Chapter 186： Rurik Lord of Wealth

The Ross tribe that Rurik saw was actively transforming into a "slave society".

As my father said, in the bitter cold of Roseburg, only the strong can survive. But this is still too cruel!

The current residents of Roseburg had no idea that they could have a tribal "treasury."

Because even the more advanced Frankish kingdom, the so-called "treasury" is "the monarch's private wallet". The lord accepts the king's canonization and pays taxes to the king.

Lords collect taxes from residents in their respective territories. The king does not care about the taxes of ordinary residents, the king only cares about how much tax he can get from the lord.

In the eyes of the lord, the residents of the territory are just a group of sheep that need to shave their wool regularly.

The lord does not care about the living conditions of his own residents, and the king is even more lazy to care.

Who cares about ordinary residents? Is a priest.

It is the job of the priest to care about the people. The lords and the king only care about how to live more comfortably, if they win in foreign wars, and how many deer they shoot while hunting, and so on.

This is the natural class gap between the nobility and the common people.

It is very realistic that the Frankish nobles, their ancestors are the chiefs of the Germanic tribes. Those ordinary people of the tribe, their descendants are the residents under the rule of the lords.

From the beginning, the class gap between each other has appeared, and people at all levels feel that everything is destiny.

The Ross tribe is, in the final analysis, part of the northern Germanic tribe. In essence, it is not much lower than the Frankish kingdom.

Otto and Liurik, the two are the number one nobles of the Ross tribe. Arik, Harrodsson and others are second-class nobles.

is like the poor Fisk who lost his father. His destiny had fallen into the most ordinary group of people.

Lurik is determined to make some changes, even if he knows that in any social organization, people will naturally divide. Since this is a destiny, at least the people at the bottom should never worry about hunger and cold.

To make changes, we must first have strong financial backing.

Leurik decided without hesitation: "Dad, anyway, the high priest's money will be used as the big money box of our tribe in the future. I became the leader, and I will definitely arrange this."

"That's your own business, I hope you will take care of everything then." Stroking his son's head, Otto no longer wanted to argue. The son actually knows everything, so he doesn't bother himself.

Now, Otto has only one last piece of advice: "Rurik, you have too much money in your hand. I don’t think it is safe to put it all at home. I decided, I will put my money in the priest. In the long room. You are close to 20,000 silver coins. Arrange like this."

Lurik was immediately alert: "Dad, are you worried that someone from the tribe will steal my money? I'm not worried for the time being, everyone is very kind."

"Kindness?" Otto smiled bitterly: "Are you wise? Or naive? Or simple benevolence? Remember, you have a lot of potential competitors for the position of the leader. You have to beware of your people, Beware of foreigners even more. The safest place at the moment is the sacrificial longhouse, where your huge wealth is placed. It is a sanctuary and it is safe."

This time, my father reminded himself.

Lurik thought of the great merchant Gould in the distance. I asked this person to recruit some trustworthy guards for himself, for nothing more than to protect himself and his wealth.

Father’s words are of reference value. When a large sum of money is placed on the ground, even good people can be evil, not to mention that in winter, the Ross tribe can have as many as three thousand visitors.

They have a large number of fur traders, who can guarantee that some thieves will not be mixed in, or even...

Lurik thought of something, he really had to be vigilant. ,

Because, who can guarantee that merchants will not mix in Gotland's work, bandits, or even assassins?

Big money box? Of course it is.

Rurik slapped his thigh: "Okay! Dad. Tomorrow morning I will put most of my money in the chief priest's house, together with the priests' money, all together. Those money is the money box of you and my father and son! "

"No! It's your cash box." Otto smiled and shook his head, "My money is your money. Boy, you can use it as you like."

"Huh? Dad, are you so relieved of me?"

"Why not? Your decision also reminded me. The construction of Shilla Fort needs materials, so I will buy some materials personally and send them to those people. So, are you satisfied?"

"Of course!" Rurik responded excitedly: "We set up a large cash box for this purpose. The purpose is to use the money for the construction of our tribe."

Construction? Otto does not fully understand the full meaning of the "construction" of his son.

Is it just building a house?

It was already late at night, and after doing too many things during the day, the tired Rurik finally settled in his sleeping nest, like a curled up cat, resting quietly. Together with his servant Lumia also fell asleep.

The oil lamp was still on, and Otto, who had drunk a lot of wine, continued to play with the glass his son had made.

