The expeditionary fleet finally returned to the home port, and nearly ten thousand people gathered at the dock.

The people were cheering, and the soldiers on board were cheering even more.

The pier trestle was quickly cleared, and a large number of small boats borrowing berths were towed away. The berths were vacated, and the large ships began to fit into them. Well-trained sailors throw down cables to catch those waiting on the shore and tie them to the stakes prepared on the pier.

Care must be taken in this job. The displacement of a large ship has reached 400 tons. Even if she approaches the port at the speed of a turtle, the strong inertial force can crush the trestle.

Those who catch the cables feel the powerful force of the ship. Since the port is at the mouth of the Neva River, they have to overcome the interference of the river water and avoid the ship's yaw. In the end, all operations were safe and sound, except that some trestles were squeezed and slightly skewed, everything was normal.

The big ship dropped the rope net, and the soldiers who couldn't wait to carry their various trophies on their backs, like carrying an extremely heavy tortoise shell, staggered and set foot on the land of their hometown.

All the onlookers saw it! The triumphant warriors looted insane amounts of money, and they made a fortune!

Soldiers will spend it immediately, and everyone who does business in New Roseburg has the opportunity to enjoy the war dividend.

Large warships have their own berths. The middle deck sandwiched between the bow and the **** is estimated to be designed to be lower, and the safety wooden rails on one side can also be removed. The wooden railings were removed and replaced by extremely long seesaws.

Rurik's noble body is not suitable for climbing the rope net to disembark, it is not elegant nor domineering!

On the flagship alone, he had already noticed the most prominent figures of the priests among the cheering crowd.

Rumia stood at the port, with a huge antler helmet on her head, a jeweled wooden staff in her hand, and a flat face with tears in her eyes.

She was also holding a little girl with one hand. The child had a straight brown ponytail slanted in front of her body, and her face seemed a little confused.

Then, the child suddenly laughed and jumped up and down, waving his hands enthusiastically and howling.

"Velika..."

She is the eldest daughter of the kingdom, and she looks very cute now. She was eight years old, but the child was nine years old, according to old Ross calculations.

She has the tall and precocious appearance of the Nordic people, and the flatter face of the North Asian people. The combination of the two just grows in Rurik's aesthetic point.

The eldest daughter is here, as well as her first woman.

"Rumia. Verika." He subconsciously chanted their names, and then saw the dense crowd cheering, and now Rurik knew exactly what to do.

Everyone wants to see the king's gorgeous clothes and stalwart image. People need a big hero, so give the people a big hero.

Rurik suddenly drew his sword, and the blade pointed straight at the blue sky.

This performance art overwhelmed the audience, and the astonishing noise that roared like a tsunami and mudslide suddenly weakened, and those with keen ears heard the king's brief speech.

"Victory belongs to me! Rurik Ottoson! Victory belongs to Rose! Odin protects Rose!"

He kept shouting the words "victory" and "glory", and continued to hold his sword in a very high-profile way, stepping off the seesaw and standing on the trestle bridge.

Behind him is a bear-headed berserker with both arrogance and terror. The ferocious bear's upper jaw has become a sun visor, and its exaggerated fangs are the most powerful decoration.

The joyful people spontaneously made way for the king, men, women, old people and even children, they lined up to welcome their king, spontaneously shouting inspiring songs.

The governor of New Roseburg, Konusson the Elder, was here. He was relieved to see his son Konusson Jr. returned safely, and more familiar faces were watching him, so he couldn't help being relieved.

For example, "Double Swords" Arik, the king's cousin, was imitating the king's performance art. He held up the double swords and kept juggling to show his flexible hands, but he didn't try his best to cheer for the people.

On the contrary, Arik's act of playing with two swords was immediately seen clearly by a woman holding a child.

It's Asuraki, a businesswoman who owns most of the property rights of Water Mill in New Roseburg, and the concubine of "Twin Swords" Arik.

