Chapter 474 Speros Vilia Valkyrie

The sea became violent and the fjords of Roseburg were full of waves.

These conditions did nothing to hinder the Russians from returning home. Even though all the ships were bouncing up and down in the waves, many people were already tossed by them, and the vomiting after seasickness made people feel depressed.

The temperature has become colder, and some people are even worried that the first snow will come earlier than in previous years.

The snow will come later! Preferably no rain either.

In this war, the Russians plundered a large amount of money and leather, but their acquisition of very important food was limited.

In the past years, from August to October, the tribesmen would desperately stock up on food for the winter. They had to fish on a large scale to make dried meat and store it. Although there were many brave winter warriors, it was safer to stay at home and eat dried fish than to risk going hunting.

The tribesmen know that after returning to their hometown, Duke Ross will give everyone a reward for victory. Maybe it will not be a huge sum of money, but it will definitely be indispensable.

Money is a good thing, but it cannot be exchanged for food in the extremely cold season. They hoped to go back early and rest for a day or two. No matter whether the sea water was violent or not, the right way was to forcefully go out to sea to catch herring. The tribesmen were full of hope because the leaders of the two major tribes of Ke and Wen, who were fighting together, pointed out very critical information, that is, about the salmon fishing season in the big river.

Then row the long boats to the north, line up in array at the mouths of the big rivers, and use dense nets to catch all the salmon.

Under the slightly hazy sky, there were gusts of cold wind, and the Aurora, which was moving against the wind, led Ross's main fleet back.

The people who stayed behind were not afraid of the severe cold. They gathered on the shore and danced. Their excitement could not be suppressed.

Cargo ships docked at the docks one after another, and long boats washed directly onto the beach.

Women rushed forward to find their husbands and sons among the returning soldiers.

Many people hugged each other and laughed, while some women were ecstatic at first, then wary, and finally cried out in confusion.

Because there are not many Ross men returning.

Arik shouldered the task of claiming tribute from the East, and rushed to the East with his new woman and more than a hundred native Russian warriors. The surviving soldiers recruited from Novorosberg should return to their homes, and the men from Novgorod's White Tree Manor will naturally all go home. Only the Slavic men who betrayed each manor have become new immigrants to Novorosberg. .

Among the new immigrants in New Roseburg, there is also a small group with a rather special status.

It was Harald of Gotland. His family was ordered to move to a new territory with the remaining property.

The route to the East is extremely novel. This is Harald's first trip to the so-called "Wild East". When he saw the huge fortress, regular docks, and even some rotating ships that appeared at the mouth of the river, Huge objects completely changed my mind. It seems that the East is not really wild. Coming here is definitely not an exile. It is probably to make a fortune.New opportunities for wealth.

Harald must be grateful to his daughter and his wonderful luck. His resignation and reconciliation at the critical moment made his family extremely important in Rurik's eyes.

If the expansion of the Russian wealth is mainly entrusted to the Gould family, this obviously has huge security risks. Rurik knew very well that Gould, a man who knew the current affairs, would not betray. As for whether his descendants would be loyal, it was hard to say. A family has mastered huge wealth and made great contributions to the principality. They must want greater power.

Supporting a competitor, such as the Hrolev family in Soharal, is one method. Besides, Rurik knew that he had to call Aslaki sister (sister-in-law is equivalent to sister).

Harald settled in New Roseburg with hundreds of pounds of silver, and the Hrolev family was the richest in the area at this time. If this person organizes the development of trade and industry in the East, will New Roseburg's economic situation take off quickly? Because as many as a thousand sheep were transported to New Roseburg at the mouth of the Neva River, the local climate was naturally much warmer than Roseburg's hometown, and the local sheep farming industry could at least be developed.

The one thousand sheep captured were all the property of the Duke of Ross. Harald had the power and task to propagate the population. His family must pay regular tributes of leather, wool and dairy products, and the newly bred sheep The sheep became his property in proportion. In the future, some cattle will also be transported there.

Only more than 500 native men from the Ross tribe returned.

Three hundred warriors from Lake Malaren have officially become the new Rus, but they are not natives here.

When there is war, there is death. Of course, the women whose sons and husbands died were happy about the victory, but their homes collapsed!

The wife inherits all the husband’s property. She can take the children and marry a new man. Just look at the current situation! Just a few years ago, every woman in the Ross tribe was eagerly pursued by men. Now, there are already too many women in the Ross tribe.

A large number of women and children disembarked from the ship. They could not cheer for the victory of the Russians because they were prisoners after the defeat. After disembarking, they could only wait pitifully for an unknown fate.

As more detailed news spread, the women who believed that their husbands had died in the battle had their last thoughts. Some tribesmen went to the East to pay tribute, and maybe their husbands were there.

But more than 300 native Russian soldiers died in the battle. Whose husband and son were the honorable dead?

