Rise of Rurik

Otto suddenly stood behind Rurik, his sword was sheathed, and his hands were placed on Rurik's shoulders. He secretly said: "Rurik, I give you power, now you come to conquer them. They are all your slaves!" After all, Otto pushed his son into the front of Chief Kewen.

Rurik was delighted in his heart and had his father's promise, so that he would no longer worry that after the group of people surrendered, the family of Ross would continue to kill the surrender.

Because, in accordance with the "rules" of the tribe, the slaves who kill the same tribe must pay huge sums of money.

No one wants to do this.

Jeflo received a brand new order from Rurik, and then said: "You! The man with you surrendered to this boy! You! Kiss his boots and prove your surrender!"

Rurik shook his head, and he simply said about his own wishes, which could be regarded as a "carrot behind the stick" to the enemy.

He had to admit that his Old Finnish was far less good than Jevlo, fortunately at least the enemy could understand it.

Things became very absurd, and Kaijas felt that he had no choice. Now that everyone is kneeling down, don't worry about the face, as long as everyone can survive, it is okay to declare allegiance to a child.

What's more, this boy is holding an incredibly beautiful sword. Presumably, this child also has a very high status among the enemies. It must be a nobleman among the Varangians, even...

Kejas had already guessed that the boy who claimed to be "Rulik" was the successor leader of this group of Varangans.

At least, this noble boy can speak alone what he and the people can understand.

Kaijas looked at Rurik's beautiful blue eyes with intensely imploring eyes.

"My lord, can you really forgive our lives?"

There was a touch in Rurik's heart, and he immediately responded: "Yes. Your name?! Your identity?"

"My...My name is Kaihas, the leader of the Salmon Lord tribe."

Rurik nodded, and the dagger pointed at the big wooden house: "What's in there? Kejas, tell me! Is it your treasure?"

"Yes... it's ours... our women, our children. Please forgive me and them too."

Woman and child?

Rurik glanced at the closed wooden door of the big wooden house, thinking that Kejas was telling the truth.

Things have always been very strange. When the Ross army entered the empty village and there was a fierce battle with the enemy, no woman was seen in the whole process.

Suddenly, Rurik looked at the very solid snow under his feet.

Is there a cave under the hill?

Rurik stared at the surrendered old man, the back of the dagger was directly on top of his head, and Kehas's head was shaken.

"You can live. Everyone can live. All of you, including women and children, will be blessed by me."

"Oh! I'm so grateful." Kejas responded cautiously.

"You stand up, open the wooden door, and let all your women and children come out."

Kejas at this moment can only express cooperation.

The squirrels that the tribes often set up in the woods can always catch lively squirrels, and now they have become the "squirrels" caught by the Varangans.

Kaihas looked solemn, and after he ordered the people to make way, he personally opened the closed wooden door.

After a call, a large number of women with children were afraid, crying, or depressed. They walked out of the public cellar where a large amount of life supplies of the tribe were stored, and walked out of this biggest refuge.

As they regained the sun, they saw a large-scale invader!

Suddenly, everyone’s faces were filled with fear, the women were screaming, and the children were crying.

The women and children of the Corvin were all stared at by the Ross, as if a pack of wolves were staring at the sheep.

The Ross fighters were all stunned by the sudden appearance of the crowd. Many people had a small calculation in their hearts, eager to catch their own slaves after the big leader announced that the battle was over.

Of course Rurik also knew the people's thinking in this direction.

He held a dagger with a gemstone hilt high, and under the protection of his father’s authority, the clansmen who faced him declared in high profile: "Men of Ross! Now I tell you. All the Corvins here, men, women, and children, Now they are all my servants! Don’t try to get a slave, and you will not lose much. Each of you will get some treasure."

Many people in the tribe had already guessed that Rurik would announce this, but when everyone heard the announcement, they were a little frustrated.

Now, Otto was surprised that his son would announce this in public.

The moment Otto saw a large group of women and children appeared, the first thing Otto thought of was to identify the young women among them and reward them to his tribesmen who worked hard.

Since the son made the decision in advance, he had no choice but to agree.

Although Kehas could not understand the words of Rurik's Gnostic language, looking at the current situation, he felt that this noble boy was restraining all Varanga fighters.

Rurik turned around, his eyes full of sharpness: "Kayhas!"

"Yes." Kejas stood in front of the group of women and children, bowed, with a humble expression.

"I can assure you that your women and children will be protected, especially your women, they will not be harmed."

Kaihas heard it a little weird, even if it was a war between the tribes, the people of the "Lord of Salmon" tribe took it for granted that the women of the defeated were forced to serve the victors.

