章 185: Receive gifts again
"Ah~"
Leswell Peake's screams resounded throughout the dragon cave, and echoed back and forth in the cave.
With a wingspan of six or seven meters, Alduin was already a top beast, and the dragon flames that spewed out continuously were even more shocking, but this did not interrupt the enemy's attack.
On the crooked and mutually supported walls of the dragon cave, nearly a thousand Peake soldiers wearing better armor such as plate chain mail and plate armor were climbing up. After standing firm, many of them took out crossbows or full-length bows from their backs and began to aim at the already huge dragon.
Other enemies waved their weapons to intercept the soldiers of the Crab Claw Peninsula.
"Whose soldiers are these? How dare they betray the dragon family?"
Bernard Brune held Lannister's collar like a chicken and climbed up flexibly.
Although the situation was very unfavorable, he believed that as long as the dragon was sent away, the Crab Claw ancestors would have completed the task given to them by the king.
The little demon took a closer look and recognized the orange-bottomed three-black castle emblem on the enemy, and then reminded Brun:
"This is the Peake family of the River Reach. Look, their emblem is three castles, symbolizing their past..."
Bernard Brun embraced Tyrion with his left hand and waved his half-sword with his right hand. After slashing an enemy, he saw the three-castle emblem on his chest.
"Then they must be a wealthy family among the River Reach people? Three castles, I dare not dream of asking the Dragon King to reward me with so many castles."
He whispered to himself.
Although the ancestors of the Crab Claw Peninsula were extremely loyal to the Dragon Family, they still expected a reward.
The reward does not need to be too much, golden dragons, food and women are all fine, and it would be even better if there were fertile land and solid castles.
Tyrion hugged Benard's neck tightly, and said in a trembling voice:
"No, the Peake family has repeatedly supported the Blackfyre Rebellion and has been reduced to a viscount family by the Iron Throne. Most of the territory and castles have been taken away, leaving only Starspurt City near Dorne."
After the Dance of the Dragons, the Peake family once dominated the government. In the war, they joined the Green Party and supported King Aegon Targaryen II. Although the Green Party did not win, after the war, the then Lord of Starspurt City, Earl Ulwin Peake, also became a member of the regent group of King Aegon III.
Later, the courtiers joined forces to drive away the Lord of Starspurt City, and the Peake family was quieter.
During the Blackfyre Rebellion, the family was active again in history. Earl Guermont Peake led his army to join Daemon Blackfyre. After the Battle of Redgrass Field, he surrendered to the royal family, and the Peake family lost two castles outside Starspurt City.
During the Second Blackfyre Rebellion, Earl Guermont supported Blackfyre again. Duke Bloodraven quickly put down the rebellion and beheaded the Earl. In the last years of the reign of King Maekar Targaryen I, the Peake family rebelled again.
King Maekar, who had no designated heir, was killed in the attack on Starspur City. In order to avoid another Dance of the Dragons, the King's Hand, Duke Bloodraven, convened a Great Council to decide the king's candidate.
This was the famous Noble Council in 233, when Aemon Targaryen became a maester of the Night's Watch and Aegon V, the "king who should not be king", ascended the throne.
These historical knowledge quickly passed through Tyrion's smart brain. When he thought of the rumors that the Golden Company landed in the Stormlands, he suddenly understood why the Peake family took action at this time.
"The Golden Company and Peake will always be supporters of the Blackfyre family. It seems that Aegon VI is a descendant of a Blackfyre."
The little devil came to his own conclusion.
Benard couldn't tell the difference between Blackfyre and Peake, but he knew that his side was in a bad situation.
In order to ensure that the wedding was flawless, the king transferred two thousand First Men soldiers from the Crab Claw Peninsula, so Sir Brun had only about eight hundred men under his command.
The enemies that had already climbed up were estimated to have surpassed their own side, not to mention the people who were still guarding the streets outside the dragon's lair.
Although the dragon continued to spit out dragon flames and moved quickly to avoid the arrows shot at it, a large number of enemy soldiers moved towards the area where the dragon was.
This was definitely not a solution.
"Kuhei, Huimiba."
Among the soldiers following him, Benard pointed out two First Men officers with higher status and ordered:
"You two, take people to the Red Castle to report that Peake rebelled, thousands of soldiers attacked the dragon's lair, and go through that flea house."
It had only been a month since he came to King's Landing, and he only remembered the approximate street names.
Although he was not very familiar with Ser Brun, Tyrion still reminded him:
"Flea Bottom is the only way from here to the Red Castle. They must have sent people to guard it. It is better to run from Silent Sister Street in the southwest to the King's Road, and then turn to the Red Castle."
