On the contrary, Niya was particularly supportive of her son's actions. Every mother hopes that her beloved son will become an excellent person in all aspects. This is a mother's instinct.
On a cold and ordinary winter morning today, Rurik had to suspend training on the hillside due to a new round of snowfall.
A pause is a pause, and it will continue after the spring. Many children, like Kanuf, will not be idle.
Rurik already knew that Kanuf would follow his father, pulling a sled on skis and hunting further north. There was no need to worry about the hunted beasts rotting, as the hunted reindeer would remain as frozen as
The stone-like posture brings back the tribe. Moreover, such prey is purely owned by the hunter, and it will not participate in the distribution of wealth within the tribe at all.
Times have changed. A long time ago, much of the wealth of the tribe was still distributed fairly. For example, fifty years ago, when Priest Vilia was still young, there were only more than 2,000 residents of Fort Ross. As long as half of
It took centuries, due to the reproduction of the population and the immigration of a large number of small families from the southern allies, that the population reached its current number.
The immigrants are not very reliable. If there is any major change in the Ross tribe, they will return to the south.
In the past, the residents were all closely related by blood, and they were very willing to help each other.
However, the majority of the tribesmen have very little understanding of their own history, and they do not have clear surnames. Residents generally marry early, and it is even difficult for the population to live up to fifty years old.
The sum of these factors has made Roseburg reach its fifth generation in the fifty years since its establishment!
Many residents know very well that they and their friends have a common ancestor, but they are not clear when asked for clear information. The era of using family ties as a bond to unite the entire tribe is gradually passing, and now the tribe needs a strong and prestigious person to serve as the leader.
At the same time, the self-awareness of each family has become stronger.
In recent years, the spoils distribution principle of the Sorgon route has also undergone tremendous changes!
Once upon a time, the leader took people to collect the tributes from Novgorod's servants, brought them back to Rosberg and distributed them equally among all the families.
Today, only families that send people to participate can get most of the tributes. Those who do not participate can only get a small amount of treasures, which gradually become insignificant benefits. Everyone knows that if this continues to develop, the Sorong Route will no longer be available.
It is a "public event" that benefits the entire tribe members.
Times are constantly changing, and they, who are unruly and unruly, do not have many complaints about this.
The winter overland hunting operation will begin, and Kanuf and his father will join the hunting army. They often travel together, and they will be surrounded and annihilated when they encounter deer, and even more wolves when they encounter them.
Their hunting is like fighting, and they will try their best to hunt any wild animal they encounter.
If you can hunt ferrets, you can make a lot of money if you take a piece of fur to the market of the southern allies!
However, men hunt in groups to look after each other in order to obtain more meat. After all, they prefer venison to fishy fish.
The same goes for Otto, who will also be involved as the leader.
According to tradition, he could take his son Rurik there, but now that his son intended to study with Vilia, he had to give up his wish.
On this day, Otto was preparing the food he needed for hunting at home, so there was no need to worry too much about this matter.
Because of the tribute voyage and the leader's great achievements, the leader's family will naturally receive the most wealth.
Otto prepared for himself some completely dry rye bread, some pickled venison, dried salted fish, and even a small jar of honey.
The dry food can be prepared by my wife Haosheng. No, Niya is already using an iron knife to cut the hard dried meat into small pieces that are easy to chew.
Otto has more important things. You have to say that to make iron, you need to be strong. A good hunter must have powerful enough weapons!
There are a lot of red rocks in the hilly mountains west of Fort Ross. The blacksmiths of the tribe know that it is hematite, and after a complicated smelting process, iron tools can be made.
Due to the very poor iron smelting technology of the Ross tribe in this era, based on their experience, they had to bake the pig iron for a longer period of time before forging it. The blacksmiths did not have a higher technology to raise the furnace temperature, and all the iron tools they made were brittle and soft.
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They have no concept of the scientific principles involved, only the experiences left over from their ancestors.
The warriors of the tribe therefore used single-edged axes on a large scale. Of course, they also used double-edged swords, which were short, broad-edged iron swords.
Due to the current forging technology, and even the Danes' forging technology, they can only produce such weapons, which are actually completely sufficient in this era.
After all, Europe at this time was in a worse era. The Vikings did not realize that their weapons were too backward. They were amazed that the few sharp swords they bought from distant Rome could cut iron as well as clay. The Ross tribe also lamented that the Novgorods
The Rhodes people once dared to challenge the Russian warriors wearing chain mail and holding battle axes with only a pile of wooden sticks and stone spears as weapons.
Otto's sword "Destroyer" is as good as clay. He still doesn't know that this sword, which his ancestors spent huge sums of money to buy from Roman merchants who stayed in Novgorod, actually comes from
Further to the east, the "Destroyer" is a patterned steel sword that can cut iron like clay!
Otto will only use his own sword in battles with enemies. In activities such as hunting, there are more opportunities to use throwable short spears.
He was making some short throwing spears, and the most important thing was to polish the sharp edges of the spearheads. Because of the backward technology, there was no grinder here, so Otto had to spend a long time polishing it with the mined whetstone.
His wife Niya, perhaps tired of polishing her voice, suddenly muttered: "You really shouldn't have taken Rurik, he's just too young. Your decision was very smart."
"Why are you mentioning this? Rurik is not participating in hunting. He went to Villya to learn for the first time today. This is what you want." Otto muttered with his head raised, and there was no whetstone in his hand.
stop.
