The waves returned and the sea ice melted.

Some ice floes are still floating up and down, don't worry, they are no longer dangerous. Even if the big ritual has not been carried out, the sea fishing by the Ross fishermen has begun, and a large number of fresh fish have appeared in the revived fish market.

Going to eat last year's smoked dried fish? No longer necessary.

Those merchants who paid taxes did not leave Roseburg the first time. The sea is ruthless, and any long voyage is a risk. It is more common for merchant ships to travel together, and it is also superstitious to own ships.

Everyone is looking forward to the sacrifice of the Ross people, and everyone knows that when the sacrifice is over, the Sorgon fleet of the Ross people will set sail.

Year after year, the caravan followed the Ross fleet, and that was the perfect escort.

Everyone is waiting for the auspicious omen given by the priest, the omen that everyone desires, only when the liver of the reindeer is cut open on the altar can it be revealed to everyone.

The sacrificial activities were held as scheduled, and the location was on the beach.

Listening to the sound of the sea waves, all the Ross people who were watching the sacrifice gathered. A large number of young people showed their strong muscles, their hands clenched and pulled the ship's rope tightly. On this day, all the young and strong men are assembled, and they will use their full strength to drag the boats that have been towed to the shore, and then back to the sea.

Before the sacrifice, Rurik led his young men to actually perform a good show for the people of the tribe.

"Left! Right! Left!"

"Left! Right! Left!"

Standing at the head of the team, Rurik kept chanting, and several of his triumphant subordinates were also in charge of the team behind the order.

There are more than 300 children, they have male and female friends, they are wearing highly uniform clothing with each other, and the "weapons" in their hands are also highly uniform.

The boys held a wooden shield in their left hand and a wooden sword in their right.

Around the girls' waists were burlap quiveres, each with five arrows inserted. They held their stringed short wooden bows with both hands. According to Rurik's taste, their uniform posture of holding the bow was like holding a firearm.

Rurik even wanted them to raise a banner, but he really couldn't think of what kind of banner could represent his power. Is it possible to use the "Oar" totem printed on the sails of the Ross people as the flag? May be.

But after all, everyone is from Rus, and maybe a more suitable flag is needed.

There is no standard bearer, no drummer, no trumpet player. Even so, Rurik took his troops and appeared on the beach at a neat pace, completely becoming a beautiful landscape. As he expected, the children's parents are happy for their children to join this great team.

Out of the intuition of the warrior concept, the warriors of the tribe can see what is strong from this uniformity.

There is a phalanx for boys and a phalanx for girls. They are arranged on both sides of the altar.

They are the guardians of the sacred sacrifice!

Rurik changed into a plain gray linen gown, and his golden ponytail was put down. A hemp rope was tied around his head, and a belt was tied around his waist.

It's all because of the ridicule that Rurik heard, saying that he is a "very beautiful boy". In that case, let's really show the so-called "beautiful"!

He was dressed a bit like a girl, but his belt **** at his waist showed what is handsome.

Rurik was clean, and his bright golden hair looked like strands of white gold under the soft light of the rising sun.

The ten little maids from Novgorod also took up the work of lower priests.

Even the little Corvin girl Lumi who followed Lumia.

In a sense, priesthood activities have become very strange. The key priests, most of them are not native-born Roths, they are indeed serving as priests, but their true identity is Rurik's servants.

Given this reason, no one felt that there was anything wrong with this year's priest.

In the final analysis, the priests of the Roses expressed an attitude to the great **** Odin, praying for peace and victory.

The tribe's eyes are sharp, and normal priests have evolved into a ritual for Rurik to communicate with his "Heavenly Father". The onlookers are always short of conversational resources. They watched the ongoing ceremony and kept whispering.

The tribe compared the three hundred children guarding the altar to "valhalla's heroic warriors." Compare the dozen or so young priestesses to "Valkyries." Undoubtedly, Rurik, who was beheading and severing the sacrificed belly of the reindeer with a steel sword, was an "Odin" in a certain sense. With a strong sense of ritual, the Ross people are proud of their identity.

