Chapter 795： New servant

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The farthest Rudi people set foot westward were the Vips who lived at the mouth of the Vukshi River. It was just a corner of the west bank of Lake Ladoga. As for the size of the lake, they didn't know anything!

The female chief, this old lady is very knowledgeable, and now she is sitting on a hunter's sleigh, which is the first time the Rudy group has set foot on the Neva River. Watermark advertising testWatermark advertising test

There are many fishermen who chisel ice to fish for pike, bass, and catch freshwater seals. They set up camps on the ice and light bonfires at night.

They will immediately cut off the internal organs of the caught fish, cut off the heads and tails of the fish, and even scrape off the scales. They will be piled on the spot like bricks into a wall in the form of fish meat strips, and when they are almost piled, they will be moved to a sled. Go to the Shilla Fort Bazaar and sell it.

Once upon a time, only the brave dared to do production work in winter. It was not that the people under the rule of Ross became brave on a large scale, but they were armed with a large amount of high-quality leather, linen, and wool, which were abundant and even in oversupply. The main population of the Principality is just that. The winter warmth has been completely solved, and the winter work has been horribly frozen. The risk of death has been low enough to be ignored by the public. In order to get more benefits, only fools will give up the winter production gains.

It's no surprise that a sled team is running on the frozen Neva River, but this team has a lot of people.

The fishermen looked sideways, and were surprised that not only the sleds connected in series had some bear heads, but there were also many women sitting on them.

Did the bear hunting team from the north make a major seizure? Did they fight the remnants of Karelia again?

Since Hanukkah, Lurik stayed in his loyal Fort Shilla and was busy researching the city.

He wants to know the various kinds of information in the city, and he is checking the warehouses placed here, counting the grains in stock, and the "big money vault."

That is the prince’s money, and anyone who dares to steal it will be hanged!

No one really picked up the idea of ​​the Prince's Money Treasury, but there were pickpockets in the market. The governor Conusson and his son are indeed very rough. Regarding the pickpocket caught, regardless of his ethnicity, he would chop his little finger for the first time, and it was a public punishment.

Although there is no violent society trying to blackmail in the bazaar, Rurik was vaccinated in advance in this regard. The so-called only princes can levy taxes, dare someone ask the merchant for extra money, and after the capture, the whole family will be decapitated.

Only the royal family and the officials appointed by the canonization of the Great Lakes nobles are truly legal. Some people must be put to death without any excuse. Although this is a matter of course in Rurik, the Blue Fox's description of the Old Hazeby Port is necessary in this regard.

Old Hazeby is truly a land of no ownership. On the surface, there is a jungle society, but there are still underground ruling cliques inside. A group of thugs just doesn't claim to be a lord. The big businessmen raise private soldiers without fear of them, and the small businessmen have no choice but to pay the so-called "tax."

This kind of thing should not and cannot happen in the territory of the Duchy of Ross.

But the Principality has indeed reached a new scale. It is time to set up officials in charge of criminal law and reorganize patrol personnel into real sheriffs.

After the festive season, Rurik held a meeting in Fort Shilla. The city's leading figures, most of the merchants who could come up with ten pounds of silver coins, gathered in the city's assembly court.

In the Chamber of Parliament, Lurik announced that the Governor would nominate a sheriff to patrol markets and streets, catch thieves and pickpockets, coordinate transaction disputes, supervise transaction fairness, and supervise taxation.

It is better to have a dedicated person responsible for supervision than nothing, and it is no surprise that the sheriff is from the old Ross tribe.

There are so many things that the Governor has to be responsible for, and the work of law and order cannot be managed.

For the time being, the sheriff has the power to recruit up to 20 subordinates and implement rotation patrols. The sheriff himself has a monthly salary of 30 silver coins, and the ordinary security officer has 10 silver coins. This ratio is deducted from the city tax. In a sense, the businessmen paid a sum of money to hire people to help maintain trade order.

The public office system, which resembles the police, was first born in Fort Shilla, the capital city of the Rus Duchy of various ethnic groups. Since it is a concentrated area of ​​three ethnic groups, it is naturally impossible to live according to the set of self-discipline of the clan in the past clan era.

