Rise of Rurik

Gray wolf Carl and his little brothers are known to loot merchant ships for hygiene. They are pure pirates, and their dens are in the city of Hazelby.

"Why? The brothers who were dispatched were wiped out. It was you who attacked those people. Now you must give me an explanation!"

The bald and bearded old guy was furious, pointing at his subordinates and yelling.

All the subordinates could only hold back their temper, obviously the action was decided by the boss of Carl.

Grey Wolf Carl was still berating his subordinates, and his attitude was too hysterical.

Finally, someone couldn't listen and slapped the case. This move really scared Carl. After a brief embarrassment, the man showed a fierce look: "We must take revenge."

"Yes! Of course we want revenge." Carl immediately bared his teeth: "Those Rus people are making a fortune, as long as we succeed once, we can live a good life. And those brothers who don't kill, we must take revenge. Then, you guys Any good advice?"

When it comes to revenge, everyone raised their hands in support, but when it came to researching a revenge plan, they all quieted down.

How to have a good plan?

Carl circled around the patchwork square table and kept circling behind his subordinates. The result was a slogan, and no one knew how to do it.

"Are you all mediocre? Are you all afraid of the Rus people?! You!" He pointed at the one who started the case: "You first proposed, think of a good way for me."

"Ah! Boss! Rus people...they..." This man wanted to say that the Ross armed merchants were too strong to deal with, and then he thought that he would destroy his prestige. This person is also considered urgent: "Boss, maybe we should contact some strong external forces."

"You?" Gray wolf Carl turned his head over, his eyes seemed to stare at him, "Are you instigating me to ask for help?"

"How dare I. But..."

"Okay, you'd better be quiet!" Carl slapped the man's head vigorously, and quieted the others who were a little noisy.

In fact, Gray Wolf Carl was just venting his emotions. Indeed, when he was cruising at sea to find a target, he accidentally noticed an armed cargo ship that had been sailing in formation. After close observation, he learned that it was the ship of the Rus, and the unique jib was a distinctive feature. A Russ shop appeared in Hezeby, and even if they made a disguise, the gray wolf Carl had already seen his clear identity.

Watching the Russ make a lot of money, what gang in Hazelby doesn't want a vote?

There is a merchant guild in the huge Haizebi, and there is also a gang of gangs. Although it is a city without a master, this city has at least the most basic division of forces.

Under normal circumstances, gangsters will not really use big businessmen to operate, but seeing some businessmen making money crazy, how can they not feel itchy?

Other gangs dare not make a move, but Carl the Grey Wolf dares!

What's more, the new merchants have obvious Rus background, or they are Rus themselves. They are outsiders, but have made a fortune in Hazelby. This is Denmark! The hostile Rus were taking advantage of the Danes, and a large group of Danish businessmen were all in sympathy.

Ross is a strong man, and if he can't find a clear reason for the attack, his brothers are also very afraid. The reason is, of course, to defend the glory of Denmark.

How dare a group of gangsters call themselves "Guardians of Danish Glory"? It's a real joke.

But the minions, especially the newly developed horses, wanted to win against Sweden and Rus in the war, but they had no chance. A great opportunity lay ahead to justify the attack on the big businessman.

Coincidentally, when Carl had the idea and planned the attack, the Rus did land with a lot of high-quality cargo.

Murder is not the main purpose, the looting of Ross's wealth makes the gang make a fortune, this is the act of fame and fortune.

When the attack was launched, Carl hid in a dark corner in a burlap burqa to observe, and he saw with his own eyes his cavalry boys attacked, and then was killed neatly by the Rus.

If you keep losing your temper at your subordinates and even shirk the responsibility for failure, your boss will be too cowardly.

How to deal with Ross merchants? Carl already has the answer in his heart.

"Yes! We do need to find an external friend. Brothers should also think about what will happen to Hazelby in the future. If the army of outsiders like Horrick really comes, we also need a new way of life, pure and simple. To be a gangster is to be an enemy of that man.”

Boss Carl has spoken very clearly, and the brothers actually need a new backer, and that is the self-proclaimed king Horrick Klarsson.

The failed attack is over, and Carl has been afraid to do it again since then.

The other gang leaders in the dark were secretly mocking this arrogant arrogant. On the bright side, they naturally showed their calmness. The leaders were all phony and flattering in the secret meetings of the gang. They were very self-aware and armed businessmen. It seems that his own interests cannot be moved, and it is unwise to mock Carl. Although Carl is shriveled, this gang is still the No. 1 gang in Hazelby.

