The king on the Great Wall

"That's it, go down and get ready, and move to this room tomorrow."

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Without the visits of Carter Pike and Jon Royce just now, Dennis was thinking hard about a good way to turn the tables and reverse the situation.But now, he was afraid.

I have two pig teammates.

Jon Royce's hostility towards Igger West has overwhelmed his reason, and for a rough man like Carter Pike, scolding him in public is as serious as killing his parents.If he continued to stay in Castle Black, he might be dragged into the muddy water, covered in shit, and would not be safe at the end of the day.

Intuition told him that Iger would win in the end and become the commander-in-chief; rationality told him that it would be the smartest choice to vote for the inevitable winner—but he had publicly stated that he would never vote for Iger. bottom line.What's more, young people who humiliate older people in public should also pay a price for it.

A foreigner from a place I have never heard of and who is not of noble origin is likely to become his immediate boss. This makes Dennis, who was born in the lord's family of Haijiang City, feel uncomfortable. Pike didn't vote for him, and the latter even planned to make trouble to win the election, then I will serve the first foreign commander-in-chief in the history of the night watchman again, and fulfill my duties in the Shadow Tower to the end of my life For a moment, where could it be so bad?

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Chapter 287

When one party has made up his mind and is immune to persuasion, and the other party doesn't have much leverage to change his mind, negotiating becomes uninteresting and challenging—and often, with no Significance and one-sided agreement results.

Iger suffered such embarrassment once when he was negotiating the price of technology transfer with Margaery Tyrell... Time has passed, and he was on the Great Wall thousands of miles away, when facing another important female character Came across the same situation.

But, this time he was the one with the upper hand.

Melisandre misjudged him as the son of prophecy, and offered help uninvited; and Iger was confident—he was elected commander-in-chief based on his personal means and resources.It’s good that the red-robed woman can help, but without her, it’s just a little more effort on my part—everyone is grateful for giving charcoal in the snow, but I want to grab or share my influence and voice in the land-grant and the Great Wall with the icing on the cake , It is too small to underestimate my political IQ.

The good news is that the priestess seems to have seen Iger's determination—or she may be willing to compromise with the son of prophecy she chose herself. After a little wrangling and entanglement, Melisandre finally Completely dropped her third requirement without diminishing any support.In a way, it was almost an unconditional surrender.

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Returning to Castle Black the next day, the election continued, and all the arrangements of Iger's campaign began to be implemented simultaneously.Warner Bookwell withdrew from the election, and the number of votes that had belonged to him was transferred to Iger's name after a very small shrinkage; Some of Royce's Castle Black brothers changed their minds and voted for Iger today.

In stark contrast to the reformist camp, where one person is at the core, the conservative side has a large number of people, but there is an obvious internal chaos that has not yet reached an agreement: Jon Royce is going through the "commander-in-chief" campaign After a one-day tour, the two other commanders who had made way for him the day before rejoined instead.To the disappointment of many onlookers, the two elders of the Night Watch Legion still failed to reach an agreement among themselves, and they voted for themselves as usual, and everything seemed to be back to the original point.

And unlike any other day before, the brothers at Castle Black weren't much of a buy this time.

The first vote after the Chief Logistics Officer returned to Castle Black was coming to an end in the morning. Iger, who broke through halfway, jumped to the top with just over 100 votes, far ahead of Dennis Mallister's [-] votes and Carter Pike. More than [-] votes... The data directly reflects the attitude of the Night Watchmen at Castle Black: Compared with the peak, the commanders of the Shadow Tower and Eastwatch both lost more than [-] votes, and the latter dropped even more—— In addition to the votes of all the soldiers in the fortress he represented, the number of votes that Carter Pike received from the Night Watchmen of Castle Black dropped to a single digit overnight.

