They feasted all night long, and the nobles saw the generosity of Prince Ross and the reliability of becoming a king.

Although many nobles and messengers cannot easily estimate how much benefit their tribe can get after enshrining Lurik, it is better than the current situation after all.

Because they all saw the prosperity of Fort Shilla, a city that remained prosperous in winter and covered with snow. They are eager to reproduce this kind of prosperity in their hometown, and Yu Si will continue to eat sweet meals one after another.

After all, it was not the first time Rurik had dealt with this group of people. They were just a group of small fishes nesting in the "sink" of Lake Mlaren. They wanted to satisfy their curiosity and then their appetite.

Finally, satisfy some of their very practical demands.

At the beginning, King Bjorn of Sweden proposed to buy ships. The current situation has evolved into that all the powerful Swedish tribes want to spend money, or the equivalent of wheat to buy the Ross ship.

"You still think about it again, we will finalize the business in a few days."

The drunk Ruriek spoke a little vaguely, and he was just as stunned as he listened. Everyone blushed with joy, and finally fell drunk...

Honoring Prince Rurik as the new King of Sweden is a major event, as is the purchase of a Ross ship.

When Bjorn woke up, he listened to his entourage on standby. He was drunk and was finally carried back to his temporary mansion by everyone wrapped in deerskin.

Among all the nobles, he was the most compatible. When Prince Rose happily offered vodka in a glass bottle, he drank bottle after bottle of this flammable spirit. Anyway, the kid Rurik had something to say first, so you can enjoy today's feast.

"How long have I slept? It's still night?" He muttered, clutching his temple.

A follower answered cautiously: "It's already the second night. King, you slept for too long."

"Ah... I really drank too much."

Bjorn tried his best to recall the events at the banquet. He coveted to pour bottle after bottle of the spirits into his mouth, and coveted the whole roasted venison that was later pushed up. Rurik was very interesting and cooked the most fat Deer leg gave it to himself. After all, too much alcohol is drunk, and the deer legs are almost unconscious if they don't chew too much. Even so, he remembered the memorabilia that was discussed.

He sat up slowly and continued to stroke his head.

The entourage asked cautiously: "Wang, are you really going to give up the throne to that kid Rrik?"

"How? Do you all know?"

"Yes. The whole city has spread! People in this city are talking about Prince Ross being the king of Sweden. They are already jumping for joy."

Bjorn barked his teeth, "What do you think? Do you think I am incompetent?"

"No! It's just..." One person replied, and everyone else was silent.

"It's not that I want to retire, but that group of nobles forced me to retire. All the tribal princes support Rurik, what can I do? Don't talk about it, don't think about anything. Mellaren is far less than Ross. , We must appoint. You subordinates are not qualified to think too much! You can never hope that we and the Ruths will turn our faces and see what they do to the enemy. Don't say bad things about the Russ at any time. I don't want to create conflicts. Cause disputes, let alone you."

It sounds like the leader of Mellaren is to be a counselor, even if he makes sense, as a soldier of Mellaren, he is dissatisfied even if he does not have a noble status.

"So, if we give up the dominance today, can we make a comeback?" someone asked.

Bjorn didn't expect the entourage to say that, and said a word to his heart. He sighed: "The gods are blessing Rurik, what can I do? If the gods don't like him, they will punish him. If the gods reward us, the hegemony will come back. Now, we just have to live a good life. Listen, Rose is an ally, not an enemy."

On behalf of the Mellaren tribe, he set the fundamental tone for both Melo and the so-called centuries-old friendly relationship between the two sides will continue. He even pointed out that the rise and fall of a tribe mainly depends on the attitudes of the gods, which is also self-consolation for self-deception. The so-called deception of Mellaren is not because of not working hard, but the gods doting on Rose and making it stronger, nothing more. .

Mellaren, the traditional hegemon of Sweden, surrendered his hegemony in a peaceful and dignified manner. About a hundred years ago, this tribe obviously took the lead in expelling the Ross tribe. One hundred years is too long. Common people can't remember those ancient stories. Only the priests of all races can remember the sins they committed. Now that the Ross people have returned to Sweden after a long time spanning a hundred years, is this destiny?

Bjorn felt that he was unable to resist fate, so he decided to lie down.

He didn't think much about why his entourage asked him these unworthy questions, but in fact, there are experts behind it!

The fact that Rurik was elected by the Swedish nobles as the new king and Bjorn's resignation to the throne really caused the whole city to lively. Those merchants from the Mellaren tribe had welcomed Bjorn, the leader and king of their tribe, to visit Shilla Fort. With the arrival of the king, these merchants suddenly changed their minds. Hearing that the king was about to transfer power, his arrogant heart suddenly cooled. The merchants didn't know what the noble banquet discussed. Some merchants murmured to themselves, "It was Rurik who forced Bjorn to give way." Some people are really not convinced even if they are doing business in the capital of Ross, but their souls are still in their hometown of Mellaren.

