Chapter 247 A little thought

"Why are we bringing people here at this time?" In the newly built Ridge City in the western section of the Frontier, Linde said helplessly after receiving the letter from King's Landing City.

"Don't worry, Moose and Bert are capable of dealing with these things, and your arrangements in advance have been very complete." Jon Bulwe said with a slight smile.

Lind didn't say anything, just nodded, then turned to look at Jon Bulwe, and asked: "How is the effect of the medicine I gave you recently?"

"Very good." Jon responded with a smile.

After Jon succeeded Blackcrown City, he fell seriously ill and was just a hair away from death. The Bulwe family began to discuss the succession of the next patriarch and Earl of Blackcrown City.

Fortunately, the Black Cave had already developed the initial version of the Seven Mysterious Medicines at that time. After getting the information, Linde sent the fastest boat down the river to deliver it to Jon, and saved Jon's life from the edge of death. return.

However, even though Jon's life was saved, his body seemed to have suffered a lot of damage, and he had been in constant pain over the years.

Later, it was Moroya who suggested that he move away from Black Crown City and settle in Miracle Harbor, which has a more pleasant climate. Moreover, it is also very close to the Summer Hall, so if there is any problem, he can be treated in time.

After careful consideration, Jon accepted the proposal and took his family to settle down in Miracle Port. It happened that the manor he owned when he was the steward of Miracle Port was still left to him, and his family did not need to buy another house.

Blackcrown City is under the management of Maester Normand, who is a cousin of Duke Mace Tyrell. He has served Blackcrown City since Jon's father's generation and is a trustworthy person.

Blackcrown City has always had a very close relationship with Highgarden. It has been married to the Tyrell family for several generations. Jon's wife, Lady Victoria, is already a bit far away from the Tyrell family in Highgarden in terms of biological relationship. After all, her surname is Tyrell, and it is still in the Tyrell family's genealogy, so naturally they cannot be absent from Garland's wedding.

They joined Linde's team when they passed Miracle Port, and after Jon joined, Linde habitually asked him to be his deputy to assist in dealing with Summer Hall as before. various matters.

"How are the two little guys?" With Jon's assistance, the few matters were quickly dealt with. Lind inserted the quill back into the pen holder and washed it in the basin brought by the servant. He checked the ink on his hand and asked at the same time.

"I think they should watch the Winged Dragon over there in the cage." Jon sorted and sealed the documents on the table and handed them to a special messenger to send them back to Summer Hall.

"Come on, let's go take a look too!" Linde left the room and walked towards the courtyard of the castle.

The Ridge City Castle has not yet been completely built. It only has the foundation, city walls and main tower. As for other facilities, it is still under construction.

When Linde's team passed by here, he decided to rest here for a day and check out the situation in Ridge City. After all, he had never been here since it was taken back to the Summer Hall, and his understanding of the place only stayed on paper.

Although judging from the current situation, the importance of Ridge City seems to be the smallest among the territories controlled by Linde. However, as the minerals in the surrounding mountainous areas are developed one by one, Ridge City will inevitably become the most important resource city for Linde. , just like the Red Guard City, so he also has a complete plan for the construction of the castle here, and is not just building a landmark that takes up a lot of land.

Because they were only staying for one day, all the gear of the convoy was not unloaded, and they camped directly in the courtyard of the castle just like they were in the wild.

In the camp in the courtyard, there is a camp that is completely independent of the main camp and is set up close to the city wall. There are several large cages in that camp, and a dozen of the Chosen Sons of God stand in the cages holding various fresh meats. On the side, feed the long pterosaur baby in the cage.

One of the cages was opened, and the pterosaur cub inside was taken out by a chosen son of God and placed on a stall in the center of the camp. Lind's son Augustus and Jon's daughter Alysanne were sitting on the stall. On the bed, teasing the long-winged dragon cubs, a noble lady and her servants looked at the two little guys nervously, for fear that they would be hurt by the ferocious-looking long-winged dragon.

After these long-winged dragon babies hatched from the eggs, Lind began to look for suitable dragon knights for them. The chosen son of God who had passed the loyalty test was naturally his first choice. Soon he got along well with the long-winged dragon babies. Through the spiritual connection with the cub, he found a dozen chosen sons who could make the pterosaur cub feel comfortable and not attack.

