Listening to Otto's words, Lumia felt very cool in her heart.

It is impossible for her to like Otto, but she especially likes Rurik, and the high priest Velia who is about to die. She knows who is good to her.

How can it be said that Lumia does not have the heart to compete for power and status? ! The wise she realized the huge possibilities in her, and now she must endure it completely and live as an absolutely loyal servant.

Lu Mia has already fallen in love, and Veria knows about this girl, but also knows that this child has the most basic ability to become a mother.

Lumia imagined that many years later, after giving birth to his child, she would no longer be as simple as the maid or high priest.

Otto continued to mumble: "It seems that I need to go to the stone boat altar and pray that God will grant me another ten years of life, and I can see them all pregnant with your child."

Rurik shivered: "So, what about Svetlana?!"

"Huh? That girl?!" Now, it was Otto's turn to shiver all over. "You already know? How did you know? I didn't tell you."

"Because of Lilia. Dad, I know all about it. She is Svetlana's sister."

Hearing, Otto let out a sigh of relief: "Oh, originally I wanted to wait until you were twelve years old, and I would take you directly to the East to be engaged to that girl. Did you know? That girl named Svetlana will grow up. For a very beautiful woman. Child, do you know what a perfect man is?"

"A perfect man?!" Rurik shook his head.

Otto was still pulling Lumia's hair braid in his hand, as if driving a pony.

Otto jokingly said: "We must slay a hundred enemy and strong warriors on the battlefield! Let a hundred women give birth to your children! There will also be money that will last a lifetime."

what is this? Rurik suddenly realized.

Youdao is that there are three supreme gods in the faith of the Ross people, Odin who is in charge of war, Freya who is in charge of fertility, and Frey who is in charge of wealth.

Of course, force, women, and wealth all excite the powerful.

Liurik shook his head: "A hundred? Too many. Please forgive me."

"This is your destiny." Otto chuckled: "I'm too old. I should have enjoyed the happy life of running around under the knees of my grandson. It's a pity that your two brothers have unfortunate fate. Those maids, there are still exposed Mia, they are all your women. Svetlana will be your first wife, and her eldest son is your first heir. The children born to other women are the elites of our tribe. They are all objects you can rest assured. Listen, no one is more trustworthy than your brother!"

Liuric wanted to say "Brothers have to settle accounts", but it makes no sense to talk back and shudder now.

In fact, Otto said these seemingly inconsequential words, but also said to himself.

Otto, why doesn't he want to find some new women to meet his own needs and continue his blood? It's like he learned about his subordinate Harrodsson, that old and strong guy mingled with two kidnapped women all day long, completely neglecting his elderly wife.

Harozuosen is not a big boss, and it is impossible to become a big boss.

Otto understands the burden on his shoulders. In particular, he cannot personally create a brother for his son, even his sister. Although his brothers are trustworthy, Otto really understands that it is his brothers who can be the most powerful threat.

Carrying forward blood, this matter can only fall on Rurik's thin shoulders.

Son is very good to all servants, maybe this is a good start.

No, when Otto personally visited the residences given to servants, Otto concluded his judgment.

In the eyes of many people, it is enough to give the servant a shack that will not die, put a rough linen to cover the body, and give some leftovers every day. A mere servant, what else do you want? !

Liurik is good!

In the huge long house, Otto saw a large number of beds. These beds resembled what he had seen in Novgorod, but sitting on a neatly-kept bed in person, a kind of strong comfort. Feeling invaded his head.

Otto, this brawny man lies straight on an unoccupied bed, twisting like a child. He unconsciously stretched the quilt that was folded like a tofu block over his body, wanting to enjoy the endless sense of comfort and security.

"Dad, what do you think?" Rurik asked.

"Very good, who told you? It should be Peravina, you also learned the language of Novgorod from her."

"Yes." Rurik said bluntly, "I don't want to sleep on the ground anymore. From now on we will all sleep on wooden beds and live in a home with wooden floors. Dad, the house under construction nearby is our new home.

Lying on his back, Otto, with his hands resting on his back, sighed: "Okay, those Novgorod people are weak, they can enjoy sleeping. Go, take me to see my new home."

A new long house is under construction, and its wooden piles have just been erected. The workers hired by Lulik work every day, and only now have they finished laying the wooden floors.

Otto knew that he was in an open-air wooden workshop. He came here as a big leader and got the attention of many workers.

He also noticed that all workers, without exception, are elderly people.

