Rise of Rurik

Chapter 583 The Duchy of Rus conquers the land of Finland

A small reindeer was roasted to the point of being charred and oily, and in order to welcome willing collaborators, Rurik was also willing to bring a deer from the capture to make a feast.

The roasted venison was browned with a lot of carbon spots, and the dripping grease ran deep into the sand along the reeds that housed it.

Rurik had already chopped off a deer leg with his sword, ate it first, and waited for those people to see him.

Uko and his friends finally came, and seeing the roasted venison, and the fragrant smell of ale from the open oak barrels, the halgae could not stop flowing.

These visitors are already defeated, aren't they?

Rurik was too lazy to see the outside world. While sitting cross-legged, he put down the half-gnawed legs of the deer with both hands, then wiped his hands and supported his sword.

He is still a teenager, and the aura here cannot be underestimated.

Because there were other generals such as Arik and Heliger sitting in this room, as well as more than a dozen burly men sitting cross-legged with their hideous tattoos on.

Upon seeing the visitor, Uko, the leader of Suomi, is simply a "dwarf", and so are his friends.

From a macro perspective, the men of the Rus army are generally a head taller than the Suomis. To avoid fighting with thousands of these macho men, Uko saw the indoor scene and really felt that his decision was wise.

For a while, Uko didn't know what to say. He wanted to say something and didn't know where to start.

"My lord, the person has arrived." Yevlo said respectfully.

"Very good! Let them sit down, give meat, give wine!"

Rurik was quite familiar, but he was actually showing his kindness and heart to these leaders. It doesn't matter whether they appreciate it or not, as long as they want to, the Ross army crushing them is as simple as cutting the neck of a deer with a knife.

There was roast meat and ale, and more than that, the Rus actually served cooked oatmeal.

Uko, who was already hungry, couldn't care so much now, and the other party rewarded him and then followed. Of course, he also knew that if he had any objection to the matter of "submission" after eating the delicious meal rewarded by the leader of Ross, it would be courting death.

The visitor had already eaten, drank, and even burped, and Rurik snapped his fingers, and a strong man got up, and in front of the surprised faces of the diners, he pulled the roasted deer down.

Rurik cleared his throat again: "You are finally here. I remember your name is Uko."

"It's Ukonilma."

"It doesn't matter, you are just an ordinary leader, and your Suomi tribe is also an ordinary tribe. I'm different!" Saying that, Rurik stood up and raised his chest: "I am a man blessed by God, I am Invincible. As you can see, we Rus have occupied the whole of Tavastia, my army has killed five thousand Tavastians, all living men surrender to me, and all living women are willing marry us."

"Yes, I saw it all. You are already the masters of Tavastalu." Uko complimented.

"You are smart enough to realize that fighting us is your own death. Since you are willing to cooperate with me, you must accept all my conditions."

Uko has the most humble bottom line of his own. Hearing the words of the young leader, he stared at him and swallowed deeply, while his friends were all on pins and needles.

The cooperation here is basically a "submission treaty" that is quite unequal to the Suomi people.

The core of the treaty is four paragraphs:

First: The Suomi people must pay tribute to the Rus people every year starting this year. When there are five hundred reindeer skins, a thousand ferret skins, a thousand fox skins, and a hundred thousand squirrel skins.

Second: Hand over five hundred young and pure women to marry the Rus.

Third: If there is a foreign war, as long as the Duke of Ross issues a clear order to the Suomi people, Suomi must organize an army to join the Russian army to fight foreign affairs according to the order.

Fourth: Uko must sacrifice his daughter to be married.

The agreement is now verbal,

Since Suomi did not have her own words, they could not understand the written treaty with them. So Rurik swore an oath in his honor that as long as the Suomi agreed to these terms, Rus could declare eternal peace with Suomi.

Pay tribute every year and hand over women. If this is done, the destruction of the soldiers can be avoided. Although it is a shame, it is better than the destruction of the Tavastians. What's more, the Suomi people, as servants of the Rus people in the future, should also be able to get some useful loot in foreign wars.

Those village chiefs watched Uko's reaction cautiously, and a thousand pounds of pressure was placed on the shoulders of this man who was no longer young.

Uko agreed with the first three terms, and of course he knew that things would not be so simple at all.

He was quite curious about the final clause. He never thought that this young man would actually ask him for a daughter. How did this kid know that he still had a young daughter to marry? Maybe it was revealed by those captured brothers?

