Chapter 284： A little disagreement between Arik and Otto

Otto temporarily handed over the management of public affairs to Rurik. He was practicing his only son so that he could inherit his career earlier.

Because time is running out.

Over the past few years, the Ross tribe is rapidly becoming better, and now Otto has not thought of everything that is happening. The tribe is walking on a road that was never conceived.

This road is not only a road of conquest or a business road to the north and east.

It was a radical change to the tribe, it was Rurik's dream, but it was beyond the imagination of the old tribes like Otto.

The glassware that was once extremely rare is not particularly cheap. A considerable number of tribes already own it, and the tribes are still producing and selling them at a relatively fast rate.

Drinking ale seems to have become a thing of the past, and condensing a vat of ale into only a few glasses of fiercely burning spirits has become the new favorite of these old guys. Not only do they like it, but different young men are eager to try the magical feeling of drinking burning liquor, even if it is likely to burn half of their beards like a leader because of improper operation.

There are many more things that you never own. Whether they are daily necessities, tools or weapons, the biggest thing they have in common is that they will inevitably make a lot of money if they are sold.

Otto is back, he is very happy to gather with his guys, in the atmosphere of "two or two old white and three two pigs head", tasting "RUSVODKA" spirits, chewing on dried meat and plums. They are a large group of experienced old guys, they are more eager to vent their rage to the enemy than doing business to make money.

This year must be the same as last year. The tribe needs to send troops to continue to retaliate against the enemy. What's more, this year, the Rus have an excellent reason to play-to avenge the allies of the Ostara.

As the vernal equinox sacrifice passed, although the ice and snow had not melted, Otto and his friends were already discussing the specific matters of the revenge operation.

There are a lot of technical details in this area, and it can't be done by a rowing boat with hundreds of brawny men in command and yelling with all kinds of weapons and landing on Gotland Island and then killing all quarters.

Everyone believes that the enemy is by no means a fool, and that they must be on guard when they suffer a big loss.

Besides, the Gotlanders are the hounds raised by the Danes. They beat the Danes' dogs. Who knows what kind of revenge the Danes will take?

It's not that everyone is afraid of the enemy's revenge. If this revenge expands and causes the tribes and the Mellaren people to run into trouble in their business activities, it would be no good.

But thinking that revenge on the enemy will not result in no impact on one's own economic activities. How easy is this to say?

After many days of discussion, Otto and several well-respected old guys had some conservative ideas.

A young and strong faction such as Arik who has made military exploits, he just wants to recreate a victory before looting a large amount of food, silver coins and gems. No doubt this idea caused Otto's dissatisfaction.

"This year's situation is very special. We will continue to build Roseburg and develop newly conquered land. I can't give you all the elite, nor do we have the ability to capture the entire Gotland island." Otto said.

Yes, Arik’s ideas are very radical. He longs for his uncle to also decentralize power, so that he can lead the young people of all of Ross and organize a huge fleet to fight the Gotland people.

"Is it because we have fewer people, which is the reason for cowardice? Is it because we are worried about the Danish counterattack, so we keep on guard?"

Otto asked seriously: "Are you questioning me and becoming cowardly?"

"I..." Arik gritted his teeth: "Big Chief, don't forget why your brother died. We...must take revenge! This is my life's mission!" In the pure wooden chamber, Ben It was Arik who was sitting up suddenly standing up. He was very able to do his duty. His uncle became conservative because he was too old.

But everyone knows that Chief Otto led the tribe and the conquered slaves and returned directly across the ice sea. This bravery is unbeatable. Arik's accusation is obviously abrupt!

The seniors asked Arik to apologize for his disrespect, but Arik refused.

He plausibly said: "We all have a common ancestor. As a fighting hero, I must continue to carry forward the glory of my ancestors. Now that I have grown up, I must avenge the Gotlanders, and now I have more to Aosta. The matter of revenge. I think even if Rurik is standing here, he will support my plan."

"Sit down!" Otto ordered silently.

After all, Arik still respected his uncle, so he sat down and mumbled his rudeness, but he didn't feel anything wrong with his decision.

It's absurd that my nephew dare to accuse himself of not being brave enough.

