Chapter 0012 The Truth of the Wicked: Dry
Silver Hall, formerly known as Silver Mountain Castle. It is located at the eastern foot of the Silver Mountain Range, southeast of Fort Kregon.
The Silver Mountain Range is a mountain range rich in silver and gold mines, and most of the mountain's territory belongs to the Silver Hall. Dozens of miles behind the family grove in Cregan is the famous Silver Mountain Range.
The patriarch of the Silver Hall is called Tiger Chariot, and he is a very powerful noble family in the West.
The coat of arms of the Chariot family is a proud peacock on a cheese base, and their family motto is unmatched.
The Chariot family was very wealthy because of their abundant silver and gold mines.
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To the south of the West, there are three famous families, and the three families are the defense force on the southern border of the West.
On the esplanade, the seaside Railsman Hall is the home of the Craich family. The castle is located in the middle of a two-hundred-mile stretch of primeval forest.
The Corniche connects the western capital of Castle Rock with the high courts of Riverlands.
The High Court is the home fort of the Tyrells, and Castle Rock is the home fort of the Lannisters.
About 100 miles east from the Craich family is the Sweaver family, another large aristocratic family in the south of the western border, whose home fort is called Corn City. The Swiffer family was a vast area of fertile plains, famous for growing corn, rice and wheat.
The eastern border of the Schwivifer family is the Silver Mountain Range.
The only great nobleman in the Silver Mountain Range was the Chariot family of Silver Hall (formerly known as Silver Mountain City).
A golden avenue passes through the Silver Hall of the House of Chariot, connecting the capital of the West, Castle Rock, with King's Landing, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms.
The Chariot family is the aristocracy of the Golden Road in the West.
In the southern part of the western border, the three famous families in order from west to east are the Craich family of the Rice Chicken Hall, guarding the Esplanade, the Swift family of Corn City, guarding the primeval forest, and the Chariot family of the Silver Hall, guarding the Golden Avenue. The Three Great Families are the forces lining up in the western border to defend the southern border.
The richest of the three families are the Charlottes of Silver Hall, whose seven sons are the best of the younger generation of knights in the West, the Swevier family of Corn City has the most abundant food, and the Craich family has the strongest overall combat power.
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In this long summer of peacetime, in addition to planting, the commoners went to the mines to work as miners to earn money.
Gregor Cregan's small commoner families under the banner of petty aristocrats have all been reduced to the poorest of the poor because they have been oppressed by Gregor for a long time. Under Gregor's orders, these poor people could not grow rice, corn and wheat, but only opium poppies, which were not food, and the best option for the adult men of these eleven families to survive was to go to the mines.
Digging a month's mine can buy a family for two months' worth of food.
The closest mine to Fort Krigan is Silver Mountain.
The youngest son of the old man Thomas Mann also went to the silver mountain to mine.
If you stay at home, you really have to wait for death, the opium poppy in the field does not need a young and strong labor force, after planting, the vitality of the opium poppy is extremely strong, and it is enough for the old people and women in the family to watch the growth of this opium poppy.
The eleven families of the Cregans, with men in every household, were mining in the Silver Mountains to support their families.
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"What's the girl's name?" asked Gregor.
"Julie. Thomas Man replied.
"How old are you?"
"Thirteen years old. ”
"Have you had a menstrual period?"
“...... Yes...... Adult ......"
If you come to menstruation, you are a real woman. Thirteen years old is the age at which you can get married in this world.
"Thomas Mann, do you breed horses?"
"Yes, sir. ”
"Very well, you come and raise horses for me, and give you twenty-one bronze stars every month. ”
“...... As you wish, your ......"
Gregor nodded, looked at Notepad, Sweetmouth Raff, Executioner Dunson, Brainless Polliver, and finally glanced at the bachelor Harry, and said in his heart: "I want to arrest Count Tiger Chariot of the Silver Hall and extort him from a few hundred gold dragons, but it is not appropriate to do it for the sake of a little girl from a poor family, and I can't get the support of Tywin." But what reason does the number one scoundrel in the Seven Kingdoms need to talk about? ”
There was a dispute between the nobles and the nobles for the sake of the commoners, if it was a murder, for example, if a nobleman killed a commoner in the land under the jurisdiction of another nobleman, he would only pay about a few dozen golden dragons, and the money was not for the bitter lord, but for the lord. Then the lord took out a few golden dragons to appease his people.
