The king on the Great Wall

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Putting Iger himself in the position of Margaery, he would not be persuaded by himself. Under such circumstances, he forced a bargain. Hitting cotton had little effect—he tried to explain that the technology was worth more than five hundred gold dragons, but Margery pretended not to understand; try to convince her with curves, this girl’s ability to ramble around and reach the target with curves is better than He is stronger.Whether it's the level of talk or the quality of routines, Iger is completely suppressed by this girl who is ten years younger than him... When it comes to talking about the price, the two sides should have let me give me a little bit, and I will back half a point to make the differences smaller and smaller of.But this time, after a lot of negotiation, the two sides still failed to reach an agreement... Margaery pouted "grievously", while Iger was so disgusted that his hairs stood on end.

If it wasn't for the sake of money, he would have found an excuse to leave and found a place to go quietly by himself.

……

"Master, you agreed to accept my challenge!" Arya seemed to have completed her warm-up, her little face was flushed, she held a sword and pushed the door to urge Iger: "Can you hurry up, it's almost lunch time Already!"

"Wait a little longer, it's over right away!" Unreasonable, Iger gritted his teeth and resorted to the final killer move: "Since Miss Margery refuses to make concessions, let's go for five hundred gold dragons, but at this price you can only buy I will ask Nina to sort out the written principles of papermaking technology and deliver them to you, so this cooperation will come to an end!"

"Since Master Iger thinks so, then we might as well do as you say." Seeing Iger's exasperated expression, Margaret's eyes flickered with a mocking smile.But the face immediately showed panic and apology: "The technology itself is five hundred gold dragons, I think it's worth it - in addition, the management and operation methods are five hundred, and the personnel are provided to assist and guide five hundred, a total of fifteen hundred gold dragons, my lord... ...how about this?"

Damn, it's a trick, could it be that she is just waiting for herself to say this?

Seeing Margaret's barely concealed provocative eyes, Iger suddenly realized: In this negotiation, the girl is not trying to save hundreds of thousands of gold dragons for Gao Ting, but is playing with herself and repaying her previous attitude. Be indifferent and beware of excessive hatred!

To deal with this kind of opponent, one must either put a knife on her neck, or wait until she develops to overwhelm her with force... Talking about it with lip service is useless.

Women are really not easy to mess with. Fortunately, Margaery is not Cersei, at least she won't want to kill herself.Iger sighed inwardly, got angry, and finally tried again: "Add another five hundred! It's not because something is worth the price, but because the Night Watchman industry is a profitable organization. As the chief logistics officer, I want to provide People's Legion makes money! We are still expanding our projects, and there will be more ways to make money in the future. This time I can make money so that we can have the next opportunity to cooperate. I say this, can Miss Margery Do you understand and accept it?"

"Your Excellency is so sincere, I have nothing to say, so let's say two thousand—the extra five hundred golden dragons should be used as a donation from the River Bend to the defenders of the Great Wall." It was said by Margaret that it was a donation, she showed a tricky smile, as if influenced by Arya's existence, she suddenly became easy to talk: "The money, I will send my subordinates to send it in the afternoon, as for the person I want and Things, I would like to trouble my lord to get them together as soon as possible, I hope that I can leave King’s Landing in a few days and take them with me along the way.”

Iger breathed a sigh of relief. Although staying with such a scheming girl was considered torture, the transaction price finally met his psychological expectations.Gaoting's market is destined to be inaccessible by itself, and it is also a good choice to use technology to quickly withdraw cash. With my modern knowledge and vision, I am afraid that I will not be able to quickly make money from money to money?

"Nina, write this down and arrange it as soon as possible."

"Yes, my lord!"

This price negotiation lasted for so long, the pot of drink that Nina brought was almost shared by Iger and Margery.After negotiating the price, the two did not argue about the next details, but quickly reached a consensus: Iger must quickly select from outstanding employees to form a complete technical backbone team. Ten days later, Margaery went on the road with her when she returned to Highgarden, and the Tyrell family was responsible for the board, lodging, wages and bonuses of this group of people before completing the task in the Reach.

"Well - I'm the same too." Oberyn was a bachelor, didn't say a word, and directly picked up Little Rose's ready-made bargaining results.The appearance of paying two thousand gold dragons without even blinking an eye is quite like a domineering prince.

Although the second workshop has not yet been completed, Tyrion has already ordered people to train workers and grass-roots team leaders for several production lines that have not yet started. Now... these people who are waiting for work in the industrial park will have something to do immediately up!

