King of The Wall

2021-01-06

Chapter 83 is the beginning of the show

The letter to Wall has been sent, thousands of miles away , Igor is powerless and can no longer exert any influence on Night's Watch in any other way. He is very clear: in the case that oneself is not the only source of logistics for Night's Watch Legion, or even temporarily not the main logistics source, the so-called "logistics impact on the front line" is likely to be extremely limited. All he could hope for now was that the raven who sent the letter would deliver the letter safely and quickly, and the people who read the letter would also take its contents seriously.

The days of King's Landing continue, and after discovering that Arya can act as oneself's ear in the center of power, Igor is even more mindful about winning her over, except for certain things she really can't let her know about. , I'm willing to take her with me wherever I go... It's good that the "master and disciple relationship" is getting deeper, but it's true that the relationship is too close and she is often overwhelmed by her entanglement. If it wasn't for the girl's dressing up as a fairly elegant noble lady, and taking it around can make people enjoy the double ~ pleasure ~ of "being a teacher" and "cultivating", Igor is not aware of wasting a lot of effort just for a little news , is it worth it.

He somewhat misses the compulsory education in the world where oneself comes from - a bear child without homework, it is too terrifying.

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Bear child is troublesome, but it's easy to find a way to deal with it, and another guy makes Igor's head big: Jaqen H'ghar is neither with Arya It was a hit and miss, but they didn't leave as early as expected. Instead, he seems to settle down at the residence arranged by Igor, wearing black clothed and commuting with oneself every day, listening to instructions to do some light chores for the office, and taking care of himself when oneself leaves the office from time to time. Facade mission - even though Igor soon hires another local King's Landing employee, he still doesn't mention leaving.

Such a top spy and killer who neither collects information for oneself nor kills for oneself, what's the use of staying by his side? Igor decided to squeeze him and Arya together - either to share some pressure on oneself, or be forced away by the bear child: "Aquan, I'm not free today, you go to practice sword with Miss Stark."

"Huh?" Arya suddenly looked unhappy: "No, I only practice with the master, don't let others perfunctory me!"

"You are so good, practicing swords with you every day is a waste of the master's time. , when you have mastered what I have taught you, and can defeat the master, come to me again."

"Someone can't make a sword, my lord."

"You can enter the Royal Library, but you can't deal with a little girl?" Igor squinted at Jaqen: "I don't ask you where you come from, and I don't restrict you from staying here. Please be a little more honest and don't treat everyone as a fool... ...don't know how to use swords, just teach her something else, your mission is when I have the opportunity...don't be defeated by her."

Jaqen hesitated, and finally agreed: "A certain People get it."

In order to keep Jaqen from being tied down, Igor didn't watch him and Arya practicing swords in the backyard. The girl was initially unhappy, but soon became excited and happy. The new sparring team got stronger, and Igor finally breathed a sigh of relief: if Jaqen not only stayed at King's Landing for an unknown purpose, but also shamelessly pretended to be powerless, then oneself really didn't know how to deal with him.

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After an accident in which a bond buyer came to the door and oneself wasn't there, Igor and Tyrion learned their lesson and set a timetable for bond offerings - in the On the agreed days, Igor will strictly stay in the office from morning to night and wait for the latter to come to the door, while at other times, he can let the hired employees watch the office keep the door open, while oneself is running around. Other things - such as going to Neelina's siblings' experimental workshop to monitor the progress of papermaking and participating in discussions on improvement proposals, urging the mining of obsidian mines, and purchasing supplies for the Night's Watch Legion.

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Summers in King's Landing are as hot and savory as ever, but without Catelyn Tully's bullshit and Petyr Baelish messing up, the Seven Kingdoms capital of the day It's a bit bland compared to the original story - the king is eating and drinking merrily planting seeds, the queen is nervously continuing to have an affair with the younger brother, the prime minister is caught up in the mystery of the death of his oneself adoptive father and ex and the rumors circulating in the city In the midst of this ominous serenity, the sale of the first Night's Watch bonds and the improvements in papermaking underpinned by them proceeded quietly. After the first re-produced ore from the ancient obsidian mine at Dragonstone was loaded on the Dragonstone port, packed into the hold with the large number of auxiliary items Igor had purchased for the Ghoul Hunt, and staggered on the voyage to Eastwatch , Westeros continent, and possibly the first plant fiber paper with practical value in the entire Ice and Fire world, was finally born in that small workshop.

This is an important moment in history, especially for a few parties who still want to make a fortune on this thing.

Igor and Tyrion came to the workshop where paper was born, and stood with the paper siblings... Of course, Arya, who will not miss the excitement, also followed.

Looking at the appearance, the paper in front of Igor... Except for the color is a little gray and yellow and the edges are a little uneven, there is already the worst quality pirated book or banknote he has ever seen before crossing. texture. Try to fold or roll it - it's flexible enough; then pull it a little harder with your hand - it's only slightly deformed without breaking... Now, as long as the ink is clear and not bleed after writing on it with a pen, this is them need something.

"Bring a pen." Igor reached out.

Nina quickly took the pen and ink, and Arya grabbed the thing: "I'll write!"

Igor was a little helpless, but also with a bit of doting sighed: "Okay, I'll let you be the first one."

Of course the girl won't be the first one, the paper siblings dare to call both bosses, obviously they have already done it experiment. The girl dipped a pen in ink and excitedly wrote oneself's name on the paper: Arya Stark.

Not only that, but she also doodled under her name, drew a cloud, a tree, and a villain...

The room was quiet, the siblings were nervous Staring at Igor and Tyrion, Tyrion looked at Igor with questioning eyes.

"How about it?"

"What about it, isn't the person who prints it under your control? Do you think this paper can be used for printing?"

Tyrion looked at Arya's name and painting on the paper, touched the chin for a while, nodded: "I think it's okay."

"That's okay." Igor resolutely and decisively said , "Nina, tell me, how much does this piece of paper cost?"

"Cost?" The Maiden inventor blinked his bright eyes: "The cost of raw materials...a single piece of paper is almost negligible, mainly It's equipment, processing chemicals, dye fuels...and labor!"

"Get rid of the equipment and venue, and give me a rough figure."

"About ten Copper points."

"Very good, after mass production, even if the cost of equipment and ground rent is included, the real cost will continue to decrease and approach this number, and this number should continue to grow as the process matures. And progress will continue to decrease." Igor thought about it, suddenly turned his head and asked Tyrion: "What is the cost of parchment on the market now?"

Two months ago, Tyrion couldn't answer anything. This question, but now, he has done his homework: "It's like this big one, more than one Silver Stag, if it's thicker or better, I'm not sure."

"Then Now the situation is very clear, even if the process has not been improved, the cost of our paper is only a fraction of the parchment." Igor breathes deeply: "The good drama is about to begin, in order to commemorate this historic moment, we give this Give the paper a name."

Nina was the first to suggest: "Master Igor has put forward many suggestions for the birth of this kind of paper, and the greatest contribution is to call it Wester paper."

"Ha, I wouldn't take it for granted. However, it's too strange to call Neil and Nina Paper - why not call it Lannister Paper?"

"Arya The paper is ready, look, it has my name written on it!"

Amid the relaxed laughter of the crowd, Tyrion made a decision: "Will you let me be the master this time? Say, it's called Night's Watch paper, which not only identifies the research and development funder of this paper, but also advertises our bonds for free!"

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(End of this chapter )