Rise of Rurik

Chapter 558: The Birth of Velika

The young mother was sweating, and the intense contractions forced her to bite a piece of wood and endure it.

Rumia has stopped the work of all priests, and the temple is temporarily closed.

Her life ushered in an extremely critical moment. If she hadn't been holding Rurik's hand all the time, she would even be worried that she would be tortured to death.

Maybe this kind of thing a man should avoid. Rurik couldn't care less, he needed to give Rumia a solace.

Who is the best midwife? Now that Nia is here, Rurik's sister-in-law Peravina and eldest sister-in-law Lilia have also come to the palace to give poor Rumia some urgent help.

On the second floor of the palace, in the living room of the noble people, Rumia moaned in pain, enduring the pain that a woman must go through.

"Just hold on! I've seen the child's head."

Rumia was relieved by Nia's words, but it was also the most painful stage.

Rurik knelt down beside her, and she squeezed the clenched hand tightly, and he could feel the pain of his phalanx.

I didn't expect this girl to have so much strength!

"Okay! The child's head has come out. Work harder!"

"Work hard, it will all come out soon!"

After that last effort, an extremely strange sense of emptiness enveloped Rumia. She lay down suddenly and relaxed, and the stick she was biting on fell, with two rows of teeth marks on it.

At the same time, the child was crying loudly, and a lively little guy was born!

Nia fixed her eyes: "Huh? It's a girl."

"Girl?" Rurik turned his face sharply, "Is the child okay?"

"Listen to this cry, it's very energetic!" Niya was very experienced in delivering babies, so he ordered the group of wives and concubines in Rurik who were on standby to do what they were supposed to do.

A steel knife was boiled in boiling water and thoroughly sterilized. Niya also washed her hands with soap, and then cut off the umbilical cord...

Everything is happy, and the washed child looks red and wrinkled all over his body, with his eyes closed and crying non-stop.

Velika was born, as Rurik had hoped, a girl.

This status is really unique to inherit the high priest.

She was placed in a swaddle, and the crying child stopped crying instantly when she was placed next to her mother.

Rumia is holding her child in her arms, how can she be completely happy?

In just half a day, Rumia had already followed her mother's instinct and began to nurture the child, and Rurik's last worry was gone.

The palace was in joy, and so were the rich and powerful of Ross.

Because this child was given a destiny before birth - the successor of the old priest Veria.

If there are still people who feel a little uncomfortable about Rumia, a deer breeder, serving as the high priest of Ross, then it is justified that this child will inherit the priest when he grows up.

Velika, Rurik's first child, is also a saint through and through!

For three consecutive days, Rurik stayed by Rumia's side, comforting and comforting his woman, and occasionally teasing the child. When Otto came in and wanted to hug his first granddaughter, he was pushed aside by Rurik. "Now she's too weak to break her bones with your hug."

Although Otto gave up, this kind gaze was indispensable.

Otto has more important things to do, which is to spread the word to the entire Roseburg for the first big event since Hanukkah.

Just like Rurik's birth, the old priest Veria and Otto's joint campaign. Rurik was advertised as the child blessed by Odin, and the new Velika was indispensable!

Thousands of people began to assemble at the two large ships that stood on the coast, and Otto stood aloft and solemnly announced this to the people.

His gray beard hair couldn't hide his face flushed with ecstasy.

He pointed at the sky and at the sea, "Vilia has a successor! My Velica was born! She is a holy child, and she has received the blessing of Odin..."

people are cheering,

He also laughed, and some people even teased that the kid Rurik was indeed a man, and some people complained that his son was twelve years old and his brain was still a dull rock, and that Rurik had become a father.

The days are getting longer and longer, and people who were once trapped in the long night and unable to work long hours are now getting busier.

A timber transportation route above the sea of ​​ice was practically achieved. After the day was long, a timber transportation team returned to Roseburg in about ten days.

When there is demand, there is an incentive to make money. Some men find that rather than looking for ferrets in the snowfields, it is better to go logging near Fort Elrond. The local spruce is inferior to oak, and it is easy to find in large quantities.

The Hortra family and their friends, and even the entire Roseburg shipbuilding family, their workshops, large and small, were constantly buzzing, and more than 20 ships were under construction.

Although there are still most of the traditional paddle fishing boats, the prosperity of the shipbuilding industry is unprecedented.

Roseburg can be said to be prosperous, and this city standing in the ice and snow is developing at a high speed.

Metallurgy, carpentry, pottery, charcoal, shipbuilding, construction, winemaking, winter fishing, leather, and basic chemicals are all in progress.

