Rise of Rurik

Coming back to New Roseburg after a winter, the city has grown bigger and the population has become more prosperous.

He found out that maybe there could be better days here, and the residents of Novgorod came spontaneously even in canoes.

Otto stayed for two days in Novo Rosso, and sailed against the Neva River to Lake Ladoga with the southerly wind.

Of course, after some twists and turns, Otto's fleet arrived at his loyal White Tree Manor.

The farmer Rigus brought his clansmen to greet him warmly, and they also prepared tributes for the acceptance of the adults.

There are no other tributes. The tributes in spring and summer are only a small amount of wheat, and more are leather, rosin, flower cloth and precious honey.

All the tributes are small in number, and the main event is actually in the autumn.

People are expecting a large number of women visiting relatives to disembark, as they have in years past. However, the people who got off the boat were all old guys, what about women?

On behalf of the tribe, Rigus cautiously asked why the family visitor did not come.

Otto didn't answer in a hurry, and first ordered the reward to be moved down.

It was a large amount of iron farm implements. Seeing the arrival of many hoes and shovels, and the unloading of two sets of curved ploughs, the old guy Rigus jumped excitedly.

Otto's words were straightforward: "These are all given to you by Rurik. You have been paying tribute faithfully all these years, and what you have given you are also rich rewards."

The curved plough is an artifact of cultivating land. Even if it still requires manpower to plough the land, it has allowed Baishu Manor to reclaim a lot of new fertile lakeside farmland since it acquired it.

In White Tree Manor, the people welcome these adults who have come from afar.

Rigus' eldest son Medvedt also personally sold wine for Otto Jin.

"You!" Otto grabbed his arm.

"Lord Duke..."

"You are not ordinary! Now I give you an order to assemble the brothers of the flag team to me immediately! We are going to attack a new enemy!"

The Novgorod side basically didn't know about the conquest of Karelia, and they didn't even know what the enemy was. Although the Rus themselves do not know.

Otto drank half a bottle of spirits,

The words became blurred while slightly drunk.

While the old fellows at Whitetree Manor were here, he was shouting in Norse about the crusade against the Karelians.

These Slavs know a little bit of Norse language more or less because of their long-term contact, and everyone has to think about it when they hear it.

Said to be the enemy of the north? Called Karelia? Seems to be strong?

Since the commander is Rurik, victory should be firmly in the hands of the coalition.

Rigus suddenly realized, because his son-in-law Rurik came in person! Now that the son-in-law is here, the youngest daughter should also come back, right?

"My lord, Rurik and Svetlana..."

"The two of them should be coming, and their fleet should be on the way." Otto set off first, and he only had an estimate of how many troops Rurik would arrange, but he really didn't know the specifics.

Otto couldn't come up with an accurate answer, and this time he ordered Medved to assemble the army immediately and wait for the dispatch.

Not only that, Otto took the initiative to ask another manor: "I entrust you to urge the Pine Needle Manor to pay taxes properly. How are they doing?"

How are you doing? In all fairness, Rigus has no feelings for those farmers, but hopes that the Borudne family will be destroyed.

Rigus took the initiative to explain one thing: "The eldest son of the Borudne family in Pine Needle Manor is dead. Now there is a cub named Vadim left. I think this person is a threat. If this person is removed, the remaining The nobles of the manor are not to be afraid of. When the pine needle manor collapses, the other manors can only be completely submissive."

Regus's words were sullen, and Otto could feel his murderous aura.

Maybe there's something hidden here?

However, Otto never thought about eradicating the pine needle manor. He knew the contradiction between the white tree and the pine needles since ancient times. Does it have to be a life-and-death fight now.

Otto really didn't like the pine needle manor, which was full of resistance. They have the largest population, and even if they have harvested a lot of offerings from them over the years, they have accumulated too much hostility.

They will be angry, and the anger of the farmer will either resist or flee. Or take advantage of this dissatisfaction and send them to war!

Otto knew that his idea was not in Rurik's plan. He felt that it was for the sake of his son's career, and he made a bold decision: "I plan to recruit some soldiers from Pine Needle Manor, and I will let the Borudne family bring in to fight in the north. I'll let them fight a fierce battle, so..."

Otto was happy, he patronized his own happiness, and didn't care about Rigus' wry smile.

Rigus is really not happy. He hopes that the Pine Needle Manor will decline to the point of extinction. Is Otto's idea actually to make them and the Karelians desperately die? He knew that Otto could implement it if he had the determination. Fortunately, White Tree Manor had already boarded Rose's big ship, such as using the loyal hound beside the hunter, so he didn't have to worry about tragedy befalling him.

Otto made up his mind, and Rigus and the others had nothing to say.

Spring ploughing has been completed throughout the Lake Ilmen region, allowing once-tired farmers to settle a little.

