The king on the Great Wall

The eunuch pushed the mechanism on the wall, and amidst a low rumbling sound, the path was slowly blocked by a stone slab, turning into a smooth and hard stone without cracks.

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The governor turned a blind eye to this scene, and continued to ask: "The Lannister family will be destroyed as soon as it is destroyed. Will it have any impact on our plan?"

"The impact is too great, and the lion is my best chess piece." This place is a little closer to the exit, and Varys lowered his voice: "If you want to ensure that the Seven Kingdoms are in a state of chaos when little Aegon lands, you must There must be a powerful enough force to leverage the situation at the most critical moment. The western border and the river bends meet the conditions, and the northern border has fewer people... But counting the ruling prestige of the Stark family and the ability to influence the rivers and valleys, I can barely squeeze in. But among the three families, Ed Stark, who is now the prime minister, is a cautious and steady person, and I can't control him; There are not enough threads in Westeros; only the Western Territory, which is rich in gold, powerful in military power, and highly centralized...has a ruler who is sensitive, proud and conceited. Only one thread is needed—that is, to interfere with Tywin's judgment Let him feel that his family's reputation and prestige have been violated, so he can fully use the power of the entire western region. Now, this best chess piece is in danger of being destroyed, and I can't even guarantee whether I can find a suitable one before I die. substitute."

"What were you doing earlier?" Illyrio frowned. "How could the farce of the kingslayer 'attack the king and run away' happen?"

"I'm not a god, so I can't judge what a fool will do!" Varys couldn't accept his partner's accusation, and his tone was filled with dissatisfaction: "Ed is a suspicious person, you can't even guess what I did. How much thought did he use to make him 'self' formulate the next plan to deal with the Lannisters! As long as James and Cersei are in control, Duke Tywin can only hold back no matter how angry he is, this contradiction Once it is buried, it will ferment and become stronger... When we need to use it, we only need to help the Lannister brothers escape back to the west, and the war will start at any moment. Who wants to kill a garrison commander halfway, and has already reached the gate of the city? , The kingslayer who is about to consciously board the boat and go to the place of house arrest has been stopped by me!"

"It's the one that I heard was beheaded in the square of the Great Sept of Baelor when I came here, and before he died, he shouted 'I have served the kingdom, I have bleed for the Iron Throne, I want to see the king'?"

"Yes, it's him."

"Well, I believe it's not your fault, take back what you just said and apologize." Illyrio accepted Varys' explanation, and with the relationship between the two, it was impossible to really quarrel after all: "The Lannister family was killed Elimination will greatly increase the difficulty for you to create chaos in the future, but at worst, if you spend more money and manpower, things will not be done?"

"Chaos can still be created, but without a powerful and controllable variable... the difficulty of maintaining chaos will be greatly increased." Varys took a deep breath: "The only thing that can be used to make a fuss is after Robert's death. There's a fight for the throne."

Illyrio answered without hesitation: "Then let Robert die. Do you really have any loyalty and affection for him?"

"Robert can die, but what about after death? The north, the river, and the valley are natural allies. Littlefinger can still influence the valley through his wife, but as this guy is forced away by a note, the righteous The rebellion was quelled... now it's almost impossible to provoke the relationship between the three families, and I still haven't figured out who made the original note; Reach Bend and Stormland are now closer... no Without the strong neutral faction in the Western Territory, and Dorne is one of us, no matter how hard I try, this war will inevitably evolve into a war between the two major alliances, the North and the South, do you understand what I mean?"

"The Civil War broke out, and when they lose both, can't we take advantage of it?"

"You always treat other people as fools. We can play around with those nobles because I am secretly and they are bright, but they are not stupid. Once a war breaks out, I have no means to control the battle and the victory of the battle. Negative, the two major alliances are already similar in strength. The Northern Alliance cannot enter the Reach, and the Southerners cannot attack the Broken Blood Gate and the Neck... Both of them know that there is no way to tell the winner, and there is no such thing as the Western Territory. A variable that is so powerful that it can break the situation, neither side will go all out and desperately, after all... Winter is coming. Although I can start a war, I can't control its direction. No matter how I deduce it, in the end, Wes Troy will be split into north and south. The only difference is whether the kingdom and the west are actually controlled by the south or the north. At that time, you want little Aegon, who has no dragons, to learn from his nominal ancestors with mercenaries , defeated the two major forces of the north and the south who are waiting for work, and reunified the country?"

