Doomsday, starting from a generation of grandmasters

"Your Majesty the Duke!"

Lin En turned around and saw an old man in sackcloth standing tremblingly in the distance, looking at him in horror.

The old man was wearing linen clothes, with a metal chain hanging around his neck. The chain was made of metals of different materials. At first glance, it looked like gold, black iron, etc.

"Are you a bachelor here?" Linn asked,

"Yes, Your Majesty the Duke! I am Paiswin, the maester of Storm's End." The old maester replied with his hands trembling slightly.

"You're here just in time, find someone to clean this place, and then come to me in the Lord's Hall!"

After Linn finished speaking, he walked towards the tallest and largest tower.

The maester is a profession unique to Westeros.

They abandoned their surnames and bloodlines and swore allegiance to the school, where they learned all kinds of knowledge. Every time they passed a knowledge test, they would create a chain. When the chain was enough to form a necklace, it meant that they had achieved academic success and officially became bachelors.

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Most bachelors are sent to cities or castles after completing their studies in the city. No matter where they are sent, they adhere to neutrality, serve their masters, and are loyal to their masters as mentors, healers, and advisors.

If control of this settlement changes, the maester is expected to pledge allegiance to the new owner.

So even though Lin En doesn't like them, they are indeed talents that can be used, especially since they have mastered the method of training ravens. Most of the communication between cities in the mainland depends on them.

Pushing open the heavy door of the tower, you will see a hall with a diameter of tens of meters. The sound of footsteps echoes clearly in the hall.

This hall is larger than the Iron Throne Hall in King's Landing. If you guessed correctly, this should be the Stag Hall!

There are almost no furnishings inside, and only from the complicated patterns on the windows and the fine carvings on the top of the hall, you can see a bit of the original grandeur.

It probably existed originally. Renly was not a thrifty person. Why is it gone now? You can tell something by looking at the equipment of those guys outside. The soldiers who attacked King's Landing did not have such good equipment.

The light in the hall is a bit dim, because there are frequent storms, and the windows here are not as spacious and tall as those in other castles.

Going up the stone steps, there are many rooms on each floor, including servants', guards', lord's meeting rooms, offices, and the bedroom on the top floor!

Only simple furniture was left in these rooms, and all valuable items had been removed.

The more I think about it, the angrier I get,

"If I had known earlier, I should have struck more gently. At least those armors could be restored to their original value!"

He turned around and went downstairs, looking around the other towers. The barns and armory were all empty.

After walking around, Paiswin found him,

"Your Majesty the Duke, it has been cleaned up and all the armor and weapons have been received in the armory."

Linn nodded,

"Very well, bachelor, let's talk while walking. You can introduce me to the situation here on the way!"

On the way, Maester Paiswin introduced the recent situation of Storm's End to Linn.

After Renly's death, the acting city lord who was loyal to Renly refused to surrender. He proposed to fight Stannis but was rejected. Soon after, he suddenly jumped off the city wall and committed suicide. Many people said it was the red robe witch who did it, but some said it was not because

The walls of Storm's End can isolate the power of external magic, and neither faction can convince the other, but it doesn't matter, because the next acting city lord quickly opened the door and surrendered.

Stannis accepted his surrender, but did not enter Storm's End.

This is his sad place. He fought hard here and his family almost starved to death but did not surrender. However, Robert gave this place to Renly, the little kid who ran around in a cloak and shouted that he was a wizard.

So he hated this place, and he hated Robert,

Stannis quickly led his soldiers north, leaving Gilbert and four hundred soldiers to garrison.

"Where are the people in the castle?" Linn couldn't help but ask,

"One group left after Renly died, another group left when Stannis came, and when Stannis was defeated and everyone knew there would be wars here, another group left. Now it is almost an empty city.

, there are only some old, young, women and children left and some mercenaries who hope to make a fortune."

Lin En was speechless. This was simply starting from scratch! Apart from an empty city and a title, there was nothing he wanted!

But it’s okay, it’s easier to draw on white paper.

"Maester Paiswin, count the population and the number of mercenaries in the city. I want to hire them,"

"Sir, there is no need to count. I have nothing to do these days. I have already finished counting. Now there are no more than 1,300 old men and women in the city. There are only 2,000 including children. There are less than two mercenaries.

Well, some of them claim to be knights, but no one checks it out."

"And..." Paisi Wen hesitated.

"And what?"

Paiswin organized his words and said cautiously:

"And the storm season is coming soon. The storm from the Narrow Sea will pass through Cape Wrath and land at Storm's End from Shipbreaker Bay. The storm will rage for many days. During these days, people will not be able to go out and the temperature will plummet. We can only rely on the reserves.

If we don’t have enough food to survive, there are probably many women and children in the city who won’t be able to survive.”

Linn waved his hand and said: "Bring them all into the castle tomorrow and tell them that I will hire them all. The commission will be food and gold coins!"

"Thank you for your kindness!"

Maester Perthwin's face was full of smiles, and it seemed that even a few wrinkles had disappeared.

Early the next morning,

Under the leadership of the old bachelor, many old people, women and children poured into the castle. Those at the front were the mercenaries.

As soon as Lin En came out, these mercenaries immediately surrounded him.

He stopped seven or eight steps away from Lin En, bowed cautiously and said:

"Your Majesty the Duke!"

These people all knew that Lin En killed hundreds of defenders and recaptured the castle yesterday. Such an exaggeration and the fact before their eyes made each of them dare not look directly at Lin En, for fear that he would open his eyes.

Dragon flames spurt out from its big mouth!

Lin En nodded, "You are all mercenaries, right? Choose a leader and negotiate the price with Bachelor Paiswin. The commission will be paid in gold."

"Yes, sir!" They didn't even raise their heads, and they didn't even dare to ask what Lin En hired them for.

"Do your job well. If you faithfully complete our employment, I will consider selecting a few of you to become knights!"

As soon as Lin En said these words, the group of mercenaries immediately burst into an uproar. Regardless of their fear of him, they stared at him with excitement and even some fanaticism.

From a mercenary to a knight, you are from a commoner to a noble! This can be said to be a class jump!

This is the dream of many civilian mercenaries, and they can’t help but be excited!

The smart ones among them thought more,

Lin En now holds the title of Duke, but there is no one around him. It is the time when manpower is needed. If he performs well, it is not impossible to become a fiefdom noble, not to mention a knight!

Thinking of this, they looked at Lin En more enthusiastically than they looked at their dearest lover!

Lin En's eyes turned to the women, children and the elderly,

Maester Perthwain came over and asked, "My lord, what do you want to employ these people for?"

"Repair the castle, clean the house, wash and cook, you can do anything. The commission will be paid in grain and silver deer."

These civilians knew that the new Duke was helping them, so they knelt down and saluted gratefully.

No one dared to trouble Linn. Everyone surrounded Maester Paiswain.

In the afternoon, after arranging work, the bachelor and the mercenary leader found Linn.

"Bachelor, I found that there is still some food in the warehouse, which should be enough to support you all for two or three months,"

"Sir, are you going out?"

Academician Paisiwen asked in surprise,

Lin En nodded, looking towards the east, through the eighty-foot-thick city wall and the narrow sea with high winds and waves,

Staring at the direction of the eastern continent,

"I heard that there are slave soldiers called Unsullied for sale somewhere,"

"I need them now!"

PS: The next chapter will be at noon tomorrow,