King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 355 True - Lightbringer (Part 1)
Igor confesses oneself's plan, not because he is Honest man.

In addition to considering maintaining a fairly good mutual trust between himself and Red Woman, there is one more point: he was shaken after knowing that this was not an ordinary Valyrian Steel Sword.

Since the original sale plan is likely to fall through, so what?
As an item whose symbolic meaning is greater than its use value, the Valyrian Steel Sword is basically not in circulation - it is priceless and has no market. If you have to forcibly estimate how much it is worth, be conservative, it is about 200,000 to 300,000 Golden Dragons. At this critical juncture, the Golden Dragon was sold to Tywin for a 100,000 fold... It seems that it was Suffered a small loss. In general, both parties are happy.

However, what is the value of a Dragonlord sword? The formidable power of the spells applied inside and outside the blade of the Dark Sisters is dozens of times that of the ordinary Valyrian Steel Sword. Does this mean that the price should also be dozens of times?
No, even the most uninitiated should know that a Magic item, with the improvement of its performance, its production difficulty and value should increase exponentially - the worth of the dark sisters, set as ten million Golden Dragon Not too much!
But... just like Wall: as the biggest Magic creation in the world of ice and fire, its value is simply incalculable. But no one will ever pay for the ownership of it - all House Lannister wants is a normal Valyrian Steel weapon that won't rust as time goes by as an "ancestral sword" to stand on the table. The Magic ability of the Dragonsteel sword means nothing to Tywin, to anyone who doesn't fight the Others.

And as it happens, Igor is now the one who is about to fight the Others.

Selling the Valyrian Steel Sword and 100,000 Golden Dragons worth hundreds of thousands of Golden Dragons at a bargain price is acceptable to him, but if the Dark Sisters are sold for 1% of their price... the reckless waste of this transaction of natural resources, to the point that Igor oneself would wake up scolding oneself wastrel when he was dreaming.

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"Well, I admit, this sword may be really extraordinary." Igor explained with a bitter face, "But... I think that if there is a Large sums of money to buy ordnance equipment, improve the overall battle strength of the land-grant army, is not much better than an extra sword that can kill Others?"

Melisandre to Igor snort disdainfully: Countless Lord of Light The Lightbringer, which the believers had been looking for for so long, was finally delivered to the Child of Prophecy, but the parties wanted to sell it. It was a joke, and it was not funny at all!
Her eyes were sharp: "Who are you looking for to buy it?"

Although the question was short, it directly attacked the key point, and Igor was at a loss for words.

In a world with backward productivity, what is lacking is not money, but commodities.

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In the most peaceful era, a wandering Knight only needs ten Golden Dragons to buy all weapons, mounts and even head-to-toe armor, and bring oneself with him The horses are packed like tin cans, and they go to tournaments with dignity and look for employers.

But if a big guy like Tywin Lannister suddenly got up and planned to buy equipment and arm a Lanisport Guard of 1,000 people, would 10,000 Golden Dragon be enough?
Far from enough, 100,000 is enough. Because no supplier or craftsman can get so many weapons and equipment at once, once someone starts buying in large quantities, the price of similar goods will skyrocket at a rocket-like rate, quickly climbing to a prohibitive level.

In fact, no matter where the lords are, in the peaceful era of cheap prices, they constantly purchased weapons and equipment made by the Smiths at low prices in advance, and hoarded their arsenals in preparation for war.

Now, there are fire beacons all over the world, and no one in the Seven Kingdoms is involved in the war caused by the infighting of House Baratheon. Not to mention those who are fighting each other fiercely, even if they are not in combat status for a while, they are still looking forward to someone's return, and they are also not undressing at night, waiting for the day... The arsenal is guaranteed to be empty, not even the ones who can make new equipment. Artisans and technicians, most of whom were also recruited by lords, provided custom and maintenance services for the army for free.

Someone must ask, what about across the narrow sea?
"Freedom fighter" Daenerys · Targaryen disrupted the situation in Slaver's Bay, and Red God taught the blessing of doomsday. Essos large and small city-state villages and towns, whether or not the slave system has been abolished, are all in danger. With the purpose of being prepared, they will fight with horses and prepare their equipment for battle.

At the moment when the flames are everywhere, Igor realizes that oneself is really...you can't necessarily buy armaments if you have money, you can only donate land to oneself to work hard and work together with hot and cold weapons. .

"Well, I may not be able to buy much armament." Igor admits that oneself was ill-considered before, after all, it was an idea that popped up in the blink of an eye, and it is normal to have problems, "But, Queenscrown We're developing special weapons to deal with ghouls and Others, and this is also asking for money."

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"How much money do you lack?" Red Woman asked sharply.

How much money do I need?
After Igor calmed down and thought for a while, he soon came to a conclusion that surprised his oneself: Although Night's Watch Legion is now heavily in debt, it is not short of money.

