Rise of Rurik

Among all the men who followed Arik, Kawei, who had intended to buy daily necessities at the market, also came over.

A group of men to marry refugee women and even raise their children?

Was this decision made by Rurik, or was the big boss already planning?

In the end, it was the Rus who took in the ally in distress and fulfilled the obligations of the alliance.

In short, Kawhi felt he was on the right track. The most important thing for a good man is to be reasonable, and the leader needs these qualities even more.

All kinds of people started to leave.

Needless to say, the refugees have found a new home. Rurik's new servants still need Gould to provide them with shelter for the time being.

In fact, Kawei didn't think that Rurik's insistence on hiring a group of mercenaries was a good decision.

There are more young people in the Ross tribe! Did Rurik doubt his own people? Could it be that this child doesn't know that only his own clan is the most important at the critical moment?

reliable. As for mercenaries? Who knows.

Kawi didn't leave, and he even witnessed a large group of men from the Rus who were leisurely and leisurely turned into porters quickly. They're basically lined up with sacks on their backs

Wu to move the goods to Gould's warehouse.

When he was about to leave, Rurik stopped him.

"My little master, what do you need to order?"

"There is one." He put on his father's sword again, and followed Rurik, who was beside Gould, instructed: "Go and get all the things we made."

"Huh? What is that?"

"It's VODKA! Quick! Didn't see our big buyer here?!" Rurik's words were deliberately harsh, and Kawei understood everything very wisely.

Because they have already made an appointment with each other, that is, prepare a hundred bottles of vodka in a wooden box, and do everything they can to sell it to the big businessman Gould.

Kawi, who was on a major mission, ran all the way, while Rurik, accompanied by the head maid Rumia, followed Gould's large family into the city.

"Mansion" by the sea.

Here, Rurik is a full guest.

Gould is back,

He decided to entertain his most honored guests, and he must let Rurik or the coming chief Otto eat and drink well.

, Only in this way is the key to a good business. How to do this business, Gould has a bottom line in his heart, but he won't tell Rurik, he will replace him

The gleeful trembling of the old face full of fat and beard.

And the mischievousness of his younger sons and granddaughters approaching Rurik enlivened the atmosphere.

on the other hand.

Otto, who had been hungover for a long time, finally woke up when the sun was about to set!

"Damn it, did the sun come out from the west? Where are the people? Where have you all gone?"

When he called out loudly, the woman with the bucket came respectfully and told him what had happened.

"Oh! Wine is really a good thing, but I still drink too much." He regretted that he missed a lot of good things because of the sound of sleep, and he was even more worried about letting his son Rurik go to the leadership.

The position is actually not too difficult for a strong person.

But he didn't worry about it for a long time, and after a while, a large number of people came back one after another.

Otto, who had good eyesight, was almost instinctively alert, because he saw a group of unarmed and simply dressed men. Is it a slave? Not like.

Suddenly, Otto realized that these young men are the so-called mercenaries that his son needs?

Mercenaries? The Ross tribe really needs them.

Ask yourself, Otto is a little conflicted on this issue. Even young men chosen from among the people of allies, their loyalty is questionable, and, yes,

Will it be detrimental to my family or important members of the tribe?

Take a closer look, and many men and women of the tribe have returned with a large number of fresh gadgets. He even saw some women with bucket waists carrying beating

The bundles of flax flew as fast as they could, as if a few steps at night could not make fine twine and cloth.

Also, the wife came.

The evening's wife became very strange, pulling her two children with her hands. These two children were all white, and Otto rubbed his eyes so hard that he thought

His own lovely Rurik cracked open.

Otto was like a majestic statue, standing on the gravel road, blocking the advance of the crowd.

After a very brief contact, the newly promoted mercenaries headed by Yevluo all knelt down on one knee and bowed to the Ross tribe that once existed almost in legend.

big chief.

It can be said that many Melalen people know very little about the Rus people, and the so-called understanding also comes from the word of mouth of the merchants. The vast majority of peasants consciously do not need to know

So many, as long as any of their own fields, recognize their own wives and children, and any of the chiefs of the tribe, that's enough.

Otto was in a good mood when he saw them kneeling.

