In front of Mance Red, an outsider, no one questioned the commander-in-chief's decision in public. Wait for the soldiers to escort the king out of the conference room and take him to the top of the Great Wall to be put back in a hanging basket...... Bowen immediately objected: "I don't know what Egger just said in your ear, but it would be too hasty to give such a hasty answer! These are 30,000 savages, even if they are disarmed, the sticks and stones alone are a huge threat, not to mention the giants among them!"

"Don't worry, Lord Bowen. Iger smiled and soothed, "You must remember that what I agreed with Mance just now was that he promised me 'two conditions'. ”

"Surrender your weapons, and obey our laws—don't you think that's too simplistic, too haphazard?"

"Yes, two conditions seem a bit small...... But the first point is actually a cover, and the second point is the key. Think about it—why am I emphasizing that the wildlings obey the 'law of land grants made by the Night's Watch', rather than the laws of Winterfell or the Seven Kingdoms of King's Landing?"

Bowen was stunned, this hint was already too obvious, he thought about it, and quickly tasted the meaning: "Uh...... You mean, this law is about to be made by us?"

"That's right, 'obey our laws' seems to be just one condition, but in fact there are countless - because we have the power to make and interpret the law of land grants! If I need to, I can even skip the 'surrender of weapons' clause and only ask Mance to agree to abide by our laws, and instead write the surrender of weapons clause into the law, and the effect is exactly the same!"

"I see, if you don't say two conditions and just ask Mance to obey our laws, he'll be alert. Auxer nodded, "Clever way, we can write all the other conditions into the law of the land grant and require them to abide by it." But what's the use of having the power to make laws? You can write millions of laws, but how can you guarantee that 30,000 savages will obey them? We can only have 3,000 people with weapons, but we have to make ten times as many people obey them!"

"My plan is simple and simple, complex but extremely complex, and can be divided into two lines: to teach the savages to use money and let them form the concept of private property, and to establish an order system based on the law of land increase, so that the savages can cultivate the habit of order. Iger confidently said, "The wildlings will be the worst and most difficult inhabitants of the world to tame, this is a bunch of wicked people...... And against the wicked, there must be something more powerful to surrender to - money, and violence. ”

"Food, clothing, and a sense of security make the wildlings less aggressive, and the use of money creates a gap between the rich and the poor, making it easier for us to manage people without small groups, and a moderate amount of violence makes the wildlings accustomed to order and reverence for us...... Once this legal system is established, the group of 'savages' will disappear from the world, and a new group of land-givers will be born. ”

For two months, the pay-for-work system of supply and sale that Iger had established had worked well along the land grants and along the Great Wall, and the success of experiments with thousands of hill clan members had proved the power of money, and no one here doubted it, but there were doubts about the construction of the rule of law: "Appropriate violence? How can we maintain a deterrent effect against tens of thousands of savages with a few thousand people?"

"Control - confiscation of weapons is only one, after the savages pass through the Great Wall, I will also take away all the grain, horses, livestock and other important resources in the hands of the savages in the form of 'low price purchase', and at the same time give them money according to the price, and send people to teach them." Spend copper plates and silver coins for what you need, instead of taking what you see, and place them in the dilapidated fortresses along the Wall, which are not in use because of poor conditions, and in the many abandoned settlements in the land grants, to keep the wildlings separated from each other, and to severely restrict their movements, so that they cannot collude with each other to discuss any plans against us. Egger continued: "Thirty thousand savages are indeed difficult to deal with, but once divided into tribes, we have an absolute superiority in force over any of them. Here, the wall we erected a while ago will once again come in handy - the Night's Watch, the original grantees, and the hill clansmen, who are their trusty own people, live within the fortress and control the resources of the entire grant. The savages, who became residents of the new land grants, were confiscated of their weapons and taken away from the resources they needed to survive...... Even placed separately, facing the high walls of the fortress and the food we guarded, there was no way but to obey or run away hungry. ”

......

As the weather grew colder, Maester Aemon's body became worse and worse than before, and he had not spoken a word in the negotiations between the king of the Outer Fortress and the officers of the Night's Watch, and now he finally spoke tremblingly: "You also said two choices, what if the wildlings refused to accept our control, and instead chose to flee south after being put into the Great Wall by us? We, the Night's Watch, are responsible for guarding the Great Wall, but let the wildlings enter the border and let them threaten the north...... This puts us in a very passive position. ”

"The north is currently being harassed by the iron people, and they are already very vigilant, even if the wildlings go south, they will not be able to get supplies or cause too much damage to the north. On the contrary, we arrange the settlement of the savages, and it is not clear which tribe is where, and whoever runs away, send the rangers in pursuit. Iger replied, "Of course, to prevent this from happening, we can ask the leaders and important members of each tribe to hand over their children as hostages...... What do you think? ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, Egger is explaining what to do if the wildlings are put on the Great Wall, and we don't have to discuss all of them today. There is time to make the law of land granting, and to add all the points of attention that everyone can think of. Mormont knocked on the table: "But actually, I haven't officially decided to let the wildlings pass through the Great Wall." ”

"What?" Jeremy's turn surprised this time, "but you've already agreed......"

