Iger is rarely amused by his own imagination, but he still can't help but simulate in his mind the scene where Arya stammers to persuade her fiancé to join the night watch, or racks her brains to create opportunities for her future husband to cheat on her sister.

way, he came out as the second lady wished. But once the girl really tries it, she will immediately find that things are much more complicated than she imagined.

......

The history of the Night's Watch does have far more noble joiners than Harold, the most recent example being Aemonn Targaryen, who almost became king...... However, the blind bachelor chose to join the Night's Watch in the first place to avoid a civil war between the kingdom and the kingdom, and Harold was counting on this marriage to bring the family back in one fell swoop.

The mentality of the two is completely different, and there is no comparison.

Unless Arya has a powerful staff to plan and carry out a big drama to blame her fiancé for a certain capital crime, no matter how explicitly she hints at her worship and yearning for the Night's Watch, Harold Hatton will donate some money to the Great Wall to please his fiancée, and he will never have anything to do with black in this life.

As for cheating Sansa. Iger doesn't know much about this "heir Harry", and he really doesn't know the success rate, but it definitely won't be high: the Hatton family is not even a younger brother in front of the Stark family with both history, strength and prestige, and is completely grandchildren: if it weren't for the luck of having a grandmother surnamed Arryn, she definitely belonged to the kind of marginal family that couldn't even get into the selection list.

This kind of small family wants to make a joke between the two daughters of the Stark family!

When Robert Arryn died, Harold sat in the position of the guardian of the valley and took some power to control it, and politely came to discuss it with gifts, which is not impossible. But now? Don't even think about it.

Not to mention that Arya is not ugly, even if she is really an ugly monster with a waist circumference exceeding her height and a fierce appearance of a dinosaur, the Hatton family has to happily take it home and offer it. The girl tried every means to create an opportunity for Harold to "pit sister", and once she showed her whereabouts without paying attention - she was afraid that the latter would think that she was testing her loyalty, making him more cautious and cautious.

......

Marriage has never been decided by younger generations in the general direction. When Arya comes to her senses, she will definitely come back to pester Egger for a "more reliable way" that doesn't exist at all...... In order to avoid further harassment, he had decisively abandoned his original plan and returned to Houguan Town, and made up his mind that he would never enter the castle again if he passed through Winterfell in the future.

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The renovated King's Road was a great way to get around, and it didn't take Iger a few days to return to his home base. At this time, the construction of the outer city was already in its final stages: after the construction of the buildings and facilities that needed to be opened immediately, and the redundant area of the plan was confirmed several times, the construction of the outer city wall surrounding the entire "post-crown city" began non-stop...... After the complete construction is completed, Houguan Town will become a fortress-type town with at least seven or eight hundred stable residents and thousands of floating population, and can accommodate up to 5,000 people.

Traveling through the outer city, which was a bit crowded and chaotic due to the ongoing construction, Egger and his guards entered the castle base camp through the slowly opening gates, and drove past warehouses and dormitories to the core.

There are many things to do, and you have to ...... them all At the moment, the first place on the list is to complete the site selection and groundbreaking of the military port as soon as possible, and welcome a large number of craftsmen from the north to support the construction. If Robb hadn't ordered these people to be sent, Iger would have planned to hire them from all over the Seven Kingdoms with a high salary. In addition to his job, Egger would communicate privately with some of them, tempting them to overcome the fear of "the apprentices of the church starving their masters" to do some private work for the night watch, passing on their skills to the land-giving students.

It was for this purpose that he went to Winterfell to pick up the people himself, but he was harassed by Arya and fled back in fear. However, the construction of the military port was completely taken by Egger anyway, and in any case, he could see these craftsmen from the north......

Forget it, let's go see how the dragon crystal bombs of those fire warlocks are doing.

Just as he was thinking about it, a voice interrupted his train of thought.

"Egger West!"

After that, no one in Crown Town would call him that, and the named commander-in-chief of the Night's Watch looked up at the source of the sound, and saw a tall, slender woman striding towards him, and when she got close to two meters, she was stopped by the dutiful guards.

"It turned out to be Miss Asha. Iger recognized the comer, nodded politely at her, and looked down to see the chains still locked on the other party's feet, only to make sure that there was nothing wrong with his hometown.

A few months of captivity had worn away the sharpness of this proud daughter of the Greyjoy family, and made her look a little decadent. Fortunately, the figure is still not out of shape...... After glancing at her long legs, which were breathtaking even without boots, with a look of pure appreciation, Iger coughed, "Is there anything you need in life, or do you think of any information to explain?"

"Neither. Asha put her hands on her waist: "How long are you going to lock me up?"

