Sending Arya home? Egger didn't want to take the job at all, and lodged a solemn protest with Robb on the spot. But when the latter offered to offer that "the hundred soldiers could return to the north for a long time at Egger's disposal until the wildlings and strangers were repulsed", he relented.

A hundred well-trained soldiers is a considerable help to the Night's Watch legion, and it is not a loss to endure the bear child for a few more days.

......

Arya and Robb spend the day together. Whether she went to see her "fiancé" during this period or not, Iger didn't know, anyway, when he led the logistics team to set off north from Harrenhal again the next morning, the hot potato returned to him with a hundred Stark soldiers, which was really helpless.

The hundred northern soldiers were not from Winterfell, so they didn't recognize their own young lady, and Arya's identity was still Egger's personal attendant, so there was little risk of leaking secrets on this trip. From the noisy Harrenhal assembly area, where an unknown number of soldiers and logisticians lived, it took Iger two more days to reach the town of the Earl of Harroway.

Time flies, and Iger still remembers his first visit to the town where Riverway and King's Road meet. At that time, he was still a nobody on his way south to King's Landing, and Tyrion was the only one outside of the Night's Watch who knew and admired him, with the determination to "get involved in the plot as little as possible", and half of his head was worried about whether he would be able to get to King's Landing, and half was about how to solve the problems that Mormont had given him.

By the time he came the second time, he had become Robert's "Night's Watchman", heading east to the valley entrance and exit to participate in the rebellion of the Lord of the Seven against the Alliance of the Righteous. At that time, the Night's Watch industry began to flourish under Tyrion's management, and history took on a violent butterfly effect due to his presence as an outsider, and everything began to move in a very different direction......

This time, however, he was named to go west to the Golden Tooth City to pick up the son of Duke Tywin, the famous monarch killer, to be the night watchman. Whether he admits it or not, Iger is now a celebrity with some influence in the whole of Westeros, and it is difficult to turn back into the magnificent wave of history.

Even...... From a bystander, to one of the promoters.

After spending the night in the familiar inn in the town, Iger ordered the baggage convoy to stay where it was, and took most of the logistics soldiers and a hundred northern men to set off along the riverside road to the west.

The battle was over, and the weather was still good, so it took him four days to arrive at Riverrun, leaving Arya waiting at his mother's maiden house, and heading west with a group of men.

......

The land that had just escaped the war was devastated, and the same was true between the rivers, and the western frontier was even more miserable. Heading west along the River Avenue, the road is clearly starting to widen, and the wealthy rulers of the West are clearly not stingy with transportation, but the scenery along the way is hardly pleasant, full of corpses hanging from trees, new graves made of dirt, scorched fields, and looted villages...... The Starks are undoubtedly on the positive side of the Game of Thrones story, but that doesn't mean that the armies of the Starks and their allies are any more moderate and quality than any of the Seven Kingdoms...... In addition to grief and sighing, the accompanying northern soldiers told Iger a piece of news that surprised him a little: most of these charred fields were burned by the western army themselves.

In the hands of any ruler in any era, this is a tactic that can only be adopted in the face of a strong enemy and a huge disadvantage. While the war in the West was raging, Egger was busy filling the management vacuum created by Tyrion's departure, and it was unclear what the situation was, but the fact that his god-teammate and best-friend's family had just survived the great existential crisis was just from the charred fields. Even if he is not a party to the party, Iger is a little chilly and secretly afraid.

More than 100 soldiers followed, and the road was unblocked. Five days after leaving Riverrun, Iger arrived at the heavily defended Golden Tooth City. On the walls and gatehouses, the traces of the battle caused by Robb Stark's breach of the city are still clearly visible, but the golden lion banner has been planted back in the wall. The soldiers of the West, who had just experienced a series of major defeats and had their entire homes looted, were in a much better state of mind than expected...... Leaving a hundred northern soldiers waiting outside the city, Egger led the soldiers of the Logistics Department into the Golden Tooth City Fortress after informing him of his identity.

Expecting Tyrion to be waiting for him, Egg was even ready to talk to him about topics such as "the construction of the land grant base", "post-war recovery in the West", and "the future trend of the Seven Kingdoms", but the red robe who led the way told him that his dwarf son did not come to Golden Tooth City, but was in Lannisterport, working day and night for the operation and financial situation of Lannister Bank.

The little lion was not seen, but the old lion was already waiting in the hall. Led by a red-robed officer, Egg soon meets the legendary Tywin Lannister.

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"Chief Logistics Officer. Tywin sat at one end of the long table and looked blankly at Egg, who walked into the room, "Even in the far West, I have heard of your legends and heroic deeds. On behalf of the Lannisters, I would like to welcome you and thank you for coming so quickly and taking your seat. ”

"You're so gracious, Lord Duke. "It is worthy of being a well-known iron-blooded figure in the Seven Kingdoms, and he is so cold when he speaks politely. Fortunately, the current situation is that the other party has a request for himself, Iger calmly pulled out a chair and sat down: "Thank you for your welcome and hospitality, but there is still official business in the future." Please make a long story short, and invite Sir James as soon as possible to follow me north to the Great Wall to complete the agreement. ”

"He'll go with you. Tywin tapped his fingers on the table, "But until then, I'd like to know as much as I can about the current state of the Wall, and what my son will be treated if he joins the Night's Watch." ”

"Even if you ask questions, you know everything. ”

......

When it comes to the second half of his son's life and the future of the family, Tywin is not polite. The question could not be stopped at the beginning, and the next people brought wine and snacks, and the two chatted for a while.