Although this violates the laws of the country, commoners can still go to the lord to sue and ask for murder to pay for their lives, but in private, everyone is basically a nobleman and a nobleman to mediate, settle things with money, and make an agreement.
If there is a fight between nobles and nobles, as long as there is no murder, they can settle it privately through money. When a nobleman captures another nobleman's clansman, as long as it is not a blood feud, he will not choose to kill him, but will ask for a ransom. This is more common to the Seven Kingdoms, not unique to the West.
Gregor was too poor, and he knew he needed to make money. And to make money, grab Tiger Chariot for the most money that the Chariot family can get. As a rough estimate, there should be no problem with three hundred golden dragons.
Three hundred golden dragons, a real huge amount of money.
According to common sense, as a nobleman, Gregor would not go to war with the Count of Charlotte for the sake of Julie, a young woman of commoners.
Although Gregor is invincible, the mine garrison of Chariot has a thousand people, and the family soldiers are more than a thousand. Once the war began, Sariot was able to gather more than 3,000 men in a very short time.
There was no shortage of rich people to fight, and most of the members of the mine garrison in Chariot were mercenaries.
Moreover, Chariot also has seven sons who are very powerful and not very good, all of them young knights.
And if Gregor hadn't relied on Tywin Lannister's guards and the 'Four King Kongs', he would only be able to gather ten soldiers in his own territory to reach the sky.
Courage and brute force are the previous style of Gregor's style of doing things, and courage and resourcefulness are his greatest characteristics.
"Set out tonight, attack the Silver Hall, and arrest Tiger Charlotte. Gregor said lightly, "Thomasman, you go and feed me the horses, Sweet-mouthed Raff, you lead the brothers to sharpen their swords, the short knife and dagger steel thorns are sharpened, and you set off tonight." ”
This is in line with Grego's character.
There is no need to care about the unspoken rules of the aristocracy, it is a felony to take a little girl according to the law, although everyone among the nobles keeps face to face, and no one takes these things too seriously.
It is a world of aristocratic privileges, and it is also a social system of aristocratic privileges.
But Gregor deeply understands that he is the first villain in the Seven Kingdoms, tyrannical and ferocious, and invincible with a two-handed giant sword, he doesn't need to tell any truths at all, not to mention that this time he is famous and has a reason. The laws of the state supported him in seeking justice, although the unspoken rules of the nobility overshadowed the provisions of the law.
The four King Kongs such as Sweet Mouth Raff were all happy in their hearts, attacking the silver hall and blackmailing, they liked it the most.
Master Harry's eyes narrowed slightly.
Tiger Chariot's title is still above Grego, who is only a viscount, and Tiger is an earl. In addition, Tiger is still helping Tywin Lannister defend the Golden Road in the south, and is an important minister that Tywin relies on.
The youngest daughter of a poor family, and the other a great nobleman of the southern frontier in the west, who is light and who is heavy?
Old man Thomas Man was startled, if he killed Tiger Charlotte, or if Lord Gregor was injured, his whole family would be dead.
Master Tywin will blame him and kill his entire family.
“...... No...... My lord...... My girl...... Maybe I'll be back in a few days...... Am I wrong...... Adult ......"
"Thomasman, go feed the horses, or I'll cut off your head first. Gregor was furious and shouted.
Thomas Man shuddered.
Gregor's eyes narrowed.
The old man lowered his head, his face was haggard, he didn't dare to speak anymore, and went away tremblingly.
"My lord, if you want to save Julie, just send someone to bring a letter to Earl Tiger, he received the letter from the lord, and he didn't dare not let him go. Master Harry said with a shudder.
This is actually what the old man Thomas Man has in mind.
A letter from Lord Gregor will be able to get Miss Julie back.
"Master Harry, attack the Silver Hall tonight, you go with you, we don't have enough manpower, I'll give you a sword!"