If the voting results were within everyone's expectations, then the next few news that seemed to have nothing to do with the voting, but were actually closely related, surprised everyone who didn't know:

Twenty or thirty southern nobles who followed Melisandre applied collectively to join the Night Watch.When Egger was in King's Landing and Houcrown Town, he twice refused criminals to join the Night Watchman... but Commander Mormont later denied him this power, which means that no Night Watchman officer is qualified to refuse others to wear black Clothes.And recruits with noble backgrounds, names and knight training like the Queen's party members have always been the most welcome members of the legion.

In order to cultivate Jon Snow as his successor, Mormont sent the former Castle Black coach Alliser Thorne, who had conflicts with him, to the south to retire.The current head coach of the Night Watch, Sir Andrew Tass, publicly announced in the afternoon that a group of recruits will be publicly recruited in the land-grant. Men who are in good health and under the age of 50 can sign up.

The Shadow Tower Commander, Dennis Mallister, led the team of entourage who had packed their packages after having lunch in advance, and set off to return west, leaving only one subordinate to vote on behalf of all the soldiers in the fortress.

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From the number of votes, it can be seen that even though Iger publicly accused him of being mediocre and smeared, Dennis Mallister still won the support of nearly a hundred votes from the night watchman group of Castle Black, and one person alone accounted for nearly one-third of the votes... ...This is the most obvious manifestation of "recognition". This old man who is over seventy years old, the number one opponent in Iger's mind, actually left without a word when the situation is still good.

There must be a reason for everything that happens, but this time, Iger really couldn't figure out the purpose of Dennis' move.When he left Castle Black, he gave up his supporters in Castle Black. It was tantamount to admitting that he could not be elected, which was almost equivalent to withdrawing from the election-but this inference contradicted himself with his re-entering the election today.

This kind of passive behavior of not voting for other electors after nearly a hundred supporters handed over their hands, can be understood as a silent struggle on weekdays: If you can’t vote for yourself, don’t even think about voting for others. superior.May do so with Robb Stark visiting the Wall...

It's like slapping the guardian of the northern border in the face, forcing Robb to adopt Iger's suggestion-to cancel the representative voting rights of the fortress commander, and give the latter a big gift!

Could it be that this old guy judged that Robb would do this sooner or later, so he simply returned to his fortress and greeted the soldiers under his command in advance - and did not vote for himself in the upcoming general election?

Iger couldn't figure it out, and finally understood it as Dennis had acquiesced that he was about to win the election, but he couldn't save his face and changed his position to vote for himself, so he simply couldn't see it.

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After all, Robb Stark was only a young man, and he couldn't bear his temper... Therefore, the impact of Sir Mallister's abnormal behavior was reflected faster than imagined. The day after Dennis left Castle Black, he returned to the Great Wall On the third day of the morning, the first round of voting ended in the morning. When the young guardian of the north found out that the representative of the fortress Dennis left behind in Castle Black still voted for his officer, the commander of the Shadow Tower, he could no longer sit still. , and finally intervened.

Robb announced a decision that he was not qualified to manage in theory, but was actually applauded by many night watchmen: suspend the election, repatriate all "voting representatives" except the candidates, and start implementing one-person-one-for-one for each night watchman. Preparations for ballot elections.

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To ensure fairness, Robb will send officers to every stronghold with a Night's Watch along the Wall to oversee the election.The team he brought to the Great Wall from Winterfell is not small enough to undertake this task, but the guards of Winterfell are not familiar with the Great Wall, and the preliminary preparations will take some time.But the truth is, the universe doesn't revolve around the Wall and a gang of Night's Watch elections, and after the Castle Black election was suspended for a few days, two more big things happened in the Land Grant:

[-]. The food purchased from the northern border began to be transported to Houguan Town one after another. Although many families were not very happy after hearing that the food was to be used to feed the wildlings, they were willing to see that the Night Watchman sent troops to help drive the ironmen away. In the case of spending money instead of taking it for nothing, the purchase is barely smooth.Although the amount is not large, it is enough to last until the Braavos grain ship arrives without crashing.

