The king on the Great Wall

Iger looked helplessly at the guards who were watching the show, but all of them just shrugged helplessly, and no one knew how to comfort the crying little girl in front of them.

"Okay, Miss Maeve, I promise you." Iger resignedly succumbed to the tearful offensive of his vowed niece: "I will try my best to ensure that your brother is safe and feels good on the Great Wall-whether it is physically, Or psychologically. If necessary, you can also apply to the City Lord of Winterfell to visit them at the right time and in the right way. Is this answer satisfactory to you?"

"Thank you, my lord... thank you..."

Iger didn't know if Myrcella really broke down, or if she made this appearance on purpose to win sympathy and promises, but he was a little afraid of letting the girl go on talking about "promise with her body", "repay by being a cow and a horse" Goofy things like "will also appear, and he quickly winked at a guard beside him: "Send Miss Maeve back to her residence and take good care of her!"

……

A wonderful woman like Cersei can actually give birth to such a smart and kind daughter. If Arya is half as sensible as her, how much will it save her parents and herself?

But after thinking about it, this kind of "sensibility" itself is a very sad thing-moving from the bustling, prosperous and warm Red Castle to the cold fortress of Winterfell, surviving by hostile benevolence, watching other people's faces In life, if you want to help protect your own brother, you have to rack your brains to inquire about news, and even use the ultimate weapon of tears.

This is what happens to losers.

Although I am annoyed to death every time we meet, Iger is very sure: If I will have a daughter in the future, I would rather she is a bear child like Arya, who will pester me when I am busy, and will cause trouble. Trouble comes to set yourself right...you can live your childhood carefree, always innocent, happy and zesty about life.

Of course, just don't kill yourself.

Feeling inexplicably for a while, Iger, who watched his guards send Myrcella away, heaved a long sigh of relief, and immediately remembered an important thing.

"Do you know who she is?"

"Probably know……"

"That green hat king's daughter."

"No, the correct answer is, I don't know." Iger stared at the smart subordinate seriously, and then looked around at everyone present: "She is just an ordinary girl adopted by Winterfell, and neither of you know her name. , I don’t know the origin, and I haven’t heard of today’s conversation, so keep your mouth shut, do you understand?”

Seeing the officer's expression, several soldiers who had followed Iger since King's Landing knew that he was not joking, and immediately replied solemnly: "Yes, my lord."

Although Ed Stark's arrangement is not perfect, it is quite thoughtful.Whether it was out of respect for the late great man, or simply to protect an innocent girl, Iger didn't want to let the job of concealing Myrcella's identity fall into his own hands.

Well... it's not bad to be a pure and noble good person once in a while.

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Chapter 274 The Prime Minister and the Chess Player

Jon Connington, one of the two "Hands of the King" in Westeros today, was staring at the battle map in the hall of Storm's End, in an extremely bad mood.

"You said that if you don't counterattack, you will have no chance again. It makes sense, and I believe you. Even today, I still don't doubt the correctness of your previous suggestion." He sat across the table without looking up, The bald man exuding the smell of makeup said: "But unfortunately, the right decision does not always mean victory. We are in trouble now. I really want to tell you that the Golden Group is not attacking enough to protect itself, but the truth is: One of our two major allies has let us go, and the other is hard to protect itself, and we will face challenges even in keeping the achievements we have made."

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The Dornish army withdrew from the battlefield without a word, and the Reach also suffered internal problems after repeated defeats. Those who opposed participating in the rebellion and believed that the identity of King Stannis should be recognized emerged again.The Tyrell family was busy with family affairs. At this juncture, the new owner of the Iron Islands, the Crow's Eye, led a fleet to invade the west coast of the Reach, capturing the Shield Islands and the Arbor Island.

Although it is easy to regain the lost ground with the strength of the river bend, but in this troubled time, the Tyrell family was stumbled by one trouble after another, and they were completely unable to give enough support to the Golden Group and the prince.

If Stannis hadn't needed time to rest and redeploy after the northern army returned home, giving the Golden Company a little respite, Storm's End might have already changed hands.

……

Varys also had an uneasy expression, but he did not directly respond to the Prime Minister's pessimistic expectations, but asked another related matter: "What happened to the meeting between Prince Oberyn and Prince Aegon?" ?"

"Even if there was, I didn't feel it." Count Clinton shook his head. "The two met and got to know each other, and then went into the room to talk for a while. Prince Beren returned from his meeting, and Dorn's troops soon crossed into the Stormlands and pressed into the flank of Stannis' army. Freed us..."

