Rise of Rurik

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Although the blue fox was surprised by the king's decision, he was smart and agreed with the result after thinking about it for a while.

There is no strict "generation theory" in the Nordic world. Even if Blackbird becomes Rurik's adopted daughter, theoretically Blue Fox will eventually become a son-in-law, which does not mean that Blue Fox will become the equivalent of a king's son.

The blackbird has a brand new identity, and from Blue Fox's point of view, his position in the kingdom has become more stable.

It's just something he didn't expect, King Ross Rurik would really elevate her to the status of his own daughter, and even the military meeting, this girl is eligible to participate...

On the day of his return, Rurik felt that he had also experienced a magical day, and the next day he just wanted to stay in the palace and sleep well.

The sound sleep lasted until noon. After a full rest, the king woke up looking for the smell of food.

But this night, the blackbird who experienced tattoos still experienced a strong mental stimulation at the end. She passed her first night in the Kingdom of Rose. Although she was always accompanied by Verika, who was once the master, she fell asleep after a lot of patience.

The next day, lunch time.

Rurik washed his hairy face with soap, and tidied up the messy hair and beard with a walrus ivory comb.

During the battle and march, there was almost no way to clean his teeth. Now that he returned to the palace, he was able to use a simple bristle toothbrush dipped in coarse sea salt to shake his teeth up and down.

Compared with the Frankish nobles he knew, he had to be the most hygienic. As for other

The northern chiefs, now it seems that those people seem to be living in a pigsty, it seems that they like to be clean and tidy, and it is just a matter of appearance.

In terms of personal daily life, Rurik tried his best to maintain the "modern life" he knew. It was necessary to wash his face and brush his teeth. If he hadn't maintained his iconic image and the posture of a strong warrior, the golden ponytail and golden beard behind his head, the earth would have to be shaved quickly, leaving only a clean handful of hair.

He changed into loose casual clothes, and the belt of the new underwear was tightened, and then he put on a pair of light plain white linen shorts, just like this, it was a little funny to show his hairy legs.

A pair of casual leather flip-flops replaced the high-top Ma Xue, after all, you don't have to wear formal clothes at home.

The small restaurant on the third floor of the palace is already full of aromas, and there is also Rurik’s favorite venison sauce stewed noodles, as well as a thick soup made with some fresh seasonal vegetables. It has become a unique meal because of the addition of flour to thicken it.

This meal is mainly vegetarian, and Rurik deliberately requested it, because the delicate pasta with vegetables is very good for the stomach. Before the real expedition, as the king himself, he must adjust his body and mind to meet the challenge.

The army that arrived in the capital entered a state of vacation. This was the last rest before the army went out. As for the future rest, it is unknown.

No one knows what will happen in the Frankish world. After all, the banner of this expedition is "to fulfill the treaty obligations to help the Duke of Bavaria", so this is a matter between the great nobles, and the expedition does not seem to have a key stake in the subordinate officers and soldiers.

If the whole army has hatred, it will definitely be able to share the same hatred.

The reason for leaving the teacher has a hint of

Far-fetched, but as long as there is even a far-fetched reason, the young fighters will convince themselves that they must participate.

Because, when the wealth obtained by looting is more likely than honest fishing and farming, it is worthwhile to pay some casualties. Besides, a true northerner who gets too caught up in fishing, and stays away from the good things of war, will be laughed at as a coward by the others.

Most of the boys in the new four-banner teams are in the middle and end of so-called adolescence.

In this era, there is no concept of children. Human beings are human beings. Ordinary people have to work while they are alive. The only difference lies in whether they can do it or how much they can do. The people already regarded the four newly formed flag teams as equivalent to the old soldiers, and they were younger, more aggressive, and spent a lot of money in the capital for the new expedition.

The army is in the capital, and they will receive a large amount of weapons and equipment that Rurik has reserved for them. Based on the consideration of long-term combat, they are now willing to spend the last silver coin brought from their hometown.

Soldiers never complained that they brought too much supplies, as long as there was an opportunity, they would naturally stockpile more, and they could not put all the supplies on random looting. Looting must be done, so keeping the body in a state of complete victory will definitely allow for better looting.

They don't have to worry about the large amount of equipment and materials purchased privately, which is difficult to carry on the march.

