The king on the Great Wall

The office also has a small backyard of tens of square meters. As far as this location is concerned, it can be said to be quite luxurious. Originally, Iger planned to plant some flowers and plants here, and then build a hut, but now it seems that it can be sent On to other uses.

Iger went to the corner and picked up the training sword, turned around to hand it to the girl, but turned around and saw her holding the slender rapier sword that Jon had given him.

"A beautiful little sword, like a sewing needle."

"How do you know it's called a sewing needle!" The girl's eyes lit up, and she suddenly felt that she had found a confidant.

I also know who forged it and who gave it to you, Iger secretly said, smiling amiably: "Very well, then it seems that we have a good resonance in aesthetics, now, put away your sewing needles Bar."

"Can I just practice with this one?"

"This is a real sword. Do you want to kill me, or will you be killed by me?" The man shook his head: "Come on, we agreed to listen to the master."

"Then I took it all away quietly. If I take it back again, my father will probably find out."

He will not confiscate the sword, Iger did not say this, he is very busy, and the plan needs to establish a close relationship with the girl as soon as possible: "You can put it here with me, and I will keep it for you. When you are almost ready, Maybe we can compete with real swords."

"That's it..." Arya hesitated for a while, "It seems okay, so I don't have to worry about the nun looking through my things all the time!"

"Then it's decided, come on, take the sword."

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Chapter 69 Fencing Lesson and First Client

In terms of swordsmanship level, Iger may not even be half of the chief swordsman that Arya's father invited, but teaching a girl with no foundation in swordsmanship is not a competition after all, and those with high levels do not necessarily have an overwhelming advantage.

Iger still clearly remembers that his physical education teacher taught him physics in junior high school... It sounds like an outdated joke, but it is true.When I was in junior high school, my parents were busy starting a business, so I went to a small run-down school in my hometown. In that small campus, there was no shortage of Chinese and math teachers... I had to recruit everything else, and my head teacher was just from sports. A young woman who graduated from high school, a whole class of physical education and physics was taught by herself.

The physics level of the class teacher who is a half-way monk can be described as extremely low. She is preparing lessons while studying by herself. Funny situation.But what is interesting is that even under such extremely backward and harsh conditions, the physics performance of the class is still far ahead of the other two classes led by teachers who graduated from the normal school.

For enlightenment, whether knowledge is profound is not the decisive factor, what is more important is whether the teaching method can be listened to, whether the content is easy to understand, whether the teaching attitude is correct, and whether you have set a good example with all your heart and soul——can serve If students lay a solid foundation and cultivate students' interest in learning, then as an enlightenment teacher, they are qualified.

It is true that the homeroom teacher and physics teacher who graduated from the sports school can never teach high school physics to anyone, but the way she lectures carefully and patiently guides and answers every student’s question is firmly imprinted in Iger’s mind until Iger graduated from the physics department of the university .Even today, he still firmly believes that what he met back then was the "best" junior high school physics teacher.

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Now, he is about to play the role of Arya's first swordsmanship teacher. Although his level is average, he believes that as long as he is serious and patient, he will not be worse than Sir Alliser.

The most direct purpose of Iger agreeing to the girl's request to learn swordsmanship is to establish a good relationship with a member of the Stark family, so as to more conveniently benefit from Ed's "Hand of the King" in case of emergency.With a clear goal, he will naturally not be as strict and meticulous as the dance teacher from Braavos in the original plot... He didn't play any tricks of throwing the sword to see if she could catch it, and handed it in a very regular manner. The girl was given a lighter training sword, and she was shown how to hold the sword and how to stand by hand, and the lesson began.

Arya is left-handed, which is quite interesting. According to a saying I heard before traveling, the reaction speed of the left hand will be faster than that of the right hand. Maybe she is born to be an excellent swordsman.

"There is no great swordsmanship in the world, there are only countless sword skills and defensive and offensive actions: stabbing, chopping, slashing, thrusting, bumping, sweeping... etc. for attacking; dodging, blocking, parrying, pushing away... etc. for defense ” Iger is not good at learning and dare not mislead his disciples, he only picks what he heard from Gary and Sir Alliser Thorne, which is absolutely correct and universally applicable, saying: “What a swordsman has to do is Learn and master these movement techniques and know when and in what combination to use them."

