Chapter 901： Since we have a common enemy, we should unite

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Linhu Village welcomed a distinguished guest, and the village tribal militia, who seemed to have the upper hand for the time being, did not feel that they could defeat the Rus army in front of them. They don't want a catastrophe to happen, and they even reject an unprovoked dispute.

The emissaries of the Rus showed their attitude that they were not willing to resort to force in everything.

As for surrendering to the Rus, the vast majority of the villagers were staring at the decision of the war chief "Broken Bones" Gorm.

As long as surrender can eliminate military disasters? The villagers chose to believe.

The blue fox became the guest of honor. He is a businessman first, so he doesn't have to be stubborn about some things like some warriors. He ordered the accompanying army to perform a "unarmed" drama, and then continued to surround his own ship to consolidate the probe position.

The army will never enter the village. First, it is to avoid unnecessary disputes and misunderstandings caused by the vigilance of the local people. Second, it is also self-defense.

The blue fox whispered quietly to the centurion: "You should guard the landing beach, don't talk to the villagers, and frighten away anyone who comes close to you. You are not allowed to take the initiative to attack, but if they attack, you can retreat while fighting and report."

When he said that, he was telling his brothers that he was going to be in a dangerous place.

"Sir, how are you? Do you really trust them?"

"They can't be idiots, right?" Lanhu breathed a sigh of relief, "I am indeed gambling. Well, I will formally negotiate with them this time. If you are stationed at the beachhead, if you don't see me returning in the evening, retreat immediately. Go and tell the king that I was killed. You don't have to worry about the rest."

"But it's still risky."

"Adventure? What. I was almost killed in Hazelby, and I'm still a boring fat man without going through those dangers."

The blue fox stopped dawdling, and called two daring warriors as his followers. Then he unloaded the small cart from the boat, pressed the wheel on the carriage, and put the iron pin on the pestle. The assembly was completed, and then the gift to be given was thrown away. When they got to the top, they accepted the "invitation" of the people of Linhu Village and went straight to their court.

About Ross' war chief and messenger and his subordinates, the local leader Gorm, who was watching from a distance, could see clearly.

Gorm could guess what these Russ people might be worried about. Even if they both showed a friendly attitude just now, after all, they can't trust each other.

As early as the confrontation, Gorm noticed that the Rus "bear-headed warriors" had armor pieces hidden under the uniform white and blue cloth robes. This group of people were all dressed in armor and well-trained. If they suddenly attacked the village, they would not be able to bear it. . They seem reluctant to enter the village? Gorm still did not dare to take it lightly. He ordered the middle-aged men in the village to hide in their houses one after another, holding their weapons at all times. When the rest of the people returned to the village, they hurriedly retreated to the woods, in case the Rus suddenly attacked.

The trolley squeaked and transported the gift. As for the fisherman's family who received the reward first, the one pound of silver coins in his hand was taken away by the whole village.

However, the fisherman Frogin's family is not too bad. One pound of silver coins is one hundred coins, ten for themselves, and ninety for the village's public property.

Linhu Village is still a big commune where people gather together to keep warm. The Frokin family is not entitled to an unexpected huge sum of money alone. The rest of the money will be invested in improving people's lives in the future. use together. The village naturally maintains the Nordic democracy of the Vikings. Even if Gorm is now a war chief, as long as he survives this crisis, his right to rule will be automatically lifted.

Therefore, when the blue fox brings a hundred pounds of oats, a jar of honey, and a beautiful glass, in principle, Gorm cannot be swallowed alone.

This little property is nothing, but their existence confuses the hearts of a large number of people.

Linhu Village is a site opened up in the forest. There is no straight road here, and the hard ground that was stepped on by people is rarely feces and urine. But the air was filled with the peculiar smell of cattle and sheep dung, mixed with the fishy smell of grass and soil.

The village architecture here is nothing new, with a large number of longhouses built with adobe mixed wood and hay, and only a few houses have chimneys.

When the blue fox took the only two followers and pulled the cart in the village, he followed the leader Gorm, and he was always accompanied by a group of curious babies.

The ragged faces of the children were clean, but Gorm and the other adults were trying their best to drive away these curious children, as if they were afraid they would be in danger.

"It's really poor..."

The blue fox mumbled a few words, then grabbed something from his small pocket and threw it to the children.

This unusual behavior caused Gorm to look sideways, and then he saw the children laughing and laughing on their knees and frantically picking up some shiny things. Wait a minute! what is that? !

Gorm stopped in surprise, turned and asked the blue fox cautiously: "You, what are you throwing? It won't be some... gems?"

"Gem? Kind of. A little gift for the kids."

After all, the blue fox showed some tricks that he had specially prepared—stained glass beads.

Are glass beads a baby? Glass beads can also be used as gemstones in the absence of better ornaments.

