The sea became violent and the fjords of Roseburg were full of waves.
These conditions did not hinder the Russians' return voyage at all, even though all the ships were bouncing up and down in the waves, many people were already tossed by them, and the vomiting after seasickness made people feel depressed.
The temperature has become colder, and some people are even worried that the first snow will come earlier than in previous years.
It’s better for the snow to come later! It’s best not to have any rainfall.
During this war, the Russians plundered a large amount of money and leather, but their acquisition of very important food was limited.
In the past years, from August to October, the tribesmen would desperately store food for the winter. They had to fish on a large scale to make dried meat and store it. Of course, there are many brave winter warriors. Rather than risking going out to hunt, they would rather stay in
It is safer to eat dried fish at home.
The tribesmen know that after returning to their hometown, Duke Ross will give everyone a reward for victory. Maybe it won't be a huge sum of money, but it will definitely be indispensable.
Money is a good thing, but it cannot be exchanged for food in the extremely cold season. They hope to go back early and take a rest for a day or two. No matter whether the sea water is violent or not, the right way is to go out to sea to catch herrings. The tribesmen are full of hope because they share a common ground.
The leaders of the two fighting tribes of Ke and Wen pointed out very crucial information, that is, about the salmon fishing season in the big river.
Then row the long boats to the north, line up in array at the mouths of the big rivers, and use dense nets to catch all the salmon in one go.
Under the slightly hazy sky, there were gusts of cold wind, and the Aurora, which was moving against the wind, led Ross's main fleet back.
The people who stayed behind were not afraid of the severe cold. They gathered on the shore and danced. Their excitement could not be suppressed.
Cargo ships docked at the docks one after another, and long boats washed directly onto the beach.
Women rushed forward to look for their husbands and sons among the returning soldiers.
Many people hugged each other and laughed, while some women were ecstatic at first, then wary, and finally cried out in confusion.
Because not many Ross men have returned.
Arik shouldered the mission of paying tribute to the East, and rushed to the East with his new woman and more than a hundred local Ross warriors. The surviving warriors recruited from New Rossburg returned to their homes, and those from Novgo
Naturally, all the men in Rhodes White Tree Manor returned home, except for the Slavic men who betrayed each manor and became new immigrants to New Roseburg.
Among the new immigrants in New Roseburg, there is also a small group with a rather special status.
It was Harald of Gotland, and his family was ordered to move to a new territory with their remaining property.
The route to the East was extremely novel. This was Harald's first trip to the so-called "Wild East". When he saw the huge fortress, neat docks, and even some huge rotating objects that appeared at the mouth of the river, he completely changed his mind.
Thoughts. It seems that the East is not really wild. Coming here is by no means an exile. It may be a new opportunity to make a fortune.
Harald must be grateful to his daughter and his wonderful luck. His surrender and reconciliation at the critical moment made his family extremely important in Rurik's eyes.
If the expansion of the Russian wealth is mainly entrusted to Gould's family, this will obviously have huge security risks. Rurik knows very well that Gould, a man who knows the current affairs, will not betray. As for whether his descendants will be loyal, it is hard to say.
. A family has mastered huge wealth and made great contributions to the principality. They must want greater power.
Supporting a competitor, such as the Hrolev family in Soharal, was one method. Besides, Rurik knew that he had to call Aslaki his sister (sister-in-law is equivalent to sister).
Harald settled in Novorosberg with hundreds of pounds of silver. The Khrolev family is currently the richest in the local area. With this person organizing the development of trade and industry in the East, will the economic situation of Novorosberg be rapid?
What about taking off? Because as many as a thousand sheep were transported to New Roseburg at the mouth of the Neva River, the local climate was naturally much warmer than the hometown of Roseburg, and the local sheep farming industry could at least be developed.
The one thousand sheep captured were all the property of the Duke of Ross. Harald had the power and task to reproduce the population. His family must pay regular tributes of leather, wool and dairy products, and the newly bred sheep became his in proportion.
property. In the future, some cattle will also be transported there.
Only about 500 native men from the Ross tribe returned.
Three hundred warriors from Lake Malaren officially became the new Rus, but they were not natives here.
When there is war, there is death. When a son dies, the women whose husbands are of course rejoicing in victory, but their homes collapse!
The wife inherits all the husband's property, and she can take the children and marry a new man. Just look at the current situation! Just a few years ago, any woman in the Ross tribe was pursued by men. Now, the Ross tribe
There are already too many women.
A large number of women and children disembarked from the ship. They could not cheer for the victory of the Russians because they were prisoners after the defeat. After disembarking, they could only wait pitifully for an unknown fate.
As more detailed news spread, the women who believed that their husbands had died in the war had their last thoughts. Some tribesmen went to the East to pay tribute, and maybe their husbands were among them.
However, more than 300 local Russian soldiers died in the battle. Whose husband and son were these glorious dead?
They prayed that they were not the "lucky ones". Even if they were really "lucky", they had to comfort themselves that the heroes who died in the battle had already gone to Valhalla.