Of course, since the birth of this system, the first priority is to maintain business order, and it also maintains the interests of merchants to a large extent.

According to Rurik’s plan, Shilla Fort, on the Neva River, is unique in geography, and it must become the commercial center of the Principality and the Baltic commercial center. The current number of sheriffs is sufficient, but if it is not enough, it can be expanded in the future.

The bear hunting sled team suddenly appeared, causing a small sensation for a time.

The merchants stared straight, they gathered around one after another, and immediately demanded to buy bear heads and bear skins.

Those Lvdi girls who got off the sledge and were deeply shocked by the great city of Shilla Fort were also asked about the price by the merchants.

The bear hunting leader said bluntly: "These women will be dedicated to the prince, and bear skins and other goods are commodities."

Due to a small sensation, the newly appointed sheriff hurried over with the guys.

The sheriff pushed aside the gathering crowd, and then saw a group of short, cowering women, and an old woman with a wooden staff.

"What's going on? Hunters, you explain the origin of these people."

The captain of the hunting bear is looking forward to being in Xiongji Town, but I don't know that the prince will establish a new official position in Dacheng.

"You? Who are you?" the bear hunting leader asked cautiously.

"I am the sheriff of the prince, what did you just say? It seems that these women want to give the prince to the prince?"

"Exactly."

"Who are they? The new Karelian captives?"

"It's from Rudi."

"Luddy people? I have never heard of it. If you are a slave, I believe the prince will like it." The sheriff thinks this is a major opportunity for performance, but for safety reasons, all foreigners who meet the prince must be checked.

The sheriff gave an order, and the men under his command rushed over with malicious intent. Those Lvdi women were almost under the fig leaf, shivering in tears. They cried to the female leader, but saw the female leader close her eyes, but the tears still flowed out uncontrollably.

It was this terrible behavior that the bear hunting leader couldn't stand it. This old guy is not sympathetic to the Lu Di people. It is because these women are pure. If problems arise from these guys, would the prince happily buy them?

"Enough!" The boss yelled: "This is a woman dedicated to the prince. I don't care how powerful you are, you are all from Ross's headquarters. We are all relatives. I advise you to restrain your own people, not too much. Presumptuous. We don't want the prince to be angry."

Hearing it, the sheriff hurriedly rounded up and greeted his subordinates to stop.

"Uncle, we are also doing our duty, if these women bring ritual instruments to assassinate..."

"As for? A group of weak women like rabbits, their necks can be easily squeezed by you, you are actually afraid that they are assassins. I hope to see the prince soon and take me there."

"Alright." The sheriff shrugged. "Come with me."

What is Rurik doing at this moment? He stayed in the current palace to rest with his wives and concubines, played with his eldest daughter, second son, and even closely accompanied the pregnant Rumia.

He has determined the name "Oleg" for the child who is about to be born, and he is sure that he is a boy.

For Lumia, the major sacrificial work is over, and all she has to do is indeed rest.

Rurik was busy with his wife and concubine, and the cavalry was left to Prince Pechenegg, Kagan, for the time being.

In a piece of snow outside the city, the entire cavalry team and the Pecheneg people continued their riding and shooting training. The Pecheneg people must quickly master crossbow riding and shooting, as well as maneuvering ordinary wooden bows. The Ross Cavalry is advancing with recurve bow shooting, which requires frantic target shooting practice.

Their training attracted some loggers onlookers, and even some children came to join in the fun.

Some hunters bring their treasures as gifts?

The messenger specifically described the so-called big gift to Rurik as the contribution of a group of women and a tribe named Ludi.

"Luddy people? The name is so familiar. Ah!? Could it be them? Wonderful, before I hit you, you just contributed?" Rurik stroked his golden beard and was extremely happy.

Her wives and concubines also came over, especially Nuoren and Carlotta, who were powerful female nobles, and asked Lu Di one after another who they were.

"They? They are also said to be servants of the Karelians. Karelians have been wiped out by us, and the slaves need a new master, so they are here."

Carlotta nodded without saying a word, but Noren acted arrogantly: "It seems that we are indeed very strong. But is it appropriate to let the slaves see you? They are all cheap stuff."

