It is necessary to dig out the family's food, grass and armaments, and at the same time rush to the forefront as cannon fodder......

It's too much of a bully!

Luce Bolton almost got to his feet, and his usually pale and indifferent, bloodless and expressionless face was flushed with a faint flush - he was about to be blown up, and if it weren't for the fact that the weapon had been confiscated by the Queen's Guard before entering the hall, and his strong reason had repeatedly reminded him that he must not be impulsive, he would have drawn his sword and slashed at it at this moment.

After taking a series of deep breaths to relieve his emotions, he regained his composure and spoke again as if nothing had happened.

"Thank you for your advice, but there is still a question - I took the initiative to offer food and grass and armaments, and asked Ying to be the vanguard, although it can make the queen have a different opinion of the Bolton family, but when the army is disbanded and returns to the north, how should the fortress of Terror, which has been greatly weakened, deal with the Stark family's targeting and revenge?"

The other party's conditions were so harsh and cruel, and Bolton simply stopped being polite. He no longer dared to hope for the position of the Lord of the North, but if he couldn't pry a clear answer from Egg's mouth today for the safety and survival of the family, even if he rushed over to disturb the queen after the dinner party dispersed, he would have to ask for an explanation!

"Lord Burton, don't worry. ”

Egger soothed with a smirk, knowing that the beating had had done its job.

He has always believed that if you want to convince such a complex and shameless creature as a person, you must rely on a stick with dates, and the essence of this operation lies in the fact that the stick must not be hidden behind or resting in the corner, but must be held high in your hand, even if it does not really fall, you must let the other party see its shape, smell the faint smell of blood from above, see the scalp and hair remaining on it, and feel awe before giving dates.

Only in this way will the favors given out not be meat buns beating dogs, and there will be no return.

Bolton was also a prince, and he had no relationship with his superiors and subordinates, so Iger could not intimidate and reprimand him openly, so he had to turn around and wave a big stick a few times to make the other party understand that he had not forgotten his previous attempt to use himself as a gunman, and now he was able to correct him.

But the rabbit bites even when he is in a hurry, and Iger doesn't intend to force the old man to skin too much. After the stick show, it's time to give sweetness.

"Let's talk about the ugly first: as long as I live, the status of the Stark family's guardian of the northern frontier will not waver. Egger put away the banter in his tone and became serious, "But the title of guardian of the north is not easy to master, and it does not mean that the territory under its jurisdiction will not change, I will not sell it to you - when the queen pacifies the seven kingdoms in the future, she will need one side of the force to contain the Stark family and maintain the balance of power in the north of the kingdom, so as not to let someone sit on the spot north of the neck and become a country of its own with the existence of the natural danger of Carlin Bay, and the tail will not be lost." ”

Egger looked directly into the old skin's eyes: "Lord Bolton, are you afraid of Robb's revenge, isn't it because Stark is the feudal lord of Bolton, and there is a difference between the superior and the inferior, so that he can oppress and restrain you in the right and light?"

It's a good idea, but how can it be that simple?

Bolton shook his head disapprovingly: "The Castle of Terror is thousands of miles away from King's Landing, for no reason, what reason is it to be separated from the north? Even if the queen uses her power to forcibly promote this, he will divide the Stark family into two ways to contain the neck and then use the power of the entire northern territory to attack me, Your Majesty will now have time to ride a dragon to save me, but once the dragon hunting crossbow is popularized in large numbers, or after a hundred years, what should I do? What's more, I took a huge risk today to be the first to pledge allegiance to the queen, but I didn't just want to get rid of the Stark family and change the object of allegiance!"

Luce Burton's rhetorical questions and demands were roughly threefold: first, the need for a reasonable name to defect from North Korea, second, the strength of the fortress of terror alone was completely incomparable to the rest of the entire north, and third, the desire to demand a return commensurate with the effort and risk taken.

Well, the second and third articles can actually be combined.

Reasonable.

"Fleet moorings. Iger uttered a word that puzzled Bolton, "Westeros is surrounded by water on three sides, and it has an astonishing coastline of varying lengths beyond the continent of Essos. When the queen unified the Seven Kingdoms, in order to increase the centralization of power in order to strengthen the overall control of Westeros, at least seven naval forces were needed: three on the east coast, three on the west coast, and one in the South China Sea. Among them, two of the three branches on the east coast, from south to north, have the Stormland fleet and the Dragonstone Island fleet that can be reorganized ready-made, and only in the valley to the north, because the north has always had no naval forces, there are no ready-made ships and ports to requisition. ”

Actually, there is, White Harbor and East Sea Wang, but White Harbor is loyal to the Stark family, and the land grant already has a fleet in Icegap Harbor to the west, since Iger is currently planning for the central government to balance the North in the future, naturally this force can no longer be handed over to the North or the Night's Watch. As for the idea of these seven naval forces, it was not made up by Iger to fool Bolton - he had full confidence in helping the queen to unify the seven kingdoms, and he began to think about the future direction and general direction early in his leisure time or before and after bedtime......

