The king on the Great Wall

Now, as long as the Night Watch Corps manages to intercept the two groups of people crossing the Great Wall and crossing the Grand Canyon, they will be able to stop the wildlings to the north of the Great Wall and win the largest wildling invasion in the millennium.

After talking with the commander-in-chief and discussing the allocation of the sixteen fortresses and the subsequent placement of the new residents, Iger received a letter from the Night Watchman in King's Landing. In the letter, Nina reported to him about King's Landing and the The latest operating conditions of the industry.

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After Renly's sudden death and Stannis regaining the Iron Throne without bloodshed, he continued to carry out major reforms in King's Landing—suppressing the Church of the Seven Gods, spreading the belief in the Lord of Light, and at the same time starting to clean up those "immoral" industries... The night watchman industry tree is attracting attention, It was affected without any suspense, not only the printing of the "Seven Stars Bible" and the Little Yellow Book was forced to stop, even the brothel that bought Littlefinger for a cheap price had no choice but to close down.

The effect of dividing eggs into baskets was immediately apparent in this storm: fortunately, the industry does not only rely on these few businesses to support the platform. Although it was affected, other businesses including obsidian, cosmetics, clothing, etc. not only quickly returned to normal, but even And there was some expansion—after Nina arranged for the prostitutes who were forced to leave to continue intelligence gathering in restaurants and hotels under the Night's Watch's logistics department, and at the same time took some other "legal" print orders... Stannis The negative impact of ascending the Iron Throne on the Night's Watch industry was minimized and quickly eliminated.

In addition, the guy who improved the lipstick and soap actually made the wildfire solid as Iger asked.Relying on the addition of a series of raw materials, the liquid wildfire was reconciled into a state similar to ointment. In addition to the change of physical properties, Nina also reported the change of its chemical properties in the letter: the stability and ignition point were greatly improved, not only removed The disadvantage of being disturbed may deflagrate, and even boiling water cannot ignite it.

Although the liquid bomb was not produced as expected, wildfire is light oil after all, and it is impossible to expect it to become an explosive by adding something... Although solidified wildfire can no longer explode, its viscosity and burning effect are still better than ordinary oil. The kerosene and asphalt are much better-these characteristics mean a crucial change: now, solidified wildfire has become a fire attack weapon that is better than napalm bombs and can be transported on a large scale!

In the end, Iger also learned from the end of the letter a piece of news that could not be sorted out on the Great Wall just by hearing: In order to punish the betrayal of several families in the royal realm for supporting Renly to compete for the Iron Throne, Stannis severely punished them. A series of measures were taken, including arresting key family members for treason, forcibly providing hostages, confiscating family property, and distributing fiefdoms to heroes.

Among them, "family property" naturally also includes investment in the night watchman industry...

Several major investors, including the Bookwell family, had their shares in the Night Watchman industry confiscated by Stannis in the name of the Iron Throne, and the new king immediately returned this part in the name of supporting the Night Watchman. Night Watch Industry.Iger used to have to pay more than half of his income to the supporters behind the scenes every month, but now... With a lot of royal families making mistakes and losing power, many of the original bigwigs behind the industry were shot down by Stannis, Now, nearly [-]% of the income from the property is allocated and used by Iger at will. It used to be that the night watchman property was everyone's cash cow, but now it belongs to him alone!

When Stannis failed to unify the Seven Kingdoms, the business of the Night Watchman industry was limited to the Royal Land and the Three Rivers region, but these two places alone have been able to provide Iger with a monthly disposable profit of more than a thousand gold dragons. It is not too easy to use a fortune to support the clan people with extremely low requirements.

With sufficient sources of funds, the land-grant residents’ infill plan can be implemented boldly and confidently.But soon, Iger realized a new problem: the failure of speculation by the royal nobles would lead to their decline, but the vacancy left by their fall could never be filled by people with no background like Nina and himself , King's Landing will soon have a group of families loyal to Stannis rising up... During this gap period, the Night Watchman industry can be unstoppable in the business world of King's Landing, but when the new nobles gradually grasp the resources , will inevitably form competition and even suppression.

At this juncture, it is undoubtedly the most cost-effective and best strategy to win over the new heroic families, and quickly recruit the gang of narrow sea princes who support Stannis to build a new interest group. A good choice... But right now, I am at a critical moment when I need money the most.

Should he first consider the development of the Night Watchman industry, or immediately transfer the industrial profits to the north to feed back the Great Wall and irrigate his huge plan?To put it simply, do you choose to put a long line to catch big fish or kill the chicken to get the eggs?

