Chapter 11: One word, do it!
Eddard Stark and his party left the next day, and Robb was reluctant to give up on his new friend. Evan gave him the tooth of an ice wolf, saying that he had found a dying ice wolf outside the plug, and the loot he got after killing it!
If Evan said he killed a living ice wolf, Robb wouldn't believe it. But a dying cryowolf, it's still possible. Actually, this was taken from Castle Black. Although he had been to the outside of the city, he had never seen an ice wolf at all!
On the night Eddard Stark left, the two discussed the whole night after the feast. It's just that except for the parties involved, no one knows what the two discussed.
After Ed left, all sorts of information spread throughout Bear Island. Jorah Mormont's child, Evan Mormont succeeded to the Earldom.
And Evan was abused by Jorah and ignored by Lineth's poisoned father. and his contribution to the Night's Watch, a late-night conversation with Master Eddard Stark. The news began on Bear Island and spread to the north, throughout the kingdom.
Maybe it's inconspicuous now, but Evan is just familiar. When others listen to it, they have a feeling that they have heard it somewhere. When he had done something great, the whole of the Seven Kingdoms would know his name, and the troubadours would sing it for him.
Evan can't wait to start governing Bear Island, but before that, he has to accept the allegiance of the nobles of Bear Island.
The notice of the summons to the small families on Bear Island was issued yesterday through Mei Ji under the order of Aven. Evan made a clear request that all the nobles arrive at the Mormont residence within a day.
This is the first mandatory order given by Aven, he is only nine years old, and there must be many people who despise him, but he wants to see it, there is that thing that is not long-sighted, dare to test him, it can be used to kill chickens and monkeys! Shock the interior of Bear Island.
It is a proverb of the Chinese nation that the new official takes office with three fires, and there is a reason why this sentence can be praised for so long. If you want to gain a firm foothold, you must first stand up. In this way, you will be afraid of others and there will be less resistance in your future administration.
Although human resources are the most valuable treasure in this world, Evan has never lacked the courage to kill, especially at this time.
At night, the heads of the noble families of the Mormont family, large and small, had arrived, but the heads of the two medium-sized families had not yet arrived. According to Megie's bodyguards, the two heads of the house apparently received orders, but did not arrive.
Ai Wen didn't have any dissatisfaction, he looked at more than a dozen noble family heads, and said to one of the middle-aged men in their forties and forties: "If I'm not mistaken, you are the patriarch of the Arthur family, remember that fifty years ago, my grandfather was side by side with your father, and the Arthur family was loyal to the Mormont family at that time, and now I ask you in the name of the leader of Bear Island, the patriarch of the Mormont family, if you are willing to be loyal to the Mormont family!" Pledge allegiance to me Evan Mormont! ”
The man on the other side was carefully selected by Aven, and their family had always been loyal to the Mormont family. He knelt on one knee: "I, Glenn Arthur, the patriarch of the Arthur family on Bear Island, on behalf of the Arthur family, am willing to pledge my allegiance to you!" ”
Immediately afterward, Evan picked up Patriarch Arthur, walked to a middle-aged woman next to him, and said, "Sejuani Carey, I remember that you once swore allegiance to Jorah Mormont, the last patriarch of the Mormont family, so now are you willing to pledge your allegiance to me!" ”
"I do!"
Then Evan walked to the front, looked at the patriarchs of all the families in the field, and asked in a deep voice: "The adults present have all sworn allegiance to the previous patriarch of the Mormont family, and now you are willing to be loyal to me, Evan Mormont!" ”
"I represent the Colin family, I represent the Charles family, I represent the Danny family...... Willing to be loyal to you! ”
Except for the fact that two families did not come to this oath of allegiance, there were no setbacks in the process. In this day and age, taking an oath of allegiance is an extremely serious matter, and those who are sworn are spurned by man!
Evan nodded in satisfaction, and then asked the heads of the family to get up. He opened his mouth and said: "The George family, the Henry family has violated the order of the leader of Bear Island, and now it has been confirmed that there is a rebellion intention, and now I declare that the two families will be deprived of their noble rights, and the families present will return to the families tonight, gather soldiers, and start tomorrow to capture the Henry family, the George family!"
