The king on the Great Wall

"No, this..."

"It's okay, what I want is not the wildfires in the ground, but the way you make wildfires." Iger didn't embarrass the old man with his friends: "Can you show me the production process, or do you just sell stocks now and don't make new ones?" gone?"

"This is impossible!" Duck suddenly looked serious, and his eyes widened: "The method of making Wildfire is the deepest secret of the Alchemist Guild, no matter how much it costs, it must not be passed on to the outside world!"

No matter what the cost?Iger snorted, but didn't say much, just shook his head: "The way I want you to make wildfire is not to tell me the recipe and production process, but to serve me, understand?"

"Serving you?"

"Answer me now, I want to visit the production process, or just the place where it was produced, is that okay?"

"This... yes." The old man hesitated, made a concession, and brought Iger to the ground floor. The warm air made several people feel relieved.So far, Iger hasn't seen any other fire warlocks. It seems that the Alchemists Guild has collapsed, and the few remaining people are estimated to be able to maintain their shifts to work.

Just now when they entered the door to "buy wildfire", Duck led them directly from the nearest corridor to the underground. Now that they returned to the ground and led them to the production site of wildfire, Iger finally had the time to look at the structure of the guild hall.This is a large maze made entirely of black stones. The structure is much more complicated than it looks from the outside. Turning left and right, they passed a dark corridor surrounded by black iron beams, and they stopped at the door of another room.The wise man opened the door—it was a room with a small window, and they finally didn't have to rely on oil lamps to see.

Walking into the room, with just one glance, Iger knew he had come to the right place.

There is a row of long tables in this room, which are filled with various props and equipment, including bottles, cans, sizes, and heights - there are two of them, Iger can even be sure, one is for extraction, and the other is for extraction. to distill.

This is a chemistry lab, at least in prototype form.

The Alchemist Guild is actually a chemical research institute!

Why is this group, which represents advanced productive forces, replaced by bachelors trained by the Academy City and become unknown?With so many devices, more chemical discoveries useful to society can and should be made, so why do they just use them to start wildfires?Is this a distortion of human nature, or a loss of curiosity?

"See what?" Tyrion asked, seeing his friend stunned.

"I saw the future." Iger murmured, turning his head and staring at Duck with piercing eyes: "Do you know how to use the things in this room?"

"Basically I know... After all, I have received training... It's just that I haven't touched it for so many years. If I activate it again, I think I'll have to recall it." Duck said a little unconfidently: "Uh... Let's go out, this room It's not safe either."

Iger almost vomited blood: "It's not safe here? Is there a wildfire that hasn't been moved to the basement? Is there a safe place for your alchemist guild!?"

"No..." Duck pointed to the ceiling: "There are mechanisms and magic on it, if there is an accident in the room and a fire occurs, the ceiling will collapse, and a large amount of sand piled up in the compartment above will spill down and bury the room to extinguish the fire. Generally, there will be no problems, but—it has not been repaired for more than ten years, and I don’t know if it works.”

Iger looked up and saw that the middle of the ceiling was indeed falling heavily, as if it would collapse at any time, so he gave up the idea of ​​going in and carefully observing these chemical instruments and equipment, and hurriedly exited the room.

Before leaving, he did not forget to tell the other party: "Sage Dak, please remember what I said, and come to me when you are free."

***

"What on earth do you want that person to come to you for?" Out of the gate, Tyrion couldn't help asking curiously: "That guy is not really an experienced pyromancer at all, he is probably just a skilled assistant. The quality of wildfires is quite worrying."

"I don't want wildfire, what I want is his knowledge and skills in using the equipment in the room." Iger climbed on the horse and looked back at the dilapidated but still standing alchemist guild hall, "You know, in my hometown, there is a A solid like wildfire, but more stable and more explosive, is called gunpowder."

"More stable, more powerful, or solid?" Tyrion squinted his eyes. He doesn't know any martial arts, and his knowledge of war comes entirely from books, but this does not affect his rapid establishment of what Iger described. One impression: "This will completely change the mode of war and the appearance of the world!"

