Game of Thrones, 298, Red Fork River in the Riverlands, in a small castle somewhere.
"Sir, your uncle wants to see you."
In a trance, a deep male voice came to Li Hao's ears.
Sir, when did I, a standard otaku in the 21st century, become a medieval master? Li Hao ignored it and continued to dream.
But the owner of the voice was relentless: "Sir, if you don't get up again, Jules will take away all the gold dragons of the family."
And along with the voice came a shove.
Li Hao opened his eyes, but his mind was still groggy. Soon, he was awakened by the scene in front of him.
A middle-aged man in a gray robe was in front of him. The room was dimly lit. The simple wooden door and gray stone walls clearly told Li Hao that this was not his little nest.
When the grey-robed middle-aged man saw the lord wake up, he immediately said respectfully: "Your uncle Jules said that he was going to King's Landing to participate in Ned Stark's tournament. He was short of money on the road, so he asked you for 100 gold dragons."
The grey-robed middle-aged man, uncle Jules, Ned Stark, gold dragon and other words stimulated Li Hao's nerves, and large sections of memories flooded into his mind.
After a moment, Li Hao, who had digested the memories, knew that he had traveled through time.
Traveled to the famous Game of Thrones world.
The original owner was named Arthur Bracken, a small lord along the Red Fork River in the Riverlands. He was currently 22 years old. Apart from being handsome and tall, he had no advantages.
Although in the Game of Thrones world, this might be a small character who would die before surviving one episode, for Li Hao, a young man in the 21st century, this start was already very good.
In his previous life, he received nine years of compulsory education, went to an ordinary high school, and then spent his college life in a dull way. He found a job with a monthly salary of 6,000 yuan and started his life of slacking off.
Of course, there must be something to spice up the dull life, and that thing is Mount \u0026 Blade.
Li Hao plays Mount \u0026 Blade at work, after work, and even on his way to and from get off work.
He loves Mount \u0026 Blade so much that he played a Mount \u0026 Blade game in his previous life.
Make achievements and establish careers, right now!
While thinking, a blue light screen appeared in front of Li Hao.
[Baron: Arthur Bracken]
[Level: 1]
[Experience: 149/600]
[Strength: 12]
[Agility: 9]
[Intelligence: 7]
[Charm: 9]
[Attribute points: 4]
[Skills: Iron Bone 0, Power Attack 4, Power Throw 0, Power Bow 0, Weapon Mastery 2, Shield Defense 0, Running 0, Riding 3, Horse Archery 0, Plunder 0, Coach 0, Tracking 0, Tactics 1, Guide 0, Scouting 0, Healing 0, Surgery 0, First Aid 0, Engineering 0, Persuasion 1, Prisoner Management 0, Command 3, Trading 0]
[Skill points: 5]
[Weapon Proficiency: One-handed Weapons 74, Two-handed Weapons 72, Polearms 77, Bows 31, Crossbows 31, Throwing 31]
[Weapon points: 10]
"Isn't this the data panel for Mount and Blade?"
Li Hao was overjoyed. The benefits of the time traveler really came.
After considering the war a few months later, he added three attribute points to strength and one attribute point to agility without hesitation.
The wisdom and charm flow is the one that dominates the world, but now he is obviously in a survival crisis, so it is better to go for the strength and agility flow.
Three skill points to strengthen the attack, one to strengthen the bow, and one to strengthen the throw.
All ten weapon points were added to the two-handed weapon, because Arthur has an ancestral two-handed greatsword.
After adding points with his mind, Li Hao, that is, Arthur, put away the data panel, got up and took off his pajamas, ready to change into home clothes to meet this uncle.
One hundred gold dragons is not a small amount.
I just crossed over and met an uncle who wanted so much money. What is this!
Amber - the name of the middle-aged man in gray robes, the steward of the small castle, Arthur just found it from the depths of his memory - saw this and hurriedly picked up a robe from the clothes rack next to him and helped the lord to dress.
While Arthur was dressing, he was thinking about his next plan.
If I remember correctly, the Riverlands will soon usher in the turmoil of the War of the Five Kings.
In fact, before the War of the Five Kings broke out, after Tyrion Lannister was captured by Catelyn Stark and taken to the Vale, Tywin Lannister sent troops to the Riverlands to attack the Yu family and its vassals.
The Red Fork River was even more plundered by a small force led by Gregor Clegane, the Mountain, the strongest man in Westeros.
The Bracken family to which Arthur belongs is actually the Bracken of the Red Mill, a branch of the Bracken family, the second-highest noble family in the Riverlands.
Just like the Stark of Carhor is called Karstark, his Bracken is not worth much.