"When will you be locked up?" Egger smiled, "May I explain that you're here because you didn't hurt the members of the Glover family after you captured Deepwood, and your uncle sent the hostages back. The Lords of the North had no reason to kill you, and they didn't want to let you go, and Winterfell didn't want to assign jailers and prison guards for you as a prisoner, so they threw you to the Night's Watch. But you're still essentially a hostage to the North, even though you're in Houguan Town, and I'm just providing free custody on your behalf - that is, Robb Stark has to decide when you go. ”

"That means, if that Stark kid forgets me, you're going to keep me here for the rest of your life?"

"Uh-huh...... In theory, yes. Egger thought for a moment, and replied honestly, "As far as I can see now, you're not locked up—who ordered you to leave the room?"

"My lord, please allow me to explain......," Warden Houguan, who was following Asha, ran up to Egger, "You ordered that Miss Asha should not be insulted or abused, and I think that keeping her indoors for a long time is also physically and mentally devastating, considering that her brother is an archery teacher in Houguanzhen, for the sake of Lord Theon's face, I agreed to let her leave the room." Of course, at least two people are watching her at all times, and she is only allowed to move within a certain range. ”

Indeed, even criminals have the right to let loose their spirits. Egger was persuaded, pondered for a moment, and acquiesced to the change: "Well, no matter what, you are not allowed to leave the inner city, you are not allowed to go near the core area, especially the small lake, and you must wear shackles all the time. ”

"Yes, sir!"

"Damn. Asha raised an eyebrow and gritted her teeth, "You're the Commander-in-Chief now, right—I've asked to join the Night's Watch!"

"Unfortunately, the Night's Watch does not accept women. Iger shrugged: "Miss Asha...... Not everyone is so polite to a prisoner. You and the soldiers in the logistics department eat the same food, sleep on the same bedding, wear clean clothes, and even have the opportunity to take a shower and let off steam. This kind of preferential treatment was not specially ordered by Lord Stark, but I saw that you had trusted me to persuade the Iron Folk defenders of Carlin Bay to surrender and avoid a large wave of unnecessary casualties, and I offered it privately out of gratitude. You should feel happy and satisfied, not an inch and want to be free!"

The female captain stared at Egg with fiery eyes, and one couldn't help but suspect that she was about to spit out again. But after her expression changed, she finally suppressed her anger and spit out another question: "The North is preparing to build a West Coast fleet, and the construction of the port is handed over to the night watchman?"

How did she know?Egger frowned, but after thinking about it, this was no secret in Houguan Town, after all, the construction of the port required the gathering of people from the land-donors...... And even if Asha knew, she wouldn't be able to send the news out, not to mention that it was Crow-Eyed Eulen who forced her out of power now in the Iron Islands, her father-killing enemy.

"That's right. ”

"I'm the best captain in the Iron Isles, and even in Westeros. Asha raised her head and said proudly, "I can help train sailors, first mates, and second officers...... Help design ships and plan ports. As long as it has to do with boats, I know everything. ”

"Huh-" Egger was amused, how could all the noblewomen he knew like to be whimsical?Miss Stark didn't want to marry, and Miss Greyjoy wanted to command the enemy's navy and get into the northern harbors. "Miss Asha, how old are you—twenty-four, or twenty-five? How do I feel like you are as naïve as you are fourteen or fifteen? Do you think that the navy of the north will choose an iron man to train sailors? White Harbor and Bear Island have people who know how to ship and build ports, and they may not be better than you, but they are not worse than you. I thank you for your kindness on behalf of the Northern Princes, but you don't have to be kind!"

"I-" Asha was speechless for a moment, and was silent for a moment before speaking: "Then you can give me something to do, or I'll be bored to the point of going crazy!"

Egger didn't know if she was trying to be crooked, but considering that Asha wasn't a good man, she probably understood the subtext of the sentence. But she wasn't Melisandre - the latter was definitely her own, at least in the camp, and no matter how bad it was, it wouldn't have been so bad. And the woman in front of Greyjoy's family, in her own list, is in the category of "absolutely need to be hung when you face it".

......

"There is a shortage of laundry workers in Houguan Town, and if Miss Asha is willing to do it, I can arrange it. He had an unfazed look on his face: "I promise you, if the Night's Watch also expands the navy in the future, I will consider giving you something to do, but for now, please stop pestering me - bring her back, and keep an eye on her." ”

The two guards who followed Asha immediately stepped forward, one of them grabbing her by both arms.

"Don't touch me!" Asha struggled for a moment, but did not break free, and finally shouted unwillingly before being dragged away: "Okay, I see, I will be honest like a prisoner - but I have one last request: please go and explain to your archery instructor and my brother that it was not my decision to attack the north regardless of his safety, but my father's order, so that he should not look like a life and death enemy every time he sees me!"

Egger resisted the urge to roll his eyes and nodded, "I will—when I'm free." ”

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