Rise of Rurik

Compared with Novgorod, the situation in Novoostara makes it easier to house a large team of horses and even serve as a temporary residence for commercial horses.

Now that his Rurik brothers are still in the capital, Kagan is not busy crossing the frozen Lake Ilmen.

Merchants from the south brought opportunities to this closed area, and a business was established! But it's not just the regular cheese, butter, honey, wool felts that are traded.

A special store was built with great fanfare by Carlotta, the new Duchess of Ostara. She made the "opening of the store" a big deal. As for the goods she wanted to sell, it was people...

The Smolensk women who nearly froze to death and the Mickey women in La became de jure private property of Carlotta after that reception party.

She is a female general, or a female general, and she does not need too many maids. Of course, these female slaves packaged and purchased from the Pechenegs could not die in their own hands.

She paid the seller ready-made silver coins and grain, and signed an agreement to provide food and lodging for personnel, mounts, and commercial horses.

This is not a problem for the Ostara tribe now compared to the consumption of materials, because the tribe's successful immigration and development have solved a long-standing shortcoming in the area around Lake Ilmen - animal husbandry. Farming is not the strong point of the Ostara immigrants, but animal husbandry is. Now Carlotta has received the task from her husband Rurik, which is to open up new pastures in the south of the Great Lakes and domesticate cattle, sheep and horses.

Since cows began to produce milk, sheep provided wool, and dairy and wool products immediately began to be transported to Novgorod, the center of the handicraft industry.

The people of Ostara sold cheese and butter and bartered for wheat. They delivered rough-processed skimmed wool, fresh cowhide and sheepskin to state-owned garment factory directors such as Fordegen, and received real silver coins in exchange.

Carlotta accumulated wealth in this peaceful way, and also took advantage of her personal advantages to ask for a sum of money as a monarch woman, so-called for consolidation and development.

The Prince of Rus never prohibited the slave trade in the form of law, but the whole people acquiesced to the fact that the purchased foreigners would become family members of the buyer. This has nothing to do with kindness or not; it is a purely tribal legacy.

Carlotta then personally inspected the women in the stables, asking them to open their mouths one after another like a horse, and determine the age of each other by looking at their teeth.

They were all frightened and had no idea where they were going. The more they were like this, the more frightened they became.

Carlotta checked them herself, graded their ages, and finally even checked their virginity herself.

Even though Carlotta is a woman, the entourage accompanying her is also a woman. After all these ordeals, many female slaves endured great humiliation. Unfortunately, their will to resist had already been shattered on that bloody night, and they could only hide their faces and sob.

It must be said that Carlotta is a smart woman.

She summoned her female attendants: "You take all the ten young ones away and untie all the shackles. Arrange them to take a bath to refresh themselves, and then send them to a normal room. After that, let them do nothing, a group of emaciated people. All the cubs have to be fattened up for me.”

This move puzzled a waitress: "Sir, is this too much kindness? Do you plan to incorporate them into our tribe?"

"Why do you say that? Shouldn't all these women be included?"

"Why should those ten women be treated specially?"

It seems that he should answer questions for his subordinates. Carlotta sighed angrily: "You don't need to know too much, it's okay for me to say it now. Originally, the king had an appointment with the prairie people, and these women should be dealt with by the king in principle. I now I am acting on behalf of the king, and I am risking punishment. I am his woman, and I used to be his sister. Of course he will not do anything to me. I am still worried that he will be dissatisfied. This does not leave ten pure people. I sent the women there and raised them to be beautiful, so that I can have a good ending here."

Is it to send a beautiful girl to King Rurik? The waitresses who anticipated this situation blushed with embarrassment.

A bold man suddenly got the courage and complained to his master: "The king has too many wives and concubines. Why...why do you do this?"

"Stupid!" Carlotta suddenly grimaced, "These ten people are left to the king to deal with, and they must be rewarded to his subordinates. Don't ask any more questions, and do things first."

"As you command!"

When your man becomes a king and upgrades, your relationship with him becomes subtle. Carlotta had to think carefully about whether she was more of a wife and concubine of the king, or whether she was more of a border noble.

Rurik has more and more children. Prince Osborne Slav has learned to walk and talk. What about his son Kardan?

She will eventually become old and lose her luster. She wants to create a good environment for her son and ensure a prominent position among the many noble brothers. This will be a good thing for herself and the people of Ostara.

