Rise of Rurik

Lake Ilmen and the city of Novgorod are a completely different world to King Bjorn of Sweden. Although there are a large number of Rus and other immigrants who speak Norse here, the largest number are locals who speak Slavic.

People here, whether rich or poor, use a lot of wood to build their houses. Not only the houses, but the walls of the entire city are also made of thick timber piled up in an orderly manner.

Any wood is first of all straight, and a house made of wood is naturally regular.

Compared to Novorosberg, the urban structure of Novgorod in Bjorn's eyes was worse. Even so, this big city is quite tidy. There are not too many winding streets here. There is no annoying smell of feces and urine in the visible lanes, and the roads under your feet are at least hardened.

Bjorn is first of all a large landowner of the Mellaren tribe, and secondly the tribal leader and king of Sweden.

His ancestors were also wealthy farmers who continued to accumulate wealth, and Bjorn still boasted that he had great experience in farming.

Just take a look and you will understand everything!

What was covered by snow was an astonishing area of ​​farmland. Everything could not be said to be similar to what we saw in Fort New Rose.

envious! envious! Deeply envious! And fear…

Bjorn's thoughts were extremely complex, as were the other visiting nobles.

Naturally, some nobles did not hesitate to think of new possibilities, such as Duke Svalgard of Glen. Because those rumors all came true, he saw a female noble with a very special identity and talked with her about some secrets from the past.

He was certain that the woman pulling a young child was indeed Carlotta, Duchess of Ostara.

Ten years ago, the Ostara tribe suffered a disaster. The two daughters of the tribe leader fled together and collided with the Gran people who were also fleeing. That was an opportunity for Svalgard, who was both young at the time, to meet the Carlotta sisters.

Carlotta had no feelings for the Swedish King Bjorn who suddenly visited him and was completely dispensable.

But it was completely different for Svalgard the Gran.

She had no opinion of the new Duke of Glens himself, but thought of his identity, and thought of the past. At that time, Ostara and Gran both lived on the southern border of the Swedish Tribal Alliance, and had been fighting on the front line with the Götalans for grazing pasture. The two tribes have coexisted for a long time, and the Gran people have always existed as vassals of the Ostara people.

When the disaster came, Carlotta had nothing but begged the Gran people for some food. At that time, she resented the stinginess of the Gran people, and even now, this resentment still exists.

However, a weak girl has grown into a female warrior, and a declining tribe has risen in a new form in the new world.

"It is said that you Gran people have still maintained the same attitude for ten years. I thought you were developing very well. Svalgard, it seems that your father did not manage the tribe well. Instead, my Ostara , everything is getting better, I am about to return to my past strength..."

Carlotta vented her grievances with arrogance, and also relied on these words to declare that Ostara was still much better than Gran.

Svalgard heard another meaning. If this woman wanted to restore Ostara's past existence, she needed the Gran tribe as a binding force.

He didn't dare to make a conclusion, so he asked quietly first: "I have come to the new world, at least let me go to your new territory to see."

"Okay, let me show you my warrior."

Carlotta does explicitly mention the word "warrior." In Svalgard's understanding, the Ostara people had basically lost their male members back then. How could there be warriors without men?

Speaking of Carlotta, she came to Novgorod to meet her man with her child Karl I in her arms, and also met a group of Swedish nobles who were visiting. She put a lot of thought into the construction of her territory at the southernmost point of the lake and the raising of her son. Because she was disheartened by her hometown in Sweden, she did not want to go back and see that sad place.

Sister Svetlana finally gave birth to a boy, so the Principality of Rus had the legal first heir. She was sincerely happy for the Russian people, and she also understood her position in the principality very well. Nominally, the Principality of Ostara and the Principality of Rus are equal in level. In fact, Ostara is a vassal of Rus and guards the current southern border of the Rus Principality.

She wisely did not stay in Novgorod, and according to Rurik's own arrangement, she took away a group of horses and happily went south on a sleigh.

At this moment, Svalgard was in the team heading south. The ensuing winter trip deeply shocked the Gran nobleman. The team went south along the ice-covered lake shoreline. All around could be seen large areas of farmland with clear ridges, as well as large and small settlements.

Carlotta's route home south was determined by Rurik, and it was a fact that the Duke of Gran intended to surrender. If he wants to go south to take a look, he should let this guy see clearly the strength of Ross.

Carlotta's sleigh was pulling more than 200 horses and a batch of oats, deliberately heading south along the east bank of the lake.