The prime minister recalled it puzzledly, but he still couldn't find anything wrong: "I have to admit that because of the fact that they don't know each other at all, Oberyn Martell actually has no way of judging whether the prince is his nephew. It’s touching and not exciting. But——if Dorn doubts the identity of the prince and refuses to send troops to help, it’s understandable. Why did he withdraw the troops at a critical moment after sending them out? Messed up?"

"It's indeed a headache, but after you hear what I'm going to tell you next, you won't have doubts anymore." Varys sat quietly in the chair, folded his hands and said slowly: "My little bird Tell me, Prince Quentyn Martell of Dorne, has been missing for a long time."

"Huh?" Earl Clinton raised his head and looked at Varys suspiciously: "The news I got is——Prince Quentin is stationed on the Boneroad..."

"Earl Yronwood's subordinates serve and exercise." Varyspie answered with a smile, "Yes, the official news is true, but serving in the army of the adoptive father, how could he not show up for several months? Kun Ting is the prince of Dorne, not a lady raised in a deep boudoir... What's more, my little birds in Volantis also reported that a group of Dornishmen landed at the port a few days ago, looking for Ship to Slaver's Bay, Meereen to be exact. Can you—can you imagine anything?"

Clinton realized something was wrong: "You want to say that Quentin Martell went to Meereen to find our queen?"

"Remember the secret pact signed between William Darry and Oberyn Martell 15 years ago - witnessed by the Aquaman of Braavos, it was agreed that Viserys Targaryen would marry Arianne Martell. In return, Dorne will support him fully when he lands in Westeros to reclaim the Iron Throne."

"Now that Prince Viserys has an accident, the Dornish people have turned their attention to Daenerys, trying to turn our queen... into 'their queen'?" Jon Connington took a breath, and was first moved by Varys. I was taken aback by the speculation, and soon fell into distress-the counterattack was only halfway in sight, and the only two remaining Targaryens were about to start internal competition: "Daenerys still Playing her reign in Meereen? What the hell are your people doing? Why don't you bring her back quickly?"

"Our queen is not as easy to control as you think." Varys smiled wryly and shook his head, "It's also understandable, anyone who grew up in such an environment and experienced all kinds of hardships suddenly had three dragons , will have some ideas of her own... not to mention that she has the blood of the real dragon in her bones... Well, when Viserys was alive, he liked to call his temper the wrath of the real dragon. Now it seems that there is a "wrath of the real dragon" It's his younger sister who was bullied by him since childhood."

How can Earl Clinton be in the mood to talk about the real dragon's wrath?He interrupted the eunuch: "Use your means, aren't you the best at this? What about the little finger under your control, through him, induce our queen to return as soon as possible, we won't last much longer!"

"I have to correct you one thing—I didn't control Littlefinger, I didn't, and I never will. Petyr Baelish just fell into my hands unfortunately, and I arranged for someone to send him to Dan Neris. He is the second smartest person in the Seven Kingdoms. From the day you think you can control him, he may have already started planning how to kill you. The few times I have successfully used He is also planning carefully and cautiously, and at the same time, he can only do it when the measures he takes are also in his interests." Varys sighed and shook his head regretfully: "Then what I have to say is that even if I can really succeed Littlefinger can't persuade Daenerys to return to Westeros immediately. It's not that Daenerys doesn't listen to him, but because—our Lady Queen is not in Meereen at the moment."

"Where did she go?"

"The Far East."

"What the hell?" Earl Clinton frowned. "Could it be that she also saw the adventure story of the night watchman, believed that the world was a damn ball, and wanted to go east to return to the west of Westeros?"

"As far as I know, it's not the case. The main reason is that our queen's three dragons have grown up day by day, with wild and predatory desires, and began to attack the livestock raised by the farmers around the city of Meereen...and people. Daenerys It was under the persuasion of her staff that she decided to look for a place where she could learn how to control the dragon, and she chose to ride a dragon to the east with the news of some mysterious person, but her destination is unknown."

"You didn't do anything to stop her? Just let our queen, with the all-important dragon, out of your sight?"

