Gary couldn't help but be speechless.
The intelligence kingdom that Varys has worked so hard to build is completely insignificant in front of House of Black and White. It is simply dwarfed by the giant.
House of Black and White's ability to collect intelligence is too powerful. They use their superb disguise skills and religious power to make their intelligence network cover the entire Essos, and even Westeros.
Gary is deeply worried about this, but there is nothing he can do about it.
He now lacks reliable means of gathering intelligence. In order to collect intelligence on Lannister, he even sent Bran and Arya to Crownlands.
If House of Black and White can provide him with three key pieces of information, then it would be acceptable if they wanted to set up an office in the North.
"Those three questions just now should be regarded as opportunities for you to give away in advance? If we reach a cooperation, I will have three more opportunities to ask questions this year, right?"
Jaqen did not dwell too much on this, "Your Majesty is right, that's what we will do."
Gary pointed to Tyrion next to him, "I agreed to let you establish a branch in the North, but the prerequisite is that you cannot recruit believers. Regarding the issue of site selection, you discuss with my Hand of the King."
Jia Qin shook his head with a smile, "Your Majesty has misunderstood. We do not want to open a branch in the North. What we are betting on is your Majesty's future. We will only open a branch in King's Landing after His Majesty sits on Iron Throne."
"As for now... getting acquainted again."
Jaqen tore off the human skin mask, and there was another layer of mask inside, which was the face of another man, "Your Majesty Luke, my name is Berti Arias, and I am the maester sent to Winterfell by Citadel. If you feel strange, you can continue to call me Jaqen."
Gary was stunned for a moment, then joked, "This mask of yours is a bachelor sent by Citadel? Has House of Black and White actually penetrated Citadel?"
Jia Qin bowed his head and saluted, looking quite decent, "Your Majesty, don't worry, in the coming days, I will peacefully do my job as a bachelor and will not take on House of Black and White's assassination mission again."
The bachelor is generally responsible for Rookery in the castle, and all correspondence will go through the bachelor's hands.
Gary doesn't trust Jia Kun, a fake bachelor, "You can stay in Winterfell as a bachelor, but you can't take over Winterfell's Rookery, and you can't interfere in Winterfell's internal affairs."
Jia Qin agreed to Gary's conditions, "Since Your Majesty has chosen to cooperate with House of Black and White, please release the apprentice."
Gary nodded to the Ice warriors. One of the Ice warriors accepted the order and turned around to leave.
Jaqen also stood up and prepared to leave. It was getting late and he had to clean up the maester's room so he would have a place to sleep tonight.
Before leaving, he seemed to have thought of something again, and turned around and said, "One more message for Your Majesty."
"Jaime·Lannister is gathering the army. He will lead ten thousand Westerlands coalition troops and set off Riverlands. Plus ten thousand Westerlands who are fleeing in Riverlands coalition forces, Riverrun's three thousand Westerlands coalition forces, and five thousand Riverlands coalition forces, a total of 28,000 troops. He wants to use his absolute strength advantage to capture Riverrun in one fell swoop."
Gary is not surprised that House Lannister wants to get ahead of the North and completely occupy Riverlands.
But approaching 30,000 troops is still a bit exaggerated. If Jaime just wants to capture Riverrun, 10,000 troops are more than enough.
Think about it carefully, the goal of these 30,000 troops is the North, right?
Gary sarcastically said, "Lannister spends so much time on it, I'm afraid the drunkard doesn't care about the wine."
Jia Kun stood at the door of the study and reminded, "Your Majesty, the three Dragon put too much pressure on Iron Throne. The Queen Mother Cersei does not want to give Dragon any more time to grow. It is reasonable for her to choose to go all-in."
"How long do I have?" Gary's eyes darkened, looking at the the North map on the desk, his eyes grew colder.
Jaqen estimated the time, "Less than two months."
After saying that, when he saw Gary was silent, he turned around and walked out of the study and went downstairs.
After Jaqen left, Tyrion asked, "Your Majesty, I think he is not trustworthy. We must verify the information he told."
Gary doesn't fully trust Jia Qin, but he is prepared. "Tyrion, you will release Raven tomorrow and ask the the North princes to immediately send troops to Winterfell to gather. I will send troops Riverlands."
Including the time for the delivery of letters and the deployment of the army, it took almost more than a month. In addition, the distance traveled by the the North coalition forces from Winterfell to Riverlands was exactly about two months.
"If Lannister really sends so many troops to Riverlands, then Bran will definitely be able to detect it. We can receive news from him before we set off to Riverlands."
Gary began to write a recruitment order, and then handed it to Tyrion, asking him to send it to various castles of the North tomorrow.
More than an hour later, all the recruitment orders were written, and Tyrion took more than a dozen letters and returned to his room.
Margaery held Gary's arm, "We have only made fourteen pieces of Giants plate armor, and there are still twenty-three Giants cavalry who have no armor to wear."
Gary also knew that time was running out, "We still have about forty days, and we should be able to forge six pieces of plate armor. Together with the previous fourteen pieces, there will be twenty Giants cavalry to accompany us to the battlefield in this southern expedition."
At the beginning, a total of forty-six Giants followed Gary to the area of Wall. The thirty-seven Giants cavalry were all men, and the remaining nine Giants were all women.
From the beginning, Gary planned to keep nine female Giants and nine male Giants, so that they would stay behind and not participate in the frontline war for the sake of the continuation of the race.
In this case, he will only take away twenty-eight Giants cavalry.
But now the situation has changed. Gary had to leave early in order to support Riverrun. So he was forced to cut off eight more places and only led twenty "tanks" to rush to Riverlands.
Daenerys was so angry that his face turned red, and he cursed Cersei in a low voice. Nun lost his composure. "Time is obviously on our side, Cersei is so despicable! If only half a year passes, Dragon we can grow up a little more."
This is the truth. Dragon without a dragon driver is a double-edged sword. They are very likely to accidentally injure one of their own people on the battlefield. Only with proper command of the dragon driver can Dragon display its true strength on the battlefield.
At present, Rhaegal and Viserion are not large enough to carry people, so they can only rely on the Daenerys on the back of Drogon for guidance.
Gary patted Daenerys's arm and held her hand, "Once we get to the battlefield, the three Dragon will be handed over to you. I will go to Giants to borrow a mammoth as a mount, and together with twenty heavily armored Giants cavalry, we will fight the enemy on land."
Daenerys bowed his head and said yes, then asked hesitantly, "Your Majesty, would you like to send a letter to Pentos and ask Krysalis to come also?"
Gary rejected Daenerys's proposal, "No, Krysalis must stay with Pentos. To me, more than thirty wingless dragons are far more important than Riverlands."
Those wingless dragons will not obey Tysha's instructions. Only when Krysalis stays with Pentos can we really keep an eye on those little guys.