"But it doesn't belong to any other knight's domain. Gregor replied.

The place where Gregor chose to dig for gold was in the area closest to Fort Clegane, in the Silver Mountain Range, which belonged to a three-way zone. Gregor decided to take the first pot of gold in his life. As for the gold mines of Castermet, which had been abandoned for many years, the first was a long way away, in the north of the western border. Second, it was a 'landmark building' that Duke Tywin, the guardian of the West, deliberately kept to deter the other nobles in the West, so don't touch it for now.

"My lord, there is no gold in the mountain you ordered us to dig. Another miner said.

"I know. Gregor replied.

"My lord, why should we mine where there are no gold mines?" said another miner.

"It's a gold mine on the back of it. Gregor replied, "And it's close." ”

The miners exchanged glances with each other, and they understood that Lord Gregor was going to dig from the Three Belts into the Sulott family's gold mine.

"My lord, the place where there is a gold mine on the back belongs to the territory of the Chariot family. ”

"Yes, my lord, what will the Chariot family do if they find out about us?"

"We'll be captured and sent to the dungeons of Castle Rock. ”

"My lord, who of us would dare to disobey the laws of Duke Tywin. ”

The miners are starting to gossip. The atmosphere is finally there.

Gregor raised his hand, and the audience fell silent.

"If Duke Tywin wants to arrest you and send you to Castle Rock, he will send me with troops to arrest people, will I arrest myself myself?

These words are scoundrels!

But Gregor is the king of scoundrels, when has he ever been reasonable?

As if there had never been.

His greatest strength may be that he is more comparatively speaking.

Moreover, the aristocratic disputes in the West, the capture of criminals, the subjugation of disobedient nobles, the beating of Lord Thorns, and the patrol of the western border to the south and east were indeed all things that Lord Gretgo did with the garrison of Kaiyan City.

The miners looked at each other and could no longer speak.

"Now, you are all my soldiers, although not the soldiers I can afford to fight, but my mining soldiers, from now on, you are my miners. ”

Mineer?

This is the first time you've heard of such a class.

It sounded funny, but no one found it funny.

"The first step to becoming my miner is to take an oath. Maester Harry, it's your turn!"

So the young Master Harry brought out the seven sacred statues—seven gods carved out of wood: the Father of Judgment, the Virgin of Mother's love and nurturing, the warrior of battle, the pure and innocent maiden, the blacksmith of labor and crafts, the wise old woman, and the stranger of death.

The Seven Gods were only a few inches in size, and could not compare to the larger-than-human colored statues in the Sanctuary.

Fort Klegan is too small to have a church for prayer.

The seven gods are actually seven different forms of one god and represent seven different virtues. Worshippers pray to one of the seven gods in a specific form according to what they are asking for. The Faith of the Seven is the official religion on the continent of Westeros.

As soon as the miners saw the statue of the seven gods, they immediately knelt down on one knee in unison.

*

On the continent of Westeros, there are only two places where people do not have a widespread belief in the Seven Gods, one of which is the Northern Realm, which believes in the Old Gods, and the other is the Iron Islands, where the gods are drowned.

The junior was originally an atheist, but after crossing over, he believed that there were supernatural forces in this world. This power can be called a god or a spirit. But no matter what the name is, God and Spirit do not answer the prayers of a small individual, just as an elephant cannot notice a small ant in the grass.

But people do not understand this, and the use of religious beliefs to rule the less civilized world is the most common means used by the ruling class.

And the channel that connects the small people with God is the church and the school. Down to the details, it's priests, priests, scholars, sisters of silence, nuns, shamans, and so on.

When Gregor saw the miners kneeling respectfully and praying sincerely when they saw the wooden statues of the seven gods, he knew that he could actually use the faith of the seven gods in many things.

The knight's oath and the master-servant's contract can make good use of the worship of the seven gods.

*

After Harry's eleven miners took the oath, everyone stood up, no longer objecting to the task of digging for gold. They had all sworn an oath to the Seven Gods, led by the Bachelor.

Gregor waved his hand, and the notepad shouted, "Blackstone, come and sign." ”

A big man ran out of the queue and stood in front of the desk of the notepad.

"Soldier Blackstone, get a bag of salt, a horse, a suit of armor, and a good sword," said Sweet-Mouthed Raff, "Soldier Blackstone. ”

Blackstone couldn't believe it, and at the urging of his notepad, he grabbed a quill dipped in water and drew a circle on the spot where his finger was pointing at the notepad.

Most poor people can't write and write. The better ones have names, and the bad ones don't even have names. For example, Blackstone, too lazy to choose a name, people who look black, have tall bodies, and hard bones, are called Blackstone.

The names of the eleven miners were already written on the notepad, and they were the prototype of the first miners established by Gregor. The list of names of objects after these people's names would not have been written on a notepad, and had been written in advance by Master Harry.

Gregor beckoned Master Harry over and whispered in his ear, and Master Harry nodded repeatedly.

*

"Blackstone, do you want your horses, armor, and swords to be your property?" asked Maester Harry.

"What...... What the...... Yes...... I'd love to ...... Bachelor, I'd love to!" Blackstone felt like he was dreaming. He didn't quite understand what he was talking about, his ears were booming.

A warhorse, a suit of armor, a good sword with a sheath - oh my god! No mercenary in any part has a decent set of armor.

"Kneel down and swear allegiance to Lord Gregor to the Seven Gods, these things are your own property. ”

Private ownership and lord issuance are two different things. The lord has the right to take back the items issued by the lord at any time.

Blackstone knelt down in front of the statue of the Seven Gods, and under the instruction of Master Harry, he finished his oath of allegiance to Sir Gregor with the honor and life of his family, and with faith and loyalty to the Seven Gods.

Then, Blackstone received a bag of snow salt from Julie's hand, a war horse from the horseman Thomasman, and a suit of armor and a sword from Dunson's hand.

Half an hour later, Gregor had an additional team of miners around him: eleven horses, eleven recruits, and eleven swords.

"From now on," said Gregor, "you are the loyal warriors of Fort Krigane, my armed miners. Tomorrow morning, you will be trained in swordsmanship by Centurion Dunson for half an hour, and Ralph Knights for half an hour in horsemanship. For the rest of the day, I want you to get at least five miners to join the team. Go and tell your miner friends that I pay them ten times their wages every month. Today, each household takes ten golden dragons home. ”