Chapter 30 Who Dares to Be More Miserable Than Me
"Free riders are a type of mercenary. They don't have the status of knights, but they have horses and know a little bit about fighting on horseback. The only difference between them and ordinary mercenaries is that they have horses."
Dany nodded. A good horse costs more than a gold dragon. Counting the horse gear, daily feeding and care, ordinary mercenaries without permanent property can't afford to support it at all.
"Knights... It's more troublesome. Generally speaking, a child who aspires to become a knight will be sent to a knight as a page boy at the age of seven, doing easy tasks such as pouring wine and running errands, but they can establish a close relationship with the knight.
Of course, this process does not mean that they do not receive martial arts training. There are swordsmanship coaches who are responsible for helping children lay the foundation.
When they are older, over 12 years old, and about puberty, the page boys are promoted to squires. The knight will personally teach the squires the skills of using weapons and horses, and teach them battlefield survival experience.
Well, chivalry is also a very important teaching project.
Squires also have the obligation and right to accompany the knights on the battlefield.
"Go on." Dany raised her chin to signal.
"Continue what? The knight or my story?" Jorah licked his lips, feeling that he had said so much that his mouth was dry.
"Let's talk about the knight first."
"Any knight can canonize another knight. So, if the knight believes that a squire who has reached adulthood is qualified to become a knight, he will put his sword on the shoulder of the squire who is kneeling on one knee and loudly announce the name and family of the person being canonized.
The process is more complicated than what I described. The newly canonized knight will also be anointed with holy oil by the monks and have to spend the night in the sept. It is a process of converting to the Seven Gods, so few northerners who believe in the old gods become knights."
"Then you are a fake knight?" Dany tilted her head to look at him.
The knight blushed and argued, "Nothing is false. Northern nobles can be recognized as knights without being knighted."
He quickly continued, "I am one of the few baptized knights in the North. In addition to the formal method mentioned above, there is a faster way to become a knight.
If you have made contributions in the war, the lord can directly knight you. That's how I got my knighthood."
"The war that helped the usurper destroy the Targaryen dynasty?" Dany raised her eyebrows and asked.
"No, it's not." He quickly denied, "It was the time when King Balon's rebellion was quelled."
He didn't know that Dany, who had changed her mind, didn't care about the war against the usurper that caused the Targaryens to lose their throne. He immediately changed the subject and said, "In addition to free riders, there are also hired knights and sworn knights.
Sworn knights are knights who are under the wing of other nobles. They swear an oath to serve them, so they are called sworn knights. Most of them are small nobles with the title of knight but no fiefdom.
Well, I was your brother Viserys's sworn knight before, and later I became your sworn knight, until you bestowed me with a higher honor and made me the Queen's Guard."
Listening to his emotional narration, Dany complained in her heart: You came to me "with a flattering face" to be Viserys's sworn knight, and it was you who took the initiative to ask to become my Kingsguard. At that time, I only tried to let Jhogo and the others become my bloodriders.
Knight Jorah didn't know that someone was taking advantage of him, and continued, "The great nobles often hire some free riders. Patrolling one's own territory, compared with the lifelong loyalty of the sworn knights, hired knights are more flexible and cheaper.
Bear Island is not small. I can't afford to support the sworn knights, and I also have several free riders patrolling the forest. "
Speaking of this, he sighed with deep emotion and said dejectedly: "I am bankrupt and can't even pay the salaries of the cooks and harpists. When Linnis heard that I had the idea of pawning those jewelry, she...
For money, in order to keep Linnis's jewelry, singers, and cooks, I...
My hired riders captured several civilians who were poaching. According to tradition, they could only choose between having their hands cut off or being exiled to the Wall to join the Night's Watch, but for money, I finally gave up my honor completely.
I sold them to the Tyroshi slave traders, which violated the laws of the Seven Kingdoms - slaves were not allowed to exist under the Seven Gods' faith. "
"You were exiled? It's a bit harsh. You can first fine them as a warning to you and warn you not to do it again." Dany said.
"It is more honorable than exile, but also more cruel than exile. I have committed a capital crime and must be beheaded."
"Uh..."