The patriarchs of the families immediately retorted: "My lord, no. You have just succeeded to the throne, and you have destroyed two families, which will not have a good impact! ”
"My lord, by all means, they just came late and have no intention of rebelling."
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The nobles in the field didn't expect that Ai Wen's punishment would be so severe this time, directly depriving the two families of their noble rights, and even Meggie Mormont, who had been by Ai Wen's side, didn't know!
If it was a peaceful period, Evan had a lot of time, and he could have killed the two families slowly. But two years later it was the agreed time for Aven, Eddard, and the commander-in-chief of the Night's Watch, Geo Mormon. They're going to do something big!
Therefore, he must unite the people of Bear Island in the shortest possible time, let them condense into a rope under his own leadership, and war is the best catalyst!
Ai Wen looked at the patriarchs of the various families present, and asked sharply: "You have just sworn allegiance to me, and now you will oppose the first order I put forward, have you taken my status as the leader of Bear Island in your eyes!" I have made up my mind, and I will start tomorrow to crusade against the Henry family of the George family! Deprive them of aristocratic rights! If anyone disagrees, they can leave the Mormont family now, and I will not stop them, but tomorrow, we will be enemies! ”
After Ai Wen finished speaking, the audience was silent, and at this moment everyone knew that the nine-year-old boy in front of him was playing for real!
They didn't dare to say yes, and stood respectfully. As the Arthur family agreed to the crusade, the other families agreed to Aven's decision one after another!
In the battle of Liwei, we must be courageous. On the second day, more than 2,500 people from various territories, plus more than 1,500 people from the Mormont family, formed a coalition to crusade against the George family, the Henry family!
The George family and the Henry family have no intention of rebelling at all. They just wanted to dry the young Aiwen, but they didn't expect the seemingly weak Aiwen to have a grumpy heart, so he didn't beep without a single beep and went straight to work!
When they saw the army pressing the border, they did not resist at all and surrendered directly. The combined strength of the two families is less than eight hundred!
The war ended before it began, and in the end, Evan still did not deprive the two families of their noble rights, but only let the patriarchs of the two families wear black clothes and go to the Great Wall. The patriarchs are inherited by their children!
This may be the unique culture of Westeros. Rarely, there are wars of extermination, usually depriving the main family members of their noble rights and betraying them to death, but they usually choose to put on black clothes and serve in the Night's Watch Legion!
Although there was no war in this mobilization, it made all the families on Bear Island recognize that the seemingly weak Aivan has a tough style of doing things, just do what he says, and never beep!
Similarly, the war also made Evan recognize the current situation on Bear Island. With a total population of 130,000, the selection of 4,800 young soldiers will affect the functioning of Kumashima's society, with a mobilization rate of 3.5%.
This mobilization rate is also due to the local war. If you fight abroad, it is estimated that it will be lower, about 2%.
Evan was not surprised by this, this was the limit of what could be mobilized in the Middle Ages without affecting the functioning of society. If more than 3% is mobilized and extraterritorial operations are conducted, the whole society will collapse, there will be famine, pestilence, explosion!
Now the population of the entire Westeros continent is about 18.2 million, which means that in order to maintain the normal functioning of society, the maximum mobilization rate is 2.5%, and the number of people is about 450,000.
Of course, this is the ideal state, where the seven countries work together and trust each other. But that's impossible, and 350,000 people would be nice. This is exactly the same number of people as in the battle of the five kings in the original book.
How many strange ghosts there are, there is no explanation in the original book at all. But the millions of large wild animals outside the Cypriot are the biggest worry in Aivan's heart.
Sure enough, there is still a need for reform. I remember that in World War II, the mobilization rate of Germany at its peak reached 21.5%, and Ewen did not have much ambition, and in the remaining ten years, it was enough to increase the maximum mobilization rate of the entire continent to 3.5%!