Rise of Rurik

How does the First Temple in Neurosberg, which is built of stone and covered with a large number of glass sheets, compare to the Great Temple in Uppsala, Sweden?

According to the description of the Uppsala tribal envoy, the temples of the Rus are built with gems inlaid in the buildings and the statues of gods are cast in gold, but the style of the sacrificial rituals is completely different from that of the Uppsala people.

The envoy has his own cultural arrogance, but due to the strong strength of the Russian people, he dare not explain it clearly.

"Although the Uppsala Temple is a wooden building, it is very large in scale. Although it is not as decorated with a large number of gems as you, there is a huge sacred tree next to the temple..."

The messenger's description made Rurik very curious. He had never been to Uppsala in his life, and he did not understand their ritual standards.

"Holy tree?"

"It's the Holy Tree." The messenger emphasized one word: "Yggdrasil."

"Is it the World Tree in our belief?"

"No. As a World Tree, it is too small. But it is a giant tree that reminds everyone of the World Tree."

"Is it the World Tree in the human world? No wonder you want to build a big temple there." Rurik didn't care before. As he was about to become king in Upsa**, he learned that there was a giant tree there.

As a powerful king, Rurik does not have to live in Uppsak. The past three kings of Sweden were all from the Melalen tribe, and the place where they became kings was in the so-called Melalen Market, which is today's Port of Birka.

Sweden in the past could be called the Melalen Dynasty, but what about the future? Naturally, it was the Rus dynasty.

However, the wheel of history has reached this point in time, and many coincidences are making a period of history inevitable.

Uppsala was a great place, or rather the great temple became a must-win symbol of glory and power.

In Sweden in another dimension, people had a long-term battle over different beliefs. The Swedes living in Lake Mälaren were divided. A civil war broke out between Sweden who believed in God and Sweden who believed in Odin. Although the wars went back and forth, it was the native Swedish nobles who believed in God who finally captured the Great Temple of Uppsala.

The temple was deliberately demolished and the remaining wood was used as building materials. The victors built Sweden's first Assumption Cathedral on the ruins.

The victor was crowned king in this church, starting the Uppsala dynasty and thus ending the Viking Age in Sweden.

If the port of Birka represents hegemony, the Uppsala temple represents faith.

It is the largest temple in Sweden dedicated to the great god Odin. As the recognized "man blessed by Odin", Prince Rus has every reason to choose to ascend the throne there.

Since this was the case, the envoy from Uppsala was worried that his next description would make the prince angry, but it involved important ritual content, so he still mustered up the courage to explain the situation.

"Future King of Sweden! You need to use the blood of warriors to sacrifice to the great Odin. Only when the blood of warriors is sprinkled on the trunk of the giant tree will the god recognize your power."

"Human sacrifice?" Rurik's head buzzed when he heard this description.

The envoy did not dare to make Prince Rurik angry, nor did he dare to be stubborn. He just whispered in a low voice: "Whenever major sacrifices are held in Uppsala, human sacrifices will be performed."

"I heard your mutterings. Human sacrifice? Do you want me to learn from that Olegin? I know your suggestion, and I tell you clearly that I will not implement it. I appreciate your kindness. After all, I am not a mortal, no Human sacrifice is needed to gain the favor of the gods. I have already received the favor of the gods."

Rurik allowed the Uppsala envoy to leave gracefully and gave him a pound of silver coins as money to purchase information.

He had a secret meeting with the envoy during his final rest period in New Roseburg. The two parties actually talked a lot about the festivals and sacrificial activities held by the Uppsala tribe throughout the year, the rituals, and the overall environment of the settlement. Svened, the current Duke of Uppsala.

He would never accept human sacrifice, even though this was a characteristic of the Uppsala people.

An important detail of a sacrificial ceremony attracted Rurik's great attention. Only by watering the "holy tree on earth" with the blood of warriors can it be protected by the gods?

Any brave warrior is valuable to Russia, and sacrificing excellent warriors can only lead to the decline of Russia's military strength.

Since a blood sacrifice is needed, the reindeer commonly used in the Principality of Rus should be sacrificed, and the sacred tree should be watered with deer blood.

Rumia, the high priest of Rus, is already over twenty-three years old. Her age is no longer young in today's Northern Europe.

Rumia is in the prime of life, and all her body functions are at their peak. She has an overall flat face, long dark hair, and yellowish skin. She has extremely high North Asian ancestry, and her appearance and figure are very different from those of the blond Nordic people.

Even when she stood on her tiptoes, the top of her head only reached Rurik's chest.

It was such a dwarf priest who was appointed by Rurik as the high priest for the king's enthronement ceremony.

