Rise of Rurik

The nobles of the Mälaren tribe are very self-aware, especially as the leader of the tribe and King Bjorn of Sweden, they understand that their own country is not righteous. For their own power and the advantages of the Mälaren tribe’s crimes over Sweden, they should be strengthened. Alliance with the Ross people.

　　 In addition, it is also necessary to consolidate the Mälaren tribe’s monopoly on trade within Sweden, and this still requires the support of the Russian merchants.

　　 The education his daughter received from birth was to use it as a bargaining chip to marry other nobles.

　　 They certainly don’t have the right to choose, but...

"Why?! I want to marry an old fat man. Father, that man is almost older than you!" The crying little daughter Saffir Bjorendot, complaining about her dissatisfaction over and over again, was messing up at home. Smash it.

　　 King Bjorn tried his best to maintain patience, and persuaded with all his heart: "This is your destiny! You must accept it."

　　 "If it is a young man, I can accept it, but he is clearly an old guy."

　　 "Even so, you must accept it!"

　　 The girl put down her messy hand, her face was red with anger and she washed her face with tears, her face flushed like a fever: "You are for your power."

　　 "For the whole of Sweden. Because I am the king!"

　　 "Are you the king? Do you dare to claim to be the king? No one really supports you! It's just that this alliance needs a man to be the speaker!"

　　Don't say anything, the woman's words hit the nail on the head. It was just that the daughter was so angry that Bjorn could no longer calm down.

A slap was slapped on the girl's face, and King Bjorn glared at his youngest daughter with murderous eyes: "You don't know what you are talking about! Now you must marry Snoreva (white fox), If you are not willing, I will grant you death. The big deal is that I will find a woman from the clan to adopt as an adopted daughter."

　　 The girl was completely suppressed, she did not speak, but lowered her head and sobbed alone.

King Bjorn was still angry. He turned his back and said coldly: "I will dress you up and marry you gracefully. Stupid girl! That man has no son yet, you gave him a boy. , Is the endless glory and wealth. You don't understand?"

　　 But the girl Saffir Bjorendot really didn't understand. She was only a fourteen-year-old girl. She was the daughter of the nobles of the tribe and she also had the object of admiration.

　　Which girl is not so young and beautiful? Do not long for a handsome aristocratic man to be a husband.

　　 King Bjorn is going to marry a girl, it would be too untimely to do this kind of thing in early winter. The people who lacked fun watched them all. They saw a girl with silver ornaments and a big white fat man with a splendid dress.

　　 At night, the nobles of the Mellaren tribe toasted to celebrate this marriage. White Fox Gouldsson also withstood the pressure of his wife's depression, not only forcibly married the young girl, but also paid a large amount of food for the wedding ceremony.

　　 The strong wine at the dinner was taken out by him personally, and he got drunk with the nobles. They talked about friendship and business prosperity at the dinner table.

　　 King Bjorn drank well. He drank a lot of spirits, and now he is almost in a critical state.

He toasted the white fox, reaffirmed his friendship in a vague way, and solemnly declared: "I will set off in a few days! Now...the lake has a lot of ice floes, and now you can only take a sleigh if you don't leave. I want to go to yours personally. Shilla Fort, I want to...convene again for an all-Swedish League."

　　 "But, we Ross has already left Sweden." The white fox pointed out the matter in a daze.

"But... we are one Carl that stupid makes you Rus angry. It does not mean that other nobles are like this. My family has not rejected Rus since ancient times. The Danes have been defeated, and the rest is a good life. We want to be together. Do business and live a good life. Sweden can't live without Ross, just as Ross can't live without Sweden..."

　　 King Bjorn didn't mutter any more, he really got fragmented when he sat down, and lay down on the spot. People could hear his snoring.

　　 The white fox accompanies the group of guys to the end, and the newly married Safir Bjorendot has been sent to Gould Island on the lake after the wedding.

　　 From this moment on, this girl is already a Rose.

　　 She came to her obese husband in anxiety, and she had a relationship with her as soon as the white fox came back. No one knows what the white fox promised to her new wife. She became silent and not crying, like a tamed puppy. It seemed that she had no longer objected to this marriage on the bright side.

　　 The return of the white fox was sudden. He realized that sending King Bjorn to Fort Silla was a feat for the family and the prince. He needs glorious deeds to convince the crowd, otherwise he will be suppressed by his promising second brother, Blue Fox.

