(2-in-1)

(If 2 points are not changed, it is 6 points and 2 points in one.) 8:30 a.m., 2 p.m., 6 p.m. ）

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The Iron Islands have a harsh climate, rough roads filled with black, mossy rocks. Fertile land has become a luxury here, but it is impossible to dream of. One of the largest islands is rich in minerals of all kinds, and the miners never saw the sea in their lifetimes.

The people who live here have a hard time, and going to sea is the only hope. And the storm at sea is so ruthless, it can be said that death and the sea are two inseparable brothers.

People live a very difficult life, and when they drink and have fun at night, they are all spitting and competing to see who has a worse life. Whether it's a fisherman or a pirate who fights the sea, or a farmer who wants to dig a little crop out of a crack in the rock, he is happier than a poor miner. The miners worked in the dark all day long, and in the end what did they end up for? Iron, lead, and tin had nothing to do with them, and when their lives were exhausted and they fell, they were accompanied by the dry bones of the previous miner.

This has created the Iron People to change their fate by going out to loot, and for thousands of years, the ancient road of the Iron People has been formed - the ancient road of looting for a living.

The language of the Theon Greyjoy family is that it is better to force than to work!

Now, however, the opportunity has come.

Stannis I is going to destroy the Tyrells, and the Tyrells' fiefdoms will be redistributed. The Iron Folk are the strongest in combat, and they are not only proficient in naval warfare, but also in land warfare. The Shield Islands can only be taken by iron people who are proficient in naval warfare without much effort, and even if they are not good, it is a great achievement to take the Shield Islands and reward them to their vassals to collect taxes.

Thinking about the prospect, Theon's heart was filled with fanaticism.

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"Your mane, your cloak is wet with the spray. The girl said timidly beside Theon.

"Iron people are not afraid of the waves, it's nothing. ”

"Your Excellency, you'll take me away, won't you?"

"No, girl, I can't count the women I've ever done, and if everyone wants to marry me, my Pike City won't fit it. ”

"My lord, if you don't take me away, my father will beat me to death when you get off the ship. ”

Theon's words reminded him of his father: "Every father is like that, girl, and you will grow up." Go and tell your father that he should be happy, for the sake of my relationship with you, he will come to the Iron Islands to do business in the future, and no one will dare to bully him by mentioning my name. Tell your father to remember my name, Theon Greyjoy. I've you so many times along the way, and it's hard for you not to get pregnant. You can give birth to the illegitimate son of the future king of the Iron Islands, which is an honor that no other woman has. ”

The girl didn't know what to say for a while, she looked at Theon, and Theon looked at her. She's stupid, Theon thought, and she still wants to marry me as a salt concubine. The salt concubines were all women who were snatched back by the Iron Mins when they were plundering outside.

"Girl, raise my illegitimate son well, maybe one day, I will come to Haijiang City to find you. ”

Theon is a ship on the Sea Frontier.

"I don't live in Haijiang City!"

"It's okay, I can find you, no matter where you are. ”

The girl was stupid and had never seen much of the world, especially the nobles, and her face and expression became more and more stupid in Theon's eyes. So Theon pushed her away and walked away.

The Miraham slowly circled a wooded headland. Beneath the pine-covered cliffs, more than a dozen fishing boats are busy collecting their nets. The great merchant ships moved in zigzag motions at a distance from them.

Theon walked to the bow of the ship, and he saw the castle of the Potterly family, which had been made of wood and hedges, but which had been burned down by Robert Baratheon, and which the Earl of Saven had later rebuilt with stone. The small square fortress sits on a hill with pale green flags embroidered with schools of silverfish.

The small castle of the Counts of Sauven protects the fishing village called Port of Kings, and the dock is full of boats.

Ten years later, the traces of war are no longer visible. Villagers built new houses out of old stones, and cut down the turf to build roofs. A new inn was built by the pier. All that remains of the nearby sanctuary is the original heptagonal base, and there are still charred black marks of Robert Baratheon's fire.

Among the countless masts of fishing boats, a merchant ship of Telosi is unloading.

In the sea outside the port, not far away, there were several rows of narrow warships, at least sixty or more.

