The king on the Great Wall

"It's done." The wise man in Harlem said: "Except for the troublesome nitrate, everything else is as much as you want, and it's not rare at all."

The so-called preparations are naturally charcoal, sulfur, and nitrate...the materials needed to make the most primitive black powder.

Charcoal, needless to say, can be used by grinding the high-quality black charcoal from the smoldering of the industrial area outside into powder.

Sulfur... Coincidentally and inevitably: the craters on Dragonstone Island are everywhere, and when they are transported back and simply melted, filtered and distilled, sulfur that is barely considered pure can be obtained. It is not difficult for warlocks.

But in the last item of nitration, fire warlocks encountered difficulties: things like sulfur and charcoal were already familiar and used in the world of ice and fire before Iger crossed over. Everyone knows it, but nitrate—— Weiss There are no Chinese medicine practitioners and alchemists in Troke, and people have no idea about them.

"We now know that there are such things on the corners of stables and toilets, and on the walls of some cellars and caves. The purification is also simple-just soak in hot water and then filter. The problem now is that these sources are too few. Mass production is not up to par."

"What about the saltpeter mine?"

"No one has ever heard of this thing! Since you can tell what its ore looks like and where it is usually distributed, you can give me some hints."

How does Iger know this?He was not a geology major or hobbyist before he traveled, and he didn't know that he would need to make gunpowder one day in the future!He scratched his head vigorously and realized that things were not as simple as he imagined after all. Knowing about one sulfur, two nitrates and three charcoals is completely different from producing gunpowder and bringing a world into the age of firearms.

"Then what should I do? I'll send people to the Seven Kingdoms to buy the ground frost that naturally forms in other people's toilets and stables?"

"That's all we can do for the time being. However, we still don't understand why these three things are the nemesis of the White Walkers? Although they can all be burned, there is no magic power in them, and we don't have a more powerful wildfire. ?"

The so-called White Ghost Buster is of course just a rhetoric made up by Iger. In the future, it will probably be used as an excuse to buy saltpetre in the Seven Kingdoms... Mix it with obsidian fragments to make a dragon crystal fragment bomb, and even make it with the future. The cooperation of the copper cannon is Iger's real plan.

"What about things?"

The wise man Dak brought out three large jars, each containing three kinds of raw materials: "This jar of nitrate is scraped off the wall of the cellar of the alchemist guild hall by our assistant who is still in King's Landing. Such a half can, if it is really the nemesis of the White Walkers, then you should save it."

The half can must weigh at least a few kilograms, which is not a lot, but considering that such a small amount can only be scraped out of a building as large as the entire Alchemist Guild Hall, this is really a precious resource.

If it is used to shoot a cannon, it will be gone as soon as the sound passes.

It seems that this war against the White Walkers and the dead will mostly have to rely on existing things like wildfire.

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Iger took a small pile of all three materials with a piece of paper, and left the laboratory where fireworks were strictly prohibited.

"Come on, the interesting thing you want is here."

Everyone followed him to the lounge separated by several walls. Iger folded the paper containing the gunpowder, shook it, crumpled it, and threw it into the fireplace for heating.

Accompanied by a slight gas explosion sound of "boom", the originally stable fire instantly intensified several times, and the flames that changed colors pushed the heat and sparks even out of the fireplace for a short time, and the accompanying Yam, the fire warlocks and Ai Leah was startled.

"That, that... what is that!" Arya's displeasure on her face was mostly faked, but when she saw this unprecedented scene, she couldn't control her face any longer, and exclaimed excitedly.

The girls were just amused, while the pyromancers were completely shocked.

They have been researching how these three things can restrain the White Walkers for the past two months. After tossing and tossing and tossing in the laboratory where fireworks are strictly prohibited, they didn't understand it. Only now do they know that these three things are supposed to be mixed together Fire it up again!

Deflagration, of course they have seen it, and they also know: If this reaction occurs in a closed container and environment - it can form an explosion.

If nothing else, wildfires can explode under the right circumstances.But you know, what has always prevented wildfire from being officially put into military use is its difficulty in transportation and instability!And now, a solid that is completely solid, extremely stable and easy to transport without contact with flames and high temperatures, and is also light, can also form such a violent reaction!What this means, no one knows better than the pyromancers who once served the Targaryen dynasty, which is what they have been pursuing for centuries - chemical weapons that can be used as weapons!

Once this thing is known to the nobles and kings in the south... the spring of fire magicians is coming!

