Time was pressing, and now that it was clear that the logistics supply was facing a crisis of disruption, Iger naturally did not dare to waste time. Early the next morning, Iger returned north to the Great Wall with reinforcements and recruits from the south.

Arya was left behind in Crown Town. Iger originally planned to send someone to take her home, but now the route along the King's Road is not smooth, and he is afraid that he will not be able to protect ten or eight people, and his lair will fall into a crisis of insufficient defense. After a moment's dilemma, he decided to go back to Castle Black...... Inform the bear child's family with a letter crow, and let the girl's guardian in Winterfell decide what to do with it.

The Stark family can't take care of their children well, so why should they let themselves wipe their butts?

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Crown Town was only a few dozen miles away from Castle Black, and leaving Melisandre's convoy and recruits behind, Iger quickly returned to the Night's Watch headquarters...... After reporting to Mormont about the reinforcements sent by Stannis and the logistical difficulties of the North to supply the Great Wall, he proposed a solution to the trouble.

"Ask Braavos for a loan and buy food from across the Narrow Sea?" Mormont asked uneasily, "The Iron Treasury is a jackal that eats people and does not spit out bones, and Robert was alive with the taxes of the Seven Kingdoms, just enough to repay the debt to it in installments...... What will the Night's Watch be able to use in the future?"

"The Commander-in-Chief actually knows about the Iron Vault?"

"What Donghaiwang's brother heard from the sailors on the docked ship may have exaggerated, but it was by no means fabricated. You haven't answered my question yet—what will the Night's Watch do in the future?"

"Collateral against the Night's Watch property. Iger replied without hesitation, shrugging, "Rather than worrying about that, think about how to convince the Iron Vault guys to lend the Night's Watch...... I would like to organize another operation out of the wall. Capture a ghoul and ship it to Braavos, to convince the blood-sucking creatures that if the Great Wall is not defended, the North and the Seven Kingdoms will not be safe, Westeros will be in chaos, and the Iron Vault will never be able to recover the loan it has lent. ”

"I don't need to go out of the wall, I didn't have time to tell you, there was news from Donghaiwang...... A ship from Braavos docked in the harbor the day before yesterday, and several people came down from it, claiming to be the investigation team of the Iron Vault. Mormont said, "Carter Pike asked them what they were doing, but the guys didn't say anything, and they only talked to the chief logistics officer. ”

Someone from the Iron Vault?

Melisandre didn't lie to herself!

But it came out too quickly, right?

Egger experienced the amazing karma of the red-robed woman for the second time, and after being shocked for a few seconds, he was relieved: Great, finally someone came to share his pressure. The days of busyness had given him the illusion that he was playing the role of a savior, as if only the Night's Watch and himself, the time-travelers, were busy saving Westeros...... But how can you be in a hurry about such things as fighting natural enemies and extinction?

Stannis, wearing the crown, makes a judgment that is diametrically opposed to the original plot: "Only by solving the war of mankind can we free up our hands to save humanity...... Egger couldn't say it was the wrong choice, but it did put the Night's Watch in a bind. Fortunately, there is more than one force in the world that can put out fires.

The Iron Treasury has put millions of gold dragon loans on Westeros, and the interests are so relevant that it is impossible to remain indifferent...... The reaction was a little slower, but it wasn't too late.

While relaxing, Iger did not ignore another detail: "Only talk to me?"

"Well, just talk to you. Mormont shrugged: "They are currently heading west along the Great Wall under the escort of a small group of Rangers, and will probably stop by to inspect the newly opened fortresses of Sable Hall and Beacon Tower...... You'll be at Castle Black in a few days, and when the time comes, you can talk to them. ”

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It's weird.

Yes, he was determined not to let any other Night's Watch interfere with the industry, and the logistics department was completely his personal word so far...... Completely independent of the Night's Watch Legion except for the name.

This is true, and it is also an obvious manifestation of "having two hearts", but Mormont acquiesced to this situation for the sake of the overall situation, and the two reached a tacit understanding: the night watchman did not interfere with Egger's various attempts to defend the Great Wall with his own earned money, and Iger also behaved in public like an ordinary night watch officer, giving face to the commander-in-chief and never tearing down the stage.

