This lion slaughter war launched by the six kingdoms inadvertently gave Renly martial power a good opportunity to usurp the throne - normally, if someone gathers an army at Storm's End or Highgarden, I'm afraid they haven't arrived yet, from King's Landing's rebukes and warnings had arrived, but under the banner of heading to the Westerlands to fight Lannister, his army passed the King's Landing gates without warning. Even better - Stormlands' army build-up and marching speed are ranked last among the six countries. This deficiency has become the biggest advantage at the most critical moment - because of running fast, the main armies of the other five countries and Crownlands are All have entered the battlefield, and none of them have time to return to rescue. This battle will be a one-on-one contest between the Stormlands army and the King's Landing defenders with the cooperation of the new Reach army!

Are all these coincidences premeditated and intentional by Renly, or did they take advantage of the opportunity?

Passing the huge barracks along the way, Igor struggled to identify the coat of arms of the Stormlands and Reach families. Many hired Knights and Freeriders, these people did not go to the Westerlands to respond to Tywin's recruitment, but now they are constantly gathering under Renly's command along the way, in order to stand on the more charming and generous side in this battle between the two deer.

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Storm's End Duke was having breakfast with Margaery and his closest nobles, chatting and laughing with each other when Igor was led into the entrance to Renly's tent. Seems confident in winning.

"Your Majesty, Chief Logistics Officer of Night's Watch, Igor West to meet."

"Come in." Renly didn't stop eating until Igor entered the tent station After arriving at the center, he even asked kindly, "Mr. Chief Logistics Officer, can you have breakfast? The chefs in my camp have cooked a lot, so come here?" I don’t know much and don’t dare to argue, but in terms of emotional intelligence and wide-ranging relationships, I really did it to the extreme. Associating with him, never have to worry about his unfathomable mystery embarrassing you in public, or even bursting into rage without warning and then throwing a wine glass... such a person, when one of the princes is fully qualified, but occupies the position of Master of Laws, Baratheon Dynasty rotten like this, he is probably to blame.

And now, this guy is actually coveting Iron Throne... Igor can't really tell which is more suitable for kings, Renly or Lannister. If he has to answer, he thinks-maybe neither is suitable.

The slander returns to the slander, but Renly's character that never sins will at least make it easier for oneself to talk about it next. Igor bows to give a salute: "You are too polite, Mr. Renly, I Have eaten."

"Your Majesty." A tall bodyguard standing behind Renlycorrects, "not 'Your Majesty' and you should kneel before the king."

Your Majesty? Igor was puzzled, oneself is in King's Landing, but I haven't heard the news of Robert's death. How dare Renly claim to be king by himself? Did Ed conceal the news of Robert's death, or... the voice of the guard was a little strange. He looked up and saw a tall and ugly woman behind the smiling Margaery.

It's "Beauty" Brienne, the two should meet for the second time, but Igor only saw his appearance this time, so I have to mention... the actors in television drama are much prettier than her.

"King Robert has passed away, Prime Minister Eddard Stark has concealed this from the residents of King's Landing and revised his last words, intending to make Stannis Baratheon king, and then take the Seven Kingdoms. ." Margaery, with a mild and polite smile, explained to the dazed Igor with a face doesn't change: "I believe Lord Igor is not here to be a lobbyist for Duke Stark."

If I hadn't known Eddard Stark from God's perspective, Igor would have believed it. In order to win the Game of Thrones, how much more despicable and shameless lies can people make up by fair means or foul... Ordinary people are simply unimaginable.

"Night's Watch is impartial and does not interfere in the internal affairs of Seven Kingdoms." Igor said resolutely, secretly glad in his heart - fortunately, oneself did not use any crooked minds in the matter of selling paper printing patents, although eating It's a small loss, but he has a good relationship with the male and female drama in front of him, and there is no conflict of interest between each other... As long as oneself takes out the signboard of national righteousness, the probability of the purpose of this trip can be realized: "The next is for the other. Here comes the incident—Night's Watch Industrial Park is located outside the city, and has no city wall protection. Swords don't have eyes, please also ask Sir Renly to point out, show mercy, and don't affect the Wall defenders."

"Night's Watch Industrial Park?" Renly murmured, thinking about it, and couldn't help laughing: "I also explained why Your Excellency the Logistics Officer came here, it turned out to be this."

Night's Watch Industry There are a lot of Crownlands princes here. As everyone in the King's Landing aristocratic circle knows, Renly has to rely on the cooperation of these friends to win Iron Throne with as little bloodshed as possible - let alone him. oneself has also seen the ghoul in Red Keep with his own eyes. Even if he has not seen it, Renly will not take the initiative to touch the Night's Watch industry.

Of course, it's one thing not to take the initiative to touch it. Hundreds of lords in Storm and Reach, officers and soldiers under them will loot and destroy them, but no one can tell... Igor This trip also reminded him. Renly waved his hand: "It's very easy to do, you go back and let your subordinates build a wall around the site of the Night's Watch industry and paint it with black paint - I will order it, so that the storm and Reach will have nothing to do with army autumn. guilty."

It's that simple? Igor was really surprised, but after thinking about it for a while, he figured out the joints. With a change of mind, he immediately pursued the victory: "There are also some industries in King's Landing..."

"Tell them to hang at the door. Put on the black cloth."

"many thanks...sir!" Igor was overjoyed, but hesitated before saying Your Majesty. If the two deers compete, the winner will definitely be Stannis. If this rigid guy learns that oneself recognizes Renly as the king in the future, I am afraid it will cause trouble.

"It's 'Your Majesty'!"

Margaery waved his hand, indicating that Brienne didn't have to argue with a Night's Watch who wasn't in the aristocratic game about the trivial details of "calling", Then leaned over to Renly's ear, stared at Igor, and whispered something to oneself's future husband.

Igor has one's hair stand on end, and I quickly recalled it carefully. Except that Vale didn't give her a friendly enough response during the rebellion, oneself didn't seem to mess with Margaery again. This scheming Maiden, what is he thinking about at the moment?

Under the curious or indifferent gaze of the two princes of Storm Reach in Renly's tent, Igor struggled through the one minute. It seemed like a long time before Margaery got up and left Renly's ear, and the latter also lifted the head, looked at Igor, and spoke again.

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(end of this chapter)