Chapter 180: Ringol's Expedition (II): Friends, Brothers and Knights (Two in One)

Ringol held the necklace on his chest. It was secretly given to him by Uncle Rey. It was not a valuable item. Compared with the jewelry worn by his sisters when he was still in the family, it was like a little duck meeting a white swan. But it was better in material, workmanship and the rubies inlaid on it. If it was sold to a knowledgeable merchant, it could be sold for at least 10 gold dragons. Even if it was sold to those small merchants, it could be sold for two or three hundred silver deer, enough for Ringol to survive for a while in the most difficult times.

However, if we use the actual situation in Westeros, Ringol actually did not need to prepare additional property.

He had armor - although it was not Valyrian steel armor, it was also made of Varese blood steel. The original plate armor breastplate and shoulder armor also had heraldic patterns and complex patterns inlaid with pure silver and enamel, but Hoffa and his craftsmen erased it before departure.

He has a warhorse - a Varese Silverblood horse. This kind of horse can be seen as a good horse by those who know the goods. However, because it has only become the standard warhorse of the Silverblood Cavalry in recent years, many people actually don’t know that it is a regulated military warhorse, nor do they know that it is a new breed.

More importantly, he has swords, more than one, and even a spear with distinct borderland and Dornish characteristics.

Although he didn’t know that the rapier on his waist was the Valyrian steel sword "Starsinger", he knew that in the land of Westeros, a guy with armor, warhorse, and weapons would basically not go hungry.

Even in peacetime, small lords need people to protect their land, because the feudal lords rarely pay attention to their interests, except for Jacaerys and Longzel. Merchants need to hire warriors to protect them on the long trade route, and lords also need people to prove their bravery. Whether the wandering knight or warrior wins the tournament or not, they may earn the lord’s money. At least they can earn the lord’s food and bed-unless he is stupid.

Lingol felt that he was not hopeless.

At least he would never starve to death with his own skills.

No wonder he was confident.

"Huh" the boy put the necklace back into the collar of his armor and patted the warhorse under his crotch. The warhorse, which he also named "Star Song", obediently and slowly quickened its pace. "Sorry Star Song." Lingol apologized to his dragon in his heart. Who told him that he was a bad namer? He thought for a long time and still couldn't figure out what to call his warhorse. He calculated the money on him. He usually lived very frugally. Most of his annual salary was used to help his friends in the Purple Palace. The rest was secretly saved by him to buy gifts for his younger brothers and sisters, so now he has 92 silver deer and 8 gold dragons in his purse. Danyla also hid a small gold bar in the hilt of the Star Singer.

This money was secretly taken out by his mother from the place where she hid money in her room. Lingol knew that his mother knew that he had hidden the money, but he didn't expect that his mother actually knew where he hid the money. Of course, his mother didn't take out all the money.

The money that Lingol had saved over the years was enough for him to buy a manor and become a wealthy knight.

"We have to buy a packhorse, preferably two." Lingol knew that Xingge was a warhorse, and it would definitely be a problem to let it carry him in armor for a long time. At this time, what Lingol had learned gradually occupied the high ground of his brain again. "The price of horses in my father's territory is lower than that in the surrounding area. The price of a normal warhorse is about 800 to 900 silver deer, and the price of a packhorse is between 600 and 700 silver deer. However, the cheapest one must be Uncle Ago's Karasa settlement. If you give a valuable enough gift to the bandits in the settlement, you may even be able to exchange for a silver-blooded horse."

Just as Lingol was thinking about it on horseback, suddenly, a sound of horse hooves came into the boy's ears, which made Lingol clear his mind instantly. He reined in the warhorse vigilantly and slowly retreated to the woods beside the road.

No, it shouldn't be an enemy.

Lingol closed his eyes and carefully judged the direction and source of the horse's hoof sound. He could hear it with his naked ears, which meant that the riders were very close to him. If Lingol guessed correctly, there were two horses running towards him and would soon catch up with him.

Who could it be?

He knew that there would be basically no enemies on this road.

Over the years, Longzel's most frequent official duties were to build towns, prepare roads and bridges. The original Bone Road-Stone Road, which connected the Stormland, the Borderland, and East Dorne, was renovated. The Bone Road went north and successfully intersected with the King's Road. In addition to the Bone Road, two roads that crossed the borderland and the prince's territory from east to west were also built in these years with the Prince's Pass as the axis. The Silver Blood Road in the north started from Midsummer Hall and intersected with the Bone Road. Then it went west all the way, crossed the mountains of the Red Mountains, and extended to various castles, manors, and towns like a spider web along the way, and finally ended at the Star Harbor City at the western end of the River Bay.

