Time flies, and seven years have passed in the blink of an eye.

In the past seven years, Evan has become the leader of Bear Island, inherited the position of earl, and became the ruler of 130,000 people.

A coal and iron base was opened, and various factories were established in Kumashima. Printing Factory, Sugar Factory, Glass Factory, Cement Factory......

Secretly corrupted all the nobles of the Iron Islands with money, making them obsessed with enjoyment and becoming pigs in captivity. Now several major industries in the Iron Islands, the iron ore industry chain, the transportation industry chain, and the shipbuilding industry chain are all controlled by Ai Wen, and the economy of the Iron Islands has been completely controlled by Ai Wen.

Under Aven's guidance, intentionally or unintentionally, the commoners of the Iron Islands became hostile to the nobles. But the nobility didn't care at all what this group of untouchables thought. Coupled with endless money, they live a life of drunken dreams.

Theon's sister, Asha Greyjoy, is one of the people who was changed by Aven. In the original book, she is a person with a strong personality and incomparably arrogant. Commanding the battleships of the Iron Islands to fight in all directions, it can be said that she is a heroine among women.

But under the corruption of Aiwen's money, he has been clothed and fed since he was a teenager, and he has countless money. From now on, I am happy to enjoy and live an absurd life.

Evan also heard some time ago that she bought a few men from the Essoros continent to "take care" of her.

But this is only part of the change, in the past eight years, under the thorns and thorns of Aiwen, the construction of the entire interior of Bear Island is in full swing, various cement buildings have risen from the ground, the roads of Bear Island have been reinforced with cement, and various docks and forts have appeared along the coastline. Various defensive structures were born.

The construction of the interior inevitably requires a lot of money, and the last thing that Evan lacks is money. In the past eight years, various industrialized products have been produced from Bear Island, and then transported to the Seven Realms for sale under the strong capacity of the Iron Islands transport warships.

Qian Evan cares a little, he cares most about the population, personal influence, and people's living standards.

In the past eight years, they have almost made commercial contacts with several nobles of the Seven Realms through the goods of Bear Island. Evan shipped the goods, and then gave the profits to several nobles, and with the help of his power, sold them locally. Quickly let his goods occupy the Seven Realms.

So many goods will inevitably bring great wealth, but Evan will not transport the supplies out of Bear Island at all, and bring back the golden dragon coins that cannot be eaten or drunk.

He told the nobles of the Seven Realms that there was a shortage of food in the north, and that Bear Island had a large open space that needed people to grow it. So a lot of human resources are needed. Although the slave trade is forbidden in Westeros, the nobles have too many means at their disposal.

For the sake of the golden dragon in Aiwen's hands, they have too many ways to make those proletarian civilians "willingly" go to Bear Island. Evan knew something tragic was going to happen in this industry, but he wasn't going to stop it. The vast northern realm needs too many people to fill it, not to mention that the future war with the Stranger does require a lot of food.

This was not the slave trade, and although Aven was not merciful to those commoners, he was much better than the nobles of the other Seven Realms.

After they come to Bear Island, after a period of education, the excellent talents will stay on Bear Island, and the poor ones will be sent to the vicinity of the Great Wall.

Evan sent them near the Wall, certainly not to make them men in black. Instead, he went to Bear Island to grow crops on leased land.

To be honest, the land on Bear Island is very barren and really not suitable for cultivation. So Aven used the supplies to support the Night's Watch and leased the Night's Watch's territory from them to grow food. It is barren due to wild infestation, but the land is very fertile and suitable for cultivation. Now there are more than 5,000 savages and 100,000 hired people from the Seven Realms to cultivate the land.

Theoretically, those 100,000 people were hired by Aven to farm the land, but in fact, under Aiwen's brainwashing, he has become the object of the loyalty of those 100,000 people.

