Chapter 30
"Freeriders are a type of mercenary. They don't have Knight status, but they have horses. They know a little bit about how to fight on horseback. The only difference from ordinary mercenaries is that they have horses."
Dany nominates , A good horse is more than a Golden Dragon, including the harness, daily feeding and care, no ordinary mercenary can't support it at all.
"Knight ... is more troublesome. Under normal circumstances, a child aspiring to become a Knight is sent to a Knight at the age of seven to act as a Page, doing some wine pouring, running errands, etc. An easy job that can build a close relationship with Knight.
Of course, this process is not without the teaching of martial skills, and there is a sword technique Instructor who is specially responsible for helping children lay the foundation.
etc. Older, over 12 years old, about puberty, Page was promoted to squire. Knight will personally teach squire the skills of using weapons and horses, and teach them the experience of battlefield survival.
Well, the spirit of Knight is also a very An important teaching project.
squire also has the obligation and power to accompany the Knight on the battlefield.
Prepare the horse armor for the Knight and fight with him... In this process, A squire can learn more warfare skills from a Knight - if that Knight really has that stuff.
Many squires are squires their whole lives because they don't have the money to buy horses and armor for oneself."
Dany clicked his tongue, "Can't his Knight give him a set of armor and a horse?"
Knight Jorah took a deep look at Dany and laughed at himself: "Because I have repeatedly Admiral Tourney lost oneself's armor and horses to his opponent, and it didn't take long for me to run out of my last savings and have to borrow a huge debt from the Braavos vault. I have Earl of Fiefdom, which House Mormont has inherited for thousands of years."
"I heard that House Lannister borrowed millions of gold from Usurper." Dany added.
"Is there that much?" Jorah wondered, and after a moment he shook his head and sighed, "There's a saying in Westeros that all the shit Duke Tywin pulls is gold. Nobility is different from nobility, Westerlands There are many mountain ranges, and many mountain ranges are buried with inexhaustible gold and silver mines.”
It turns out that there are mines at home!
"You go on." Dany raised his chin.
"Continue what? Knight or my story?" Jorah licked her lips, feeling that oneself had said a lot and her mouth was dry.
"Let's talk about Knight first."
"Any Knight can canonize another Knight. So, if Knight thinks an adult squire qualifies as a Knight, he will The sword rests on the shoulders of squire in one-knee kneels, loudly announcing the name and family of the seal men...
The process is more complicated than what I said, the newly sealed Knight will also To accept Septon's anointing, you have to go to Sept for the night. It is a process of converting to The Seven, so North people who believe in Old Gods rarely become Knights."
"Then...you are a fake Knight?" Dany tilted his head to look at him.
Knight blushed and argued, "There's nothing fake or fake. North nobles don't need to be ordained to be recognized as Knights."
Soon he added. : "I am one of the few Knights in the North who has received baptism. In addition to the formal methods mentioned above, there is a faster way to become a Knight.
If you make a contribution in the war, you can directly seal the emperor. Canonized him as a Knight, and that's how I came to be a Knight."
"Help Usurper end the Targaryen Dynasty's war?" Dany asked with a raised eyebrow.
"No, it's not." He hurriedly denied, "It was the one that quelled the King Balon rebellion."
He didn't know, Dany, who had changed the core, didn't care about Targaryen at all. Battle of Usurper who lost the throne. Immediately changed the subject and said: "Besides Freerider, there is also talk of hiring Knight and Sworn Knight.
Sworn Knight is a Knight under Pei's sect of other nobles, and they swore an oath to serve him, so Called Sworn Knight. Mostly a small noble with the title of Knight, but no Fiefdom.
Well, I was the Sworn Knight of your big brother Viserys before, and then he...I became your Sworn Knight again Until you give me a higher honor and make me Queensguard."
Listening to his emotional remarks, Dany complained in his heart: You were "licking your face" and oneself came to the door to be Viserys Sworn Knight Yes, you asked me to be my Kingsguard when I was just trying to make Jhogo and them my Bloodrider...
Knight Jorah didn't know if someone got a bargain Be good, and continued: "Big nobles often hire some Freeriders to patrol oneself's territory. Compared with Sworn Knight's lifetime loyalty, hiring Knight is more flexible and cheaper.
Bear Island is not small, I I can't afford to support Sworn Knight, and I have a few Freeriders under my command who patrol the forest."
Speaking of this, he sighed with emotion and said in a low voice: "I am bankrupt, and I can't even get the salary of the cook and Harpist. Pay, and as soon as Lynesse heard that I had the idea of pawning those jewels, I...
For the money, to keep Lynesse's jewels, singers, cooks, I...
.
My hired riders caught a few poaching civilians, traditionally they had to choose between being chopped off, or being dispatched to the Wall to join the Night's Watch, but...for the sake of money, I finally give up the honor of oneself completely.