"I agreed, and it was disgraceful to go back on my word, but in the face of survival and duty, there must always be priorities. Mormont shook his head: "I asked Mance to bring his people to the Black Castle, and when his men are gathered outside the gate, I will send someone out of the wall to check." If there is any falsehood in what Mance said earlier - the number of wildlings is over 30,000, or their reserves are not enough to last us for a few months, then we will use another plan: gather a strong mobile army, sneak out of the wall, kill the wildlings, and rob them of food. ”

"This ......," opened his mouth even the most opposed to accepting the savages, "This is tantamount to murdering the tens of thousands of savages outside the Seychelles!"

"Our job is to guard the Great Wall, as I said earlier – there has to be a priority. Mormont's hand on the table clenched into a fist and released it again: "That's it, the formulation of the future law of the land grant will be presided over by Egger, and everyone here has the right to suggest, and it will be submitted to me for review in the end." After that, he gave it to the savages to see. As long as they don't do anything tricky and agree to comply, let them in. ”

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After the meeting ended, Iger left the conference room in a happy mood. The longest winter ever recorded lasted nine months, and if the Mans had reduced the number of wildlings to 30,000, the Night's Watch would have survived with a steady delivery of Braavos' aid!

The temperature was so different from inside and outside that the cold was almost seeping into the bones, and Egger saw Melisandre, the king's representative, standing in the courtyard and having a "cordial conversation" with the two night watchmen.

Interestingly, this woman had extraordinary abilities, but this was something that only Egger knew about the entire Wall, and in the eyes of the other Night's Watchmen, she was just a sacrifice of a strange religion sent by the king, a big red man in front of Stannis. Everyone treated her with courtesy, but they were adamant that she would not be allowed to enter the critical area and meddle in the affairs of the Night's Watch.

For a witch with extraordinary abilities, this must feel quite aggrieved.

"Lady Melisandre, aren't you cold?" Iger greeted her, his gaze pausing on the two mystical protrusions on her chest. There were almost no women on the Great Wall, and after the massacre of the Mole Village, even prostitutes ceased to exist...... Egg used to rely on busyness to forget about physical needs, but in this state, witnessing such a beautiful opposite sex as the red-robed woman, it was easy to be torn apart: "If necessary, I can go to the warehouse to get a coat or cloak for you...... There are no red ones, though. ”

"Faith is enough to warm me. The red-robed woman walked up to him, and a furnace-like heat suddenly rushed to her face. She reached out and brushed Egger's cloak away, grabbed his arm, and led him to the side. "I saw the Night's Watch in the Sacred Flame putting the wildlings into the Wall, what's the matter, you've just finished discussing it?"

If it were an ordinary young man, he was afraid that he would not be flustered by Melisandre's intimate gesture, but Iger stood up his hair.

I guess I guess I didn't deduce it by seeing Mance Red just now, and inquiring about him from a few night watchmen. Egger laughed secretly in his heart: "It's just that I have this intention preliminarily, and the specifics are still to be discussed." ”

"Very well, there is one thing, I want to say hello to you in advance. ”

"Please say that if you can help, you will not refuse. ”

"Mance Redd is a deserter from the Night's Watch, what are you going to do with it? The red-robed woman took him by the arm and walked with him to a place where no one could hear them: "If you want to be put to death, can you ...... Burn at the stake?"

"Why?" was the strangest request Iger had ever heard, had the plot changed so dramatically that Melisandre's penchant for burning people hadn't changed?

"The Flame tells me that the King's Blood will awaken the dragon in stone. Mance Rednais, the king of the outer world, his blood, maybe it will be useful. ”

Melisandre took Egger by the arm and pulled him aside to whisper to him, attracting a lot of curious glances, and it seemed that there was something new to say about Castle Black...... But with his current identity and status, he is not afraid of such false rumors at all. In any case, the rumor that he and Melisandre had a leg is better than that he likes the little boy.

"I've heard that prophecy, but don't you know that it has been fulfilled?"

"Has it been fulfilled?"

"Lady Melisandre, I ask you: if I rebel now, let my men take control of the land grants, occupy the fortresses along the Great Wall, rule over the hill clansmen and savages, and then proclaim myself the king of the land grants, will my blood be able to awaken the dragon in the stone?

