After repeating it several times, Tony was finally treated honestly. He lay quietly in Gao Bin's arms and stuck out his tongue. He looked listless, like a wolf, but became a dog after working hard.
"Just stay still. We are all outcasts of this world. If you want to survive, you have to listen to me. Do you understand?"
Gao Bin was just like scolding his subordinates. He didn't care whether Tony could understand or not, he would teach him a lesson first.
Gently stroking Tony's lanugo hair that had not yet faded, Gao Bin began to think about what to do next.
There is no doubt that the plot has not really unfolded yet, but he doesn't know how long it will take to unfold. It would be great if he has time to lay out the plot, but if there is no time...
Once Ned Stark goes to King's Landing, the army of Winterfell will most likely fall into the hands of Robb Stark.
But Robb Stark has no ability to lead an army in a war. It's okay to let him lead a charge. Leading an army is no different from dying. With his indecisive character, it would be easier to stab yourself to death with a knife than to mess with him. No, the primary goal is military and political power. If you want to gain a foothold in this world, Winter City must be under your control.
But I am not a biological bloodline of the Stark family. Even if Ned favors me, he will not overthrow the ancestral system, right?
In Gao Bin's impression, Ned was a very stubborn person.
It's a bit difficult to handle. This is a completely different situation from the world of "Downton Abbey". Fighting war and developing the economy are two different things. Gao Bin is not sure that he can convince Ned with just one mouth.
For the current plan, only by proving as soon as possible that he is the wise leader capable of leading the Winter City army can he have a chance to make Ned hesitate. As long as he hesitates, everything will be easy to handle.
Seeing that it was almost dawn, Gao Bin couldn't restrain himself from feeling sleepy and slowly lowered his eyelids.
Watching him fall asleep, Tony licked his mouth and fell asleep in Gao Bin's arms. He had just been cleaned up, but he was exhausted.
He didn't know how long he had been sleeping, but Gao Bin felt a hand gently caressing his face. He suddenly woke up, and the moment he opened his eyes startled the owner of that hand.
"Gao? Oh my God, Gao, you finally woke up!"
Gao Bin took a closer look and saw Caitlin Stark, the mother in this life, a woman stronger than all the men in the Stark family.
"Mother, how long have I been asleep?" Gao Bin pretended to have just woken up and asked weakly.
"My child, you have been sleeping for almost 15 days, and your father and I are almost worried to death!" Caitlin covered her mouth with indescribable care in her eyes.
"Father? How is he?"
"He's very good. My son, are you hungry? I'll have someone bring you some food."
Gao Bin really felt his stomach was empty, so he did not refuse Caitlin's kindness.
Soon, the entire Winter Castle knew the news of the second master’s awakening.
Ned also rushed over as soon as he received the news. Seeing him with a sword on his waist and wearing a military uniform, Gao Bin was shocked:
"Father, where are you going?"
"My child, you're finally awake. I'm about to have a discussion with the guards. Do you want to come and take a look?"
Just when Gao Bin was about to agree, the mistress of Winter City spoke:
"Dear, our child has just woken up and is still very weak. You can't treat him like this!"
Ned was very strict with his wife at home, and he patted his forehead helplessly:
"Look at me, forget about this. Okay, son, it seems that you have no chance to see your father's heroic figure."
I thought Ned had a very serious and rigid character, but I didn't expect that he is actually very funny. Of course, he has enough confidence in his own strength.
"No, I'm fine. Father, mother, you don't have to worry. I was born in Winter City, and I am not afraid of severe cold and snow."
This slogan made Ned's eyes light up and he laughed:
"Very good, Gao. You are indeed the one who is most like me. Let your mother get some food and then gather at the training ground. Is it enough to give you an hour?"
"Half an hour is enough!"
"See you in half an hour!"
Nodding to his wife, Ned strode out of Gao Bin's room. Looking at his brisk figure, he must be in a good mood.
After eating a piece of black bread, a few slices of salty ham, and a glass of goat's milk, Gao Bin showed up at the training ground in high spirits, not feeling as weak as he had after lying down for half a month.
When the brothers saw Gao Bin appear, they all gave him hugs. Rob was the most enthusiastic towards him and kept mumbling words of concern. When he turned to Snow, he didn't seem to have a very good relationship with him. He just hugged him and then became shy.
He smiled shyly and stepped aside.
As for the Three-Eyed Crow, no, the little guy who is still the third prince of the Stark family is the closest to Gao Bin. He jumped on him and refused to get down. Why does this kid like to climb high at such a young age?
Seeing Bran's age, Gao Bin breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that he was not very old. It seemed that there was still enough time before the plot unfolded.
At this time, Ned stood in the field with a heavy sword on his shoulder, and said to a dozen personal guards on the opposite side and the captain of the guard Jory:
"Come on, guys, use all your strength to defeat me. Enough wine and meat tonight!"
Qiao Li seemed very casual:
"My dear Duke, you haven't picked up a sword for many years. Are you sure you want to play with such a big thing?"
"Oh, my dear old man, do you look down on me? On, use all your strength to fight with me!"
