Paul Norton was originally the son of a farmer. Since he was a child, he relied on his extraordinary physique and strength to become the squire of a knight lord.
Of course, there had been wars in the past few years, and his father had died long ago. With his simple and honest personality, he carried goods on the dock to keep his family alive. Later, the Duke of Lynn came to recruit soldiers, and Paul signed up.
Because he had training experience as a knight, he was successfully selected into the heavy cavalry regiment. From that day on, he often trained and fought with the Duke.
The steward even told him two days ago that the Duke would personally confer him a knighthood! He was so excited that he couldn't believe it the whole day after that.
He is going to become a knight! And he will be conferred by the Duke himself!
What an honor!
At the same time, he also gave himself a piece of land. Although it was not large, it was enough for his family to live a prosperous life.
"Thank you, Lord Duke!"
As a quasi-knight, Paul needed to bathe and change clothes the day before his canonization, and then put on the white shirt and red robe he received. Other members of the knights told him that the white shirt symbolizes purity, and the red robe symbolizes heroic fighting.
Afterwards, they went to the Hall of Stags to pray, and placed their armor and weapons under the throne to receive blessings.
According to tradition, these prayers and blessings should be performed in the church, but the church at Storm's End has long been vacant and the Duke converted it into a school, so the prayers were held in the Stag Hall instead.
Paul was the first person when he came here, and then other would-be knights arrived one after another. Everyone's faces were filled with excitement and anticipation. They would pray under the throne all night long!
As the prayer progressed, the lights in the hall were extinguished, and everyone gradually became quiet. Everyone arranged themselves in an orderly manner, closed their eyes and prayed. The surroundings were dark and so quiet that they could only hear their own inner voices.
Paul, like others, began to look at himself, pray for God's grace, and be grateful for the Duke's gift!
The next day, the sun shined brightly through the tall windows, and Lin En stepped into the hall.
Crash--
The would-be knights lined up on both sides and knelt down on one knee, watching Linn's iron boots walking towards the throne.
After he sat down on the throne, the knights began to swear an oath,
"I will be loyal, I will value honor, I will be just, I will protect the weak..."
These oaths surged back and forth in the hall like thunder, deafening and shocking. At the same time, the guardian obviously felt the difference. This oath was absolutely different from the past.
Every word and sentence of the oath seems to have a weight that is heavy on my heart and engraved into my soul!
It was as if God was watching them from above!
After the oath was completed, the knights looked up at the throne. Lin En sitting on it became different in their eyes. It was as if they saw their father, their faith, and their light souls seemed to have weight and support! A sense of fulfillment filled their whole bodies.
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Paul and the others knelt on the ground, held their heads high, and shed tears uncontrollably!
Taking an oath in front of this demigod is of course different from bragging in a tavern. Even if Linn is only a demigod, his weak divinity can still bind the oath, just like the original deal with Daenerys!
Lin En blessed the armor in front of the throne, walked up to the knights, hung the swords on their waists with his own hands, and punched them again, completing the most important "sword granting ceremony" in the entire ceremony.
Every knight trembled at the contact with him, not fear, but excitement, even so excited that they couldn't help themselves, as if they had come into contact with God!
After that, they have to go to the school field, ride on their war horses, chop up the dummies, and accept the cheers of the people.
Of course, these no longer require Linn’s presence,
After completing the canonization ceremony, he returned to the tower,
The next day, he consecrated his first lord, Ronald,
Ronald was originally the illegitimate son of Eagle's Nest. When Linn sent him to recover Eagle's Nest, he completed it very quickly and perfectly.
So this time, Lin En canonized him as the Earl of Eagle's Nest Castle, but unlike the previous lords,
Ronald, the Earl, only enjoys 10% of the net financial profits of Eagle's Nest Castle and a large piece of land that was given at the same time. He no longer enjoys judicial power and taxation power.
In other words, he will no longer be able to levy taxes, because the land and city belong to the king, which also means that he has no right to enfeoff other nobles!
He will no longer have the judicial immunity of the nobility and will no longer have the right to judge others,
Everyone thought this was Lynn's dissatisfaction with Ronald and his punishment.
But this is actually an experiment or test by Linn on the reform of Westeros aristocratic policy.
Any policy that has never been implemented cannot be decided on the head. It must be experimented first to see the effect and feedback.
Ronald is not dissatisfied with this. He is an illegitimate child. He doesn't need to do anything now. The city hall will send officials to manage the city and collect taxes. He can even ignore it and go wherever he wants. For example, now,
He served as Lord Steward of Storm's End.
Lin En's policy was supported by civilians and businessmen, but offended almost all nobles.
That is to say, he has just wiped out all the old nobles, and now the Storm Land is as clean as a blank sheet of paper, so he can be allowed to govern. If it were other places, his policies would undoubtedly trigger a rebellion.
For example, Night Song City,
The only city in the Stormlands that had not yet been reconquered officially declared Linn a tyrant immediately!
The Cullen family of the Stormlands claimed that Lyn's actions were an insult to all nobles and a rebellion against their ancestors. They officially declared that they would no longer be loyal to Storm's End and instead pledged allegiance to Dorne.
Nightsong City is an important town guarding the Prince's Pass. It is usually called the Frontier Sect Commander, which shows their strong military strength. This time they rebelled, it is said that they were originally going to surrender to the High Court of the River Bend.
But the "Queen of Thorns" in Highgarden rejected him without hesitation, so Nightsong City turned to Dorne and surrendered.
Prince Doran of Dorne also refused at first, but when news came from King's Landing, the prince changed his mind and agreed to Nightsong City's surrender.
Lin En also received this news,
Prince Doran of Dorne's younger brother, Prince Oberyn, known as the "Red Viper", assassinated Ser Gregor Clegane, the Lannister general, in the streets of King's Landing! Also known as the infamous "Magic Mountain"
Cersei was furious and believed that this was a provocation against Lannister and Oberon must be executed. However, the Tyrell family objected and Oberon was only imprisoned and has not yet been tried.
The conflict between Cersei and the Tyrell family begins to emerge.
Although Lin En knew the reasons, such as why the Red Viper killed the Magic Mountain, this was not something he needed to consider.
No matter how many considerations and last resort Dorn had to do this, it was not the reason for Lin En to forgive them.
