Luke rode down the street towards Dona's carriage.

Both sides approach, as long as they don't stop, they will bump into each other.

Dona's coachman slowed down, and the knight on the left rode out to meet Luke.

Luke reined in his steed, pressed his hand to the hilt of his sword, and looked at the knight quietly.

The knight's chest insignia is the Lion of House Lannister, while the insignia on Luke's armor is that of the Ice Sword Crimson.

"The general of the Clegon Legion?"

"A little guard, Lord Knight. Luke's tone and expression were as ordinary and murderous as his own.

"Get out of the way, this is Countess Dona Swiftfer's carriage. ”

"I'm sorry, but I have a few words to say to Madame. Luke said lightly. He was not angry or angry, and his tone was gentle, but his hand was always pressed on the hilt of his sword. This is a very dangerous sign, and besides, this kid is not very big, only has a sword, but his calmness is like ice.

"Wait a minute!" the proud knight said after a moment of silence as he weighed the situation, the other party's 'Red Smoke Beast Ice Sword' badge terrified him.

The people of the Clegane are very strong, and about ninety percent of the nobles in the western border today are pro-Clegane.

"Yes, Knight. "Luke is neither humble nor arrogant. He pressed his hand to the hilt of his sword, and rode down the street, peacefully, blocking Mrs. Dona Swift's way.

Dona Swever had a knight's warning, and could only suppress the shame in her heart, a small soldier, not a knight, dared to stop her carriage!

Dona ordered the groom to drive the carriage in front of Luke and lifted the curtain: "Soldier, are you a knight or an officer?"

"Hello Madame, I'm an ordinary guard at Lady Jenny's side. Luke pressed his right palm on his left chest and bowed slightly on his horse, in accordance with the etiquette.

"Not a knight?" Lady Donna's contemptuous tone, a deliberately raised volume.

"Yes, ma'am. ”

"Aren't you a knight, dare to block my way, have we broken the law of Lord Magic Mountain?"

Dona hates the Magic Mountain!

"I'm sorry, ma'am, but you must return the spices to the spice shop, or send one of your attendants to the Klegane Bank with the golden dragon to exchange the equivalent bank notes, and then take the notes to the spice shop to pay. Lord Gregor, the guardian of the West, has ordered that the goods of the Westside will be traded in bank notes from now on. The lord of the city, Bancrof, also issued a relevant decree and posted a notice for the whole city yesterday afternoon. ”

Dona had heard that Bancrof had issued a decree on the exchange of banknotes, but she didn't take it to heart.

"What if I don't?" said Lady Dona's voice.

A small guard, not yet a knight, dared to block the street. There were two knights with swords beside her. And, all are branches of the Lannister family.

"Madame has broken the law, so I have to arrest Madame and escort her to the main castle hall of the lord of the city for trial. Luke said indifferently, his voice without the slightest emotion, like a cold sword.

Choke!

With a crisp thud, one of the knights drew his sword and glared at Luke. If it weren't for the family crest mark of the Red Smoke Beast's Ice Sword, the knight would have pounced on Luke.

Luke is not tall and looks ordinary.

Luke's expression remained unchanged, he looked at Lady Dona and bowed slightly again to express his apologies. His right hand was lowered from his left chest, and he grasped the hilt of his sword, ready to draw it at any moment.

"Soldier, I've already paid, I'll take the spices, we're not going to go to the bank to get the banknotes and then go back to pay. If I break the law, naturally there will be a city garrison to arrest me, and the soldiers of Clegan have no right to arrest people, I am a countess. Donna found that every time she said a word, the humiliation deepened. This made her feel very frustrated.

Why explain so much to a soldier? Why explain why? Why can't you just order a knight to knock him down?

Because he has the coat of arms of the Clegane on his armour!

Luke was consistent, unmoving, and usual: "Madam, I am on the orders of Madame Jane and the Lord of the City to arrest those who refuse to trade with paper money. If Madame is troublesome about going to the Klegane Bank to exchange banknotes, please send a waiter to go with me to the Klegane Bank to exchange equivalent banknotes, and I promise not to let Madame's waiter line up. Madame, this is the best solution to the problem, so that Madame does not break the law, and I will not delay Madame in returning home. ”

"Soldier, get out of the way!" Donna scolded.