"This is too bad... But, don't we have dragons, there are still three."

"Daenerys has the dragon, not us." Varys corrected: "Only by getting her back quickly and marrying little Aegon can I barely call her our dragon...Little Aegon can't control dragons." , you know it well, as to whether their child can be, it is still unknown. Damn, if I knew the situation would change so quickly, I shouldn’t have let Jorah run east with her. The last time I got her According to the news, she just killed a bunch of slave owners in Astapor to get the Unsullied, and set foot on the road to Yunkai, and now she doesn’t know where she is.”

"Those three young dragons...are they important?"

"The dragon is still young, the important thing is Daenerys Targaryen. You don't understand the mentality of the people of Westeros. Daenerys is the Targaryen that everyone in the Seven Kingdoms recognizes and believes, and it is true. Descendants. The little Aegon who was with her and recognized by her is Aegon Targaryen!" Varys stepped on the stairs and suddenly turned around: "I asked you to find Petyr Baelish , did you catch it?"

"The anti-tracking awareness is very strong, but he still found out where he was going and is now chasing him. But this guy's reputation in Westeros is already rotten. No matter how smart he is, he can't use this kind of person to serve Aegon."

"Aegon can't use him, or it will be a stain on the Iron Throne in the future, but the queen doesn't care." Varys said. It will be a great help to the little girl... When you find him, send him directly to Daenerys, but remember to tell the girl about Petyr's dirty work, not our future queen , got caught by such a rotten person."

"It's not difficult. I will let Belwas go with him. If Littlefinger dares to use the queen's brains, he will break his neck." Illyrio said, "But the girl is far away in Slaver's Bay... I will assist her." It will take half a year and a year to wait for the person you said to be 'the second smartest in the Seven Kingdoms' to help her overcome all difficulties along the way and return to Westeros...I'm afraid the war will be over by then, and you How to deal with it?"

"Let Aegon land with the Golden Group first, join forces with Dorne, stabilize the situation first, and then plan later. Before Daenerys returns, Westeros cannot be stopped."

"It will take at least one or two months. Can the Lannister family survive that time?"

"Obviously it won't last. As I'm talking to you now, the cavalry from the northern border may have already entered the riverlands and drove out Tywin's arson team. Soon the Six Nations will attack the western border. Gold can't stop an army. I'll have to buy the lions time to keep Tywin at least until young Aegon lands. Robert must die, and then I'm afraid I'll have to be a military spy for the lions to get them out of the way. Losing too fast." Varys said with some annoyance in his tone: "Damn it, I should have done it when Pycelle was still treating the king, so that I can get rid of the suspicion...Now, everyone around Robert It’s not easy to replace Eddie’s people.”

"Old friend, you are the best magician in the world. How to make the king disappear, I ask you to think of a way. Try to make as many tricks as possible, please."

"I will do what I have to do, but you have to move fast. Even the best juggler can't keep a hundred balls in the air forever." Varys sighed. "I need more funds, and Fifty birds."

"You want that much?" Illyrio said awkwardly, "It's hard to find the kind you want, you are young and literate, and you have to have no parents and no family... If you relax the age requirement a little bit, a hundred of them won't make it." problem, and the older ones are not so easy to die..."

"No, young ones are safer. Adults looking around will arouse suspicion, but who will stare at little kids running around?" Varys shook his head resolutely: "As for dying...Game of Thrones, How can there be no risk? If you feel uneasy, just treat them better when training the birds."

"That's the only way to go. Do you have any suggestions about going ashore?"

"Mixed with the pirates hired by the Lannister family, quietly landed in the storm, don't gather around and don't raise the dragon flag. The specifics are all under the command of Griffin, who is familiar with this place. Then secretly connect with Dorne …Try to see if you can take Storm’s End, and if you succeed, you will officially return with the power of the storm and Dorne. If you can’t take it, you can retreat to Dorne and wait for the queen to come to help with the three dragons and the Unsullied. Varys shook his head: "Specifically, it's useless to discuss it now. Once the war starts, anything can happen. You've got a bunch of staff and followers for little Aegon. It's time for them to come in handy."

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Chapter 188 Battle Situation and Marketing

The riverland, the fertile land between the Trident River and its many tributaries, is recognized by the Seven Kingdoms as a land of wealth... but compared with the river bend land next to itself with a similar degree of abundance, its fate is quite ill-fated .

