Only when this happens, can Egger be awakened by the feeling that he is running and ruling by a bunch of ordinary people.

The new land-grantees came from outside the Cyprus and grew up in an environment lacking legal and moral education, and were never good or sensible. Previously, the Night's Watch Legion relied on sticks and turnips, killing chickens and monkeys, and distributing them to various places in the land to avoid contact with each other...... But as the tide of battle had to bring them back together, a small part of the former Cypriot settlers soon seized the opportunity to prove to the outside world how stupid and bad people can be.

Spread unsubstantiated and morale-damaging rumors in Houguan Town, the capital of land grants and the town that houses and protects itself...... Doing evil when the Strange Ghost Attack Alarm goes off...... and even fled south and illegally entered the territory of the north to find death...... Is this something that a person with a brain can do?

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When Iger left half a month ago, he had considered the rumors and implications that might result from his absence, but he had no choice - it was better to generously announce that it was better to go south to King's Landing than to sneak away. Of course, he could say hello to the core commanders present and tell them to leave for a few days and tell them to "stop publicizing", but if he did so, the residents at the bottom would not have a chance to know that they were leaving, but once one or some of the important managers in front of him began to think crankily, the consequences would only be more serious.

If Iger had been in charge of this false alarm at the time, there would have been very few people who would have dared to make trouble. Other words...... The fact that these recently hanged people dared to make trouble had a considerable connection with their own departure. However, this incident did not make him feel guilty at all that he had killed them. Just as anyone who is harassed on the road should not be accused of wearing too little or going out too often – just because there are more things that are related to each other does not mean that they should be held responsible, and clarity of logic comes first, no matter when and where.

Not only did he not blame himself, but he even felt a little relieved: this false alarm was not all bad results, at least it exposed a lot of hidden problems in advance. If these pests are not dealt with early, and they are allowed to hide until the real decisive battle, the consequences will only be worse.

Not to mention anything else, just this small tribe that defected against the plan, in case it ran away when the strange ghost really attacked...... It is impossible for Houguan Town to send troops to recover it.

Now, he finally can't escape the fate that those in power will face sooner or later, and has to make a dilemma:

Hundreds of people made the mistake of fleeing instead of rebelling, and it is not that soldiers naturally do not engage in military law. In the face of the pursuers led by Warner Bukewell, they did not resist but obediently followed back to Houguan Town...... This is very different from the situation of the Tours tribe who killed Commander Mormont and armed themselves to resist capture, and Iger could not kill them all, but only disposed of the leader.

And to deal with the leader, you have to think about how to deal with the aftermath after the disposal.

It feels like facing a king who rebels against the nobility, and it is not to kill, and it is not to kill it...... It's no wonder that the Night's Watch is a strange organization of exiles that will survive after the strangers have disappeared.

Egger has no experience as a king, and he can't make up his mind at the moment, but he must not show his cowardice in front of his subordinates, and after thinking about it, he can only do a tai chi first.

"This tribe has hostages handed over to Houguan Town. ”

"Yes, a twelve-year-old boy, has taken control. ”

Tell the boy that his family chose to abandon him when it was most dangerous. "Give him a night to think about it, and then bring me back to-morrow to answer in person, what he wants me to do with his father." ”

"Yes, sir. ”

Said to be a night to think about the child, but in fact, why not give himself a night to weigh the pros and cons? Egger settled down in his heart, but soon felt vaguely an idea. He smiled incomprehensibly and nodded approvingly: "A few people who can still control the situation in the face of such a big mess are worthy of the right-hand men I have selected and trusted." But now is not the time to reward meritorious deeds, you continue to work hard, we will overcome this difficulty together, and we will definitely be able to write our own stroke in history. ”

"Master Xie, your timely return is the best counterattack to the rumors, at least our next work, the resistance will be much smaller. Exhausted, Humphrey barely managed to squeeze out a shred of gratitude, shrugging his shoulders helplessly, "But there is something else to ask you about: after the beacon fire was lit, the last of the refuge tribes from the surrounding villages swarmed in, and many of them refused to leave after entering the walls of Houguan Town. But a false alarm is a false alarm after all, and in order to maintain order in the city and restore production, we had to forcibly expel them. At first, this did not go well, but in the end, Sir Bookwell transferred a few hundred men from Castle Black to help with the suppression, and only then did he cooperate with the Houguan Guards to successfully 'invite' the residents who were not in a state of emergency to Houguan Town without blood, but now they are setting up tents outside the city walls, which has become a new factor of instability. How we should deal with it, please tell me. ”

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Houguan Town is not a simple town, it was designed and built with a series of tasks such as housing, industrial production, and wartime defense and refuge in mind, and among them, the residential one, Houguan Town can ensure that it can accommodate 5,000 people and still operate normally.

