King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 331 The Legendary Marriage Break (Part 1)
The process of thinking before and after is the most painful, do it in your heart After making the decision, Igor felt a lot more relaxed. He forced oneself to forget the emotional impact of Roose Bolton's suggestion on oneself, and devote himself to the current work first.

This is fairly easy to do when the opponent is the Others.

This time I went south to borrow money from the North princes. Igor's expected goal was 30,000 to 50,000 Golden Dragons, but in the end I found that oneself was not the first Lord Commander who came to ask for money after taking office. "It's common for these nobles to have a psychological price, and there is no room for bargaining at all, they can only take as much as they give.

From the mouths of a bunch of families except Bolton, he picked out a total of about 15,000 Golden Dragons, but with the 10,000 borrowed by Old Flayer, the total was unexpectedly close to The minimum goals were met—and more than half of them still had to be paid.

The promise of funding has arrived, but no one will bring so much money to the battlefield. Igor will then have to send his subordinates to carry tokens to each family's residence city to withdraw money... In addition to money, Robb, the North's one, Lord, it is quite reliable to provide manpower support - he announced to the entire north of The Neck that he ruled, ordering idle masons and carpenters and other craftsmen to gather in Winterfell, ready to go north to support the construction of the military port on the west coast.

There is no shortage of land-grant labor, but there are almost no masters in technology... The participation of these people will greatly help the overall quality of the manpower mastered by Igor, and it can also save a lot of money His cost of finding and hiring talent. Robb attaches so much importance to the construction of the military port, which is quite useful to Igor. After thinking about it, he plans to drop by Winterfell, get House Stark's "donation" and receive this group of professionals, and then return to Queenscrown together. It is a respect for the guardian of North, and by the way, it also shows oneself's attitude of attaching importance to technical talents.

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With the construction and development of land grants, Queenscrown, the core of which, communicates more and more frequently with all parties in the south. Inevitably, it has become an important transit point, and employees of the Night's Watch industry who are on business trips stop by every three days.

Uninvited but frequent guests are usually unwelcome, but under Robb's direction, Winterfell is not at all snubbed. In addition to increasing the number of servants to ensure that there is no delay, there is even a special room designated for the staff of the Night's Watch Legion in the guest room building.

At this moment, Igor is on the side of the school field in front of the guest room building, breathing fresh air while observing the drills of the soldiers left behind in the center of the field.

Although I wanted to quietly take the money and the craftsmen and leave, but unfortunately this castle is so big, it is really hard to hide the news of his visit from Second Young Lady.

Sure enough, after just standing there for a while, Arya excitedly ran over to look for him.

“Master master!”

Although her scalp was numb, Igor put on a kindly elder expression, thinking that oneself was Arya who came to see her on purpose, and Myrcella following her - no, it should be Maeve nodded now.

"Master." Arya grabbed him without hesitation: "Maeve said she wanted to ask her how the two brothers were doing in the Wall, but I'll accompany you if you're sorry. Here she is."

"They're not in the Wall." Igor smiled softly at the former Baratheon Dynasty princess, "but in Queenscrown, far from the front, in my school for land-grant residents, 'Watching' land-grant students as a Night's Watch -- of course, the job is watch, but it's actually learning. I ask the teacher to take extra care, and with their Maester education and foundation, it's probably going to be easy."

"I'm relieved that your lord said that, thank you so much—"

"I told you, my master will definitely take good care of your brother. As long as Joffrey stops thinking that oneself is a Prince bullying others... hum." Arya habitually interjected, hurriedly interrupting Myrcella, and then her excited face quickly turned into annoyance for some reason: "Master, it will be my first time soon. Thirteen Name Days!"

Name Day is the birthday in the Westeros concept. Igor was a little surprised, and quickly made an apologetic expression: "Oh, what is it... Oh, I didn't prepare a present for you."

"Ah, who wants your present!" Arya stomped her feet angrily: "That Harry came and said he wanted to spend the name day with me!"

"Which Harry?" Igor was confused, it couldn't be Harry Potter.

Igor's question immediately revealed that he didn't care about oneself at all, which annoyed the girl. Arya shook Igor's arm angrily, and even pinched him: "Harrold Hardyng! The heir to my cousin Robert Arryn, everyone calls him 'heir Harry'! Aiya, is my fiancé!"

Oh, that's what happened. Igor suddenly realized that it was not his bad memory, but that this person really had little connection with oneself, so there was no need to remember it.

No wonder Lady Catelyn specially sent someone to Queenscrown a few weeks ago to urge the girl to go home. It turned out that her son-in-law came to see her: "Why, is he in such a hurry to marry you? In North, how old is he? Can I get married?"

