Game of Thrones: King of Harrenhal, starting with a blue hand stat panel

King's Road is bustling with pedestrians.

After leaving Harrenhal, Arthur's party headed southeast, first to the ruins of Whitewall.

Earl Bartwynn Sr. served as Hand of the King to the lecherous King Aegon IV and hosted the king for a night in his own castle.

Some say that the king impregnated all three of the Batway family's daughters that night, and the Batway family was thus gifted a dragon egg.

Arthur couldn't say for sure whether his faint "dragon blood" came entirely from the Bartway family or from his ancestors, the "pimp" Rostan family, but the Bartway family was the most likely source.

Arthur is probably a fourth-generation edge dragonblood, which isn't worth much. In King's Landing, there are even dragonblood Wevy Waters that are used as jailers.

From the time of the "Dragon's Bane" onwards, many Targaryen princesses were married off.

In addition, there is the lecherous and promiscuous Aegon IV, so there are actually many fringe dragon bloodlines.

The rarest example is the direct bloodline of Aegon V, the "commoner king".

"Oakfist" Erin Valerian has a child with "The Mediocre King" Aegon's aunt Benedictine, and also has a child with "The Mediocre King" Aegon's cousin Elena.

Princess Irene gave birth to seven children.

Rhaenia, another aunt of "The Mediocre King", eventually married Gaimund Hightower, the younger brother of Leonor Hightower, who was then the Earl of the Tower.

Rania gave birth to six daughters.

Not to mention the philandering king, who sowed widely and had descendants even in Braavos.

However, the peripheral dragon bloodline is too far away, so it is automatically ignored by others.

The only thing in short supply is direct dragon blood from House Targaryen, with only Viserys and Daenerys remaining.

The closest to the royal family was the marriage alliance of the Baratheon family, spanning three generations of bloodlines.

Arthur finished eating a roasted sweet corn, and he still thought the corn he grew himself was the sweetest.

These fortified sweet corns are simply crops; they taste good, have a high yield, and look appealing.

That's enough. The lords of King's Landing, the gluttons, and the rich guys have all seen it all and can tell the difference between good and bad.

"Does this corn really prolong life?" Sir Lucas Dayne asked. Sweet corn does have a unique flavor, so it's no wonder it's been so popular in King's Landing's upper markets.

"That's all just a bit of an exaggeration," Arthur said with a smile.

Hellenburg corn: sweet, delicious, and promotes health and longevity.

It's sweet and delicious, that's true, but the health and longevity benefits are pure advertising.

This is similar to the advertising claims about organic crops, natural crops, shark fin, bird's nest, and leeks being good for your health.

If the advertising is effective, the price will go up.

"Corn is corn; it's not a special crop after all," Arthur remarked.

The only truly special crops Arthur knows of so far are the white wood "Heart Tree" and the black wood "Night Tree".

These are weirwood and ebony, two types of plants imbued with a mysterious aura.

Perhaps similar supernatural crops existed in the ruins of Valyria, but no one knows for sure.

Weirwood is white, while ebony is black.

The doors of the House of Black and White in Braavos are made of ebony and weirwood.

These black-barked trees also grow near the Temple of the Immortals, the location of the wizards of Qarth, and their deep blue leaves can be used to make Nightshade Water.

The heart tree has a long lifespan and can serve as a monitoring tool.

The Water of Nightshade can stimulate mental power. The wizard Qarth drank the Water of Nightshade for many years, which turned his lips blue.

The heart tree also seems to have the effect of stimulating the brain's mental energy.

The corn seeds enhanced by the seed bank are still corn, and there is currently no possibility of them becoming a miracle crop.

It's definitely nutritious and tastes great.

However, the dosage is there, so it's better than nothing.

With Arthur's "Blue Hand" skill perhaps improving, these seeds may see even greater progress.

It's highly unlikely that consuming it would immediately alter one's life form and purify one's spiritual and physical strength.

How many years would it take to eat corn to improve that tiny bit of quality? It's completely negligible.

"In any case, if the price of sweet corn goes up, it'll be a steady stream of money." Sir Lucas nodded with a smile.

The Dane family and the River family have a purely platonic friendship.

However, if the He'an family can revive and become powerful, it will naturally be a good thing for the Dane family as well.

As a traditional Dorne "sword-wielding family," the Dain family is renowned.

In fact, they don't have much interaction with the outside world, far less than the Old Town Haitar family, which also claims a family history of ten thousand years.

The Hightar family is wealthy, has a port, a religious center, and a city of learning. Such a powerful family is not something that ordinary families can compare to. They are probably the only one among the top ten feudal lords who is not a major feudal lord.

Putting aside everything else, the Hightoar family alone has five lord-level vassals, not to mention the knights with property.

"We've arrived at the ruins of White Wall City!" Veri Ward rode up to report.

"Alright." Arthur spurred his horse forward.

The location of the ruins of White Wall City is actually not that hard to find.

