How does the First Temple in Novorosberg, which is made of stone and covered with a large number of glass sheets, compare to the Great Temple of Uppsala in Sweden?
According to the description of the Uppsala tribal envoy Yes, the temples of the Rus are built with gems inlaid in the buildings and the statues of gods are cast in gold, but the style of the sacrificial rituals is completely different from that of the Uppsala people.
The envoy has his own cultural arrogance, but due to the strong strength of the Russian people, he dare not explain it clearly.
"Although the Uppsala Temple is a wooden building, it is very large in scale. Although it is not as decorated with a large number of gems as you, there is a huge sacred tree next to the temple"
p>The messenger's description made Rurik very curious. He had never been to Uppsala in his life and he did not understand their ritual standards.
"Holy Tree"
"It is the Holy Tree." The messenger emphasized the word "Yggdrasil."
"It is The World Tree in our faith"
"No. As a World Tree, it is too small, but it is a giant tree that reminds everyone of the World Tree."
"It's the World Tree in the human world. No wonder you want to build a big temple there." Rurik didn't care before. As he was about to become king in Upsaki, he learned that there was a giant tree there.
As a powerful king, there is no need for Rurik to live in Upsaki. The past three kings of Sweden were all from the Melalen tribe, and the place where they became kings was in the so-called Melalen Set. city, today's port of Birka.
Sweden in the past can be called the Mellaren Dynasty, and in the future it will naturally be the Rus Dynasty.
However, the wheel of history has reached this point in time, and many coincidences are making a period of history inevitable.
Uppsala is a good place, or rather the great temple became a symbol of glory and power.
In Sweden in another dimension, people had a long-term battle over their differences in beliefs. The Swedes living in Lake Mälaren were divided. A civil war broke out between Sweden who believed in God and Sweden who believed in Odin. Although the wars went back and forth, it was the native Swedish nobles who believed in God who finally captured the Great Temple of Uppsala.
The temple was deliberately demolished, and the remaining wood was used as building materials. The victors built Sweden's first Assumption Cathedral on the ruins.
The victor was crowned king in this church and started the Uppsala Dynasty, thus ending the Viking Age in Sweden.
If the Port of Birka represents hegemony, the Uppsala Temple represents faith.
It is the largest temple in Sweden dedicated to the great god Odin. As the recognized "man blessed by Odin", Prince Rus has every reason to choose to ascend the throne there.
In this case, the messenger from Uppsala was worried that his next description would make the prince angry, but it involved important ritual content, so he still mustered up the courage to explain the situation.
"Future King of Sweden, you need warriorsblood, sacrifice to the great Odin. Only when the blood of warriors is spilled on the trunk of the giant tree will the gods recognize your power. "
"Human Sacrifice" Rurik's head buzzed when he heard this description.
The envoy did not dare to make Prince Rurik angry, nor did he dare to No matter how stubborn he is, he just whispers, “Whenever major sacrifices are held in Uppsala, human sacrifices will be performed. "
"I heard your muttering. Human sacrifice wants me to learn from Olegin. I know your suggestion, and I tell you clearly that I will not implement it. I understand your kindness. After all, I am not a mortal, and I do not need to use human sacrifice to gain the favor of the gods. I have received God's favor. ”
Rurik allowed the Uppsala envoy to leave honorably and gave him a pound of silver coins as money to purchase information.
He was doing his final job in New Roseburg. During the rest period, I had a secret meeting with the envoy. The two parties actually talked a lot about the festivals and sacrificial activities held by the Uppsala tribe throughout the year, the sacrificial rituals, and the overall environment of the settlement, as well as the current Duke Sven of Uppsala. Ned's situation.
He absolutely cannot accept human sacrifice, even though this is a characteristic of the Uppsala people.
The important details of a sacrificial ceremony attracted Rurik. Only by watering the "holy tree on earth" with the blood of warriors can it be protected by the gods
Any brave warrior is precious to Ross, and sacrificing outstanding warriors can only lead to Ross. The decline of military strength.
Since a blood sacrifice is needed, the reindeer commonly used by the Principality of Rus should be sacrificed, and the sacred tree of Rus should be watered with deer blood.
Priest Rumia is over twenty-three years old. She is no longer young in today's Northern Europe.
Rumia is in the prime of life, and all her body functions are at their peak. She has an overall flat face, long dark hair, and yellowish skin. She is of extremely high North Asian descent, and her appearance and figure are very different from those of the blond Nordic people.
Even though she is of northern Asian descent. Standing on tiptoes, the top of his head barely reached Rurik's chest.
It was this dwarf priest who was appointed by Rurik as the high priest for the enthronement ceremony.
She is busy directing the subordinate priestesses she trained to organize the ritual instruments. Among all the seven statues of gods, the one of Odin will be brought to the distant Uppsala, and many instruments will be brought. Let's go, Rus will hold a grand Rus-style sacrifice in Uppsala. All the personnel, equipment, and sacrifices will be brought from Rus. Rurik is equivalent to just borrowing the geographical location of Uppsala.
