Chapter 149： Vadim eager for revenge

According to the initial plan, as long as young people who marry are not the eldest sons of the family, they cannot inherit their own property. Roseburg has become too crowded. The second and third sons of the family will have to build houses in a new area after they get married. Such young boys must take their wives to live in Shilla Fort, which is under construction.

Even if it is a boy who feels that marrying is still far away from him, they can already hold the hand of a girl his age. Their eyes were full of worship for the leader and endless enthusiasm for their fiancée.

It’s a waste of time to do a wedding at the local manor. Otto thought for a while, and the army returned to the Pine Needle Manor to be stationed to supervise and deter the locals.

then dispatched the fleet and brought a group of people back to the loyal White Tree Manor, especially the women.

The huge fleet returned to Pine Needle Manor towards the evening, and everyone saw the devastation after the arson.

Some of the returning residents are already cleaning up the ruins and looking for things that can be used.

But they saw a large number of dragon-head warships with huge sails on them, and they hid them again in panic.

Some people even dig into the still warm ruins, ignoring the presence of carbon dust, just like a mouse.

"A group of cowards. There are a lot of people, but only one child dares to resist me."

Standing at the bow of the ship, Otto was both despised and sad for these residents. The cowards and the defeated are used as slaves by the victors, which makes sense in the Viking world. It is clearly the same here in Novgorod.

But these cowards have to produce wheat and furs that can be enjoyed by the Ross people. Now there is one more item to provide a wife for all the young boys of Ross.

If it really makes them feel unbearable fear and disaster, they will definitely escape to the dense forest. Can not receive a large amount of tribute, the loss is still the Ross tribe.

Otto used a small forest near the Pine Needle Manor as a campsite, and most of the Russ camped here.

A bonfire soon ignited in this small pine forest, and the Ross people, who consciously had won the victory, had begun to fill their stomachs with seized wheat and dried fish.

Another group of young people, with the collected tributes and their fiancee, went straight to the White Tree Manor along the Volkhov River.

This matter has become very important now. Since the local wedding ceremony in Novgorod is similar, it seems that it is customary for a couple to complete the wedding in any manor.

The young people will camp in the White Tree Manor and complete a brief wedding ceremony with their fiancée. After that, they will become a legal husband and wife relationship confirmed by the locals. The people in the White Tree Manor will be witnesses of all marriages.

Although Otto did not have a clear goal, the Rus had another clear foothold in the Novgorod region.

Now, the loyal dog-like White Tree Manor has become the stronghold of the Ross people.

On the other hand, when the Rus went to collect tribute along the lake, Brodne seized the time to gather his lost family.

His anger cannot be vented to the Ross people, but there must be someone to vent it.

The Ross people threw a bunch of mess, set sail to "criminal" some other manors. He looked at his family who still had lingering fears, and looked at his young son Vadim, whose face was resented and his forehead and mouth were stained with blood.

And the eldest son Kapok, his neat face and hollow eyes, as if saying that all this has nothing to do with him.

Brodne was furious.

He took off his belt inlaid with amber and suddenly beat his eldest son Kapok without warning.

"You idiot! Coward! You are not even brave than your brother!"

"You are obviously a man, why didn't you attack the chief of the Rus?"

"Only your brother attacked, but you are hiding behind the door. How do you look like a brother? You are not worthy of being one of us at all!"

Kapok has been married, and suddenly he was beaten by his father. He lay down on the muddy ground, curled up with his head in his hands, wailing in his mouth, crying for mercy.

"Do you still dare to beg for mercy? Those hateful Ross people allow you to beg for mercy? When you become the manor, you will sell the whole manor."

Kapov continued to cry: "Ah! Dad, stop hitting me! I will be killed by you."

The more he begged for mercy, the more angry Brodne was.

Because of the great shame that Brodne suffered today, there must be a window to vent.

This violent old guy is like a bear that can eat people at any time. Vadim, who was only ten years old, saw this terrifying violence really.

"My husband, he is your son, are you going to kill him?!" Brodne's wife begged her husband to stop. She was holding her daughter-in-law, and the two women were crying, and because of the horror, they only dared Distressed to wait and see.

Brodne was even more angry: "This coward, kill him. Keep him, we are all done! This coward doesn't even have the courage to confront the Rus."

Brodne was so furious that he lashed out desperately, and Kapok was already covered with scars.

Gradually, Kabok weakened even as he was crying for mercy.

Brodne’s belt kept beating the eldest son’s upper body, and the inlaid amber became a murder weapon.

Hard Amber hit the back of Kabok's head many times, and even smashed his hand bones.

Suddenly, the curled up Kabok suddenly straightened out, and after a frantic tremor, he collapsed.

Even at this time, Brodne's hand still didn't stop.