The woman who was left behind watched eagerly as the young women were removed from their bonds and taken away, as if they had been set free. At this moment, Carlotta, who had been speaking in Norse for a long time, suddenly shouted in Slavic with a clear voice.

"I heard that you are all Slavs from the south! What a coincidence! This place is full of Slavs from the north. And us! Fair-haired Varangians! Many strong men will buy you and you will be their wives , give them children. From now on, your lives will be protected by noble people, and your lives will return to stability."

She said no more, no matter whether these women understood it or not, they would all understand it in the future.

The news spread throughout the country, and a special market was set up in the city of Ostara. Any man who could produce a thousand pounds of wheat could come and buy a wife or concubine.

Some Slavic boyar nobles from nearby farms came to join in the fun and tried to buy back a slave. But most of the female slaves were bought first by the Ostara and Gran people, and the prices were quite low.

They were pushed onto the wooden platform like commodities and stood in several rows anxiously. Most of them were digested by Carlotta's own tribe.

Only a dozen women were obviously older, so they were sold to nearby Slavic nobles and received nearly 20,000 pounds of oats.

The market for trading people disappeared immediately as the goods were sold out, and the man who got a wife immediately "treated" his new woman well on the first night.

They made a lot of noise, and many women were heard crying during the night.

Carlotta regarded it as boring noise, while the Pechenegs and Kiev residents stayed in the mansion to have fun, especially Kagan and Sakhi. This was the second successful robbery, and they will go north together again next year. When doing business, you must be more prepared to rob a Smolensk village and take away people and property.

However, things very accidentally developed towards a magical place.

The martyr girl who dared to resist has died under the sword of the Pecheneg noblewoman Beyashir. The other female slaves were frightened, but it did not mean that they had really lost their will to resist.

That night, although some women could not resist the strong men's intentions, they cursed with a foul mouth. This was the only way they could resist.

It is said that a handful of Ostara boys who successfully escaped back then have become strong young men ten years later. The various Vikings who later joined New Ostara were equally strong. They bought these women, and today they are doing things under the orders of the duchess, and they must show the strength of men.

This Ostara is not the old Ostara more than ten years ago, at least the ruler is still the noble lineage of the old family. They have all undergone great changes. For example, due to frequent contact with the Ilmen Slavs, everyone has learned some Slavic languages.

The new wife he bought hopelessly scolded her, which only aroused his stronger desire to conquer, but things just became wonderful.

Early the next morning, a man with a lot of blood on his face rushed straight to the Duchess's residence, intending to report important information.

Carlotta was in a good mood today, especially since Hanukkah was about to come. The Ostara and Gran tribes were celebrating the festival together for the first time. The festival had to be grand, and she was looking forward to it.

What else can the men under my command report?

When she saw the strange face of her subordinate, she just took one look and laughed while holding her stomach. She laughed enough and asked: "Didn't you buy a new woman? You are obviously very strong, but you can't surrender?"

"That's not the case, my lord. It's just that she said she was from Smolensk, and she hurled vicious curses at us. As for her hurting my face with her nails, it's nothing."

"Curse? Could it be that he prayed to some god to send down thunder and kill us? Ridiculous, we are the ones blessed by the gods." Carlotta's expression became serious.

"That's not it."

"what is that?"

"That woman said that a big noble who was against the Russians escaped from us and became their son-in-law in Smolensk or something. She had an army on hand and also inspired the local nobles..."

"Is it possible that we are still raising troops to attack us?" Carlotta interrupted his subordinates nonchalantly, with contempt written all over his face.

The subordinates did not dare to speak, and simply remained silent.

"That's it. Just step back. It seems that the woman you bought is a stubborn cow and needs you to tame her."

"Follow your orders, I don't dare to embarrass our Ostara people."

Carlotta thought this was an interesting story, and the more she thought about it, the more she laughed, while ignoring the information reported by her subordinates.

But in the following days, more than a dozen men reported that the new wives they purchased had made the same verbal curse. The content was similar, and they all pointed at the malicious intentions of the Smolensk people. What's more, even the Slavic farm noble who is good at growing hemp stalks also sent a messenger to tell Carlotta something. He allegedly learned information about the missing rebel Vadim from the slave girl.

One and two came to report, and Carlotta could no longer sit still.

She couldn't let these worries dilute the joy of the festival. After many days, she suddenly had the idea to interrogate the ten young women who had been treated specially.

