After Otto had made all the decisions, he turned to hear Villa: "Is it okay to arrange personnel like this?"
"Yes, I have no objection."
"Okay then." Otto sat upright and finally solemnly announced: "The ceremony will end tomorrow night, and all the priests will be divided. The day after tomorrow, the priests going to Tombstone Island and New Roseburg will set off with the ship. I will We won’t waste time!”
Villa’s eyes widened: “Are you so anxious? Do you want to go to sea in just two days?”
Otto? He smiled and said: "High Priest, I will not go to Fort New Rose for the time being. However, before the water freezes, we must fully reinforce the 600 people staying in Fort New Rose. As the chief, I must ensure that my The tribesmen spent the first winter safely in the new settlement without dying." "I already understand everything." Vilia nodded deeply: "Sogong in the past. You will wait until autumn to start operations again. It seems that throughout the summer, our Russian fleet will continue the expedition."
Originally, based on past experience, the Sorgon fleet will be launched in the spring. Returned with a full load in late May. After three months, the Russian fleet will set off again at the end of August or early September, so-called taking advantage of the harvest season to search for the Novgorod people's wheat.
There are only more than two months until the wheat harvest season, and similarly, there are only at most three months before the weather turns cold.
The supplies collected in the fall will be the key to the survival of the settlers in New Roseburg, but they cannot be completely counted on.
Otto felt that he could not stop at all. He was old, but his mind was not old when it came to the development of the tribe.
If there is a shortage of money for the construction of New Roseburg, it will most likely have to be paid for out of pocket. Now the situation has changed. The priest's huge sum of money is under his control, so there seems to be no problem in spending the priest's money first.
A bloody scene occurred in the chief priest's house, and a great change took place. Rurik did not know these things.
It is getting late and the sun is almost setting! Until this time, the distribution of tribute on the beach was still not over.
Just when the fleet just landed, Kawei had no time to take care of the tribute distribution.
Among all the treasures, only his wife is the most precious.
The strong Kawei, carrying a huge sack in his right hand, holding his wife's hand in his left hand, ran towards home...
"Old man, your son When you come back, can't you stop working and go to the beach?" An old woman walked into the blacksmith workshop and complained about her husband's untimeliness.
"What do you know? Why should I go to the beach in person? Kawei will come back by himself."
"You..." the old woman pursed her lips: "I I'm really worried about him. It's been three months!"
"Don't worry, Kawei will come back safely and bring his wife back. You should prepare to welcome our new one.family members. "
Klavasen said this, but he was very excited in his heart.
At this moment, from time to time, tribesmen hurried to the beach to watch the fun, and they were enthusiastic when passing by his blacksmith shop. beckoned.
Clavason looked indifferent, and his hammer was still forging sword embryos. During these days, he insisted on doing these things, making weapons was his life.
Even if you suddenly become very rich by making glassware, how can you abandon your job as a blacksmith?
Of course it is necessary to live a life without worries.
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Making the best sword is his lifelong pursuit
Klavason is of course not only a swordsmith, but also a real Russian metallurgist and gemstone. A craftsman, a master of carpentry, and a master of mineral processing.
In a sense, Klavason's identity is a bit like a "naturalist" hundreds of years later.
He continued to greet his wife: “I know my son, he doesn’t hang out at the beach. You go back inside, are you ready with your gifts for that girl? ”
“Everything is ready. You said, there really will be a girl. ”
“Of course. I made an agreement with the big boss, and the big boss will always fulfill his promise. Remember, that will be a beautiful girl. ”
The sound of forging could still be heard from the blacksmith shop, and the beach not far away was bustling with people.
After a short time, Kawei appeared, only At this time, Klavasen finally threw his hammer and greeted him happily.
"Dad! I'm back, and lo and behold, this is my wife. "Kawei directly threw the sack full of trophies on the ground, suddenly pulled his wife in front of him, put his hands on her shoulders and showed it to his father enthusiastically.
"Your wife? Well, it's beautiful, but a little small. "
"Really? She is indeed young, and her status is very noble. "
"Noble? "Klavasen subconsciously tugged at his braided beard and recalled the agreement with the big leader. That large bag of silver coins should be able to exchange for the marriage of a noble girl in Novgorod. "You said , how noble is she? "
Kawei raised his head, looking proud. "She? She is the daughter of a leader in Novgorod. "
"Is that so? All right. "As he said that, Klavasen walked forward and suddenly pinched the girl's chin with his calloused hands, taking a closer look at her face.
Lilia was completely shocked!
She basically couldn’t understand these complicated sentences of the Varyag people, and she also understood that the old guy in front of her was her husband’s father. No matter which tradition it was based on, this old guy was also her new father.