But what made Otto most alarmed was his nephew's obvious pursuit of power.

Times have changed! I am afraid that the Ross tribe will never have to compete for the position of leader, and the whole tribe will compete in unlimited age.

I am already very old, and it is a gift from God to be able to continue to live for ten years.

Today there are only three people with the most prestige in the tribe: Rülik, Arik and Harozossen.

But Harrodsson said from the beginning that he had no intention of fighting for the position of leader, and his son had no intention in this regard.

Rurik is indeed the most prestigious person, is this or is it completely supported by the young fighters? Otto didn't think he did.

Despite the glacial decisive battle with the Corvins, the Ross fighters and servants defeated enemies several times their own, and achieved an unprecedented victory in exchange. Otto knew that the young warriors felt that they were fighting with the leader to win, and the glory of victory belonged to Otto, not Liurik.

In the hearts of all men between the ages of fifteen and thirty, Arik, the young man who held at least twenty elite Gotland and Danish fighters with a sword, is the most typical leader image in everyone's mind. Because since ancient times, the leader of Ross has been a slasher in the world, and Otto himself is also in the upper rank.

In the final analysis, no matter how good Rurik does things, his biggest shortcoming at this stage is his lack of combat exploits.

The problem is that no one would expect a child as young as one ** to be able to kill many heavily armed men on the battlefield with a sword. That is unrealistic.

Otto couldn't help thinking, the feeling of being held by the hearts of the people is wonderful, and it will definitely make people's hearts swell. Even if Arik loves his younger brother deeply, he can obviously conflict with Rurik in the concept of tribal development for the sake of the tribe's righteousness.

Ask yourself, Otto also supports Arik's "absolute revenge" theory. However, Arik is his eldest nephew after all. When it comes to feelings, Otto will always be his own son. As long as that child can train the boys and girls of the tribe to make complex formations neatly and orderly with only a few very simple commands, he feels that only the road envisioned by Rülik is the most promising.

Today's discussion has an unhappy ending. Otto's emotions have become a bit heavy. He always feels that Arik, who has become more full-fledged, must become a powerful force in the tribe.

Otto's face was reddish, only the nose was red, which was the performance of a drink of spirits.

He ate some dried meat before returning to his home. He did not say a few words with Niado, who led the adopted daughters to sew leather. He took off his leather jacket, dressed in a loose linen robe, and lay on the big bed with soft leather cushions and closed. With his eyes, his mind was still thinking about Arik's plans.

Is it reasonable to launch an all-out war now? Pooh!

The soft, flat and wide wooden bed, the warm wooden house with a fireplace, and this loose but slightly slim linen dress can be cleaned all over, accompanied by spirits every day. Otto is used to such a comfortable life, and he wants to enjoy it more.

In this life, the slaves who led the men and servants of the entire tribe to launch a full revenge on the Gotland, let's forget it! The timing is not ripe at all.

"Aric, you are a reckless fool. You are not as wise as your brother."

"You can be a very good battle leader, but you can't bring real prosperity to the tribe."

"If you are the leader, our tribe can only gradually die out in the war."

At the meeting, Otto did not make a clear statement. Last year, all the tribes in military operations lost more than a hundred elite fighters, which was clearly a serious blow to the tribes. War will kill people. Everyone is aware of this, but as a leader, Otto must weigh his own gains and losses after the war. You can't just see how much money, food, and slaves were acquired, but also count the losses of the tribe's soldiers.

Because the most reliable combat force that the tribe can mobilize at present barely has two thousand, among which the elite is at most 800.

The Ross tribe, even if the various residents living in Roseburg can swell to 8,000 at one time, the population that can really guard this tribe is only 2,000.

Thinking of Rurik, Otto thought of more wonderful possibilities.

Obviously, his son realized that the total number of fighters in the tribe was still too small, so he went to train those girls incredible. He couldn't imagine whether the girl who grew up could fight as a real female soldier. The only thing he believed was that if there is a big war, the women of the tribe can at least defend themselves and will not become a drag.

Thinking of his son, Rurik would come back suddenly.

