Rise of Rurik

Travelers from the port of Narvik, they encountered the Rus people in the extreme north, and now they have started to run to the home port of the Rus people in a special way.

Roseburg? It was said to be a powerful settlement? Besides, the Rus settlements are already dotted?

He exchanged a lot of salt for a very good axe. During the short period of time when Modgen lived in the Elon Orava Fort, he keenly noticed how the Corvin blacksmiths trained by the Rus people turned the ore into an axe, especially Many of the unprecedented forging and processing techniques made him refreshing.

After all, Mordegen is not a blacksmith. He even thinks that burning ore into sponge iron can only be achieved by a blacksmith himself. Without the permission of God, turning ore into iron must be an impossible task.

Mordegen has superstitions in this regard, so he has full respect for blacksmiths. When he saw the Russ waterwheel forging workshop, huge furnace, and even the scene of more than ten people forging at the same time, all he had left in his heart was awe .

The Rus people are existences that cannot be provoked. However, they may be good trading partners.

In the port of Narvik, the craftsmanship of the locals is no different from that of the Poros world. Everyone uses traditional craftsmanship to build ships, but the Balmers leave the fjords and face the vast Atlantic Ocean. Any of their ships will face larger waves, so the hull is stronger.

The herring fishing industry in the ocean sustains the life of the Balmerk tribe. Compared with the Svia Tribal Alliance and the Danish Tribal Alliance, which still have some farmland and pastures to provide land-based agricultural products, the Balmers can only rely on fish to survive all day long.

In Elronborg, Mordgen first ate the oatmeal that was very precious in his hometown. The comfortable taste from the grain and the warmth of swallowing. He felt that the wall wrapped around it was the legendary Asgard. .

Mordgen has indeed seen little of the world, and his courage has never been restrained by the narrow fjords.

He ate oatmeal once and never forgot how delicious it was. When he saw that Rurik of Ross was using those "crystal cups" at will, he not only shocked the huge financial resources of the leader of Ross, but was extremely envious in his heart.

At the dock, Mordgen saw Rurik, dressed in gorgeous clothes, and his wrinkled and graceful mother Nia. Behind the mother and son, ten girls with exactly the same clothes and hairstyles followed. They were all Rurik's little maids. Although they had humble identities, they both had "crystal pendants" hanging around their necks.

Does the Ross leader still have a lot of gems? Just a maid's pendant, I'm afraid it can be traded for ten gold coins!

Mordgen really doesn't know,

The so-called "crystal pendant" is just colored glass.

On the way home, the Gould family provided as many as ten cargo ships, a large number of people and goods, and boarded the ships in one go, making the cargo ship a heavy Hanhan.

At the pier, a plank was laid down.

Rurik held his mother's hand: "Mom, be careful, let's board the boat."

"Oh, all right. Hope you have a safe journey home."

"No doubt, we must be safe. I hope that after returning, the people on the expedition will return one after another."

Rurik's words caught Nia's attention. In fact, when she was heading north from Roseburg, she only heard about the looting of nephew Arik, reported by some messengers from the south, that it was from one victory to another victory.

"They'll come back safe. Children, pray for them on the altar for their safety. God will listen to you."

"All right."

Fighting without casualties is a low-probability event. Of course Rurik was worried about Arik, since from the beginning, all the young adults in their 20s and 30s in the tribe elected Aric as their leader and went to fight with the big leader. It was they who chose to take the initiative to fight, and if they suffered losses, they should also be responsible for it.

What Rurik needs are obedient warriors, but some fighters in the Naihe tribe, they are young and energetic now, I am afraid that they will be asked to do basic construction with their heads sullen. It is better to follow the fighting hero Arik to continue to expand the revenge. It came easily, but in fact, in the name of revenge, he plundered the wealth of the Gotlanders and Danes to enrich himself.

There is one thing to say, Rurik cannot deny the benefits brought by looting. There is a saying that huge risks are equal to huge benefits.

It's just that the Danes have proved to everyone what the Danes' anger is by destroying the Ostara tribe.

Therefore, the two brothers Rurik and Arik naturally developed conceptual deviations when facing their old enemies.