She realized that she was being judged, and now her face was being scrutinized by her "new father"
Lilia's dark blue eyes trembled involuntarily. She felt a little aggrieved and had nothing to say for a while.explain.
"Yes, what a beautiful girl. I hope she can give you many sons. You know, I need more descendants to work as blacksmiths."
"She must "Yes."
"I hope so."
Originally, Klavason was a little regretful that the big leader took the money to get such a young daughter-in-law for himself. As for her being the daughter of a certain leader in Novgorod, is that considered noble? Deep down, Klavasen only admired the tribe’s heroes and the wise leader Otto. Of course, there is also his ally Rurik.
She is indeed very beautiful, her face is still childish, her big eyes, high nose bridge and slightly pointed chin are indeed very different from the girls in the tribe.
"Isn't she... very talkative? By the way, what's her name?" Klavason asked.
"Her name is Lilia." Kawi said excitedly, "It's just that she doesn't understand our language yet." After that, he hurriedly leaned into his wife's ear and explained in simple Slavic: " Hurry! Call him daddy."
Although he was very reserved, he knew that his fate would be completely tied to the Varyags when he boarded the Dragon Head Warship.
Lilia pursed her lips, and finally said in Norse with a clear voice: "Fa."
Klavasen was happy to hear her words. He grinned from ear to ear: "Ah, what a good girl. Kawei, is that sack next to you? Is it all your share of tribute?"
"No! It's my booty. We will follow the big leader in the crusade. Other rebellious idiots. There's a lot of wheat in it. Well... and my wife's dowry, I packed it in a sack."
Let's go. , you two, let’s go home.”
Lilia, she learned from her husband that Roseburg is a huge harbor community.
Now that we have arrived here, it is really completely different from the girl’s manor!
She had never seen a port with a large number of ships docked. Even when the fleet sailed into the last fjord and saw thousands of boats rippling on the sea, she had never thought of such a thing.
On the long journey back, Lilia understood the vastness of the world.
She landed in Rossburg, and soon she would live as a Varyag woman, just like the people she married to before.
It is really difficult to adapt quickly to all this.
Her leather boots stepped on the sandy ground, which was completely different from the endless dirt roads in her hometown. She doesn’t have to worry about her boots getting dirty or getting stuck in the mud.
The Varyag people’s housing is really a mess.
Although they are wooden houses, they are like building a shack on the ground. Unlike the houses in my hometown, they are all built on wooden piles and have flat wooden floors.
Now Lilia subconsciously supported her husband’s arm and walked into the magical blacksmith shop together.
The fire is still thereHot, flames burst from the furnace.
The blacksmith shop has wooden walls, and a large number of metal tools are hung on them very luxuriously!
Here, any piece of metal, whether it is a weapon or a tool, is a practical treasure brought to Novgorod!
But among the Varangians, no matter how Lilia looked at them, they were so common here.
She stopped subconsciously, looking at the sword embryos, axes, shovels and pickaxes hanging on the wall for a while, and then staring at the fire-breathing stove and thinking about it.
"Come into the house quickly!" Klavason urged.
"Oh, dad, look at her." Kawei smiled slightly awkwardly, "My Lilia, she seems to attach great importance to the stove?"
"Really? ?”
“Yes, her hometown lacks blacksmiths. She has never seen our iron-smelting furnace.” Kawei shook his arm, and Lilia let go. Handed.
She boldly walked into the stove and saw a metal rod-like object being burned by hot coals. Scared? No! Lilia was full of curiosity.
Because this is the legendary real blacksmith shop!
Lilia stumbled over and grabbed the fire tongs on the ground.
"Danger!" Kawei wanted to stop it.
"Don't be impulsive, let her do it."
Klavasen stopped his son's move. He pinched his beard and watched with interest what his daughter-in-law was going to do.
Lilia grabbed the fire tongs with both hands curiously, put the tongs into the stove, and sorted out the sword embryo that had been burned until it turned red.
The heat of the sword embryo made her hands shake in shock, and the sword embryo fell to the ground after grazing a corner of her clothes.
"Ah!" She yelled and hurriedly backed away, almost leaning over accidentally. Fortunately, Kawei, who had quick eyes and quick hands, caught her intact.
In that brief contact, Lilia looked at the corner of her clothes in horror, which had been burned beyond recognition.
Her eyes widened, her heart beat wildly, and she kept mumbling.
Kawei picked it up effortlessly like a kitten. A few harsh words are inevitable.
"Don't blame your wife." Clavarson approached the stove, picked up the sword embryo with tongs, and threw it back into the stove to continue smoldering, which is the so-called carburizing process.
