The Winter of Ice and Fire Is Coming

(Add 3 to the lesser leader who opened Martha for the leader)

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Green said: "Master Carter, the life of the fishermen is not good as far as I know. The long summer has passed. The short autumn time is not long, and the long winter is coming. Fishermen who have not had food storage for several years are If we cannot survive this winter, if our soldiers’ salary is acceptable and the soldiers’ families are taken care of to some extent, it is easy to recruit from the fishermen."

The whole long winter is the most sad day for the people in the north. Many families will starve to death if the long winter is too long. Such things are common in the long winter.

Entering the army in the autumn is actually the best choice for many poor people.

The Bidong town outside Lindong City cannot accommodate the fishermen in remote places such as Donghaiwang.

The area of ​​the northern border is almost as large as that of the other six countries. Although it is sparsely populated, the area is too large, and the total population is still large. There are more than 10,000 free citizens in the town of Bidong, which is a problem.

Carter said: "The monthly salary of the soldiers is 10 silver deer, which is double the previous rate. The army provides food, clothing, shelter, and armor. Soldiers with families can get a piece of land to grow food or keep them in captivity. Livestock, or participating in the family hunting team, can also do chores in the army, two silver deer a month. If the soldiers have a mission, such as winning a battle, half of the armor and trophies they get are handed in, and the remaining half belong to themselves. "

Green said: "With such conditions, as soon as the conscription order is issued, the fishermen will join the army. ——Master Will, all the fishing villages near Donghaiwang join our fleet and there are not enough people. We need to conscript in the fishing villages along the coast of the north. The agreement of the Stark family in Winterfell."

"You just conscript, I will deal with the Stark family in Winterfell," Will said.

"Yes, my lord," Green said.

He had only one problem, but after seeing Will's ambition, Green's problems suddenly became more numerous.

"Master Will, Master Carter, autumn is over, and winter is coming. If we are all killed by ghosts in the winter, it will be okay. Everyone will become ghouls and wander around this land in comfort; but if we What if you defeat the ghost under the leadership of Lord Will? What should I do?" Green said.

The lone wolf Arnold said: "Green, what kind of ghost are you talking about, what do you do if you defeat the ghost? I don't understand at all?"

"We defeated the ghost, but the winter will continue for many years. In the unpredictable winter, there are so many of us, about 100,000, right? What do 100,000 eat?" Green said.

food! food! food!

In the cold winter that lasted for several years, if the ghosts were defeated, the biggest enemies left would be cold and hunger.

"One hundred thousand people?" Arnold said, "you have a problem with your brain. Now the entire army is less than six thousand people. Where are the hundred thousand people? Although the four-nation advance army has six thousand people, they are under our military jurisdiction. Everything else is independent. Regardless of training, rest, military pay, food, and weapons, they are all independent. They themselves belong to their own lord. Whenever the lord orders, they must go back."

Green frowned. It was an uncomfortable reaction caused by the pain of his severed limb: "Master Arnold, Winter Solstice, according to Master Will's military order, open the Great Wall to welcome the settlement of the Savage Tribe. If all the wild people outside the Great Wall enter our jurisdiction. I estimate that it will be more than 50,000 people, plus the more than 20,000 roaring stone tribes descending from the Wolfwood Mountains, that’s 70,000.

"Our army will have at least 10,000 elite soldiers by that time, that is, at least 80,000. If the advance army of the Four Kingdoms did not withdraw in the winter and their masters did not deliver food to them, their food would be a problem for us. It must be resolved. In addition to Lord Tyrion’s miners and legions on Dragonstone Island, I said we need to consider the problem of eating 100,000 people in the winter. Is there a problem?"

The lone wolf Arnold gaped his mouth and closed his mouth in a whisper.

Commander-in-Chief Carter, Chief Ranger Arnold, Bachelor Xia Zuo, Fleet Captain Ossen Shidong; Chief Officer Thaksin Hewen, Recruit Head Aesop, Darjeelie, Angel, Green’s Deputy Wright, Will’s Ashes The guards of the tribe, the hunting dogs, etc., all had a strange heart. ——Green broke his hand last night and has been lying in the medical room of the bachelor's room all night. He still has the mind to calculate these things so finely?

What kind of person is this guy? !

"So I suggest that our first trade is to trade food with the free trade city-states across the narrow sea. We sell our animal skins, wine, swords, fish, gold and silver jewelry, onions, tribal clothing, etc., for free trade. City-states, bring back food."

"Several free-trade city-states are on the seashore, still need our catch?" Bachelor Xia Zuo said.

"I drove an empty fishing boat to Braavos. When we arrived in Braavos, if our captain was experienced enough, the empty fishing boat would be filled with fish, and then add some ornaments, wine or fruit from the fish on the boat. It can be exchanged for full grain. If the grain is hoarded enough, we can start selling grain at high prices in the fourth year after the winter, when people's reserves are almost exhausted." Green said lightly.

"You can also hoard your own grain at the beginning and sell it at the same time, transport a ship of grain back, hoard 70%, sell 30% to make money, and you will not lose anything. The rivers and valleys of the northern border will need food, and in the war of the rebellion in the west. , The food hoarding in the castle was burned too much, and hundreds of miles of farmland in the river land were destroyed. Now King’s Landing has begun to suffer a famine, let alone how people should survive the winter. Grain business can be done now, mainly because we stock up ourselves and sell 30% to earn the difference in price." Will said.

"My lord is right. The more frequent the war, the more opportunities we have to make a fortune. From the perspective of doing business, peace is the natural enemy of armed merchants. We are absolutely armed merchants at the Great Wall. I don’t know if you have heard Braavos Iron Vault’s motto: Iron Vault is never allowed to default. In fact, they are a group of thugs who lend money to anyone, because no one dares to default them. Are you a king or a lord." Green said with a smile.

"Why are they so good?" Commander Carter really didn't understand.

"When a prince or king defaults on their debts, or is stupid enough to disrespect their contract with the iron vault, new princes or kings will spring up like mushrooms with the financial aid of the iron vault. After these new princes or kings win, They must recognize their previous debts and their own debts, lest they suffer the same fate as their predecessors." Will said.

"But I think it’s really stupid for them to lend money to others to rebel when they can’t get the money back, because they’re betting on the rebels will not necessarily succeed, and the cost of multi-betting will be even greater. If they fail again What? That is to say, their risk is actually very high. It is not advisable at all. Even if it succeeds, the old and new accounts will be added together and the interest will allow the new king to pay back, and the new king has just come to power, and a country that has just gone through the war can pay back. Can you afford a huge loan shark? I can’t afford it at all! If the people are too vicious, a new war will break out. Could it be the investment of new costs? Hehe, although they have not collapsed yet, I am in King’s Landing. At that time, it was known from certain channels that the internal conflicts of Tiejinku were no longer small, and their strategy remained unchanged, and something would happen sooner or later, that’s for sure."

Everyone looked at each other and didn't understand Green.

Will said, "If you say, how should our business be done?"

"No one is not afraid of death? The more profitable people are, the more afraid of death. Those profiteers are not afraid because their knives are too blunt to touch them. Our business is simple, fair trade, and reasonable profits. Who If you dare to hack us, then give him two paths, either pay back with the profit or die. I only believe that only armed businessmen are invincible. Lord Will, if you dare to let me go Come and do it, I can create an armed business empire for the grown-ups. You can lead the war to the grown-ups, and leave the money to the villains."

"I give you the power, you do it, the capital, I pay." Will said lightly.

"Yes, my lord."