"We start with the basics, get the basics down, and when the time is right, you can decide for yourself what technique and style is best for you."

Iger began to teach the girl the most basic sword movements. There may be hundreds of people in the world who can do these movements more beautifully and proficiently than themselves, but they will not necessarily teach Arya better.Iger only started learning swords more than a year ago, and now this shortcoming has become an advantage—he still clearly remembers the difficulties and doubts he encountered during the entry process, as well as the solutions he finally came up with.To the Night's Watch's surprise, the little she-wolf mastered it so quickly that she soon asked to learn new tricks.

"How long will I be doing these moves?"

"It can't be too long. These are the most basic movements. You just want to run after learning to walk? If you think you can, then try to attack me."

There was a ping-pong-pong fight, and Arya didn't even touch the corner of Iger's clothes.

"The skirt is in the way! Can I take it off?"

"No, overcoming difficulties, you are a girl, Miss Stark, there will be many occasions and opportunities to wear skirts in the future, will the enemy give you a chance to change pants?"

"Well...why do girls wear skirts? It's so convenient and comfortable to wear pants!"

"Don't throw the pot on the skirt, come and continue practicing!"

"It's not fair, this sword is heavier than my sewing needle!"

"Much lighter than a real sword! Besides, are you going to use sewing needles for the rest of your life?"

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Amidst Arya's murmurs about skirts and training swords, the two practice until lunchtime.After eating something, Iger took the initiative to take a break. There is no need to rush the progress. The amount of training is heavy. Whether the girl can bear it is one thing. What Iger is afraid of is that she learns too fast, and he will be exhausted within a month.

They returned to the inner office and chatted while relaxing in the chairs. As "teacher and apprentice", the two had only met a few times before and knew too little about each other.As for Iger personally—he also hopes to quickly close the relationship with the Stark girl through a few heart-to-heart talks, just like attracting Tyrion’s attention through nonsense in Winterfell that day—the content, Naturally, it is tailor-made for this playful and willful little girl based on "Cai Na" as the template.

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As expected, Arya was quickly attracted by the carefully woven lie. What Iger told the girl was naturally not the advanced technology and system of "adoption", but the concept of gender equality and the atmosphere of freedom and openness that the ice and fire world lacks most. : In that distant country west of the Sunset Sea, girls can also freely learn swordsmanship, and can also enter the army or even become government officials through normal channels... and probably the most important thing for many girls-can choose their own husbands, even Ask for a divorce when dissatisfied.

If it's just these, at most Arya has longed for that fictional country, but waited until I heard that Iger had an accident while traveling around the world and came to Westeros and became a night watchman, girl Light came out of his eyes.

"You are an adventurer!" The girl's blood was almost boiling, maybe it would be more appropriate to say that the soul of the middle school is burning?Iger instantly became her new idol: "When will you go home, take me with you on your next adventure~"

"God knows when I'll be able to return home. There are no ships in Westeros that can safely cross the Sunset Sea."

"That's it... well, let me tell you some more adventure stories!"

"Stop practicing sword?"

"Wait a minute, don't worry."

The girl’s point of interest changes so quickly that people are caught off guard. This is a little troublesome. It’s easy to make up some stories about Cai Na. After all, in a sense, Iger is indeed from "Cai Na", but he is not real. Adventurer...Of course, he has never eaten pork but has seen pigs run. He has loved reading fantasy and adventure novels since he was a child. Searching his memory, picking out some and processing them into his own private goods, it is not difficult for him.

Just as Iger was making up the story, Tyrion's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Iger, come out to pick up the guests, the first bond buyer is here!"

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Chapter 70 The Angry Buyer

Didn't Tyrion go to find the young man who made paper? Why did he appear here at this moment and successfully pull the pimp for the first time?Also, the two clearly agreed to wait for the seal to arrive before starting this matter, why did they start earlier?

A bunch of doubts are stuck in my mind, but in general, fundraising is also a kind of alternative business, and for businessmen, it is not a bad thing to have customers anyway.

Stopping the adventure story he was telling, Iger stood up and opened the door to leave the "office" and came to the outside of the office.

Against the little devil's familiar short figure, a figure that Iger knew looked so tall and tall, so beyond his expectations.