Rey has been trying to push Star Harbor to replace Old Town.

Unfortunately, Old Town has unique water conservancy conditions. The Mead River is not as flat as the Mander River. It is densely covered with reefs and sandbanks, making it a very good water transport channel. Even though Old Town is no longer as prosperous as it used to be and the city is in decline, it is still the most important port in the River Bay.

So Star Harbor did not become the next Wine Harbor and Silver Crown Harbor in the end.

The second Silver Crown Road starts from Silver Crown City and is divided into two branches at Prince's Pass. One branch connects to Silver Blood Road to the north, replacing the sand road of Prince's Pass, and the other branch continues to the west, all the way to Starfall City.

After Daemon's death, Longzel took over the power of the kingdom. Silver Blood Road was officially connected with King's Road and Rose Road. Starting from Sunspear City, the desert road that finally merges into Bone Road-Stone Road and Silver Crown Road was finally built in these years.

The road network that connects the seven kingdoms was started during the reign of King Jaehaerys and was finally completed during the reign of Longzel.

Merchants have already begun to gather on the road since the road was not completed. For these land merchants, a flat and wide road is enough for them to do many things.

No bandits would dare to rob or anything on this road, after all, there is a Silver Blood Army manor near the road that is responsible for protecting the road.

So Lingol just wondered why someone was so anxious to run in his direction.

When the two horses appeared in his sight, Lingol couldn't help but frown.

Why are they the two?

Regen Kaon quickly glanced at the people in front of him, behind him, and beside him, and squeezed his legs against the horse's belly to slow down.

Strange, why didn't he find His Highness Lingol? He shouldn't walk in the wilderness or on the trail, right?

Instead, Elarion next to him suddenly came to Regen and quietly touched the silver-haired boy's arm: "Regen, look, does that person look like His Highness?"

Regen looked in the direction where Elarion was looking, and sure enough, he saw Lingol on the side of the road, also looking in the direction where the two were coming. The two boys hurriedly rode forward.

There was no mistake, even if the hair was black and the eyes had changed color, but there was no mistake about that face.

Regen recognized Lingol at once, but Elarion hesitated for a moment.

Interestingly, the Kaon family, where Regen came from, was the chief retainer family of the Vareses family and also a branch of the Vareses family. After the Vareses family moved to the Black Wall, the first generation of the family, "The Lost Dragon" Lingol, and the child born to a woman without dragon blood established this family.

However, by Regen's generation, the dragon blood in the Kaon family was almost gone. But he could still tell at a glance that Lingol had changed his appearance with blood magic and disguise magic.

Not only because they were very familiar with each other, but also because Regen was more familiar with the "smell" of his distant relative.

As for what it was, Regen couldn't tell clearly.

Seeing that Regen had already pulled Elarion to his side, Lingol knew that he had no way to hide his identity. He knew that Regen was familiar enough with him that he could recognize him at once.

Then there was no need to quibble.

"You two." Lingol actually wanted to say at first, why are you two not studying hard in the Purple Palace, and come to me? Did you skip class again? But when the words came to his lips, he remembered the look his father gave him before he left, and the words that Uncle Hoffa had told him.

Hoffa was very self-aware. He knew very well that he abided by the rules and laws because he was a minister of Longzel and he had to serve Longzel. Therefore, he had to do his best to follow the rules set by Longzel. But Lingol was not like that.

In the future, he would not only abide by the rules set by his father, but also make his own rules.     But he actually only said one sentence to Lingol.

"Be a minister to me, like me as a monarch."

Lingol swallowed the words he was about to say, and looked at the friends who caught up with him a little embarrassedly. Regon was one of his best friends and the only friend from another family who had secretly ridden Star Song with him. Although Alarian was not as close to him as Regon, he was also one of the few children who played well in the Purple Palace.

Ringol knew almost the reason why Regen was looking for Elarion. This boy was full of brute force and was the best swordsman among the children of the Purple Palace in terms of riding and swordsmanship, especially swordsmanship. Whether it was a two-handed sword, a one-handed sword, a half-handed sword or a rapier, Elarion was very skilled and was no worse than those adults.

Of course, he still couldn't beat Aslan.

