Rise of Rurik Chapter 1328

The Spellosvillea is drifting in the south-central Baltic Sea where the sea conditions are getting worse. The ship kept correcting its direction. After skimming the faintly visible Bornholm Island, she began to rush northeastward, then crossed the long and narrow Öland Island and headed north, before reaching the waters of Gotland Island.

In Gotland, the prosperity of the past is gone, the port of Visby has been filled with some Swedish immigrants from Lake Mälaren, and the commercial revival of the area is slowly underway.

This makes it basically impossible for the boat that the blue fox is on to berth in Visby for shelter. The big ship rushed towards Tombstone Island, everything was just as Blue Fox planned, the ship did not stop at Tombstone Island at the crossroads of the ocean, after everyone saw the Åland Islands with music under the wind and snow, and the coastline of Finland, the big ship officially headed east into the Gulf of Finland.

The crew rotated on duty on the deck. They had to wear extremely thick clothes. In order to avoid being thrown into the cold water, they had to tie their waists with a cable when they were working. The other end of the rope was basically tied to the main mast. .

Teresia the blackbird, she felt like a cat living on the beams of the house. Due to the particularity of long-distance voyages and the size of the ship, all the crew spontaneously placed hammocks with nets in the cabin.

In this way, there are still a lot of cargo piled up in the cabin, especially this ship, a large number of seized lead and zinc ingots that seem to have limited use, as well as a batch of silver coins, these metal substances have become excellent ballast stones.

Of course, the blue fox also knows that it is taking a huge risk. If it encounters bad sea conditions and hits the rocks, the ship will be destroyed, not to mention the precious treasures plundered will also sink into the sea.

It is these metal substances that are more reliable than stones. Lead ingots and zinc ingots are laid on the bottom of the cabin, and oak barrels filled with wine are stacked on top of them.

The center of gravity of the ship is very low, and this sail cruiser is developed on the basis of the flat-bottomed Kirk ship. The Spellos Vilia is the same as her sister festival, so even if the bilge keel is not installed on the bottom of the ship, it is still a wave tumbler in.

However, compared to the first giant Russian ship parked at the berth of Kronstadt

"Sovereign of the Seas", she still looks small. The lower deck is hung with a number of hammocks so that there is plenty of room below to stack cargo.

Those on duty endured the wind and snow to work on the deck, while others hung in the air like bats. The swaying of the ship caused the entire net to sway, and the people curled up inside just stayed quietly, whether they were sleeping or in a daze, their bodies followed the boat shaking and shaking.

The little girl Blackbird who lived in the captain's lounge at the bow, she couldn't help curling up in the net.

It looks like a cat's nest hanging in the air, shaking from side to side like a baby's cradle. In order to avoid the embarrassment of seasickness in her stomach, she simply refused to eat much, so she filled her stomach with stinky cheese cubes and even honey crystallized by the cold.

She didn't want to say a word, and there was nothing in her mind. Blue Fox, at this moment his is a big fat cat hanging in the air.

He didn't dare to sweat, even though his body was swaying non-stop, he was still feeling the changes of the voyage. He sometimes got out of the warm nest and opened the small wooden porthole to see the scene outside, but he didn't dare to open the door suddenly, and the cold air filled the captain's cabin which was not warm enough.

"Thank the gods, the sea conditions are not fatal." Blue Fox slowly closed the porthole and patted his face numb from the biting cold wind.

He turned sideways and saw the little blackbird in the fur nest hanging in the air moved: "Woke you up? Well, I will close the window now." The blackbird was depressed, and she was forced to Staying in a quiet and curled up state, this position is comfortable at first, but if you have to maintain this sleeping position for a week, never go to the floor unless you go to the toilet, and don't eat anything, it is really painful.

The blackbird hummed twice as a response.

