Rise of Rurik

It was the first time that the blue fox had entered the monastery. Co-authored Frankish temples are so shabby?

Eskil is not the case. He saw the blue fox looking here and there, and immediately started his own business.

This old guy smiled to the blue fox to promote: "You are a noble person, you should also have a great faith."

"Faith?" Lanhu couldn't help but take a step back and suddenly understood the man's intentions. "Eskil, I know your name. Why? I'm just Lord Rurik's messenger."

"Yes. It doesn't matter if you put a sand clock later on important things. Those armed men believe in Odin, but you! You must not believe that. You are not a warrior, you are a good person, and you believe in our god. It's still too late for the letter."

"Really? I still prefer gold and silver, oh and women."

This little fat man explained that, the co-author is the kind of weirdo who doesn't believe in any gods? In Esquier's view, this kind of talent is the easiest to influence.

"You should believe in at least one god." Esquil's words were meaningful, even a little philosophical: "We don't know the future, but the Almighty Lord must have decided everyone's destiny. Believe in our Lord, You will avoid all kinds of disasters. Each of us will die, and I can see that you have a noble soul, believe in our Lord, and your noble soul will go to heaven..."

"Don't!" Lanhu waved his hand vigorously: "Don't say it anymore, I will consider whether to listen to your suggestion or not."

He didn't say anything, which meant that there was drama to come, and Esquil didn't think his persuasion would be immediate. This is more comforting, and some more material is added in the words: "You know, Hazelby is a land of no one, and the diabolical gangsters that breed in the mud are most staring at you big businessmen, they are not afraid of anything. , I would rather take the risk for the sake of money. You should consider it carefully, believe in our Lord, and you will be blessed by the Lord. And to be more realistic, the Earl of Hamburg, the Earl of Bremen, will give you real blessing. "

"Want the protection of the Frankish nobles?" Blue Fox did not expect that this Frankish monk would say such a thing. A monk is qualified to say this? He burst into laughter, his words disdainful: "I am the one who was sheltered by Prince Rurik."

Eskil, who has traveled all over the world, is also doing his part: "It's better to think about it. This is already the domain of the Lord! Prince Ross is indeed great, but he is too far away. In this city without a master, Frank will give you some real facts. Really helpful. It's just that you have to truly become us..."

As a businessman, you can't do anything, not to mention that Hazelbi is not peaceful. A smart businessman knows the truth of multiple friends and multiple paths.

The blue fox calmed down and said with a commercial smile: "I will consider your suggestion carefully. I believe in your kindness. Now, I don't want to waste any more time."

He immediately gave John Ingvar a look, and immediately the rope of the cloth bag he had been holding was pulled away.

John Invall spread out the rolled up letter paper and sent it to the teacher Eskill's surprise.

"Pada, this is a handwritten letter from Prince Rurik to you. Don't worry, it's in Latin."

"All in Latin? He..."

Eskil didn't know how to answer. At first, he thought it was a parchment document, and it felt a completely different texture in his hand.

What a strange writing material, like parchment and cloth. He didn't know about paper. He had been operating in the northern part of the kingdom, and he didn't know anything about papyrus.

Of course he can quickly understand the Latin content of the letter,

It's just that the content is so peculiar.

"Ah! The auditorium is out of place. Come with me, we'll go to the clerical room."

Eskil was a doer, and the monastery was his home in Denmark. He must regularly summarize the results of his work, and then send the letter to the nearest Earl of Hamburg, through the Earl's messenger, to Prince Ludwig.

He was essentially the most important missionary in the Northland, and the most radical of the spread of the faith in Denmark, and he had a high position in the church and had the right to write letters on expensive parchment.

He wasn't surprised when he saw paper for the first time, because he had absolutely no idea what it was.

The document was actually written by the handsome young warrior king in Rurik himself? The font is a little weird, but I have to say that the font is neat throughout.

With this one document alone, he became very interested in Ross.

The content of the document involves major events and even describes very bizarre situations.

Eskill had read the paper, which was all about describing a request from Rurik.

He let out a long breath, "It's completely true? John, tell me the truth, don't lie."

"I can not."

Eskill looked at the fat blue fox again: "My students are honest, and I don't dare to doubt Rurik and you, but... you actually kidnapped the princess of the kingdom of Mercia, Wessex. The bishop of the kingdom wrote to tell me about it. I tell you clearly that I know the girl named Mary."

The blue fox immediately became interested: "But Mary is dead. The letter clearly stated that the cemetery is by a lake in the far east. My master is asking you to admit that her child believes in your Frankish god."

Esquil's heart was beating wildly, because this boy named Regraf was Rurik's son! The death of Queen Mary is a tragedy, but what is not a miracle when a boy is born with a broken abdomen?

"John, did Regraf get baptized?" he pressed.

"Yes, I am the Baptist."