"You!" Otto pointed at the shaggy man in the lead: "Where did you come from and why did you come to my territory? Report truthfully."

Yevro raised his head very calmly and replied: "Great leader, we are the servants of Rurik. You are the true leader of the Ross tribe, and we are your servants too.

people. "

"My servant? Haha? Do you still admire my reputation? I think it's just for money."

Yevro continued to answer: "Yes, we are mercenaries, but we have principles. If we can serve the son of Odin, it is our honor."

"That's admiration for my son's reputation? You answer truthfully."

"Exactly. I dare not hide it."

Otto nodded. In today's situation, he was indeed "in power" for a time. So what? Otto felt that his greatest mission in his later years had changed.

Becoming a clan to train a new leader, for this purpose, any kind of effort is worth it.

"What's your name?" Otto asked.

"I'm Yevro, I'm Gould's mercenary captain, and I've given allegiance to Rurik on the beach. Now, I..." Yevro was dull: "I too

will miss your allegiance. "

"yes?"

Otto is not an idiot who can be fooled by a few rhetoric, he stepped forward, stretched out his right foot, and ordered: "Lick my boots to prove that you are worthy of being

trust. "

This... is obviously something that slaves do. but……

Yevro hesitated, then bent down to do so.

"Head up." Otto tapped Yevro's chin with the back of his foot. "Look at me now."

"Haro Zuo Sen! Come here." Otto ordered again.

At this moment, Haruo Zuosen came hurriedly, and his demeanor was more flattering. "Boss, please order."

Otto was arrogant and calmly pointed at all the kneeling people: "Did Rurik make arrangements for them? This is the residence of our nobles, they can enter

enter? "

Indeed, where the chief family and cronies lived, the common people of the tribe avoided it.

"Big chief, that big longhouse, Rurik has already made arrangements..."

"Oh! I understand." Otto patted his head, "I remembered. Bring your ears close."

"As ordered."

As Harrodsen put his ears close, Otto murmured: "Listen, I'm still worried about these people. The platoon of brothers will monitor, and if they find any suspicious people, they will immediately

Instantly seize the interrogation. Tomorrow you will arrange these people to go to the woods, don't care what my son arranges, just do as I say. "

Harrodsen didn't say much, and asked all the kneeling people to leave with him.

The episode came to an end. Men and women with a lot of goods also rushed to their homes and actively prepared for this year's winter.

When his wife came back, when the two white rabbits pulled by his wife really stood in front of him, Otto realized that the two were actually girls.

Just now, the heroic Carlotta of the Ross leader saw it for real. What she saw in her eyes was a majestic leader, and the leader's demeanor was still a bit dead.

To look like a father. Do not! This old man is more heroic.

It has to be said that Otto was excusable for a while because of the dress of the two girls and Rurik's clashing shirts.

Carlotta's polite representative sister explained her identity.

Listening, Otto simply laughed. Then, with his calloused hands, he suddenly lifted the chins of the two girls, and scrutinized their faces.

"Yes, as the legend says, very beautiful. Good! Exactly my son's wife."

Carlotta, who heard this again, was used to it.

She looked at Otto with trembling eyes affectionately: "I am Carlotta, and I am the female leader elected by the Ostara people. The assistance of the Rus to us, our Os

Tara will surely repay. I already know my destiny, Dad. "

A father said basically all the words, Otto looked at his wife cheerfully: "They are our children, you don't object, Nia"

"Oh! How can I object? I'm really happy."

"Then stop dawdling and bring them into the house."

In the long house, Otto listened with interest to the brief descriptions of the two girls, as well as the things mentioned by his wife.

Otto, who was chewing jerky, finally understood the tragedy of Ostara, and a meat-cutting dagger was suddenly inserted into the wooden table: "It seems that our revenge is not enough.

. "

The two women were startled, and Niya also instinctively asked, "Continue the war?!"

"When has the war been heard? Our Ruth tribe is very powerful, and the existence of our Rurik fully proves that our tribe is blessed by Odin. May

The Larens turned out to be a bunch of cowards! Next spring, we will still be at war. "

"Then let's fight." Niya didn't mean to comfort him at all. After all, in everyone's life, war itself is a very common thing. If you don't want to be a slave

, go take the initiative to attack!

