Chapter 902： canonized you as Count of Wienernstadt

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"Bone Broken" Gorm put on his best clothes, and also called a few strong guys to form a decent surrender mission in the neighboring lake village.

He accepted all the gifts and followed the blue fox to the bridgehead of the River Ross people.

Those warriors with white robes and blue stripes are still stationed here, and the afternoon sun is warm and leisurely shining, and it seems that these Rus are also lazy.

They guarded the longboat and stayed on the grass one after another, with their swords and pestles glowing coldly on the grass, and their round shields sitting or standing beside them.

Seeing the blue fox returning, the bored centurion immediately called out his brothers.

In this situation, Lanhu was a little resentful. Obviously, the country's standing army suddenly showed slack. Even if the militia in this village was really bad, they shouldn't expose the flaws to them.

What is gratifying is that the villagers are self-aware that they are short of oil. Except for the Ross soldiers stationed at the river beach, the villagers run clean.

Gorm, who was still preparing to send an envoy to formally surrender, attracted the people who were hiding out of the forest to see him off.

The four longships returned to their voyages, and Gorm didn’t feel anything special while sitting on the boat.

The styles of longboats vary widely among Viking tribes. The ships of the Rus have special jibs, which are completely different from those of the village.

The south wind was blowing, and the soldiers had the wind to help them out, and they paddled north quickly.

As the longship returned to the huge fleet that had been on standby for some time, a sense of eccentricity struck Gorm's head.

He looked up at the tall mast and the high side deck.

Those Rus people are all standing high, and the ships are as big as boulders standing in the lake, but these "stones" can move freely.

The huge fleet array has a large number of these large ships, and the coercion of the behemoth makes Gorm fear.

"Fortunately, I surrender to you, this fleet will not hit me."

Gorm is very glad that he is in the right line, and that his friends are all wise enough to admit their counsel.

The blue fox returned safely, the four boats were intact, and Rurik stood on the flagship deck overlooking, and concluded that the messenger sent out must be a great success in persuading him to surrender.

"They're back! Semaphore! Trumpeter! Tell the ships to wake up."

It was he who led the entire army to do nothing on the lake surface, including taking the opportunity to drop the fishing net to catch fresh fish, and was not allowed to do anything except throw down the hook to fish on the spot. Bored people are more likely to lie down directly, cover half of their faces with sackcloth or fur, and lie on their backs to bask in the sun and take a nap.

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The sound of the horn woke everyone up, just like Arik got up after a carp hit, and the sound of the horn scared him into thinking he was going to fight.

The tense atmosphere spread throughout the fleet, and the vigilant people sobered up and did not notice the enemy attack, only to see a long ship from the south drifting towards the flagship.

The flagship dropped the rope ladder, and Gorm "Bone" had to unload all his weapons and climb the rope ladder to the ship.

The blue fox climbed when he met, and turned his head to look down and kindly reminded: "When you see my king, you must be obedient. Think of your family and your friends."

It was a real threat, Gorm nodded vigorously.

It is said that King Ross is a handsome young man? I'm afraid that's not the case. How can a young man be so powerful? Maybe it's actually an old man with a scar on his face.

Gorm finally stood on the current flagship of the Ross fleet, the Gurdot, and he and his entourage were curious about what they were standing here. The planks of the big ship are like walking on the ground, what is the thing wrapped with sackcloth at the side of the ship?

They were actually standing on the center deck, which was the bottom of the boat. As the blue fox finished the report and appeared again and roared, they raised their heads one after another.

A blond man appeared in a white fleece blanket!

The golden laurel crown on Rurik's head showed his true face, and the polar bear robe he was wearing was suddenly removed, revealing his gold-plated armor.

This is a ceremonial outfit, completely useless in combat, and perfect for blinding the eyes of a new subject.

"Gold! It's actually made of gold? His beard, his hair, are all gold?" Gorm muttered to himself, and he and his entourage were shocked and motionless.

The blue fox was by Rurik's side, and his man shouted with a serious face: "Ordinary submissive! To the great conqueror, the king of Rus, the king of Sweden, the saint blessed by Odin and the gods, the great King Rurik kneel!"

A roar made Gorm sober, and he hurriedly knelt down and gave a warrior salute.

Rurik hooked his head: "You are the head of the village? Your name is Gorm? What other nickname for Broken Bone?"

"Yes."

"You can break someone's arm by breaking your arm. You seem to be a warrior. Stand up and talk. I'll give you a stand. Now go to the deck and we'll have a good chat."

When Gorm was still on the lower center deck, he looked up and wasn't sure about the exact size of the young King Ross. Now the king is standing before him. How absurd the previous assumptions are, King Ross is indeed young and extremely tall.

Just as the king's lips trembled, Gorm, who was already at the top of the stern deck, knelt down nimbly again. This time he simply lay down, like a turtle.

"Eh? When did I put you down?"

Gorm remembered the blue fox's warnings and threats, and quickly complimented: "We are just a poor village, thanks to the fact that King Ross thinks he is willing to be our master. We are very willing to surrender."

"Ridiculous! Get up! You've just been praised as a warrior, and now you're a slave."