"That's right." Iger showed an inexplicable smile.

"You know what 'gunpowder' does?" Tyrion's pupils dilated.

"I know, but I don't know, so I need someone to do it for me." Iger put away his smile and kicked the horse with his heels, "But you, why are you so familiar with the deal to buy wildfire?"

"Well, in the court of our good King there was a juggling warrior from Myr called Thoros, who liked to win tournaments by frightening his opponent's men or horses with a flaming flaming sword... Once I bought him a drink and asked him what was the matter, and he told me that he bought wildfire here and put it on the sword, so he came up with the flame sword."

"It turns out to be like this." Iger thought before that the burning flaming swords in the TV series were really the appearance of the red god R'hllor. You have to be busy, and you have to cherish every moment of rest."

"Okay, let's go."

***

In the Economic Manuscripts, Marx said: "Gunpowder, the compass, printing—these are the three great inventions that heralded the coming of bourgeois society. The gunpowder blew up the knights, the compass opened the world market and established colonies , and printing became an instrument of Protestantism, a means of scientific revival, and the most powerful driving force for creating the necessary prerequisites for spiritual development."

Now, things are getting more and more interesting.

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Chapter 90

Gunpowder, to be precise, is black powder, one sulfur, two nitrates and three charcoals.The formula is simple and fluent, and many people can recite it. This is the proportion of ingredients involved in the reaction. In actual preparation, there will be a better quality ratio. Iger also has an impression of this: 2:15:3.In addition to remembering the formula, he also knows that "sulfur" and "charcoal" are actually elemental sulfur and carbon, and "nitrate" is potassium nitrate. It is not a problem to write the reaction equation of the explosion-nothing to show off, and he can master it after high school basic knowledge.

However, it is one thing to know the principle, and another thing to immediately produce a large amount of gunpowder that can be put into practical use. After all, he is not a major in chemistry or geology, and he has never done it himself.

Even if he could do it... he wouldn't get the gunpowder out right away.

The reason is very simple, the destructive power of this thing is too great, and I am still "under the fence", and I am actually covered by the Iron Throne, especially its official representative Ed - although the latter may not realize it.This objective fact will not change just because Iger is familiar with the plot and even "saved" the former secretly.Before controlling a force that is obedient and completely belongs to oneself, making gunpowder is completely like making wedding clothes for others.As long as the news leaks out, the new invention will be used by the world's ruling class in the war between each other in minutes - and the explosion is not eye-catching, I am the "neutral" night watchman, the biggest reliance among various forces It's the balance. Once this balance is broken, the seven giants will fight. Except for the northern army who may be merciful, others don't care what kind of human guardian or the guard of the Great Wall.Once it is affected by the war, the loss of the legion's assets is the next best thing. If you are unlucky and let the things you bring into this world die, it will be a big joke in the world.

As a time traveler, Iger will not refuse to have sex with a beautiful opposite sex. As for experiencing two armies shooting at each other on the battlefield... Although it sounds very "manly romance", if you participate in it, forget it.

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The most idealized future is to wait for one's own power to form, to find a reliable thigh or to stand on one's own... At the most critical moment, the big killer will be sacrificed: if civil strife does not break out in the Seven Kingdoms, then when the White Walkers really Put into actual combat when the attack comes; if the war still occurs, then take advantage of the chaos and quickly let all parties experience "equivalent is truth, range is justice" before the parties get the same gunpowder technology through means, and beat the ghosts and snakes of the Seven Kingdoms, Eliminate all opponents and threats with devastating force.After that, quickly try to get rid of the identity of the night watchman and climb to the pinnacle of life in one fell swoop - at that time, whether to continue to enjoy life in another world or find a way to travel back is entirely up to oneself.

Alas, Iger couldn't help but think of the standard configuration of time travel farming: if the soul wears a certain prince, there will be subordinates and fiefdoms at the beginning, and things will not be so complicated.