Maybe he was tired. When the belt slackened, Brodne saw that the blood-stained eldest son was motionless and realized that the situation was serious.

Brodne squatted down and patted the eldest son's face and found that the child was completely limp. When his hand subconsciously supported the back of the eldest son's head, he clearly felt the flow of water.

He looked at his hand again, it was all bright red...

"Kapok, you..." For an instant, Brodne regained consciousness from his anger and sat on the muddy ground again, his eyes wide and trembling.

He really did not expect that, in a rage, he personally killed his child.

"No!" His wife rushed to the child like a mad, and even his daughter-in-law, realized that Kapok had passed away and cried heartily.

"You bastard! You killed your son."

"You can't beat the Ross people, how can you vent your anger with your son."

"Damn it, I'll die too!"

The irrational mother suddenly pulled out the iron dagger pinned to her waist by her eldest son, and pierced her heart without hesitation...

A good home, first the three daughters were taken away by the Ross people, and the eldest son died at the hands of his father. The sorrowful mother eventually went to another world with the eldest son.

Such a tragic change, Vadim saw it really. He opened his eyes wide and realized that his life was completely different from now on.

The shuddering Brodne slowly stood up, doing his best to stay awake and calm.

He was silent for a long time before thinking about what to do next.

He threw away the **** belt in his hand, pointed to the two corpses in the pool of blood, and angered at Vadim in the blank of his brain: "Children, have you seen it? Damn Roth, this is what they did. "

"It's...I...I saw it." Vadim responded tremblingly.

Brodne walked angrily, and suddenly slapped the youngest son, knocking Vadim to the ground in a daze.

Vadim covered his face and looked at his father who was terrifying like a devil.

"Vadim, you will become the new head of Zhuang. It was the Rus who killed your brother and your mother. The Rus have lost a lot of houses and will take away your people. You will take everyone to revenge! "

Vadim nodded weakly.

Brodne gave another slap to the younger son: "Do you understand? You have only one purpose in your life. Tell me, what is your purpose of living?"

"Vengeance."

"Your answer is like a coward, louder!"

Seeing his father's raging bear, Vadim's eyes were looking at the corpses of his mother and eldest brother. He gently squinted and revealed that his entire face was tight and his eyes were like hungry wolves. He said fiercely: "I want revenge. When I grow old enough to fight, I want revenge. Take all the tribesmen and counterattack against them. As long as I'm still alive, the revenge will not stop."

This is what Brodne wants to hear.

But life will continue. Maybe Vadim can lead the tribe to complete the great cause of revenge. Obviously, a ten-year-old can't expect to complete it immediately.

Brodne believes that the bravest youngest son has experienced today's shameful shame, and his heart will be as hard as iron.

Revenge is the future.

At present, Pine Needle Manor must be forbearing, and must truly pretend to be a loyal dog to avoid being madly attacked by the Ross people.

Brodne sent his family to do all they could to find the fugitives, threatening to expel them from the manor, or advocating not to return immediately to double the arrears. He used some coercive methods to successfully recall at least two thousand people before the sunset.

The Ross people are back. They camped in the small woods. With the current situation, Brodne believes that the Ross people have no intention of launching any attacks at night.

The Ross people did not go far, they were just a group of watchers. If he did not urgently fulfill their requirements, I am afraid that by the evening of tomorrow, the entire manor will suffer the most complete fire disaster.

In fact, if the men and women who can fight in the entire Pine Needle Manor are really organized, and the Ross people will fight to the death, in the end, they will end up with a loss, and the Ross people will definitely suffer heavy losses. If the corpses were everywhere after the battle in Pine Needle Manor, it would be better than being unilaterally attacked by them now.

The team is scattered, and it is impossible to organize a huge team. The current Pine Needle Manor does not say whether it can kill the Ross people. I am afraid that the current strength of the Pine Needle Manor cannot be obtained as before for the "Second Force" White Tree Manor. Victory.

At night, Brodne ordered the assembled residents to assemble. He ordered the residents to surrender their rations, cloth and fur to meet the requirements of the Rus.

He especially announced with a sad tone: "The Ross people need more of our tribute. I originally wanted to discuss with them, but the Ross people rejected all my propositions. They burned down many houses and killed many people. Even my eldest son and wife were killed by them.

We are not capable of defeating them, we must give them more wealth if we want to survive.

Now the Ross people need your daughter to be their servant. If we cannot hand over fifty girls over the age of twelve before dawn, they will kill all of us after dawn.

You might say, just run away with your family.

If you do this, all the houses will be burned down by them. Worse, no other manor dared to take us in.

Hand over food, cloth and daughters to meet their requirements. This is our only chance to survive. "

The situation has become very bad now, and even the most powerful manor family has been humiliated and hurt by the Rus people.