Choke!

Luke's sword unsheathed: "Madam, you have violated the law of trade promulgated by the Lord of the City by refusing to heed my well-intentioned advice, and I now announce that Luke's guards have been ordered to capture you. ”

The knight, who had been staring at Luke and whose sword had already been unsheathed, roared angrily, and with a clamp between his legs, his horse rushed out and went straight for Luke. Luke's expression did not change, it was plain, and his one-handed sword gently pulled out a sword flower, and his eyes froze, just waiting for the knight to kill.

"Stop!" said Mrs. Donna, in good time.

The charging knight stretched out his hand to restrain his horse, and the horseman stood up, and suddenly the rhythm neighed, and his front hooves were raised high.

Luke defended the sword style, motionless and calm, as if nothing had happened.

"Hobson, go with this soldier to the Cregan Bank and exchange two gold coins, two silver deer, and seven bronze stars. ”

"Yes, ma'am!" replied an old man beside the carriage, bowing down.

Jocson is Mrs. Dona's purse bag, the family's treasurer.

Luke's sword erected on his chest: "Ma'am, maybe you should let Hoxson exchange some more banknotes, any shop in Lannishafen City, the new law issued by the Lord of Bancrove City stipulates that it must be traded with bank banknotes." “

Donna snorted coldly and lowered the curtain! The groom shouted, and the carriage veered slightly, passing by Luke's warhorse.

Mrs. Donna has her own properties in Lannisport, Castle Rock, and Corn City. Lannisport is the largest and busiest city in the West, and she has more than one property in the city.

Choke!

Luke put his sword into his sheath and said to the old man named Hokson, "Old man Hocson, come with me, and I will take you to the Klegane Bank to exchange banknotes." ”

Madame Dona, who was in the carriage away, turned pale and frowned:

Folding money?

Bank notes?

Banknotes minted by the banks run by Magic Mountain?

Donna had heard some noblewomen talk about the banks of the Magic Mountain many times, but this kind of bank currency had only been heard of in the last day or two, and the noblewomen who talked to her about paper money had never used it.

Dona knew that the power to mint coins had always been in the hands of the king, and that the Clegane Bank of the Magic Mountain was secretly minting paper money in place of metal coins in the West, wasn't it a grave crime to violate the laws of the country?

Back home, we'll have to release ravens into King's Landing!

The treasurer of Hochson followed Luke's guards to the Klegane Bank. There is a long queue at the gate of the bank, the poor are a line, and the rich, well-dressed are a line.

There are a lot of people.

What are these people doing in line at the bank? Also to exchange paper money? Hochson wasn't sure, but he wisely chose to shut up.

Luke jumped off his horse and handed the reins to a Clegon soldier, who had several Clegon soldiers to maintain order.

Luke led Hochson into the bank gate in separate groups, his armor was a pass, and the people lining up on the left and right did not dare to complain. Some wealthy people knew Luke, and Luke had recently shot several times in the streets, and some of them were killed by him because they didn't believe in evil.

Jocson noticed that several captains from exotic lands were also in the ranks of the wealthy, and these people had a different appearance from the Westeros mainlanders, and at first glance they knew that they were captains from across the Narrow Sea.

Lannisport is a huge seaport city with captains from all over the world doing maritime trade through this port.

Could it be that these captains are also here to exchange bank notes?

Jocson was skeptical!

On the other side of the Narrow Sea, it was impossible for people to trade with the banknotes of the Klegane Bank. I heard that the Clegane Bank did dare to lend money to the captain of a free trade city-state, but it needed a guarantee from a local merchant.

Or are these exotics here to make deposits?

Deposit the gold in the bank and take it out when you go, so as not to be taken away by hooligans and bandits?

Whatever the captain of the Outlander waited in line for, the sight surprised and disbelief-haunted Jocson.

The banks set up in Magic Mountain, the banks that lend and deposit, were unheard of before. But all of a sudden, the city of Lannisport was only allowed to trade banknotes!

It's confusing and unsettling!

