Rise of Rurik

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Hamburg gave the Blue Fox a bad impression. If most of the Frankish cities are like this, how can they claim to be a powerful capital?

They seem to be a broken house, and they will collapse if they step on it.

The buildings in the city of Hamburg are all made of wood, and a few buildings are stacked with stones.

The Hamburg Abbey is a building mostly made of stone, with a layer of mortar on the surface. The decoration in the house is just as simple, and there is no podium where the cross is erected, but some gold objects are placed here.

Blue Fox is sponsored in the priest dormitory attached to the monastery, and he is a special person who enjoys a separate room.

The bell in the morning brought dawn, and the lazy blue fox had to get up, complaining in the twilight of the morning light: "their life is so hard, how can they bear it? They have to chase the wonderful paradise, don't want to enjoy it now ."

Complaining is complaining, Blue Fox must get up, if he can't catch up, he won't be able to eat this morning's brown bread. That kind of food is not delicious, but he has no choice, and these priests are extremely self-disciplined, and will not provide food outside the meal time.

Under the eaves, he could only bow his head, looking forward to the meeting with the local count.

Esquil had done all his morning work, bloodshot eyes, all because he stayed up late at night listening to his subordinates' dictation and flipping through parchment records.

His mental state was slightly poor, and it was not until he was about to go to the earl's mansion that he cheered up.

He doesn't need many attendants, or Blue Fox and Slav Vardy are enough.

The three of them were all dressed in black robes, and they walked slowly with their hands in front of their stomachs and their fists folded. The appearance of hooking their heads was admirable.

Earl Robert did not take the meeting very seriously. What could the priest say? After leaving the monastery and entering his official residence, the noble priest should follow the worldly life.

In this era, the Pope of Rome has not yet achieved great secular power in Western Europe. The three princes of the Franks naturally respect the Pope, but they still regard the Pope's mediation resolution as nonsense.

Prince Ludwig had such an attitude. Robert, as a subordinate, consciously received the "northern master and apprentice" at home, and Bishop Eskil of Hamburg had already shown his importance.

No soldier dared to stop the priest, they opened the gate to welcome Saint-Esquier, and then whispered.

Unlike the Count, the Countess attaches great importance to her.

The countess brought her maid to greet him in the courtyard of the mansion, offering her good wishes in words.

Lanhu kept squinting his eyes, and even though he was hooking his head, he inadvertently glanced at these women.

"Is this the case with Frank's women? The most distinguished countess is actually an old woman. These maids are quite interesting..."

Esquil didn't care about Blue Fox's attitude. He learned that the count was on the second floor of the mansion, so he had to go upstairs.

At this moment, Earl Robert is waiting here. He is very aware of the way of life of those priests. He does not need to prepare to write snacks and clean water for this meeting. He can talk about any major matters, and there is no need to discuss other miscellaneous matters in detail.

He set aside his servants, and waited for three priests in his dining room.

A number of wooden tables are assembled into a large wooden table, and a layer of plain white linen is laid on it, which is quite tidy as a whole. Bronze lamp sockets are placed on the table top, which do not have to be lit during the day. There are also sterling silver plates on the table. They are indeed the tableware of the nobles, and the purpose of them is to support the count's face.

The Earl was sitting at the most honorable position at the table. When the priests arrived, he first stood up and bowed slightly, and then said that he would sit as he pleased.

It wasn't the first time Esquill had come to the building, and he looked around to be sure that the restaurant's furnishings had not changed, as if time stood still. His eyes signaled his two attendants to sit at will, implying that they should not act rashly.

Robert shrugged and tapped the tabletop to break the awkwardness of the encounter.

"Saint-Esquier, I've been waiting for you. What a big event it is, it's time for you to come and visit in person."

"But there is one big thing,

It's very important. "Eskil came prepared this time. He lifted his robe and put the cloth bag he was carrying on the table, and took out a piece of parchment folded like a handkerchief.