This was a point-giving question without any suspense, but now Iger has to choose the latter option.The night watchman's ability to defend the Great Wall's line of defense is the cornerstone of this game. If they take huge profits but don't do business, instead they are speculating in King's Landing... If anything happens to the Great Wall, even if they escape alive, they will face history. If Tanis, the rigid king, pursued him, his life might be in danger.

Iger is now standing on the cusp, at the fork in the road between "making more money" and "doing big things", and was blown by the strong wind to the latter path.

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Volume [-] From Scratch to Something

Chapter 225 The Power of Money

The Great Wall is thousands of miles away from King's Landing. With such a long space distance, Iger did not dare to command by remote control at will, and committed the old mistakes made by countless management levels-he decided to trust his smart girl once again.The reply encouraged Nina's work, and she made a series of reports including handling the wildfires and transporting them to the north as soon as possible, transporting rich funds to Houguan Town with monthly supplies, and regularly selecting recruits who have completed training and are willing to go north to report. After the clear request, all the operations and micro-management of the remaining night watchman industry in King's Landing will be decided by the apprentice brought out by Tyrion.

Iger has more important things to do: he once conceived an extremely grand plan to manage the savages who might be put into the Great Wall. Who would have thought that the plan could not keep up with the changes, but the mountain clan settled in the grant land first... But it doesn't matter, anyway They are all human beings, and this scheme can also be used for the clan people, even because of their close relationship with each other - the fault tolerance rate is higher.You can slowly explore by yourself and master the ability to manage one party from scratch.

For a long time to come, he will probably be very busy.

The matter is of great importance, and there is no one available to mobilize him, so he has no choice but to do everything himself: first communicated with the chief craftsman, and made an appointment to guide the craftsman who repaired the abandoned fortress; Reserves - Iger does have some money, but the money cannot be turned into food and grass immediately. In the initial stage of the clan people stationing on the Great Wall, everything has to be cushioned by the storage in the night watchman's warehouse.

Housing is only the most basic. To maintain the entire Great Wall defense system, there must be sufficient supplies of food and grass.The land-grant cannot grow any food crops in the cold winter, and it has little production capacity, which means that there must be a complete and well-functioning supply system to continuously transfuse it.And out of many considerations, Iger hopes to hold the lifeblood of the night watchman in his hands. The reason is explained in one sentence: he doesn't want to make wedding clothes for others.

Therefore, Houguan Town became the key again.

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After more than ten days, I returned to this so-called Night Watchman’s logistics stronghold again. Compared with the last time, there have been quite a few changes here. It is a wall made of stones obtained from the demolition of the relics, and it is almost completed... During which, the busy figures of the builders stationed here can be seen.

Maybe it was because of the stone wall, maybe the soldiers Iger stayed here played a deterrent effect. The savages appeared near here several times, but they didn't try to plunder, but fled to the south directly.

"Good job, Yam." Iger said approvingly, "Next, work hard to raise the wall. Before long, this place will become the only place through which supplies from the northern border are transported to the Great Wall. Countless land-giving new residents A trade market to live on."

"New land-grant residents? Trade market? My lord, I don't understand this."

"I pulled out the clan members from the western mountain range as reinforcements against the savages." Iger had no reservations about his own people, and told the other party what happened before and after: "I promised to feed all the clan members who came out of the mountain, but in order to To prevent them from 'hiding their own food and eating only the night watchmen', I don't plan to provide food directly, but to give them money and let them come to the material distribution center of the logistics department and decide what to buy."

"But what's the difference?"

"The difference is huge. If they lack food, they can use all their money to buy food. But if they have enough food reserves, they can choose to use the money to buy clothes, daily necessities, weapons, etc. Things.” Iger said: “In this way, it will not only avoid the possibility of them wasting food, but also reduce the pressure on our material supply... At the same time, it will bring another benefit: once the clan people find that money can buy so many things, and I If they are only paid monthly living expenses that are just enough to cover their stomachs, they will try to get money."

"In a desolate place like the gift land, where are they going to get money...other than robbing us?"

"There are two channels, one is to sell the resources in the mountains they have mastered. Take out forests, animals, ores, etc. and sell them to the Night Watchman's logistics department. We can use them for ourselves, or transport them to the south to earn the difference and subsidize them. Expenditures of the night watchman industry." Iger, while inspecting the rising Xinhouguan Town under the leadership of Yam, told his steward: "There is another possibility, which is my main purpose—— I will provide them with jobs. Clan people are the foreign aid I have invited. I cannot ask them to work for the Night Watchman for free, but I can use salary as a bait to lure them to work for the Night Watchman - patrolling and repairing the Great Wall , building roads, building, etc. Where I come from ... it's called 'cash for work'."