The production efficiency here is high and low, at least they all exist, and they all have a strong development trend.

The Duchy of Rus is really an outlier in the Nordic Viking world, or Rurik under the rule of Rus, is drifting away from the concept of Viking.

At the same time, when the north is completely covered by ice and snow, the frozen port of Narvik is ready to move.

In the core area of ​​the Balmerk tribe, Biyongni, who made great military exploits, gained great prestige.

People who yearn for a fortune and a stable life have their eyes fixed on the British island.

The Narvik Fjord is too close to the North Pole, and the local complete polar night is at least half a month.

People can stay at home on dark and cold days, and even if the fjord has only a very small number of nearshore ice floes, no one is willing to risk fishing.

The Balmers even put the skill of boiling salt on hold, waiting for the light to return.

Only on that day, when the Rus celebrated Hanukkah on the Fire Tower, the Balmers also celebrated their own Hanukkah in their temples and altars.

The polar night was coming to an end soon. Taking advantage of the extravagance that the festival had just passed, the leader Magnut worried all the family leaders and gathered in their council to discuss important matters.

What will the leader say? Everyone can guess.

This time, when people saw Biyonni, a brave young man, sitting in a key position, they knew that this son would be ordered to visit Ross again this winter.

Someone shouted to Magnut first: "Brothers are all planning to form an army and go to Britain next year. That country called Northumbria is a big fat sheep, we should try to cut wool to enrich ours. Life."

"They are indeed weak. This time we will send more soldiers to grab their big city."

"Especially their women!"

When someone said this, the audience burst into laughter.

Osten, who is in the joyous Gashebi, is not satisfied with simple robbery.

"Brothers, it seems to me that we are going to loot their wealth and their women, and then why should we go back to the fjords? We Balmers have taken that place, and we have excellent land to grow our wheat and raise our keep."

Quite a number of family leaders were very interested in this proposal, and even Magnut was hopeful.

After a little more discussion with each other, a consensus was quickly reached.

But Biyonni has something to say: "We may not be able to get a lot of land at once, we must force the king to admit our control of the land, or there must be a fight."

Someone shouted, "Who is afraid of fighting?"

"No. I'm afraid of endless battles."

"It doesn't matter, kill them all, we don't have to be busy fighting without the enemy."

Biyonny shook his head, "Rurik of Rus knows them well, there's more than one country, and once they know we're killing on a massive scale, they'll join forces to fight back. So we're going to hear from the Rus when we start marching into Britain this year. Views."

Rus people, everyone rationalized after hearing this term.

There is no denying that Rurik of Russ is the day when both wisdom and courage are combined, and the army of Russ must be very strong.

Some clan chiefs boasted that they were invincible because of their victory, but others felt that last year's victory depended on Rurik's command, and those wonderful weapons.

They got caught up in discussions and even started to get heated.

Magnute coughed deeply and appealed: "Of course we are all brave, as brave as my Rurik son."

Everyone shut up and listened to what else was planned for the leader who called Rurik the Russ his son.

Calling a son-in-law a daughter-in-law was natural in their culture, and Magnut was complacent about the marriage.

"My Biyonny and Floki will visit Ross again, and this time I'll send a large team with our salt, refined whale oil, and a sum of money to Ross."

"How many people do you plan to send?" a family leader asked.

"This... about a hundred people. The brothers are all here, you each will send some people, and we will organize a huge mission to visit Ross. And, the most important thing."

Magnut slapped his thigh violently, "We have to see how our big ship is built, Rurik won't lie, we can take the boat back when the snow melts."

This decision is very strange, everyone discussed some details and finally agreed.

But on the issue of how many people to send, each family hopes that their cubs can successfully complete this trial, and then go to Ross to see the world.

Twenty clans sent at least the elder son, with some Jian Yong attached. While they had assembled five hundred pounds of fine salt and a hundred pounds of solidified whale oil, they also brought with them a collection of walrus tusks.

Magnut originally planned to organize an armed business group of 100 people, but this number was suddenly piled up to 300 people!

Profitable plan Which family is one step ahead of the slow?

No one doubted that Biyonni was the leader of the business group, and that there was another man named "Exploration Madman" Mordegen to lead the way. Everyone was not worried about getting lost, but hoped to arrive as soon as possible.

But even if it is fast, the journey will have to run for at least twenty days.

Not that the journey was too far, but simply because the Balmers lacked sled-pulling reindeer.

A mere twenty sturdy and docile female reindeer pull five cargo sleds, and the others can only pull their own little sleds, carrying a large amount of pre-made food, with the belief of hunting to satisfy their hunger on the way.

