After talking to Melisandre about it, Egg seemed to have gotten a lot of useful information, but he couldn't tell how much of it was made up by his own brain. Leaving the reception party, Iger decided to do something planned and actually useful.

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Returning Arya to the arranged room, he ran to the guest house to meet the prisoners who had arrived with Melisandre and his followers. The town of Houguan has not yet built a dungeon, and even if there is, it will not put the political prisoners who are already "night watchman recruits" in itIn the dormitory prepared for ordinary residents, Iger meets with the two people he can name.

Warner Buckwell, former captain of the Old City Gate Guard, nephew of the Earl of Antlers. On that day, Lan Li broke through King's Landing, and it was he who first led his cronies to abandon the city gate he was guarding and turned back to take the Red Keep, so that Stannis had no way to retreat, and reluctantly surrendered the Iron Throne to his brother Lan Li.

Pity...... After enjoying the meritorious treatment of a month, with the violent death of Lan Li, this guy fell from heaven to hell again, and was sent to the night watchman at once.

Returns and risks are always proportional, and anyone is willing to gamble and lose.

As one of the important members and heirs of the family, if it were not for the premise that Wang Junjun, who went to the west to kill the lion, "will not return to King Qin for a long time", as well as the acquiescence and support of the family, Warner would not have dared to betray the king sitting on the Iron Throne and launch a mutiny...... It stands to reason that the Earl of Buckwell, who is more familiar with Egger, should be dressed in black. But these old royal families do things like this: no matter how much the Minister of Justice of Stanis investigates, they will never find any evidence that the Earl of Buckwell "instructed his nephew to betray the king"; and the delay in the return of the king's army is "indeed" because he has encountered all kinds of troubles along the way, and he has changed his face and returned to Stannis after Lan Li's death......

In short, the Buckville family avoided the fate of being uprooted by breaking their wrists, just like the previous time they stood on the wrong side of the team.

Jarman Bookwell didn't get it out, and sent in another Warner, and the Buckwell family really had a bad year...... And the same situation as the lords of Antlers Castle is the rest of the royal lords.

Another acquaintance...... He was his cellmate when Egger was arrested for helping Tyrion run away, and Mount Humphlich, the illegitimate son of the West, who managed the Lannisters' business in King's Landing.

In contrast to the state of the king's domain, the western frontier escaped from the vortex by declaring neutrality before and after returning to liberation after being besieged...... After Ranri's death, Tywin wrote to Stannis himself, asking for a large ransom for the nobles of the Westlands who had been captured by Eddard during the King's Landing Rebellion.

Stannis, who was about to lead his army south to deal with the Golden Order and the Tyrells, agreed to the deal under the pressure of huge salaries.

Judging from the significantly higher ransom amount than normal, Tywin is actually courting Stannis in disguise and paying protection money. However, only those of noble origin were lucky enough to return to the West, and bastards like Humphrey or commoners were not so lucky.

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"Who said 'Whoever loves to go to that hellish place on the Great Wall?'" Egg joked to Humphrey, "Why did you change your mind and decide to join the Night's Watch?"

"Damn, people with some status have been ransomed by Tywin, and Stannis doesn't want to support us prisoners, so he actually moved the idea of letting us go to Dragonstone Island to mine. Humphrey's face was full of resentment: "I also grew up in Lannisport, can the miners live their lives? Dragonstone Island is a place where you can't even run away from it, and you will die in the dark mines and work hard, and then you will die of exhaustion and bury your bones in the barren mountains one day...... It's better to gamble on the Great Wall, even if you die, you can have a good time. He shrugged his shoulders and admitted: "Of course, I heard that the main reason why you returned to the Great Wall is that brother, I have come to defect, you can do it." ”

"Haha...... Rest assured, naturally you will not treat the former brothers and sisters badly. I turned around and asked Mormont to ask the officer, saying that I had to get you to the logistics department. ”

"If you don't dare to be a talent, I will just take care of the accounts. ”

Although Yam's brain is also smart, but after all, he was born in the head of the mine and has no professional training, so let him be responsible for many matters in Houguan Town alone, and he has to do this and that for himself. It's great to have the right person sent to your door now.

