Rise of Rurik

Chapter 587 I conquered Finland just as our ancestors conquered Novgorod fifty years ago

In just two days' voyage, the Rurik fleet sailing close to the coastline saw the suddenly open sea and the dotted archipelago.

This is the Åland Islands, no doubt, and the fleet will undoubtedly go to the nearest shore to rest, rushing in directly, and immediately encounters cruising fishing boats and merchant ships.

The Ross fishing boat and the Melalen fishing boat, everyone was quite surprised that the flying flag clearly indicated that the fleet belonged to Ross.

Could it be that the old Otto, who has completed the summer tribute collection, still has a sub-fleet left in New Roseburg? The team is back now?

Next, the entire Tombstone Island was shocked!

The visit of the Mercury led by a large number of dragon-headed warships was an accident. The people on the island knew that Lord Rurik led a group of brave people to crusade the invading Tavastians. It has been two full months since they set off. The fleet is going to the inland river, and at the same time, the Covenstad stronghold has been established, isn't it?

Could it be that Lord Rurik used magic and suddenly appeared from the sea route leading to Novgorod and Novgorod?

Rurik landed with his cronies and soldiers one after another.

A large number of thin black-haired girls landed on the island, but the people on the island were surprised. Everyone whispered, so-called these women reminded themselves of High Priest Rumia.

Not only these women, but also about a hundred black-haired men. These men generally looked thinner and were mostly dressed in a mix of gray-colored linen and leather. Who is this? People have thought of the scene when they first met Kewen people, who were dressed like this at that time.

Tombstone Island is already a fortress in the crossroads of the ocean. She intuitively sees that it is a wooden castle standing on an island in the archipelago. The solid wooden walls and several towering towers make the protected port appear extremely safe.

Of course, such a building shocked all the Suomi people present in the people of the lake.

Those girls learned that they were not slaves at all, and everyone would be assigned immediately after arriving in the hometown of the Rus, and even held a Rus wedding collectively and became a new Rus woman. The young Rus leader, and the credible-looking clan Yevro, are claiming that all promises will be fulfilled.

Life can't be any worse...

They are just ordinary peasant girls living by the lake, and their life is hard. It's just that they haven't seen a more comfortable life, and they feel that the past days are taken for granted.

A castle is in sight! Rus people actually have excellent docks! There are also a considerable number of Rus here.

Could this be their home port?

The girls and the newly promoted servant warriors, with their nervousness and curiosity intertwined, gathered together for a while, and soon began to camp on the spot.

Rurik was, after all, the real power duke of Ross, and the incredible visit of his fleet immediately attracted all the foreign merchants stranded on the island. They hoped to find out some information, and they speculated that all those who were brought back were captured slaves.

A strong Rus army landed on the island, and they were sure to win a big victory.

More than one businessman tried to approach Rurik, and the news quickly reached his ears, who had planned to rest early to relieve the fatigue.

Rurik, who was already sitting in the "palace", holding Carlotta quietly waiting for the meal, almost fell into a nap.

Yevlo hurriedly asked to see him with the news he had heard, and Rurik suddenly woke up and felt uncomfortable.

"Damn, buy slaves, buy my booty? Are you really eyeing the woman I brought back? Do these merchants have enough money?"

Yevluo was taken aback: "Sir, do you sell them because they have money?"

"This... Leather is fine. Women, absolutely fine. We Ross go everywhere to get women and come back to be wives. They are all future mothers of Ross, and they are all blessed by me. Whoever dares to enslave them is courting death!" Because of exhaustion And when he was angry, Rurik threw a glass directly this time,

It fell to pieces.

Yevro breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the crystal fragments on the ground with a pity. Thinking that glassware in the Principality of Ross is no longer a rarity, he added, "Those businessmen... think that the people we brought back are slaves. They also want to know why we came from the sea in the east."

