Rise of Rurik - Chapter 804

[Chapter 805]

Swind had to give an answer immediately, and he was caught in a huge tangle. Facing Ross’s aggressive posture, he obviously had no reason to refuse.

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He glanced at the warriors sitting on both sides out of the corner of his eyes, and asked tentatively, “Isn’t there… a third option?”

“The third option?” Rurik almost laughed when he heard the news, “No! You have to make a choice now. Listen, your island will have a chance to fish safely, it depends on your choice.”

A big stone was pressed against his chest, and the scene was so depressing that Swind nearly vomited.

He endured the discomfort and asked tentatively: “If I completely agree. The price… what is it?”

“The price? If you are servants, of course you have to pay the price. You make a choice! I don’t want you to dawdle any longer.” As he spoke, Rurik raised his haughty chin, first glanced at the envoy contemptuously, and then at Guangliang outdoors.

He deliberately pointed out: “The weather today is really good, very suitable for sailing. My army has been incapable of fighting for a while, they are eager to fight, and their swords and axes are eager to drink blood.”

“This… Prince Ross, what is the meaning of this?”

“Are you pretending to be confused?”

Swind is indeed pretending to be confused, although he doesn’t really believe that the Ross people will really launch a large-scale invasion this year for the ruined island of Bornholm, but the prince of Ross has already shown his sword.

“I agree!”

He felt that he had no choice but to agree in order to avoid disaster.

“Very good.” Rurik clapped his hands in praise, “You made a wise choice.”

Although Swind was sitting on the ground, he hunched his back and tried to raise his head, staring at the high sitting king with complicated eyes.

“So, what price do we pay?”

Rurik also poked his head, his face full of victorious joy: “Of course you have to pay the price, and it is probably the price you can pay. I learned about your current situation from other people, and thought that you might use a bunch of stinky herring Pay tribute, forget it.”

“You guys, what do you want?”

“people!”

“people?”

Swind was a little puzzled, but after thinking about it, it became more and more terrifying.

“It’s people. The most valuable thing on your island is people. Do you have many women?” Rurik asked this intentionally.

“Women? Not many.”

“Where’s the child?”

“Not much.”

“Are you perfunctory?” Rurik smiled, “There are so many lonely men with nothing but energy?”

“At least not as many as you.”

“Hehe. I think you just want to provoke me. You and your islanders probably don’t want to join, and that’s okay, because it’s not difficult to destroy you. Tell me, there are five thousand of your islanders?”

“There are five thousand men who can afford weapons.” Swind said grandly with his head held high.

He intended to make a small demonstration to Prince Ross, and the number of five thousand was just a casual statement.

This number really touched Rurik a little. He didn’t believe it was true. Maybe the other side could mobilize at least 2,000 troops.

This is indeed a large number. It was put on Ross’s vigilance a long time ago, but it is not a big deal now, because Ross can mobilize more troops.

Rurik didn’t like this envoy named Swind, obviously this guy was not shocked by the prosperity of the Principality of Ross.

It is such an island, even if surrendered, it is an unstable gang, a potential Lindenwan.

It stands to reason that there is no need for these guys to annex, the Principality must stretch out its tentacles, obviously relying on them to contain Denmark.

At this moment, Rurik thought of what Ragnar said.

Swind had struggled with surrender, and now Rurik also felt that the matter was beginning to become tasteless.

Maybe they shouldn’t be pushed too hard?

Finally, Rurik made his own conditions.

“Swind, it is meaningless for you to raise any conditions. Now you must obey several of my decisions. First, you must forcefully immigrate five hundred young women into Ross as my subjects. Second, your Fishing boats must start flying the Ross flag, and our ships will attack all unflagged fishing boats in that area. Third, you must firmly oppose Danish King Horik and end trade with Denmark. Fourth, give your islanders the right to choose freely, I invite some people to immigrate to Ross.”

The four clauses sounded in my ears, and Swind was surprised that Prince Ross seemed to have no more requirements besides these.

What about the requirement of paying tribute every year?

Doesn’t seem to be?

He lowered his head and analyzed carefully. First of all, if flying the flag of the Ross people, he would be free from attack and fish freely. It seems that this is a great thing, and it also means that ships from Denmark can attack Bornholm ships at will.

The fact that fishing boats hang flags gives outsiders the impression that the islanders are allied to Ross, and it also means that the entire island is against Danish King Horik.

Prince Ross’s request is very strange, it seems that Ross is only objecting to the current King of Denmark himself.

Granting the islanders the right to emigrate freely is even more fantastic than the so-called clause.

Think about yourself as an elected speaker. People who can settle on the island come from a variety of sources. They want to come and go, and there is no power to restrain them. If they are willing to be the subjects of Prince Ross, no one will stop them if they want to leave. .