"According to the tradition of the ancestors, Eddard Stark will judge me personally, and after listening to my dying confession, he must personally chop off my head with ice."
Dany looked at the sketch of Westeros that Jorah had just carved on the slate, and said, "Winterfell is a bit far from Bear Island, did you escape?"
"About a thousand kilometers, changing horses all the time, it would take at least two days to reach the seaside, and you can reach Bear Island on the third day. But three days is enough for me. Enough to escape with Lynesse and her jewels."
"If I remember correctly, you are the only son of the Mormont family."
Jorah nodded, "Yes, I am the only son of my father, and I have an aunt, but her five children are all daughters."
"Did your father put on a black robe?"
"Yes."
"You once served as Eddard Stark's guard and participated in the War of the Usurper?" Dany asked again.
"I also participated in the Battle of the Trident." He said softly, his voice like the breeze brushing against his temples, with caution and a hint of pride.
"You have fought for Winterfell for so many years, accompanied him as a traitor, accompanied him to quell rebellion, and in the end, because of a few poachers, he wants to chop off the head of the only male of the Mormont family?!" Dany's tone is complicated, although the question is straightforward.
"Stark is just like this," Jorah said now, still indignant, obviously he also felt that his own lord was too harsh on him.
After a while, the knight sighed again: "This is one of his rare charms, fair and just, strict with himself and others."
Haha, it should be "strict with oneself and lenient with others" to be considered as personal charm, right?
Jorah's story is unimaginable in any dynasty of the Great Celestial Empire.
This has gone beyond the scope of being impartial and just. Bao Qingtian has moments of being merciful outside the law, otherwise how could the Seven Heroes and Five Gallants survive? It can only be said that Eddard Stark lives too comfortably and is too stubborn.
Dany couldn't help thinking: Is it so easy to defend the country in this world? The Starks did this, and the position of the King of the North is still as stable as a mountain.
But how did the Targaryens lose their country? Could it be that the father of this body, "Mad King" Aerys, is more capable than Eddard?
God pity, they can maintain the kingdom for hundreds or thousands of years while doing their best without any political tricks. After knowing this, the last kings of the Great Celestial Empire would probably be envious.
In fact, only the people of the North are rigid-minded. Families like Lannister, Tyrell, and Martell are no less scheming than any famous monarch of the Celestial Empire.
"Okay, go on." She felt that she still had a lot to learn. This world was too different from the survival rules of the East that she was familiar with.
She could only adapt. To change, at least the dragon had to be strong enough to be shot to death with a crossbow - it seemed that there was no dragon that could not be shot to death?
Should the dragon learn from the knights of Westeros and wear a full set of armor?
If they were to fight naked, with just the current little Ka LS, he could find ten centaurs who killed Jorah. But if he put on armor, none of her blood guards would be his opponent.
Dany was thinking wildly, and Jorah continued, "I told myself that only Linnis and I were truly in love. Honor, identity, hometown, title, relatives, etc., all of these were unimportant. I took her to Lys, and the big ship was still worth a little money. We lived a rich life for half a year."
As soon as she heard the word "true love", Dany knew that Jorah was going to be tragic.
Sure enough, his bear-like ferocious eyes turned red, his eyes were moist and watery, and his square face with a beard twisted into a word - "bitter".
"I can only be a mercenary. I have no survival skills except helping others fight. That day, I received a mission to leave Lys and go to the Norn River thousands of miles away to compete with the Braavos for territory. She..."
His tone became inexplicably sad, "I gave her the deposit, and she took the gold coins and her own jewelry and moved into the palace of the trade prince Trig Omolen the day after I left." So miserable!
Dany now looks at Jorah and feels that the word "bitter" on his big face has become a bright word "miserable".
In the original plot, Dany, who was loved by him and dedicated the second half of her life, always gave him a good person card. This...
If Jorah Mormont stood up and shouted loudly: Who dares to be more miserable than me? !
Dany thought hard, it seemed that only the future Theon could say: Maybe, I can reach your trouser legs.
In fact, she was too confused by the situation and forgot that there was someone who was ten times more miserable than Jorah Mormont.
That person was herself.
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