"You? You..." Rurik glanced at Nolan, this woman who was as beautiful as Freya in the legend, speaking was not gentle.

Rurik insisted that the old lady leader lead all the Ludi women to visit, and of course the bear hunter leader who discovered the Ludi village.

In other words, the Lu Di people who entered the city never thought that there was such a bizarre human dwelling in the world. They saw tall houses and an extremely flat and vast empty field.

They saw the huge crystal clear stone chamber under the sun again. It was definitely not ice, but a shell made of crystals. The female chief is subconsciously convinced that this is the temple of the Rus, and this "giant village" is also their core.

The female leader who entered the city has completely collapsed. She saw people everywhere here, and it was really a prosperous scene. At the same time, it also meant that the Rus had a strong military.

As long as they annoyed their leader, the Ross army would kill Rudi as easily as a squirrel.

Standing in front of the prince’s palace, a large wooden long house is enough to give these tribal people a great sense of coercion, not to mention that a larger palace is being built next to it.

The guards were ordered to enter all the Ludi who asked for the contribution, and the bear hunting leader must also follow.

Unlike the tension of the Rudi people, the bear hunter leader is full of spring breeze.

He is younger than Otto, and according to his seniority, Liu Ric should call him a clan uncle. There are so many old guys in Ross's department, and Rurik has forgotten the specific name of this person, but he is quite familiar with him.

The Ludi were really black-haired guys, they looked exactly like the Karelians in every way. That old lady must be the leader, she was sitting directly on the wooden floor, and other women also sat down when they saw it.

They seemed a little presumptuous, Rurik didn't care, and the dissatisfied concubine Noren shouldn't be angry.

At the beginning, he exchanged greetings, Rurik fully understood what happened to the bear hunting team, and felt distressed for the deer breeder who had sacrificed.

Twenty old Russ defeated the attack of three hundred Rudi indigenous warriors, and caused their leader to come and surrender himself?

Although things are very bizarre, considering the experience of conquering the Vips. Rurik can say that this female leader is very smart.

When it was, the leader of the bear hunter made his request impatiently: "The prince, I ordered them to hand over fifty women and two hundred deer. The deer are all placed in the bear festival town, which is regarded as our brother's trophy. As for these women, I hope you can buy them all."

"There are still deer? You took all the deer yourself? Are you going to sell these women?" Rurik poked his head. He thought it was OK, but then he thought about it.

"no!"

"Huh? You don't plan to buy it?"

"Nor." Rurik cleared his throat. As there were many precedents, he reiterated: "You have no right to embezzle all the spoils. Your actions belong to the armed robbery that I support, whether at sea or on land. , This kind of behavior you must give me half of your input. That’s what Spuyute and his guys did, and you must do that too. I will not make exceptions to break the rules, and you will have nothing to do with this behavior. It can be said. What do you think? Besides, the people of Lu Di are planning to surrender. You shouldn't overdo it."

The leader of the bear hunter was as uncomfortable as eating a fly, but he couldn't say that the prince was mean, and he even felt that the prince's performance was too fair and regular.

"So if... how much money can I get."

"You take the deer, these women..." Rurik thought for a while, "I saw it. There are all fifty. Half of them belong to me. Let's take twenty silver coins for everyone. I have a total of Here are ten pounds of silver coins. The deer are all yours, I don't want them."

At least the deal was not lost, and the bear hunter leader was not willing to accept the deal.

They all talked to each other in Gnostic, and Rudi couldn't understand a word.

Then, Rurik began to speak in words that the female leader could understand.

"The female leader of the Rudi people! I! I am the greatest leader of Ross! You? Are you planning to take the tribe to be my servant?"

The female leader was taken aback, she couldn't believe her ears. This tall and strong man with blond hair actually spoke something that he could basically understand.

Her mouth trembled, and she had nothing to say for a while.

Rurik asked again, only to force her to squeeze out some words.

"I'm the leader... We are Ludi, and we plan to be your servant. We offered deer and women, only for your kindness. We... don't want to be killed by you."

The words were simple and unmodified, Rurik heard the old lady's cautious, humble and fearful attitude.

