Rise of Rurik - Chapter 641

[Chapter 642]

When I came to New Roseburg again after a winter, the city became bigger and the population became more prosperous.

He found out that perhaps there could be better days here, and the residents of Novgorod came here spontaneously even in canoes.

Otto stayed in Novosburg for two days, and sailed to Lake Ladoga along the Neva River along the south wind.

Although after some twists and turns, Otto’s fleet arrived at his loyal White Tree Manor.

The owner of the farm, Rigus, brought his people to greet him warmly, and they also prepared tributes for the adults to accept.

There is no other tribute. The tribute in spring and summer is only a small amount of wheat, and more are leather, rosin, flower cloth and precious honey.

All the tributes are not many, and the highlight is actually in autumn.

People expect a large number of visiting women to disembark, as has been the case in years past.

But the people who got off the boat were all old guys, what about women?

On behalf of the tribe, Rigus cautiously asked why the relatives did not come.

Otto didn’t rush to answer, and first ordered the rewards to be brought down.

It was a large number of iron farm tools. Seeing the arrival of many hoes and shovels, and the unloading of two sets of curved shaft plows, the old guy Rigus jumped excitedly.

Otto spoke bluntly: “These are all given to you by Rurik. You have been paying tribute faithfully over the years, and you have been given generous rewards.”

The Quyuan plow is a magical tool for plowing the land. Even if it still requires manpower to plow the land, it has allowed White Tree Manor to reclaim a lot of new fertile lakeside farmland since it was acquired.

In White Tree Manor, the people welcomed these adults who came from afar.

Medved, the eldest son of Rigus, also personally sold wine for Otto.

“You!” Otto grabbed his arm abruptly.

“Your Excellency the Duke…”

“You are not ordinary! Now I give you an order to gather the brothers of the banner team for me immediately! We are going to attack new enemies!”

The Novgorod side basically didn’t know about the conquest of Karelia, and they didn’t even know what kind of enemy it was.

Although the Ross people themselves don’t know.

Otto drank half a bottle of spirits, and his words became blurred when he was slightly drunk.

Just as the old folks from Whitetree Manor were here, he yelled in Norse about the crusade against the Karelians.

These Slavs knew more or less Xu Norse language because of their long-term contact. Everyone heard a lot and had to think for themselves.

Said to be the enemy of the North?

Named Karelia?

Seems to be still strong?

Since the commander is Rurik, the victory should be firmly in the hands of the coalition forces.

Rigus suddenly realized, because his son-in-law Rurik came in person!

When the son-in-law comes, the younger daughter should also come back, right?

“My lord, Rurik and Svetlana…”

“The two of them should come, and their fleet should be on the way.” Otto set off first, and he only had an estimate of how many troops Rurik would arrange, but he really didn’t know the specifics.

Otto couldn’t come up with an accurate answer, so he ordered Medved to immediately assemble the army and wait for dispatch.

Not only that, Otto took the initiative to ask another manor: “I entrust you to urge Pine Needle Manor to pay taxes properly. How are they doing?”

How are you doing?

In all fairness, Rigus has no feelings for those farmers, but hopes that the Borudne family will be destroyed.

Rigus took the initiative to explain one thing: “The eldest son of the Borudne family in Pine Needle Manor died. Now there is only one cub named Vadim left. I think this person is a threat. If this person is removed, the remaining The nobles of the manor are not afraid. The Pine Needle Manor collapsed, and the other manors can only be completely obedient.”

There was hostility in Rigus’ words, and Otto could feel his murderous intent.

Maybe there is something hidden here?

However, Otto never thought about eradicating the pine needle manor. He knew the contradiction between white trees and pine needles since ancient times, and now he must fight to the death.

Otto really didn’t like the rebellious Pine Needle Manor, and it didn’t matter if the upper strata of the manor were eradicated.

They have the largest population, and even if a lot of offerings have been obtained from them over the years, they have accumulated too much hostility.

They will be angry, the farmer’s anger or fight or run away.

Or take advantage of this dissatisfaction and let them go to war!

Otto knew that his thoughts were not part of Rurik’s plan. He felt that it was for the sake of his son’s career, so he made a bold decision: “I plan to recruit some soldiers from the Pine Needle Manor, and I will let the Borudne family take them to fight in the north.” ! I let them fight hard, so…”

Otto was happy, he cared about his own happiness, and didn’t care about Rigus’ wry smile at all.

Rigus really couldn’t be happier. He hoped that the Pine Needle Manor would decline to extinction. Did Otto’s idea actually be to let them and the Karelians fight to the death?

He knew that Otto could implement it with his determination.

Fortunately, White Tree Manor has already boarded Ross’s big ship, such as using the loyal hounds beside the hunter, so he doesn’t have to worry about tragedy befalling him.

Otto had made up his mind, and Rigus and the others had nothing to say.

Spring plowing has been completed in the entire Ilmen Lake area, and the once-tired farmers can settle down a bit.