"No, you won't be a recognized king, just a stupid traitor to the Night's Watch. ”

"I also think so, then the identity of the 'King of the Outside of the Cypriots' is also self-proclaimed by him, and has not been recognized by any lord of the Seven Kingdoms, why is his blood useful, is this logical?" Egg asked rhetorically: "Also, before Aegon's conquest, there were seven kings in Westeros, and they all recognized each other's kingship, so is it true that the blood of these seven people is the blood of kings? If this is the case, then wouldn't the unified Westeros suddenly lose six people with energy in their blood......? It's a pity. ”

Melisandre stared at Egg for a moment with her deep red eyes, and chuckled, "You're very eloquent, Chief Logistics Officer." What exactly is the prophesied 'blood of the king', to be honest, I am speculating and groping, and there is no shame in admitting it...... But you haven't answered me yet—what do you mean when you say that the prophecy has been fulfilled?"

"Daenerys and her dragon. Iger replied: "Shouldn't the so-called Demon Dragon in the Stone refer to a petrified dragon egg, do you think that the so-called Demon Dragon in the Stone means that you burned a cat or dog with the name of 'King', and then popped out of a rock somewhere, and a demon dragon popped out for you to drive? ”

"No, but the prophecy does say that the King's Blood awakens the dragon, and Daenerys does have a dragon...... But what about the blood of the king?"

"On the day she woke up the dragon, she not only burned her husband to death, lost the child in her womb, but also shed blood herself, and one of these three people must fulfill the prophecy of the king's blood!"

"Is that so?" Melisandre, of course, didn't know exactly what Daenerys was like when she hatched the three dragons, and she raised her eyebrows, "How do you know so much about her?"

Egg screamed that it was not good, he was so amused, but he forgot that as a night watchman in Westeros, he did not and should not know so much about the Dragon Queen, who was thousands of miles away.

"I'm not just a night watchman, I'm a businessman, I have my own intelligence system, and it's not normal to know something that can't be seen in the flame. ”

Melisandre accepted the explanation, frowning, pondering Egger's analysis. Egger looked at her quietly, but there were still things he had not said: he had a definite opinion as to who would fulfill the king's blood among Daenerys' children, her husband, and herself, but the arguments he relied on could not be obtained by conventional means, so he could not say it.

Among the known people who do have power in their bloodlines are Daenerys herself, her horse husband, and one of her children, Stannis, the illegitimate son of King Robert. What is the connection between these five men? Only those who have seen God's perspective know—after eliminating the Dothraki of the Horse King, there are only four people left, all of Targaryen blood!

Daenerys' surname is Targaryen, which goes without explanation, as are her children, as well as Stannis and Robert...... Their surname is Baratheon, but their common grandmother is named Layla Targaryen!

Based on these factors, Iger made a bold judgment: in the world of ice and fire, there is power in the blood, and the so-called king's blood does not refer to the blood of the man who bears the name of "king", but the blood of the members of the Targaryens! It was Daenerys' own blood or the blood of the child in her womb that awakened Daenerys's three dragon eggs! And between the two, the latter is more likely!

......

"You have some truth, but why did I pray to the Holy Fire for me to see the face of the prophesied prince, but never Daenerys?"

"I'll have to ask you Lachlo, how do I know. ”

Egger's joke about the Red God drew another look of disgust from Melisandre, who glared at the man and asked, "Don't you wonder who I see?"

"Could it be me?" said Egger.

Melisandre was stunned for a moment, her red lips folded into a light smile: "You guessed it, congratulations." ”

......

Egger and the woman in the red robe looked at each other, the man didn't know if the woman was joking, and the woman didn't know if the man knew if she was joking, and the scene was a little awkward for a while.

Egg coughed, of course he couldn't be the Child of Prophecy, but it was possible for the other party to see him in the flame—if she wasn't joking, she must have seen Jon Snow, and then in the background. Given that Jon and himself are both at Castle Black at the moment, and are close, this is highly likely.

"Where were you born?"

"At the mouth of a big river called the Yangtze River, a big city you've never heard of. Iger shrugged, joking anyway: "Is it the part of the prophecy that Azor Ahai will be reborn in the 'land of smoke and salt'? If I am really the prince of the prophecy, can I ask you, the person who came to assist me, to warm the bed? You are so warm, it must be very good." ”

"Lahlo didn't tell me if I had the obligation. Melisandre licked her lips and made a seductive expression: "But, if you ask, just say it, and maybe there will be a surprise in the evening." ”

"Hahaha, forget it, just kidding. Egger snorted: "It's lunchtime, why don't you go to the restaurant together to see what is going on today?" ”

"I've got something else to do, Chief Logistics Officer, feel free. Melisandre narrowed her eyes, noncommittal, "You've managed to convince me not to use Mance's brains, but...... When the wild people come in, I will spread the faith of the true god to them, can you cooperate?"

"I can help as long as the rules allow. ”

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[Big chapter, make up for the previous two days]