In Ross, the craftsmanship of making glassware has become more and more mature. It is controlled by the king and some big families to make secrets. The person in charge of the largest glass workshop in the kingdom is Lilia, the eldest sister-in-law of King Rurik. The still-hot scraps of those die-cast glassware are thrown into small moulds, where they are pressed into crystal-clear baubles and allowed to cool naturally.

Due to the type and amount of impurities, these beads have different colors, and most of them are crystal clear and similar to the existence of spherical objects. As long as a hole is drilled and twine is worn, it is a good accessory to wear around the neck, and the price is already extremely low.

But among the inhabitants of Gothenburg on the banks of the Göta River, all their crystal jewels are amber.

The behavior of the blue fox casually throwing glass beads surprised Gorm and his guys. Didn't they think that such a beautiful thing could be squandered by the messenger of Ross?

Because the blue fox wants this effect.

Denmark's largest trading port, Haizerby, was originally a commercial port so free that even a ruler did not exist. There are all kinds of mixed goods in the city, and the gem trading market in the city is not large or small. With the start of sales of various colored glassware from Ross, reasonable prices will soon open up the market.

However, in Hazelby, the processing of natural amber has been a Danish craftsmanship since ancient times. Crystal clear amber is common. Some new crystal "crystals" are actually glass balls, which cannot make them flock to them, but they are also interested in amber. Complementary accessories. A variety of gemstones of different colors and appearances are mixed together to make jewelry with a more diverse aesthetic.

Across the Danmark Strait on the Göta River, the situation is far worse.

Now Hazelby has been burnt to the ground, and Ross's layout of several years has been turned into ruins. So now Rurik is starting to move the crowd, and his biggest appeal is to avenge this matter, so that Ross can continue to do business in Denmark and make a lot of money.

Therefore, the children of Linhu Village picked up the crystal glass beads and ran to their homes to find their parents. Who would think these gleaming gadgets were cheap if they weren't for a well-informed person?

What is business thinking, that's it.

"Let them taste the sweetness first, and let them feel that you are credible, so that you can make their money in the future." These words are already the family motto of the Gould family.

Gorm and his friends stared at the blue fox's pockets, with obvious greed in their eyes.

"want to?"

"..." They remained silent.

"It's okay." Lanhu shrugged and said politely, "I'll give it to you as a gift. Anyway, we will do business in the future."

Therefore, when Blue Fox's "big coin-spending" behavior quickly worked wonders, after a while, a group of people hiding in the forest came back. Who will give you gems for free? Are the Rus evil? Obviously not.

The council hall of Linhu Village is a good building in this village. At least the wooden door of this large longhouse has embossed decoration, and the inside of the house is also covered with a layer of rough wooden boards.

The shading planks were opened, and the sun shone through the house quite brightly.

Here, the blue fox is the guest of honor, and his businessman's essence plays a huge role in such a scene.

He is a man who can stretch and shrink. Even if he admits it like a mouse and runs away from the ground, he doesn't feel ashamed. But if he were a resolute warrior, it would be quite a muscle. Very unfavorable.

After experiencing a lot of bizarre things in a short period of time, people of insight in the village gathered in the council chamber. The house was very noisy for a while, and it was Gorm who shouted a few times, accompanied by a few people who deliberately put on their only gorgeous With the help of the noble man in the costume, the messy scene calmed down.

Looking down, Lanhu felt that there were no less than fifty people in this long house.

He stood on the spot and let everyone watch. He didn't talk nonsense, and bluntly said that the mission given to him by Rurik was to lobby and persuade him to surrender.

"We Rus people are here to conquer all the Gotharans! Not only you, all the Gotharans must surrender to the Rus kingdom!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole audience fell silent. Gorm was taken aback. He really had no idea that the Russ had such a big appetite.

After all, the people on the Gota River were forced to be closed. They didn't want to have much contact with the Danish tribes on the other side of the strait, and they always had smooth contact with other Gotaland tribes.

The blue fox suddenly asked: "How much do you know about that Lake Wettern? What else... Weissingerser and Jonkoping?"

"I know them." Gorm broke the silence. "We've done a lot of deals with them."

"It's a pity. The local leader of Weisingosser took his people to invade Sweden's territory, which caused us Rus to unite with the Swedes to retaliate. The whole Weisingosser has been wiped out by us, and thousands of people have been killed. It's their punishment."

For a moment, the silent house was like a volcanic eruption, and the people present shouted in disbelief.

The blue fox held his head high and his chest was complacent, and Gorm sullenly didn't know what to say for a while.

