Game of Thrones: Lord of the Deep

The next day, Barristan set out for the Cather Pass early.

The young man sent by the Lazar tribe arrived, and he had to go and claim him, and take a look at how Jorah was training his soldiers.

The construction progress of Cather Castle was also a top priority.

Fortunately, it took less than a morning to get from Meereen to Cather Pass.

In addition, Barristan was traveling light, and they were all cavalry, so naturally his speed was not slow.

After arriving at the Cather Pass, Barristan first looked at Cather Castle.

At this time, the progress of Cather Castle was half completed, and it seemed that it should be completed before the slave owners came.

At this time, Jorah also received the news of Barristan's arrival, so he brought 20 Lazar boys to find Barristan.

Although the two were from the same faction of Westeros, their relationship was not very good.

In Barristan's eyes, Jorah not only had an unknown origin and purpose, but also was over fifty years old and always worried about His Majesty's health. He deserved to die!

Similarly, Barristan was not a good thing in Jorah's eyes.

First he betrayed Dany's father, then he was expelled from the Iron Throne, and came to Dany in disgrace to beg for mercy.

A stinky old man over fifty actually wanted to compete with him for favor, damn it!

However, both of them were very loyal to Dany, so they would not show their dislike in person.

"Ser Barristan, these are the twenty young men sent by the Lazars. I still have to train the soldiers, so I will not accompany you."

Jorah's underlying meaning was: these are the people you want, take them and get out of here, you are not welcome here.

But Barristan said seriously: "Ser Jorah, Her Majesty is very concerned about the progress and training of Castle Caesar, so when I come to lead the people, I will take the opportunity to investigate the situation."

Looking at the proud Barristan, Jorah felt very unhappy.

But this was a task given to Barristan by Dany after all, so Jorah had to introduce the recent situation.

"The construction of Castle Kayser is progressing very fast. There are enough workers, they are paid for meals, and they are very enthusiastic about their work. If it weren't for the steward sent by Jack, the progress would be even faster."

Barristan frowned when he heard this, "Why do you say that?"

When facing Jack, the two of them had surprisingly consistent positions.

"Originally, these workers worked 12 hours a day, had three meals, and received three copper coins, but the stewards compressed the time to eight hours."

Barristan's doubts became even greater. Is there anything wrong with compressing it to eight hours? Castle Kayser's progress doesn't seem to have any delays.

Suddenly, Barristan's face changed, "Wait, don't tell me Castle Kayser is just a showpiece?"

Jorah's mouth twitched, and he quickly said, "That's not the case. Castle Kayser's materials are very solid, and the strategic materials stored inside are also sufficient."

"Then why are you saying this?" Barristan was a little annoyed. Are you really playing him?

Seeing Barristan was angry, Jorah calmly explained:

"The stewards compressed the workload from 10 hours to eight hours, and provided lunch and dinner every day for only two copper coins."

"You mean they are corrupt? What a bunch of vampires!"

"I will definitely ask Jack when I go back, how he disciplines his officials!"

Jorah shook his head and continued: "It's useless to ask, the money that group of people embezzled was all sent to Jack. I have investigated it before, and they hardly concealed their corruption."

Barristan quickly took two breaths, "That group of Didn't the freemen protest? "

"This is Jack's insidiousness. He told the freemen that he reduced the working hours from 12 hours to eight hours.

At the same time, he changed three meals and three copper coins to two meals and two copper coins, but the copper coins saved would be used to buy meat for their meals. "

"Not only were the freemen not angry, but they were grateful to him. In fact, the meals of the freemen were already meaty.

It's just that a few more fat pigs were added, and so many people had to share them, hehe. "

"Alas." Hearing this, Barristan sighed.

When he attended the royal meeting in King's Landing before, he had never eaten pork, but he had seen pigs run.

He knew that even if he reported it to Dany, it would be useless. Jack would say that he shortened the working hours for the freemen and used the copper coins saved to add meals for the freemen.

Anyway, the account books of the kitchen were all managed by his people, and there was too much room for operation.

But even if he knew it was useless, he still had to tell Dany about what happened here, even if it would offend the King's Hand-Jack Poseidon.

This is the most basic loyalty of the Queen's Iron Guard.

If he chose to conceal this matter because he was afraid of Jack's revenge, he might as well find a place to retire after being expelled from the Iron Throne.

"How long will it take to complete this?" Barristan stopped asking Jack about corruption.

"Three months at most. With the current manpower and material resources, Castle Kayser can be built within three months. After all, it is just a military fortress, and there is no need to build a luxurious hall."

Three months.

Barristan breathed a sigh of relief. It would take at least five months for the slave owners to come, so there was plenty of time.

"How is the army training? Is it going well?"

Jorah pursed his lips, "Not very well, but it basically looks like an army, and the infantry training is not bad."

The infantry is trained by the Unsullied, and the cavalry and archers rely entirely on Jorah to teach them riding and archery.

The Free Folk Army is different from the Unsullied Army.

The Free Folk Legion is a composite legion, a real army with cavalry, archers, and infantry.

The Unsullied Legion is pure infantry, and only infantry.

If Dany relies on the Unsullied to march into Westeros alone, without dragons and Dothraki cavalry, it is very likely that she will not be able to defeat even the Westerlands.

Of course, the Unsullied Legion is still very strong, but the Westerlands army is excellent in both weapons and equipment and individual quality, and there are thousands of knights wearing heavy armor.

After watching the training of the three legions for a while, Barristan had a good idea in his mind.

After all, he was a general who had commanded tens of thousands of people, and Barristan saw the situation of the army at a glance.

So he decided to ask Her Majesty the Queen when he returned and bring the Black Dragon Army back to Meereen for training.

By the way, he could also teach fifty young men how to lead troops to fight, killing two birds with one stone.

Barristan did not leave until noon, and gave Jorah a lot of advice before leaving.

Although Jorah was not convinced by this, he accepted it. After all, Barristan's suggestions were very practical.

At the same time, Jorah also realized the insufficiency of his ability. After all, he was just the Earl of Bear Island. Bear Island was so barren that he couldn't even gather a hundred conscripts.