The family's territory is only nine nearby villages, a small castle, and a red mill.
The entire family has only 35 soldiers who are not employed. It's okay to bully the nearby villagers, but if they really go to the battlefield, they may not even be able to beat the soldiers of the Frey family and the bandits roaming in the countryside.
In other words, the Brackens of the Red Mill had no strength to resist the plunder of the Mountain and the chaos brought about by the War of the Five Kings.
If Arthur traveled to the Vale, Dorne or the Reach, he could be his own lord, after all, the War of the Five Kings had nothing to do with him.
But unfortunately, the land he landed on happened to be the Riverlands, known as "the footcloth of the Seven Kingdoms", and the lords of the Fish family, the Tully family, were even more weak and incompetent.
If Arthur doesn't think about the future as soon as possible, he may soon become an innocent soul under the magic mountain sword.
Fortunately, the original owner's family was pretty good. He had accumulated enough food to last for several years, and his family savings amounted to seven hundred gold dragons.
It is better to sneak out as soon as possible, sneak to places without war such as Haijiang City, King's Landing City or Seagull Town, take a few hundred golden dragons and live happily for a while, wait until the War of the Five Kings ends and the Riverland regains stability before returning.
Seven hundred gold dragons are a considerable amount of wealth. You must know that the fat woman from the Frey family that old Roose Bolton married was only worth more than a hundred pounds of silver. If she exchanged it for a gold dragon, it would be more than a hundred gold dragons. .
After getting dressed, Arthur made up his mind, walked out of the room with his head held high, and walked towards the hall.
Amber followed.
On the way, Arthur gathered four guards standing guard and ordered them to find bows and arrows and prepare for battle.
The guards received the order and walked quickly towards the weapons room.
The small castle is not big. When Arthur and Amber walked to the entrance of the hall, four guards came back with another four soldiers on duty, and brought eight sets of bows and arrows.
The two-handed sword passed down by the Bracken family was also carried over, and Amber in gray robe held it for Arthur.
After asking eight guards to wait outside the door, Arthur and Amber walked into the hall.
Even in the daytime, the stone castle hall was dark.
On the lord's chair facing the door and leaning against the wall, a middle-aged man dressed as a knight was half-lying and half-reclining, with one foot pretending to be bold and resting on the edge of the chair.
Little did he know that this made him look like a country gangster who had stolen a knight's costume, not what he wanted to pretend to be.
Arthur recognized at a glance that this was his uncle Jules.
Like most second sons, the education Yule received from childhood was fighting and obedience. His position is to assist his elder brother's fighting talents.
But after the original owner, Yule's eldest nephew, was born, Yule was forced to leave here, wandering for twenty-two years, and then came back to attend his brother's funeral.
The wandering time was longer than the time he spent in this castle, which also profoundly changed Yule's character.
Eat well, be lazy to cook, muddle along, and enjoy yourself in the moment!
After attending his brother's funeral, Yule stayed at his nephew's house. He used whatever Arthur used, and he ate whatever Arthur ate.
The original owner from a few months ago still respected this uncle very much. After all, he was the only close relative.
And Yuler has been wandering around the continent of Westeros and Essos for more than 20 years. What he experienced, saw and heard along the way can be boasted for several days without repeating it.
This is exactly what the original owner who grew up in a small castle longed for and lacked.
The two hit it off immediately, and their good relationship was very good.
But as time went by, Yule's inferior nature was exposed.
Love drinking, loving expensive clothes, and loving going shopping in beauty markets!
And all of these things cost money.
When Yule first asked his nephew for money, the original owner was able to give him some, but after gradually getting to know his uncle's character, the upright original owner began to dislike him.
The despised uncle also felt his nephew's dislike and was ready to get away with some big money.
That's how the current scene happened.
"Hey! Isn't this my nephew Arthur? Give me a hundred gold dragons and I will go to King's Landing to participate in the tourney and bring some glory to the Bracken family."
When Yu Le saw Arthur and Amber walking in, he pretended to say casually.
It seems that a hundred gold dragons are as insignificant as a dinner.
However, his actions betraying his heart as he looked slantingly at the window and glanced at Arthur and Amber.
He is not as free and easy as he pretends to be.
"Uncle Yule, do you think we are a Lannister with a gold mine? Take out a hundred gold dragons as soon as you say so?" Arthur, who was standing at the door, asked.
One hundred golden dragons were produced by the Bracken family of Moulin Rouge for more than ten years.
Yule put his legs on the edge of the chair on the ground and said, "So, you don't want to give money?"
