King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 378 Vice President Qyburn

"Vice President Qyburn." The ghostly expression on his face made his head confused, and he repeated, "One of the three vice presidents of the research institute affiliated to the Night's Watch industry, is there any problem."

The problem is big, Igor put it away Surprised Other: "Did the dragon hunting crossbow that the industry provided to the King's Landing defenders before, was this Qyburn's vice president get it?"

"Indeed, the dragon hunting crossbow was passed by King Stannis a year ago. The Master of Coin issued a military order to the industry. The project was originally decided to be chaired by Deputy Dean Dai Wen, but Mr. Qyburn took the initiative to help after hearing about it, and put forward many valuable suggestions. Later, Vice Dean Dai Wen proposed, Just let the two of them work together to solve the problem, and finally successfully came up with an improved product before the deadline required by the king, passed the Prime Minister's acceptance, mass-produced and equipped it on the King's Landing wall." Nina answered truthfully, tilting her head a little strangely, "My lord... do you know him?"

"I don't know him, I just heard about him—do you know his origin?"

"I have a general understanding and follow your instructions. , we conduct background checks as detailed as possible on everyone who joins the management of the Night's Watch industry. Mr. Qyburn was a physician for the mercenary organization 'Brave Companions' before joining the industry, and many people say that he is proficient in black magic because The former Maester who set foot in Necromancy and was exiled by Citadel. But our investigators judged through comprehensive analysis of information obtained from multiple sources: the source of these rumors should be his experience of performing medical experiments on living people when he was still Maester. It is indeed a dark history, but After in-depth investigation, we found out that the participant involved in the experiment was his patient, not a kidnapped passerby, and his behavior has been punished by Citadel... I don't think we should be punished twice for one crime, let alone because of him. He made a mistake in another study that year and denied everything about him. Anyway, the field involved in the research institute does not include medical technology, so what is there to worry about." Nina explained without omission and in detail, "and the fact That is, Mr. Qyburn showed extraordinary ability and creativity after joining the industry, became the first group of members after the establishment of the institute, and was quickly promoted to associate dean with his qualifications and many achievements."

It's the "Qyburn Maester" that oneself thought of, which is really funny . Igor was stunned for a moment, and showed a strange expression: the former Maester who experimented with living people, who was supposed to treat James with a broken arm, and transformed the poisoned magic mountain into a cyborg... As long as he was given a chance and an environment, it would be alright A powerful person who can play the role of the villain and mad scientist behind the scenes, but joined the oneself camp without knowing it, and has even served oneself silently for a period of time.

It feels as wonderful as the top Legendary card coming out of the first recharge package.

Although the character attributes in the original plot are not positive, Qyburn's personal ability level is indeed a crane in a flock of chickens in this world. He is now working for the Night's Watch industry. He is in a technical position. The power and resources are all endowed by oneself. As long as he can control it, he may be a competent subordinate.

Igor suppressed his mirth, nodded: "Very good, since you have done a really detailed investigation, then use it well, send two more reliable 'assistants' to Qyburn, if he is honest If you engage in research, you will fully support and cooperate, and if you do something crooked, you must stop it in time, so as not to cause trouble."

"Understood."

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After one topic ended, Igor quickly thought of another question: If people like Qyburn are only vice presidents, how awesome is the president of the oneself research institute?
It's a pity that there are no new surprises to welcome Igor - Nina's subsequent answer is: the dean is her big brother, the "brother" in the paper-making duo at the beginning, Nina whom Igor has met for a long time you. The other two vice presidents, one is Blair who helped Night's Watch to toss out the solidified Wildfire plan, so as to realize the dragging of a large number of "aged wine" in the underground Alchemist guild hall back to the Wall, and the other is the above mentioned Dai. Wen - A certain King's Landing was born, originally a skilled craftsman.