The subtext of the above sentence is that it can accommodate more people if it doesn't take into account normal operation - and this is the main reason why Iger has divided the alert level into three levels, and the evacuation residents into two groups.

Most of the first batch of residents who had been evacuated from the fortress when they first passed through the Great Wall had no time to move in case of an emergency, so they had to move to various fortresses including Houguan Town early in advance - this group of people was about three or four thousand, plus the permanent residents of Houguan Town, although the residential area would be a little more crowded due to being at full capacity, the industrial area could still start working as usual.

But in addition to the residential area, there are also functional areas in the outer city of Houguan Town: the latter includes schools, hospitals, business districts and squares...... In addition, there are large areas of the industrial area for the logistics department to carry out experiments and manufacturing such as dragon crystal weapon production, metal smelting and casting, and various weapons that are ahead of their time. Once the alarm of the arrival of strange spirits sounds, and the next group of evacuation residents who are closer to Houguan Town and can arrive in a day, the total number of people inside the city wall will approach 10,000 in an instant. At this point, the production experiments in functional departments and industrial areas other than hospitals are halted: a large number of vacated sites and buildings will be used to accommodate the second group of thousands of evacuees who exceed their design capacity.

Because of the false alarm, the latter group of refuge tribes rushed to Houguan Town in advance...... However, it is impossible for the industrial zone to be deactivated early without the arrival of the strange ghosts, after all, the mass production of the Dragon Crystal Bomb, the recasting of the Dark Sisters, and the gorgeous transformation of the "Lightbringer" still have to count on the metal smelting and casting area. Then, the only option left is to "keep the last group of evacuees out first, and prioritize the normal operation of Houguan Town".

"It's easy to drive them home, but I'm afraid that they will run away in vain, and the next time they will be alarmed, they will waste their time to avoid danger, and they will be caught up by the strange ghosts and become part of the army of the dead. Egger stroked his chin full of stubble, and shook his head after a moment's thought, "Well, tomorrow a proclamation will be drawn up: the tribes that live within ten miles will be forcibly repatriated, but the hardship of traveling back and forth will be subsidized, and as for the remaining those who are far away, if they really don't want to go back, let them stay outside the city walls." Armed personnel were arranged to carry out management patrols, tents were not allowed to be set up within 100 meters of the gate, and free meals were provided every day during the evacuation period, which was regarded as appeasing their dissatisfaction with running in vain. ”

"Good. "Since the leader has spoken, let's deal with it like this, there are thousands of night watchmen in Houguan Town, and it is more than enough to maintain law and order. Yam nodded, and spoke, "One last thing, my lord, I know that it is not appropriate to bother you with such trivial matters at this critical juncture of the Great War, but I still have to report the situation to you: there are not enough rooms in the inner fort of Houguan Town. At the gate of the city, you asked me to arrange a single room for both the Earl of Black Harbor and the Blacksmith of King's Landing, in fact, I didn't have that many empty rooms left in my hands at that time, but in order not to embarrass you, I asked me to vacate my room for guests first. I'll go to the Guard's quarters tonight to make do with it - I can barely hold on for now, but when the industrial zone is on high alert and the technical backbone is withdrawn into the inner fort, it's a new round of trouble...... Therefore, I would like to ask for instructions to consolidate and reset the existing room arrangement, and free up the necessary number of spare rooms as much as possible. ”

"You can come and sleep with me tonight, Yam. Humphrey volunteered, "But remember to bring a futon and pillow." ”

"I can also give up the room. Arya, who was not qualified to attend the meeting, so Arya, who was sitting in the corner, also interjected coldly, and her tone was quite righteous and awe-inspiring, "I can sleep with the master...... If that's not enough, it's okay to squeeze in and sleep together, it's not anyway...... Ahem. ”

"Don't be fooled, did I ask you!" Egg was startled, but luckily everyone else in the room only took the girl as a joke and didn't take it seriously.

He glared back at Arya fiercely, and saw her stick out her tongue and admit her mistake, before turning his head and continuing to discuss the problem at hand: "It's okay, Yamm will live with Humphrey first, and the specific accommodation will be scheduled, I will study the specific situation and then make a decision, and then I will notify you later." ”

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