Rise of Rurik

In just one afternoon, the cargo carried by the Aphrora was sold out by the Balmerks.

The materials in the cabin were replaced with a batch of good-quality salt, which the Rus people wanted most.

But in the Balmerks, their desire to buy has not been reduced a little because the supplies are sold out. Ordinary people, they probably didn't expect too much to buy a little goods. Only a few lucky people bought the last surplus, and the main materials were all snapped up by dozens of powerful families.

It was these big families. The representatives they sent kept shouting under the big ship, and went straight to the home of the leader Magnut, trying to talk directly with the leader of the Rurik.

The attitudes of everyone are surprisingly consistent, that is, they hope that the Ross people will bring more goods next time they come.

However, Rurik is not there.

A crowd of men gathered at the door of Magnut's house and talked.

"Osten, you actually invited the Ross people to be a guest at your home. What would you plot?"

"He did this, fearing that next time the Ross people come back, the good things will be bought by the Vashobi guys."

"That won't work. We are not poor ghosts, so why do they take the lead."

"Yes! By doing this, Osten is destroying the unity of the brothers."

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Perhaps people are always willing to share adversities, but they cannot share blessings because of selfish desires.

Chief Magnuth and Bijuni tried their best to urge everyone to be quiet, and not to speak badly to hurt the peace.

"Everyone listens to me." Magnuth said with a big hand: "We will hold a meeting soon. The Ross people intend to explain many important things to us. I learned some things, but the Ross people obviously have more ideas. ."

"Do you know anything about it?" a strong man suddenly shouted.

"I know it best." Biyunni raised his head: "Barda, my friend, I know some things."

"You! Bijuni, you have lived with the Ross people for a while, and my brothers happened to ask you something. Just tell us what you know now."

Balda is also outstanding among the many Balmerk men. This man is strong and courageous, and when his father is newly killed, he will naturally lead the whole family. These people and the family power behind them are really the factors that made Balmerk able to condense into the backbone of a behemoth.

Those who insist on hiding in the fjord are equivalent to cowardice. The people present are willing to go out, but it is a pity that they lack guides and opportunities.

The Biyuni brothers and the brave men of the tribe, their wonderful expeditions in the past year are really good talks for each family, and any careerist is willing to follow.

On behalf of his father, he publicly announced one thing to the brothers: "You have all seen the big Russian ship! I saw a large number of ships in the port of the Roth, and their shipbuilding workshop is still building a new big ship! The leader strongly hopes to form an alliance with us and is willing to sell us a big ship."

As soon as these words were made, the atmosphere became lively again.

But new major problems followed one after another. There are two main issues. First, who owns the ownership of the big ship; second, what is the price of the big ship.

Because of the traditional Nordic of the Balmerk tribe, the ownership of some important things actually belongs to the owner, such as a huge ship as large as an iceberg. Of course, she is the wealth of the tribe. The purchase of this ship should also be the whole The tribe pays.

The most critical issue is the price tag of the big ship.

When Bijuni pointed out that the price was as high as two thousand pounds of good salt, people were all shocked.

It's as if Biyunni has acted as a despicable liar, tricking everyone into paying a very high price, and finally filling his own pockets during the transaction.

Yup! Two thousand pounds of salt to buy a boat? Is this bullying the honest person?

When even the questioning words were directed at Biyuni, his cheeks were like a toad in anger. He suffocated a sentence for a long time: "If you have complaints, don't target me. These are the opinions of Rurik from the Ross. When the meeting starts, you will negotiate with him."

As night fell, the boiling Balmerk finally calmed down.

Rurik and his party had to live in Washobi, with the local ordinary fishermen.

People learned that the young man from Ross wanted to show everyone the right path so that everyone could build a new home in a warm place. Hundreds of Vashobi people came in, they lit more bonfires, looked around Rurik himself, and then full of praise that such a beautiful young man must be a good man from Asgard.

During this night, Rurik had no choice but to record with Nolan in the simple house. Even so, in the sense of locals, the place where the two live is already considered high-class.