[-]. Stark sent a letter to convene the delegation of the four major families next to the land grant, and they also rushed to Castle Black.

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The head of the Stark family and the guardian of the north came to the Great Wall in person. As vassals, the Glover, Amber, Karstark and Bolton families naturally couldn't just send someone to deal with the matter. Except for the parents who arrived, the four groups There were dozens of family members and attendants accompanying them.They headed north after gathering in Houguan Town, and arrived at Castle Black in a group. Two to three hundred people were mighty, and they crowded the headquarters of the Night Watchman who had built a wall and shrunk a lot. Empty rooms where people have lived are being used.As the landlord, the chief affairs officer of the night watchman and the craftsmen were so busy receiving these distinguished guests that they didn't have time to think about how to deal with Iger. Castle Black, which had suspended the election and internal struggles, appeared with the visit of a large number of guests. The long-lost peace and excitement.

Robb hosts a banquet for the four important vassals on the day the four delegations arrive.

"My lords, the reason why I summoned you has been stated in the letter. The late Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, Jeor Mormont, implemented the 'Resettlement Plan' in the land-grant, taking in the surrendered wildlings and turning them into land-grant people, so as to Support the follow-up operation of the Great Wall and solve the problem of insufficient manpower—on the other hand, the wildlings have been our biggest threat since ancient times. In order to ensure the safety of the northern border, I summoned everyone to inspect the land grant together to decide whether we want to interfere with this plan."

The leaders of the four major families nodded their heads to show their understanding. Galbert Glover was the first to speak: "When we were in Houguan Town, we heard that the Night Watchman was conducting an election for a new commander-in-chief. I wonder if the result of the election has come?"

"Not yet. Several candidates have been unable to reach an agreement. As a last resort, I have made an exception to intervene and canceled the voting system for the representatives of the Night Watchmen's strongholds, and changed it to a one-person-one-vote election under my supervision." Robb glanced around at the senior night watchmen on the table with serious eyes, and summarized the current situation displeasedly.The night watchman is not his subordinate or vassal, so it is inconvenient to criticize and criticize in public. Although he was dissatisfied, he did not say much after explaining, "The cost of this dinner will be borne by Winterfell. Everyone has worked hard all the way. Open and enjoy, we will set off in two days to inspect the Great Wall and the land grant together, and decide our final attitude towards the land grant resettlement plan.”

"There is an order for the guardianship of the North, and I will follow from the front of the saddle." Roose Bolton glanced at the men in black present with his pale eyes, and questioned: "It's just that the Night Watch Corps has not yet Elect the commander-in-chief—this means that the brothers in black may not have their own attitude towards the land-grant resettlement plan. In this case, even if we have opinions and opinions on the land-grant resettlement plan, who should we turn to? What can I do to express my appeal?"

This is indeed a problem. Robb didn't think about it, so he was stunned for a few seconds before answering: "The election of the Commander-in-Chief of the Night Watch has been going on for more than two months. Although I have intervened, it is not easy to interfere too much. Under such circumstances, no one can say for sure when it will end. But the shelter of wild people is related to the safety of the northern border, and it is not easy to delay the final decision on the resettlement plan... So I decided to observe first, if If the situation is not right and the savages still have a tendency to threaten the northern border, then we will ignore the election of the commander-in-chief of the night watchmen and just stop the resettlement plan. Otherwise, we will not take measures and return to the northern border, and the night watchman will resolve the issue internally. question."

Roose Bolton frowned and nodded: "There is nothing wrong with doing this in itself... It's just that it's too much to complicate the whole thing. If you want me to say, in troubled times, you shouldn't stick to the rules and call one person directly Successor Commander-in-Chief, and then inspect the northern border, and report the results to this person, wouldn't it be a lot of trouble, and save a lot of manpower and time?"