The only thing that bothered Swind was the provision of five hundred women in the first clause.

He agreed to the last three items, but expressed deep concern about the first item.

“I’m not the owner of the island, I’m just a person elected by them. I can’t order those people to hand over their daughters. If you insist on doing this, maybe you can only issue orders to them yourself to force them to submit.”

“Ridiculous.” Rurik slammed his fist on the table, forcing a smile on his angry face: “I think our conversation is getting more and more boring. Am I negotiating peace with someone who has no authority? Since you can’t What else can you say?”

Swinder was in trouble: “My lord, I can only be responsible for part of the affairs. But the matter of handing over five hundred women…they are people, not animals.”

“Don’t you think that I ask for women to be animals? To tell you the truth, I am merciful, and these women will be rewarded to my warriors as wives. They are all Odin’s warriors, and they need a blond wife. My kindness has its limits! Looks like we don’t need to talk any more. Come here!”

Rurik gave an order, and the warriors on both sides stood up.

Swinde was in a hurry and wanted to chat again, but was kicked out by a group of warriors, and then thrown to the temporary dormitory to rest…

An envoy who came for peace negotiations lacks authority. Since this Swinder cannot promise absolute surrender, it is meaningless for him to make such a concession.

Through this boring negotiation, Rurik has an intuitive understanding of the real internal political situation of Bornholm Island.

Swinder said some nonsense in his defense, some of which inadvertently leaked real information.

For example, on the island, some big families elect speakers, and he, Swind, is just one of the patriarchs of the big families.

Swind can control the affairs of the family, but other families cannot.

This is also a good thing. If the people of Bornholm Island, each small family is a political unit, it is obviously easy to be broken by Ross one by one.

A new plan began to emerge in his mind.

…

“Just raise your troops and go to war!” At night, Rurik, who was lying on the bed, suddenly said sharply, which scared Svetlana to sit up suddenly.

“Ah?! War? You agreed not to fight? You…”

“Damn it. I just don’t want to pass up this opportunity.”

Lanna lay down gently again: “War, who are you going to fight? Aren’t the Karelians perished?”

“Of course it’s not them. I changed my mind. Bornholm’s envoys are simply ridiculous. I want to conquer by myself and force that damned island to surrender. I even have the confidence to surrender without fighting.”

“Win without a fight?”

“Exactly.”

“Okay. You are the prince, you decide everything.” Lanna grabbed her man’s arm tightly, smiling: “I will go too.”

“You? What are you going to do? You shouldn’t wander around when you’re pregnant.”

“That’s why I want to follow you even more. I have a crown prince in my belly, so I have to go…”

Is this a prenatal education?

Presumably she was tired of staying by Lake Ilmen, and wanted to go outside again to see the world.

“Okay, let’s go together.”

“Hey.” She smiled sweetly: “I’m a Varyag woman.”

“Oh? Thought you were a beautiful Slavic woman.”

“Both. Oh! I’m a Rose woman, your woman.”

Svetlana’s acting like a baby here is out of her own heart, and she is also going all out to strengthen her status in the Ross court.

She wants to try her best to please her, to be a charming woman, and also to be a Varyag female warrior.

All these are very useful to Rurik, as a man, Rurik is more willing to listen to her panting in his arms, that is the most powerful ecstasy soup for men…

He can only feel that Otto really didn’t miss him, and the Lanna he chose for him is really the most beautiful one among the many wives and concubines.

It was not obvious when I was a child, but now I really have three-dimensional facial features, a sharp chin, deep sea blue pupils and big eyes, and the most important thing is a pair of long legs.

She was originally on the thin side, but her long legs not only gave her an extraordinary height, but also made her look slim and agile, and the place where women are proud of grew up without any ambiguity.

It is such a beautiful woman who has experienced the war. She once fought with a bow as an ordinary soldier and actually killed the enemy. This was a great touch to the warriors from the old Ross tribe.

After all, it is a Slavic woman to be the wife of the prince. Is she qualified?

Oh?

!

She’s slashed enemies like a Valkyrie, and that’s totally different.

Another meeting will be held in a few days. Since Rurik has decided to use force to force the islanders to choose, there is no need to talk nonsense with the messenger Swind.

After taking a rest, Swind was taken away to the palace again. He thought about it all night and barely slept, but he still couldn’t figure out what Prince Ross wanted to do.

Ragnar was also ambiguous about the outcome of the negotiations, but he still had other things to do—talk to his clansmen and family members who stayed in Novgorod.

Ragnar even took a tour of the Ruth school, a close look at what the young “sages” were trying to indoctrinate to a large group of children.

Because, his eldest son, Ivar in a wooden wheelchair, was also taken to school to study.

