Chapter 352 People come and go, new people and old people
King's Landing is very crowded. This is just for civilians. Three or four people rent two rooms in a small building and live in a crowded place. They will not leave even if they complain, because only King's Landing can provide free people with space.
Provides plenty of job opportunities.
For nobles and wealthy businessmen, it is comfortable no matter where they live. Nobles from all over the country gather in King's Landing. It is easy to host relatives in their three- and four-story luxurious private residences, and even the attendants who follow them have rooms.
If you live there, you just don’t have a big garden.
There are still many nobles who bring a large number of relatives and attendants, so they can only stay in hotels and taverns in the city. Some smart people have discovered business opportunities long ago and brought in a large amount of food and dancers from other places to make a fortune.
There were too many people, and the roads were full of horse-drawn carriages and laborers carrying large and small bags. There was a busy scene everywhere in the city.
The nobles from the Stepped Stone Islands had their own relatives in the city, and the soldiers were not worried about running out of places and were already living in the cabins.
In the new port of Blackwater Bay, there was an endless stream of people disembarking from the Tyrosh fleet, and a large number of Dornish nobles wearing exotic costumes also came to the port.
The last time the Dornish nobles came to King's Landing was when Witte got married many years ago. Not many people came at that time. This time, almost every family member was here. Those strange snake and scorpion family emblems, exotic looks and...
The strange costumes were incompatible with other nobles on the mainland. Many onlookers had never seen a Dornish person in their lives and were full of curiosity about them.
Margaery and Renly had lived in Tyrosh for more than half a year. She recognized the Tyrosh nobles and had a good relationship with them, and was chatting with them. The little girl Rosamund was a little shy, so she pulled Margaery's sleeve and hid behind her.
"Ashara, has your marriage been decided?" Margaery saw her walking towards Gendry, who was half a head taller than her.
"Haha, it's decided, it's him!" Ashara laughed and slapped Gendry's breastplate with her hand.
When Margaery left Tyrosh, Gendry was just a blacksmith butler without even a noble status. Now he has become an earl. Even if he is Robert's bastard son and is given to an ordinary knight, there are also a few craftsmen in Storm's End and Highgarden.
Being knighted, Margery didn't understand why Werther would give such a high title to a blacksmith.
Ashara raised Gendry's arm, then lifted up his skirt and made gestures on his thigh: "Look, with such thick arms and thighs, I saw that he was very strong!"
"Yes, he looks strong and muscular." Margaery looked Gendry up and down with a smile and followed Ashara's words.
Asha played with the ax handle and stared at Gendry's lower body and said: "Earl Gendry is not only strong, but when we were on the ship, Ashara's room creaked all night long, and we all couldn't sleep!"
Margaery: "Hehehe, didn't Ashara say that she wanted to find someone who could defeat her?"
"How is that possible! It's me up there!" Ashara began to argue loudly.
After being teased in front of a bunch of women and even making dirty jokes, Gendry blushed like a shy girl, lowered his head and whispered, "Actually, I impressed her with my sincerity."
At this time, the low-key Dickon Tully and his team members also disembarked from the ship, put on their hoods, and disappeared among the crowd before they even reached the port.
The nobles of the Stone Step Islands passed by one by one. After Margaery greeted them, she never saw her brother Garland.
"Have you seen my brother Garland?" Margaery asked again.
"They have to entertain the nobles of Volantis and Lys. The ship has not yet entered the port, so it will have to wait until the afternoon. Garland is the commercial director, the tax director Arad and the southern navy commander Hopper. Their responsibilities are the same as those of the most foreign countries.
If they are close, Werther will put them in charge." Bachelor Sarela usually only talks about his position, not his title.
"Then we won't wait for him." Margaery regained her smile and said to everyone: "Stannis will hold a banquet to welcome you tonight. You all just go to my house to rest first."
Stannis was not only here to welcome the new nobles of Tyrosh, but also to welcome the nobles from several foreign city-states. Many of them arrived in King's Landing for the first time since the founding of the country, and even set foot on the continent of Westeros. The arrival of these nobles
This is of great significance to Stannis, who is about to ascend the throne as king.
"Hello, Mrs. Margery." Menedith Klein didn't talk much and was a bit introverted.
"Margaery, say hello to Teacher Renly for me. We have to go to the magic school first before looking for you." Sansa's words came out through the white mask on her face, and her voice was slightly different.