Handpicked?This word suddenly popped up in Iger's mind. He thought that the Northern Territory was the one that valued tradition the most among the Seven Kingdoms. He didn't expect Roose Bolton to have such an idea... Sure enough, there are tens of thousands of ordinary people Tens of thousands of common laws, but ruthless characters all have one thing in common, that is, they are rarely bound by inherent concepts.

He secretly heightened his vigilance against this guy in his heart.

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"Master Bolton, the Great Wall has stood here for thousands of years, but there has never been a commander-in-chief named by the Guardian of the North!" Carter Pike immediately objected.He was already a little annoyed at Dennis' return to the Shadow Tower, and Robb's cancellation of representative voting rights. Now that he saw Old Peeling, he knew that some people's unreasonable behavior was far beyond imagination: "Sta Everyone agrees with Master Ke's order to make reasonable revisions to the election system, but if it is directly appointed, then the attitude of the brothers towards the new commander is hard to say!"

Earl Glover also objected to Bolton's opinion: "I also think it's inappropriate. The night watchmen elected the commander in chief, which means that this person has the support of most soldiers and can ensure that the defenders of the Great Wall obey orders - if they break the convention Forcibly stuffing a person who can't convince the crowd, of course the immediate trouble is solved, but it is difficult to judge whether it will be beneficial or detrimental to the defense of the Great Wall later."

If Robb Stark really wants to name someone to be the commander-in-chief, that person is likely to be Iger himself. After all, he is the night watchman who is the most familiar, the most familiar, and the most closely related to the new guard of the north—there is no one. one.But when the situation is so good, using this method to take the position is unavoidable, and there will be endless troubles. Even the possible beneficiaries-Iger himself, do not approve of it.

Fortunately, Robb didn't seem to have the idea.

"My lords, you don't have to worry about not being able to find anyone to give your opinion." He seized the right moment, and spoke first to express his position: "I am a supporter of the former commander, and I can be regarded as the successor of Mr. Xiong's implementation of this grand plan. Everything about the land grant and resettlement project Now it’s all under my arrangement and coordination... In two days, I will lead you to inspect the gifted land, if you have any comments or suggestions, just let me know.”

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Chapter 288 Take the lead

Everyone focused their attention on Iger.

He was sent to the south by Mormont as a logistics officer, and he was not on the Great Wall for a long time. As a result, he was not natural enough to be grounded among the brothers in black, so that the Mormont commander who supported him was in trouble immediately after an accident... But there will be mistakes. With income, what he did and experienced during his overseas business trips was far more than simply "planting the cash cow of the night watchman industry in King's Landing" - taking advantage of the opportunity when Robert summoned the Seven Kingdoms to counter the rebellion to raise funds , taking advantage of the trend to make friends with almost all the nobles in Westeros; relying on public opinion and public appearances to create personal popularity and improve the image of the night watchman; use the convenience of his position and leisure time to understand the customs and political ecology of the Seven Kingdoms, and the general trend of the world is under control... …

All of this has led to a result: the same night watchman, his reputation and recognition are far from comparable to other high-level night watchmen or fortress commanders who also bear the title of "chief".

Not to mention anything else, almost all the northern nobles present recognized him, and their understanding and contact with him were not as simple as just a face and a name.

Galbert Glover smiled and nodded at Iger: "Master Chief Logistics Officer, you took back Deepwood Motte and rescued my brother's family, and captured Asha Greyjoy and handed it over to me as a hostage. You have more than one favor. It stands to reason that I shouldn't embarrass you... But the land grant resettlement plan is of great importance, and if the situation I see during the inspection in two days is too outrageous, I will also be an unselfish person."

"That's natural." Iger nodded gratefully towards the speaker. He led his troops to solve the crisis in Deepwood Motte, and now he jumped out to claim responsibility under the hat of Commander Mormont's heir. Isn't it because of this sentence?It can’t be too outrageous——interpreted from another direction, doesn’t it mean to make a public statement: as long as it is not too outrageous, the Glover family will support the land grant resettlement plan?

