The king on the Great Wall

It's really not good. Although Slynt is not a fart in the overall situation, he is the commander of the garrison with real power after all.One side is a commercial organization with the night watchman signboard, while the other side is an official violent organization that controls King's Landing; one wants to make money, and the other eats the royal food. If you continue to make trouble with each other, you and the night watchman industry must suffer in the end. .

But that's a long-term problem. With Robert's return to King's Landing, whether the Night Watch industry can operate normally in a peaceful environment next week is a problem. How can Iger have the time to think about how to deal with Slynt?

"If I obediently move out, will he give up?" A bunch of troubles collided together, and it was really hard to figure out which one to solve first. Iger sighed: "The more important thing is, you can just go to King's Landing now." Go to the street and ask where the Night Watchman's office is, and anyone will tell you 'it's opposite the Dongying of the Capital Guard', how much trouble will it cause customers and applicants to move to other places at this juncture?"

Nina admired Iger the most. How could he refute what he said. She looked extremely depressed: "It's all my fault..."

"Okay, what's wrong with you? If you can become a sin by dressing yourself up, then there is something wrong with the whole world." Iger waved his hand and interrupted the girl: "Didn't Tyrion reply? What does he have? suggestion?"

"For the time being-"

The door was pushed open with a slam, which startled the men and women in the room. Iger thought for a second that the defense team had come to arrest him, but when he looked closely, he said that Cao Cao had arrived——Tyrion himself had come.

"What's the matter with Slynt, haven't you figured it out yet!" Iger has never seen his partner look so angry, Tyrion went straight to the opposite side of the table, pulled out the chair and jumped up to sit down: "Today In the morning, dozens of soldiers from the garrison ran into the factory to make trouble, saying that they were searching for some contraband, and it took me a lot of effort to come forward in person, so that the security team did not confront them head-on!"

"They went to the industrial park? They almost clashed with the security team!" Iger's heart trembled. The open and secret fights were just personal grievances, but if the security team and the garrison team fought, the nature of the matter would completely change-violent resistance No one will be able to save himself if he is deposed as a law-abiding or treasonist. Even if he does not lose his head, it is safe to be driven back to the Great Wall.

Just now I was amused by Slynt's little trick of taking back the house, only then did I know that I had narrowly avoided a big crisis, such a poisonous method!

"Not only that, now all the horse-drawn carriages of the night watchman's property to the city are stopped at the gate of the King's Gate. The gold robes guarding the gate say that the books we print are evading taxes, and they will only be allowed in after a thorough investigation. The ghost knows that this 'investigation' will How long, if you delay for a day, you will get dozens of gold dragons, and if you can't get it right, you will make customers laugh, understand!"

Tax evasion?Iger frowned, opened the drawer, and put the tax-free certificate that arrived yesterday afternoon on the table.

"Well... well, this thing came back in time." Tyrion took a look at the tax exemption certificate, and his face improved a lot: "Jack! Take this certificate to the King's Gate immediately and let our delivery carriage Advance to the city!"

"Yes, my lord." Jack took the tax exemption certificate and turned away.

"I've been outside the city these days, and I don't know the specifics." Tyrion knocked on the table with an unhappy expression, and glanced at Nina: "Tell me what's going on."

***

Iger recounted how the garrison captured Neil yesterday, and then borrowed Renly's hand to fish him out that night. Slynt ordered the office to relocate, and he planned to buy the real estate. Didn't miss it either.

"I have to admit that your coping methods are quite effective, but don't you think there is something wrong?" Tyrion stared at Iger displeased: "You think this is a martial arts competition, he makes a move and you solve it ? Yes, you have not suffered so far, but if you slap him in the face again and again, will he swallow this breath? He will try to mess with you in other ways!"

"Then what can I do?"

"The mad dog is chasing and biting you, what is the best way to deal with it?" Tyrion's eyes flashed fiercely: "Could it be like you're playing a game of tit for tat?"

Iger only felt a flash of lightning in his mind, and he suddenly realized that he had put too much energy into thinking about how to deal with the rumors spread by Littlefinger these days. A very stupid blind spot in thinking - in the face of such a stalking opponent, thinking about how to deal with him can't solve the problem at all, and maybe he will train a gravedigger for himself in the end.The correct approach is to directly deal with others themselves!