"Oh, my master, thank you for your kindness."

kindness? The real kindness is not to start a war. Rurik didn't feel that he was benevolent now, the battle was over, he just wanted to immediately establish a new order that would benefit him.

Rurik sighed and asked directly: "Do you have any other treasures? For example, fur?"

"Yes! There are a lot of squirrel skins."

Hearing it, Rurik's eyes lit up. In the traditional fur trade, squirrel skin is certainly not as expensive as ferret skin, but a squirrel skin after tanning can be sold for more than one silver coin. The Roths are pursuing better furs, so they snatched Roseburg from the deer breeders. Today the economic pillar of the Rus people is the fur trade.

Kaijas is willing to believe the words of a beautiful boy, because children are always innocent, honest and reliable. It was the madmen behind this child that worried him.

Taking this opportunity, Kaihas immediately expressed his sincerity.

"My master, I will contribute five thousand squirrel skins, five hundred ferret skins, and ten brown bear skins."

Due to some new terms, Otto could no longer stand after Evlo was translated. As the chief, he pointed his sword at Kaihas and ordered: "How many furs did you hide? Take them all out! You have no choice."

Evlo sternly translated Otto's expression, and Kehas knelt directly on the ground, crying and praying.

"What is he praying for?" Otto asked his son.

"He..." Rurik hesitated and said, "He begged us to leave them some supplies for their lives."

"Bah!" Otto's left hand lid, Lirik, over his head, exhorted: "You are too naive, you should never bargain with slaves. Rewarding them alive is the greatest kindness, and they have no choice."

Rurik thought for a while, maybe his father was right. In this savage era, being savage is always harmless.

So Rurik changed his mind, and the condition for forgiving all men and women was to surrender all the treasures.

Kaihas panicked, he did have reservations, even if he surrendered a large amount of leather tribes still have some leftover leather, these leathers will be brought to the south to trade with the Finns after the spring. If all were given to the Varangans, the future of the tribe would be unimaginable.

In desperation, Kaihas suddenly got up, he ran into the crowd of women and children, and suddenly pulled out a timid little girl.

Then pinching the girl's neck, the two knelt on the snow together.

"My master, this is my granddaughter. I will give her to you to be your wife. I only ask you to show some kindness and leave us some supplies."

wife? absurd!

Rurik glanced at the girl, who looked almost the same age as his own, but the child fell into inexplicable panic. Seeing her eyes that looked slightly at the hole in the snow, she was clearly frightened and stupefied.

In fact, it's okay, Rurik can't help thinking, if the walls of the Rus people spread out, and the women and children of the Corvin people look at the large number of dead bodies on the snowy ground, wouldn't they be fainted on the spot?

Otto felt ridiculous as much, he motioned to Yevlo to convey his will, so Kehas immediately grabbed his granddaughter's chin, revealing the little girl's stunned face.

"What's her name?" Otto asked.

"It's called Lumi."

When Kejas uttered the girl's name, Otto and Rurik, both of them cheered.

Or Otto is more kingly, his sword pointed directly: "All the women in your tribe are my son's maids. Why do you think your granddaughter is qualified to be your son's wife? She is just a humble maid! "

After hearing his father's words, Rurik let out a sigh. After all, there were too many girls around him.

Lumi? Is this kid called Rumi?

Rurik fully understood that this name means "Snow", exactly the same as his own Lumia's name. He couldn't help but feel good about the frightened girl, his skillful sword retracted its scabbard and stood in front of the kneeling girl.

Kaihas said hurriedly: "She is my granddaughter, let her serve you, I just ask to leave us some property."

Rurik had already set his mind. He stared at Kaijas: "You must hand over all your property. I will only leave you some food. I will take your girl away, but she will not do mine. servant."

This result is like a bolt from the blue. After thinking about it, at least they will leave some food, and the people will not starve to death.

Kejas hurriedly asked: "My granddaughter, what will...what will happen?"

Rurik didn't respond in a hurry. He noticed that the girl also had familiar braids, and the women who kept the deer had similar hairstyles.

"Your granddaughter, age?"

"Seven years old."

"Is she stupid?" Rurik asked deliberately.

Kejas hurriedly denied: "She is smart. I have never seen such a scene, and her father, my son, have been killed by you. Please..."

"Let me be kind to her? Of course. She will be my sister's servant, and I will take her back to my hometown. I will also take some of your boys. Kaihas, your other people will continue to live here. ."

Although I don't know what other thoughts the Ross people have, Kaihas can only accept it unconditionally.

