"What can a golden dragon buy?"

On the morning of the fourth day after departure, Lan Li, who was crouching in front of the extinguishing fire, turned his head and asked Davos beside him.

They were now in the middle of a dense forest, and behind them was a canvas tent dyed pale yellow and embroidered with a crown stag.

There are seven or eight of these tents scattered around, all of which were set up by the travelers last night. Behind the tents, the roar of a rushing river was heard incessantly.

The fresh forest air in the early morning seems to stimulate the vitality of the group's body. Therefore, although it was still early, most of the knights and squires had already gotten up for a long time, and one by one they either walked through the camp, or brushed the horses to feed the horses, or stretched their limbs, and did morning exercises.

"If you don't take into account the embroidered coat of arms, the tent behind us is worth about a silver deer." The emaciated ex-smuggler replied.

At this time, he was wearing a black linen suit and brown breeches, and the cloak he wore was still gray and inconspicuous.

Sitting in front of the extinguished campfire, his right hand holding a branch and pulling at random the pile of ashes in front of him, and his left hand was wrapped in bandages, and he didn't dare to move across his knees—

Stannis had previously chopped off the tips of five fingers on his left hand, and had likewise made him a knight himself. However, the partition of the realm requires the permission of Robert, the current Duke of Storm's End, which Stannis does not have at the moment.

Therefore, Davos had to follow him to King's Landing.

"So one golden dragon can buy two hundred and ten tents?" Lan Li, who was squatting, touched her chin.

"It's more than two hundred and ten, and if you buy a lot at once, the price will be cheaper." Davos shook his head, his pale face making him look ten years older.

"And for almost four golden dragons, we can buy a set of armor. Including chain mail, throat guards, neck guards, helmets. Of course, the specific price should be calculated according to the market conditions at that time, and any commodity will rise or fall sometimes. It's also important to consider where you buy it and what the quality is. For example, the chain mail and weapons in the Iron Islands are more expensive than those in other places, because their blacksmith skills are ......"

One of the blonde southern knights in the group couldn't help but glance at them vigilantly when he heard the name of the Iron Islands as he passed by, and the other three northern soldiers who were gathering and talking not far away were also attracted to their attention, but they didn't say anything.

If Dorne is a feud between the Stormlands and the Riverlands, then the Iron Islands are feuds between the North, the West, and the Riverlands, because the borders of these places are on the western side of the continent, across the sea from the Iron Islands.

The Stormlands actually have a grudge against the Iron Islands, and in ancient times, that part of the Riverlands was ruled by the Storm King, and then it was robbed by the people of the Iron Islands.

In general, the Iron People are not welcomed anywhere, because their history is made up of killing and plundering.

At this time, there were Stormlanders, Riverlanders, and Northerners. Although the majority of the northern army was stationed at Storm's End, some were sent to escort the two brothers of House Baratheon to King's Landing.

The people of the Riverlands were completely accompanied, and the leader, Mace Tyrellle, was the Duke and Guardian of the Riverlands, and now he was on his way to King's Landing with the current team to negotiate surrender and understanding.

However, the burly brown-haired nobleman did not have the slightest attitude of a loser at the moment, and not only did he not seem to worry about his fate after he went to King's Landing, but he always talked and laughed with his knights along the way-

Right now, the guy was even on the bank of the river with a knight of the Riverbend who was leisurely practicing his sword.

"My lords, we don't care who the king is, but His Majesty Aerys has said that we will be allowed to cut trees and hunt in this forest, and you can't go back on what he said."

There was also a sound from the other direction, and the real leader of the procession, Stannis, was now standing in front of his tent in black leather armor, listening with a straight face to the chatter of two hunchbacked old peasants in linen coarse cloth.

"Of course, we'll pay for pigs in the woods. But keeping bees was also approved by His Majesty Aerys, yes, a white-robed knight named Dane said so to us personally, and he also said......"

……

Leaving behind the noisy as the procession continued on its way, they passed through the Bronze Gate City, the Wende River, and now through the Imperial Forest, a hunting ground reserved for kings.

