The three reached a consensus that the mixed cavalry would wait for the return of the Russian army in Novgorod.

They would not leave empty-handed, and Carlotta was sure that her men would pay for the unsalable slaves.

There are still more than 200 captured Smolensk villagers imprisoned in the city of Novoostara. These people survived the winter and also lost the belief in escaping.

Those who tried to escape were hanged, and those who were still able to resist had to resort to hunger strikes.

The weak will be cleared out and buried, and those who survive will be disheartened. They eat the food they brought and wait for their unknown fate.

There are both men and women among these people, and there is a reason why they are left behind.

Those farm owners who purchase working slaves will naturally give priority to those who are strong and physically strong, check their teeth to judge their age, and observe their reminders to judge whether they are strong. Those who are weaker, older, and those with rebellious look in their eyes are excluded.

What the farm needs are obedient farm slaves.

A similar principle applies to captured women. All young and beautiful women are taken away. Unlike male slaves, their situation is much better.

Some men in the local Slavic farms have no mysophobia. Even if they don't like the Smolensk people, it is okay for them to get women there and make them wives. Their status in their hometown also determines that they cannot pay for it.

A large betrothal gift can go to the matchmaker to marry a woman from another farm, but it is not a problem to accumulate a thousand pounds of oats. Compared with the supplies, you can go to New Ostara City to buy a good slave, and some of the less beautiful ones can be discounted.

Even if you are not picky, since the slave capture operation will continue in the foreseeable future, more beautiful women will be transported to Yin'ermen Lake. Those poor widowers have a reason to continue saving money, and they do not care about their own

Because of her low status, the wife was rejected by her fellow villagers, and she had no time to worry about her children being teased by the urchins in the same village because of their bloodline. As men, they still care more about whether the woman they choose is beautiful.

Kagan and his ruthless prairie people hunted slaves and arrested people indiscriminately. Some "crooked melons and cracked dates" were also taken captive to the north. In the end, they could only consume the food of the Principality of Ostara.

Carlotta thought, if these more than 200 slaves could not be sold anymore, then she would admit defeat and keep them for her own use, or sell them off at a discount.

If possible, try to find a big buyer to deal with this hot potato in one package. The reason why she is unwilling to keep it for her own use is because these slaves are all from the same hometown, and more than 200 people are already a very powerful force. She uses her own opinion to

It is known that men and women of any tribe can become militia as long as they are organized. The placement of more than 200 slaves in Ostara, which has a small population, is really a major security risk.

This is a world where the weak eat the strong. The old Ostara were killed and enslaved because of their weak strength. Now Ostara has been re-established with the help of the rise of Ross. With their strength steadily increasing, they have also begun to enslave others. Carlotta

She doesn't think there is any problem with this, especially since the Smolensk people also took in Vadim, the great rebel who betrayed Russia. They are enemies, and it is natural for her to capture their enemies as slaves.

Early in the morning, fragrant wheat was boiling in many iron pots. The aroma wafted to each wooden cage, making the slaves inside salivate.

The aroma filled the entire city of Ostara, as if this was just an ordinary spring morning.

The spring plowing work in the area around the lake is still going on in an orderly manner. Because it focuses on animal husbandry, there is no need to expand the cultivated land in Ostara. The local people are focusing on the breeding of livestock at this time.

People are busy pulling manic rams into pens full of ewes. A strong ram can make itself mentally exhausted in this spring-warm April. It cannot control itself and can only succumb to the madness of natural selection.

He impregnated all the ewes he saw. Therefore, "April Ram" was used to describe a passionate man. Of course, Rurik also had such a strange nickname. In a special context, it actually praised the king as a rare real man in the world.

, making other men jealous.

Goats, sheep, cattle, and horses all enter the breeding period in April. Although the reverse is true for reindeer, they enter the peak period of calving in April.

The poultry that have been dormant in winter are also active. Although there are not many chickens in Ostara, the duchess and her family can be sure to have eggs every time.