At this time, Roose Bolton also lightly interjected: "We have seen the ability and brains of the Chief Logistics Officer. I think it is really not a problem for him to deal with a savage."

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If it is said that Earl Glover's support was expected by Iger, then the old peeler suddenly said such a compliment at this time, which made him a little flattered and confused. Is this true or does he understand himself and the Stark family? The relationship is only to show good intentions to bring the relationship closer?

Iger had only hanged one of the family's bastards, Ramsay Snow, pretending to be Reek, in Houcrown a few months ago.Looking back, in this small Black Castle, there were actually two men whose sons died because of him. Among them, Jon Royce regarded himself as an enemy, and now he was facing another Roose Bolton... It would be a lie to say that you don't have a guilty conscience.Now that things had happened, he could only hope that this guy still thought that Ramsay was killed by the Winterfell army led by Sir Rodrik, and that the one sent to the Great Wall was a real reek.

Judging from the memory of the plot and what happened, Roose Bolton seems to be really not aware of the situation, not to mention that he is now married to a woman from the Frey family, and he is pregnant with an orthodox child... probably Nor will he track down the whereabouts of his illegitimate son executed by the Stark family.

Before the inspection started, two out of the four expressed a clear preference for Iger. It seemed to be a coincidence, but in fact it was an inevitable result.The conservatives who saw all this in their eyes turned extremely ugly. They exchanged glances with each other silently, and they didn't speak any more.

"Okay, believe me, I know more about Iger's ability than everyone here, but I must see the truth about the land grant resettlement plan." Robb Stark waved his hand and interrupted Discussion: "Okay, today's dinner is for the four adults to clean up the dust, business or something, let's not talk about it. I would like to offer a toast to all the elders. I wish the elders health and safety. I also hope that the winter will be short and the midsummer will stay forever! "

In cold places, the toasts are also unique. This is a common blessing in the north, and it is also the sincere wish of most people in the north. Everyone in the room raised their glasses as the guards of the north said: "May the winter For a short time, midsummer stays forever!"

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Although Robb was young, he had already gained his own prestige by virtue of the two wars. He said that he would not talk about business affairs, so during the rest of the banquet, everyone really stopped talking about it.The princes in the north are not aware of the open and secret struggle between the conservatives and the reformers among the night watchmen-in fact, except for people like Roose Bolton who have a more sensitive eye and sense of smell, most of them may even divide the night watchmen into Neither faction is clear.

The joy of returning alive from the south with a lot of loot and countless glory has not faded. At this moment, they are on the site of the closest night watchman ever, surrounded by the warm air baked by the fireplace and full of security. Eating meat and drinking in big bowls, I quickly entered the state.

The wine was hot, and Earl Glover suddenly remembered something, put down his glass, turned to Robb and said, "Lord Robb, there is one more thing I have to report to you... No, no, it has nothing to do with the Great Wall, it is the Iron Islands." Over there. I brought Asha Greyjoy, who was captured by Lord Egger in Deepwood Motte, back to the castle, and prepared to exchange Robert's two children, but before we sent out the letter requesting the exchange of prisoners, then Helping the pirates sent Gavin and Aina back in advance."

"Huh?" Robb also put down his glass, curious: "That's impossible, how many days is the flight from the Iron Islands to Deepwood Moor... two children... I mean, are they okay?"

"Except for a little grievance, there is no missing hand or foot-in fact, not a single hair missing." The father of two children, Robert Glover, replied with a shrug, judging from his relaxed expression. It can be seen that the two children are indeed all right. "The Ironborn who sent them back also brought back a message from Uncle Asha Greyjoy—Let us release the female pirate directly, and don't send it back to the Iron Islands."

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The hall was still bustling, but the table full of key people was quiet. The night watchman officers who had stayed at the Great Wall for a long time had no idea what the northern nobles were discussing, while the rest of the northern people...including Iger , but completely fell into the situation where Monk Zhang Er couldn't figure it out.