Located in the middle of the continent of Westeros, the fertile land of Three Rivers, the site of the standard Fourth World War, has never been peaceful for a long time in history.This land of right and wrong, where wars are frequent, has not been unified by powerful local families like the "Green Hands" like the River Bend in the millennium after the Mudd family was wiped out by the invading Andals. It also fosters a special sense of belonging and mutual identification.It was so hard to end the separatist regime, but it was actually in the form of being "conquered by outsiders"... After being oppressed and exploited by the Storm King for hundreds of years, he was finally driven away, out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's mouth, and let the king of the Iron Islands - Black Heart Lun's family ruled for a hundred years...

It wasn't until Aegon brought the dragon to conquer the Seven Kingdoms that the riverlands were decisive enough to switch camps, and finally had a local ruling family—the Tully.

This land, which has suffered from the trauma of war and the pain of enslavement by outsiders, can be evaluated in modern terms-it has been abused so much that it can't stand up straight, and it is too accustomed to kneeling to stand up.Even after 300 years of stability under the rule of the Targaryen family, they have not been able to recuperate enough to compete with the other seven countries. There is no sense of place and presence. There are neither sturdy folk customs nor heroes. Even the ruling family is accustomed to relying on marriage Hugging other people's thighs... From commoners to princes, they are all bloodless and accustomed to pin their hopes on the protection of allies obtained through marriage.

Edmure Tully led the army under his command to chase and intercept the team sent by Tywin to burn, kill and loot without thinking, but in the end it was not until the allied troops arrived that they drove thousands of Lannister troops out of their territory, calling the whole Westeros saw the joke.

Jokes are jokes, the arrival of a large number of summoned vassals and allied forces has indeed turned the situation around quickly.With the arrival of the eastern riverland troops headed by the Frey family and the valley cavalry, the outnumbered Lion Family's food burning team soon had no room to play and was forced to withdraw from the battle zone.

After resting for a while in the western part of the half-destroyed Hejian Land, and staying for a few days to wait for the vanguard troops to come to the northern border and arrange food transfers, the coalition forces began to march westward along the Hejian Avenue singing war songs, and arrived in the western border within a few days The Golden Tooth City Fortress, an important barrier to the east, rested on the spot and prepared to attack.

At the same time, the king's army also approached the city of Deep Cave along the Golden Road; the Shield Islands and Arbor Isle fleets in the Reach set sail northward to block Lannisport, and the vanguard of the land army also went north along the coastal road and crossed the border into the battlefield. Soon arrived at Crake Hall, Lannisport's important line of defense to the south...

The war is about to break out, and the Lannister family, which has been attacked on three fronts, is facing the greatest military test in history, but the enemy is far more than that. Contrary to the fact that the Alliance of the Righteous in the Valley is widely sympathized by the princes, Tywin’s strength and iron fist over the years are undeniable. Offended many people.The Stormland army has already marched on the Golden Road to reinforce the king's army. Even Dorn, who has always been less interested in external disputes, has gathered tens of thousands of troops this time, and is going northward through the River Bend with a murderous look. To kill the lion family, to avenge the revenge of Princess Ilia back then.

As the armies of the six nations marched aggressively, all the villages and small families on the outskirts of the Lannister family's fiefdom surrendered. The Western Territory is famous for its gold production rather than its vast territory, so there is not much strategic depth at all... So, Lannister The actual control range of the family has shrunk by half in just a few days, leaving only the Golden Tooth City, the Cliff City, and the Crake Hall, surrounded by mountains and close to the Sunset Sea. Tens of thousands of Lannister troops have shrunk. In this small land that was not much bigger than the night's watchman's gift, the continuity of the family's existence became precarious in the blink of an eye.

An overwhelming advantage was immediately established on the frontal battlefield, but the east coast of Westeros began to encounter a large number and frequent raids by pirates of suspicious origin. Although it was not painful, the buzzing of flies was really annoying... In response to this harassment, the three fleets of the Royal Family, Dragonstone Island, and Stormland did not go around Dorne to participate in the siege of the western territory, but sailed away from the port, and began to patrol the coasts of important sea areas, and from time to time sent back to communicate with pirate ships. News of encounters and even fights.

