Chapter 50: Westeros' First Barbershop
It is worth mentioning that Han Xing brought all the people in his space to the Westeros continent, although they don't know English (don't ask me why the lingua franca of Westeros is English, ask Ma Fat), but with Hassan as their translator, they had a lot of fun, after all, the "riverside area" is too small, and there is not even any entertainment, and for a whole year, they are repeating the boring life of working, sleeping, working, sleeping.
The reason why I want to pull them out is because Han Xing plans to use the way of modifying the rules of space to carry out "speed" on those horses, with the increase of the development of the world, there is an additional time acceleration rule called "time like an arrow" in the space rules, only 50 world power is needed, and the speed can be adjusted 10 times faster, so that it only takes a month to harvest new horses, Han Xing even took the "telegram" to Hassan for an "experiment", but the problem is that if someone is in space, will also age quickly, so Han Xing had to "mention" everyone in the space.
Even Hassan won't stay inside, these horses will be temporarily freed, of course, Hassan has prepared enough forage for them and even has a tall and sturdy hippodrome farm, in the case that they won't run around, to ensure that their diet and drinking water will not be a problem, in fact, this is a whole year of hard work Hassan built, worthy of a professional, has long considered that Han Xinghui needs to expand the horse farm, maybe he is also one of Ali's gifts?
Wang Pengfei and others are obviously very interested in Riverrun, although Runwater City is not the top ten big cities in Westeros, but it is also the base camp of the Tully family for hundreds of years, and over the years, Riverrun has also become an important cargo distribution center in Riverland.
For Wang Pengfei and others, it is not easy to return to human society, they are interested in everything, and they are all Monopoly level existences, although paper money is indeed difficult to use in Riverrun, but they also collect a large number of real gold, silver and diamond jewelry, these things are worthless garbage for everyone in the space, just decorations collected out of vanity.
Han Xing couldn't help but smack his tongue when he looked at their mountains of gold, silver, and various jewels and diamonds, and thought to himself, "So I'm so rich!" "This is the benefit of having a world, and as a realm master, the resources in the world are a great wealth in themselves.
On weekdays, these "garbage" are piled up in an inconspicuous room to accumulate dust, no way, in the world of the "riverside", these things are useless at all, without trading, what is the point of more coins and gold?
For these generous and wealthy foreigners, the merchants of Riverrun City don't have any opinions, just have money! Besides, Telosi and Yasha are "foreigners" who have never seen before, as long as they are willing to give money, they can say anything!
Ignoring the group of "rich landowners" who had recently made a name for themselves in Riverrun, Jon Arryn arrived in Riverrun with Eddard within a few days, and as they "arrived", Horst Tully immediately greeted him and washed the dust for Erin and Eddard.
"Duke Arryn, welcome to you!" Jon Arryn, who is 57 years old this year, is obviously 10 years older than 47-year-old Horst Tully, but seeing that the Duke of Jon Tully is about to bloom and marry Horst Tully's second daughter and become his second son-in-law, I don't know if they will be embarrassed in their hearts.
At the thought of Horst Tully, who was in his forties and called a "virtuous son-in-law", and Jon Arryn, whose hair was all white, Han Xing felt that he was about to die of laughter.
Fortunately, there is no such divine operation in Europe, and the two still call each other "Duke of Arryn" and "Duke of Tully".
Robert took Edra aside and whispered to him, "Ned, look, that's your beautiful wife, don't be shy, go say hello to her!" As he spoke, he pointed not far away, and Ed followed his finger to see Catelyn's shadow.
"I'll tell you the truth, Ned, I envy your good fortune! It is worthy of being the first beauty in the riverland, and it is definitely a beauty worth fighting for! The delicate little face, like a fresh red apple, and a pair of watery big blue eyes, is a typical southern beauty, although there is still a little gap compared to Lyanna. Robert paints a vivid picture of Catelyn as he sees it, of course, he mutters the last sentence in a whisper, and then he drags him towards Catelyn, despite Ed's bewildered look.
Ed is like a little boy who has been dragged by a bad friend to confess to the girl he likes, and when he talks about it, he becomes an awkward "embarrassing cancer", and he doesn't even know where to put his hands.
In the end, Ed still blushed because he was too shy, or was he embarrassed? After all, less than a month ago, Caitlyn was still his "future sister-in-law".
Anyway, he struggled to shake off Robert's hand, and then fled away from the scene, Robert shouting behind him, "Come back!" Ned! What's there to be shy about this? You'll have to face her sooner or later anyway! You can hide from the first year of junior high school, you can't hide from fifteen! Looking at Ed's embarrassed figure, as Robert ran faster and faster with every word he spoke, Robert laughed happily, laughing so hard that he couldn't stand up straight, who would have thought that Duke Eddard Stark, who was known for his "seriousness" in the future, would have such a shy side?
When Horst Tully welcomed Jon Arryn into the city and announced the great event of the alliance and joint venture at the dinner, the scene was very lively.