Once, many residents were very critical of the manor’s family. Just because they have mastered a lot of wealth, they have secured many farmers by lending grain during the famine years. It is true that the Brodne family is actually a big landlord, the king of the pine needle manor with absolute wealth and power. A group of farmers and fishermen have taken his "relief" and become tenant farmers in the true sense.

Accepting the exploitation of the manor, life is very tight, and after all, he can still get food to avoid starvation.

This year's Ross people have gone crazy!

Many residents changed their complaints to the manor chief. They listened to all the words of Brodne, and his family also died at the hands of the Rus, which made the ordinary residents empathize. They were united in an unprecedented way, and some even proposed to take advantage of the night to attack the Rus camp with sticks.

This move was immediately rejected by more sensible people, and they even supervised each other to strictly prohibit night-time provocations.

Everyone is eager for revenge. They express tolerance on the surface, and they desperately need someone who can lead everyone to fight back.

Brodne complied with this idea and immediately moved out of his youngest son.

"Brothers, brothers and sisters, we need a brave man. Faced with the murder of his mother and elder brother, my little son dared to attack the leader of the Rus. He is better than me, and he is the most determined avenger. "

With that, Brodne raised his youngest son in public: "I am old. When I die, Vadim has grown up, and the future will be him as the head of our manor. Vadim, now you tell everyone !"

Mingming's eldest brother was killed by his father in anger, and his mother committed suicide in grief and anger.

However, in the final analysis, the bane of these tragedies comes from the barbaric acts of the Ross people.

Vadim is indeed smarter than his dead elder brother. He had no intention of inheriting the manor, but now he must inherit this position.

He shouted in a childish voice: "People, I will take you to revenge! My mother and eldest brother died at their hands, and my three sisters were taken away by them. Your house was burned down by them, you Many relatives were also killed by them. I heard that a long time ago, 500 of our tribesmen were killed by the hateful Rus. We must have revenge!"

The boy's words attract more people ha!

People were immersed in pessimism and despair, and everyone respected and feared the manor’s family. The last heir was a rare brave man. Although he is a child, at least everyone sees a glimmer of life.

People really need hope!

Hope is still far away. Even if the grown-up Vadim will lead the tribe to fight back desperately, before that, the entire manor must lick its wounds, continue to live a humiliating life, and sharpen the knife in secret.

The more sad the moment, the more it is necessary to win over the people.

Brodne is a rational person after all. Even if he loses his family, as long as he still has an heir, as long as the other elders of the manor are still alive, the manor will not collapse.

is the life-saving rations of people who are really crazily squeezing the rest of their lives. If Lauros don’t do it, they will starve to death before the wheat harvest.

After suffering a great humiliation, Brodne gritted his teeth. He made a fierce ideological struggle and suddenly said to the residents: "The Ross people need double tribute. I will try my best to use the wealth of my family to satisfy those barbarians. People. You only need to take out a small portion, at least you must have grain that can survive the autumn harvest."

People feel strong and incredible.

was a stingy manor, but now he has become generous! He would take the initiative to bear most of the tribute, and suddenly began to care about the livelihood of ordinary people.

Brudne’s behavior is indeed to build momentum for his only young son. It is also a bitter and generous card, all for Vadim to have more support.

Of course, there is another very realistic reason.

The Pine Needle Manor is very large, and the real fire happened to the wealthy households of the manor living near the mouth of the river.

There are a large number of poor people whose houses are intact.

Manor distinguishes between poverty and wealth. The most fundamental criterion is the area of ​​the farmland and the ownership of the farmland. Even if the wealthy households are burnt down and their property is looted, their land is still considerable.

In order to make a comeback, and for Vadim to have a chance for revenge, Brodne must stabilize the wealthy households of the manor. As long as the manor and the big households are united, the small households naturally choose to follow.

The big households were hit hard. In order to win the hearts of the people, Brodne knew he had to bleed heavily!

This night, Brudne buried his wife and eldest son himself, and lost three daughters. One of him regarded his daughter-in-law as his own.

But, obviously he killed his eldest son, and his daughter-in-law didn't appreciate it at all, and bluntly said that he wanted to return to her natal family.

As a result, the next morning, Brodne announced to his people that last night, his daughter-in-law had died for her dead husband in extreme pain, and she hanged herself.

Brodne took a few of his tribesmen and dug a hole in front of the eldest son’s tomb, so that the husband and wife were buried together.

Brodne is indeed a ruthless character, but facing the Ross people, his viciousness becomes meaningless.

A new day has arrived. At noon, Otto took his subordinates who had not withdrawn, and entered the core of Pine Needle Manor.

There are a lot of supplies and fifty girls piled up on the river beach.