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The Lion Slayer battle was in full swing, and the difference in strength between the two sides was so huge that no one doubted the final outcome.The richness of the Western Region is well-deserved. The towns and castles that have already surrendered have brought considerable spoils to the coalition strikers even though they have been plundered by Lord Tywin. How many golden spoils will there be after the capture of Lannisport and Casterly Rock? Looking forward to everyone, just thinking about it... With such a bright future and no risk of falling into the quagmire of a long war, the impact of the war on the night watchman industry is much smaller than originally expected, except that the military supplies have increased according to the old rules Except for the second price, everyone's life is almost the same as usual... Even Iger couldn't help but wonder if his order to cancel the third paper factory was correct.

Fortunately, the plan to divide the eggs into baskets has been carried out quite smoothly. The improved lipstick and soap have received a good response as soon as they were launched. Although they are not as profitable as paper-making, their ability to attract money has already attracted the envy of old and new industries.It is good news that the third papermaking workshop that was used for other purposes has not lost money. As for the order of books, how to deal with it... At worst, it is to build an additional factory.

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The square in the middle of Junlin City was crowded with people, and there were so many onlookers that they couldn't see the end at a glance.A big show with the night watchman... or should I say the ghoul as the main character is being staged, and today is the last show.This is a large-scale marketing campaign that will determine the profitability of the Night Watchman industry for a period of time in the future. Even though he is busy, Iger still took time to bring Nina to the scene.

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As early as the day the ghoul entered King's Landing, he had already planned to return it for commercial use, but before he took action, the Prime Minister would take the initiative to order the ghoul to be returned... This kind of god-sent opportunity is not good Wouldn't it be a waste of money to use it?

But when he saw the ghoul in the cage again, Iger immediately realized that it would be judged as unclean and pulled out of the Red Castle. It was not luck, but necessity.

During the few days that he was imprisoned in the cell of the Red Castle, it had begun to rot.

To be precise, it was the ghoul's arms that were beginning to rot.

On the day of the chaos in King's Landing, Ed Stark cut off one of the wight's arms with his own hand, and later, its other arm was also taken away by someone. They were chopped off, and the two arms were dangling from the two corners of the cage by being strung together by iron hooks. One of them was already covered with maggots and had a foul smell. Although the other was still able to move, its condition was not optimistic.

Iger had previously guessed that the ghoul would die when the ice magic was exhausted, and now these two rotten arms are a strong support for his theory.

The ghoul that lost its arms is still alive and kicking in the cage. Its chest is riddled with holes after being subjected to countless "examination swords", and its heart may have turned into shredded meat... There is no doubt that such a "alive" It has a greater effect on the night watchman, but when the ice magic in his body is constantly dissipating and will fall apart and rot at some point, Iger decisively decided: use a more exciting way to let it play its remaining heat - public display, And finally kill it with obsidian.

Half of the King's Landing Garrison is now an ally of the Night's Watch industry, and the remaining half intends to seek cover from Iger. Not an exaggeration—just mentioning this matter a little bit, Yalar Dim ran around, negotiated and communicated with several other team leaders in King's Landing City, and quickly settled the matter for Iger.

The defense team vacated the square in front of the alchemist guild hall in the very center of King's Landing City - driving away vendors, demolishing illegal buildings, and clearing up rubbish on the ground for the temporary display of ghouls by the night watchmen.Every morning, a team of security guards from the logistics department of the Night Watch will drag the ghouls to this place and show them to evacuate in the afternoon. Using seeing is believing, people who still insist on not believing in evil can see with their own eyes the crisis that the Great Wall defenders are facing. .

The play code is not static. As the release date of Obsidian products approaches, it has finally changed from a simple display to a hands-on.

Hang the ghoul in a cage with a chain that goes through the body, cut off a leg, hold the remaining limb that can still move around the field for display, and then stab it with an obsidian dagger in public to completely kill its life, and finally set it on fire.

The next day, the other leg was chopped off, and it was also destroyed.This shocking performance caused an uproar and countless controversies. Ordinary people were shocked by the limbs that were still able to move, and the Holy Mother was angry because of this bloody and cruel scene... These are irrelevant. The most realistic and crucial point is: hundreds of Thousands of King's Landing residents saw or even touched a part of the ghoul at close range, and the rumors about the hell on earth beyond the Great Wall have once again reached a new high!

On the third day, that is, today, the last day of this horrific show, the six-nation army on the front line officially launched an offensive on the western border, and the day when Iger’s obsidian products were officially released, the night watchman industry will perform in public: how to use ghoul Obsidian, the nemesis, kills it completely.