"Thank you for your hard work and hard work in the past two years. From tomorrow, Houguan Town will restrict access in a stricter way." Of course, Iger knows better than them the changes that this thing can bring to the world. He has already done a good job Preparations for all secrecy work: "This thing called 'gunpowder', I hope that until the end of this war, it will be a secret that only belongs to the Night Watchman."

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Chapter 320 The Commander-in-Chief's Sad Daily Life

Iger has many things he wants to do, but blocking the invasion of the aliens is undoubtedly the top priority, the premise of all work and planning.

Melisandre confirmed: She can indeed feel the magic that exists in the Great Wall - Iger speculates that most of it comes from the unknown number of giant weirwoods growing under the ice wall. It is impossible to directly launch a general attack willfully.

However, although the magic in the Great Wall is grand and majestic, it is scattered over a range of at least one hundred leagues long and unknown in height and width. Its effectiveness is greatly diluted by the scale of space, and its intensity seems to remain constant. Build up that power.

However, the power of "R'hllor's old enemy" that the red-robed woman said, that is, the ice magic breath permeating the world, is getting stronger and stronger as the temperature drops, and the rate of change does not even slow down.This undoubtedly means that the ghosts are also getting stronger, and this effect can also be extended to the ghouls-one day, the driving effect of the Great Wall will not be able to suppress the determination of the ghosts to go south.

And the most disturbing thing is that no one knows when this time node will come.

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Ranger patrols have long since ceased, but the Night's Watch now has skinchangers who can control birds.Immediately after Iger took office as commander-in-chief, he ordered the skinchangers to come to the Great Wall and conduct aerial reconnaissance outside the wall.

Soon after returning to Houguan Town, the investigation results gradually returned to him from various fortresses.

It was no accident that Jon Royce's risky delivery outside the wall half a month ago was successfully completed—the skinchanger tried his best to control the animals to scout far away, but within ten miles of the Great Wall, Not a trace of the army of the dead or the White Walkers was found.

Either they are hiding under the snow, or they are not really near the Great Wall.

What are the White Walkers waiting for?

Or maybe it's another possibility-they are not waiting for anything, but are planning other bigger actions in a place that the night watchman can't see?

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Most of the parts connecting the Land of Eternal Winter and the Seven Kingdoms are separated by the Great Wall, but at the westernmost end there is a grand canyon and the mouth of the Milk River that divides the Frostfang Mountains!

This obvious "loophole" is of course impossible to ignore. Iger asked the Shadow Tower to conduct high-density patrols on the south side of the Grand Canyon, which undoubtedly required a lot of manpower.Therefore, while Houguan Town was racking its brains for construction, he had to constantly find ways to increase troops to support the west end of the Great Wall.

But the reality still can't allow him to devote himself to his work wholeheartedly—Houguan Town seems to have become a concentration camp for land-grant extraordinary people, full of troublesome spirits, and full of bad things.

First up is Melisandre.

The priestess of the Lord of Light moved here with her followers—in the name of assisting the Commander-in-Chief.Although there is such a beautiful witch by his side who can secretly conduct "in-depth communication and understanding" with each other from time to time is something that many men covet, but Iger is very clear-the red-robed woman is never "his woman", She just uses her body to stabilize her relationship with her "allies", and she can get some fun from it by the way.

It is quite reassuring to have such an extraordinary person in the same camp, but if this person is always whispering in his ear about the long night...prophecy...a hero born in a boiling sea...a dragon hatched in a stone Such nonsense, it is really annoying.And she took the opportunity to preach in Houguan Town with the convenience of a large number of people, and it did cause a small but real disturbance to the normal work of the logistics department.However, after several attempts, she grasped the new commander-in-chief's bottom line of tolerance, and her edge ball became more and more slippery, making it impossible for Iger, who "takes others' short hands and inserts others to hang him softly", to get angry at all.

And the two illegitimate sons of Jaime and Cersei.

Because of the rules of the noble game, Robert's two "sons" had to wear black clothes if they wanted to save their lives.Among them, Tommen is quite obedient and obedient, but Joffrey is completely disobedient. He has been reduced from a prince to a night watchman recruit, and he vents endless grievances to the people and things around him all day long.Without James, Iger can naturally take tough measures against him, but his new commander-in-chief still needs the loyalty and obedience of the kingslayer and the people who are loyal to him in the west, and even more so for those who are still living in the west. Tywin was kind of mean, he couldn't beat or scold him, and it took a lot of brainstorming to come up with a barely appropriate way to deal with him.

