Rise of Rurik

Baron of Nassau, this title has been hereditary for hundreds of years.

The small baronies have hardly changed in a hundred years, and there is no record of the past era. Henry Nassau only knows the names of his ancestors, and he does not know how many interesting things have happened in this land.

Even aristocrats, it is impossible to live a prosperous life in the era of great turmoil that followed the destruction of Rome. It is now 841, and the village life has not improved. Henry Nassau is the largest and almost the only big landowner in the area. It is completely legal to get the support of the farmers, and the life is justifiable but has nothing to do with wealth.

Now, a new era of turmoil has arrived.

Henry couldn't take out a luxurious catering to entertain the blue fox at the banquet. The only big meal he could think of was to pull a lamb from his own pen and roast it wildly.

Barbecue days are rare, and to be honest he envied the side of the Rus during the war. Once hostile was a last resort, but now they are allies.

Even in the battlefield, the Rus monarch is very concerned about whether his army is well fed. Ensuring the supply of cereal grains was something that the young king was very concerned about, and the opportunity to obtain meat would not be missed.

Henry was even more fortunate to join the banquet held by King Ross as an ally noble. The food from the north was eye-opening.

Once you taste the delicious food, you can't go back. If you can eat delicious food from time to time, you will have a little more adjustment in your life. How to achieve all this? Only emigration to the Frisian region to become the count of the Netherlands.

The lamb was roasted fiercely, and the professional chefs raised by the Nassau family were average.

The baron usually eats bread, but the farmer eats rough whole-wheat wheat bread and brown bread, and boiled wheaten lake, while the master eats fine flour white flour processed by the sieve.

Even so, the master would go to the upper reaches of the Lan River to hunt with his cavalry. Collective hunting is euphemistically called to train the army, but in fact the main purpose is to hunt for meat and leather.

If they succeed in hunting the bears and make a fortune, they usually fail to hunt European wild deer and bison.

So seeing the roasted whole lamb on the table, Blue Fox was embarrassed to criticize them for not understanding food.

Roast lamb is roast lamb, even if you don't even sprinkle thyme, its most authentic aroma is mouth-watering.

According to tradition, when nobles gather, nobles and their wives are naturally seated for a meal, while children are excluded.

Otherwise, Henry wanted to give his daughter Sophia a marriage, just to take this opportunity to let the blue fox take a good look at the little girl.

tableware? No, there is no clear cutlery. If there is, it is a pocket knife.

Henry's hands were covered with suet, and he ate the mutton vigorously.

Everything went back to the past. Seeing this, the blue fox was too lazy to be gentle. He put the two wooden sticks and silver fork he prepared aside, and gnawed the meat with both hands.

The same is true for female nobles. That little Sophia doesn't have many opportunities to eat meat, but she turned into a wolf when she got this opportunity. Of course, the blue fox appreciates her big mouthful of meat.

"It looks like your daughter likes meat very much."

It was an unintentional statement, but when the baron's woman caught sight of her daughter's oily mouth, she immediately cast a reproachful look. Little Sophia was also a little more graceful. She didn't dare to look directly at her parents, and sat upright and chewed slowly.

Henry was slightly embarrassed: "She's actually pretty good."

"I think it's good too. She's like a gem for you, so your two sons didn't even participate in this party."

"Maybe it's not necessary. As long as you feel good, the marriage can be settled."

"Yes. I only have one request from her now."

Henry was startled, afraid that the blue fox would have some strange request. "Speaking."

"Like just now, you let her eat meat openly. It's better to be rough. Let all those elegant be damned! We women in the north are not weak, and your daughter must be like a wolf. My sister-in-law. Must be strong."

It is true that the so-called female etiquette is mostly taught by priests. Sophia is taught that she needs to keep quiet at all times, but this is killing her naive nature. Those priests pay attention to the days of abstinence from hardships, and even make meals as simple as possible, in order to approach God by asceticism.

The Barony of Nassau belongs to the diocese of Worms (Mainz), next to the sprawling suburb of Cologne and de jure to the larger northern parish. Unlike the extravagance of those senior priests in the Diocese of Cologne, the Diocese of Worms, together with the Diocese of the North, is more about asceticism and purity.

They advocate asceticism, as to whether the priests in the local monasteries can implement this initiative, it is hard to say...

At least due to the fact that the baronies of Nassau were not rich, the local priests could not do it even if they wanted to be extravagant.

Little Sophia was surprised that her parents were going to eat meat as much as possible. She is ignorant about marriage, and she has completely compromised her instincts to satisfy her appetite. However, the more she eats meat alive, the more Blue Fox likes it. What is a Gould woman? If you can't be fierce in eating meat, how can you be eligible to marry?

So when the blue fox jokingly told the Henry and his wife this wonderful story, the husband and wife were naturally surprised. I also heard that the blue fox is actually an outlier from the entire Gould family. The former little fat man was instructed to run around the huge world constantly.

The whole family is fat, which proves the wealth of the family since ancient times. In this era, no one must be obese and harmful to health. On the contrary, only those who are obese can prove that the nobles are truly noble.

