0042 Justice
Orange-red sunlight slanted across King's Landing's surface, staining large complexes of buildings of varying heights red, and some of the towering buildings with steeple domes reflected bright red.
Rollin flew out of the royal city on a dragon, and Harrenhal and the others were still attending the banquet after the wedding and other activities in King's Landing.
The fiefdom documents of Wastestone City had just been issued today, and Rollin couldn't wait to see what his territory was like, and after telling Master Ruhr and Theodore to pay attention to it, Rollin and Caesar set off.
Theodore is still measured in his work, because the Lord of Harrenhal and the management have come to King's Landing, and he is afraid of technology leakage, so he directly asks Rhaenia to seal the city.
Theodore's cautious and cautious personality is worth using, and he arranged for him to buy more slaves before leaving, and there are still many production chains that need workers in the back, and Rollin will go directly back to Harrenhal after going to Wastestone City for a turn.
When a vulture saw the dragon, he turned away in fright, and Caesar roared with joy and wanted to chase after it. Rollin hurriedly restrained that this trip was not easy, and he wanted to go back to Harrenhal to rest in the evening.
Caesar flew along the branches of the Blackwater River to the fork of the Trident, from where it split into three tributaries: the Red Fork, the Green Fork, and the Blue Fork.
The strongest princes of the Elementary River Lands were located along the Three Forks.
Harrenhal: Located just above the fork of the Trident River.
Riverrun: Located in the middle of the Red Fork River, the famous Bentche Stack is also located on this river.
Twin Rivers: The castle of the Frey family, who had a bloody wedding, is located at the end of the Green Fork River.
Wastestone City is located in the middle of the Trident River, a tributary of the Blue Fork River, which ends in an inland river that flows into the sea.
The location of Wastestone City can be said to be very important, not only choking Westeros's throat, but also a very good port city terrain.
The mouth of the Blue Fork River is also in the shape of a gourd, perfect for docking ships, a natural haven, and simply a perfect city for developing trade and navigation.
But why didn't the nobles go and occupy it now?
The answer is that the sea mouth outside here is called 'Tiemin Bay', and since the death of the 'King of Hills and Rivers', no one has been able to suppress the Iron Islands next to Tiemin Bay, a city that has been occupied by many lords, but all of them have their heads cut off by Iron Seed.
It's so close to the Iron Islands that the Iron Men who make a living by raiding are frequented by Tiemin Bay, which is also the origin of the name Tiemin Bay.
The Iron King who founded Harrenhal, the Blackheart Heron, landed from Wastestone City, and this good harbor in the Riverlands has become the back flower of the Iron Seed.
And Rollin begged for this difficult bone from Jaehaerys, and was ambitious to develop Wastestone City, and the first thing to deal with was the problem of the iron people raging.
Flying into the Blue Fork River from the mouth of the Trident, Rollin overlooked the river below, the water was clear, the river was wide, and the water was bottomless. The three tributaries of the Trident River belong to the widest, straightest, and deepest Blue Fork River in the middle, which is a large river that can drive large ships and huge ships.
The Blue Fork River is not like the Red Fork River, which is meandering and twisting, nor is it like the Green Fork River, which is full of sediment, and the more Luo Lin looks, the more satisfied he becomes.
After a while, he flew to Ram Ferry, a small ferry, and he didn't stop looking at the map, and knew that to reach Desert Rock City, he would pass through a town beauty market.
His own territory is different from Rhaenia's Harrenhal, and Rhaenia only needs to go to Harrenhal and nearby lands. And the territory under the jurisdiction of Wastestone City is along the Blue Fork River, and it stands to reason that Tiemin Bay is also under its jurisdiction.
And he also has a subordinate noble Mellister family.
Not far from the Barren Stone City, this Haijiang City is located on the western coast of the Riverland, in the Eagle Point, this time the first thing is to inspect the territory, and the second is to contact this subordinate nobleman.
The Bazaar is just a small town in Riverland, next to a wooden bridge across the Blue Fork River. There was nothing to see, Rollin flew straight by.
Wastestone City, this is Wastestone City?
Caesar and Rollin circled the ruins in the air, carefully examining the ruins of the former home of the King of the Rivers and Hills.
It would not be appropriate to call it ruins, for the place where the high walls used to stand was still inhabited, and some civilians in shabby clothes were cooking in the fortress, and it was already noon.
It didn't take long for the people on the ground to discover the dragon, and Rollin also drove the dragon down, seeing such a giant beast, these civilians were obviously very panicked, and hid in the blink of an eye, and after Rollin landed, he found that not a single figure could be found.