In Lannisham, the lord of the city has the right to promulgate some local laws. Those who have the power to veto these laws are the guardians of the western frontier and the royal power.

Today's guardian of the Westlands is the Magic Mountain Gregokrigan.

The highest person in royal power was King Toman Baratheon I. The boy king was said to be less than ten years old.

With Luke's help, Hawkson went directly to a separate bank window to exchange banknotes without queuing, and in order to facilitate the purchase of things in the future, Hawkson accepted Luke's suggestion and exchanged the equivalent of ten gold dragons. These banknotes include the Golden Dragon Banknote, the Silver Deer Banknote and the Bronze Star Banknote, which are convenient for making payments when buying things.

Watching the ten golden dragons being taken away by a woman from a bank and counting out a stack of colorful banknotes, Hockson felt very uneasy in his heart.

These colorful banknotes have numbers on them, which can make people understand the value of money represented by a banknote, but how can this light and fluttering paper have the value of gold?!

Hocson, Mrs. Dona's treasurer, had a strong sense of loss in his heart, but he couldn't do anything about it, and he couldn't say anything against the exchange. He carefully put away the banknotes, and then left the bank in a hurry.

Hawkson will go to Milne's owner's spice shop, use the colorful round bills in exchange for his hand to pay for the spices purchased by his wife, and get back the two gold dragons, two silver deer, and seven bronze stars that the spice guy has already paid but refused to collect.

The treasurer, Lord Hockson, will report to Mrs. Dona what she has seen in the bank, including the people queuing outside the bank.

Lady Dona needs to be aware of these new changes, and perhaps the Lannisters of King's Landing need to be aware of these disturbing events taking place in the West.

The uneasiness caused by these changes is all because of a wicked person in the West: the Magic Mountain!

At the same time, on the other side of the continent, off the coast of Seagull Town, another harbor city, something frightening and unsettling is happening.

Seagull Town, where Littlefinger Petilberry was born, is also the largest city in the Vale Arryn family, a bustling and wealthy port city.

"What's that?" said a slightly startled soldier on the bridge of a patrol warship in the waters of Seagull Town.

"What?" said the captain on the side of the ship below, happily reeling in the net. He didn't look up, and asked nonchalantly.

The daily routine patrol is the most boring thing, although the Seven Civil War has been fought for three years, but the territory of the valley is still a paradise outside the war, except for last year, when the Magic Mountain suddenly attacked and extorted a batch of food and gold coins, Seagull Town has been comfortably living eighteen years of peaceful, happy, wealthy, and leisurely time.

"Your Excellency, you need to come up and take a look, something seems wrong. The soldier watching from the bridge shouted to the captain on deck.

Next to the captain was a centurion of the navy soldiers, who was said to be a centurion, but in fact, in addition to the sailors, there were only thirty soldiers on the battleship.

The captain was reeling in the net, and as the net continued to rise, there was a loud bang, and a large white fish appeared on the surface, and its tail slapped the snow-white waves.

The captain and centurion laughed together, and the onlookers were all happy. Several soldiers stepped forward to help collect the nets, and a second large fish surfaced.

"The captain of the ship, there are many sails of the ship. The soldiers on the bridge reported loudly.

"What flag?" one soldier laughed.

"The distance is too far for the pattern on the flag to be visible at all, but there are too many ships coming, and it is impossible for so many merchant ships to come, and by the day, more ships have appeared, a huge fleet. ”

Wow!

Cheers rang out from the deck, and a huge fish struggled in a fishing net, visually longer than an adult, churning the sea and making a loud noise.

The captains and centurions, and the sailors of the navy were elated and cheered.

The happiest thing about patrolling every day with nothing to do is to catch a big fat fish.

No one heard the soldiers on the bridge, and the huge nets were constantly being retracted and lifted, and not a single fish in the nets was a source of happiness for the captain and the soldiers.

"My lord, it's the Magic Mountain!" On the bridge, the voice of the soldier sounded in horror, like a sharp whistle.

The cheers of the captain and the soldiers died down suddenly, as if a long knife had cut off their joy at once.