From June to September, the long war seemed to have finally come to an end.
The Ross tribe ushered in a resounding victory. The returning people returned to their homes and caroused all night with their families!
The cold wind outside is no longer scary. Roseburg, which should have been dark at night, is now full of bonfires, with the crackling sounds of pine branches burning and a group of people dancing around the bonfire.
A large amount of seized materials were unloaded from the ship, and most of the leather was naturally transported to the Gould family's warehouse as soon as possible. This was of course inappropriate. Rurik considered the current situation and the Russians' "principal warehouse" did not
After construction is completed, the seized items can only be temporarily held by big businessmen.
There was only a group of very critical treasures, which were weighed together by strong warriors who did not get seasick. The warriors formed a dragon and headed straight to the priest's longhouse under the leadership of Rurik and Otto.
Victory! Great victory!
Rurik's ears were filled with the cheers of the tribesmen. They shouted the names of Otto and Rurik and used the most beautiful words to praise their ducal family.
Immersed in the happy atmosphere, Rurik wanted to laugh. He thought of something, so he had to squeeze out a smile and face the welcoming tribesmen.
Because of the high priest Vilia who transferred her power, her life...
"Ahead is the chief priest's house, I..." Rumia, holding a deer-horned helmet, followed Rurik. She was immersed in the cold wind. It was already getting late, and the hazy world intensified a sense of peace and joy.
The atmosphere feels out of place and desolate.
"Are you worried about Vilia?"
"Yes. She was very weak when we set off. I'm worried..."
Worried about losing her, this is what Rumia thinks.
Rurik didn't want to offer any consolation, it was meaningless. And for Vilia, this decrepit old lady had become too weak to stand this year. She was still alive, and she was probably in a state of hanging her breath.
Many Viking tribes do not have a clear sacrificial center. For example, the Mälaren tribe controls most of Lake Mälaren. The so-called altar is a pile of stones placed by the lake.
The Uppsala tribe built wooden sheds in the forest and set up wooden sculptures of gods to worship.
Visby on the island of Gotland was a real worship center. They built temples and cast bronze idols for worship.
The Rus people have never reached the level of faith of the residents of Visby, but they are still more advanced than most tribes. Living in the far north, people need a persevering faith to withstand the coldest winter with strong spiritual power.
The Rus people have a permanent stone ship altar, which also marks the residence of the priests as a holy place.
The longhouse of the priests is sacred and should be kept away from by ordinary people.
Rusian parents will teach their children not to approach the longhouse when they are playing. In recent years, the soldiers who have been selected as the guardians of the longhouse pride themselves on this honor, and they have been given the opportunity to go to Var while they are still alive.
Harrah’s letter of introduction.
They were all afraid of offending Odin with their unwise blasphemy, and they dared not think anything about the longhouse, so this was the most suitable place to put their money.
Only a handful of warriors were given the authority to carry boxes, and now they began to carry the last gold and silver treasures box by box to the "Rurik's Big Money Box" located inside the priest's longhouse, which was the treasury of the Principality of Rus.
And this is already the second time in the past ten days that a large amount of wealth has been recorded.
When the first batch of thousands of pounds of silver coins and gold coins arrived in the big cash box, the priests who stayed behind screamed in shock. Even Vilia sat up in shock while dying of illness, and with the help of the priestesses, she saw the piles
There are money boxes everywhere.
The longhouse filled with the scent of rosin and chrysanthemum tea became noisy.
Two priestesses supported an old woman with wrinkles on her face that looked like cracks in the earth, and slowly emerged from the dim inner hall.
"Let me see if my Rurik is really back."
Vilya's condition may not be that bad. Seeing that the old woman can still stand up, isn't her physical condition somewhat recovered? Rurik left the people around him and hurried over, just like a grandson.
Reunion with grandma.
Of course, Rurik recognized from the bottom of his heart that Vilia was a relative, an old man with a somewhat pitiful life experience but a very respectable old man.
When Vilia sees Otto, he is like a son, and when he sees Rurik, he is naturally a grandson. As for Rumia, she is the heir of everything. Although there is no blood relationship, who says relatives must be blood relationships?
Her hands like dead branches caressed Rurik's chubby face, her eyes were full of enthusiastic anticipation, and finally she kissed her "grandson"'s forehead affectionately.
"High Priest, you are healthy again." Otto couldn't help but feel relieved to see Vilia so "vibrant".
"I am no longer the high priest, Rumia is. I..." She gently let go of her hand and looked kindly into Rurik's blue eyes: "Everyone is destined to die, and I am too old. I am about to go to Val
Hala, don't worry, Odin entered my dream, and God told me that the Ross army would achieve a great victory, and I would leave the human world and become a Valkyrie."
If she is not afraid of death, if she feels that the so-called death is just a process of becoming a Valkyrie, what should she be afraid of?
Rurik followed her words and said: "You will never leave, right? You will protect the Russians on earth in heaven."
