Rise of Rurik

When they left, the camp was just getting better. Now when they returned, a strong fortress was already standing on the riverside.

The newly built pier immediately showed its value. Although the only armed cargo ship could be anchored on the river, the other long boats were all attached to the trestle, and then tied to the trestle pillars by cables.

The black fox who came to Nassau Village for the first time had a very good feeling about the place. After all, the sense of déjà vu was too strong.

He saw many people approaching the pier. These people must be local residents, and the golden retriever guys dressed in traditional Nordic clothes looked particularly chic.

He saw his second brother Lan Hu, this guy was high-spirited and ambitious. It has been a year and a half since King Rus launched his expedition last year and the second brother personally joined the war.

For such a long time, the brothers Red Fox and Black Fox only knew that their second brother had made great achievements in a distant place. What his personal life was like, whether he had gained weight or lost weight, would only be known in person.

Black Fox jumped out of the boat awkwardly, patted his belly, took a deep breath, and waved to his second brother, Blue Fox.

"Third brother! It's you!"

Blue Fox saw clearly that it was his third brother, even though he hadn't seen him for a year and a half.

"it's me!"

"Oh! My brother, you have grown up."

The blue fox came with a smile and open arms, and so did the black fox. The two brothers, who were very different in age, hugged each other tightly, suddenly separated and violently broke their wrists.

Blue Fox patted his brother on the back again: "Boy, you are still so fat. If someone says you are a fat seal, they are telling the truth."

Black Fox thought this was a compliment and said instead: "Brother, you have lost weight. Could it be that the food here is not good and the sleep is not sound?"

"On the contrary, everything is fine. It's just that I do too much and have to think a lot. I can't be as comfortable as my hometown. Doesn't this make me lose weight?"

Black Fox had no intention of making any more pleasantries. He asked bluntly: "I met Henry Nassau in Utrecht, and that man promised me his daughter. Sophia, is my fiancée here? I want to see her immediately."

"You kid..." Lan Hu laughed and was speechless for a while. After holding it in for a while, he jokingly said: "You just want a woman as soon as you get off the boat?!"

"Otherwise. I'm a man."

"Forget it, I'll arrange for you to meet later. I..." Lan Hu looked at the brothers who were getting off the boat one after another, and was surprised to see that there were still some people dressed as civilians. "It seems that we need to have a good chat about other things."

"Yes. There are indeed other things." Black Fox muttered meaningfully.

The hills on both sides of Nassau Village are like city walls, and living in the valley and riverside area has natural isolation. If such an environment can make people who have lived here since birth lose their fighting spirit, just like poultry that has always lived in a pen and forget to fly, then for brave outsiders, such a key is an excellent fortress.

It is a good logistics base. The closed environment is suitable for training the army. The existence of waterways can connect to other areas at low cost, making military operations quite fast.

The black fox has two important things to discuss with the blue fox, and the blue fox also has important things to discuss with his brother.

First of all, Black Fox is eager to meet his fiancée.

How to meet? According to the old habit of the Gould family, they naturally prepare delicious food and wine, and discuss important matters through the banquet, including blind dates.

The solid pine wood table still exudes the scent of rosin. This smell can calm the nerves, but it cannot suppress the excitement of the black fox.

On the table lay slices of toast, mushrooms fried in butter, cubes of bacon, vegetable stew, honey yogurt, and freshly squeezed mountain grape juice. These are all cooked with local ingredients, and the variety is more abundant than in the north. Although the skills of the village girls are not good, the quality of the ingredients is better.

Delicious food could not attract Black Fox's attention. He complained that his second brother deliberately hid his fiancée. Did he have to perform a mysterious ceremony?

Finally, the disappeared blue fox appeared.

The fat-faced but observant Blue Fox was holding a little girl by the hand. She was quite young, and now she was specially dressed up, giving her a bit of Nordic style.