***

Although the taste of goosebumps all over the body was uncomfortable, everyone was happy in the ending.The negotiation was over, and it was time to say goodbye to each other and go home for lunch, but Margaery found a new target. She changed her face in half a second, and looked curiously at Nina, who was sitting on Nina's seat holding a sword. Eyeing Egger with all her eyes—the girl who was about to challenge the Night's Watch just as he finished his business.

She asked tentatively softly, "This...is Miss Arya Stark?"

"Yeah." Arya has practiced swordsmanship in the office for more than three months, and has been seen by countless customers of the night watchman industry, and she has long been accustomed to chatting up.She glanced at Margaery, expressionless: "Hello."

"I'm Margaery Tyrell, I didn't expect to meet you here, Miss Stark!" Margaery didn't care about the girl's indifference, but introduced herself to Arya cheerfully, "Are you practicing sword here?"

"That's right..." Arya blinked, and was used to the surprised eyes of people seeing girls practice swords, so she deliberately added: "My father allowed it!"

"God, you are so happy. I have wanted to practice sword since I was a child, but my father forbade me because I am a girl!" Margaret said in an exaggerated envious tone, and then quickly changed into an annoyed expression: "I Countless times I dreamed that I was wearing a skirt and dancing a sword under the moon, but in fact, I haven't even touched the sword a few times."

Although Arya is smart, how can she beat Little Rose's tricks?It was the first time she met a girl who not only didn't question her, but envied her ability to practice swords, she immediately felt that she was not only beautiful, but also so kind and pleasant: "You can practice secretly, your family should be in Gaoting, you are now In King's Landing, how do they know what you're doing?"

"But there are my parents' guards by my side, and they are all staring at me."

"You can come here, my master and I will cover you, and you just say that you will practice female red with me inside!" Arya rolled her eyes, and immediately gave an idea for her new friend, even the real owner of this place I don't care about my thoughts anymore: "Let my master stop your guards outside the door, but in fact we are practicing swords in the backyard, and I will teach you!"

"Is it really possible?!" Margaret looked at the night watchman with anticipation eyes that Iger could hardly distinguish between true and false, and pitifully asked the master for permission: "If it causes trouble, I am willing to pay the venue usage fee and tuition... ..."

Arya jumped up and grabbed Iger's sleeve: "Master, you are the best, I know you will agree!"

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Chapter 136

Huh... what happened?

Iger had just negotiated two deals of two thousand gold dragons, and was thinking about where to invest the four thousand gold dragons, so he relaxed and froze for less than a minute, his precious apprentice... in front of him His face was abducted!

Margaret's live skill demonstration of "instantly turning strangers into friends" is simply jaw-dropping - her seamless transition from an aggressive business negotiator to a "Girl in Highgarden who loves swordplay but has no chance to learn" , really showed Iger's face, if he didn't have a keyboard in his hand, he would definitely type a series of 666.

If I hadn't gotten to know this girl from the perspective of God, the meeting I had with her in the coalition army camp before would probably not have been much better than Arya... A guy full of charm and emotional intelligence is really scary.

She had been refusing to give in half a step before on the price, but after Arya came out, she suddenly became easy to talk to. Did she just want to get rid of herself quickly so that she could trap the Prime Minister's daughter?

Does this mean: Even if she asked for [-] just now, she would agree?

Wait, Margaery, as the only daughter of the Tyrell family, and the little Rose who came to Robert's side with the mission of the family, how could she have time to come here to practice sword every day?

……

"Hey, agree quickly!"

Arya's shaking interrupted Iger's train of thought. He thought for a while, then nodded helplessly: "Okay."

(I have to tell Nina to put away the documents in the office later, the guy who might steal the information quietly...Jaqen is enough trouble, don't have another one.)

"Master, you are the best." Arya happily rubbed Iger's arm, then dragged him from behind the table and dragged him to the backyard: "Come on, I want to challenge you, let Miss Margaret see The result after I practiced for a few months!"

"You want to challenge Lord Iger?" Margaery showed curiosity, and suddenly remembered and said, "Oh, I almost forgot to introduce you, the person next to me is Prince Oberyn Martell. Lover, Ellaria Sand."

"Oh, hello, Lord Oberyn...and Ms. Ellaria." Arya greeted the two Dornishmen according to Iger's initial request, and then her eyes widened suddenly: " Huh, Oberyn? Are you the 'Red Viper'?"

"Probably me, it's just a nickname from my friends." Oberyn nodded at Arya with a smile.

