Rise of Rurik

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Although it is difficult to see the clues on the surface, the frozen land is quietly thawing. People who dig ice and fish gradually find that the ice layer is getting thinner, and the ice holes drilled yesterday only have a thin layer of ice today.

It is already March, and the climate in the north is still cold, but at noon every day, the world becomes more comfortable.

It is a good thing that the weather is getting warmer, but the snow all over the world melts at the same time, and the once-frozen soil thaws all over the place. Before it grows in the early morning, the whole world also turns into mud.

The flow of water beneath the ice begins to accelerate, and it only takes a hole in the Volkhov River to spot this anomaly—the rushing water beneath the ice quickly **** up floating ice debris.

Since I came back a bit late, it would be a huge risk to go sledding on Lake Ladoga in such an environment. It would be another kind of masochistic behavior to wait until the ice and snow quickly melted and arrived at New Roseburg by land.

Rurik was not in a hurry, and it was useless to be in a hurry now.

Frank must go, even if he catches a late episode.

Because he knew that after Ludwig suffered a big defeat, the army formed again may not be brave or have many troops. It may be difficult to expect these armies to defeat his eldest brother Lothair, at least to keep his Bavarian title.

Ludwig is likely to choose to procrastinate the strategy, and will not fight again until his strength is restored to his satisfaction. This means that the time of the Frankish Civil War has been greatly lengthened, and Ross still has a time window for armed intervention.

The returning armies brought a period of prosperity, and the returning warriors were still enjoying their ten-day holiday.

However, an unexpected snowfall process came quietly

to.

The vernal equinox is approaching, but it is snowing at this time.

The sunny weather for two consecutive weeks came to an abrupt end, and the sudden sharp drop in temperature brought the temperature back to winter.

Everyone had to hide in their own homes. Due to the snowfall that didn't know how long it would last, the return of the troops planned by Rurik had to be delayed.

Outdoors, the north wind was howling, and an arctic cold current suddenly swept across Northeast Europe. It blew all the way to the shore of the Black Sea, but the snow fell there and turned into rain.

So when Rurik was hiding from the snow in the palace, the people of the Pecheneg Khanate at the mouth of the Volga River hid in tents to hide from the rain.

On a quiet night, the howling of the north wind gradually subsided, fine snowflakes scattered all over the ground, they were difficult to condense into a ball, so that the new snow under the dark world was extremely fluffy, so all kinds of movements were completely absorbed.

Right in the Novgorod palace bedroom, Rurik's life returned to normal, he slept with Queen Svetlana...

The room was so absolutely silent that Rurik could clearly feel his own heartbeat.

On the first night after his return, he had dinner with his father and family members, especially had a drink with his father Otto.

Wine is no longer unusual, Ross imports this Nassau specialty. And it's not just wine, there's also some sweet perry, kirsch and cider, and even the incredible apple cider vinegar.

These weird wines are all tributes, attacked by the blue foxes who came back last winter.

The general who was ordered to expedition against the Franks returned with only a small army? Could it be that something happened.

Regarding what happened to the first expeditionary force, Otto got the blue light long before Hanukkah.

Fox's personal letter, and a batch of pleasing tributes.

Rurik kept in the dark about these things until he got the original letter.

The news has not been made public. At present, only a few top nobles in Ross know the experience of the expeditionary army, although there is no urgent reason to hide it.

If Blue Fox's letter is not exaggerated, then wouldn't Frank become a broken house, which would collapse if he kicked it a few times?

What is it that they blue too fast? Or is the Ross army too strong?

Blue Fox may exaggerate his ability to flaunt himself on these issues, but he will not exaggerate too much.

Believing that the expeditionary force had sacked Aachen, Rurik certainly couldn't believe it. However, the fat man who succeeded in losing weight did not mean that a batch of gold and silver utensils searched by the army in Aachen, especially the holy utensils of the cathedral, were all brought back to New Roseburg.

"If I can't see the babies you're talking about, you're lying. You... can't boast about this issue, do you?!"

Want to see those trophies, but the timing is wrong.

It's useless for Rurik to be anxious. As far as the current situation is concerned, the traffic in the two big cities of Ross has actually been interrupted. This dilemma will be over by mid-April and everything will be back to normal after spring plowing.

Papa Otto was drunk, even if it was a risky thing for an old man. No one can beat the old man's temperament, so he has to let him drink happily.

Rurik was slightly drunk, and then happily walked into the bathroom, first in the rain and then in the bath, the mud and skin flakes all over his body were constantly scratched by the burlap, and the hair, beard, chest hair, and crotch were even soaked with soap. Rub it five or six times.

He didn't need anyone's help in this matter, and ended up as

Shed a layer of skin and came to the world again.

Only in this way, after using the soap extensively, the whole body exudes a faint fragrance of rose essential oil, and the queen is willing to stay close to Rick after smelling comfortable.