***

There is no point in obscenity and planning too far into the future. Iger showed his favor to the pyromancers, except to win over a few of them for his own use, and ensure that he can rely on these primitive chemists to quickly produce gunpowder when necessary. In addition, another more direct factor is to contribute to the defense of the Great Wall: wildfire is a super dangerous item in the warm south, but in the cold and desperate Great Wall, as long as you are careful enough, it can be directly regarded as a Liquid explosives are used.

While waiting for the first factory under the Night Watchman to be completed and put into operation, Iger fiddled with the bottle of Wildfire he bought.Pour out a few milliliters at a time, all kinds of tossing and trying.

"Don't get so close," Iger told Arya, who was staring at her with great interest, "If I catch fire, use the bucket of water over there to splash me!"

The girl giggled and agreed. In her eyes, it was quite normal for her master adventurer to want to play with fire.

Under the protection of caution and various precautions, this small death did not hurt anyone. Soon, Iger came to some conclusions:

First of all, this thing is much less dense than water. This is nonsense. Light oil must be lighter than water-this thing can not only float on the water surface, but also burn against the cooling effect of water. The reason Ang could use it to set fire to the Stannis fleet.Secondly, this thing is really super flammable-except that the body temperature can't ignite it, it can hardly be safe at all: it drips on the hot ground, it catches; put it in the sun for half a minute, it catches I snapped my fingers near it, and the friction between the fingers generated a little heat, and it caught... Although there was no thermometer, after several attempts, Iger made a judgment: a temperature above 50 degrees Celsius can make this thing spontaneously ignite.

In addition to being easily ignited and self-igniting, its surface tension is also extremely small, so it has the property of quickly wetting it and penetrating into the gap no matter what it touches, and this feature is very important for a flammable liquid An almost deadly extra feature.

Good stuff, looking forward to the scene when it is set ablaze among the ghouls.

……

Iger waited for the Pyromancer to come, negotiated with him and invited him to go to the north to serve the Night Watchman... but was rejected.

No way, when it comes to serving the night watchman, everyone immediately has a lot of bad associations, and this concept is even more deeply ingrained in the minds of older students.No matter how I explained it, the other party refused to let go, and the matter was finally let go-but Iger was not discouraged. He was just a small night watchman officer now, and it was naturally impossible to do everything smoothly.But as long as some time passes, when the Night Watchman industry develops and a solid interest community is formed with the nobles in King's Landing and even the king's land, the combination of money and power will produce a terrifying force. At that time, I will find the alchemists again , using coercion and inducement, to give them an "offer that cannot be refused".

The first investment was finalized, and the future seemed bright, but just when Iger was looking forward to the future, a sudden news made him a little panicked.While having a routine "emotional exchange" with his little apprentice, that is, clichés, he heard the latest piece of heavy news from the girl.

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A series of important nobles in the valley, including Jon Royce, Earl of Runestone City, Anya Waywood, Countess of Iron Oak, and Jerwood Hunter, Earl of Longbow Hall, quietly formed the Alliance of the Righteous The most elite armed forces launched a mutiny, designed internally and externally, and captured the Blood Gate at a very small cost. Now they have completely controlled the Vale of Arryn and surrounded the Eagle's Nest City. Surrender young Lord Robert to stand trial, to be raised by several families and to educate the future rulers of the Vale!

The declaration jointly signed by this alliance in Runestone City has been sent to King's Landing. Arya learned about it from the chats between her father and his staff, and then told Iger unpreparedly, making the latter the core of power The second batch of people in Queen's Landing knew about the explosive news.

***

Second Austrian, fierce, really fierce, thanks to Weimar Royce's stunned father, he is really not soft at all when he makes things happen, and his appearance is a big deal!

Iger spread the rumors at first just to overthrow Littlefinger, but once the rumors are released, it is like opening Pandora's box. Now, this demon has completely escaped the creator's control and ran out of King's Landing to wreak havoc in the valley went.In the War of the Five Kings, the Gudi, which had not lost any strength until the end of the war, was the first place to become chaotic?

Emotionally, Iger is gloating at Lysa's crazy girls being besieged in the Eagle's Nest, but now he is playing the money game: raising funds with financial means, and then relying on advanced technology to start a business.And this kind of game, no matter how uninformed and inaccessible the world is, is closely related to everyone and is affected by everything that happens in the world at every moment. Will the civil strife in the Valley affect the Has your own business created a shocking impact?

