Take the ride to dominate the game

Chapter 179
King's Landing City, South Pier.

It has been two months since the death of Queen Cersei, the war seems to be far away from the city of King's Landing, and the fish market near the Riverside Gate and the wharf at the mouth of the Blackwater River are gradually returning to life.

In the past two weeks, under the influence of the upcoming king's wedding, the order in the city has become the same as before the war, and businessmen from all over the place have quickly pounced on this giant city like flies smelling the smell.

Among them, the governors, trade princes, and wealthy merchants of the Free Trade City-State came the fastest. They brought a large amount of food, linen and silk, spices and wine, etc., to fill the emptiness of the city.

Therefore, the wharf at the mouth of the Heishui River has also become the most prosperous place in the capital. Thousands of brown-clothed civilians unload and move goods here. eat.

Against the refreshing sea breeze in late autumn, two knights, Bennard Brun and Willow Cue, each led ten soldiers, waiting at the corner of the pier.

With the hard work of the oarsmen, a long ship bearing the flag of the Maiden of Rees slowly docked at the pier, and then a group of Pentos sailors came down with a middle-aged man in a toga.

Bennard Brunn, who was in charge of the reception, asked suspiciously: "Why is it the flag of Reese? Doesn't it mean that our guests are from Pentos?"

He is a property knight in the Crab Claw Peninsula. He once led [-] indigenous ancestors of the Crab Claw Peninsula to participate in the defense of Maiden Springs, and then led the army southward under the order of King Arthur I.

Since the king decided to incorporate the First People's Army into the King's Landing Garrison, Bennard Brun's status has also risen, and he is now the deputy commander of the Garrison.

Velo Cue, who was at the side, replied: "If you are a little familiar with the situation in the Narrow Sea, you will know that this is an authentic Pentos merchant ship. In order to avoid the punishment of Braavos, quite a few Pentos ships Merchant ships will fly the flags of Lys and Tyrosh."

Since the people from the Crab Claw Peninsula and the nobles from the river came successively, Willow Cue quickly lost his dominant position in the Red Castle. Now he can only accompany Sir Bennard to welcome a special guest.

This guest was so special that the king dared not let other people touch him, for fear that he would be chopped up by the angry people of the river.

No way, who told his elder sister Cersei to play steadily and let the lion soldiers kill hundreds of river bend nobles and property knights in the throne room incident?

Before the target, the little devil, appeared, Bennard yelled and asked, "Are you really the ship from Pentos? Who are the previous and current governors?"

Although his task was only to get a Lannister dwarf or reach the king's sphere of influence, Bennard couldn't control his curious mouth.

The middle-aged man in the toga took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and covered his mouth and nose before humming back: "Of course this is a Pentos merchant ship. Its previous owner was Governor Audro, and the current owner is It's Governor Jaskis, my employer."

He had heard that King's Landing City was extremely smelly, but he didn't expect that it would be like this on a well-ventilated pier. If it wasn't for this important mission, he didn't want to get off the ship.

Bennard became even more curious, "Then why did you hang the flag of Lys? Could it be that, as my classmate said, it was to avoid the punishment of Braavos?"

The middle-aged man in the toga had a slightly worse impression of King's Landing. Don't the majestic capital officers of the Western Continent know the rules of the Narrow Sea?

But as a professional in the Free Trade City-State, he still maintained his superficial politeness and explained the inner truth to Bennard Brun.

Slavery was practiced in Pentos for most of its history, but this led to wars between the city-state and Braavos.

The two cities have fought at least six times since about 200 years, over slavery and control of the fertile land and waters between the two cities.Braavosi won four times, the last time 91 years ago, and Pentos sacrificed four princes in one year until, after a rare victory, a fifth prince persuaded the lords to sue for peace.In the peace agreement, Pentos had to make concessions, abolished slavery, and banned the slave trade.

However, the governors who were rich merchants did not want to give up the big market of the slave trade, so they often sailed on the narrow sea under the banner of Rees and Tyrosh to escape the punishment of Braavos, the overlord of the sea.

In other words, this is a standard slave ship.

But Bennard couldn't figure out the twists and turns inside. The opponent had already brought the little devil out, so Sir Brunn was going to slip away.

Tyrion, with ash-blonde curly hair, wore the light yellow loose robes unique to Pentos, and even his beard was dyed yellow and oiled, and split in two.

Coupled with the wisdom revealed in his different pupils, if you don't know the details of this Lannister, you can easily mistake him for a small wealthy businessman in Pentos.

"Yes, the gnome is mine. The ransom was paid to Jaskis' merchant ship two weeks ago, as you should know."

