Chapter 62 Offices
The sun rises and another day begins, and as usual, Yoren goes to the flea nest to pick up the "recruits" after breakfast, and Tyrion rarely gets up early to go out to find someone to set up the "printing house" he has in mind.
Seals and signboards can't be made overnight, and bonds can't be made in a day or two, but the night watchman's office must be opened quickly: neither the signing of bonds nor the conduct of conscription can be done in the open air or in other people's homes—just as scammers and purse companies often rent a floor of office buildings to recruit employees to sell their looks, and activities involving money can be carried out in a fixed place to give outsiders a great sense of security for the first time.
Jack had already ordered the tables, chairs, cabinets and other office supplies on his list yesterday, and made an appointment for home delivery, which would arrive today, and as the applicant for the night watchman's office and the future director, he naturally had to keep an eye on the scene, directing the decoration of the façade and the placement of various utensils, and he couldn't think of it.
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The businessman's concept of time is good, and it takes less than half an hour to open the door, and the people and goods have arrived.
After a brief cleaning, Iger began to direct the workers to move the tables, chairs, and cabinets into the door and place them in their intended positions one by one. He never opened a shop, but he grew up playing and growing up in his mother's tailor--clothing shop, which left a subtle but indelible influence on him, and he unconsciously arranged it according to the structure of his family's shop.
The office was divided into two rooms, the outer wall, on which in the future would be hung on one side the detailed explanations and rules of the Night's Watch bonds, and on the other side would be hung the benefits and requirements of conscription, and under them, two rows of benches for visitors to rest. In the middle of the room is a large table, behind which the manager of the façade will sit and communicate and explain to anyone who is passing by, or who has ideas about bonds or joining the legion, and if they are sure of their intentions, they can be invited into the inner room.
Inside is Egger's office, with a row of simple cabinets and wooden shelves, and maybe a safe or something like that in a few days. Facing the window was a desk that was slightly smaller than the one outside, and in the future, Iger would have more in-depth conversations and negotiations with people, signing each of the Night's Watch bonds, and joining the Night's Watch conscription contract.
Egger and Jack were soaking wet, and they sat outside the door with their chairs in their hands, looking at the empty Night's Watch office and discussing what was missing.
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"Is anyone really going to sign up to join the Night's Watch?" Jack had already taken off his Lannister armor because it was too hot, and asked suspiciously while fanning himself, "Maybe you are very eloquent, but put on black...... The price paid is too great, and I won't go to death. ”
"Indeed, the Night's Watch needs to reform now, and with that 'sacred' bullshit oath, we will soon be gone from the world. ”
"Reform?"
"That's right, reform. ”
Egger pretended to smile profoundly, of course he wouldn't really send a whole bunch of Night's Watch recruits to the Great Wall, not to mention that he didn't have the ability, and even if he had, he wouldn't do it. Send people to the Great Wall, and after training, make a vow, and become your lifelong "brother"?
It is a fact that the more recruits are sent over, the more stable the defense of the Great Wall will be, and the less likely it is that you will be forcibly recalled. However, the more members there are, the more powerful the Night's Watch becomes...... He didn't want to go back to the Great Wall, but he didn't want to look at other people's faces and beg others not to recall him.
Egger's plan was to first pretend to recruit soldiers in King's Landing for a month or two, and then write aggrieved letters to the Legion hierarchy that he had tried his best to persuade many people to go north to the Great Wall to resist the wildlings and strangers, but when it came to the mention that they would not be able to marry and leave for the rest of their lives, nine out of nine of them retreated. If you can relax the requirements a little and allow people to temporarily go to the Great Wall for a few years to help the defenders of the Great Wall survive the most dangerous years and then return home, you will soon be able to get hundreds of people to replenish the desperate Great Wall.
The Great Wall is now desperately short of people, and Mormont has no choice but to agree to his suggestion in the end.
Then, he could pay for the money to go north in the form of recruitment, who joined the Legion by himself, received payment from himself, and may eventually have to rely on himself to fulfill the promise that he would be able to leave the Night's Watch and return home after a few years...... They will form a strong community of interests with themselves, and in a sense, they will be "their own people". Imagine how much of a voice you will have if a quarter or even half of the members of the Night's Watch are such people?
At that time, even if he still doesn't have any position, he will be the second-in-command or even the most powerful person in the Night's Watch Legion, and he will not be independent with the Night's Watch man, and no one will intervene with stronger forces, what Alyssa Thorne, what Bunyan Stark...... Whoever wants to move himself has to weigh it.
What should you call this force...... Night's Watch Legion?
Let's talk about it later, he still has a lot of time to refine this plan, but it's not good to talk to Jack, it's not that he looks down on Tyrion's squire, but this kind of thing, it's good to know it in his own heart.
The premise of everything is that the Night's Watch bond must be successful first, and as long as this step goes well, everything that follows will not be a problem - a problem that can be solved with money is not a problem.
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Egger's confident expression in which everything was under control made Jack's heart itch, and after following his master for a long time, he also got some of Tyrion's exuberant curiosity and curiosity...... I was about to ask, but when I raised my eyes, I saw a big man: "Damn, Duke Stark, why is he here, Egger! He seems to be coming this way, is he looking for you?"
Interrupted by his thoughts, the Night's Watch looked in the direction the young squire was pointing, and sure enough, he saw Eddard Stark, the current Hand of the King, riding down the street with a group of men.
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Not to mention that the night watchman's office has only just begun to be renovated, and even if it is really opened, it is impossible to invite the prime ministers of the seven countries to come and cheer for it. Eddard Stark should have just been passing by, but since he was passing by, it wasn't impossible for him to stop and inspect the Night's Watch and even "guide" the work, given how much he cared about the Night's Watch.
Theoretically, the Guardian of the North can't control the Night's Watch, but he is a big leader, and he works in King's Landing, but it is all up to him not to obstruct or even provide convenience.
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Soon, the Guardian of the North met eye contact with Egg, who was conspicuously dressed in black, and he immediately said something to the guards who were walking around him, and the group all flicked the reins and approached this way, and finally stopped at the door.
"Master Stark. Egger still greeted him without humility or arrogance, and at this moment, he played the role of a loyal night watchman logistics officer, and only rushed at this, and the other party would not embarrass him.
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