Rumia felt secretly happy after hearing Otto's words.
It was impossible for her to like Otto, but she especially liked Rurik and the high priest Vilia who was about to die. She knew very well who was good to her.
How is it possible to say that Lu Mia has no desire to compete for power and status?! She is smart and realizes that she has huge possibilities. Now she must completely endure it and live as an absolutely loyal servant.
Rumia has become famous, and Vilia knows about this girl, and she also knows that this child already has the most basic ability to become a mother.
Rumia imagined that many years later, after giving birth to his child, she would no longer be the head maid or the high priest.
Otto continued to mutter: "It seems that I need to go to the Stone Ship Altar to pray to God for another ten years of life, so that I can see them all pregnant with your children."
Rurik trembled: "So, where is Svetlana?!"
"Huh? That girl?!" Now, it was Otto's turn to tremble. "You already know? How did you know? I didn't tell you."
"Because Lilia. Dad, I know everything. She is Svetalana's sister."
Hearing this, Otto breathed a sigh of relief: "Well, originally I wanted to wait until you were twelve years old and take you directly to the East to get engaged to that girl. Do you know? That girl named Svetlana will definitely grow up.
For a very beautiful woman. Boy, do you know what a perfect man is?"
"A perfect man?!" Rurik shook his head.
Otto was still holding Lumia's braid in his hand, as if he was driving a pony.
Otto joked: "You have to kill a hundred enemies and strong warriors on the battlefield! You have to have a hundred women give birth to your children! You also have money that you can't spend all your life."
What is this? Rurik suddenly realized.
Youdao is that there are three highest gods in the belief of the Russians, Odin who is in charge of war, Freya who is in charge of fertility, and Frey who is in charge of wealth.
Of course, force, women and wealth are all exciting to the powerful.
Rurik shook his head: "One hundred? That's too many. Please spare me."
"This is your destiny." Otto chuckled: "I am too old. I should have enjoyed the happy life of having my grandchildren running around, but it is a pity that your two brothers have an unfortunate fate. Those maids, and Lu
Mia, they are all your women. Svetalana will be your official wife, and the eldest son she gave birth to will be your first heir. The children born to other women are all elites of our tribe, and they are also
They are all people you can trust. Listen, no one is more trustworthy than your own brothers!"
Rurik originally wanted to say, "Brothers must settle accounts clearly," but then he realized that it was pointless to talk back and be clever now.
In fact, these seemingly irrelevant words Otto said were also meant for himself.
Otto, why doesn't he want to find some new women to satisfy his needs and continue his bloodline? It's like he learned about his subordinate Harold Johnson. The old and strong guy hung out with two kidnapped women all day long and was completely left out.
His elderly wife.
Harold Johnson is not a big leader, nor can he become a big leader.
Otto understands the burden on his shoulders. Especially he cannot personally create another biological brother for his son Rurik, not even a biological sister. Although a biological brother is trustworthy, Otto actually understands that it is a biological brother who is the most valuable.
Can become a threat to power.
To carry forward the bloodline, this matter can only fall on Rurik's thin shoulders.
The son is very kind to all the servants, maybe this is a useful start.
No, when Otto personally visited the residences given to servants, Otto made his own judgment.
In the eyes of many people, it is enough to give a servant a shack that will not freeze to death, a piece of rough linen clothing to cover the body, and some leftovers to eat every day. What else does a mere servant want?
Rurik is great!
Inside the huge longhouse, Otto saw a large number of beds. These beds were very similar to what he had seen in Novgorod, but sitting on a very neatly made bed in person gave him a strong sense of comfort.
Feeling invaded his head.
Otto, this strong man lay directly on an unoccupied bed, twisting wantonly like a child. He even subconsciously stretched out the quilt that was folded like tofu pieces to cover his body, enjoying endless comfort.
and sense of security.
"Dad, what do you think?" Rurik asked.
"Very good. Who told you that? It should be Peravina. You also learned the Novgorod language from her."
"Yes." Rurik said bluntly, "I don't want to sleep on the ground anymore. From now on we will all sleep on wooden beds and live in a house with wooden floors. Dad, the house under construction nearby is our new home."
Otto, who was lying flat on his back with his hands on his pillow, sighed: "Okay, those Novgorod people are very weak, but they do enjoy sleeping. Come, show me your new home."
A new longhouse is under construction. Its wooden piles have just been erected. The workers hired by Rurik have been working every day. Only now have they finished laying the wooden floor.
Otto knew that he was in an open-air carpentry workshop. As a big leader, he suddenly arrived here and attracted the attention of many workers.
He also noticed that all the workers, without exception, were elderly.
