In the evening, Maester Emon's Crow's Nest Hall.

It is a newly built wooden house on flat ground, which makes it easy for Aemon's daily work and access. The room was carpeted and decorated with soft furnishings to make the Bachelor's diet and living as comfortable as possible.

In the past, the wooden fort of Master Aemon was almost decayed, and it was torn down and rebuilt into a stone fort, which was given to Mu Dun and others to live in.

At the age of one hundred and one, Maester Aemon no longer has to climb the stairs every day. His study room and quiet room, as well as the treatment room for the doctor, were all built together, all on flat ground. There are burrows dug underground, and spiral staircases with handrails are built to connect with the intricate wormholes underground.

The Black Castle is no longer the Black Castle it used to be, and all the decaying wooden buildings have been torn down and rebuilt.

The former wooden fences, all built into stone walls, were very high, and four guard forts were added, and the guard forts on both sides of the castle gates, were enlarged, and murder holes and archery holes were added.

The decaying old door, which could be broken with a single punch before, has been replaced by a heavy dark pattern door covered with oak and iron, and the thickness has increased several times. Rolling stones and logs were piled up inside the castle, several new armories were added, and wormholes were used to store food and all meat. The temperature here is low and getting lower day by day, so it has a natural freezing effect, so you don't have to worry about the spoilage of vegetables and meat.

Sam's eyes have dark circles, which is evidence of staying up late to read, and he doesn't look good, but his eyes are very radiant and shining. Because his face was slightly thin, it made his eyes look bigger.

Blake helped Maester Aemon to sit down.

In the room were Will, Jon, Blake, Sam, and Carter Pike, the commander of the East Sea Lookout, who arrived from Tokai in the evening.

"One thing. Will said, "We have a joint operation with the North this time, this is a top secret, everyone here must keep it secret, and do not mention it to anyone around you." Will looked at Carter, his former closest brother, "I heard you recently married a fisherwoman?"

"Yes, sir. Carter said.

"Then don't talk to your wife about it when you drink too much, military operations are classified before and after your wife at night. ”

"Yes, sir. ”

"This time Stannis I's conquest of the Tyrells in the south will be a big war, and the whole of the Seven Kingdoms already knows that we and the north will send troops, and the Iron Islands have also received a royal order, of course they will not send troops. ”

"The Iron Islands have reigned, and this is another rebellion by Baron Greyjoy. The Greyjoy family believes in the old ways, rebelling and never surrendering at the first opportunity. If something happens in the world, the Iron Islands will come out to raid the coast, and the coastal villages and castles in the western part of the north are their targets. Eddard Stark and I received orders from Stannis I to lure the people of the Iron Isles into plundering the North, and then counterattack and conquer the Iron Isles. ”

There was silence in the Crow's Nest Hall.

After a long while, Jon said, "My lord, this expedition to the north and the Great Wall of Desperation is actually an illusion?"

"Yes!"

"Commander-in-Chief Mormont is in the dark?"

"Everyone was in the dark, and until then, only three people knew the news, Maester Eamon, Sam Weir, and me. In the North, only two people are currently known, Eddard Stark and Robb Stark. Eddard Stark is the Prime Minister of the Seven Kingdoms, the Commander-in-Chief of the Coalition that conquered House Tyrells. The one who stayed with us to conquer the Iron Islands was Robb Stark. ”

Jon said, "Stannis I is going to fight two wars at the same time, Tyrell in the South and Greyjoy in the North. ”

"Yes. The southern Tyrells were handed over to Storm's End, the Knights of the Vale, the Westlands, and the Riverlands, as well as the Dorne and King's Realms, six Alliance armies, led by Eddard Stark. The Greyjoys were handed over to the North and the Wall, with Robb Stark as commander-in-chief. ”

Carter said, "What does Stannis I want is the Greyjoys to submit again?"

"No, kill the Greyjoy family and wipe it out completely. Stannis is not the Ancestor Robert, and he no longer accepts any submissions from the Greyjoys. This is a bloody battle, and the iron of the rebellion is a dead end. The royal decree only allowed us to accept the submissions of the fishermen, peasants, merchants, and iron people who did not participate in the rebellion on the islands. The castle of the Greyjoy family on Pike Island will be burned to the ground, and the Seven Kingdoms will never have the Greyjoy family again. ”

Extermination!

And what about Theon Greyjoy?

He and Robb are good brothers.

"Robb Stark as commander?" Carter said, his eyes reddening with excitement, "Robb doesn't know the sea at all. ”

"We are no match for the Iron Islands in naval battles, and we do not have ships. The fleet of Donghaiwang is in the east, and the Iron Islands in the west are separated by the entire continent. "So our only hope of victory is to bring all the Iron Folk into the North to loot, then cut off their retreat, rob their ships, and wipe out the Iron Folk on the shore." ”

"Will the ships finally be ours? We can build our own Western Fleet in the Icy Bay outside the Shadow Tower. On the other side of the Sunset Sea, there are also continents and islands, and the richness is not inferior to that of the continent of Essos. ”

The North had no navy of its own, and since the shipbuilder Brandon Stark sailed and never returned, his son stopped building ships and burned the shipyard, leaving the North without a navy.

"As for the ships and the loot, let's wait until we win this war first. ”

Jon said, "Last time the Westside rebelled, we prepared an ambush, but the Iron People were not fooled. ”

"Someone leaked the news, and this time, apart from a few of us here, only Eddard Stark and Robb Stark knew, and even Lady Catelyn, Commander-in-Chief Mormont, didn't know about this military operation. ”

"It is impossible for a spy to come out of the Great Wall of Desperation. Carter said.

"We want to make sure that the news of the military operation does not leak out this time, and at present, there is only one Robb Stark in the entire northern territory who knows about this military operation, and we here, if the news leaks, then only Carter and you are the only one who has a chance. You love to drink, and women. ”

Carter laughed, "Or Lord Will cut out my tongue." ”

Will and Jon, Sam, Blake, and Maester Aemon didn't laugh.

Carter was embarrassed.

"Carter, after we've cut off the Iron Miners' retreat, we need you to lead us to land on the Iron Islands. You are the commander of the navy and Robb is the commander-in-chief. ”

"Then I'll have to go back tomorrow to train my Navy recruits. ”

"How many recruits have you recruited?"

"A thousand people, and every day there are northerners and savage fishermen who come to join in. ”

"So well, the savage fishermen are coming to join in?"

"Right hand Green is a wizard, and he went on a trip to a few fishing villages near us, and the fishermen all joined our navy the next day. Then he went on a trip to the fishermen's village of the savages to the north, and brought back all the savage fishermen from several villages. He kept spreading the word to everyone who came to trade with us, including the savage fishermen, to recruit soldiers from the warships, and before long, even the fishermen of Amber came to join us in their boats. ”

Carter said of Green's spittle: "Green in his right hand seems to have demagogic black magic, and I still don't know what he said, and the fishermen and freedmen near and far are asking to join us." ”

Donghaiwang and the Baili Savage Fishermen's Village of the coastal generation have long maintained the traditional barter of 'salt and iron', and they have a good relationship with each other.

Right Hand Green – Littlefinger's new nickname with a changed face: His left hand was chopped off by Will Orders Carter as punishment for his past crimes. And his right hand remained, because he wrote with his right hand.