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The crowd was already rubbing against each other's shoulders and was packed to the brim.There were people in all directions, they talked excitedly with each other, pushing and shoving to get closer to the front desk, hundreds of gold robes tried their best to maintain order, most of the onlookers didn't know what obsidian was, they just got it from other people Know: Today will be their last chance to see the ghoul.

Surrounded and guarded by the soldiers of the "guard class", Iger was still squeezed and swayed from side to side. After hesitating for a while, he patted Nina and signaled his subordinates to protect him and leave.As the big boss of the night watchman industry, he already has a reputation and reputation far beyond his abilities. It's time to keep a low profile and mystery to maintain his deterrence.

He shouldn't and won't take part in this kind of play himself, and for the result, even he who has killed the White Walker is really not very rare.

Withdrew from the crowd, they stood far away on the steps of the alchemist guild hall, overlooking the wooden platform in the center of the square.

The ghouls that have been cut into human sticks are hung from the top of the cage by iron chains, but they are still twisting and screaming, shaking in the cage like a swing. With the appearance of a black-clothed soldier holding a spear, the onlookers became more excited , the person on stage raised his hand to signal silence, and then began to speak loudly.I couldn’t hear what he was talking about at a distance of hundreds of meters, but Iger and Nina didn’t care—every word of every line that the people on the stage are saying now, will be in the next second, or even finish their business. It was all determined after discussion between Nina and the management of the relevant departments, and it was approved after being reviewed by Iger. They are here today, not so much to watch a play, but rather to come out together to breathe and relax the nerves that have been tense due to intense work .

"My lord, it suddenly occurred to me that after waiting for the ghoul killing scene to end, we can still hold an auction." Nina continued to put on makeup as usual at Iger's request. Although it was only a superficial layer, it made her Glittering in the sun: "Just sell this ghoul-killing spear, tip and handle, and it'll fetch a good price!"

Iger raised his eyebrows, a little surprised: "Hmm... a good idea, send someone over to notify, and ask them to make an announcement after the end."

On the wooden platform in the distance, the demonstrator who finished the call with a roar raised a weapon with an obsidian spear tip tied in his hand, and pointed it at the ghoul in the cage. The noise became more intense, but the ghoul would not beg for mercy. Unable to dodge, under the gaze of everyone, the man in black with the spear took a step forward and stabbed the obsidian spear point into the ghoul's chest.

The air was quiet for a moment, as if everyone in the field took a breath at the same time. After a second, the noise sounded again.Under the gazes of countless gazes, the ghoul in the cage... that humanoid creature that was still twisting and screaming after being hit by countless swords in front of everyone, finally calmed down.

The ghost-killing warrior drew out his spear, wiped off the corpse oil on the tip of the spear, and spoke loudly again.Iger knows that this is the beginning of the introduction of obsidian. Taking advantage of this moment of great attention, I will tell those who have not yet heard the news: this black glass has the power to kill ghosts, ghosts and other ancient spirits, as well as to ward off evil spirits and expel cold. functions and provide information on where they can be purchased.

"You reminded me that just selling obsidian as an evil spirit, the channel seems too single, we have to find a way to open up more profitable ways." Iger looked at the employees on the high platform who were trying to sell products, and had an idea One move: "Go back and arrange the production of obsidian daggers, spear points and arrowheads, and spread the news through the taverns and brothels we control, telling everyone that the civilian products brought out by the night watchman industry and sold publicly in the store are all low-grade leftovers, The obsidian weapons used by the Night Watch Corps in actual combat on the front line are of better quality, with more pure internal energy, and better effects in warding off evil spirits and killing ghosts, but they are strictly controlled and can only be purchased through special channels."

"Then we can find employees, pretend to be ghosts who stole military obsidian weapons, and sell them!" Nina's eyes lit up: "The price can also be raised!"

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Chapter 189 Curing Wildfires and Wills

"That's right, that's it." Dividing actually identical things into different categories and selling them at different prices is a marketing technique that seems like a fantasy in the eyes of people in Westeros. For Iger, who was once a modern person But it is a trick that has been commonplace for a long time: "I just provided a way of thinking, and you can diverge your thinking. The classification is far more than two kinds of military and civilian, and there are three grades of high, medium and low. Another example is lipstick, Adjust the color, and it can be divided into color numbers; soap, according to the proportion of spices, can also be divided into scent types... As long as it is not illegal, or not illegal to the extent that it arouses the disgust of the prime minister and the king, the way to make money—— never mean"

There was a strange look in Nina's eyes: "Understood, I will write it down when I get back, and put it into practice as soon as possible!"

