King of The Wall

2021-03-29

Chapter 643 Leaks (Part 1)

That's all? !
Armed to the whole army? Night's Watch hasn't been able to do it yet, what kind of onion is Reach? This intimidation is too low level.

"Where's the letter?" Igor chuckled, shook his head, and stretched out his hand.

Nina hurriedly stepped forward, took out the letter and handed it over with both hands, and returned to its original position, waiting quietly with her hands down, daring to come out.

(Is oneself so scary?)

The girl's behavior is a bit strange, but Igor didn't think about it, but took the original and sat down on the back of the chair. , slowly unfolded the letter, and started reading silently.

After a while, he swept through the contents of the letter, and after a long sigh, he slowly placed it on the table.

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The savage expansion is not without cost. After several years of rapid development, the Night's Watch Industrial Park has grown into a huge and bloated giant beast - head-on confrontation No one can stop it, but at the detail level, it is full of weak spots. Thousands of people came from all over the Seven Kingdoms to work on it, but most of it was just for a bite, not for some lofty program or belief at all.

And that's why: the Night's Watch industry is a powerful, but not strictly pure, organization.

He was able to keep the secret of Blackfyre's medicine hidden for so long under these conditions, in addition to having a complete set of strategic deception plans to successfully hide the existence of gunpowder under the fog of "against Others" , and another trick is: "fine division of labor, flat management" - stripping out Night's Watch Arsenal as a subdivision to manage important military secrets, and the personnel of various departments apart from this perform their own duties, but they do not touch core information.

Whether it's the nitrification plant that stirs shit by the Blackwater Rush, the sulfur mining site inside and outside the volcanic crater on Dragonstone, or the charcoal plant both in the industrial park and Queenscrown... The people inside are just taking Work in exchange for pay, few know what oneself is doing.

These two layers of protective clothing are effective, but not unbreakable, for one simple reason: the Night's Watch industry is just a group of companies, not a complete polity, a unified nation, or an independent civilization.

It is neither geographically isolated from the outside world like Lop Nur; nor has any language, cultural and ideological gaps; even the "loyalty" to Night's Watch Legion is only based on wages and On top of the prospects provided; not to mention, the composition of the three-in-one sulfur and carbon nitrate is really nothing sophisticated and complicated. Any Alchemist can fiddle with it sooner or later as long as he knows the general direction.

Because of this clear awareness, Igor never expected to keep this secret exclusively for too long.

Taking a hot weapon out in the open for human use is like tearing off two layers of film, unpacking it and taking it out of the box. After being exposed under Clearsky, as long as there are people who want to think about it, the magic of gunpowder will be exposed sooner or later... Instead of wishing to keep this secret that cannot be kept, it is better to smelt the raw materials of artillery, casting methods and artillery. Look at the information and data of technical content - the latter is the right way to maintain military technical advantages and suppress generational differences for a long time.

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Unfortunately, even though he had been mentally prepared, Igor could not have expected that the gunpowder could be declassified so quickly.

In his original prediction, no matter how fast he was, he would at least have to wait for the outcome of the internal war on Westeros continent. The whole world knew that the Queen had such a great killing tool, similar to Braavos. And outside forces like Volantis began to send excellent spy groups such as Faceless Men to steal secrets... Maybe about a year later, it's possible, right?
But now, how many days have passed since the bombardment of the Golden Corps?

Judging from the content of the letter, the Reach people did indeed know the formula of gunpowder. Arming the whole army is impossible, and it's really tricky to go public - but after the initial brief shock, Igor quickly relieved, and even wanted to laugh a little.

The enemy may know that gunpowder is made of sulphur and carbonitride, but never know the proportions. Otherwise, either the writer will write the ratio on the letter to intimidate more powerfully; or he can use the time to prepare for the war to rush to work, and use the advantages of manpower and material resources to quickly produce hundreds of catties of gunpowder-in gifting When the territorial army stepped into the Reach with arrogance, they engaged in a demolition exercise on their marching route - just as Igor scared the Westerlands to speak with facts.

Even... if a more aggressive leader, it is entirely possible to choose to make a fortune in silence, to kill oneself and completely unprepared with a big move, to gain more bargaining chips on the battlefield, or even Really fighting for the throne for little Aegon!
But unfortunately, the other party chose: in the case of completely unaware of the specific ratio, ignore the actual situation and write an anonymous letter to scare oneself!

What better word to describe this move than beat the grass to scare the snake?

It's hard to imagine a clever guy like "Queen of Thorns" or a powerful character like Randyll Tarly doing such a trick. Given the strange delivery form and unsigned nature of this letter, it is very likely that it was not the official decision of the Reach decision-making level at all, but that a certain territory was close to the front line and did not want to become a "price" in the war, but was frightened. The private behavior of the nobles!

The writer was betting, but only lost.