"To deal with mad dogs, killing them with a stick is the best solution."

"Just figure it out, if he continues to make trouble like this, then kill him!"

"Get rid of him?" Nina was startled.

"What did you think, I hired someone to kill him?" Tyrion rolled his eyes at Nina: "What did I tell you? We are businessmen, and businessmen have business methods, and the night watchman industry relies on a lot of profits Binding, now has the most extensive network of contacts in King's Landing - what I mean by killing, is to drive Slynt from the position of the captain of the garrison through operation! I said, you two smart people are together, how can you even connect this point? Can't even think of it?"

Iger had nothing to say, he had been away for two months, and he couldn't adapt to the change of status from a logistics officer of the Night Watchman to one of the great merchants in King's Landing, let alone put most of his thoughts on other places; as for Nina , a commoner girl, who has never experienced a big scene, can think of such a method?

This is not a question of being smart or not, but of a difference in the way of thinking.

……

Looking at the serious and slightly fierce expression on his dwarf friend's face, Iger suddenly realized that what he was facing now was no longer the friendly and funny idle noble and little devil Tyrion Lannis half a year ago He is not special, but a newly promoted capitalist, a great nobleman who regards the night watchman industry as a career.And capitalists have two natures:

One, greedy; two, brutal.

Iger has already noticed the former point when he visited the Night Watchman Industrial Park, and the latter point is finally reflected now.

In this world, the most unofficial people are the capitalists who control the resources, and those like Tyrion who were born into a wealthy family and have a noble status are even more unofficial.Infringe on the interests of big consortiums, the president of the United States will assassinate you, let alone a small garrison commander in Westeros?

Fortunately, I and Tyrion were on the same line.

"Of course, getting rid of a garrison commander... It's easy to say, but it still takes a little effort to do it. If possible, it's better not to go to this step." Tyrion didn't realize that he had unintentionally made Egger Feeling a little in awe, I shook my legs and thought for a while before making a decision: "Iger, sign a bond of [-] gold dragons, I'll talk to Slynt. Find death yourself, don't blame me for being rude."

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Chapter 148 Little Intelligence Officer

As soon as Tyrion appeared on the stage, the entire Night Watchman's office seemed to have a domineering atmosphere.Egerton felt the burden on his shoulders lighten, as if he had a backbone.In terms of "fighting with others", science students have no advantage in their knowledge and advanced concepts. After all, they are still born with noble status and have been immersed in such a social environment since childhood. Little devils are good at it.

However, even though the solution was released, Iger still faintly felt that something was wrong. He took out the blank bond form and filled it out while thinking about it. After a while, he finally figured out what the problem was: "Wait, Robert I’m going back to King’s Landing soon, if you use your connections to become the Commander of the King’s Landing Garrison, will he misunderstand that the Lannister family is seizing the military power?”

"It's not that I'm going to fight him myself..." Tyrion replied, even though he said that, he hesitated.Matters related to the army are sensitive issues no matter what time or place it is, and so is Westeros. The collision of several troubles makes things not easy.

"Why aren't the doors closed?" Arya's voice drifted into the office, and the students in the fencing class were always so punctual.She pushed the door open, saw the dwarf at a glance, and said with a giggle: "Tyrion! It's been a long time since I saw you, how come today is earlier than me."

"Robert is going back to King's Landing?" Tyrion waved his hand at Arya to be quiet, and asked with some anxiety, "Where did the news come from? Is it reliable?"

"When his herald came yesterday, the news I chatted with him should be true." Iger frowned: "Are you sure you haven't returned to Casterly Rock City, and you want to stay in King's Landing to engage in Slynt?"

"Are you talking about His Majesty the King?" Arya was ignored and annoyed—she had spent more time here than the Red Castle if she didn't count her sleeping time. The Night Watchman's office was like her second home. Not at all.Going to the table and sitting next to Tyrion, she continued to interject unconsciously: "He's back, he was chatting with my father in the office when I went back last night, and later in the Prime Minister's Tower Here's dinner with us."

The first-hand news of this little intelligence agent can always be scary, and Iger gasped: "His Majesty the King is back? Don't be kidding!"