Hazelbi's gangs are not short of horses, and most of the local poor boys or escaped slaves will be absorbed by the gangs first, and even be trained to be brave and ruthless. Each gang has a variety of resounding names, and the names are even quite wild and domineering. Most of the gangs have a lot of people, and most of them can gather fifty brothers.

Inside and outside the city of Hazelbi and the nearby waters, the bandits have negotiated their own spheres of influence, either collecting tribute from small traders, craftsmen, and farmers, or directly attacking merchant ships to kill and sell goods. They are the purest violent group, but they are simply unable to build Hazelby into a free city with prosperous business. Now it is just a sin city with very prosperous business.

A secret gang meeting takes place in an unnamed wooded house, outside the city's port area, in an undeveloped woodland that's a great place to hide. There is no clear organization that will sanction the gangsters. In theory, there is no need for them to be mysterious. So much trouble is just to avoid the eyes of those big businessmen. After all, Carl's blatant armed robbery in the port area instantly attracted all the businessmen. They are strengthening their arms.

Gray Wolf Carl is the focus of many leaders. This arrogant man slapped the square table and opened his mouth to preach: "I have only one thing to say to call my brothers here today, I hope you can see the situation clearly! The Rus people have infiltrated Hezeby, they They are madly grabbing our wealth. Not to mention the big businessmen, the vast majority of people are being squeezed out of their wealth by the Rus. Ordinary people have become poor, and we have no oil and water to extract. The Rus are It's forcing us all to perish."

A leader raised his head and asked: "Do you want everyone to kill the Rus together?"

"I! That's what I meant."

"Forget it! You are recognized as the strongest by your brothers. You launched an action and suffered a small failure. Our brothers are too weak. If we take action, we will not be able to wipe out the entire army? I'm just so small."

This person's words have been very euphemistic, but he has no choice but to touch Carl's inverse scale, in return it is destined to be Carl's refutation: "A coward! If we act together, of course we can succeed. Look at you, you are all afraid of your own losses."

It was the same person just now, who was just as maddened to be criticized as a "coward". He slapped the case and stood up: "You can do it!"

Carl was also furious, pulled out his dagger and slammed it on the square table with wide-eyed eyes.

I saw that the man was also pulling out the dagger, and several leaders felt that it was the "Grey Wolf" who was playing arrogance and drew their swords one after another.

"Who doesn't have a dagger yet! You have the ability to deal with the brothers, but not the Ross merchant?"

Realizing that something was wrong, Carl had to put away his arrogance: "I didn't come here to quarrel with you. I'll tell you, hand over your brothers to me, and I can definitely demolish the house of the Rus and give away the money. Take it all. If you don't like it, forget it. However, we can still look for external support."

Carl found himself a step down, making the other gang leaders feel like they had eaten flies.

What is external support? Naturally it was Horrick Klarsson.

"Horrick won't let Hazelby be a land without owners. This place is the city built by his grandfather. You don't have to wonder if Godfrey is his grandfather. He has a lot of soldiers in his hand, and many tribal leaders respect him. As the king, brothers should also consider their own future, Horrick's messenger has already expressed his attitude, my suggestion is that brothers join Horrick and use his power to expel the Rus forces."

Horrick Klarsson? This man claims to be the real master of Hazelbi, and all the leaders have already learned about it, but the first one to take this seriously is the gray wolf Carl.

Someone sneered: "Wolf is a group of action, you call yourself the wolf king. What? Now you have to admit the idiot who jumped out of nowhere in Horrick as the new wolf king, and you have to be like a she-wolf. To serve him? Carl, do you lack a father?"

"Watch your attitude!"

But the man shrugged and said nothing.

Presumably many people say they are "lack of a father", and they are not entirely wrong. Carl needs to ensure his vested interests in Hazelby. He originally wanted to form a big force with other gangsters and then negotiate and surrender with Horrick, but unexpectedly, all the gang leaders expressed a common attitude in various forms—— We do not lack a father.

The meeting of the gang broke up unhappily, and since he couldn't win over those guys, Carl did his own business.

How could the messenger meet Horrick Klarsson directly? It seems that as long as you keep going north, go to the northernmost part of the peninsula and find the new city of Goldfrehagen.

The time is already July, and the gray wolf Carl has recruited a group of new horses, reorganized the interior, and added a batch of new weapons, so that the nominal number of horses under his subordinates has expanded to 200, which is no better than that of many viscounts in Frank. Worse. What do other gangs think? He is already clear. It is nothing more than that there is no place to stay here. If Haizebi can't stay any longer, the brothers will row a boat to find a small island as a den, and then continue to be pirates. . Gangs of gangs have their own ideas too, and the news of the Norwegians and other Danish brothers being successful in the British Isles is spreading, and everyone is eager to try it.