Finally, Theon Greyjoy, foster brother of the Guardians of the North.

This iron island boy who hadn't had time to do stupid things certainly didn't know what beastly things he would do in another timeline. He felt that he was loyal to the Stark family but ended up being assigned to the Great Wall. He felt aggrieved, Full of complaints, Iger took some time to talk to him, wrote him a few attractive empty checks, and arranged a job of "archery teaching in Houguan Town" to divert his attention before letting him settle down down.

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After the above roles are arranged by Iger, at least they can be out of sight.And the biggest trouble - a certain girl who refused to go home even if she died, is really a big headache.

The "land-grant capital" that is developing rapidly under favorable policies has become the paradise for the second lady of the Stark family. She stays in Houguan Town on the grounds that the way home is flooded with snow and is difficult to walk. Run west.For a while, I went to the industrial area to watch the workers burn charcoal and smelt copper to make them covered in ashes; for a while, I went to the school to torture those savage children with wooden swords on the training ground, relying on their excellent talent and having been taught by a famous teacher ; After a while, I went to the warehouse to get obsidian and said that I would also like to contribute to this war between humans and ghosts... In the end, I naturally tossed around for a long time and left the mess for others to clean up.

Iger had a headache and found that it was probably too long since he played the role of a teacher to reprimand or really teach her something, and the majesty he had established in King's Landing had been lost unconsciously. For Arya, "Master" began to gradually change from an elder role to an intimate name for a good friend... She gradually began to play with the word, and Iger even quickly summed up the experience.

For example—"Master, master, master!" several times in a row, urgent and crisp, usually with an excited tone, it must be that she has some new discovery or good idea to share with Iger.

And if "Shi~~腐~~" is so lax and powerless, dragging a long ending sound and being weird, it probably means that she is bored, and Igger should hurry up and think of something to make her bored.

These are not outrageous, and sometimes the following weird dialogues will occur between the two:

"Master—Master."

"what happened again?!"

"It's nothing, let me call you, hehe."

It can't be rushed, and it's not good to kill her... This kind of day lasted for just a few days, and Iger's scalp became numb when he heard the word "master".

Fortunately, the unexpected savior appeared in time.

A few weeks after successfully winning the election of the commander-in-chief, another team arrived in Houguan Town from the industrial park in King's Landing in the south to deliver a new batch of supplies and helpers to the Night Watchmen. The leader of the team really surprised Iger.

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After hearing the news, I rushed to the unloading square at the gate of Houguan Town, and Iger saw the figure who was one size smaller than the others in the crowd at a glance.I haven't seen her for a year, and the young girl in the past seems to have fully adapted to the identity of the person in charge of the night watchman industry in the south. She is wearing a black windbreaker that keeps her warm but can still show her slender figure, and a pretty girl with a little makeup and lipstick. Face... The "woman in black robe" who had just taken off her hood after arriving just now was standing in the field calmly directing the loading and unloading of supplies, she didn't look like a "newcomer to Houguan Town" at all.

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Chapter 321 The Savior

"Nina!" Iger didn't hide his emotions at all, and walked towards her quickly with a smile from his heart.

"Master Iger."

Nina turned her head, with a flash of joy on her face, bowed her face, and was about to greet him pretendingly like a normal subordinate, but she didn't think that the man didn't want to hide the intention of their relationship at all, but walked over directly, A bear hug caught her in his arms, bowed his head and kissed her.

She was so scared that she quickly turned her head, so that Iger only kissed her face in the end.

"Don't be like this... so many people... are watching."

"What are you afraid of, who dares to talk nonsense!"

Iger looked around with a smile, and everyone hurriedly continued to work without paying attention.

In this world, if you talk about the person who helps Iger the most, Tyrion Lannister can't move the first position, and the Stark family may be able to rank second—and then there is this little devil who learned from him After leaving King's Landing, she has been quietly running the night watchman industry, so that he will never have to worry about the smart girl who has financial problems in the Great Wall.

The unshakable and stable material delivery of the night watchman industry for a long time can easily give people the illusion that this is "justified", but Iger will not forget: this is someone who paid silently behind the scenes.

For this great hero and his good wife, Iger must clearly and clearly express his importance and preciousness, so as not to take her loyalty and dedication for granted just because the other party didn't ask for anything.