The husband is a ruthless man who hacks and kills all directions, is a general of the kingdom, and is a die-hard supporter of the king. It's just that Arik is so brave that he often puts himself in danger on the battlefield. As a woman, she prays to the seven gods in the big temple full of stained glass, only asking her man to be safe forever.

The husband returned safely, and he was destined to bring back a lot of spoils.

Today, Asuraki is the main supplier of food and logistics for the royal team, and she has already made a lot of money during the war. She is already the most powerful grain processor in New Roseburg, and the only one that can turn it into an industry. Husking wheat, grinding it into flour, and making it into scones. The overall work is small and profitable, and she has completed it. Monopoly, the accumulation of tiny interests is a quantitative change and a qualitative change.

A female stream can't be as happy as a soldier, and she doesn't dare to take risks like those male businessmen. Asuraki is making a fortune silently in a very safe way, and the property he created will eventually be inherited by his eldest son, Gustav.

In principle, Asraqi was Rurik's sister-in-law, and the great-grandfather of the young Gustav was the same person as Rurik's grandfather. She is a relative of the king, and she is very interesting as a spectator in the lively scene.

All the people saw it! The triumphant king waved his sword to greet everyone, and saw that the king did not negotiate with the governor immediately, but walked towards the high priest wearing antlers.

It seems to be a custom.

Yes, Rurik couldn't ignore his first woman, even though Rumia was a dwarf compared to his current bear-like figure.

It was Verika who suddenly broke free from his mother's hand and rushed towards his past father laughing and laughing.

Seeing this, the sword was immediately thrust into the ground, and Rurik, who opened his mighty arms, hugged his beloved daughter, and staged a happy lift under the watchful eyes of thousands of people.

This is just the father's love for the eldest daughter, and it can also be interpreted as the king's emphasis on the next high priest.

King Rurik was blessed by Odin, the great **** who often gave him wisdom, and then entrusted him with measures to make Rose stronger.

The high priest is the most important servant of the gods in the world, and this Rumia has directly received the favor of Odin's "not killing".

The king hugged his daughter in one arm, and then hugged the high priest again.

At least 8,000 people were witnesses to this intimate scene, and cheers even came from the towering walls.

"Why are you crying?" Looking at Rumia who was in his arms, Rurik only stroked her forehead to comfort her.

Rumia didn't answer anything, just wanted to hug her tighter.

Verika is not the case. She can calmly slaughter deer in a large sacrifice, and now she can play with her father's uniquely trimmed beard mischievously, and hug her father's neck and rub her small face against it for a while, showing the naughtiness of a child cute.

Since the arrival of the fleet at the port during the day, it caused noise, and until late at night, the noise in the whole of New Roseburg was still full of people.

The open space is full of lit bonfires, the triumphant warriors are excited, and the city residents are as excited as a pack of wolves smelling blood.

The market in Waiguo City, which had quickly recovered after the opening ceremony, was already crowded with people as thousands of soldiers poured in.

The returned soldiers had a good idea of how much the local goods should sell for, and those who deliberately raised the price of silver coins and copper coins in their pockets were ignored. Soldiers are not being taken advantage of, they have a huge desire to consume, that is, they use the large amount of cash on hand to buy as much supplies as possible.

A "sweeping operation" has begun!

Old Russians, Viking immigrants from all walks of life, Pan-Finns and Slavs, and warriors of various ethnic groups were caught in the wave of panic buying, for fear that it would be too late for them to do it themselves, and useful items would be purchased by their companions.

The market was ten times and a hundred times more popular than in previous years. Buyers and sellers who faced the grand occasion fell into madness. They forgot the fatigue of the night, and the noise continued until the day!

But in the palace, it's extremely quiet here.

The Supreme King, Queen, and many wives, concubines, and members of the royal family are all in Novgorod, so that in the past year, Novorosburg was only a nominal capital, and the royal family lived in the East as a whole.