"Do I still have to explain it to them? Forget it." Rurik waved his hand and urged disdainfully: "Coax them away! I won't be there tonight. You organize your brothers to be optimistic about all Suomis, beware of those Merchants secretly go to arrest people. You don’t want your own girl to be stolen by a slave trader.”

Yevro nodded. As a Suomi, he knew exactly what happened to him when he was a child. He said, "I understand. I also thought that the Melaron merchants or other merchants who were wandering on Tombstone Island could not be trusted. , they dare to do it, and I will cut it off myself if I catch it."

"Just do it, you go back."

One hundred Suomi men are now leading the way for Yevloma, not because their heirs will inherit the title of "Marquis of Finland", but because Yevló is everyone's family, and this mutual trust is natural.

The men were armed that night, even if it was some man-tall short spears. They were asked to guard the camp and protect all the women.

In fact, the buildings in the castle on Tombstone Island could not accommodate the entire army at all.

Although it was a sleepover, everyone slept very peacefully this night.

The entire huge bay north of Tombstone Island is the inland sea of ​​the Principality of Ross. This place is the gateway to the core area of ​​Ross, and it is a real pass.

But those businessmen still didn't give up, and they finally figured out a general idea about the experience of the crusade against the enemy's Rus army.

They were chasing profit immediately. Since there is a waterway in the east going deep into the hinterland of the "Land of the East", they can start a fur business with the locals. It's just that acts such as arresting people are not possible. The local people have collectively become the servants of the Rus. Will any violent acts turn into the anger of the Rus against the Melalen? At that time, the leader of Bjorn, who has already held the power, will blame himself again, and there will be no place to stand.

At noon the next day, the Rurik fleet left Tombstone Island by the mild south wind and drifted towards the hometown.

They appeared suddenly and left suddenly, and Rurik made no interesting speeches.

The people on the island still figured out some things, and in addition to being surprised, they also sighed that Lord Rurik opened up territory for the Duchy of Rus, and he was indeed a god who was favored by Odin.

Desperate to return home, Rurik has no intention of wasting time.

For those of you who already know the hydrogeography of this bay very well, sailing is as relaxing as floating in a pond in your own backyard.

The ships set sail and proceeded at a slow speed of three knots, almost all day and night, and they returned to Roseburg Fjord in just three days and nights.

"Rosberg is ahead, and we are finally back." Yevlo, who was standing on the poop of the Mercury, standing beside Rurik, said.

What he said was actually a hint, and he wanted to hear Rurik's handling of those Suomi girls.

"I'm back, I'm really tired." Rurik sighed deeply and glanced at the group of lethargic girls on the nearby long boat. Thinking that this was also the first voyage in their lives, it was really hard for them.

In fact, Otto also returned to Hong Kong a few days ago with the tribute from the East. He was not surprised that Rurik and the army had not completed the crusade for so long.

Well, war, the longer it lasts, the more loot you get.

It would be inappropriate to say he wasn't worried.

In his twilight years, Otto was already graying, and once he thought of his two sons who died in an accident, he was afraid that Rurik, who was the only son and the third child, would have an accident. The son has the blessing of Odin, and he also got the divination from Rumia, the so-called "Rurik's victory expedition is still going on", so he is relieved.

Across the bay, Coventstad is rapidly building, and many of Roseburg's fishermen have recently relocated across the bay.

They are all forest hunters, how is the level of the Rus inferior to the Kewen? Obviously the level is higher!

In the east, squirrels reproduce at an alarming rate in the warm season. The best fur and a large number of lake fish are in the east. For more wealth, they rush to the east, which objectively stimulates the development of Cowenstad.

Everything was prosperous, and Otto, who returned, also noticed that a new batch of rowing longboats had been launched, and the hulls of the four-sail destroyers in Hortra's huge shipbuilding workshop were basically at the point of laying decks.

Originally, there were only five blacksmith families in Roseburg, but now the scale of blacksmiths has exceeded 100! Not only the contract blacksmiths under Rurik's command, but also a group of young young people from Rus, who just gave up the glory of being a soldier and planned to be a hard-working ironsmith.