Just look at the fleet moored at the port, the Sovereign of the Sea, which is as big as a hill, I am afraid that only one huge ship can solve the material transportation problem of the entire army.

In fact, the work of loading food into the hold of the large ship had already begun when the entire Gulf of Finland was still frozen. warship

It became a "marine depot" floating at the berth, and a batch of weapons, especially arrows, was also shipped at that time. If Rurik observed it closely, he would have noticed that the draft of this big ship had become much deeper.

If Rurik cares about too many things, even if he is exhausted, he will not be able to control everything.

The persons in charge of each opening must bring their own performance reports, and look forward to confessing these reports in person at the meeting site gathered in the name of a dinner.

Rurik was not in a hurry, he needed to give those guys some time to organize their language, and he also needed to take a day off to spend time in the palace with his first female High Priest Rumia, as well as his daughter and adopted daughter.

"How are you doing now? Gisla? Oh no, Blackbird." Rurik happened to see his adopted daughter walking out of the boudoir accompanied by his own daughter Verika. "Are you still used to it?"

Being asked this question, Blackbird retracted his knees slightly reflexively, and squatted down to pick up his newly put on dress.

"Oh? This is Frank's court etiquette?"

In an instant, the girl looked shy: "Yes... yes. King Ross."

"Silly boy, call me Papa. I'm the king, I'm your father here. They're all family, you don't have to be restrained."

"That's right." Verika snatched away her father's words, and with a smile on her face, she taught Blackbird again: "Daddy is the best man, and you will also be his beloved daughter."

"There's no need to dawdle. Blackbird!" Rurik waved his hand: "Put down all your restraint and come over to eat with me."

The blackbird nodded, and then approached the dining table under Verika's pull.

two chopsticks

Inserting the noodles, Rurik took a bite. "Cool!"

His eyes saw Rumia who was eating slowly again: "You haven't gone to the temple today? Are all the affairs over there arranged?"

"I went once in the early morning."

"how?"

"There is an endless stream of people who come to pay homage to the **** statue. Verika is not on site to supervise. I just need to replace someone to do this job. Rurik." Her voice suddenly became more serious, her tender eyes fixed on her man, and her heart was still immersed in the lingering love of last night, reminiscing about the love she owed herself for a full year. "The Great Temple doesn't need a lot of money, and the silver coins you donate are all your military expenses."

"I know. The people believe that if they do this, the gods will bless them. In my opinion, it is true. I use this money to increase equipment and store rations, so that it will be easier for soldiers to win battles, and the prayers of the people can be turned into our victory."

"So. How long are you planning to stay in the capital?" she asked.

"Why?" Rurik stared at Rumia's trembling black pupils with a sideways face, "Do you want me to stay a little longer, or do you want me to go out quickly?"

"Naturally, stay longer. Because..." Rumia suddenly fell silent, rubbing her stomach with her small hands, hinting that words are worth a thousand words.

"It depends on the arrangements of the gods. If you give me another son, I will be very happy."

"Okay." Lumia nodded tenderly, "I will pray in front of Freya's statue."

An aristocratic woman, in the eyes of the powerful male aristocrats, she should try her best to give birth, especially to give birth to sons so as to inherit the power of her father's generation and not be touched by others.

blackbird picks up in frank

This was the case with the court education she received. She was educated to be mentally prepared and must be extremely clean and self-respecting. She must not get too close to women of the same sex. Once she marries a certain nobleman, she must immediately perform her duties as a wife and mother and give birth to boys as much as possible.

As if this is the only value of a woman's existence.

A caged canary flies away, and it flies north to become a free blackbird hardy in the bitter cold.

King Ross and the high priest can openly discuss children's matters at the dinner table? It really hit the blackbird's mind.

Suddenly, his name was also asked by King Ross.

"Blackbird, let me take a good look at your hands!" Rurik ordered.

"yes."

The girl was avoiding the tattoos on the backs of her hands. Although it was a decision she had to make, she regretted it now that she calmed down—if she had known this, she would not have tattooed her forehead and backs of her hands.

The blackbird showed its hands, and Rurik and Rumia stared intently. Now that the wooden window is open, the mixed sunlight illuminates the room clearly, and the hands of the blackbird are clearly visible.

"Very good, the swelling has subsided a lot. Your skin will recover in at least two days."

"Thank you, Dad, for your kind words." Blackbird was still very reserved.

