Chapter 397： Canonize you as Duke of Ross

As Olekin did today, Rurik always felt a little bit of a child's play, that is, the so-called kingship and the founding of the country are really too casual.

Since his resolution is supported by everyone, the Roths naturally also support it.

No, Rurik took his father's hand vigorously.

"What's the matter?" Otto lowered his head and asked in a low voice.

"According to... that. We... as a soldier salute."

The two parties do have a secret agreement, and here it is necessary for the Ross people to perform a political performance in public to show their recognition of the kingship. Although Otto was a little displeased, he took Rurik's hand and fell to his knees in a very abrupt manner, even with Carlotta on one knee.

Otto complimented: "Congratulations to you for becoming the king of the entire Svealan, we Rus, and even Ostala, acknowledging your power."

Leader Ross, even leading his successor, salutes Olekin as a soldier?

Such a sudden scene shocked all the leaders in a dilemma. They saw Origen, a skinny guy, with a high-pitched appearance, with his raised chin pressed against the beam of the house, and they didn't know what to do for a while.

In fact, in order to get the soldier's gift from the Ross people at this moment, Origen paid a huge price. But at this age, this person doesn't really value money anymore. He needs power and prestige, that is, something imaginary.

"Thanks to Chief Ross for your support. You Otto!" Olekin leaned forward and said, "I canonized you as a princeps. And you, Carlotta, I also canonized you as a princepsess."

These terms do not excite Otto, because they are also part of the secret covenant. He even knelt down for such an old guy, if he could not win huge lees for the Ross people, he would not do it.

But Rurik was now holding back the laughter in his heart. He had to admire Olegin as a crappy admirer of the Frankish kingdom, but the term "princeps" was unusual this time. Its original meaning was "first citizen". , Which was also the first title invented by Augustus, it was a bit of fun to appear here.

but? After getting this casual canonization, Rurik felt that the Ross tribe could hold a big sacrifice in their hometown, and then give all the residents a pound of wheat (just like the triumphant Caesar inviting all the residents of Rome to eat), warm Celebrate the birth of the Duchy of Ross.

In the current era, the various lords of Frank, they are essentially from the ancient Germanic tribal chiefs and families, they naturally chose such a noble word for themselves in the wasteland of Rome. Even in the history of another plane, the title "Prince" owned by the ruler of Kievan Rus at the beginning was essentially "princep" in Slavic language, until it was replaced by the title of "Vladimir".

Olekin continued: "In this way, you are only one level lower than us. That's all." After that, he immediately turned around and tranced the tribe leaders: "Salute to me as a warrior, and I canonize you as dukes. Otherwise, there will only be some lower titles."

The tribal chiefs who were unwilling to lag behind, whether they were willing or not, now they are half kneeling on the ground.

It was also at this time that people finally realized that the "king" and the "leader" are different! After all, you can't salute the soldiers in the face of the leader of the alliance.

If not immersed in a serious scene, Rurik would like to laugh wildly at this casual and absurd "big drama" of kingship, nation-building, and side seams. Fortunately, he held it back.

In any case, Rurik believes that by kneeling, the tribes know that the king is more noble than the duke, and at least they can get other soldiers' salutes.

If the benefits of being king were only these, Rurik really didn't think it was clever.

Unless everyone in this area can realize that the title of the king is higher than the title of the leader.

In the Frankish Kingdom, only a few relatives of the king enjoyed the title of duke, or "princeps".

Origen is not good, he canonized all the leaders in the original alliance, in order to satisfy everyone's vanity. There were three to four hundred people in the entire tribe, and the scale was only a village head-level tribe, and the chiefs actually became dukes.

Of course Olekin did not forget to knight his son Karl, who is not here yet, and that is the king's successor, the so-called crown prince. .

He was excited and said, "My son Karl, he will be your king in the end. For our kingdom, you and your descendants must support his power."

I heard that no one spoke out to support it, and no one stood up against it. Everyone shut their mouths and didn't want to talk nonsense. Because many leaders know that Karl is not reliable, besides, everyone does not think that even if the alliance is upgraded to a kingdom, the status of the king will always be the hereditary of the Origen family.

The strange farce soon ended, and everyone sat down one after another.

Olekin’s smiling face showed that he was still reminiscing about the happiness he had just received. “Now you are all dukes, and you are very noble. In this way, we are as noble as the Franks in faraway places, while the Danes and Gotlanders, And those guys on the high ground, they are all inferior. But these inferior people attacked us! We have to fight back, we have to destroy them in the form of a kingdom, to recapture what we lost, and have them double back."

As Olekin spoke, his emotions became more and more excited.

Regarding the war, Origen himself drew up a plan. He hadn't told anyone before, but now he was excited and suddenly said something amazing.

"Brothers." For a while he still had a vulgar tone: "I learned some information. They established a bazaar in the lands of Old Ostara and Old Gran, and even named it Norrköping (that is, North Xueping), this is a great shame! We must burn it! However, our revenge will continue to expand!"

