Chapter 039: Arrogant and domineering
"Chopsticks?"
"Yes, chopsticks. β
"What does it look like?"
"It's very simple to have two small bamboo sticks of the same length, with a circle at the bottom and a circle at the top, which is indeed more convenient for eating noodles and vegetables in soup. Maester Harry said that Gregor was going to make chopsticks and cutlery out of silver. β
"Do you still use a knife to cut barbecue meat with chopsticks?"
β...... Belch...... Maester Harry's letter to me only mentions chopsticks, not ....... β
"Harry's private message to you?"
"Yes, sir. β
"Show me your private messages. β
"Yes, sir!"
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Kaiyan Castle is a city built inside a 70-meter-high boulder about 20 li long and 15 li wide. It is more accurate to say that it is a boulder than a stone mountain.
In order to ensure the lighting of the interior of Kaiyan City, there are many 'giant skylights' on the shell of the boulder. Huge glasses with countless faces are also installed on the top of the boulders, but despite this, for the center of the city, even in broad daylight, the sun is shining, and in some corners and remote places, there are blazing torches.
These torches are guarded by special personnel and are not extinguished for many years.
The interior of Castle Rock has a spiral avenue that spirals upwards and connects with the avenue of the Lion's Mouth. This spiral boulevard is connected to many of the main roads and roads in the interior like a spider's web, forming the traffic road of the city. At the end of the spiral avenue is the Lannister family's large school yard and main fort, the bachelor's tower, the cavalry battalion, stables, and kennels. From the path behind the main school field, you can continue up to the high watchtower at the top of the mountain.
Gregor and his cavalry of sixty-three men marched east from Fort Klegane, up the Esplanade, past the tall walls of Lanniport, and north along the Esplanade, and an hour later the cavalry burst into the Mouth of the Lion at Castle Rock.
The Lannister soldiers guarding the gates saw Gregor coming on horseback from afarβhe was too tall and a good horse, a head taller than the average horse. Behind Gregor, the three-headed hound banner was in the hands of the burly miner Blackstone. ββThe soldiers at the city gate did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly opened a few city gates that were not necessary to be opened.
The mouth of the lion is lined with three large gates.
Gregor's group of six horsemen rode side by side into the mouth of the lion, straight up the spiral avenue in the inner city of the city. The sergeants at the gates and the soldiers patrolling the city all hurriedly stood and saluted Sir Gregor who had ignored him before, and he did the same now. He didn't even bother to snort, didn't even look at it, and whistled by. It doesn't matter if the other party is a soldier, a captain, a centurion, or a general's knight, Gregor doesn't care about it.
His subordinate officers and soldiers were equally arrogant and disrespectful. The cavalry of six horses rushed up the spiral avenue, and the further they went, the higher the avenue became, and the road became narrower and narrower. Because the spiral avenue is the main arterial road in the city, connecting other important roads and radiating the whole city, all the avenues are full of people coming and going, some are also driving horse-drawn carts and ox carts, and there are many burdens.
There is a small natural harbor in the interior of Kaiyan City, and there are many people who do business in the small port. Fine silks and fine porcelain from across the Narrow Sea were purchased from the small port next to the Hall of Heroes. Because the sea has carved a very deep hole in the bottom of the boulder over thousands of years, some cargo ships have been able to paddle directly into the city of Castle to unload their cargo.
As a result, this small port supports many small traders, hawkers and porters. Most of the horse-drawn carts, ox carts, and overhead laborers on the avenue came from the port to the west, and they carried goods through the avenue to the large and small shops and thousands of households in the city.
Gregor crashed all the way over, and the groom and the others hurriedly abandoned the carriage and the ox cart and fled down the spiral avenue.
There were shops and houses on both sides of the road, and there were many adults and children coming and going on the road, and Gregor and his party had no scruples, shouting and shouting and scolding from afar, and people dodged one after another, anxious like lost dogs, busy like fish that have slipped through the net. Far away, people took refuge in advance.