"Magic Mountain, there is the flag of Magic Mountain on the ship, oh my God, there are so many warships, dense, fast, fast, row back to the port at the speed of attack, Magic Mountain is coming!" the soldier's voice was so high-pitched that he lost his voice.

The captain pulled the rope and jumped onto the side of the ship, looking out to sea, and sure enough, it was dense, and many warships were coming with the wind, and the huge flag on the front battleship was waving in the wind, it was the 'Red Smoke Beast Cold Ice Sword'.

"Enemy attack!" the captain's voice was sudden and panicked, as if he had been stabbed in the chest, "Attack speed, return!"

The first mate received the order, sounded the drum of the speed of the attack, and the sailors who were resting all over the cabin ran violently, and came to their respective positions one after another, each in place, while the sailor paddled the oars, and the sailor stuck the blades into the water and did not move, the boat spun rapidly in the waves, turned around, and in the dense drum beat, the sailors on both sides shouted the trumpet and paddled hard together, and the movements were neat, and the patrol ship fled quickly to the port.

Woooooooo

The sound of the horn was long and majestic.

On the flagship of the Magic Mountain, a herald blew the horn!

Woo woo

The second trumpet sounded, and the first trumpet sounded in harmony.

Then the third, and the fourth horn joined in.

The sound of horns converged to form a powerful synergy, resounding over the sea.

Instead of the patrol ships of Seagull Town blowing the warning horn of 'enemy attack', the horn of the Magic Mountain Battleship has already reached Seagull Town and the port.

Seagull Town and White Harbor are the fourth and fifth largest port cities in Westeros, and are the largest and most prosperous cities in the Valley and the North due to trade.

But both Seagull Town and White Harbor have a fatal weakness: they are almost devoid of a navy. There are only twenty warships in Seagull Town, and White Harbor, because one of the patriarchs in the history of the Stark family has not returned from the sea, there have been few real warships for hundreds of years.

The more than 100 warships of the Magic Mountain did not chase the patrol warship that fled back, it was a small ship, but began to spread out on the sea, heading towards Seagull Town at a uniform speed.

Seagull Town is there, and you can't run if you want to.

The Magic Mountain's 'Red Smoke Beast's Ice Sword' flag and the King's Stag Lion Banner filled the bow of the flagship battleship 'Dragonstone'.

The nobles and commoners of Seagull Town are sensitive to the banner of the Magic Mountain, which came once last year and extorted food and gold coins from Seagull Town. Angay led a cavalry squad and terrified Seagull Town.

When one by one, warships appeared in the offshore waters of Seagull Town and sailed towards the port at a constant speed, the entire Seagull Town sounded the horn of an enemy attack.

Seagull Town has high walls, but the harbor is connected to the sea, and unless a warship meets the enemy, control of the sea is handed over.

On the sea, more than 100 warships of Magic Mountain were like a huge dark cloud, slowly pushing towards the sea surface of the port of Seagull Town.

Ships of all sizes on the sea inside and outside the harbor were as anxious as lost dogs, and were as busy as fish that had slipped through the net, rowing to the shore one after another. The people on the more than 100 fishing boats, trading ships, sailing boats, flat-bottomed boats and other boats moored on the shore crowded ashore noisily, helping the old and the young, and fled to Seagull Town.

On the walls of Seagull Town, dense marching footsteps sounded, and archers, sword and shield men, and pikemen took their positions on the city walls.

In the harbor, the twenty-three warships of Seagull Town were about to go out, but they could not form a formation to meet the battle, and their deployment was disrupted by the ships that fled back one after another, and on the naval flagship, which had no fighting spirit, the commander-in-chief of the navy reluctantly ordered the trumpeter to blow the horn.

"We should retreat back to the city!" called the captain of the frigate on the left, "Commander, retreat, we can only retreat!

"Retreat requires the approval of the lord of the castle!" the commander-in-chief shouted back.

"Retreat! Retreat!" The captain of the battleship behind heard the 'retreat' and immediately shouted to the brother battleship behind, "Retreat, retreat, join the garrison." ”

Because of the blockage of the various ships that escaped back, and because of the space on the sea surface of the port, it was not easy for more than 20 warships to turn around on the sea surface of the port, so everyone retreated in a straight line.