"I don't know, there seems to be no rules." Arya grimaced, "Anyway, thirteen years old is fine, what should I do, I don't want to get married yet."

"Should not, Harry probably just came to see you at the request of the family elder - to start developing a relationship." Myrcella, who was following Arya, whispered to comfort: "Thirteen has indeed reached the accepted minimum for marriage. age, but in general, only the male side is far stronger than the female Fang Family, or both parties are eager to confirm the alliance relationship through this marriage, will they get married so early. In Arya's case, at least before the age of sixteen , the Hatton family wouldn't dare to rush."

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Myrcella was born as a princess after all, and the rules of this noble game are well understood.

House Stark arranged for Arya's marriage because the current Vale lord Robert Arryn, Eyrie Duke is a young child with epilepsy, in very poor health, and may be married at any time before leaving an heir. breathe one's last - among the existing Vale nobles, "heir Harry" became Eyrie's first heir because of his grandmother's surname Arryn.

But Robert Arryn is still alive and well, and is Duke of Winterfell's cousin, and the alliance between North and Vale is natural and strong, both in blood and politics. "Marriage to confirm the alliance" is obviously not satisfied - Arya's marriage contract, to put it bluntly, is only a worst-case insurance that needs to be activated.

The Hatton family, as a middle-class family that is not ranked in Vale, is impossible to be called a "strong man" in a marriage with a powerful lord family such as Stark, and naturally it is not qualified to determine the marriage date. , Even the bride who wants to see oneself has to take the opportunity to celebrate the naming day to come all the way.

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"Do you hear me? Pray for your little cousin. As long as he is alive, no one will rush you before the age of sixteen. What's the panic." He swung his arms, but didn't shake Arya's arms, so he had to let her hold her: "Your fiance - man, I'm not afraid that he will see you like this, jealous and will be bad for you in the future?"

"It's still on the way, it won't be there until two days." Arya sullenly clings to Igor's side: "But I just don't want to get married, not now, not at sixteen, never."

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"What nonsense, is this something you want to do or not." Igor sighed helplessly, thinking of Roose Bolton's suggestion again. The status of House Stark is being coveted. Arya, as Second Young Lady, is still full of naive ideas and does not want to fulfill the obligation of oneself as a noble lady to secure the position of the ancestral land. This is really...

“ Master, please help me think of a way to break the marriage."

Pfft, the legendary breakup? Famous scene!

These familiar words made Igor have a series of strange associations in an instant, but fortunately, he quickly gathered his thoughts under his strong reason and glared at the girl: "What are you thinking about, marriage? Can I retreat at will? Even if I can, what can I say as a Lord Commander of the Night's Watch?"

"Isn't it difficult for you to help your most obedient and good discipline retreat?"

What's terrifying in a marriage!" Arya splashed, twisting and rubbing against him: "Aiya, I don't care, anyway, you have to find a way for me, at least... at least three!"

Hoo , Yes, I'm just you a discipline, the most obedient, the most beautiful, the most lovely, the most outstanding, anyway, there are no competitors, why don't you just say whatever you want? Igor has a huge head, and oneself will give outsiders the impression that any problem can be solved, not because oneself is really powerful, but because oneself will never do things that are not sure to be completed.

But the younger sister, who was protecting North, broke off the marriage? This tm is not a matter of "how much confidence", it is simply impossible to start!

"Don't make trouble!"

"I'm going to make trouble!" Arya, who seemed to have caught a life-saving straw, of course refused, "If you don't give me three ideas today, I'll be right here. If you don't leave, I'll go to bed at night!"

Oh my God, Igor cried in his heart, how dare this bear child dare to talk nonsense, but there are still others listening here! Oneself should leave Deepwood Motte and go directly back to Queenscrown. It's hard to leave it to Winterfell to get money and lead people!
"Okay okay, I'll give you an idea!" Arya really dared to burrow into oneself's bed at night, Igor didn't doubt this at all, for fear that if entangled, the crazy girl would reveal the fact that the two of them slept together, He quickly softened. "You let go first."

"en." The girl let go according to the words, stood there happily and looked at him, triumphantly, most of the time she thought: as long as it was Igor's idea, 100% Works.

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At present, oneself has to deal with Roose Bolton, who has a bad heart, and think about how to break off the marriage of a noble Maiden. Life is so absurd. Igor secretly decided: As long as there are no knives in the sky, Winterfell will leave for Queenscrown as soon as the door opens tomorrow morning, and send his subordinates to handle the matter here.

The headache returned, but he still started to think seriously, and wanted to come up with three plans to deal with as soon as possible - to get rid of this little she-wolf first, and then talk about it today.

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(end of this chapter)