"Ah!" Eskil's bald head looked up at the wooden ceiling, "Lord! Rurik of the East is a lamb that has been shaken, and his son has believed in you..."

Blue Fox couldn't understand the chatter in Latin for a while, and he was a little impatient: "I just want to get a quasi-belief. Do you recognize this child and grant him a teaching status?"

"Of course! I admit that kid, it's just..." Eskil was obviously reserved.

"How?" Blue Fox asked.

"My John is not qualified to be baptized. I will leave him in the North. John is not an official pastor. Previous baptisms don't count."

"Okay I see, I'll tell my master, Frank refuses to admit it."

Lanhu's words are taken for granted, the words themselves are neutral, so what Lanhu the child believes in is too lazy to care.

Eskil, however, felt that he had offended the distinguished guest: "I have no ill will. You are going back to Ross in the fall, and this time I am going with you. I am going to see Rurik in person, and I am going to give Reglavs in person. Wash. I also know that Mercia is in chaos, that child is indeed the orthodox heir to the throne, and I will take him to Rome at an opportunity to officially gain the throne..."

Eskil speaks a lot in the Norse Danish dialect, and the blue fox doesn't care what the guy says.

The blue fox heard that the old boy planned to go to Ross again, and he would make it clear to the prince in person. Anyway, this is better than debriefing yourself.

In the end, the blue fox didn't tell Esquil his answer. He was very interested in the Frankish monasteries, and he visited the worship hall, the confessional room, the baptism room and so on.

I have to say that this experience has a strange feeling for the blue fox. The most peculiar thing is that he can't see any statues of gods, only a unique wooden sculpture depicting a man nailed on a cross.

Since the blue fox is interested, Esquil also intends to introduce more.

The monastery lacked gold and silver utensils, the Frankish monks all lived in hardships and wore extremely plain clothes, and their bedrooms were extremely monotonous.

Believe in their gods to have a hard time? Who wants to believe this.

However, if their gods can prevent disasters and bring good fortune, believe it.

The blue fox joined his armed guards who were waiting outdoors, and casually described what he had seen to his brothers.

Someone asked why that John Ingvar didn't come out.

Blue Fox's explanation instantly caused everyone to laugh: "That guy likes that monk, just like a wife likes her husband. That guy has a problem with his mind, he will serve that old guy..."

Do men still like men? Even the friendliest comrade-in-arms won't go any further. Blue Fox and his guys don't understand, so naturally John thinks it's happy, let him go.

Blue Fox has his own way of rewarding his brothers, so he takes them to find happy women. There are several happy places in Haizebee, and the owners of those facilities are also friends of the "commercial guild". It's easy to have a good time and talk to the old folks about the trade, because they are also in the leather business.

John Ingvar stayed in the monastery, which used to be his home, but after two years of absence, it has indeed changed a lot. It is familiar and unfamiliar here, and what remains unchanged is Esquil's attitude towards himself.

He came back this time naturally with a little bit of Ross's specialties, adding a little soap made of honey and chrysanthemum water, and his body exuded a strange fragrance after he took a bath.

Fragrant scent is considered to have divine power, John Ingvar has been in the north for many years, and the whole person has become holy?

"Wow! You're like an angel."

Esquill welcomed his students, his "lover," and John Ingvar was as obedient as ever.

After a long absence, Esquill got a catharsis and listened to John's more detailed report.

John was very detailed and rough, and some general but crucial information caught Esquier's attention.

The mass emigration of the Rus to the East could be a place of prosperity. The Normans love war, killing and plundering. This has always been criticized by Eskil. It is incredible that Rurik, the prince of Rus, is ploughing wheat with his clan.

If the Rus people stop using violence and become docile farmers, they may be able to live in the East...

The more he thought about it, the more Esquill felt that it was more meaningful to go to the East to contact Ross, who had immigrated, than to expand his followers in northern Sweden.

As John Invall described it very clearly, the Raja Rus personally authorized the construction of a small monastery. The beautiful boy in Rurik has never been excluded, so he has a huge opportunity.

Before, John Engvar was not a pastor, but now Esquill is drafting a document. He has officially recognized John as a pastor and is qualified to be a true missionary, but he still needs to go through a legal process.

In the north of the Franks, the Archbishop of Reims manages all the bishoprics in the north of the kingdom, and all priests need to be officially certified by Reims. The Archbishops of the Frankish Kingdom and all the dioceses of Western Europe need to be appointed by the Patriarch of the West, which is the so-called Pope of Rome.

This is a very rigorous system, inherited from the collapsed Western Roman Empire, and now the huge Frankish kingdom that has been essentially divided. All the nobles support this system, so the kingdom is already essentially three princes who govern themselves. Faith remains the same.

In this era, they still firmly believe that relying on a mouth and charitable actions can influence others. Esquil has never used any force in the past few decades, and he has never dared to use any force. Fortunately, no external forces really want it. his life.

Rurik's previous house arrest was considered crude, and of course Esquil's actions were uncharacteristically aggressive.