Expand the war? Hearing this decision, everyone became excited. They didn't dare before, but now they are backed by the powerful Mellaren, they dare to attack the enemy's hinterland directly.

A discerning person can also see that, in fact, Olekin, who is king, needs a big victory to lay the foundation for his kingdom and even gain the popular support of "home world".

The war will be deliberately expanded by the kingdom. Who doesn't expect it?

Olekin pointed out a new attack point, which is also a new area that the residents of the Svealand Plain have not touched upon: "We do not attack Gotland. We go south along the coastline to attack the seaside settlement called Kalmar. It’s the territory of the Danes. Let me say, we don’t have to attack the running dogs of the Danes, we will attack the real Danes. I want to burn Kalmar. I don’t need revenge. I want a greater victory! And you guys , Brothers, go take everything we need!"

The leaders clearly confirmed today that the war is bound to happen. They were worried, but now everyone's emotions have been mobilized by Olegin.

In fact, Olegin has no magic power. What makes everyone excited comes from their own desire for wealth and power.

The big tribes hope to make a huge fortune, and the small tribes also hope to get a share.

Olekin's "Black Army" parade was a powerful shot for the leaders, and the visit of the Rus and their big ship was a pleasant surprise.

"You are all very happy? Do you fully support my resolution of the war?" Olekin asked deliberately.

At this moment, it was the Granite who was so weak that it was essentially attached to the Yilmalun people. Its leader announced loudly: "I support. Some wolves have appeared in my old territory. We want to destroy them and retake me. Cow’s meadow."

"Very good. What about the others?"

The small tribes all agreed, so that the larger tribes who still have a little worry in their hearts can only follow the crowd wholeheartedly.

"It just so happens. Let's discuss the issue of dispatching troops. But there is one thing I must say. In this war, the Ross people and their fleet will be responsible for our material transportation."

Origen’s words are incomprehensible. For example, the leader of the Unkras tribe who was in the atmosphere because of the "defection" of the Gould family, Ungriffe poked his head and asked Otto: "Huh? Russ, don't you want to fight with us? "

Otto originally wanted to go back, thinking of the contract, he slowly said in a calm and coercive tone: "Maybe I need to listen to the king's arrangements for these things, because he is the king."

"Whatever." Ungriffe shrugged. "Anyway, you get rich by relying on trade."

In fact, in terms of getting rich, or obtaining silver coins in a narrow sense, how can this time and space rob money quickly? The material productivity of the Rus people has indeed increased a lot, and its potential is huge. For some time in the future, launching war and looting is no less than an efficient method, although it is cruel.

Rurik was too lazy to think about philosophy, he knew that he had to be cruel. Some necessary evils are to be done, and even must be ordered by themselves. How to do? Knowing that closing your eyes is regarded as invisible.

For example, in this plan, Olegin regards "burning Kalmar" as an important strategic goal.

According to Rurik's concept, Kalmar, located on the southeastern coast of Scandinavia, is considered a historic city, even she was ravaged by war. Because of the geographical barrier, the Viking World formed three power groups with exactly the same language. They united into one country, the Kalmar Alliance.

The union was also a later event. What Rurik saw right now was the tension between Sweden and Denmark.

Origen slapped his thigh vigorously, stopping the whispering of all the leaders.

"Okay, listen to me! This time the battle can be described as our nation-building battle. We must fight with prestige, so we must organize a capable army. I have decided that we will send 1,500 troops to Mellaren!"

One thousand and five hundred troops in a hand shake? This is also a kind of army?

Rurik didn't feel much shock, and the surprised eyes of the other leaders explained too many problems.

Considering that the Mellaren tribe is a "behemoth" of more than 20,000 people, Olegin can quickly assemble such a team.

He arrogantly: "What do you think? Every leader, how many people do you decide to send?"

Everyone hooked their heads subconsciously, and didn't know what to say for a while. Is Mellaren showing off his military strength? No, if there really is a large-scale battle, they can still continue to gather a large army, or even organize an army of five thousand people?

For example, the powerful Yilmalun tribe and Uppsala tribe, the two forces with similar populations, their leaders know that even if they gather all the men who can handle the axe, their strength can barely exceed a thousand. people. What is the strength of such an army?

Everyone has no memory of the Mellaren expedition, and never thought that Origen would make a big deal on the first expedition in this life.

Can't you help him save face?

The Yilmalun people responded first: "We dispatched five hundred people, this is the elite of our tribe!"

The Uppsala immediately gave the same answer, that is, five hundred soldiers.

Unkras has a smaller population. Seeing this situation, Ungriffe didn’t want to ruin his vitality and was afraid of being despised by others. “Just like this, I have three hundred people. My population is small, so I can’t give too much. Soldiers."