"Ser James!"

"little devil!"

Along with Iger's surprised voice, Arya's happy and excited cry sounded at the same time.

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Great, the unopened Night Watch office at this moment is really full of big names, Tyrion and James, two important figures of the Lannister family, and Arya, the youngest daughter of the Stark family, together with several The guards wearing the costumes of Stark and Lannister... For a moment, Iger thought that he hadn't time-traveled, but had stumbled into the backstage of the "Game of Thrones" crew by mistake.

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Seeing Arya running out of the night watchman's office, Tyrion was as surprised as Igger who recognized James. He didn't like people calling him by nicknames, but he had nothing to worry about with a little girl. So he greeted friendly and frankly: "Good afternoon, Arya, why are you here?"

"I'm learning the sword from my master."

"You, learn sword?"

Ten-year-old Arya was about the same height as Tyrion, and the two of them chatted, and the conversation between James and Iger also began.

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"what on earth do you want?"

James frowned, and did not hide his inner irritability at all: Whenever he recalled the mess that happened in Winterfell, he felt a little unreal—he and Cersei had always been careful about their affair, so it had been years since he had been caught. Robert found out, but he didn't know which muscle in his head was burned that day, and he continued to have a tryst with the audacity of being seen.That's fine, but it was so hard to die later that it frightened the child of the Stark family.

(You night watchman who knows too much, why don't you stay on the Great Wall and wait to die, what are you doing in King's Landing?)

Iger heard the subtext of the Kingslayer, secretly said something bad, and wanted to avoid other important plot characters to make a fortune silently, but who wanted Tyrion to pull his brother over directly.Although I suggested that he start with his own people around him, but this... is too "one's own people".

You can't show your cowardice, and you can't let James think that you are here to blackmail him. After thinking about it, Iger can only play Tai Chi: "I am under the order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Night Watch, and come to King's Landing to raise food, grass and armaments to resist the wildlings."

(I'm not here to trouble you couple, I'm here to deal with business.)

"Hmph, there are so many people in the Night Watch Legion, it happened to be you, what a coincidence."

(Pull it down, who will believe it?)

"Thanks to the Commander-in-Chief's respect, I will be fully responsible for the logistics work of the Night Watchman for the time being."

(I'm telling the truth, believe it or not.)

"Okay, since Tyrion and you are friends, give me a copy of your bond."

(Count me unlucky, can I spend money to eliminate the disaster?)

"Great, then invite Sir James to take a seat first, and I will explain to you the details of the night watchman's bond trading rules and returns."

(If you don’t believe me, I’m not going to have trouble with money.)

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While Tyrion was dealing with Arya, who was overly interested in dwarves, he never missed the conversation between Iger and his brother. It sounded normal, but why did something always seem wrong?

"Okay, alright, Arya, you will have many chances to meet me in the future, can we get down to business with your master today?"

"Okay, what are you guys going to do, what are Night's Watch Bonds?"

"Come in, you'll understand after listening." Iger rubbed his head and invited a few people into the office with a headache.Moving stools and chairs, everyone, including Arya, sat down.

"No need to explain, isn't it just one hundred gold dragons, just tell me how many copies you want me to buy."

(Don't play so many tricks, how much money can you shut up?)

I don't know if it's overthinking or an illusion, Iger always feels that he and James can understand each other's heart, and is thinking about how to respond, Tyrion interrupted the subtext exchange between the two in doubt: "What's wrong with you? James, didn't you say you're free today at noon, why are you so anxious when you get to the place?"

"It's nothing." James folded his arms in front of his chest and sighed, "It's just that when I see people in black clothes, I feel inexplicably uncomfortable."

"I didn't know you had this problem." Tyrion rolled his eyes.

"Just got it." James looked at Iger, and then at another brat of the Stark family: "Why don't you let your apprentice play for a while?"

"Why?" Arya protested, pouted. "Why are you so sneaky!"

"It's okay, let her stay here." Iger shook his head. In fact, he didn't want Arya to get in touch with the Night Watchman Bonds, but this itself is not a secret. Just getting acquainted with each other is a critical period for establishing a relationship. If she was forced to shut the door, it would be a bad idea for the curious baby to get emotional and go back and tell Ed that he and the two Lannisters had a "secret meeting" in the room. "Then, next, I will explain to Sir James in detail the detailed rules of the bond of the Night Watchman."

