Rise of Rurik

The weather was quite warm, the sun returned quickly after the rain, and the south wind was blowing on Parla's wrinkled face, and she was hopeful for the future.

In the end, she is a poor woman, her husband mysteriously disappeared at sea, she did not choose to betray her feelings, and she did not intend to commit suicide but survived, but chose to be Odin's servant. Parla did not reject the new servants of Rurik who might arrive soon, and getting along with them might be able to find the feeling of being a mother.

Parla took the soap-making tools from the longhouse, especially the forty wooden molds in batches.

These actions, Bona, who is still drunk, doesn't matter anymore.

Bona's spirit is still in a daze, she really enjoys the feeling of being drunk, as if her soul is infinitely close to Valhalla on the other side.

Because Bona bought more than one jar of craft beer. She bought five altars and intended to use them to reward other priests who were loyal to her, even though the price of each altar was as high as twenty silver coins.

The bad thing is that Bona doesn't think she's acting very extravagant, or that she doesn't think it's crazy to pay a hundred silver coins for a drink. She just found a southern merchant who specialized in wine and asked to enjoy the best wine. The merchant naturally took out the highest degree of ale. Seeing that the other party was very generous, the merchant also took the opportunity to raise the price. He never thought that these Rusian priests had no idea of ​​haggling.

In a sense, Bona drinks what is called a "stout". At a time when the hop technology has not yet become popular, this wine is a high-quality ale that is deeply brewed from rye.

The priests were almost in a semi-paralyzed state, and the aged Vilia looked worried and could only slap his face with his old hands like dead branches. Villia even complained that Harrozuson and Arik and the others had robbed too much money. If it weren't for that much money, Bona and the other priests wouldn't have been spoiled like this.

She has seen it a lot and knows that money has the power to corrupt people's hearts.

"Rurik, I hope you will not be corrupted." Villa secretly prayed.

Perhaps only the triumph of the big boss can make Bona sober.

Today's Parla can no longer control his former counterparts, and it is the right way to please the new "master" Rurik.

On the first day, Parla brought the necessary equipment, such as large pottery urns and molds, to the "servant's quarters". Without a suitable workshop, she started working outdoors.

The next day, thick smoke billowed from the "servant's quarters", and a woman started cooking oil. Some good people gradually realize that they can watch how the priests make soap,

A lot of people gathered around Parla.

By the third day, Parla had begun pouring the stirred soap into molds. The situation also exceeded her own expectations. She cast four molds at a time, and the molds filled with viscous soap were placed directly into the "servant's quarters", only because the men in charge of the care claimed that Rurik had forbidden it. Idlers won't let them in.

As production has gradually stabilized, Parla's production efficiency has also increased.

In any case, Parla in June couldn't possibly make sixty bars of soap by herself, but thirty bars would be perfectly fine. She also understood that as long as she made thirty pieces, Rurik would give herself the so-called salary of two silver coins and fifty copper coins.

Seeing that Parla's work was on track, it became urgent to build a real soap workshop that could shelter from the wind and rain. Rurik hired a group of old men with a hard life at a very low price, and asked them to build a small traditional wooden longhouse. It needs a cold interlayer of dirt and meadows, not to mention wood floors.

The hut has only one function: a soap workshop.

With the rapid establishment of the humble wooden house, Parla placed all kinds of equipment in the wooden house, so that she did not have to worry about the rain disrupting her work! Even more touching is that Rurik personally paid to build a workshop for himself.

Accommodation, food and even a workshop!

grace! Great favor!

The time is approaching the summer solstice, which falls on the 28th of June in the Julian calendar.

Rurik became more and more worried about his father, sister-in-law, and the large number of clans under his command. They never get into trouble, do they?

As a result, the summer solstice has come, and there is no news from my father and those tribesmen.

The day goes on!

Rurik didn't think so much for the time being, because his servant Rumia, to the surprise of many left-behind clansmen, appeared in front of everyone as a priest girl.

The summer solstice, the night without night.

There is no dark night on this day in Roseburg! When the sun sets in the horizon, it does not fall again.

For the tribesmen, they felt that this was the favor Odin gave everyone.

There are also many foreign merchants who come here purely because of a legend that is also circulating among the merchants, that is, Odin may have really benefited the Rus people.

