I Became the Mother of Dragons

Jorah should be ashamed, Dany finds that he hadn't even name his wife. Perhaps, she had long since disappeared from his memory, after all, she never seemed to enter his heart. But she gave him three difficult births before having died…

The Knight continued: "Not long after, my father joined the Night's Watch, I became Earl of Bear Island, and many came to propose marriage there were so many people, and before I made a final decision, the Ironmen rebelled and Balon Greyjoy declared himself king… "

Dany frowned, interrupting him, "When was that? Before I was born?"

"Princess, I'm not that old." Jorah said dryly with a glum face.

"Oh, you go on," Dany responded casually.

"That's four years after the Usurper war, you were about four..." His voice dropped.

It doesn't seem to make a difference, it's all the same…

Dany figured it out, it was the time Theon Greyjoy got into Winterfell.

She wondered: "What did Ironmen think? During the turbulent period of the Usurper's rebellion, he didn't make trouble, but after the Usurper had been king for 4 years, the domestic unrest had subsided, where did he…or is it that his reflex arc is too long and he just reacted, and wanted to make of himself a hero in a troubled world?"

"I'm not quite clear, Ironmen have always been crazy and unpredictable." Jorah shook his head.        "Maybe he thought the Usurper had a shaky foundation, maybe someone had been suppressing him before, preventing him from rebelling…

During the Usurper upheaval, Balon's father Duke Quellon remained neutral, and after the death of your older brother, Prince Rhaegar, at Ruby Ford, he took refuge with the Usurper Robert while Highgarden Tyrell sided with Targaryen.

So Quellon set out to sea with the Iron Fleet (the main fleet of the Islands of the Ironmen) to prepare a raid on Highgarden, but unfortunately the Highgarden people were already prepared, waiting for work in the Shield Islands, not only had they defeated the invincible Iron Fleet , but also managed to fell Quellon in that battle. Then, Balon inherited his father's position, by that time the Usurper had been enthroned as the King, the rebellions had all but subsided."

"It took four years for King Balon to take full control of Ironman's Bay and he raised his flag to rebel. Then King Balon lost his eldest son, second son was killed, and his ten-year-old son became the adopted son of the Duke of Winterfell Eddard Stark and a hostage to keep House Greyjoy from rebelling.

To celebrate the victory, King Robert decided to hold a Tourney outside Lannisport.

I met Lynesse there.

She was only half my age and came from Oldtown with her father to watch her brother fight.

Seeing her for the first time, my eyes could no longer be separated from her. For the first time, I felt such a strong love for someone. Impulsively, I begged her to give me a token and let me fight for her. I didn't even dare dream to think she would agree, but she did.

Her Highness, you have to understand that tourneys are a kind of Knight sport, not a pure martial contest. We northerners have never been good at this sport from the Andals, but with Lynesse's token, I seemed to be possessed by the Warrior in The Seven.

I was invincible for a few days and ended up wearing a Wreath of Love and Beauty for Lynesse.

The wine and glory stimulated me to do a crazy thing, that night I went to find her father, and bluntly hoped to marry his daughter.

With our wealth and position, Earl Leyton should have rejected me ruthlessly, but he didn't."

The Fiefdom of the Leyton Hightower family has Westeros' second largest port – Oldtown, as well as Maester's temple – the Citadel, the headquarters of the Church of The Seven are also in Oldtown.

House Hightower is also the bloodline of Garth Greenhand, they can be counted as Dukes without the title of Duke.

Duke Tywin Lannister once proposed to Earl Leyton on behalf of his Imp son, hoping that Tyrion could take a Hightower daughter.

Yet Earl Leyton rejected him almost insultingly.

Jorah Mormont was lucky.

"Unfortunately, the honeymoon was short-lived and Lynesse was disappointed in my home, It felt too cold, too wet, and too remote.

Bear Island's long wooden hall is far from her home's gorgeous and warm tall castle.

Furthermore, Bear Island life lacks the spice that a Southern noble lady needs, no fancy dress parties, no performances, no lavish dinner parties.

Even for wandering singers one has to wait several years before they may come over with a fur merchant. Yet still it's old, ugly, and third-rate singers with poor skills.

North food is also far more monotonous than the rich Highgarden, and even if the Gods blessed my subjects with enough to eat, every meal was almost a torment for Lynesse.

At that time, I thought that as long as she was happy, I would do anything.

So, I hired a cook from her hometown, found Bards, and gold and silver jewelry for dances—Bear Island that counted flowers for every Silver Stag, thus I became helplessly proficient on most jewelry prices.

So, you see how I can estimate the value of that opal bracelet so skillfully?"

Jorah smiles like…the husband who pays bills to their own wife.

"I will tried my best to satisfy her in whatever she desired. As I said before, because of her, I had the potential to burst into the tourney championship.

The Usurper is a generous… oh, a flamboyant King who spends a lot and loves to host tourney, and every tourney winner is rewarded handsomely.