"What is this? Could it be a letter?"

"My lord, you are quite right. This is a letter from the new king of Denmark, a man named Horrick Klarsson, and I hope that it will be delivered to Prince Ludwig by me as a messenger or an intermediary. ."

"Is there such a thing?!" In just a few words, Earl Robert already understood the importance of the situation.

"How?" Esquil raised his aged and wise head, his eyes already hinting.

"You... want me to act as a middleman and finally deliver the letter to the prince?"

"Would you like to? However, I prefer to meet the prince in person. Apart from this letter, I have other things that I intend to inform the prince."

Hearing that, the Earl, who was on pins and needles, did not reply immediately. He was very curious about the content of the letter, especially since the person who wrote the letter was that Horrick, so he must be vigilant.

The count simply asked carelessly: "I want to know the content of the letter. I am directly responsible for His Royal Highness, and nothing that passes through my hands must be misplaced."

"There's nothing wrong with you looking at the letter in advance."

The whole parchment letter was stuffed into the earl's hands, and the important information written in it, Earl Robert instinctively raised his guard. The thin parchment actually carries the ambition of a man? How dare a bred hound dare to negotiate conditions with its owner? !

Putting down his trembling hands, Robert's first insight was that there was a threat to the peaceful life of his territory.

He sighed: "I know Horrick, a gangster from the West, a wolf of the sea, who stole Durist and called himself the Earl of Flanders. He and his gang submitted to His Royal Highness the Prince and were not punished, I did listen. Said that the prince arranged for Horrick to return to Denmark to seize power, and the prince wrote me a letter."

"Oh?" Esquil, who was in the current round, was taken aback: "So Horrick came to Denmark and was planned by His Royal Highness?"

"It was the prince who did it, but it shouldn't be like this. Horrick can call himself a king, but the prince can at most make him an earl, and the whole of Denmark should submit to the prince. Horrick actually said that Denmark and we are country and country. relationship, once the prince finds out, I'm afraid the war will start again!" At the end, Robert's lips trembled a little, and his expression fully demonstrated his fear and dislike of war.

How could Robert not hate war? It doesn't matter if he has plenty of troops, since his Earl of Hamburg is in the North, and the Danes, Obertides, and Pomeranians are operating in the border area. Peaceful, if a military operation is launched, it will not be enough to suppress it with only one's own strength. Now that a dangerous signal has appeared, who can guarantee that Denmark will not bite the master because the pirate leader Horrick has usurped power?

"Maybe the war has broken out." Esquil tapped his fingers on the table, his eyes were trembling, and tears flowed rarely.

"Padra...you actually cried?"

"Hateful Horrick, our monastery in Hedsby was destroyed! I was supposed to stay in Hedsby this year, and Horrick expelled me. The war in the Northland has broken out, and Horrick is excluding dissidents. Mass murder!"

"But isn't he converted?!"

"He is a hateful traitor. He betrayed the Lord and defected to the gods of the barbarians. He also sacrificed the demons with human blood. Lord, please send down thunder and lightning to punish this treason..." After speaking, Eskill took the thunder Keep making a cross on your chest.

Describing this level, Earl Robert was already completely afraid of the war and shivered. He was stunned for a while before he squeezed out a question: "The villain who made a deal with the devil will never cross the Great Wall to attack me now."

"I don't know, I just want to see the prince early and explain my experience in the north one by one."

The Count nodded, convinced that his days of comfort and boredom could come to an end. No one likes war. When the real threat of war arises, the nobles of the kingdom must come forward.

"The prince is set to be in Regensburg, and I will personally escort you there."

"It's true? It's really a good thing." There was an unexpected breakthrough, and Esquil replied very decisively.

The count confirmed that his words did not come out of his mouth, and he even said something with his fingers and mouth, saying how long it would take to travel backwards along the Elbe River to reach the mansion of the Duke of Bavaria, which is Prince Ludwig's Regensburg Fortress.