Arik felt that the Gotlanders and even their masters, the Danes, were indeed somewhat powerful, but the Russ warriors were clearly the strongest above the sea.

Rurik, after all, lived with the two surviving granddaughters of the Ostara leader for a long time, and through the words of the two girls, he came to the opposite conclusion from his cousin. The strength of the Danes is not only due to the large number of people, but the leader of the Danes has a strong appeal, and can actually encourage a large number of tribes to organize coalition battles.

So do the Rus have this kind of appeal?

Pooh!

Rurik felt that after half a year of contact, he could gather a group of Kovins and fill it with the Rus army to defend against foreign enemies. How many people are there in Kewen? In the Battle of the Glacier, almost all the warriors they dared to fight were wiped out, and the backbones of all Kewen tribes were interrupted. How many troops could such Kewen people provide?

Therefore, Rurik's attitude can be summed up in one word, "gou"! It is true to say that it is to be paid and try the courage, to say that it is to keep a low profile, and even to make a fortune in silence.

Even with the control of the northern chrome mines now, the production of ferrochromium tools has reached a level the tribe has never seen before.

The Rus people have already taken advantage of weapons and tools, but the absolute lack of the core population makes Rurik, who started some contacts and dealt with tribal affairs, unable to face the possible threat of a full-scale war in the future.

The other thing that he regrets is that he has not completely controlled the various permissions of the tribe.

The reason is not only that he is not yet an adult to officially take over the position of the big leader. A very crucial point, the hundreds of people who are the most fighting in the tribe at this stage are the elite warriors of the tribe. Such as Rurik's strategy of achieving wealth accumulation through relatively introverted and improving production efficiency, it is still inferior to elite soldiers fighting for their lives to fight and loot.

It seems that the latter, together with Odin's warriors, found the true meaning of their lives in the bloody slaughter.

Ten cargo ships slowly left the port of Fort Elrond. With these ten ships as the core, a group of long ships followed, and the huge fleet began to move towards the south wind and snake skin, heading for Roseburg in the south.

The July of the Julian calendar is about to arrive. This is the warmest season in the entire Nordic world. The temperature is not hot at all, but pleasant.

The oats and rye grown all over Northern Europe enter the most critical growth period in June and July.

Farmers in northern Europe are looking forward to a bumper harvest this year, but after all, the planting period is lagging behind a lot, and the poor growth of wheat seedlings has begun to cause some farmers to worry. Frost period, the result is no harvest!

Some panic began to spread, and the various priestly activities spontaneously initiated by the farmers became more and more lively. The priests of the Melaron people were deeply touched by this. After all, those people are willing to collect money to do things.

However, this panic was overshadowed by the hustle and bustle of the traditional trade season.

Of course, in Jutland, the most "prosperous" peninsula under the control of the Danes, the complaints from the Gotland messengers undoubtedly deeply hurt the nerves of the Danish leader Hafgen.

"Those Melarens, it's too much! The Ross people attacked us, and you also took action?!"

In a fit of rage, Hafgen planned to organize a fleet to crusade against the diabolical Melalons. This crazy plan was immediately rejected by various tribes. The reason is very simple. Most of the tribes who sent troops to fight in the expedition a year ago did not get any benefits, and the funds lost before and after were really bad.

Hafgen will not pay out of his own pockets to subsidize his subordinates. If he can't make money in the war, what else will he do?

It is really stupid to go to war with the very powerful Melalen people and rush out without adequate preparation. Once the Meralans cannot be defeated in one fell swoop, the Svealan tribes in the north unite to launch a counterattack. Who will be the preferred target of the Northern Alliance? Those people might not give priority to attacking the most powerful tribe of Hafgen.

Regarding this matter, the Gotland messenger completely regarded the Rus people who were victorious everywhere as Melalen people, not only the survivors claimed that the attackers were Melalen people, but also because the Melalen tribe was very close to Gotland Island. .

In fact, this is Arik's so-called tactic.

He deliberately used the banner of "Merlaren Avengers", deliberately let go of some enemies, and claimed that looting fishing boats was to avenge the Ostarans.

