Chapter 920: Tournament system
The latest website: The Red Keep held a dinner party to entertain the Stark family who came from afar.
And then another half a month passed, and all the knights who were determined to compete for the honor of the Kingsguard have finally come to King's Landing from all over Westeros and even from across the ocean from the Eastern Continent.
In fact, the journey from Winterfell to King's Landing is far away. Stark and his party are already late. Some of them arrived at King's Landing two or three months in advance. They temporarily rented an apartment to live here, and went to the practice ground every three to five to practice bows. Horse Swordsmanship.
The house prices in King's Landing are not cheap, especially in the inner city of the 'One Ring'. In fact, the house prices in the capital of a huge empire have never been cheap. In Viserys' previous life, some court officials could not even afford to rely on their salary for a lifetime. A property in the capital.
Therefore, these knights from Wuyang Wuyang from all over the empire across the narrow sea have really stimulated a wave of King's Landing's economy.
These knights have driven the development of local ships, markets, housing, and tertiary industries such as brothels and taverns.
These knights spent so much money that they noticed this, and Vilas, who observed the changes in the market, exclaimed in wonder.
"This model...seems to be sustainable for a long time."
"But never spend money like King Robert."
He even had a faint heartbeat, and in the future, he would regularly hold some competition events every few years.
The royal family is not responsible for the food, clothing, housing and transportation expenses of all the knights, and all expenses are taken care of by themselves, but a high bonus can be set, and there is also the honor of the tournament as a temptation.
There are honors and bonuses, and there is no fear of not attracting knights to participate, and as long as enough knights are attracted to participate, this event can become a reserved event to be held regularly.
It can be once every four years, or once every two years, or even once a year, but considering the road problem, if it is once a year, the warriors from the north are afraid that they will be on the road for half of the year.
However, if the economic benefits are abundant enough, once a year is not impossible.
The reason why King Robert held such a heavy loss at the tournament at the beginning, resulting in the royal family's debt of millions of golden dragons, was because King Robert's handwriting was too great.
King Robert exempted all the knights who came to participate in the Tournament Tournament and all expenses such as food, clothing, housing and transportation in King's Landing were all borne by the royal family, and Robert set an outrageous bonus for the Tournament Tournament.
The winner of the immediate spear competition will be awarded 40,000 gold dragons, the second-placed winner will be awarded 20,000 gold dragons, the team melee combat winner will be awarded 20,000 gold dragons, and the archery winner will be awarded 10,000 gold dragons.
This huge sum of money is enough to arm an army, which is ridiculously high, and Velas can't understand how King Robert manages the country, and how Robert's former Prime Minister Jon Arryn can allow the king So spendthrift?
In this competition for the selection of the Kings Guards, many changes have been made to the competition system and the previous competitions. The long-spear competition was cancelled, and the final round was changed to three items: horse duel, step duel and archery duel.
Because the Kingsguard selects all-round talents who can protect the blood of the royal family, rather than knights who specialize in spear competitions, the Kingsguard only needs to protect the safety of the royal family, and does not need to charge himself.
However, these are only the selections of the Kingsguard, which are the affairs of the royal family, and Velas does not care about the competition.
If his little brother, Loras Tyrell, was still alive, he might have come to the tournament, because he vaguely remembered that his brother's biggest dream was to be dressed in white, but unfortunately Loras was dead.
Thinking of this, Vilas' heart still ached slightly, but then he shook his head and temporarily forgot all about it. The deceased is dead. Now he only cares about the economic development of the empire.
And Vilas looked at the direct benefits brought by this tournament, and his inner abacus began to fight.
"If it's just a competition, maybe it's not enough, you can add another yard."
Vilas is worthy of being the former acting minister of finance, and also served as the tax officer of the empire. Vilas is very sensitive to money.
And as the former Prime Minister of the Empire, everyone except the Emperor and Empress asked him for money.
The Minister of War asked for money to continue to replenish the armament.
The Minister of Agriculture asked for money to develop grain cultivation and expand farmland.
The Minister of Craftsman also wants money...
Minister of the Sea...
Therefore, as soon as Vilas opened his eyes, a bunch of people reached out to him for money, and he had to find a way to make more money.
"This method may be tried in this competition."
Velas planned to increase the stakes in the Tournament. In the future, the game could be officially opened, allowing the people of King's Landing to freely bet on which knight would win.
With the royal family as a guarantee, it is not a black casino, and the public naturally dares to invest generously. As long as the amount of funds is large enough, the royal family can draw water from it, regardless of the outcome.
Velas was planning to set up a bet for this Kingsguard selection tournament, while Arya, who was gearing up to participate in the tournament, found her brother's friend, the one he admired in the Twilight Hall. Countess Brienne.
"Where did you learn your swordsmanship from?"
And after a fight between Brienne and Arya, she was impressed by the small but flexible girl in front of her.
The one who was nimble was like a cat, and the one who was wielding a big sword clumsily in front of the other was like a big bear.
Brienne crawled out of the **** sea of corpses on the battlefield of the ghouls, and her swordsmanship removed a lot of complexity and became simple and sharp. Her swordsmanship was born to kill, in order to kill more enemies, Go ahead.
But Arya is a soft ball of water, trying to wrap Brienne's sharpness as much as possible. However, Arya's water is also sharp. The first two times Brienne despised the other party. Seize the loophole.
But then Brienne got serious. A big sword was swung like a tiger, and Arya had no chance. After all, there was a huge gap in strength between the two sides.
"Where did you learn it?"
Arya gasped slightly, patted the footprints on her chest that Brienne kicked and flew out, and then said.
"I figured it out myself."
"I have many teachers, and everyone teaches differently. In the end, I chose a path that suits me."
Both Arya and Brienne were already on a different trajectory.
Brienne is stronger than the female knight in the original trajectory, because she walked through the real sea of corpses and blood, and the murderous aura on her body and the sharpness of the sword she wielded are enough to be daunting.
And Arya is also different from the original trajectory. She did not become a faceless person, but she may not be much weaker than the original trajectory in frontal combat.
She studied with her brother, Jon Snow, who was extremely gifted in swordsmanship.
Although Jon is not well-known and is now serving on the Great Wall of Desperation, in fact he is also a swordsman who is hard to rival among the Seven Kingdoms.
Later, father Ed saw his daughter's talent and characteristics in practicing swordsmanship, so he sent someone across the narrow sea to find her an assassin from Braavos.
Although Arya's teacher was not Sirio Freer, he also taught Arya the essence of water dance.
And Arya later practiced archery and swordsmanship with her aunt.
Her martial arts talent is here, and she will be chosen by Jaqen Hegar in the original trajectory. Although she has not embarked on the path of the Faceless, she will not be weak if she takes another path.
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