Theon saw the Blood Moon Banner of House Winch, the striped black horn of the leader of the Güber, and the silver scythe of House Harlow. Theon was unable to find his uncle Euron's "Serenity", a narrow red ship. The red color of the boat was painted with human blood and glue by his uncle Eulen, and the tongues of the boatmen and oarsmen were all cut off by his uncle Euron, who did not like the boatmen and oarsmen to talk, he liked to be quiet. - That's how the Tranquility got its name.

Theon had three uncles, the eldest was Euron, the second was Victarion, and the younger was Iron.

Theon didn't see the Serenity, he saw his father's "Hongyang Troll" in the harbor, with a large gray iron ram in the shape of a sea monster in front of the bow of the troll. The golden sea monster flag fluttering in the wind with a jet-black background, its bright colors indicate that it is a newly hung flag.

Theon was overjoyed to see the ships of the Iron Islands assembled, and his return came at the right time, as his father seemed to have the same idea as he was, to gather the forces of the Iron Islands, and to follow the call of Stannis I, to attack the shield islands of the Tyrells by sea, and then go up the river into the heart of the Tyrells.

Immortal feats of war will be created by Theon. The crown of the Iron Islands will also be on his head.

Next to the Hoyo Troll, dozens of long and narrow ships are gathered, which are the direct fleet of Pike City. Thinking about the past, although my father won the crown of the Iron Islands, his subsequent conquests were all in vain, and every time my father rebelled, in exchange for more bloody suppression and killing, and in the end, my father ended in defeat and had to kneel down and surrender again.

It's time for the shame and the lack of success to come to an end, and it's time for Theon to step up - to heed Stannis's call to destroy the Tyrells, that was his plan, and that would be his glory, and that the future crown could only be his.

My father is old, and so is my second uncle, Victarion, who commanded the Iron Island fleet. Uncle Euron is a different matter, he is the only tough guy who scares Theon's heart, but his "Tranquility" is not in the harbor, and there is no shadow of the Tranquility in the fleet outside. This is the best, and Theon is eager to try, so that his father will save him time to call his vassals, and he can send troops as soon as possible.

The Miraham approached the land, and Theon paced restlessly back and forth on the deck.

He frequently glanced at the shore, but he did not see his father, nor did he see Silas, the head steward, or even Dagmore the Cracked Jaw. It would be great to see Dagmore's hideous old face again.

After Robb sent him out of Winterfell, he released several ravens to report the news.

Bang!

When the Mirahan landed, the captain and his shipwrights shouted, "We are from the old town!" the captain shouted downward, "and brought apples and oranges, wine from Qingting Island, feather capes from the Midsummer Islands, a Mill lace, mirrors for the ladies, and a pair of wooden harps made in the old town, the real thing!" "I've brought back your young chairman, Lord Grace, Theon Greyjoy, welcome your prince!"

The workers on the docks were still busy loading and unloading their goods, and the merchants on the shore were dazed, glaring at Theon Greyjoy, and no one cheered him on, and none of them came up to greet him.

They don't even know him!

Theon was furious in his heart, he was their prince, the future king here, and these guys looked at him blankly, like idiots one by one.

The merchants glanced at Theon Greyjoy, and then continued to direct the shipwrights, and none of the workers stopped to look this way.

Theon's face suddenly felt hot and painful!

He stuffed a gold dragon coin into the captain's hand: "Tell your people to carry my luggage down." He strode off the board. "The innkeeper!" he exclaimed, "I want a horse!"

"Yes, sir. The man replied, but he did not bow a bow.

Theon resisted the urge to draw his sword and stab this stupid fellow in the stomach, "I'm going to Pike City." ”

He regretted that he should have worn the coat with the golden sea monster crest embroidered on his chest. Yes, the Golden Kraken, these guys only know the Golden Kraken.

One of the sailors brought his yew longbow and quiver, and the captain's daughter carried his dress. "My lord," she reddened. He took the pocket, and she held him in motion, in front of her own father!

Theon's heart was troubled, and he wanted to kick her in the stomach. He leaned to the side, avoiding the girl, whose name he did not know until this time: "Thank you." He said perfunctorily.

"Please," she said, "my lord, I love you with all my heart. ”

What a stupid guy who fell in love with me?

Theon said, "I have to go!" He took the package, strapped his bow and arrows, turned on his horse, and galloped toward Pike City. If he is slow, he will not be able to reach Pike City when it gets dark.