The ordinary fishermen in Gashol, their houses are mainly built with stones and dirt, soil is piled up outside the walls, rough planks made up of tree trunks on the roof, and a lot of branches and dirt are laid. They are more like rabbits living in a cave, and their simplicity really makes Rurik speechless.

At night, even though it was a brief contact, Nolan had already regarded Rurik as a relative that he could not give up. What is love at first sight? She fell in love with Rurik at first sight. Even if he lives in this humble place, Rurik doesn't complain, and he has nothing to say.

"The wind outside is a bit different," Rurik murmured in the darkness.

Nolen twisted her body, she seemed to be a little cold, so she squeezed the arms of the people around her, and made a few sniffs.

"I thought Vashobi was a wealthy being. I didn't expect them to spend all their wealth on buying iron. Fortunately, the quality of my iron was far beyond their knowledge. Take them as a group of fishermen to attack Britain? Can they? You have to be aware of the death of war. Nolan... are you awake?"

The girl twisted her body again and said twice.

"Okay. Go to sleep"

On a new day, the entire fjord is filled with fog.

The awakened Rurik twisted his body, always feeling that he was damp. The fact is indeed the case. When he realized what had happened, he had to sigh with emotion. The so-called land on the Atlantic coast must be accompanied by moisture.

A new storm is brewing in the far north, and today's fog is just a prelude.

It wasn't until noon that the strong sunlight blew away the weapons, and Rurik took some local products (a little cheese made from goat's milk and a packet of salt) sent by the Vashobi people, and returned to Balmerk's home port by boat.

Balmerk, she is a huge settlement formed by the union of a large home port and several hundreds of villages. In fact, according to current European standards, the Balmerks can claim to the outside world that they have established a kingdom. After all, from all aspects, she has all the conditions to establish a kingdom.

With Vashobi, Rurik was able to penetrate into the ordinary life of the locals. From his own memory, it is not difficult to see that the living conditions of this group of people are surprisingly similar to those of the Ross people in the past-they are all poor.

In the next two days he went down the main area of ​​the settlement of the fjord, accompanied by Noren and Frocky.

Especially on the rugged road leading to the snow-capped mountains where the three of them stood.

Frocky proudly held his right hand and pointed at the mountain: "Walk along the road, and we will find a lake on the hill. Some people live in the mountain lake. Last year, Bijuni and I were on the boat on the lake. Following the river flowing eastward, I finally found you."

There is no road in the world, and pedestrians step on the road if they keep walking, and when there is no road, the river is the best way. But compared to rivers, the sea is clearly a better way.

When Rurik learned that Frocky and the others had walked for three days before they climbed the mountain lakes, and now they don’t want to join in the fun. He has determined a road back to Ross by land, but in terms of time efficiency, it is not false to take the sea route, and the speed is really fast.

The weather seems to have changed a bit. Why did the southerly wind that should have been warm suddenly mixed with a hint of coolness?

Rurik did not pay further attention to such changes, because the powerful families could no longer stand it any longer, and a meeting was officially held in Balmerk's public chamber.

What will be discussed in this meeting? Rurik had known one or two in advance.

Balmerk’s men spoke very straightforwardly. When Rurik had just taken a seat in an important position, a sharp question came over.

The brawny Balda, who was elected as a spokesperson by a skeptic, asked him to question the question of buying a big ship: "Leurik of Ross, brothers have already discussed it. We Balmerks are essentially willing Buy a big ship of yours. But how do we get the quotation of two thousand pounds of good salt you have come up with? Since you intend to form an alliance with us, you should show greater sincerity. Otherwise, the brothers will only treat you Think of it as a good businessman from afar, but you won’t really regard you as a brother."

This question left Rick for a moment, and he had already discussed it with Ostan in Vashobi. Besides, if you buy a big ship with two thousand pounds of salt, who is going to lose?

He winked at Ostan.

Sure enough, Ostan stood up and faced the more than twenty brothers present and said: "The price the Ross people have paid is very cheap. This young Rurik, he and Bijuni vowed to Odin to be different in this life. Half-brother. It was this friendship that was supposed to be the price of four thousand pounds of salt, and he cut it by half."

