When spring returns to Scandinavia, the "trade season" of the year begins again. Of course, trade is often accompanied by conflict.
The longships that had disappeared in the bay suddenly appeared.
The Danes and Norwegians once again explored Britain or headed south along the coast.
In addition to the inevitable conflicts with the Danes at sea, the Siaya tribe also began to conduct regular trade with the Baltic people on the other side of the sea.
The same goes for the Rus tribe here. They trade with their relatives in the south and also do business with the Baltic people further south.
The only difference is that the Ross tribe has mastered a secret route to the waterway deep inland.
It is a long route. The Sorgon voyage last autumn was attacked by the Gotland Islanders, making the once safe route full of dangers. Even so, as long as the army spread out its formation and kept beating its shields with battle axes, the powerful
The aura can make the locals in Novgorov take out their treasures obediently.
In fact, if they are some ethnic groups with strong fighting power, the Ross tribe will obediently engage in peaceful trade with them and try their best to avoid conflicts.
But those people were rich but weak. In the Baltic region of the ninth century, which lacked clear laws, might made right!
In fact, they never considered robbery a sin.
In early May of 822 AD, the spring Sorgon voyage was launched again under the leadership of leader Otto. This time the fleet was very smart and sailed along the coast of the Finnish territory, slipping to the mouth of the Neva River. The next road was smooth.
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Even though Otto demanded a tribute, those Swegs were still as cowardly as ever. At least that's what Otto thought.
Otto and his warriors were very happy with the Sweg people's groveling. Out of their kindness, Otto gave the family leaders a small piece of amber to each of them for the first time as a reward.
Does this little piece of amber indicate that the relationship between the Rus tribe and the Sveg people of Novgorod has begun to change subtly?
Maybe yes, maybe not.
Otto just rewarded a few family leaders with amber, which is more common in Scandinavia, out of his own pleasure.
But for the Sweg people, perhaps this is the beginning of a warmer relationship after their encounter with the Rus.
As early as 754 AD, explorers from the Rus tribe headed west to find the mouth of the Neva River. This place was desolate and covered with thatch under the snow. Bears and deer were active here, and obtaining their furs was probably the only value of the place.
But as they found the river channel deep inland, a warm land appeared in front of them.
They went upstream, and at first they also traded with the huge village of Novgorod, until they discovered that the people here were not excellent warriors, and evil thoughts arose.
In the first few years, trade between the two groups was normal, until Otto's grandfather's area began to trade with swords.
If they could be forced to hand over their wealth through physics, it would be a waste of money.
Besides, the Ross tribe did not want to occupy the territory of the Sweg people. As long as they got enough treasure, the people would return to the dragon-head warship and sail away.
In 822 AD, both Sorgon voyages were successful.
By 823 AD, the situation was still the same.
Otto was pleasantly surprised to find that as long as he was given some symbolic amber, the Sweg people would be very happy to take out a lot of treasures.
This is completely different from the normal transactions in the past, and different from robbery without capital and profit.
As long as the tribe really only needs to give out some insignificant financial resources in a symbolic way, the Sweg people will be very generous in giving out their treasures.
Novgorod is a large residential settlement. It is a small city with many villages surrounding it.
They are dominated by several families in the city, and the remaining small villages are vassals of Novgorov.
The population of the entire region has exceeded 200,000. The land there is at least more fertile and the climate is milder. They can produce more wealth and actively trade with other Sweg tribes in the south.
Every year, a large amount of wealth in Novgorod flows into the pockets of the Rus tribe, which has a population of less than 8,000.
Nowadays, as long as there is no conflict with the Danes, under the leadership of leader Otto, the wealth of the Ross tribe has been expanding, right?
Otto returned triumphantly with a large number of treasures, and he once again became the hero of the tribe. The entire tribe was also full of confidence in surviving the new winter.
Liu Li is already two years old, and he has to accept his unique identity as Rurik.
"Rurik, Rus. What the hell, am I destined to have such a fate? To lead these Vikings to Eastern Europe to establish Kievan Rus?"
"Is this possible? Look at these people, they are Vikings! Aren't they supposed to be raiding England?"
"Really, they actually named me Rurik."
Two-year-old Rurik has a real adult living in his tiny body.
In the past two years, he has basically figured out where he is and the fact that he is a Viking.
Liu Li knew very little about the historical development of Russia. As for the concept of Vikings, they were a group of sea madmen wearing horned helmets, holding round shields and battle axes.
Vikings, they seem to be a group of pirates who do all kinds of evil.
However, the facts completely subverted Liu Li's imagination.
The tribe he belongs to is named "Russ", which means "Old Hand". He estimated that the tribe only has one city-state, Rossburg, and based on his estimation, the population of the settlement is not large.
They didn't have any horned helmets, but they did have a lot of helmets made of leather and iron, with eye and nose protection.
On the contrary, the classic dragon-headed warship, forest ax and painted round shield are real.
And the most real thing is probably their food.
In the past two years, Liu Li was weaned early. He felt that he had to eat meat before he was even one year old. In the following days, there were only a few opportunities for him to eat meat that did not taste good.
Bread. Most of the time, the only food he can eat is various kinds of meat.
Yes! All kinds of meat, and some meat that is not carefully cooked.
He saw with his own eyes the tribal fishermen hunting Baltic seals, casting nets for herring, cod, and even sharks.
Maybe the land here is too barren, and people's food mainly depends on fishing from the ocean and trading cattle and sheep with people in the south. As one of them, Liu Li had to eat the same meals as them.
A sheep's skin would be stripped off to make clothing, all the mutton would be eaten, and then almost all the internal organs would be eaten, and the sheep's bones might also be used further.
The food tastes crazy, but Liu Li, who is extremely young, has no choice but to bite the bullet and eat these weird-tasting meats, even shark meat.
Historically, Rurik would establish a Slavic country in Eastern Europe and name it after Rus.
Moreover, Rurik was invited by the locals to become a prince.
Liu Li thought it was absurd, but his name definitely sounded like "Rurik", and "Rus" was the name of his tribe.
He is very happy that he is the son of a tribal leader. His biological father is a very strong white man, but he always exudes a strong annoying smell. But he should be a qualified father. According to his biological mother Niya, his biological father is also a qualified father.
's leader.
The entire tribe is full of respect for their biological father, and they are already full of awe for themselves, a baby.
The situation is not that he is the son of the leader, but because of a prophecy from the tribe elders - the leader's son will bring prosperity to the tribe.
"Well, I don't know what kind of life Rurik should have had in history. If my destiny is to become a leader in the future and lead them to immigrate collectively to the vast plains of Eastern Europe, they can indeed prosper. But by that time, their