It was the last night before departure. A small body was nestled next to a strong man, and two children, a boy and a girl, were sleeping peacefully.
When she thought that the huge fleet would leave the anchorage for Lake Mälaren tomorrow, Rumia couldn't sleep.
Her lips whispered in her husband's ear, "One hundred and eleven."Is it worth it to sacrifice a reindeer?"
"Why do you still doubt that my arrangement is inappropriate?"
"How dare I. You must have your own intentions for doing this. I"
"I still feel it's a pity"
"Yeah. "
"Why feel pity that the deer blood will water the big tree, and all the deer meat will be eaten by our soldiers. Rest assured though, only the blood of the deer is sacred, and the skin and venison are still ours. "
"You have already said it. I have another concern. "Rumia's tone was already slightly panicked.
"There's nothing to worry about. ”
“Because I am a deer farmer. A person like me can really control your ascension to the throne."
"Are you worried about the dissatisfaction of those Swedes?"
Rumia whined a few times, which was equivalent to acquiescence. .
Rurik lost his temper and suddenly lost all sleep. He yelled, "They dare to face absolute strength. Their criticism is to seek death." I have executed a number of critics in this city, and my name must have spread to Sweden. You can rest assured, after all, I cannot trust anyone else to be the high priest. "Gu
What else could Rumia say? She could only hug her husband's arm tightly and laugh.
The two children were scolded by Rurik. Waking up, Velika twisted and groaned, while Oleg simply started crying.
This time Rumia sat up completely out of conditioned reflex and stepped on the leather slippers under the night sky. Then he went to coax his child to regain his composure.
The moonlight through the patchwork glass windows gave a dim light to a room in the old palace. Rurik lay on his side and looked at his woman. He coaxed the child and felt happy.
He felt very sorry for Rumia.
She was not a very pretty woman, but she was actually his second. The meaning of a woman is extraordinary, but she will never become a queen. At this moment, Queen Svetlana is sleeping in another room with Prince Osborne Slav, and all the members of the royal family of Russia are here. The old palace was abandoned not far away. This house was smaller and felt quite cozy with many people living together.
Rurik even vaguely heard the snoring of his father Otto. < /p>
The next day, early in the morning,
the sun shone on the entire New Rossburg, the tide receded, and the main force of the Ross fleet anchored at the Kronstadt anchorage
< p>The ships are parked on the trestle on the side of the Neva River, and people are boarding the ships one after another.New Rossburg has also recently launched four standard cargo ships, and they are now all transport ships.
p>One hundred and twenty reindeer were distributed on as many as eight standard cargo ships. The biggest task of the crew on board was to ensure that all the reindeer did not die accidentally during the journey, so they arrived in Uppsala. Finally, one hundred and eleven of them were selected as sacrifices
Even though almost all of the horses were used for breeding.Yes, Ross still needs a cavalry team to decorate the table.
Twenty Turkic horses that seemed to have just been conceived were transported on board. These horses all had matching Slavic-style patterned linen cloth, which could cover the whole body of the horses. The decoration of the horse will be more complicated. For example, the horse's head will also be equipped with some blue and red wild goose feathers, which will be decorated with red, blue and white feathers for a while. At the same time, the cavalry helmets will also be decorated with a large number of feathers and decorated with a large number of colored glass beads, and they will be draped in bear skins to show their magnificence.
More than just this tiny cavalry team, the cavalry team will act as a guard of honor. All the Ross Army soldiers who participated in the King's enthronement ceremony, their special and major additions in New Ross Fort, are either Ornaments.
Put a piece of chromium-containing natural ruby into a calcined lead glass solution. After vigorous stirring, the solution is poured into a bronze mold for natural cooling, and finally a large number of light red glass blocks are obtained.
It is easy for Ross to mass-produce glass pieces, so he uses colored glass to make pendant jewelry, making all the decorative objects that anyone can consume. They were cheap, a glass pendant worn around the neck, and no one thought it was a priceless treasure.
But the army needs to participate in the ceremony in the most gorgeous manner.
Tens of thousands of molded mass-produced colored glass pieces are ready. They are light blue, light red, light yellow and emerald green. Soldiers randomly received the necklaces and threaded the strings through prefabricated holes to make huge necklaces.
All warriors participating in the ceremony must wear them, so that when they line up in the sun, onlookers can see a colorful and dazzling scene. Who doesn't like crystal clear things?
All the personnel and materials were on board. King Bjorn of Sweden, who had not yet abdicated, had already understood that the Russians were going to make a serious extravagance for this grand event.
Are you envious? Indeed.