But Bjorn has only one bottom line-Rurik can be the king of Sweden, but he cannot personally or send someone to control the power of the Mlaren tribe.

The Melalen tribe must be from Melalen, and the port of Birka must also be Melalen's. Therefore, in the past, the tribes paid tribute to Melalen, and Rose became the king, and other tribes could pay tribute to Rose. , But Mellaren will never pay tribute.

These bottom-line clauses must be clear!

Realizing that the matter is very important, and that the matter still needs a secret meeting, Bjorn decided to meet Rick again in a few days.

However, a cold wave and snowfall hit Eastern Europe...

Hanukkah on the winter solstice is not far away. The land of Eastern Europe is hit by a snowstorm, and even the brave people hide in their homes. The warriors who hunted in the distance hid in the hut in the forest, and the whole city of Shilla Fort simply came to a big closure.

The tall walls reinforced by towering cement and masonry defended the entire city. The merchants who traded in Harvest Square had all withdrawn their stalls, and the straight or winding streets were empty.

The blizzard raged outside the city, and people hid in houses waiting for the snowfall to end.

But this is a snow disaster!

Ten days of snow in a row is not uncommon, and Rurik stays in the warm old palace with his wife and concubine. The earliest settlers lived inside the wall, and there were a large number of houses outside the wall, and they moved in later.

The wind and snow forced people to stay home, and the snow also absorbed some abnormal noises.

The snow covered the house, and even the people in the house were buried alive. Even if they didn't die for a while, they were killed quickly at a low temperature of minus 20 degrees...

No one knew of their deaths, and even Shilla Fort had lost its vitality under the wind and snow.

Thanks to the construction of Fort Shilla on the open area of the Neva River, the north wind swept here, and most of the snowflakes were blown into the forest to the south, and that area was uninhabited.

Rurik pushed open the thick wooden door of the palace, and he and his concubines finally ushered in the openness of the outdoors.

The sun rose, and the dazzling golden light made everyone dizzy.

Fortunately, everyone was well prepared and put on wooden frame sunglasses to welcome the light after the wind and snow.

"How long have we been here? What day is this?" Rurik asked strenuously.

"It's the eleventh since it snowed. It's really bad snow."

"Lumia, you know very well?"

"Why don't you know? I'm a high priest. Even through the dim light, I'm recording the days." Lumia didn't have the slightest joy. As a deer-raiser, he knew the result of the snow disaster. "You have to check. The heavy snow will kill people and your livestock. We...have to clean up the snow on the roof. This year's situation is a bit abnormal, and we must be vigilant."

If his own queen said this, Rurik would not be surprised. This is what the high priest said. When she realized the danger, Rose was really in danger.

Lumia made it very clear that a snow disaster might kill a group of livestock!

Rurik was shocked: "Deer! My deer!"

However, reindeer are born to bear the bad cold, and even can bear the extreme cold of minus 40 degrees. They are driven to the large and small pens outside the city and are still alive.

People who passively hibernate have crawled out of their homes. It is also the architectural characteristics of the Russ that bring good luck to most people. The stone base is a very explanation. The inclined herringbone wooden roof can shelter from the rain without accumulating too much. Lots of snow. Rurik noticed that the snow in the city was quite thick, and he could imagine the situation outside the city.

In front of Rurik is the wide Harvest Square, where there is thick snow. When he took his wives and concubines into the snow, dressed as a large group of polar bears, he found that the snow had reached his hips.

What kind of thick snow is this? !

The little girl Velika dived into the snowdrift with a smile like a white bear. She was not afraid of the cold playing in the snow. She didn't understand at all, but was shocked by the heavy snow.

But Rurik has clearly realized the seriousness of the situation.

People who walked out of the house began to clean up the snow spontaneously. People in the city felt that this year's blizzard was more severe than in previous years, but it was not yet a disaster. People have enough food, frozen meat, and bacon in their homes, and a large amount of dry wood and charcoal are piled up in warehouses, so there is no need to worry about eating and heating.

But when people drove the deer sleds and began to transport the snow out, when the closed city gates were opened, the bad scene outside the city was not shocking, but it could be described as the scene of a large-scale snow disaster.

In the snow that didn't have a big hip, the people in the city quickly cleared a channel. Lulik walked out of the city along the channel and saw a large number of collapsed houses.

He was trying his best to stay calm, and the governor old Cornusson who was accompanying him could no longer sit still.

Cornuzon jumped and jumped in surprise: "There are collapsed houses everywhere! Many people died! They died in the city I was responsible for! I am guilty!"

Behind them are thousands of people in the city, as well as sleds that are urgently to be transported out of the snow.