"I'm not her personal attendant, how can I stop her? She has been away from Meereen for a while when I got the news!" Varys frowned and responded to Earl Connington's accusation: "Besides, if Daenerys can really grasp the situation during this trip The method of controlling her three dragons is only good for us and not bad for us. I am as worried about the safety of Prince Aegon's future queen as you are, but at the same time, I have to keep clear: a mother of dragons who cannot control dragons is of extremely limited value to us! "

"Well, I admit, you really can't blame Daenerys." Jon Connington also calmed down and sighed: "Let's discuss more practical issues, how should the Golden Group catch Stannis?" In the next round of attack, how do you plan to deal with Dorne who covets our queen?"

"Assistance from our mysterious supporters in Pentos will arrive soon, and all you have to do is hold on until then. In addition, I will communicate with Euron Greyjoy to clarify the situation to him, Let him turn his troubles toward it."

"I heard that he was a lunatic, are you sure you can reason with him?"

"I won't come to the door in person, so what about a lunatic? Maybe he is indeed as difficult to deal with as the rumors say, but a lunatic and a fool are two different concepts after all. We, the next one will have the operation on the Latte Islands—anyone with a brain will understand the pros and cons." Varys raised his head, and a gleam flashed in his always lazy eyes: "As for Dorne...you don't have to Don't worry, Doran Martell is playing us for fools, and thinks he's done a perfect job... Don't blame me for it if he's unkind. His precious prince will never have a chance of marrying anyone."

"What are you going to do?" Clinton's face changed. There is only one way to ensure that someone will never be able to do something once and for all, making him disappear. "I have to remind you that even if the Martell family has a lot of thoughts in their stomachs, Dawn is one of our important allies. If you are found doing this..."

"Of course I have a way to make things look like an accident, but you, are you simply worried that I can't handle this, or is the knight in your heart awakened?" After leaving the Red Castle, Varys no longer needed to Keeping that harmless appearance, he can be unceremonious to Jon Connington: "Need I remind you of the process and final outcome of the Battle of the Bell? Without your kindness back then, how could there be?" We sit here today, wondering what to do about 'King Stannis'' attack?"

***

During the Reaver's War, Robert Baratheon was defeated by Randyll Tarly at the Battle of Ashford, and was forced out of the way of the Riverbend's attack on his home city of Storm's End.After being wounded while swinging northward from the junction of the Stormlands and the Reach, trying to join the armies of Stark, Tully, and Arryn, he hid in the town of Stone Hall in the Riverlands to recuperate.

And Jon Connington surrounded and controlled the town at this juncture... He knew that the plunderer he was looking for was here, but he refused to order extraordinary measures. He only let the Royalist soldiers search from house to house until The combined forces of Stark-Tully-Arryn who came to rescue him were repulsed, but they failed to capture Robert.

Objectively speaking, this defeat was not a disastrous defeat, but it was the closest opportunity for the royalist army to end the war early in the entire war.As long as the commander can decisively order to set fire to the town belonging to the rebels and hiding the looters, the rebellion will come to an end...

But history has no ifs.

In the end, Robert, who escaped in Stone Hall Town, participated in the Battle of the Trident River after a few months of recovery, and killed Prince Rhaegar, the last hope of the Targaryen family in this decisive battle, and decided the war win or lose.

During the long years of fleeing overseas, Jon Connington woke up from his dream countless times because of regret. He always believed that it was the kindness of his wife who killed his beloved "Silver Prince" Rhaegar Targaryen... And after being tortured by remorse, he swore more than once that he would kill the knight in his heart by any means during the journey to send Rhaegar's son back to the Iron Throne.

***

"Remember?" Varys saw that Earl Clinton was silent, and understood that he had figured everything out, so he didn't chase after him, but slowed down his tone: "I will do this kind of dirty and troublesome work." , you don’t need to worry about it, and don’t let the prince know. Rhaegar’s son must sit on the Iron Throne again, no matter who stands in the way and threatens the overall situation...there is only one end.”

"I understand." Earl Griffin said with difficulty, "As long as you are sure that you can avoid trouble for us, just go ahead and do it, and I won't stop you."

"Stop discussing these things, I'm also at fault - I should do this kind of thing in silence, and I shouldn't have told you at all, it's useless to cause controversy." Varys returned to the appearance of a good old man who didn't fight with the world, and shrugged. Shrugged: "We are all here to assist the real king... let's put aside our prejudices and disagreements with each other first, perform our duties first, and do what we should do. Shrink the front and persist for this period of time. In about a few weeks , things will turn around.”