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Bingxia Port’s battleship costs, land grants and Wall’s food consumption—the two major expenses are borne by North and Iron Vault, respectively. For the Southern Branch of Night's Watch Industry to find saltpeter mines and study the domestic method of making nitrate, Nina and the industrial park will find ways to be self-sufficient.

This means: at this stage, the only place where Igor spends money is in Queenscrown: the wages of hundreds of Night's Watch logistics employees, various tools that can't be produced by land grants, purchasing of daily necessities - every 1,000 Golden Dragon per month; smelting, casting, and forging specialists' remuneration for research on artillery and explosives, as well as the cost of materials consumed by trial and error -- currently, it has reached 2,000 Golden Dragon per month, and will be scaled up and the program is running in. Adaptation, it will soon reach 3,000.

The monthly consumption of nearly 4,000 Golden Dragons... It sounds like a lot of money, but you know, Tyrion has just approved a loan for Night's Watch Legion: 40,000 Golden Dragons, in cash.

It not only solves the urgent need, but also lasts for a while.

It's the same as buying armaments: in reality, climbing technology, especially in a world with backward productivity and lack of materials, is actually the biggest problem facing is not lack of money, but the lack of personnel and prerequisites technology and supplies.

Igor, with Pyromancer as the core, supplemented by the talents discovered by the Night's Watch industry itself, formed a team by recruiting and educated cronies, which is barely enough; It's almost done; but the supplies are more troublesome: the charcoal needed for gunpowder is self-burning, the sulfur is dug from Dragonstone, and the nitrate is temporarily used by the Night's Watch Wandering Crow who originally recruited (abducted) everywhere. Take the guy to the toilets, stables, and corrals everywhere to scrape with a knife. The shells required for the bombs and the gun body of the artillery are more complicated. Kneading and cutting...

It's like a hardcore collection game with no recharge system and no built-in store: except for some common tools and experienced old masters, there are not many parts that can be spent directly Get it done.

The real technological progress can be accelerated by investing a lot of money, but the most obvious difference from those page games is that the time required cannot be shortened indefinitely through krypton gold or cheat.

The research institute's current problems such as insufficient volume and scarcity of experience are there, and spending more than 2,000 Golden Dragon per month is already a figure close to the upper limit. Even if Igor forcibly increases the funding, the researchers will not have much channels to consume, except to eat better, dress better, and give out more bonuses.

In a nutshell: Night's Watch Legion has a huge deficit right now, but it won't run out of money before the war begins. Song of Ice and Fire is about to play, and it is the first priority to live until the end of the song. What's the use of rushing gold coins into the warehouse?

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“I know Night's Watch has a lot of foreign debt right now, but now is not the time to think about how to pay it off! High Priest Benerro of Volantis Red Temple is speaking to believers for Night's Watch Fundraising, debt repayment after the war, the pressure is never as big as you think." Seeing Igor pondering, Melisandre also slowed down, "In any case, the Lightbringer must be owned by you, there is no negotiation!"

It turns out that Red Woman asked oneself how much money she lacked, not because she saw the financial situation of Night's Watch in advance, but because she had other sources of funds! I don't know how many Red God believers in Volantis are, what social class are they generally in, and are they rich?

Igor murmured secretly, but still reluctantly agreed: "Okay, you don't need to stress anymore, I promise, I won't sell this sword."

The promise is I agreed, but as a sword, the Dark Sisters are only useful if they are inserted into the body of Others... and this means that the sword-wielder must get a chance with Others and even the Night King duel in order to play its "nemesis" formidable power.

Igor has always acted in the public eye as a warrior and hero, which has a huge positive effect on improving and maintaining morale. As the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, he is really not good at telling Melisandre: After experiencing the oneself desperately with Others, I really don't want to go to fight with these ghosts...especially maybe Night King.

Is this cowardly? of course. But Igor doesn't feel anything to be ashamed of: innocent from the heart, true warriors are not fearless, but can overcome fear.

If oneself is really forced to the point of having to fight with the Night King duel, I don't know if R'hllor, who may have chosen oneself as the agent, will bless oneself? Thinking like this, Igor felt unwell: As for the habit of controlling the situation, I prefer Igor who puts everything under control, and entrusts his fate to others... Even if this is a god, it is an unacceptable option.

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The assured Melisandre relaxed, slowed down and continued to mutter some insignificant exhortations, but Igor's thoughts drifted to other places: ordinary Valyrian The Steel Sword can kill Others, and the homologous magic power contained in the Dragonlord sword is dozens of times that of the former. Does this mean that even if the Dark Sisters are divided into dozens of parts, each of them can kill Others independently?
Igor didn't forget that oneself is a transmigrator. How come he has lived in this world for more than four years, but has limited oneself's thinking? The Dark Sister is a sword, but who says the wielder has to be in sword form to use it?
"Miss Melisandre, I'm sorry." Igor raised his hand to interrupt the witch again, "Allow me to interject, I want to ask, if I melt this sword into dozens of small pieces, these small pieces, Can you still keep the ability to kill Others?"

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(end of this chapter)