Dominate the Game of Thrones with Mount and Blade

Chapter 79 Paxter

The speaker was wearing a velvet coat lined with black silk and embroidered with roses.

He was tall and had a very beautiful face, which was somewhat similar to Loras, the Knight of Flowers.

Next to him was a bald middle-aged man with a white beard. He had a cold face and a serious expression. It was obvious that he was not easy to talk to.

"Lord Tully, welcome to my home." The Duke of Mace, who was sitting behind the giant table, first expressed his welcome to the middle-aged man, and then asked his son:

"Why don't you give weapons to Mr. Arthur? This is what Loras said in his letter."

Hopper followed Arthur and whispered to his friend:

"This is Garlan, the second son of the Duke of Mace, and that is Lord Randyll Tully of Horn Hill, who hates the Dornish very much."

As soon as Arthur was reminded, he probably knew what was wrong.

Horn Hill is located at the junction of the Reach and Dorne. The Tully family has led the defense and counterattack against the Dornish for hundreds of years. How could they have a good impression of the Dornish?

Moreover, Lord Tully, who defeated Robert at Ashfort fifteen years ago, is extremely brave and aggressive, with a strong personality.

Rumor has it that in order to ensure that the heir to the family is an iron-blooded warrior, he recruited two wizards to perform blood magic on his weak eldest son Samwell Tully.

After it didn't work, the two wizards were beaten up and left in disgrace.

Then the second son Dickon became his main training object. In order to pave the way for Dickon to inherit the family, he sent the eldest son Sam to the Wall as a night watchman.

It was Arthur's bad luck to meet such an iron-blooded and ruthless person.

Who asked him to come here with a dozen Dornishmen?

Garlan Tyrell gave an explanation to his father.

"Because this man brought the notorious mercenary group Blood Troupe to the river bay, I have determined that Sir Arthur is not a good person. Giving them armor and weapons may make them hurt other innocent people. I suggest that father should not sell them to him."

"Is that so." The Duke of Mace's face turned cold, and his attitude obviously changed.

His third son may have been deceived by this man, or his second son is right.

He turned to Arthur, "You have heard what my son said, so I decided that High Court will no longer sell weapons and armor to you. As for the 58,000 gold royals in stock, you can withdraw them at any time. If there is nothing else, you can leave."

After that, he began to deal with the next matter, about the territory dispute between the Oakheart family and a small noble under the rule of the West Lion Family.

There are only wrong names, but no wrong nicknames!

Arthur had a deep understanding of this.

Duke Mace Tyrell used his actual actions to explain why his nickname was "Inflatable Fish".

Although the Blood Troupe has a bad reputation, they may be able to walk freely in Westeros, which is obviously not a reason to refuse the deal.

It can only be that Randyll Tarly, who hates Dornishmen, persuaded Garlan to stop the deal.

With just a few words from his second son, he, a duke, can take back what he just said.

I really don't know who he learned his lord education from.

Can such a move convince his vassals?

The one who is on good terms with Arthur is Loras, who is far away in King's Landing, and he can't help him now.

The matter of buying weapons and armor from the Rose family is a failure.

Fortunately, the Redwyne family can still get 300 sets and recruit some free warriors, so this trip is not in vain.

Arthur no longer hesitated and asked the twins to take him to see Earl Paxter.

After walking a long way in the huge castle, they finally found the Earl of the Arbor Island who came to their aunt and mother-in-law's house.

"It's just a small matter, just a greeting, but you have to come all the way to Highgarden."

Perhaps because he has been in contact with various merchants who come to Qingting Island to buy wine for a long time, the middle-aged man Paxter seems to be very good at dealing with things.

As soon as he entered the room, the earl first gave up his seat, asked the servants to bring fruit plates and cakes, and talked to Arthur about this transaction.

The tone was very enthusiastic and the attitude was very peaceful.

At the first meeting, Arthur felt that he was very familiar with him.

It was in sharp contrast with the attitude of several people in the Tyrell family.

"It's not a waste of time, at least I know the earl, right." The seated Lord of the Red Mill replied.

Arthur is a person who treats anyone well.

One heart for one heart!

Since being convinced by him, the twins Hopper and Horace have behaved very well. They have tried their best to protect Arthur's face on some occasions, and even hurriedly marched back to Highgarden with him just to help him buy some armor and weapons.

Now that their father was so friendly, Arthur felt that he could establish a deeper friendship with them.

The Earl asked about how Arthur met his two sons, and how Arthur won two championships from a group of famous warriors.

Arthur and the twins cooperated to tell the story of King's Landing.

"Seven layers of hell." Earl Paxter sighed, "Who in the whole continent can withstand your hammer now?"

"The Mountain? He was too clumsy and could only be beaten to death by you. I can only say that your enemies are unfortunate, and they may not even leave a complete corpse."

The Earl of Qingting Island chatted for a while before sending two stewards to take Arthur to the ferry town to check the goods.

Although he treated everyone equally, his status was there, and it was impossible for him to accompany Arthur for some weapons and armor.

Arthur had no objection to this.

Although the nobles often interacted with each other without distinction of title, they still clearly distinguished between the noble and the humble.

The twins went with Arthur. They thought they were half landlords, so they were well entertained.

The way there was similar to the way they came last night. Half a day later, they arrived at the ferry town.

"It's all here, please check."

The two stewards took Arthur and others to the longboat docked here, and then directed the boatman to move out the things Arthur needed.

The three main types of weapons were the full-length bow, the half-hand sword, and the long spear. The armor was mainly chain mail covering the torso and neck, and there were thirty sets of full plate armor.

"You are sincere. Your father is really an honest man." Arthur was very satisfied with the armor given by Qingting Island.

Just these thirty sets of plate armor covering from head to toe were worth the trip.

Chain mail is for the big soldiers, lapel armor is for the veterans, and plate armor is the real elite equipment.

With Arthur's fighting power, with hundreds of organized plate armor troops, he can break through the infantry formation of tens of thousands of people several times.

These weapons and armors cost a total of 2,100 gold dragons, and ordinary small nobles can hardly afford so much money.

But compared with the 60,000 gold dragons Arthur got for his two championships, it was a piece of cake.

This also made Arthur feel again how much Robert loves to spend money.

The prize money of a tournament can arm a powerful army.

After the inspection, everyone went to the town for lunch.

Of course, they went to the best tavern in the whole town, and then the twins recognized a few acquaintances.

"Cousin, why are you here?"

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