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Chapter 275 Wolf Master Northern Tour

Relying on the whimsical and despicable operation of "selling the food that originally belonged to the savages to the savages in exchange for labor", Iger has completed the deployment and construction along the Great Wall and the land grant that no one knows how many commanders-in-chief of the night watchman dreamed of in the past. : Reactivate all abandoned fortresses, repair land-grant roads, transform Houguan Town from a ruin into a new town...

But the food for the people outside the Great Wall is not endless after all, and to make this game continue, there must be external forces to continue the life of the land-grant resettlement plan—before the aid food from the Braavosi on the other side of the Narrow Sea arrives, the North The relief of the environment has become a crucial link.

It is for this reason that after completing all the above tasks, Iger still took out two thousand young men and went south with him to relieve the siege of the northern border. Channels for transport to the land grant.

In the last two days of his stay in Winterfell, Iger divided the people he brought into several hundred groups, organized them into teams of various sizes, and took the funds to each fiefdom in the northern border to buy as much land as possible. Self-produced grain and grass materials.

Then, the Guardians of the North led more than a hundred elite soldiers, and together with the North Return Army led by Iger... they set foot on the King's Road leading to Castle Black.

The other four that Robb decided to invite were busy taking the spoils home and disbanding their respective armies. They couldn't return to Winterfell to join the inspection team in just two days, so they simply agreed to meet at Castle Black.What I have to mention is-I don’t know what Arya thought of, but in short, she persuaded the elder brother and the current head of the Stark family to take her with her.The latter's explanation for this is: the death of his father made his little sister's mood very low, so he took her out to relax.

The men of the wolf family are always soft on the female members of their own family, and Iger has also learned Arya's ability to stalk people. Although this matter is a bit surprising, it is not surprising when you think about it.Let this girl follow, maybe she will speak for herself at critical times.

The North drove out the Ironmen, and the land-grant absorbed the wildlings.The northern section of the King's Road has never been so safe. The northbound team of thousands of people did not encounter any trouble along the way. After several days of non-stop driving, they arrived at the first important branch point leading to the Great Wall.

***

"Didn't you just keep going north along the road, and you won't get lost with your eyes closed? Why is there a fork in this place, or both of them go north?"

Robb stood at the intersection on horseback, looking at the road ahead that split in two and asked Iger - the King's Road marked on the map, which should have gone straight north to Castle Black, has now been covered with residual snow and mud, replacing it The one is a rammed-earth road with a slight deviation of more than ten degrees to the west, which is obviously newly built and is a few inches above the ground next to it, and is wide enough for four horses to ride together.

"The one on the left leads to Houguan Town." Iger replied, "The original small village is located a few miles west of the King's Road. If you want to reach it, you have to go north along the original King's Road for about ten miles and then turn left... In this case If a traveler wants to pass the Night Watchman logistics base on the way to and from Castle Black and Winterfell, he must first leave the main road and take a branch trail to reach the town, and then return to the original road on the second day to continue the journey. After returning, we walked closer to the ten-mile road. After discussion, the logistics department made a decision to divert the original trunk line, abandon a section about [-] miles long, and build a new line section with a small angle to allow the king after the transformation. The avenue passes through Houguan Town."

The section of the King's Road north of Winterfell is just a thin path stepped on in the wasteland, and the part in the gifted land is not much different from the grassland next to it. The difference in material resources and manpower for the reconstruction is not big. It is great news that someone cares about it. There will be no "relevant departments" jumping out to criticize Iger's diversion, so he dared to make this order boldly.

The main road was originally a straight line leading directly from north to south, and Houguan Town was located at the end of the word "Bu", but the diversion plan changed the straight line from "丨" to "丿", quietly integrating Houguan Town into King's In the avenue, in just a year or so, everyone will forget what that road looked like in the first place.

The comparison between the new route and the original road is a bit like the ramp leading to the service area on the side of the expressway... It’s just that the “service area” in Houguan Town is a little farther away from the main road, which makes the “ramp” much longer , and simply replaced the original main road.The so-called "decision made by the logistics department after discussion" actually didn't exist at all. Iger made all the decisions and orders alone. He just added some rhetoric because he didn't want to give the Northern Guardian the impression that he was acting arbitrarily in the land grant.

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Robb couldn't personally research and verify what the night watchman said, so he could only nod after hearing the explanation: "It's a good idea, but you didn't consider those who don't plan to pass through Houcrown Town... Your diversion, the route is not right. No matter how straight it is, they will have to travel several miles longer than the original straight road. Besides, why not set up the base of the Night Watchman's logistics department in Castle Black or other strongholds along the Great Wall, but choose a new town ?”