"Then next year, Denmark is too far away, we will continue to practice with Gotland!"

The old husband said these words again, and Nia seemed to see Otto when he was young. Her eyes also lit up with fire: "Okay! Let's fight. Now

After we have a group of mercenaries, I think if it is against the enemies of our alliance, they will also work hard. "

"Mercenary...let's think about it." Otto pinched his beard: "It seems that Rurik is still with Gould."

"Of course!" Niya laughed: "You don't want to eat the dried fish in our house. You go to Gould's mansion now, the old guy has set up a banquet. You may

No idea, our son has made the final decision on your behalf. "

"Huh? What decision?"

"It's stupid! Those grains! You can't imagine the amount of that." Niya gestured frantically with her hands. After all, she had never seen that kind of food in her life.

so much food. "The grain from Gould will be piled up into a mound, enough for our entire tribe to eat until tomorrow spring. Rurik has decided to buy it all!"

"Sure enough... it came true."

Due to a rough calculation in the conversation with Gould's eldest son, Otto estimated that almost all the silver coins under his control would be spent. Although Gould is in Ross

It is really a good person to give help when people build new strongholds, and it is a lie to say that they do not feel distressed when they buy this batch of materials.

Because Otto had never thought about the chance that his family could one day own 100,000 silver coins, and this number could continue to rise.

But to finalize this business, the money stored is afraid...

Otto will take Arik to Gould's mansion. Along the way, he listened to his eldest nephew's arrangement for those mercenaries, and made plans for his son to build a house for a rainy day.

The move is gratifying.

The two walked together, and along the way were full of people who were happy to fight against supplies. They were so happy that they didn't even notice the big boss who passed by.

The night is getting darker, and the reception hall of Gould's house is now overcrowded for the first time!

Gould arranged the banquet hall, forming a situation in which the Gould family sat in one place and the Otto family lived in one place. It can be said that only from the point of view of seating, the double

Fang's level seems to be completely equal.

But the Rus does not have the concept of rank by seat here.

Otto came, and naturally he sat with his son. Sitting with him was Kawi, who was carrying a wooden box.

Opposite them are Gould's main family members - all the sons from the oldest to the youngest.

There were no female relatives at the banquet, Rurik's head maid Rumia obediently stood aside, and none of Gould's women were present.

After all, this banquet is also the scene of business negotiations, and the female family members are indeed redundant. Even Gould felt that it was enough to bring only his eldest son, Snow Leva.

In a happy atmosphere, as a plate of roast lamb was carried in by a strong man, the venue was filled with the aroma of meat.

Gould stood up first, holding up his gold-encrusted ivory goblet: "Allow me to honor you, great leader."

It stands to reason that Gould can take out a delicate glass, but the current situation is that the leader's family on the opposite side has its own crystal glass, which is even better than the one he owns.

more beautiful. Taking out the glass can be described as timid, and Gould, who was completely shocked, had to take out the old glass.

Because to this day, Gould still does not know that the Russ have become glass manufacturers.

"Cheers!" Otto raised his glass, although it contained ordinary ale, he drank it. By now, Otto has felt that ordinary ale is not enough

It's wine!

Gould's maids cut the mutton, put it on a silver plate, and distributed it to the various people who were sitting. It was Otto's turn, and the maid unloaded it very well.

Crispy shanks of lamb, served on a plate.

In addition to that, a very fluffy bread baked with high-quality whole-wheat flour ground and sifted through a sieve is a dinner staple. Others have been drizzled with honey

Dried raspberries, which are extremely sweet, become an appetizer.

Yes, compared to their own dried fish, these delicacies are the most greedy.

Otto looked at Gould's family portrait again, and he understood how all these people were fat. Co-authoring this family to do business, in the final analysis, is to satisfy the appetite

desire?

After three rounds of wine and five flavors, Gould felt that the atmosphere had been brewing very well, and it was time to start business negotiations.

"Great leader, Rurik and I have made preliminary discussions. The Ross tribe will buy all the goods in the network. I hope you can finalize this trade."