"I can't believe that they are not as strong as me, and they are too old. They can no longer go to the battlefield to chop off the enemy's heads, but here they become your carpenters?"
Rurik liked his father's praise the most, so he said: "It's not just them! They built me a house, and I gave them a little enough money to buy food. There are also many older women who are best at tailoring.
They make clothes for me. Dad, the money I earn is not just hoarded in a box. I can't use money as food when I'm hungry. No matter how much money I earn, the money must be spent.
"
"Oh? This is very different from many people's ideas." Otto was surprised.
"What? Do they still like to hoard money?"
"Of course! Why not! We Rus people are originally poor, and only the chief of the Melalen tribe, the most powerful tribe in our alliance, is the richest. Legend has it that they have mountains of silver, more money than the Gotlanders
Even richer, and our family, through various means, has a wealth of less than 70,000 silver coins. Our family is the poorest chief family among all tribes. Look, the Gotland man we defeated is rich.
Household, the family has 200,000 pieces of silver."
"It doesn't matter." Rurik shrugged: "My wealth will continue to grow. But I never want to be the only rich family in our tribe. I will give money to the tribesmen, and in order to get my money, they must work for me.
"
"I know what you mean, maybe you are right."
Otto has fully understood that his son wants to mobilize the poor people in the tribe to work for him and get benefits. In the past, no leader had such an idea. Those previous leaders, including himself, regarded the poorest people as dirty.
People! Unless a poor family comes out with a young warrior who can fight, only then will Otto really value them.
Otto continued to ask: "Son, when will our new home be completed?"
"Well! Maybe by the end of August. Dad, I hope to build a very comfortable home. I also hope that in the future, our wealthy tribesmen will build houses imitating ours."
"Haha, what a great idea, let's wait and see!"
Otto's inspection continued. No, at noon, he visited the scene where his son rewarded his brothers.
The children devoured the fish and meat, and here was a maid.
When it comes to eating, all children are like wolves and tigers. It seems that if they don't finish the meat immediately, their peers will snatch it away.
No, the children finished their lunch quickly, and their stomachs were bulging.
When I think about my son spending more than ten silver coins a day to buy fish in order to reward his brothers! If by the end of August, the wheat harvest of the southern allies will inevitably have ships transporting new wheat docking, Rurik will definitely not hesitate.
Hesitant to spend huge sums of money to buy food.
Otto was convinced that his son would do this, because Gould who went south had already made a major agreement with his son!
Double the purchase of southern new wheat? Buy as much as you can?!
The agreement between his son and Gould is a contract engraved on a wooden board!
Although the previous soap contract seemed to have been torn up by the priests, Otto estimated that his son was kind and loyal, and would never do anything to hurt the feelings of his friends. As for Gould, that guy also wanted something from him, and he did not dare to make any mistakes.
It was also at the end of August that Otto learned that the wheat harvest in Novgorod had also been harvested.
At that time, the north wind will also start to blow on the earth, and then the Russian fleet will effortlessly rush to the distance to plunder those people's wheat.
Similarly, it is already July. Although it is the warmest time of the year, the temperature will get colder in a short period of time.
As the leader, Otto felt that his family controlled the wealth of the priests. In addition, Rurik, his own son, had the care of the tribe beyond ordinary people. So, he used part of the huge wealth he controlled to purchase a batch of materials from the merchants.
, it has become very urgent to strengthen the construction of New Roseburg and Tombstone Island.
Otto has decided that starting from tomorrow, hoarding support supplies will be his major task!
Rumia, she had enough lunch and returned to the longhouse of the priest.
After a day, the drunken priests completely recovered their spirits. They had to face the fact that Bona had been executed. They were completely sober and finally understood their responsibilities and the red lines that they could not cross.
But so what? They knew that they had already encountered strong resentment from the big leader, and perhaps even Rurik was very resentful of them.
All the female priests can only pray that they can reshape their image through serious work in all the subsequent sacrificial rituals of the tribe.
And Rumia, the deer herder girl, has completely become the apple of the eye of the high priest Vilia, and cannot help but arouse the jealousy of different priestesses.
There is no way, this is called fate! That Rumia, she also received Odin's blessing, she is the first "Valkyrie" around Rurik, and she is also a "Brünnhilde"-like existence.
Dusk soaked the entire fjord, and the crowds of people playing and playing during the day were even more excited now.
Many people have already poured into the tribe's stone boat altar in advance. They are a group of tribesmen watching the excitement. They light bonfires in the empty space and grill the fresh fish they bought from the afternoon fish market.