There is still this inside story? People began to talk about it.

But as the spokesperson of the skeptic, Barda asked back: "So, we still make money? Don't you think that we only make two thousand pounds of salt, how much effort will it take?" Then, he stared at Rurik again: "Beautiful boy, may your heart be as pure as snowflakes. You are a businessman, and you shouldn't search our wealth too much."

"You?" Rurik put on an angry face: "Maybe your leader has more say. I didn't force you to buy it, and I did give you a preferential price. After 20 days of sailing, but It’s not for you to disperse money. Do you know how much material we spend to build a big ship? What kind of battle do we have to go through the Danish control area?"

When asked, Barda was speechless.

Suddenly someone yelled: "Magnut's fairy is already the wife of Rurik. This is the greatest benefit the Ross people earn."

Magnut coughed twice and retorted: "My daughter's marriage to her is another matter. Whom Noren marries, that's my right!"

As soon as the voice fell, some discordant boos came from the crowd.

Not to mention that a good Nordic council should be a harmonious existence? How could it become the scene of a quarrel?

Rurik hurriedly said loudly: "We Rose have a lot of goods, but you only have salt and a small amount of sheep to exchange with me. You lack gold and silver, and you lack other goods. I found that your settlement is also very bad. People live like groundhogs. Maybe you have adapted to this kind of life? Don’t you like to explore outside? Or is there only a few brave people who plan to go out and more people like to fight in their nests?"

After being reprimanded, someone yelled: "We have always wanted to explore outside and expand into new territories. However, our expansion must compete with the Bergen people. As for the place east of the mountain range, that's yours. Territory."

"You are all willing to explore outside. Why not do it?"

What Rurik wanted to say, Chief Magnuth understood. Biyuni directly informed the old Daddy that the people of Ross have a desire to explore the western sea, or that this desire to explore lies mainly in this Rurik. Because of Magnuth, he himself has never been ignorant of the western sea, and some of the most basic things are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Of course, he is still steadfast in the legendary sea and abyss at the end of the world. Only based on the results of his son Bijuni's exploration last year, Magnuth believes that the terrible abyss is still very far away, and mortals are afraid that it will take months of continuous sailing to see the dark space outside that world.

Magnuth pretended to be helpless and said: "We are eager to grow wheat, warm pastures, and better herring fishing grounds. Our young people are eager to go out and explore, so many people go to the south to become mercenaries. We are. Desire to be rich, we are all fed up with this barren fjord. Who can give us a chance to go out?"

Look at this question, how wonderful is it? !

Rurik laughed loudly: "Okay, I give you a chance to expand. You rob resources, especially looting gold and silver, and you can trade with us when you become rich."

Magnuth pretended to be shocked again, and asked weakly: "Should we join forces to attack Bergen? No! There are a hundred thousand of them!"

"It's that huge island in Britain, where the slaves of your family Briton came from."

"I bought those slaves from the market in Bergen. All the slaves of our tribe came from this way. Others were bought from Hezeby."

Rurik continued to question: "Then why don't you attack the source of slavery. Britain's land is fertile. The land there is suitable for growing wheat and suitable for grazing. The surrounding sea is full of herring. Why don't you organize an army to conquer? The Danes are already trying. The Bergen people are busy catching slaves and selling them to you at a high price. If you don't do it, they will have all those good places. By then they will get richer and richer and you still stand still. Do you think this is a good thing? When they are strong enough, they will attack you without hesitation."

Suddenly, the venue was silent.

At this moment, no one thought that Rurik was just a teenager, and what he said was questionable.

Rurik's words pointed to two very terrible problems for the Balmerks.

First, rush to Britain. Looting can make you rich immediately, and settlement can make you prosperous.

Second, a new era has arrived. If the Balmerks do not act boldly, eventually everyone will be swallowed by the mighty Bergen.

For them, the second situation is more deadly, because this is the most acute problem that the people present are facing.