Sure enough, the sun did not set, it stayed on the horizon, and the soft dim yellow light shone on the earth.

Many people think of Ragnarok!

However, the world is still bright.

Rurik and his more than 100 men, and even thousands of clansmen participated in the sacrifice, and they witnessed the whole process as spectators.

Rurik had a bad image of Bona before, but now it's getting worse.

It's not just Bona who is greedy for cups, that lower-level priest has lived a life of drunkenness for a long time, but when it comes to the sacrifice, he is still in a wobbly situation.

But many clansmen do not know the inside story!

Some priests will eat strange mushrooms, and the result is that they dangle, they are so called into a trance state, as if they are close to the gods.

Of course, you can also feel like a fairy when you drink craft-brewed beer with a higher degree of concentration.

As the incoming high priest, Bona was interrogated about her prayer recitation as she set off.

How could Bona forget the words, but she was confused and stumbled while reciting.

Villa has been recuperating since her body fell ill, and on the summer solstice, her bodily functions finally recovered.

Bona became unreliable, and Villa had to put on the sacred antler helmet again. Beside her, Rumia had put on a gray-white plain robe covering her head, and with a very pious gesture, she supported Veria, who was walking slowly, to the sacred stone boat altar.

Bona, whose hiccups smelled like alcohol, was deeply surprised. How could a little girl who was a deer farmer become a noble priest?

That's Villa's decision!

Bona was a little annoyed that she shouldn't have been drinking yesterday, even though that was a good thing.

Since Villia intends to preside over the sacrifice Ye Hao.

An evil thought came to Bona's mind.

She began to fantasize that the reason why Villa was sick and seemed to be dying at one point was because the Spring Festival had consumed too much physical strength.

Well, if Vilia gets tired again on the summer solstice, I am afraid she will die!

The sacrifices were carried out under the auspices of Villa. This time, Rumia, who had learned a lot of etiquette, helped Veria a lot in the stone boat altar.

All this, Rurik saw it, and so did the clansmen.

"Very well, you are really training me to be an obedient future high priest."

Turning to Rurik to look at Bona in a plain plain robe, she cursed inwardly: "You drunkards, isn't sacrifice a national ceremony for you? You are proud of yourself, but you do blasphemous things. You like to drink too much. , okay! When I have the ability to make pure water of life, you can drink it to death. In this way, I will train a group of priests who listen to me from scratch."

Rurik believed in a great being, and as for Odin...

"Oh! I really need Odin, I really need the noble status of Odin's blessing, to make it easier for the clansmen to listen to me. Give me some silver rewards, hehe!"

The priestly activities were over, and as expected, Villa had to take a good rest. She seems to have become sick, but in fact, she has not yet had the time to die suddenly.

And Bona's group, who have returned to their normal lives, forgot their embarrassment and began to live a happy life of drinking every day!

Bona is addicted to pleasure, and she doesn't know she's wasting money in a daze.

How about that? All the priests thought it was a good life.

Villa simply didn't care about Bona, and of course her physical condition couldn't tolerate her nonsense.

The deer breeder Rumia's performance on the altar satisfied Veria, maybe this time she really didn't see it wrong.

She made Rumia study in the evening, and then take care of her daily life. Villa wanted to teach everything she knew to this little girl. She felt that this child, who was blood different from the Rus, had a better future than her own.

Ah, Odin had spared her inevitable freeze to death after all.

And after the summer solstice priest, Rumia is even more convinced of her unique destiny.

Life seems to have returned to normal, and the clansmen are increasingly worried about the fate of Otto and other clansmen.

Even though Villa lied about getting Valhalla's will during the grand ceremony, the so-called big chief's fleet was delayed because of many great things, just like last year's victory expedition, and it is still on its way back.

Everyone believed it for a while.

But many days have passed, what's the news?

does not exist.

But Otto is on his way back, and Otto has indeed experienced many major events in the past two months.

For Otto, it is the greatest thing that has ever happened in his life!

Otto and his party did encounter some troubles in Novgorod, and after the crusade against the Pine Needle Manor, which revealed that they were unwilling to surrender, they did not encounter any difficulties.