After Bennard casually said a few words, he ordered the little devil to be put into a big sack, and he carried it away immediately.

Tyrion, who had been floating on the boat for almost a month, suddenly became anxious, and shouted repeatedly: "Wait, I have my own legs. Although they are a bit short, I can still walk, so I don't need to put them in a sack."

He knew that Arthur, the dragon bearer, paid him a ransom of [-] old gold dragon coins. He thought he would be properly arranged, but he didn't expect that he would become a dwarf in a sack as soon as he got rid of his half-slave status.

Willow Cue on the side sneered: "Lord Lannister, we are doing this for your own good. Most of the soldiers in the city are from the River Bend. They can't wait to tear the Westerners into dozens of pieces and throw them into the black water." Feed the fish in the river."

Tyrion looked at the coat of arms on Cue and the Redwyne soldiers behind him in horror, "But I believe you and these gentlemen are not so barbaric, right?"

Bennard waved his hand, and said proudly: "Don't worry, I have the final say here. Since you want to go by yourself, then go, but you should cover your head a little bit."

The soldiers were about to leave, but the Pentos had other things to do.

The middle-aged man in the robe said, "You are too sloppy. My employer even gave a gift to the Dragon King Targaryen. I heard that the city is inconvenient to travel. You must take me and the gift to the Red Castle. .”

While the few people were chatting, nearly a hundred crew members had moved down a large iron cage covered with black cloth.

The huge size attracted the attention of the surrounding sailors and unloading workers, and everyone speculated about what was inside.

Bennard waved his hand impatiently, "What small gift, do you still need me to accompany you? If it's a small item, I'll transfer it for you..."

Before Sir Brun finished speaking, the middle-aged man in the toga had already lifted the black cloth from the iron cage.

Inside was a terrifyingly strong rhinoceros.

It is a big brownish-yellow rhinoceros with a body length of more than ten feet, a shoulder height of five feet, a weight of at least five to six thousand pounds, and hard horns on the top of its head.

Bennard's lips parted in shock, "This is what you gave the king, isn't it too good?"

The middle-aged man in the toga proudly stroked his well-oiled beard, "In terms of value, this gift may not be the most expensive, but in terms of meeting the king's wishes, I don't think the whole of Westeros can surpass this rhinoceros."

It's no secret that the new owner of the Iron Throne likes to ride giant mounts, so someone gifted him a giant rhino.

……

Red Keep, Throne Room.

Originally, according to the custom in the south of Westeros, the groom and the bride should swear a holy marriage in the church, and the groom puts a protective cloak on the bride.And this part of the royal family is often held in the huge heptagonal sanctuary in the Great Sept of Baelor.

However, considering that the Baelor Cathedral is on the top of the Visenya Hill, the road from the Red Castle must pass through King’s Road or Steel Street, and the west wall of King’s Landing is now destroyed, and the situation in the city is complicated, so Arthur I canceled going to the Cathedral. The coronation of Margaery's wife, which was instead held in the Throne Room.

Not only that, in order to ensure the safety of the wedding, the entire Red Castle is full of loyal ancestors of the Long family from the Crab Claw Peninsula, as well as new soldiers under Arthur.

Even every small inner courtyard, arched hall, covered bridge, barn, cellar, barracks, etc. in the Red Keep has at least ten armored soldiers on duty, and on the streets west of Aegon High Hill, three thousand Soldiers from the Tully and Merryweather families were patrolling in formation, trying their best to make no mistakes.

Arthur I, who was extremely sensitive to the wedding of Quanyou, in order to ensure that there would be no mistakes today, ordered the band not to enter the Red Castle, and only allowed single and aristocratic musicians to participate in the performance. Humming is not enough.

In such an atmosphere, hundreds of nobles from the Riverlands, the Reach, the North of the Stormlands, and Dorne, as well as several special guests from the North and the Valley, witnessed Margaery's death in the Throne Hall. The whole process of Miss Tyrell becoming queen.

After all the nobles found their positions according to their status, the ceremony officially began.

A body-fitting red velvet off-the-shoulder dress vividly displayed Margaery's perfect figure. Her brown curly hair was coiled behind her head, revealing her fair and straight neck.

In order to make the ceremony formal enough, Little Rose specially put on heavy makeup. The same red lipstick as her clothes made her look extremely charming. Coupled with her already outstanding facial features, she directly made the noble women in the throne room and corridors Enviously exclaimed in a low voice.

"Seven Gods! This is too beautiful."

"Envious, I want to own it!"

"What is Queen Margaret stepping on? Why does it feel that she is much taller?"

