Chapter 175 Named Anna Ryulikovina Medlova

The girls twisted around on their chosen beds, not caring that their dirty linen clothes would stain the bedding.

They are simply enjoying this unparalleled comfort.

"Yeah. It's really more comfortable than my bed."

"You are stupid, this is not our manor. From now on, this is your own bed."

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"Huh? Really?"

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They were still chattering, and Rurik was still observing silently. By the way, he took a look at their faces. attitude.

The girls are definitely standard Slavs. It must be because the food on weekdays is really bad. All the girls stretch out flat, and their extremely slender legs fully explain what it means to be thin.

And their feet are as dirty as the other. You can imagine what kind of life they lived in the past.

In fact, in their hometown in Novgorod, in ordinary peasant families, such as White Tree Manor, only more than half of the people live in houses with wooden floors. People far away from the river built wooden houses without even digging the foundations!

Only in terms of structure, this type of simple house is very similar to the Russian longhouse.

However, all residents of Novgorod believe that building floors is wrong.

Poor farmers do not use nails. They use inherited carpentry skills and use stone chisels to make parts of various shapes, and finally piece them together into wooden beds. Because of the limitations of processing tools, don't expect the wooden bed to be smooth.

This is completely different from the Russians.

Although there are no planers, the Russians have always used iron scrapers operated by both hands. Shipbuilders can be very skilled in making large quantities of flat planks and wooden blocks.

The girls were lying on absolutely flat beds, and their bodies were not filled with fluffy reeds that smelled like grass.

Some girls unfolded the folded quilt and got in naturally, and suddenly their little heads popped out mischievously.

They behaved like little kittens around the bed, their slightly dirty smiles full of joy.

Kamne, who was ordered to watch, didn't know how good "One to the Place" was.

Seeing the joy of his fellow tribesmen, he also wanted to enjoy it.

Rurik, he is deliberately making them miserable now. The bed is stained? It doesn't matter.

Just some dirt and dust.

Besides, these kids probably have shockingly low standards for what constitutes cleanliness.

Rurik was paying attention to the children’s little faces.

"Not bad. It's a little dirty and unkempt. After all, you all have brownish-blonde hair. Your chins are quite pointed, but your arms and legs are too thin."

Nothing can erase the fact that they are beautiful women.

Everyone of them is a potential stock.

LiuliLet's think about it again, why a large number of young men from the tribe are willing to go to Novgorod to find a wife this year.

Haha, maybe it’s because the girls there are smaller than the girls from our own tribe.

It must be said that the men of the Ross tribe often have strong muscles when they grow up. Obviously this is not entirely the result of a lot of physical labor. Because the women of the tribe also have great strength.

It’s just that such a strange girl is not so cute.

This is the end of the coquettish fun!

Rurik clapped his hands and ordered: "All of you have chosen the bed, now all stand beside the bed."

They got out of bed with unfinished content, waiting for the master's arrival. new command.

Rurik walked over holding the hilt of his sword and inspected the girls alone.

He turned around, cleared his throat, and decided to announce his big move.

Rurik said loudly in a kingly manner: "My servants! You may all have your own names, but as my servants, you will have a brand new name."

A bold girl suddenly said: "Master, I have my own name. My name is Alemata."

"You?" Rurik thought it was interesting. Then he walked over.

"What's your name?"

"I...my name is Alemata."

Rurik did not understand the exact name of this name. Meaning, in fact, its original meaning is "fragrance". This word is really suitable to describe a girl.

This girl named Alemata gave Rurik's "naming plan" a good start.

Because this girl’s name starts with “A”.

"Okay, Alemata, forget your past name now. Now, kneel down for me." Rurik said in a commanding tone, and then suddenly pulled out his sword.

This move scared the girl to her knees on the spot.

The back of the sword was placed on the girl's thin shoulder. The other girls still didn't know what happened. Their curiosity made them look sideways, and they felt a little worried in their hearts.

On the other hand, Parla and Rumia fully understood what was going to happen next—probably the "canonization of Rurik."

Rurik imitated the "Western European noble canonization ceremony" in his impression. This set of interests may have originated in the twelfth century.

He estimated that there was no such thing in the current ninth century.

Since there is no such thing, this set of etiquette should develop naturally. Who is the inventor of etiquette? Great Rurik!

The sharp sword blade almost touched the little girl's neck. The girl didn't know what was going to happen yet. She just followed the king's order.