The Norwegian world likes to decorate the girls to be married with silver jewelry, while the Swedish world likes to braid flower crowns and match them with a large number of amber pendants. They all deliberately decorated their new wives with noble jewelry. Although Nassau Village was poor, the little girl fell into the hands of Blue Fox, so naturally she had to spend some time dressing up.

There are flowers here, but the shelf life of the flowers is very short, so the thin vines that have not yet been picked are woven into the crown, and some perforated silver coins are hung to make them look like jewels. Sophia wore this gorgeous tiara, put on the neatest clothes, and spent a lot of time dressing up to appear.

The little girl seemed very reserved. When she saw the fat older brother in the banquet hall, she subconsciously lowered her head.

Unexpectedly, his little chin was lifted up by a big hand. "Now, take a good look at your husband."

The blue fox's methods were a little rougher, and Sophia was forced to raise her head and look at the surprised black fox.

"Ah?! Brother, could it be that this girl is..."

"That's right. She is your fiancée." Lan Hu said firmly.

"It's too...young."

"You don't like it? She is Henry Nassau's only daughter."

"I...how dare I not like it. It's just..."

"Just too young? In my opinion, you are just as young. It doesn't matter, you will all grow up in a few years, and you can do whatever you want in the future. But now, some things are not okay."

"Yes. I understand."

Sophia is indeed too young, but she didn't eat well in the past, and her low figure makes her look even younger.

Henry Nassau did conceal this matter from Black Fox, who was new to Europe. As for Henry, he was also worried that his daughter would be too young to cause resistance from Black Fox. Henry finally settled the truth, and now whether Black Fox likes or rejects her, this political marriage is a certainty.

The black fox is easy to adapt to. To be fair, this girl has slightly bulging cheeks and a pointed chin. In a few years, she will definitely be very beautiful. She also looks very shy, but it just so happens that such a daughter belongs to a noble family.

The Barony of Nassau certainly cannot be run by this little girl and needs a capable and ambitious man.

The dialects of the Nassau tribe and the Norse language naturally have similarities, because after all, they were in the same family about 800 years ago. Sofia has been in contact with Blue Fox's Ross army for some time, and since Blue Fox can no longer let the girl live like an illiterate, he is deliberately teaching her Norse. The little girl learns quickly and is good at association and comparison. She has already learned a number of common expressions in Norse.

She had a strong curiosity about outsiders, but now her vigilance was gone. Sitting next to her fiancé, the little girl suddenly started the 100,000 why mode, and her little mouth kept asking questions.

"Is this girl so talkative? Is she a familiar girl?"

Black Fox felt that her initial predictions were wrong. In fact, she was not afraid of strangers and could speak some Norse with a strange accent.

And this is the weirdest thing!

The two brothers met after a year and a half. Heihu admired his second brother very much. After the unrealistic fantasies about his fiancée collapsed, his thoughts completely focused on how to build a career.

He is extremely young, and although he is a businessman, his sharp young mind has not yet been smoothed by time.

After eating and drinking, Black Fox said bluntly without any modification: "When I was in the Netherlands, Henry Nassau persuaded me to get a stronghold called Coblenz. When I arrived here by boat, I passed by the stronghold on the other side of the river. The fortress is said to be Koblenz.”

"How?" The brother was mid-sentence. He wanted to say what he wanted to say. Blue Fox had guessed it and was excited about it, so he smiled excitedly and said, "Do you want to take it down? Do it now?!"

"Of course! The king gave special orders to me and the fourth child when he was resting on Tombstone Island. Now that the fourth child is chatting and laughing with Henry Nassau and the Flanders nobles in Rotterstad, he has to give priority to meritorious service. I should quickly establish my merits in the interior. I was ordered to hold on to Ross's store in Nassau Village and to loot the land in the south. I must make achievements immediately so that I can send a messenger to report the good news to the king!"

"Then do it!" Blue Fox grabbed the meat-cutting dagger and thrust it on the pine wood table. The sound really startled Sophia, who was immersed in eating.