He is now staying in the unowned city of Heizerby, Denmark, and has learned to behave well, for fear that the radical missionary behavior will be crowded by a certain force.

It took a full five days for John Ingvar to return to the Ross store. He was almost unrecognizable in his black robe and black cap.

Armed is that the guards are all laughing, carefully observe whether this kid is limping, not to mention, there is really a little, and then he is laughing again.

John Invall didn't know what these guys were laughing at. He came back today just to report something to the blue fox.

The most important thing is that the teacher decided to go to New Roseburg in the East in the fall. Eskil still has a lot of thoughts, so he doesn't need to tell the big businessman Blue Fox.

These days, the blue fox doesn't care about John Ingvar's personal safety at all, and he won't hurt his baby if he wants to come to him.

In the past few days, the blue fox has attended the meeting. In a long house by the sea, thirty big businessmen with financial resources from all over the city gathered together.

A pair of wolf-like eyes staring at the blue fox, this little fat man is the intersection of attention.

Because the Ross squirrel skin brought by this kid is too much, and the price is very comfortable, which attracts everyone to buy it frantically.

The guys are not short of money, and a lot of silver coins are sent to the Ross store, but no amount of leather is limited, and conflicts and disputes will inevitably occur.

In a sense, Lanhu is already the president of this loose merchant guild, but in reality, "President" is just an empty title, and only interests are the most important.

He preached at the lively meeting: "We are all businessmen, and we will always cooperate for the benefit. If this is a fight with each other, it will be too bad. Everything is contradictory and the point is that you desire more leather, and I bring The number of hides still does not meet your needs, we may discuss a distribution principle."

The blue fox didn't worry about the difficulty of selling leather at all, because he and old Eric had really understood through the mouths of this group of mixed merchants that the leather was not only sent to the Danish market, but a lot of leather would be sent to the Frankish kingdom. A lot of lords, big or small, are all buyers!

Don't they catch squirrels and ferrets themselves?

Of course, they were also caught, but there were not many small animals in the kingdom, and that point of receipt could not meet the needs of the Frankish nobles. To want more is to invade Venderslav's territory, which means war.

Because Frankish merchants will also pursue greater interests, precious leather from the north can be transported to the south of the kingdom to make great profits, especially to Greece and Anatolia, where the Eastern Roman nobles are even more northern leather Big consumer.

How does the low price offered by the Rus make Hazelbee businessmen emotional? That is a whole 30,000 red squirrel hides, which are the hides of the giant squirrels that have disappeared in the Frankish territory!

It is true that in the no-man’s-land in the cold zone of Northeast Europe, the Rus people directly use crossbow to aim and shoot for hunting, coupled with the traditional net bag trap operation, all the small animals in the undeveloped land are swept away.

Besides, the Ross shop is selling pure white polar bear skins this year. If this is sold to the Frankish nobles, one skin can make a fortune!

Blue Fox already knew that leather would mainly flow into the Frankish market, and it would be too risky to do business in Frankland. Now that a large group of buyers are snapping up, he and Prince Ross can easily make a lot of money quickly!

Blue Fox pioneered the concept of futures in this meeting. However, the invention of the concept of "futures" is also a necessity, and when economic activity reaches a certain scale, it will begin to appear.

All the merchants announced their financial resources to each other, and then they compared each other, and then said that they would buy it at a certain price.

This is the expected price of various animal hides after negotiating large quantities of hides entering the Hazelby market next year. This has evolved into a housing market. All businessmen want to eat the biggest cake, so the price is naturally to raise a higher price to take the most share.

When the blue fox realized that by letting them toss like this, he could gain great benefits, so he let them mess up. He has a floor price, as long as they don't offer less than that.

Blue Fox didn't know anything about the concept of "tulip mania", or all businessmen didn't know or understand this concept, but their group of businessmen had already started to act.

Especially the blue fox, he started a very advanced action.

This year's leather has been divided up by the merchants, and Blue Fox signed a brand new agreement with these merchants.

He promised that 30,000 large squirrel skins would arrive at Hazelby next year, and the agreement signed by the wooden paperwork was this amount. A higher price is determined by the merchants, and everyone also determines their own purchase share, which is determined in the form of documents.

Such an interesting thing happened, and some businessmen suddenly realized that the documents and vouchers in their hands can be sold to their counterparts, so that they can get a sum of money immediately. Or buy the certificate of the peer, and you can get a huge share of the purchase, so that a large amount of leather can be pulled to Frank to earn greater benefits.

These are the later stories...

Lanhu is indeed an excellent businessman, but his imagination is still a little short. He was very happy, because the old business families of Hazelbi were all about trade reputation, and subjectively they would not dare to bad reputation. This operation of his own has won Ross a clear market for a large amount of leather next year. Isn't this a great achievement?

He suddenly even felt that his seat had surpassed his elder brother Baihu and his father.