I sold them to Tyrosh slave merchants, which is against the laws of the Seven Kingdoms - slaves are not allowed under the Faith of the Seven."
"You've been exiled? It's a bit harsh, you can fine warn others from following bad examples first, and warn you just this once." Dany said.
"More honorable than exile, and more cruel than exile, I have committed a capital crime and will be beheaded."
"Uh..."
"According to the tradition of the First Men, Eddard Stark is to judge me himself, and after hearing my dying confession, he must also cut off my head with Ice himself."
(Ice: House Stark The ancestral sword, Valyria steel, used by Duke to execute prisoners—all equal to Ice's blade)
Dany looked at the sketch of Westeros that Jorah had just made on the slate and said: " Winterfell is a little far from Bear Island, you escaped?"
"It's almost a thousand kilometers, keep changing horses and galloping, you can go to the beach in two days at the fastest, and you can board Bear Island on the third day. But Three days was enough for me...enough to run away with Lynesse and her jewels."
"If I remember correctly, you are the only son of House Mormont."
Jorah's son nodded, "Yes, I am the only father, and I have an aunt, but her five children are all daughters."
Have your father put on a robe?"
"en."
"You served as Eddard Stark's escort in the Battle of Usurper?" Dany asked again.
"I also fought in the Trident campaign," he said softly, his voice like a breeze in temples' hair, with caution and a vague pride.
"You have been born and died for Winterfell for so many years, accompanied him as a traitor, accompanied him to put down the rebellion, and because of a few poachers, he was going to cut off the head of the only male in House Mormont?!" Dany tone Complicated, although it is a question, it is straightforward.
"Stark is that kind of person," Jorah said, still annoyed now, apparently also feeling that his monarch was too harsh on oneself.
After a while, Knight sighed again: "This is also one of his rare charms, fair and just, strict with oneself, and strict with others."
hehe, It should be "strict with oneself, lenient with others" to be considered as a personality charm, right?
Jorah's affairs are unimaginable in any dynasty of the Great Heavenly Dynasty.
This has gone beyond the category of impartial and incorruptible. Bao Qingtian still has a moment of extrajudicial reconciliation. Otherwise, how could the Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness survive? It can only be said that Eddard Stark lives too comfortably and is too brainy.
Dany couldn't help thinking: Is it so easy to guard the country in this world? With House Stark doing this, King in the North's location remains as secure as a mountain.
How did Targaryen lose the country? Could this body's dad, "Mad King" Aerys be... more capable than Eddard?
It is a pity that they, who are so incapable of scheming, can maintain the kingdom for hundreds or thousands of years while working hard. When the last kings of the Great Heavenly Dynasty knew about this, they would probably drool with envy.
In fact, only North people are rigid in their brains, such as Lannister, Tyrell, Martell and other families, and their power and conspiracy are not inferior to any famous monarchs of the Celestial Dynasty.
"Okay, you continue." She felt that oneself still had a lot to learn, and the gap between this world and the oriental survival principle familiar to oneself was too great.
She can only adapt, to change...at least the dragon is too strong to kill with a crossbow - a dragon that doesn't seem to be undead?
Do you want dragon to learn from Westeros' Knight and get a full body armor to wear?
If the duel is naked, only the current little Khalasar can find ten horse men Warrior who hacked Jorah to death. But if she puts on armor, none of her Bloodriders are his opponents.
Dany was cranky, Jorah continued, "I told oneself that only I and Lynesse truly love each other, honor, identity, hometown, nobility, family, etc., everything is not important. I took her to escape. To Lys, that great ship is still worth a little money, we lived a rich life for half a year."
As soon as he heard the word "true love", Dany knew that Jorah was going to be tragic.
Sure enough, his bear-like ferocious eyes turned red, his eyes were watery, and his beard square-faced twisted into one word - "bitter".
"I can only be a mercenary, and I don't have any survival skills except helping people fight. That day, I received a mission to leave Lys and go to Noyne and Noyne beyond a thousand li. The Braavos are taking territory, she..."
His tone became inexplicable sadness, "I gave her the deposit, and she took the gold coins and oneself's jewelry, and after I left, On the second day, moving into the bedroom of Merchant Prince Tregar •Ormollen."
What a shame!
Dany looks at Jorah now, and feels that the word "suffering" on his big face has become a bright word for "miserable".
In the original plot, Dany, whom he loved and devoted the rest of his life to, also kept sending him Good Person Cards, which...
If Jorah Mormont Stand up and shout loudly: Who dares to be worse than me? !
Dany thought hard, it seems that only the future Theon can say a word: Maybe, I can reach your trousers.
Actually, she is a fan of the authorities, forgetting that there is a person ten times worse than Jorah Mormont.
That's her oneself.