Chapter 29 Tourney
Jorah should be ashamed, Dany found that he did not say his wife's name. Perhaps, she had disappeared from his memory, after all, she seemed to have never entered his heart. But she had three difficult births for him and finally lost her life.
The knight continued: "Not long after, my father joined the Night's Watch, and I became the Earl of Bear Island. Many people came to propose marriage. Before I made a final decision, the Ironborn began to rebel, and Balon Greyjoy proclaimed himself king."
Dany frowned, interrupted him and asked: "When was that? Before I was born?"
"Princess, I'm not that old." Jorah said dryly with a wooden face.
"Oh, go on." Dany responded casually.
"That was four years after the War of the Usurper, you were about four years old." His voice lowered.
It seems that there is no difference, they are all the same age.
Dany understood that it should be the time when Theon Greyjoy was held hostage in Winterfell.
She was puzzled and asked, "What was the Ironborn thinking? He didn't cause trouble during the turbulent period when the usurper rebelled, but waited until the usurper had been king for 4 years and the domestic unrest had subsided. Where did he get the confidence from? Or did he have a long reaction time and just realized that he wanted to be a hero in troubled times?"
"I'm not sure. The Ironborn are always crazy and unpredictable." Jorah shook his head. "Perhaps he thought the Usurper's foundation was unstable. Perhaps someone had been suppressing him before and preventing him from rebelling.
During the Usurper's Rebellion, Balon's father, Lord Chron, remained neutral. After your brother, Prince Rhaegar, died in the Ruby Strand, he defected to the Usurper Robert. At that time, the Highgarden Tyrells stood on the side of the Targaryens.
So Chron led the Iron Fleet (the main fleet of the Ironborn) out to sea, preparing to plunder the River Reach Highgarden. Unfortunately, the Highgardeners were well prepared and waited for them in the Shield Islands. They not only defeated the invincible Iron Fleet, but also killed Chron in that battle. Then, Balon inherited his father's position. At that time, the Usurper had already ascended the throne and the rebellions in various places had almost subsided."
"It took four years for King Balon to completely control the Ironborn Bay, and he raised the banner of rebellion. Then, King Balon was defeated, his eldest son and second son were killed, and the ten-year-old youngest son became the adopted son of Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell, and was also a hostage to control the Greyjoy family from rebelling.
To celebrate the victory, Robert decided to hold a tournament outside Lannisport.
There I met Lynesse.
She was only half my age at the time, and she came all the way from Oldtown with her father to watch her brother's tournament.
The first time I saw her, I couldn't take my eyes off her. For the first time, I felt such a strong love. Impulsively, I begged her to give me a token so that I could fight for her. I never dared to dream that she would agree, but she said Agreed.
Princess, you have to understand that jousting is a kind of knightly sport, not just a simple contest of martial arts. We northerners have never been good at this sport brought by the Andals, but with the token of Lynesse, I seemed to be possessed by the warrior of the Seven Gods.
After a few days, I was invincible and finally put the crown of love and beauty on Lynesse.
The wine and glory stimulated me to do something crazy. That night I went to her father and said I wanted to marry his daughter.
With the wealth and status of our two families, Lord Leyton should have rejected me mercilessly, but he didn't. "
The Leyton Hightower family's fiefdom includes the second largest port in Westeros, Oldtown, as well as the maester's temple, the Citadel, and the headquarters of the Church of the Seven Gods in Oldtown.
The Hightower family is also the blood of Garth Greenhand, and they can be regarded as dukes without the title of duke.
Lord Tywin Lannister once proposed to Lord Leyton on behalf of his son Tyrion, hoping that Tyrion could marry a daughter of Hightower.
Lord Leyton rejected him almost as if he was insulted.
Jorah Mormont was lucky.
"Unfortunately, the honeymoon was short. Lynesse was disappointed with my old home. She thought it was too cold, too wet and too remote.
The wooden hall on Bear Island was not as gorgeous and warm as her tall castle.
Moreover, life on Bear Island lacks the fun that southern noble ladies need. There are no masquerade balls, no pantomime performances, and no luxurious dinners.
Even wandering singers have to wait for several years before they can come here with fur traders. And the ones who come are old, ugly, and poorly skilled third-rate singers.
The food in the North is also much more monotonous than that in the rich Highgarden. My subjects Being able to eat enough is a blessing from the gods, but every meal is almost a torment for Linnis.
At that time, I thought, as long as she can be happy, I am willing to do anything.
So, I hired a cook from her hometown, found a bard, and gold and silver jewelry for the ball - Bear Island, where every silver coin is counted, I am helplessly familiar with the prices of most jewelry.
So, do you understand why I can estimate the value of that opal bracelet so skillfully? "
Jorah smiled like a husband who took out an online loan to pay for his wife's order on Double Eleven.
"I try to satisfy her in everything she wants. As I said before, because of her, my potential exploded and I won the championship of the tournament.