"Go and come back quickly, I'll keep the pastries for you." Seeing that the magicians were carrying metal boxes in their hands, Margery didn't try to keep them here since they were probably responsible for escorting some magic items.
Three people in sparkling and gorgeous robes walked towards the magic school.
After the spread of formation science and inscriptions, there is a clear difference between today's mage robes and noble robes. The complex magic formation patterns embroidered with gold or silver thread sparkle in the sun. In order to expand the formation area, it is extended to the ankles.
There are also small bags containing medicines on the hem and belt, which even ordinary people can recognize at a glance.
They also held a magic wand made of gold or silver. Many people said that all the wizards' belongings were on them. No one dared to take a look at them in such a dazzling dress. A well-trained warrior without magic power went to rob the wizard.
, the opponent only needs a low-level illusion, and the warrior will fight against his own people.
Sansa is very tall, the tallest among the women present. She is dressed in a white mage robe embroidered with gold thread. She has shawl red hair and a white mask. Her graceful figure makes men want to get close to her, but she has a huge horse.
Direwolves guard the left and right, looking extremely mysterious.
Menedith's wand and red robe were made with money from her family, and she lived up to the family's expectations. She made a name for herself by killing bandits with her eagle in controversial areas, and was called "Menedith of the Red Lake."
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This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The big bald Haiya Puli wears a pair of glass goggles, with blue skin and blue mage robes, making him look the strangest. He uses
The magic is indeed strange. He only knows the most basic ice magic. Every ice crystal contains poison. Ordinary people can only wait to die if their skin is scratched.
"Sansa has grown into a big girl." Margaery, Renly's chief apprentice, wanted to make a grand introduction again.
"Who is that woman in black robe? She was looking at me just now." The little girl Rosamund pulled Margaery's sleeve and pointed at the backs of the three mages and asked.
Margery: "Aren't there only three people?"
"It's the Lizard, she's standing in Sansa's shadow." Ashara became interested and leaned in front of Rosamund: "Can you see her too?"
Rosamund nodded: "She is still wearing a red mask. Why do she and Sansa wear masks?"
"Little girl, their masks have different meanings. The red one is the Shadowbinder from Asshai. Sansa, who is wearing the white mask, is a dragon priest of the Dragon Cult!"
Margery pushed the little girl to Ashara: "Rosamund is your teacher's new disciple, please teach her more."
"Okay, okay, hahaha, let me teach you how to kill someone with a sword first."
Late at night two days before the king's funeral, Oda Weiying landed outside the magic school, keeping a very low profile.
The day before the funeral, Werther, Renly and Stannis held a day-long meeting in the Prime Minister's Tower in the Red Keep. There were no maesters and scribes, and magic blocked out all sounds, except for the attendants who brought the food in and the three of them talked nonsense while eating.
Chatting, no one knows what the three people discussed specifically.
The king's funeral was held as scheduled in the Great Cathedral of Baelor. Standing in the square at the entrance of the church, the crowned stag banner was hung everywhere as far as the eye could see. Even the large statue of King Baelor was not spared.
On his arm with three fingers raised, Werther put a huge blanket embroidered with the Baratheon family crest on it.
The Seven Gods Religion is the state religion, and seven is a lucky number. The highest-level funeral will last for seven days, which also avoids crowding. People can take turns to pay homage to the remains, mourn and lay flowers. The first four days of the funeral are arranged for nobles to enter, and the next three days are open to ordinary people.
open.
Robert lay in the ice crystal, looking the same as when he died. The fat High Septon of the Seven Gods was performing a ceremony in front of the altar filled with candles. The nuns were singing the song of the Stranger. Seven Kingsguards were wearing white robes.
Standing in seven directions of Robert's body, guarding him with swords.
Queen Doris Rowan, wearing a pure long dress, holding Robert's daughter Princess Jocelyn Baratheon, stood with Stannis, Werther, and Renly, and returned greetings to the guests who had finished thinking about them.
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There is a 15-year age difference between Werther and Robert, which in this world is almost equivalent to a generation difference. As the eldest brother of Baratheon, Robert has a rude personality. If it weren't for the great fortune of the Storm's End family, Renly would probably starve to death. However,
He's also going out of his way to help Stannis, Werther, and Renly.