Igor was a bit impressed with Neil, who was regarded as a oneself little brother-in-law: Although his ability is definitely not as good as that of Qyburn, maybe even under all three vice presidents, this is undoubtedly an open-minded person, The brain is also flexible enough youngster. The main mission of the dean is to supervise and ensure that all activities of the institute are in the general direction expected by oneself, and avoid misappropriation, misappropriation of research funds, or the chaos of "Lord Commander wants to make gunpowder, but the following people want to pill concocting" Appearing... Igor will not foolishly accuse Nina of nepotism and unfair competition: in this backward era of generally low ideological and moral standards, in the open strife and veiled struggle of Night's Watch and Crownlands princes to compete for the Night's Watch industry Against the background of this cash cow, the so-called advanced concept does not work at all. It is the most practical way to use reliable cronies to hold the key position of the management and put the control of the industry in the first place.

be that as it may, Igor still seriously told Nina to take good care of her big brother, and not to blindly command the experts, so I felt relieved, and followed her down the magnificent city of Black Wall Fort. wall , crossed the atrium, went out from the east gate, and went to the experimental site of nitrification.

"The exploration of nitre ore has not been very smooth, because we only know the existence of 'salt ore' from your mouth, but no one has ever touched it and lacks the ability to distinguish. The research institute has to spend It took a lot of time to determine a set of discrimination methods, and then teach them to the exploration teams that went to various places before the work was carried out. So far, the progress has been quite limited... However, there are people in the mountains in the northern reaches of the Reach bordering the Westerlands and in the Dornish Marches. Saltpeter has been found in the saline-alkali land. But neither of these two lords is the King's Party who supports Stannis Your Majesty, and the locations are all under the fire of war. We just used the neutral status of Night's Watch Wandering Crow to explore, but we didn't After recognizing this, we simply narrowed the scope of our search and invested more funds in the search for manufacturing methods...”

“ "Wandering Crow" was originally a post where Night's Watch Legion walked around collecting scum and criminals and brought back to the Wall to fill up the number of people, but as wildling surrendered and settled in the land-grant and became a new land-grant, manpower is no longer a problem. After Igor took office, he has already reported to Seven Kingdoms Announce the closure of civilian criminals joining the Legion exoneration. However, the Wandering Crows have been walking in the Seven Kingdoms for a long time, and their advantages of being familiar with routes and good at dealing with people are still valuable, so they changed their bodies under Igor's instruction and became members of the exploration team.

There is nothing wrong with the plan itself, but unfortunately Igor ignores one point: for various reasons, even if he finds saltpeter, he may not be able to mine as much as the obsidian and sulfur mines on Dragonstone.

While dictating the project progress to Igor, Nina walked him to the experimental site. It was a good several hundred meters. As she got farther and farther from the castle, there was a strange smell...Accurately. It is said that the smell of urine gradually came, and slowly filled the surrounding environment, making it difficult for Igor and his entourage to breathe, who were accustomed to the cool air of the Wall.

Igor realized that the workshop in front, far away from the industrial core area and surrounded by a small earth wall, is what oneself wants to see on this trip.

The director of the test field, the man who improved the dragon-hunting crossbow and made a lot of money for the Night's Watch industry, has already received the news, and has a bunch of subordinates and assistants standing at the door waiting for the leader to visit.

"Your Excellency, this is the Vice President of Qyburn, the Chief-In-Charge of the Nitrate Production Project."

Standing in front of Igor was a tall man with a slightly hunchbacked back. An old man, there are many wrinkles around his prominent blue eyes, but more grey hair than white silk on his head, and a smile always hangs on his lips, making him look like a spirited and kind great grandfather. "Mad Scientist"?

"Sir." Qyburn bowed slightly respectfully, "Your name is like thunder piercing the ear, it's a great honor to meet you today."

"You're welcome, Mr. Qyburn. Igor smiled and said nothing. "I have heard about you, a scientific research genius, from Nina. I can rest assured that the nitrification project is in your hands. Come, tell us about your work. Let's do it."

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(end of this chapter)