　　 Regarding King Bjorn, he wanted to personally visit Prince Ross, and the news was released to the public, which immediately caused an uproar.

　　 Even if the nobles agreed on this matter, they still need the support of all Mellaren.

　　 Thousands of people gathered in Birka, a trading port that was sluggish in winter, suddenly bustling with excitement.

　　 King Bjorn, dressed in a bearskin, preached to the people with his throat. The core of the preaching was unmatched-only by doing a good job with the Rus people can he make a fortune.

　　 In this way, Bjorn was not condescending to go to Rose in person.

　　 The Melaren tribe needs to raise funds to buy some big ships, and it needs to fight for business opportunities for all the people.

　　 Among the many listeners, the traditional tribes such as Unkras, Uppsala, and Yilmalun all sent envoys. When King Bjorn finished his preaching, these tribes simply organized their own envoys.

　　 All tribes are going to visit the Duchy of Ross? Could it be that a great king personally went to his duke and still worry about it?

　　The actions of the dukes of the various tribes are in the authority of the King of Overstepping, but each tribe has made a very reasonable statement, so the Rus and the brothers are of the same rank, and they are each other's kingdom of dukes. As for whether King Bjorn is condescending or not, the King cannot blame others for going to Ross.

　　The floating ice of the lake and sea is forming one piece. If you don’t go now, you will either wait until next year, or you can only take a sled.

　　 They organized a long boat rowing team. Some tribes had leaders personally as envoys, and some just sent envoys.

　　 A man with a white beard is no one else, but Angriffe, the old leader of the Ankras tribe. Many years have passed, Rurik grew up from a child to an adult, the Gould family moved, and Ungriffe is still alive.

　　 He bought the old house of the Gould family at a low price. He felt that he had made a profit. Now he went to Gould Island and found out that the eldest son of the Gould family was already a prince.

　　 The Gurdot, which completed the expedition to Denmark, returned, and parked on Tombstone Island in the Åland Islands without special circumstances.

　　 Now, this big ship that has conquered Denmark, the bronze horns can easily smash the thin ice floes, and it is stopped next to Gould Island.

　　 Take a good look at her!

　　 Bjorn deliberately floated under her bow in a rowing boat and looked up at it with his head held up.

　　 "What a great ship! It's a pity it's not mine." He muttered to himself.

　　 was encouraged by his followers: "We will buy such a ship, and we will be very strong."

　　 "I hope. Hey, we have to spend a lot of money to buy a ship."

　　 The Aphrora-class sail cruiser is the largest ship that the Nordic people can see at the moment. For the shipbuilders of the Principality of Ross, who has mastered the keel splicing technique and continuously improved their ability, it seems that it is just a matter of the prince’s investment to build larger ships.

　　It is ironic that the Swedish nobles feel that the Ross people have big boats, but the excellent shipbuilders come from Sweden. This group of nobles did not have the financial resources to do large-scale ship orders, so they would blame the craftsmen for the "good ministers to choose their masters" one after another.

　　 This, King Bjorn didn't know it, he thought the Ross people were extraordinary.

　　 The big white fox was praised by everyone. He arrogantly accused the messengers of the long boat that was already a garbage of the old age.

　　 "My ship can crash into ice, and those long ships can be easily smashed by me. Now the sea is freezing. You abandon your ship and streamline your entourage. Let's get on the Gurdot and go to Ross!"

　　 Bjorn took the lead in accepting the offer, and the others had to accept it.

　　 White Fox knew the significance of this trip. He took his new wife and decided to arrive at Tombstone Island first to supply supplies, and at the same time let King Bjorn leave the lake to see the world.

　　 Ashamed, Bjorn is indeed a fish in a lake. The last time he sailed was a long time ago. There was no major incident. He would not leave Lake Mälaren to float in the ocean.

　　 The spinnaker of the big ship was slanting to catch the north wind, so it sailed on the lake at the fastest speed in fact. The speed actually reached 20 knots, and Bjorn was shocked by the speed! When the big ship left the mouth of Lake Mälaren and entered the ocean, it headed north directly against the wind. Bjorn’s doubts lasted only one day. Soon after entering the islands, he saw a fortified port.

