In the 300th year of Aegon's reign, at the end of the year when the winter came, it was also the Great Wall in the North. A month after the disappearance of Jon Snow, the last night watchman commander, disappeared, the long winter once again came over the backward and desolate continent of Westeros. At the same time, the White Walkers who had been hovering near the North finally headed south.

No one knows what kind of changes this collision will bring to Westeros, no one knows where this battle will lead the world of ice and fire, and no one even knows whether the future will still exist.

But everyone is struggling for their own destiny. Whether it is Stannis and Rams trapped in Winterfell, or Varis, who has no way forward, even Daenerys, who has burned his family to pieces by fire, remains optimistic.

And even Yi Xiao didn't know how brilliant and huge the energy would burst out when the fates of these people were completely intertwined.

But what he knew was that the entire Westeros was far more than these people. Countless civilians at the bottom were fighting for their own destiny. The nobles and lords in the city were also ready to move. These people... should not be ignored.

For example...Sir Willis Mandalay.

Baigang is a very prosperous port city. It is known as the mouth of the northern border and is far more prosperous than the Winterfell, which is the center of the northern border. This is not surprising, because no matter what era, places with good connections are always more prosperous than those in the nominal large cities in the inland. Humans are social animals and pursue interests.

"You are looking for death! You can't watch when you walk!"

"This is...the fish of today."

"You boy, what about the protection fee!"

The inner harbor, which is in the defense of Botti, is still prosperous as ever. Looking around, there are people coming and going here. There are ragged and tide fishermen sitting there slowly picking with a small bag of harvest. There are also many sneaky guys shuttled between foreign tourists, and more, in the dark corners, surrounded by several malicious figures.

This is the most prosperous place in Baigang. In addition to the New Castle where the Mandalay family sat and the nearby aristocratic residential areas, the entire Baigang is the most prosperous between the Inner Harbor and the fish market. There are merchants chasing interests, hard-working fishermen, thieves who get nothing, spies from various forces and lurkers from the faceless.

A man shrouded in the shadow of a cloak stood silently in the corner, looking at the lively picture in front of him. His name was Daniel, and he had been in Baigang for more than two months.

"Sea shells! Sea shells!"

A fisherman was hawking along the road with a shabby basket hanging on his chest. Many rich guys like to collect strange things such as beautiful seashells, but there are few such people after all, and there are not many beautiful seashells, so he was just trying his luck. Once he caught up, the fisherman who was busy for a day but could not feed his family would definitely be a surprise fortune.

However, he did not notice Daniel in the corner as he was hawking the whole way, and Daniel, who was admiring the scene in front of him in a daze, did not notice him either. So the fisherman was lucky enough to hit Daniel in the corner, and he didn't know why it was so wide. Why was it so accurate.

Of course, the road is not actually wide. After all, for a prosperous port, the crowd occupied most of the space and not many left behind. Fortunately, the fisherman did not directly hit Daniel, but suddenly realized that someone was here when he was in front of him. He was startled and stopped suddenly, even if he didn't install it, but Daniel's sewage was splashed.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry... I'm sorry!"

The fisherman was startled, or was scared to death, because no piece of clothing on Daniel was able to afford, and in front of the nobles, civilians had no status at all, and they would die if they died. As for why the fisherman knew that Daniel was a noble, it was very simple. Only nobles were qualified to wear such clothes.

"You go." Daniel pressed his voice and then roared hoarsely. He had no intention of making things difficult for this poor person, because he used to be such a person.

The fisherman was about to be amnesty and immediately ran away without looking back with the basket in his arms. However, in this way, Daniel's whereabouts were also exposed, and everyone nearby noticed that there was a cloaked man in the corner of the shadow.

Baigang is very prosperous, so there are all kinds of people. The cloak is not noticeable, but there are also boring guys, perhaps Qiu Fu, a big-sleeved mercenary staring at Daniel, walking along with his companions, as if he wanted to see through Daniel's cloak. Daniel had no idea what he meant, and maybe even so.

Two things made Daniel not continue to stay here. He got up and walked into a street and alley, then skillfully turned into a corner again. After several turns, his figure completely disappeared.

It is simply impossible to find a cape man in the vast sea of ​​people in Baigang. And there is no strange that countless such people appear and disappear every day. The pedestrians around are not surprised. After a few minutes, they think that nothing has happened, and completely forget that person from the world.

But others will forget, and there is one person who will not forget, that is himself, Daniel.

Daniel is indeed not a nobleman, but his status is very high. In his own words, he is a trickster, spending little money to produce money in the next generation, spending more money, and spending more money.

Baigang is an important city in the northern border, second only to Winterfell and the Fortress of Terror. The former is the political center of the northern border, the Stark family of the Dagong of the North, and the latter is the barrier of the northern border, and the first key line of defense behind the Great Wall.

Therefore, Baigang's status is self-evident. The one who ruled here is also an ancient and historical family, the Mandalay family.

The current patriarch of the Mandalay family is Weiman Mandalay. He has two sons, Wendel Mandalay and Sir Willis Mandalay. However, in recent years, Weiman has rarely managed the affairs of White Harbor, and is more about dealing with other nobles and the mess of the King of Landing Lannister family.

Both the internal affairs and power of Baigang were at the hands of his eldest son, Willis, especially after Wendel was killed at the Red Wedding, as Mandalay's only heir, Willis had almost completely taken over Baigang.

However, as the lord of a big city, Verris is still very qualified. At least the outside world's reputation is so, he is taciturn and pays attention to etiquette, and seems to be a nobleman with commendable qualities, but Daniel knows that the truth of the matter is not the case.

"Mr. Daniel..."

