Chapter 0357 Mint

King's Landing, the first light of dawn in the sky, inlaid with a golden border on the edge of a white cloud.

After completing their patrol, the Magic Mountain group returned to the Red Keep from King's Road, passing through the Fire Warlock Guild.

One by one, horse-drawn carriages pulled yellow river sand, slowly entered the building of the Fire Warlock's Guild.

The Magic Mountain saw fifteen carriages pulling yellow sand. More carriages lined up around the corner of the street until they were out of sight.

The pyromancers are stepping up their research and production of wildfire, something that appears to the Magic Mountain to be a reaction of chemicals. Wildfires have a special magical power that is able to burn on the surface of the water. It will not be extinguished until the substance itself is burned out.

The Magic Mountain decided to enter the Fire Warlock Guild to check the progress of the Fire Warlocks' work, and a little boy suddenly appeared from the corner of the guild gate and ran towards the Demon Mountain.

A guard's spear was pointed at the child.

The child stopped, but did not retreat, nor was he afraid, but looked at the magic mountain, as if curious that there was such a majestic man in the world.

"Let him come!" said the Magic Mountain. He was in a good mood, the famous sword was cold on his back, the hilt stretched out from his left shoulder, and the hilt was carved with exquisite water ripples, which increased the grip strength and felt comfortable in the hand.

A famous two-handed giant sword of the Seven Kingdoms, the magic mountain can be used with one hand, just right! And the reason for the lighter texture of the Valyrian steel sword, this cold ice is not at all stagnant, light as the wind, smooth as flowing water, like an arm and fingers, with the magic power of the magic mountain, slashing Ruyi, sharpening iron like mud, it can be called perfect.

The guards put away their spears, and the little boy was as smart as a cat, and quickly came to the magic mountain and stretched out his little hand to the magic mountain. Moshan bent down and stretched out his hand, which was stuffed with a roll of paper.

The nimble little boy smiled at the Magic Mountain, and he walked around the horse's head and quickly left. The figure appeared several times in the procession of wagons transporting yellow sand, and disappeared completely.

A little bird!

A little bird from ventriloquist Bernie.

Little Bird sent a letter.

If it were in the daytime, on the streets, this posture of directly sending a message to the Magic Mountain would be more abrupt and dangerous, and it would be eye-catching, but now it was a bright street, and there were no idle characters in front of the gate of the Fire Warlock Guild. Still, it's ...... Unprofessional.

What's wrong?

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through the magic mountain in his mind, but he couldn't think of it.

The Magic Mountain looked around on the horse, and there was no one else on the street except for the horsemen who carried the yellow sand. He drove his horse to the middle of nowhere, and by the morning light, unfolded the note, which contained the following sentence: Castelmex Mint had been robbed by the Earl of Arber Jon of the North.

Westside. Brand City.

Robb Stark ordered Count Gabb Glover, the lord of the Wolf Grove, and Count Rickardkastark, the lord of Cahoe City, to lead 1,000 cavalry each to sweep the western cities along the coastline from south to north, and ordered the last lord of Hearth, Jon Amber, to lead 500 cavalry to take Casterme, Tarbek Hall, Fort Nunn and Pendrey, with the main task of capturing the gold mines of Castelme and Tabek Hall.

Big Jon Amber has a son who has the same name, also named Jon Amber. To distinguish the father and son, the father was called the Big Jon and the son was called the Little Jon.

The Great Jon is said to have the blood of giants, and their coat of arms is a brown-haired roaring giant on a fiery red background, dressed in animal skins and holding a silver chain.

This ancient family crest pattern is in line with the rumor that the Amber family has the blood of giants.

The Amber family has a wide territory, from Seal Bay in the narrow sea to the eastern part of King's Road.

Grand Jon Amber was a seven-foot-tall man, over two meters tall, with strong muscles. He and his son Jon Jon Jr. are the biggest warriors in the North and are formidable.

When Eddard Stark suffered a coup d'Γ©tat in King's Landing, Robb Stark gathered the Stark vassals in Winterfell in the North, and Jon the Great threatened that he would not obey any orders from Robb Stark if he was not given a proper order and place in the war.

During the verbal battle, Robb Stark orders Greywind to strike, and Greywind pounces on Jon's sword and bites off two of his fingers. Jon was overcome by Robb's courage and became Robb Stark's most powerful assistant.

After the victory of Riverrun, Jon was the first to call for Robb Stark to establish himself as King of the North, but was opposed by Robb Stark, who proposed a political move not to be the king of the North. Big Jon, though uncomfortable, was the first to stand up and support it.

In just one night, Big Jon led 500 cavalry to take the gold mines of Fort Nunn and Pendery, and Tabek Hall, and at dawn, entered Castelme's territory and encountered a small team patrolling and protecting the area: Reynard Westerling.

Young Renard Westerling is the brother-in-law of Magic Mountain and the heir to the Westerling family, and he and the sworn brother of the big-headed Chiswick, Foulmouth, are responsible for secretly minting coins here. The mint was located in the cavern of one of the gold mines in Casterme.

It has to be said that when other gold mining in the West was coming to an end, Casterme and Tarbek Hall did not allow any nobles to touch the gold mines here because of the 'abandonment' of Duke Tywin, but instead preserved the rich gold ore veins.

When the Magic Mountain rescued Eddard Stark, he told Eddard that after the war between the North and the West, if the North enters the West, there are two places that cannot be touched, the first place is Fort Klegane, and the second place is the Cragy Rock City of the Westerling family.

This is the confidence of the magic mountain and the little devil to bet that Robb will not attack Crag Rock City.

