When Commander Mormont decided to separate his hired helpers from the "serious Night's Watch", Egg was a little frustrated that his infiltration plan had been seen through. But as time went on and the Night's Watch industry exploded, his mind began to change.

The hundreds of professional soldiers of the Night's Watch are certainly a force to be reckoned with, but the quality of the soldiers is inferior, and it is destined that only the rangers in the Blackshirts have the combat effectiveness of a "real professional army". Wouldn't it be better to have a clean, completely owned, and better-based force than to exert influence on such a group of people with mixed backgrounds?

Egger had already finalized the plan to find a place to establish his first base in the land grant, but it was not until the 4,000 gold dragons really arrived a few days ago that he began to start the construction plan in advance with the confidence of sufficient funds. And the reason is not to fool the two fire warlocks - for them to produce wildfires. On the contrary, "providing a place for the pyromancers to produce wildfires" was just one of the many fronts for Egger to gain the town of Houguan.

Since Mormont intends to separate the forces of the Night's Watch Logistics Department from the orthodox Night's Watch, well, Egger will plan and simply establish a force that seems to be one with the Night's Watch at first glance, but in fact has no direct subordinate relationship, and looks like a god who can even fight against each other in the future!

Although I thought so, I could never say this kind of rebellious thing directly—cut a piece of land out of the land grant for the use of the "logistics department" of the night watchman, who did not actually obey the command. If this is to be launched, it is equivalent to doing a simple version of the Ripping Marquis outside of the Westeros Noble game, which is a big leap forward, but it needs to be done quite carefully, and it is necessary to pull a bunch of managers as cover.

Iger mainly prepared three articles.

1. Since the Commander-in-Chief said that the mercenaries of the Logistics Department must train outside of Castle Black, there must be a place, right?

2. As the Fool Fire Warlocks say, it is impossible to send King's Landing's wildfires all the way to the Great Wall, and what better place to prepare wildfires in a stable environment at low temperatures and preserve and transport them than to give away land?

3. A large number of materials, especially grain and grass and meat to improve the diet, are in great demand but have a shelf life...... After Nina settles accounts, she directly brings funds to purchase in the north and then send them to the Great Wall, which not only saves time, but also greatly reduces costs.

These three reasons all point to one result - the Night's Watch Logistics Department needs one: a place that is both within the Night's Watch's sphere of influence and relatively close to the north to serve as a stronghold.

Later, Crown Town, located directly south of Castle Black, near King's Road, almost in the geometric center of the land grant, was the location that Iger finally chose. Due to the proximity of the road to the east and west ends of the Great Wall, starting from Houguan Town, it is necessary to send troops to any place along the Great Wall to provide support, or to which base to send the wildfires produced and the stored materials and grain and grass...... It's even very convenient to go to any territory in the north!

The place had been abandoned, but Egger had taken a half-idly tour of the area when he was heading south with Tyrion, and the infrastructure such as the construction roads was almost intact, saving a lot of money on construction materials and labor. The most important thing is that the "abandoned" point also gave Mormont almost no reason to reject Egger's application - the logistics department, which constantly provided a large number of supplies to the Great Wall, wanted an abandoned village to settle down, even if he saw any clues, could he not agree?

As Tyrion once said, this is a conspiracy. Unless Mormont's brain suddenly twitched, and he was about to fall out with himself regardless of the overall situation, he could only watch himself Egger West move forward little by little according to the plan, and finally climb to the height where he could be equal to him and control his own destiny.

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"That's a nice thing to say. "The Harlem Wise Man has witnessed the rise and fall of the dynasty, and he can be regarded as experienced in a hundred battles, but he will not be fooled by Egger's vision for the future, "What is it like over there, I can only see it when I arrive, even if I believe in the chief logistics officer's person, but you have to first place our old men in the Alchemist Guild and a large group of apprentice assistants, and we are willing to listen to your arrangement!"

"Okay, if the Alchemist Guild needs anything, please just bring it up, if it can help, I will definitely solve it!"

Egger, who had money in his pocket, was full of confidence, but it wasn't until he listened to the old Harlem's narration that he realized that things were more complicated than he imagined.