"Maybe it still hurts, Rumia, give your adopted daughter some anti-swelling medicine (Fingerban root juice)."

"OK."

In the final analysis, Blackbird still appears in the form of a tool man, but Rurik pays more attention to her, expecting that this seemingly weak character can cause Frank to make trouble in the future so that Ross can fish in troubled waters. Even if it doesn't work, I will have one more daughter as a job.

It has reinsured the power of the "fox family" who has expanded its strength.

Rurik was delighted that the blackbird and Verika were together.

Enjoy the warmth of youth! Even if you are sisters by blood, you have your own lives and must be separated from each other in the future!

Rurik will not say such hurt words now, on the contrary, he wants to seize the time to strengthen the friendship between the two sisters.

Rurik calmed down and said frankly to his family: "Maybe I will spend the winter in Nassau with a large army. The blue fox mentioned a place called Koblenz. It is located in the hinterland of Frankia. It has a good location and can park a large number of ships. The flat land is also convenient for the army to station. The black fox's report is definitely correct, and the local people's hostility towards us has also disappeared. I will spend this winter in Frankland. My dear Rumia, you still need to take care of everything this winter."

"It's my job."

"Verika, Blackbird." Rurik looked at the two daughters: "You will have a long adventure with this king. Verika, don't mutter that I don't love you enough. Silly girl, you are my eldest daughter."

"Ah? Dad, you even know what I'm whispering, who said that?" On the surface Verika was angry, but her feet under the table were already dangling in ecstasy.

"Keep quiet. I'm not taking you for fun. You're going to participate in the war and be the chief sacrificer on the battlefield! Moreover, if you are captured by the enemy, you will definitely be killed. You must be like Valkyrie in the world. I will arm all the priestesses participating in the expedition and prepare a dagger. If you face the risk of being captured, you will use her

I'm done. It's not shameful. "

The words suddenly became heavy, Verika's restless feet suddenly relaxed, and then stretched out due to tension.

"Dad, it's not possible."

"Keep calm. Your mother was the priest of the battlefield more than ten years ago, Velica, you inherited the title of High Priest Velia! At that time, Velia stayed in Roseburg, and your mother went out with the army. Now history is reappearing, and this is your destiny."

Although Verika had already had a psychological expectation, it was unexpected that this was a kind of fate.

Suddenly a strong sense of responsibility came to mind, which overcame all fear and exalted joy.

Seeing his daughter's spirit cheered up, Rurik added: "So we need a grand sacrifice before going out." As he said, he glanced at Rumia.

"I see, a hundred deer."

"No. It's one hundred and eleven reindeer. This number is very important. We must slaughter the deer at the stone boat altar. We must let the blood of the deer flow into the ocean, and stain the foreheads of all the soldiers participating in the battle with a smear of ritual blood. It is still an old tradition. You decide the battle is auspicious, and let my two daughters execute all the sacrificial deer with their own hands."

Rurik's words undoubtedly immediately aroused the too exciting memories in the blackbird's heart.

The girl's complexion changed drastically, which immediately aroused Rurik's idea: "Blackbird, are you afraid? Or is it possible that you can't complete the task given to you?"

"I... killed a deer. I dare!"

She obviously gritted her teeth and said this, since she agreed, Rurik thought of something, just to make the sacrificial event more grand.

"Blackbird, when the official military meeting is held tomorrow, I will bring you into the meeting

Solemnly introduce to others, including your special status as a descendant of Charlemagne. When our army goes out to sacrifice, I will make you wear special clothes and show the runes on your back. Everyone will see the huge runes, and Odin, who is high above, will also have insight. "

"This..." Blackbird felt uncomfortable at the thought of showing his back in public.

But the women in the north are quite unrestrained, shaving half of their hair and tattooing their faces, there are many such women. Since it was the king's order, Blackbird had no choice but to agree honestly.

"You can rest assured, child. As your adoptive father, I will not let you lose your dignity. I just want to let them see that the priest I selected has the rune of life protection, and it is truly sacred to execute the sacrificial deer with your sword."

"I'll do it, Father..."

Blackbird agrees, and she feels that her past life can only emerge in a dream, and she has a new life, so she has to live it in a new way.

Then again, with more than a hundred deer as sacrifices, Rumia still felt a little distressed.