For some other small tribes, they actually have more than a dozen giants. For example, the small population of the Orgran people is an indisputable fact, and the chief Oke decided to dispatch a mere 50 people. Upon seeing this, the small tribes also provided 50 troops, so that even if they suffered losses in the war, the losses were acceptable. The total strength of these small tribes is only 500 people.

At this point, everyone was staring at the reaction of the Ross man, looking at Otto's face with a pair of eyes.

"Oh? Are you waiting for my answer? How many troops do I send? The job of our Russians is to transport supplies such as a batch of rations. My people are responsible for supporting the army. That's all. Do you still want us to Ros Thousands of soldiers sent troops? I...willing to follow the king's arrangements."

Otto directly threw the pot to Olegin, which integrated Olegin's meaning.

"The Ross people will guarantee our logistics to a great extent. Have you all seen that big ship? That ship is enough to transport a lot of food."

"But aren't the Ruths a powerful tribe?" Ungriffe of Unkras asked seriously. "They must send troops instead of sending a handful of people as a transport team. Also, since we all recognize Aosta The female leader of the Ras tribe, Ostara also has troops."

Olekin frowned: "The Ross people will send two hundred troops, I think it's enough."

"That's it? Too few! Their population is larger than mine."

"But there are not many people who dare to fight." Rurik suddenly spoke on behalf of his father.

The scene suddenly calmed down, eyes staring at Rurik's face.

Ungriffe directly stretched out his right finger and said, "My child, there is no place for you to speak."

"You dare to threaten me?" Rurik's blood was on his head. He just couldn't stand this chatter, and instantly drew out his bright white dagger. "I know what's going on with you Unklas. Until you teach me."

"You!" Angrieff felt that he was greatly offended. His anger was not unreasonable, because Gould did not send another fleet to deepen Klass. After encountering the embarrassment of the merchants not coming to visit, he was no longer complacent about the Gould family's withdrawal, but regretted. And self-blame.

Otto coughed hard and ordered his son not to speak.

Here, Otto is not stupid enough to tell everyone that Ross Elite will go to the east to collect taxes and even actively build Shilla Fort. The extended facts of the Ross people, their leaders would best not know for a lifetime.

Otto simply pretended to be a confession and made up a nonsense, that is, his so-called "confession" acting skills are really exaggerated, and even another kind of show off of "business skills."

"We Russ are good at doing business, that's all. We are not as brave as your fighters, so when the war begins, we will not compete with you for the spoils." Hearing the eyes of many leaders, some people questioned the Russ plan. What? Even if two hundred troops are dispatched, they are dispatched. Is it just a transport team responsible for cheering and cheering? Or does it mean that the Ross people actually reached a certain agreement with the Mellaren people?

Some people have guessed this. When they think of the large grain trade between the Ross and Mellaren last year, and even the influx of a large number of black iron weapons into Mellaren, they think there is something tricky in it.

Everyone seemed to have some kind of suspicious enlistment, and Olekin clapped his hands vigorously: "Now I understand. Our coalition will have three thousand five hundred people! What a huge army!"

After hearing the exact statistics, the people who were still complaining just now can't take care of anything.

Olekin continued to declare: "As a king, I will distribute the spoils of the tribes after the war according to the strength of the troops sent by the tribes. The Russians send fewer troops, and naturally have fewer points. I send more troops and naturally share more. I am King, you must obey my orders. And before the expedition takes the trophies, I will base your army with wheat. A large amount of wheat will be transported by the Russian ships."

This resolution dispelled everyone's worries, and some tribes even regretted reporting that their troops were reduced. No matter what, no one said anything on the battlefield, only using one's own weapons to grab the spoils is the last word.

Ungriffe was in a lot of comfort He was mocking the Ross people in his heart, because the other party only sent two hundred people.

As everyone knows, everyone is really unaware of the conspiracy between the Ross and Mellaren.

Olekin made a summary: "You all look happy! We will all be rich in the future. I will order my son Karl to be the war chief of Mellaren. You should also appoint your generals. Tomorrow, we will be on the lakeshore. The altarpiece celebrates the birth of our kingdom, and you all congratulate me on becoming a king. You will have a month to prepare for this war. I plan to have an expedition on June 1st. I think you have enough time to prepare personnel and weapons."

At this point, the affairs of the first day of the League are basically announced. The leaders who will be promoted to the duke will only need to participate in the grand sacrificial activities tomorrow, the new power will be stabilized, and the "Kingdom of Sweden" will become official. The presence.

Otto's eyes lit up, and it was indeed a month away from the date of the expedition. Although the Ross people sent very few troops, they made preparations early. This preparation is simply based on the sea battle. Does the son wishfully think that the Ross fleet will wait until the enemy attacks and win a big victory? Isn't it ridiculous?

Wait a minute! Maybe he has foreseen the future, smart people shouldn't make doubts, just because it is an oracle and cannot be profaned.