The two soon learn why Arya is running.

The soldiers who "captured" the Stark family ran past them with a gust of wind, which made Nina feel a little dramatic, and she almost forgot what she was just saying: "Arya, she...... Haven't you always been very close to you, why did the adults chase her away?"

"It's always been very close, but you have to know that the relationship with the heirs of such aristocratic families is too good, and it's really big when you are entangled. "Egg likes Arya very much, but this matter has nothing to do with likes and dislikes, "But she has helped me a lot, and she has grown up and started to remember, so it's not good to dislike her directly, these days can annoy me." This time, you really came in time. ”

"Uh......" was praised by this sentence for some reason, and Rao Nina was a little confused about seeing the world like this. She was vaguely uneasy - did she innocently offend Miss Stark, but on second thought, she didn't have to deal with the Starks, and what difference did Arya like or dislike herself.

Meaningless things simply don't think about it, and in less than half a minute, Nina threw the matter to the back of her mind, and it took her more than ten seconds to pick up the topic that the two were on before Arya came out: "But adults don't have to worry about it, it says that there are too many people in the Florentine family - but I noticed it in advance." But they haven't really started to put pressure or do anything about it. I'll leave for a moment to calm them down, and when I go back, most likely the news of your election as Commander-in-Chief of the Night's Watch has already spread, and they will have to take care of you, the lord of the land, and restrain a little. ”

She paused for a moment and sighed, "Let's not mention the bad things first." After you left King's Landing and headed north to the Wall, the Night's Watch continued to ask King's Landing for money and supplies...... Although the mission of the Night's Watch Industry is to provide for the defenders of the Great Wall, not everyone has such a high level of consciousness. After the situation of 'only seeing people but not seeing people, and only reaching out for this and that' lasted for a while, the suspicion in the middle and upper echelons of the industrial park that "you have been controlled by the night watchman's house arrest" gradually appeared, and as time went on, it became loud. At the request of many management, I have made many plans to travel north to see the land grant to make sure that you are safe and free to move...... But after thinking about it, even if the suspicion is true, I can't save you when I come, but because of my daughter, I will cause you more trouble, so I have been suppressing my impulse. It wasn't until the news of your election as Commander-in-Chief finally came that I was completely relieved and arranged this trip. ”

Although it is only a few words, in the past ten months, a young girl less than 20 years old has been supporting such a large family business independently without seeing the backbone, and how many pressures and threats from inside and outside, and how many thoughts and worries have to be endured in her heart...... Egger is a man who can only be imagined, and can never be experienced.

"You're thinking too much, the Night's Watch Legion, and even the North, are not the same as the South. Although there are internal intrigues, compared to the sinister darkness in the capital of the Seven Kingdoms and even in the palace, it is as clean and pure as a blank sheet of paper. Iger hugged the girl close again and caressed her shaved shoulder lovingly: "However, there are indeed reasons why I am not thinking about it for you to worry. I'm really sorry for you...... We won't talk about thank you between us. But I promise you, here, and from now on, you don't have to worry about being afraid, and you can enjoy your man's protection. ”

"Hmm. Nina replied in an imperceptible voice, and after a moment of observation and feeling, she finally confirmed that Egger not only did not have to worry about him in the land gift, but also had his hands and eyes open to the sky, and he was very comfortable: "I came here this time, in addition to missing you so much, the main purpose is to explain in person: I am very happy that you have been elected commander-in-chief, but unfortunately, the Night's Watch industry can no longer afford to send a greater flow of funds to the Legion as a celebration or support." I have brought with me a record statement of all the activities and income and expenditure of the industry for the past two years, and the losses caused by corruption and errors of judgment are indeed small, and I have tried to mark them as far as possible...... If you still have questions, just ask me and I'll be sure to explain. ”

"I'll look at it when I have time, you can just put it in my room. Iger nodded, raising his hand and scratching Nina's nose, "But I'm still going to correct you for a verbal inappropriateness - when you say you miss me a lot." Put it in a single sentence, don't mix it with a lot of other words, and try to get by. ”

Nina's face that had finally recovered suddenly turned red again, and after regaining her familiar closeness in front of the most obedient and admired man, she simply took off her disguise and lied regardless of it: "I know...... Wouldn't it be nice if you heard it? ”

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After the most important report was completed, the two whispered a few sensual love words, and finally considered that most of the people in Houguan Town were men, and it was really inappropriate to sprinkle dog food extensively...... Leave the endless whispers to the privacy of the evening.

Iger understands that the reason why Nina came in person, in addition to personal emotional factors, is mainly due to the correct procedure - as the leader of the Night's Watch Legion, the big boss of the Night's Watch industry, when she needs money the most, the latter can't take out more, this embarrassing situation, she, the "CEO", naturally can't just write a letter or send someone to notify the end of the matter, so she has to come to the door to explain in person.

However, he was not at all surprised or frustrated by the situation.

The Night's Watch industry is a unique group of companies in Westeros, and it is the number one business entity in the entire world of ice and fire, but this "behemoth" perception is only compared to ordinary people, and when it comes to really doing big things, it is just a small guy. It's like Amazon, Microsoft, a certain goose and other giant companies, no matter how rich they are, they can't afford to raise an aircraft carrier battle group - this is not an order of magnitude at all, and it is only a fraction to sell them, let alone provide them alone.

If you only consider the hundreds or thousands of soldiers who watched the Great Wall, the night watchman industry can piggyback on weapons and equipment, food, and clothing with a little cutback, and there is no pressure at all. But now there are thousands more mountain people and more new land-grants, and although the food has been sold, Iger still wants to arm these people, and even establish a military-industrial system that is ahead of the times and completely loyal to his local forces...... Among them, the funds needed to start, develop, and even mass produce and raise people, as well as to buy loyalty, are not the little profits that the night watch industry can fill.

