It was the process of thinking about it that was the most painful, and after making his inner decision, Egger was much more relaxed, and he forced himself to forget about the emotional impact of Luce Burton's hints and devote himself to his current work first.

This is quite easy to do when the opponent is a ghost.

This time he went south to borrow money from the princes of the north, and Egger's expected goal was 3~50,000 gold dragons, but in the end he found that he was not the first commander-in-chief to ask for money when he took office, and he was used to "paying protection money" These nobles have long had a psychological price, and there is no room for bargaining at all, so they can only give as much as they want.

From the mouths of a bunch of families other than Bolton, he pulled out a total of about fifteen thousand gold dragons scattered and scattered, but with the 10,000 borrowed by the old skin, the total amount was unexpectedly close to the minimum target - and more than half of them did not have to be repaid.

The promise of funding was in hand, but no one would bring that much money to the battlefield, and Iger had to send his men to the various families to withdraw money with tokens...... In addition to money, Robb, the lord of the North, took the initiative to provide manpower support - he issued a notice to the entire territory north of the Neck Ze that he ruled, ordering idle masonry carpenters and other craftsmen to gather in Winterfell to prepare to go north to support the construction of the military port on the west coast.

There is no shortage of land-given labor, but there are almost no skilled masters...... The participation of this group of people has greatly helped to improve the overall quality of the manpower at Iger's disposal, and it can also greatly save him the cost of finding and hiring talents. Robb attaches so much importance to the construction of the military port, which is quite useful to Egger. After thinking about it, he planned to make a trip to Winterfell, get the Stark family's "donation" and receive the professionals, and then return to Houguan Town together. It can be regarded as a respect for the guardian of the north, and by the way, it also shows that he attaches importance to technical talents.

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With the construction and development of the land grant, the core of Houguan Town has become more and more frequent communication with all aspects of the south, and Winterfell, located on the King's Road, has inevitably become an important transit point, and there are night watchman industrial employees who travel on business at both ends of the three days to stay temporarily.

It stands to reason that uninvited guests who visit frequently are often unwelcome, but under Robb's instructions, Winterfell is not at all afraid to slack off. In addition to increasing the number of servants to ensure that nothing was missed, a special room was even designated in the guest room building for the clerks of the Night's Watch Legion.

At this moment, Egger was on the edge of the school field in front of the guest room building, breathing fresh air while observing the drills of the soldiers left behind in the center of the field.

Although he wanted to quietly take the money and take the craftsmen and leave, it was a pity that this castle was so big, and it was really difficult to hide the news of his visit from the second lady.

Sure enough, after standing for a while, Arya ran over to him in a hurry.

"Master, master!"

Despite the tingling of her scalp, Egg put on a kind elder expression, and thought that she had come to see her on purpose, and Misella, who was following her—no, Maeve should have nodded now.

"Master. Arya grabbed him without hesitation: "Maeve said she wanted to ask her two brothers how they were doing at the Wall, but one of them was too embarrassed to come, so I came with her." ”

"They're not on the Wall. Egger smiled softly at the former princess of the Baratheon dynasty, "Instead, in Houguan Town, far from the front line, I am 'watching' the donor students as a night watchman in the school I run for the land-grantees—of course, the position is to take care of, but in fact to study." I ask the teachers to take extra care, and with the foundation and foundation of their bachelor's education, it will probably be easy. ”

"I'm relieved when my lord says that, thank you so much—"

"I told you, my master will definitely take care of your brother. As long as Joffrey stopped thinking he was a prince and bullying others...... Hum. Arya interjected habitually, interrupting Messila's words in a hurry, and then her face of excitement quickly turned into annoyance for some reason: "Master, it will be my thirteenth name day soon!"

Name day is the birthday of the Westeros concept. Egger was a little surprised, and quickly made an apologetic expression: "Oh, yes...... Oops, I didn't have a gift for you. ”

"Ahh

"Which Harry?" Iger was confused, it couldn't be Harry Potter.

Egger's question immediately revealed that he didn't care about his own affairs at all, and annoyed the girl. Arya angrily shook Egger's arm that she was tugging on, and even pinched him: "Harold Hatton, heir of my cousin Robert Arryn, everyone calls him 'Harry the heir'!

Oh, I see. Egger suddenly realized that he didn't blame him for his poor memory, but that this person really didn't have much to do with him, so there was no need to remember.

No wonder Mrs. Caitlyn sent someone to Houguan Town a few weeks ago to urge the girl to go home, and it turned out that her son-in-law came to see her: "Why, is he so anxious to marry you?