Although Blood Raven said that no one would know the location of this place, it would become a barren land after salt was sprinkled on it.

Furthermore, with the Batway family still around, even after the Blood Ravens fell, everyone still managed to find the ruins of Whitewall City.

The ruins are near Lake Eye, between the eastern shore of Lake Eye and Kingsway.

When Arthur arrived at the ruins of Whitewall City, one of its defining characteristics was desolation.

The area around God's Eye Lake is Westeros's chosen land for growing crops, comparable to the lands of the Kingslands, the lands of Lowan, the Roselands of Highgarden, and the Fertile Cape of Oldtown.

While the Vale, the North, the West, and the Stormlands also have fertile lands, they all have their drawbacks.

Amidst lush greenery, a barren, desolate yellow plain stands out.

The magnificent buildings that once stood here were demolished by Blood Raven, and salt was scattered on the ground.

After the Second Blackfire Rebellion, Count Bartway was allowed to keep one-tenth of his wealth and his new wife, Frey, but Whitewall was to be requisitioned and demolished.

From then on, the Batwell family, which had produced two prime ministers and enjoyed immense wealth, completely declined.

By the time it reached Arthur Hoan's mother, it had been reunited with the Hoan family.

Arthur is said to be the Earl of Whitewall, but the Third Whitewall is now dilapidated. How can it be compared to the magnificent and invincible Whitewall?

"Batterville rose to prominence through commerce, and it declined because of it," Sir Lucas remarked with deep emotion as he stood amidst the ruins of the Whitewalls.

Earl Bartway of Whitewall, yet another nouveau riche in the Riverlands.

At the height of their power, the Bartway family produced the Master of the King during the reigns of Aegon IV and Daeron II: Earl Bartway the Elder and his grandson, Earl Ambrose.

The Batway family was once extremely wealthy and prominent, with the milk business being their main source of income, which led to them being ridiculed as "milk blood".

Besides milk, the Batway family also has a wine business, producing some of the finest wines outside of Greenwood Island.

After gaining power and influence, the Batwell family began to undertake large-scale construction projects, spending huge sums of money to build a new castle.

Whitewall is a white castle, which the surrounding people call Milk House because its walls, fortresses and towers are built with high-quality white stone, which was quarried from the valley and transported over mountains to this place.

The city's ground and pillars are made of milky-white marble with natural golden veins on the surface; the roof beams are all carved from bone-white weirwood tree trunks.

As a businessman, Count Bartway began to play both sides, attempting to strike a balance between the King and Blackfire.

Practice has proven that such traitors never have a good ending, and the Bartway family declined as a result.

During the first Blackfyre Rebellion, Count Ambrose played both sides, with his eldest son supporting Daeron II and his second son joining the Blackfyre rebels, but both were killed in the Battle of the Red Steppes.

His youngest son died in the spring plague.

All of Ambrose's sons predeceased him, and the Earl of Ambrose remarried, marrying a woman from the Frey family. He decided to hold a tournament to celebrate, with the winner receiving a dragon egg.

In fact, this tournament was a conspiracy by Blackfyre supporters to put Damon Blackfyre II on the throne.

The Batway family was embroiled in the Second Blackfire Rebellion, and thus completely lost power.

Looking at this desolate landscape, Arthur could only say that the game of power was not so easy to participate in, especially for the lords of the Riverlands.

This is a battleground with no buffer zone; it's too easy for the king to launch an attack.

In comparison, House Ellenwood supported the Black Dragon three or four times, while the Targaryens remained even after they left.

He is still the second most powerful Lord of Dorne, the Lord of the Great Road.

"Let's go!" Arthur said to Sir Lucas.

This is the past; they are going to the present-day Baiqiang Town to revitalize this area.

Arthur, accompanied by his servants, headed to Whitewall Town, not far from here. It was a bustling town that could be called "Third New Whitewall Town".

The Earl of Whitewall's castle is located in the center; it is small and sturdy, a rather mediocre castle.

We don't have the money for white marble now, so we just use ordinary white bricks.

If we're talking about unique features, there are some vineyards and dairy farms around Whitewall City, but their scale is nowhere near what it used to be.

Bloodraven eradicated the threat completely; he truly lives up to his reputation as a ruthless figure in Westeros.

Blood Raven not only confiscated the fine dairy cows, but also cut down the old grapevines.

Dairy cow breeding and vineyard restoration are both slow projects that are time-consuming and labor-intensive.

After struggling to start a business again, Baiqiangcheng will find it extremely difficult to recover its previous vitality.

The brand effect of Whitewall City milk and wine is still there, but the output is too small and the quality is not as good as before, so the profitability has plummeted.

Arthur looked at the dairy farms and vineyards, feeling a bit uneasy.

However, given his "Green Hand" skill, he is confident that if he can obtain another alfalfa seed, he can recover.

"Master Arthur!"

"Master Arthur!"

Ambrose Rivers, the steward of Whitewall, led his men to greet Arthur.