"Actually...actually I..." Niya thought of many things, and the iron knife cutting bacon in her hand paused.
Niya raised her forehead, which was full of wrinkles from hard work, and looked at her husband: "Otto, actually, for my son, I don't want him to be so keen on fighting."
"He had no choice. He was a boy and he was going to be a man. He had to fight."
"but……"
"I know what you are thinking!" Otto calmed down, and he also thought of many sad past events. "Neius, and Togra, their death was an accident. You and I are very sorry."
The couple mentioned the death of Rurik's two brothers. It was a great misfortune to lose a child in old age, until Niya successfully gave birth to a healthy child at an extremely old age.
In fact, just from the fact that Niya successfully gave birth at the age of 40, it is an out-and-out miracle on earth.
When Rurik was born, he neither cried nor fussed when he was born, which fully demonstrated his strong and resolute character.
At least that's how Priest Vilia explained it. This most prestigious priest had never encountered anything like this in his seventy years of life, so naturally he had to give some supernatural explanation.
Niya couldn't control that much. No matter whether Rurik was "Odin's blessing" or not, first of all, he was her only biological flesh and blood. Niya, who had lost two sons in succession and was almost fifty years old, simply couldn't bear it.
A new blow.
She hopes that her son will not be exposed to anything dangerous, although she knows how selfish her thoughts are, and they are against the values of a warrior, and are disgusting to her husband.
She still explained her idea to her husband, but naturally she received Otto's objection.
"You don't have to worry about anything. Let Rurik stay at home in peace, or stay in the priest's longhouse for the rest of his life? It seems that he is safe, but what is the difference between that and a coward? Niya! You have to understand!
When our son could speak, he told us himself that he was to be the leader. Everything was his destiny! If we dared to stand in the way, we would be immediately sick and die."
Otto's words were threatening, and Niya suddenly asked: "But you still allow him to go to Viglia. Why? Why do you support this?"
"Alas! That is his own choice. We cannot interfere with him too much. My attitude will never change. I don't want Rurik to get too close to those priests."
"Are you afraid of being infected by them and forgetting to fight?" Niya asked.
"I did think so, and there are other factors." Otto calmed down and looked at his wife, "No one knows Vilia better than me. She is not an ordinary woman! Now I am really glad that Vili
Ya has great prestige in the tribe, everyone trusts everything she says at the altar, and she still supports me as always. But Vilia is too old! Her life will end soon, after all, she is
one person."
Niya could hear the meaning behind her husband's words, but she really didn't understand.
"what does it mean?"
"I'm a little worried about that Bona." Otto said solemnly: "A good leader cannot be influenced by a group of priests. I heard that those Franks, their priests are more powerful than the leader! Who is the leader?
What? Maybe the priest is!"
Of course what Otto is talking about here is not the real situation. In fact, the Frankish monarchs and nobles have extremely high respect for the Holy See, and the power of the Pope is indeed growing. When the news spread to Northern Europe, the Vikings generally could
What I understood was what Otto said.
"That Bona is not an ambitious person." Niya argued.
"I hope so. When Vilya dies, Bona will take over. Will she be ambitious by then? Niya, you and I are old, maybe we won't be able to see our Rurik
On the day of the wedding, we can't completely believe what Vilia said. I even think that Vilia deliberately said that Rurik was blessed by Odin. How can mortals know whether Odin really blessed him?"
"No! He is blessed." Niya said firmly.
"Well, I hope so." Otto continued to pick up the whetstone, "I still don't want Rurik to get too close to those priests. If Rurik is infected by their words, will it slowly
He only listens to the opinions of the priests. In this way, even if Rurik becomes the new leader, can his ambition still be realized? Because in that case, he will have to listen to those priests."
When Niya understood the crux of the problem, she couldn't help but feel nervous: "If this is the case, maybe we should really call him back."
"No need." Otto shook his head: "In these few years, only these few years. After this period, he can no longer go to Viglia to study."
"So you only let him study for a few years, like until he is twelve years old?!"
Twelve years old. In the traditional concept of the Ross tribe and even the southern Siiya people's allies, when a boy reaches the age of twelve, he should fulfill many of the obligations that a man should have. In a sense, the boy can be considered to have grown up. In reality, of course, this is not the case.
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Otto explained: "Everything depends on Vilia's lifespan. At the wedding ceremony a few days ago, I saw that she is too old. In a year or two, she may no longer be able to wear the antlered helmet.
Maybe Rurik would have died before he was twelve years old. By that time, I don’t think Rurik could still learn anything from Bona.”
At this point, Otto breathed again: "I tell you, my dear Niya. Vilia is great. I can prove this. I have learned some knowledge from her, so I know how to be very good."
Good management of our tribe. I have always believed that if Vilia was a man, she would be a leader for a long time. There is no need to mourn for her identity, she is our wise man and is highly respected by everyone.
But that Poona! She is not a wise man, and she knows nothing except that the priests of festivals recite some incantations."
Niya nodded: "I basically understand. You hope that Rurik will learn more knowledge from Vilia, and you also hope that Vilia will not live too long."
"Yes. Rurik must be trained to be a brave and good fighter. He must become strong and have the ability to defeat many people. He has already shown this talent and must be further strengthened. When he grows up, I
I will choose a warrior I trust to train him. I love him, and I must push him to the position of leader through this method."