The King's Road extends from the Gate of the Gods in the northwest into King's Landing, all the way to Balerion Square in front of the Red Castle.
Although there must be a sea of people near the Red Castle now, as long as the news is conveyed to the Tully soldiers patrolling near Aegon's High Hill, it can be passed on to the ears of the king and courtiers layer by layer.
"Great, let's do it."
Bennard gave orders in a swift and decisive manner, instructing Kuhei and Gray Miba to take people away from the north where there were not many enemies, and then he led his subordinates to rush towards the enemy.
At the same time, he urged Gendry, who was familiar with the dragon, to drive away His Highness Alduin.
Gendry above them tried to get close to the dragon Alduin, but the dragon was in a playful mood and kept spraying people with dragon flames with his big mouth.
Tyrion, who was being held, whispered, "Sir, can you put me down? I'm small, and I'll be safe hiding in a corner."
Anyway, the dragon cave is big enough, and he believes that hiding in a corner will prevent the enemy from finding him.
"What are you thinking? You are a walking 50,000 gold dragon!"
Bernard remembered the king's instructions to him and did not dare to let the dwarf out of his sight.
A few minutes later, the main forces of the two waves of soldiers met near Alduin's habitat, and the two sides began to fight on the hundreds of meters of ruins.
The Peake soldiers were better in patrolling, familiar with their equipment and comrades, and able to cooperate in combat.
The ancient soldiers of the Crab Claw Peninsula were slightly better in morale. Although many of them hated each other, they could temporarily put aside their hatred and work together to resist the enemy when fighting for the dragon family.
The dragon Alduin flexibly disappeared behind a broken wall somewhere, and unexpectedly flew up from behind, spitting viciously.
The battle between the two sides, with a total of more than 1,800 soldiers and a dragon, was still spectacular and fierce. Due to the abnormality of the battlefield, it was not feasible to fight in formation, so the soldiers began to fight each other.
The sound of swords and axes clashing, the screams of people burned by dragon flames, and the groans of injured soldiers increased rapidly.
...
Red Castle, garden.
Dozens of long tables were placed in the open space, and the tables were piled with fruits, barbecues, and precious cakes. Of course, wine jugs were necessary. Since the Redwyne family was loyal to the Iron Throne, there was enough wine in the Qingting.
More than 300 invited nobles participated in the wedding banquet. Most of them sat at the table according to the arrangement of the Red Castle. Some nobles with higher status walked back and forth in the banquet, talking loudly about irrelevant gossip.
Queen Sansa, dressed in a red and blue robe, was surrounded by a group of river nobles, and some female relatives were talking eagerly with the queen.
"Although Sir Brynden did not send anyone to attend this wedding, we believe that the Tully family can see the situation clearly."
A middle-aged woman from the Vance family said.
Queen Sansa has the blood of the Tully family, the Lord of the Riverlands, and her brother Robb has accepted the loyalty of most of the Lords of the Riverlands, so this group of people naturally recognized their backers.
Queen Stark herself, under the advice of her maid, wore a red and blue dress.
Her current maids are all civilians from Harrenhal and Harren Town, and are naturally close to the people of the Riverlands, so they suggested that the queen wear the typical colors of the Tully family.
Since her husband was preparing to marry another wife, Sansa also felt the crisis, so she began to get close to powerful nobles.
Originally, the North was her biggest backer, but the northerners were still fighting among themselves and had no time to support the Lord's daughter at the king's wedding, so Sansa set her sights on the Riverlands.
Coincidentally, because her husband was born here, the combined power of the Riverlands courtiers and the Dragon Party family was only slightly weaker than the supporters of the Rose Family.
"I hope my uncle won't do anything stupid!" She had heard that her uncle, Blythen Tully, was preparing to mobilize the army of Riverrun to recapture Raventree for the Blackwood family.
The castle is currently in the hands of Rosso of the Frey family.
On one side is her own family, and on the other side is her husband's powerful vassal, Sansa was a little conflicted.
At this moment, the late Willis Manderly finally squeezed into this small circle.
"Slow down, you're so fat!" A Vance knight complained when he saw Manderly squeezed his wife.
Willis smiled awkwardly, and then opened this section with the topic of the North.
"Winterfell is about to be recaptured. Shouldn't we find a way to save the castle and not let it be burned to ruins by the soldiers who abandoned the city and fled like last time?"
He suggested to many river family heads.
Earl William Mooton, who had rushed to King's Landing, was standing in the crowd. He cleared his throat and said, "I heard that a Lord Umber had joined Old Flayed. I believe that after the Vale and the Rivermen went to war, this Umber warrior will turn to us."
