Chapter Nine hundred and forty-first Tournament revenue
This decisive battle was scheduled three days later, giving the two contestants ample time to rest and prepare.
On the day of the finals, the city of King's Landing was filled with unprecedented excitement. This martial arts tournament, which lasted for more than a month, became the biggest topic of conversation for the people of King's Landing after dinner.
One after another, with ancient surnames and noble families, the younger generation of knights showed their prominence one after another like a hundred schools of thought contending and a hundred flowers blooming, making the onlookers cheer for them.
The young people in the empire are full of vitality and vitality, no worse than their parents. This also makes people have more trust and expectations for this country.
Therefore, when the biggest suspense of this tournament, the battle for the final championship, began, people's enthusiasm reached its highest level, and people from all over the country poured into the tournament venue in the outer city early in the morning.
According to the number of people betting and the odds, people have the highest expectations for 'Giant Prince' Attis to finally win the championship. The young 'Sword of Dawn' Edric Dane's support rate is slightly lower than that of Giant.
prince.
There is no other reason.
The giant prince Attis performed too well in the previous games. Edric Dane still needs to deal with the enemies and then defeat them one by one with his superb swordsmanship.
The battle of the giant prince is much simpler. He can defeat ten enemies with one force. It is simple and rough. He can grab the opponent from the horse and throw him to pieces, or he can knock his opponent away with one punch.
The armor was dented, and the opponent was beaten until he vomited blood.
This kind of exaggerated battle is extremely eye-catching, so it is not difficult to understand why people have higher expectations for Attis than Edric Dane, who is still an ordinary person.
At the age of eight, the giant prince was already nearly seven feet tall, nearly two meters tall. He was comparable to Gregor Clegane, the most evil villain in the Seven Kingdoms, the Mountain. How tall would he have been if he had grown up and become the king of giants?
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Although the giant king now lives in the royal forest outside King's Landing, with the giant dragons as neighbors, the giants do not leave the royal forest on weekdays, and the people outside cannot see them, and they do not dare to approach there easily.
Because it is no longer a secret that dragons are kept in captivity in the Royal Forest, and it has also been designated as a royal hunting restricted area. This designated restricted area is actually for the benefit of the surrounding people, otherwise it will be illegal to break into the Royal Forest without permission.
It became the delicacy of the dragons.
"Maybe only the original Magic Mountain can fight this giant prince now."
The final decisive battle was about to begin. In the VIP seats at the tournament venue, some nobles who had witnessed the battle of the evil "Mountain" Gregor Clegane sighed with emotion.
On the other side, sitting on the throne at the top of the VIP table, Arianne was wearing a light yellow dress with gold threads embroidered with gorgeous patterns full of Dornish characteristics. She wore a Valyrian crown on her head.
The steel crown, with its rubies reflecting dazzling light in the sun.
She sat on the throne and looked down, with an umbrella above her head held up by the guards to block the sun. Sansa Stark, the maid, stood beside Her Majesty the Queen with a fan in her arms.
Although the Princess of Dorne is over thirty years old and has been married to Viserys for more than ten years, she is still extremely beautiful and becomes the focus of the audience as soon as she appears.
"His Majesty."
The imperial nobles who came from other places to see him hurriedly came forward to salute and knelt down on one knee.
The leader among them is Hendry, the illegitimate son of the Governor of the Riverlands and the former Commander-in-Chief of the Dragonstone Fleet.
Many years ago, he had received an edict written by Viserys to take back the Bracken surname. After his father's death, Hendry Bracken became the new generation of Earl of the Twins, the Lord of the Riverlands.
Governor.
The young Governor of the Riverlands is now married. He married Kerilin Smallwood, the daughter of Thomas Smallwood, Earl of Acorn Hall, and Lady Ravenna Swann. The young girl is beautiful and likes her.
The dancing and singing are also very beautiful.
After his father's death, Hendry really needed a wife from the Riverlands family to rely on the strength of his wife's family to help him stabilize his rule.
A very serious chaos and rebellion broke out in the Riverlands during the long night, but it was extinguished long ago. It is said that many people were hanged. The bodies that were hanged at that time can still be seen in some abandoned villages and castles.
It's so wobbly that there's even a legend that a certain place is haunted.
And Hendry, the governor of the Riverlands, actually did a good job. Although he got the surname Bracken, he came from a lowly background and was easy to look down on. Therefore, his marriage to Kairelin Smallwood was a clever move.
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After paying tribute to Her Majesty the Queen, these nobles from all over the country stood up and sat back in their seats.
"His Majesty."
However, at this moment, Willas Tyrell, who was wearing the medal of the Emperor's Hand on his chest and leaning on a cane, walked forward. He first glanced at his fiancée, and Sansa, who was the queen's maid, suddenly had a smile on her face.
Slightly red.
"Your Majesty, please take a look"
Then Willas came to Arianne, whispered a few words in her ear, and then handed a note to Her Majesty the Queen.
"knew."
Arianne nodded slightly when she heard Willas's words, and the diligent Prime Minister bowed and then withdrew.
He was not very interested in the outcome of the tourney.
In fact, who will win the final championship between Edric Dane and Artis has nothing to do with him. Anyway, the result that will affect the court has been determined before the game.
There are many things that Vilas is concerned about, such as the total proceeds from this tournament.
This was his first trial, and it had come to an end today. The betting and statistics were completed before the game started, and the treasurer reported the final numbers to Vilas, which even made him choke a little.
Because the net turnover of this martial arts tournament reached an astonishing figure, even the royal family who only took a commission received more than 300,000 golden dragons.
And these do not include so many distinguished guests, the knights flocking to King's Landing, all the consumption generated, the economic benefits brought by food, clothing, housing and transportation, and ultimately the most direct taxation.
This number is too exaggerated.
In comparison, Robert Baratheon lost an average of one to two hundred thousand gold dragons each time he held a tourney.
Not only was there no loss in this tournament, the net profit even reached an astronomical figure.
Because King Robert held a tournament, the final prize alone was nearly 100,000 gold dragons.
Moreover, during the tournament, the knights’ accommodation, drinks, meals, etc., and even drunk sports are all free of charge and are borne by the royal family.