It was already mid-January, and Biyonni took the "big army" of 300 people to finally start the ice and snow journey to the friendly countries.

The people of Balmerk cheered for the heroes of the expedition, and they looked forward to their return on the big ship belonging to the people of Balmerk.

As for a large ship carrying many people, each family has its own purpose. For example, some families plan to settle a son in Ross, hoping that this son will have a good development.

After all, Balmerk is a common people's union, essentially a miniature tribal alliance. The major families live together because of common interests. Now that they have found new possibilities, some families who lack strength spontaneously approach the big tree of Ross.

This time, Biyonni is not only leaving with friendship, he is leaving with a gift for his sister and a very crucial new plan to attack Britain.

Biyonni is very confident, and feels that his mouth can persuade Rurik to send troops, and then organize the coalition to make another big fortune.

The team dragged a large number of sleds and climbed the mountain on ice and snow.

The Scandinavian Central Mountains stretch from the North Pole to Oslo at the foothills of the South. Some parts of it are more than 1000 meters of peaks, and some mountain passes are only 500 meters above sea level.

Although it is 500 meters, the strong wind of this mountain pass can be called a killing knife.

Although Biyongni is very confident in his own clan, he feels that they should all be able to overcome like himself. However, during the night after crossing the mountain pass, or because they consumed too much physical strength and neglected supplies, five men were frozen to death in their sleep.

Death cannot dispel people's thirst for the future. They feel that the dead died without standing the test of Odin and the gods. The living people bow down to the sun and pray, and continue to advance in the short day.

They entered the alpine glacial lake and proceeded along the glacier.

Glacier is a wonderful road, and the memory of guide Mordgen is also exquisite.

Since they crossed the central mountain range, their group of nearly 300 people has trekked for 15 days!

During this period, a light snow lasted for nearly a week. They moved forward in the dark snow. The whole world was not only unfamiliar, but also desolate and sad.

But the glacier showed the right path, and finally they reached the lake!

A group of dark shadows appeared in the snow!

The Ross people who were busy digging holes and fishing for European bass on the ice lake were instinctively vigilant.

Seeing the people working on the lake pulling the sleds and running away, this action really left Biyonni speechless.

"Looks like they see us as potential attackers," Mordegen said.

"Maybe, it's obviously an ally, maybe some people haven't reacted yet."

"What should I do? I'll negotiate with them in person? Fort Fisk has already been mentioned here. The camp we've been to has been relatively prosperous. I'm afraid they will forget us."

Biyonni nodded, then took out another flag from his burlap pocket and handed it to Mordegan.

"Hang from your spear and hold it up to show your identity."

"This flag... Rurik gave it to you?" Mordgen was taken aback at the blue-striped oar flag on a white background.

"No, it was sewn at my house just to avoid misunderstandings."

Mo Degen was overjoyed, and summoned a few brothers to go, and the rest stood by.

The massive embassy from the Balmers surprised the Winter Catchers at Fort Fisk.

Continuing south, Biyonni's team arrived at Fort Elrond without difficulty.

Many Balmerks subconsciously think that the fortress is Roseburg!

It is quite prosperous here, and Mechasta, the Kowen who was instructed to lead the place, resolved their misunderstandings, and also focused on entertaining key distinguished guests including Biyonni.

They feasted on a whole fish feast, and the giant salmon caught was an eye-opener.

Biyonny ate a mouthful of fish oil, and was overjoyed that he no longer had to rely on two legs for his journey to Rosburg.

If you let these guys continue to eat and drink in the territory they are responsible for, they will have to eat themselves poor.

It just so happened that a new batch of wood transport teams was about to head south, and a small team of chromite ore transporters was ready to follow.

There are many reindeer in Elrond Castle, and there are traditional winter pastures nearby.

The Biyonies were mixed into the mixed convoy of the Ross people. Their faces were bathed in the winter sun on the broad ice sea, and they rushed to Fort Ross in a very wonderful journey.

Finally, the huge Rose Fort built on the mountain is in sight! It is a giant of ice and snow to the north, a huge and powerful city.

The Balmerk men who came here for the first time were shocked and envied. As for Biyonni, he was eager to see his sister Noren, Rurik, and the big ship belonging to the Balmers.

With excellent eyesight, he suddenly noticed the boats placed on the beach, and the towering blackened masts were indeed very conspicuous in the world of ice and snow.

"That, our ship? It must be. Rurik, you are a man of your word."

Of course, he also shocked the huge number of ships moored with the Rus. When the ice melts, the Rus' fleet will probably easily win whoever they want to conquer.

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