She was busy directing the subordinate priestesses she trained to organize the ritual instruments. Among all the seven statues of gods, the one of Odin will be taken to the distant Uppsala. Many utensils will be taken away and Rus will perform a grand ceremony in Uppsala in Rus style. The personnel, equipment, and sacrifices all had to be brought from Rus. Rurik was just borrowing the geographical location of Uppsala.

It was the last night before departure, and a small body was nestled next to a strong man. Beside them, there were two children, a boy and a girl, sleeping peacefully.

Rumia couldn't sleep at the thought of the huge fleet leaving the anchorage for Lake Malaren tomorrow.

Her lips whispered in her husband's ear: "Is it worth it to sacrifice one hundred and eleven reindeer?"

"What? Are you still doubting that my arrangement is inappropriate?"

"How dare I. You... must have your own motives for doing this. I..."

"Still feel it's a pity?"

"Um."

"Why feel pity? The deer blood will water the big tree, and all the deer meat will be eaten by our warriors. Don't worry, only the deer blood is sacred, and the deer skin and venison are still ours."

"You've already said it. I have another concern." Rumia's tone was slightly panicked.

"Nothing to worry about."

"Because I am a deer farmer. Can a person like me really control your ascension to the throne?"

"Are you worried about the dissatisfaction of those Swedes?"

Rumia whined a few times, which was equivalent to acquiescence.

Rurik lost his temper and suddenly fell asleep. He yelled: "How dare they?! In the face of absolute strength, their criticism is seeking death. I have executed a group of critics in this city, and I must be sure that my name will be saved." The number has been passed to Sweden. You can rest assured, after all, I can't trust anyone else to be the high priest." Gu

What else could Rumia say, she could only hug her husband's arm tightly and laugh.

The two children were woken up by Rurik's scolding, Velika twisted her body and groaned, and Oleg simply started crying.

This time, Rumia was completely out of conditioned reflex. She sat up suddenly in the night, put on her leather slippers and went to coax her child to calm down.

The moonlight through the patchwork glass window gave a room in the old palace a dim light. Rurik lay on his side, watching his woman coaxing the child, feeling happy.

He felt very sorry for Rumia.

She is not a very pretty woman, but she is actually his first woman, which is of extraordinary significance. But she will never become a queen. At this moment, Queen Svetlana is sleeping in another room with Prince Osborne Slav. All members of the royal family of Ross are in this old palace, which is not far from being abandoned. This house is smaller in size, and it feels quite cozy with many people living together.

Rurik even vaguely heard the snoring of his father Otto.

The next day, early morning.

The sun shone on the entire New Rossburg, the tide receded, and the main force of the Ross fleet anchored at the Kronshtadt anchorage was all anchored.

The ships stopped one after another at the trestle on one side of the Neva River, and people boarded the ships one after another.

New Roseburg also recently launched four standard cargo ships, and now they are all transport ships.

One hundred and twenty reindeer were distributed in bits and pieces on as many as eight standard cargo ships. The biggest task of the crew on board was to ensure that all the reindeer did not die accidentally during the journey. After arriving in Uppsala, they selected among them One hundred and eleven heads were sacrificed.

Even though horses were used almost exclusively for reproduction, Ross still needed a cavalry team to grace the stage.

Twenty Turkic horses that seemed to have just been conceived were transported on board. These horses all had matching Slavic-style patterned linen cloth, which could cover the whole body of the horses. The decoration of the horse will be more complicated. For example, the horse's head will also be equipped with some blue and red wild goose feathers, which will be decorated with red, blue and white feathers for a while. At the same time, the cavalry helmets will also be decorated with a large number of feathers and decorated with a large number of colored glass beads, and they will be draped in bear skins to show their magnificence.

Not only this small-scale cavalry team, the cavalry team will act as a guard of honor. All the Ross army soldiers who participated in the king's coronation ceremony will make a special and important addition to New Ross Fort, which is a decoration.

A piece of chromium-containing natural ruby ​​is put into a calcined lead glass solution. After vigorous stirring, the solution is poured into a bronze mold for natural cooling, and finally a large number of light red glass blocks are obtained.

It was easy for Ross to mass-produce pieces of glass, so he used colored glass to make pendant jewelry, creating all-color decorative objects that anyone could consume. They were cheap, a glass pendant worn around the neck, and no one thought it was a priceless treasure.

But the military needs to participate in the ceremony in the most gorgeous manner.

Tens of thousands of molded mass-produced colored glass pieces are ready. They are light blue, light red, light yellow and emerald green. Soldiers randomly received the necklaces and threaded the strings through prefabricated holes to make huge necklaces.

All warriors participating in the ceremony must wear them, so that when they line up in the sun, onlookers can see a colorful and dazzling scene. Who doesn’t like crystal clear things?

All the personnel and supplies were on board, and King Bjorn of Sweden, who had not yet abdicated, had already understood that the Russians were going to make a serious extravagance for this grand event.

Are you jealous? indeed so.