This is Rurik's strategic arrangement. Since the Novgorod area has a higher probability of facing a large-scale attack by the Smolensk, the local people are already in a state of borrowing troops, and a large number of inferior cast iron spearheads are distributed free of charge to those who want to defend their homes. Such a spearhead matched with a wooden pole is quite a doable spear, thus satisfying the most basic self-defense ability of local farmers.

The attic-style palace of Fort New Rose was empty, and it was still being cleaned daily, and the old governor, Conuson, continued to send heavy troops to take charge of its defense. Even if the tall buildings are empty, the treasury is strictly guarded, and all kinds of daily life items of the royal family are strictly guarded, including guards with swords and gold coins at the gates who stand guard in turn.

The market in Waiguo was too lively and lacked management, so the patrol team ordered by the governor picked up more than ten fights and captured twenty thieves that night.

Of course, the Kingdom does not have a lot of laws and regulations that are densely written with general rules and detailed rules. The basic statutes have been formulated and posted in Harvest Square.

Most of the thieves are Finns who have settled down, and a few are Slavs. The old Russians would not do such a dirty thing because of their face, and because they have long enjoyed the dividends of the war and are rich, there is no need to try their own methods.

There is no need to directly behead or hang the thieves. At the moment when human resources are still tight, the thieves are all sentenced quickly, and there is only one arrangement waiting for them-to transport the stones to the quarry on the shore of Lake Onega for one year of excavation.

Rurik didn't intend to understand this kind of thing. As a king, he had to pay attention to many things.

Although he triumphed, the triumph has just begun.

The triumphant return should not be the return of the king, everyone can be happy for a night, and the kingdom is not so poor.

The kingdom must pay attention to ostentation, must prove the greatness of the king, prove the huge dividends of war, and must satisfy the people's desire for glory.

So shortly after arriving in the inner city, in the huge parliamentary court of the Ross Duma, the ceremony called "Triumph" was immediately mentioned by the king.

The governor also wanted to say a few words of courtesy to the king, thinking that the king would praise the great achievements of his expedition because of his joy.

Clearly the king wanted to enjoy the people.

"I want a triumph, and the soldiers will parade around the city in their best costumes! I have brought back the ashes of the fallen warriors as best I can. The heroes will be buried in Hermon Valhalla, and I will dig their graves myself. Soil. I also want a grand fire tower sacrifice to announce our victory to the gods. I am short on time, we have to complete all the ceremonies within three days, and then the soldiers will continue to Novgorod to start spring plowing... "

With Rurik's arrangement in this way, the old governor was surprised by the king's anxiety, and even the great importance he attached to agriculture.

His time was very tight, but on the first night after returning, he finally enjoyed the long-lost and luxurious peace.

His first woman, Rumia, was snuggling in his arms, and his eldest daughter, Verika, was rubbing her hands.

There are only three people in the bedroom on the third floor, leaving aside the subjects, soldiers and cronies at this moment. As a man, a husband and a father alone, he finally enjoys complete stability and happiness.

"The wool upholstered bed in my hometown is still comfortable..."

This kind of scene also happened to Arik, and the little wife's home was also his own home, and he didn't feel any discomfort at all. Father-in-law old Harald looked old and smiled, and Asraqi took his elder son Gustav and younger son Karl who was babbling to face the returning hero.

There was a sumptuous meal on the wooden table, all handmade by Asuraki.

"Here is your favorite ale, your favorite honey scones, and barbecue. Take a good look at your sons, Gustav and Karl." Asuraki seemed to have a lot to say, she shook her head slightly imply something.

Arik is not a rough guy who doesn't understand style, he is bragging about his experience in the distant world, considering that his concubine is a born businessman, and it is only because of her status as a woman that it is not suitable to take the risk of going to an extremely remote place. But there is still something to say, especially when his two sons are present.