They pray that they are not the "lucky one". Even if you are really "lucky", you can only comfort yourself that those heroes who died in the battle have already gone to Valhalla.

From June to September, the long war seemed to have finally come to an end.

The Ross tribe ushered in a resounding victory. The returning people returned to their homes and caroused all night long with their families!

The cold wind outdoors is no longer scary, and it should beIt was dark. There were bonfires everywhere in Roseburg. There were the crackling sounds of pine branches burning and a group of people dancing around the bonfire.

A large amount of seized materials were unloaded from the ship, and most of the leather was naturally transported to the Gould family's warehouse immediately. This is of course inappropriate. Rurik considered the current situation. The construction of the "Principal Warehouse" of the Russians had not been completed, and the seized items could only be temporarily held by big businessmen.

There was only a group of very critical treasures, which were weighed together by strong warriors who did not get seasick. The warriors formed a dragon and headed straight to the priest's longhouse under the leadership of Rurik and Otto.

Victory! A great victory!

Rurik’s ears were filled with the cheers of the tribesmen. They shouted the names of Otto and Rurik and used the most beautiful words to praise their ducal family.

Immersed in the happy atmosphere, Rurik wanted to laugh. He thought of something, so he had to squeeze out a smile to face the welcoming tribesmen.

Because of the transfer of power to the high priest Vilia, her life...

"The longhouse of the priests is ahead, I..." Rumia holding the antlered helmet Following Rurik, she was immersed in the cold wind. It was already getting late, and the hazy world intensified a sense of desolation that was incompatible with the joyful atmosphere.

"Are you worried about Vilia?"

"Yes. She was very weak when we set off. I'm worried..."

Worried about losing She, Rumia thought so.

Rurik didn’t want to console him, it was meaningless. And for Vilia, this decaying old lady has become too weak to stand this year. She is still alive, and I am afraid she is already in a state of hanging her breath.

Many Viking tribes do not have a clear sacrificial center. For example, the Mälaren tribe controls most of Lake Mälaren. The so-called altar is a pile of stones placed by the lake.

The Uppsala tribe built wooden sheds in the forest and set up wooden sculptures of gods to worship.

Visby on the island of Gotland was a real worship center. They built temples and cast bronze idols for worship.

The Rus have never reached the level of belief of the residents of Visby, but they are still more advanced than most tribes. Living in the far north, people need a persevering faith to withstand the coldest winter with strong spiritual power. The Rus people have permanent stone ship altars, and they also label the residence of the priests as a sacred place.

The longhouse of the priests is sacred and should be kept away from by ordinary people.

Russian parents will teach their children not to approach the priest's longhouse when playing. The warriors who were selected as the guardians of the priest's longhouse in recent years boasted of this honor and received letters of introduction to Valhalla while they were still alive.

They were all afraid of making Odin angry with their unwise blasphemy, and they dared not think anything about the longhouse, so this was the most suitable place to put their money.

Only a handful of warriors were given the authority to carry boxes, and now they began to carry the last gold and silver treasures box by box to the "Rurik's Big Money Box" located inside the priest's longhouse, that is, The treasury of the Principality of Rus.

And this is the second time in the past ten days that a large amount of wealth has been recorded.

When the first batch of thousands of pounds of silver and gold coins arrived in the big money box, the priests who stayed behind screamed in shock. Even Vilia sat up in shock while dying of illness, and asked the priestess With their help, I saw money boxes piled everywhere.

The longhouse filled with the smell of rosin and chrysanthemum tea became noisy.

The two priestesses supported an old woman with wrinkles on her face that looked like cracks in the earth, and slowly emerged from the dim inner hall.

"Let me see if my Rurik is really back."

Vilia's situation may not be that bad after seeing this old woman She can still stand up. Hasn't her physical condition recovered? Rurik left the people around him and walked over quickly, just like the reunion between his grandson and his grandma.

Of course, Rurik recognized from the bottom of his heart that Vilia was a relative, an old man with a somewhat pitiful but very respectable life experience.

When Vilia saw Otto, he was like a son, and when he saw Rurik, he was naturally a grandson. As for Rumia, she is the heir of everything. Although she is not related by blood, who says relatives must be Bloodline?

Her hands like dead branches caressed Rurik's chubby face, her eyes were full of enthusiastic expectation, and finally she kissed her "grandson"'s forehead affectionately.

"High Priest, you are healthy again." Otto couldn't help but feel relieved to see Vilia so "vibrant".

"I am no longer the high priest, Rumia is. I..." She gently let go of her hand and looked kindly into Rurik's blue eyes: "Everyone is destined to die, and I am too Old. I'm about to go to Valhalla, don't worry, Odin entered my dream, God told me that the Ross army will achieve a great victory, and I will leave the human world and become a Valkyrie."

Rurik followed her words and said: "You will never leave, right? You will protect the Russians on earth in heaven."

