People on the shore took the thrown cable and pulled the Salmon Chief to the trestle of the pier. All the cables were tied in fixed positions and fastened to dead knots, and the ship, still floating on the Volkhov River, was now completely stable.
The seesaw was lowered, and Spuyut, who was leaning on the side railing, hurriedly disembarked with his crew and accepted the curious questions of the people of Novgorod.
After all, most of the people in Novgorod did not know about the privateering of this ship. Since the principality has built a fairly complete clothing processing industry chain in the Ilmen Lake area and Novgorod City, they subconsciously felt that this ship was here to deliver goods.
"You asked me whether I sent leather or linen? It's all wool!"
Spuyut showed his hand. He and his guys didn't need this pile of wool. . Half of it belongs to the prince, and the remaining half is also sold to the prince.
The people who disembarked took a break and then boarded the ship again. They moved the tightly packed and heavy unprocessed wool stuffed into sacks from the cabin and put them into the net bags hung by the human crane that had been drooped to the deck. , were transported ashore one by one.
Those workers are very aware of the fact that the so-called fact that everyone can always live on the emperor's salary and receive four silver coins every month is based on the stable supply of textile raw materials. If the supply is not smooth, the result will naturally be a decrease in production capacity. For this reason, the princes and princes will announce a temporary holiday. The workers do not want this.
In Danish business culture, goods such as wool are by default packed into a sack with one hundred pounds, which actually includes the weight of the linen. This arrangement is actually an unspoken rule. Firstly, it facilitates the statistics of transactions, and secondly, it also facilitates weighing on the large scale. The wool is cut and bagged, and naturally some leaves and weeds are mixed in. The first step after it is bought by the buyer is to boil it, and the impurities are washed away and degreased.
Spuyut sent people to take care of the wool, eager to meet the prince as soon as possible and sell it.
As for the blue fox, even if it returns to a high-calorie diet in recent days, it is impossible to return to a fat-headed fish in a short time.
Even the feeling of losing weight is so wonderful that the whole person can no longer accept the obesity in the past.
Because, with his fighting strength, he was able to tilt his head and see his toes, which was unimaginable before. After becoming thinner, my body feels lighter, I can run fast, I can jump and grab high branches, all of which I couldn't do in the past.
There is even another kind of miracle!
He often felt inferior to the shortness of his third leg. He never expected that after losing weight, that leg would grow longer. As a man, nothing makes him more confident than this.
He was so ambitious that soon after arriving on Tombstone Island, he found a family maid to have sex with for some experiments, and then accepted her as his servant. Not to mention, this man is affectionate.
Arrived in Novgorod today, Blue Fox changed his outfit and returned to the image of a Russian businessman. Wearing gorgeous clothes and growing a new beard, those beliefs should be put aside for now.
The various performances of Blue Fox naturally made Eskil feel uncomfortable. Unexpectedly, this Joseph Blue Fox had not changed at all and was still the same barbarian businessman.
However, Blue Fox did not give up his faith. He still hung a cross on his chest, as well as a statue of the elf Nimfling. He even bought a miniature representing the god Frey from a woman on Tombstone Island. Wooden statue. He doesn't understand Bodhisattvas and Buddhas, otherwise he would have to add more pendants to his chest.
This kind of thing is intolerable to Eskil. If a person does this kind of thing in Frankland, he will be sentenced to hanging.
But he has done such a serious thing and still has religious membership, and Eskil will not choose to report it.
He was smart and selectively ignored it, just because this old guy had the experience he had that year and no longer dared to do anything that might offend the Russians.
This was also the first time for Eskil to come to the hinterland of Eastern Europe. He was keenly aware that the men and women onlookers were definitely not Viking fanatics like the Russians just from their appearance. Their hair is generally brown, unlike the Russians' taller waves and deep eye sockets. These people's facial features are slightly flatter, and their chins are generally pointed.
What they spoke was not Norse, and Esquier could not hear their conversation at all.
But this is indeed the territory of the Principality of Ross. Could this be the Slavs who ruled the territories in the east that Prince Rus once described?
Rurik arrived belatedly with great pomp. Armed mercenaries dispersed the crowd, and he put on gorgeous clothes and came to the dock area to find out what was going on.
"Spuyut, you actually came here directly. That's good, it saves me from going to New Roseburg to summon you again..." Rurik started with polite words.
Look at Si Puyut, this guy's movements are very direct, pointing directly at the piles of brown sacks, and he stutters in his words because he is so excited.
"Look! These things! They are all treasures we snatched in Danish waters."
"Babes? What are they?"
"They are all wool !”