Most of the Slavic people who settled here have forgotten which year the Varyags came. The Varyags are very powerful, and resisting them is simply courting death.

Maybe so…

The people of Pine Needle Manor have been exploited so much, and now they have handed over a batch of property to the ruler Borudne.

In the absence of the Varyagros, Borudne is the king here.

He died of his eldest son, but that cowardly child was not capable of inheriting his wealth and status.

Because Vadim was sixteen years old.

The Pine Needles Farm is bustling with activity, the farmers spend their time weeding, the woodcutters enter the woods to cut logs, there are some canoes cruising on the lake, and the fishermen line up to fish.

Their life as a whole is also very peaceful, and ordinary people just want to live in peace.

Their lives are also boring. A wedding in the farm can attract thousands of people to watch and even participate.

It was an ordinary day.

Vadim, already married, married the daughter of a neighboring farmer, and he was even about to be a father.

Becoming a father, his mentality has changed as much as his vigorous beard. Everyone who sees Vadim can say that this young man is very brave.

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A heart of vengeance is deeply rooted in the young man’s heart. According to the observation of the Varyagros, he is also trying to imitate it, trying to establish a strong army that obeys his orders.

The barefoot man ran desperately to the manor’s mansion regardless of the muddy lakeside.

Seeing Borudne, this person hurriedly knelt down on one knee: “My lord, they are here!”

Borudne was the wife and concubine who had just pushed away to serve him. After changing his clothes, he was already angry at interrupting his joy, and he was even angrier when he heard the messenger’s report.

“They? Varyags?”

“Yes. They! Here we go again.”

“It’s time to come.” Borudne’s veins were throbbing, “How many of them are here?”

“Maybe five hundred men, maybe not so many. But they have big ships! Frightful big ships!”

“Big ship?” Borudne thought about it vigilantly.

He had seen the great ships of the Ruth, and dreaded these dreadful monsters.

“It’s a big ship! And there are many of them. They are assembled in the territory of White Tree Manor.”

“The guys in White Tree Manor are dogs!” he yelled furiously, scaring the courier speechless.

He calmed down his heart a little more, and sighed: “Forget it, who told us to be weak.”

Borudne sent the envoy away, and looking back at the smiling Meiji in the inner room, she lost interest.

He summoned his cronies, especially his relatives.

The top ruler of Pine Needle Manor is a big family, and the current patriarch is Borudne.

Maybe this old man is not a qualified ruler, at least everyone sees hope in Vadim.

There must be a warrior to stand up for everyone whose wealth has been looted.

Borudne’s relatives gathered in his mansion. His only son Vadim sat casually holding a broad-bladed dagger in his arms. It was the sharpness between his brows that made his uncles feel a lot.

“The Ross people are here again. Has everything you prepared arrived?” Borudne asked casually.

Everyone looked at each other and smiled, some words really had to be kept in the bottom of my heart, and I couldn’t accuse Borudne of being too greedy.

Although everyone is relatives, even if the Ross people asked for much more tribute than before, in the end Borudne personally didn’t give much.

The pressure of the tribute was all delegated, and finally spread evenly to one farmer after another.

“What? No one said anything?”

At this time, someone shook his body: “Brother, everything in my house is ready, and there are not a lot of things that the farmers under my management should take.”

“Good job.” Borudne nodded.

Someone spoke, and everyone else began to report.

These people are all cousins and relatives of Borudne, but they can never imagine taking the highest power.

Even if Borudne’s strength has been severely frustrated over the years, even if his private soldiers can’t beat the Varyags, they have no problem dealing with the local tribesmen.

Perhaps only his son Vadim could defeat Borudne.

Everyone announced that their tribute was ready, but they said nothing about the oppression at Pine Needle Manor.

Some people dare not speak out, while some people have no feelings for the farmers whose wealth has been looted.

What about speaking the same language?

Those farmers should be willing to be poor, all this is determined by God.

“Since everything is ready, I guess the Ross people will arrive soon, so give them all these things.”

There was a sense of helplessness in Borudne’s words, Vadim was keenly aware of his father’s eyebrows, and there was no way to express the resentment in his heart.

Another person said: “Let’s give them the things quickly, and please leave this group of guys who came to bring disaster.”

“Yes! Also, let the women hide first. Those guys always search for women from us. If the men can’t find a wife, they will die and dare to do anything.”

“Yes! Women and children are all hidden. And beware of our farmers, especially those who owe rent, they are likely to drag their families and run to the Ross people. In my opinion, all those who owe money Everyone is imprisoned first.”

They talk a lot and try to implement a lot in their own interests.

It can be said that they have no intention of resisting Varyag’s raids at all, but are on guard against the escape of the people they control.

Because the Rus people urgently need a lot of labor to build a new city on the banks of the Neva River, it is a simple and effective way to absorb the population from Novgorod nearby, but this behavior is really a draw from the bottom of the manor in the Novgorod area.