"Castle Black and Houcrown Town are about a day's journey on horseback. No matter whether a traveler travels south from the Night Watchman's Fortress or goes north to the Great Wall, he will have to spend the night at the location of the King's Road—anyway, he must stop. Lying down and sleeping in a hotel room in Houguan Town is much better than sleeping in the wilderness, right?" Iger replied fluently: "As for why not choose Castle Black or other fortresses, the functions of the logistics base and the fortresses along the Great Wall It is completely different. It is a distribution center for supplies. It needs to continuously provide supplies for land-grant residents, so it needs a certain scale of storage space and maintain a considerable degree of openness... and these are things that Castle Black cannot achieve, or should not bear. .”

"Well, you can always tell why!" Robb smiled.

The original location of Houguan Town was not chosen randomly. When it is critical, you only need to use your brain, and the reason will naturally be found.But the above content is actually just one of the many benefits of diverting the King's Road, which is the "effect" rather than the "cause".The real purpose of Iger's diversion order was to strengthen Houguan Town's sense of existence—as an outsider, no matter how hard he tried, it was impossible for him to be like those jazz who had aristocratic status and spent many years on the Great Wall The influence of the Great Wall is also deeply rooted.

Compared with trying to control an old night watchman stronghold like Castle Black without foundation, it is undoubtedly much easier and more reliable to build a new base from scratch that is completely your own.

And a "location", whether it is a residential town or a military fortress, can only be truly developed if it is in an important or key position.

"What are you stopping for?" Arya rushed to the front of the team on her little mare, and interjected, "What's there to think about, I'm sure I won't be able to reach the Great Wall today, let's go to Houguan Town... that place is really interesting , the scenery is good, and there is a lake, you can fish when you open the door!"

***

Arya only stayed in Houguan Town for a few days, but she regarded herself as a landlord and wanted to entertain her brother.However, it is true that this place is one day away from the Great Wall, but it is no longer what the girl remembered.

Inside the stone wall, which is much taller and stronger than before, the infrastructure of the town is more complete... and outside the wall, countless tents, simple wooden houses and small houses have been set up, and there are many stalls on both sides of the middle passage. Looks like a replica of the winter towns that surround Winterfell.

But here is much more lively than the capital of the northern border, and there is no other reason: Winterfell's winter town is only for people to live in, hide and keep warm in the coldest season. I brought it myself, not to mention that it is not yet deep winter.But outside the walls of Houguan Town, there is the key to the survival of nearly [-] "new land-grant residents" in the entire land-grant. Every savage family or tribe has to follow the rules set by Aiger: Send young men and women here to seek work from the Night Watchman’s logistics department, receive wages after hard work and labor, and quickly exchange for the needed goods to maintain the family or Survival of clan members.

To this day, the food that the savages brought to the Great Wall is still not exhausted... In the case of deliberately manipulating the prices and supply of various commodities to prevent them from hoarding food, no tribe can go ten days in a row without sending people to the crown Town, which is always filled with new land-grants from various surrounding settlements to provide labor, or buy and sell things.

But today, in order to cope with the inspection by the leaders, the arrangement has been made early, and the relevant people have also undergone simple instructions and rehearsals, just waiting for the guards of the northern border to come and see.

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Chapter 276

Except for White Harbor, Robb and the hundreds of Winterfell guards he brought with him had never seen a more lively place north of the Neck.

Occupying the wooden house are employees of the Night Watchman's logistics department. They receive guests in a busy and unhurried manner inside the facade, and are only responsible for selling food, clothing and daily necessities.There are at least four heavily armed guards at the door of each house to maintain order... Since the official pricing of important resources is subject to no room for negotiation, although the traffic flow is not small, the transaction process is quiet and fast: after paying the money and verifying the identity— -delivery.

"In order to ensure safety, these stores do not store any commodities themselves. All important materials are stored in the warehouse behind the wall. Every morning, the employees of the logistics department use cars to pull them out and transport them into the store before they start business. The key items such as grain and grass The supply of materials is limited, and a single commodity has sales restrictions for each tribe according to the number of people, that is, each tribe can choose to buy a little less to save money for other uses, but must not buy even a little more." Iger ordered the gifts he brought back The local troops stopped at the original assembly point and gradually disbanded. They led the inspection team led by Robb and marched slowly along the last section of King's Avenue leading to Houguan Town. While riding, they introduced to Robb: "This street Except for the night watchman soldiers and the employees of the logistics department, no one is allowed to carry weapons, and quarrels, fights and other behaviors that disrupt order are also strictly prohibited, and violators will be severely punished."