He opened his eyes miraculously, watching the beating flames through the transparent glass wall.

He knew that what he was holding was supposed to be a rare treasure, but now it seems to be nothing unusual.

Construction? Build a house?

"A new house? A new house suitable for the leader? I want to take a good look."

The carnival people have to sleep after all, and the noisy Roseburg gradually quieted down.

It didn't take long for the summer solstice to pass, and the night in Roseburg was still short.

In the tribe, some people suddenly became wealthy, and some got wives. More people have to live their ordinary lives.

In the morning, a large number of fishing boats left the port again.

After another period of time, the ships fishing for fish with electric torches returned to Hong Kong at night.

The morning fish market has started again, and it seems that people's lives have returned to normal.

Only the beach is still a mess, and the sandy ground has deep dents made by a large number of oak keels.

After drinking a lot of wine last night, Otto patted his confused head. In the new day, he knew that he still had a lot to do.

For example, quickly move the main cash boxes at home one by one to the chief priest's house.

From now on, the sacred long house of the priest began to be a little different. Since the high priest Veria continued his new trust, Otto has decided to send someone to take care of the long house of the priest. In short, someone must stand guard at the door of the long house of the priest.

Who is on guard? Of course it is very easy.

The people living near the chieftain's home are all of Otto's confidants in his life, and they are also the noble group of people in the Ross tribe.

He selected ten people from his trusted followers, and in pairs, they took turns to be the goalkeeper at the gate of the chief priest's house. The work is glorious, and Otto also paid the glorious man a fee for standing guard.

All the expenses of the priest will be managed by the chief personally, Otto also informed his cronies.

The rest is to take the guys and put the huge sums of money in the house into the chief priest's house.

Lurik was awakened by the enthusiastic noise of the outdoors. In an era without clocks, he still doesn't know the current specific time. After all, it was dawn outdoors. As usual today, I took the guys to train again, and then went to eat meat together.

should have been a business as usual, Rurik canceled it.

Today, moving his huge sums of money into the safest longest priest’s house is an important matter for me. Rurik disbanded the assembled guys and still gave Fisk's mother a sum of money to buy fish. The work of cooking fish meat is still to be done, and the children can still eat meat beautifully at noon.

"Let’s go, Lumia, let’s take the cash box out of the house."

Lumia nodded, she bent down, looked at Rurik's face, and with great effort, the two people worked together to lift the box.

But only to move outdoors, Lurik is already out of breath.

"Yo! My brother, you can't do this."

The teaser is not someone else, but his cousin Arik. At the same time, there were many people standing outdoors. All of them were familiar with their faces, Rurik, who was a close friend of his father and his neighbors, except for their names.

Leurik took a deep breath and straightened his thin waist: "Arik, it's not that I don't have enough strength, but my money...really a lot."

"Oh? Are you showing off? It doesn't matter, I already know, now the chieftain also manages the priests' money."

From the cousin's tone, Rurik always felt a kind of unhappy mood, as if Arik was dissatisfied with the new authority of the leader.

Lurik raised his head to look at his cousin a few times, and his eyes also glanced at his sister-in-law who was holding his stomach.

Peravina’s belly is really bigger! Think about it, she should be born soon! The due date may be next month. Rurik felt that if his sister-in-law insisted on visiting relatives in her hometown, she was risking her life. Is she really a lucky woman, or is the physical quality of their Slavic women naturally good?

Liurik muttered: "You are here to help me. All my money must be moved to the priest."

Arik is willing to help his brother share some pressure, of course, if his brother has too much money, he is also willing to spend it for him.

The cash box full of silver coins is very heavy for Rurik, but it is easy for Arik. After all, this young man who is good at paddling, he was just twenty years old, and he had the barbaric power of swinging a steel sword to cut the enemy in two. Besides, he knew that he was holding a box of silver coins, and his excitement was beyond words.

"Help your brother with things." After that, Otto, who was also holding the box, shook his neck: "Brothers, come with me."

Now, Rurik has become empty-handed, and he makes his servant Lumia follow him closely. The two followed the team, and soon Kanuf, who took the two maids, met.

Kanuf’s maid? Do not! It should be said that these are the two wives of a brat in the future.

Lurik has one thing for Kanuf, that is, this brat always takes his two maids with him during his morning routine training. They are a pair of sisters, always relying on the tree to watch a group of boys yelling and fighting for force.

The children all know that the two maids are from Kanuf. It aroused jealousy of his subordinates, which made Rurik a little unhappy.