The land is indeed very vast, so to control the population is to control the capital.

The Russians are no longer regular bandits who simply come to this area to demand tribute. The two sides have produced structural conflicts. The smartest people have begun to realize that the Russians are slowly hanging the native nobles of Novgorod with ropes. .

Vadim may not be a wise man, he did notice that the situation had become abnormal.

He listened to the conversations of his relatives, and watched his father’s reaction from the corner of his eyes.

Borudne finally said: “Okay, just do as you said. You all take care of your own people and don’t provoke the Varyags. Don’t worry, I will also exercise restraint.”

Everyone nodded in agreement, as if there was nothing to say.

Unexpectedly, Vadim stood up in a rage and scolded in front of all relatives: “You are all a bunch of cowards!”

The scene suddenly cooled down, and the quiet atmosphere was really suffocating.

Pairs of eyes stared at the young man with astonishment.

“Sit down for me, you don’t have a place to talk here!” Borudne said angrily.

“Shut up! You cowardly old guy! The manor is in your hands, and the brave bear has become a docile sheep!”

“you……”

Everyone saw the son rebelling against his father.

Borudne was taken aback, but felt secretly refreshed: This child has really grown up.

Vadim’s move was really reckless, or it was also a kind of bravery.

“What do you want to do? Resist them now? Do you think you are strong enough?!” Borudne raised his head and asked.

“Why not?” Vadim made up his mind: “Father, how long do we have to endure? The Ross people are getting stronger and stronger, and it will be too late if we don’t do anything! As long as we unite, we can gather two thousand men alone. .If we unite the entire lakeside people, and even go to the forest area to find those remote farms and ask them to send troops. We can gather 5,000 people, how can ten people defeat a Varyag? We only need to win once, and everyone else will support us , so that we can gather 10,000 people or even more. We have a lot of people, and we can do it!”

Everyone fell into deep surprise, not because Vadim threatened to resist the Ross people, but because this kid actually came up with a plan, obviously not just talking big.

Things have changed, but it’s not easy to unite the whole farm.

And White Tree Manor, this outlier, this shameful traitor!

Borudne didn’t let his son say any more. Anyway, this determination to resist was too bold, and the time to resist was not ripe at all!

What’s more, there are not many guys in White Tree Manor, and many of them are said to have made great achievements fighting side by side with the Ross people.

Have the farmers of Pine Needle Manor experienced a bloody battle?

absolutely not!

Even going to hunt bears in groups is daunting.

Most people just want to be content with being a farmer.

The meeting ended quickly, and Vadim was indignant at the cowardice of all his relatives.

He returned to his private soldiers, and confided his exposure to nearly a hundred young people of his age.

“It’s a bunch of sheep waiting to be slaughtered! I’ve been afraid of the Ross people, and sooner or later they cut their throats!”

His anger resonated with the guys, and with a brave belt, the seemingly cowardly person also instantly gained courage.

They were a group of young athletes screaming, cursing the hateful Ross people in their own territory, and the shamelessness of those defectors and the guys from White Tree Manor who were thieves.

All of them had axes in their hands, and many of them had rusty iron swords.

This set of weapons was basically created by Vadim relying on the loyalty of his buddies, and most of his buddies were demolished by the Rus many years ago, or were forced to give up their sisters.

Everyone has a deep hatred for the Ross people.

They try their best to abuse, not only to show their dissatisfaction to their peers, but also to cheer themselves up.

Their thinking became more and more extreme, and finally, someone brought up a crazy resolution!

“That old man from Rus is here to collect tribute again! Brother, let’s kill him. I think the Varyags will fall into chaos when that old man is dead.”

This statement made Vadim tremble all over, but it also aroused everyone’s thinking.

Big brother is hesitating, hesitating just wants to implement the plan!

Someone urged: “If we succeed, the cowardly people must choose sides. The Rus will retaliate, and our farmers will take up arms. We can’t beat them on the water, and we have more people to fight on land!”

Someone urged: “Our people are not sheep, they just lack a brave leader. Everyone will see that you are a great hero, and there will be ten thousand men following you! Brother, you are the strongest, you can call yourself a prince .”

The title of Prince, or Princip, is as popular in the Novgorod Ilmen Lake area, but the various manor owners have no face to claim such a noble title by themselves.

Vadim, a young man, was so instigated by his brothers that he didn’t care so much.

“Okay! I am the prince! The prince of Novgorod! I will take you to produce the Russians! Later, Varyag merchants can still come, but under my rule, they must pay us tribute.”

With such bold words and lofty ambitions, the brothers shouted long live.

Vadim’s appearance seems to be a play, but he is really brave.

A conspiracy is being secretly planned, and a group of young cubs are secretly sharpening their knives!

Borudne and his relatives didn’t know about this matter, nor did Otto and the people of White Tree Manor!

[End of this Chapter]