"Yes." Wei Leah continued to hold Rurik's cheek: "There is an oracle that Odin will take me away at the right time. When that time comes, don't be sad, please turn my body left in the world to ashes. You can Shout my name, SPIRUS."

Rurik thought that Vilia would say a lot of happy words and applaud the Russians' unprecedented victory. Unexpectedly, she was telling her fate. Doomed death.

Why is this? still.

Ah!

For a moment, Rurik suddenly felt that Vilya’s current toughness was simply aThe seed returns to the light.

"SPIRUS, is this you...your real name?"

Viria shook her head: "My name has been forgotten for a long time, and it is not important at all. Viria, it is just a sacrifice. It means daughter. And Spirus is the new name given to me by Odin, and it is the oar of hope. Rurik, you!" Vilia raised her head slightly and faced the people present, "Me! I am the Valkyrie Spirus, I will regain my youth in Vallaha, and I will ride in the sky. This is what I want to tell you."

(Vilia dreamed of Odin. The rewards, such as the qualification to become a Valkyrie, and a new name, Spirus is just a compound word of the Latin word "hope" and the Norse word "oar", and the depth of her soul will always retain the spirit of youth and coming from the East. Encounter with the Roman Envoy)

Like a huge stone pressing on his chest, Otto was shocked and speechless, because he regarded what Villa said as the most truthful thing.

What about Rurik? He had some doubts in his heart, but it was a happy thing that Villa could continue to live in his imaginary hometown.

"Then, I will call you Speros Vilia Valkyrie."

"A good name. Just keep calling me Vilia. Stay. Rick, now tell me about you, tell me what kind of victory you have won..."

It is said that the Asgard sanctuary, the ground there is paved with gold and silver, the sanctuary The residents all wear gold and silver, and no words can describe their grace and splendor.

Velia saw the huge amount of gold and silver captured in Gotland, and her outlook was completely refreshed. She even exclaimed at one point, "Did they attack Asgard?" It was also for this reason that she had many wonderful dreams in succession, which she interpreted as miracles.

With Rurik, Otto, and even Rumia’s detailed descriptions, a magnificent war scene slowly unfolded.

Vilia did not feel sad at all for those who died in the battle, whether they were the enemy's or his own. The warriors who died heroically must be drinking and having fun in Valhalla now.

The Ross people lost more than 300 people in the battle, which was a terrible loss to the current Ross tribe.

But things are not bad. There is a huge turning point, or the Russians have ushered in a new era.

Vilia, she experienced the most difficult time for the Russians when she was young. She fled Svealand to the bitter cold land in the north, had a fierce battle with the local deer herders, and built what is today Rossburg. . Is there anything worse than these things?

Otto, who was sitting obediently, bluntly said that the strength of the tribe had become much weaker. Vilia bluntly said that this was a fallacy: "You actually captured two thousand women? They can give birth to two thousand as soon as next year. At least a thousand of the children will be boys, and in twelve years there will be a thousand warriors. They can have as many children as possible. As long as you can feed them, the Russians will have tens of thousands of warriors, and we will become stronger quickly."

OttoRurik: "This is what my son wants."

"What do you want to do?" Vilia asked Rurik.

"Assign them and start tomorrow! We have a clear agreement with the Malaren people. I am about to set off to Lake Malaren again to get back our one million pounds of wheat. I want I will distribute a sum of money to the warriors who died, and I will also distribute it to the women they captured. The tribesmen will take the money and come to me to buy it. Wheat, to feed ourselves and the many women in our family. The wheat we get will easily feed all the people living in Roseburg. No matter how many children those women have, we can all afford it.”

Vilia nodded: "Many people say you are kind. They are just mortals and don't understand you at all, but I know you best..."

Vilia did not say any more, and there was no need to say more. redundant words.

Rurik, this child just looks like a child. He is already a veritable Duke of Rus, and his achievements have far surpassed those of previous leaders. He is an unprecedented leader who cares about every Rusian and new immigrant.

"You all should leave, I... just want to be quiet."

Vilia persuaded everyone who was debriefing to leave with a smile, and she finally saw Rurik shut down Leather Curtain took a deep breath, and then his whole body went limp, relaxing in the priest's support.

The priests present gathered around in panic: "High Priest! Are you... okay?"

"I'm fine, I just feel suddenly weak. Let me... continue to lie down. Right. Ah, Rose doesn't have to worry about me anymore. You...you remember." Vilia muttered desperately, "I won't leave for a while. You must remember that Rumia is the high priest chosen by Odin. , Rumia is a servant of Rurik. Rurik, he is not a human being, he is a descendant of Odin! You should be ordinary women, you are serving a man. God."

Hearing these words, the priests all trembled. They were surprised and happy, and no one doubted Vilia's words.

Villa was not making up stories to strengthen the legitimacy of Rurik's rule. She convinced herself and completely reconciled with the world. Her life was complete.