Iger told him the truth about the situation at Tywin Wall and his judgment: there was a good chance that Jaime Lannister would directly become a Ranger Captain and start life on the Wall as a mid-ranking officer of the Night's Watch...... As for life, he also told the other party as the chief logistics officer that at least he would not let Jaime live worse than himself.

"Do the Rangers need to patrol the city often?" Tywin asked with a frown, "Is the news of the living dead and strangers outside the Cypriots a rumor spread by the Night's Watch Legion, or is it true?"

"It is true, because the Rangers have suffered too many casualties in the past year, and the Wildlings have reached the foot of the Wall...... Overall, the probability of the Rangers patrolling the Fortress again has dropped to almost zero, so adults don't need to worry about this. ”

Despite his good concealment, Egger could sense that for a man as proud and powerful as Duke Castle Rock, it was unpleasant for him to be forced to send his son to the Night's Watch with his own hands...... As a father, his words still reveal the meaning of "I hope my son can live well on the Great Wall". After understanding the general situation, the old lion asked in a very vague way about the possibility of "using means" to get Jaime to take off his black clothes in the future.

Speaking of which, Egg remembered what Tyrion had said to him on the day he persuaded the Night's Watch to let him go south on a business trip.

Nearly a year ago, the far-sighted gnomes asserted that if anyone wanted to take the Ranger Jaime Lannister, they would probably not be able to pay the ransom if they sold Castle Rock.

When he said this, Tyrion wanted to make Egg happy that he was "worthless", and if he knew that he had inadvertently made a prophecy, he wondered what he would think.

......

"There is no precedent in history for a Night's Watch to take off its black clothes, and in the context of the Seven Kingdoms, the possibility of getting someone like Jaime out of the Night's Watch Legion safely and without any consequences is almost nil. "As for the future...... Who could have predicted what would happen in the future?"

Tywin's face didn't fluctuate when he received the expected negative answer, and he turned to ask another question: "What do you mean by that group of Stark soldiers outside the city?"

"Robb Stark sent him to ensure that Sir James could reach the Wall safely along the river and along the King's Road. ”

Tywin was silent for a few seconds, his eyes fixed on Egg, as if to discern evidence from his expression that he was lying, before re-speaking, "That Stark little ghost...... I mean, Robb Stark, did you agree with Jaime in black?"

"The Night's Watch is impartial, Lord Tywin. Iger fully understood the old lion's concern, and looked up and said, "If I hadn't received Robb Stark's definitive answer, I would never have been here today." ”

"Can you guarantee that Jaime will arrive at the Wall safely?"

"No, in these troubled times, I am not even 100% sure that I will be able to reach the Great Wall safely. But my lord, I can assure you that there will be no attacks from Robb Stark along the way. And for ordinary bandits and bandits, the team of the logistics department is completely enough to fight. "If you are really not at ease, you can let Sir Jaime stay with him until both kings give written assurances, but with all due respect, if the two deer are to decide the winner, the winner may change his mind." ”

......

Tywin sighed, shook his head, and got up from his chair, "Don't wait, this disaster is Jaime's own fault, and the risk on the road to atonement should be borne by himself, not his family." If anyone dares to do anything to my son, it is Jaime's life, and I will not talk nonsense, but will only prove with practical actions that the Lannisters have debts that must be paid. ”

Seeing his master stand up, Egger had no choice but to leave his seat, but instead of waiting for Jaime Lannister's appearance, he was surprised by another piece of news: "There are many good young men in the West who have heard about the crisis that the Great Wall is facing, and have volunteered to join the Night's Watch to defend the northern frontier of the Seven Kingdoms...... Since you are here, take these people back to the Great Wall along the way. ”

With the appearance of the ghouls in King's Landing, there are actually volunteers who have come to the fore, and there are a few in Egger's team...... But how could it be the turn of a prince like Tywin to handle this kind of thing?

Coming to the courtyard behind the hall with his master with doubts, Egger was suddenly shocked by the scene in front of him: dozens of soldiers dressed in black stood in the courtyard, lined up neatly, with resolute expressions, and the uniform full-body armor on their bodies made Egger who had been with the Lannister family guards feel a sense of familiarity.

Looking at the well-trained and murderous appearance of these men, Egg had no doubt that they could torture the hundred soldiers sent to him by Robb outside the city under any circumstances...... Where is this "good boy who volunteered", it is clearly the bodyguard that Tywin arranged for his son!

"They're joining the Night's Watch too?"

"Well, like Jaime, put on black and make a vow, and become a genuine, fake Night's Watch like you. ”

(That's a big deal.) ）

Egger couldn't help but secretly admire, how many words and benefits did he have to procure, to recruit about a similar number of security soldiers to go north with him?And their identity is still the "foreign aid" of the logistics department of the night watchman, and they can withdraw at any time without swearing...... As for Tywin, with a wave of his hand, an equal number of even more elite soldiers accompanied Jaime north to the land of the frozen dead, swearing that shitty oath, and being bound for the rest of his life.

In terms of popularity, he has already fought with the big nobles...... However, in terms of the pattern and the actual resources at hand, there is still a long way to go. I don't know how much time it will take to have the strength of the old lion in front of me after the Houguan Town base is established?

"In addition to these young men, I will also donate a small batch of weapons, armor, horses, and grain and grass to the Great Wall. My logistics officer is taking stock, so stay in the city tonight, and when you leave tomorrow, Jaime will join you with these volunteers and a convoy full of donated supplies. ”