Chapter 14, Conflict

It's a great new day.

In the high hill of Aegon in King's Landing, built of light red stone and surrounded by thick walls, although Arthur has no inheritance, no status, and is not a noble prince, but he can wake up in the gorgeous castle every day, but it is his childhood dream in his previous life.

Sweat in your room, wipe yourself off after a short break, get dressed in your clothes, and then go to the kitchen to make yourself a delicious breakfast and start your busy day. He likes this simple, ordinary and peaceful life.

After all, this is the world of a song of ice and fire, and the Vislot continent will be devastated by the invasion of strange ghosts in the future, so if you can be safe and stable, you should try to make your life as comfortable and enjoyable as possible.

Feeling the warm morning sunshine, walking through the flower gallery, and arriving at the Prime Minister's Tower, Arthur met a tall, heroic-looking black-haired young man who looked like Emperor Robert.

He was the illegitimate son of Emperor Robert and Maria Arnold, the second daughter of the Arnold family, Ryan Viywater.

Now eighteen years old, he was already a non-commissioned officer in the First Regiment of the Empire, and was promoted to the captain of a squad of more than 30 people.

The commander of the Imperial First Infantry Corps in which Ryan served was Francis Arnold, that is, his grandfather, the Arnold family served the Holy Loren family at the beginning of the establishment of the Holy Loren family, and after the usurper war, the Arnold family was a meritorious dragon hero, so he mixed much better than Arthur.

In terms of blood relationship, he and Arthur are half-brothers, but there is a difference between high and low blood, think about Arthur is not even qualified to have the surname of Weishui's illegitimate son, you know that there are also high and low illegitimate children.

So the relationship between Ryan and Arthur is very average, and they only meet so many times a year, and they are not even familiar.

"Arthur, long time no see. He came over and greeted him in a friendly manner.

Arthur asked with some confusion, "Brother Ryan, why are you here?"

Ryan Weishui has the boldness of Emperor Robert, but he doesn't have much of his vulgarity, and said with a smile: "I came back with the quartermaster to resupply, and by the way, I took a few days off, I heard that your kid is mixing well now, and he has made a lot of money by cooperating with the Stark family in business." ”

Arthur smiled shyly: "It's okay, barely enough for me to go to the school city to buy books." ”

Ryan: "So you're still going to be a bachelor? I thought you'd change your mind and become a businessman when you were successful in business." ”

As he spoke, he shook his head slightly and sighed, "But also, after all, you have to be a bachelor to have status." ... Forget it, if you don't talk about that, how about you come to my house for dinner later?"

"Uh... I'm afraid I don't have time. "Arthur was so busy that he didn't even have time to sit down for lunch. After he helped Eddard Stark with the paperwork, he had to teach the workers how to make paper and how to make printed plates.

Ryan: "I don't have time for lunch, why are you so busy?"

"Handle business. Arthur said, "After all, to work with the Starks, I have to come up with attractive merchandise." ”

Ryan nodded when he heard this, expressing his understanding: "It's right to focus on career, but you must eat food, your body is the foundation of everything, and you are too thin, you should eat more when you grow your body, and you must pay attention to eating on time." ”

Arthur: "......"

Obviously a bold big brother, why did the painting style suddenly become a verbose aunt?

"Arthur. At this time, Ed's chief of guard, Jory, came out of the Prime Minister's Tower and told him, "Your Excellency is going to attend the Imperial Council later, you don't need to go up, come out with me to run errands." ”

"Who is this?"

Arthur introduced: "He is my older half-brother Ryan. ”

Jory said with a look on his face: "The grandson of Arnold, the commander of the Imperial First Frontier, I know you, I used to fight with the Imperial First Frontier on Pike Island. ”

Lane sighed a little when he heard this: "It's a pity that I was born too late, I couldn't catch up with that battle, and I can't see your demeanor." ”

Jory laughed, "It's okay, young man, you'll see later." Let's go, let's go have a drink. ”

"Aren't you going to run errands?" Ryan asked.

Jory: "It's all Arthur's work, I used to just help look at the store, don't let people mess with it, I don't know how to settle accounts or anything." ”

"That's good, but I'm pretty good at drinking. ”

"Enough wine!"

In this way, Ryan and Jory, who had been talking happily, almost walked out of the Red Keep with their shoulders on their backs, and first went to the workshop on the outskirts of the city, where Arthur was gorgeously ignored by them.

King's Landing is densely packed with buildings and has a population of over half a million, and the city is even more densely populated because the tournament is about to take place.

It's still early, and most people haven't hit the streets yet, so the streets aren't crowded with pedestrians, but they're still quite crowded.

Walk through the sparse crowd on the street, they smell great!

God knows how often these guys take a shower?