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After several rounds of discussions and changes in the past few days, the mature version of the detailed rules of the bond has already been released. Based on the minor revisions of the original content, they added some supplementary clauses, and added a line at the bottom of the world they lived in before they traveled. Very common, practically invalid rogue clause: The final interpretation of this bond belongs to the Night's Watch Corps.

In front of James and Arya, Iger clearly read out and explained the rules one by one according to the instructions. The second lady of the Stark family listened carefully at first with a face full of curiosity, and soon called Yawning and losing interest, King Slayer, on the contrary, looked impatient at first, but became serious after listening.

"It's understandable to say that you came to King's Landing this time without any money and need to borrow some temporarily. But after listening to your explanation, it is clear that you want to borrow for a long time. Why don't you let your commander-in-chief send someone to bring the money? The Great Wall arrives at King's Landing. Riding on horseback, it will take a month."

It hit the nail on the head at once, and Iger was a little surprised. He thought that James before the severed hand was a simple-minded guy who acted impulsively, and anyone thought he had a clear mind.

"Sir James is one of his own, so I won't hide it from you. The Night Watch Corps is facing a huge threat and needs a lot of armaments and supplies immediately... and the long summer is coming to an end, and the northern princes have already begun to prepare for winter. Time can't fully support the Great Wall, we can only think of various ways, put our face down, get through this for a while, and talk about the later things later."

"You haven't paid any money in a short period of time, so you can only rely on interest to attract creditors and pay them back slowly over a long period of time? But the money lent to the king is guaranteed by the state's finances. What's the point of lending to the night watchman? ?”

James is Tyrion's older brother, but they are not the same person after all, and naturally he cannot tell him the core secrets. At this point, it is almost the same.

Tyrion intervened to make a rescue: "This loan is mortgaged by the land grant and all assets of the Night Watch Corps, and the prime minister and I guarantee it. Anyway, we will declare it to the outside world. In fact, Iger and I plan to do something. King's Landing earns a lot of votes to solve follow-up issues."

"Making a lot of money? I never knew you were still in business."

"Hmph, you will be surprised when the time comes, just say whether you support me or not."

James smiled, he finally believed that Iger didn't come to King's Landing to blackmail him: "Of course I support you, who told you to be my dearest brother, I bought two hundred for it, and you guys have made great achievements." , you don’t have to pay it back if it’s not done, just treat it as my donation to the Night Watchman Corps, don’t keep borrowing it.”

After he finished speaking, he looked at Iger, his eyes clearly said: (Take it as a hush money for you guy, don't be greedy.)

There was nothing the night watchman could do about it, he shrugged his shoulders slightly, and didn't give any futile explanations, so as not to make the description darker.

"Okay, let's start filling out the bonds."

"Jack went to get the seal, but he hasn't come back yet, what should we do?"

"Just print it with your hands, there's no need to be so troublesome." Tyrion waved his hand, took out the blank bond he had copied from the drawer, dipped the quill pen into the ink, and started writing.

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Chapter 71 The First Bond

"Debtor: Night's Watch Legion, Purchaser and Creditor: Jaime Lannister, Purchase Amount: Two Hundred Golden Dragons, Time: Aegon Calendar 298..."

While thinking and writing, Tyrion quickly filled most of the vacancy on the bond. It just so happened that Jack, who had left early to do errands, also finished the two things Iger told him at this time. The seal ordered by Tyrion was brought back to the Night Watchman's office-this first bond, there is no need to regret it.

"These grids on the back are used when the bond needs to be transferred due to lack of money. The bond can be sold to another person by endorsing the date of transfer, the signature of the original owner and the successor, and fingerprints."

"I've never known what it's like to be short of money." James said flatly - obviously, no one in the room doubted this.

"I believe it, but at least let me recite the lines and rehearse it." Tyrion finished everything and handed the bond to Iger. "Okay, this first bond will be signed and sealed by my guarantor. Once the credit of the Night Watch Corps is established, this step can be saved, here."

"Chief Logistics Officer of the Night Watchman" nodded, lowered his head and signed his name in the column of the person in charge: Iger West.

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