Barda, who was promoted to be a "harlequin", raised his fist: "Rurik of Ross is right! Those Bergen people have repeatedly asked you to join them. Why? Join them, we must obey Those people’s orders must also be tribute to their leader."

"Yes!" Osten also stood up with his fist raised: "I support Rurik's claim. I only represent all the people of Vashobi. Rurik knows the right route to Britain, and I will take my friends to rush. To Britain, I want to occupy a warm meadow to build a new home and breed a large population to become strong."

Ostin’s words were too straightforward, and everyone understood now. Before co-authoring this meeting, Rülik’s visit to Ostin’s place had already explained too much.

Osten is clearly a big fan of the Ross people. People can't help but think about it carefully. Let those people support the Ross people. Presumably, this Ross's Rurik must have promised a lot of good things.

According to the second fatal question, a smart person immediately thinks of a new situation.

Since the Ross people are very strong, shouldn't Balmerk form an alliance with them? What a coincidence! This incident was caused by Bijuni, the son of the leader Magnuth, especially the ten warriors who had been to Rose described them as they knelt to the first sunshine after the long night and praised Odin’s greatness. On the occasion, I also witnessed the pledge of the three men.

It is strange for the Balmerks to be the alliance of blood, but when you think about it, this ritual is a great symbol, which symbolizes that people of different ancestry have passed through the blood and have a common ancestry.

In response to the atmosphere, the leader Magnuth, who has the most voice, persuaded everyone: "I decided to form an alliance with the Rus. You listen to what I said, because the relationship between the Bergen and the Danes is getting closer. We and Bergen are getting closer. People are essentially hostile, although everyone has not really started a war. But the Russ and the Danes are already in a long state of war. They have the ambition to conquer the known world, and we and the Russ should unite to protect themselves. Necessary At that time, we can organize coalition forces to resist their invasion."

"Then join forces!" Osten continued to raise his fists: "Brothers, look! Rurik will lead us to attack Britain. We will rob ourselves and open up the land ourselves. When we make a fortune, we can buy More Ross ships. As we become stronger, the guys in Bergen will no longer look arrogantly at us."

"Yes! Unite! Then, attack Britain! I, Balda, fully support this idea of ​​getting rich." It was Balda who was speaking, and Rurik was a little strange. Maybe this strong man was a villain from the beginning?

In fact, Barda was really convinced. In other words, it is the desire to get rich that takes over the whole mind. All the problems are in Balmerk's poverty. If you get rich because of the attack on Britain, will all the problems of the past be solved? Besides, it's not just as simple as getting rich? A group of young men in the tribe were unable to get women because of poverty. If an army was organized to attack Britain and looted the women there, the brothers’ wives problems would also be solved.

Those explorers who went to the sea in the past have never returned, it is because of their lack of experience.

But this Rurik was completely different, and the Ross people came here prepared.

Barr reached Rurik's new fans, and upon seeing this, those doubters were instantly concerned. People yelled two words rhythmically throughout the chamber. UU reading www.uukanshu. com

"Union! Britain!"

"Union! Britain!"

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In the extremely warm atmosphere, Magnuth smiled and slapped his legs to signal everyone to be quiet for the time being.

"Now, we should choose an excellent day and confirm the alliance between our two races through a ceremony. I decided to sacrifice on the summer solstice! On that day, we swear to Odin. That day was also the stay of my Norren and Ross. The day of Rick’s marriage. Also, since everyone feels that following the Ruths to attack Britain, let’s take advantage of this year’s warm period! You all go to prepare, choose the bravest fighters, and we organize an army To launch an attack."

The people boiled again, and Rurik was immersed in the atmosphere. He knew that at this moment, the core power of the entire Balmerk tribe would essentially obey his own dispatch.

As for the attack on Britain, Rurik counted the time, and he was sure that he had plenty of time opportunities. Besides, according to climatic factors, I was elected from September to October when I returned home. Although the climate is already very cold, the Aphrodite can follow the strong Arctic cold and rush through the Danish-controlled area at the fastest speed.