He and the Night's Watch are actually inseparable, but this is probably only known to Mormont, Jaime, and a small number of Egg's followers and close friends, even Jon Snow, the Chief Ranger, the Craftsman, and the Affairs Officer, why is the Iron Vault across the Narrow Sea in the distance so clear that sending a survey team to the Wall is "only talking to the Chief Logistics Officer"?

This is clearly a reflection of the inside of the Night's Watch, an astonishing display of intelligence-gathering capabilities. It's just that he crossed Mormont so bluntly, where did he put Xiong Lao, the genuine "commander-in-chief"?

Thankfully, Mormont didn't look like he was haunted by this...... This nobleman who supported the Night's Watch Legion really put the Legion's interests ahead of his own.

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"Well, when the time comes, I'll go talk to them and try to get a loan for the Great Wall to buy grain from across the Narrow Sea. "Excluding the storms and bad weather in the Narrow Sea, the distance from the East China Sea to Essos is actually shorter than from the Great Wall to the Bend. "But the problem we face now is that even if the negotiations are quickly concluded, our men will immediately return to Braavos with this survey team and begin to procure food for the Great Wall, and it will take at least two or three months for the food to be transported to the Great Wall. ”

"Our reserves won't last until then?"

"If you're on a budget, you can. Egger shook his head, "But these are thousands of mouths, just theoretically can hold on, not safe, any problem is a disaster, we have to think about it first to survive this period of time." ”

Mormont nodded, "What's your idea?"

"Settle with the wildlings as soon as possible, let them cross the Great Wall, and get their food reserves. At the same time, they liberated their manpower and went south to help the north expel the iron people and restore the logistics supply to the Great Wall in the north. The success of the first half of the plan will buy the Great Wall an extra month or two, and once the logistics supply to us from the north is restored,"

Mormont frowned: "The Night's Watch is not allowed to participate in the Seven Kingdoms Struggle. ”

"I didn't see any internal fighting in the Seven Years, only a band of pirates from the Sunset Sea harassing the North, cutting off the Night's Watch food lines and disrupting the normal functioning of the Logistics Department. Egg snorted, "Also, I promise that half of the Night's Watch will not be involved in the war to expel the Iron People. ”

If you pick out the words, the Iron Islands are indeed not one of the "seven" countries, and they are indeed in the sunset sea...... Without half of the night watchmen involved, it seems that it can indeed be done?

This is obviously a strong argument or even a lie, but the rabbit is in a hurry and bites, war, you can fight it with a random reason, and when your interests are damaged or even life and death, who will be rigid enough to stick to the rules?

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"Oh...... Egger, you have a bright brain, I trust you, so I support your series of plans, but you are now playing bigger and bigger. Mormont nervously tapped his fingers on the table, his mind spinning: "The plan works, but everything must go well to continue...... What if the Iron Vault doesn't agree to lend money to the Wall, or if we don't get enough food from across the Narrow Sea? When there isn't enough food to feed everyone, can we slaughter the savages who put them on the Wall? I can't do anything like that even to the enemy!"

"Don't make a decision now, wait until I've talked to the emissaries of the Iron Vault, and if we don't get a loan, then we'll pretend to negotiate with the wildlings, promising to let them pass through the gates of the Wall, and when they gather together, launch another major raid to try to defeat them and grab as much food as possible. "It's cruel, but there is no place for warmth in front of Winter, "If we get a loan and we can get food support from Essos, let's hold another meeting to discuss the feasibility of a settlement with the wildlings." ”

"That's fine. ”

"Hmm...... There are two more things, Stannis's priestess, his rumored true queen to go to Castle Black before dark, so that Lord Bowen should not be lazy. Egger pondered, "Besides, there are still a few savage captives in the dungeon, after so many days, it's time to come in handy." Let a few out and let them tell Mance Rader that we're willing to negotiate. ”

Whether it is a real negotiation or a fake negotiation, you have to find someone first, and Mormont quickly nodded: "Okay, let's do it." ”

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