　　 In order to see what happened, Bjorn would rather stand on the bow deck and **** in the cold wind.

　　 White Fox explained with interest: "This is our Tombstone Island, where many Merlaren merchants do business. I'm sorry, many people like this port of our Ross people more than your Birka."

　　 Talking is like a provocation, Bjorn can't get angry, just because the fat guy is telling the truth.

　　 Tombstone Island Port has a large number of ships berthed. Although in the ocean, this island group has a large number of small bays, especially the two natural harbors on Tombstone Island are really perfect havens.

　　 There are as many as ten large sailing ships here, each of which is fixed by ropes to the pier trestle. It seems that there is no plan to sail in winter.

　　 Guldot Island was firmly anchored at the trestle bridge, and people on the shore took the thrown cables and tied it.

　　 The white fox turned his face to the side of Bjorn who looked confused, and couldn't help but feel contempt for the stuffed buns in his heart.

　　 Superficially respectful, he pulled Bjorn's thoughts loudly: "King of Sweden, are you looking at the beauties on the island? Let's get off the boat first. Let's rest here for one night. We will leave tomorrow."

　　 "Okay. This fortress..." Bjorn wanted to say something, he actually felt very unwell, and he was very envious of Rose.

　　After all, he is the king, even if he lacks arbitrary power, he is also the king of Sweden. Looking at the current situation, the Ross people have almost built a marine fortress at the door of their homes in Sweden that the Swedish army will never be able to break. This is equivalent to saying that the only way for the Swedes to go to sea, the mouth of Lake Mälaren, has been taken by the Principality of Ross. Stubbornly.

　　Bjorn’s analysis is certainly correct, but the Aland Islands were not developed for the Russ to contain Sweden. Until now, it has become a reality to contain Sweden, but after Bjorn really landed on the island, he felt that his estimate was somewhat arbitrary.

　　There are all kinds of people on the island. Needless to say, the Ross people have immigrated. He and other messengers have discovered merchants from their own tribe. Although these merchants were astonished at the nobles of the family who landed on the island, they were only surprised.

The Merlaren merchants who settled on Tombstone Island almost surrendered to the Duchy of Ross in a practical sense. They paid business taxes to the Duchy and lived on the island for a long time. They looked like "New Ross people". He's despised, and there is no respect, just like seeing an ordinary person.

　　 In addition to these people, there are other men who speak Norse. They shaved bald heads on a large scale, leaving only a few braids. This is clearly the talent of some Norwegian tribes. He quickly figured out that there were indeed a group of Norwegians from extremely far away who were active here. Just simply inquire about the Norwegians themselves and arrogantly explain their identity. The Duchy of Ross had already conquered the north, and a group of Norwegians took their own territories. Joined Rose.

　　 The same legend has also been verified. The so-called Norwegians occupy a piece of land on the island of Britain. They established a kingdom on the island and became a brotherly country with Ross.

　　 Bjorn feels that his Sweden has been flanked by both sides, Denmark is dying, Ross has formed an alliance with Norway, and a group of Norwegians have moved freely in the Inner Baltic Sea. This is something he, a king, had never expected before.

　　 The population on the island is also more complicated than he thought. There is a group of black-haired dwarves who are active. They are Finados and can be used as slaves or mercenaries.

　　 There are a group of black-haired people in Lake Mälaren, most of them farming serfs raised by great nobles. The nobles called it "finrado", a group of slaves.

　　 King Bjorn never thought that such a person could live freely.

When he deliberately asked the arctic fox about his wonderful experience, the arctic fox played very easily, "All the clever people of the Finrador are all loyal to our Prince Ross, and those who do not follow have been killed. We killed about 30,000 people. Servant, no Finrador now dares to rebel."

　　 The white fox spoke lightly. Although the words were not arrogant, a single sentence of "killing 30,000 of them" **** everything.

　　 As for another kind of thinner people with brown hair, they are the so-called Slavs. "They were slaves conquered by Rose, and Prince Rose allowed them to be free. The prince loves these people so much, even the queen is a Slav, and the one who can inherit the throne in the future must be a mixed race."

　　 Can the people of slaves become nobles? There must be a major hidden secret behind the strangeness. Bjorn knew that the old Otto had given up power to his son Rürik. Young people would always have fantastic ideas, so all these must be the work of Rürik's cub.