He wanted to seize the throne of Sweden by assassinating Carl, because the act of seizing power was not decent, and the ceremony of proclaiming the king was not done hastily for practical reasons. The nobles of Uppsala did not say a word about the man Bjorn became king in a coup, but behind his back they were talking about him not being loved by the gods, and even refused him to ascend the throne in the Uppsala temple.

Bjorn is valuable because of his self-awareness, while Karl was killed by the Malaren nobles because he insisted on militarism. Mellaren no longer has the strength to engage in military warfare. If it still does, Bjorn, who has seized power, can lead his army to directly attack Uppsala. Human sacrifice? The dissatisfied Uppsala warriors sacrificed their blood to the sacred tree.

The tribes still support the Mellaren people as overlords and support Bjorn to succeed to the throne, which is just a postponement of the understanding of the old era.

The situation has completely changed now!

Poor Bjorn only had a few followers around him, and he stayed on a ship far away from the Russian flagship, playing with each other with a group of young Russian warriors. For example, he talked about the past glory of his Melalen tribe, but these descriptions could not resonate with the young Ross warriors at all. Someone simply asked Bjorn to shut up rudely: "Stop talking. We don't understand you Mellaren people and we don't want to understand. You are not as strong as us, that's all."

Bjorn was helpless. Young men were always rude, and these people were also the most aggressive. Their words also made it clear that the majority of the people in Russia had disdain for the Melalen tribe, or at least the Melalen nobles. Obviously the young Ross warrior's arrogance was based on Ross's impressive martial arts, so he chose to shut up.

Some powerful Swedish tribes have blatantly curry favor with Rurik himself! Some tribal envoys were clearly flattering and were already addressing Rurik by his royal title.

Look at the current situation!

Rurik stood on the bow of the Avora, which was covered with scratched oak boards. This was a high point in the fleet, with the vast Baltic Sea ahead and the entire fleet behind.

The Ross fleet opened the way with large ships, protected by secondary sail cruisers, and a large number of standard armed cargo ships followed to form a huge transport fleet.

This is like a huge formation of wild geese floating on the sea. The seat where Rurik is standing is like a throne. The king sits on the throne and looks down on his ministers.

He looked back inadvertently, and the echoes of the nobles were still echoing in his ears. Why didn't he feel elated at this scene?

The old parents were all on the bow of the ship blowing the sea breeze, extremely satisfied with the voyage to Sweden.

Rurik was moved by the glory, "You have all seen it! This is the fleet of my Rus! No sea power can compete with me. My fleet can easily bring thousands of troops to attack any ship that can reach it. Places. Even if ships cannot reach some places, my cavalry will definitely be able to reach them. I have a hundred battleships and a thousand cavalry. I can also gather 10,000 soldiers and 100,000 militiamen! Only I am qualified to do this King of Sweden, if you ask why? Look behind you, it’s just this huge army!”

His arrogance received applause from the nobles. With such a strong king, enemies would never attack the Swedish tribes again. After all, the South Baltic Sea was a restricted area for Sweden in the past. After Rurik personally conquered Denmark, the Swedes were able to sail fishing boats there openly. In this summer, people from all walks of life can wildly plunder the herring resources in the south.

Hearing this emotion made Otto feel extremely happy, and Niya also felt that she had really given birth to a good son.

Those nobles and noble envoys continued to fawn over, saying that the Ross army was so powerful that they must ensure the safety of the servant tribes.

The huge fleet will not rest midway, and the fleet will not even turn around to go to Tombstone Island.

The sails of all the ships were tilted, and they were rushing towards the west with the south wind.

Such a large fleet voyage really refreshed the outlook of all Swedish nobles. Find the bookstore www.zhaｏshuyuan.com At that time, they went to the eastern part of Rus and crowded together on a large ship. Now, hundreds of large ships are arranged in a wild goose formation, raising countless triangle sails and drifting quickly. Ross's "oar flag" was buzzing, and there was also a large ship flying a flag with a white background and a cow's head pattern, which looked extremely dazzling.

Not all of the huge fleet belonged to the Rus' army, there was also a ship representing the Ostara people.

Look at them and look at yourself. They have a very clear flag of their own, which can confirm each other's identity from a distance, and the flag directly becomes a symbol of glory.

The nobles reflected on themselves. Of course, everyone is willing to sew or print a raven flag to symbolize that their army has received Odin's blessing. If all nobles do this, what's the point of the flag?

Now, the huge fleet has rushed to the mouth of Lake Mälaren. Not far to the north, visible to the naked eye from the sea is the Åland Islands, among which the Russian Tombstone Island is hiding.

The fleet has now split slightly, with a small number of ships heading north. They have one and only one mission, which is to go to Tombstone Island, the Old City of Roseburg, Covinstad City, and Elon Orava City to invite a group of people to participate in the grand event where the prince is enthroned as king.

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