The girls firmly believed that they had to sacrifice themselves for the survival of the manor, and when they heard that they were going to be slaves to the Ross people, their tears did not stop, and many people's red eyes even swelled.

In contrast, this is the joy of the Ross people facing the piles of various assets piled into hills.

Otto was possessed like a **** of war. He carried the steel sword on his body and walked arrogantly towards Brodne.

The Ross warriors behind him also deliberately lined up into a shield wall, deliberately making the appearance of going to war. This action was to forcefully deter the people of Pine Needle Manor.

Otto pointed his sword at Brodne with an arrogant look: "You did not deceive me. The quantity of supplies is indeed twice as much as before. You have also provided enough women. Compared with the deadline I gave you, you Finished it ahead of schedule."

Brodne didn't let the younger son confront Otto, he was afraid that the brave Vadim would become a reckless fool.

Ah, in Old Cyrillic, "Vadim" means reckless and impulsive. The child is indeed as his name is.

Brodne suddenly knelt on one knee, holding his heart with his right hand, making the respect that a humble person should have.

"Great Ross people, we will never dare to defy your anger. Please accept our tribute and forgive us stupid people."

These words were all spoken in Gnostic, and he was suddenly flattered, and Otto was in a good mood.

Otto’s patterned steel sword lightly picked off Brudne’s leather hat, and the sword lightly pressed against the top of his bald head, proudly saying: “If you were so respectful earlier, things wouldn’t be like this. In the future. Do you know what to do?"

"Yes! Great Ross people, when you fall, we will still provide double tribute."

"It's not just that." Otto's prestige warned, "Only we have the right to collect taxes. Even if your manor has the largest number of people, you are just the sheep we can cut wool. Do you want to be the king? You are not worthy! Other manors learned that you were collecting tributes after we left. I will organize at least three thousand people and one hundred warships to completely eradicate your manor. I tell you, I only want loyal dogs, not wolves."

Three thousand powerful Ross people? ! This number is enough to scare all Novgorod people.

"Yes, yes. We will be a loyal dog."

"Okay." Otto put the sword away satisfied, and said nothing.

The Ross people began to carry goods on their own, and many ships almost reached the limit of their carrying capacity!

Fortunately, the Viking warship is the strongest, and the towed transport ship also has an amazing load. The keel structure also provides the possibility of breaking the limit for the ship!

In the evening, all the tributes plundered by the Ross people from Pine Needle Manor, along with the fifty women, were sent to White Tree Manor.

The newly-arrived woman was immediately wiped out. The priest in White Tree Manor, tied with cloth strips and holding a small drum, immediately chanted a prayer by the bonfire, announcing the completion of the wedding of another group of young Roses and local girls .

So far, the Ross people's Spring Festival sorghum plan has been completed more than half, and the tribute requested this time is the biggest harvest in all the sorghum voyages!

The girls who finished their wedding earlier, they realized that their Ross husbands were not horrible and evil.

The Ross people did not want to use violence against their wives, and even broke off part of their bread and handed them to his wife. This move quickly healed the fears of the girls, and the girls became more aware of their mission as women, which was a very simple mission-fertility.

In this respect, both the Ross man and the Novgorod man are the same.

Life will continue. Maybe marrying a Rose will be better for the personal future. Because those Novgorod girls who will be mothers of the next generation of Rus have already told the newly married tribes how to get along with the Rus. In the long winter, living as a woman in a warm wooden house eating a lot of meat, this kind of life sounds good.

White Tree Manor is a peaceful place. People here no longer think that the Ross people are purely violent and abominable. Specifically, they have no intention of using violence against those who submit, but will give back some property as a loyal reward.

However, now Otto, the leader of the Ross people, suddenly faced an extremely bad dilemma!

It would be too crazy to bring back a total of 164 Novgorod girls and a larger amount of tributes in forty boats.

is just sailing, it seems to be manageable.

If the waves are bigger, the ship is in danger of capsizing because of its overweight, that would be terrible!

What can Otto do?

The only way he can think of is to transport them in batches After all, his own person is away from the construction of Shilla Fortress, which is up to four days backwards, which is probably only three days away.

A group of people are staying here now, even longer!

Otto intends to send some people to stay in the White Tree Manor. This move was approved by Rigus.

Where did Rigus dare to refuse? Look at the tragedy of Pine Needle Manor, that is the result of rejection and disobedience!

However, Rigus had only one small request. At least, after the blacksmith Kawei stayed for about ten days, the fleet arrived again and waited for the eldest daughter to leave.

"Haha, you just want Kawei to repair your only ironware? It's perfectly possible." After all, Kawei is not his own son. Otto learned that Kawei didn't object, so he agreed without thinking about it. WeChat pays attention to "Excellent Literature", read novels, chat about life, and find friends~