Warner Boukwell led more than two hundred soldiers to the Long Night Castle, and the Flint Clan sent hundreds of soldiers to help, which made the operation well-manned and went quite smoothly.

Iger didn't want to know the specific process of arresting the murderer in the village where the incident occurred, so he didn't let Warner report in detail at all...... But there is no doubt that the operation was blocked and difficult as expected. Unfortunately, with heavily armed soldiers on one side and villagers who couldn't even get a decent weapon, the riot was easily quelled with half the determination and action that the soldiers had done to attack the Red Keep and the Stark soldiers that day.

Each tribe of the original Seychelles is like a big family, and in order to survive in the harsh environment of the northern part of the country, the degree of internal unity is unimaginable to the people south of the Great Wall, but ...... The level of unity among the clans was far less than the night watchmen had feared at first.

After a bloody arrest and repression, Mera Reed was almost invaded, and Commander Mormont had an accident, and the small tribe called "Tours", numbering no more than three hundred, had zero adult males, and women and children were forcibly assigned to the remaining dozens of tribes, and were removed from the world...... Not only did the other new land-giver villages remain unmoved, but Jon and the two wildlings visited even sent representatives to Castle Black to attend Commander Mormont's funeral, publicly expressing their support for the Night's Watch's handling of the Tours tribe.

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And the so-called "real murderer", when he was brought to the night watch officers, had already lost the ability to defend himself. The inhuman appearance made Iger and the other high-level officials a little unbearable to see it...... Frowning, they sentenced the murderer to death for violating the law of the land grant and the rights of the guests, and then hurriedly gave the man a heartbeat, and the body hung from the gallows outside the gates of Castle Black as a warning and deterrent to the rest of the new land-grantees.

Truth and justice? In the face of the big picture, it's not fart.

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Heavy-handed repression and hanging corpses in prominent places on major traffic routes as a warning are the kind of images and brutality that Iger can only see in games and movies before the crossing...... In this backward world, it is the simplest and most cost-effective warning method, and its effect is better than how many times the employees of Eggpai have carried out legal popularization propaganda.

According to Buckwell's original intention, he actually wanted to hang all the mobs killed in the suppression to the gallows or trees, and hang them every few miles along the Great Wall and Castle Black to King's Avenue in Houguan Town, so as to ensure that the new landdonors everywhere could always see the end of the rebellion...... But Iger thought about it, and finally felt that it was too unkind to do more harm than good to stability, and rejected the proposal.

"The culprit has been punished, and before the election of the next commander-in-chief begins, I would like to apply for some additions to the law of land grants - the establishment of a strict joint sitting mechanism, and if one person breaks the law, his family, relatives, friends, and neighbors will be punished jointly. "In this way, the new donors themselves can be used to supervise each other, which greatly reduces the pressure and cost of law enforcement after resettlement." ”

"Nice offer. Dennis Mellister, the commander of the Shadow Tower, said with a smile, "But I have a different idea from Master Carter Pike and Master Powen Marthy—the three of us have agreed to discontinue the land grant program. ”

The three main figures of the conservative wing have agreed?

Egger's heart froze, and his face remained silent: "Oh, Sir Mellister, have you already decided what to do with the new landdonors who have passed through the Great Wall?"

"Repatriated back to the north of the Great Wall...... Of course, they certainly don't want to, but there are other ways, haven't you already made an agreement with the Iron Treasury to borrow money to get food aid? Braavos's ship was carrying grain, and when it returned, it must have been empty, so let the wild men ...... Hehe, well, new landgoers, take a boat to the other side of the Narrow Sea, and fend for yourself. ”

"Fend for yourself?" Egger laughed: "It's impossible for you to know what it's like on the other side of the Narrow Sea, but when the new landgivers get there, there is no other way out except to become slaves...... It's the equivalent of the slave trade, I remember the son of Commander Mormont...... Jorah Mormont was sentenced to death by Duke Eddard Stark for this crime. ”

"If we don't take money, how can we be considered a slave trade?" Powen Marthy changed his usual rigid expression, and his relaxed face actually showed some strange tricks: "And, in any case, it is better to be a slave than to be killed by a stranger and then pulled up...... If the host we meet is generous, maybe we will live a more comfortable life than we are. ”

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Strong words, Egger's forte, but now this trick is manifested in too many side effects - even the opponents have learned it!

Fortunately, Iger still has the last line of defense to hold: "Understood, but what I want to ask is - have you reached an agreement on the choice of the next commander-in-chief?"

"Not yet, but whoever is elected, we will do it. ”

"'Whoever is elected'? Iger clenched his fists, "I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen—I, the head of the land grant and resettlement program, only obey the orders of the Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch. Once a new commander is born, I will follow orders, but until then, I will only be accountable to the commands that Commander Mormont has already given. ”

As soon as this killer feature came out, everyone suddenly had nothing to say. In life, many things will not be done or will be very troublesome if they are completely in accordance with the rules, but if there is a stunned young man who has to insist on it, no one can say half a word...... Iger is now playing such a role.

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"In that case, if you think about it, we can only elect a commander as soon as possible. Dennis Mellister said with a smile and looked at Carter Peck: "Next, let's have a fair and impartial vote." ”

"That's what I thought, too. The commander of Donghaiwang unceremoniously met the eyes of his old rival.

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As the old men of the Legion who had run for Commander-in-Chief with Geo Mormont, Carter Pike, Powen Marcy, and Dennis Mellister knew that if nothing else, this Commander-in-Chief would be born from them.

Originally, they were worried that the "chief logistics officer" who suddenly appeared would be killed halfway as a dark horse, and they agreed to squeeze Iger out of the game together first - for this reason, Carter Pike specially brought the princes of the valley from the East China Sea. But now, with the latter's public announcement that he would not participate in the election of commander-in-chief, he has punished the "murderer" who killed Mormont with astonishing decisiveness, giving an explanation to all the night watchmen......

Now, Powen Marcy didn't mention that at least the two commanders of Donghaiwang and the Shadow Tower had no reason or means to deal with Egger.

After all, they and Egger had no personal vendetta or grudge.

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Successfully moving the fingers of several old guys away from himself and aiming at each other, Egger wiped the cold sweat from his forehead as he walked out of the conference room. Samwell Tully's suggestion was a mistake that allowed him to avoid a major problem: it is conceivable that if the other three major candidates for commander-in-chief colluded to deal with him, he would roll up his sleeves and intend to lead the severely underpowered reformers into a decisive battle with the conservatives, and participate directly in the election...... I'm afraid that what awaits me will be a stormy target.

When the time comes, don't talk about the gray history of running away while your colleagues are fighting the strangers, hooking up with the Lannisters and running to King's Landing to enjoy the blessings...... I'm afraid that even Zaijun is suspected of "supporting" his lover temporarily, and he once dried a certain "little boy" to the point that his pants were full of blood, and other black materials would be turned out.

Even if you don't get knocked down, you must be overwhelmed, and you can't muster up the energy to do the right thing.

The conservatives have more power and means than expected, and although they have narrowly avoided a major problem and intend to temporarily continue the land grant program by provoking them to compete with each other, this is only a stopgap measure...... As winter sets on and the process of building a pocket kingdom on its own, eventually, the land grant must have an authority figure who can speak for itself.

If you want to finish the big game of chess you planned, you have to be that person, and to do that, it's not enough to sit in Castle Black and make a campaign manifesto to win people's hearts...... We have to pick up the pace.

Once again, Iger experienced what it was like to be whipped forward by fate, and in order not to let the pile of chips that had been put into the game go down the drain...... He had to run around obediently.

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