37. Chapter 37 Jon asked me to bring you a message
Author: Shenqianxuedao
Chapter 37 Jon asked me to bring you a message
After the nobles in the North saw the wights, Jon was shocked and admired again. The North respected heroes and they despised merchants.
But making money is to protect the North and resist the White Walkers, so that's another story...
The reception established the central idea of guarding and defending the Northern Territory, confirmed Guangming Island's status as the designated supplier of supplies to the Northern Territory, and ensured that Jon Wright, a new nobleman, had a place in the Northern Territory.
At the meeting, Duke Eddard Stark made an important speech and gave key instructions. The White Walkers are the enemies of all living things. It is our duty to protect the North. He will use ravens to contact the Commander-in-Chief of the Night Watch, His Majesty the King and the Seven Kingdoms.
Other guardians, prepare now to face the challenge!
At the same time, the reception also established that Guangming Island, with Jon Wright as its core, will become an important part of the Northern Territory...
Jon Wright will take the wights with him to the other six countries and King's Landing to lobby for help from all countries.
With the blessing of vodka, everyone became more lively and spoke louder...
At the end of this Northern Nobles Conference, Jon announced that from now on, drinks on Guangming Island will be permanently discounted at half price in castles in the North.
Children of northern aristocrats who go to school on Guangming Island will be exempted from tuition and miscellaneous fees and implement a six-year education. Top college students from the city will not only provide basic teaching, but also teach riding and archery, swordsmanship, and all-round development of moral, intellectual, physical and aesthetic skills.
No matter how nice it sounds, it's better to be practical, especially drinks. The nobles in the north are addicted to alcohol, and the common people can't live without alcohol. Drinks are half price, and you can also use acorns, hazelnuts, pine nuts, mushrooms and other wild products.
Coming to exchange it is basically equivalent to giving it away.
Everyone praised Jon and thought he had done a good deed.
But Jon waved his hand: "Serve the North!"
The wine market has huge potential. In Jon's vision, the North will become Guangming Island's raw material base, a stable product dumping ground, and a source of cheap labor.
Now it seems that this idea is much simpler than Jon imagined. The people in the north are less sparsely populated, and the nobles here are not as intrigued as in the southern riverlands, at least on the surface...
As for the northern nobles selling fruit wine!? The cost of that thing is limited, and it can't compete with the wine from the southern riverlands and the wine from Pentos, and it's not enough for the northerners to drink themselves.
As a result, there was no longer any obstacle to the caravans, merchant ships, and goods from Guangming Island to Jingze and Greywater in the south, beyond the Great Wall in the north, Bear Island in the west, and Kahuo City in the east.
The territorial residents of Guangming Island will also grow rapidly, and soon it will become the strongest force in the north...
The dinner was very grand, and Jon brought many novelties, including bacon, sausages, canned seal meat, and canned whale meat. The dessert was creamy mushroom mashed potatoes before the meal, and the meal was blueberry sauce ice cream.
Everyone in the castle, even the stable boy, received an ice cream and a bag of Guangming brand fried pine nuts.
"hold the door!?"
Jon's eyes showed surprise when he saw a tall stableboy. This was Bran's personal guard Hodor, also named Willis.
At this moment, the strong man was holding an ice cream and happily like a child, saying "Ado".
"What's going on? Why did I still become Hodor!?"
Jon frowned heavily. He had obviously changed his trajectory and became one of the hosts of the Green Seer, and also rescued the Green Seer's Three-Eyed Raven.
Moreover, as long as he and the Children of the Forest give birth to a new life, the Green Seer Three-Eyed Crow will be reincarnated successfully, instead of possessing Bran as he knew in his previous life...
But look at the situation now!?
He couldn't help but glance at Jiu Jian and Mena warily. Jiu Jian was originally the divine enlightener chosen by the Green Seer. He also had Green Vision and could see some fragments of the future.
At this moment, he, Mena, and especially Jiu Jian, often stared blankly at themselves, wondering what they were planning.
"Is it because Zi Zi and I have been silent for a long time, and the old crow, the Three-Eyed Crow, can't sit still?"
"Damn Three-Eyed Raven Brynden, I'm going to make you call me dad sooner or later!"
After Jon glanced at Jiu Jian, he turned around and clenched his fists expressionlessly. I'm afraid that this old bastard still has a lot to hide from him about the Night King, Stark, the Green Seer and the Three-Eyed Raven...