"Lord Oberyn is a well-known and outstanding warrior in the Seven Kingdoms." Margaery said, "The people in Westeros who can defeat him can be counted on one hand."

Without Margaret's introduction, how could Arya have never heard of the name of the Red Viper?She looked at Prince Dorne curiously for a while, and a comparison naturally appeared in the child's mind: "Master, who is better, the Red Viper or you?"

"Naturally, the prince is very powerful, and I am no match for ten of them." If ten Igers go up together, the result is hard to say, but if they go up one by one, this sentence is really not a joke.Iger answered honestly, to be reasonable, comparing myself with him is already too much to think of myself: "I have already competed with the prince, and he was merciful, so I surrendered consciously."

The Night's Watch is still impressed by the joust in the barracks. How merciful was Oberyn in that battle?If you want to use an analogy, it's like playing table tennis - Oberyn gave up ten balls to himself first, but in the end he still lost at 10:12. People who don't know how to do it can only see that the scores are not much different. It seems that the situation is stalemate in the end. One side lost.But the parties themselves know that there is no problem in continuing to fight until 10:100 or even 10:1000. If they can find an opportunity to surrender and leave the field before making a fool of themselves, it is already the best ending.

"Master Iger is also very strong, and I learned a lot from that match."

Dornish people actually know how to be polite? If you are talking about the experience of torture, then there is no problem... Iger laughed at himself in his heart, and suddenly realized that something was wrong, but unfortunately it was too late—Arya threw him away and ran to the opposite side of the table "That's great, I'm going to challenge you, Prince Oberyn!"

"Huh?" The Dornishman didn't understand the situation for a while: "Why?"

"Your little admirer wants to challenge you, do you still need a reason?" His mistress also giggled, twisted from his lap and returned to the original seat: "Go, meet Miss Stark one time?"

"Arya, don't mess around." Iger frowned, "I've only studied for a few months, and you want to compete with others who have practiced for more than ten years? I will accompany you in the afternoon, and you can challenge me as many times as you want. no?"

The reputation of the "Red Viper" was not based on rumors. People who lost their lives or became disabled in a martial arts competition with him could fill this room with people.When I was pushed out of the crowd in the barracks to confront him that day, even if there was no wrongdoing, didn't I dare to go up after I resolutely confessed and said a lot of good things?Although Oberyn had no reason to hurt Arya, but there are no absolutes, and if the girl is a little surprised, he, the temporary guardian, will be in bad luck.

"No, anyway, I just want to see a master. Of course, the more powerful the better!" Arya didn't look at Iger, and pulled Oberyn to the backyard. The little she-wolf looked thin and small, and she was really strong. Not to be underestimated, Leng Shi pulled the Red Viper from the seat and stood up.

"Okay, okay, little guy, don't pull me, I can walk." Oberyn smiled helplessly, as if he also found Arya very interesting: "Get me the same sword, so I won't bully you .”

"Prince Oberyn!" Margaery also became nervous. Her elder brother Vilas Tyrell was limped during the duel with the Red Viper. Doesn’t it prove that a sword has no eyes? She originally wanted to make friends with Arya, get some information about the scandal between the queen and her younger brother from the prime minister’s daughter, and see if it’s necessary to stay in King’s Landing and wait and see... out of courtesy I just introduced Prince Dorne to her. If there is an accident because of these few words, the trip to the north, which was not going well at all, will really come back completely in vain: "Please—please Be careful."

A smile appeared on the corner of Red Viper's mouth: "Don't be nervous, I don't play dangerous tricks."

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Everyone followed Arya and Oberyn to the backyard anxiously.Jia Kun was sitting on the bench, resting and drinking water, showing surprise at the sudden influx of so many people.Hearing that Arya was going to challenge Oberyn, she couldn't help but look at him a few more times, hesitated for a while, and then picked a training sword that was exactly the same as the small sword in Arya's hand according to his request, and threw it to the prince.

The two walked into the arena and stood face to face, this contest is also very similar.

"Come on." Facing a little girl, Oberyn didn't even show his posture, and shook the wooden sword in his hand like playing with a toy: "Use your best moves and let me see, the patience of the poisonous snake...is very poor Oh."

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Chapter 137 Lessons

Arya does have a very high talent for swordsmanship, but some things can't be mastered only by being smart or studying for a period of time on the training ground-Iger can face off with the Red Viper for a few seconds and realize that she is not an opponent at all, because During Castle Black and Beyond the Wall, he had fought or fought with countless night watchman brothers or wildlings. He had not high-level, but effective experience and vision experience.