Since Aegon rode a dragon to conquer this continent, the frequency and intensity of conflicts among the Seven Kingdoms have dropped drastically compared to before the unification.But the feudal nature of Westeros remains unchanged: and among the nobles and lords, some customary things are still as sacred and inviolable as the "everyone is equal" that people shout in modern society-among them, the rules for treating and disposing of captives The method is a very important part.

In war, no one can guarantee undefeated victory, and everyone may be captured alive.Nobles hope that when they are captured, they can have enough food and clothing, gain basic respect, and finally return home safely... To judge others by themselves, when treating the captives they captured, the nobles often guarantee certain treatment.To put it nicely, it is called "chivalry", even if the essence is "don't do to others what you don't want to do to yourself".

Among them, especially on the exchange of captives, the nobles have a complete set of unspoken rules:

What level of captive corresponds to what level of price tag.Commoners, knights, lords... ranging from a few silver coins to thousands of gold dragons, the more prominent the status and the richer the family, the more ransom they are worth. Although the price is not clearly marked, the amount will definitely be controlled within a "reasonable" range Inside, the lion will never open his mouth and rush to the point of forcing others to go bankrupt.

In addition to ransom, there is another kind of exchange, that is, "trading people for people".

Captives of the same level can be exchanged - Patriarch to Patriarch, Heir to Heir, Ordinary Member to Ordinary Member. If there is obvious disparity between each other, then one can be exchanged for more, or one can be exchanged for one with some Golden Dragons added. head to show fairness.

For example: In the original plot, Jaime Lannister was captured in the Battle of the Whispering Forest. If the Stark family exchanged him for Eddard Stark, their patriarch, then this would be an occupation got a cheap deal.It is precisely because Cersei and Pychel are unwilling to suffer a loss that they refuse to exchange prisoners directly, and instead ask Ed to put on black clothes and quit politics as a "addition" to this unequal transaction.

But here's the thing—the plan went awry at the last step, and Ed was beheaded by that idiot Joffrey's order, and there was no way to change it.

Negotiations broke down, and the two sides continued to fight desperately. In this case, Caitlin Tully hoped to exchange the Kingslayer for her two daughters.Regrettably, this is a completely unacceptable exchange: as the only son of Tywin, Jaime is the heir of the western region in the latter's mind, and he is also a well-known martial arts master in the Seven Kingdoms and one of the main enemy generals .The political and military significance that controls him is by no means equal to the two daughters of the Stark family... This has nothing to do with feelings, but a recognized fact.

It was precisely because Robb knew this that he suppressed his worries about his two younger sisters and continued to detain James.

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But in this world, is it a fair deal for the North to exchange Asha Greyjoy for Robert Glover's children?

The Greyjoy family is the lord family of the Iron Islands, and Asha is regarded as the heir by Balon. Her rank is "heir to the duke", which is on the same level as James.

Looking back at the northern side: Robert is not the lord of Deepwood Castle, but Earl Glover's younger brother and heir.His children are important members of the family, but they are not the core members... They don't even reach the level of "Heir of the Earl", they are just children of the "Heir of the Earl".

It seems that this is a completely unequal exchange, even if one is exchanged for two, the North will suffer a big loss.

Fortunately, Asha's situation is special, she is not a normal "Duke heir" level prisoner.In this patriarchal world, her status as a daughter automatically lowered her status by one level, and the Iron Islands changed again, being occupied by her uncle.A woman who can no longer inherit the Iron Islands has also fallen to the level of "important but not core".

Now, exchanging her for the Glover family's two children, a boy and a girl, became a fair deal.

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A fair deal can often satisfy both parties, and a deal that is satisfactory to both parties will usually cause no problems—this means: as long as the Iron Islands agree to exchange prisoners and return the two children, Deepwood Castle will definitely follow the agreement and send Ah Sha An was safely handed over to the people who came to pick her up, and there was no thought of tearing up the ticket or breaking the contract at all.