"This is a good thing!" Otto, who had drank some ale, was excited. He tapped the table and said excitedly: "I am building our new Fortress in the East, your materials

Came too timely. "

Still politely speaking, Gould continued: "It is my greatest honor to be able to help you."

"Then let's talk about the price!"

Although Rurik wanted to tell Dad the price of all the supplies, Otto obviously wanted to ask him personally.

Gould pinched his fingers and said: "All the oats, onions, carrots, they have exceeded 50,000 silver coins. Karu times these, one price, 50,000 silver coins!

"Gould doesn't want to calculate too much, although he feels that he will be at a disadvantage by cutting off the fraction.

"There are also the servants who transported the hard work, and the mercenaries. They have more than 100 people in total, so I still count them as 100 people. Each one is 100 silver coins, and I will pay for them.

Ten thousand silver coins..."

"Listen!" Otto slammed on the table, and the lamb bones that had been chewed cleanly shook to the ground.

Rurik kept his mouth shut, and he could see that his father was panicking.

"It's ridiculous!" Otto shouted vigorously: "So much money? You are robbing money!"

"But..." Gould calmed down, looked at Rurik with a blank face out of the corner of his eyes, and hurriedly explained: "Great leader. For example, the person I shipped.

In Melalen, I housed them, fed them, and visited a doctor when they were sick. There is also a fee to transport them. It's all about money! I discussed it with Rurik

, now I hire people, give your servants the new house, and I will make some money too! In this matter, you can't send me away with two or three thousand silver coins. "

Otto still thought it was absurd, and could justify: "That's your inauthentic. We're buying your wheat at double the price."

Gould realized that the atmosphere was a little subtle, but Gould's bottom line about the wheat was high: "My leader, we swore about the wheat. We even swore.

There is a written contract, should I take it out right away? This is the only thing you must never regret. "

"You..." Otto was taken aback. Indeed, this fat man signed a lot of written documents with his son, and even had a priest as a witness.

Rurik, who kept his mouth shut, consciously found an opportunity, which means that his panicked father reiterated: "I will follow the agreement. I will spend 10,000 silver coins to buy it.

All servants are reasonable. There are also costs associated with those mercenaries. Gould, I'll take care of everything you've paid for them at Mellaren. "

Gould was very pleased, he said euphemistically: "I don't care about ordinary mercenaries, they become your servants, which is also a benefit to them. Only Yev

Lo! Losing him, I lost my love, because of this you need to make up for me. "

"Money? Yevro?" Otto thought of the young man for a moment, as if that person still had a deep friendship with this Gould?

"Only this, it's not about money. In the past, Yevlo protected my personal safety, but now I need a new backer, which is you." Gould looked sincerely at

Looking at Otto: "Big Chief, I've moved. I need your acknowledgement and acknowledge that I'm from Rus. If you acknowledge me now, I don't want the 10,000 silver coins.

"

"Huh? You want to join us completely?" Otto asked, pinching his beard.

"I'm completely off Uncles, and I need a new identity. I hope it's a Ross businessman."

"That's right!" Otto said casually with a smile, "So, the cost of wheat, isn't it..."

Gould panicked, "My leader! I'm already willing to give up a lot of interests, only the matter of wheat, I hope to see the elements of business principles,

Please be sure to maintain the price. "

As a buyer, Otto certainly wanted to keep the price down, and he realized he could use his power to force Gould into submission.

But Rurik was not satisfied with his father's chicken thief behavior.

Rurik said for his father: "We also have principles. I will give ten thousand silver coins as well, and I will not give less than a single silver coin of the wheat money. Sixty thousand silver coins? I will take it out.

Come and have no regrets! I will not default, and I believe neither will you. So now is my time to fulfill my promise. Kawhi! "

"In!" Kawi, who was almost an outsider, echoed loudly.

"Bring your suitcase to the big merchant and open it!"

Kavey came with the wooden box, and as the bronze lock was opened, the neatly placed glasses made Gould lie completely on the ground. Gould's sons, a

All of them poked their heads, staring at the huge amount of rare treasures, and all of them lost their heads.

It's full of glass bottles, full of strange liquids.

"You guys, actually have... so many crystals? No! I feel like it's glass."