Qiao Li took a half step back:
"All things and people who damage the honor of His Excellency the Duke are my enemies. I don't want to be my enemy."
Gao Bin looked at the little conspicuous captain of the guard in surprise, and couldn't help but thought:
"I didn't expect that Qiao Li would have such thoughts. It's not simple."
Not only that, he also has super personal fighting power, and having more than one dozen is never a problem.
Thinking of this, Gao Bin's eyes towards Qiao Li became ambiguous. He was greedy. Such a talent should be used by him.
After all, when Ned drew his heavy sword and pointed it at Jory, the arrogance of a knight suddenly emerged.
"Your Excellency, are you sure you want to do this?"
"Of course, old man, let's have a game. Just stretch your bones with me."
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"Okay, Your Excellency Duke, I will use a wooden sword instead, and we will finish it."
As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed forward in an extremely unruly manner.
Although it is a wooden sword, it doesn’t matter who uses it. If used well, it can still kill people!
Facing this menacing sword, Ned just used his sword to block it lightly, and then defused the fatal thrust.
Immediately, he lowered his wrist and stabbed Qiao Li with the sword in his hand at the same speed and angle.
Jory's defense was exactly the same as Ned's. He also used a sword to block the barrier, but his power was greater. He not only deflected Ned's attack, but also broke Ned's defense. Although it was only for a moment, for a top swordsman,
For me, this moment is enough to do a lot of things.
Turning from stabbing to slashing, if this sword cuts hard, it will definitely be enough for Ned.
Fortunately, Ned had rich fighting experience, so he quickly turned sideways and hit Jory hard in the abdomen with the tail of his sword.
The two of them fought with each other for more than a dozen moves. Finally, Ned ruined the good game because of a mistake.
Jory was unyielding and used his heavy sword like a dagger, stabbing him several times. The ball tied to the sword head left several marks on Ned's chest armor.
Ned couldn't help but smile bitterly:
"It's better that you maintain your condition."
"Your Excellency, do you want to continue the discussion?"
"Forget it, that's it for today."
Throwing the heavy sword to the servant, Ned took off his armor as he walked, and now he was sweating.
You must know that it is winter now, the coldest day in Winter City.
But as soon as you enter the castle, you will feel like you are in spring, because Winter City is a city built on an underground hot spring.
There is a glass greenhouse garden in the city that’s not quite small, but it’s about the same.
As for Gao Bin being woken up by the cold last night, it was purely because his core body temperature did not rise after lying down for too long.
Winterfell is protected by two huge granite walls and a moat between them.
The outer city wall is about 80 feet high, and the inner city wall is about 100 feet high.
There are many guard towers on the outer city wall, while there are more than 30 lookout holes on the inner city wall.
Catelyn married to the North, and Ned built a Church of the Seven for her in the city.
There is a long and narrow tomb under Winterfell, which contains the bones and sculptures of the kings of the North, the guardian of the north and the Duke of Winterfell. The Stark family has existed since the ancestors.
Until Aegon the Conqueror of the Andals opened the Targaryen dynasty, even if the recently deceased ruler Young Wolf Lord Carrot was buried, the tomb was far from over.
Ned's mood was waning, so Gao Bin excused himself from lying down for a long time and slowly walked around Winterfell, step by step, followed by Robb Stark.
The two are similar in age and grew up together. Moreover, since childhood, Rob has been regarded as the "Teen Wolf Lord", while Gao Bin has been instilled with the idea that he is destined to fail to inherit the family business. There is no conflict between the two, so they have a very good relationship. But that was before. After Gao Bin traveled through time, he always scorned Rob.
Of course, his ability is not bad. As mentioned before, if you let him lead the team as a vanguard, or assign him a difficult task, he will be able to complete it.
But this kind of person is only a general at best, not a handsome man. What's more, this guy is exactly the same as Ned. They have no political wisdom in their minds.
To use a word that may be a little too harsh to describe it, it is courageous and foolhardy.
Robb is Ned's eldest son. He inherited Ned's sense of honor, upright temperament and character.
Indeed, he is also very similar to Ned in some aspects, or in other words, neither Robb nor Ned can escape the common character of men in the Stark family.
This is their humanity and their tradition.
This kind of character is also related to the general environment. They live in the North. This is the general environment. The North is cold and vast. The six major territories of Westeros combined are not as large as the North.
The environment gave Robb a righteous and awe-inspiring temperament, but also gave him an open mind.
But unlike Ned, Robb has lived in Winter City since he was a child. Before the war, he did not experience many twists and turns. This is a small environment, and it is this small environment that really determines his temperament.
Because there are always various characters in this small environment, he lives in such an environment every day and receives more influence than the larger environment gives him.
He has been living beside his father Ned, able to accept Ned's teachings and change himself like Ned.
This is a very powerful force. If Robb were in another environment, he would not have such a character.
What kind of person a person will eventually become and what a person will eventually achieve are largely due to education.
Who did Robb receive his education from?
Of course it's his father, Ned.
So Robb, like Ned, is upright, just, and has a sense of honor.
These characters and images were already formed in Winter City.
