"Good afternoon, brothers of the Night's Watch, how can I help?"

Duke Stark, who became Prime Minister, was still so polite, at least Iger now knew that this politeness was not a disguise, and this also made him more sure of what he wanted next: "My lord, the 100,000 savages outside the fortress are approaching the Great Wall, and the small group that has already crossed the Great Wall is also seriously disturbing the security of the north, we have been ordered by the commander-in-chief of Mormont to come to King's Landing to ask for help from the Iron Throne." ”

Yu Lun coughed a few times and interjected, "I'm here to find the men guarding the Great Wall, my lord. I should have waited for the next time the king came to court and explained to him what we needed, to see if the king and his prime minister had any scum in their dungeon that they wanted to dispose of. But Iger insisted on coming straight to you, and we came over without stopping. ”

Yolun reminded Duke Stark of his companion's name, and he turned his head to stare at someone who was also a new officer, and the Prime Minister recognized him with Egger's distinctively Asian characteristics.

"It is right to come to me, you want to see the king when you go to court, and I am afraid that it will be useless for you to wait until winter comes. So, Egger ...... What are you here for?" Eddard asked with a pun, no longer feeling bad about the Night's Watch Ranger in front of him, but the young man in black knew that Joffrey was going to assassinate Bran, and now he was in King's Landing, and if he accidentally slipped out, it would cause a big stir - not only to others, but also to himself.

"I'll be in charge of collecting supplies and equipment, recruiting follow-up men, and obsidian mining on Dragonstone, my lord. Egger spoke as smoothly and clearly as he had last met, "Since these tasks require someone who can read and count and plan to do it, I've been sent." ”

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Someone like Eddard Stark, who values the legacy of rules and laws, would never tolerate such an outrageous and dirty deal as paying a ransom to get the Night's Watch out of the Wall, and the three highest levels of the Night's Watch must know this, so they would never tell the Guardian of the North about their deal with Tyrion.

And this is precisely the biggest advantage that Egg has at the moment - apart from Mormont, Maester Amon, and Bunyan Stark, only Tyrion knows the whole truth about being "sent" to King's Landing, and even the Chief Affairs Officer and the Craftsman only know that Tyrion wants to provide a grant to the Legion. Therefore, despite being harassed and coerced by his own officials, he left the Great Wall and came to the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, in the eyes of everyone else in Westeros...... It was the head of the Night's Watch sent to the South to collect supplies, the official representative of the Black Shirts he commanded, Geo Mormont.

This status would not allow Iger to gain the respect of the nobles of King's Landing, but at least it would ensure that he would not be scorned and ignored - even if it was in disarray, the Night's Watch was an independent force protected by the Iron Throne and legally on par with the Nine Lords of Westeros.

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"Raising supplies and equipment, recruiting follow-up manpower, and obsidian mining on Dragonstone?" the Prime Minister hesitantly repeated what Iger had said, and his usually rigid face couldn't help but show a smile: "Hey, you're really carrying a heavy burden, how many men did Jeo Mormont give you?"

"The Night's Watch was tight, only the two of us were coming, and Yoren would soon have to return to the Wall with his recruits. I'll be the only one left in King's Landing, but Commander Mormont will allow me to do my job cheaply. Iger placed Mormon's signed and stamped certificate on the table in front of Duke Stark, thanking Tyrion for his foresight in obtaining this document for him, without which his plans might not have been easy to unfold: "So, I think of you, my lord, and now you are the only one in King's Landing who can help the Night's Watch in great crisis. ”

Ed unfolded the parchment, did not read the contents carefully, only glanced at Mormont's signature and the seal representing the night watchman and believed the other party's statement, absolutely no night watchman dared to be a deserter and run in front of him to die, the clever ranger in front of him must be telling the truth: "Well, how can I help you?"

Iger took the other man's look in his eyes and smiled smugly inwardly, even if Eddard Stark carefully read every word on this parchment, he would not find any loopholes - the documents were true, and what he said was also true, the only change was that he quietly distorted the meaning of Mormont's words "allow him to do his own work cheaply".

What Elder Bear really means is that the Night's Watch will not help him, and it will be up to him and Tyrion to figure it out. However, the traverser uses out-of-context and preconceived methods to interpret it as "he can represent the Night's Watch in King's Landing", and successfully uses the inertia of thinking to bring the actual ruler of the north in front of him, the hand of the current king, into the ditch.

Now, as long as he takes this chicken feather order arrow and cheats another proof, he can do whatever he wants in King's Landing, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, and launch his bold plan.

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"I know that the kingdom is also in financial trouble, so I do not expect direct assistance from the treasury. However, after more than ten years of peaceful development, King Robert's plan to hide the wealth of the people was going quite smoothly. Iger took the initiative to say, "But I can't handle the task of a team alone, I need the help of one or two people who can read and count, and Yuren ......"

"I'm sorry, but I'm neither literate nor arithmetic. Yoren shrugged.

Wealth for the people...... Robert didn't know if he would laugh or blush?Eddard Stark said secretly, but nodded on the surface, this request was not too much: "Understood, I will pick two of the guards who meet the conditions, and borrow them from you." ”

"Thank you, sir. Egger made a grateful face, "Also, I may be stationed in King's Landing for a long time to dispatch supplies and recruit new soldiers, and I need an office, which doesn't need to be very big, but preferably not too remote and facing the street, so that I can start recruiting troops." ”

(Putting up a façade like a store, putting up a sign, and you can recruit the night watchmen who volunteer to join?) Ed was skeptical about the situation of the defenders of the Great Wall...... But this is a gesture for the Hand of the King after all: "Well, I'll let the King's Landing garrison see if there are any unused houses belonging to the Iron Throne." ”

"Thank you, sir, and one last thing. Agra came to Yuren to take cover, and used two consecutive requests that seemed normal to numb the vigilance of the great nobleman in front of him, which was to lure the enemy deeper and pave the way for the next last one: "Commander Mormont asked me to preside over the recruitment of personnel and the mining of obsidian, which requires money, but I can't carry too much money alone, so I can only use credit to get the personnel and tools together, and carry out the mining and conscription work first, and then let the creditors ask the legion for money directly...... There was nothing wrong with the plan itself, but I ran into a roadblock. ”

"On credit? Mormont is really in a hurry. Ed smiled bitterly again, the amount of money owed by the royal family frightened him, and now, after the Iron Throne, even the Night's Watch will start borrowing money: "What obstacles, you say." ”

"The merchants and nobles of the South, who probably do not know or approve of the signature and seal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch, may think of me as a charlatan. Iger carefully considered his words: "So, I would like to ask your Excellency to issue a certificate in the name of the Prime Minister that I am indeed a night watchman and that I am really collecting food and supplies for the Legion." ”

"Hmm-" Eddard Stark groaned with his fist to his chin.

As the Hand of the King, Ed was cautious and responsible for not saying yes, but the first time he became Prime Minister, he was not as sensitive to such things as Egger who had seen all kinds of strange scams before crossing over. He didn't notice anything wrong with it, and he didn't realize it at all: no matter what the content was, a certificate written by the prime minister himself, signed and stamped, was in the hands of someone who cared about it...... What a huge difference it will make.

After a few seconds of hesitation, he pulled out a blank piece of parchment from the pile of clutter on the table, dipped the quill in the ink, and looked up at Egger: "It's the first time I've given someone a certificate, tell me, how to write it?"

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