It’s only been a month since he left, and the eldest son has already learned some things, the most important thing is the spelling pattern of the Latin alphabet in Norse. It is not difficult to memorize these letters and spelling rules by rote, so that the little one The little Ivar could barely spell the documents issued by the Principality.

Ivar actually dabbled in some more advanced things, how he, a seven-year-old boy, deeply understood such as Midgard (the human world) is a giant ball and Nordic is a small world in the extreme north.

Ivar dictated something to his father, which he didn’t quite understand, but gave Ragnar a great shock.

Do Rus people even know what the world looks like?

Did they know the exact location of Bornholm?

Also know the shortest route through the Danish waters?

Ragnar is a down-and-out lord. His status determines that he must have more considerations, and he is naturally aware of the importance of a map.

He has a certain understanding of this sea area, and knows the location of some islands, but he doesn’t know anything about the farther places.

He asked his son to stare at the patterns drawn by the young teacher on the blackboard made of pine rubber and toner during class, and rely on rote memorization to reproduce the patterns he drew with sticks and sand afterwards.

In this way, for the first time, Ragnar roughly understood the shape of the entire Baltic Sea, as well as the positions of the key Gotland Island, Tombstone Island, and Lake Mälaren in Sweden relative to the entire sea area.

Following this line of thought, I’m afraid that Spyut, who is also the royal pirate, has a particularly exquisitely marked map in his hand, otherwise their big ships would not dare to run around in the sea openly.

Ragnar didn’t have the nerve to ask, and secondly, he was afraid of causing the Ross people’s dissatisfaction.

Since Ross has a treasure called paper to wipe his buttocks after going to the toilet, their documents are also written on another kind of paper.

Ragnar simply drew a rough map on a piece of soft toilet paper, folded it and kept it.

But Ragnar never expected that Prince Rurik clearly did not want to negotiate with the Bornholms.

The next step is no longer in the category of secret talks, even before the meeting, a piece of news spread like wildfire.

Does Rose Heat intend to continue the war?

Rose wants to conquer Bornholm directly?

The news tickles the hearts of the men, who see war as a reward for money, wealth and honor.

Even the princes made a bottom line, the so-called personal injuries can be saved, and if they die in battle, their children can live comfortably.

This is what Ragnar saw and heard. The atmosphere infected the entire Stonewall tribe living in Novgorod. Most of the men who followed Ragnar in exile didn’t care about his personal ambitions. own benefit.

Yes!

The Bornholm people have no economic relationship, whether they are relatives or not. If they are killed, who will feel guilty?

On the contrary, it will impress the people of Ross.

A military meeting with a strange atmosphere was held in the Russian Duma parliamentary court in Novgorod. The meeting was unrivaled. Bornholm’s envoy, talker, and theoretical leader Sven De was also pulled over.

Swind also heard those rumors. Seeing the atmosphere in the venue, his teeth were itchy with anger. He was clearly deceived by the young king of the Ross people.

What promises peace?

After all, we still have to fight!

The people at the meeting were full of warriors, and they did not hesitate to make fun of poor Swind, and threatened to conquer Bornholm with ease.

Especially A Likai, he showed his power openly, so that Swind could only endure the humiliation.

Rurik arrived late, and he could hear the commotion from outside the venue.

With his entry, the chaos came to an abrupt end, and pairs of eyes glared at the prince of Rose.

“It seems that you all know it! Especially you!” Rurik pointed his right hand directly at Swind: “I wanted to negotiate with you, and I made some concessions to you. But I figured it out , the peace you can’t get on the battlefield, you actually try to get it through negotiations? Absurd! I have fought fiercely with you islanders many times, and I won easily every time. I changed my mind. I want to conquer by myself, just this year Make your islanders submit to me!”

Swind sweated, and simply took off his cotton cap. He bared his canine teeth and stood up, roaring angrily: “If you really choose war, we would rather fight. Don’t forget, we are all Vikings, who is afraid of whom? !”

He was so arrogant that he instantly detonated the atmosphere of the entire parliamentary court.

Everyone present drew their swords one after another, and as many as twenty swords approached his neck with a cold light.

On the other hand, Swind is still angry, he is not afraid at all.

Rurik shrugged. If the messenger was stabbed to death, the matter would not end well.

“Brothers, stay calm.” Rurik ordered everyone to sit down, and solemnly announced: “Conquest is necessary, but… maybe this will not turn into a bloody conflict.”

“How do you say that?” Swind asked suddenly.

“Fool! What I want are subjects, not corpses. When my army lands on the island, are the islanders really willing to fight to the death? So I want to keep you and let you tell them the benefits of surrendering to me. Let them see too My army will deter dissidents and kill those who resist.”

[End of this Chapter]