In the iron smelting area of ​​Roseburg Wall, the chimneys seem to emit black smoke forever.

Every day, a group of women, men, and even Rurik's "Children's Army", carrying rattan baskets, driving ponies carrying reindeer and pulling two-wheeled carts, went to dig in the nearby mountains. ore, and even go to the upper reaches of the fjord river to excavate the fine river sand.

Industries that once did not exist in Rosberg were also born, such as the manufacture of cement and the firing of rough clay bricks.

Whether it is the local construction of Roseburg, or even the construction of New Roseburg and Covinstad far away, the most important thing in all constructions is "building a house".

The prosperity of "real estate" was actually born in Roseburg. Metallurgy, pottery firing, brick firing, logging, wood processing, stone processing, cable processing, these industries were fully driven. The laborers earned their revenge, and in turn, industries such as hemp textiles, leather, felt, fishing, animal oil, and soap, which improved and improved people's livelihood, flourished.

It is obvious that the labor force in Ross is too scarce compared to these fast-growing industries. Even if a large number of women have developed into the grand occasion of holding one in their arms, one in their stomach, and even holding one in each hand, a large number of children Rosberg can really afford to be raised and not very sick, and the children grow up to be able to work. The lower limit is also six years. The lack of labor has limited the maximum speed of the development of the Rus, so that many old people who are considered useless are doing things such as saving hemp rope, making pottery clay, grinding iron needles, Low physical labor such as fishing hooks.

The wealth that Ross has plundered over the years has become a highly efficient fuel for the operation of the state machine.

This time Otto scavenged a batch of surplus grain, leather and wool from the homes of the local Slavs from Novgorod, and immediately sold them to tribesmen who were interested in working uniforms. He "recycled" a batch of circulating silver and copper coins, which he then stored for his son's expenses.

In such a prosperous world, the Duchy of Ross is full of hope. Indulged in this prosperity, Otto also happily enjoyed this beautiful old age.

He never dreamed that a little girl who was captured from the north would give birth to his first grandchild many years later.

Velika has brown hair and blue-gray eyes. She's not that kind of pure Ross girl, but she has a strange beauty. Although he is still a baby, teasing his granddaughter and watching her laugh, this is what the Ortonyas love to do now.

Suddenly, Rurik's fleet triumphed!

Surprised, Otto hurriedly left the palace, and Nia hurried downstairs with Willika in her arms.

Hundreds of people gathered at the pier, and the fishermen who were chatting on the shore also stood up one after another, took off their sunshade leather hats to greet the returning fleet.

One long ship after another was docked smoothly on the trestle far away in the deep sea, and then tied with ropes to wooden stakes.

Those Suomi girls rubbed their sluggish eyes hard, because they were tormented by the long voyage, and they were speechless when they saw this huge city built on the mountain as a whole, which was indescribable for them. The whole person also woke up instantly.

Urged to disembark, they walked shoulder-to-shoulder across the trestle to stand on the sandy shore, and nodded their heads bewildered as the growing number of blond Russ pointed at them.

This is where the Mercury's performance is most impressive, and the human-powered propeller system comes in handy when the ship is docked. The sail has been closed, and the helmsman accurately controls the rudder, and cooperates with the person pedaling to land very smoothly.

The uniformed soldiers landed one after another, and the busy unloading of the cargo began.

The follow-up work is orderly, and almost all the goods will be stuffed into the Duke's warehouse.

Rurik could easily see his father, who was smiling and not speaking, and his mother, who was holding the baby in tears.

Seeing the cheers of the people in his hometown, the tired Rurik also smiled and opened his hands to win the past with great enthusiasm...

That night, the Rus rejoiced, celebrating the victory of the crusade against the Tavastians.

But the people of Roseburg had no idea how great the victory was, they didn't even know the details and what the victory meant.

After eating some porridge and drinking a glass of sweet wine blended with a lot of honey, Rurik's mental exhaustion disappeared for the most part.