"Rurik, I heard that you have already performed a great sacrifice in Novgorod, and I absolutely support it when you come to the capital to do it again. What will happen to these more than a hundred deer? Make fresh meat into military rations and take it away directly?"

"No. The venison is divided and supplied to the whole city. The capital has been preparing for the expedition for nearly a year, and they may have to wait another year to see the results. Let them share the joy of getting the sacrificial meat first, and I believe they will feel at ease. Especially those families who sent troops to fight, they need comfort, and such families at least give them a free

deer leg. "

Rumia nodded: "I understand."

"No. I'm not done yet."

"Is there anything else I can do? I'll do it well."

"Of course." Rurik smiled: "Your deer-breeding relatives, I will give them a chance, a chance to shine."

"Ah?" Now Rumia didn't understand, she lowered her face and asked softly, "What do you mean?"

"I know that all of you are actually relatives. All the deer breeders are my slaves. Although they are slaves, their lives are getting better and better under my rule. The deer herd belonging to the royal family also increases in value every year. We took out some sacrifices and did not affect the prosperity of the deer herd. I allowed them to raise deer without permission. As a result, these guys must be seizing the opportunity to fatten themselves..."

There was a bitter smile in Rurik's words. Those deer breeders or Sami people are all human beings who are neither deaf nor blind nor stupid. Once some small clans have excellent means of production, the clan's strength will skyrocket.

He knew that the Karelian tribal alliance whose spine was completely broken by him was not essentially a large group of powerful family and clan unions? The deer breeders clan is fundamentally different from those guys, it's just that the former's strength is too weak.

I am afraid that the vast majority of Russians and the various Swedish ministries just look down on those guys, because it is not convenient for the law to discriminate openly. As a king, Rurik didn't think that they were a group of pure weaklings from the standpoint of a monarch. The deer breeders had their own special ability - raising deer.

It seems that this is a very nonsensical answer, their superb level of raising deer is now

Just what Rurik needs.

"I know that you can even ride a deer to graze freely. In my opinion, riding a horse and riding a deer have a lot in common." Rurik reminded.

Rumia hurriedly replied with a smile: "They bought saddles one after another, riding a tall stag like a horse. Rurik, you are not..."

"Sure enough, she is my woman. You are so perceptive." Rurik patted the table excitedly, causing the pottery urn full of thick soup to tremble.

"Of course reindeer are not as good as horses. Their powerful skills in pulling sleds have helped me win the winter war, and now I have to use them! A deer is not as good as a horse. What if it is a headless reindeer? I know that the reindeer has passed the breeding season now, and the stag has not yet reached the stage of mania. The female deer and stag are docile and easy to control.

I will take the cavalry along the coastline to Saxony directly. There are not enough horses. My cavalry needs some horses as temporary pack mules. I have mobilized all the available horses in the kingdom. I have no choice but to mobilize some reindeer instead. "

"Ah? Are you planning to let soldiers ride deer to fight?" Rumia had some deviations in her understanding.

"How is it possible? Your whimsical ideas made me laugh. During the march, the tall stags installed saddles, and the soldiers rode lightly on them. There are more reindeer, they are just carrying weapons and armor, equipment for camping, and the most important military rations. I want to keep the horses in the most relaxed state!"

"So, what am I going to do?"

Rurik finally emphasized: "In the afternoon, go to the city and gather as many deer breeders as possible, and ask them to offer their best tamers.

Deer ~ www.readwn.com ~ How many deer do you want? "Rumia asked the source directly.

This matter was not on Rurik’s whim. He had already calculated the number of deer in Xu Ya: "Including the cavalry I placed in Riga, I finally dispatched four cavalry troops, plus Beya Hill's grassland cavalry, I have 1,300 cavalry. One cavalry pays five deer, and the number of deer breeders can be less, so it needs 200 people. It would be better if they were more."

"So much?!" Rumia was undoubtedly taken aback.

"It's okay, I know you can do it."

"Of course it can be done. But..." Rumia had a hint of suspicion in her heart, since this was Rurik's arrangement, and since the Southern Expedition had just passed, the army had indeed summoned nearly 10,000 reindeer to participate in the expedition.

There is no problem in summoning a large number of reindeer to assist the cavalry. However, the cavalry mixed with the deer and went on a land expedition to Frank, which really surpassed Rumia's understanding of the world.

She didn't think about it anymore, and decided to carry out the order this afternoon.