"I can't imagine that they are not as strong as I am, and they are older. They can no longer go to the battlefield to chop off the enemy's head, but they have become your woodworkers here?"

Rurik liked his father's praise the most, and he said, They are more than just! They built a house for me, and I gave them enough money to buy food. There are also many elderly women who are best at tailoring jobs. They make clothes for me. Dad, the money I earn is not just hoarding it in a box. When I am hungry, I can't eat my money as a meal. No matter how much I earn, the money must be used. "

"Oh? This is very different from many people's ideas." Otto was surprised.

"What? Do they still like to stock up on money?"

"Of course! Why not! We Roths are poor. Only the patriarch of the Mellaren tribe, the strongest in our alliance, is the richest. Legend has it that they have mountains of silver, more than the Gotlanders. We need to be rich, and our family, through various means, has a wealth of less than seventy thousand silver coins. Our family is the poorest chief family among the various tribes. You see, the Gotland people we defeated are rich Everyone, the family stocked 200,000 pieces of silver."

"It's okay." Rurik shrugged: "My wealth will continue to grow. But I never want to be the only rich family in our tribe. I will give money to the people. In order to get my money, they must work for me. "

"I know what you mean, maybe you are right."

Otto has fully understood that his son wants to mobilize the poor households in the tribe and work for him to get benefits. In the past, no leader had such an idea. Those ancestor leaders, including themselves, regarded the poorest people as dirty people! Unless a poor family comes out of a young warrior who can fight, only then can Otto really value them.

Otto continued to ask: "Child, when will our new home be completed?"

"Well! Maybe by the end of August. Dad, I hope to build a very comfortable home. I hope that in the future, our people with financial resources will imitate our home and build a house."

"Hehe, a great idea, let's wait and see!"

Otto's inspection continued. No, at noon, he personally visited the scene where his son rewarded his brothers.

The children feasted on fish, and there was a maid here.

On the issue of eating, all children are like wolves and tigers, as if they don't eat the meat immediately, they will be snatched away by their companions.

No, the children quickly finished their lunch, and their stomachs were bloated.

Thinking that his son would spend more than ten silver coins to buy fish a day in order to reward his brothers! If by the end of August, the wheat harvest of the Southern Allies will inevitably require ships to transport new wheat to land, Lurik will definitely not hesitate to spend huge sums of money to buy food.

Otto is sure that his son will do this, because Gould, who went south, has made a major agreement with his son!

Double acquisition of Nanfang Xinmai? How much to buy? !

The agreement between the son and Gould, but the contract engraved on the wooden board!

Although the previous soap contract seemed to have been torn up by the priests, Otto estimated that his son was kind and loyal, and would never do anything to hurt his friends' feelings. As for Gould, that guy also asked for himself, but he didn't dare to make a mistake.

It was also at the end of August, Otto knew that Novgorod's wheat had also been harvested.

At that time, the earth began to pick up the north wind, and the Ross people's fleet would have no trouble rushing to the distance to search for the wheat of those people.

Similarly, the time is already July. Although it is the warmest time of the year, the temperature will be cold in a short time.

As a leader, Otto feels that his family controls the wealth of the priests. In addition, Rurik, his own son, has the care of the most tribal people that surpasses ordinary people. Then, it has become very urgent to take out part of the huge wealth under his control and purchase a batch of materials from merchants to strengthen the construction of Shilla Fort and Tombstone Island.

Otto has decided that starting from tomorrow, hoarding support materials is his own major task!

Lumia, she had enough lunch and went back to the long house of the priest.

After a day, the drunk priests fully regained their spirits. They had to face the fact that Bona had been executed, and they finally understood their responsibilities, and those red lines could not cross the boundary.

But so what? They knew that they had already encountered a strong resentment from the big boss, and they were afraid that Rurik resented them very much.

All the priestesses, they can only pray that they will reshape their image through serious work in all the sacrificial rituals of the tribe.

And Lumia, the deer-raiser girl, has completely become the jewel in the palm of the high priest Veria, and cannot but attract the jealousy of different priestesses.

There is no way, this is called fate! That Lumia, she also received Odin's blessing, is the first "Valkyrie" beside Rurik, or a "brunhild" existence.

The twilight drenches the entire fjord, and the frolicking crowd during the day is even more boiling.

Many people have poured into the tribe's stone boat altar in advance. They are a group of people watching the excitement, and they light a bonfire in the unowned open space and grill the fresh fish bought from the fish market in the afternoon.

The aroma of barbecue began to fill the air, mixed with the fragrance of soil and the fragrance of turpentine.