The usurper is a generous, oh, a licentious king. He is extravagant and loves to hold tournaments, and the champion of each tournament has generous rewards.
That time, I not only got glory and beauty, but also 50,000 gold dragons into my pocket."
"So much?" Dany couldn't help but exclaimed.
With the memory of the original owner's hard life in major city-states, she also roughly understood the purchasing power of the three currencies of gold, silver and copper in this world.
I remember once, on the streets of the civilian area of Myr, Viserys bought two grilled sausages and a small bowl of goat milk from a vendor with two copper coins. After Viserys quickly finished his share, he snatched the remaining half of the grilled sausage from his sister.
In terms of purchasing power, let's say one copper coin is five dollars. After all, it was pure meat sausage, and the portion was quite large. Under normal circumstances, that grilled sausage could be used as a breakfast, but Viserys was still in the growth stage at that time, and the nutrition was not enough.
And one gold dragon can be exchanged for 30 silver moons, and one silver moon can be exchanged for about 800 copper coins.
In other words, one gold dragon = 24,000 copper coins = the purchasing power of 120,000 RMB. Fifty thousand gold dragons is about 6 billion.
Damn!
Dany remembered that in the original plot, Robert was in power for 14 years and owed a total of 6 million gold dragons in foreign debt. 720 billion?
3 million of which belonged to the Lannister family.
This hearing Dany's exclamation, Jorah also sighed: "Yes, Bear Island can't earn 5,000 gold dragons in a hundred years. In terms of spending money, the usurper is more like the 'mad king' than your father. Uh, sorry, I mean"
The knight blushed and was a little at a loss.
Dany didn't say anything, just nodded calmly.
Sir Jorah breathed a sigh of relief and continued his love story, saying, "It was also with the 50,000 gold dragons that I was able to meet all of Linnis's requests in the past.
In order for her to attend festivals and banquets everywhere, I built a large ship specifically for her. She has appeared in Lannister Port, Oldtown, King's Landing, Lys, and Pentos. The farthest we went was to Braavos."
"From Bear Island to Braavos? Are you crazy?" Dany was shocked again.
Braavos is actually very close to the North. If there is a plane, the straight-line distance from Bear Island to Braavos is about 3,000 kilometers.
Well, 3,000 kilometers seems a bit far.
The key is that Bear Island and Braavos are separated by a continent and a strait. If you take a ship, you must go around the continent of Westeros. It may be too far, and the sea conditions are also very complicated, and it is very likely that you will have to take a detour.
The only thing that is certain is that the voyage is 100% more than 10,000 kilometers, which is farther than from Shanghai to Los Angeles.
Jorah really risked his life for his wife.
But this is not the end, Jorah is still telling about his journey of "burning life".
"For money, and because Linness wants to get the crown of love and beauty again - that is the highest honor for a true queen, I continue to participate in the tournament, but miracles no longer exist, and I never win again. And every defeat means the loss of a warhorse and a set of armor, which must be redeemed or replaced with new ones."
Dany asked curiously: "How much does a set of armor and a horse cost?"
The original Daenerys mingled in the market and knew the price of ordinary food and drinks, but she was far from the weapons and pack horses of the nobles.
"A tamed good horse costs at least one gold dragon. My warhorse was better, averaging about three gold dragons. A good full-body armor costs about four or five gold dragons. I must buy good armor." He told Dany solemnly, "For knights like us who have a family background, our familiarity with armor is comparable to our understanding of the lines on our palms. Under normal circumstances, I can see the flaws in the opponent's armor at a glance - if there are any flaws.
Similarly, my opponent can also see the flaws in me. Therefore, I cannot have too obvious flaws, and I cannot use inferior armor. , otherwise my life would be in danger during the duel.
I am not afraid of death, but dying in a noble game because of armor problems is really a cowardly thing. "
After a pause, Knight Jorah said in a complicated tone: "I have participated in many tournaments, and every time there are knights who have died, mostly free riders seeking wealth and fame.
Almost no children of a great noble died, because no one can break through their defenses under the rules of lance duels."
If Dany had seen the "Prime Minister's Tournament" held in King's Landing more than a year ago, she would have a deeper understanding of Jorah's words.
One of the matches was Renly vs. the Hound. During the high-speed collision, the Hound stabbed Renly in the chest with a gun, causing him to fly backwards from the saddle and fly more than ten meters in the opposite direction from when he came. The golden antlers on the helmet, as thick as a child's wrist, were broken by him, and what happened in the end?
He was fine, patted his butt and stood up, waved his hands coquettishly, and responded to the cheers of the audience around him with a decent smile.
If it were someone else, with a thinner chest armor, or if the lining behind the armor wasn't elastic enough to cushion the fierce impact, he would have internal organs damaged if not dead.
In this world, if the internal organs are damaged, the person is basically useless.
"What's the difference between a free rider and a knight?" she asked curiously.
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