"You know the Gould family. Old Gould's life is coming to an end. All four of his sons have been reused by my brothers. Is this okay? That kid Rurik just thinks too much of Gould This is a family." Arik, who was slightly drunk, had no scruples in speaking, and then shouted: "Is there anyone who likes my younger brother more than me? I'm just afraid that those businessmen will be bad for him when they grow up. So!"

Arik pointed directly at his concubine, and said very directly: "My Peravina gave birth to warriors and war chiefs. You are different! You are a woman I captured from Gotland, and you are more beautiful than Peravina. Wei Na knows more about style! I like you more, but..." He shook his head: "Let those go to hell! Asraki, you have to give me four boys, our offspring are my brother's. Relatives. Only relatives are the most reliable people. Our son can continue the business you like. If the king encounters problems, our son can help him."

Although Asuraki didn't think so much, she is indeed a strong woman with beauty, ability and scheming.

In this era, there is no harsh judgment on powerful women, but everyone is more willing to talk about female warriors. It is still a bit strange for a woman to be a big businessman.

This meeting is a rare opportunity. Asuraki doesn't know if she will be able to give birth to a third child. Arik has already done what a man should do. It seems that the only thing left is to go to the temple to pray to the goddess Freya.

Rurik and Arik, two brothers who are loved by their respective wives.

After waiting for a whole year, these housekeeping women not only faced the hardships of life, but also lived in trembling.

In the past year, the Great Jewel Temple in New Roseburg has been extremely popular, so-called throwing at least one silver coin for a chance to visit the statue of the golden god. The seven gods can protect everything in the world, and the greatest Odin is the most revered. Those who invest a lot of money just to worship are almost all praying to the statue of Odin that their husband or son will go well.

But war will definitely be accompanied by death, not to mention that the war of more than one year is the largest war operation that Ross has ever launched. Rose gambled on the fate of the country for this, and would rather fight at the risk of being overwhelmed by the two fronts.

Facts have proved that the results of this gamble are extremely exaggerated, and the loss of personnel paid is also the largest in history.

The men who grew up in the tribal era suffered a lot of casualties, and those Vikings who later joined Ross and became the so-called New Ross also suffered huge losses.

Even Egil, the **** of the sea, intervened secretly in this battle, but if this **** is an evil **** as the legend says, he set off huge waves and caused the heroes to drown in the water, as if he was jealous of the achievements of these warriors loved by Odin .

Those who died on land at least kept the ashes, enclosed in small boxes with their names engraved on them.

The household registration statistics system enforced in the past was used to save land, collect taxes, and recruit soldiers. Today, the ashes of victims can also be handed over to their families through this system.

The ashes of the war dead from Fort New Rose are given to their parents along with their share of the spoils. They receive it all in tears, but the pain will not last. Most of the recruits at New Roseburg were soldiers from the Second Banner and the Standing Army, and their families had multiple children.

Most of those who join the army are not the eldest son, but the family has a quota for supplementary soldiers, so a boy in the family immediately replaces his brother who died in battle and continues to serve the king and inherit the glory of the victim. Because this family needs the king's salary ~www.mtlnovel.com~ and needs their children to earn spoils on the battlefield.

For those fighters who died, it was all over.

But the Vikings, including the Rus, died as many as 3,000 in normal wars. Among the Old Ross tribe, the death rate of soldiers who reached the age of thirty reached 60. Dark-heartedly speaking, Rurik has always hoped to clean up the remnants of the era of the Ross tribe. After all, those old guys may not necessarily support him as the king.

The younger generation began to grow up and join the army. Most of them were of mixed blood, and they were different from the Ross people in a narrow sense in every way. This is not a problem, people are most concerned about the blood of the paternal line, almost all the mixed blood have the father of the old Ross.

Rurik sacrificed Roth's past, and what followed was the age of the latest young men.

Then, bury old Rose's past in Hermon Valhalla, the cemetery south of the city.

The three major ceremonies, including the parade around the city in costumes, the fire tower offering sacrifices to Odin, and the hero burial in the cemetery, began amidst the cheers of thousands of people.

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