Chapter nine hundred and twentieth martial arts conference system
The Red Keep held a dinner to entertain the Stark family who came from afar.
And then half a month passed, and the knights who came from all over Westeros and even across the ocean from the Eastern Continent, determined to compete for the honor of the Kingsguard, finally arrived in King's Landing.
In fact, it is a long way from Winterfell to King's Landing, and Stark and his team arrived late. Some of those who came early arrived at King's Landing two or three months in advance, renting a house to live here temporarily, and going to the practice range every now and then to practice their bows.
Horse fencing.
House prices in King's Landing are not cheap, especially in the inner city of the 'First Ring'. In fact, house prices in the capital of a huge empire have never been cheap throughout the ages. In Viserys's previous life, some court officials in ancient times could not even afford it with their salaries.
A property in the capital.
Therefore, these Wuyang Wuyang knights who came from all over the empire across both sides of the Narrow Sea have really stimulated the economy of King's Landing.
These knights drove the development of local ships, markets, housing, and tertiary industries such as brothels and taverns.
These knights spent money like water, which made Vilas, who noticed this and observed the changes in market conditions, exclaimed.
"This model seems to be here to stay."
"But never squander your funds like King Robert."
He was even slightly moved to hold some martial arts competitions every few years in the future.
The royal family is not responsible for the food, clothing, housing and transportation expenses of all the knights, and all expenses are taken care of by themselves, but they can set a high bonus, and there is also the honor of the tournament as a temptation.
With honors and prizes, there is no need to worry about attracting knights to participate. As long as enough knights are attracted to participate, this event can become a reserved event and be held regularly.
It can be once every four years, or once every two years, or even once a year, but considering the road problem, if it is once a year, the warriors from the north will probably be on the road for half of the year.
However, if the financial benefits are sufficient, once a year is not impossible.
The reason why King Robert suffered such serious losses when he held the tourney, which caused the royal family to be in debt of millions of gold dragons, was because King Robert was too generous.
King Robert exempted all the knights who came to participate in the tourney from all expenses such as travel and food, clothing, housing and transportation in King's Landing. All the expenses were borne by the royal family, and the prize money Robert set for the tourney was also ridiculously high.
The winner of the jousting contest will be awarded 40,000 gold dragons, the second best will be awarded 20,000 gold dragons, the winner of the team close combat will be awarded 20,000 gold dragons, and the winner of archery will be awarded 10,000 gold dragons.
This huge sum of money is even enough to arm an army. It is simply ridiculously high. Willas cannot understand how King Robert governs the country, and how Robert's Prime Minister Jon Arryn can allow the king to
Such a spendthrift?
In this competition to select the Kingsguard, the competition system has undergone many changes from the previous tournaments. The jousting competition was cancelled, and the final round was changed to a duel on horseback, a duel on foot, and an archery duel.
Because the Kingsguard selects all-round talents who can protect the royal bloodline, rather than knights who specialize in jousting, the Kingsguard only needs to protect the safety of the royal family members and does not need to personally charge into battle.
However, these are just the selection of the Kingsguard. This is a matter of the royal family, and Willas does not care about the competition.
If his little brother Loras Tyrell was still alive, he might come to participate in the tourney, because he vaguely remembered that his brother's biggest dream was to be able to wear white clothes, but unfortunately Loras was dead.
Thinking of this, Vilas's heart ached slightly, but then he shook his head and forgot all this for the time being. The deceased was gone. Now he only cares about the economic development of the empire. He only wants to make money.
And as Vilas looked at the direct benefits brought by this martial arts tournament, he began to make small calculations in his heart.
"If it's just a martial arts tournament, maybe it's not enough. You can add another dimension."
Vilas is worthy of being the former acting finance minister, and he also served as the tax collector of the empire. Vilas is very sensitive to money.
And as the empire's prime minister, everyone except the emperor and empress reached out to him for money.
The Minister of War asked for money to continue to strengthen the armaments.
The Minister of Agriculture wants money to develop grain cultivation and expand farmland area.
The craftsman minister also wants money
sea lord
Therefore, as soon as Villas opened his eyes, there were a lot of people reaching out to him asking for money, and he had no choice but to find ways to make more money.
"Perhaps this method can be tried in this martial arts tournament."
Willas is planning to increase the stakes in the tourney. In the future, gambling can be officially launched, allowing the people of King's Landing to freely bet on which knight will win.
With the royal family as a guarantee, it is not a black gambling house. People naturally dare to invest heavily. As long as the amount of funds is large enough, the royal family can draw profits from it, regardless of victory or defeat, there will be no loss.
On one side, Willas was planning to add a bet to the competition for the selection of the Kingsguard, while on the other side, Arya, who was gearing up to participate in the competition, found her brother's friend, the highly respected member of the Nightfall Hall.
Countess Brienne.
"Where did you learn your sword skills?"
After Brienne had a fight with Arya, she was impressed by the thin but extremely flexible girl in front of her.
The other party was as nimble as a cat, but he was as clumsy as a big bear in front of the other party while wielding a sword.
Brienne crawled out from the sea of blood and corpses on the corpse battlefield. Her swordsmanship had lost a lot of complexity and became simple and sharp. Her swordsmanship was born to kill people, to kill more enemies.
Go forward with courage.
But Arya is a soft ball of water, trying to wrap up Brienne's sharpness as much as possible. However, Arya's ball of water can also be sharp. The first two times Brienne despised her, she was beaten.
Seized the opportunity.
But then Brienne became serious and swung her sword with great force, and Arya had no chance. After all, there was a huge gap in strength between the two sides.
"Where did you learn it?"
Arya gasped slightly, patted the footprints on her chest where Brienne kicked her away, and then spoke.
"I figured it out myself."
"I have had many teachers, and everyone taught me something different. In the end, I chose a path that suited me."
Both Arya and Brienne have changed from their original trajectories.
Brienne is stronger than the female knights in the original trajectory, because she walked through a real mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. The murderous aura in her body and the sharpness of her sword swing are enough to be intimidating.
Arya is also different from the original Locus. She did not become a faceless person, but she is not necessarily much weaker than the original Locus in frontal combat.
She studied with her brother Jon Snow, who was extremely talented in swordsmanship.
Although Jon is not well-known and is currently serving on the Wall, he is actually a swordsman who is unrivaled among the Seven Kingdoms.
Later, her father Eddard saw his daughter's talent and characteristics in practicing swordsmanship, so he sent people across the Narrow Sea to find an assassin from Braavos for her.
Although Arya's teacher was not Syrio Forel, he still taught Arya the essence of the Dance of Water.
Arya later practiced archery and swordsmanship with her aunt.
Her martial arts talent is here, and she would have been chosen by Jaqen H'ghar in her original trajectory. Although she has not taken the path of the Faceless Men now, she will not be weak if she takes another path.