"Free riders are a type of mercenary. They don't have the status of knights, but they have horses and know a little about fighting on horseback. The only difference between them and normal mercenaries is that they have horses. "
Danny nodded. A good horse cost more than one gold royal. Including the harness, daily feeding and care, normal mercenaries could not afford it at all.
"Knights … are more troublesome. Under normal circumstances, a child who wants to become a knight will be sent to a knight's side as a page boy when he is around seven years old. He will do things like pouring wine and running errands that are easy but can build a close relationship with the knight.
Of course, this process does not mean that they do not receive martial arts instruction. There are sword instructors who are responsible for helping the children build a foundation.
When they are older, above 12 years old, they will probably reach puberty. The page boy will be promoted to a page boy. The knight will personally teach the page boy how to use weapons and horses, and pass on their survival experience on the battlefield.
Yes, the spirit of a knight is also a very important teaching project.
The page boy also has the duty and power to accompany the knight on the battlefield.
Preparing the horse and armor for the knight and fighting side by side with him … In this process, the page boy can learn more war skills from the knight, if the knight really has such things.
Many pages boy stay as page boys their whole life because they don't have the money to buy themselves horses and armor. "
Danny clicked her tongue. "Can't his knight give him a set of armor and a horse?"
Knight Jorah took a deep look at Dani and said in a self-deprecating manner, "Because I had lost my armor and horse to my opponents multiple times in the tournament, it did not take long for me to spend the last bit of my savings. I had no choice but to borrow a huge debt from Braavos' treasury. I am a count with a fief, and the Mormont family has been passed down for thousands of years. "
"I heard that the Lannister family borrowed millions of gold coins from the usurper," Danny said again.
"Is it that much?" Jorah was puzzled. After a moment, he shook his head and sighed. "There is a saying in Westeros that Duke Tywin's shit is gold. Nobles are different from each other. There are many mountain ranges in the Western Region, and there are endless gold and silver mines buried under many mountain ranges. "
So his family has a mine!
"Please continue." Dani gestured with her chin.
"Continue what? The knight or my story? "Jorah licked his lips. He felt that he had said a lot and his mouth was dry.
"Let's talk about knights first."
"Any knight can confer the title of another knight. Therefore, if the knight believed that an adult squire was qualified to become a knight, he would place his sword on the shoulder of the kneeling squire and loudly announce the name and family of the knight …
The process was even more complicated than I had described. The newly knighted knights had to be anointed with holy oil by monks, and they had to spend the night in the Holy Church. That is the process of converting to the Seven Gods. Therefore, the people of the Northern Territory who believe in the old gods rarely become knights. "
"Then … you're a fake knight?" Danny tilted her head and looked at him.
The knight's face flushed red as he argued, "It's true. The nobles of the Northern Region do not need to be enfeoffed to be recognized as knights."
He quickly added, "I am one of the few knights in the North who has been baptized. In addition to the formal method mentioned above, there was a faster way to become a knight.
If someone makes a contribution in the war, the lord can directly confer him the title of a knight. That's how my knighthood came about. "
"The war to help the Usurpers destroy the Targaryen Dynasty?" Danny raised her eyebrows and asked.
"No, no." He quickly denied it. "It was the time to quell King Balon's rebellion."
He did not know that Danny, who had changed her core, did not care about the War of the Usurpers that caused the Targaryens to lose the throne. She immediately changed the topic and said, "Apart from free riders, there are also mercenary knights and oath-sworn knights.
Oath-Sworn knights are knights under the protection of other nobles. They swear an oath to serve them, so they are called oath-sworn knights. Most of them are small nobles who have the title of knight but no land.
Well, I was your brother Viserys's oath-sworn knight before, and then he … I became your oath-sworn knight, until you bestowed me with a higher honor and made me the Queen's Iron Guard. "
Listening to his emotional narration, Danny complained in her heart. Back then, you 'licked your face' and came to me to become Viserys's oath-sworn knight. You were the one who requested to become my Kingsguard that time. Back then, I was only trying to get Jogo and the others to become my Blood Brotherhood Guards …
Knight Jorah did not know that a certain someone was still pretending to be obedient after getting a bargain, so he continued, "Great nobles often hire free riders to patrol their territories. Compared to the lifelong loyalty of oath-sworn knights, mercenary knights are more flexible and cheaper.
Bear Island is not small, so I can't afford oath-sworn knights. I also have a few free riders who patrol the forest under me. "
At this point, he sighed emotionally and said dejectedly, "I'm bankrupt. I can't even pay the salary of the cook and the harpist. When Linneth heard that I had the idea of pawning those jewelry, she …
For money, to keep Linneth's jewelry, singers, and cooks, I …
My hired riders caught a few civilians who were poaching. According to tradition, they could only choose between having their hands chopped off or being sent to the Great Wall to join the Night Watchmen. But … for money, I finally gave up my honor completely.