In particular, some businessmen watching the grand occasion are communicating. Although the Ross people are forcing themselves to pay a so-called tax, it seems that the leader of Ross is not fascinated by money. The Ross people are the most admired gods in the entire alliance, and their rituals are far superior to the mighty Mellaren people.

Some businessmen, they made their own judgments in shock-the Ross people respected God, they will pay more attention to the contract.

Among the onlookers, there are also some sneaky eyes.

It was a meticulous work by Olekin, the leader of Mellaren, sent by the merchant in makeup. They remembered the real situation of the Ross people in their heads. Regarding the North Hunter and the Eastern Expedition of the Rus people, they also wrote down one by one. There are also some magical weapons, the generosity of Chief Ross.

Nothing is more important than Rurik, the future leader of the Rus.

Seeing that beautiful boy cut the deer's neck without hesitation, and then calmly took out the deer liver, the masters couldn't help being nervous. After all, they were just spectators, and they didn't expose themselves. They just silently recorded everything they heard and then returned to Mellaren to report to their master.

Some ceremonies of the sacrifice were carried out in an orderly manner, as Lumia obeyed the order of the high priest Veria and announced with her high-pitched and sharp voice that the sacrifice was auspicious and ended.

It is as if Rurik asked God for a blessing. In the next year, those who are blessed will be safe across the sea.

A large number of ships scrambled to be pulled into the sea, and from May 10, stagnant maritime trade resumed.

Roseburg's business behavior is like the thawing sea of a complete recovery.

The people in the entire settlement got into action and started their own work in accordance with the established plan.

In order, on the third day after the sacrifice, Otto led a team of as many as seven hundred people and took up to thirty ships to start the route to Novgorod. Among them, there are only three hundred real fighters, and the rest are either the clan of Shilla Fort who is determined to immigrate to the mouth of the Neva River, or the Novgorod woman who returned to her family with her newborn child and her husband to visit relatives.

Otto kept his promise. Those women were grateful for the leader's integrity, and with a strong sense of pride, they embraced the mixed-race children they had given birth, and took some production tools that must be useful to the mother's family to embark on the blue route.

Naturally followed by a large army of merchants, and among them, the fleet of the merchant Gould is the most critical.

This time, a large amount of rare goods was added to all the cargo Gould carried. There are as many as two hundred glassware in various shapes. They are a beautiful container, and the target customers are the wealthy of Mellaren.

In addition, there are as many as 10,000 pieces of soap. In order to commend Gould's activeness in paying taxes, Rurik deliberately lowered the price of soap. All soaps are deliberately made into a Roman pound. These externally sold soaps are not mixed with sulphur powder and are just saponified seal grease. It is relatively simple to give the object recognition, the price given by Rurik is only one silver coin.

Of course, compared to its actual cost, Relic is still a huge profit. He really made a big concession to Gould. In the end, what price this batch of soap can sell depends on Gould's ability. Rurik's thoughts on this matter are simple, perhaps continuing the limitations of the times. He really can't properly set a tax rate, and he can't even hope to organize a special team in an instant to check accounts for businessmen and combat tax evasion. . He just thought, wait until Gould makes enough money in the new trade season, and then he leads others to hold back.

Gould, who went south, of course also shouldered the many missions that Rurik confessed. The most important thing is to continue to collect those beggars living in the gloomy streets of Mlaren, or bankrupt farmers. Rurik asked the old guy to find a way to win over all the people from the tribes in the south who felt that life was too difficult to survive, and asked them to sign a contract and move to the Ross people.

What is the simplest solution for this kind of arrangement? The settlements in the north, the settlements in the east, where labor is always needed! As long as they can work and decide to follow the leader of Ross, the pragmatic leader and son of Ross don't care much about their identities.

As many as four thousand people left Roseburg in just one day. At one time, the population broke through the settlement of eight thousand people. After a brief period of extreme excitement, it quickly fell into a trough.

is not that right? Most of those who went out to work hard left, and those who stayed behind were also temporarily staying behind.