"So that's it." Yam cheered up: "Compared with the southerners, the clan people will be unbelievably cheap labor, my lord is a good plan!"

"Besides, I may create and guide some public opinions in the future - for example, young people must have a house and a car... Heh, a house, a horse, and weapons forged from fine steel before they are eligible to get married... By creating a positive environment where more work gets more and can be compared with each other, the new land-grant residents are forced to struggle and work consciously."

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Can you still do this?This kind of governance strategy, which can only be mastered by the rulers of the modern world, is undoubtedly an unbelievable trick for people in this world...Yam imagined it, and opened his mouth: "This... can it be done?"

"I don't know if it can be achieved. It's not good to be too deliberate about things like cultural atmosphere. Wait for the water to flow, and then make the best use of the situation...it will naturally happen. Let me warn you first—just be clear in your heart, don't mess around Say. I don’t want friends of the night watchman to feel that I’m using them.” Iger nodded: “Actually, wild people are my original target. They could have become cheaper and almost free labor than clan people , It's a pity... I won't mention this, is there anything else that needs to be reported here?"

"Oh... yes, Sir Rodrik of Winterfell captured Hornwood, executed the illegitimate son of the Bolton family who murdered the Countess of Hornwood, and then released the soldiers you lent him. They just followed the law yesterday. The order came to Houguan Town, and I was just about to send someone to Castle Black to ask your lord what to do, and here you are."

"The illegitimate son of the Bolton family was executed?" Iger asked suspiciously, feeling that things were not that simple, "Are you sure, are there any prisoners?"

"It seems that there is a guy named Reek... The Lord of Winterfell considered the lack of manpower on the Great Wall, so he sent him and all the prisoners in other castle dungeons here by that team of soldiers. I don't know the details. Don’t want to help you call the soldiers to ask?”

Iger narrowed his eyes and vaguely remembered some plots: "Well, by the way, bring up that man named Reek."

After a while, the dozens of soldiers that Robb assigned to Iger and were borrowed by Sir Rodrik gathered in the newly built small square in Houguan Town, and at the same time escorted a slightly fat young man with a mouth Rich and moist, long hair... smells like shit.

"This is the prisoner you caught when you killed Bolton's illegitimate son?" Iger looked grimly at the stinky prisoner in front of him.

In the original plot, Ramsay Snow changed clothes with Reek and smeared feces on his body when he was arrested by troops from Winterfell, so he managed to hide from Rodrik and survived. Later, he was lucky enough to wait for Theon He raided Winterfell to release him, and did a bunch of heinous deeds such as slaughtering and burning Winterfell.

People in this world have nothing in common with TV actors. Iger is now wondering: Is this guy in front of me just a little skinny?

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Chapter 226

No conclusion can be drawn by observation, but Iger has a mouth and a brain, he can ask, and then judge for himself.

"Why did Ser Rodrik kill Bolton's bastard son and let the stinking fellow live instead?"

The leader of the northern soldiers replied: "Sir Rodrik hopes that this person will confess the crimes of his illegitimate son to Earl Bolton when he returns to the north, so that the Bolton family will automatically give up the territory of the Horwood family. requirements."

That's it, Iger nodded: "Then why did you release him to the night watchman in the end?"

"Uh... Earl Bolton wrote a letter back to Winterfell from the south two days ago, announcing that he would sever all ties with his illegitimate son. Nothing Ramsay Snow did could represent the Bolton family. claims to the city and its dependent territories."

Another soldier put in: "I've heard the letter from someone else, and I can still recite it now—'The blood of the bastard is always the source of trouble, and this Mr. Ramsay is by nature cunning, greedy, and cruel." .I dissociate myself from him. If he lives on, there will be no peace for my sweet wife and the legitimate child I am about to have."

"So decisive, this Roose Bolton is really a ruthless character." Yam admired: "We are both from the North, but different people's education and attitudes towards their illegitimate children are really completely different."

This is obviously a comparison with Jon Snow, Ed Stark's illegitimate son. Everyone present could hear the subtext in it, and they couldn't help nodding in agreement under the sympathy.

Iger was even more suspicious, and looked at Reek: "This guy is so smelly, let him join the Night Watch, I'm afraid I don't want to enter Castle Black again in the future."