The lakeshore here has a large population, not only Mstisk and Youth City where the old Russians mainly settled, but also the villages built by the "hidden people" who were driven out of the forest have expanded to more than 30 villages. .

It can be said that during the warm period of 838, Governor Medved's men were busy entering the forest to search and arrest people, and they were very effective.

Old Russians and an astonishing number of children live in the east of Hudong, with a population of more than 10,000 men, women and children.

The total population of the new villages built by those "hiding people" has reached 20,000.

There are also old villages in Hudong that have existed since ancient times.

Compared with Lake Malaren, Lake Ilmen is much smaller and has a relatively simple hydrological structure. The population east of the lake is larger than that of the Melalen tribe at its peak, and the environment in which the people live is relatively compact. The impression based on Svalgard is that it is densely populated.

What he saw while sitting on the sleigh were villages one after another on the lakeside, and people rushing to fish in the frozen lake despite the cold.

Along the way, he could easily see wandering villagers, as well as a large number of children playing with the snow and building strange things. He often saw men and women carrying large amounts of firewood walking on the extremely solid ice road. .

It is obvious that the people living in the villages in the east of the lake are not as wealthy as the people in Novgorod. This can be seen from their simple and lack of elegance in their clothes.

Svalgard wanted to ask Carlotta something, but the noble woman was holding her child in a warm covered sleigh. She even luxuriously used crystal (glass) as a window, so that she could clearly see the outside world in the sleigh. landscape. However, he could only cover his face with fur, and finally put on sunglasses bought with a "huge sum" of ten silver coins to protect his eyes from the wind and cold, and his whole image became quite strange.

In New Fort Ross, he found the Ross people incredibly wealthy. In Novgorod, there are clearly a large number of foreigners living in the city. They speak Slavic and are obviously very wealthy.

However, as we headed south, it seemed that although the population of the new people we met was very large, their poverty was also obvious.

Could it be that as we go south we become poorer? Could it be that Carlotta was bragging about herself, but the new Ostara still has crotch extensions?

(Because they have just moved from the forest farm to the lakeside, these villagers have just started a new life)

They actually experienced a journey that was equivalent to a total length of fifty kilometers. The team was driven by animal sleighs, horses and deer for the whole day, and arrived safely in New Ostara just as the sun was setting.

A city built along the glacier stands in front of you. At first glance, it does not look as prosperous as Novgorod, but the scene here is extremely special.

The Ostara people are good at raising cattle and sheep. Others may not know it, but all the Gran people know it best.

In the new world, the Ostara people have resumed their old ways. A large number of gray-brown creatures are moving on the snow. They have huge antlers. What are they if they are not reindeer?

I’m afraid it’s not just reindeer!

There are a large number of thick sheds here, and you don’t need too many sheds to raise reindeer. There are many sheds, which can only mean that they are raising cattle and sheep.

The sled team stopped under the wooden wall. Svalgard sat cross-legged throughout the day. He immediately felt that his legs were too weak to stand.

Then he found a wooden stick to use as a walking stick and stood up strong, but was deeply frightened by the sudden charging of the beast. He stumbled and fell into the snow, making the Ostara people who came to watch laugh.

Even Carlotta, who was holding her child, laughed out loud: "Old friend, this is my city. Are you afraid of my big city?"

"No! It's these people on horseback. Ah!? Are they all your people?"

Carlotta looked at the cavalry, then at the guy still sitting on the ground: "They are all Ross cavalry. Get up! Their swords will not kill their friends. You are the Duke of Gran, there is nothing to be afraid of."

Duke? He is just the leader of a village of four to five hundred people. Such a small group is simply a small player in the eyes of the Principality of Ross. Along the way, he had become deeply aware of the pitiful population of his Gran tribe, and organizing a hundred warriors was already the limit.

Looking at the cavalry of Ostara City, there must be at least fifty cavalry in front of me.

The sudden appearance of the Ross cavalry in large numbers actually had no special meaning. Because the territory of New Ostara is the southern border of the principality, a strong army must be stationed. Although the Ross Cavalry is small in number, the current elite are all stationed here.

Before 839, the principality had only eighty cavalry. Some of the cavalry participated as infantry in the crusade against the Danish king and made military exploits. After the autumn harvest was completed in 838, they stationed in the south and successfully fought with Contacted by the Pecheneg delegation who came all the way.

The young cavalry warriors were all stationed here and even moved their families here. In this way, New Ostara, which had a small population, directly increased its population by nearly 200 people.