Arthur recalled Uncle Yule's various behaviors after attending the funeral for the original owner's father, and decided not to give out a single copper coin. "If I don't have any money, what can I give it to? Besides, I won't give it to you if I have it."
Yu Le looked up and down at his nephew in casual clothes and Amber in gray robes, and then glanced at his neatly dressed plate armor, his confidence greatly increased.
He then stood up in a hurry, pressed the hilt of the sword with his right hand, and shouted with an inward look: "Are you going to test whether my sword is sharp?"
Seeing this, Amber took a step forward, protected her lord, and asked cautiously: "What do you want to do?"
Arthur did not get used to the temper of his uncle who had become a gangster. He ordered the guard outside the door: "Come in and prepare to shoot arrows."
Eight guards with hunting bows were ordered to enter the hall, and then according to the Lord's instructions, they unfurled their bows and nocked arrows.
Arthur chuckled: "Uncle Yule, do you want to test whether my arrow is fast enough?"
Yule's expression changed when he saw the eight soldiers coming in. After hearing Arthur's words, he forced an ugly smile, opened his hands, and walked slowly over as if he wanted to hug them.
"Oh, my good nephew, what are you doing? We are all relatives, and you act like I am a rogue bandit."
After a pause, Jules continued to play the emotional card: "Look, after your father died, I still rushed thousands of miles to the funeral. Uncle is just joking with you, why is it so serious?"
If it were the original owner, he might have forgiven his uncle.
After all, the Bracken family of the Moulin Rouge is sparse, and now there are only two members, Arthur and Jules.
But now Arthur will not be soft-hearted, and sneered: "Stop, take off your sword."
Jules stood with an ugly smile on his face, shrugged helplessly, as if this was the first incident provoked by his unkind nephew.
Seeing that Jules was just like an old man, Arthur ordered the guards around him to shoot an arrow.
Jules jumped in fear, and the arrow hit the wooden floor under his feet.
Seeing that his nephew was serious, his face was uncertain, and he slowly took off his sword and put it aside, and then raised his hands at Arthur's signal.
Amber hurried over to take Jules' sword.
Seeing that the situation was under control, Arthur ordered the guards to put down their bows and arrows.
After all, drawing a bow for a long time is a very tiring action.
Then the young lord raised his handsome chin and said to Yu Le: "I will give you two choices. One is to join my guards and patrol every day. I will give you a monthly salary of five silver deer."
"The second is to take off this plate armor, change into the tattered clothes you wore a few months ago and get out."
The beautiful plate armor on Yu Le was bought by the original owner, a full three gold dragons, and this is the price in the riverland where the handicraft industry is extremely developed.
If it were in King's Landing, the price of this plate armor could double. If it were in the Five Fingers Peninsula or the North Territory where houses are scarce, this outfit might cost all the savings of a small noble family.
Jules was furious when he heard this, "Five silver deer? What do you think of me? A soldier who can be ordered around?"
Arthur signaled the guards around him to draw their bows and arrows again, and then slowly said: "Isn't it? Look at how you just came here. The people of the mountain clans in the Arryn Valley are dressed more luxuriously than you."
Amber beside Jules also picked up the sword and pointed it at the greedy old man.
The fake knight in plate armor rolled his eyes, glanced at the serious Arthur and the guards with bows, and then glanced at Amber behind him.
Although Jules didn't know why his nephew's character became so tough, his experience of traveling for more than 20 years told him that it was best to bow his head now.
"Look at you, we are all family, why are you so unfriendly? It's just standing guard and patrolling, uncle, I can still do it." After hiding his guilty conscience with an awkward smile, Jules bowed his head again.
If he couldn't get the money and the plate armor was taken away, then Jules wouldn't have to go out wandering.
Although life at his nephew's house might be a little bit harsh, it is much better than having to eat one meal and starve for three days outside and worrying about his life.
Not to mention staying here, he can go to the beauty market every few days to visit the brothels.
Normal people know how to choose.
Of course, Arthur's behavior today also made Jules look up to his nephew in his heart.
He can be so cruel to his own uncle, so he will definitely do well in the future.
Arthur was very satisfied with Jules's understanding. After nodding, he sent eight soldiers away.
Seeing that Jules, who had changed from an uncle to a guard, was still stunned, Arthur said to Amber who had put away his sword:
"Arrange some things for this soldier, and also let him change into ordinary chain mail."
Amber agreed.
Jules' eyes widened, obviously not very willing, but the situation was stronger than people, so he had to obey his nephew's arrangement.
Just as the two were walking out of the hall, a guard ran in and shouted:
"Sir, the village chief of He'an Village and several villagers are asking to see you."