Since Dad asked about the process of this crusade based on the instinct of an old soldier, Rurik simply gathered the elites who were currently staying in Roseburg to gather on the first floor of the palace, just to announce his great achievements to everyone.

It was a lengthy lecture. Not only did Rurik stand up and pat everyone on the chest to explain it, but Arik and even Allied Commander Biyonni also explained a lot.

The lecture was lengthy but wonderful, listening to their group of young sons explaining their great achievements, Ao was sweating while sitting on his legs.

He hates! I hate myself for getting old! He hated that he took a boat to Novgorod to collect tribute, and he had to hide his tiredness in front of the local reliable Rigus, and he was glad that his gray beard concealed a lot of age spots on his face.

In fact, everyone who stayed behind in Ross Fort was very surprised. As the duke's chief guard, the person who commanded all the elite mercenaries had no right to make personal comments at the military conference of the Ross people.

However, times have changed. This slave-born Suomi Yevluo is actually considered a nobleman. At least his son is indeed a vassal who was canonized by the Duke of Ross and must be loyal to Ross.

Including the speeches of others, a huge amount of information smashed into Otto's aging brain, and he felt that the news was a bit messy for a while.

Otto let out two hoarse coughs: "Rurik, you actually... entered the interior along the river, killed 5,000 Tavastian warriors, and destroyed their homes along the way? In the end, you conquered Suomi? The term is a bit unfamiliar." He said, his right hand pointed to the ceiling, "You must not have any self-bragging, any of your words can't be hidden from Odin. Now, Ross really rules the entire eastern land. ?"

Rurik looked sideways, his face as calm as water: "Not necessarily."

"Oh..." Otto let out a sigh of relief, "Yes. You have achieved a glorious victory, and it is still a bit far-fetched to conquer the entire eastern land."

"No!" Rurik shook his head: "I mean, there are also those Karelians north of Novo Rosberg, and the Perm people further east. Dad, and others, do you still I don’t know that there is a mountain in the very far east that runs east-west? The name of the mountain is Ural. I dare to say that if we conquer these two ethnic groups, everyone who reaches the Ural Mountains in the east will be conquered by us.”

These words should have been majestic, and Rurik, who was somewhat complacent, was watching the crowd, and everyone's expressions were generally puzzled.

Rurik shrugged: "It doesn't matter. I mean, at least there are no people in the East who can compete with us. It is natural to conquer them and collect tribute! Besides, I now define the whole of the East as Finland, and Yevro is also married. Now, his son must be a pure Suomi. When he inherits the title of count of Finland, he will send troops to fight for us in any war. Because of this arrangement, the local people have no choice to resist. I am conquering Finland now, just like Fifty years ago, our ancestors conquered Novgorod, don’t the local people pay tribute every year? The heroic spirits in the sky, and the old priest Willia will be happy for us.”

Everyone knows these words, you look at me, I look at you again, and each other is happy.

Everyone does not think that Rurik has any compromise with the Suomis, they all think that those guys are like the Kovins, the Lapps, and even the Novgorods back then. They are a group of smart people who choose to know their strength Be a loyal dog.

I'm afraid they have to take the initiative to kneel down and beg for mercy, because the Tavastians who decided to fight to the end were almost completely destroyed by the Rus army.

Because the loot is not just these five hundred Suomi women, but at least two thousand Tavastia women, a large number of reindeer, and a large number of collected weapons are slowly moving to Cowenstad on the landing road. Almost all of these Tavastian women have their own Ross men, and the soldiers who came back by sea first are still waiting for those women to arrive in Ross Fort so that they can claim their new wives.

"So we did conquer the eastern land." Otto said: "I saw that you also brought back many women and a group of men. They are all slaves?"

"Slave? How is that possible! I told the local Suomi chiefs that they would be kind to the five hundred absolutely pure maidens they contributed, and I must be kind to them. There are also two thousand other Tavastian women, all of us Rus. Women, I dare say they will be pregnant soon. By the way, how to arrange these people is what I will announce next..."

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