The vast majority of the Slavic people who have settled here have forgotten which year the Varyags came from. The Varyags are very powerful, and resisting them is simply courting death.

Maybe so...

The people of Pine Needle Manor have been exploited, and now they have handed over a batch of property to the ruler Borudne.

The people of Varyagros are absent, and Borudne is the king here. He died the eldest son, but that cowardly child was incapable of inheriting his wealth and status.

Because Vadim is sixteen years old.

The Pine Needle Manor is lively and lively, farmers spend their time weeding, woodworkers and woodcutters enter the woods to cut wood, some canoes are cruising on the lake, and fishermen are fishing in defense.

Their lives are also very peaceful as a whole, and ordinary people just want to live quietly. Their lives are also boring. A wedding in the farm can attract thousands of people to watch and even participate.

It was an ordinary day.

Vadim, who was already married, married the daughter of a neighbouring farm owner, and he was about to become a father. To be a father, his mentality has changed as much as his vigorous beard. Everyone who sees Vadim can say that this young man is very brave.

A heart of revenge is deeply rooted in the heart of this young man, and according to his observations of the Varyagros, he is also trying his best to imitate, trying to build a strong army that obeys himself.

The man with bare feet ran desperately to the manor's mansion regardless of the muddy lakeside.

When this person saw Borudne, he hurriedly knelt down on one knee: "Sir, they are here!"

Borudne was the one who just pushed away his wife and concubine to serve him. After changing his clothes, he was already angry for interrupting his joy, and he was even more angry when he heard the envoy's report.

"They? Varangians?"

"Yes. They! Here again."

"It's time to come." Borudne's veins popped, "How many people did they come?"

"Maybe five hundred, maybe not so many. But they have big ships! Terrible big ships!"

"Big ship?" Borudne thought warily. He has seen the big ships of the Rus, and he is afraid of these terrible monsters.

"Large ships! And there are many. They are assembled in the territory of Whitetree Manor."

"The guys at White Tree Manor are all dogs!" he snarled furiously, making the messenger speechless.

He calmed down his heart a little bit and sighed, "Well, who made us weak?"

Borudne sent the messenger away, and looking back at the smiling Maggie in the inner room was no longer interested.

He gathered his cronies, especially his relatives.

The top ruler of Pine Needle Manor is a large family, and the current patriarch is Borudenne. Maybe this old man is not a qualified ruler, at least everyone sees hope in Vadim.

There has to be a warrior to stand up for everyone whose wealth is being looted.

Borudne's relatives gathered at his mansion, and his only son Vadim sat casually with a broad-bladed short sword in his arms.

"The Russ are here again. Have everything you prepared arrived?" Borudne asked casually.

Everyone looked at each other and smiled, some words really had to be pressed in the bottom of my heart, and Borudne should not be accused of being too greedy.

Although everyone is relatives, even if the people of Rus asked for more tribute than before, in the end Borudne himself did not give much. The pressure of the tribute was all released, and finally spread evenly on one farmer after another.

"What? No one said that?"

At this time, someone shook his body: "Brother, everything in my house is ready, and the farmers who are under my control should have a lot of things."

"Good job." Borudne nodded.

Someone spoke, and everyone else started reporting.

These people are all cousins ​​and family relatives of Borudne, but they can never take the supreme power.

Even if Borudne's strength has suffered a severe setback over the years, even if the private soldiers under his command can't beat the Varyags, they have no problem dealing with the local tribes.

Perhaps the only one who can defeat Borudne is his son Vadim.

Everyone announced that their tribute was ready, and they never mentioned the oppression of Pine Needle Manor.

Some people dare not speak out, and some people have no sense of the farmers who have been looted for a lot of wealth.

How about speaking the same language? Those farmers should be willing to be poor, all this is determined by God.

"Since everything is ready, I guess the Ross people will arrive soon, give them all these things."

There was a sense of helplessness in Borudne's words, and Vadim was keenly aware of his father's eyebrows, and there was nowhere to express the anger in his heart.

Another said: "Let's give them things quickly, and please leave this group of guys who have come to bring disaster."

"Yes! Also, let the women hide first. Those guys always snatch women from us, and if the men can't find wives, they'll be a mess and dare to do anything."

"Yes! Women and children are all hidden. Beware of our farmers, especially those who owe rent, they are likely to drag their families and run to the Rus. In my opinion, all those who owe money Everyone is imprisoned first."

They talk a lot and try to impose a lot of measures in their own interests. It can be said that they have no intention of resisting Varyag's looting at all, but to guard against the escape of the people they control.

Because the Rus people urgently need a lot of labor to build new cities on the Neva River, it is a simple and effective way to absorb the population from Novgorod nearby, but this behavior is really the bottom line of the manor owners in the Novgorod region. The land is indeed very extensive, so to control the population is to control the capital.