Tonight, I will deal with Ye Zi and Mena severely.
Madhu, if I can’t deal with you, I can’t deal with your followers!?
I'm going to ask them to hold on to the wall tonight!
…
Beyond the Wall.
What kind of snow is snow!?
Frost and biting snow.
The sky was covered with heavy snow, and strong wind blew against Mance Rayder's face. He wrapped himself in his coat. Since surrendering to Jon Wright, his team no longer had to worry about food and clothing.
But then came the question of survival.
After the Green Seer Three-Eyed Crow was rescued, the Cold God seemed angry. Uncharacteristically, he caused the cold wave to quickly approach the Great Wall. Most of the areas outside the Great Wall were uninhabited and turned into a frozen land.
This undoubtedly made it easier for Mance Rayder to follow Jon's instructions and gather a wide range of free people outside the wall. In just a few days, with sufficient food guaranteed and aliens sending messages to lead the way, Mance Rayder gathered 50,000 free people.
Many free people were sent to Guangmingwang and transferred to Guangming Island.
However, there are still about 150,000 free people scattered in the vast cold snowfield north of the desperate Great Wall, and they are forced to march towards the Great Wall.
The speed at which the White Walkers transform into ghouls has accelerated, and the speed at which Guangming Island transfers free citizens is obviously not as fast as that of the White Walkers. If this continues, most of these hundreds of thousands of people will become ghouls...
At this moment, Mance Rayder is nervously waiting for the team of Benjen Stark, the chief ranger of the Night's Watch. Transferring the free people requires the help of the Night's Watch, otherwise it will be difficult...
Soon, Benjen Stark's men, Qhorin Halfhand, came with several Night's Watchmen.
"crow!"
"It's a crow!"
Many of the free folk and the Night's Watch have feuds. Many of them have fought before, and each other's friends and relatives have died at each other's hands. At this moment, Mance Rayder's men are warily staring at the approaching Qhorin Halfhand.
Many people even looked at him with hatred.
But Mance Rayder did not. Mance Rayder was originally the son of an affair between the Night Watch and the wildlings. He also served in the Night Watch Legion. He grew up among the Night Watch since he was a child, and he had a mixed love and hate for the Night Watch.
"Colin."
Mance Rayder also stepped forward to meet him, and Qhorin Halfhand got off his horse and stood face to face with him.
"Mance Rayder."
Colin looked at Mance Rayder with complicated eyes. He was called "Colin Halfhand" because one of his palms was injured by a wildling axe, leaving only his thumb and index finger.
He hated savages deeply.
But the fear of the dead is deeper than that of the living. During this period, the Night Watch Legion itself had many reports of sightings of corpses, which forced him to suppress the disgust in his heart.
"The long night is coming, Lord Commander Mormont has mercy on you..."
Colin Halfhand said coldly.
"The Great Wall and the Grand Canyon are open to free people, but we do not allow free people to enter the northern border. All free people must go to Guangming Island."
"As long as you don't attack the night watchmen, we will provide convenience..."
"The white ghost is walking in the frost, you have to hurry up."
"Oh, by the way..."
"Lord Jon asked me to bring you a message." Qhorin Halfhand looked at Mance Rayder.
Mance Rayder also narrowed his eyes: "Oh!? But Lord Jon left a raven for me specifically to deliver messages."
"He said this himself before leaving Castle Black. Time is running out." Colin Halfhand shook his head.
"The Night King will crazily strengthen the wights. You must hurry up. It is difficult for Light Hope to resist the invasion of wights. Lord Jon asked me to tell you, put away your hypocrisy and use blood and fire to let the free people go quickly.
Guangming Island..."
Qhorin Halfhand repeated Jon's words.
"We, the night watchmen, will provide all the help we can."
This sentence is the key.
Mance Rayder rolled his eyes. His methods were indeed too gentle during this period. Regarding the savages, he knew that they would not surrender if he did not use blood and fire to cause them pain...
Jon Wright is setting Mance Rayder on the fire. In the future, the wild people will not obey him, but will be grateful to Guangming Island for providing food and clothing.
To the wildlings, Mance Rayder was a traitor.
As for Jon not using the raven and letting the Night's Watch carry the message, it is also a warning and reminder to Mance Rayder, don't forget that he is also a traitor to the Night's Watch...
"I see!"
Mance Rayder agreed, gritting his teeth and pinching the sword in his hand.
Time is running out...
Chapter completed!