"Yes." Vilia continued to hold Rurik's cheek: "There is an oracle, Odin will take me away at the right time. When that time comes, don't be sad, please turn the body I left in the world into
Become ashes. You can chant my name, spirit."
Rurik originally thought that Vilia would say a lot of happy words and applaud the unprecedented victory of the Russians, but he never expected that she was talking about her destined death.
Why is this? Still.
ah!
For a moment, Rurik suddenly felt that Vilya's current toughness was simply a reflection of his past.
"Spirus, is this your...your real name?"
Viria shook her head: "My name has been forgotten a long time ago, and it is not important at all. Viria just means the daughter of the sacrifice. And Spirit is the new name given to me by Odin, which is the oar of hope. Rurik, you
!" As he spoke, Villa raised his head slightly and faced the people present, "I! am the Valkyrie Spiritus. I will regain my youth in Vallaha, and I will drive a carriage and cruise in the sky. This is
I’m going to tell you.”
(Vilia dreamed of Odin's rewards, such as the qualification to become a Valkyrie, and a new name. Spiritus is just a compound word for "hope" in Latin and "oar" in Norse. Deep in her soul
I will always retain the encounter with the envoy from Eastern Rome when I was young)
Like a huge stone pressing on his chest, Otto was so shocked that he couldn't speak because he took what Viglia said as the most truthful thing.
What about Rurik? He had some doubts in his heart, but it was a happy thing that Vilia could continue to live in his imaginary hometown.
"Then, I will call you Speros Vilia Valkyrie."
"It's a good name. Let's continue to call me Vilia. Rurik, tell me about you now. Tell me what kind of victory you have achieved..."
It is said that the Asgard Sanctuary, the ground there is paved with gold and silver, and the residents of the Sanctuary are all dressed in gold and silver. No words can describe their grace and splendor.
When Vilia saw the huge amount of gold and silver seized in Gotland, her outlook was completely refreshed, and she even exclaimed at one point, "Did they attack Asgard?" It was also for this reason that she continued to do
He had many wonderful dreams and interpreted them as miracles.
With Rurik, Otto, and even Rumia's detailed descriptions, a magnificent war scene slowly unfolded.
Villya did not grieve at all for those who died in the battle, whether they were the enemy's or his own. The warriors who died heroically must be drinking and having fun in Valhalla now.
It was the Rus who lost more than 300 people in the battle, which was a terrible loss to the current Rus tribe.
But things are not bad, there is a huge turning point, or the Russians have ushered in a new era.
Verya, she experienced the most difficult time for the Russians when she was young. She fled Svealand and went to the cold northern land. She had a fierce battle with the local deer herders and captured today's Roseburg. Is there anything else than these things?
Worse?
Otto, who was sitting obediently, bluntly said that the strength of the tribe had become much weaker. Vilia bluntly said that this was a fallacy: "You actually captured two thousand women? They can give birth to two thousand children as soon as next year, and there will be at least one thousand.
If they are boys, they will be a thousand warriors in twelve years. They can have as many children as possible, and as long as you can feed them, the Russians will have tens of thousands of warriors, and we will become stronger quickly."
Otto pummeled Rurik: "This is exactly what my son wanted."
"What do you want to do?" Villa asked Rurik.
"Assign them and start tomorrow! We have a clear agreement with the Mälaren people. I am about to set off to Lake Mälaren again to get back our one million pounds of wheat. I will allocate one to the soldiers on the expedition.
With the money, the deceased will be led by his wife and children. I will also distribute it to the women they captured and hold a large-scale wedding ceremony. The tribesmen will take the money and come to me to buy wheat to support themselves and their families.
Many women. The wheat we get will easily feed all the people living in Roseburg. No matter how many children those women have, we can all afford them."
Vilia nodded: "Many people say you are kind. They are just mortals and don't understand you at all, but I know you best..."
Villa didn't say any more, and there was no need to say more.
Rurik, this child just looks like a child. He is already a veritable Duke of Rus. His achievements have far surpassed those of previous leaders. He is an unprecedented leader who cares about every Rusian and new immigrant.
"You all please leave, I... just want to be quiet for a while."
Vilia persuaded everyone who was debriefing to leave with a smile. She finally saw Rurik closing the leather curtain, taking a deep breath, and then her whole body went limp, relaxing in the support of the priest.
The priests present gathered around in panic: "High Priest! Are you... okay?"
"I'm fine, I just feel suddenly weak. Let me... continue to lie down. Ah, Rose doesn't have to worry about me anymore. You... you remember." Vilia muttered desperately: "I won't leave for a while.
.You must remember that Rumia is the high priest chosen by Odin, and Rumia is the servant of Rurik. Rurik, he is not a human, he is a god living in the world, he is a descendant of Odin
.Be glorious! You women who are supposed to be ordinary, you are serving a god."
Hearing these words, the priests all trembled. They were surprised and happy, and no one doubted Vilia's words.
Verya was not making up stories to strengthen the legitimacy of Rurik's rule. She convinced herself that she had completely reconciled with the world. Her life was complete.