The two brothers had some misjudgments about each other on this issue. They both thought that their brother would hesitate, but in fact they were two wolves with fangs exposed, just waiting for an opportunity to work together!

But Blue Fox has never been a reckless person. He learned to be cautious during his time at Hedebe, and he also completed the first kill in the local conflict. He has become mature, ruthless, and cunning, and he is more aware that he must prepare well before a battle, and even consider how to end the battle after it is over. If it's just a long ship landing on the beach and the brothers plundering it, it's a typical piracy behavior. King Rus wants to be an efficient "troublemaker" and simply acts as a robber without systematic decision-making.

Putting aside the war, Blue Fox finally learned what kind of political marriage awaited his third brother.

Marriage is not a problem for non-direct male children in the family. If we strictly follow the Nordic tradition, heirs other than legitimate children have no right to inherit even one copper coin after their father's death. This tradition is actually derived from the daily life where materials are extremely scarce. Daughters get married early and concubines go off to work early. This is a way to prevent a family from having too many children and making the family poor. Since it has become a custom, the Gould family, who started out as second-hand dealers, are not exempt from it.

It is precisely because of this that the concubines lack nostalgia for their families. What's more, the status of the family is weaker than that of the tribe. Each bastard can not matter which family he is from, but must emphasize which tribe he is from or which tribe he is loyal to.

Marriage within a large tribe has never been a problem. Marriages into allied tribes are members of the other tribe. Since intermarriage has always existed, these are not problems.

The young Gould didn't even have a surname. If he had to say it, he would have identified it with the Unkras tribe in his ancestral home.

The Gould family began with this Gould who went on to make a fortune from the dividends of Ross's rise. Among the four brothers born to his first wife, only the eldest White Fox can naturally inherit the name of Gould.

Nowadays, the Blue Fox can already call itself "Gothenburg" in a high-profile manner. Through this political marriage, Black Fox had no problem suddenly changing his surname to "Nassau". As for the fourth red fox, if there are no major changes, he can call himself "Luterstad" in the future.

The Nordic world can be very casual about this matter, but the Frankish world absolutely cannot!

Frank Since Charlemagne established a feudal order, the "blood theory" has become a truth. The princes, generals and ministers are really talented. Just like the Barony of Nassau, the Nassau family must have the right to inherit it, unless the family is completely extinct or the place is abandoned by the family.

The outcome of this political marriage clearly exceeded Rurik's original designs. This Ross shop located in the hinterland of Europe was not a parasite in the Barony of Nassau, but King Ross's subordinates took over this place directly.

Is it good or bad?

Blue Fox asked his brother bluntly: "You will actually rule this place in the future. Who will you be loyal to? Who will you arrange for your descendants to be loyal to?"

Black Fox's answer was equally straightforward: "Only Ross deserves allegiance. I learned that Henry Nassau is loyal to the Principality of Saxony, and my descendants must be Ross's vassals."

Such an answer sounds very Nordic. Blue Fox thought about it carefully. In his opinion, Ross is now powerful. I want to become big in Nassau in the future. Without a strong backer, it will be difficult to compete with the Franks and the Franks. The Saxons and Thuringians mingled. He was convinced that his brother, who was eager to make achievements, could not compromise with the surrounding nobles. This boy's fat belly must be full of "stubborn and arrogant". Without the military deterrence of the Kingdom of Ross, the nearby nobles could unite and use encirclement tactics to defeat him. Sao Village was crowded to death in the mountain col.

So in principle, the Black Fox is just the "housekeeper" hired by Henry Nassau. Legally, the little girl Sophia is the noble. When a boy is born, this boy will be the real Baron of Nassau.

It is because blood theory dominates the Frankish aristocratic system that the two brothers must spend some time discussing these things.

Even according to the rules of the Frankish world, Sofia is still many years away from the age of marriage. Due to this situation, there is no age limit for engagement.