I sold them to the Tyrosh slave merchant. This went against the laws of the Seven Kingdoms — slaves are not allowed to exist under the faith of the Seven Gods. "
"You were sent into exile? That's a little harsh. I can first fine you as a warning to others and warn you not to do it again, "Danny said.
"It's more honorable than exile, but it's also more cruel than exile. I committed a capital crime and will be beheaded."
"Uh …"
"According to the traditions of the ancestors, Eide Stark will judge me personally. After listening to my last confession, he will also have to personally use Ice to chop off my head."
(Ice: The sword of the House of Stark's clan, Valleglia's steel, used by the Duke to execute criminals — regardless of status, everyone can enjoy the edge of Ice equally.)
Danny looked at the sketch of the Westeros that Chora had just drawn on the stone slab and said, "Winterfell is a little far from Bear Island. Did you escape?"
"About a thousand kilometers. If I keep changing horses and galloping, I can reach the seaside in two days and reach Bear Island on the third day. But three days is enough for me … enough for me to escape with Linneth and her jewelry. "
"If I remember correctly, you're the only son of the Mormont family."
Chora nodded. "Yes, I'm my father's only son. I also have an aunt, but her five children are all daughters."
"Your father is wearing a black robe?"
"Yes."
"You once participated in the War of the Usurpers as Eide Stark's guard?" Danny asked again.
"I also participated in the Battle of the Trident River," he said softly. His voice was like a breeze that brushed past his hair, with caution and a hint of pride.
"You risked your life for Winterfell for so many years, accompanying him as a traitor and helping him quell the rebellion. In the end, because of a few poachers, he wants to cut off the head of the only male descendant of the Mormont family?!" Danny's tone was complicated. Although it was a question, it was straightforward.
"Stark is such a person." Chora was still indignant. Obviously, he felt that his lord was too harsh on him.
After a while, the knight sighed again and said, "This is one of his rare charms. He's fair and just, strict to benefit himself, and strict to others."
Haha, it should be "strict to benefit himself, and lenient to others" that counts as a person's charm, right?
Chora's matter was unimaginable in any dynasty of the Great Celestial Empire.
This was beyond the scope of being impartial. Bao Qingtian also had a moment of harmony outside the law. Otherwise, how could the Seven Heroes and Five Righteous Men have survived? It could only be said that Eide Stark lived too comfortably and was too inflexible.
Danny couldn't help but think to herself, "Is it so easy to defend one's country in this world? The House of Stark's position as the King of the Northern Region is still as stable as a mountain.
But how did Targaryen lose his country? Could it be that the father of this body, "Mad King" Eris, is even more … scheming than Eide?
The heavens have pity on them. They, who have no political skills, can maintain the kingdom for hundreds or thousands of years while doing their best. When the last kings of the Great Celestial Empire know about this, they will probably be so envious that they will drool.
In fact, only the people of the Northern Region are inflexible. Families like Lannister, Tyrell, and Martell are not inferior to any of the famous kings of the Great Celestial Empire.
"Well, you continue." She felt that she still had a lot to learn. This world was too different from the Eastern survival rules she was familiar with.
She could only adapt and change … At least the dragon must be strong enough that it can't be killed by crossbows. It seems that there is no dragon that can't be killed by crossbows?
Should I let the Megalosaurus learn from the Westeros knights and get a full body armor to wear?
If it was a naked duel, just the current little Khalasa could find ten centaur warriors who could kill Chora. But if he wore armor, none of her blood guards would be a match for him.
Danny's imagination ran wild, but Chora continued, "I told myself that as long as Lynnis and I were truly in love, honor, identity, hometown, title, family, and so on, nothing was important. I took her and fled to Lys. That big ship was worth a little money, and we lived a rich life for half a year. "
When she heard the word "true love", Danny knew that Chora was going to have a tragedy.
Sure enough, his fierce bear-like eyes turned red and watery. His bearded square face twisted into a word – "bitter."
"I could only be a mercenary. Other than helping people to fight, I had no other survival skills. That day, I received a mission to leave Lys and go to the Norn River thousands of miles away to fight for territory with the Braavosi people. She … "
His tone became inexplicably sorrowful, "I gave her the deposit. She took the gold coins and her own jewelry and moved into the chamber of the Prince of Trade, Teeg O 'Molen, the day after I left."
So miserable!
When Danny looked at Chora now, she felt that the word "bitter" on his big face had turned into the word "miserable".
In the original plot, Danny, who was loved by him and gave the latter half of her life, had always been a good person to him. This …
If Chora Mormont stood up and shouted, "Who dares to be more miserable than me?!"
Danny thought hard. It seemed that only the future Theon could say, "Maybe, I can reach the bottom of your pants."
Actually, she was too involved to see clearly. She forgot that there was someone who was ten times more miserable than Chora Mormont.
That was her own self.
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