Westeros's geographical location in the world of ice and fire is like Britain in the Otherworldly Strengthened Plus, if you want to continue to develop and expand, becoming a maritime power is the only way out, this truth is undoubted, but at the moment it can't be explained to the natives of the ice and fire world, so he has to skip the middle paragraph and directly summarize the results.

"In the future, the Queen will administratively turn the House of Bolton into a direct vassal of the Crown on the grounds of the establishment of the Northern Fleet on the East Coast, and the fleet will be anchored on the coastline under the jurisdiction of Fort Terror...... I even chose a location - a sheltered bay in the middle of the estuary, where the Mojiang River and the Weeping River flowed. When the time comes, the soldiers will be able to fight smuggling for the queen and defend against the enemy at sea, and when they get off the ship to join the land service, they will be a sharp sword hanging over the head of the northern guard, so that the uncrowned king north of the neck will not dare to give birth to two hearts, won't it kill two birds with one stone?"

The people of Bolton are old and sophisticated, can they tell if they can tell if they hear it, Egger's plan is good, obviously not a lie, his heart is moved, and he immediately continues to ask: "But where can the Horror Fort afford to raise a fleet, and how can it hold the port?"

"Take your time, Lord Burton. Iger waved his hand to signal the old skinner, dipped his hand in some wine, and drew a rough map on the table, "There are territories bordering the Castle of Terror, except for the Winterfell Territory, but the last Fireplace Territory of the Amber family, the Kahoe City Territory of the Kastark family, and the Howood City Territory. Of the three, the Amber family has been destroyed, and the territory has been temporarily taken over by our land-giving army, the heirs of the Horwood family, who have died in battle against the West, have no successor, and are considering raising the shortest of the illegitimate children, and whoever changes their surname to orthodoxy must be approved by the queen, and the strongest of the Kastark family has killed themselves and openly opposed the queen as traitors...... Don't you have any thoughts on that?"

Burton's heart jumped, and even his pupils dilated for a moment.

How can you run out of ideas?

Anyone who opens the map of the North to find the forces of the House of Bolton will find that the location of the Castle of Terror is exactly in the middle of the quadrangle surrounded by Winterfell, Last Fireplace, Carhoe, and Horwood. This is a grand strategic layout, and it is the strategic arrangement of the former "Winter King" Stark after defeating the "Red King" Bolton to prevent the latter from making a comeback! The first three have long been positioned, and there is nothing to brag about, but the Caststark - in fact, it should be called the "Stark family of Carhoe City", it was after the last attempt of the Bolton family to resist Stark failed thousands of years ago, the king of the north at that time appointed his youngest son Caron Stark to go to the old territory northeast of the Bolton family to build a castle, and tear the ground and seal it "behind the horror castle" also hammer down a nail to finally complete the last link of this strangled Bolton chain.

For thousands of years, every member of the Bolton family, since birth, has faced the current map of the north, felt the tightly tightened and almost suffocating chain around his neck, and before he could read, he first understood that resisting the Stark family was facing the desperate situation of being attacked in the abdomen, back, left and right...... How could Luce Burton, who grew up in such an environment, not be cautious and gloomy, how could he not have thoughts about it!

Could it be that Iger wants to promise these three places as a reward?

It is true that even if all these three places are allocated to themselves, the strength of the Bolton family is still only one-third of the Stark family, and they can still only be on the defensive. But after dividing the territory like this, the Dreadful Castle broke free from the strangulation net and jumped out, and was able to confront the Starks with dignity and dignity. The geographical and strategic significance of this far exceeds the value of a few pieces of permafrost itself!

Bolton felt his entire head and face from the neck up to heat up, but this time it wasn't anger, it was excitement: the benefits that Iger hinted at...... It was much more than he had hoped when he had come to talk head-on!

However, after living for so many years, Old Peel understands that he can't be happy too early at any time, so he is also quite cautious in his answer: "Isn't the meaning of the commander-in-chief, when the time comes, the queen will change all these four places to the direct jurisdiction of the royal family to provide nourishment and protection for the northern fleet on the east coast of the kingdom?"

"Your Majesty doesn't have the energy to manage so many direct domains. Egg snorted, "In the future, there will only be three forces north of the neck: the Stark family's northern border, the Night's Watchman's land gift, and the Queen's Northern Fleet Leader, Lord Bolton, you will be the Queen's Northern Fleet Commander." Since the Karstark family has become a rebel, His Majesty must clean up when he turns back. As long as the army of Fort Terror does their best in the southern expedition to help the queen take King's Landing and regain the Iron Throne - even if it is only for this 'hard work', I can give you a ticket for this piece ......of land in Cahoe!

Egger picked up the bowl in front of him, took a sip of the hot broth to moisten his throat, looked at Luce Bolton with a smile, and drew the pie in its entirety: "But you have to rely on your wisdom and military talent, and take extra 'credit' in exchange." ”

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