"You don't have to blame yourself, this is a natural disaster." Rurik struck the governor vigorously to calm him down, "fortunately we have enough food, it is too late for disaster relief! Hurry up and save people and supplies, it's still too late! "

The capital of the Principality of Ross is facing a disaster, things are by no means so simple! The vast land of Northern Europe and Eastern Europe is simply insecure, and the huge plains can easily catch all the cold winds from the Arctic. As long as this cold wind goes south, it can give the southern Russian grasslands a terrible cold, and can give heavy snow on both sides of the Black Sea, which is warm in summer.

This disaster is not only the disaster in Shilla Fort, it must be the snow disaster throughout Europe.

Perhaps this is not the most violent blizzard that Ross has experienced, but it is not what it used to be. The former Ross tribe stayed in the coastal bay, and there were mountains nearby to shelter it from the wind and cold. In the past, the volume of Ross was small, so it seems that now it is expanding everywhere. There are a large number of bottles and cans, and it is painful to lose some, not to mention that there are definitely many dead people under the collapsed house.

The buildings outside the city are very different from the buildings inside the city.

Although the walls of Fort Shillar enclose a large area of land, the settler population inside has been saturated. The building in the city, York, provides accommodation for more than four thousand people. Because the construction plan of a batch of basic buildings has reserved the remaining land clean, if the city wants to continue to live in, the height of the building must be increased, and this is also the city. Woodcut Leng began to be transferred to double-layer stone buildings.

But outside the city, a large number of people who come to do business are building indiscriminately. In addition to ensuring that the roads leading to the city must be unblocked, other areas can be changed as they want to build houses.

Rurik knew who the settlers outside the city were. The most populous were Suomi hunters who migrated from the southwestern Finland region, that is, the people who loved Jeflo. They are typical Finns, and their population has grown a lot because of their wise surrender and surrender to Ross. In essence, they took advantage of the hegemony bonus of the Duchy of Ross to open up new hunting grounds in the eastern regions that were afraid to set foot in the past, and joined the plundering of leather resources in uninhabited forests. It's a pity that the construction level of this group of people is too average. They still dug a pit and a half crypt according to their hometown, and then built sheds with wood.

A group of later Slavs built wood carvings according to the craftsmanship of their hometown and opened up new farmland in the nearby area. If it were not for the fact that there was no space for residential houses in the city, they would not want to stay outside the city. The woodcut flute is strong enough and will not be easily overwhelmed.

These all Slav farmers are pure settlers.

Those merchants from all walks of life built shelters for the winter. The merchants from Sweden were rich enough to build warm residences and even set up private walls. The Balmerk merchants from Narvik Port, they also have wealth, not to mention that the countess of the clan Nolen is one of the prince's wives. Because of this close relationship, although their house is built outside the city, It has evolved into a small community with walls.

If the world outside the city is in depression, it will be a catastrophe for Ross.

When Rurik and the Governor-General Cornusson personally investigated, they took a sigh of relief, but sighed that the encounters between different ethnic groups were really different.

Because almost all the people who died in the snow disaster were Finns, if they could build the house strong enough, they wouldn't turn into gray ice sculptures. But they didn't want to be like that. In the capital city of the Duchy of Ross, it would not cost too much money to buy wheat, but if you buy thick and beautiful ready-to-wear garments and ask craftsmen to build strong mansions, these will cost a lot of money. In a sense, they died of not having enough money~www.mtlnovel.com~ A large number of bodies were excavated from the collapsed houses. After three days of meticulous rescue, people excavated as many as two hundred frozen rocks. Corpse.

People are sympathetic, and the Finnish hunters present weep bitterly for the dead people. The crying aroused empathy. Although they were not of the same ethnic group, the Rus and Slavs were crying.

The high priest Lumia felt that a big rock was pressed in her heart. Although she had seen terrible battlefields, large areas of dead bodies on the battlefield came from the enemy, she would feel uncomfortable and even vomit, but it would not be painful.

However, the people who died here were the citizens of the Duchy of Ross, who died in front of him!

Large and small corpses were put together in the snow to facilitate statistics. When seeing the frozen corpses of young children and seeing the white cloth covering their black hair, Lumia's tears also turned into ice crystals in the extreme cold.

The Suomi groups of this era have not been mixed with Germanic ancestry on a large scale, and the same Rapp (deer breeders) are exactly the same. Lumia's crying was reasonable, and she truly felt that it was her own clan who died.

A group of soldiers maintained order on the scene, and thousands of people watched the victims mourn for them.

Lurikla talked about Lumia: "Don't cry. You are the high priest. You have to perform a ceremony for these dead and let their souls rest in peace."

"Okay, I don't cry. Ceremony? Which ritual follow?"

"Ah...most of them are Finns, but there are also some Slavs. They are too pitiful, so they burned them to ashes with fire, and the dust returned to the dust. They were all buried in the cemetery in the south of the city."

"Isn't that Valhalla on earth? Those who were buried were all those who died in battle."

"It's also the city's cemetery. We will hold a cremation for them, and you will chant the eulogy."

Lumia nodded: "I understand."