In any case, the entire sneak attack achieved good results.
Otto roughly counted the deer in the fences. During the entire attack, the deer pens did not suffer any damage, and all the deer were intact.
These deer were awakened, and they quietly watched the killings of humans, as if they had nothing to do with them.
Deer are deer after all, just a group of animals in captivity. Now their fate is just to leave the hands of the Sami people and become the treasure of the Russian people.
But with a herd of 300 deer, can the Russians take good care of them?
Of course not.
According to the rules set by the leader before the action, all the characters will attack first, and those deer must be the final spoils. Only after the battle is over, will the leader personally distribute them.
No one will worry that they will not get any benefits. As usual, the leader serves as the "distributor" and will distribute the treasure fairly according to the ancient tribal rules.
The terrible attack had just ended, and everyone was immediately ready to move on to all the loot.
Especially the deer herders whose homes were destroyed, the women and children who were still alive for the time being, they had no idea how this group of barbarians would treat them.
I’m afraid it will be very tragic!
Otto did not intend to be unfavorable to a group of girls because it was unconventional. A true warrior would not attack women and children on the battlefield. If he behaves like this, once discovered by the Valkyries, his soul after death will not be able to go to Valhalla.
But these women and children will become slaves of the tribe according to tradition, specifically, Otto's own slaves.
Otto first ordered some of his most trusted subordinates, especially Harold Zuosen: "Send people to drive out all the deer. You must carefully count how many deer there are. With the help of me, To allocate."
"Chief, maybe you should manage this matter personally. You put this responsibility on my shoulders. I am very worried."
"What are you worried about? ? My brother? Don't worry, I can trust you. As for me... I still have some things to solve." So, Otto only wants to stay with his old wife. Live the rest of your life.
Traditionally, tribes do not have a concept similar to "concubinage", but a leader can legally have multiple maids.
People in the tribe generally know that many powerful men in the wealthy allied tribes in the south not only have beautiful wives, but also many servants. As long as the male master is willing, those servants must unconditionally give birth to more children for the male master.
In everyone’s opinion, this is the best way to make your family “luxurious”. Unfortunately, the Ross tribe is located too far north, and there are not many women in the tribe, let alone the possibility of maids.
The marriage with Novgorod has just begun, at least this timeThese measures began to alleviate marital conflicts within the tribe.
So of course many people are eyeing these female deer herders. Even though they are quite old, those who are widowed in middle age do not mind so much.
Otto could guess that someone had such an idea, and this time he wanted to be selfish.
Because he is the leader of the tribe!
Otto walked into the huddled prisoners and squatted down to observe who they were.
The result is obvious, there are middle-aged women and a group of children.
He asked these people about their situation in Norse. Not only did the other people not understand them at all, they also muttered a lot of incomprehensible languages.
Otto wanted more information. Since the old woman had been seriously injured and died, these people lacked value before they learned Norse.
Otto could only shake his head helplessly.
At least they are all living people, and it would be perfect if they were their servants.
Otto couldn’t help but think of many things!
“I am also a leader, but I live in a shabby wooden house. I have no real servants, only some women from the same clan occasionally come to my house to help. And those allies in the south Compared with the leader, will I still be shabby at the end of my life? No! I can't do this! If my fate is to be like this, I can only accept my fate, but my son will be the next leader. , Rurik will be the greatest leader as predicted, he can't even have a servant!"
He accidentally lost two sons when he was young, and he only had his last son when he was over fifty.
Otto treated his enemies very brutally, and he loved his son deeply.
After a long hunting trip, he felt that his body was old and frail. If it were not for the strong physique he had developed in his youth, he would not have persisted until now. After all, I am getting old and my life will come to an end.
Whether your destiny is to go to Valhalla or enter the underworld, your property before that will be inherited by your son.
These properties include the divine sword "The Destroyer" that was sharpened by oneself, as well as all the silver coins and a small amount of gold coins buried in wooden boxes in shallow soil, and even a batch of animal skins and pots and pans . I want to give my son more property, such as some servants.
No! Maybe servants should start developing now.
Otto has planned to take all the captives as his own. He plans to order this group of deer farmers to continue raising deer. Of course, all the results of deer raising will belong to his family. All deer farmers, including all deer farmers, control their own destiny.
Otto had already stood up, but thinking of this, he squatted down again.
He muttered: "We have to choose a suitable servant for Rurik, someone who will take care of him full-time. Well... it must be a woman."
Otto began Examine the captives carefully, especially the children among them. His rough hands spread the child apartfur hat, focus on finding the girl in it.
To his surprise, all seven of the captive children were girls.
"I thought there would be a boy, what's going on?!"
There are hundreds of children in Roseburg, and there are not many girls among them. The reason for this is still It’s all about Viking tradition!
After all, nearly half of the people in Fort Ross are foreigners living here. Although they have settled here, they are essentially allies of Fort Ross. The daughters of these people are often engaged to boys from other families when they are twelve years old according to tradition. In this kind of marriage, the girl will marry whoever offers the most chips.
Families in the Ross tribe are generally poorer, so there are fewer girls from allied tribes marrying in.
Intermarriage within the tribe is also difficult to accept. As a result, more girls in the tribe marry outside the family, so that the girl's parents can get more rewards.
As the leader of the tribe, Otto was called a rare smart man by the old priest Vilia. He was smart because he had a long-term view on many things.
He knows the importance of boys practicing fighting skills, because that is the fundamental strength to maintain the power of the Ross tribe. He also pays attention to the marriage status of tribal men and even the status of tribal women.
Only if more girls have more mothers, the new generation of boys in the tribe will be more and more, which will ultimately make the tribe's combat effectiveness higher and higher.
The girls captured by the deer herders this time are all from other tribes. It is perfect for them to become the wives of some tribal boys when they grow up.
There may be people who look down on these foreigners, but there are still people who are willing to accept such people as wives.
However, Otto never intended for his son Rurik to marry a deer herder girl ten years later. They would at best be a servant.
He pulled the girl's face and chose the one that pleased him the most, just because this girl's braids were very interesting.
His deep eyes stared with a pair of sharp eyes, which scared the girl to the point where she was at a loss and her whole body was just sluggish and trembling.
"It's you." Otto muttered with satisfaction, "It doesn't matter whether you understand what I say or not. From now on, you will be my son's servant. You must take good care of him, otherwise I will throw you away." In the sea."
After hearing these words, the girl was so frightened that she burst into tears. Of course she couldn't understand what the stubble-faced savage in front of her was saying. In short, the savage looked like a wolf. It was easy for her to predict her fate. She might just be like a lone being attacked by a pack of wolves. The deer must have died miserably in the snowfield!
Look at these barbarians again. They are already robbing their own herds of deer, and they are all happily shouting incomprehensible words.
At this time, the girl was still worried about how her tragic fate would end.
She doesn’t know yet that she will soon return to the place where her ancestors settled a hundred years ago. After that, her destiny will be decided byDepends on another little boy much younger than her.
That little boy, he is not and has no intention of becoming the new savage.