It was entirely because Otto led his clan to make money crazy, and the arduous task of building New Rose Fort made Otto worry so much that he could not bring those who had to go back and arrive before the summer solstice.

This is indeed the case. For practical reasons, everyone inevitably misses the priest on the summer solstice.

Everyone was relieved. People are floating overseas, there are too many uncertain facts, and there are dangers everywhere, people always have to be vigilant.

The construction of New Roseburg was very fast. When Otto and others returned to the mouth of the Neva River for the first time, a village had already risen from the ground.

At this time, the time is already June 10 of the Julian calendar.

He placed some tribute in New Roseburg to fully support the construction of the new settlement. With only a one-day stay, he turned around and turned to Novgorod in a hurry with the people, pulling away the stranded people and another pile of tribute to be transported.

It will take time for Otto's return journey.

Before that, the Rus people really gave some favors to the villagers of White Tree Manor who were like loyal dogs.

The blacksmith Kavey helped his parents-in-law, the Rigus family, with some farm work, and even lived with them as a full family member for many days.

"Maybe it's good for me to live here for a few months a year." He told his wife Lilia of the idea, and Lilia passed on the good news to Rigus.

The entire White Tree Manor has already boarded the ship of the Rus, and it seems that only with the long-term blessing of the Rus can he be stable for a long time.

Maybe the daughter will believe in love, and the idea of ​​Rigus, the head of the manor, is more rational.

He very much welcomed the idea of ​​his son-in-law, Kawhi, to move in for a period of time each year.

But he gave his eldest daughter Lilia a task that only she could do—to give birth to a boy and train him to be a blacksmith willing to work for Whitetree Manor.

Indeed, only you can do this!

Lilia didn't dare to tell her new husband what was in her heart, and she could only treat Kawi as her family immediately.

As for Kawi, he has received full praise these days.

It's not just him, all the young people who are stranded in White Tree Manor, they have won beautiful women, isn't it natural to help their parents-in-law to do some farm work. These young people who have just grown into their twenties, they are very willing to show the bravery of men in front of their women.

Huge pine trees were cut down efficiently by traditional and highly skilled Viking felling techniques.

The clerk of White Tree Manor immediately brought his various stone axes and chisels to handle the tree trunk. Because of the Rus, the huge pine or birch trees that the residents of Whitetree Manor were once incapable of cutting down are now perfect building materials!

Many young people, who are now strong, accept the worship of the residents of White Tree Manor.

Especially Kawhi, who built a small one-time stove out of mud from the lake. As for charcoal for fuel, the Novgorods know exactly how to make it.

A very small number of iron tools in the entire White Tree Manor, such as some extremely worn axes and even bronze axes, were sent to Kawei.

People who had never seen a blacksmith work crowded around the burning stove, and many daring children climbed directly to the thatched roof and watched curiously as the Russ repaired the iron.

The rusted axe went to the wooden handle and was thrown at the fire. And a stone mill was removed and used as a blacksmith's table.

The red-hot axe began to be finely forged by Kawei. After all, it was just a repair. The iron oxide on the surface completely disappeared. Because of the low temperature burning in the charcoal block for a while, the shallow iron had been carburized.

The soft iron block was smashed into a sharper blade. When Kawei felt it was suitable, the red iron block was thrown directly into the prepared wooden bucket filled with lake water.

Immediately, a rush of steam erupted from the barrel. The daring Kawei waited for a while, then reached out and took out the iron block.

It has been hammered into the shape of a standard Nordic forest axe, and the carburizing and quenching process for its restoration has made this wrought iron axe a treasure.

Kawi repaired a total of ten axes, as well as three iron knives. Regardless of the carburizing effect, they have at least undergone the quenching process, and their strength has far exceeded that of the past.

What surprised him was that the entire White Tree Manor, with a population of 2,000 people, only had a little iron.

The shabby status quo shocked him.

After all, in Roseburg, metalware is not expensive, and ordinary people can use it. Today only specially processed steel, which exists for the sole purpose of being a weapon, is expensive.

A small hand axe, which Kawi gave to his parents-in-law, actually to his brother-in-law Medwit, a man named after a bear.

Kawei's idea is very simple. It is said that even a blacksmith has an axe for self-defense. How can a strong man not have a handy self-defense tool?

His gift made his wife very happy.