"Does it feel very uncomfortable?" Blue Fox asked knowingly. At this time, the girl finally poked her head out, squinted her eyes and pouted slightly, saying, "I feel like I'm going to die. How long are we going to be at sea? Such torture is really torture!"

"Torture? You haven't seen real torture, and you're bored. I can tell you about the ending of the former Danish leader. As for how long it takes to reach the port, we'll be there in three days at most."

"Want to stay for another three days? You... tell me some stories, I don't want to be bored anymore." She was even more depressed with a sad expression on her face.

"The story of the Danish king? It's about war, if you really want to hear it."

"I am willing. I am no longer afraid." The bored blackbird said bravely.

"That's fine, as long as you're not afraid." The big ship was so big that she could only anchor on the Gulf of Finland during the night when there was almost no wind.

It was bumpy all day, and it was not comfortable until night, but the daytime is fast. As you can see, sailing at night is extremely dangerous. Due to the low wind conditions, the big ship can hardly move, and everyone just needs to continue like a hibernating bear. sleep well.

The story of the old Danish king described by the blue fox is a ghost story to the blackbird. That is no ordinary horror story, but the history that really happened in the past ten years!

It turned out that the Ross Normans who were able to enter Aachen also started at the end of Qingping. Slaughter and war are their way of life. If this is the case, wouldn't he rush to the devil's lair?

She was shivering in the hammock, and asked with a trembling voice: "You...really become stronger by killing people step by step? The story of the Ross people's revenge and rise is very interesting, but..."

"Too cruel? This is the truth of the world. Gisla." The blue fox simply called the blackbird's real name: "In the past, you must not be able to control your own destiny throughout your life, but in Ross you have the right to choose. Even if you are willing to follow me in the future, I will not have too many restrictions on you. In Rose, a woman can also be the head of the family, and even become an earl or duke. Perhaps, the king of Ross will make you an earl."

"Whatever." Blackbird shrank her head, she didn't want to hear ghost stories anymore. She is not interested in fighting among nobles, but fortunately she is not overly sensitive to blood by nature.

After all, she has also seen a sea of ​​corpses killed in Aachen. After the initial shock and astonishment, although she can't face it calmly now, she can definitely be calm.

She subjectively rejects anything related to war, and of course the same is true of the original blue fox. It is wishful thinking to do business peacefully without a strong armed force to defend the business.

But with a strong armed force, doing business with a sword has changed from a means to an end. After telling the girl some stories about the past, didn't Lan Hu also look back on his experience in the past thirteen years?

At that time, I was ignorant and knew how to eat meat and drink oil. I was so fat that I was panting when I walked. I was pushed to the pier by my deceased father to meet the then chieftain Otto and his son. I was gradually reused because of my meritorious service in escorting war supplies.

Thinking back to thirteen years ago, Lanhu couldn't believe that after five thousand days and nights, he would become a prince. At that time, the Ross tribe could not imagine that after 5,000 days and nights, Ross had already trampled on Frank's authority.

One was found in Aachen

The "Three Lions Banner" is packaged. Although it is just a piece of cloth covered with cinnabar, gold leaf, and gold thread, it is of great significance—it is Charlemagne's own battle flag.

However, this long snowstorm, the snowfall process that swept across Europe this time was not strong enough but lasted extremely long.

So when the blue fox set off from Gothenburg, in the far east, Vadim was attacking Vitebsk with his army of four thousand.

By the time the long, dangerous voyage was over, Vadim was on the verge of defeat at Polotsk.

The blue fox and his party have been drifting at sea for a long time. If he hadn't had the logbook to count the time and remind him, the blue fox would have forgotten the correct date long ago.

At least the wind and snow listened. Although the hazy sky could not dissipate in an instant, the big ship finally arrived at the Kronstadt mooring in the deepest part of the Gulf of Finland.

"My lord, we have arrived." Some subordinates kept shouting tricks outside the lounge.

"I see, you step back. It is estimated that there are no berths in the port area. We have anchored, and everyone is ready to go ashore by boat!"