After leaving Winter City, he still acted according to the thinking and rules he learned in Winter City, what should be done and what should not be done. He had already learned this set of principles during his education in Winter City.<
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However, all this is the key to pushing him into the abyss.
He wants to become the wolf master so much, but this becomes a drag on him.
There is no doubt that Robb Stark is an excellent and qualified eldest son. He has a very good relationship with his brothers and sisters, including Gao Bin and Jon.
Snow and his adopted son Theon﹒
Greyjoy.
Since he is a qualified eldest son, he will definitely be able to take charge of the entire family.
Therefore, after Ned was killed, he summoned the lords of the various families in the north, and with their support, he became the king of the north and went south to avenge his father.
In the process of going south, he won every victory, singing triumphantly all the way south, almost forming a sweeping trend.
And captured the best knight in Westeros, Jaime the Kingslayer.
Lannister.
His success is partly due to his mind and partly due to his mother.
However, success is also a failure. He made the wrong decision when he should least have made it.
Whether it's letting go of Jaime or killing Karstark.
Just because of these two points, Gao Bin couldn't let him become the Young Wolf Lord. Because of the good relationship between the two in the past, Gao Bin decided to make him a general and stay and fly with the little doctor girl.
Listening to Rob chattering in his ears, Gao Bin gradually made up his mind.
Over the next week, he worked hard to recover and gradually adapted to life in Winter City.
The northern border is very poor, so poor that Gao Bin can't help but feel sad.
In this world, if a kingdom wants to become strong, it cannot do without two things: population and environment.
The North was crushed by almost all kingdoms on these two points.
The cold climate and poor soil in the north prevent the land here from growing enough food to sustain a large population. Even many old people will leave their homes in the name of "hunting" in winter to save food.
During the Dance of the Blood Dragons, when winter was approaching, Duke Cregan Stark summoned an army composed of people to fight south "in order to give the kin north of the Neck a few less mouths to feed." p>
The number of people in this team reached 30,000.
But even though so many people left, the winter in the north was still difficult.
Looking at the history of Winter City, there are very vivid records.
That winter, there were so many hungry people outside the city of Barrowton that Earl Dustin had to close the city gates tightly. In the far end of White Harbor, the price of food soared to the sky.
Upright people had to sell themselves to slave traders in order to obtain their wives and children, while those who were not so upright had to sell their wives and children to them in order to provide for themselves.
The territory does not have as dense a population as the south, and the land is not as productive as the south. Naturally, the north has become one of the poorest kingdoms among the seven kingdoms.
And poverty means falling behind!
Let's put it this way, the armies in the north are still wearing mail armor, while the armies of those families in the south can already fight in plate armor, plate armor clothes, and chain plate armor.
In other words, if there is no tactical bonus, in a head-on battle with almost the same number of people, the North has almost no chance of defeating the opponent.
Equipment disadvantages cannot be reversed by relying on strange tricks alone.
In Gao Bin's view, Rob's victory while leading his troops south had the effect of the protagonist's aura bonus. Otherwise, half of the people he led would have died before King's Landing!
On this day, Gao Bin was studying maps in Ned's study. Two maps were spread out on the floor, one of which was a map of the entire continent of Westeros, and the other was a map of Winter City.
He marked two places, one of which was Carlin Bay.
Carlin Bay is the gateway to the north from the land. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it can be called a natural danger.
Theoretically, only two hundred archers can stop all enemies heading north.
This is also the key to the northerners resisting invading enemies for thousands of years.
Another location is White Harbor.
Baigang is located at the mouth of the Bairen River and is an important town in the northern border defense second only to Jingze.
Before the establishment of White Harbor, the defense problem of White Edge River could not be properly solved.
The Stark family once built the Wolf's Lair here, but the castle has been used as a pirate hideout several times.
The pirates plundered the North along the White Knife River, causing Winterfell to suffer miserably.
In addition to pirates, the Arryn family also makes the Starks powerless.
Thinking of the Aylin family, Gao Bin's heart sank again. If this family cannot be handled properly, sooner or later it will become a sharp blade that stabs him in the back!
Except for these two places, most of the vast northern border is undefendable.
For a long time, the Rock Coast, Kraken Point east of the Neck and other places have been fiercely contested territory between the Ironborn and the Northerners.
Here, the Northerners are not as dangerous as in Neck and White Harbor, so they are often passive.
Fortunately, the size of the Iron Islands and the style of the Ironborn prevent them from going deep into the North, so the gains and losses of these marginal territories will not pose a great threat to the safety of the Northern Kingdom.
Among the seven kingdoms of Westeros, the places with the strongest comprehensive strength and the best location are the Riverlands and the Westerlands.
The strength of the valley can probably be ranked third. It is a powerful and wealthy kingdom.
The valley is mountainous, but in the long and narrow valleys between the mountains, there is fertile soil everywhere.
Barley, wheat, and corn thrive here. The pumpkins in the valley are bigger than those in Highgarden, and the fruits produced here are said to be sweeter.
In addition to crops, the valley also has other specialties: House Weakley is famous for making scented candles, which are smoked with nutmeg and other expensive spices and are popular in the Seven Kingdoms and even the Free Trade Cities.