Quite speechless, maybe these people relied on this skill of disappearing in an instant to escape the raids of the iron people and survive here tenaciously.
Everywhere there are ruins, where the former high walls stood and the foundations can still be seen today, but most of the stone was taken by the local residents to make barns, churches and houses.
A soft sound sounded, and a human head emerged from behind the broken wall, and Luo Lin shouted helplessly, "Come out, I'm not an iron people, and the dragon won't hurt people at will." ”
An old man walked out with a sparse dozen people, some men and women, old and young.
The old man who took the lead knelt down directly, and called out to the lord, and from the way he looked at Caesar, it was obvious that he knew what the dragon was wearing.
"Take me around here." Rollin ordered directly.
"Yes, sir." The old man got up, "I don't know why the adults came. ”
Luo Lin walked to a wall and reached out to caress it, this wall is still well preserved, more than ten meters high, you can see how magnificent this place was when it was not abandoned.
"I have been given the title of Wasted Stone City, and this will be my territory from now on."
The old man's face was ecstatic, the dragon had descended on Wastestone City, and they would no longer have to worry about the harassment of the iron people in the future.
The person standing behind him was still named, but when he saw the old man rejoicing, he also laughed happily.
"My lord, please come here, I'll show you around." The old man bowed and asked.
Rollin nodded and walked over.
"The main fortress of Wastestone City has collapsed and is completely unusable, and the only thing that can still be used normally is the dungeon, which is now used as a barn by the civilians of Wastestone Town." The old man introduced as he walked.
Wastestone Town. Is it called Wastestone City now? Rollin didn't ask, and continued to follow.
In the center of the main fort, where the castle courtyard was once located, there is a large tomb with carvings, hidden among the trees and waist-deep brown grass.
"This is the tomb of Tristephen IV, King of the Rivers and Hills."
"Oh? Tell me more about it. "Rollin is interested.
Rollin stepped forward and took a closer look at the king's tomb, whose lid had been carved into the form of a buried king, but had been eroded by the wind and rain.
The king had a beard, and his face was blurred and smooth, with only the mouth, nose, eyes, and crown faintly visible. His hands folded over his chest, clutching a stone warhammer.
On the hammer, runes were carved describing the name and history of the weapon, but countless centuries have worn it away. The corners of the tomb were crumbling and cracked, the lichen of Ban Ti was growing, and wild roses were spreading from the king's feet to his chest.
"Yes, sir."
"Thousands of years ago, this was the domain of the Mudd family, who ruled over a vast area from the Trident River to the Neck, and the tomb was owned by a former king who lived in a time of war and the Andals invaded Westeros."
The Andals invaded thousands of years ago, and was the period of the tomb owner so far back?
Rollin opened his peeping eye and looked into the tomb.......
"One by one, the kingdoms of the ancestors fell into the hands of the ruthless Andals, and Tristan IV led his army to resist, and was revered by the people as the 'Hammer of Justice'.
Legend has it that he fought 100 battles in his lifetime, winning 99 of them, and his castle was the strongest fortress in all of Westeros. ”
The old man wanted to go on, and it was clear that he knew the history of this place very well.
Rollin interrupted him suddenly, and said in a hurried tone, "What did you just say about the 'Hammer of Justice'. ”
The old man was stunned for a moment, but replied respectfully:
"Because Stephen IV's weapon was a mace with a terrifying and exaggerated shape, it was given this name."
"Are you sure it's a hammer?" Rollin asked again.
"My lord, I have seen the record of Stephen IV in the school city, and it describes it like this." The old man was sure again.
Rollin clenched his fists, this time it was going to be developed.
Because he used his peeping eye to find a decaying corpse lying in the wooden coffin inside the tomb, this is not the point, the point is that the corpse is holding a long-handled hammer axe in its hand!
As the old man said, this weapon was most likely the weapon of Stephen IV, and with the subtlety of prying eyes, the hammer was still well preserved, and even the blade of the axe was cold and shiny.
The hammer axe in the tomb is absolutely valuable, and although it is not certain whether it is Valyrian steel, there is also a sword in this world that is not Valyrian steel, but comparable to Valyrian steel, 'Dawn'.
Terry Stephen IV was able to use this hammer to make a ninety-nine winning streak, and this weapon definitely contributed to it.
Now how am I going to get it out?
Grave digging? Digging must be dug, but digging directly will cause big problems, and he will dig the tomb of the former king when he newly joins the ranks of the nobles of the river, which is a bit unreasonable.
If you do this, you may become lonely in the Three Rivers Valley in the future.
Rollin touched his nose and pondered, he had to think of a suitable way.