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Chapter 91 War Fortune?

Strictly speaking, this matter was another accident caused by inadvertent thinking—my own plot to destroy Littlefinger has succeeded, so far: Petyr himself lost power in King's Landing, and buried in the valley. Facing the encirclement and suppression again, the grand ambitions of a generation of conspirators were dug out by him, a traverser, with a wave of his hand, exposed to the sun, and then sunk to pieces.But when I first came up with this idea, I only thought of Petyr alone, and I forgot that among the adulterous men and women in the content, there is also a woman...

So, now this "smart" time traveler's own interests are also facing the threat of unbridled rumors... Iger smiled bitterly. There really is no such thing as the best of both worlds. It is normal for a villain to be dealt with so easily and have some side effects.The matter has come to this point, there is no need to regret it, what I need now is to judge the future development direction of the situation, and try to profit from it-even if it can't, at least reduce the possible losses it may cause.

As an outsider, Iger, who has limited knowledge of the world, will inevitably go awry when he deduces the development of the situation alone. It will be much better if a well-read person who grew up in Westeros can refer to and participate in the discussion.

So Tyrion also learned the news that night.

After some discussions, the two came to a very bad conclusion: war may be inevitable.

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What the "League of the Righteous" did, from the perspective of the traversers who knew the truth, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is righteous: take the youngest son of Yuan Fengjun from his sick and neurotic mother who murdered her husband. Under the common upbringing and education of a few big families who have no resentment, they will gradually grow into a qualified ruler of the Valley who is physically and mentally healthy, capable of writing and martial arts, and who knows shame and morality... The ideal is beautiful, but the problem is that Iger Although the information released is the truth, it is spread in the form of rumors, which is doomed: people in the world can believe it, but it cannot disturb the ruling order!

As King of the Andals, the First Men, and the Rhoynar, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, and Guardian of the Realm, Robert could never accept that one of his great vassals was suddenly surrounded by a group of lesser vassals. Minister control.If this kind of farce of the lower and upper levels is allowed to run amok, the authority of the top ruler will be greatly trampled—it is the greatest shame for a vassal to fail to protect his vassals. Even if the charges against Lysa Tully are confirmed, they can only It's up to the king to deal with it, it's not your turn to mess around!

Very domineering, but this is the operating rules of feudal society.

***

"The Iron Throne and this...'Alliance of the Righteous' should be negotiating for a period of time, but there is a high probability that no results will be reached." Tyrion analyzed: "Robert, in order to stabilize the country after the establishment of the new dynasty, Many compromises have been made - abandoning Dorne Martell and the Tyrells of the Reach for royalist behavior, marrying my old sister in exchange for an alliance with the Lannisters, making Jon Arryn his Hand to keep the The Stark, Tully, and Arryn families whose benefits after the war do not match their achievements...the above are all big families. Although it is aggrieved to compromise with them, it is not shameful, but what are the Royce and Waywood families? An onion?"

"Besides, our good king has been idle for several years, and his hands are already itchy, and the tournament can no longer satisfy him." The dwarf frowned: "Even if it's just to re-experience the feeling of leading an army, Robert will not Make the slightest compromise. And that alliance, since it has already started, it is absolutely impossible to let go of the results it has achieved, and go home in desperation and wait for sanctions!"

Just as he does not deny Robert's stupidity, Iger does not dare to ignore his military ability. He is both a king and an excellent general. Fighting him is one of the most stupid things in the world of ice and fire. What happened to Balon Greyjoy's rebellion It is the best warning: "Where is the confidence of this group of people? How can the earl families in the valley fight Robert?"

"Their confidence is the bloody gate and the kingdom's stretched financial situation - simply put: a dangerous point that has never been captured, and Robert's empty wallet." Tyrion said: "Thousands of years, blood The record of the door being breached from the front is always zero, and the Alliance of the Righteous has outwitted it with its own traitors, so it will definitely not give Robert a chance to try the same... As for the treasury without money, as long as there are eyes and ears in the court, Basically, they all know that when Robert's army is crushed under the Blood Gate, they will eat and drink in place for a month or two, and they will have no choice but to compromise."