Rurik leaned over and said seriously: "You, your name is Alemata. From now on, you will have a brand new name. I, Rurik, your master!I name you Anna. "

"Anna? "The girl repeated weakly.

"Yes! Anna, your name is Anna. "After that, Rurik put away his sword and suddenly pulled out his dagger, and roughly carved the word "ANNA" on the wooden pillar beside the bed.

After finishing the carving, Rurik turned around and ordered again Anna, the newly named servant who had turned into a duck and sat, said: "Remember your name, Anna. From now on, everyone will call you Anna. Now stand up. "

"Yes. "The girl nodded her head weakly, but she felt happy in her heart. She didn't know what "Anna" meant, but it sounded comfortable and was easy to say.

In this way, Rurik gave the ten girls in turn The naming ceremony was also carried out one by one.

The second girl was named Bel.

The third was Cicia. .

Followed by Diana, Ekatelinna (Eka for short), Fenna, Greta, Hellena, Ilya ( Iria, Juria.

The ten girls were given names one after another.

Rurik’s naming principle is very regular, basically starting from A in English letters. Start lining up backwards one by one.

The eleventh letter is K, of course, and the only boy is Kamne. It happens to be this "K".

Even more coincidentally, the twelfth letter is L, and Rumia, the head maid appointed by Rurik, is this "L".

Rurik estimates that he will not have more servants for the time being, but even if he does, these children will probably be the first to "join the gang" and will be reused by him in the future.

They will be named one by one in alphabetical order. Finally, when it ended with a feminine vowel "a", Rurik decided on the specific name.

So, after careful consideration, it was a name. The Slavs themselves have it, there are the Germanic people, and there are even female names that existed in ancient Greece.

After all, this is a hodgepodge, but just based on the name, Rurik thought, this time and space. Europeans may be more concerned with whether the pronunciation of the name is pleasant to the ears, rather than pursuing comfortable speech, but also requiring a person's name to have elegant connotations. The letters were engraved, first in Roman letters and then in rune letters.

The girls were very happy and even started to call each other's new names and laugh at each other.

But they had to do it immediately. It's a bit difficult to remember everyone's names and match their little faces.

Giving names is not completely finished.

The ancient Slavs were. No surname, not only the Slavs, but also the Rus tribe themselves do not have a clear concept of surnames.

If he really had a last name, it would be "Ross".

But the Ross tribe has a population of up to 4,000 people. Could it be that all of them are named Ross? Maybe that's possible too.

But of course the noble chief's family should have a more noble surname, and the servants should also have their own surnames to clearly distinguish them from ordinary people.

What surnames should be given to the servants? Simple!

The Old Norse language spoken by the Rus does have a word to describe "servant", and Rurik is currently speaking it.

In this situation, when Rurik was facing a group of maids, what came to mind was another word that was more suitable for the situation - sister.

Since it is a maid, is there any more appropriate word than "maid"?

"My servants, now that you have your own name, you also need a second name, which is your identity name. Now, I give all of you the identity of Maidelova Name! I, Rurik, am your master, and my status is like your father..."

As he spoke, Rurik pointed directly at the first person to be named. Na.

"Anna, you are completely different from ordinary people now. Your full name is Anna Ryulikovina Medlova. Do you understand?"

Although this girl is only seven years old, Rurik has been giving orders in the Slavic language he learned from his sister-in-law. How could she not understand?

The name is really logical.

The first word is his name Anna, the middle word is the woman who belongs to his master Rurik, and the last word is his exact identity. Moreover, these words are tailor-made for women and are feminine words.

When people live in the world, they are naturally looking for a clear position of their own.

Rurik’s naming allowed the girls to find their new position. They are young and thin, but definitely not stupid. They were forced to help their parents work for a living at a very young age and learned the hardships of life prematurely.

And they became the first batch of girls with clear and completely Slavic names.

Ah, they are Slavs themselves.

Of course, this naming system also applies to the head maid Rumia.

The remaining issues remain thorny.

It is unrealistic to just put the letters on the wooden pillars of the bed and expect that Parla, who will actually serve as the "boarder", will recognize them instantly.

Rurik ordered the girls to still stand by the bed. He called Parla to his side again and said: "You have seen the words I carved. These are the names of the girls. You Must remember."

"Yes! I know those letters, and one more.Some, they seem to be letters too? "

Rurik immediately figured it out and said: "Are you talking about Roman letters? Our runes are decentralized, and what I carved is the Roman alphabet, which is the writing used by the Romans. "

"Ah! Rurik, do you know Roman writing? "Parla looked surprised, and all she got in return was Rurik's sideways eyes.