*

Night.

Inside the main fort of Pike City.

Father turned his back to Theon, facing the roaring fireplace.

Outside the window, the sea breeze howled like a ghost's horn.

Theon stood behind his father, the atmosphere ethereal.

He wanted to speak, but his father raised his hand to stop him.

I don't know how long he stood like this, Theon couldn't stand anymore, he walked over and sat down, and he was just next to the stool, and his father spoke: "Did I let you sit?"

Theon froze.

He rushed back in the dust, for the honor and safety of the family, what did he do wrong?

Since returning home, even the servants of the house have dared to resist him. The two slave girls who arranged his bedroom dared to push him to the ground as his hand reached into their skirts.

It's just anti-heavenly.

He's the prince of Pike Island, isn't it a slave worker who can go on what she wants? What's wrong with the world?

Theon drew his sword to teach the two slave girls who dared to resist him a bloody lesson. Father's butler came in: "Lord Theon, if you kill the slave girl of the family as soon as you return, King Balon will be displeased. ”

Theon hatefully thrust his sword back, "Get out." He shouted to the butler.

This butler is no longer Theon's familiar butler Siggs, who died five years ago. It was a stranger he didn't know at all.

Her mother no longer lives in Pike City, and she and her aunt have moved out of Pike Island and live on Harlow Island. She had a severe cough, and the climate on Harlow Island was not as harsh as on Pike Island.

Her sister was also not at home, and it was said that she was gathering her vassals and ordering them to quickly assemble in the King's Harbor in a longship to prepare for war.

Theon hadn't seen his sister for ten years, and he tried to remember, but he couldn't remember even the slightest impression of his sister. But none of this matters, the important thing is that the father has to listen to his plan, and the fleet has to be commanded by him.

During the meal, Theon Greyjoy found himself with the servants and slaves of the family, and his father was nowhere to be seen, only to learn that Theon and his new butler were eating in the main castle dining room, and not out on errands.

Theon was so angry that he smashed the bowl in his hand and overturned the long table.

Standing by his father's fireplace to this day, Theon was still hungry.

*

Theon looked at his father's side, a grim face as black rock, his hair almost gone, and his gaze as sharp as a seahawk. The fingers of my father's hands were as hard as old vines, and the green tendons on the backs of his hands were tangled under the skin.

Theon slowly stood up and took two steps back.

The father continued to roast the fire silently, as if his son did not exist.

"I let the ravens come back to report the news, and there was more than one. Theon spoke. He decided to break the awkward silence. He didn't do anything wrong, he came back to lead the family to the top.

His heart burned with rage, knowing that he hadn't eaten tonight. Even as the adopted son of the Eddard Stark family, Theon never ate with the slaves.

In the main castle restaurant of Winterfell, there is a place for him at any time.

"What is the motto of the Iron People?" the father's voice was hoarse and harsh, but with a majesty that terrified Theon.

Theon was stunned!

"The dead don't die!" he finally remembered.

"You're believing in a tree right now. Father slowly turned his head back and stared at him, his gaze like a razor.

"I'm an iron people, not a northerner. Theon felt humiliated, "If the deceased does not die, it will rise again, and its momentum will be even stronger." ”

His father looked at him coldly, "Are you Stark or Greyjoy?"

"Greyjoy!" Theon straightened his chest.

His father stared at him for a long time, then turned his head to continue the fire, and said softly, "Well, I will give you a ship to follow your sister Asha to attack the North and take Winterfell." ”

Theon could barely believe his ears: "Father, what are you talking about?Are you crazy?We should attack the Tyrells, didn't you read the secret letter I ordered the butler to give you?Stannis I destroyed the Tyrells, the next step is to destroy us." He would burn Pike City to the ground and hang everyone in the Greyjoy family. ”

Baron snorted, "Stannis, hehe, his own life is no longer in danger." By the time we take the North, he's a dead man who can't die anymore. The crown on my head was meant to be worn by myself, not by Stannis. If you don't dare to fight, tomorrow the butler will send you to Harlo, and you will go and live with your mother, and you will only deserve to live with some mediocre old women. Look at what you're wearing, look at the jewelry around your neck, have you paid for iron?"