“Ah! Wool?” Needless to say, Rurik was instantly ecstatic. He drew out his dagger and hurried away, slashing open a bag of wool. After being released, a ball of hair simply "squirted" out.
“These sacks are all made of wool? Haha!” He put away his sword and punched Spuyut in the chest, happily praising: “When I was most short of raw materials, you sent me a boatload Wool, you are the hero of the principality."
"We also killed many people, and..."
After a while, the sailing days were carried to stay. In Rick's hand, Spyut continued to smile and said: "I'm sorry, sir, but I'm not yet proficient in using your favorite Latin letters. I've recorded past combat experiences in our traditional writing, please take a look."
"Very good. I will take the time to study it. It seems that your actions have indeed killed many enemies and have fulfilled my orders."
"That's natural!" Sipuyut was waiting for the prince to say this. He snapped his fingers, and the three people who were waiting began to work together to pull a cable.
At first no one felt that the cable was pulling something, but it stretched all the way into the river outside the stern of the boat.
They gritted their teeth and worked hard. Before the crowd could see what the favor was, the stench that was enough to induce vomiting spread first.
Rurik was a man who had experienced bloody battles. He immediately covered his neck when he smelled the breath, his excited face frowned for a moment, and then he took a closer look at what looked like a pile of round cantaloupe hanging in the water net pocket. , and instantly understood that it was a head.
Because the Nordic people have uniformly blond hair, they even tend to turn white as they age. The face of the deceased will gradually turn gray and then gray-brown, but the hair will still be golden.
"Damn it! I knew you killed a lot of enemies, but I didn't expect you... Let them stuff these stinky things back into the water. When you leave, it's time to throw them into Lake Ladoga."
"But..."
Rurik didn't want to say anything and said hurriedly: "I will give you a reward and stop the spread of the stench now."
Spuyu With a single gesture, the stench gradually dissipated. The effect of this experience was an explosion. Many of the women who were watching fainted, and many others squatted down and retched.
The mercenaries were ordered by Rurik to drive away all the idlers. This made the appearance of the thin man in gorgeous clothes and another even thinner man in black robe too obvious.
"You? Who are you?" Rurik noticed the two of them, raised his hand and asked.
The gorgeous thin man walked straight up and took off his hat, revealing a Mediterranean-style bald head that was inconsistent with his age. In fact, this is not necessarily the case. This person's head was forced to shave off his blond hair, and dense golden hairs sprouted on his head.
"Your noble prince, although I have almost changed my body, I am Braleva Gouldson, I am Blue Fox! I am the person in charge of the Danish market you appointed!"< /p>
"Are you a blue fox?!" Since the person in front of him had a slender, square face, which was completely different from the big fat fish head of the blue fox with good memory, Rurik subconsciously backed away, naturally not believing it at all. of.
Blue Fox shrugged: "Indeed, I was besieged by a thousand Danes. Even though I killed many of them, my people and I still failed. Thanks to the tunnels dug from the beginning. , I successfully escaped. As for later, I fled to Frank, spent a year of wandering life, and now I finally come back to you."
Rurik somewhat believed what he said. It is these descriptions that are too fantastical no matter how you think about them.
When this happened, the thin old man in black robes walked over with a cross and a wooden staff. Needless to say, this guy's appearance was the most typical missionary.
Looking at this man's face, Rurik immediately thought of the old guy: "Don't say anything! Let me think about it. If you can reach Rus with my ship and still meet me, I can only Give me a methodLancian privilege. It's you, Eskil! That guy who keeps trying to persuade me to believe in your god-breaking guy! "
To be scolded by the prince all of a sudden? As soon as the anger in Eskil's heart started to spark, it was suppressed by the power of his faith, because according to what he firmly believed, the rage in the Seven Deadly Sins It must be restrained.
Eskir saw the grown-up Prince Rurik. It was as described. The prince had the appearance of a real man and became taller. A thin golden beard covered his cheeks to his chin, and it was obvious that these beards had been trimmed deliberately.
He hurriedly explained his identity and publicly revealed: "There was a terrible war in Hedeby. , there were dead people everywhere, I took in the blue fox in distress, but I was almost killed by the Danes. But I have done everything you asked me to do, and I... also want to have a good chat with you. "
Eskil hinted that he already understood very well that the dock is naturally not a place for parliament. A huge amount of external information came in a short period of time, and Rurik had to sort his head out, especially to conduct a thorough investigation." Is the "gorgeous thin man" really the fat-headed fish of the past?
The wool was split into two, and Spyut sold his own share at a very low price, so that the prince would not be entitled to the other spoils.
After three months of privateering overseas, it is true that apart from the seizure of a cabin of wool, they did not get many silver coins this year. , considering that the local wheat harvest is also in August, it is just in time to make another fortune during the prosperous trade period in the autumn.