"My lord can't stand the smell, I can wash it right away." Reek replied obediently.

The smell on Reek's body can't be washed off, and Iger continued to probe: "But the Night Watch Corps is already in such a mess, what's the use of me accepting scum like you again?"

"My lord, Lord Bolton's illegitimate son ordered me to do all those bad things! I can read and write, and I can do anything. The Night Watch will need me!"

How could a real Reek "read and write"?After a few words, Iger was almost sure that the person in front of him was Ramsay Snow—Little Peeling.

Another villain, a guy who is more disgusting than Janos Slynt, let the night watchman army capture the ghoul alive, and proved the existence of human natural enemies to the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms, and the response of these guys to themselves is: Fight the battle that should be fought, but at the same time "generously" give all the scum to the Night's Watch?

Familiar anger rose, and Aiger suppressed the sudden mood swings.His huge plan has just begun, and he shoulders the safety of the residents of the North and the Seven Kingdoms, as well as the future of his followers and all the employees of the Night Watchman industry. He doesn't want and has no energy to engage in meaningless wits with the villains. Fight bravely and expose yourself to danger.

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"If I refuse this person to join the Night's Watch, what will the Lord of Winterfell or Ser Rodrik...will do with this person?"

The grey-robed soldier shrugged: "I'm not from Winterfell, and I don't know much about Master Bran and Sir Rodrik, probably... hang or behead them."

"My lord?" Reek became terrified when he heard the words, "I can do anything, and I promise to be loyal to the Night's Watch."

"Forget it." Iger shook his head. It is the safest choice to send this person back to Winterfell and let the Stark family do it, but once the person is out of his hands, there will be variables: Commander Mormont may veto his plan. Ordered to take it back to Castle Black, the guy might have escaped halfway, etc... he didn't want to take any chances. "It's a few days' journey from here to Winterfell, wasting time going back and forth, find a place, and hang this guy to death."

"My lord? Why, my lord, I didn't do anything, my lord!" Reek didn't expect the situation to change so quickly, he was startled and shouted.

"Execute now."

"Forgive me, my lord, I really didn't do those bad things!" The prisoner broke away from the hands of two soldiers and rushed towards Iger. He didn't know whether he wanted to attack him or beg for mercy by hugging his legs, but he was caught by a Beibei within two steps. The frontier soldier swept down with a spear, fell to the ground, and screamed when he got up, but was hit by the spear in the face. Most of his teeth were broken, and his nose was covered with blood and flesh. He could no longer speak. Let people hear clearly.

Although I don't understand why Iger suddenly wanted to kill, the soldiers actually didn't want to escort this smelly guy anymore: "But how can there be a hanging here?"

"No, then go find a tree outside the wall, or erect a piece of wood, you can handle it yourself, no need to ask."

In fact, Iger is not 100% sure that the person in front of him is Little Skinner, and there is no evidence to prove that he will still do bad things or threaten himself after joining the Night Watchman... But he also figured it out: for his own career, his own follow The criminals and friends are responsible, so what if you kill the wrong villain?

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"My lord, even if you don't like this person, there's no need to kill him directly." Seeing Reek yelling inarticulately and being dragged away by several northern soldiers, the puzzled look on Yam's face couldn't be concealed at all. He never knew that Iger had such a ruthless side: "In case Castle Black or Winterfell pursue it..."

Mormont will definitely be very dissatisfied, maybe he will interview himself and inform himself that he must not refuse anyone to join...Winterfell will probably feel offended, but no matter what happens, they can only let Iger not allow it next time Cut first and play later, but couldn't save the two guys Genos and Ramsay,

I will never receive any substantive treatment: Elder Xiong cannot cut off his arm at this critical moment, and at Winterfell... Sir Rodrik may complain about himself, but he has saved Bran With Arya's love, the Stark family will never make things difficult for themselves.

As for Roose Bolton's revenge... He just ordered the execution of the "reek" who brought his illegitimate son to harm. Why did he want to take revenge on himself?

"If no one asks, just pretend that this guy doesn't exist. If someone asks, just push it on me." Iger said nonchalantly, "Maybe I should let Mormont make a statement, claiming that the Night's Watch no longer accepts vicious people." Criminals? Send everyone to the Great Wall, if things go on like this, who can support so many people!"