There are many nobles who do not give benefits to their brothers, and many of them send their brothers to be night watchmen or maesters in order to avoid fighting for power. Robert is at odds with Stannis, but he allows him to control the royal fleet and Dragonstone. This
It is an important place to guard King's Landing, and it is also a trust in Stannis.
Renly and Werther didn't know each other when they were young. When they grew up, Robert tilted the domestic trade policy towards the Stormlands and summoned the nobles of the country to launch a war to help Werther conquer the Stepstone Islands. The friendship between men does not need to be tired of being together every day.
, even if there is a gap between the two parties, they can reconcile after a big drink and open up their hearts or have a direct fight. Or maybe they won't see each other for a long time, and they will help through fire and water if something happens.
Robert spent money extravagantly, and Werther and the other three helped him plug the hole. Calculated in this way, there seemed to be nothing bad about his life. The next thing to do was to take good care of the queen and Robert's daughter.
Duke James of the West looked like he had lost his soul. Without saying a word, he nodded numbly to Witte and others and walked out of the temple.
"I thought Robert would drink himself to death, but I didn't expect that he actually died on the battlefield."
"Can't you put it more tactfully?"
Although others would not be guilty of insulting the king if they spoke like this, they would definitely be thrown out by Werther, and it was perfectly normal for it to come from Tyrion's mouth.
"I helped you build the city of Myr. When will you pay me the rest of the employment fee?" Tyrion, who was following the team in the West, did not wear the clothes of the Lannister family, but the ones he bought from Myr.
White robe.
Werther looked down at him: "You prepare the carriage, I can get it to you from the bank at any time."
"You'd better send the money directly to the courtyard on Steel Street. I'll live there forever." Tyrion asked Witte to bow his head again and said in a low voice: "Theon also came back with me. He helped in Myr City.
I'm busy, I heard someone in the Iron Islands is trying to kill Theon."
Witte: "This is a hurdle in his growth. I will only save his life, but I won't help him solve it."
"It's the same thing again! Theon is stupid, you sold him and he was still counting the money for you." After getting drunk, Tyrion signed the contract to govern Myr, and he was very happy that Veidt could appreciate his talent.
, it can be seen that he was still very unhappy after seeing Werther.
"This is not selling him! I have put my title, land, glory and money there a long time ago, and he helps me do things. He has to rely on himself to get everything. Do I have to give him everything for free?" Witte pulled the hand.
Leon's shoulders carried him away, followed by a large group of people.
The nobles brought all the young people from the family, many of whom were meeting for the first time. No banquets could be held during the seven days of the funeral, but there were many private gatherings. As long as there was no drinking, it was not called a banquet.
Seven days later, the ice block that froze Robert was moved to a wooden platform in the square of the Great Sept of Baelor. The crowd of onlookers formed a huge circle.
Odawein hovered over King's Landing, and six dragons stood around Robert's body. Belonging to Renly, Petwahar was the largest one with red and yellow stripes on a white background. Belonging to Lionel, there was a slightly smaller blue one with lightning bolts.
Textured sea blade.
Two black ones, namely Darkseid's K'Glavn, also known as Red Sand Autumn by the Dornish people, and Sauron's Shulvokun. One is Lilith's little red dragon Judungar. There is also one
The golden Jiade Kaha was shaking his head to grab his brother.
Seven dragons, one big, six small, plus powerful magic and a huge network of relationships, this is the background of the Baratheon family today. The Targaryen family has been completely destroyed, and now the nobles cannot even think of usurping the throne, but
For their respective interests, the tactics of attracting or alienating each other still work. For example, a large group of followers of the Seven Gods recently came from the Reach, which disgusted Stannis to death.
These people are just unarmed civilians wearing cloth robes, and they are in the name of the Seven Gods. Kill them. First, they must overthrow the honor of knights that has been rooted in the Seven Kingdoms for thousands of years. Killing civilians will also arouse public anger. Both nobles and civilians will
If offended, don't kill him. If these people get to King's Landing and block the Red Keep with their bodies, who knows what else they will do.
"Dragon Flame!"
When Stannis was lost in thought, the shouts of Werther and Renly brought him back.
Werther did not dare to let Aldaweying breathe fire. Its dragon flames would melt even steel and stone, and burn a big hole in the square.
Six little dragons sprayed dragon fire at Robert, and a funeral involving dragons appeared in King's Landing again after a hundred years.