I wanted to seize the throne of Sweden by assassinating Carl, because the act of seizing power was not decent, and the ceremony of proclaiming the king was not done hastily for practical reasons. The nobles of Uppsala did not say a word about the man Bjorn became king in a coup, but behind their backs they were talking about him not being loved by the gods, and even refused him to ascend the throne in the Uppsala temple.
Bjorn is valuable because of his self-awareness, while Karl was killed by the Malaren nobles because he insisted on militarism. Mellaren no longer has the strength to engage in military warfare. If it still does, Bjorn, who has seized power, can lead his army to directly attack Uppsala. Human sacrifices were made with the blood of dissatisfied Uppsala warriors sacrificed to the sacred tree.
The tribes still support the Mellarens as overlords and support Bjorn in succeeding to the throne, which is just a postponement of the understanding of the old era.
The situation has completely changed now
Poor Bjorn only has a few followers around him. He is also on a ship far away from the Russian flagship, chatting with a group of young Russian warriors. Tooth play. For example, he talked about the past glory of his Melalen tribe, but these descriptions could not resonate with the young Ross warriors at all. Someone simply and rudely asked Bjorn to shut up, "Stop talking, youWe Mellarens we don’t understand and we don’t want to understand, you are not as strong as us, that’s all. ”
Bjorn was helpless. Young offspring were always rude, and these people were the most aggressive and aggressive. Their words also made it clear that the majority of the people in Russia had a negative attitude towards the Mellaren tribe, or at least towards the Mellaren tribe. The Mellaren nobles were disdainful. Apparently the young Ross warrior's arrogance was based on Ross's impressive martial arts, and he chose to shut up.
Some powerful Swedish tribes have blatantly curry favor with Rurik himself. Some tribal envoys are clearly flattering and are already calling Rurik the king's honorary title.
Look at the current situation
Rurik is standing on the Avrola. The bow of the scratched oak board is a high point of the fleet. Ahead is the vast Baltic Sea, and behind is the entire fleet.
The Ross fleet opened the way with large ships, guarded by a large number of secondary sailing cruisers. The standard armed cargo ships formed a huge transport fleet at the back.
This is like a huge formation of wild geese floating on the sea. The standing seat of Rurik is like a throne, and the king is sitting on the throne looking down at the ministers. /p>
He looked back inadvertently, and the echoes of the nobles were still echoing in his ears. Why didn't he feel overwhelmed by this situation?
The old parents were all blowing the sea breeze at the bow of the ship. Extremely satisfied with the voyage to Sweden.
Rurik was moved by the glory, "You have all seen that this is me. Ross's fleet has no sea power to compete with me. My fleet can." Easily bring thousands of troops to attack any place that ships can reach. Even if there are places that ships cannot reach, my cavalry will definitely be able to reach them. I have a hundred battleships, I have a thousand cavalry, and I can also gather 10,000 warriors and 100,000 militiamen. Only I am qualified to be the king of Sweden. If you ask why you should look behind you, just with this "A huge army"
His arrogance received applause from the nobles. With such a strong king, the enemy will never attack the Swedish tribes again. After all, the southern Baltic Sea, which was a restricted area for Sweden in the past, was conquered personally in Rurik After Denmark, the Swedes can now sail their fishing boats openly, and even this summer, people from all walks of life can wildly plunder the herring resources in the south.
This emotion made Otto feel extremely happy, and Niya also felt that she was really happy. A good son was born.
The nobles and noble envoys continued to fawn over, saying that the Ross army was so powerful that they must ensure the safety of the servant tribe.
The huge fleet would not rest midway. , the fleet will not even turn around to go to Tombstone Island.
The sails of all the ships are tilted, and they are rushing towards the west with the south wind.
Such a large fleet sailing is really refreshing. The three views of all Swedish nobles. At that time, they all crowded into a large ship to the east of Ross. Now hundreds of large ships are arranged in a wild goose formation, raising countless triangle sails and drifting quickly. The oars and flags were buzzing, and there was also a large ship flying a flag with a white background and a bull's head pattern, which looked extremely dazzling.
The huge fleet is incomplete.It's from the Rus' army, and there's a boat that represents the people of Ostara.
Look at them and look at yourself. They have a very clear flag of their own, which can confirm each other's identity from a distance, and the flag directly becomes a symbol of glory.
The nobles reflected on themselves. Of course, everyone is willing to sew or print a raven flag to symbolize that their army has received Odin's blessing. If all the nobles do this, what's the point of the flag?
Now, the huge fleet has rushed to the mouth of Lake Malaren. What is visible to the naked eye on the sea surface not far to the north is the Åland Islands, Ross Human Tombstone Island is hiding in it.
The fleet has now split slightly, with a small number of ships heading north. They have one and only one mission, which is to go to Tombstone Island, the Old City of Roseburg, Covinstad City, and Elon Orava City to invite a group of people to participate in the grand event where the prince is enthroned as king. ,Please remember:,Free fastest update No anti-theft No anti-theft