Chapter 617： King of the King

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Now the ocean-going capabilities possessed by the Ross fleet have surpassed this vast sea area, and their large fleet has been beyond the reach of the powerful Danish forces.

The war in Britain is now over. Although this year’s action started to help the Balmerks gnaw their territories in Britain, since the strength of the locals is so weak, Rurik has indeed obtained a huge spoils of war, and the future is quite promising. For a stable food supply.

The fleet of the Vikings has successively exited the Tam River and then the Trent River.

After they cleaned the battlefield and revised the treaty with the King of Northumbria, it was basically the time to go back to their homes.

The Ouse River and the Trent River share a bay, where a huge fleet is assembled.

It was an autumnal morning, the sun was shining, the cold and salty sea breeze continued to sweep the earth, even people who pretended to be cold-resistant felt scared.

Rurik was indeed a little worried about his future voyage.

The Balmerks took a short but critical rest by the sea, while the Ross people hurriedly collected the river water to prepare for the arduous return journey.

Within Magnut's battalion commander, many elites gathered here.

The shabby King Magnuth of York held aloft the silver cup looted from Prince Mercia, and drank the ale with everyone.

"Although this wine is not as good as the vodka my son Rurik brought out, it is still wine. Let's cheers and celebrate the victory!"

With him taking the lead, a group of Balmerks' family leaders took this to binge drinking.

Rurik was inspired by this atmosphere. To be honest, he went home eagerly, drank a glass of ale, and endured a group of rough guys yelling and finishing a song from the North.

He yelled: "Brothers! We don't have time to spend time here anymore. Are you eager to emigrate on a large scale? We have run out of time."

"He's right!" Gashoby's Geiger grinned and yelled. Look at this young man, his white face is flushed, and the alcohol has reacted.

"It's time to go back. Today is our last rest." Magnut calmed down a little bit. As a king, he really knew that his family's power was not reliable. Only by taking good care of the brothers in this hometown can he get it for a long time. Their support.

Since Vashobi’s brothers were the first to yell about "immigrants from the village", they simply sold them a favor.

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He was facing Geiger: "Young man, now you go back to your hometown, and you will migrate here with the people. Just expand new farms in Lindsay. You are the people who are most passionate about farming, Lindsay’s There is enough land for you to get a good harvest."

"It's natural." Geiger slapped his chest. "The Britons in Lindsay are not completely controlled by us. I know what you mean. You also asked our Washoby brothers to help you People clean up again."

At this moment Magnuth didn’t bend around, and smiled casually and said: “I am now a king, and I can establish vassals according to the custom of the local kingdom. Geiger, your father is too old. You kid in the war Brave brothers can see it. I have decided that you will come to be Lord Lindsay of our Kingdom of York."

Ok? Is it that the canonization of a nobleman is so casual?

Rülik had no intention of binge drinking, only thinking that he had collected fresh water and hurried away. For example, this so-called meeting cousin Arik had no time to mix up.

Rurik remained silent for a while, watching the reform response from the corner of his eyes.

But looking at this reformer, the scald on his arm was smeared with strong alcohol, the injury did not develop further, and the wound had begun to scab. It's just that other people who suffered burns during the attack on Tamworth have now been "burning cremation" because of their deaths.

Reform did not hesitate to claim his new identity. The new Earl Lindsay? A noble title? If the local farmers can surrender quickly, it is indeed fine. He was indeed excited, but his head hadn't been numbed by alcohol yet, he really had more time to contact with Rurik of Ross, and he also gained a bit of governance wisdom from the Ross people. Or, the people of Vashobi are alien in the Balmerk society, and their lifestyle itself is quite similar to that of the farmers in the Lindsay area.

How to talk about stable governance? Set up the new farm and spend the first winter, and then wait for the army to order Lindsay's people to surrender.

Geiger maintained a lot of restraint, and Rurik guessed that this son would be a personal thing in the future.

As for the other family chiefs, they all yelled for a title when they saw that Geiger had won the title.

This is not a problem. There are some cities in the territory of the Viking York Kingdom gnawed down from the old Northumbria.

In this era, the so-called city has only two meanings: the regional military administrative center and the trade center.

That paper treaty was only King Ernred’s announcement that he would cede the northern territory to the Vikings. As for whether the Vikings could digest it, the king had no time to control.