The ten women, or girls, put on new clothes and new boots. Since they had been fed and fed well, their fear had dissipated a lot. But seeing Carlotta, a woman, a bone-deep fear emerged again.

They stood in a group with their heads lowered and timidly.

Carlotta shouted loudly: "Women! Look at me!"

Only then did they raise their heads out of fear.

She continued: "Those of you who are from Smolensk, come forward! Come on, don't force me to use my methods."

Forced by the power, six women walked out timidly. They were frightened, and in order to protect themselves, they followed Carlotta's orders and told them what they knew.

At the same time, Carlotta's maid was standing by, recording their speeches with pen and paper.

It is said that if Smolensk really has absolute hatred for Ross, this hatred must be widespread. Unexpectedly, these young women are indifferent to the attitude of the Rus and other Varangians in the north, as well as the Ilmen Slavs. They cannot talk about hatred, let alone love.

They were not young village girls who knew nothing, but they revealed some of the same information.

Even the ignorant young village girl knew this. It was obviously a fact - the rebel leader Vadim was not dead!

In that counter-insurgency war, the Ostara people also participated in the war with only a few troops, and Carlotta was a witness.

Since Vadim most likely went south to become a Smolensk noble, what is happening to him now? Following this line of thinking, she immediately began interrogating more women, and the answers became increasingly clear.

It is important not only to ask them about this, but also to ask the Pechenegs and Kiev people about what they know.

When the information from all parties is pieced together, the foggy situation becomes increasingly clear.

She could conclude that the rebel leader Vadim did not give up the rebellion even if he lost all his people. Smolensk had a large population and the local nobles were probably hostile to the Rus in the north. What those women said was definitely not just rhetoric, but that the Smolensk people really had the intention to go north and launch a massive attack.

She shuddered, thinking that Rurik had anticipated this situation by ordering her to build fortresses and station cavalry troops.

As a woman who was close to Rurik, Carlotta knew his attitude towards Smolensk. The so-called not attacking them now was just because the time was not ripe. Rus would eventually conquer the Slavs in the south.

It is impossible for the Smolensk army to defeat the Rus, but once they launch an attack, Novostar will be the first place to fight.

The possibility of a large-scale attack by the South Slavs has always existed, but in recent years the people have forgotten this matter, so much so that Carlotta recently encountered the Pecheneg caravan that was seriously late, and took this opportunity to make a surprise attack. A very bad exercise for the army to assemble for battle.

Now she can no longer ignore this threat, and must personally deliver the compiled information to Rurik!

On the winter solstice, the people of Ostara-Glan gather together to celebrate Hanukkah, which is also the biggest festival of the year for Pechenegs and Kiev people.

It was such a joy to celebrate the festival together, drink together, and dance around a small fire tower.

Carlotta, who was worried about something on her mind, had a superficially cheerful attitude towards the festival.

She finished summarizing the documents, and by saying that two or three women explained the same information, it was assumed that the information was most likely true. She came to the conclusion that the Smolensk people were preparing for the Northern Expedition; the rebellious Vadim became the son-in-law of the leader of the Smolensk alliance and held an army; the Smolensk people regarded the previous terrorist attacks as As a result of the active attack by the Rus (actually carried out by the Pecheneg caravan), the main nobles supported the tough approach against the Rus and Ilmenslavs, and also called on the villages to move to avoid risks.

A report was compiled by Carlotta herself. Find it at Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan.com. Although her handwriting is not as good as that of her sister Ella Juan, the entire report is written in Latin, which still shows her high cultural quality .

All of Rurik's wives and concubines were bad at Latin, and high-ranking female nobles like Carlotta had to study harder. After all, Norse, Slavic and Latin are all Indo-European languages. The language structure is logically understood. If you look carefully, you can see that some words also have commonalities. It is said that only nobles can read and write Latin. As a true noble, Carlotta must master it well.

She had made a plan for herself. This time she would not take her troops to gather in Novgorod, but she would also personally submit the report about Smolensk to Rurik.

So, after the festival, a huge team of horses and sleds began to assemble.

The Pecheneg-Kiev armed merchant group, pulling their own commercial horses and special supplies that were urgently needed to be sold to Rurik himself, headed north along the frozen lakeside under the escort of the Ross cavalry.

Carlotta had a hunch that King Rurik had arrived in Novgorod, and the information she carried this time would definitely shock her man deeply, and even have a major impact on the next decision-making.

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