The knight Sweetmouth Raff blew the military whistle and commanded the cavalry to follow Lord Gregor with impunity.
This line of arrogant cavalry, which did not slow down on the streets of the city, kicked over many roadside stalls. Those who were slow to dodge, or who stood on the side of the road to dodge and did not flee far, some of the cavalrymen's whips were drawn fiercely. Amid the screams of the poor men falling, the cavalrymen laughed and ran away.
For civilians, it is quite normal to be beaten at will by the officers and soldiers of Gregor's banner, and if you want to blame, you can blame yourself for being slow to dodge.
On the viewing platform of the Grand Campus, Tywin Lannister saw a three-headed hound flag rolling high from the spiral avenue.
Tywin's eyes flashed with appreciation.
He actually liked Gregor the knife, but Tywin never said or complimented him. He never gave Gregor a lot of rewards, not as much as the other nobles, and he did it on purpose.
The vicious dog must not overfeed him!
Gregor is a terrible knife, sharp, and loyal.
Gregor is in trouble outside, and if he's in a little bigger trouble, he'll see Tywin Lannister himself and tell the whole truth, and he won't tell a lie. Tywin has been very happy with this. Many of the great nobles don't know why Tywin has been protecting a scum like Gregor, reusing him, and protecting him when Gregor tarnishes the honor of some noble women. What they don't understand is that Gregor is far more loyal and honest to Tywin than they are.
Suddenly his brain opened up and became smarter, and Gregory produced snow salt, military sentry, and chopsticks. This information was also reported to Lord Tywin by Master Harry on his own initiative, and Gregor's loyalty has not changed.
The vicious dog knew who his master was.
But even if Gregor wanted to, he couldn't hide it, and Master Harry beside him was one of the eyes of Duke Tywin.
Gregor rushed into the schoolyard, where the five cavalry centurions were lined up to greet him.
Gregor was the general of these five centurions.
Tywin Lannister has always kept five hundred family cavalry. The centurions among them are all surnamed Lannister. There are many branches of the Lannister family in the West, concentrated in Lannisport, the largest city in the West. Some of the cavalry came from the Lannister branch, and some were direct or collateral relatives of the Lannister family and branch families.
The elite and loyal cavalry of 500 men was under the command of Gregor. In peacetime, this most combat-ready guard cavalry regiment just didn't have the opportunity to show its strength.
"Lord Gregor!"
The five centurions shouted in unison, saluting Gregor on their horses.
The most loyal cavalry was rarely out on the day-to-day out, and in normal times Gregor patrolled the border, captured criminals, and fought disobedient nobles, with the Sweetmouth Rafd gang of civilian outlaw soldiers.
Gregor ignored the polite greetings of the five centurions of House Lannister, who he had always looked down on as bastards and cowards, disgusting dogs who pretended to be hypocritical nobles in front of him.
In addition to the family's cavalry regiment, Tywin also has a 1,000-strong freeman professional legion, which is a mixed cavalry regiment, and in case of trouble, it is also under the command and jurisdiction of Gregor.
Sweetmouth Rafd and the others came from the petty officers in the mixed cavalry regiment. Because of their cruel and murderous nature, they have a similar smell to Gregor, and they are infatuated with and worship Gregor's great and small evil deeds, and use this as an example.
Gregor opened his mask and raised his hand to Tywin Lannister on the viewing platform, and his voice was like a thunderbolt: "Lord Duke, please watch Knight Loved practice cavalry with a military sentry. β
Duke Tywin nodded in agreement, and he already knew from the letter that Gregor had made Raffard a knight and gave him the surname Clegane.
It is not an exaggeration to say that Gray is like a thunderbolt.
All the generals in this world have a set of techniques for training shouting. In normal times, it is practiced almost every day, just as the wandering singers of this world have to practice hanging their voices every day, the cavalrymen have to practice riding horses every day, and the archers have to practice archery every day.