Spuyut and the others rested in Novgorod and started from this prosperous city. The city buys daily necessities.
The ready-made robes for sale immediately attracted the attention of the "Royal Pirates". They were not fools and knew that these intricately tailored clothes had good cold resistance and were very suitable to wear. . This is the flagship product of Rurik's state-owned garment factory. Now they can buy it for the pirates at the ex-factory price of twenty silver coins. They not only buy this, they also buy leather boots, leather gloves and hats, and there are also garment factories. They also had to buy an extra piece of simply sewn blue and white patterned sea soul T-shirt.
With such a purchase, Rurik could clearly know that they had actually made a lot of silver coins, and naturally they had to do so according to the agreement. Collect half of the money and return it to the internal funds. Shouldn't we harvest the wealth they looted through commercial means?
Rurik doesn't care about Spuyut's affairs for the time being, only this book of sailing days? The content attracted his attention.
Ten wives and concubines translated the content into Latin letters overnight, and finally compiled it into a translated document and placed it in front of Rurik.
Here it is. Rick finally understood what they were doing in the Danish waters, and even encountered Esquier and his party.
But these are nothing compared to the adventures of Blue Fox.
< p>Rurik, Old Otto, Blue Fox and Eskil, the four of them had in-depth talks in Ross Dumane in the city, and there was Sweat.Lana sat recording the meeting.We are talking about Hedeby's war, the subsequent actions of Horik, the new king of Denmark, the tough attitude of the Franks towards Denmark, and about the Frankish, especially the urban life in the East Frankish part. within the scope.
In contrast, the issue of the religious status of Rurik's de facto eldest son Reglaf was indeed confirmed. Esquier took out the Pope's approval, written in Juanxiu Latin font. On the parchment, the entire document was confirmed by the signature of Archbishop of Reims, Sinquemar, confirming that Reglaf's religious status, Christian name was John, and he was the first heir to the throne of the Kingdom of Mercia, and the deceased Mary was posthumously recognized as Mercia. Queen.
There is a reason why the Holy See is so happy. If Frank looks down on the Viking barbarians in the north, the Holy See's attitude is the opposite. In the past two hundred years, Rome has sent priests to the north on a large scale to spread the faith. Esquier was canonized as the "Saint of the North". His many good words convinced the Pope himself, and the Pope was happy to learn about this. It is said that "the principality of Rus in the north is expected to be converted by the whole country", and pointed out that this is the credit of him alone.
Of course these are the boasts of the elderly Eskil, and they are also beautiful long-cherished wishes. What's more, this guy also denounced the convert Horik's change of hands as the King of Denmark as a betrayal.
The Principality of Rus is about to become an enemy of Denmark. The Holy See now does not have the strength to crusade against the rebellion, but they are happy to see the Frankish army launch a crusade. If the Russians are brought in again, the situation will be great.
It is not true that the Holy See does not involve secular power. They are in the Apennine Peninsula and are now their own country. Even if it is a heaven on earth, there are too many worldly worries. A simple heart and a few desires can serve God wholeheartedly. It's no longer appropriate.
Regardless of whether the child's father is a barbarian or not, the child has been baptized and is indeed a descendant of the orthodox Kingdom of Mercia. Mercia now has no legal king, and they really need an official certification from the Holy See. The development of the situation is beyond Rurik's imagination. When the people who retreated pointed out that the Danes destroyed the Ross shop, Rurik's attitude before getting new information It's just pure rage, and he will definitely launch a large-scale revenge when he sees the right moment.
Regraf has the status of a senior noble, and the Principality of Rus has the legal qualification to directly control that small kingdom.
But things in Denmark are too complicated.
Unexpectedly, the international situation has become turbulent. Not only the Ross Shop in Hedeby, but the entire Hedeby has become a battlefield.
Because Eskil left from Bremen, the local count got Prince Ludwig's army withered. In addition to bringing along all his retinue, the count also recruited a group of peasants and organized an army to respond to the call. It seems that the main army in East Francia is being mobilized. At least the Count of Bremen has been ordered to attack Denmark.
Is it because of some actions of the new Danish king that the Frank-Danish War broke out? In this way, even if the Danes don't take action against Ross's shop, the Frankish army will still take action.
The flames of war caused Rus to indeed lose the Danish market. From Rurik's standpoint, the enemy expanded from Denmark to add a Frank.
This exhausting meeting made Rurik sweat all over, and the amount of information forced Svetlana to record ten pages.
But the thinner Blue Fox kept winking during the meeting. It was obvious that this guy had more private information to explain.