"There is no money in the treasury, and if there is a war, Robert will definitely borrow money from his vassals." So it turned out that Iger's back shivered: "Our creditors are very likely to redeem the bonds, and even the investment just negotiated is huge. The probability will fall through!"

"That's right, the situation we are facing now is very troublesome..." Tyrion also gasped: "If Robert goes to the Vale of Arryn, my father will more or less send troops to help out. It didn’t fall from the sky, now it’s impossible for me to borrow money from my family…”

"We have to do some calculations. What kind of test can our capital chain withstand?"

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After some addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, they came to a conclusion, immediately dismissed all employees, stopped the construction of the factory, did not pay wages and defaulted on project funds, and concentrated all the money in their hands, including private property and the "appropriation" of the Iron Throne to the Night Watch Together, they gave up thinking about the next issue of food, drink and accommodation, and the capital chain can withstand [-]% of the redemption amount-this is a very good result, and this is the result of the game just starting, and they did not spend money randomly.

If the redemption amount is less than half, the business can continue at a low scale, but the capital chain is in jeopardy and faces the danger of breaking at any time; Win back to the court; if it is higher than [-]%, then Iger can pack up and prepare to go east to seek refuge with Longma, and Tyrion can also start drafting and thinking about how to ask his father Tywin to clean up the mess for him.

After all, Tyrion is the son of Tywin, even if he is disheartened, he will not suffer too much, but he is a night watchman deserter who failed to "fraud" in King's Landing and escaped. What is Dragon Ma trying to accept you?

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"Impossible..." Iger's face was slightly distorted because of his anger. It feels uncomfortable to be cut off from his fortune. The key is that it may not be a certain "person" who is about to cut off his fortune. He is not even angry. place sprinkled.

"Don't worry, the more anxious you are, the less you can think of an idea. We are the first to know the news." Tyrion comforted him: "Think about whether we can use this time difference to do something?"

The three words of time difference suddenly reminded Iger, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind: what would he do if he accidentally learned this kind of inside information before time travel?

Throw away the stocks that may have plummeted due to the bad news, and move to the military-related market.

Even if this war breaks out, it will only be a partial fight. Even if Robert returns home under the bloody gate, the earls of the valley will not have the courage and strength to counterattack the Vale of Arryn. After the internal conflicts accumulated over the years are transferred and vented, the overall situation in Westeros will be stable for a while-your financial game will not collapse, as long as you grit your teeth and survive this period!

"We immediately purchased a large amount of food, grass and armaments. When the news comes out, the prices of these things will definitely rise sharply. Use the price difference to make money and maintain the stability of the capital chain!"

"What?" Tyrion was taken aback. "Who would a normal person suddenly buy a lot of this kind of thing? You are telling people that you have inside information and want to make war fortune! Don't treat everyone above as fools." !"

"I'm not a normal person, and you forgot." Iger narrowed his eyes, and suddenly felt that this idea had something to do with it: "I am the Chief Logistics Officer of the Night Watchman. A hundred thousand savages outside the Great Wall are approaching the Great Wall. In order to prepare for the war, I have purchased a large amount of food, grass and armaments. I plan to send it to the Great Wall, who can say more? Ed will at most put pressure on me and not allow me to raise the price, and it is absolutely impossible to cut off my head because of this! As long as I look good at the food and act more realistically, it will definitely work! "

Tyrion stared at Iger blankly for a while, and realized that the other party was indeed the head of the night watchman's general logistics, but it was too dangerous to steal food from the tiger's mouth with war money, should he gamble like this?

Got it!

The dwarf's face recovered: "Indeed, there is nothing wrong with your purchase of food, grass and armaments, but it is still too dangerous to operate. I will give you a way: pretend to give up the bulk of the benefits, and everyone will make a fortune together, so that we can stay safe."