The Rus people are no longer simply robbers who come to this area to ask for tribute on a regular basis. There has been a structural conflict between the two sides. The smartest people have begun to realize that the Rus people are slowly hanging the native nobles of Novgorod with ropes. .

Vadim may not be a wise man, but he did perceive that the situation had become abnormal.

He listened to the conversation of the relatives in his ears and read in his heart, and out of the corner of his eyes he observed his father's reaction.

Borudne finally said: "Okay, just do as you say. You all manage your own people, but you can't anger the Varyag people. Don't worry, I will also exercise restraint."

Everyone nodded in agreement, as if there was nothing left to say.

Unexpectedly, Vadim stood up in anger and scolded in front of all his relatives: "You are all a bunch of cowards!"

The scene suddenly cooled down, and the quiet atmosphere was suffocating.

A pair of eyes stared at the young man with astonishment.

"Sit down for me, there is no place for you to speak here!" Borudne said angrily.

"Shut up! You cowardly old fellow! The manor is in your hands, and the brave bear has turned into a docile sheep!"

"you……"

Everyone saw the son rebelling against his father.

Borudne was startled, but he was sober in his heart: this child has really grown up.

Vadim's actions are really reckless, or it is also a kind of bravery.

"What do you want to do? Resist them now? Do you think your strength is enough?!" Borudne raised his head and asked.

"Why not?" Vadim sighed: "Father, how long do we have to endure? The Rus people are getting stronger and stronger, and it will be too late if we don't do anything! As long as we unite, we can only gather two thousand men. . If we unite the entire lakeside people, and even go to the forest to find those remote farms and ask them to send troops. If we can gather 5,000 people, can ten people fight a Varyag and lose. We only need to win once, and everyone else will support us , so that we can assemble 10,000 people or more. We have many people, we can do it!"

Everyone was deeply surprised. This was not because Vadim threatened to rebel against the Rus, but this kid actually came up with a plan, obviously not just talking big.

Things have changed, but uniting all the farms is easier said than done. There is also the alien, this shameful traitor, White Tree Manor!

Borudne didn't let his son talk any more. Anyway, the determination to resist was too bold, and the time to resist was simply not ripe!

What's more, there are not a lot of guys in White Tree Manor, and many of them are said to have fought side by side with the Rus and made great achievements.

Have the farmers at Pine Needle Manor experienced bloody battles? absolutely not! Even going to a group to hunt bears is daunting. Most people just want to be content with being a farmer.

The meeting ended quickly, and Vadim resented the cowardice of all his relatives.

He returned to his private army, and shared his exposure with nearly a hundred young people of his age.

"It's all a flock of sheep to be slaughtered! I fear the Rus again and again, and sooner or later they cut their throats!"

His anger resonated with the guys, and with a brave band, the seemingly cowardly person also instantly had courage.

They were young athletes screaming, yelling at the Rus people in their own territory, and the shameless thieves of those defectors and the guys from White Tree Manor.

They all had axes in their hands, and many had rusted iron swords.

This set of armament was basically created by Vadim with the loyalty of his buddies, and most of his buddies were demolished by the Rus people more than half a year ago, or were forced to sacrifice their sisters.

Everyone has a deep hatred for the Rus people.

They tried their best to abuse, not only to show their dissatisfaction to their peers, but also to cheer themselves up.

They are getting more and more radical, and finally, someone brought up a crazy resolution!

"That old immortal guy from the Rus is here to collect the tribute again! Brother, we killed him. In my opinion, the old guy is dead, and the Varyags will be in chaos."

This remark made Vadim tremble, but it also caused everyone to think.

Big brother is hesitating, hesitation is to implement the plan!

Someone instigated: "If we succeed, the cowardly people must choose a side. The Rus will retaliate, and our farmers will take up arms. We can't beat them on the water, and we have too many in the land battle!"

Someone else urged: "Our people are not sheep, they just lack a hero to lead. Everyone will see that you are a big hero, and ten thousand men will follow you! Brother, you are the strongest, you can call yourself Prince."

The title of prince, or Princip, is as popular in the Ilmen Lake region of Novgorod, but each manor has not yet had the face to claim such a noble title.

Vadim, a young man, was so encouraged by his brothers that he couldn't care so much.

"Okay! I am the prince! The prince of Novgorod! I will bring you to produce the Russ! Later, merchants from Varyag can come, but under my rule they must pay tribute to us. "

Such lofty ambitions, long live brothers.

This appearance of Vadim seems to be playing a house, but he is also really brave.

A conspiracy is being planned secretly, and a group of young cubs are secretly sharpening their knives!

Borudne and his relatives did not know about this matter, nor did Otto and the people of White Tree Manor!