Game of Thrones: Digger of the Dreadfort

He told miserably:

“There were originally 56 people in this temple, and there was a lot of wealth here.

We owned a dozen cows and a bull, a hundred beehives, a vineyard and a few apple trees.

Until the bandits came and took away the wine, milk, and honey, killed the cows, and set the vineyards on fire.

After that… I don’t know how many people were killed…”

"Don't cry to me, I am not the savior!"

Sandor Clegane organized his troops and prepared to leave...

"Oops!" Arya complained when her horse kicked off a shoe.

"I can help you remount it!" A young boy suddenly jumped out and said loudly:

"I'm just an apprentice blacksmith, but my master said that my hands were born to swing hammers. I can set horseshoes, mend mail, and make flat armor. I bet I can also forge swords."

"Boy, what do you want to do?" Sandor asked impatiently.

"I can forge for this beautiful young lady."

The boy knelt down in front of Arya, but the Hound's majesty made him tremble.

"If you are willing to take me in, miss, I will be of use.

I am willing to serve you!I can make tools and daggers, and once I made a good helmet, but it was taken away by bandits..."

Arya bit her lip and looked at him strangely.

In all my life, I have never heard of anyone willing to be loyal to her.

"You should serve those powerful lords." Arya said. "The blacksmith is welcome everywhere, especially the weapons master. Why do you want to follow me? I can't pay the wages."

"I'm homeless. I don't want wages. I just need a stove, bread and a place to sleep, miss." The boy said stubbornly.

Arya looked at the blacksmith's apprentice in front of her with a thoughtful expression.

"My lords, do you think I can accept him?"

One knight replied: "Why not, Lady Arya, you can even make him a knight..."

"Really?" Arya couldn't believe it.

"Your father is the Duke of Winterfell, your brother-in-law is the Hand of the King and the Prime Minister, your brother is also the Duke of Winterfell, your uncle is the Duke of Riverrun, oh, he should be the heir of Riverrun, and you will definitely marry someone in the future. A great lord... In short, your status is so noble, conferring the title of a proletarian knight is nothing..."

"Yes, that's it!"

Another knight echoed: "Lord Arya, this kid is brave enough. If he doesn't lie, his craftsmanship is indeed good. In my opinion, let him stay."

"That's indeed a good idea..." the other knights suggested, giggling.

A faint smile crossed Arya's lips.

She pulled out her thin sword with lightning speed and held it in a sword flower:

"Watch my sword!"

Arya placed it gently on the boy's shoulder.

"This apprentice blacksmith, are you willing to swear in front of the gods and the world to guard the weak, protect women and children, obey the superiors, lords and kings, and fight bravely no matter how difficult, humble or dangerous the future is, Fulfill the mission?"

"I-I do, miss."

Arya moved the sword from her right shoulder to her left shoulder: "I knight you in the name of the daughter of the late Eddard Stark, Duke of Winterfell."

The blacksmith's apprentice knelt on the ground and looked confused. Is this a knight?

Then there was applause...

A group of knights cooperated to complete the scene.

"By the way, sir, what's your name?" Arya suddenly asked.

"Iron, iron ox..."

"Rise up, Sir Iron Bull, you are welcome to join this team."

"Hahaha..." Sandor Clegane, the "Hound" on the side, had been silent, but at this time he let out a harsh laugh.

He glanced at Arya, "You actually turned him into a knight, the first blacksmith knight in the world?"

"Why not!" Arya shouted, "I am free to knight whoever I want."

“Your freedom indeed!

I said, Miss Arya, how about you knight my horse too.

It never poops in the hall, and it doesn’t kick more than other animals. It is much better than your blacksmith, and should be worthy of a knight..."

"Hound Dog" continued to laugh: "Hahaha..."

"Stop laughing!" Arya warned.

"Hound Dog"'s mouth twitched, but remembering the identity of the other party, he had to swallow the smile...

Chapter 263 Lunch Service, Quietly

At noon that day, this hundred-man team enjoyed a lunch at the town’s brewhouse.

The owner of the wine house hid fine wine under the stable floor. In order to thank them for getting rid of the gang of robbers, he specially provided more than ten barrels of pure and delicious wine.

The residents of the town also provided them with as much food as possible.