It took a few more minutes to inspect the empty but tall and sturdy warehouses that were ready to receive the goods, and the small Houguan Town was finished.When Iger came to the gate again, "Reek" had already been hung on the side trunk of a solid oak tree outside the town gate. Looking at the corpse swaying in the wind, Iger was suddenly touched in his heart: This is really a In the cruel, cold and real world, there is no distinction between important roles, protagonists and supporting roles, everyone is just a mortal.

Stronger than the Magic Mountain, there are so many scenes in the original plot, in this world, I was cut off by Tywin and sent to Dorne without even seeing him once in this world, so that the other party would retreat; but the cunning and evil is like a small peeling, with bad luck In the hands of Iger, who knows him well... On Iger's own territory, surrounded by his own soldiers, a word can make him return to heaven and earth.

What I am doing right now is probably called killing decisively?Have all the heroes who received this evaluation in history also had the same experience and considerations that they almost capsized in the gutter?

I am not stronger than the Magic Mountain, nor more cunning than Little Skinning. If I am not always vigilant and cruel to the enemy, if one day I fall into the hands of the enemy or someone who hates me, I am afraid that I will not be much better than the corpse in front of me.

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"Don't hang here all the time, take it down tomorrow, find a place to bury... no, burn it." Iger withdrew his thoughts and looked at Yam again: "Besides, I have some other tasks for you. I have the ability to communicate with the outside world by myself. I will add a layer of crow houses to the top of the tower on the island. I will ask Mormont to ask someone to raise crows. Besides, I don’t have time to go to the south and discuss food purchases with the northern princes one by one. , after you arrange things here, go south and visit every family once. Put your attitude on—we are buying, not asking them to donate. I know that now is the time when the northern border traditionally needs to start stockpiling grain It’s autumn, but please try not to raise the price too much for the sake of the night watchman’s protection of the northern border.”

"Understood, do you have any other orders?"

"Oh, by the way, bring a hundred golden dragons with you, and try to exchange for change wherever you go—silver deer, copper stars, copper points, everything, the more fragmented the better, I want every clan member to learn how to use it. Money, golden dragon alone is not enough." Iger thought for a while, and there was nothing else to explain, "I really have no one to use here, you have worked hard. I will take fifty of the soldiers that Robb sent me. One, you use the rest, pay attention to safety."

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Chapter 227

News came from the west of the Great Wall that Mance Rayder's full-scale attack had begun. The wildlings crossed the Grand Canyon and turned back to attack Westbridge, trying to seize and repair the bridge across the Grand Canyon that had long been blocked by the night watchmen. Skull Bridge... Ser Dennis Mallister led the defenders of the Shadow Tower to repel several wildling attacks, but the defenders suffered heavy casualties. Mormont sent another 100 people from Castle Black to support them.

But there is also good news. When Ygritte announced Mance's attack plan to the night watchmen in public that day, she must have thought that Yang Conspiracy could win with a hundred times the number of crows. She and Mance never expected... A freak among the night watchmen, usually not even at the top of the Great Wall, Leng returned to the front line in an emergency, and he just came up with a way to forcefully break the situation.

With several coping strategies put in place at the same time, the shortage of manpower has finally been temporarily alleviated: when Iger first traveled to this world, there were seven to eight thousand ordinary residents living in the gifted land, distributed along the Great Wall, providing night watchmen Nearly half of the legion's supplies.As the savages invaded, plundered and slaughtered over the wall, these residents died, and those who fled to the south left only a little over 2000 people... Now, Commander Mormont has moved all these [-]-odd residents to the nearby defenders. Stationed night watchman stronghold.These ordinary people are not strong enough to fight against the wall-crossing savages, but it is no problem to hide in the wall to help defend, or obey orders to do some repairs and construction work.

And with these helpers, the night watchman's own troops can be mobilized more freely.

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In addition, the efficiency of the clan people was also higher than expected. When Iger arranged many follow-up matters in Houguan Town and returned to the Great Wall with a few ordinary prisoners in the Winterfell dungeon, the migration advance team of the Flint clan Has come out of the mountain to Castle Black.

It is true that the largest clan in the northern region is the Wall clan, but because they need half of their members to stay in the fishing village along the coast of the Frozen Bay, the Flint clan has the largest number of people who can move into the land grant to support the Night Watchmen.According to the previous agreement, the first batch of settlers were placed in the Long Nightfort, dozens of miles west of Castle Black.

The Nightfort is the traditional stronghold of the Night's Watch. When it was first built, it could accommodate up to 1 people, but in fact it never managed to fill more than half of the space. It was not until 200 years ago that the Night Watchman declined and could no longer maintain such a huge fortress, it was finally abandoned, and the Castle Black at the end of the King's Road was used as the new headquarters.