This reasoning is too plausible, the Danes do believe it, but no clan responds to Hafgen's war intentions. In desperation, Hafgen dispatched five ships and nearly 200 soldiers to support the Gotlanders as the leader of the alliance.

These Danes were stationed at the northernmost point of Gotland, and their mission was to form a joint Dane-Gotland army to fight the enemy invasion when the Mélarens landed. Do you want to go to the sea to find the looting Melarens and destroy them?

The sea area is really too big. If you take the initiative to search for it, it is better to settle down and be stationed securely. Besides, the 200 Danish fighters are not pure fighters. On weekdays, they are just like the Gotlanders. They are fishermen who "farm the land as a supplement and fish for fish". Eat oatmeal and big mouthfuls of meat every day.

Otherwise, why would the Danes fight for their allies?

Therefore, these negative moves by the Danes did not affect Arik from winning to a new victory.

Rurik was completely unaware that Arik's prestige continued to rise during the war, in the southern seas that benefited the Rus.

The reality is that Rurik has been very effective in building and operating Fort Aaron Olava, and Arik is not a dry eater either.

The Tombstone Island in the Aland Islands, where 65 Rus soldiers were once buried, has actually become Arik's "military base" and a real pirate den of the Rus. It really achieved the strategic purpose of establishing a settlement at the beginning, and the Rus ships were really based on this base, and they could unscrupulously sweep the southern seas. Anyway, the fishermen of Melalen only go to the Åland Islands to fish at the farthest, so the south of the archipelago is all enemies, and everyone can fight freely without worrying about accidentally hurting allies! Oh, it doesn't matter if you accidentally get hurt, the Gotlanders have to carry the pot anyway.

Arik's looting continues, and I am afraid that only when the sea freezes will his career come to an end.

The hot sun shines on the fjord, and Roseburg is rarely full of vitality.

Check it out! The pine trees on the hills are dark green, and the water in the fjord is also mapped dark green.

Relying on the dense buildings on the mountains and the coastline, the Ross tribe appeared impressively in the huge fleet that rushed into the fjord.

"Rurik!"

"Rurik!"

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The fishing boats approached the fleet spontaneously, and the fishermen followed Rurik by paddling.

Mordgen and his buddies sitting on the boat were full of these calls to praise Rurik.

Now that all the Rus people are kneeling in front of a blond boy, it is no longer strange for Mordegen to see such a scene.

Is there anything more amazing?

Mordgan looked ahead, and he saw the depths of the narrow fjord, a large and crowded settlement, and a large number of masted ships wandering in the waters of the fjord.

As the saying goes, there are 800 sailors and 3,000 sailors. Just the large number of Ross fishing boats encountered along the way further shocked Mordegen.

The fleet sailed towards a fixed place. Surprisingly, Ross sailors did not care that the cargo ship was crowded with people. Their superb helmsman and sailing skills made the cargo ship really rely on the wind all the way, from Elon Fort drifted all the way back home.

In this regard, Rurik and others have to admire the level of professional sailors raised by the Gould family, not to mention that they are generally not young, and their superb skills are admirable and reassuring.

The heavy cargo ship finally arrived at the Gould family's port.

Oh, or this port has become the official port of the Ross tribe.

Standing on the bow, Rurik opened his mouth subconsciously when he saw the changing scene in front of him.

"Wow! I haven't seen you for more than a month, and the number of reliable berths has increased significantly!"

In order to meet the needs of larger-scale trade in the future, the boys of the Gould family followed the orders of their old father and really continued to expand the port. Of course, there is no hoisting machinery of any kind here, but the berth trestle made of wooden boards and hardwood piles has been further reinforced so that they can be fully carried.

At the trestle bridge, two obese young men are dressed in more ornate clothes. Their furry ferret clothes are complemented by a large number of colorful cloth strips, gem decorations and gold threads, which fully demonstrate the typical wealth of this era.

Ah, nothing shows great wealth more than a fat physique.

This is the home that has been away for more than a month!

Rurik walked over the planks and set foot on the solid trestle. When he got off the boat, he had a brief conversation with Gould's young sons, and immediately, as his own, decided to understand a very important transaction immediately!