So Arya and the Hound had a pretty good lunch.

Oatmeal bread, onions and kippers with a slight garlic flavor, cabbage soup, wild boar...

Arya also found a large pork chop in her bowl and thought she was lucky.

Later, they returned to Golden Teeth City.

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Golden Tooth City.

After a storm, there is no sunny day.

The sky is still gloomy, with occasional splashes of water.

The slightly gloomy sunlight shines through the blinds and onto the desk.

A sparrow jumped happily on the century-old oak table, and under its feet were official documents stamped with the seal of the imperial minister.

The sparrow jumped onto an envelope that had been torn open, and then stopped. It raised its beak and kept chirping, and its big eyes turned purring...

Until a big hand fed it a handful of crumbs.

It rained for a while this morning, and it's still raining now.

Domeric was slowly flipping through some official letters in the spacious bedroom of his former lord, Earl Lefford.

Some are from King's Landing, some are from the Lonely Mountain, and some are from the cheap old Lord Roose Bolton of the Dreadfort.

Lord Roose was defeated by Tywin in the "Battle of the Green Fork" and lost his troops. Domeric, in the name of "Hand of the King", allowed him to return to defend the northern border.

Now Count Luce writes:

A large group of ironmen from the Iron Islands are invading the North along the rocky coast with menacing force.

In the plot, the ironmen of the Iron Islands captured Moat Cailin and cut off the Neck, causing the northern army to lose its rear... But now that Domeric's supplies come from King's Landing and the Vale, cutting off the Neck is not of great significance. If the Border Army really wants to go back, they can take the White Harbor fleet from Maiden Spring back to the North...

But the dangers of the Ironborn cannot be underestimated!

The eastern coastline of the northern border is extremely long and difficult to defend.

If the Ironborn invaded along the rocky coast, the northern castles along the coast would probably suffer.

Domeric plans to use Joffrey's name to give his cheap father, Count Roose, the status of "Warden of the North", allowing him to lead the nobles remaining in the north to fight against the pirates of the Iron Islands.

This will facilitate coordinated command and prevent the northern nobles from fighting independently.

At the same time, it can also legitimately expand the influence of the Bolton family in the north...

After all, Robb Stark is still "recuperating", and that kind of mental trauma is difficult to recover in a short time; and the acting Lord of Winterfell, Bran Stark, is still a child, and I don't know if he will be compliant in the future." The call of "Green Prophet" begins a journey north...

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As for the Western Territory, as long as he firmly defends the Golden Teeth City, Duke Tywin will never be able to cause trouble.

Even if they get reinforcements from Dorne, it will be difficult to achieve success. After all, the "offensive and defensive momentum" has already changed.

The Golden Tooth City used to be a defensive fortress in the West, but now it has become an iron fence to contain the Lannister Lion...

The hardest bone to crack in "War of the Five Kings" has finally been discounted!

Domeric breathed a sigh of relief.

The only two brothers left were Renly Baratheon, the "Three Deer", and Stannis Baratheon, the "Two Deer".

Right now, Domeric's most important task is the distribution of the spoils of the "Battle of Golden Tooth City" - the gold mine.

The western border is mountainous, and the output of gold and silver mines is staggering.

For example, Golden Tooth City.

Even after thousands of years of mining, rich red and gold veins still sparkle deep in the rocks.

In addition, there are Casterly Rock City, Castamere, Nunburg, and Pendry Hills... all of which are major sources of gold mines in the West.

But no doubt.

The gold mines in Golden Tooth City are definitely one of the most important assets of the Lannister family. Thousands of years of continuous mining have helped the Lannister family establish their status as the richest family in Westeros.

Many lords and nobles traveled thousands of miles to follow Domeric and fight against Duke Tywin, not for fairness and justice, but for tangible benefits.

If Domeric wants to gather people's hearts, he must also give them tangible benefits.

Therefore, how to reasonably distribute the gold mine revenue in Golden Tooth City is the top priority at the moment...

After all, tomorrow is the celebration party!

Domeric had to draw up a charter in advance based on the merits of each noble on the battlefield.

The nobles from the North, Valley, and Riverlands sent a lot of troops. The Wangling nobles put a lot of effort into supplying materials, which cannot be ignored...