Eddard Stark has been hiding in the armies of the North, and if he shows up, Tywin and the nobles of the West will be ready to deal with the Northerners, and the West and Tywin will not lose badly. Eddard doesn't show up, hiding behind Robb, causing the Westers to despise the sixteen-year-old Rob Stark, which works wonders. Robb led his army to break through to the west, and as if he was in a no-man's land, the west was defeated. Most of the grain, livestock, coins, iron, snow and salt and other materials were looted, and many heavyweight nobles from the West were either killed in battle or captured.

Eddard kept his promise, and Robb did not order Grand Jon Amber to attack the Westerlings' Rock City, they attacked Castermeh in order to obtain the gold mines.

It's just that what Ed and Robb don't know is that Casterme's gold mine already has an unjustifiable owner: the Magic Mountain!

Big Jon raided Casterme early in the morning and encountered the patrol Renard Westerling, and the two sides fought, although Renard wounded Great Jon with an arrow, he was still defeated and fled with his guards. Big Jon pursued with wounds, encountered a volley from the second regular army led by Stinkmouth, and the two sides fought, Renald Westerling took the opportunity to turn back and fight again, but the two were still defeated by Big Jon with an arrow wound on his arm, and were charged by the northern cavalry led by Big Jon, and the two couldn't resist, so they had to leave the mint and escape.

All the workers at the mint fell into the hands of Great Jon. Among them were artist Polliver Cregan's wife, Esther, and grandfather, Master Bouz.

The private mint fell into the hands of Big Jon, which was a huge danger.

If Eddard Stark wasn't smart enough to guess that the mint was built by his savior, the Magic Mountain, the news would have leaked.

The people of the north captured many nobles from the west, and the exchange of hostages between nobles and nobles was the norm in war, and many of the big nobles were inextricably linked with each other, and some of the warring parties were still relatives. One of Duke Tywin's younger sisters married into the Frey family of Riverlands, and marriages between nobles were the norm in times of peace.

Big Jon Robb defeated the army of Renard and Foulmouth, and seized the gold mines of Casterme and the mint of the Magic Mountain, and he must go back to report it to Rob Stark, so when did Duke Tywin learn that Castermeh had a private mint...... How much longer?

"Go back!" said the Magic Mountain, "next time I'll come to the Firemancer's Guild to see how they're doing." ”

The group then galloped back to the Red Fort.

As the Supreme Military Governor of King's Landing, the Mountain must learn about the production of wildfire materials in the Firemancer's Guild and stay on top of the latest wildfire counts. Wildfire materials will be an important combat weapon in the Battle of the Blackwater River.

The properties of wildfire material are very unstable, and in the pyromancer's laboratory, or in the room where the wildfire is produced, the roof is specially crafted, and part of the yellow sand transported by these wagons will be covered with the ceiling, and if the wildfire burns out of control, the yellow sand will fall from the sky, extinguishing the burning wildfire.

The sound of hooves was heard, and under the early morning sun, the group of Magic Mountain sped up and returned to the Red Fort.

Demon Mountain's expression was grim and uneasy.

Castelme's mint was built by Magic Mountain without the help of Duke Tywin, and the mint was already producing a steady stream of golden dragons before the war began.

Although Casterme and Tarbek Hall were given to the Magic Mountain by the former King Robert in the form of a prank, Duke Tywin did not agree to give it to the Mountain. After the victory at the Battle of the Green Fork, the Magic Mountain broke through the five lines of defense of the Northern Infantry, captured many nobles in the North, and scared the commander Luce Bolton back, making a great achievement, and Duke Tywin promised to give Casterme to the Magic Mountain after the battle.

The Magic Mountain is now an earldom, and the original territory of Fort Klegan is very small, and there is no economic output of gold mines and crops, which really does not match the military exploits and titles of the Magic Mountain.

It was a great sin to open a mint in Casterme. Although it was a troubled time, the Duke of Tywin was still there, the political bureaucracy in the West was still there, and the mint in the Magic Mountain was taken by the Great Jon Amber in the North, which made the Magic Mountain uneasy.

He has been careful not to let the trajectory of the world slide out too much of the original trajectory before the crossing, and after the butterfly effect appeared, he has also been carefully correcting, hoping to make everything follow the original trajectory of the world, but the loss of the mint has caused a new trajectory that the magic mountain cannot predict, cannot control, and will not have in the original world at all.

Well, how long will it take for the Mint to reach Tywin's ears?

Unbeknownst to the Magic Mountain, he had to take some action.

Westside, Imprint City.

Great Jon returned with a small squad of cavalry: he had taken Casterme, Tarbek Hall, Fort Nunn, and the small town of Pendrey, and completed the task given to him by Robb. In it, the Great Jon said with great interest: In Castermay, he took Duke Tywin's mint.

"Duke Tywin has a mint in Casterme?"

The mint is under the complete control of the royal family, and the mint in the west is undoubtedly illegal. Whether it was King Robert or King Joffrey, who was not recognized by the people of the North, the mints of the great nobles violated the law.

Damon Malbran, Lord of Imprint City, a prisoner of war, is Robb's assistant in managing Imprint City, and he is right behind Robb.

Count Dammon Malbran's face twisted, he looked down at his right hand, which had been severed by the Magic Mountain, and when he looked up, his expression had returned to normal.

"Earl Damon, Duke Tywin built the mint privately?" Robb asked, looking back.

"I don't know, Lord Robb!"

"Where is the mint, you don't know. Robb shrugged, "The Westside has built a private mint, and the evidence is true, once His Majesty Stannis sits on the Iron Throne, the Duke of Westside Tywin will be judged for it." Great Jon, confiscate all gold coins from the Mint. At the same time, workers were ordered to mine gold and continue minting coins. β€œ

"Yes, sir. ”

Robb looked back at Count Damon: "Lord Earl, I will send a raven to His Majesty Stannis, asking him to issue a coinage order to the North, a rightful coinage in the North!"