Not to mention that this is Houguan Town, he is surrounded by his own people. Even in the Shadow Tower of Castle Black or even Eastwatch, he will probably welcome Nina in other ways. Who can do anything to him?Use this as an excuse to rebel?Or report to Robb Stark that he has a woman?

You see, at this moment of internal and external troubles and life and death, the guardians of the northern border don't care about this shit.

In this matter, Iger is going to be arrogant, he has the capital.

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Nina's appearance of a strong woman disappeared a moment ago. Her face was flushed and her body was weak. She was almost melting into the man's arms.

Seeing Nina's flushed face, Iger didn't continue to force her, turned around and embraced her, and walked towards the inner area of ​​Houguan Town.

"Okay, it's been a hard journey. Let's go, let's talk as we go."

Leaving the gate under the eyes of everyone, the two walked side by side under the eaves of large warehouses and dormitory buildings, listening to each other's breathing quietly, and several guards followed behind a few meters away.

Today, of course, Iger will never say "Why are you here?" This kind of unnutritious homeboy awkward chat, if you don't think about what to say for a while, then just don't talk.As he walked, he looked at the young girl beside him—the panic and shyness of being caught off guard by his sudden attack just now gradually faded away. Although the blush on his cheeks was still there, the kind of "man in charge" and "" The self-confidence and composure of "Entrepreneur" made her look more like an aristocrat than many female aristocrats, making it hard to imagine: this is actually a commoner girl without any title of title.

The kind of temperament and charm exuded by Nina, which is rarely seen in the era of patriarchy and inferiority, is enough to make any man twitch his index finger and give birth to the desire to conquer—and the most proud and fulfilling thing is that such a The strange woman who looks like a little queen is actually completely her own from the inside out.

Iger had to be thankful again that he had Tyrion as a friend. He not only found this pearl from the gravel, but also polished it so shiny and gave it to himself.Not seen for a year, and even more glamorous.

After all, he couldn't really keep silent, so he finally spoke first: "Is the work in King's Landing going well?"

"Thanks to you and King Stannis, it went well." Nina replied in a relaxed tone. She was no longer the little girl who panicked and stuttered when she met Iger, although the joy of reuniting with her lover could not be concealed in her eyes. But the answer was smooth and easy: "The Iron Throne punished the princes and princes who did not stand firm and supported the rebellion against King Renly. The industry took this opportunity to get back almost all the ownership. Relying on sufficient funds and a good system, it is running well. And there is plenty of momentum to develop.”

"Speaking of which, I have to mention that the business strategy and operating model you formulated together with Lord Tyrion back then are really miraculous. I don't have to do anything, as long as I check for gaps and make good supervision, the night watchman industry is like a Life can operate on its own. Especially the "venture investment with promising prospects" has become the only feasible way for us to further develop in a limited market. Over the past ten months, we have selected and invested in several Most of the projects can create benefits, even if they lose money, they can't hurt their vitality."

"Ha, you don't have to give all the credit to me and Tyrion. No system is perfect, and the industry can operate normally. You, the manager, must have contributed a lot." Iger smiled and shook his head. Nina said lightly, but It's not that he has never managed the night watchman industry himself. No one knows better than him the hardships and troubles of tossing and directing such a large business entity. "You're definitely not here just to announce the good news. Why don't you just say-'but' after that."

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After all, it was Mrs. Iger, and Nina's face became hot, and she immediately felt that "he is indeed the man I admire and admire".Fortunately, his face was flushed at first, but he didn't show any embarrassment. He paused for a while, and obediently sorted out his thoughts, and continued.

"However, the ancient families in the king's land gradually regained their vitality, and the princes of the Narrow Sea who supported the new king quickly gained a foothold in King's Landing. These nobles soon began to covet the high profits of the night watchman industry, trying to get a share of it With a just and strict ruler like Stannis on top, the situation is not too bad, but the young Aegon's rebellion has not yet been quelled. After all, it is impossible for the king to protect us from the Night's Watch property—those nobles dare not plunder , but trying to get it out of the way, in the process of investing in new projects several times, a large number of nobles came to their door and insisted on joining."

"Wars have been going on in the south, and the market for the night watchman industry should not be able to expand, and it doesn't need much financing." Iger probably understands what happened: "But there are still people who force you to give you money, and then force you to admit their shareholders and Partner status, and give them dividends on profits."