It seems that this is the major event to be talked about today, and it is obvious that Earl Robert can see that the matter is not over.

Esquil had two clergymen in his entourage, one of whom was unremarkable, the other with a belly as big as a drum.

Seeing the earl's intention, Esquier solemnly pushed the blue fox to the front desk.

Blue Fox took off the hat of his burqa, revealing his typical priest haircut, which also made his face clearer.

"The fat priest in the North? Padra, you said this man was important to me. Was he a believer you recovered from the North?"

"Exactly. Joseph was not a long time convert, and he was also a victim of Horrick's atrocities. And..."

The Count did not wait for Esquill to finish his words, but asked again: "Is he a Dane? Or a Saxon? Surely not a Pomeranian, but certainly not us Frankish, at least not Turin. root people."

"It's a Ross."

"Russian? What is that?"

At this moment, Esquill regretted that Blue Fox's Saxon language was not very good, let alone Frankish. However, Count Robert only speaks Saxon and Frankish, but does not speak Latin.

The Earl cannot communicate directly with the blue fox, and there must be an interpreter standing in the middle.

Eskil is willing to do such a translation, and now it is finally Blue Fox's turn to explain his ideas with a mouth as the special envoy of the Principality of Ross.

Everything that the blue fox said was novel. The earl only knew that the Danes were a threat, and believed that the north and the unknown abyss of the world were the domain of the Danes. Unexpectedly, there is a sea at the end of the world, where other people live, the Svealans and the Rus, who are enemies with Denmark.

The blue fox is very clear that he has passively represented the entire Ross outside. I am afraid that this is the first time the Principality has contacted the Kingdom of Franks. Youdao is the feeling of meeting for the first time. To a large extent determines the success or failure of the future relationship. In the respectful manner of his, he briefly explained the affairs of the Principality of Rus to a local nobleman.

It was in this restaurant that he briefly negotiated with Esquil in Latin, and all of a sudden he understood Earl Robert's concern for the safety of the earldom.

This is the right medicine, and the earl loves to hear it.

For example, the Principality of Rus can mobilize 10,000 troops. The Principality hopes to do business with the Frankish Kingdom and can export a large amount of leather to the Kingdom. Although the prince of the duchy has not converted, he is very interested in the sacred faith. The students of St. Eskil have already owned a monastery in the Duchy of Ross...

Sure enough, this fat man is an outsider, a strange and sincere Rus, and a priest.

Although Earl Robert's description of "Russ has 10,000 soldiers" is considered an extreme exaggeration, the earl has indeed learned about the clues of the Rus people.

"My viscount guarding the frontier gate paid me a collection of wonderful squirrel skins, which are said to be made by Danish merchants. It's not easy to think about it. Joseph, could this be the hides that you Russ trafficked?"

After Eskil's translation, the blue fox answered decisively. Through his own eyes, he could see that the Frankish soldiers on the border were rushing for excellent leather, and looking at the frugal furnishings of this house, there was actually a huge demand market for coming to Hamburg.

The blue fox simply made up some words, and put on a very low stance on behalf of the prince, Liurik. After all, he was doing business to make money, and he was not shabby.

"Our young prince admires Frank, and we want a chance to trade. If all is at peace, there will be plenty of good leather, good iron, and even your hamburgers to come to Frank in the first place. But the hateful Horrick It was all over, he killed the merchants of Ross, killed the converts, looted the hides that were supposed to be shipped to the Franks, took blood and sacrificed to the evil gods. Your house should be gorgeous, when you have a bear head to show your might . We were going to sell some bear heads and skins, they were supposed to be your decorations this winter. But they were all stolen by Horrick, and it was a huge loss for us. And in the future Ross The trade route with the Franks was also nearly cut off..."

At least they won't get along with wealth!

Esquille translated with great effort and accurate vocabulary.