　　 "Because Rurik's queen is very beautiful?" He asked the white fox.

　　 "The fairy of Asgard."

　　 "Just because of the beauty of a woman, those people are no longer slaves?"

　　 "Naturally not." The white fox doesn't know much about politics. His marriage with King Bjorn is also a double insurance for his family wealth. He speculated casually: "Maybe it's because there are so many Slavs."

　　 "A lot? How many?"

　　 "A hundred thousand people."

The white fox described a "one hundred thousand", which is one hundred thousand people. He described it in another way. The so-called Slavs who simply surrendered to Rose surpassed the sum of the populations of the tribes of the entire Kingdom of Sweden, or at least far exceeded them. Melaren tribe.

　　 In the capital city that hadn't actually reached the Ross people, King Bjorn instinctively felt that the white fox was bragging. He concealed his shock with an awkward smile. After all, this is a big businessman who is always good at bragging.

　　Believing he was skeptical, he first negotiated with the elderly Gould, who had age spots and a gray beard.

　　 As for Bjorn to marry his youngest daughter to his eldest son, Old Gould has no idea. If it's just for the male heir of the family, and the eldest son is not big enough to pick one out of the illegitimate child, why bother to marry the younger one in splendor?

　　 This was a political marriage, which caused the Gould family to get on a boat with the Swedish nobility. Maybe this will arouse the resentment of Prince Rurik? Then it's not for this dying old man to interfere.

The Swedish nobles and messengers saw the unlucky appearance of the old-spirited businessman, the same old Angrieff and this old friend had a conversation, and they became the sympathy meeting of the two old people, and they were all feeling. Your youth is not in time.

　　 Tombstone Island is just a small island, and at most three islands have been developed in a large archipelago. Although he was leaving until the next day, Bjorn saw a large farmland and a city protected by a fort for a short time. It is much smaller than the Port of Birka, and its potential is not small.

　　Since the white fox had to force a ship to break the ice and go to Silla Fort in the east, the Swedish envoys visited the royal prince with major diplomatic matters, and the Tombstone Island side should organize a fleet to the east with a high standard.

　　 In this way, the Balmerks and Finns, who waited for the sea to freeze completely before taking a sleigh ride to the Eastern Trade, did not hesitate to get on a sail boat.

　　 A bag of sea salt from the North Atlantic is transported to the ship. This year, there is no need to travel with a sled team, or even to pay a lot of travel expenses. The Balmerk merchants happily boarded the armed merchant ship.

Finnish fur merchants, who have made money to buy wheat and ironware, also plan to go to the Finnish trading port of Helminki with thicker ice and snow, and then go north to their homes in the inland area to overwinter~www.readwn.com~they Will not let go of this opportunity to sail down the wind.

　　Gurdot led the other four big ships to leave Tombstone Island. In the eyes of King Bjorn, if he had such a fleet, he would be able to ensure his internal power, and he would have the power to go sideways against Denmark.

　　According to Baihu, such a fleet is less than 10% of the strength of the Russian Navy. Is what he said is true?

　　 Dongfang represents the endless unknown, Bjorn expects and is cautious, because he is completely unknown in this sea area, not only himself, but even his father and grandfather have never been here. More than him, all the envoys entered the Gulf of Finland for the first time. They knew that they would see the new world controlled by the Rus. As for the new world, what is the opportunity?

　　 The Ross people will never forget their old friends in the old world. The messengers and leaders of various tribes have been deeply shocked only by seeing and hearing on Tombstone Island, and the leaders of those tribes are itching.

　　 Because everything is for the benefit of the tribe, Old Angrieff can't forget the private chat with the old tribe and old friend Gould. Why should an old man lie to himself? The Ross people must be very strong.

　　 For the benefit of the Unkras tribe, perhaps the tribe can take the Duchy of Ross as the boss. After all, the powerful Ross is more qualified to succeed Mellaren as the real king of Sweden.

　　 He vaguely remembered that it was King Carl who arbitrarily encumbered the entire Mellaren and other tribes to reject the Rus. Today, the brutal Carl is murdered by a coup, and all tribes are actively doing business with Rose.

　　 How about brothers and invite the Ross people? To be the leader of the tribes? At least Angkola is a tribal merchant who has a tax-free privilege in Ross, which would be great.