The confrontation in Castle Black this morning caused a lot of movement, although the letter of complaint was intercepted by Egger, but the paper can't contain the fire after all, and the relevant news can definitely not be completely hidden from the owner of the north. Anyway, he would know sooner or later that what Iger had to do now was to get a head start and make sure Robb Stark was the first to learn about it from his own mouth—to make sure that the rest of the matter would be in his favor through preconceived ideas...... Or at least harmless.

The power of the "first impression" is something that Iger has just experienced, and he wants to strike while the iron is hot and exploit this weakness of human nature.

They unhurriedly ascended the stairs of the well to the surface, and Robb instructed the Filint clan to fence off the wellhead and send someone to guard it, and then left the old kitchen and patrolled the tents of the houses of the Long Night Fort that were full of the clansmen.

Since they had already been greeted in advance, the whole castle was naturally as prepared as it was when Houguan Town was inspected.

The same prosperity, the same order, but compared to the "Land Grant Capital" and the headquarters of the Logistics Department, the newly built walls of the Long Night Fort, the tall towers, the guards that can be seen everywhere, and the sentries on the top of the ice wall are separated by a few steps...... All of them make this resurrected ancient fortress more heavily guarded.

A little bit like guarding the Great Wall, Robb said secretly, not saying it in his mouth, but secretly approving in his heart.

Egger was not idle, and along the way, he succinctly reported to the Lord of the North the events that had just taken place in Castle Black by walking and chatting.

In his mouth, it wasn't Jaime Lannister's actions that caused the trouble, but the stubborn and hateful minority of the Night's Watch. In order to achieve the goal of driving away the "wild people", they actually planned to murder the former king of the outside world, make a big news, and force the original free people who have gradually begun to integrate into the land grant!

Luckily, the ill-intentioned man's plot was uncovered by the keen Castle Black officers before it could succeed, and several high-ranking officers and Maester Aemon intervened in time to stop their atrocities.

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Aside from the fact that "there was a skirmish at Castle Black this morning", the story in Egger's mouth almost stripped away any information that might be unfavorable to him.

He first cleverly adjusts the cause and effect of the incident, placing the blame on the ultra-conservatives who oppose the land-grant resettlement plan, while keeping silent about the identities of both sides of the conflict, saying only that he is "a small gang that disagrees with most of the Night's Watch brothers", in order to avoid Robb's stereotypical impression of a particular person affecting his attitude towards the matter itself (obviously, in the case of Jaime Lannister the Monarch and the commander of the East Sea Lookout + the former ally and elder of the Jonn Brown). Royce, who is a typical Stark, must have a better affection for the latter, and finally, he also praised the three chiefs and Maester Amon, who were forced to force the round until the last minute - Iger did not want to push the neutrals or "moderate conservatives" to the opposite side completely, and if he described all those who disagreed with him as bad people, he would not be able to clear himself of the suspicion of "slandering and framing colleagues".

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In the same way, a change in the narrative can completely change the senses of the listener. After listening to Egger's description, Robb Stark's brows were already furrowed: "How can you mess around like this?

"Mainly a few brothers from Donghaiwang, because of the timely discovery, these people's plot did not succeed, but only made a fuss under the tower where the Mans Red family lived, and no one was injured. As you know, many of the night watchmen were convicted of crimes before they were dressed in black, and there is no agency or department other than military justice that is responsible for dealing with erring night watchmen...... We can't take our own sworn brothers for a crime we haven't yet committed, and weaken the defenses of the Wall, we can only try to avoid it. "Here, I request that the Mance Raide family be relocated to Houguan Town, so that they will not be harmed by the impulsive brethren. ”

"Shouldn't this kind of thing be decided by the Night's Watch internally, so why do you need to apply to me as an outsider?"

"The house arrest of the Mance Rader family in Castle Black was ordered by Elder Xiong. A new Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch has not yet been chosen, and we need someone who is neutral and convincing to arbitrate. ”

Robb was being pestered by Arya to ask about the scene under the well, and he nodded without even hesitation: "If a different place can keep them safe, then let's do it." At such a juncture, the land grant and stability along the Great Wall should be unconditionally put first. ”

"That's nature. Egg nodded, "In that case, then I'll send a message back to Castle Black and Houguan Town, and ask them to start moving things right away." ”

"Hmm. ”

With a serious look on his face, Iger smiled lightly in his heart: in a few words, it was effortless - "Transferring the Mance Red Family" has gone from his own emergency countermeasures just in case, and his original unruly unauthorized actions, to a stability maintenance measure officially recognized by even the Lord of the North.

Although he is actually cutting first and then playing, Jaime Lannister may have almost brought people to their destination by now, but in this backward world without instant communication, the things of two places separated by more than ten miles are ...... In the case that the communication between the crows between a large number of fortresses along the Great Wall is controlled by himself, who can say clearly the sequence and causality that happened in one day in the future?

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After walking around the Long Night Fort, the snow was also seen on the top of the Great Wall, and the sky in the northernmost frontier of the Seven Kingdoms was dark, and Robb, who had blown enough cold wind, waved his hand to disperse everyone. The Flint clan began to scramble to arrange dinners and lodging for visitors from the North, and Egger, after a long day of traveling, was finally able to squeeze in time to attend to more important business that had just been left unattended.

In addition to the letter of complaint from Castle Black, which was shown to him as soon as he arrived and burned immediately, he had several letters from Houguan Town or other newly opened fortresses that were not urgent but could not be ignored to be opened.

