Rise of Rurik - Chapter 759

[Chapter 760 Stories from the West Reach Rurik’s Ears]

The people on the shore took the thrown cable and pulled the Salmon Chief to the pier of the pier.

All the cables were tied in fixed positions and fastened with dead knots, and the ship, still floating on the Volkhov River, was completely stable.

The rocker was lowered, and Spyut, who was leaning on the side rail, hurried off with his men to accept the curious questions of the people of Novgorod.

After all, most of the Novgorodians did not know about the privateering of this ship.

Since the Principality has built a fairly complete clothing processing industry chain in the Ilmen Lake District and Novgorod City, they subconsciously feel that this ship is here to deliver goods.

“You ask me if I send you leather or linen? It’s all wool!”

Spueut has a showdown, for him and the guys there is no need for this pile of wool.

Half of it belongs to the prince, and the remaining half is also sold to the prince.

People who got off the boat took a rest and boarded the boat again. The heavy unprocessed wool stuffed into the sacks was moved out of the cabin, put into the net bag hung by the human crane that had been drooped to the deck, and carried ashore one by one. .

Those laborers are well aware of the fact that the so-called everyone can eat the king’s salary all the time and receive four silver coins a month is based on the stable supply of textile raw materials.

If the supply is not smooth, the result will naturally be a reduction in production capacity. For this reason, the princes and lords will announce a temporary holiday, which is not what the cooks want.

In Danish commercial culture, goods such as wool are by default packed into a sack of 100 pounds, but it actually has the weight of linen.

Such an arrangement is actually an unspoken rule, which is convenient for transaction statistics and convenient for weighing with a large balance.

The wool is cut and bagged, and some leaves and weeds will naturally be mixed in.

After it is bought by the buyer, the first step is to boil it, and to clean the impurities is also to degrease.

Spuet sent people to guard the wool, eager to meet the prince and sell it as soon as possible.

As for the blue fox, even if it resumes a high-calorie diet in the past few days, it is impossible to return to a fat-headed fish in a short time.

It even feels so wonderful to be thinner, and the whole person can no longer accept the obesity in the past.

Because, with his combat power, he was able to hook his head and see his toes, which was unimaginable before.

After losing weight, I feel relaxed, can run fast, and can jump to catch high branches, all of which were impossible in the past.

There is even another kind of miracle!

He often feels inferior to the shortness of his third leg, never expecting that after losing weight, that leg will still grow.

As a man, nothing makes him more confident.

He was ambitious, and soon after he arrived at Tombstone Island, he found a family maid to have sex with and experimented with, and then accepted him as his servant.

Not to mention, this man is affectionate.

Arriving in Novgorod today, Blue Fox changed his outfit and returned to the image of a Ross businessman.

The gorgeous clothes are on, and the beard has been renewed. As for those beliefs, let’s put them aside.

The various performances of the blue fox naturally made Eskiel feel uncomfortable all over. Unexpectedly, Joseph Blue Fox has not changed at all, and he is still the barbarian businessman.

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However, the blue fox did not give up his faith. He still hung a cross on his chest, and at the same time hung a statue of the elf Nymph, and even bought a miniature wooden statue representing Frey from a woman on Tombstone Island.

He doesn’t understand Bodhisattva and Buddha, otherwise he would have to add more pendants on his chest.

This kind of thing is intolerable to Eskil. If a person does this kind of thing in Frankish territory, he will be sentenced to hang.

But he did such a serious thing and still has religious status, and Eskill would not choose to report it.

Smart, he chose to ignore it, just because this old guy didn’t dare to do anything that might offend the Mauros after the experience of the year.

It was also the first time for Eskil to come to the hinterland of Eastern Europe, and he was keenly aware that the men and women onlookers were definitely not Viking fanatics like the Ross people just from their appearance.

Their hair is generally brown, unlike the taller blue waves and extremely deep eye sockets of the Ross people. The facial features of these people are slightly flatter, and their chins are generally pointed.

They didn’t speak Norse either, and now Eskil couldn’t hear their conversation at all.

But this is indeed the territory of the Principality of Ross.

Could this be the ruled Slavs in the eastern domains that the Rus princes used to describe?

Rurik arrived late with a lot of pomp and circumstance. The armed mercenaries dispersed the crowd, and he came to the dock area to find out what was going on in a flashy outfit.

“Sput, you came here directly. It’s good, so I don’t have to go to New Roseburg to summon you…” Rurik said politely.

Let’s look at Spueut, this guy’s actions are very direct, pointing directly at the pile of brown sacks, because he was a little stuttering because he was too excited.