Lanhu took this opportunity to look at Sophia, this little girl is also very simple, after accepting the beautiful amber given by Lanhu, and seeing the slightly fatter uncle's face is kinder, he is relieved.

She has never been able to control her future, and it is precisely this kind of family education that allows her to accept her own destiny smoothly.

It was when she learned that her parents and brothers were going to leave Nassau Village with a group of people, and they would leave almost forever, but she had no part in this kind of departure.

As if being abandoned, Sophia cried inexplicably when she heard the news at the family banquet, but unfortunately nothing changed.

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The banquet was over, and after a sad night, Sophia's face was full of melancholy again. I just welcomed my father back, and I never thought that my father would leave again.

She has a good feeling for the blue fox, and is full of panic and vigilance towards the men with the round shields on their backs. As a result, she was told: "What are you afraid of, girl? In the future, you will still be a local noble, and these warriors will protect you."

Although not conforming to any law, Joseph Blue Fox Gouldson Gothenburg, the Earl of Gothenburg of the Rus Kingdom, will become Sophia Heinrich von Niederan-Nassau's temporary "guardian".

In a sense, Henry (or Heinrich) wants his daughter to have a qualified teacher who understands life. He thinks that this blue fox is very good. Now he adapts to the real life of the northern nobles in advance, and he will be able to adapt to it immediately after marrying his own younger brother in the future. Even the move is a more radical pitch.

Henry was her father, and the priest of the village of Nassau was Sophia's godfather, and even the name was given by the priest reading the manuscript "Gospel". Therefore, legally, the godfather has now been upgraded to her guardian.

Therefore, after Henry Nassau's family immigrated to the Netherlands, the remaining mansion was in principle inherited by his daughter, and then by his combined family.

Blue Fox can live here in the future, and part of the army can also be stationed, so that the entire Nassau village is actually occupied by Blue Fox's Ross army.

They must be reliable occupiers. Anyway, Henry has little nostalgia for this homeland. He believes that many farmers will choose to follow the immigrants after learning that they can go to the Netherlands to live a better life.

Immigration is a big deal! There is no need to discuss this with the farmers. The Henry family must leave, and the other person to be informed about this matter is the priest of the monastery, a middle-aged man named Conrad.

Now, Father Conrad basically understands the situation.

When the Blue Fox claimed that his godfather was Archbishop Esquier of the North, this identity really struck Conrad in awe. After all, Conrad was only a summer priest in Worms Parish, and when he was appointed to the Barony of Nassau, he was marginalized. He really could not have imagined that this chubby northerner was actually a master count.

The Count does not seem to be domineering, perhaps it is the famous ascetic Esquil who taught him well? Do not! No matter how the earl looked, it had nothing to do with a hard life, and his clothes alone were enough to judge his gorgeous life.

What struck Conrad most was that he could speak stuttering Frank and miraculously fluency in Latin.

Shuangfang did not have any communication barriers. After learning that many troops under his command had not been baptized, and the honor of collective baptism would be achieved by himself, Conrad was convinced that this was a huge achievement, and he couldn't wait to do it.

The day of mass baptism has been set. Before that, Henry Nassau, Blue Fox, and this Conrad identity, the three held a small meeting to decide the entire baronial.

The outcome of the meeting would change everything, and the surprised Conrad almost fainted.

"This matter! I... I must inform the bishop."

The root cause of his shock was Esquier's letter, and the Barony of Nassau was no longer legally classified as the Diocese of Worms, and was transformed into an enclave of the Diocese of the North.

This is also a small clause in the outcome of the Great Peace Talks after the war, the so-called new counties of the Netherlands and the Duchy of Saxony, all subordinate to the northern bishopric. Nassau and the Netherlands are far apart but are one. Nassau, which is located between the Diocese of Cologne and the Diocese of Worms, must be in step with the Netherlands. Both the Northern Diocese and the Cologne Diocese have admitted this matter. The defeated King Ludwig didn’t care about these matters at all, and he agreed to it if he didn’t care about himself.

"Even if you write a letter, nothing will change. In the future, this will be the northern parish, and the north will be responsible for funding. Don't worry, your dilapidated monastery can be repaired, and the buildings in this village will be rebuilt. Our army Stationed here is a brand new guardian. We will not be greedy, but we will not be greedy for you." Blue Fox promised so, and used words to cover up some aspects of his ambitions.

How could Conrad not believe that the outsiders did not harm the villagers these days. He was looking forward to the ceremony of baptizing these northerners, and as for the future...

"If a nobleman from the north settles here and marries Sophia, and Sophia's son inherits the title of Baron of Nassau, that's fine. Without any disturbance, everything will be fine. You are... like angels from the north."

Father Conrad, both rationally and emotionally, was willing to support the Blue Fox gang, so he also promised that when Henry Nassau publicly announced the great immigration, the priest would promote it.

Of course, the news of the Great Migration doesn't stop there.

