Houguan Town, as a gathering place for land-donated materials, population, and various activities, is changing every day, and it is very different from the last time it left here.

The most obvious difference is the gradual formation of the "outer city".

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The name "Houguan Town" in the lingua franca of Westeros actually only means "Houguan", originally referring only to the tower where Queen Alysanne Targaryen lived when she visited the grant, and by extension, it is the small village where it is located...... As for the latter word "town", it is purely made up by people who know that this is a place name when they are thinking about it.

The first wall surrounds the ruins of the former village by the lake to form a castle-like structure, protecting the core of the internal material and weapons warehouse, stables, soldiers' staff quarters, and multipurpose halls. The "insiders only" rule will never change, but as the resettlement plan progresses and the population of the town continues to increase, the open space outside the castle walls soon begins to become crowded and chaotic, making it difficult to manage......

At this time, the second step of Egger's construction of his base camp came to start: he wanted to take the castle built on the ruins of the original Houguan Town as the core, and began to expand this stronghold - expand the castle into a town, so that the name Houguan Town and even Houguan City became worthy of the name.

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After careful planning, the expansion began. The previous army of road builders regrouped and cleared away the slum-like slum-like slum-like slum huts that had spread around the city walls and built bungalows in a uniform manner of earth, wood, stone, and other materials.

These houses will be the residences of the first batch of "Houguan City Residents".

There are two ways to obtain this status: either to work for N years and save up a large amount of money to buy a house to obtain citizenship, or to obtain the right of residence for a number of years to permanence in the form of a reward after participating in the important actions commanded and planned by Iger, making significant contributions and making meritorious contributions, and paying a symbolic low rent, you can continue to live in the house you are assigned to until the expiration of the term or voluntarily move out.

The first new inhabitants were born: the mountain dwellers and the new land-grants who had previously been conscripted to take part in the expulsion of the Iron Men from the south of Egg, the wounded and the families of the dead, as well as those who had made meritorious contributions or performed actively in the battle, were granted residency rights ranging from one to ten years.

As soon as the settlement was completed, it was immediately assigned to these heroes in order of priority.

In addition to the background purpose of giving idlers nothing to do, this method can also fill in the new residential area while ensuring the quality and loyalty of the first post-crown city residents to a great extent. In addition, the disparity in living standards caused by such distribution according to contribution will continue to widen...... It can also increase the enthusiasm of the land-granting residents and unconsciously weaken the influence of the leaders of the original Cypriot tribes:

Those who have done and contributed to Egger can move out of the dilapidated villages scattered around the land-giving land and enjoy convenience and services in the bustling outer city of Houguan Town, where job opportunities are easily searched. This tangible interest was the strongest instrument of domination, and if the former tribal chiefs dared to obstruct it, they would have violated the law of land grants, and if they did not pay any attention, it would soon be discovered that Egg's influence over his own tribesmen would soon outweigh theirs.

The prefects of Houguan Town must choose those who are strong and nimble, and no matter what world or time they go...... Such "ethnic backbones" and "pillars" are inevitably components of the family or society with a higher voice in society. When resources were scarce and could not meet everyone's needs, Iger chose the most efficient approach: tilt a little in the distribution, first co-opt those who are most likely to "come up and implement" to ensure that his rule in the land grant is secure, and then plan later.

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Although the residential areas are quite spectacular, they are repetitive and monotonous, and there is really nothing to see. Iger nodded, motioning for the functional area that clings to the inner city.

Schools, hospitals, shopping districts and plazas...... Although the sparrow is small and has all the organs, there are basically all the functional buildings that should be there or are under construction here.

The so-called business district is naturally the expansion and relocation of a street outside the gate of the original crown town. The hospital, which is slightly larger than the rest of the surrounding buildings, is a two-storey hospital, and it has already been built, but there are only enough doctors to settle in...... But the school has already started to operate early.

Hundreds of children from the ruling families of the new land-granting tribes, ranging from eight or nine years old to their teens, have been divided into two classes, and have begun to receive basic education in the common language, such as reading and writing, and arithmetic.

This is a very rare scene, not to mention the residents of the land donation, even the entire Seven Kingdoms, it is not common for such a group of people to gather together for teaching activities.

In this irregular world of seasons, the development of the cultural sphere must unconditionally make way for "other things related to survival", and "education" has always been a special treatment only for some people. The lord-level nobles who owned the castle had the scholars who served themselves to enlighten their descendants and successors, while the knights or shabby families who were a little less mixed, and the more common people, could only hope that by being selected to enter the "church" or "school city", they would have the opportunity to escape the fate of running around all day to survive and gain access to more knowledge.

Convincing the new land-grants that "sitting down and learning to read and write is as important as working and exercising" was a nuisance. Fortunately, the wildlings handed over the hostages as agreed upon passing through the Great Wall. Mormont's original plan was for the children to work as the night's watchmen's "clerks" and nannies at Castle Black, watching over them and nurturing their affection day and night, but Egg had other ideas.

Many of the children of the higher-class families of these savages will also become the voice holders of the tribe in the future. Anyway, the night watchman has to spend food to feed the hostages, and it takes time to slowly assimilate the new land-givers by influencing the next generation of the wildlings, so why not just do two things together - directly use these "protons" as the first batch of students in the land-grant school, and integrate the operation of entrapment and brainwashing into daily teaching, and imperceptibly carry it out?