"Sir. You are back..."

When Daniel turned into a small courtyard, there were still people who knew each other around him to say hello to him. Although they were already wearing a heavy cloak, this did not prevent them from recognizing him. Because they were all used to it, Daniel also took off the cloak, handed it to the maid next to him, and walked inside.

"Ah! Let me go! Let me go!"

But unexpectedly, Daniel just approached the room ahead. There were screams and fights inside, and then there was a sound of inappropriate children. Daniel was not surprised, so he took a deep breath, and then waited silently outside.

Yes, the person inside was Willis Mandalay, and after the conversation, the other person obviously did not voluntarily.

In the eyes of the outside world, Viris is a very gentle aristocrat who values ​​etiquette and does not increase taxes. Except for being a little bit less, he is almost a perfect aristocrat.

But this is all superficial, because in secret, Veris has a very, very bad hobby, that is, rape of women.

Two months ago, Daniel, who was almost fainted from hunger, found Viris. He didn't know how to meet a noble nobleman, but he didn't know how to convince him. Finally, he transformed himself into a trick-making person. A profession that no one knew.

No one knows Daniel's past, and he himself is unwilling to mention it, but the effect is very significant, because within less than a month, he immediately doubled Willis's private vault. From then on, Daniel confirmed his position, and no one dared to underestimate him anymore.

In fact, people who take advantage of tricks are like venture capitalists, but there are still few in this world. Bravos' iron vault is doing venture capital business, but that is aimed at the strength of the mainland. Daniel narrowed his goals and used his own vision and means to win over individuals. It can be said that he was the first guy to create a private venture capitalist.

Because of this, Daniel came into contact with the other side of Willis. Because he had more money, he could naturally play with more women.

Although Viris likes women, he never attacks civilians. It sounds good, but there is no difference in reality. Otherwise, where did his woman come from, or was it a prisoner of war?

Every time Viris falls in love with a woman, she will recruit her as a maid. After raising her for a while, it is the time for the tragedy to come. In fact, the reason why Viris doesn't attack the civilians is because they are too ugly. Even if this is a prosperous White Harbor, the poor are still poor and will not suddenly become rich just because you change the place.

If you have the ability to seize opportunities, there will be opportunities everywhere. If you don’t, then even if you come to Baigang, a city full of business opportunities, it will still be useless, so Baigang is still full of malnourished civilians.

After being a maid, you can not only eliminate your worries, but also spend a period of time to raise those girls a little normal, killing two birds with one stone. So there has been no rumors about Viris for so long. At most, the maid is a family scandal and cannot prove that the bad character of a certain nobleman is.

This is the courtyard prepared by Viris for the maids, a place where civilian women are specially taken as maids for them to live. Viris called it the maids' courtyard. Daniel was silent because he had seen too many things, and there were countless nobles who were worse than Viris. This little thing was nothing.

After a while, screams stopped in the room, and then Viris walked out shakingly. Through the half-drown door, a woman could be seen lying motionless on the table, not knowing whether she was dead or unconscious.

"How did you get today?" Willis didn't care about this, showed a polite smile, and asked Daniel softly.

"Same as yesterday." But compared to Viris's casualness, Daniel was much more cautious. He replied respectfully, "With the winter landing, there is more ice in the north, and there is ice and snow everywhere on the mainland. It can completely deliver food frozen all the way. I believe we can open up a lot of new things, but it is still early and winter has not come completely."

Verris nodded. Except for the first thing he said, he was mostly listening silently. As expected, he was taciturn like the rumors outside.

"However... Junlin's ship suddenly broke apart some time ago. Not to mention the reason before finding out, the news about Fengxi Castle was suddenly broken in the past few days. I don't know why." Daniel was a little surprised, "And..." He hesitated for a moment and did not finish it.

"Continue." Viris said three words calmly, then shut up again.

"And I have heard a lot of news in the fish market recently that the White Walkers are going south, and many caravans wandering in the north have encountered them again. Some have returned, and some have not. You know, since these White Walkers crossed the Great Wall, there has been no news, and now they are coming out again, I suspect..."

"Do you doubt whether Baigang can be defended?" Unexpectedly, the taciturn Verris pointed out the center with one word.

Daniel was stunned for a moment, then nodded subconsciously.

Verris continued to have a polite smile on his face, and he looked a little ridiculous with a chubby look, "It's okay." He said.

However, Daniel was not satisfied with the answer. He didn't know whether Viris said that the White Walkers would not go south. This was just the nonsense of the merchants, or whether Baigang could be defended, Daniel did not have confidence in the latter. However, no matter how powerful Daniel was, the nobles were still nobles, and Daniel dared not say and ask more questions.

"There are many ships behind White Harbor. I have hidden them all in the past few days." Just when Daniel thought the question had passed, Willis suddenly spoke again. Daniel was stunned and immediately understood what he meant.

Although he complained about Willis' timidity in his heart, Daniel still admired his complete preparations in advance. However, just as he was about to flatter a few words, a private soldier from the Mandalay family hurriedly ran in.

Daniel was shocked. For some reason, his heart began to pound. He always felt that the soldier would not say any good news, because he noticed that there was a bright red blood mark on the soldier's abdomen.

There are no enemies near Baigang, and even if there are, you should receive the news in advance. If it is a battle between civilians in the city, the soldiers will take them all down and defeat them so that they can understand that there are things more terrifying than fighting in the world, instead of breaking into the maid's yard like this, Daniel had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Sure enough, under his gaze, the soldier gasped and brought a desperate news, "Sir, the White Walker suddenly appeared outside Baigang City, less than half an hour away from us." (To be continued...)
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