In the Middle Ages in Europe, the Knights Templar, who were wealthy in banking and commerce, were the largest creditors of many kings and dukes, but they were eventually wiped out by a nationwide warrant for their biggest client, the King of France, and wanted to rely on the Holy See to turn things around, and became a victim of the struggle between religion and royal power. Once unbeatable, but was kicked off the stage of history in an instant after a Black Friday, why?

Iger sums up the reasons for them:

1. It does not have its own base.

After the fall of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the Knights Templar had effectively become a lost dog, and they had committed the mistake of not being guilty of being innocent of their sins, but still possessing a great deal of wealth under the fence. He even forgot his main duty: "to ensure the safety of pilgrimage roads", and turned the cart before the horse and made playing with finance his main activity.

has no territory of his own, but he is richer than anyone else, and when facing the face of the master's face, there is no strategic depth, and there is no chance to turn over.

2. Lending usury to those who are far more powerful than themselves.

Needless to say, lending money to something stronger than oneself was already risky, and the Knights Templar actually lent money to the master who took them in, or was it usury...... European countries are fighting back and forth, but the Knights are reaping the benefits, who is not annoyed when they see it?

When the master can't afford to pay back the money and covets the wealth of the Knights, the result is already doomed.

Third, there is no sufficiently strong independent armed forces to back it up.

The Knights Templar were originally a military organization, but after their defeat from Jerusalem and their return to Europe, they relied on finance and commerce to build a vast network of contacts and connections, and were themselves "covered" by the Holy See...... So, thinking they were safe, forgot that they were in the business and relaxed their grip on the barrel of the gun.

Facts have finally proved that no matter how many people you know and how big your protective umbrella is, it is not as useful as your own strength.

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Determined to follow the path of the Templars' financial fortune, Iger did not want the Night's Watch industry to fall into the same fate as the former, so he had to make some changes in imitation.

The Great Wall of Desperation and the Land Grant are the natural and legal bases of the Night's Watch, so as long as you are careful, you must not offend a mad dog-type opponent like Cersei...... As a serious night watchman who swore an oath, no matter how noisy Egger was, he was only forced to hide back in Castle Black, and he didn't have to worry about his life.

However, this is the territory of the "Night Watch Legion", not the territory of the "Night Watch Industry", the two have the same prefix and appear to be one, but in fact they are completely independent of each other - except that the latter has the material and manpower to provide the former, for the time being, they are two forces that almost completely do not interfere with each other.

Iger hopes that this temporary will become forever.

People will gain inches...... To put it nicely, self-motivated. At the beginning, he was just a small ranger who wanted to leave the Great Wall, but now, with resources and connections, his ambitions have quietly begun to brew.

While Iger is doing the fake show, he does not forget that he is not really a loyal night watch soldier, and he wants to get rid of the night watch identity in the future - how to turn the night watchman's territory into the night watchman's property will be decided later.

He also had a plan for indiscriminate lending: as long as he refused to lend money to the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms and the Iron Throne on the grounds that the Night Watch was not allowed to participate in the internal affairs of the Seven Kingdoms, he would set a bottom line from the beginning, and he would simply not afford to do so without discrimination, and it would not be easy to offend people.

The first two points are just planning, but the last point, and the only one that Iger can really reach out to and have a direct impact with, is the armed forces, that is, the private army with the name of "Night's Watch Logistics and Security Department".

Surrounded by a group of subordinates, Iger was led to the northwest corner of the industrial park, next to the security department of the fence.

In the open space in front of a row of buildings slightly different from the staff dormitory, dozens of young men in black vests are holding training swords, practicing in pairs. Three Stark guards were watching, sometimes pointing out that this man was in the wrong position, and then stopping the dangerous movements of the other, looking much harder than Ser Elisha, the head of Castle Black.

Of course they have to work hard, they are not like Sir Elisha...... There is no reward for teaching well, and there is no punishment for teaching poorly. Wait, why the three Stark guards?

Egger saw that the three of them were all known by himself.

"Haihua, Oden, David!" Iger exclaimed, "It's nothing, just say hello, you guys go on, hard work!"

In addition to Haihua, the other two swordsmanship instructors were the helpers that Egger asked the prime minister for when he first came to Jun. I sent them to escort the first batch of supplies to the East China Sea, and they didn't come back until the rebellion in the valley, who would have thought that goodbye would be in this situation?

Tyrion smiled: "The two of them, after sending your things to the East China Sea, the captain refused to come back empty, so he went around the northern coast for half a circle, and only returned after receiving a delivery order to King's Landing. ”

"I see. ”

Iger was relieved that when these two men were assigned to him by the Prime Minister, Ed did not stipulate how much time to assist him - these two men could always be dispatched by himself for as long as he needed, and Tyrion brought them here to train the "Night Watch Recruits", and even if Ed knew, he would not say anything. But then he had new doubts: the Lannisters had ten times as many soldiers in King's Landing as the Starks, and Tyrion wanted to find an instructor for the Night's Watch logistics department, not his own home, so why did he choose all from the opponent's house? The people of the North are indeed fierce in battle, but he doesn't believe that picking two random swordsmanship is higher than that of the other six countries.

Is it possible that with the exception of Jack and Morris, who are actually nannies named as guards, the other Lannister forces in King's Landing only obey the dispatch of their own Miss Queen and the Prince of the Kingsguard, and do not hang their own dwarf sons at all?

Thinking back to the plot, Egg realizes that it is really possible, and Tywin does not hide his contempt and disdain for his disabled son...... In this case, what retainer who serves the Lannisters would give their allegiance to a dwarf who has no hope of becoming the head of the house?

Whether it's true or not, it doesn't matter in itself, asking it is more likely to reveal Tyrion's scar, so I don't think much about it.

Iger turned to Nina and asked, "There don't seem to be many people, don't you say it's almost a hundred?"

The head of the security department, a big guy named Geros, took the initiative to stand up and answer: "Half of them are guarding and patrolling the factory area, half of them are training, and the two shifts take turns, my lord." ”

"Well, is that so. Iger turned his head and looked at the head of logistics: "The accommodation and food of the security team are higher than that of ordinary employees, has it been done?"

"According to Miss Nina's instructions, the accommodation is all beds and bedding, and if you want to eat, you must have at least one meat meal every day. ”

"Well, that's good. ”

To cultivate a normal strong army, the salary must not be low first, ordinary people in this world do not have the high consciousness that millet and rifles can win the war in a certain army, unless they plan to train a clean person, otherwise, eat well and dress warmly, and the salary is higher than that of ordinary people. If you are not given preferential treatment materially, where does you have a sense of honor and motivation to work hard?

"Is there any other training program, do you want only three teachers to teach swordsmanship?"

"This ...... Not at the moment. Geros replied honestly, "I don't have to wait for you to arrange it, my lord." ”

"Very good, then I'll arrange it, you remember!"

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