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Chapter 92 Information Delivery Race

In the early morning of the next day, Iger and Tyrion got up early, brought the certificate signed by Ed Stark and the letter of commission provided by Mormont, and quickly started the first crazy shopping after entering this world.

For the first time since the establishment of the Night Watchman's Office, the office was closed in the morning: all the office staff, including Jakun, went with their own officials to the goods distribution center in the Iron Street in King's Landing and the Blackwater River Port outside the city-to make purchases.

The minions' task is simple: carry the money and protect it.

A few "Night Watchmen" dressed in black and carrying weapons, plus two fully armed Lannister guards in dark red armor, and a dwarf that few people in the city don't know, well, this one Such a strange and intimidating combination, it's amazing that someone in King's Landing City dares to use their brains.

They brought out half of the total amount of funds, more than 1000 golden dragons, found several big merchants with the most abundant supplies and materials when the sun rose, and bought food, grass, and armaments worth nearly ten times the amount of cash they brought. : enough food for the entire night watchman army for several months, hundreds of horses, enough steel swords, crossbows and a large number of arrows for seven or eighty people to be armed to the teeth in minutes...

Not only did the two not have to bargain hard, but they also paid one-tenth of the purchase price on the spot at a price slightly higher than the market price as a deposit.The requirement is: sign an agreement.

It was stipulated in the agreement that these materials must be counted as soon as possible and collected in the port warehouse, and shipped to Donghaiwang in succession within two weeks.After arriving at the Great Wall and handing it over to the Night Watchmen, the deliverer then came to the Night Watchman Office in King's Landing City to claim the remaining [-]% of the payment with the receipt certificate obtained from the East China Sea Watch Night Watchman Legion.

The liquidated damages for both parties is one-tenth of the total payment for goods, which is the same as the deposit amount.

To put it simply, if Iger suddenly decides not to want this batch of goods, he will lose all the deposits he has already paid. This money is equivalent to giving the goods to the owner for free. You will need to return double the deposit.

***

The terms seem to be reasonable, and the price is not a problem, but in fact: the funds in Iger's hands can't pay the remaining [-]% of the payment at all. Deposit, "temporary ownership" of food, grass and armaments five times the net worth of the Night Watchman Office.

When the news of the upheaval in the valley spread through various channels and the Red Castle fell to these merchants, the prices of these food, grass and armaments would inevitably rise accordingly. The merchants who made a living by this would naturally also According to the analysis, it is at most a little slower than half a beat.Before Robert summons the armies of the Seven Kingdoms to go north to the Vale of Arryn, the price of food and supplies will increase by far more than 10%.

What Iger and Tyrion want to earn is not the increased price difference, but liquidated damages.

The reason is simple, earning liquidated damages is risk-free, but wanting to earn the price difference is a tiger's mouth, extremely dangerous.A big supplier that can provide so much grain and grass materials, even if he does not have any titles, must have a background behind him. Iger wants to rely on the prime minister's paperwork, and even if he can't get the remaining [-]% of the payment, he will still be in the hands of the owner. It is simply impossible to resell the things in the store to subsequent buyers at a higher price.

The transaction will be frozen. If the deposit is Iger and Tyrion's own money, and they are not afraid of death, then they can agree on a higher liquidated damages ratio and spend it with the owner of the goods for greater benefits. As the creditors come to ask for the redemption of the bonds, the capital chain will quickly complete the two steps of tightness-breaking, and by then, everything will be over.

Taking the initiative to make concessions and accept liquidated damages to become the "victim" of the other party's treachery. It seems that they have given up the bulk of their profits, but in fact they have already made a lot of money. The best thing is that they have avoided possible follow-up accusations and troubles— —The things have never come into our hands, and the night watchman is also a victim of the increase in the price of food, grass and armaments. How can we make war money?

Don't forget who the current Prime Minister is, right up to the pedantic Ed Stark, who wants to help Robert manage the Seven Kingdoms, and he will never sit back and watch this counter-insurgency war against the Valley degenerate into an armaments and grain merchant squeezing iron. The carnival of the throne's wealth, before the people who drive up the price have finished their money, the sanctions may have fallen from the sky.