After that, these long-winged dragon cubs were assigned to the Chosen Sons of God, who were responsible for feeding and domesticating them. Although it only took a few days, the effect was still obvious. Linde could sense the emotions of the long-winged dragon cubs. , promptly pointed out their wrong methods of feeding and taming the Pterosaurs, which allowed them to quickly establish a trusting relationship with the Pteranodon babies and begin to accept the feeding of the Chosen Son of God.

Because this domestication process cannot be interrupted, and once it is interrupted, it will be very difficult to re-domesticate them. Therefore, when going to Highgarden this time, Linde could only take these long-winged dragon cubs with him.

Although the long-winged dragon has a strong attack habit, it will not cause any harm because it is a cub. In addition, with the Son of God's Chosen taking care of it, the two little guys are fine. On the contrary, the long-winged dragon The cub was teased by the two little guys, but instead felt aggrieved and angry. At least these were the two emotions that Lind felt the strongest from the cub.

When Lind came to the carpet, the cub couldn't wait to crawl to Lind's side to find safety.

Linde picked up the cub, stroked it twice, handed it to the Son of God's Chosen, and asked him to put it back in the cage. He didn't pay any attention to Ou who was holding his legs and calling out, wanting to grow a pterosaur cub. Gustus.

"Your Majesty, Earl." Mrs. Victoria took her daughter and saluted Linde.

Lind reached out and touched Alysanne's head and said, "I said, with my relationship with Jon, there is no need to go through these red tapes."

Mrs. Victoria just smiled and said nothing.

Linde didn't say anything else and took the two little guys to play a game of building blocks on the stall.

Seeing how Lynd took good care of Alexa, Mrs. Victoria smiled on her face, and then gestured to Jon where Lynd couldn't see, but Jon frowned and shook his head slightly.

Mrs. Victoria's idea was to take advantage of the fact that Alexa and Augustus were close, and since the two were close in age, Lind also showed that he liked Alexa very much, so she wanted to let Jon test it out. If the marriage between the two can be successful, it will be a good thing for the Bulway family and the Tyrell family.

However, Jon knew Lind's character very well and would definitely not agree to this matter. Moreover, he also had self-awareness and knew that although he and Lind were both earls and lords of the same party, their actual statuses were too different. , even if Linde agreed to the marriage proposal, the ministers of Shengxia Hall would definitely oppose it, so he didn't even mention it.

Seeing her husband's expression, Mrs. Victoria naturally knew that her husband had not said anything, and a look of displeasure appeared on her face.

When the couple was communicating behind Lind's back, Lind suddenly said: "Do you know? After cleaning up the ghosts in Summer Hall, I specially found books recording Aegon V Targaryen. Come and see, I found that although Aegon V is not a qualified king, he is a truly worthy of respect."

Jon avoided his wife's eyes and added: "Yes, he is indeed a respectable man. The legendary stories of him and Ser Duncan the Tall are still circulating in the Seven Kingdoms, and I believe these stories will continue to be passed on." Go down."

"You don't understand what I mean. I respect him not because of his travel stories with the tall Sir Duncan." Lind turned his head and looked at Jon and said, "I respect him because he is the youngest member of the Seven Kingdoms." Some qualified fathers, even if their children break their marriage vows and pursue true love, bring crisis to the family, he still does not punish his children, he just silently takes on all the blame for them. "

Jon and Mrs. Victoria immediately understood what Lind meant, looked panicked, and lowered their heads slightly.

Lynde smiled and said: "I have also decided to learn from Aegon V. I will not arrange Augustus's marriage, nor will I ask him to marry anyone for profit. I hope he can find true love on his own, Jon, 伱What do you think?”

"I think that's good too." Jon replied immediately.

Linde looked at Mrs. Victoria again and said, "If you have time, you can go to the castle more and let the two little guys spend more time together. Who can tell what will happen in the future?"

Mrs. Victoria also had a smile on her face when she heard what Linde said. Although Linde had hinted that he would not interfere in Augustus's marriage, he also gave Alexa a chance, which was already very good for her. news.

Only the two little ones, Alexa and Augustus, were still playing with the building blocks in a daze, unaware that the three adults behind them had already arranged for them.

Linde stayed in Ridge City for a day, dealt with the affairs of Ridge City, and then continued towards Highgarden.