"That's right. The few newly invested projects are not profit-making industries, but all the nobles are rushing to the profit margins of paper books and obsidian. We must pay them dividends, otherwise we will say that we are greedy." Money... All these factors lead to the fact that although the total profit of the Night Watchman industry is steadily increasing, the share belonging to the 'Night Watch Corps' is constantly shrinking, and the amount is stagnant or even showing a downward trend." Nina pursed her lips , "The current monthly profit of the night watchman industry is close to three thousand gold dragons, but part of it will be used for dividends, and some will be reserved for working capital and friends from all walks of life... The rest can be used by the legion, even the number of one thousand is not enough. It's hard to keep up."

It turned out that before Iger left King's Landing and returned to the Great Wall north, he had already defeated the commander of the King's Landing Garrison, who was unpopular, and turned his successor into a friend.He also subdued Yalar Dim, and achieved both black and white in King's Landing, creating a good environment for the business to grow bigger and stronger-but this level of power is more than enough to deal with gangsters and hooligans. In the game of nobility, it is still not on the table. The bunch of people with names and surnames want to get a piece of it, but no one can stop it.

If you don't give them enough benefits, they will become your competitors... What do you want to talk to these vampires of the exploiting class "Our money is used to fight the White Walkers, and we are doing business, please don't think about it" What a fool's dream.Having said that, Iger originally took the path of "everyone gets rich together". The current plight of the Night Watchman industry is just because of a coincidence that he has experienced the wonderful taste of eating all the profits without paying taxes. When he returns to normal Some are not used to it.

As long as you control the speed well, don't become a tool for others to make money. Iger doesn't plan to fight on two fronts. While preparing to defend against the aliens, he is still intriguing with a group of nobles in King's Landing.

Iger was about to speak to comfort Nina, and told her that it was inevitable and it was not her fault.The girl lowered her head and bit her lower lip, and said in a low voice with some hesitation: "This is not too much, some nobles, especially a certain member of the Florens family, have used my brain again... wanting someone It's money and money."

The Florence family?Damn it, in this world, is there any more formidable opponent than the royal relatives?Even if the queen's family has no soldiers in King's Landing, it is by no means comparable to the dead Janos Slynt... Iger rubbed his temples with a headache, and while worrying about his own money, he never forgot Caring about people first: "They didn't do anything to you, did they?"

"Do they dare? The people of King's Landing have never forgotten what will happen to your love rival when you are an adult." The care shown by Iger invisibly sweetened Nina's heart—it is nonsense to say that the Queen's family fears Iger, but there is history With such a rigid person like Tanis on the Iron Throne, no one would dare to do such a thing as robbing a civilian girl.She jokingly said: "It's just that people often come to harass me, and it's annoying, so I just throw the burden to my deputy and run to the Great Wall to find you, my lord, for refuge."

Deputy?Is it reliable?

Iger muttered in his heart, but in the end he didn't ask, but just put his arms around Nina's shoulders.While thinking about a solution to the problem, a voice that made his scalp tingle rang out again.

"master--"

Arya came up from behind panting, Iger hadn't seen her so flustered for a long time.

"what happened?"

"You're still asking what's wrong!" the girl yelled angrily, as if she had something to say.In the end, he turned his head to look at Nina, gave up again, and finally just stomped at her angrily: "Why are you doing this! Hmph!"

What's wrong?Just when the two of them were confused, Arya turned her head again... and ran away as quickly as she appeared. Looking at her burning buttocks, Iger almost thought that the White Walkers had invaded Houguan Town.

"What did she want to say, and why did she run away?" Although this girl always did some inexplicable things, she still managed to confuse Iger this time, and he looked at Nina suspiciously: "Isn't the relationship between you two okay?" , what did you do to offend her?"

"No, I haven't had time to meet Miss Stark." Nina also had an innocent face, but she quickly remembered something: "Oh... I haven't had time to tell you. I planned to take a boat this time I went to the East Sea to watch, but there was a storm when I arrived at White Harbor, so I disembarked and came here from the King's Road. When I stopped in Winterfell, the Stark family maester asked me to take a Greyjoy The female prisoner of the house was brought to your custody, and Lady Stark sent two soldiers with the procession north to hurry Arya home."

About Asha, Iger had already known and made preparations, but the latter incident made him overjoyed: "Great...wait, come! Go and order to close all the doors of the inner castle in Houguan Town, Wake up those who are idle, and help the soldiers of the Stark family... take their second lady home! Also, don't say this is my order!"

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