It's really a sleepy time to send pillows. In mid-July, the messenger of the self-reliant Danish King Horrick came to Hazelby again.

A man named Starken Frankson arrived at Hazelby by land with a hundred or so armored warriors.

Although this Starken is a Dane, in fact, he has been in Flanders for many years with Boss Horlick, and has a lot of contact with the Franks.

He rode a Frank high-headed horse and brought more than one hundred infantrymen, and more than twenty cavalrymen appeared in the city of Hazelby.

A raven flag was flying, and their appearance immediately met the strong onlookers of the Hazelbi people.

Starken immediately preached in public: "The Hazelbies! Your city belongs to the King of Denmark, Horrick Klarsson! This is his property, and you are all his subjects! The king ordered you to pay eleven , the tax can continue their business activities!"

Although there has been news for a long time, the whole two months of calm made the people feel that the so-called restoration of Horrick's rule is a distant event. Could it be that Horrick has decided to do it?

For a moment, people in the city panicked, and there were already small traders running away with trolleys overnight. The escapees were almost all Frankish and Saxon merchants, and they all believed in Christ. They ran to the south and quickly crossed the essentially unguarded Great Wall of Schleswig, entered the city of Schleswig, paid a tax to the local baron, returned to the embrace of the Frankish kingdom, and reported that the Danish Horlick was ready to officially Take back the Hezeby thing.

These businessmen were originally going to pay taxes to the Frankish nobles, and they were afraid of being exploited by Horrick. Although the news is that the 11th tax is charged, no one knows what this so-called 11th tax actually means. Out of the businessman's sensitive sense of smell, they felt that the arrogant messenger sent by Horrick could never spit out ivory, and the crazy exploitation of the businessman must be inevitable.

These runaway Frankish merchants are indeed scheming.

The Franks rode large horses with iron leather armor? A group of soldiers with iron helmets and leather armor appeared. They were also highly uniform?

The Ross mercenary dressed up by Qiao Zhuang mixed into the crowd to watch, and hurriedly reported everything he heard and saw to Lord Lan Fox.

"The man who called himself Starken claimed to be a war chief under Horrick, and claimed that the king's navy would soon enter Hazelby. The city was founded by Godfrey, and Horrick was his grandson. , has the full claim of the city. All residents living in the city must pay the eleven taxes that have not been paid in the past 20 years to Horrick, especially all the merchants must come up with more money. Otherwise, Huo Liqing Rick's army will severely punish those who resist the tax, and the serious ones will be killed and ransacked..."

This is simply an ultimatum! After all, it was the end of July. According to tradition, in less than a month, the Ross store should be seasonally proofing. Only a few left-behind people were left to watch the venue. Newly purchased goods and a lot of money were shipped out.

Blue Fox and old Eric were really uncomfortable when they heard the report.

"Maybe we should evacuate early. Since that Horrick can quickly make almost all Danish lords recognize his authority, he is not a good guy to deal with. I think we should seize this opportunity to retreat quickly." Old Eli Gram's suggestion is very useful.

Lanhu thought for a while, and patted his chubby belly: "I have eaten endless delicious meals here and earned huge fortunes. I am a person who has been deeply cultivating this field under the order of the prince. You can evacuate with your family, but I... If I run away with my brothers, I will betray the prince's trust and lose my position in the family. No! Maybe the prince will punish me as a slave for mining stones."

"You? Do you mean to stay here?" Old Eric was taken aback and continued to persuade: "We are weak now. Before Horrick's navy came back, our fleet was evacuated urgently. We will tell the prince the news. , Presumably the prince will not blame you. The prince is fair, and he doesn't really think that you and I can fight the entire Danish king with only 100 mercenaries."

"Your words have some truth, but I can't go!" Lanhu sighed: "My father also quietly infiltrated Hezeby back then, if he was found at that time, he would be caught by the dead Godfrey. Live and kill. Now that the ownerless Hazelby has no room for the Rus force. The prince actually intends to make peace with Denmark. Maybe this is an opportunity. I can talk to Horrick personally and be a mediator of peace negotiations. ."

"You are gambling your life!"

"Yes! I will take risks here. But your suggestion does make sense. It's better for us to prepare both hands."

Why prepare both hands? The blue fox intends to take the mercenaries to stay here to see how the situation will develop, and a large amount of money and other materials, even the women and children bought in the slave market, are all stuffed into the armed cargo ship and will be sent away quickly.