Kapitel 72: Chapter 72: Damn vampire!
The next day, Barristan set out for Kessel Pass early.
The young man sent by the Laza tribe has arrived, and he has to go and claim him, and take the opportunity to see how Qiao La's military training is going.
The construction progress of Kaiserburg is also of utmost importance.
Fortunately, it only takes less than an hour to travel from Meereen to the Cather Pass.
In addition, Barristan was traveling lightly and they were all cavalry, so naturally his speed was not slow.
After arriving at the Kaiser Pass, Barristan first looked at Kaiser Castle.
At this time, the progress of Kaiserburg was halfway completed, and it looked like it should be completed before the slave owners attacked.
At this time, Jorah also received the news of Barristan's arrival, so he took 20 Lhaza boys to find Barristan.
Although the two are from the same faction in Westeros, their relationship is actually not very good.
In Barristan's eyes, Jorah not only has an unknown origin and purpose, but he is also over fifty years old and is always concerned about His Majesty's health. He deserves to die!
Similarly, in Jorah's eyes, Barristan is not a good person.
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 to her face.
"Ser Barristan, these are the twenty young men sent by the Lazars. I still have to train my troops, so I will not accompany you."
Jorah's underlying meaning is: This is the person you want, take him with you and get out of here, you are not welcome here.
But Barristan said seriously, "Ser Jorah, Her Majesty is very concerned about the progress of Castle Kessel and the training of the troops, so she asked me to inspect the situation while I am here to lead the troops."
Looking at the complacent Barristan, Jorah felt very unhappy.
But this was the task Dany assigned to Barristan after all, so Jorah had to introduce the situation in recent times.
"The construction of Castle Kaiser is progressing very quickly. There are enough workers, they are provided with food and paid, and their enthusiasm for work is also very high. 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, their positions were surprisingly consistent.
"Originally, these workers worked 12 hours a day, had three meals a day, and were paid three copper coins, but the managers compressed the time to eight hours."
Barristan became even more confused. What was wrong with compressing the time to eight hours? It seemed that there was no delay in Castle Kaiser's progress at all.
Suddenly Barristan's expression changed. "Wait, don't tell me that Castleberg is just a showpiece?"
Qiao La's mouth twitched, and he quickly said, "That's not the case. The materials used in Castle Kaiser 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 teasing him?
Seeing Barristan angry, Jorah explained calmly:
"The stewards compressed 10 hours of work into eight hours, and provided lunch and dinner for only two copper coins a day."
"You mean they are corrupt? What a bunch of vampires!"
"I will go back and ask Jack how he disciplines his officials!"
Qiao La shook his head and continued, "It's useless to ask. All the money that group of people embezzled was sent to Jack. I have investigated it before. They hardly concealed their corruption."
Barristan took a deep breath and said, "Didn't the free folk protest?"
"That's the insidious thing about Jack, he told the freedmen that he was reducing the working hours from 12 to eight hours.
At the same time, we changed the 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. "
"The free people were not angry at all, but were grateful to him. In fact, the food they ate had a meaty smell.
It's just a few more fat pigs, and so many people need to share them, haha."
"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 because Jack would say that he had shortened the working hours for the free people and used the saved coppers to buy them extra meals.
Anyway, his people are in charge of all the kitchen account books, so there is a lot of room for manipulation.
But even though he knew it was useless, he still wanted to tell Dany what was happening here, even if it would offend the Hand of the King - Jack Poseidon.
This is the most basic loyalty of being a Queen's 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 his corruption.
"Three months at most. With the current manpower and resources, Kaiserburg can be built within three months. After all, it is just a military fortress, and there is no need to build a luxurious palace."
Three months.
Barristan breathed a sigh of relief. It would take at least five months for the slave owners to attack him, so there was plenty of time.
"How's the military training going? Is it going well?"
Jorah pursed his lips. "It's not going very smoothly, but it basically looks like an army, and the infantry is well trained."
The infantry was trained by the Unsullied, while the cavalry and archers were entirely taught riding and archery by Jorah.
The Free Folk Legion is different from the Unsullied Legion.
The Freemen's Legion is a composite legion, a true army consisting of cavalry, archers, and infantry.
The Unsullied Legion is simply infantry, and only infantry.
If Dany were to march into Westeros relying solely on the Unsullied, without the help of dragons and Dothraki cavalry, she would most likely not be able to defeat even one of the westerlies.
Of course, the Unsullied Legion is still very powerful, but the army in the West is very excellent in terms of weapons and equipment as well as individual soldier quality, and there are thousands of knights wearing heavy armor.
After watching the training of the three legions for a while, Barristan had a general idea in his mind.
After all, he was a general who had commanded tens of thousands of people, so Barristan saw the situation of the army at a glance.
So he decided to go back and ask Her Majesty the Queen to bring the black dragon army back to Meereen for training by himself.
By the way, I can also teach fifty young men how to lead troops in battle, killing two birds with one stone.
Barristan didn't leave until noon, and before leaving he gave Jorah a lot of advice.
Although Jorah was not very convinced, he accepted it. After all, the suggestions put forward by Barristan were very practical.
At the same time, Jorah also realized the shortcomings of his own abilities. After all, he was just the Earl of Bear Island, and that barren place couldn't even muster a hundred conscripted soldiers.
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