But the girl's judgment of other people's strength is still at the stage of "fame", "hearing" and guessing.She only knew that Oberyn was stronger than Iger, but how could she know how powerful?

***

Without much hesitation, Arya stepped on a semi-circular arc around the challenger, took a few light steps, made a small sprint feint, and confidently stabbed at the target with the wooden sword. Belly of Oberyn.

It was pretty fast, Iger was a little surprised.

It's really fast, but it's not a threat to the Red Viper.

"Left shoulder," said Oberyn, and with a light movement of his hand, he snapped aside Arya's little sword with the short wooden stick, and tapped her round head on her left shoulder.

The girl was unprotected, which made Oberyn feel tricky... but anyway, the weapon had to touch the opponent, and that was the point.It is necessary to let the other party understand what happened, so as not to deny the account after the fight.

In a contest, it is far more difficult to ensure that the opponent is not injured at all than to win or lose. Fortunately, Arya is far from the heat.

"oops!"

Everyone only watched Arya launch an attack, and then quickly backed away as if she had been stabbed by a needle. She stood still and rubbed her left shoulder with her right hand in doubt.Her cry and movements made the audience nervous a little, such a baby bump, if bumped into it, it's not a joke.

……

The girl's expression showed that she was fine - a bit of pain where she was touched, but it didn't affect her movement.Compared to this, she wanted to understand how the Red Viper did it just now: it poked itself on the shoulder at the moment of defense?

It must be a coincidence.

Unconvinced, she regained her stance and attacked again amidst the worried reminders of the onlookers.This time, she approached the Red Viper head-on first, then slid a step to the side, attacking from the side of the man.

Tsk, it's really two months before a girl, you should look at it with admiration... Arya's attack is quite good in terms of speed, angle, and even the viewing pleasure of the action. Let Iger face this move by himself, and if I am careless, I might really be in a hurry—— But Oberyn didn't even turn around. He turned to look at Arya, his hand jerked away from the girl's stab, and said in a voice that everyone could hear, "Right shoulder."

No one would doubt that this was a joke, Arya subconsciously raised her wooden sword to resist, and at the same time turned around trying to hide the part of her name, but no matter how concentrated she was or her eyes widened, she still couldn't see it, and followed There were two "pa, pa" sounds, and the wooden sword in his hand was hit twice in a row. While his arms were shaking a little numb, he felt a familiar impact on his right shoulder.

"It's so fast." Even a layman like Margaery couldn't help but admire.

No one can see Oberyn's counterattack just now, and can only judge what happened by the sound—and this extremely swift attack, and Arya's surprise after being hit again, Iger has personally experienced Pass.

(I didn't expect Oberyn to be so slippery with his sword, and... he didn't hold back much of Arya's hand other than taking back most of his force when he finally hit the body.)

***

"A beautiful water dance, Miss Stark." Oberyn once traveled to the Free Cities, and recognized the girl's genre with two strokes, "This is one of the most suitable swordsmanship for women to learn, and you have already touched it The essence of it is just lack of practice. Have you really only learned it for a few months, who taught you this?"

Oberyn turned to look at Iger—could it be that the night watchman hid his true skills last time?

"I didn't teach it, I just helped her lay the foundation." Iger was afraid that the prince would miss it, so he quickly shook his head without any pretense, and decisively betrayed the faceless man: "It's Akun, one of my employees, a A swordsman from Loras."

Oberyn turned his head and glanced at Jaqen, seeing an expressionless ordinary man's face that he had never seen before.

"How did you do it!" Arya yelled angrily and pulled the Red Viper's attention back: "You said I touched the essence, so why did you prevent me so easily?"

"It's very simple, I'm faster than you." Oberyn grinned at the girl, "And—you're far from being able to grasp it when you touch it. You have a good foundation, and you use moves very nimbly. You hold a sword in your left hand." It is even easier for the enemy to be caught off guard. It is a pity that for the time being, they are only imitating the 'form', and have not been able to transform what they have learned into their own things. Although the fixed moves are easy to use, they are also easier to deal with."

The rapid progress in the past two months was said to be useless, and Arya dissatisfied: "Then what should I do to make progress?"

"This... There is no shortcut, practice more, and meet more opponents with similar strength. Persevere, and one day you will become the best water dancer and female swordsman in Westeros." He paused and put away a few minutes Smiling, "But I'm sorry - I'm not interested in being your sparring partner. You challenge me now. Apart from the frustration of self-confidence, you can hardly get any other benefits. Do you want to come again?"