"What? Do you doubt my ability? "

"No, I'm just curious. Could it be that God has given you such knowledge? ”

“Of course. Rurik said without thinking: "The high priest has a treasure. It is a book from the Romans. I can understand the content inside." I actually know a lot of things. Our ancestors took inspiration from the Romans and invented our own writing. Perhaps one day we will still have intimate interactions with the Romans, and perhaps we need to start now to fully understand their writing. Let’s start with my servants! ”

Rurik gave Parla a brief introduction, that is, each rune letter corresponds to a Roman letter. This is not a coincidence, but this is how the original creator of the text designed it.< /p>

Rurik actually doesn’t like the rune alphabet, and he is still used to using the Roman alphabet. As for the so-called “intimate communication with the Romans” that seemed so brazen just now, if you think about it carefully, this is not nonsense.

Parla would never be able to identify the names of each girl based on their appearance in a short period of time.

For this reason, Rurik also lacked confidence in himself.

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So at this time, some auxiliary means are needed, such as the roster.

Rurik feels that there is no big technical obstacle to replicating it. . For example, soak the bark and beat it wildly until only pure fiber is left. Then you can use a screen made of fine twine to make paper that is at least usable.

Ideal. So, Rurik didn't have enough energy to try it right away.

In the era without paper, bamboo sheets and wooden boards were just makeshift writing tools.

Ah, Processing wooden boards and bamboo slices into pure fibers becomes paper. For the time being, Rurik regards clean wooden boards as excellent writing materials.

Of course, it is not so much for writing but for carving. Most appropriate.

All the beds in this longhouse are arranged in an orderly manner, and the girls naturally choose to gather together, making the positions of the beds they occupy highly uniform. Rick ordered Parla: "Go to my opponent's cabin and find a suitable board. Get another piece of cowhide and some hemp rope. "

"Hide and hemp rope? ! Parla was highly alert: "In the small cubicle of my workshop, I took your property?" May I? "

"Don't talk nonsense, go get it quickly, I'll wait for you here. "Rurik urged impatiently.

Rurik does have a small cabin for storing sundries.It is actually part of the soap workshop. There weren't anything valuable stored there, just equipment related to soap production and raw materials for making equipment.

Palla ran away in a hurry, quickly picked up the rolled up thin cowhide, carried a slightly dirty wooden board from left to right, and returned to the longhouse.

"Rurik, I'm back. This piece of cowhide... aren't we going to use it to make insulated gloves?"

"We'll talk about the gloves later, you put them first Put down the cowhide. Today, you will use this cowhide to make something useful for me."

Palla really needed thick cowhide gloves to prevent her hands from being burned, but she couldn't resist Rurik's request. All we can do is do as we are told.

As for the plank, she quickly understood Rurik’s brilliance.

The dagger started a new carving on the wooden board. Rurik carved out squares representing the girls' beds, carving out a matrix.

In the grid where the girl's bed was clearly located, he carved the girl's initials. It was the first letter of the double mark in Rune and Roman script, which happened to match the clear name on the wooden pillar of the bed.

After receiving this treasure, Paral held up the board excitedly: "Oh, my Rurik, you are so wise. You asked me to manage them well. With this board, I will Do your best."

Although Rurik has not yet made his decision very clear, because he had already communicated with Parr before the maid arrived.

Palla fully understood from the moment she saw these servants that she would shoulder the important task of taking care of and managing their daily life. At the same time, they would also have to help her work. Her current job is to make soap. Although there is still a language barrier between me and them, seeing that Rurik can already speak the language of the Novgorodians and communicate with the girls smoothly, I think I can learn it quickly after a sudden study.

Yes, times have changed.

In today’s huge Rosberg, there are really more and more women from Novgorod.

Rurik nodded with satisfaction: "You can distinguish them very well. Now you are the only one, Parla. You have to do me a favor."

" What is it?" Parla asked enthusiastically.

"Cowhide." Rurik pointed to the circled leather on the ground: "You make a pair of simple leather shoes for each of my servants. Well, it just needs to be able to wrap the feet." "

"Are you serious?" Parla looked surprised.

Rurik said without changing his expression: "Of course it is true. You hurry up and do it. After it is done, we have to go to eat. Look at these girls who are as thin as saplings. They are Must eat early."