"You? Are you afraid that I will kill you with my army?" Rurik pointed out with a serious face: "The master will not kill the loyal servants. Those tribes who serve me have got a good life. Female chief, you offer women I appreciate your actions very much, and I believe your servants are real."

Hearing it, the female leader was overjoyed, her tight nerves were slightly relieved. He continued: "You can speak our language. This must be destiny. You are our master. All these women are given to you for your enjoyment."

"Forget it." Rurik wanted to laugh but couldn't laugh, and asked: "How many of you are there? Wouldn't you be greatly injured if you took out so many women?"

The female leader naturally did not dare to describe her pain truthfully. This first described the Ludi people who were more than a thousand people, and they were killed by Rose hunters one hundred in one battle. As for taking out the woman, it is really willing.

"Let me speak for you. You are not willing. You just want to trade women for peace. It's like buying Karelian mercy with tribal women too much." Rurik's words hit the nail on the head, and the female leader had nothing to say.

"But, I am not a Karelian. Your girl is not my slave either." Rurik continued.

There is no need to say much with this female leader. Rürik saw all the trembling Ludi girls and announced that they are all home: "You! You all need a man! You will go to the South, and each of you will get a husband. From From now on, you are no longer Ludi people, and you are not slaves. Just be the new Rose women!"

The women still didn't know what this meant, and saw the female leader lying on the ground crying gratefully. The female chiefs believe in the promise of the Rose Prince that they can marry the Roses and live a safe life. They are indeed not slaves.

Rurik's abacus is well played, so many Slavic men in the south have not yet been married. The current situation forces them not to be picky, no matter whether the wife is black or yellow, it is enough to be a young woman.

Rurik decided to finally sell them conditionally. The Slavic men who came to buy their wives must be young and unmarried, must be healthy, must be a taxpayer, and must also take out a pound of silver or a thousand pounds of wheat at a time.

Rurik wants to turn this into a scissors gap. The young and diligent Slavic farmer can definitely get a wife out of this more than money. If he can’t take it out for a short time, his relatives and friends will borrow from each other. However, the accumulation of 50,000 pounds of farmers’ surplus grain just eased the consumption of materials.

Lu Di is really too weak, and the female leader's contribution is too sincere. As the monarch, Rurik was relieved, but he did not indulge.

It's like arranging for Telavis, a Corvin, to be the leader of the Vips tribe and to be made an earl. A similar drama might be reproduced here by Lu Diren?

For the time being.

Rurik directly assigned: "You! Female leader! I ordered you to continue to be leader Ludi. You are indeed old. You can assign a new heir before you die. But you must get my confirmation. At the same time, I will give you a banner, you There must be a flag of Rose floating in the village. You donate fifty reindeer to me every year, that's it."

To be honest, the amount of tribute is much lower than that of the Karelians, not to mention Ross is obviously extremely powerful.

Rurik also granted Rudi trading rights, but Ross hunters can also enter Rudi's territory.

The murderer died, the thieves chopped their hands, the verbal abusers slapped their mouths. Rurik is the third chapter of the contract. If the Ludi people are injured, the leader can come to Shilla Fort in the west of the lake to complain to the governor.

Now, Lu Di has been legally merged into Ross and placed under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Shilla Fort.

The female chief of Lu Di was grateful to Dade She didn't feel that Prince Ross looked disgusting at first. This tall young man now looks more comfortable.

Since the Rudi people live in the east of the lake, Rurik took advantage of this opportunity and asked assiduously: "Do you know the situation in the east? Are there Karelians there? It seems that you have taken in some, are there more? ?"

"Yes!" The alert female leader immediately discovered that this was another opportunity.

"Where?"

"Further east, there is a large lake there. Karelians and some Permians are rebuilding their camp."

"How many of them are there?"

"At least...two thousand people." The female leader didn't know it, so she just said casually.

Rurik nodded and contemplated a plan. He now feels uncomfortable thinking of the Karelian forces, as if it is difficult to get rid of the beriberi, and it is time to cut again.

Of course, Karelia is innocent. But there is no room for two tigers, and Ross does not allow trespassers to exist!