"Lord Egger has such a good eye. Warner said sourly, "I hugged the Thighs of the Stark family, with their support, and now I am calling the wind and rain here, like the king of the land...... You knew Stannis was going to win, why didn't you tell us?"

"The Night's Watch is impartial, I don't understand Sir Bookwell's words. ”

"Don't pretend, you ran to the Red Keep that day and took that little squire in front of me, what is the name of 'Eli'? I really can't guess who it is!" Warner snorted: "I really didn't recognize it at first, but when Lan Li and Margaery came to see Duke Eddard's youngest daughter, I was suspicious and wanted to report it...... But first I said hello to our old man, and he spoke personally, telling me to pretend that this had not happened, otherwise ......"

And these inside information?

Egger shuddered, but then reacted: Who knows if what the other party said is true or not? If this was the case, he should have used this as a lever in King's Landing to blackmail himself into giving up more profits from the Night's Watch property, so why delay until today? More likely, Warner didn't recognize Arya, who had run away from home, until he ran into Arya, who had run away from home again in the land grant two days ago, and deliberately made up a story to make himself owe.

There really is no impermeable wall in the world, but if it weren't for Arya's stinky girl running around, she should have been able to hide it for a long time...... Now, I don't even dare to deal with the river bend. Thinking of this, the fire in Egger's stomach rekindled.

"What are you talking about?" said Humphrich, confused.

These things are useless, Egger is now trying to win over his future sworn brother, he shook his head: "Okay, don't mention these messy things, everyone knows each other, since you have come to the Great Wall, I will take care of anything you say." Sir Bookwell...... You're already a knight when you don black, and you're probably going to join the Ranger or be the commander of a newly activated stronghold, and I can't control that. But if you encounter any difficulties in your life on the Great Wall, you can come to me, and if you can solve them, I will definitely help. ”

Warner sighed, he did grab a handle from Egger, but now that Lan Li is dead, the Tyrells family can't protect themselves, even if they are stabbed out, what can they do, and King Stannis can forgive himself for this? Not to mention that he is on someone else's territory now, and how he will live in the future, I am afraid he will have to rely on the other party...... Thinking like this, his shoulders slumped: "Then thank you in advance." ”

"Don't be discouraged, this house is full of my own people, I might as well give some information to the two of you. Iger has not forgotten the main purpose of his trip: "Two years ago I was shipwrecked while sailing at sea, and I drifted down the current to Westeros, and when I came ashore, I was sent to the Wall after stealing two potatoes because I was hungry. Ever since I put on the black clothes, I have been thinking about how to get out of the Wall in a proper way and get rid of my status as a night watchman. ”

"Didn't you achieve the previous goal, but you still ran back. ”

"That's right, I've achieved my first goal, and ordinary people may be content to enjoy a comfortable life in King's Landing as the Night's Watch Chief Logistics Officer. But I am not an ordinary person, I have ambitions, unfulfilled dreams, and parents and relatives waiting for me at home...... I'm not satisfied with that. I hope that one day I will take off my black clothes and get a new, sturdy, ocean-going vessel of my own, and sail west on the sunset sea and return to my hometown!" Iger ran the train with his mouth full of face and heartbeat: "And after hard work, I am now approaching the goal, and I am confident that one day, I will be able to achieve it." ”

"Wow. Humphrey exclaimed, "What does this have to do with us?" ”

"What I want is a complete, universally applicable mechanism for the exit of the night watch. Once this mechanism is established, it means that every Night's Watch who is forced to wear black will have a chance to enjoy ......" Iger glanced at Sir Bookwell's expression and continued, "And this is impossible without resolving the current defense crisis facing the Great Wall...... I have a plan in mind on how to deal with this crisis, but I need support and cooperation, and only if we all work together to tide over the difficulties, it will be possible to achieve the final goal. ”

Humphrey shrugged: "I have no way to come to you, of course I will support and cooperate with you in everything." ”

Iger nodded at his old cellmate, but turned his head to look at Sir Buckwell Humphrey, although he was a management talent who was in short supply of land grants, his attitude could only represent him personally, and Warner Buckwell could influence all the royal nobles who were forced to wear black...... More than a dozen future mid-level commanders of the Night's Watch.

