King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 44 The Beginning of Southern Life

Before crossing, Igor followed this principle in his work: oneself I don’t slack off in my assigned work, but I don’t take the initiative to do things that are not oneself, and I don’t accept any arrangements that take up rest and entertainment time, including but not limited to overtime. Extensive contacts allow him to have a way of obtaining information and sources of income far beyond the ordinary person.

He works just to keep oneself from being too busy and not become shut-in, not for salary at all. The money earned by playing games and speculating in stocks far exceeds the salary. Who has the mind to fight with colleagues around the office, or show a hard-working appearance to win the favor of the Boss?

But now, things are different, Igor's boss in Night's Watch doesn't pay him, but can decide his life and death. If you annoy them, just call oneself back to the Wall and send it to patrol beyond the wall, or even declare oneself as a deserter, even if oneself survives, it will lose its skin.

Under the pressure of this invisible sense of crisis, despite being physically and mentally exhausted, Igor decided to start work immediately.

Tyrion has announced that he is going to rest. For the noble and benefactor of this hit, Igor naturally needs to take care of it. He decided to skip the first thing first and finish the step that is crucial to the follow-up work. ——Go to meet the only northerner in the Imperial Council, and ask him for something that Tyrion will never give.

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"Tuktuktuk." Igor knocked on the door of the next room.

Yoren opened the door, because he was not used to the heat of King's Landing, he had already showered in the hotel's bathhouse when Igor made the plan, and now he was wearing only shorts: "What's the matter?"

"I'm going to see the Prime Minister now, do you want to come with me?"

"Now? Don't take a break."

Yoren came out but For those who took out the funds for the business trip, the food and lodging expenses along the way were all covered by the dwarf from House Lannister. Now the money in his hand has not been moved, and if he doesn't run out of money, he will suffer a loss if he goes back early. He is not in a hurry.

"There's no better time for us at Night's Watch than a Prime Minister named Stark running the kingdom. I have a lot of work to do, and I won't be late for half a day, if you don't want to come with me. Get up, I'll have to find him alone in a few days. Although Ed Duke values Night's Watch, I'm afraid it's not good to cause him trouble."

"Ah... that's okay, Let's go." Although Yoren is old, his body is still strong, and the rushing southbound can't wear him down: "Wait for me to put on some clothes."

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The temperature difference between King's Landing and Wall is fifty-sixty degrees, forming two extremes of above and below zero. The so-called wearing a piece of clothing, in fact, is to put coarse black clothed on the head, and then wear a pair of outer pants of the same color. That alone was enough to brow beaded with sweat on both Night's Watches.

Leading the unsaddled horses from the stables, they began to march in the direction of the Red Keep.

Roads are easy to find, don't even ask - Aegon's High Hill, where the Royal Family fort is located, is located at the southeast corner of King's Landing, and is much higher than King's Landing, which includes the Visenian and Rhaenys Hills Anywhere else, if you look to the east where it is not blocked by the houses, you can see its towers and walls built against the mountain, aloof and remote like the residence of Gods.

Aegon the Conqueror is very picky, and the Red Keep really looks like a ruler's residence.

After walking a section of the road, Igor slowed down.

"What's the matter?"

"Before we go to see the Prime Minister, we should take care of our oneself."

Yoren shook his head, using someone from the past to educate Junior. "Trust me, Igor, the Prime Minister is not going to give us a few more people or a few more trucks of supplies just because we've taken care of it."

Eddard Stark probably doesn't care about seeing his Night's Watch. image, but the people and nobles along the Red Keep and King's Landing will care. Although the mission to "improve the image of Night's Watch" was intended to be ignored in the plan, Igor couldn't bear to have such a dirty colleague around.

About how important the first impression is, how great the long-term impact of improving the overall image of the Night's Watch organization, etc... I can't explain it to a rude person like Yoren, Igor chose a more blunt and more effective 's speech.

"Don't you feel hot with such a big beard and greasy black clothed?"

"Uh... I've come here for so many years, I'm used to it. I'm done."

"Don't worry, I'll pay for it."

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The bag that Robb stuffed with Igor contained a Golden Dragon and 90 Silver Stags - Estimated from the items and services that can be purchased, the value of a Silver Stag is close to a red hair grandfather in the world before Igor crossed, and a Golden Dragon can be exchanged for 210 Silver Stags ...

This means: Igor now has more than 20,000 yuan in his hands, which can be regarded as a considerable wealth in this world with extremely low productivity. It’s natural to be extravagant, but for daily consumption, it’s enough for a dozen months.

Night's Watch doesn't have any source of income for the time being, so even though he has enough money, Igor still deliberately stayed away from the wealthy area before starting to find the store that oneself needed.

He first took Yoren into a barber shop, and asked the owner to cut oneself and Yoren's hair short, shaved beard, and washed their hair, which made the image fresh and neat.

After paying a Silver Stag and taking a few Copper Coins for change, Igor quickly walked into a clothing store.

“Two sets of light and breathable black long shirts,” he said. “Pure black is the best, but it’s not good, and it can’t have any bright colors that are too conspicuous.”

"Pure black?" The owner's face immediately put on a sad expression of empathy: "I'm sorry, I don't know who died in the two families?"

"No one died, we are Night's Watch."

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"Night's Watch?"

"Why, are you still picking customers?" Igor frowned impatiently, patted his pockets: "We'll pay!"

"No no... I don't mean anything else, it's just the first time I received a buyer from The Wall, which is a bit rare." The owner of the clothing store remembered that harmony makes money, and his face quickly changed into a diligent smile after a moment of surprise: " Please wait, I'll try to find it."

Igor waited a while, but he was patient.

The custom of Westeros, pure black clothes are only worn as mourning clothes, how can ordinary clothing stores have a lot of them? One of Igor's long-term goals is to break away from Night's Watch, and he swears that no one in the world wants to wear a different color more than he does... but he's a shaky newcomer, and he doesn't want to get anyone caught.

Not to mention, he's on his way to meet Eddard Stark, a dead-headed northerner. And to deal with this kind of role, the best disguise is undoubtedly a loyal Night's Watch Warrior who is only for Legion.

The Boss took a long time to find two nearly pure black robes from the corners. At Igor's request, they covered up the obvious white stripes on the spot, and they used two Silver robes. The price of one Stag is sold. Not only that, but Igor also pre-ordered several other assorted outfits in solid black for a change of clothes.

Conditioned at Wall, and away from Castle Black, he never wants to endure wearing a single garment for months.

Wearing new clothes and new looks, two Night's Watches look brand new again. Looking at Yoren, who seems to be shedding body and exchanging bones, Igor reluctantly laughed: the mission of improving his image, which he directly removed from the schedule, became the first thing he really started to do.

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Riding to the entrance of Red Keep, after explaining to the golden robe sons guarding the gate and waiting for the notification, they were able to enter the gate of Red Keep and enter the Red Keep at the gate. Guided down to the Tower of the Hand.

It was all guards from Winterfell, who knew and respected Night's Watch without any obstruction, and the two soon met the new Prime Minister, Igor only met two months ago Eddard Stark.

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(end of this chapter)