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The current state of the Alchemists' Guild is even worse than the Night's Watch had imagined. In the chaos of the Lannisters' deception into opening King's Landing, ending the rule of the Targaryens, a large number of pyromancers were killed or disappeared, leaving the group devastated. After the war, Robert Baratheon ordered them to manage the massive wildfires that were hiding underground—a mandatory order that meant that at the end of the war, the pyromancers, their apprentices, and assistants would never be able to get out of this and take care of these dangerous flammable liquids until they died.

There is no reward for doing well, and if you mess up, you will lose your head.

There was nothing wrong with this arrangement in itself, but it was unreasonable that, as punishment, Robert did not give any money to the performers of the task - the work was not paid!

The alchemist is not an immortal cultivator who can open the valley, of course he has to eat, the huge guild, and there is not much left of the family wealth after being sacked by the Lannister army. The pyromancers and those around them who were once glorious during the Targaryen dynasty are now reduced to the point where they worry about their livelihoods every day.

The nimble-brained and well-connected ones ran away without a trace, and the remaining King's Landing locals still had a bunch of old guys who had no skills and couldn't run, so they had nothing to eat - a slightly younger apprentice assistant or something, and they could find a part-time job in King's Landing to earn a little money, and the pyromancers made a living by occasionally reselling some wildfires or something.

Egger had also been involved in this illegal transaction, and even Tyrion knew the way by hearing about it, and it was impossible for Robert, who had Varys, the intelligence chief, to know nothing about it, but the king himself had no money, so it was difficult to take care of it.

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The so-called resettlement naturally includes the two parts of people who stayed in King's Landing and went to the north to donate land, and after some "discussion", Iger finally negotiated everything with the two old slippery heads.

The Alchemists' Guild has watered and walled all of King's Landing's wildfire cellars, and family members have been placed in the upcoming grocery and cosmetics workshops by the Night's Watch Estate. All the facilities and equipment in the guild hall were also cleaned out by Egger and properly loaded onto the ship to the north.

On top of that, Houguan had to build a reliable Wildfire Workshop - stone rooms modeled after the halls of the Alchemists Guild of King's Landing, buildings that would collapse and extinguish fires in the event of a fire, and the firemancers would only work in absolute safety.

Then, there is the treatment...... Robert ordered all the pyromancers to work for the Night's Watch, but the Alchemists' Guild was not a subordinate organization of the royal government after all, and even if they obeyed orders, they had to make people have a head start. This is simple, Iger directly copied the salary and reward mechanism of the grassroots leaders of the night watch industry, and increased it a little, and coaxed these two old men who had not lived a good life for more than ten years to make a 180-degree turn.

In order to show his attitude and strength, Iger also asked where the pyromancers lived, promising to send the first settlement fee later.

After everything was done and the two pyromancers who came with great momentum were happily sent back, Egger roughly estimated that he would clean up the mess of the Alchemist Guild and pull it to the gifted land, even if it didn't count the follow-up salary and bonus, at least a hundred gold dragons would be smashed into it...... The establishment of power had only just begun, and Iger had experienced what it meant to spend money like water.

After a while, the king's herald finally arrived at the door of the Night's Watchman's office.

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"Egger West, on the orders of King Robert, the Alchemists' Guild, I have already said hello, and it is estimated that they will come to report to you soon. The young Squire of the Red Keep proclaimed with a slight haughtiness, completely unaware that the pyromancers were running faster than him: "In addition, I bring you a certificate signed and stamped by both the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer that you and the activities you have personally carried out will be permanently tax-free in Westeros." In addition, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has asked me to convey to him a friendly reminder that this order only exempts the Iron Throne from paying taxes, and that you may still have to pay part of the taxes levied by the dukes in other names in the seven kingdoms outside the Crown. ”

"Understood, understood. Little brother has worked hard, this little money, take it to buy some delicious food for the horses, and today it is going to be tired of running. With a smile on his face, Egger accepted the decree and tax exemption certificate, and stuffed a few silver coins into the young squire, "This thing came at a good time, but Your Majesty's order has come back, and I don't know our king...... When will others return to King's Landing? ”

The herald coughed and put away the things in his hand: "I can't say clearly, but the matter over there in the valley has been settled, and it will only be in the next two or three days." ”

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