But by selling slaves, Carlotta earned a lot of food. Kagan was responsible for catching them, and Carlotta was responsible for selling them. Afterwards, both parties shared the wealth equally.

Only by selling slaves can the accounts be divided. The more than 200 people currently on hand are consuming Carlotta's assets for daily meals. Kagan has already given up the sales share of these slaves, perfectly getting rid of a hot potato.

They are all Carlotta's assets now, and she firmly believes that only the wealthy Rurik can buy these crooked dates. In order to avoid complications during the final transfer, the slaves must maintain good physical strength.

The armed warriors beat the cages with wooden sticks, causing the slaves who either smelled the fragrance and salivated or were listless to become alert.

The so-called warriors are all people who left the nearby farms, and their production relations were separated from the old farms. They joined Ostara, and Carlotta was their heroine. It was at the time of employment that this group of farmers broke up one by one.

Dressed up like a Varangian, he was doing what a Varangian would do.

"Hey! A group of animals, get up and eat grass!" Yes, they treat slaves as cattle and sheep.

A pair of vigilant eyes in the cage looked left and right. The slaves were surprised to see a large number of armed men in front of them. The sound of a large number of horse hooves came to their ears, and they saw a group of extremely gorgeously dressed cavalry displayed in front of them.

And, that vicious woman.

The slaves called Carlotta a "dangerous thing" and a "she-bear" and used all their knowledge to call her the most vicious names. After all, Carlotta punished those who disobeyed in front of the slaves in order to shock her.

After that, all the slaves were maliciously starved to ensure that they no longer had the strength to resist.

Obviously, today's situation is really unusual.

The bronze lock was opened, and the armed soldiers continued to carry wooden sticks and broke into the wooden cage directly. They shouted in Slavic language: "Get out quickly! Don't delay." They also kept beating the wooden sticks they held, just like shepherds driving their sheep.

people.

The slaves, who had chains on their feet and were all barefoot, were in ragged clothes and were driven to various iron pots. I saw a strong woman operating a large wooden ladle pouring loads of cooked oats into the huge wooden troughs that had been prepared.

My eyes widened when I saw the fragrant wheat.

No one dared to rush in to enjoy it for fear of being brutally executed.

Carlotta, who is now riding a horse, is at the scene. He is very arrogant and talks to Fisk, who is also riding a horse: "What do you think? These Smolensk slaves have been trained by me like a herd of sheep."

"It's really eye-opening. I didn't expect you to have such ability." Fisk couldn't say anything. He felt awkward and felt that Carlotta had become strange.

As if after hearing the compliment, Carlotta raised her noble chin and shouted in Slavic: "Slaves! These wheats are all given to you! Eat as much as you can! After eating, I will take you to a

In the new place, your new owners may treat you well."

Do you want to leave this hellish place? The slaves who lost their courage were more concerned about eating. Suffering from semi-starvation, they crawled and rushed to the wooden troughs, grabbed large handfuls of oats and stuffed them into their mouths using their hands as spoons.

There was a scramble for each wooden trough, and the Pecheneg cavalry laughed loudly when they saw it. The Russian standing cavalry who had returned from the expedition was busy watching this spectacle.

Although Carlotta was the planner, she was not in the mood to laugh or watch the show, and explained to the surprised Fisk: "After they finish eating, they will escort them to the carriages. The slaves' shackles will not be untied, even if

I'm still worried that they will escape. So, you have to help me keep an eye on them."

"Really necessary?" Fisk shrugged.

"It's good to be cautious. They tried to escape."

"All right."

Many slaves finished eating the wheat, and some of the ruthless ones actually had a hard stomach after eating it. After they regained some energy, they were locked on a flatbed carriage. A hard flatbed carriage could escort ten people, and twenty one carriages were taken away.

All the unsalable slaves were escorted by more than 500 cavalrymen of various colors and headed north along the east coast of the Great Lake.