Roseburg in 830 AD is destined to become extraordinary, and she is bound to enter the smallest number of residents in history. It's not that the population has withered, it's all because the Russians built too big stalls, making the mother city no longer prosperous, and temporarily degenerating into an ordinary Nordic small tribe.

Because after Otto and his fleet left, six more ships left the fjord in a very special way.

Those are six leading warships! The bows are all installed with newly carved reliefs with lizard heads. The reliefs are also soaked in blue water boiled with blue lichens, making the reliefs also bluish.

Arik led his crusade army on the expedition, and Yevlo left his master temporarily and started a new war as Arik's subordinate general.

To be honest, Jeflo didn't like Arik at all, and the only reason was that he seemed to be too arrogant. It's not that Arik's attitude towards others is unreasonable, on the contrary, he doesn't even object to a Finn being his subordinate, because he really knows that on the battlefield, as long as you are in the same camp with you, that's a brother, you Protect his back, and he will also protect your back.

Arik didn't regard the Gotland as a strong enemy at all, which worries Jeflo. Fortunately, this experienced mercenary holds cutting-edge technology weapons. He trusts the crossbow developed by his master, and he trusts his mercenary comrades who were born and died.

Two hundred perhaps the most elite Ross fighters rushed to Tombstone Island with an infinite desire for victory, and then to the south of the Aland Islands where the island is located, to the unknown battlefield.

Everything seemed to be calm again, and the people who stayed behind did not feel any peace at all.

The leader's house became quiet again. Niya had some expectations for the future, but when he thought that his precious son would personally lead a group of tribesmen with a very unique identity, and the servants who spoke the same language as Rumia , To run to the north "unknown place", she thought of her two sons who had died, but she would not be able to fully convince the crowd if Rurik could not experience such power, even with a noble status.

Under the oil lamp, she sews a coat of snow fox fur for her son. Seeing her son sitting at her desk in the lobby, Rurik, who was attentively muttering something in her mouth, felt that it was like a song, and couldn't help asking: "Are you ready?"

"Huh?" Rurik was taken aback.

"I mean, are you ready for the expedition? You have to choose some children to follow you on the expedition. You are very bold."

Rurik didn't appear very excited, as if it were fate: "Of course I am ready. I know, you are very worried about me."

Niya had a sore nose, and then wiped off cheap tears.

At this time, the Carlotta sisters, who were busy sewing up rabbit leather gloves with imported precious steel needles, approached the crying Niya.

"Mom, you don't need to worry. We will take care of Liurik. We Ostrala people are not afraid of anything. We will not encounter any danger. We will build Elronburg well." Carlotta's comfort is not only lost. When it worked, Niya cried harder.

Her rough hand stroked Carlotta's small face. At this moment, she really regarded this little girl as her own daughter.

In an instant, the children in the lively home left one after another, and only Lumia, the priest girl, would continue to stay.

Rurik even had to take away the ten little maids from Novgorod, training them in the posture of warriors, just like the existence of the Valkyries around Odin.

Many children who are valued by his son have to participate in the operation. Niya does not understand why his son has to select a large number of children to participate in it. Is this a kind of military training?

Niya's speculation did not explain, but the fact is that Rurik wants to lead a group of his own men to carry out training with his opponents in the name of the operation of building Elonburg to unearth the value of the mine. In a sense, this is the literal "Summer Camp of the Boy Scouts of Roseburg". Of course, this so-called "summer camp" must be dangerous, otherwise Rurik would not be determined to bring thirty crossbows in one go.

Rurik kept explaining his dreams, especially emphasizing that after the development of Fort Elon, the Ross tribe has a steady stream of the highest quality iron, and even claimed: "In the future, my warriors will wear chain mail. My warriors In any battle, there is only a slight injury at best, and no one will be killed in battle. This is the reason why I must excavate iron ore, and it is also my promise to those Corvins who surrender to us."