This power transfer cannot be very smooth. The biggest trouble is that there is still a great noble named Osbot in the northern city of Jevering (Javelin Town). Unless this person is removed, the Vikings will not be able to rule the north of the so-called Kingdom of York.

It's no harm to Magnuth's breakup.

The Earl of Edinburgh, the Earl of Bamburgh, the Earl of Durham, the Earl of Jevering, and the Earl of Alderborough were successively divided.

In such a division, the man who was given the title screamed, but in Rurik's eyes, it seemed like a playhouse. It is undeniable that this can be regarded as legal theory, allowing all Balmerk participating in the war to share the fruits of victory.

But all the family leaders who participated in the war received the status of earl if they were very hasty. This identity is indeed only a title at the moment. They have no real territory under their control, and the local people of Northumbria have not really surrendered to the new conquerors.

Obviously there is still a strong enemy that has not been eradicated, so are you doing a big deal here? Are you so haste, and finally you still have to stay near York based on reality?

Rurik thought about this, when Magnuth suddenly called his name.

The old guy was already slightly drunk, and he had just reiterated that his eldest son Bjorn was the prince, and the second son Frocky claimed the Earl of Bamburgh. The so-called York and Bamburgh, the two territories that were first controlled by the Viking forces, were firmly controlled by the family of King Magnuth.

"Rurik, my dear, you deserve a knighthood too. Come on, what do you want?"

"I? Father, you are already drunk. Besides, I am the Duke of Ross of the Kingdom of Sweden. Oh, not at all. I have declared that I am separated from the Kingdom of Sweden. I am a free being."

"No, no." Magnuth shook his fingers, and the other family chiefs all smiled kindly. "You have to have a place in our York Kingdom."

"Oh? Then set aside a piece of land for me in this bay. In the future, we Ross people will sail to trade with you year after year. We really need an anchorage and a trading market."

"Really? Okay. I still want to give you a knighthood. Since you are free, then as the Duke of Ross of my York Kingdom, what do you think?"

"No." Rurik shook his finger, "Father, I hope you don’t get me wrong. Although I am a duke, it’s okay to change to the title of king at once. Our alliance is very stable. Let me reserve a bazaar in Britain. Isn't this why I helped you attack Britain? I pay more attention to trade. If you insist on canonizing me..."

Maybe you can tell them a little about your ambition now, or that is not ambition. After all, according to the habits of the Nordic people, he is the king's son-in-law, and essentially has the right of inheritance. No one thinks it is inappropriate for a son-in-law to be a warchief and a leader.

"Please canonize Norren's son and I as the Earl of Narvik, your hometown. After all, he is your grandson (grandson) and should enjoy a distinguished status. No!" Rurik suddenly thought of something. "Furthermore, you can call Nolen the Duchess of Narvik. You can't have both of her brothers, but you don't."

Magnut stroked his beard and thought it was feasible. Goodbye to the other family chiefs. There was no objection to this.

Everyone held up their wine glasses, feeling that the matter had been arranged, yelling Magnut was really a good man.

Things went so well, and Rurik was taken aback. Are they so innocent? Or is it stupid?

Rurik smiled, naturally, and then his smile became arrogant, as ecstatic as the others toasted.

One team went north to York, one team went east out of the bay, and the other team went straight to the north.

The Viking coalition has been split into three parts, and the strength of the army currently remaining in Britain has been substantially weakened. This is a fact, the three thousand troops of the Balmerks came, but now only two thousand remain on the island, and they are also distributed in York and Bamburgh.

If King Enred initially faced such Viking invaders, even if he assembled a weak brigade, he would be able to consume the enemy by relying on his superiority in strength.

It is a pity that in the kingdoms of Northumbria and Mercia this fall, the total number of soldiers and people who died in the war has exceeded 10,000.

Such casualties are by no means a small number. The combined population of the two kingdoms is only 500,000 to 600,000 people, and the living environment is highly dispersed. The deaths of so many people actually caused some areas on the island to become almost no man's land! This essentially gave the Viking immigrants real living space.

Even the great noble Osbot trapped in Jevering in the north, this man and his army can only guard the city and nearby areas. This man who is qualified to be king now controls the population of Northumbria at least 20,000 people in theory. And the predicament he faced was not only the large group of fierce Vikings who were entrenched in Bamburgh, struggling to establish settlements on the basis of the old city of Bamburgh, but also that the Pict kingdom in the north had penetrated Edinburgh.