King's Landing sends dozens or hundreds of golden dragons more or less every month, and it doesn't matter at all. Iger had been thinking about a new source of funding and had an idea.

"Everything about the land grant has just begun, and there is enough money for the time being...... But as the stall grows bigger, the amount of money I need in the future will exponentiate...... No, explosive ...... In short, it is growing very quickly. That order of magnitude of money has to sell the entire Night's Watch property to be enough, and it is not half a star at all. Iger naturally didn't hide anything from Nina, "But I've already mortgaged the part of the property that belongs to the legion in the negotiations with the Iron Vault, so naturally I can't sell it for nothing...... So, I'm going to keep borrowing money next. ”

"Borrow money?"

"When the princes of the northern realm attacked the western realm before, they robbed a lot of money, and I estimated that there must be tens of millions of golden dragons...... It's useless for them to hide their money in the castle, and I'm going to go to the house myself when I'm a little free, and talk to them about how much they can borrow. Egg truthfully stated his intentions, and then changed his words: "Besides, I've heard that Tyrion has a Lannister bank in the West, and it seems to be quite decent. I don't have detailed information at the Wall, and you're well informed in King's Landing, so tell me more about what you know about the bank. ”

"Oh...... That's fine, for business and financial reasons, I've been in touch with Lord Tyrion from time to time since you left King's Landing. Nina's face slowly returned to normal, and the narration became brisk and smooth: "It's also funny, no one expected that the Westside could be rebuilt from the ruins of war so quickly. But some things are so magical, and all of this starts with the difference in the situation between the West and the other six countries......"

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The Bends, the Storms, the North, the Valleys, the Rivers, and the Dorne, and even the royal realms, are pretty much the same: a lord at the top of the pyramid, a few lesser, more famous and more low-key, but powerful princes, and a large number of small families of salted fish and soy sauce......

But the Westside is completely different, it is a situation where the Lannister family is completely dominant, and the rest of the families are starry and moonless.

This form is not a natural formation, although the Lannisters have been the royal family of the Western Realms since ancient times, but for a long time they were in a similar state to the other six lord families: strong, but not strong enough to crush the vassals, until the rise of Duke Tywin.

The story of his bypassing father Tytos to dispose of the two rebellious families has long been known to the world, but few outsiders know the details of his rule over the territory that belongs to him after becoming the guardian of the West.

There are a lot of specific contents, but they can be summed up in one sentence: maintain deterrence, accumulate strength, and suppress vassals.

The first two points are fine, but the last point makes him controversial and hateful: everyone has no problem with eliminating the vassals who disrespect him, but the rest of the families who have always been loyal to the Lannisters, have done their duty, and have never been disobedient, and their power and development have always been suppressed, so that they are completely submerged in the light of the feudal lord on the big stage of Westeros, and have no sense of existence and influence.

Although Tywin did not break the feudal rules of the monarch and his ministers on the surface, he secretly always practiced "centralization". Relying on the deterrent power of "Castermei's Rainy Season", people dare not rebel, cut meat with a blunt knife, boil frogs in warm water...... Step-by-step, little by little, the strength of the vassals has been weakened, and over the decades, a magical situation has been created in the Western Realm where "all the vassals together are not the enemies of the Lannisters".

The Lion War under the command of King Robert catalyzed this process of dominance: the armies of the Five Kingdoms that entered the West attacked and plundered all the families except the Lannisters, but as they prepared to besiege Lannisport and Castle Rock, they were met with the death of the king, a political upheaval, and a rivalry between the two deer. At this time, only the Lannister family remained undamaged in the entire West, and Tyrion's Lannister Bank developed in this environment.

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After the war, the Lannisters adopted an unbelievable strategy of reconstruction: instead of providing compensation, assistance, and appeasement to the vassals who had suffered losses, they forcibly took them all to the "noble quarter" in Lannisterport and placed them under "house arrest". Not only did he not think about helping his subordinates regain their strength, but he took advantage of the situation to take all the gold mines in the entire western territory into his own hands...... It also changed the "gold control" into "economic control", and the scope was expanded from Lanniport to the whole western border!

Tywin relied on courting the new king and paying protection money in exchange for respite, and the Westside quietly completed a seismic transformation when Stannis Baratheon and Aegon Targaryen fought to the death in the South. The Lannisters' vassals still nominally owned their castles, but in reality they had completely lost all control and influence over their fiefs.

Although the overall strength of the Western Frontier has been greatly reduced, Tywin, with the "help" of the army gathered by King Robert, has completed the hundred-year plan he planned for his son and even grandson in advance with the determination and cruelty of a strong man's broken wrist, and the reduction of the domain has been completed, making the Lannister family the only family in the Western Realm with vertical jurisdiction and control, and the first centralized ruler in the history of Westeros!

There is no doubt that this kind of ruthless practice of "cutting off children and grandchildren" and "giving birth to children without py" in the mouths of the princes of the Seven Kingdoms is a difficult road with no room for retreat. This kind of bad rule practice, if it weren't for the war and chaos not only the Iron Throne had no time to take care of, in times of peace, it would definitely be subject to external interference and internal resistance, and once it weakened, it would even be eaten back to the point that there was no ash left, but for now, at least for a few decades, the Lannister family would be the strongest single family on this continent.

As a financial tool for this embryonic "centralized regime" to concentrate on big things, Tyrion and his Lannister Bank are naturally in full swing, and their profitability may not be comparable to that of the Night's Watch industry, but in terms of the amount of capital, it is definitely at the hegemonic level.

At the very least, he could definitely get the money that Iger wanted to borrow.

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