Rurik held it back for a long time, and now he finally said, "Gould, I should have told you long ago that the glasses you showed earlier were all made by us Russ."

"Really? Is this really true?"

Gould later found out about the news. He had always had doubts, and now seeing so many glassware, this doubt has disappeared.

"Of course it's true. Kavey, pour our merchants some wine."

Kawei, who was ordered, took out a bottle, pulled the cork in front of Gould, and suddenly the strong aroma of wine gushed out. Gould's eyes widened, seeing that his skills were empty.

of ivory cups filled with clear water.

"Rurik, you...you told me this is wine?"

"This is wine! Taste it," urged Rurik.

Gould immediately drank the glass with both hands, and then was shocked by the strong momentum and almost spit out the spirits in his stomach, but this was indeed unprecedented.

Good wine.

His mood stabilized a little, then he played with the empty glass bottle, sniffed the still strong aroma of the wine, closed his eyes silently, and felt his stomach.

Wonderful warm feeling.

The glass bottle had a strange pattern on it, which Gould realized was Roman.

"Rurik, what did you engrave on it?"

"It's the name of our tribe, RUS, and the name of the wine, VODKA. Also, this wine is flammable."

Gould didn't know what to do, and as the spirits in his ivory cup ignited hot flames, Gould's worldview had collapsed.

He tremblingly said: "My family bought a new crystal cup in Melalen, which I think is a rare treasure. I can't think of you here, why there are so many. I still do it.

Agreed, burning wine, you actually did it. "

Rurik was too ill-intentioned to do so; "My friend, your glass is indeed ours only."

Hearing it, Gould immediately cursed at the eldest son, calling Snowleva an idiot. But the eldest son is also speechless!

"Gould, times have changed." Rurik comforted: "I was inspired by Odin. In the past, only the Romans could make glassware, we Russ not only can

Do. Look at these bottles, we do a lot. "

"How much? I want them!" Gould said without thinking.

"I originally set a price of two hundred silver coins for a bottle. Maybe it's too expensive. One hundred silver coins is probably too cheap. In my opinion, how about one hundred and fifty silver coins?"

"Okay! I want it all," said Gould, tapping on the table.

"Then one hundred silver coins." Rurik laughed.

At this point, Gould really didn't know if Rurik was kidding himself: "You actually lowered the price?!" Even Otto felt that his son's decision was not right.

Rurik smiled and shook his head: "Gould, only you, I can reduce the price. We are very happy that your entire family has settled in Roseburg and joined us in Rose.

In the tribe, even if you know that now we have cancelled the tribal dividend. You are very welcome. "

"Don't be surprised, it's my choice. It looks like I made the smartest choice of my life."

"Then did you bring more ale? As we agreed," Rurik demanded.

"some."

"Okay. The key to making vodka is ale, you give me all the ale, and we'll make you spirits. As for the price, we'll sell you 80 silver coins for a bottle.

it is also fine. "

Gould's body trembled with excitement, "I like your bottle too, if it's just the bottle..."

"Wine bottle? Okay. This kind of bottle costs fifty silver coins. Your cup is more expensive, and it is also sixty silver coins."

Knowing the real price, Gould really cried out in his heart that he was actually cheated by his peers in Melalen. Besides justifying the eldest son's lack of experience, he can also

Say something?

In this way, the Rus people completed the largest transaction in the history of the Rus tribe.

Spirits and glass bottles offset the sum of fifteen thousand silver coins.

Rurik used only forty-five thousand silver coins to get everything that Gould transported. Of course there are still many small shipments for which payment should be calculated, happy ancient

Germany has ignored it.

Why? Because the two sides will sign a new trade agreement next year, which will bring even greater benefits to everyone in the trade season next year. Gould is convinced

At this point, he feels he can also get a piece of the glass trade. Even though he knew that Rurik had already had a glass with the Uppsala and Merlaren merchants.

glass trade.

Gould made a fortune in this trade, and the Rus earned more than just money. That is the material that sends charcoal in the snow! huge amount of food

Arriving at New Roseburg, the local residents will surely spend the first winter in peace.

And the people of the homeland, many people will be eligible to share this batch of materials.