To make matters worse, after learning that the kingdom of Northumbria was experiencing a major crisis, Strathclyde's attitude became ambiguous. Originally, this small kingdom established by the old Britons was also surrendered to Northumbria in name. Their loyalty was simply not credible, and the sudden betrayal was not amazing.

It's just that the kingdom is precarious, and the nobleman Osbot, who is trapped in Jevering, is like a tortoise trapped in an urn with his family members, unable to go out because of their perseverance.

The Kingdom of York was born, and Magnut was here waiting for his brothers from his hometown to emigrate. He has decided not to burn to ashes when he is old and not to lie in a burning ship and float into the sea. He wants to be buried in the land of York, so that people in future generations will remember his merits as an old chief and an old king.

The Balmerk and Aphrodite, two sail cruisers have already sailed north.

Rurik is going to Narvik Port to get the supplies he has stranded in the area from the Balmerks, especially the salt, and if the time is right, he will purchase another batch of salt.

Bijuni took the Balmerk and returned with a handful of brothers for only one purpose. It was to widely announce that this year’s pioneering initiative had been gifted by Odin, and called on the people to seize the opportunity to take advantage of the strong winds in the north. The madness flooded into the Kingdom of York.

Arik of Ross, he was ordered by Rurik to return the main fleet of Ross. It was one after another armed transport ships loaded with wheat-based materials, and even a group of captured Mercias and Northumbrians. The load on his shoulders is very heavy, and the long journey back home is probably going to take a month!

Arik didn't worry about being intercepted by the Danes halfway through, after all, it was September, and the Danes were busy spending the winter. I also heard that during the warm period, the Danish lords were actively dividing up the legacy of Chief Hafgen after the violent death. They were kind to each other without being beaten to death.

Arik also has no intention of intervening in the Danish struggle, even if he has the intention, he does not have any abilities this autumn. He was never a greedy person for money. When he was young, his biological father died in a sudden battle during the escort. What he is most passionate about in life is to get praise from relatives and friends. Honor is above all else! Today's feat is escorting no less than 1.5 million pounds of wheat back to the voyage. He deeply knows what this means. As long as his **** work is completed and this batch of wheat arrives in his homeland, he will be able to achieve a miracle that the Ross people dream of-all of which can guarantee one pound of wheat per person per day.

Like his father Ogier, who died in battle twelve years ago, he returned with a large amount of supplies, but this time he only wanted to sail, even if the bad weather would not interfere with his work.

But Rurik had concerns about his simple-minded cousin. Fortunately, the main force of the Rus army was on the ship, and a group of mercenaries who were loyal to the Duke himself, that is, his own mercenaries, were not allowed to receive orders. Take the initiative to go to war with the Danes, even if there is a battle, it will be resolved in a hurry and never love the battle. Perhaps this arrangement can completely restrain all possible impulses of the cousin.

The cousin's matter was set aside, and Rurik brought dozens of confidant mercenaries this time, and even the Queen Mary, rushing towards Narvik Port against the north wind.

That was a full twelve days of sailing! During this period, the huge spinnakers of the two sailing ships were never unloaded and all crew members had no chance to land.

The Queen Mary was troubled by intense seasickness, but she was also horrified by the large Viking ships, which were up and down on the waves like hills. The unbelievable thing was that the ships were still running northward even if it was against the wind. This is the power of the Vikings! It is their strength for victory.

She cut off her long hair and put on frugal clothes. Seeing that this dress really looked like a slave, Mary never had the arrogance of being a princess in her heart. She would rather be Rurik's slave because this handsome boy really liked it.

It is only natural to like a handsome boy, not to mention that this boy not only has superb martial arts, but also this profound wisdom. If he is not a Viking, but a devout believer, I am afraid that Rome will give such Rurik a title of "respectable". There is only one point that Mary is quite regretful. In the end, she is a sage among the Vikings. There are too many women around him. Every woman wants to get something from him, so as to give birth to children to inherit and extend this glory.

The two large ships deliberately sailed close to the coastline. Although they encountered rain that lasted for three days, they chose the correct route to avoid the deadly turmoil in the Atlantic Ocean.

The offshore waves were not fatal, and rushed into the Narvik Fjord with two boats.