With the end of the performance of killing ghouls on the stage, the announcement of the launch of obsidian products was completed, and the auction for the obsidian spear also ended... The crowd in the square began to disperse.Nina continued to discuss with Iger the feasibility of various sales methods... From an emotional point of view, just talking to her idol and sweetheart has made her happy, not to mention that she can always hear things from the other party that can improve her posture New ideas?

While chatting with great interest, a plainly dressed man came from not far away, climbed up the steps, and said hello excitedly: "Miss Nina, you come here too, to see how they kill ghouls!" play!"

"Yeah." Nina who was called turned her head and recognized the speaker. After reacting, she quickly introduced Iger and the visitor to each other: "Master, this is the reformer of lipstick cream and soap, Blair, I and You mentioned it. Blair, the person in front of you is the manager of the night watchman industry, the chief logistics officer Lord Iger West."

"Master Iger!" Blair has never met this legendary big boss, but this does not affect his identification of his identity - Nina, who is responsible for checking the acceptance of her own inventions and approving funding applications, is already a big shot , it must be a higher level character who can make this kind of strong woman take a bird-like posture, showing admiration and joyful expressions.Thinking about this, I hurried over to have a chat, as expected: "I didn't expect to meet you here, it's a great honor!"

"Blair, I've heard you famous for a long time." Iger nodded to him with a faint expression, and in front of him was a guy who was good at mashing powder and liquid into solids such as paste or soap. "How are you doing these days? Are you researching any new inventions?" what?"

Life is naturally much better than before. Without the discovery and sponsorship of the Night Watchman industry, I am afraid that he is still a small townsman in King's Landing who fiddles with useless things all day long, but Blair knows that the big man in front of him does not care about his life. I would not be interested, so I directly answered the second question: "I am trying to solidify kerosene recently to make a substance that has a better and longer-lasting lighting effect than candles, but is safer than liquid kerosene."

"Interesting idea, but I have to remind you that even if your new invention is successful, due to the duplication of functions, it may not necessarily be able to replace candles and liquid kerosene, occupy the market and make a lot of money by relying on a single performance or safety advantage. "Iger no longer needs to deliberately act, and can enter the leadership's perspective to give pointers anytime, anywhere: "Compared to improvement and improvement, inventing something that is not currently available in the world or that others urgently need is the kingly way."

Although I don't quite understand it, big people speak differently. Blair thought to himself, staring at Iger nervously: "My lord, for example, can you give me a more detailed reminder?"

If I can remind you in detail, why do you need me?Iger secretly thought it was funny, but after relaxing for a long time, his mind turned subconsciously, and before he could speak, he had a flash of inspiration. Where is he standing now?On the steps of the alchemist guild hall and in the deep cellar beneath their feet, there were countless wildfires that were far more deadly and terrifying than kerosene, enough to burn down the entire King's Landing.

Because the safety is too low, wildfire cannot be used in conventional warfare, but what if this shortcoming can be overcome?

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"Okay, don't mess around, I'll give you a task - use any method to raise the fire temperature of wildfires to a safe line, if possible, make them into paste or lumps, etc... ... a state that is safer and easier to transport." Iger was shocked by his sudden thought, he should have thought of it earlier: "Nina, the people who are staying behind in King's Landing from the Alchemist Guild, can you contact me?"

"If you know where you live, you should be able to find it."

"Send someone to find him, and get some cans of wildfire for Blair to experiment with. The location is in an industrial park outside the city, pick a remote place, and be careful." Iger patted Blair on the shoulder, although he might not Not much older than the other party, but the status and power make people mature: "Do a good job young man, if you succeed, come to the office to find me, and you will be rewarded."

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After reading the letter sent by the bachelor, Ed Stark sat in the chair, rubbed his temples, and stared at the candle flame on the table.Although most of the news was good news, depression still quickly overflowed my chest.He wanted to go to the godswood, and he wanted to kneel under the heart tree and pray that the king's injury would get better as soon as possible, but deep down in his heart he knew that it would be futile... Even if the old gods really existed, how many could there be in the south far away from the north? What about divine power?