That time, I not only got glory and beauty, but also fifty thousand Golden Dragons into my pocket."

(P.S: When Eddard Stark became Hand of the King, the champion of the tournament was awarded 40,000 Golden Dragons, but I thought it was more meaningful to quell the King Balon rebellion, so I added 10,000 Golden Dragons)

"So much?" Dany couldn't help but exclaimed.

Having the memory of the original owner's hard life in major city-states, she also understood the purchasing power of the world's three currencies of gold, silver and copper.

I remember one time, on the streets of the Myr civilian area, Viserys used two copper penny to buy two barbecued sausages and a small bowl of goat milk from the street vendor. Viserys quickly ate his portion and stole the leftover half of the sausage from his younger sister.

In terms of purchasing power, it should be five dollars per copper penny. A small breakfast, but Viserys was in the developmental stage at that time, and the nutrition could not keep up.

And one Golden Dragon can be exchanged for 30 Silver Stag, and one Silver Stag can be exchanged for about 800 copper penny.

That is to say, one Golden Dragon = 2400 copper penny= 12000 renminbi purchasing power

50,000 Golden Dragon, which is about 600 million…

fuck!

Dany remembers that in the original plot, Robert was in power for 14 years and owed a total debt 6 million Golden Dragon, of which 3 million belonged to House Lannister.

This…

Hearing Dany's exclamation, Jorah also sighed: "Yes, Bear Island couldn't earn 50,000 Golden Dragons even for a hundred years. The Usurper is more like a 'Mad King' than your father was when it comes to spending money… uh, sorry, I mean …"

The Knight blushed, a little overwhelmed.

Dany didn't say anything, just looked over calmly.

Ser Jorah breathed a sigh of relief and continued his love story, saying: "With those fifty thousand Golden Dragon, I was able to meet all the requirements of Lynesse in the beginning.

I built a great ship for her so that she could go around for festivals and banquets. Lannisport, Oldtown, King's Landing, Lys, Pentos, have all appeared in her silhouette. The farthest we went was to Braavos."

"From Bear Island to Braavos? Are you crazy? Dany was shocked again.

Braavos is actually very close to the North, in a straight line…if there is a plane, it would be about 3000 kilometers from Bear Island to Braavos.

Uh, three thousand kilometers seems to be a bit far.

The key point is that Bear Island and Braavos are separated by a continent and a strait. If you take a boat, you must circle the Westeros continent.

Probably…

It's too far away, and the sea conditions are very complicated, so there may be detours.

Only one thing is certain, the voyage is 100% more than 10,000 kilometers. It's farther than from Shanghai to Los Angeles.

Jorah really sacrificed his life for his wife.

But this is not the end, Jorah is still talking about his "burning life"

"For the money, and also because Lynesse wanted to get a Wreath of Love and Beauty again – that's a supreme honor, I continued to participate in tourneys, but wonderous no more, I had never won another, and every time I lost, it meant the loss of a warhorse and a set of armor, which must be redeemed or replaced with new products."

Dany said curiously: "How much for a set of armor and a warhorse?" "

The original Daenerys roamed the market and knew the price of ordinary food and drink, but was too far away from the weapons and workhorses of the nobles.

"A good tame horse, at least above a Golden Dragon, my previous warhorses were better, on average they were about three Golden Dragons. And the better full body armor is about 4 or 5 Golden Dragon, I had to buy good armor." He solemnly told Dany, "For those of us Knights with family background, the familiarity of armor is comparable to the understanding of our palm print. Usually, I can see the weak spot of the opponent's armor with just a glance – if there is a weak spot.

Similarly, my opponent can see the weak spot on me. So, I can't have too obvious a weak spot, and can't use inferior armor, otherwise I will be in mortal danger during the battle.

I'm not afraid of death, but dying in an aristocratic game because of an armor problem is really useless."

pausing, Knight Jorah said in a complicated tone: "I have participated in many tourneys, and every time a Knight is killed, it's likely a Freerider who seeks wealth and fame.

Almost no children of great nobles die, because no one could break through their defenses under the rules of lance combat."

If Dany had seen 'The Hand's Tourney' at King's Landing more than a year ago, she would have known Jorah's words better.

One of them, Renly vs Hound. During the high-speed hedging process, Hound stabbed Renly in the chest with a stroke, causing him to fly upside down from the saddle, and flew more than ten meters away in the opposite direction. He was crushed, what happened?

There was nothing wrong with him, he stood up with a pat on the buttocks, waved his hands arrogantly, and responded to the cheers of the surrounding audience with a decent smile.

If we change it to a person's chest plate that is thinner, or the inner lining behind the plate is not elastic enough to cushion the violent impact, then his internal organs will be damaged even if he does not die.

In this world, if the internal organs are injured, people are basically crippled.

"What's the difference between a Freerider and a Knight?" She said curiously.