Warner Buckwell frowned and looked at Egg, he had also been in the mud flats of King's Landing, of course, aware of the anomaly that they would swear to join the Night's Watch in the future, once they became "sworn brothers", it was natural for them to support each other, and there was no need to run over to say a lot of them, and then deliberately bring it up.

(Egger is recruiting himself, and when the "chief logistics officer" is already one of the highest levels of the legion, he has to bypass the commander-in-chief and form a faction and deal directly with the future middle and lower level officers, and the other party's plans are not small!)

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"How to set up a mechanism for the exit of the night watch, to put it mildly, how can we do it?

"Confidentiality for the time being. "Actually, I don't have a clue at all for the time being, but it's always a bad thing to keep expanding and increasing your influence. From Melisandre, Egger learned that being mysterious and pretentious at the right time often works wonders: "But I promise you that this mechanic will work perfectly well for any Night's Watch, and I'm getting closer to the goal right now." ”

Having witnessed Iger build the Night's Watch business from scratch in King's Landing, Warner couldn't question his confidence: "Got it...... I, along with my friends who suffered with me and were banished here, will be a staunch covert supporter of your Night's Watch Chief Logistics Officer. ”

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Anyone who wants it is best to deal with it, and thankfully: not everyone is as determined to be a good night watchman as Jaime does, so the oil and salt are not ...... Both Humphrey and Warner took the bread painted by Egger and agreed to distribute it to the rest of the royal nobles and westerners who had fallen in the same vein.

So far, Egger's voice and influence among the Night's Watch have only caught up with the other top officers, and he is not willing to be satisfied with the word "chief", and today, he is off to a good start to further establish his own small group.

Relieved of his fate, Iger said goodbye to his two old acquaintances, opened the door and stepped into the icy night, walked briskly back to his room in the cold wind, took off his coat, added a few pieces of firewood to the fireplace, and prepared to go to bed.

"Master, where have you been, why did you come back? ”

Egger was startled by Arya's voice, turned his head to look around, but found no one, and finally found that the girl was actually in the bed, only showing her head, rubbing her sleepy eyes, looking like she had just been woken up.

Egger's eyes widened in annoyance, "Didn't you say that your stomach didn't hurt, what are you going to do?"

"I ...... The fire in the room is going out, it's so cold. ”

"When the fire is about to go out, add firewood yourself, and you have to do everything by others?"

"But I didn't find any wood in the house. ”

"Oh...... All right. Iger opened his mouth, it was obvious that Yam hadn't arranged things properly. But there are already so many things to do, it's really hard to blame the mayor of Houguan Town for this little thing. He walked to the side of the bed, folded the quilt for Arya, and reminded himself that there was a little girl who had just lost her father in front of him, don't be angry, be gentle: "Is it warm in the bed?"

"Warm. ”

"Well, you'll sleep here tonight. Iger rubbed the girl's head: "But there are some things that we must say right now. ”

"Hmm. Arya had her nose and mouth buried in the covers, only half of her head was exposed, and her big bright eyes were staring at Egger.

"It's really dangerous to run away from home, you're in a moment of joy, and the people who care and love you are so anxious that they can't sleep all night. I'm angry, and I'm asking you to promise now that I will never do it again. No matter where you go, who you see, or what you do, you must inform your family, and it is best to send someone to accompany you to protect you, just like you did when you take a swordsmanship class, okay?"

Arya also knew that she had gone too far, and nodded obediently: "I promise." ”

"Okay, there's a second point. You're a girl, don't go to my ...... for the sake of a big thing Or anyone else's room or bed, you're not only putting yourself in danger, but you're also really super easy to get into trouble with others, it's really troublesome, not a joke, you know?"

"Oh...... I'm sorry, master, I see. ”

"Well, if you do it again, don't call me master again. Iger didn't know how long the bear child could remember, so she could only hope that the threat would work, and she really understood: "You can sleep here tonight, and I'll go find another room." ”

"Huh?" Arya poked her whole little head out of the bed, as if embarrassed that she had taken possession of the magpie's nest, "don't bother so much, let's sleep together for the last night." ”

It was undoubtedly a lovely experience to have a noble girl warming the bed, but now that Houguan Town has a lot of eyes, Egger doesn't want his career to be ruined for such a funny reason: "Didn't you say the last night last time? He walked to the door, put on his coat again, and turned back to say goodbye: "Good night." ”

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