"Why am I lying to you? The king and my father chatted for a long time in the office after dinner. I didn't seem to leave when I went to bed."

***

Iger and Tyrion looked at each other, and the atmosphere in the office froze for a while: the king went out to suppress the rebellion, and returned with a big victory, but he entered the city without making any fuss, and even went straight to the prime minister's residence without seeing his wife and children. Not only did you have dinner with Ed, but you talked late into the night, what was the idea?

"This is not a good sign, Tyrion, why don't you hurry back to Casterly Rock City and leave the matter here to us."

Arya asked inexplicably: "What's the matter, why do you want to go back to Casterly Rock?"

Tyrion also noticed something bad: "Arya, did something happen in the Red Castle this morning?"

"No, what should happen?"

Nina interrupted and reminded: "If something happens, Lord Ed won't let Arya go out."

"Nina is right. If Robert really intends to take measures against the Lannisters, the gold robe who came to the workshop this morning is not here to make trouble, but to behead me." Tyrion heaved a sigh of relief: "Since nothing has happened in the city so far, it means that Robert has not fully believed the rumors..."

"But the situation may change at any time!" Iger said seriously: "Don't forget, you also said that your two brothers and sisters are indeed a little too close, and your sister has always been unclear. What happened in…”

"As soon as I leave now, it's just you and Nina, are you managing the Night's Watch business well?" Tyrion shook his head, "Just this time Slynt's mess, you're making me worry, let's get this out of the way first." When things settle down, I'll go."

"You're risking your own life!"

"I'm not afraid, why are you worrying about me? I've already made up my mind, don't fight anymore." Tyrion shook his head resolutely: "The Night Watchman industry is like my child, and now someone wants to fuck my child , I, a father, was frightened by an unfounded guess at a critical moment and ran back to my hometown with my head in my arms. What do you look like? You might as well just kill me."

"What are you talking about, who wants to fuck your child?" Arya was confused and shouted dissatisfiedly: "Anyone, just talk to me, hello!"

"Okay, okay, take care of you." Iger replied helplessly: "We are discussing how to get rid of that annoying Janos Slynt."

"Really? Support!" Arya is always afraid that the world will not be chaotic: "What does this matter have to do with returning to Casterly Rock City?"

"We have to hurry up. I'll go back to Casterly Rock immediately after I've settled this matter. Are you alright? Press your handprint quickly, and I'll take it." Tyrion urged impatiently, staring at Iger to sign and press the handprint Alright, I took the bond: "Okay, I'll go over and have a chat with this bastard, you wait for my news."

"Don't I have to follow?"

"No, it's not appropriate, let me represent the night watchman industry this time, let's go."

After finishing speaking, the dwarf jumped out of the chair, left the office, greeted Morris, and walked towards the East Camp of the garrison opposite the office with short legs... The distance between the two rivals is so close, it is a lot of trouble. less trouble.

……

"You must have something to hide from me, just a Slynt, how could you force the little devil to flee back to his hometown?" Arya asked with wide eyes. Tyrion is her good friend, so she naturally has to care. "What's going on, tell me!"

"Slynt has a two-thousand-gold robe in his hand. If he gets anxious, he is a dangerous person." Iger stood up and patted the girl on the shoulder: "Come on, let's not talk about this, let Tyrion and Slynt Let's talk, let's go to the backyard to practice a few."

"You changed the subject again!" Arya shook off his hand, "Don't make it clear, I won't practice swords today!"

"If you don't practice, go home quickly. My night watchman office is a place to do business, not a place for kids to play." Iger squinted his eyes. Arya was thin and small, weighing forty or fifty catties , How can I beat myself, a big man who has been a soldier.He easily dragged the girl into the backyard, Iger threw her a training sword, and a reluctant swordsmanship lesson began between the master and the apprentice.

***

The basic swordsmanship learned by the night watchmen emphasizes finding the opportunity to counterattack and win while protecting themselves. The outcome is determined mainly by how quickly they can recover from the shock after the collision and whether they can catch the opponent's flaws in the collision.

Generally speaking, the side with stronger physique, greater strength, and better weapons has a greater chance of winning.

However, Braavosi Water Dance emphasizes suddenness and surprise, and requires as little head-on confrontation with the opponent as possible, relying on stealth, feints, leveraging strength and adapting to adapt to win.

