Chapter 254: "Raven Eat" Morse
An old man of very similar height and shape to a prostitute pushed the door into the hall and walked up to Egger menacingly: "It's you, the famous Chief Logistics Officer of the Night's Watch?Boy, has anyone ever told you that the Amber family has always been the North family that has been the most hurt by the wildlings and hates the wildlings the most, and I am the one who hates them the most?!"
Looking at the other party's ruddy face and messy white beard, and the dirty white leather blindfold on one of his eyes, Iger quickly guessed the identity of the other party: the other acting lord of the last Hearth, Morse Amber, the second uncle of the great Jon Amber.
It is said that this guy once slept on the side of the road, and a crow thought he was dead and pounced on him and pecked out one of his eyes, only to wake up and reach out and grab the crow and bite off its head, hence the nickname "Raven Eater".
How much water is in the legend, Iger is too lazy to guess, but the characters reflected in the story are mostly true, he doesn't want to mess with a certain northern nobleman at this juncture and cause a big deal, so he can only helplessly spread his hands and explain: "My lord, the Cypriot foreigners have now surrendered their weapons and food, and have voluntarily become landdonors and accept the rule of the Night's Watch Legion, and the number of cronies and mountain clan warriors I have brought with me on this trip has also exceeded the number of new landdonors...... No matter what happens, we can hold the scene down. ”
"Yes, yes, there are many of you who can suppress the scene, but the savages run away from the team and drill into the wolf forest to become bandits, no matter how many of you can catch them back one by one?
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Commander Mormont stipulated that the word 'wildling' should no longer be used, but the rules of the Night's Watch could not control the nobles of the North, so Iger could only answer patiently without temper...... A single wild man can run, but their family and children have nowhere to go, so how can they leave?"
Before Raven Eater could say more, his brother interrupted the conversation between the two: "Morse, the land grant is the permanent territory of the Night's Watch Legion, and they let the wildlings in to live there...... As long as they can continue to perform their duties well and ensure that the northern border is not harassed, it stands to reason that outsiders are not qualified to take care of it. ”
"I don't believe that savages can stay honestly in the land - how did this kid die Jeo Mormont, I've heard about it!"
With the other party's age, he is indeed qualified to call Old Xiong a brat, and this old man seems to have just drunk. Iger always remembered what his mother had warned him when he was young: Don't fight with drunkards. He slowed his breath and explained unhurriedly: "The murderer has been hanged, his tribe has resisted forcefully, and he has been removed from the land grant - hundreds of lives, and Warner Bookwell has bled in spite of the stigma of cruelty and murder, in his words: no tribe will dare to make a living in the land grant for fifty years." Adults can rest assured ......"
"You two, can you hear me finished!" Horser Amber glared angrily at his brother and Egger, "The Northerners are not qualified to command the Night's Watch Legion...... Even if they had to, it would be up to the Starks to exercise that power. We now have the right to decide—whether or not to respond to the black-clad brothers' pleas for help, and send a guide to take them to the Deep Forest. ”
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"Take the wild people to the deep forest fort!?" Morse listened to his brother's narration, and stared at Egger with his remaining eyes: "Do you know why I hate the wild people? Not only because they came to rob or steal things, but also because they kidnapped my only daughter many years ago, which is called 'stealing'! Now, you are leading a group of wild men to the door...... Do you want us to send a guide to take these savages to the Deep Forest Castle? What medicine did you take in the wrong way? The northerners themselves will lead the way, so that the old adversary can steal more of our northerners' daughters?!"
The strange marriage customs of the savages had only just caused a lot of trouble at the Great Wall, and Egg couldn't clear the name of the barbarians, but ...... Morse Amber's daughter?Is that a noblewoman who is the same age as the current Last Earl of Hearth, the sister of Grand Jon Amber, the core female member of such a large family, can be taken captive by the wildlings?
Iger wondered if she had been forcibly abducted by the Savage Raiders or had run away from home to escape an arranged marriage...... But he now knows at least one thing: not being able to look down on his own children is by no means unique to Stark in the North.
(Savages generally only rob young women, and judging by their age, this happened at least twenty or thirty years ago.) Decades ago, she didn't look down on her daughter, but now she is angry with herself?)
Egger was so slanderous in his heart, but he didn't dare to open his mouth to mock.
He really needs the support and help of the nobles of the North now: even if he occupies Carlin Bay, the Iron Folk will never keep Robb Stark out of his house for too long, and he will have to do something before his master of the North returns home...... In order to have the confidence to answer when the Northern Guardian asks why he let the wild people pass in the future, and can he join the election of the commander-in-chief with meritorious service after returning to the Great Wall.