"Arya, I asked you to find someone to practice with, not an opponent of this level." Jaqen, who was stingy with words like gold, said in a rare way, "Surrender quickly, so as not to suffer again."

"Do it again! Slow down, I can't see clearly!" Arya demanded angrily, "Also, don't poke my shoulder, it hurts!"

……

The Dorne woman who was watching the battle burst out laughing. They said that they were not suitable as sparring partners, and they asked others to slow down, and they were not allowed to stab themselves with swords. How would they fight?

"Okay, I'll take it slow." Oberyn was amused by the little she-wolf's straightforward request, "Next time I poke your foot, wearing shoes, it shouldn't hurt so much."

"Arya." Iger couldn't laugh, he didn't have the noble status like Margaery and Oberyn, if anything happened to Miss Stark in the Night Watchman's office, he would definitely take the blame, "Prince's words Don’t you understand, you still haven’t surrendered honestly!”

"Just one more time!" Arya refused to listen to persuasion and pushed towards Oberyn again. This time—in order to prevent him from hitting her shoulder with a sword again for no reason, she no longer rushed to attack the opponent's body. , but first stared at the sword in the opponent's hand, making sure that it was in a place that he could see and guard against, and then turned around to avoid the range that Oberyn could attack with the next swing of the sword, and went around to stab the man. back.

"Quick to learn, but water dancing is not for that."

Oberyn commented, no longer relying on speed and experience to bully the girl, after standing like a stake on the spot and receiving two moves, he finally moved his position.

……

Oberyn Martell, he is not only the Red Viper, one of the best warriors in Westeros, but also the prince of Dorne, the younger brother of the lord of Sunspear City, and one of the few who can participate in the future of the Martell family. A person who discusses and decides on major plans, and shares the worries of the patriarch.He has a lot of things to do, and he has already wasted a lot of time following Margaery to visit the Night Watchman's property and offices today. It might be a good leisure time to make friends with a Miss Stark, but all day long Casting a net for friends and waiting for some of them to come in handy was a typical Tyrell trick—he didn't bother to learn.

He slowed down the speed of his shots as Arya requested. Now, everyone can finally see the details of the two weapons colliding. Although the girl is no longer suddenly poked anywhere, she doesn't feel at ease. Involved in a storm formed by a wooden sword.Crackling wooden swords collided one after another, so densely packed that it was unbelievable, and then, the declarative cut-off sounded again.

"Left foot!"

Arya found that the skills she had learned were useless in this fast-paced attack. She could barely see the opponent's attack trajectory, and then had to focus all her energy on defense-the tiger's mouth and forearm were almost Seconds later, he was numb and painful from the shock of the impact, and every time he felt that he could no longer block the next blow.Arya gritted her teeth and held on. Hearing Oberyn's shout, she subconsciously withdrew her left foot back. Unexpectedly, she didn't complete one movement, but heard the next one.

"Right foot!"

The girl retracted her right foot without any doubt, but she retracted both feet at the same time but her body did not retreat. The rhythm was out of order. How could she maintain her balance while leaning forward?With Margaery's exclamation, she was shaking and was about to fall down.

"Ahhh—" Arya yelled, but at the last moment before she was going to eat a piece of shit, someone grabbed her by the back collar, and Oberyn was half-holding her in her hand just like that.

"Head." In the end, the Red Viper said so, and Arya was so frightened that she hurriedly covered her head with her arms, easily snatched the sword from the girl's hand, and helped Arya stand up with a smile: "Tsk, according to the rules , if you don’t have other weapons hidden in your body, you’ve lost.”

This can't be luck... Now, the girl finally realized the level gap between herself and her opponent, and the fact that the opponent didn't want to practice sword with her, she pouted and said honestly: "Okay, I surrender."

"If you really want to practice swordsmanship with me, go back and talk to your father Ed, everything will be easy when you marry Dorne." Oberyn put away the sword and let go of the girl, and said with a smile: " My brother has two sons, Quentin and Prince Trystane, and they are fine children."

"Hmph, this...Let's talk about it." Arya gets annoyed when she hears this kind of thing. Joffrey really gave her a bad impression—Prince, it must be a bad thing. She ran back to Iger , looking at him pleadingly: "Master, the Red Viper doesn't even know to let me in! You should practice with me."

"Well, just now I disliked me, no one else is so powerful, and then I was taught a lesson and came back to me, how can such a thing happen!" Iger raised his eyebrows and glared at the girl: "First check if there is any injury on the shoulder, and then have lunch go!"