Robb couldn't help nodding, but became interested in Iger's last sentence: "What kind of severe punishment?"

"It is divided into three levels according to the severity of the nature: fines, flogging and hanging. The land grant does not have enough law enforcement and judicial power, and we do not have the resources to invest in this aspect to improve the legal system. We can only use simple and crude methods first."

"Only these three punishment methods?" Robb frowned suspiciously: "Simple and rude can be done, but this is inevitable..."

"I know what you are worried about, but the land grant is different from the situation in the other seven countries of Westeros. There are no rich people here. Money is not only food, but also clothing, tools... It is a resource that everyone depends on for a living. There is no People dare to think that they are rich—especially the new land-grant residents who have just arrived, so naturally there is no situation where they pay fines and break the law unscrupulously.” Iger quickly answered: “It needs to be added that fines are not only for bad behavior The perpetrator is an individual, but all members of the tribe to which he belongs are based on the head. The core point is: even if the offender is punished by the last two punishments, the joint fine will still be executed. "

Robb was surprised by this: "The joint and several fines will be executed anyway? That is to say, as long as someone makes a mistake, even if he has been hanged, the entire tribe still cannot escape the joint and several punishment?"

"Yes, it sounds unheard of and a little unreasonable, but no one has ever let in a large number of people from outside the Great Wall before--special things have to be done specially. In this way, not only can the new gifts be effectively used The self-management of the local people can also reduce the consciousness of small groups within the tribes themselves, and suppress their attempts that may endanger the safety of the land grant."

"In this case, wouldn't the larger the tribe suffer more?"

"We welcome the request of large tribes to separate themselves." Iger shrugged. In fact, no tribe has mentioned this, but if it happens in the future, he will definitely provide full assistance and cooperation.

"What if a large tribe openly shields its own people and resists the law enforcement and management of the night watchman?"

"Thanks to the self-sacrifice of a tribe called 'Tur', the Night's Watch has used bloody demonstrations to tell all the new land granters what happens when they do that. I am doing everything I can to feed these people, no thanks, I just hope they don't make trouble for me, if I don't even satisfy this little request, even if I have such a good temper... I will be angry."

As long as you are not a fool, you will naturally understand the meaning of Iger's words.Robb has heard everything that happened during the land grant period, and he is satisfied with this strict management and tough attitude.Ben was just asking casually, and naturally he would not end up questioning. As the team moved forward, he quickly became interested in those booths.

The vendors were shouting, the customers were louder, and there were children laughing and crying in the crowd.Pigs are grunting, sheep are bleating, and chickens and ducks are even clucking or quacking into a ball.The human voice is mixed with music, but unfortunately it is not beautiful, and you can judge after only a few sounds: those who make these sounds are neither orthodox instruments, and the players who play and sing are definitely not musicians.

As the residence of the Stark family, Winterfell is already considered lively in the northern border, but compared with this place, it is as peaceful as a temple.

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"The key resources are held in the hands of the Night Watchman's logistics department, but we also allow the land grantees to exchange other things on their own - collecting and hunting gains, handmade products, self-raised livestock, etc... Of course, the new land granters who have just arrived Except for manpower, there are not many things that can be exchanged, and most of the people who set up the stalls are the original land grantees. In a sense, they can be regarded as 'local people'."

Yam executed everything that Iger arranged, even better than expected.Everything in front of us is not completely able to cope with the false appearance created by the inspection by the leaders. The Night Watchman logistics department only dispatched a large number of guards, fine-tuned the price of important resources today, controlled the identity of the access personnel, and temporarily provided free board and lodging...etc. A small part of the savages who can speak the common language and cooperate honestly gather here, deliberately creating a crowded, noisy but well-ordered "land-grant capital" image.

The scene of Houguan Town will determine Robb Stark's first impression of the land grant resettlement plan, and the first impression is always one of the most important factors affecting people's decision-making.

Robb wasn't the only one who was interested in those stalls. Iger was eloquently introducing the overview of Houguan Town to the patrolling leaders, but Arya jumped off the horse and rushed to the roadside stalls excitedly.

Robb and the guards from Winterfell immediately reined in their horses and stopped the team, and also got off their mounts to chase after their own lady.