This time, Rurik made the next move, determined to be a terrible predator.

All the disarmed Kewen people gathered in a group, and then the young and strong among them were ordered to clean the battlefield.

When Cowen's women saw a large number of dead bodies, they knelt down on the spot and cried, or crawled to the dead bodies of their loved ones and cried until they were faint.

Contrast this with the happy smiling faces of the Ross Warriors.

Although all the warriors have no right to meddle with any Kewen woman, and once discovered, they will be punished by the leader. They were not angry at all, because every warrior got at least thirty squirrel skins!

Rurik took his mercenaries, holding a burning stick, and entered the cellar disguised as a large wooden house. As he had predicted, there was really a cave in the cellar.

The truth is even more shocking.

It turned out that all the houses in the mountain fort were built at the entrance of the cellar. First of all, these houses can be inhabited, and after lifting the boards, you can climb into the cellar.

Because the average annual rainfall of the Oulu River Basin in Finland is only 600 millimeters, and because of the cold, any point digging down two meters is the so-called permafrost.

Even if it is a small hill with an altitude of 80 meters, the Kewen people actually dug a large number of holes in the frozen soil. They are cold all year round, and they are a good place to store all kinds of supplies. The tribal people will not have the whimsical idea of ​​living in the cellar, and at most they will use this as a refuge in an extreme crisis state.

Because of the cold and because the leather has been processed, all kinds of leather can be well preserved.

A large number of animal skins were removed from the cellar, and they were all shared by the Rus in the first place. According to tradition, the chief family has the right to share a lot of spoils. This time, Rurik is determined to live a good life and comfort the people of the tribe, because he feels aggrieved because of not being served by a female prisoner. He persuaded Otto to distribute all the leather to his men.

It's not that Rurik doesn't understand that squirrel skin is a good thing. He thinks that what can support the warriors up to now is everyone's desire for wealth.

As for the real wealth, Rurik felt that it was all the inhabitants of the conquered tribe. From now on, they will have to pay a tribute each year, that is, tax.

Therefore, the battle has ended, and the right to life of the remaining tribesmen who are willing to surrender must be protected by the conquerors.

This is called cutting wool every year after domesticating wild sheep.

In addition, a large amount of smoked fish jerky was also moved out.

The various Kewen tribes would go to the beach to boil sea water in summer to obtain a certain amount of salt, but they would not be luxurious enough to pickle salted fish with a lot of salt.

They use the method of smoking and grilling to process a large number of migratory salmon caught in autumn into hard smoked dried fish, and use this as winter food. Therefore, in addition to their defense facilities, the mountain fort is also where their granary is located.

The emergence of a large number of jerky fish now eliminated the possibility of a food crisis for the Rus people in an instant.

Otto waved his hand and immediately deprived Cowen of half of the food reserves of the Salmon Lord tribe.

Rurik felt that his father's wishes were too ferocious, but thinking that his Ross brothers would also have to eat, he simply agreed with this predatory method.

Even more cold-blooded, because this Cowen tribe died a lot of people, especially the men who consumed the most food. Among those who survived, a group of people will inevitably be taken to Roseburg.

In the end, the population of Burakumin staying here is greatly reduced, and they can't afford more food.

The battle ended here, and Rurik knew it was just the beginning.

Because the warriors of the tribe should not stop fighting before they capture the real tribe of gray squirrels.

Grey squirrels, grey squirrels, a tribe of the lord of salmon seized more than 6,000 squirrel skins. Presumably, the tribe named after squirrels can seize 10,000 of them?

The short day is coming to an end, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com This battle is over. More than one hundred and fifty people from the Corvin tribe have died in the battle, and 20 people in the Russian army have also been killed.

Now, the Ross people have become the masters of the Salmon Lords tribe, and all the warriors have lived in the homes of the locals.

The aboriginals were concentrated in some houses. For the convenience of management and surveillance, men, women and children were forcibly separated. Before the Russ ended their conquest, the tribal people's lives would inevitably fall into high pressure.

Facing the powerful Ross tribe among the Varangians, Kaihas could only lead his tribe to express unconditional approval.

The tribal people dug some pits near the mountain fort and buried all the tribal warriors who died in action.

The Ross people who died were also buried on the spot.

The living warriors did not feel that their companions were killed in battle, because the leader has announced a full occupation of the tribe. In the future, the Rus tribe will continue to receive tributes from the Kovins, as if the Rus conquered long ago Same as Novgorod.

Even, in the future, the Ross people came to this salmon master tribe as if they were going home.