This letter not only didn't frighten Igor, but completely exposed his panic and lack of confidence in going to the doctor for a sudden illness.

Deep pondering along this letter that shouldn't have appeared, Igor can even roughly infer the overall state of Reach at the moment: having a "pig teammate" means that there are differences of opinion within Reach, but it also means There is already a considerable proportion of insightful people in the opposite side, aware of oneself's plan to use the descendants of Greenhand, and made up their minds to resist!
oneself will face, I am afraid it is a tough battle!
His eyes flashed, and Igor, who had calmed down quickly, relaxed.

He realizes that analysis is analysis, and that any temporary change in decision making because of this letter is absolutely inappropriate. The most correct way at the moment is to act according to the original plan, while quietly making more preparations, in case the opponent really succeeds in cramming and comes up with any gunpowder weapons that can be put into actual combat. Not to mention bombs and artillery, even firecrackers and firecrackers that can be heard, if they appear in the right place at the right time, it is possible to change the fighting situation.

In the midst of her usual ruthless and rational analysis, Nina, who was standing at the table, suddenly asked cautiously, "Sir, can I talk to you privately for a moment?"

Private talk? Is there any chance of a private conversation between you and me? When do you want to blow the pillow wind?
I was a little inexplicable, but quickly realized what was happening, and nodded to Myrcella, the only third person in the room, motioning her to avoid him temporarily.

Little Princess obediently left and closed the door, but before Igor could say anything, Nina made an unexpected move: she "pu" and knelt down at Igor's desk.

The threatening letter from the enemy didn't frighten him, but Igor was startled by the actions of oneself's number one helper.

"What's the matter?" Igor frowned, "Stand up and speak slowly."

Nina did not stand up, but raised her head and pleaded with tears in her eyes: "Sir, I may know who leaked the secret, but please spare his life for the sake of my siblings who have worked hard for you over the years!"

Is it Neil?
Igor immediately understood the reason for Nina's abnormal behavior, and slowly lowered his face: "When and how did you find out? In detail, don't miss anything."

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In the afternoon, when Igor was scolding Fang Qiu and pointing at Jiangshan in the battle meeting, Nina, who was dealing with the complicated affairs of the industrial park as usual in the Black Wall Fortress, suddenly received a submission from her subordinates. After reading this letter, he immediately realized the seriousness of the situation, and without saying a word, he put down his work and rushed to the city. When he was about to go out, he bumped into his brother, so he casually told him about it.

The intention of this move is to let the big brother share some of the pressure on oneself and start leading an investigation - to find out how this important secret leaked out. Neil, who wanted to hear what the younger sister said, replied indifferently: "Gunpowder? Isn't it made of sulfur and nitrate? I guessed it a long time ago. There are still a few people in the industrial park who don't know. Do you still need to leak?"

The speaker is unintentional, the listener is intentional... Nina, who was in a hurry to leave, was struck by lightning.

How many people in the industrial park don't know? Oneself doesn't know, of course it's not because she's stupid, but because she's so busy that she simply doesn't have time or mind to ponder the formula of gunpowder. Oneself, the big brother, might have guessed the key secret of gunpowder for a long time because of his position, but he didn't realize the importance of this information, so he accidentally leaked it out! ?

Remembering that Miss Margaery has always been very close to her oneself siblings, she often comes to the industrial park as a business partner to kill time with Neil... A terrifying conjecture slowly pops up in my mind. Out, Nina immediately forced the big brother to ask if he had told the Tyrell family the relevant information.

Neil firmly denied it at first, but then he couldn't stand the young sister's in-depth pursuit, and only reluctantly admitted: In a small chat with Margaery, Igor revealed that Igor was too concerned about the preparation of saltpeter and the mining of sulfur ore ..."Maybe it made her oneself guess." That's all.

Neil is telling the truth, but Nina can't believe the truth is that simple. She decided in her heart that it was the oneself big brother who avoided the burden and wanted to shirk the responsibility lightly. She was so panicked that she almost couldn't stand up. It was found out that the big brother is bound to die, so it is better to admit it immediately, and there is no chance of a glimmer of survival.

That's why she took the initiative to kneel and confess.

Is this the legendary "day defense and night defense, home thieves are difficult to prevent"?

Margaery Tyrell, this chick, really has no opportunity!

Is this going to start getting more pig teammates... Igor can't help but put his hand on his forehead: the good news is that Nina didn't get involved or let it go. ; The bad news is that Neil, one of the veterans of the Night's Watch industry, oneself, in a sense, "brother-in-law" leaked military secrets - whether intentionally or not, he really didn't know what to do.

After thinking for half a minute, he couldn't straighten his thoughts, and he couldn't bear to keep Nina kneeling on the ground, so he had no choice but to sit up straight: "Where's the others?"

"Next door. Wait."

"Go and call him!"

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(end of chapter)