"I remember it was a kind of custom-made expensive shoes! It has been rumored in the past few days that the king customized a special shoe for his wife."

It wasn't just Margaery's own superior conditions that made many female relatives envious. The custom-made high heels under her feet became the focus of discussion among gossiping women on the spot.

"A good husband who designs shoes for his wife, tsk tsk, why isn't my man like this?"

"Don't tell me, these shoes are pretty. Queen Margaery's white and tender toes are all exposed, and I, a woman, can't help but want to lick them."

The female relatives were discussing the queen's attire and shoes, and the men were asking the acquaintances about the king's treatment of the nobles in the western region, the valley, and the northern region.

As for King Arthur I, he was placing the solid gold hoop crown on his second wife from a tray.

On the high platform of the throne, Mace Tyrell stared eagerly at the three-headed dragon relief on the crown, and almost couldn't help but want to groan.

This is the Queen of House Targaryen!

Although there are still quite a few governors of the River Bend family in the hands of the people of the western region, these families sent people to attend the king's wedding, so the Duke of Mace was quite satisfied with the wedding.

The son-in-law was still putting on the cloak for his daughter, but Lord Tyrell couldn't wait to find envious expressions on the faces of the guests standing in the hall and corridor.

What made him comfortable was that most of the female relatives were obviously discussing their daughters with their companions.

But the men were more careless, and Duke Metz felt a little annoyed.

Arthur didn't know the thoughts of his father-in-law beside him. After putting on the cloak for his wife, he whispered beside Margaery's fair neck:

"Remember to save your energy today, I will let you repay me with a spring."

At the king's wedding, few people dared to go to the bridal chamber, so after the wedding banquet and gifts, the battle between him and Little Rose began.

Today, butterflies don't curl up, and warlike Arthur I never stops fighting.

Margaery glanced at her husband with sympathy, and replied shyly: "Let's talk about tonight, let's hold the wedding banquet first, and don't make the adults wait too long."

The king kissed his second wife lightly, and announced loudly:
"Margaery Targaryen is from this time the lawful wife of my King Arthur I Targaryen, queen of the First Men, the Andals, and the Rhoynar. Our marriage is blessed by the gods of heaven , this relationship will continue until the death of either party..."

According to the customs of the Western Continent, a wife can be called by her husband's surname or by her maiden's surname, but under the strong request of the Duke of Mace, Arthur gave Little Rose a Targaryen surname in the oath.

After the basic procedures were completed, most of the guests left the throne room and went to the garden to prepare for the wedding banquet, but a few key nobles stayed and went to meet the king in the round table meeting room next door.

After Arthur I gave Margaery a deep kiss, he ordered her to accompany his grandmother, the Queen of Thorns, while he discussed military and political affairs with special guests.

After more than half a year, he met the big fat Willis Mandalay again.

In the round table conference hall, Willis, wearing the mermaid coat of arms, nodded to the nobles first, and then spoke out the request of his father, Earl Wyman Manderly.

"Your Majesty, my father asks you, for the sake of Queen Sansa, to pardon all the families in the North for their mistakes during the usurper period, and to drive the Bolton family, the guardians of the North, who were appointed by the false king, out of Winterfell, and let history The Tuckers return to their castle."

After a period of nurturing, Arthur also gradually understood the speaking skills of nobles.

What Willis said was to let the king pardon some crimes in the face of Queen Sansa, but what he actually meant was that the Yankees decided to support Arthur as king because of Sansa's face.

"There is no problem at all. The Iron Throne will never refuse loyal vassals. In addition, should we discuss the issue of sending troops and the tariffs that White Harbor will pay to the royal family?" Arthur I asked.

One of the major sources of stability for the royal family is the tariffs of the five major cities.

And after Robb made himself queen, the tariff of White Harbor was handed over to Winterfell, not Red Castle.

Willis replied politely: "According to my father's intention, from the day the Iron Throne sends troops to help the Stark family take back Winterfell, our Manderly family will pay customs duties to the Red Castle. It will be used as funds for winter towns."

"As for the military, my father has already sent people to find out the situation. The barges full of horses, soldiers and rations can come and go freely on the main stream of the White Knife River. We can choose any landing place, and the Bolton army is absolutely invincible. arrive."

The northern border has great benefits. At least with the help of the Mandalay family, the location of the attack no longer bothers Arthur and Lando Tarly, who led the army.

"That's good. You are landlords. Naturally, you have to make geographical preparations. Next, let's talk to Sir Anda Royce about dispatching troops in the valley."

He looked at the first heir of Runestone City, the eldest son of Bronze Yon, Anda Royce.

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(End of this chapter)