The servants of the first Nassau house passed on the news, and the immigration caused a sensation throughout the village of Nassau. Migrants from their hometowns? This year's wheat has just been sown. Are there any benefits to immigration? Lord Baron has added the title of Earl and a new fief, but what does this have to do with ordinary farmers? Could it be that the master can recruit some more people as squires?

Villages with little stories naturally make immigration the most compelling topic of conversation.

People must make their own choices!

The artisans in the village are technical personnel, they only need to rely on the nobles to live. The population of such people is very small, and they are basically divorced from pure agricultural production. They cannot live without their masters. Immigrants have no choice.

Ordinary peasant families are in trouble. Most of them are tenant households, and there are also a group of farmers who pay taxes. The tenants have no choice. If the master asks, they can only obey.

The ones who really have a choice are the homesteaders, who are also torn between the two based on scant information.

However, in Nassau Village, where most of the population is gathered, it is quite easy to gather men who can talk to the village. Henry Nassau easily gathered all the men and told them about the immigration in detail.

He is only responsible for informing and giving the public three days to consider.

There is definitely enough time for people who intend to leave to pack up their little softness.

In fact, Henry's family will never leave alone. His destination is Utrecht, which is at the mouth of the Inner River. The local people are all Frisian people. When they go, they don't know where they live without their old family present. , is really lonely. So he ordered all families willing to immigrate to be exempted from their current debts, and promised to get new land after immigrating, and this year's tax exemption. As for the immigrants' rations this year and next year's crops, they all come from the immigrant area. 's tax.

Is this a favor? Not just a favor, but a new type of yoke. Although the immigrants have forgiven old debts, they have also added new debts. They were tenant farmers before they immigrated, and they are also tenant farmers after immigrating. But these farmers will calculate, they will find that participating in the immigration will eventually reduce a certain debt, why not go?

Homesteaders who do not owe debts will definitely not go! Immigrants are to add a new debt, and only fools leave. What's more, the Nassau Barony has not been abolished, and everyone's life will still be the same in the future.

It was during these three days that all the soldiers under Lanhu who had not converted were gathered. He brought 500 people, but more than 100 people gathered at the gate of the humble monastery.

Looking at these people, Father Conrad did not have the vigilance of seeing them at first, and now it is like watching a group of lost lambs.

"My children. The light of the Lord shines on you! Come with me! Receive the call of the Lord..." In an obscure Latin language, Conrad gradually called the waiting people into houses.

Holding the Gospel in one hand, he pressed the entire human head into a huge bucket filled with rose essential oil, allowing the holy water to drown the entire person. It takes six times for the head to be submerged, and the last time it emerges, the so-called becoming a human being. This is a kind of stress, the so-called "seven days to create man".

Some etiquette tested Conrad's physical strength. The middle-aged man gritted his teeth and persevered. After baptizing everyone, he was really tired and paralyzed.

He is tired and relieved that such a great feat is done by himself, so that everything will be all right...

The three-day period has come, and during this period, the Henry Nassau family, who have been tidying up, is also jittery.

The so-called broken home is worth a lot. Because he can rent a large ship from the Rus, Henry wants to remove as much as possible from the family, even including the cattle and sheep in the shed. There is no need for the cattle and sheep to get on the boat. The blue fox bought them directly, so Henry sold some property that should not be taken away and exchanged them for jingling silver coins.

Sophia, who was completely marginalized throughout the move, felt abandoned by her parents, but a large hand was lightly placed on the girl's shoulder.

It's the blue fox. Now, Sophia is no longer afraid of this slightly fat man.

"You have to leave them sooner or later. Fortunately, this area is your territory. You are the local noblewoman."

Powerful female nobles are not uncommon in the north. There are two powerful female nobles in the Rus Kingdom, namely the Countess of Narvik and the Duchess of Ostara. Their power is of course based on their young sons. Similarly, Sophia's control over the Nassau Baron must also be based on her future sons.

Those who decided to emigrate gathered at the humble wharf that had just been built. UU reading www.uukanshu.com They were initially shocked by the so-called "ark", and now they are going to ride it all the way to the mouth of the Yin River. People who haven't left this area for a few lifetimes really want to leave forever. Those who are in debt are the ones who remember their hometown the most. In order to make a living, they chose to leave with the aristocratic master, and when they left, nearly a thousand men and women left at once.

The number of people is large, but this includes infants. Blue Fox's armed cargo ship tried desperately to transport it, and there was no problem in cramming 300 people, but the living conditions during the voyage must be bad.

A boat ride is hundreds of times better than a dawdling walk, and simply drifting, you will reach your destination in just a week.

Therefore, Blue Fox decided to separate ten long ships, with a total of 300 people responsible for escorting this huge immigrant army of 1,000 people to the Netherlands. The main task of the six long boats is actually to connect the ropes of the boats in series and paddle against the current to bring the boats back after completing the transportation task. He contributed almost all the ships of the entire fleet, and once the operation started, the Blue Fox had only 200 people left in Nassau Village.

In this way, even if he has ambitions for the city of Koblenz, the strength of the troops on hand and the lack of ships have determined that any ambitions have to be held back for the time being.

Now, the historic Great Migration of Nassau Village begins!