"How did you get here?" Ringol looked at his two good friends and jumped off the horse. The two teenagers followed him and got off the horse. Elarion took Ringol's reins with ease, and tied his own horse and Regen's horse together. The three teenagers went into the woods beside the road.

This forest was a new tree species planted when the road was built. After more than ten years of growth, it has now become quite large. Under the shade of the trees, the three teenagers found a clean ground and sat down. Regen looked at Ringol with some surprise.

"Your Highness, you shouldn't say the first sentence is" Lei Geng pretended to be very serious and continued: "Why are you two not studying hard with the scholars and knights in the Purple Palace? Why are you skipping classes and running here? Do you want to be punished?"

Lingol scratched his brown-black hair a little embarrassedly. Lei Geng was the only outsider who dared to make such a joke in front of him. There was no special reason. It was simply that this kid was shameless, or thick-skinned. Even if he was punished, he would stick to him next time. Over time, Lingol also found that he could tolerate Lei Geng's jokes.

And this kid's jokes were often on point.

Just like today. He said what he wanted to say directly, which made him very embarrassed.

Regen and Elarion were able to escape to find him at the risk of being punished by Hoffa, which was enough to prove their loyalty and friendship to him. My father had such friends around him, and so did I.

But would my past actions hurt my friends?

Lingol didn't know.

But what Lingol knew was that his father had taught him that when he found something he didn't know, he had to learn and explore. "I will know, and I will let my friends see a brand new me."

Lingol said in his heart.

His thoughts gradually returned to Regen and Elarion.

"To be honest, I suspect that Sir Hoffa and his men let us escape on purpose. Your Highness, I was wondering why the walls of Dragonzel Palace were so low. Wasn't it intentional to leave us a way out to play? So we didn't dare to take that road before. As a result, when Alarion and I came out together this time, we really didn't see anyone. Sir Hoffa and his men would never let go of such a hidden place."

"And we got the horse very easily." Alarion also reacted at this time. Something is not right. Everything is too smooth.

Ringol smiled and shook his head. He naturally knew why this was. His father "exiled" him because he was too naive, so naive that he didn't look like someone who had followed him for so many years, but his father also cherished him.

After all, if it comes to bloodline.

He and Samantha are the only two pure-blooded dragon kings in the world.

A real, pure-blooded dragon king without a single impurity.

Just like the information he and Samantha could understand from Xingge and Huohuo every time they went to the dragon cave to visit the family's dragons. The dragons called their father Longzel "a dangerous fellow", and called themselves and Samantha "the same fellow" and "the cub".

This is also the fundamental reason why the two of them can never get together. If they get together, it is basically impossible for them to give birth to offspring.

Even if there is, it will be a monster that kills the mother.

"You two, although my father exiled me, he can't watch me starve to death or be killed by some unknown person." Lingol hugged the necks of his two good brothers: "So he also sent you two to assist me."

At this point, Lingol suddenly lowered his head.

"Thank you."

Regen was stunned for a moment, tilted his head, and shouted loudly and deliberately: "Hey, hey, your highness, your armor is too uncomfortable, don't you feel tired wearing this piece of iron?"

Elarion only noticed that Lingol was still wearing a set of plate armor at this moment, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Ringol blushed: "I haven't bought a packhorse yet, so there's no place to put the armor."

"Use my horse." Alarion stood up and patted his chest. "Rhaegon is weak, Your Highness, you can't be without a warhorse, so use mine."

Anyway, if it's a fight, Alarion on horseback is confident that he can defeat most enemies.

"This" Ringol immediately frowned: "Alarion, you are also a warrior, how can a warrior be without a warhorse?"

He raised his hand and said in an unquestionable tone: "At least I'm not tired now, and Xingge won't consume too much energy if he walks and stops, so I can hold on until the horse market."

Ringol remembered that there was a small market town "Horse Market" nearby, governed by a knight under the command of the Kafulun family. Merchants in the market would regularly bring gifts to the nearby settlements to exchange horses with the Dothraki.

The Dothraki in Ago's khalasar are now very skilled in "trade", although they still stubbornly call trade "returning gifts to friends."

But everyone has made money anyway, so they don't care about these nominal differences.

"You are my friends and my family's subjects. How can I sacrifice your interests to satisfy my selfish desires?"

Lingol said firmly.

The early morning update and today's first update are combined and sent out, 4500+, and there will be another chapter later.