Wait a minute! if……

Uko smiled slowly and deliberately said: "We Suomi people know you, and our fishing boats will meet you who sail in the southern waters every year. Yes, I have a daughter, since you like her, I am very willing to Give her to you as your wife."

"Give it to me? That's inappropriate."

"This……"

Rurik casually glanced at Yevro, and said, "The personal bodyguard I trust is the Suomi, your kinship, and according to what we say, your identities are all Finns. My bodyguard still doesn't have one. Marriage, only one important woman is worthy of him. The captured men say that your daughter is very beautiful. You are the leader of Suomi, and your daughter is married to my captain, how about it?"

"He?!" Uko turned his head suddenly, looking at Yevlo with a look of surprise, or surprise.

"How? Is my Yevro not worthy of your daughter."

"Ah! This... worthy, worthy!" Uko turned his head hastily.

"That's settled, now I have one last request." Rurik said solemnly.

"Please tell me, we... will try to be satisfied."

Uko really doesn't know how big the appetite of the Rus is. He also learned from this Yevlo that his master's name is Rurik. Yevlo's praise is full of praise, as if Rurik is really the god of war. World.

If this Rurik of Ross really possesses divine power like a god of war, and Suomi has sold a lot of things to surrender, can they guarantee Suomi's safety?

But Rurik's next words frightened him again.

"I have learned that your fishermen can not only enter the Tavastian territory by water, but also row into the sea. I have decided to enter your territory and go directly to the ocean."

"Ah!" The only word Uko thought of was "destroy."

Without any concealment, he stated his fears plainly: "Ross heroes, we... are just a group of vulnerable people, just like a group of helpless rabbits, aren't we..."

"Afraid of me harming you? Afraid that I will tear up all the contracts and start a war with you? Do you... think I need to spend so much trouble?" Rurik's eyes sharpened as he spoke, "Your camp is not far away, as long as With my order, your people will be wiped out. But I don't, I need your people to live well."

"what?!"

"So. Now I've decided! Now that the Tavastians are almost destroyed, you can move here. I know you and Tavastia are one family."

Is the attitude of the Rus people serious? To put it bluntly, the purpose of the Suomi army going north to attack the invaders crossing the sea is the most important purpose. If you accept the Rus as king, you will be able to rule Tavastia at his request, and the annual benefit must be more than the tribute paid.

Uko was keenly aware that the Rus people would not occupy this area and never leave, and they still needed to entrust big men to rule.

Rurik now solemnly explained a word: "Fin! This is the new name we Russ gave you."

"This... don't you Varangians always call us Finns?"

"Yes, and no." Rurik patted his chest again and let out a sigh of relief: "The Lapps and Kovins have already surrendered, the Tavastians have surrendered, and finally you will surrender. Everyone who speaks the same language surrenders to me. I declare that your old battles are over, you are all Finns, and the land under your feet, from the sea in the south to the frozen sea in the north, is Finland. I Conquered the whole of Finland, this is the new territory of my Rus Principality, and you!"

Rurik suddenly drew his sword and pointed at Uko: "You, kneel in front of me."

Wu Ke came tremblingly, and the dazzling sword seemed to assassinate him.

Uko knelt firmly, and Rurik put his sword on his left shoulder and said in words that Suomi people could understand: "I, Rurik, Duke of Rus, canonized you Ukonilma as Suomi's war chief. (Actually close to the level of a marquis), with the right to command Suomi and Tavastia."

The sword was placed on his right shoulder again: "My chief guard, Yevro, will marry your daughter, and your daughter's son will inherit the title of your Suomi war chief, serving the Duchy of Rus from generation to generation. You and The power of your descendants is protected and supported by the Duke of Ross, and you will prosper, but betrayal will be destroyed."

Rurik's sudden ritual operation made everyone stupid. As a cousin, Arik had some opinions, and felt that he should not be so kind to those who surrendered. Since my brother is enjoying it, he should shut up.

Uko understood a part of it. He was really surprised by the "titles" of the various Varyag people, but one thing he could be sure of was that his existing power originally came from the election of the villages in his hometown. Received military support from the Rus conquerors. He suddenly realized that he could rely on this support to issue orders to the people in his hometown.

The development of things to this point is all within Rurik's calculations. Conquest of the eastern land (Finland) is inevitable. In this case, the legal conquest is completed today!