Lu Mia, while the sky was still dark, she was dressed in a plain robe, and the huge silver jewelry hanging on her chest showed her nobleness.

Bona was gone. This time it was a girl's turn, holding a huge antler helmet belonging to the high priest Veria.

The elderly Villia knew that participating in the sacrifice would surely inflict a serious injury on her body, so she still insisted on participating. By the way, looking up to the sky in the ceremony, I beg Odin to bestow her a little more life.

All the people of the tribe hope that they can be as lucky as Rurik and get some gifts from Asgard above the sky. Those who light a bonfire near the altar also mean to warm up. Will pray silently during various ceremonies.

The sky gradually dimmed, the moon came out, and the stars that were immediately obscured by the sun also showed their magnificent colors.

In an era without artificial light pollution, Rurik can clearly see the Milky Way nebula and large constellations such as Orion.

The Big Dipper also appeared! It would be best if there were a little northern lights at this time.

But the aurora, only on the coldest days, the people of Roseburg can see it.

So, perhaps the group wedding of the tribes is held on Midsummer Eve. Is it a perfect timing?

Villa didn't want to think about it anymore, because she really knew that the young people of her tribe could not wait to fall in love with her newlyweds. Because of the traditional customs of the tribe, they have been holding back for too long.

A perfect midsummer night, with a warm climate, those newcomers all wore plain robes, and all they felt was comfort.

Along with Lilia, many girls from Novgorod gathered together with their newlyweds.

As long as they are immersed in this wedding scene, the girls' perception of the inherent barbaric image of the Varangans is completely gone.

The little girls in the tribe collected a large number of flowers, and the flowers and branches were woven into a large number of corollas.

The brides are here, the wedding has not officially started, and a large number of bonfires are lit near the stone boat altar. Here, the brides put on flower crowns and were immersed in the enthusiastic scene. They realized that the festival celebrations of the Varangans are essentially similar to their hometowns.

Because it is in Novgorod, during the wedding ceremony, the bride and groom must be dressed beautifully, and relatives and friends participating in the ceremony will sing and dance around the bonfire.

Of course, there is another unique wedding ceremony in Novgorod, that is, the bridegroom has to run across a burning bonfire. This is quite a bit of the Eastern "cross-brazier" tradition. In essence, it is the ceremony's blessing and expectation for the new couple in the future.

In Novgorod, Kawei, with a vigorous posture, easily stepped over a hot flame to show his strength to the locals. Yes, just in terms of physical fitness, the young Ross young man who married the Novgorod girl is strong one by one.

In fact, in the hearts of many girls, they hope that their husbands are strong men, so that they and their future children will be well protected.

Ross' summer, the biggest event was the summer solstice festival.

This collective wedding was a wonderful accident. All the tribes flocked to the venue for a while. Those merchants seized the opportunity and brought their own goods into the venue. In an instant, a small bazaar was formed near the altar.

The women who had been married before, with their big bellies, accompanied their husbands to visit the weddings of their newly married tribes, and blessed in their hearts.

The wedding was held when the stars arrived at the right place as promised. Ruriek was standing in the first row of the crowd. He wanted to look at Lilia and his servant Lumia more.

Rulik is most worried about his Lumia, what stubbornness will be made during the ceremony. After all, she only had one month to contact the priest's work!

Worrying is superfluous~www.mtlnovel.com~ Lumia did a lot of things according to Veria's request. The wedding was also going on in a lively atmosphere. Lurik saw Lilia's face, the girl who was only sixteen years old, smiling like a flower.

The wedding was finally over. All the newlyweds drank the mead. This is the ultimate contract made by the couple.

The crowd gradually dissipated. After the ceremony, the excited Kawei suddenly picked up his wife, and rushed to his home in Lilia's scream of happiness.

Their anxious appearance made Veria helpless and happy.

Lilia, she quickly became a woman, and all that was left was to wait for ten months.

Lilia, together with her people, have completely got rid of their former identities on a new day. They have been completely accepted by the Ross people, and now they start a new life with a brand-new identity.

Life continues. Under the seemingly peaceful life of the Ross people, there are hidden the anxiety of the big leader Otto, and the expectations of the big businessman by Rrik.

The agreed date is almost here! This time, the merchant Gould won't be empty-handed.

A large number of southern materials, a group of strong but lacking mercenaries, and even some new servants, will be under their control.

In exchange, Rurik will hand over the hoarded soap to Gould, which is a win-win situation for each other.