The problem now is that Kanuf and his two "little women" have a really harmonious relationship, perhaps, more because they are peers.

Let's talk about the number of servants, Rurik dare to say that he is the person with the most servants in the entire Ross tribe.

has a total of eleven maids and one male servant. In the foreseeable future, the number of servants will only increase.

The team carrying coins, led by the chief leader Otto, walked into the long house of the priest.

When Bona was executed last night, all the priestesses realized the seriousness of the problem.

The big leader came again. They knelt on the ground in front of the sturdy leader, crying one by one of their guilt.

"You all get up!" Otto took a king posture and ordered them to flatten. He went on to say: "You are not good priests, you have made mistakes. Do your own thing in the future. Remember, don't have any wrong thoughts, don't try to be greedy for money. Otherwise, Bona will be your end."

Leurik, he saw his father for the first time when he entered the long room of the priest, and he could face the priests with a proud posture. Those priestesses who were once a little arrogant are now docile like a flock of sheep.

What is the king? This should be the temperament of a king! It is also something that I need to learn.

At this time, the high priest Veria, holding a cane, walked slowly from the corridor in the middle of the long house. To be honest, she was very happy to see the chief reprimanding her unruly priestess.

"Did you bring all the money?" Veria asked knowingly, looking at the suitcases held by several strong men of the tribe.

"It's all here," Otto said, "I want to put the money away now."

"Come on then."

After that, Veria turned around. She just wanted to end all this uproar as soon as possible and let the chieftain take over the priest's finances as soon as possible.

Otto shook his neck: "Brothers, come with me."

is still the small room where the belongings are stored. Otto’s money and Rurik’s money are all placed here.

Put multiple boxes together, should you consider distinguishing each other? It's not necessary.

Otto felt that, in the final analysis, all these money should be inherited by his son Rürik.

That money satisfies personal pleasure? Forget it! The only thing that can make Otto happy now is the smooth construction of Shilla Fort.

Secondly, the son succeeded smoothly. For this to go smoothly, Otto knew that he had to manage his desires, so don't look for any young women anymore, but he mustn't give Rurric a little brother.

Those cronies who were responsible for the transportation were evaded by Otto's orders.

Soon, there are only four people left in this separate room: Veria, Otto, Lurik and Lumia.

They are all very trustworthy and trustworthy people.

Veria slowly took out a bronze key and stuffed it into Otto’s wide palm: "Big Chief, you have moved your own and Rurik’s money here. It seems, you think This is very suitable. Here is the key. Starting today, you will be the owner of this house. From now on, you will also arrange the consumption of the priests."

Otto nodded deeply, and then, in Villa's astonishment, stuffed the key into Rurik's hand.

Villa was surprised in reality, and soon everything was relieved.

"Oh, my big boss, Rurik is not our new boss yet."

"But he will be the master of wealth." As he said, Otto gently pinched his son by the neck: "Go ahead, boy, tell the high priest your decision."

Decision? It's about the determination to establish a "big money box" belonging to the entire tribe. And the initial money of this "big cash box" came from the public wealth of the priests.

Hearing of Rurik's decision, Veria's heart is really full of contradictions. Undoubtedly, Rurik has a good wish. For example, he hopes that the poorest people in the tribe will not have to worry about hunger. Regarding the attribute of wealth, it is no longer the priest's money that is entrusted to the chief leader.

is equivalent to saying that the priests have lost the power to hold a wealth.

Thinking about it again, Veria was all relieved. His own time is about to leave, and the next reliable candidate for the high priest is Lumia standing here.

Lumia, she is a maid after all, and the power of life belongs to her master. If such a person becomes a high priest, he should not think about having wealth. It doesn't matter if her money is cut off, so that as a high priest, she can only take other priests and attach to the leader Ruriek.

But Rurik didn't put the key in his pocket. He also gave it to his father: "Dad, you still take it. I don't deserve to have it now. Only when I become the leader can I..."

Otto, he still put the key into his son's hand: "No! You are now the lord of wealth. It was you who proposed to build a big money box, and I satisfied your decision. Now, I want to use the money and I must obey your opinion."

Holding the bronze key in his hand, Rurik knew that he was already the owner of the largest cash box of the Rose tribe, and this cash box was already equivalent to the "treasury" of the Rose tribe.

This key is so heavy, look at the look in his father's eyes, look at the look in Veria's eyes, what Rurik saw was full of expectation.