The team left the mountains of the frontier and came to the south bank of the Zhoutu River, passing through the territory of the Fossoway family in Cider Hall.

When passing by the Cider Hall, the Fossoway family warmly received Linde and his party.

The relationship between the Fossoway family and the Tyrell family of Highgarden has always been bad, because their family is descended from the archer Foso, the son of Garth the Green Hand, and they consider themselves to be far superior to the Tillys in terms of noble blood. Your family is much nobler, and after the Gardener family is destroyed, they are more qualified to become the Lords of Highgarden.

However, the housekeeper of the gardener family Tyrell occupied the position of Lord of Highgarden and became the Guardian of the South. Naturally, they were not willing to succumb to others.

Therefore, for more than two hundred years, the Fossoway family has tried every means to kick the Tyrell family out of the position of Lord of Highgarden, and have the Fossoway family recast the oak throne of Garth Greenhand.

It is a pity that the Dukes of Highgarden of the Tyrell family have been very clever in resolving various difficulties caused by the Fossoway family, and gradually disintegrated the anti-Highgarden alliance gathered under the name of Greenhand Garth, and gradually sat down Stabilizing the position of Lord of Highgarden.

Now, the battle between the Fossoway family and the Tyrell family of Highgarden is more of a battle of spirits. The Fossoway family also knows that it is impossible for them to overthrow the rule of the Tyrell family, so their relationship with the Tyrell family also gradually improved.

Leonie Fossoway, whom Garland is going to marry this time, is from a branch of the Fossoway family in Cider Hall, and with Leonie Fossoway joining Highgarden, many knights from the Fossoway family have also joined. In the Highgarden Guards, serving the Tyrells is more or less a sign of the Fossoway family giving up hostility and agreeing with the rule of the Tyrells.

The reason why the Fossoway family enthusiastically welcomed Linde's team was not just because of the relationship between Linde and Garland and Linde's own influence, but also because the Fossoway family hoped that Linde could open a road from Ridge City. The road connects the fruit wine hall.

Since the construction of Miracle Port, the Fossoway family of Cider Hall has always hoped to open up the wine supply of Miracle Port. However, because of the trouble of transportation, they need to detour to Summer Hall and then go south through the Bone Road to Miracle Port. Compared with It would be more laborious and laborious to ship directly by sea.

However, as Nymeria conquered the southern Dorne Frontier, built a ridge city in the center of the Frontier, and built a road to connect to the Bone Road, the situation changed somewhat.

The Cider Hall only needs to open a road to Ridge City, and then it can pass directly through the borderland and directly reach the Miracle Port. Not only is the distance short, but there are also the Chosen Corps of Summer Hall patrolling along the way, so there is no problem with safety.

Therefore, at the dinner party for Linde, Earl Fossoway made a timely suggestion to test Linde's interest in opening roads. During the test, he also made it clear that they were willing to jointly fund the construction of roads.

Faced with such benefits, Linde would naturally not refuse. In fact, even if the Fossoway family did not mention it, Linde would still visit the Cider Hall after Ridge City was built to discuss building roads and opening up Miracle Harbor and Miracle Harbor. Inland trade connections in the Reach.

Now that the Fossoway family is so active, he will naturally not object, and even stated that road construction will be allocated according to the scope of their respective territories, rather than each paying half as Earl Fossoway originally mentioned.

This proposal undoubtedly reduced the disadvantages of the Fossoway family. Naturally, Earl Fossoway was very satisfied, and soon an agreement was revised and signed that night.

In addition, the Fossoway family may be good at planting fruit trees and brewing fine wine, but construction projects such as building roads are obviously beyond their capabilities, and the current Summer Hall is obviously strong in this aspect.

Therefore, after the agreement was signed, Earl Fossoway drafted an employment agreement to hire craftsmen from Summer Hall to help the Fossoway family build the roads in that part of the Cider Hall territory.

Although Lind was not particularly familiar with financial matters, he was able to make a rough calculation. Under the influence of this employment agreement, he built the road from Ridge City to the Cider Hall without any loss. Money, on the contrary, can make a lot of money from it. After all, the people who build the roads are almost all serving prisoners of war and prisoners. The cost is only some daily consumption of food, which is almost negligible.