It was probably the most comfortable sleeping experience he had ever had. This was Arthur's first reaction when he woke up.
The soft feather bed was sunken into a human shape, carrying him through the night.
As soon as I woke up and went out, there was a valet waiting at the door, and then a tub, towels and other items for washing were brought over.
After Arthur rinsed his mouth with salt and water and dried his handsome face with a towel, the servant took the tools and left.
He said someone would come over and guided Arthur to the hall for breakfast.
The Lord of the Moulin Rouge put on his own plate armor during this interval, without helmet or visor.
Originally, according to normal aristocratic etiquette, when visiting someone else's house, you should not wear armor when dining, but should wear everyday home clothes such as silk robes or woolen blouses.
But Arthur didn't bring such clothing, so he made do with plate armor.
The returning servant guided Arthur through the long corridors, stairs, and up three floors before arriving at his destination.
To be honest, Arthur felt that a joke from his previous life aptly described the size of Highgarden:
My doorman and the chef broke up because of long-distance relationship.
The place where guests have breakfast in High Court is a very spacious hall.
It was visually estimated that there could be enough room for hundreds of people to stand, but in fact there were only a few dozen people there now.
There was a long table in the middle, with chairs on both sides, and rows of male and female servants against the wall.
There were already more than a dozen nobles sitting at the long table and starting to have breakfast.
The noble emblems on their collars were so diverse that Arthur didn't recognize most of them.
"Master Arthur, please sit next to us."
cried Hopper.
This time the Lord of Moulin Rouge finally separated the two.
He accepted the invitation because he still wanted to ask for some details.
"A piece of bread, half a chicken, two small fish like this, and a large glass of ale." After sitting down on the chair, Arthur said to the footman who came over.
The clever servant nodded and quickly went to get the food.
"Who is the person in your family who comes to trade weapons and armor?"
This is Arthur's first question.
"My father, Paxter Redwine. He happened to be invited to attend a party in Highgarden."
The Queen of Thorns is Paxter's aunt, and the two parties have frequent contacts.
If it was the governor of the Redwin family who came, Arthur would feel more at ease.
According to rumors, the twins were very fond of Lord Paxter.
According to the plot of the original book, Hobb and Horace stayed in the capital after the tourney in King's Landing, and after the war broke out, they were taken hostage by King's Landing.
Therefore, Earl Redwin was afraid of fighting against the Lion Family and the King's Alliance, and declared his neutrality.
Redwyne of the Arbor is one of the first-tier nobles in the entire Westeros continent. His family has more than 10,000 soldiers and a fleet of two hundred longships.
For comparison, the entire Wang family fleet only has more than 200 ships.
Such family neutrality caused Renly, who was supposed to crush Stannis in all aspects, to lose his maritime advantage in the Narrow Sea.
This is also the direct reason why Storm's End Castle was besieged by Stannis Erlu's 5,000 troops after the war.
Now that the twins have been brought back to the Reach ahead of time by Arthur, and the Redwyne family is a traditional strong ally of the Rose family, their fleet will inevitably join the future battle.
Therefore, after the war begins, the two brothers of the Deer family should fight for a few rounds on the Narrow Sea first, so that the entire fall of the Reach to the Lannister family will be greatly delayed, or may not even happen.
It would be much easier for the Fish and Wolf family to deal with the Lion family and the king's leader.
Arthur himself also had a chance to develop.
Otherwise, if the Rose House and the Lannister House join forces in the future, the number of retired soldiers will reach 100,000.
No matter how strong he is, Arthur can't defeat him. Even if he wins, he will be left alone.
Speaking of which, in the early days of the war, the wily Tywin actually made many mistakes.
According to the geography of Westeros, in any big war between several countries, as long as the Lannister family maintains its strength by remaining neutral in the early stage, and then sends troops to the rivers and royal territories in the later stage, the Lannister family will always get the maximum benefit.
But in the early days of the War of Five Kings, Tywin first sent troops to the river for the glory of his family, and then his pig teammate Joffrey chopped off the head of the Northern Lord, and then he formed an undying feud with the Fish and Wolf family.
Being dragged through the mire of the riverlands and unable to free his feet.
Even though the Western Territory was half harmed by Young Wolf Lord Robb, Tywin still led 20,000 main troops to hoard on the Eastern Front and did not rescue his hometown.
This mistake of sending troops to the river for his dwarf son could have been avoided, but Tywin still made the mistake despite knowing it.
If he didn't do it, he wouldn't be the arrogant Lord Tywin, and he wouldn't be the governor of the Lannister family who is reinvigorating the Lion family and manipulating everything.
His pride does not allow anyone to infringe on the name Lannister.
What qualifications do wolves and trout have to judge a lion?
Arthur thought generally for a long time, and then asked his second question:
"If I spend money to hire them, how many reliable warriors can I recruit in the Reach? The kind that can really go on the battlefield."
The Riverlands is the origin of the knight culture of the entire Westeros continent. Compared with the Riverlands, another large grain-producing area, the people in the Rose family's fiefdom are very martial.
In addition, with the largest population among the seven countries, there are a lot of warriors to recruit.
Now that the war is about to begin, we can recruit as many as we can.
Although Horace didn't understand why Arthur was so keen on expanding his military strength, he still gave a reference:
"It's near Highgarden. There's no problem in using the golden dragon to mobilize two to three hundred people. If you have time, you can go to Old Town and have a look. There are more free warriors and wandering knights there."
Oldtown is one of the five largest cities in the mainland. It is also a school city and the location of the Starry Cathedral where Aegon I was crowned. Naturally, there are more "idle people" gathering here.
But Arthur felt that there was not enough time.
Twelve days have passed since the tourney, and the little devil may have been captured. Within two or three weeks after that, the Mountain set out from Casterly Rock and brought two to three hundred people with him to cause trouble along the Red Fork River.
It would take more than two weeks for Arthur to go north to the Riverlands with his weapons and armor, and it was too late to go to Oldtown again.
If two hundred people could be recruited near High Court, that would be a good result.
Arthur nodded, indicating that he understood, and then immersed himself in the meal.
The quality of the food provided by this top aristocratic family is very high, so it’s always good to eat more.
After breakfast, all the nobles in this hall were taken to another room that was equally large and exaggerated.
Here, Duke Mace Tyrell, nicknamed "Inflatable Fish" and Lord of the Reach, will handle their affairs.
After waiting for a long time, it was finally time to wait for Arthur.
"The letter crow from King's Landing has already explained the situation. I have decided to let you go to the weapons depot to choose the armor and weapons you need. No more than three hundred sets will be fine."
This was the reply of the Duke of Metz.
Arthur was satisfied with this.
But the next second, his satisfaction disappeared.
"With me here, you can never take away a weapon." A strong male voice sounded.
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