"I don't know, it doesn't seem to be a rule. Arya cried with a sad face, "Anyway, it's okay to be thirteen years old, what should I do, I don't want to get married yet." ”

"Probably not, Harry probably just came to see you at the request of the elders of the family - to start cultivating affection. Messila, who was following Arya, whispered comfortingly: "Thirteen years old has indeed reached the accepted minimum age for marriage, but under normal circumstances, only if the man's power is much stronger than the woman's family, or if both parties are eager to confirm the alliance through this marriage, will they marry so early. In Arya's case, at least until the age of sixteen, the Hatton family would not dare to urge. ”

......

After all, Messira was born as a princess, and the rules of this aristocratic game are well understood.

The reason why the Stark family arranged Arya's marriage is because the current Lord of the Vale, Robert Arryn, the Duke of Eagle's Nest, is a small broken child with epilepsy, and his health is extremely poor, and he may die at any time before leaving an heir - and among the surviving Vale nobles, the "heir" Harry, because of his grandmother's surname Arryn, "lie to win" and become the first heir to Eagle's Nest.

But Robert Arryn is still alive and well, and is the Duke of Winterfell's own cousin, and the alliance between the North and the Vale is natural and strong both by blood and politics, and the "rush to confirm the alliance through marriage" is clearly not satisfied - Arya's marriage contract is, to put it bluntly, only a policy that needs to be activated in the worst-case scenario.

The Hatton family, as a medium-sized family that is not ranked in the valley, cannot be called a "strong man" in a marriage with a powerful lord family like Stark, so naturally they are not qualified to decide on the wedding date, and even if they want to see their bride, they have to take the opportunity to celebrate the name day and come all the way.

......

"Do you hear me, pray for your little cousin, as long as he lives, no one will urge you until he is sixteen years old, what are you panicking. Egger waved his arms, but he didn't shake off Arya's arms, so he had to let her hold him: "Your fiancé, what about people, aren't afraid that he will see you like this, and jealousy will not be good for you in the future?"

"It's still on the way, it's two days away. Arya glued sullenly to Egger's side: "But I just don't want to get married, I don't want to do it now, I don't want to be sixteen, I never want to." ”

"What nonsense, is this something you want to do or not? Iger sighed helplessly, remembering Luce Burton's hint again. The status of the Stark family is being coveted, and Arya, as the second lady, is still full of naïve thoughts, and does not want to fulfill her obligation to stabilize the family's position as a noble lady, which is really ......

"Master, can you help me find a way to get out of the marriage? ”

Poof, the legendary divorce scene!

This familiar word made Iger instantly have a series of strange associations, but fortunately, he quickly collected his thoughts under his strong intellect and glared at the girl: "What are you thinking about, marriage can be withdrawn casually? Even if I can, what can I, the commander-in-chief of the night watch, say?"

"Isn't it hard for you to do anything, what's so terrible about helping your most obedient apprentice get out of marriage!" Arya spilled up, twisting her body and rubbing him: "Oh, I don't care, anyway, you have to find a way for me, at least ...... At least three!"

Ho, yes, I'm just one of your apprentices, the most obedient, the most beautiful, the loveliest, the best, anyway, there are no competitors, don't you just say it casually? Egger has a big head, and he will leave the impression that outsiders can solve any problem, not because he is really good, but because he will never do something that he is not sure to complete.

But helping the sister who guards the north to get out of the marriage? This TM is not a matter of "how much certainty" at all, there is no way to start, okay!

"Don't make a fuss!"

"I'm going to make trouble!" Arya, who seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw, of course didn't follow, "If you don't give me three ideas today, I won't leave here, and I'll go to drill your bed at night!"

Oh my God, Egger cried in his heart, how dare this bear kid talk nonsense, there are still others listening here! I really should have left Shenlin Fort and returned to Houguan Town directly, and I couldn't leave the matter of coming to Winter City to get money and people, and I couldn't leave it to anyone!

"Okay, okay, I'll give you an idea!" Arya really dared to burrow into his bed at night, Egg didn't doubt this at all, for fear that the crazy girl would poke out the fact that the two had slept together, so he quickly relented. "You let go first. ”

"Hmm. The girl let go of her hand as she said, and stood there looking at him happily, triumphantly, mostly because she felt that as long as it was Egger's idea, it would work 100%.

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At present, the enemy is present, but he will have to deal with the ill-intentioned Ruce Burton for a while, and he will have to think about how to help a noble girl get out of marriage, life is so absurd. Egg secretly decided: as long as there is no knife in the sky, he will leave for Houguan Town as soon as Winterfell opens tomorrow morning, and send his subordinates to deal with the affairs here.

The headache is a headache, but he still began to think about it seriously, and wanted to come up with three plans as soon as possible - get rid of this little she-wolf first, and then talk about today.

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