The scene was chaotic for a while and then quieted down on its own, and the blue fox said: "Tell you, Ross is Sweden, Sweden is a part of Ross, and soon, you Gyotarans will also become part of the huge Ross. Those who took the initiative to provoked the war Wesingerser has been punished, so we have no grievances with Jonkoping, and those Jonkoping residents have surrendered. We can successfully enter Lake Venern and enter your treaty tower river, thanks to Yankoping Guides in Köping. I hope you understand that our army of Rus is ten thousand men, and all the warriors are as strong as you have just seen on the beach, but our king Rurik does not want to go to war with you, and now orders you to submit I look up to you. So!"

"Ah? How?" Gorm asked shiveringly.

"I don't know if you have heard a saying that if you can't beat it, join. You all can't beat us together. Why don't you join us. We will be called brothers in the future, and we will obey the rule of the great and young King Rurik of Rus. I see that you are very poor, don't you want to be rich? As long as you surrender to Ross, your life can be improved quickly. Now my king has good intentions for you. You are all wise people who seek profit and avoid harm. Chance."

Join if you can't beat it, and you can also get benefits by joining.

Gorm is skeptical about the so-called "Destruction of Wiesingerser", but the logic behind Blue Fox's argument seems clear, but there is a very fatal problem.

Gorm wanted to confirm the previous matter, first asked: "So, what is the name of the ruler of Wiesingothel? You..."

"Are you afraid I'll lie?" Blue Fox narrowed his eyes and laughed, "It's Carl the Crazy Bear! Our king once ordered Carl to surrender, but unfortunately he chose to fight. He was defeated, tied to a big tree, and killed by my king. He chopped off his head with a big axe." However, Lanhu deliberately made a decapitation and stuck out his tongue for a show.

Karl "Crazy Bear" is a ruthless man, and people in the Yota River Valley once respected this man. He was successful in fighting against the Danish pirates back then, but he tried to lead a group of brothers to be the boss here in the river, asking the people to pay tribute to him, and if he didn't, he would go to war, and he was bombed away.

In fact, it is estimated that the Ross army must have killed Carl to re-enact Carl's demands for dominance. At that time, Carl had few soldiers, and several villages joined forces to drive him away. It's just that there are 10,000 Russ troops, but hearing this number, the morale of Linhu Village has been frightened.

"Submit to Ross." Blue Fox continued, "This is actually your honor."

In fact, Gorm already has the answer, so don't rush to reply.

Now that he knows that the village will not surrender, he is afraid that the sun will not be seen tomorrow.

He still had to settle the question in his heart: "So, what is King Ross for? He has a huge fleet of 10,000 warriors. It can't be... travel to us, right? I hope you... tell the truth."

"Then I'll tell the truth." Lanhu cleared his throat: "You guys here are collectively called Gothenburg. If you refuse to surrender and assemble your soldiers to fight, our king will ruthlessly kill. But! It's not necessary!"

People who were almost suffocated after hearing these domineering words, they all calmed down when they heard "unnecessary".

"We are attacking Denmark, this is a revenge, that is the biggest purpose. We also found the inner lake waterway from Sweden into the Denmark Strait, and any tribal villages encountered along the way, either surrendered or refused to surrender and were killed. Listen! Our biggest goal is to attack Denmark, and Gotaland happens to be on the road of our advance. The whole Gotaland must surrender. Not only you, but also the ten village alliance in Växjö, all of you. surrender."

The blue fox emphasized the real purpose of the army to conquer Denmark. Mentioning this, the men present came to the fore.

"If it's Denmark, it's all good to say." Gorm forced a smile: "After all, we don't like the Danes. They used to come to us to catch livestock, guns, wheat, and especially the women who caught us."

The word "woman" was accented, and Gorm's little trick, the blue fox, recognized it at a glance.

"Hey, since we have a common enemy, we should join forces. However, you still have to surrender to us. Tell us about your conditions."

"Well, we only have two conditions. First, don't let us hand over people to be slaves. Second, don't order us to pay too much tribute. UU Reading "

Lanhu thought that they would put forward some harsh conditions, but they were all trivial conditions, and they were probably the only ones who valued them the most.

"Okay. My king doesn't intend to plunder your people as slaves, and I don't think you can give much tribute if you are poor, otherwise, you won't be rewarded with gifts. What Ross needs is your surrender. Now, make a choice. I can promise that your people will not be slaves, and your property will not be looted."

"Ok."

Gorm nodded and said yes, and immediately held a special Nordic meeting on the spot. More than 50 people raised their hands to vote on whether to surrender to Ross.

Now that the fleet of the Ross army is in sight, the conditions for surrender given by Ross's messengers are already too good, and the case of refusing to exchange for killing is very terrifying, and there is no room for everyone to hesitate.

Prominent figures in Linhu Village expressed their surrender.

Gorm even wanted to meet King Rus personally, and as the war chief of Lake Neighborhood, he gave a solemn warrior salute to agree with King Rurik's rule.

But after spending some words and money, Lanhu is convinced that he has helped the king to complete the conquest by himself, which is really a great achievement.