If you look at it this way, isn't it true that Braavosi Water Dance is inherently able to restrain defensive counterattacks? But this kind of conclusion is not easy to draw without a practical test. As a well-known sword technique, Water Dance has undoubtedly a very high growth potential.But the more complex the system, the lower the reliability, and the more advanced the swordsmanship, the harder it is to master - this principle is doomed: beginners in water dance may not be able to beat a solidly learned basic sword in actual combat. Skilled swordsman.

Just like a game, a high level of proficiency in an ordinary skill is not necessarily inferior to the magic skill just obtained. The current Iger and Arya represent these two situations respectively.

As a special sword technique with both assassination and performance functions, Shui Wu first lost the great advantage of "suddenness" in face-to-face daily training, and the tricks and dexterity were also touched by Iger who had some knowledge. Li Jiang Shihui's brutal method was suppressed.

Of course, "how to deal with opponents who are stronger than herself" will be an eternal topic for Arya, a girl. Although she was temporarily bullied by Iger with her strength, she did not gain nothing in the practice.

……

The fixed moves have been figured out by Iger, and now, the girl has started to use her own brain to piece together the basic movements into new combinations and combos-this attempt is of course full of flaws at the beginning, but this is practice after all, and Iger When playing the role of "sparing partner", he has always been quite conscientious and patient.

After a series of newly-invented tricks by the girl, Iger started the routine: "Arya, what did the king talk with your father last night, did you hear?"

"I won't tell you, it's a state secret!" Arya said angrily, waving the small wooden sword, "Unless you tell me why Tyrion wants to go back to Casterly Rock."

Hey... so this little girl knows what she said is a secret.Thinking about it carefully, Arya has always been a tight-lipped girl, and she is quite loyal to her friends. It’s okay to tell her some fur. The relationship is so close to each other, and it’s tiring to think about how to beat around the bush all day long: "Have you heard the rumors about the queen and her brother?"

"You mean she slept with her brother!?"

"Well, do you believe it?"

"I don't know, it's none of my business."

Why is it none of your business? It concerns whether your sister's fiancé is a legitimate king or a villain. Iger felt funny, but didn't say much: "It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. The key is what the king thinks, and Tyrion The queen's brother."

"So it's like this, I understand!" Arya understood a little bit, and immediately shouted excitedly, and then didn't dodge Iger's attack, and was hit on the arm with a sword: "Ouch——"

"Okay, tell me what the king and your father talked about." Iger put away his sword, "This may be related to the life of our good friend Tyrion, don't miss anything, don't talk nonsense when you go back, understand ?”

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Chapter 149 Big backer?

"Father told me to let him know every day when I go back to the Red Keep after sword practice. So yesterday I went home and went to him, and I heard King Robert's loud voice from afar. Get closer, and I can hear them talking about Va Rees...is the chief intelligence officer, my father seemed to be questioning 'Which side is this eunuch on?'." Arya tried to recall, "I opened the door and went in to say hello to my father, and he let me go. After a while, at the dinner table... Ah, I remembered, they seemed to say they were going to summon that Slynt!"

"What was he summoned for?"

"I didn't know, my father asked me to go back to the room after dinner. There were guards watching outside his room, so I couldn't stick outside the door and eavesdrop."

Tsk, Iger frowned: The information provided by Arya seems to be very important, but when you think about it carefully, it is completely irrelevant-the king summoned the chief of the King's Landing Armed Forces for many reasons, even if the matter is indeed related to rumors , but did not eavesdrop on the key conversation content, who knows whether Robert intends to attack Lannister, or simply ask about the investigation of the rumor and the arrest of the spreader?

Since the city of King's Landing was peaceful from last night to this morning, it means that what I am encountering now is not the former situation, but if Robert didn't immediately attack the Lannisters, he thought everything would be fine...

Tyrion hasn't returned yet, but Iger has a vague premonition that Slynt, who has just been personally received by the king, may not buy him an idle Lannister with a surname, but no position or power.

"I'll call Akun in and let him continue practicing with you."

"Stop practicing, let's wait for Tyrion to come back together." Arya threw the wooden sword aside and followed: "How to kill a big villain, I also want to see and see... No, I must participate !"

