Chapter 166

Chapter 166 Highgarden

  As Samwell bid farewell to the reluctant Natalie and returned to Eagle Island, Mark Mullendore also left following him.

  Sure enough, Viscount Martyn of Upland City finally agreed to Samwell's new plan.

  After all, apart from this, they have no better choice.

  Moreover, Highgarden has officially issued a call-up order, and Upland City just needs soldiers.

  After the two parties re-signed a contract, Samwell sent two hundred and seventy soldiers to fight for the Upland City.

  After sending Sir Mark away, Samwell immediately called his chief craftsman, Vido,

  "Vido, the subsequent construction of the Eagle Island Wharf can start. Use the plan you showed me before."

  Vido took a deep look at the young baron and nodded, "Yes, my lord, I will follow your orders."

  After that, Samwell stayed in Eagle Island for another three days, assigning tasks to his vassals and retainers.

  Among them, he released Cheman Tigris, the mad dog, to attack the surrounding savage tribes.

  After all, exporting mercenaries requires a fighter population, so he no longer regarded more population as a burden so Cheeman came in handy.

  This time, he also specially emphasized Cheeman not to kill people randomly, including the tribal leader, and spare them if they surrender.

  With the current strength of Eagle Island, even if those tribal leaders are kept, it will not have any impact, and killing them will ruin his reputation.

  Samwell didn't want his title of "Baron of Terror" to spread.

  In addition, he also seriously asked Cheeman not to expand the army at will. The next time he came back and found that Cheeman's army had exceeded the limit of 500, he would not let him go easily.

  Cheeman nodded without saying a word, didn't know if he really listened.

  Knight Lucas Dayne was left behind by Samwell, responsible for the defence of the territory, and keeping an eye on the Starfall City.

  After that, Samwell set off for Highgarden with his attendants Katu and Todd Flower, as well as five hundred soldiers.

  Although the war potential of Eagle Island is far more than that, Samwell will definitely not take out all his belongings at once, especially this time when he is working for the Iron Throne.

  As a baron who just owned a territory, being able to produce 500 soldiers is already a great respect for the emperor's call-up order, and no one can blame him.

  Now is not the time for him to exert his strength. Samwell will attack with all his strength at the right time after the Iron Throne has drained enough blood of Dorne to see if he can bite off a fat piece from this weak beast.

  As long as the Dayne family is still in the hands, Samwell can poke straight into Dorne's heart at any time.

  For Highgarden, unlike the last time, there was no need to train soldiers. So, they marched at full speed and arrived smoothly in just over half a month.

  Looking at the gorgeous castle standing on the banks of the Mander River, Samwell was a little bit stumped.

  The scene of accepting the pioneering order here last time was still vivid as if yesterday.

  At this time, many lords who responded to Duke Mace's call-up order had already arrived, and the Tyrell family also set up a military camp outside the castle to accommodate soldiers.

  Samwell arranged all his men in the barracks and told Ucha who accompanied him to lead the soldiers and be responsible for daily training, and then he brought his servant Katu and Todd Flower into the castle.

  Passing through the garden maze and crossing the drawbridge, Samwell saw Margaery Tyrell waiting for him at the city gate.

  "Lord Ceasar, it's really not easy to catch your shadow ." Margaery's tone was reproachful, but her face was filled with a bright smile.

  She was wearing a dark green palace dress today, covered with a lace shawl, her soft brown hair tied up with a silver ribbon, and the sapphire necklace on her chest shined brightly in the sun, elegant and exotic at the same time.

With a hint of playfulness and cuteness.

  "Didn't we just meet in King's Landing?" Samwell stepped forward and said.

  "You know what I'm talking about." Margaery rolled her eyes at the baron, but she didn't bother too much., "My knight."

Samwell held the girl slender hand and pressed a kiss between her fingers.

  Then Margaery took Samwell's arm naturally, and led him: "Grandmother has been nagging to meet you for a long time, don't try to run this time. "

  " I look forward to meeting Lady Olenna." Samwell seemed a little insincere.

  Margaery didn't expose it either and asked about his journey and the situation of Eagle Island.

  Talking and laughing, the two came to a gazebo in the garden.

  "Hah! Our champion knight is here!" Lady Olenna exaggeratedly called out, "Sam, how did you lose your fat! Please, Teach my son too, so I won't have to look at his fatty face all day."

  Fortunately, Duke Mace was not here.

  Samwell stepped forward to salute the old lady respectfully, and said,

  "Lady, winter is coming, it's better to save some fat."

  "Winter is coming?" Lady Olenna motioned for Samwell to sit on the chair, "You just went to King's Landing and started to talk like a Stark? Huh? Conquered by the charm of the King's Hand?"