It was a large forest, and they had been walking here for two days, and villages and manors could occasionally be seen along the way, and many rabbits and elk in the forest had seen the procession and fled quickly.

But most of the time the team was confronted with trees, brown, white, and green, with sparse or dense foliage, intertwined and dotted overhead the forest road, casting shadows in the sun.

"When will we be in King's Landing?"

Sitting in the rickety carriage and bored, it didn't take long for the black-haired boy to look at Davos, who was riding with him on the side of the carriage.

"It's still halfway there." Davos replied with a tilted head.

Stannis didn't have many people available at the moment, so the former smuggler, who had just been knighted, became a temporary escort for the Blue Rites. Davos was not resistant.

After the last conversation in the staircase, his resistance to Lan Li had basically dissipated.

"That-" Lan Li wanted to continue talking, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw a thin figure kneeling there at the edge of the forest road in front of him, and he couldn't help but look sideways.

The northern soldier who opened the way in front of him seemed to have taught the little guy in the way a lesson, and even he looked blue and swollen, but he still insisted on kneeling in the bushes, with his head down, and he didn't know what he was doing.

It's a pity that both the knights of the Riverlands and the men of the Stormlands are only concerned with the way, ignoring his presence.

"He's begging?" Lan Li saw this inquiry.

"He's selling himself." Davos looked at him, "Sickness, debt, even hunger." The world is big, and there are always some people who can't survive. ”

As he spoke, he carefully loosened the reins he held in one hand, and touched the place where the money bag was placed on his body with his movable hand, but he only touched the emptiness, and couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

He didn't need money to sneak into Storm's End in a small boat to deliver food, but now that the siege had just ended, he didn't have time to replenish his finances.

Seeing this, the black-haired boy raised his hand and handed him a golden dragon along the carriage window.

"That's too much." Davos shook his head hurriedly.

"A golden dragon for a life is not much." Lan Li replied.

Before leaving, the butler gave him ten golden dragons as expenses, but Lan Li still hadn't thought about what he could do with these things at his current age.

"And I only have the Golden Dragon."

These words made Davos look at him strangely, and asked, "Lord Lanli is going to buy him?" ”

Although he no longer rejects contact with him, it is still difficult for him to treat the boy in front of him as a normal child.

"What do I want a little beggar for?" Lan Li said as he glanced at the little guy who was gradually approaching with the carriage, the other party happened to look at it at this time, he looked about seven or eight years old, his face was dirty and bruised, he couldn't see his appearance clearly, only the green eyes were more brilliant and shiny.

It's just that in the face of Lan Li's gaze, the other party timidly avoided his gaze, and then quickly lowered his head.

"I don't buy him, I'll give it to him." The brunette boy slipped back into the carriage, and Davos, after taking a deep look at him, clenched the gold coin in his hand and rode closer.

originally thought that this matter would be over, but after a while, Davos, who rushed back, spoke to Lan Li again.

"This kid is not simple." He said in a low voice.

"His arms and fingers are different from those of ordinary peasant children, and he is clearly trained in archery. Maybe a descendant of some of the bandits in the Brotherhood of the Kingswoods. ”

"The Brotherhood of the Kingsguardrails?"

"It's a gang of bandits who have been wiped out, two years ago they have been entrenched in this forest to kidnap nobles and extort money for a living, and the mad king Aerys has sent troops to surround and suppress them several times to no avail, and finally have to send the Kingsguard Sir Arthur Dayne and the intrepid Sir Barristan to lead the army himself......"

……

The speed of time passing on the way seemed to be very slow, but when the destination was about to arrive, Lan Li felt that the days passed really fast, the journey was almost over, and the life scene in the Castle of Wind Breath still seemed like yesterday.

As the party left the Imperial Forest, the long, gray walls of King's Landing grew as they approached, and a peculiar smell began to spread.

At first, Lan Li thought that this might be another medium, and there was some expectation for this. It's just that when he got close to a certain distance, he directly covered his nose and rolled his eyes.

"It's the smelliest city I've ever seen."

He said this to the former smuggler.

However, not long after Lan Li officially entered King's Landing, he suddenly forgot all about this sentence and became quite excited.

He really smelled that special smell!