Game of Thrones: Royal Game

Chapter 15 Encounter
Just past the intersection of the Kingdom Road and the East-West River Road and Valley Road, it is about 60 kilometers away from Harrenhal, and to the north is the Trident River. This is the boundary of the town of Earl Harroway. Ian made a judge.

At the end of Ian's vision, there is a small well salt mine. Next to the woods outside the mine is a caravan loading goods. The foreman in the mine is directing the workers to load bags of salt onto the horse-drawn cart. .

And this caravan was exactly the size Ian knew by heart—four old horses, two carts, seven mules, four servants and a lean young businessman.

Although I don’t know why this player is so stupid as not to change the initial characteristics, it is self-evident what it means for Ian to meet such a caravan here.

"Is fate really wonderful?" Looking at this scene from a distance, Ian's hand holding the sword couldn't help but tighten a little.

The hunting that Ian envisioned was to squat in advance, find out the terrain and the strength of the opponent, and then plan to deceive and sneak attack, instead of fighting this kind of unprepared encounter.

But at this moment, he had no choice. He was walking on the King's Road, so naturally he didn't hide his figure, so when he found this caravan, the other party naturally also found him.

If he kept going north on the boulevard, he could stagger away from this group without any suspicion, but it would be strange to turn back after he was mentally prepared.

If he wanted to approach the merchant player without suspicion, he could only pretend to go to the salt mine for business and drive his horse over.

Fortunately, my disguise is good enough, no one should suspect me, Ian glanced at his heraldic sword, and regained some confidence.

Ian made up his mind, and then he put on the arrogance of the nobility that he often saw in British dramas in his previous life, and rode his horse to the left to leave the King's Road, and walked directly to the salt mine not far away .

However, before he took a few steps, he felt his heartbeat suddenly speed up, "You must not show your timidity!" 'He quickly warned himself in his heart.

Ian realized that he overestimated himself. Although he could talk about the so-called hunting plan, it was nothing more than a risk-free, non-practicable spiel. Ian, who is seven in and seven out, doesn't think he will lose to any keyboard warrior on the Internet.

But when he was really facing this life-and-death adventure, he found that his rationality was a little difficult to suppress the tension in his heart, and he couldn't even tell whether he was afraid of killing or dying for a while.

In a short distance of tens of meters, Ian felt that he had traveled as long as a century.

"There are only four servants who are useless in combat, and there are no mercenaries around him. He is defenseless. I just need to approach him without arousing suspicion, and I can cut off his head with a sword and walk away." Ian said He kept providing himself with psychological hints, "There is no risk in this, I don't have to be afraid."

Forcibly suppressing the fear in his heart, Ian drove his horse forward slowly while observing the situation in the mine ahead.

Soon, he discovered the clue.

The salt mine workers and the merchant's servants loaded the carts with salt without haste, and no one urged them, which was obviously a problem.

Ian had an idea and came up with a tentative plan.Then he passed through the gate of the saltworks, bypassed the convoy of carts blocking the gate, and came in front of the foreman and merchant players.

"Who is the owner of this salt mine?" Looking at the foreman who was facing him, Ian put on an arrogant expression and asked him in a condescending manner

"It's Earl Lucas Root, and he is also the lord of Earl Harroway, my lord." The foreman looked at the sword on Ian's waist, obviously aware of the extraordinaryness of the other party, lowered his head, and said respectfully.

"What is the current transaction status of your salt mine? Is there a fixed long-term supply contract?"

"No, Sir, all the salt in our mine was sold to passing caravans." The miner explained respectfully on the surface, but he was slandering in his heart, it's none of your business!This is the land between the rivers, you Lannisters have too much control, don't you?

"Very well, I'm going to buy this salt well and show me your mine." This was Ian's plan.

In this way, he can not only wander around for the purpose of inspecting the salt mine, explore the surrounding terrain, but also force the merchant player to take the initiative to deal with him. After all, the other party wants to buy salt, and he is about to become the new owner of the salt mine .

On the contrary, it would be very strange if a high-spirited Ser Lannister offered to greet a sleazy merchant, wouldn't it?
Ian didn't look at the merchant player the whole time, he knew that this would minimize the opponent's wariness.

"This..." the foreman suddenly showed embarrassment, "The young earl is now Sir Andrey Charlton's attendant. He is not in the fief. Everything in the town is managed by the mayor, including this salt mine."

"And the mayor is not qualified to decide whether to sell this salt mine?" Ian raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, sir."

"Then I want all your goods now," Ian said instead of entanglement, "You give them back their money, and ask them to bring the salt back to me." Ian pointed to the merchant player and The convoy blocked at the gate of the saltworks.

It doesn't matter if you can't buy this mine, if you rob his goods, you can still force him to come to me, Ian thought to himself.

"This" the foreman broke out in a cold sweat, "do you need a lot of salt urgently now? We still have some goods left in our warehouse, look"

"I need to explain to you?" Ian interrupted the foreman rudely, "You said that you are not qualified to decide to buy mines, and you are pushing back and forth when I buy salt. Do you have any objections to the Lannister family?"

The foreman was so frightened that he had no choice but to look at the businessman for help.

The skinny businessman also felt a little at a loss for a moment, and had no choice but to look at the fat attendant beside him.

Seeing this scene, Ian immediately narrowed his eyes.

He said why a businessman dared to come to the salt mine to sweep the goods with initial equipment, and the workers in the mine were not in a hurry. It turned out that the guy who was riding the horse swapped the clothes of himself and his servants, he was Fishing here!
He knew that the merchant's opening equipment had eye-catching features, so he deliberately exposed this flaw and waited for other players to hunt him down.

This is indeed a good place for fishing!Because it is so eye-catching, it is located north of the intersection of King's Road, River Road and Valley Road, and south of the ferry of the Trident River. time to go to these three places), he will definitely pass by here, and then find him.

But he relied on such a few garbage servants, why did he think that he could fight back when he squatted down?

(End of this chapter)