A piece of hatred is called the loss of a treasure that should have been owned by Cheng Yaojin who suddenly rushed out. This is the case with Count Robert's current anger. The emissary Joseph Blue Fox's description of Ross, Robert would be skeptical, but it is a fact that they brought the leather.

Seeing the mixed emotions of hatred and friendliness in the count's eyes, Blue Fox was convinced that his approach was a preliminary success. He deliberately displayed the cross on his chest to show that he was actually a devout convert, and the presence of the St. Eskil's platform by his side further deepened this feeling.

Of course, the blue fox has always been prepared to meet the great nobles of the Franks!

He and the Slavs Vardy both have steel swords for self-defense. The difference is that his sword is inlaid with gems and gold. Vardy's sword is simply made for actual combat considerations.

Vardy's sword is a complete combat weapon, while Blue Fox's sword is more concerned with self-defense and the need to show wealth.

A long sword was hidden in the priest's burqa, and the scabbard had a hole for it to be carried through a leather hemp rope as a sling.

Vardy, who had been speechless, was ordered to remove the steel sword and suddenly placed it on the table like magic, which really shocked the count.

"You guys, entered my residence with weapons. You are priests, and you hide the weapons of soldiers?"

Esquil hurriedly settled the case: "Of course this is wrong according to the rules, but the Lord is angry! My child, this sword should belong to you! I dare to say that this is the best sword you have ever seen in your life, It was the Lord who sent the messenger of Toros to you, and the Lord asks you to protect the people, protect the peace and fight against the rebels."

In fact, this is a steel sword commonly used by the Russians. It seems ordinary but unstoppable.

The Count liked Esquil's words very much. He picked up the scabbard and quickly drew out the sword, only to hear a low humming sound, and a bright white sword trembled in his hand. It was actually bright white, completely different from his grey iron saber.

Even, this sword seems to have some incredible elasticity.

In terms of color alone, he felt that it was indeed a good sword. With the blue fox saying "it is soft and strong, it can cut off your sword", the earl felt this absurd in his own knowledge, it is impossible for one sword to cut off another sword, unless he swings a big axe to smash.

The blue fox swore that he bluntly said that the sword represented the sincerity of the messenger of Ross, and it would be his own shame if he could not cut off any iron sword.

The Count acted decisively, put his saber on the table, and slashed bravely with the new sword in one hand. The saber broke at the sound. The Count was ecstatic, he pointed his new sword at the window, and he couldn't see the blade curling in the slightest in the sunlight.

"Ah! The sword is in my hand!"

The Rus people are still extremely mysterious. Obviously, because they have shown great sincerity, they have a great hatred for Denmark. Rus will definitely not be the enemy of Frank, let alone the enemy of the Earl of Hamburg. On the contrary, the Earl got a steel sword, which can be said to be a great benefit, which is 10,000 times stronger than the blue fox's flattering words to Ross.

The Earl even personally apologized for his rudeness to the fat blue fox. Blue fox naturally accepted the apology happily, and struck while the iron was hot to illustrate the possibility of business. The so-called Rus merchants may be able to bypass Denmark and enter Hamburg upstream from the mouth of the Elbe River. , the precious leather is directly unloaded in exchange for locally produced rye and other useful materials to be transported away.

Commercial exchanges seem to be possible, but this makes Robert embarrassed.

Without him, Count Robert stayed in his own territory and would not go out unless he had a major event. Because of his status as a great vassal of the kingdom, weddings, funerals, and other major events, he went to visit the Earl of Flanders at the mouth of the Elbe River. If it is not suitable, it will even be regarded as a threat by the other party. Robert's knowledge of geographic concepts is sloppy, but it's always a good thing to have direct contact with the Rus through waterways and oceans.

There was a breakthrough in business operations, and Count Robert verbally made a decision to welcome the direct transactions of Russ merchants. As for the formal establishment of a trade treaty, Prince Ludwig’s head was still needed to be seized. Only when Ludwig recognized the Duchy of Rus as a country would the two sides have fully legal trade.

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