At the moment when Baron Greyjoy is dead and the activities of the Iron People in the North have obviously weakened, leading a group of people to patrol the North and "expel out" the scattered pirate robbers is far less real than "assisting the Northers to recapture an important castle", and it is difficult for others to ignore it.
"My lords, I'm planning right now to help the Glover family in the North reclaim their fort...... Are you two sure, do you really want to consider 'helping us' or not?" Egger tried not to threaten his tone, "I know that Deepwoodburg is not Amber Home City, and the two of you here are not in a hurry...... But in the future, when the people in the south hear about this, they will not distinguish between the Glover family and the Amber family, and the people of the other six countries will only say in a contemptuous tone: 'When the iron people invaded the northern border, they took the initiative to send troops to help, but they were actually rejected by the Amber family'!"
"You're fucking-" Morse Amber was furious by Egger's yin and yang weirdness, but found that he couldn't find any way to break the other party's logic, and couldn't help but blush, thought for a while, and then made another request: "Okay, good, I can't say you, but I remember, the king of the outside world, Mance Red, is now being locked up in Castle Black, you bring me his head to use as a urinal, and I will send you a guide!
When your daughter was taken captive, Mance Rader was probably still honestly serving as a night watchman in the Shadow Tower, and this had something to do with him? Egger was confused by the other party's leapfrog thinking, and was thinking of a suitable answer, but Hoser Amber on the side shook his head: "Then the southerners will spread another story:' At the beginning, the iron people invaded the northern border, and the land was donated to send troops to help, and the people of the Amber family actually asked for a bunch of conditions to be willing to cooperate, my good big brother, you drink and go to sleep for a while, don't be here anymore to get serious. ”
Morse's neck was red again, and he stared at his brother for a while, and finally felt that it was unseemly to quarrel with his family in front of outsiders, so he angrily flicked his sleeves and turned his head to the door, slammed the door and left the hall, and I don't know if he was really obedient and went to sleep.
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"Alright, Chief Logistics Officer, let's get down to business. My brother is such a foul temper that when he wakes up, he will forget it all, and he doesn't need to take it to heart. Probably after living for decades and getting used to this kind of scene, Horser shrugged, not even glancing at his brother's back: "Glover has a great relationship with Amber, and the Night's Watch has the heart to help us, so I want to say thank you to all the people of the North." But my brother's worries are not unreasonable, who can guarantee that your 'new land-grantees' will not cause trouble in the north? ”
Iger breathed a sigh of relief, with Morse who had just stirred up the situation as a comparison, he could better understand what a kind of luck it was to communicate with a reasonable person, although the "prostitute" in front of him had the same appearance as the "crow food" and the strange nickname, but he was a good person. He thought about it carefully and decided not to bother thinking about any tricks: "To be honest, all I can say is: I will try to restrain them as much as possible. But if the new donor still does something bad, I will compensate me twice as much, and if there is a vicious incident such as murder and arson, or even a forced woman, I will personally cut off the head of the offender. ”
"Very well, then my reply is also very simple, the Amber family will send a guide and fifty soldiers to assist to ensure that the Iron People are successfully driven out and brought back to the Deep Forest Fort. Satisfied with Egger's answer, Horser said cheerfully, "But other than that, I would like the Logistician to take a little thing to heart—if it is possible, to track down the savages who kidnapped my niece in the first place, and if you can find her among the savages who passed through the Wall." ”
It's been decades, and it's only magical to get it back. As for pursuing the matter and finding out the murderer...... It's easy to say, but how can it be so easy to execute?But just as the other party couldn't refuse to provide him with a guide, Egger couldn't refuse such a reasonable request in such a friendly atmosphere, he nodded: "Okay, I'll take it to heart." ”
"Well, guides and soldiers, I'll pick ...... tonight I can hand someone over to you tomorrow morning. ”
"Thank you!"
Iger understood that Morse Amber's hatred of the Wildlings was only a microcosm of the attitude of the Northlanders towards the Wildlings, and that this wariness and disgust would be a problem for a long time. But this time, with the "Night's Watchman's" natural favorability in the hearts of the people of the North, he can be considered to have won support with his face in black - if he can't seize and take advantage of this opportunity, he will soon have to struggle: whether to kill all the wild people or sell them across the Narrow Sea.
Tomorrow, the soldiers will point to the deep forest fort. Only win, not lose!
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