After declaring the sovereignty of the Duchy of Rus over the entire Finnish region, it is time to declare what obligations the Duchy of Rus should fulfill.

Rurik took the sword, and ordered Uko to do it well, and then said: "I know that you are always facing the threat of war from the Karelians, and now I promise you that the Rus army will give you military support and will Help you to attack Karelia until they are wiped out."

This is a promise that everyone likes to hear. Uko, who had already sat down, stood up suddenly, his joy beyond words.

Among the Varyags, the Rus have a strong military, and the strength of the Karelians is not easy to underestimate. In comparison, the Rus are still strong. At least the Rus people promised peace when they got the tribute, and the Karelians just wanted to devour the land and become the hegemon.

It's nice to have such a happy ending to what was supposed to be a bloody battle.

The Suomis decided to open their gates, and more importantly, the Rus could identify a waterway, that is, upstream from the mouth of the Oulu River in the Kovinstad stronghold east of Rosberg, after reaching the lakes in central Finland , take the brand new waterway directly into the Gulf of Finland. The Rus people have added an inland freshwater route to New Roseburg, and there are some supply points along the way.

But are the inland waterways leading to the Gulf of Finland real? Rurik still had doubts before seeing the sea to the south, and he needed to take the fleet to find out.

And this is the reason why Rurik insisted on bringing his troops into the core territory of Suomi.

A night feast for the conquerors to continue the past was over, Uko and others were overnighted, and of course there were also Tavastia women who were ordered to serve these noble leaders this night.

This night, Rurik tossed and turned, and Carlotta, who was tossing around the pillow, was quite upset, but he didn't dare to have any resentment.

Carlotta just murmured: "You are a great hero, you have conquered the eastern land now, are you happy about being in your seat?"

"Of course, too happy to sleep."

"But they are all a group..." Although Carlotta felt inappropriate, her contempt for those Suomi troops was written on her face. "They are all a group of weaklings, is it worth the joy to conquer them?"

"At least they're a wise bunch of servants. Soon I'll annihilate the Karelians, Carlotta, do you know what that means?"

"This...I don't know."

At this moment, Rurik was sitting upright under the darkness of night, unfolding his bedclothes and showing off his already swollen biceps in front of his woman.

He smiled and said, "Did you see it? This is the power of Duke Ross."

Seeing Carlota burst out laughing: "Your power? You let me give birth to it, it is the real power."

"No no no, as long as I conquer Karelia, then the entire Karelia Isthmus, the Kola Peninsula, and Finland are all mine. From then on, there is no other in the northern world, all are mine. Territory, no one competes with me..."

Rurik's remarks are a remarkable fact. The Karelian forces are already the last powerful group in Northeast Europe. To conquer them is to say that the Rus have no rivals in the area west of the Urals near the Arctic Ocean. If Yes, there are polar bears and brown bears running around.

Although this kind of conquest of the territory is like being a "king of rotten lands", Rurik doesn't feel that his territory has even an inch of excess. At least those so-called bitter cold rotten lands will be the origin of the Principality of Ross's cherished fur in the long term. Woolen cloth.

Because Karelia is not the land of Finland, he has essentially conquered Finland, and a new history is written by himself. With such a great historical glory, how can Rurik not be excited.

However, the macro historical development has not changed in any way. Finland is destined to be occupied by the Swedes. Now the Duchy of Rus has been separated from the sudden emergence of the Kingdom of Sweden, but she is indeed born out of Sweden.

Rus conquered Finland, and Rus was destined to conquer Finland, or the existence of Finland, or becoming part of Sweden, or becoming part of Rus. This is the fate of Finland in the cracks.

Uko, the leader of Suomi, made the right choice for the entire group, and this is a smart move for a European effect.

Uko and his guys also discussed this night, and to put it bluntly, the Suomi people will not hurt at all by providing those tributes to the Rus people. Also because of Uko's daughter's marriage, this political marriage is strengthening the relationship between Suomi and Ross.

As for that Yevro, I don't know where this kid came from. At least with this marriage, Yevro will take care of the kinship and help all the Suomis to gain benefits from the Rus conquerors.

The two sides concluded an agreement that Suomi merchants can completely trade with the Rus. As long as the Rus keeps their promise of peace, Suomi can indeed continue to reap benefits. Is it a shame to be a subject and pay tribute? No, at least they don't think so. Everyone is doing business and making money, so don't shiver.

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