Ed and Catelyn's marriage is nothing, it's nothing more than Ed "filling" his eldest brother's position, who let his eldest brother be killed by the "Mad King"? Besides, the age of the two is also very compatible, both are 18 years old, so they have received everyone's blessings.
But the second marriage can be said to be shocking, after all, Jon Arryn is older than Horst Tully, but he married his youngest daughter, this old and young match is even more terrifying than Liu Bei Sun Shangxiang!
Although it is not surprising that Lysa Tully is not perfect because of his incomplete body, it is not surprising that he will be matched with such a marriage partner, but when Horst Tully announced this decision, everyone on the field still felt that the sky was thundering, the husband was 57, and the wife was 16.
As a result, as soon as Horst Tully finished announcing, he heard Lysa Tully's miserable cry, no way, in fact, Lysa still has "Littlefinger" in her heart, otherwise she would not have helped "Littlefinger" poison Jon Arryn in the future, but the flowers were intentional, the water was ruthless, and Littlefinger never loved her from beginning to end, even if she took care of him for a few months. The dewy marriage between the two was only because "Littlefinger" used her as a replacement for Caitlin, and then continued to use her, kicking her away and throwing her down the moon gate (Eagle's Nest City's unique execution method, a hole in the ground, and an abyss below, a flight-like experience).
In fact, Jon Arryn is still quite violent, Lysa Tully has a total of 6 pregnancies after marriage, 5 of which have miscarriages, the first 2 in Eagle's Nest, the last 3 in King's Landing, until the last time, gave birth to the sick Robin Arryn. (Mostly because Horst Tully gave her daughter an unscientific fetus, which left her with sequelae and was prone to miscarriage.) )
Without considering that Littlefinger helps Jon Arryn share the "important family responsibilities" of being a husband, Jon Arryn does not theoretically have any functional decline due to age. (After all, the two times in Eagle's Nest must have nothing to do with Littlefinger.) )
The real root cause of the disharmony between the two is that Jon Arryn has severe bad breath, and I don't know if it is an endocrine disorder or because of oral problems, as a medieval resident, bad breath can be said to be very common, after all, there are no toothbrushes and toothpaste in Westeros, and after getting older, the probability of oral problems is also greatly increased, after all, teeth have been used for a long time!
Of course, Lyza's secret marriage with "Littlefinger" Petyr Berry before marriage is also one thing.
So Han Xing decided to help Lysa and Erin, of course, he couldn't stop this marriage, after all, it was a big matter related to the alliance between the Vale and the Riverlands, but he could help Jon Arryn get a good personal image!
No matter what, a good image is always good, don't you see that Uncle Liu Huang went to Ganlu Temple to see Wu Guotai and Sun Shangxiang and also used "black whisker ointment" to "dye his hair and beard"?
It may have been difficult for ancient people to develop a personal image, and there were even some appalling makeup and hair dyeing techniques, such as dyeing hair with sulfur and lead, and the smell of rotten eggs alone could make people shy away.
But for Han Xing, this is not a problem, the "Riverside District" has ready-made tools and all kinds of things needed, and among those newcomers there is a barber apprentice, in fact, he is no longer an apprentice, after all, everyone has relied on him for haircuts or facial trimming for a whole year, and his set of skills has been quite proficient.
Given that they will be staying in Westeros for several years, the barber named Wang Wei is obviously quite business-minded, and he even plans to open a barber shop in Riverrun, although his craft can only be regarded as second-rate, but in this medieval Westeros continent, he is the only one! Han Xing expressed his full support for this, and Duke Jon Arryn was the first customer.
In the context of the war, and the fact that there were no auspicious days in Europe, Horst Tully, after discussing with Jon Arryn at a luncheon, decided to hold the wedding as soon as possible, and it was scheduled to be held tonight, after all, there was still a war after the event!
Han Xing mentioned his idea to Robert, who had always been a warm-hearted man and respected Jon Arryn as his adoptive father.
"It's true that Duke Arryn would be much better if he could dress up properly, but it definitely won't work to go directly to him, hehe! He was not the only groom in this wedding. Saying that, Robert pointed at Ed maliciously, apparently he suggested that Han Xing use Ed as a "test subject" first.
Han Xing thought so, and Robert immediately stepped forward to pry Ed and said, "Ned, how is it?" You're going to be the groom tomorrow, are you interested in cutting your hair and trimming your beard? Today is your big day, once in a lifetime! A good image is very important, you don't want to leave someone with the impression of being a scruffy tramp with virtue, right? ”
Ed's current appearance is indeed not elegant, the death of his father and eldest brother has hit him so hard that he has messy hair, a stubble face, and "panda eyes", his eyeballs are bloodshot, and he obviously can't sleep peacefully at night.
Ed agreed to Robert's proposal, and Wang Wei's barbershop welcomed its first customer.