The cavalry continued to show off its power, and the Smolensk slaves on the carriage deliberately let the local villagers watch and comment.

The cavalry was stationed in the military camp outside Novgorod, and many slaves were locked into empty barns.

Carlotta had no intention of using the labor of these people, and she had no intention of trying to arrange it. She could just be locked up in a shed like an animal. She took her son Karl to meet the Supreme King Otto and the Queen Mother Nia.

The cavalryman who returned first told Old Otto something that made him sad. His first grandson, Reglaf, who had always been richly raised by him, almost left Ross forever.

The child's fate is on a distant island, and eventually his mother will migrate from the shores of Lake Yin'ermen to distant Britain.

Otto also didn't know the strength of the Principality of Saxony, and Fisk himself couldn't tell clearly. He only reported that King Rurik was engaged to Reglaf, and his fiancée was the princess of the Principality of Saxony.

What Otto lacks the most now is grandchildren. All the girls he selected have become mothers. This must be due to Freya's grace and Odin's blessing. All the remaining grandchildren of the girls are male.

Suddenly, a large number of princes emerged from the Rus' royal family, among which Prince Osborne Slav was the most noble. The little guy has grown up now. He is as delicate as Rurik was when he was a child, and has the harmonious facial features of Queen Svetlana.

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Queen Mother Niya dotes on her grandson who will inherit the power. Old Otto, based on his own creed, hopes that his heir will become a ruthless person in advance. He cannot forget the extraordinary behavior shown by Rurik when he was young.

Willpower, he clearly declared his ambition when he first learned to speak. That was a miracle and a major evidence that he received Otto's blessing.

However, Osborne was just like an ordinary boy and did not show any precocious intelligence.

When Carlotta returned with Karl, the boy who was already four years old had the appearance of Rurik between his eyebrows. This boy had pure gold hair and was taller.

As a duchess, Carlotta became more ruthless in order to rule, and she also cultivated her son's perseverance, determination, and even cruelty.

Otto looked the most comfortable in this way. Just through Karl's eyes, he felt that this boy was worthy of being his grandson.

Otto, who had age spots on his face, did not want others to see his aging. He sat upright in the spacious house. Fisk half-kneeled and saluted him. Carlotta and Kagan saluted him as nobles.

Carlotta held down her son's restless head with one hand and forced him to kneel down to see his grandfather.

"You came very quickly. An attendant told me that you also brought a lot of slaves. Is that true?" Old Otto was too lazy to be polite, and his voice was hoarse and concise.

"Exactly. Father, that is my... gift to my brother." Carlotta said sweet words with a calm attitude.

"Your brother Rurik is about to arrive. It will take some time for them to sail upstream. I estimate that they will arrive in three days at most. Isn't it a big loss for you to give him a slave? Or, you have to be a good sister."

"If there is no loss, Rurik will pay a sum of money."

"Okay, that's a matter between you siblings." Otto's eyes were still sharp. He could see the boy kneeling on his knees and could see how unruly he was.

"Karl, you have grown up..."

"Yes! Grandpa! I am already a warrior, so at least I have to kneel down on one knee."

The little boy was at the right age to be good at talking. His non-stop chatter attracted old Otto's interest. He waved his hand gently: "Boy, come to me quickly."

Carlotta let go of her hand and saw the boy rushing to Grandpa's side like a sword. Unexpectedly, he was pushed down by an arm, which caused Karl to fall. The boy did not cry, but stood up quickly with a pout on his face.

baffling.

This move also surprised Otto, who couldn't help but praise in a hoarse voice: "Carlotta, you have educated your son very well. Carl will be a very good warrior."

Carlotta, who had just been shocked, realized that this was a boring trial for the old man, and it was a good thing that the old man was happy.

"But he's only four years old," she said.

"He will grow up soon and can truly become a warrior when he is twelve years old. If...your biological father sees you giving birth to such a son, he will also be happy in the Hall of Valor. But don't worry, it won't be long before
To be continued...