"I understand!" Niya was relieved and cried, "there is that girl, called Saibolava."

"And Telavis, that boy is my chosen future... leader of Elronburg."

Niya was taken aback: "Do you believe him so? He is a Corvin."

"No! He is my subordinate and my servant. But I am more willing to be a brother with him. I want to let those Kewen people, especially those Kewen children, know that I am their most reliable leader."

Speaking of excitement, Rurik simply said: "Mom, do you know? I just made up a song."

"You... do you still make up songs?" Niya asked with satisfaction, "Did you just hummed it?"

"Exactly! Let me sing it now."

Rurik cleared his throat and stood up, and under the light of the oil lamp, he sang softly in Gnostic.

Always remembered by us,

Is a great dream.

May my dear hometown be beautiful,

May Holy Rose be glorious.

Listen to the wind and snow, and watch the aurora fly.

My heart calls to me,

Toward the turbulent distance.

Even if it is difficult and then difficult,

Nor can we retreat.

Let us become brothers,

We are full of strength.

Listen to the wind and snow, and watch the aurora fly.

My heart calls to me,

Toward the turbulent distance.

Rurik sang this famous song "Singing Turbulent Youth", whose lyrics were partially changed, with the core concept of course unchanged.

The tune of the song is beautiful and full of vigor, and there is a touch of deep feeling of the vastness of Eastern Europe. In his opinion, perhaps only this song can best correspond to Rose's young people.

Yes, after all, this songbook is a song composed by the descendants of Ross in history, but its intention is greater, and it is to call on young people to build their own country for the great and glorious ideal.

Niya was dumbfounded, and Carlotta and Ella smiled. Not only is the lyrics of this song full of hope, but also because it is sung by Rurik himself, the meaning becomes extraordinary.

"What? I can't sing well?" Rurik asked his mother deliberately.

Niya sighed with relief; "You sing so beautifully, there is no ballad more tactful than it, and no ballad makes me more happy than it. Rurik, just like your lyrics, you... Are you going to be brothers with those Kewen people?"

His mother's question caught Ruriek off guard, and he didn't hesitate to say: "Yes! Corvin, deer breeder, or other tribes that I conquered, as long as they surrender, they are all our Rus people. I want to include those children as my subordinates, and I want them to be proud of being a member of the Ross tribe. And this song, I have decided, before I set off, my subordinates must be able to sing it! "

Niya's thinking is stuck in this era, her perspective is narrower than Otto, and she even instinctively feels that her son's dream is too idealistic. After all, that was his only son, and out of the psychology of doting, he had to accept Rurik's decision completely.

"I hope they can be your most loyal brothers."

Rurik responded decisively: "This time, I will lead the subjects of the Corvins to build their new settlements. I just want to win their favor. In the future, the Corvins will also be our fighters."

In this era of lack of entertainment, children's fights and wrestling have become important entertainment. Nowadays, the oldest rugby game, including the robbing of "leather dumplings", and archery competitions, are important entertainment for children.

They are never born purely brave [liancheng] cruel ~www.mtlnovel.com~ They also have a pursuit of literature and art in their hearts. Boys and girls will spontaneously hum some songs, so-called folk songs.

The folk songs of the Ross people are long, and the corresponding ones seem to be the vast land after the winter, the singing is long and ethereal and even a hint of cold.

Suddenly, Rurik's "Singing of Turbulent Youth" quickly became an object of learning for children. Not only because the song was sung by Rurik, but also because of its beautiful conception.

Even children, they know what kind of great journey they are about to embark on, and it is time for this song to appear before leaving.

It is a hymn to the young Ross young man on the expedition!

It is also a hymn to dreams.

The children no longer feel that their goal in life is just to become wealthy and to marry. Everyone should treat each other as brothers. Everyone's higher ideal is not just to achieve their own happiness, but to work hard for the Ruth tribe to become stronger.

In an instant, the action of rushing to the north to build Fort Elon was elevated.

The children finally ushered in their first "great cause" in their lives.