Coming back together were a few mercenaries led by Jeflo, who returned with two heavy suitcases reasonably.

Rurik returned with a confident smile, and he was immediately embraced by his mother.

Niya asked enthusiastically, "Are you hungry? I'll prepare some jerky for you."

"Let's take a look at these two suitcases."

With a snap of Rurik's fingers, Evrodling opened the suitcase and displayed the full stack of silver coins.

It was only a year ago that Niya was so excited to see so many silver coins that she jumped three feet high. In just one year, this old woman's attitude towards money has changed drastically.

There is indeed a lot of money in the suitcase, but the family has accumulated an unprecedented scale of wealth, enough to buy food to raise hundreds of mouths.

Carlota and Ella, and even Sepolava, the three girls hurriedly gathered around. Compared to the other two girls, she was the only one who was shocked to see so much money suddenly.

Niya asked casually: "Did you go to the blacksmiths to collect your benefits this year? Could it be that the blacksmiths..."

Niya knew that 10% of the profits of the sons and those people belonged to the leader, so wouldn't the blacksmiths' profits be even more exaggerated?

Rurik immediately said, "This is a brand new tax. I asked Gould, the big businessman, for this money."

"Huh? You have signed a contract. You also get dividends for all of Gould's commercial profits. Can you easily get money from him?"

Indeed, he and Gould had a clear business contract ridicule. Strictly speaking, the relationship between the two parties is a business partner.

"The situation has changed. Now Gould is our Ros, and we are the chief family again. I want Gould to use some of the money as a tax, which is reasonable."

"He's so willing?!" Niya herself doubted the concept of "tax" between her husband and son, and never thought that her son would be so crazy in order to make money.

Rurik smiled bitterly and said, "How easy is it. What about Dad? I want to discuss something with him."

"He's in the inner room."

After a while, Otto, who had just fallen asleep, was awakened. He remembered that his son went to discuss something with Gould. He never thought that the discussion between the two would be so long.

Otto poured himself a small pot of spirits with a newly suppressed mass-produced exquisite glass wine glass, and he immediately felt refreshed after he drank it.

Let's talk about this so-called "exquisite glass", it is a new invention of the blacksmith shop. It's Lilia who is pregnant, and when she has nothing to do, she researches and makes more strange glassware with Kamnier. Kravasson followed his daughter-in-law's suggestion and made a bronze mold and a pure wooden "hand punch" with a long lever. After that, it was built by Kamni, a Novgorod native who was only eight years old. Like a monkey clutching a tree branch, it casts the viscous glass in the mold with all its strength. In the end, Lilia held a knife and cut off the overflowing semi-solid liquid glass.

Compared with other glassware, this is an exquisite small utensil for drinking fine wine. The blacksmith's shop has sold a hundred of them to merchants! The price of this thing is only ten silver coins. It is indeed a cheap thing in the eyes of merchants. Otto, who is so cheap and wealthy, does not feel sorry for using this glass wine cup Of course, Rülik also made a considerable amount of his own reasonable share.

It was Rurik who had also returned, and immediately went to the blacksmith's shop to get his profits back. During the conversation with Clavasson, he had a fairly realistic understanding of the economic conditions of all the guest merchants.

After all, those businessmen, they all know that the Ross blacksmith, who is under the command of Ross, is allowed to build steel swords for anyone in the alliance who is willing to pay, and everything is easy to say as long as the money is taken out. Those merchants came with real money and silver, and the ease of payment really surpassed those native Ross fighters who must be fighting with steel swords.

Kravasson and his colleagues all know that these businessmen who don't know how to strike iron, how to choose various ores, and are more afraid of fighting in person, they are very eager for a useful and beautiful short sword to defend themselves. In fact, Clavasson knows that self-defense is fake, and showing off his financial resources is fundamental. They are holding steel swords for the main purpose of showing off, so they also have to engrave patterns on the hilt and scabbard, inlaid with gold, silver, and even gems.

Then, in front of the business partner, he cut off the iron and copper pieces with a steel sword inlaid with gold patterns and precious stones, claiming that he had obtained a magic weapon to show his extraordinary, and hope to improve his own. Commercial reputation.