The engagement ceremony must be carried out according to local rules. In fact, Father Conrad did it according to the rules prescribed in the scriptures. Hearing that he had to take action, Conrad, whose sense of existence was already very thin, suddenly became enthusiastic.

There are only a few people in Nassau Village, and with the addition of a group of foreign fighters, the current population of this settlement is still less than the 2,000 people at its peak.

Weddings are a rare entertainment opportunity for villagers, and even funerals can be used as an opportunity for entertainment and social interaction.

The life of the villagers has always been too dull and boring, so the engagement between the fat little Black Fox and Sophia of Nassau is an extremely rare event.

The Black Fox has been converted, and the Rus warriors of various origins gathered in Nassau Village have also completed their conversion.

Even if you want to control this place, you must follow local rules. Black Fox is very cooperative with Father Conrad's explanation of the "rules".

The engagement ceremony was held in the village monastery. Both Black Fox and Sophia wore extremely simple clothes and were barefoot. They stood beside the blackened cross and took various oaths as required by Conrad.

For the bald Conrad, he was surprised and pleased that the new fat guy spoke fluent Latin. Out of compliance with his series of requirements, he felt that this little nobleman from Russia must speak better than his brother. Conrad just wanted to serve the Lord for the rest of his life. He only prayed that the local lord would not be shocking in his actions, and maybe this little fat man would not be very domineering.

However, the simple scene only exists in the monastery.

Soon, there was a bustle outside, and the buzz was like a hundred thousand bees flying around.

People most like to attend weddings or funerals because the organizers will definitely provide some food and drinks. In the past, poor people must seize any opportunity to eat and drink for free, so they flocked to the lively scene, thus creating a lively atmosphere.

Such tactics are not uncommon in the north. In the past two months, Lan Hu has completed the vertical management of all villagers' families. Then the opportunity of the third brother's engagement has to be used to win over them.

The blue fox held a banquet to entertain guests, and even the newly arrived Utrecht farmer immigrants had to enjoy the free wheat porridge and grape juice.

The prerequisite for everyone to enjoy the meal is that Blue Fox does have a batch of food stocks on hand, and of course he cannot squander it for a long time.

Sophia was too young but not stupid. She knew that everyone she looked around was cheering for this engagement ceremony, and she was the heroine of noble status. She also likes her fiancé Black Fox very much. This eldest brother is fat and noble, and his life is also very particular, or he speaks sacred Latin. He is really much nobler than those rough little nobles.

There are people everywhere eating wheat porridge, the air is filled with a strong smell of grapes and wheat, and there are cheerful people everywhere. Nassau Village has never been as noisy as it is today.

Sofia beamed with joy. She knew that everyone was here to attend her engagement ceremony. Such a grand occasion greatly satisfied this girl's yearning for glory.

The beginning of July happens to be a wonderful time for all things. The wheat harvest in the inland areas will be in early August, and now we are at the last moment of the summer famine. It happened that when the grain surplus in various regions was at the bottom, the Nassau village held a big banquet. The ruler even declared that the grain surplus was enough, and the villagers could still get silver coins and grain from working for the Russians. This was something that the villagers of Nassau could not even imagine in the past few years. thing. Everyone is feasting when they should be starving. Is this a gift from God? No! Even if everyone shouts Hallelujah, they still know that they cannot eat wheat like this unless the Russians come over.

Ordinary villagers have no worries, they only know that they can eat and drink well by doing errands for the Russians. Blue Fox and Black Fox allow everyone to do anything, including organizing militias to fight.

As a result, Father Conrad realized that he could only play a leading role in the engagement ceremony, and he was marginalized again when the banquet was held outdoors. He realized that he could no longer civilize the local people, and there were so many blond outsiders with weapons! Looking at the formation, I am afraid that the Earl of Lai Yingao next door would not be able to summon so many troops at once, but there is an army of nearly 600 people in the small Lanhe River Valley.

"Thank God, they have all converted to God and will not be harmful to us." Conrad comforted himself, and was silently chanting in the monastery, ignoring what was going on outside the window.

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