The largest fortress along the Great Wall could not be more suitable for the clan that is about to settle in with the largest number of people.

The abandoned building complex needs a lot of repairs to be able to live in. Fortunately, the fortress that could originally accommodate 1 people has been demolished and repaired to accommodate 1000 people, and there are enough materials.Mormont sent ten craftsmen to cooperate and assist, and the first fort with reinforcements stationed in it was finally implemented.

Iger paid Old Flint a start-up fund of fifty gold dragons to ensure their smooth settlement. In the north where prices and living standards are generally low, this is already a huge sum of money... Castle Black has enough reserves for a thousand night watchmen to live All kinds of materials for one year, Mormont agreed to sell these things under the condition that Egger guaranteed that the stock could be replenished later.Clan people can bring money to Castle Black to exchange for any items they need. Egger has negotiated the prices of all commodities with Mormont and the steward, ensuring that they are neither too high to be affordable nor too low to cause reselling idea.

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"Over the Grand Canyon, 100 people may not be enough to go there. I plan to recruit paid people from the clan people and land-grant people who have been stationed along the Great Wall one after another. After simple training, fill them in the Shadow Tower and West Bridge Watch to ensure that the Skull Bridge is safe." Iger said: "At the same time, if what the female savage said is true, then Mance will probably send people to dig holes and climb walls along the Great Wall, and the security and patrol on the top of the Great Wall will also resume as soon as possible."

"If you want to resume patrolling, you must first clear the road again. There are not enough craftsmen, and I am afraid it will not be restored in a short time."

"The commander-in-chief and I have already made arrangements. The clans stationed will be assigned to Shimenzhai, Long Night Fort, Sable Hall, Beacon Tower and other strongholds first, so that a group of people will be stationed every few dozen miles along the entire Great Wall. "Iger said: "These fortresses and the top of the Great Wall in the vicinity will be in charge of the clans assigned to them... I will recruit craftsman assistants, sentries and patrols from them, and strive to realize the defense along the top of the Great Wall as soon as possible. No matter where the savage climbs a wall or drills a hole, someone will take immediate measures."

"Do the people of the clan have the discipline and self-awareness to complete the tasks you assign?" Jeremy questioned, "If you let them go to the city for sentry or patrol, I'm afraid they will find a corner and sleep wrapped in blankets." gone."

"Very likely, so we will arrange night watchmen for supervision and management in every fortress where clan people are stationed. One or two craftsmen, affairs officers, and several rangers are used to lead the duty in shifts... Each fortress only needs to Send ten to twenty night watchmen to manage hundreds of clansmen, and after the wall is built, the entire Great Wall can be made like a copper wall and iron wall, and the mouths of the savages who come to eat it will be full of blood."

"How can we ensure that the wild people obey the management of the night watchman we sent?"

"Qianbai, the clan people who climb the city to participate in the repair of the road on the top of the wall, sentry, and patrol along the way can get paid. I am studying what amount to set, but this is undoubtedly the most efficient method. Whoever refuses to obey the management...Okay, Roll to the fortress on the ground to eat living expenses, some people are willing to do it. The agreement between me and the clan leaders is to ensure that no one will starve to death. They will soon find out that if they do nothing, they will not be hungry. Die' is really literal."

"Why is everything money, money, money?" the chief affairs officer complained, "Is there no other way?"

"Please forgive my businessman's thinking. If Lord Bowen has other ideas, I'm all ears."

"The money is all from the logistics department. It stands to reason that we have no right to raise objections." The officer didn't speak any more, but Mormont said, "What I'm worried about is... the origins of the brothers in black... It will be chaotic, in case they enter the fortress where the clan people live, they will leave the supervision and management of the chief, take the lead in laziness and enjoyment, and even embezzle..."

More than [-]% of the current members of the Night Watch are criminals, and most of the remaining [-]% are desperate to survive... In terms of the poor quality of the rebel army, there is no army in Westeros that is worse than the Night Watch, Moore Meng's concerns are justified.

"We can only try to select those who voluntarily join, and those who have noble origins will be given priority as the commanders of the newly activated fortress." Voluntary joining and noble origins do not mean that the personality is more noble, but at least it is better than choosing criminals. Much better: "Also, I will send a night watchman property employee to each fortress to manage salaries and the sale of daily necessities, and secretly monitor the seriousness of the defense of each fortress."