A guard knocked on the door and entered: "My lord, the king wants to summon you."

"Call me?" Ed repeated suspiciously, not knowing what Robert wanted to do, but he decided to obey. He stood up from the chair: "Let's go."

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After passing through the dry but spiked moat and the heavily guarded drawbridge ready to rise at any time, Ed entered the city within the city, Maegor House, the residence of the royal family.Turning left and right, Ed came to the door of the king's bedroom.

Ser Barristan Selmy is guarding here. Ever since the accident that the king was attacked that day, the old knight has been in a deep self-blame, although Ed has repeatedly comforted him that it was his own arrangement mistakes and Genos It was Slynt's fool's fault for delaying time, but that did nothing to ease the old knight's pain.

He failed to protect Rhaegar well, he failed to protect Elis well, and now he failed to protect Robert well... As the captain of the Kingsguard, he was repeatedly unable to stick to his post and perform his duties well. Nothing pained him more than this .Barristan shook his head palely at Ed, and Ed's heart grew heavy knowing that the situation was not getting better.

"Lord Duke Eddard Stark, Hand of the King." The royal steward opened the door and announced loudly.

"Come in," Robert muffled, his voice muffled.

There was a faint smell in the room, even if it was diluted by the aroma of fresh bouquets on the wall, it was still faintly discernible.This smell is slightly similar to the smell of the ghoul's rotten arm. People call it the breath of death... It is for this reason that Ed finally made up his mind to get the ghoul out of the Red Castle, but it turns out that either It's too late, or the King's physical deterioration has nothing to do with it.

The wound stabbed on Robert's back by the knife has almost healed, but for some reason, his physical condition is still getting worse. Along with the strange smell coming out of his body, defecation has become more and more difficult.Because of his size and weight, every time he went to the bathroom, it was like a battle in the room... At this moment, accompanied by the young maester who was healing the king in Pycelle's place, Renly paced anxiously in front of the window, Margaery Tyrell sat on the edge of the bed like a virtuous wife, but her hair was loose and her face was haggard and dazed.

"Come here, Ned." Robert said in a muffled voice, facing down. "Stand back, everyone else. I want to speak to the Prime Minister alone."

"Your Majesty, you need someone to take care of you..." Margaret came back to her senses and said eagerly.

"I want to talk to the Prime Minister alone." After all, Margaery is not Cersei, Robert repeated, although impatient, he still maintained a trace of politeness: "I think a smart girl like you should be able to understand the Common Tongue Bar."

Margaery glanced at Ed helplessly, stood up, and walked out of the room with the others.

Ed stood and watched the young and slender figure of the Flower of Highgarden go away, left the room and closed the door, and then heard Robert humming and laughing at himself: "This little rose...wants to be a queen with all its heart, and finally It's going to come true, but it's a pity...cough cough...I, a stinky man, can't live up to it."

"Your Majesty will be fine. We have already invited the best physicians and bachelors from the king's land."

"Shut up the cliché, Ned. I feel it myself. I'm going to die."

"The wound is healing well—"

"But it's all rotten inside, I can feel it!" Robert interrupted Ed angrily, "Life is draining from my body, do you think I can't smell the smell? Miss Margaret Isn’t it because she can’t take it anymore that so many flowers have been moved in?” Touching the wound, he panted heavily, and then continued: “Stop talking nonsense, how is the situation on the battlefield, let’s talk about it. "

"The battle for Golden Tooth City has already begun. Robb wrote to me, swearing that he will take it within three days. As for Deep Cavern City, due to its favorable location, it may not be possible to break through in a short time. It is estimated that we will have to wait until the Stormland army and the King's army join forces." …As for Crake Hall, the battle has already begun, but the distance is too far, the latest news was two days ago, and it may have been broken by now, and the Tyrell army is approaching Lannisport."

"Very well, the Lannister family..." Robert wanted to say that he would not spare any of them, but thinking about his brother's temper, he could only sigh: "Forget it, kill as many as you want, let as many people go Look at the Great Wall, do whatever you want. Only one thing, Taiwen and his son and daughter must die! Also, the position of the Guardian of the Western Territory should also be changed!"

Is this a will?Ed felt uneasy.

"Don't look at me like that. Yes, it's a will." Robert seemed to see through Ed's thoughts. "If I were you, I'd write it with a pen and paper. It's on the table over there, hurry up."