The aroma of barbecue began to fill the air, mixed with the fragrance of earth and the fragrance of rosin.
Rumia, when it was still dark, she was wearing a plain burqa, and the huge silver jewelry hanging on her chest showed her nobility.
Bona disappeared, and this time it was a girl's turn, holding the huge antlered helmet belonging to the high priest Vilia.
The elderly Vilia knew that participating in the sacrifice would definitely cause serious damage to her body, but she still insisted on participating. By the way, she looked up to the sky during the ceremony and prayed to Odin to grant her a little more longevity.
All the tribesmen hope that they can be as lucky as Rurik and receive some gifts from Asgard in the sky. Those who light bonfires near the altar probably also want to take advantage of the heat.
During various rituals, pray silently.
The sky gradually darkened, the moon came out, and then the stars obscured by the sun also showed their magnificent colors.
In an era without artificial light pollution, Rurik could clearly see the Milky Way nebula and large constellations such as Orion.
The Big Dipper has also appeared! It would be best if some Northern Lights can appear at this time.
But the aurora can only be seen by people in Roseburg on the coldest days.
So, maybe the tribe’s mass wedding is held on Midsummer Eve, which is very suitable for the timing?
Welia no longer wanted to think too much, because she really knew that the young people of her tribe could not wait to fall in love with their new wives. Because of the traditional customs of the tribe, they had been holding back for too long.
It was a perfect midsummer night, the weather was mild, and the newlyweds were all wearing plain robes, feeling nothing but comfort.
Along with Lilia, many girls from Novgorod gathered together with their new husbands.
As long as they are immersed in this wedding scene, the girls' understanding of the inherent barbaric image of the Varangians will be completely gone.
The little girls in the tribe collected a large number of flowers, and the flowers and branches were woven into a large number of corollas.
The brides came, the wedding had not officially started, and a large number of bonfires were lit near the stone boat altar. Here, the brides put on flower crowns and were immersed in this warm scene. They realized that the Varyag people’s festival celebrations
, which is essentially similar to my hometown.
Because even in Novgorod, during the wedding ceremony, the bride and groom must dress up beautifully, and the relatives and friends participating in the ceremony will sing and dance around the bonfire.
Of course, there is also a unique wedding ceremony in Novgorod, that is, the groom has to run across a burning bonfire. This is quite a bit of the Eastern tradition of "crossing the brazier". In essence, it is the ceremony's influence on the future of the couple.
Blessings and expectations.
In Novgorod, Kavey used his strong and vigorous posture to easily cross a group of hot flames to show his strength to the locals. Yes, in terms of physical fitness alone, marrying a Novgorod girl
The young people of Ross are strong and strong.
In fact, in the hearts of many girls, they hope that their husbands will be strong men, so that they and their future children will be well protected.
In the Russian summer, the biggest event is the Summer Solstice Festival.
This collective wedding was a wonderful accident. All the tribesmen came in droves. The merchants seized the opportunity and poured into the venue with their own goods. In an instant, a small market was formed near the altar.
Those women who had been married before, with their big bellies, accompanied their husbands to the weddings of their newly married tribesmen with great interest, and silently blessed them in their hearts.
The wedding was held as promised when the stars arrived at the right place. Rurik stood in the first row of the crowd. He wanted to keep an eye on Lilia and even more on the servant Rumia.
Rurik was most worried about what trouble his Rumia would cause during the ceremony. After all, she had only been working as a priest for a month!
Worrying was unnecessary, Rumia did a lot of things according to Vilia's request. The wedding was also going on in a lively atmosphere. Rurik saw Lilia's face, this girl who was only sixteen years old, smiling.
Like a flower blooming.
The wedding was finally over, and all the newlyweds drank cups of mead. This was considered the ultimate contract made by the couple.
The crowd gradually dispersed. After the ceremony, the excited Kawei suddenly picked up his wife and rushed to his home amidst Lilia's happy screams.
Their anxious looks made Viglia feel helpless and happy at the same time.
Lilia, she quickly became a woman, and all that was left was the ten-month wait.
Lilia, along with her tribesmen, have completely gotten rid of their previous identities on the new day. They have been fully accepted by the Rus and now start a new life with a new identity.
Life goes on, and beneath the seemingly peaceful life of the Russian people, there is hidden the anxiety of the great leader Otto, as well as Rurik's expectations for the great businessman.
The appointed day is coming soon! This time, the great businessman Gould will not be left empty-handed.
A large amount of southern supplies, a group of strong but short of money mercenaries, and even some new servants will be under his control.
In exchange, Rurik will hand over the soap he has hoarded to Gould, which is a win-win for both parties.