He approached Lilia again and gently held her chin. The old guy rarely showed his gentle expression: "It seems that our big leader is really wise. The only boys who like blacksmithing are the blacksmiths of our generation, and girls who like blacksmithing are almost non-existent! Kawei, Your Lilia is very good. I dare say that she will give birth to many little blacksmith grandchildren."
Lilia didn't know yet, but she gave Clavarson a huge fortune due to her risky use of the poker. good impression.
She was led into the dim longhouse of the blacksmith’s home, illuminated by the light of several oil lamps.This makes the indoor situation fairly clear.
There is no floor here, just gravel. There were no beds, just a floor made of animal skins. There was also a bonfire in the longhouse, and a pottery urn was placed on the stove made of stones, with something cooking in it.
Although I already know that the Russian people’s home experience is like this, seeing it today is really better than seeing it!
How could she like Lilia? ! But what else can I do after marrying into this family? It seems I can only endure it.
She entered the house, and what followed was a hug from Kawei's mother. She hugged her as if she were her own daughter.
"Mom, this is my wife, Lilia." Kawei introduced enthusiastically
"Oh! What a beautiful girl. Kawei, you are such a lucky boy. ”
Once upon a time, Lilia was used to sitting on a low chair. Now she can only sit on the animal skin. The soft animal skin is really comfortable and warm. For the sake of appearance, she has no choice but to sit on it. It was the sitting posture that this man could hardly learn that gave Kawei a strong sense of cuteness.
Sitting here, the Kravassins have fully accepted this new family member from Novgorod.
The pottery urn contained pine needle water, which was carefully poured into a glass by Klavasen’s wife.
Both Lilia and Kawei were so shocked by this move that they were completely stunned.
"Mom? What did you get, the crystal cup?"
"Huh? Is it weird? When you go home, you two can drink some of the pine needle water I boiled and I will give it to you Dispel fatigue."
Nowadays, the old woman does not think there is anything special about having a batch of glasses for her own use, even though she knows that any glass in the house can be sold at a very high price. go out.
She continued to pour the pine needle water into four glasses with cup ears, and then placed them in front of the family members one by one.
In an era when flavoring was lacking, the Rus, like other allied tribes, were happy to drink pine needle water in order to enrich their lives with its unique fragrance and light bitter taste.
Lilia was really shocked!
Her hand cautiously touched the glass, then held it in both hands, feeling the heat from the water. Her little face was almost pressed against the wall of the cup. Her eyes were wide open under the dim oil lamp, staring at the light brown water in the cup and the floating pine needles.
She has never had such an experience. She can see all the details inside the cup through the transparent cup wall.
Obviously, her husband’s family did not think that their possession of four “crystal cups” was anything worth showing off.
Lilia thought about it carefully. Since the Varangians would give back some precious amber, it is not so strange that they have more precious crystal cups.
She felt that her understanding was correct, but Kawei didn't think so at all.
Kawei quickly drank the warm pine needle water boiled by his mother, and then tapped it with his fingers.Pick up the cup.
"Dad, where did you get this?! I saw many foreign businessmen coming. Did you... buy it from them for a lot of money?"
Clavason looked at his son's shocked face and laughed heartily on the spot.
"Silly son, your father made these cups himself!" After Kawei's mother said this, she gently covered her wrinkled mouth and sneered.
"What? Could it be that you found a good crystal from the mountain and polished it into this while I was away?" Kawei's speculation made sense, because his father was already He has the ability to carve gemstones, and of course he has learned this skill himself, but he is not very good at it.
Klavason shook his head: "I made it, kid, it's all Rurik's credit!"
"Rurik?"
< p>"Odin gave him some new knowledge. Now, we can use the most common ore, just like casting bronze, to make a crystal cup. Oh, no! It should be called a glass cup."" Glass cup?" Kawei heard this word for the first time and looked at the cup in his hand, "Is it different from the crystal cup?"
"It's probably no different, thanks to Liuli. The table of elements that Ke gave us. I already know the composition of the crystal! We can melt the crystal and make the cup in your hand. ”
"Is...is that so?" Kawei understood what his father said. He had never thought that crystals could be heated and reshaped like metal mines to become utensils of various shapes.
"Of course it is! Rurik is the most noble person who has brought wealth to our family!" After that, Klavasen told his wife, "Go and pull the box over and give it to us. The son and daughter (referring to the daughter-in-law) open their eyes!"
Lilia held the glass in her hand, and she suddenly heard the father and son keep talking about the name "Rurik".
"Rurik? Isn't he my sister's future husband? They are very familiar with Rurik? Rurik, can I meet you soon?"
Lilia felt that what she experienced today was too dreamy, and then, two heavy wooden boxes were pulled over by the old woman.