The higher-ranking Rivermen heads were all around the king, so Earl William Mooton, who was here, became the leader.
Willis thought for a moment and agreed, "The Earl is talking about Hother Umber, the 'Whore Nightmare'! He is indeed a loyal minister of Stark."
"Why is he called the Whore Nightmare?" a noble lady asked.
Just as the people of the North don't care much about the affairs of the South, the people of the Rivermen are not familiar with the stories of the Yankees.
Manderly had to tell the southerners about the deeds of this Umber.
Hother Umber was the youngest son of Whitefrost Umber, the former lord of the Last Hearth. His father believed that he had the potential to become a maester, so he sent him to the Citadel in Oldtown to study around 250 AD.
In Oldtown, a Chang whore tried to steal something from him. As a result, Hother took out the man's internal organs, which earned him the nickname "Whore Nightmare".
People never discuss this scary story loudly because the Chang whore was a man.
The noble lady who asked the question blushed, but Sansa remembered something else.
"Lord Mooton is right. I remember my father once mentioned that the Umber family is indeed one of the most loyal vassal families of Stark. We should and must contact this Lord Hother Umber."
If nothing unexpected happens, Winterfell will become her private property independent of the royal family, so Queen Sansa is very concerned about this matter.
"Hother Umber's brother Lord Crowfood is in our White Harbor. I will ask him to send someone to contact the whore nightmare. In addition, there are quite a few civilians in Winterfell who are loyal to the Stark family. Miss Sansa, please give a token so that those servants can work for us?"
Although his force was not good, Willis's mind was still smart enough, and he came up with a small detail.
And this detail is one of the sources of the Burton School.
On the main seat far away from the Hejian people, the sitting king was accepting gifts from his vassals in turn.
Of course, the people of the Reach were the first to give gifts.
Since he paid most of the wedding expenses, the Duke of Metz only gave him a golden wine glass.
Arthur remembered that at the Purple Wedding, Mace gave Joffrey a seven-sided gold cup, and the pure gold wine cup in front of him was made into three sides, which was a triangular cup.
"Thank you. It looks very beautiful. I will definitely not use it to drink wine. Pod, remember to remind me to build a closet in the king's bedroom. I will keep this golden cup in it."
Arthur's expression was exaggerated, as if Mace had given him some unique gift.
In fact, the little rose that loves to spray water is indeed a rare gift in the world.
Mr. Inflatable Fish shrugged. He had no control over what his son-in-law did in his room.
Next came Lord Paxter Redwyne, who presented the king with a model of a longship.
"Your Majesty, a large ship a thousand times larger is being built on Qingting Island. Perhaps in a few months, you will be able to see it in Blackwater Bay."
Arthur picked up the long ship model and looked at it for a moment, "This looks like it is a foot long. If it is a thousand times longer, the ship you gave to the royal family would have to be a thousand feet long, which is more than three hundred meters. The wooden ship cannot reach it. This is the length!"
He remembered that the 10,000-ton ship in his previous life was only a few hundred meters long. The longships that traveled around the world should not be that long.
At most, it's only a few dozen meters.
Earl Paxter said in a smooth tone: "Your Majesty, the value of a longship ranges from a thousand gold dragons to tens of thousands of gold dragons. A considerable part of the millions spent by Robert was spent on rebuilding the royal fleet. . Judging from the length alone, my ship may be one of the longest warships in the world, and it can be sold for a good price of 20,000 to 30,000 gold dragons in any Free Trade City."
He didn't mention the length, but emphasized the value again.
Arthur nodded, did not embarrass Mace's cousin and brother-in-law anymore, and waved him away.
The gifts from the next few families were very ordinary, but the Mariweis family in the Long Table Hall gave interesting gifts.
The family's emblem is a golden horn of plenty on a white background filled with apples, carrots, plums, onions, leeks, turnips and fruits of various colors. The family motto is "Look at my gifts."
In conjunction with this, Orton Mariweis sent a hundred carts of fruits and vegetables to the royal family.
"Your Majesty, these things are being collected in my territory and will be delivered to King's Landing soon."
Arthur smiled and thanked him: "This is indeed the simplest but most practical gift. I accepted it."
Some of the Riverbend family governors were still imprisoned by the people of the West, so some families did not send gifts. As an apology, Margaery sent a large gift to her husband in the name of these families.
This is also the gift that attracts the most attention from both host and guest at the beginning of the entire wedding banquet.
A set of golden plate armor made with dyed steel.
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