Chapter 0009 Currency: Golden Dragon, Silver Deer and Bronze Star
Swearing in the name of the family honor and the Seven Gods is the heaviest oath rule in this world, and it is much more solemn than taking the whole family to swear poison in the world before the Polytechnic dog crossed.
Because they brought the name of the Seven Gods, these vows are very sacred, and they are a hundred times more effective than signing a college internship contract during the holidays.
Gregor watched the three subordinates finish swearing a smile on his face, he knew that the past Gregor would never smile, he was not smiling at his subordinates, cold and cruel, but he wanted to be his own Gregor Clegane.
When the three subordinate officers knelt in a row, Gregor's heart was turbulent, he wanted them to stand up and swear, he wanted to tell them that everyone is a brother in life and death, there is no need to kneel to me anymore, we are equal, but he held back.
He is a nobleman, a knight, he has a knighthood, and now he has a son who will automatically inherit his title, this is the rule of the world. Although he is a very democratic junior polytechnic dog at heart, he still has to abide by the rules of respect and inferiority in this world first. And in front of subordinate officers, he also needs to maintain his absolute authority.
After the three subordinate officers took the oath, Gregor ordered them to stand up and hug like brothers.
Sweetmouth, Dunson, and Polliver are his three brain-dead fans, and he is their super idol, and he knows it. None of the three were knights, and although Gregor had the qualifications to make them knights, which was the honor that every swordsman craved the most, this reward had no cost, and it couldn't be used casually.
So when Gregor watched the three of them hug each other like brothers, he resisted the urge to crown the three of them knights. He had a bit of a good old man's weakness before the crossing, and that had to be fixed.
"All right, Polliver, go upstairs and call Maester Harry to the courtyard. ”
"Yes, sir!" said Polivo respectfully.
"Tianzui, you go and inform my eleven households, all come to the courtyard, I want to ...... Belch...... Have a small meeting. ”
"Yes, sir!"
Polliver and Sweetmouth turned to leave.
Gregor tapped his hand on the stone bed: "Dunsen, look at how many golden dragons are left under my wolfskin blanket." ”
"Yes, sir!"
Deng Sen lifted the bed and carefully touched all the corners of the bed: "My lord, seven golden dragons, thirty silver deer, and fifteen bronze stars." ”
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There are three currencies used in Westeros: gold, silver, and copper.
All three currencies are circulated in the form of coins.
Gold coins are commonly known as golden dragons.
On the obverse of the golden dragon is the head and name of the king who ruled the kingdom at the time the coin was minted. On the reverse of the coin is the coat of arms of the three-headed dragon of the House of Targaryen. - This is where the name of the Golden Dragon comes from.
The House of Targaryen ruled Westeros for 300 years, and the golden dragon was unblocked for 300 years, and it was also used by the free trade city-states on the other side of the Narrow Sea and the foreign states in the east, so although the Targaryen dynasty fell more than ten years ago, the three-headed dragon on the gold coin, which symbolized the authority of the dynasty, was not replaced by King Robert Baratheon's crown stag.
The silver coin is called the silver deer because of the stag motif on the coin.
The Crown Stag is the family crest of the Baratheon family at Storm's End. Today, King Robert Baratheon I of Westeros is the patriarch of House Baratheon in Stormrest.
The family of King Robert Baratheon was founded by Auris Baratheon, the first Hand of the King and close friend of Aegon I, who created the family crest of the Crown Stag.
However, it has long been rumored that Auris Baratheon was the illegitimate son of the Founding Emperor Aegon I Targaryen, and out of his preference for this bastard son, he made Auris Baratheon the first king of the kingdom. He also sent his sister Queen Rhaenys to ride a dragon and join Auris Baratheon to conquer the Stormlands.
With the help of Rhaenys, Auris Baratheon killed the last Storm King, Al Gilla Durandon, married his daughter Agra, annexed the Storm King's territory, Stormlands, and became the first Duke of Storm's End.
Since then, the Baratheon family has become the Grand Lord of the Stormlands, which has been passed down from generation to generation. Robert Baratheon, a descendant of the House of Baratheon, overthrew the Targaryen dynasty sixteen years ago and sat on the Iron Throne in the throne hall to rule the Seven Kingdoms.
The crest of the Baratheon family, the Crown Stag, has also been printed on the kingdom's silver coins for three hundred years and has never changed. For this reason, the silver coin is called the Silver Deer on the continent of Westeros.
The last currency is a small round coin made of pure copper, called a copper star.
The copper coin is called the Bronze Star, which is also derived from the pattern on the copper coin, the symbol of the Seven Gods: the seven-pointed star.
In Westeros, with the exception of the North and the Iron Islands, people worship the Seven Gods. In King's Landing, the capital of the Seven Kingdoms, there is a special Baylor Grand Church, which is the Seven Holy Churches.
'Seven' is the most auspicious number in Westeros, as it alludes to the belief in the Seven Gods.
Wealthy merchants and aristocrats mostly used gold coins, while commoners and poor people could only afford silver and copper coins. In some remote areas, such as the northernmost Far Frontier Great Wall in the north, barter is the main form of trade. North of the Great Wall of Desperation, neither the Golden Dragon nor the Silver Deer are as good as an animal's fur.
Westeros' three major monetary systems were established after the unification of Westeros by Aegon I Targaryen the Conqueror, which was followed by Robert Baratheon after the overthrow of the Targaryen dynasty. All currency minting must be authorized by the king and supervised by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
On this not too huge continent, one golden dragon is equal to thirty silver deer, and one silver deer is equal to seven bronze stars.
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"Take all the coins and follow me to the yard. Gregor said.
This amount of money is too little for what he wants to do.
"Yes, my lord!" Deng Sen hurriedly put all the golden dragons, silver deer and bronze stars into his money bag, "My lord, you can take a shower and change your clothes first." ”
Gregor stopped, because of his tyranny, and the fact that he was rarely at home, had long lived in Tywin Lannister's City of Castle Rock, and there were no maids in the house, only a cook, a maid who cleaned the yard and a man who was in charge of his small place.
"Okay, you can help me!" said Gregor.
"Yes, sir!"
Half an hour later, Gregor washed up, changed into neat clothes, hung up his exaggerated wide sword belt, and went to the courtyard with Dunson.
His energy was restored to fifty percent.
In the courtyard, there were already eleven families waiting for them with trepidation, men and women, old and young, all dressed in tatters, with yellow faces and thin muscles, looking like refugees.
Gregor sighed inwardly, and compassion suddenly overflowed.
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(Note: There are two styles of silver deer with different values; there are five styles of copper coins, and the same five values; each different currency has a more complex exchange system, for example, a gold coin has to be exchanged for more than 10,000 copper cents, so it has been simplified here.) )
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