Even though he was close, Rurik would only hold the lovely Svetlana in his arms. This woman, who is one year younger than her, is full of motherhood. She is at the end of her pregnancy again and is already making preparations for childbirth.

Undoubtedly, it is a great happiness for the king's husband to come back at this point in time, and Jiryulik will definitely not be able to run away in the future, so he can watch the second child born on the first day of his wife fall to the ground with his own eyes.

In the quiet night, an oil lamp burns quietly.

At the end of her pregnancy, Svetlana has the life troubles that all pregnant women will face. Her blood sugar and blood pressure have risen physiologically. These days, she is not in a good mood. Now it is snowing outdoors. She attributes the discomfort to the bad weather .

Putting on clothes, putting on socks, and going to the toilet have all become difficult things, but she completely ignores these difficulties when she thinks that the baby will be born soon and is full of anticipation.

A head was stuck to Lanna's swollen belly through a layer of underwear. It was Rurik, who couldn't sleep, and was smiling and listening to the fetal sound.

After all this tossing, Lanna, who was already a light sleeper, was woken up.

Juan Xiu's hand rested on Rurik's shaggy hair.

"Are you awake?"

"You torment me, how can I sleep." Lanna responded with a chirp.

Rurik raised his head slightly. It was a young and kind face, which was much rounder than when she gave birth for the first time.

"You... continue to lie on your back. Let me listen again."

"Listen to what?"

"A child's heartbeat."

"Why do you listen to this? I can't hear it." Lanna slightly

Puffed up his mouth: "This kid kicks me from time to time, which always makes me sick to my stomach. This kid, like Osborn, will be a naughty boy in the future."

"Boy?" Police Rurik raised his head.

"It must be a boy. I went to Freya to pray. Besides, he kicked me so hard, of course it was a boy."

"Hey, I'm afraid it's a girl. Listen, the gods sometimes play a little joke."

"Tch, I'm paying homage to God Freya, not Loki." Lanna really felt a little displeased, because she really liked her son more in her heart.

As a queen, she did not dare to say some things. The so-called gods spoke miracles. Except Rumia gave birth to the first girl Verika, all Rurik's wives and concubines gave birth to sons.

There are too many princes in Ross, and it would be hard to justify it if it weren't for the arrangement of the gods.

Since this is the situation, although Crown Prince Osborne has been set up with a lofty position, will he really be able to hold down the overwhelming number of half-brothers in the future?

Svetlana believes in the blood relatives of her compatriots the most, and only by continuing to give birth to her own son can she continue to stabilize the position of the prince in the future.

With one ear still attached to Lanna's belly, Rurik whispered, "It's better to be prepared. You like a son, and I like it too. If it's a daughter, I'd like it even more."

"Huh? Why?"

"Because...my sons are already too many. Maybe they need a sister now, lol."

"Is it funny? I can't laugh." Lanna appealed deeply: "It depends on the arrangement of the gods, and see how the gods treat you."

It was precisely because of Rurik's personal education that she realized that having a boy

Women are dominated by men.

Rurik defined it as "the arrangement of the gods", women provide the constant half of the child, and men determine the other half under the arrangement of the gods.

This is very counterintuitive, after all, in the eyes of everyone, the gender of the child is determined by the woman. Regardless of whether they have received education or understand the truth, they still go to the temple to visit Freya, pray for a smooth childbirth, and pray for a son.

Because giving birth to a son and then raising him has a huge benefit value. Families who believe in Freya almost all have the obligation to send someone to serve as a soldier, which is more a benefit than a duty.

In the current situation, it is not uncommon for a family to have two sons who serve as soldiers. The Ross army has always had a sufficient logistics support system, and even some priests who master potions follow the army. The survival rate of wounded soldiers is extremely high.

Ross is stepping from one victory to another, and only one man in the family enlists in the army to be eligible to share the huge war dividends.

This has been the case for more than ten years, so that a culture has formed - there has never been a time like this, when old Rus, Swedish, Slavic mothers are desperate to have more boys.

Svetlana, who is the top nobleman of Ross, had to think more.

Rurik's words also reminded himself.

"It doesn't matter. Boys and girls are important, you... give the child a name. This is your best effort."

"That's right." Rurik sat up slowly.

Through the rough-textured glass windows, the extremely weak outdoor light is magnified by the reflection of snow, and there is a blue scene outside the window, which is quiet and sacred.

Rurik scratched his face: "If it's a boy, call him Snoug, if it's a girl, call her Sn

o Snowla. "

Both names are compound words of the Norse language, meaning "promise with snow". To be fair, they have a Varyag style, but they have nothing to do with the mother's Slavic culture.

"That's fine." Lanna didn't refuse, and added: "Boys also need to add the suffix of sv."

"Girls don't have to."

"Add it." Svetlana slowly started to support the blanket: "skaya suffix, must."

"Alright. In this way, your daughter will be different from other brothers and sisters. It seems that this matter still needs to be legislated, so that your child has the right to have a special suffix."