Coupled with the and urine all over the ground, the smell rushed Jory and Ryan to ride their horses directly, and soon abandoned Arthur, who was afraid of hitting people and didn't dare to ride too fast on the street.

Obviously it was a Western medieval building that was rarely seen in his previous life, but Arthur was so drunk by the smell that he didn't appreciate it, causing him to come and go in a hurry every time he went out of the Red Keep.

To the workshop outside the city.

The two big men, Jory and Ryan, had already drunk happily.

"Come, Arthur, have a drink to quench your thirst. Ryan held up the wooden wine glass to hand it over.

Arthur, who was about to start work, shook his head depressedly and helplessly: "No, I want to work." ”

Ryan waved his hand when he saw this: "Okay, you're so boring. ”

It's not boring, it's great!

Papermaking and printing will lay the foundation for the spread of civilization and knowledge, and it is a great cause for the benefit of the world!

In Westeros, bamboo was a bit difficult to work with, but after reading so many books, he could easily find other materials to replace it, and then succeeded in making his first paper out of hemp, bark, rice sheets, straw, reeds, weeds, and so on.

It's the kind of ugly straw paper with a rough texture.

So his job now is to research better paper and supervise craftsmen to get the printing plates right.

......

Busy in the workshop, the time is noon before you know it.

"Arthur, come to my house for dinner. ”

Ryan was really good at drinking, and when he drank Jory and the two northern guards who were guarding the workshop, he still didn't change his face and didn't see any drunkenness.

The cheap big brother was so enthusiastic that Arthur couldn't refuse, and ordered someone to send the drunk Jory back to let them change shifts, so he rode a horse and followed Ryan to his house.

Ryan doesn't live in the Red Keep, nor does he live in King's Landing, and his mother has a villa outside the city that Emperor Robert has specially rewarded.

Away from King's Landing, smelling the fresh air will make people feel a lot better.

Arriving at the cosy suburban villa, the charming hostess Maria Arnold had set up a feast for the servants, and her other son, Lane's younger brother and the illegitimate son of Emperor Robert, Varian Viys, had eaten it.

Also attending the dinner were Liana Elizabeth and her daughter, Ayshara Vishui,

Liana Elizabeth, who is over 30 years old but looks only in her early twenties, comes from the Elizabeth family, a branch of the Windsor family loyal to the Tyrells, and is also the lover of Emperor Robert.

"Arthur, long time no see. ”

Like his brother, Varian is a very good drinker and loves to drink, and when they meet, he and Ryan are handed a glass of wine each.

"Hello. Arthur took the glass with some restraint and greeted everyone politely.

Aishara Vishui asked, "Brother, are you holding a greeting gift in your hand?"

"Yes, yes, a little bit of heart. Arthur reacted immediately and put the basket of soap he had prepared on the table.

"I have a heart. Maria Arnold smiled and nodded, "Sit down and taste the food." ”

As the only illegitimate daughter recognized by Emperor Robert, inheriting her mother's beauty, Aishara has not lacked favor since she was a child, no worse than Princess Messira, curiously glanced at his gift basket, and said in a strange way: "Is there only one basket? I'm afraid it's not enough~"

Being said to have too few gifts, Arthur inevitably felt a little embarrassed: "Uh... I'll go back and give you another one. ”

Hearing this, Aishara immediately looked satisfied, and then said: "I heard that you can also make perfume? I am your sister, I will not be polite to you, please give me a bottle of soap tomorrow." ”

Arthur: "...... I'm afraid not, it's very troublesome to make perfumes. ”

He could barely make a bottle of perfume in three days, and the only finished product was specially given to Queen Cersei to ease the relationship, so the perfume is only accepted by order, if a bottle is sent to you with a special fragrance, I am afraid that the vicious queen will be unhappy when she finds out, and then she will be unlucky.

"Then I'll allow you to owe it first. "It's not a princess who is loved by thousands of people, but Aishara is still regarded as a pearl by the Rice Bucket Emperor, so her personality is quite savage and domineering.

Her mother, Liana Elizabeth, shook her head and said angrily, "Okay, Aesara, don't bully Arthur. ”

Seeing that Arthur was still very restrained, Maria Arnold said softly: "Arthur, you may be a little confused about our sudden invitation to you, but we have no other meaning, don't be restrained, today is just a simple dinner." ”

He knows very well the truth of being courteous for nothing, the original owner was born and raised in King's Landing, and after so many years, it is the first time that he has been invited to dinner by Ryan, how can he not be informal?

In front of the food, Ryan sat down and ate and drank, not caring about anything, very similar to Emperor Robert, Varian was a little better, and would greet the guests, cut the barbecue into large pieces on the plate, and handed it to Arthur: "Come and eat open, you're welcome, otherwise we will finish eating." ”

...... To be continued......