The Mountain of Ice and Fire

Stealing gold mines, or developing them, requires people first and money second.

Gregor has no people and no money.

As long as there is money, people are not a problem, so in the final analysis, the problem is the lack of money.

Gregor watched Addam Sarwyck drinking and getting chummy with Sweetmouth Ralph. Sweetmouth Ralph's sweet mouth is liked by noble lords and also by Lord Tywin.

There is an idiom in Chinese civilization: 'Flattery will get you everywhere.' The meaning of this idiom also applies to the civilization of this world.

The only slightly inappropriate thing is that Sweetmouth Ralph is a commoner.

Gregor decided to focus on Sweetmouth Ralph, to use his smooth-talking abilities to socialize with the nobles. In the future, on the road to making money and building power, Sweetmouth Ralph's verbal skills will also be needed.

In his previous life, when interning as a salesman in college, the company manager liked to emphasize one point at the morning meeting: marketing ability. Marketing ability is divided into two levels: one is low-level, selling products; the other is high-level, selling oneself. Sweetmouth Ralph is born with the advanced level of 'marketing ability': selling himself.

Gregor did what he thought of and never procrastinated.

He is a villain, a rogue, a bad person. These labels have a great advantage, that is, bad people do things without scruples.

Gregor stood up. He was too tall and too strong, like a god.

"Thommas, go get my sword."

"Yes, my lord!" Thommas was respectful.

The people who were drinking and eating meat were all frightened.

Addam Sarwyck's face changed even more.

He was afraid of Gregor, he didn't want to die. He looked at Sweetmouth Ralph with pleading eyes, hoping that Sweetmouth Ralph could say a good word for him in front of Gregor, for the sake of the friendship they had established by telling brothel stories and singing obscene songs together.

Thommas brought the heavy greatsword. The greatsword was longer than him, and he held it with great difficulty.

Gregor grabbed the two-meter-long greatsword with one hand: "Ralph, kneel down."

Sweetmouth's full name is Ralph, Ralph is the name everyone is used to calling him. He is a commoner without a surname. It is very common to have a name without a surname in this world, of course, only for commoners and poor people of humble origin.

Ralph got up and knelt on one knee.

"I now bestow upon you the honor of knighthood. Please, Maester Hallis and Ser Addam Sarwyck, bear witness."

Ralph was surprised and delighted, his chest felt like it was exploding. He was so happy that he almost floated up.

Maester Hallis hurried to stand up, rushing to get the scriptures.

When a lord bestows knighthood on his subordinates, there is a long knight's oath. Gregor had not notified Maester Hallis in advance, and Maester Hallis was unprepared.

Addam Sarwyck's heart fell to the ground, and he felt a sense of relief, only to find that his back was cold. His underwear was already wet with cold sweat.

Dungeon, Mark the scribe, and Pollyver, the absolute loyal fans, were all envious and jealous. All three of them dreamed that one day they could be granted knighthood by Lord Gregor, to be granted knighthood by their super idol, that would be supreme glory, and, even more, they hoped that Lord Gregor could grant them the surname: Clegane.

Gregor's Four Great Vajra all have no surname, and are all ordinary commoners. Although Mark the scribe can calculate very simply, his literacy is also very limited.

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In the civilization of this world, there is no multiplication table. A completely different calculation method from the multiplication table is used.

Gregor first saw the method of calculating mathematics by calculating the intersection points of horizontal and vertical lines.

For example, 11 multiplied by 11, first draw a vertical line to represent the tens digit 1 of the multiplier, and then draw a parallel vertical line to represent the ones digit 1 of the multiplier, then draw a horizontal line and the two vertical lines intersect to get two points, this horizontal line represents the tens digit 1 of the multiplicand, and then draw a parallel horizontal line to represent the ones digit 1 of the multiplicand, the second horizontal line still intersects with two parallel vertical lines to get two points, by counting the intersection points in the lower right corner to get the ones digit 1 of the product, and then add the points in the upper right corner to the points in the lower left corner to get the tens digit 2 of the product, and the points in the upper left corner get the number 1 in the hundreds digit of the product, which adds up to 121.

With all kinds of education received by a junior in science and engineering in China in his previous life, in some aspects of knowledge in this civilized world, he is in an absolute crushing position, and he can completely get a maester's chain in the Citadel of Oldtown. For example, calculation, industrial machinery common sense, physical common sense and chemical level, such as poetry and storytelling level...

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Under the witness of Addam Sarwyck, under the leadership of Maester Hallis, Gregor's sword rested on Sweetmouth Ralph's shoulder. Gregor said a knight's oath, and Sweetmouth Ralph followed suit. After the knight's oath was sworn, Gregor's greatsword tapped Sweetmouth Ralph's head and each shoulder, and said: "Arise, Ser Ralph Clegane."

Sweetmouth Ralph was stunned, in disbelief.

He possessed the Clegane surname he had dreamed of.

Dungeon, Mark, and Pollyver all heard a bang in their ears, and they also couldn't believe it.

Lord Gregor not only bestowed the honor of knighthood on Sweetmouth, but also bestowed the Clegane surname on him, which made them feel so jealous in their hearts.

And Sweetmouth Ralph, who has always been eloquent and spoke words like honey, was speechless, but his heart was filled with joy like an explosion. For this honor and surname, he was willing to die a hundred times for Gregor.

"Congratulations, Ser Ralph," Addam Sarwyck clapped his hands to show his respect.

Maester Hallis, Julie, Thommas the horseman, Dungeon, Mark, and Pollyver all applauded to congratulate Sweetmouth Ralph on becoming Ser Ralph Clegane.

Sweetmouth Ralph and Addam are both knights now. The only difference is: Sweetmouth Ralph is a landless knight, while Addam is a landed knight.

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The higher the rank of the knight bestowed, the more glorious it is for the person being bestowed.

Gregor himself was bestowed knighthood by Prince Rhaegar Targaryen of the former dynasty. This honor was deliberately facilitated by Tywin Lannister, the Duke of the Westerlands. There is no more honorable knighthood than this except for the king.

Only a year later, Prince Rhaegar and Robert Baratheon fought at the Trident River, and Robert killed Prince Rhaegar; Tywin of the Westerlands decided to stand on the side of the victor, so he led the Westerlands army to feign surrender to King Aerys Targaryen. In order to do the dirty work for Robert, the new king needed a good reputation to ascend the throne. With Tywin's tacit consent, Gregor killed Rhaegar Targaryen's infant son and raped the prince's wife.

Tywin Lannister himself gave up the opportunity to bestow knighthood on Gregor and pushed Gregor in front of Prince Rhaegar to obtain the knighthood, which also shows Tywin's importance to his own vicious dog.

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Sweetmouth Ralph's face was flushed and the veins on his neck were bulging. The excitement in his heart could not be described in words: "Lord Gregor, I, Sweetmouth Ralph, once again swear allegiance to you in the name of the Seven Gods and the Old and New Gods. No matter what difficulties I encounter in the future, no matter how powerful enemies I face, even if Silver Hill collapses and the Sunset Sea dries up, my loyalty to my lord will never change. In times of crisis, I will not hesitate to dedicate my life."