“Look! These things! They are all the treasures we snatched in the Danish waters.”

“Baby? What is it?”

“It’s all wool!”

“Ah! Wool?!” Rurik was instantly ecstatic, needless to say, he pulled out his dagger and hurried away, angrily pierced a cloth bag, and the pressure of the compacted wool was instantly released, and the ball of wool was crisp ” Spray” out.

“These sacks are all wool? Haha!” With his sword closed, he punched Spueut’s chest vigorously, and praised happily: “When I was most short of raw materials, you sent a boatload of wool, you are the hero of the Principality .”

“We also killed a lot of people, and…”

After a while, the sailing life was delivered to Rurik, and Spuet continued to smile: “I’m sorry, my lord, but I can’t use your beloved Latin alphabet. I recorded it in our traditional characters. Please take a look at your past combat experience.”

“Very good. I will hurry up and study. It seems that your actions have indeed killed many enemies, and you have indeed carried out my orders.”

“That’s natural!” Spueut was waiting for the prince to say this. He snapped his fingers, and the three of them put on their clothes and began to work together to pull a cable.

At first no one felt that the cable was pulling anything, but it went all the way out into the river beyond the stern.

They gritted their teeth and tried their best, and before the onlookers saw what the favor was, the stench that was enough to induce vomiting spread first.

Rurik is a man who has experienced bloody battles. When he smelled the breath, he immediately covered his neck, his brows were furrowed in excitement, and then he took a closer look at the thing that looked like a bunch of round cantaloupe hanging in the water net pocket, and instantly understood that it was head.

Because the Nordic people’s hair is all blond, and even gradually turns white as they grow older.

The face of the deceased will gradually turn gray and then gray and brown, but the hair will still be golden.

“Damn! I know you killed a lot of enemies, but I didn’t expect you… let them stuff these stinking things back into the water. It’s time to throw them into Lake Ladoga when you leave.”

“But……”

Rurik didn’t want to say much, and hurriedly said: “I will give you a bounty, stop the stench from spreading now.”

Spueut made a gesture, and the stench gradually dissipated.

The effect of this encounter can be called an explosion. Many women onlookers fainted immediately, and many squatted down and retched.

The mercenaries followed Rurik’s order to drive away all the idlers, so that the standing figure of the thin man in gorgeous clothes and another thinner man in black robe was too obvious.

“You? Who are you?” Rurik noticed the two and raised his hand to ask.

The gorgeous thin man walked straight up, taking off his hat to reveal a Mediterranean bald head that did not match his age.

In fact, this is not always the case. This person’s head was forced to shave off the blond hair, and dense golden hairs are sprouting on the top of his head.

“Your Majesty, although I have almost changed my body, I am Bralev Gouldsson, and I am Blue Fox! I am the person in charge of the Danish market you appointed!”

“You’re a blue fox?!” Since the person in front of him had a long, thin, square face, which was completely different from the head of the big fat fish in the memory of the blue fox, Rurik subconsciously backed away, naturally not believing it at all.

The blue fox shrugged: “Indeed, I was besieged by a thousand Danes. Even though many of them were killed, my people and I still failed. Thanks to the tunnel dug at the beginning, I managed to escape. As for the later , I fled to Frank, spent a year of wandering life, and now I finally come back to you.”

He spoke like this, and Rurik believed it a little bit, but these descriptions were too fantastic no matter how you think about it.

Sure enough, the skinny old man in black robe came with a wooden cross stick. Needless to say, all the attire of this guy was the most typical missionary.

Looking at this man’s face, Rurik immediately thought of the old guy: “Don’t talk about it! Let me think about it. I only give a Frank the privilege to be able to arrive in Ross on my ship and meet me. That is You, Esquier! That goddamn guy who has been persuading me to believe in you!”

To be scolded by the prince all at once?

As soon as the anger in Eskil’s heart became a flame, he was suppressed by his own belief power, because according to what he believed in, the violent anger in the seven deadly sins must be restrained.

Eskil saw the grown-up Prince Rurik. As expected, the prince had the appearance of a real man, his stature became taller, and his cheeks to his chin were covered with a thin layer of golden beard. Obviously these The beard was still intentionally trimmed.

He hurriedly explained his identity, and publicly revealed: “There was a terrible war in Hedeby, and there were dead people everywhere. I took in the distressed blue fox, but I was almost killed by the Danes. But what do you ask me to do?” Now that everything is done, I… also want to have a good chat with you.”

Eskill hinted that he already understood very well that the pier is naturally not a place for parliament.

A huge amount of external information came in in a short period of time, and Rurik had to sort out his head, especially to investigate whether the “gorgeous thin man” was really the former fat fish.