  Samwell sat down on the chair, and thanked Margaery, who was pouring tea, before answering Lady Olenna's question:

  "It has nothing to do with Lord Eddard, the Hand of the King, but I felt the cold wind from the north, so I said, Lady Olenna you should know that this summer has lasted for more than nine years, and according to past experience, I am afraid a terrible long winter will follow ."

"What are you worried about? Even in winter, the Reach will not be short of food, It's the northerners who should be nervous."

  "I'm worried about things beyond the Wall. I heard that many ancient races that should have been sleeping have appeared there. The savages outside the Wall are about to move, and even the children of the forest were seen. However, the Night Watchmen who guard the Wall... well, they are all thieves and murderers who have no sense of honour, and it is hard to imagine that the safety of the Seven Kingdoms is placed on the hands of these people."

"If you are worried about the Wall, Why didn't you become a night watchman after you were kicked out of the house Randyll ?"

  Samwell was stunned that he had nothing to say, so he picked up his teacup to cover up his embarrassment.

  The husband of the "Queen of Thorns", Duke Tyrell, is said to have accidentally fallen off a cliff and died while hunting, but Samwell suddenly felt that the old Duke might not be able to stand his wife's poisonous tongue and voluntarily jumped off... ...

  However, he also found out that Lady lOlenna really doesn't care about the Wall.

  In fact, it is also understandable. After all, the reach is so close to the south. Even if the Wall really falls, it will harm the northern border, rivers, valleys and other places.

It will never be the reach's turn.

  So, House Tyrell doesn't worry about the Wall.

  Unfortunately, even with the wisdom of Lady Olenna, it was impossible to foresee the appearance of the White Walkers.

  "Sam, why did you run out this time without getting married?"

Lady Olenna suddenly took the topic in a weird direction.

  "Married?" Samwell was a little dumbfounded, "when did I get married?"

  Lady Olenna curled her lips: "Don't you want to marry Natalie Dayne? If so then, why did you reject the little girl from the Florent family?"

  "I..." Natalie's cute and innocent smile and that green and clumsy kiss immediately appeared in Samwell's mind, and then he paused for a while.

  "Now is the best time for you to marry Natalie." Lady Olenna became a little earnest, "I really don't know what you are hesitating about."

  "Haha, I am still young, so I haven't thought about such things." Samwell made up an excuse at random.

  "Cheat the White Walker." Madam Olenna curled her lips in disdain, and then looked at the young baron in front of her with her small eyes, "Sam, tell me the truth, do you have someone else in mind ?"

'I want to marry your granddaughter, '

  Samwell thought so, but what came to mind was Natalie, and that sweet and sour kiss, the little girl tasted like a midsummer strawberry.

  His hesitation and silence became another meaning in Lady Olenna's eyes: "Sam, you don't want to marry Princess Myrcella Baratheon, do you? "

  Samwell was impressed bu Madame Olenna's brain circuit.

  "That's right." Margaery also giggled and said, "Our champion knight has given his wreaths and laurel crowns to Princess Myrcella."

  Those words sounded a bit sour.

  Before Samwell could answer, Lady Olenna said: "I advise you not to be too ambitious, a princess is not something you, a baron, can dream of. Natalie Dane is already your best choice at present, marrying her, you will become the unnamed king of the Torentine River."

  King of the Torentine River?

  Samwell felt that this title was quite weird, but on the surface, he said respectfully: "I will seriously consider your suggestion."

  Lady Olenna stopped talking about this topic and said instead:

  "The last time you pointed out Margaery's mistake in King's Landing Margaery, so I have to thank you. If it weren't for your persuasion, the two idiots, Garlan and Loras, would probably drag the Tyrell family into the vortex of political struggle "

  "You don't have to be polite, this is what I should do as a vassal of the Tyrell family."

  "You don't have to be humble either, among the vassals of the Tyrell family, there are not many with brains ." As she spoke, Lady Olenna waved at Todd Flowet who was standing outside the gazebo, "Todd, come here."

After Todd came in and bowed, Lady Olenna said:

  "Todd, it's a shame for you to follow me, an old guy who is half buried in the ground. Now, I will give you a chance to choose again. You can continue to follow me, or you can ask the promising eagle in front of you. Choose yourself."

  The expression on Todd's face changed for a while, his mind flashing through the scenes of following Samwell's wars in the South and North in the past year, and finally gritted his teeth: "Thank you, Grace. I want to follow Lord Caesar!"

  "Okay, you are excused ." Madam Olenna waved her hand very simply.

  Todd immediately knelt in front of Samwell, raised his sword above his head, and swore allegiance loudly.

  Samwell took a serious look at the other party, finally took the long sword, and tapped him on the shoulder:

  "I accept your allegiance."

  As soon as the words fell, the number of vassals on the attribute panel immediately changed to 3, and the "Charge" column also became 3/100.

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