Eddard Stark, the lord of the North, was very clear about the change in the minds of these peasants, but he did not stop Evan from doing so, on the one hand, Evan did not have any intention of rebelling, and on the other hand, these people were just peasants, and Evan did not train them militarily!

In recent years, as the goods of Bear Island have been sold in all directions, a small island has suddenly risen. Aiwen's reputation also resounded in the Seven Realms. Maybe there are people within the Seven Realms who don't know who the lord of the Nine Great Families is, but almost everyone has heard of Evan's name.

Ai Wen, a legendary inspirational figure, was born frail and sickly since he was a child, and may be out of breath when he takes a few steps. The weakness of his physique made Ai Wen neglected since he was a child, and he did not have enough food and clothing, and he did not have any status in the family.

His father didn't care about him, the family disdained him, and when he was eight years old, his father married a stepmother who tried to poison Evan several times in order to prevent Evan from competing with her own children for the family inheritance in the future. But fortunately, Ai Wen was smart and escaped the poisonous hands of his stepmother.

Since the family couldn't stay any longer, he gambled with his life, relying on his thin physique and his seven-year-old attendant, he traveled hundreds of kilometers to escape to the desperate Great Wall!

It was there that he was sheltered by the Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch, and where the wisdom of Aven was recognized. He saw that the Night's Watch was too inefficient and created the assembly line method. He saw that the Night's Watch was living in too much hardship, and that food was scarce. So let the night watchmen catch the wild men to reclaim the wasteland.

The weak Evan also has an adventurous heart, he has been to the outside of the Cypriot with the Night's Watch, has seen thousands of miles of frozen land, fought with Icewolf, and is rumored to have seen the Children of the Forest, the Giants, and the Stranger.

The legends of 8,000 years ago that are now circulating on the mainland are what Ai Wen learned through what he saw and heard on the Great Wall of Desperation this year, as well as his experiences.

The harsh environment on the Great Wall of Desperation did not defeat him, but made him a strong person in his heart. A year later he succeeded to the Bear Island chieftain and became an earl. Thus began his rise to prominence.

With him alone, Evan changed the entire northern realm and the entire continent of Westeros. His fame has long since spread across the continent of Essoros.

Now Bear Island has become the richest, most advanced, most intelligent, and most civilized place in the entire continent of Westeros. Now Bear Island has become the largest trading port of Ersoros and Westeros, and people are crazy because of Bear Island's goods, mirrors, perfumes, milk candy, steel, cement, ......

Nowadays, the goods of Bear Island have deeply affected all aspects of people's lives, and the goods with Count Ivan of Bear Island can be seen everywhere and sold everywhere.

Now Evan has many more recognizable titles, the miracle worker, the wisest man in Westeros, the son of the North, the son of the ancestors, the steelmaker, the man who fought against 200,000 savages......

There are also many titles of folklore, such as the Witness of the Stranger, the Witness of the Giants, the Tame of the Icewolf, the Witness of the Children of the Forest, the Lovers of the Old Gods......

What Evan did can be said to be worthy of this kind of title, but without Aven's promotion, his reputation would definitely not have resounded throughout Westeros, or even spread to Essoros on the other side.

He wrote books to praise himself, hired troubadours to sing about himself within the Seven Realms, and spread himself with the signs of commodities, all to increase his chances of obtaining the post of prime minister.

In order to obtain the rights of the Seven Kingdoms, Evan must make himself have a strong reputation that makes people feel respected and admired when they hear it. This is the biggest gain of Evan in the past few years.

With such a reputation, after Jon Arryn's death, Evan didn't believe that Robert would not consider making him prime minister at all. As long as Robert has this idea, Evan only needs to work a little to have an 80% chance of becoming prime minister.

Moreover, he has told everyone over the years that he wants to be prime minister. This information has spread throughout the Seven Realms, and if Robert does not consider him as Prime Minister after Jon Arryn's death, then he will have to consider the risk of economic turmoil in the Seven Realms.

It's not a threat, it's something that Evan can actually do.