It's all about food supply, price adjustment, and the next step in the construction of the logistics department's base camp, although it is troublesome, but his two capable subordinates in Houguan Town have already attached all the alternative ways to deal with the problem, and Iger only needs to review and finally decide which plan to choose, and it will not take half an hour to get it all done...... So, he first met with a Night's Watch employee who had arrived in a hurry from Houguan Town and had been waiting in the hall for a while.

"Good work. The good news won't come so quickly, Iger didn't feel good, and asked with his heart, "What can't you say in the letter, I have to let you come over?"

"It's not that I can't say it in the letter, but the letter that Lord Yam sent you in the morning dropped the last crow in the Flying Night Castle, and the news came from the East Sea in the afternoon. We weren't sure when the crow would return, but we couldn't delay it, so I took a few fast horses and galloped all afternoon, and came here to report to you in person. ”

"Hmm. I see, Iger nodded: "What can't be delayed?"

"Braavos' emissaries have arrived at Donghaiwang by boat, and will soon be stationed in Castle Black and Houguan to supervise our guard of the Great Wall. The first of them informed us that the first grain ships were to be followed by their clippers and would arrive in a few days, and he asked either the Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch or the Chief Logistics Officer to be present in person to receive the loans. ”

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It turned out that this was the case, and the listener breathed a sigh of relief, and it was not bad news after all.

With the decisive dispatch of troops south to assist in the expulsion of the iron people from the north, the land-grant resettlement plan continued to operate on thin ice with the support of the northern princes as a thank you gift, barely collapsed, and finally persevered until the support from the other side of the Narrow Sea arrived.

At the beginning, the night watchman's property was mortgaged to the iron vault in exchange for a loan of 100,000 gold dragons, and the contract was signed by Mormont and himself, and now the other party asked the signatory to be responsible for receiving the goods...... Quite logical.

It's a pity that Mormont died unexpectedly, and he has to be busy receiving the northern patrol group and bothering to run for commander-in-chief, how can he have the time to go out of his way to receive food?

With a wry smile, Iger began to select someone in his mind who could play for him. But after a few seconds, his body shook, and he suddenly realized that his focus was wrong: his lack of time to appear was not the biggest problem, the most troublesome part was that the night watchman only had the port of Donghai Wang, which could receive food from across the sea, and the commander of this coastal fortress, for various reasons, was now his opponent!

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Of course, he didn't know that Donghaiwang was the only harbor in the hands of the Night's Watch, but when he was talking to the Iron Vault about loans and food purchases on behalf of the Legion, how could he have imagined that Mormont would die unexpectedly?

At that time, it was a matter of pride, but offending people can never be without consequences, at least now, the backlash that Egger should face is coming.

"Damn it......" Egger's expression gradually changed from relaxed to solemn, and he slapped the table: "Food is a good thing, but it's not at the right time!"

He did give Carter Pike the upper hand several times at Castle Black. Among them, the gap in the level of mental calculation is the main reason, but the other party has left its "nest" and does not have enough manpower and resources to use is also the key. With Jaime slapping him in the face in public at Castle Black this morning, not in the sense of the word, the commander would probably have chosen to return to his home turf, and what would Carter Pike do if he returned to the East China Sea at this juncture, and happened to encounter the arrival of Braavos' grain ship to request entry?

Repay grievances with virtue and cooperate with the collection of grain regardless of previous suspicions, or will you make some small moves to make trouble for Egger?

You can know it with your toes.

The first Land-Grantor recruits had completed their training and sworn in to join the Night's Watch, and their votes sealed the victory for Egger...... He is expected to receive nearly two-thirds of the votes after the second cohort completes training, and even the most conservative estimates suggest that the third cohort will ensure an unstoppable victory, all in as little as a month.

Houguan Town's grain was more than enough to last more than a month, in other words, with the backing of the North, Iger was not afraid of Braavos's loan coming late, he was afraid that the grain ship would arrive in the East Sea before he won the election of commander-in-chief, and then be caught by Carter Pike as a way to take revenge on himself...... It's not bad to refuse a grain ship to enter the port, but the fear is that the ship is put into the port, but some "accident" is burned, then it is really bad!

How could it be so coincidental?" thought to Egger, but complaining is the act of the weak, and what the strong have to do is to control the situation even when things are so coincidental.

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"Can you notify the grain ship to delay it for a period of time, and wait for the commander-in-chief to be elected before docking to unload the grain?"

The messenger obviously didn't understand why he was doing this, but he thought seriously for a few seconds: "It's not good, it is said that there are several boats, all big ships...... Let them wait for the boat and people, and they will have dozens of golden dragons a day, right?"

"The rent during the waiting period is to be borne by the night watchman's estate. Iger gritted his teeth and said that he did have money, but the Night's Watch industry had to support such a behemoth as the land-grant resettlement program and build Houguan Town...... The leaves on this cash cow are almost plucked, and maybe this time I'll have to figure out how to ask Tyrion, who is far away in the West, to borrow some money to tide over the situation.

It's just that the western frontier has also been battered and is being rebuilt after the war......

"No, wait a minute. The soldier who reported the news frowned and interrupted Egger's thoughts: "The most important thing seems to be not money, but the weather and sea conditions...... I heard from the Iron Vault employee who lived in Houguan that the colder the weather, the more frequent the storms raged on the Narrow Sea. If you want to cross, seven points look at the sky, two points look at the boat, and the remaining one point is decided by people. For such a large-scale shipment, the commander of the fleet would spend a lot of money on an experienced weather forecaster, pick a day that would not be too stormy for a few days, and sail at full speed all the way, hoping to arrive before the day changes...... I am afraid that no captain will agree, and no matter how much money he has, he will be lost in the winter storm of the Narrow Sea and buried at the bottom of the sea...... I don't have a chance to enjoy it!"

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