Rurik will not ignore the Ostara people's animal husbandry skills at all. They must raise horses, cattle, sheep and deer. In particular, the horse breeding industry must develop significantly in a short period of time.

The people of Ostara were ordered to raise horses, and they also learned to ride horses. As a result, Ross had 80 cavalry stationed in the south in name, but in fact the cavalry also reached 1,550. Even if the Ostara men or boys who have just learned to ride are just simple riders, they can easily frighten their opponents by standing on horseback with a spear in hand.

It was not surprising to see people on horseback, but the presence of cavalry in large numbers was shocking.

After all, Svalgard is an old friend of the Ostara people, not to mention that there are some men in this city who were actually Granites in the past. New Ostara is not a city, but a huge military camp.

The new Ostara has indeed undergone tremendous changes. As a duchess, Carlotta seems to have devoted all her attention to training cavalry.

The duchess herself also learned to ride a horse, and even shot an arrow while riding a horse. No matter how good her shooting skills were, being hit by the arrow would definitely lead to death.

Svalgard was a guest, and here he was familiar with cheese and cheese. It is said that the dark-haired visitors from the far south cannot walk and that their entire family rides on horseback. The Ostara people were clearly learning from the prairie people, but the long boats pushed onto the shoal still proved that they were northerners.

He lived in this city for many days and finally figured out something.

In the face of absolute strength, Svalgard knew very well that not only could he only respect Prince Rus as the King of Sweden, but now facing the Ostara people who were in trouble in the past, his own people were still absolutely weak.

It is not shameful to submit to a man, and it is equally not shameful to submit to a woman.

Everything has returned to the historical context of the past. Svalgard is in New Ostara and wants to explain his wishes to Duchess Carlotta.

Carlotta's own house was a large wooden ridge. After she and Rurik gave birth to Karl I, she voluntarily and wisely left the court of the Principality of Rus. She is a prince, and is legally the adopted daughter of Otto, the old Duke of Ross. As a subordinate of Ross, she has the greatest power in her own territory. After experiencing suffering, war, revenge, and now the renaissance she is experiencing personally, her temperament has become stronger, and the natural feminine charm in her body has inevitably faded a lot. She became a true female Viking warrior, a "she-wolf of the south."

Someone began to secretly give her such a name, but she neither knew nor cared.

She personally met with Svalgard, Duke of Glen, who had an important matter to discuss in her humble ducal palace. Under the attention of many warriors, Svalgard knelt down on one knee to perform the warrior salute.

"Ah?! What do you mean?"

"People from Ostara!" Svalgard's words were suddenly very formal and serious. "I have already thought about it. I will move my family to Rus. The Prince of Rus also supports this. I didn't know where to settle before, but now I have I have an idea. Let everything go back to the past, and we Granites will still be vassals of you Ostara people."

Carlotta understood immediately, and it was not beyond his expectations that he could say this.

To be fair, for the Ostara people who are not currently strong, they have a Gran guard around them, and their strength will become stronger after the population increases.

Guarding the southern border is not as simple as establishing settlements. The Principality of Rus must be wary of the Smolensk people, who at least are not friendly, and suddenly march north along the Lovati River to the Ilmen Lake area. They must also be wary of the Pecheneg armed merchant group. .

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She is worried that one day in the future, the Pecheneg people will suddenly turn against them, and she will be the first to bear the brunt of the attack. This was not her wisdom, but the fear of being attacked by a crazy attack and destroying her family and her family was like a mark branded on her body. She is just afraid! But I am not worried about the immigration of the Gran people. Because she has regarded the Gran people who have not yet arrived as a resource that must be absorbed.

She answered simply, but also thought carefully: "I can find you a piece of wasteland, and you can build a new settlement yourself. But you and your people should listen to my restraint. You know, I am the woman of the Prince of Rus , I was ordered to guard the south for Ross, you want to be my neighbor and you must listen to me."

Svalgard answered decisively, fully supporting it.

In a sense, Svalgard gave up his title of Duke. From his standpoint, what he wanted was never power or the title of Duke, but to lead the entire blood tribe to live a stable life. In the past, he was dependent on the Ostarans, and later on, he was dependent on the Yelmalen people. Now he has been promised that his entire family can be dependent on the Rus. But from the bottom of my heart, it is better to continue to live together with the Ostara people, so that the people of the entire Gran tribe will not have any objections, let alone feel aggrieved.

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