"Obey!" The blue fox ordered again through the wooden door: "Hang up the colorful flags, let the semaphore soldiers stand on the bow, and then blow the horn to let the king know that we are coming." Because the blue fox didn't know that Smolensk had launched a strong The sneak attack did not know that at this point in time Rurik and the war alarm received from the south, there was a real time difference between each other, even if the blue fox turned to the Gulf of Riga to shelter from the wind, it must have known that a huge winter war broke out suddenly .

According to past knowledge, King Rurik may have arrived in the capital at this point in time. Even though the Gulf of Finland has not frozen as a whole, the large amount of crushed ice on the sea has verified the trend.

The colorful flags with different patterns correspond to different letters, and multiple colored flags are put together to form a phrase. Now, the cable is pulled obliquely between the lying bowmast and the mainmast, and a string of colorful flags has been hung on this rope.

People in the port area couldn't ignore the existence of this large ship that suddenly entered the port. Based on her hull number on the bow, Admiral Goldlund recognized her identity at a glance.

"Unbelievable! Spellosville, isn't she the flagship of the expeditionary force? Why did she come back suddenly? Could it be? No way..." The snow stopped, and the dormant navy had to leave the residence to exercise and continue. Sailing training.

These professional naval fighters are sailors in their jobs. They receive salaries and bonuses for official transportation operations such as transporting iron ore to live by and spend most of their time in training.

The total number of people in the navy is only equivalent to an infantry flag team. After they are dispersed to each warship, they become the crew of the ship and operate the ship to perform tasks with a very low number of people.

When it is necessary to fight, fishermen are recruited on the spot as temporary personnel. Goldlund didn't know how the battleship came back. Out of awe of Frank, he was subconsciously worried that something might go wrong with the expedition.

Immediately, my heart felt like a stone was pressed down. Now that I have been released

With the colorful flag signal of "return to Hong Kong", I should send a small fleet of ships into the berth to meet with it. The navy soldiers gathered, and these brothers wearing three-cornered hats, with an image different from other navigators, jumped onto the half-stranded long boat, and formed a fleet of twenty boats to quickly reach the anchored ship.

Standing on the floating long boat, Goldlund squinted his eyes and took off his three-cornered hat filled with feathers, and looked up at the side of the ship.

He immediately recognized a familiar face, "Blue Fox?! Is it really you?"

"It's me. Are you...Could it be Goldlund?"

"It's me. You... why only one ship came back? Could something happen to the expedition?!" Goldlund frowned.

"Aren't you worried about something?!" Blue Fox looked up to the sky and laughed: "Does it make you feel worried when a ship returns? It feels like... I have lost the battle?"

"I dare not! Blue Fox, you should actually return with the large fleet."

"Forget about it. The fleet is all in Rotterstadt, it's all in Utrecht, it's all in that old Port of Durrist. I know what you're worrying about! Listen! Expedition brothers are making a fortune , There are too many treasures to take away. Everyone is so happy that most of them will spend the winter at the warm mouth of the Lain River this winter, and the brothers plan to continue to make a fortune next year."

"Haha? So... so it was like this?" A stone fell to the ground and shattered in an instant. The transition from nervousness to ecstasy was almost instantaneous for Godelund.

The blue fox noticed the pleasant look of this man, and then looked at the large number of long boats brought by this brother,

"It's just in time! Come and move my ship's supplies."

"Could it be a lot of treasure?!"

"It's just treasures, enough to make you crazy. But they are treasures dedicated to the king, so don't take this opportunity to be greedy."

"I dare not. Besides, Brother Blue Fox, have you underestimated the strength of the capital port area?" Goldlund laughed.

"Don't dare to underestimate. But at this point in time, aren't all the berths in the port area full?"

"It's okay, I'll tow the boat away now and make a good berth for the Spellosville." Blue Fox nodded: "That's okay." Next, the navy just needs to clean up the berth, which will take a little time.

