King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 45 "Help" Prime Minister

"Good afternoon, two Night's Watch brothers, what can I do? Help?"

Duke Stark, who became Prime Minister, is still so polite, at least Igor now knows that this politeness is not a disguise, and this makes him more sure of what he wants next: "My lord, beyond the The 100,000 wildlings of the wall are approaching the Wall, and the small stocks that have crossed the Wall are also seriously disturbing the law and order of the North. We are ordered by Lord Commander Mormont to come to King's Landing to ask Iron Throne for help."

Yoren coughed and interjected, "I'm here to find the man to keep the Wall, my lord. I should have waited for the next time the king came to court, to explain our needs to him, and to see the king and his prime minister in their Is there any scum in the dungeon that I want to get rid of. But Igor insisted on coming straight to you, and we kept coming."

Uren's name for his companion alerted Duke Stark, who turned his head Came to stare at someone in the same new position for a while, and Igor's distinctive Asian features made the Prime Minister recognize him.

"It's right to come to me. If you want to see the king when you go to court, I'm afraid it won't help you until winter comes. Then, Igor... What are you here for?" He asked with a pun, he no longer had any ill feelings for the Night's Watch Ranger in front of him, but the youngster in black clothed knew that Joffrey was going to assassinate Bran, and now he came to King's Landing again, Wan accidentally missed his mouth, but There will be a big storm - not only harming others, but also harming yourself.

"I will be responsible for collecting materials and equipment, recruiting follow-up personnel, and obsidian mining at Dragonstone, my lord." Igor's speech was as steady and clear as the last time we met, "Because these tasks require literacy, they will calculate and arrange.

The person who planned to carry it out, so I was sent."

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A man like Eddard Stark, who values rules and legal inheritance, will never tolerate "paying a ransom to make "Night's Watch leaves the Wall" such an outrageous and dirty transaction happened, and the three top executives of Night's Watch must also know this, so they will never inform the North guardian of the transaction with Tyrion.

And this is precisely the biggest advantage Igor currently has - apart from Mormont, Maester Aemon and Benjen Stark, only Tyrion knows the whole truth about oneself being "sent" to King's Landing, even The chief service officer and craftsmen also only knew that Tyrion was going to provide Legion with a grant. So, despite being harassed and coerced by their own elders, the oneself who left Wall and came to the capital of Seven Kingdoms, in the eyes of everyone else in Westeros...is Chief-In-Charge, Jeor Mormont, and The official representative of the Black Shirt Legion he directs.

This status will not make Igor respected by the nobles of King's Landing, but at least it will ensure that he will not be despised and ignored - even if the decline is a mess, the Night's Watch is protected by Iron Throne, Legally, it is an independent force at the same level as the nine lords of Westeros.

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"Raising supplies and equipment, recruiting follow-up personnel, and mining the obsidian at Dragonstone?" The Prime Minister hesitantly repeated what Igor had said, his always rigid face enduring indifference. He couldn't help showing a smile: "Hey, you really have a heavy burden on your shoulders, how many people did Jeor Mormont give you?"

"Night's Watch is tight, only the two of us come here, Yoren will soon have to Returning to the Wall with recruits. I'll be alone when the time comes King's Landing, but Commander Mormont allows me to go cheap and decide how to do the work." Igor put the Mormont signed and sealed certificate on the table in front of Duke Stark , thank Tyrion in my heart for the foresight of getting this document for oneself, without it, oneself's plan would not be easy to unfold: "So, I thought of you, my lord, now King's Landing is only you who can help in a great crisis. Night's Watch."

Ed unfolded the parchment, did not read it carefully, only glanced at Mormont's signature and the seal representing Night's Watch and believed the other party's statement, absolutely no Night's Watch dared to be. The deserter also ran to oneself to die, and the clever ranger in front of him must be telling the truth: "Well, how can I help you?"

Igor looked at the other party's eyes and expressions. , laughed smugly in his heart, even if Eddard Stark carefully read every word on this parchment, he would not find any loopholes - the proof document is true, and what oneself said is also true, the only change is, oneself quietly misrepresents what Mormont wrote about "allowing him to do his own work on the cheap."

Old Bear really means - Night's Watch Legion will not provide him with any help, it's all up to oneself and Tyrion to figure out a way for oneself. However, transmigrator used out of context and preconceived methods to interpret it as "oneself can fully represent Night's Watch in King's Landing", and successfully used the inertia of thinking to bring the actual ruler of North in front of him, the current Hand of the King into the ditch. inside.

Now, as long as he takes this chicken feather arrow and cheats another proof, he can expand him in King's Landing, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, like the fox which exploits the tiger's might act wilfully. bold plan.

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“My country, King Chu, is also in financial difficulties, so I don’t expect the state treasury to provide direct assistance. But after investigation, I found that after more than ten years of The peaceful development of the past year, King Robert’s plan to hide wealth for the people went quite smoothly. Since the treasury is tight, I will think in the opposite direction and raise funds from the private sector.” Igor said actively: “But I can’t handle it alone and can handle it as a team. I need one or two people who can read and count to finish the mission, and Yoren..."

"Sorry, I can't read or count." Yoren shrugged.

Hidden wealth for the people... Robert will laugh or blushing when he hears this? Eddard Stark secretly said in one's heart , but on the surface it was nodded. This requirement is not excessive: "Understood, I will pick two from the guards who meet the conditions and let you call them."

"many Thanks sir." Igor made a grateful expression, "Also, I may be stationed in King's Landing for a period of time to arrange supplies and recruit new recruits. I need an office, it doesn't need to be big, but it's better not to be remote and facing each other. Street, so that I can start the recruitment process."

(Make a storefront like opening a store, hang a sign, and you can recruit the volunteers to join the Night's Watch?) Ed knows the situation of the Wall defenders. Chu, skeptical...but it's no effort at all for Hand of the King: "Well, I'll let the King's Landing garrison see if there's any vacant house belonging to Iron Throne."

"Many thanks, sir, there is one last thing." Igor pulled Yoren to cover, and used two consecutive seemingly normal requests to numb the vigilance of the great noble in front of him. To lure the enemy into the depths, to pave the way for this last one: "Commander Mormont asked me to preside over the recruitment of personnel and the mining of obsidian, which requires money, but I can't carry too much money by myself, so I can only use credit. Getting people and tools together, getting mining and recruiting up and running before the creditors ask Legion for money directly... The plan itself is fine, but I've hit a snag."

" Credit? Mormont is really in a hurry." Ed smiled wryly again, the huge amount of the royal family's arrears shocked him. Now, after Iron Throne, even Night's Watch has to start borrowing money: "What obstacle, you say."

"The merchants and nobles in the south, who probably do not recognize or recognize the signature and seal of the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, may regard me as a swindler Igor cautiously considered the words: "So, I would like to ask the adults to issue a certificate, in the name of the Prime Minister, declaring that I am indeed a Night's Watch, and I am really raising food and grass materials for Legion."

"Hmm—" Eddard Stark mused, pressing his fist to his chin.

As the Hand of the King, Ed did not promise to be prudent and responsible, but he was not the first time Prime Minister, and he was not like Igor, who had seen all kinds of bizarre scams before crossing. He's still not sensitive enough to this sort of thing after all. He didn't notice any problems, and he didn't realize it at all: no matter what the content was, a certificate issued by the Prime Minister himself and signed and stamped would play a huge role in the hands of someone with a heart...

After a few seconds of hesitation, he pulled out a blank parchment from the clutter on the table, dipped the quill in the ink, and looked up at Igor: "I'm really the first. The next time I give people a certificate, tell me, how should I write it?"

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(end of this chapter)