But now the strange thing is: before the negotiation started, the Iron Islands took the initiative to send back the two children, throwing away all their chips.

Where in the world is there such a good thing as a pie in the sky?

Even Roose Bolton, who was always expressionless, showed a puzzled look on his face: "It doesn't make sense, why did the Greyjoy family do that?"

"After some inquiries and investigations, I have some clues. This is not what the Greyjoys mean, but Roderick Harlow, Asha's uncle-her mother's brother, Harlow It is the personal decision of the head of the Isle and Ten Towers and the head of House Harlow." In the common language of Westeros, uncle and uncle are not distinguished, so Robert has to explain this: "We all know that if A Sha returned to the Iron Islands as a prisoner exchange, and nine times out of ten she would be imprisoned or even killed by her uncle, the lunatic Euron Greyjoy. Rodrik probably didn't want his niece to end up like this, so he would Take it upon yourself and send the chips back before we make a deal with Euron."

"So that's how it is. It's really a touching family relationship." Robb heard the story of the scholar Rodrik, and nodded after listening to it: "Since the child is fine, you just release her as promised, and you don't need to report to me."

"No, my lord, I think so. If I release Asha, she will be homeless, and it is very likely that she will gather some stragglers to start a business of wandering pirates on the west coast of the North - this is very important to me in the North." Unfavorable, so I ordered her to be sent back to Winterfell to wait for your decision."

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Robb frowned displeasedly: "Since they sent the child back, how can we break our promise and bear the stigma of not keeping promises because of some inexplicable worries? Let her go, if she chooses to be a pirate to harass the northern coastline , then next time we meet, we won't spare her life!"

Roose Bolton didn't drink much, and he shook his head calmly: "My lord, didn't you hear what Glover said—the Harlow family sent the child before Deepwood Castle issued a request to exchange prisoners?" Come back, the negotiation between the two parties has not yet started, there is no agreement, so naturally there is no breaking the promise. We will not let people go, there is no problem at all."

"Haven't the negotiation started yet?" Robb was relieved, and after pondering for a while, he said again: "That's good. What do you adults think, how should I deal with him?"

"If you kill her, you'll be done. It will cost one more person's food to keep her."

"Let's keep it. The Iron Islands are going to war under the leadership of that lunatic Euron, and they may come to us in the future. If someone from any family is captured again, we can get a few people back!"

"The Crow's Eye can't wait for us to lock up her niece for the rest of her life!"

"Not to mention anything else, the prisoners of Harlow's family will definitely be exchanged for two."

"Haha, Asha's nerdy uncle sent back the Glover family's two children on his own initiative. The 'King of the Iron Islands' must be very angry. He should first think about how to save his own life, and then consider our northern border. Come grab money and grab food!"

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The princes of the northern border were chattering, while Iger silently fiddled with the food on the plate with a fork, without saying a word.

Before the exchange of prisoners had begun, the two children of the Glover family were released. This seemed strange, but it was explained clearly that it was what happened.Simply summed up in one sentence: the intricate factional struggles within the Iron Islands.

Asha means to the Iron Islands what Joffrey means to Westeros, especially the Lannisters: when the time is right, she can be dressed in yellow robes and used to make a big fuss-those who secretly still object Crow's Eye Euron's Iron Islands didn't want such an important pawn, Asha, to be killed by Euron for no apparent reason.

Based on his understanding of Robb, it is impossible to kill prisoners... But if Asha is really released, this woman will most likely try to go to Long Ma, in case the enemies in the north Holding the true dragon flag and leading the three dragons of the Targaryen family to return to Westeros, it will inevitably be another big trouble for the North and itself.

Iger was bright in his heart, but this matter had nothing to do with him, so he watched the show with peace of mind, and observed the other night watchmen on the table by the way.