The queen's proposal was thought-provoking, and her persistence really impressed Rurik. I think it's because I've heard too much about Mu Ran. Svetlana, who seems to be an ordinary daughter of a small local nobleman, also has the potential to become a court ruler.

Ross has a sword and a shield. The sword is the blood descendant of the old Ross tribe, and the shield is the most powerful White Tree Manor in Lake Ilmen.

The existence of the queen and her natal family is the cornerstone of Rose's stability. This place is Rose's big granary and a major producer of textiles. Without the support of the people here, Rose would not have the financial and material resources to fight large-scale wars.

The power of relatives is extremely important to Rose now, as for the future... there is no reason to think too much at the moment.

Now that she was sitting upright, Rurik immediately brought his face closer, and kissed Lanna lightly on the cheek, the beard on his face made his face a little itchy.

"When I finish the Frankish Expedition, it may be 844 years. By then the child will be weaned, and we..."

"Will you wait that long? Another year's expedition?" Lanna asked.

I had predicted it long ago, but now that Rurik said it, he was really empty when he thought of the future.

"For our kingdom, this is my destiny. Crush the glory of the Franks, and our Ross will at least be on an equal footing with them. In this way... your status will be even higher."

"En." Lanna nodded with a smile on her face, remembering the two names her husband gave the child, and didn't say any more.

After this secret conversation at night, Svetlana finally ushered in the final stage.

At this time, the last snowfall in winter has ended, the speed of climate warming is beyond imagination, and the speed of natural land thawing is also desperate.

Ice fishing is no longer safe in almost all areas of Lake Ilmen, as patches of ice on the surface of the lake keep expanding and turning into small ice cubes.

The ice cubes are actually not small. They are carried by water into the Volkhov River, and they are transported towards Lake Ladoga in the river, which becomes more turbulent every day.

Welcome to the month of April on the Julian Calendar!

The daytime is no longer cold, and the land that has been covered with snow for more than half a year finally sees the sky again, although it is muddy. If the area around the lake is not deliberately laid with slag, gravel, and rough roads transported from afar, the farms The land traffic in China will also be interrupted by mud for maybe half a month.

Even the solid ice at the Kronstadt berth in New Rossburg turned into endless shattered ice, the Neva River was flowing crazily, and endless ice blocks rushed into the Gulf of Finland. This was a great threat to the long galleys, but seemed little risk to the large naval ships at anchor.

When all the torrents were over and the mud was dried by the sun, the spring plowing of 843 began immediately.

It was the eve of spring plowing, and the people in the whole city got the good news—the queen was born again!

At first, it was a familiar

Svetlana yelled at the strange abdominal pain, and soon, under the close attention of many midwives, the child fell to the ground with the sonorous cry of the mother.

The midwives in White Tree Manor were experienced. They quickly cleaned up the thick vernix on the child's body, cut the umbilical cord with a knife boiled in boiling water and clamped it with wooden clamps.

All the disinfection and cleaning work ended quickly, and the pink child was wrapped in a specially prepared linen cloth amidst screaming.

"Quick! Let me see, is it a boy or a girl?" Lanna's face was a little haggard, and she carried her child back based on instinct.

"It's a girl." The midwife blurted out without thinking.

"It's a girl. Rurik...you bastard, Crow's Mouth!" She froze for a moment, then whispered to express her dissatisfaction, but it was her first daughter.

Holding the child in her arms, take a closer look at the child's lanugo: "Hey, brown hair."

She shook subconsciously, and her daughter who closed her eyes subconsciously whimpered a few times.

"Hey, Snoraskaya, you are the name."

At this moment, a group of nobles were waiting outside the closed wooden door.

Lanna was the legal wife identified by Otto himself. The old soldier's heart melted when he thought of the little girl pulling her beard without fear of Xihaha.

Now, the old man suddenly heard the child's bursting cry, and he slapped his thigh happily: "The cry is like thunder, it's a boy, and the child **** blessed him."

Hearing this cry, Rurik patted Osborn on the back with a smile: "Boy, your mother may have given birth to a younger brother for you."

Being slapped suddenly, Osborn felt displeased and pouted lightly

Looking at Dad: "You said, what if it's a younger sister."

"What if it's my sister?"

"Beloved, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com, that's my sister." Osborne still pouted and muttered.

The wooden door finally opened, and the gathered people asked about the condition of the mother and the **** of the child.

"It's a princess."

All dust settled...

There was a hint of disappointment on Otto's face, but he burst into joy in an instant.

And Osborn, who was slapped by his father, heard that it was his sister, and suddenly became angry: "Great. I just want a sister. The gods really answered my prayer."

"Really?" Rurik clasped the crown prince's restless head: "So it's you, kid. Keep your voice down, don't let your mother hear that it's your prayers that are against her..."

Osborn stuck out his tongue mischievously.

"Let's go." Lyuri pulled his son, "Let's go in and see your mother..."