During the waiting period, the naval envoy was greeted by the large ship at the berth, and the key information was also revealed by the envoy—the king had not yet arrived in the capital.

This is within the estimation range of Blue Fox. Maybe the king will wait until the Volkhov River freezes, and he can wait in the capital.

Besides, everything in the capital is beautiful, you can live a happy life here, and soothe your nerves that have been tense for more than half a year.

By the way, I also took the blackbird to see the world. Blue Fox chatted with the navy envoy, and after he finished talking, he saw that the little girl wrapped in a fur coat had been standing on the highest **** deck, as if in a daze for a long time.

"Blackbird! You can come down now!" Blue Fox shouted casually.

"There!" The little girl took off her hat, pointed to the mountain-like ship not far away, and continued to ask in Latin: "What is that? Is it a ship?" The blue fox immediately ran to the poop, since she I have asked all of them, and I explained it by myself: "It is the Monarch of the Sea, the largest ship in Ross. Can you understand?"

"Ark..." Waiting for the little girl with both eyes to squeeze out the word for a long time.

"The ship you stepped on at the beginning is also called the ark."

"No. There." She still stretched her arms,

"That ship is the Ark."

"But she is indeed not an ark, but the Sovereign of the Sea. Just one ship can transport 500 troops, and if it is squeezed more, it is also possible to transport 800 troops."

"So, that's how it is..." Blackbird didn't know anything about it, and the so-called transportation of hundreds of people had no concept.

If that big ship has nothing to do with the ark described in the scriptures, then she will definitely be used in wars, such as fighting Frank in her home country.

Under the black hands? It doesn't matter anymore. The current blackbird has short hair, and although it still has an obvious feminine face, this thick leather jacket looks like a little follower standing next to the blue fox from a distance.

"Look over there again." The blue fox pointed with a big hand, and now the blackbird finally began to face the entire city of New Roseburg.

The distance was still a bit far away, she squinted her eyes just to see more carefully.

"There is a city wall there?!"

"And the port full of ships, and the king's palace, and the great temple of Rus, and a square even bigger than the town square in Biachen. There's three fairs, there's a city cemetery, there's a big settlement. Listen. !"

"Well, I'm listening."

"Since you want to be a Norman, since you want to be a Ross. Since you have abandoned the cross, you have betrayed the Lord. But...don't worry about God's punishment. This is New Roseburg, you can convert to the gods of the north. Maybe , you should believe in Odin, in this way, you are ours. You must understand that Rurik, King of Ross, has indeed been blessed by the northern gods."

"King Ross is, a saint?" Blue Fox nodded: "According to Frank ~www.mtlnovel.com~ it is probably a higher status than a saint. Rurik is not a god, but appointed by the Great Northern God Angel. Believe it or not, Ross became a powerful country under his leadership, and a businessman like me has the opportunity to become a great nobleman."

"I believe it. I believe it all." By now, the blackbird couldn't help but believe it.

"It doesn't matter if the king is not in the capital for the time being. I will introduce you to the high priest Ross first. You are young and understand Latin. I will tell the high priest your true identity, and your noble blood will bring goodwill to me. And Ross The eldest daughter of the king is about the same age as you, so you may be friends. By the way!" Blue Fox smiled and emphasized one point: "All members of the royal family in Rose understand Latin, and the high priest of Rose is a woman who understands Latin. She One of the king's wives. I think that if she is kind to you, King Rose will be kind to you. Remember, too!"

"yes."

"Everything depends on you here. Your identity and mine are not yet clear. I can introduce you to the high priest. It is impossible to do much to you. Are you willing to sink into a slave and live like a slave, or change your way of life? Everything depends on your choice." Blackbird took a deep breath, continued to stare blankly at the entire New Roseburg, and muttered half-understanding: "I will. I will learn to be humble."

Chapter end