***

The citizens of King's Landing may not know the little devil, but the soldiers of the garrison who are the city's guard and city management cannot.Relying on the high degree of recognition, Tyrion led Morris through the door and entered the East Camp of the Garrison easily. Guided by the golden robe along the way, he found the commander-in-chief's office.

After finishing his expression, Tyrion pushed the door and entered with a smooth merchant-like smile.

"Master Slynt, long time no see, how are you doing recently?"

"It's very bad. There are so many things that I can't keep busy." Slynt was a little surprised by the visit, but he still sat behind the commander's desk in a big way—neither getting up nor Let the visitor sit down: "Sir Tyrion, you are a busy man, why do you have time to come to the garrison?"

"Hey, isn't this recently? There seems to be some misunderstanding between the Night Watchman's office and the garrison." Tyrion is not just short, his legs are slightly deformed, and he can't stand for a long time.Although the master didn't speak, he still had to find a chair and sit down: "I, the manager, have to come forward and clarify."

"Oh?" Slynt snorted with a half-smile: "Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding, why didn't I know?"

"This morning, a group of soldiers from the garrison ran into the paper mill I managed outside the city, saying they were searching for some contraband. What's going on?"

"Oh, so that's what happened. That's it. We received a report that someone was raising private soldiers by the Blackwater River outside the king's gate, and hoarding weapons and food. After all, King's Landing is the capital of the Seven Kingdoms. This kind of presumptuous behavior, I The commander of the garrison should take it to heart."

"Lord Slynt, those provisions and weapons are the combat preparations of the Night Watch Corps, and they will be transported to the Great Wall at any time; while the so-called private soldiers are the guards of factories and warehouses, as well as recruits trained by the Night Watch. In these cases, Prime Minister Ed But they are all clearly aware of and have signed the license certificate, and they came to investigate for these reasons, isn’t this a misunderstanding.”

"Hey, this is really a misunderstanding, but you can't blame the brothers below. It's because you didn't say hello earlier. I didn't start the night watchman business. Who knows the details?" Slynt asked Erlang legs: "Of course, since Lord Tyrion came to explain in person, I understand the situation. If I disturb the normal work of your subordinates, I am here to say sorry. But, if we still receive other reports in the future, we will They will still be dispatched to carry out routine investigations, this point, Lord Tyrion, please understand, what is the responsibility, what has to be done."

"Indeed, the previous misunderstanding was due to our lack of consideration and causing trouble to the brothers in the garrison. Please forgive me, Commander Slynt." Tyrion already felt that something was wrong, and few people dared to speak to himself in such a sly manner.Suppressing his unhappiness, he continued: "The current managers of the night watchman industry in King's Landing are Iger West and my apprentice Nina. This is a man and a woman. One used to be a soldier on the Great Wall of Despair. He is a rough man. ; One was born in a civilian family and has never seen the world. Both of them don't know the rules very well, so there will always be some problems from time to time when doing things in the city. Here, I apologize for the two of them. Please take care of these two young people more."

"Where is it, everything is for King Robert. As long as you are honest and abide by the many laws and regulations made by His Majesty, will I come to your house to make trouble?"

……

Aren't you just looking for trouble now?

Tyrion couldn't stand the greasy man in front of him and continued to argue in a weird way. He took out the [-] gold dragon bond he had prepared and put it on the table: "Then I will trouble you, Commander. Please take this kindness. It can be regarded as a reward for the hard-working brothers who ran around."

Slynt glanced down at the note on the table, and his face changed: "What do you mean? Do you think that this little money can buy me, the loyalty of the commander of the King's Landing Garrison?"

"No, there is no other meaning. We all know that your loyalty to King Robert cannot be measured by any material. This is purely as an apology for my two children's previous offenses. Please accept it, Lord Slynt, otherwise I can't sleep well tonight."

"If you can't sleep well, rest more. Lord Tyrion, with his short legs, why bother to take care of other people's mistakes?" Slynt smiled contemptuously, "It's not that I don't give you this face, but who made it It's up to who should settle the matter, Lord Tyrion, please go back and let your precious apprentice talk about it! A little girl's family has such a big face that I can't even invite you if I want to?"

What the hell are you, you dare to use my apprentice's mind?