It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift. In time, these protons who have studied and understood the "civilized world", who have become familiar with the life, habits, or culture of the Seven Kingdoms in the post-crown city, and who have been indoctrinated with a bunch of Egger's own values and ideas, will return to the tribe, if not their own fanatical supporters, at least not roadblocks and oppositionists.

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By creating an environment where hard work and loyalty can be exchanged for a better life sooner, Iger will gradually expand his influence among the lowest-level new land-grantees. And by brainwashing the children of the tribal leaders, Egger will also be able to quietly send his voice and ideas to the upper echelons of the original Cypriot foreigners.

In this way, as long as there is enough time, the Cypriot foreigners will be completely assimilated into the land-granting residents.

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The biggest dilemma of the school is that there are not enough "teachers", and it takes time for the new fortress to be recognized by the school city and send bachelors to settle in, and one person cannot take on such a heavy responsibility...... Not to mention, it is impossible for Egger to hand over this kind of thing to an external force whose details are unknown and cannot be controlled.

As a result, this task is temporarily being held by the clerical staff of the Night's Watch Estate, and King's Landing will soon be staffed to alleviate this lack of manpower. It doesn't matter if you don't have experience, you can teach all the way and explore all the way, and there will always be a teaching plan that suits you.

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With a look of curiosity and awe, the "students" stared at the Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch, who in their eyes was the new "King of the Wall", into the classroom and stood at the front.

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"Hello future owners of the land. Iger nodded and smiled at the children and spoke. "You heard you right, I'm not kidding when I call you the future owners of the land grant. But the identity of this master is not destined from birth, but depends on you to fight for it. ”

"To be sent hostage to the Night's Watch means that your parents are the leaders or de facto stewards of the tribes, leading a group of people. But they are not the owners of the land grant, and they have no intention of offending, but the truth is - your parents are just a bunch of soldiers who can't survive outside the Wall, and they surrender and hand over their children in exchange for the qualification to pass the Wall, and everything is in the hands of the Night's Watch. Iger pointed in the direction of the inner city of Houguan Town: "There! The people in there are the real owners of the land." Where does your tribe live, what will you be able to eat in the coming month, what areas will you be allowed to move around, what you can and can't do, and what will cost and pay you for your labor in the next step of the land grant...... Everything that man can call the shots is decided by those within the high walls!"

"And if you want to enter that high wall and become one of the actual owners of the land, the quickest way is before you: study hard, and learn what your teacher says, and I want you to know. Once you have mastered, understood, and understood how the world works within the Great Wall, you will be qualified to enter the Great Wall. ”

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Iger looked around the room before continuing.

"There must be children who want to say, what's the use of learning these things, I still have brothers and sisters, my parents can still have children, my tribe only sees the strongest and bravest warriors as leaders...... When I return to the tribe after learning this mess, the place in the hearts of my parents and tribe members will have long been taken by others!"

He shrugged: "Reasonable idea, in this regard, I can only give this promise - all the children who study hard and can be approved by me or the teachers I send, you will not be alone! Behind you, standing me, the person who holds all the power of the land grant and can influence the fate of every new land grantee." I would never let the good children who studied in my school, who spoke the same language as me and shared the same ideals and goals as me, become outcasts and marginalized people in their respective tribes. I don't care what kind of customs your tribe has outside the Great Wall, but when you enter the land grant, you are the new land donors, and the rules are set by me!"

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Egger certainly didn't expect applause or applause for the call, he was here today to stop by and not make much preparation. It was only on the spotlight that I decided to spread out this in advance - and this remark is estimated to have made most of the "savage protons" confused.

But if the smart one of them lies in bed at the end of the day and thinks about it, most of them will understand what Iger is trying to say.

He drew a large pie for the students of the school, and told them in an almost undisguised way that he, the Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch, would in the future intervene in the power structures of the New Land-Grantees, and that he would certainly be to those who had been sent to Houguan Town as protons, who had learned the culture of the Seven Kingdoms, and who could at least roughly grasp their ambitions and aspirations.

Even the king could not directly parachute in unrelated people to serve as chiefs and stewards of the new land-granting tribes, but if he supported and appointed a specific child of the original leader to take over, he would encounter much less resistance.

This bait is much bigger than the original set of rewards and punishments for coaxing children in the school...... If you can understand it, you can't resist its temptation, but if you think about it a few times and don't know what Egger is talking about, that is, a rotten wood, it's not worth the effort to cultivate at all.

It would take at least three or two years for a quick move to see results, but now that Iger was the commander-in-chief of the Night's Watch, it was time for everything to take a long-term view.

The so-called general trend is made up of idle chess step by step.

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Because he complained that he had thrown himself in the Long Night Castle and ran back to Castle Black to take office, Arya, who had caught up after the snow was slightly lighter, was full of displeasure, and she didn't say a word when she saw such a big change in Houguan Town along the way. Walking out of the school, Egger, who was not very interested, smiled and patted her on the shoulder: "Look, there are so many of your peers here, you might be able to make friends from them." ”

"I don't care who I make friends with. ”

"Okay, okay, I don't care...... But can you not keep a straight face? Didn't Sir Rodric promise you to stop for a few days in Houguan and then go home? Egg smiled disapprehantly, "Let's go, I'll take you to see something interesting." ”

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