The wool was divided into two, and Spueut sold his own share at a very low price, so that the prince would not ask for other spoils.

During the three months before and after the overseas private plunder, they did not grab many silver coins except for the seizure of a cabin of wool.

This year, we can go to the Danish waters again. Considering that the local wheat harvest is also in August, it is just right to make another fortune during the prosperous trade period in autumn.

The people of Spyut rested in Novgorod and bought daily necessities from this prosperous city.

The finished gowns, which were sold openly, immediately caught the attention of the “Royal Corsairs,” who were no fools to know that these intricately tailored garments held up well against the cold and wore them perfectly.

This is the flagship product of Rurik’s state-owned garment factory, and now it is purchased for pirates at the ex-factory price of 20 silver coins a piece.

Not only did they buy this, they bought leather boots, leather gloves and a hat together, and they also bought an extra piece of simply sewn blue and white sea soul T-shirt from the garment factory.

With such a purchase, Rurik could clearly know that they actually got a lot of silver coins. According to the agreement, half of the money would naturally be collected and returned to domestic funds. Now, wouldn’t it be better to harvest the wealth they plundered by commercial means?

Rurik doesn’t care about the affairs of Spyut for the time being, only the content of this sailing life has attracted his attention.

Ten wives and concubines transcribed the content into Latin letters overnight, and finally compiled the translated documents and placed them in front of Rurik.

Now Rurik finally understood what they were doing in the Danish waters, and even met Eskil and his party by chance.

But compared to Blue Fox’s Adventures, these are nothing.

Rurik, Old Otto, Blue Fox and Eskil, the four of them had in-depth talks in the city of Rossdumane.

And Svetlana sat on the side to record the content of the meeting.

The Hedeby war, the follow-up actions of the new Danish king Horik, the tough attitude of the Franks towards Denmark, and the market life in Frank, especially East Frank, are all within the scope of the talks.

In contrast, the issue of the religious status of Rurik’s de facto eldest son, Regalaf, was indeed confirmed. Eskil took out the Pope’s approval and wrote it on parchment in beautiful Latin fonts. The entire document Then it was signed and confirmed by the Archbishop of Reims, Sinkelmar, who recognized Regalaf’s religious status, Christian name John, and the first heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Mercia, and ratified the deceased Mary as Queen of Mercia.

There was a reason why the Holy See was so happy. If Frank looked down on the Viking barbarians in the north, the Holy See’s attitude was the other way around.

In the past two hundred years, Rome has sent priests to the north on a large scale to spread the faith. Esquier was canonized as a “saint of the north”. The event, that is, “the principality of Ross in the north is expected to convert the whole country”, and pointed out that this is his own credit.

Naturally, these are all the bragging of the elderly Eskil, and they are also beautiful long-cherished wishes, not to mention that this guy also denounced the convert Horik as the king of Denmark and betrayed him.

The Principality of Ross has come to be an enemy of Denmark. The Holy See has no strength to fight against the rebellion now, but they are happy to see the Frankish army launch a crusade.

If the Ross people are included again, the situation will be very good.

It is not true that the Holy See does not involve secular power. They are in the Apennine Peninsula and now they are their own country. Even if it is a heaven on earth, there are too many worldly troubles.

Whether or not the child’s father was a barbarian, the child was baptized and indeed descended from the legitimate kingdom of Mercia.

Mercia has no legitimate king now, and they really need an official confirmation from the Holy See. The attitude is pure rage, and large-scale revenge will inevitably be launched when the time is right.

Legolaf has the status of a high-ranking nobleman, and the Principality of Ross has the legal qualification to directly control that small kingdom.

But things in Denmark are too complicated.

Unexpectedly, the international situation has become turbulent. Not only the Ross store in Hedeby, but the whole of Hedeby has become a battlefield.

Because Eskil left from Bremen, the local count got Prince Ludwig’s army withered.

In addition to bringing all his followers, the earl also recruited a group of peasants in a surprise attack and organized an army to respond to the call.

It seems that the main force of East Francia is mobilizing, at least the Earl of Bremen has been ordered to attack Denmark.

Is it because of some deeds of the new Danish king that the Frankish-Danish war broke out?

In this way, even if the Danes do not attack the Ross store, the Frankish army will.

The war caused Ross to lose the Danish market. From Rurik’s standpoint, the enemy expanded from Denmark to Frank.

This exhausting meeting made Rurik sweat all over, and the overwhelming amount of information forced Svetlana to record ten pages.

But the blue fox who had become thinner at the meeting kept winking, and it was obvious that this guy had more private information to explain.

[End of this Chapter]