Seeing that the man was unmoved, Rurik turned his face to see the blue fox beside him, and asked, "What did you tell them? Are they planning to be slaves? Could it be that there are people in this world who really want to take the initiative to be slaves?"

Lanhu was also confused: "Your Majesty, I just asked them to be obedient, I can't think of..."

"Never mind." Rurik simply kicked a few times, and Gorm sat up temporarily because of the pain.

"Idiot! I won't stop you if you take your village to be my slave, but what this king wants is your submission. Stand up for me, I already know your attitude of submission, and we must finish talking about serious business this afternoon."

For Gorm, everything is acting, seeing the huge military strength of the Rus, and for the lives of the whole village, he feels that it is nothing to be insulted by some personality.

King Ross is unusual! He was actually disgusted with this gesture of surrender like a slave.

Gorm was allowed to stand beside Rurik. Even so, with a height difference of nearly a head, Gorm still felt a strong imposing pressure.

Rurik went straight to the subject: "I am very satisfied with the surrender of Linhu Village, my army is about to land, and I can promise you that our army will not enter your village, trample your oat fields, and will not Let you present your tribute immediately. You can go on with your life, but your villages must fly my flag to prove their surrender."

Is this surrender? Gorm's lips trembled, and there were thousands of doubts in his stomach.

"So, what are we going to do for the king?"

"Do things. Of course you have to do things. You are the first leader who wants me to surrender. For a smart person like you, this king will naturally reward you. I have made up my mind, canonize you as an earl (war chief), and your Just change the name of the village! It's called Vinarnstardt. From now on you are a noble, your descendants will be hereditary, you will be in charge of the people in this area, and you will be loyal to the king."

At first, Gorm wasn't sure what that meant. As Rurik explained a little more, Gorm suddenly realized, and hurriedly knelt down again to thank the king for his great kindness.

Rurik simply did not do anything, and ordered Gorm to kneel on one knee, covering his heart with his right hand. Right on the flagship, a ceremony for the canonization of nobles, Rurik started with a little preparation.

Rurik held a brand new sword, even the leather scabbard. He drew his sword in an instant, the edge of the sword buzzed, Gorm didn't understand but was shocked.

Rurik suddenly put the sword in his hand on Gorm's left shoulder: "Bless you Count Wiener Nstad, a hereditary noble title." And put it on his right shoulder: "Bless your family with prosperity and loyalty to the Rus Kingdom for generations."

Finally, the sword was placed on Gorm's head: "Loyalty will prosper, betrayal will be destroyed. Count Wienernstad, this Count's sword is given to you. From now on, you are the king's vassal ."

In another instant, the back of the sword slammed into Gorm's head quite strongly, and he reluctantly said anything.

"Be loyal to the king! Pay tribute to the king! Fight for the king! Remember!" Rurik emphasized again, and finally the steel sword was put into the scabbard and placed in front of Gorm with one hand: "This is your Count's sword. ."

Because all Viking warriors long for a good sword, it is a great honor to capture a good sword on the battlefield, and it is very important to give a sword to others.

Gorm is at best a strong villager in Linhu Village, well-liked and good at fighting.

His past honors all came from the villagers. Now a king with a huge fleet of 10,000 troops recognizes himself as a nobleman. Gorm is floating, and he is floating.

What is a count? Although they are both named after "war chiefs", the actual meanings of village chiefs and counts are very different.

Is there any benefit to being an earl? The earl was instructed to manage one side, and he was a taxpayer who was also obliged to mobilize warriors to fight for the king. The earl is the local ruler, and his authority comes from the reward of the more powerful king of Rus. Of course, it is necessary to pay tribute, and the earl can also demand tribute from people in his own territory.

The earl has to collect 11 taxes, build noble mansions, support a group of servants and craftsmen, and especially can marry multiple women as wives. The earl has to pay some tribute to the king every year. During the war, he is ordered to send troops to fight, or to provide military supplies. In addition to these obligations, the earl is the undisputed boss in the territory.

Power can alienate a person, even if Gorm is only temporarily elected by the village Nordic council. Rurik learned of this through Blue Fox's report, and also knew that his foundation was not solid. Isn't this a good thing?

When a person who originally lacked power was canonized as a noble, then his family could only rely on the king closely.

It's not that simple either.

Rurik wanted to rule the Göta River Basin, and he wanted to establish a new ruling order here. While establishing a system of nobility entrusted to rule, he also prevented the nobles from the Swedish part of the kingdom from expanding their power here. The Gotaland people of the Gota River Basin live in the generalized Gothenburg area, where multiple counties need to be built to check and balance each other, but in terms of status, they are the dukes who are nominally inferior to Sweden.

A Swedish village with a few hundred people can be used as a duchy country, a village of Gotaland with a thousand people is an earl country, and there is a big guy like the Finnish earl country with a size of 30,000 people.

The title of nobility is only a reference value for the time being. Most of the nobility rank is to gain face for the parties, and the real usefulness in Northern Europe is fist strength. In this regard, Rurik's fist is undoubtedly the biggest and hardest, because the population of the people under his direct management has reached 200,000 and is still expanding rapidly.

Gorm was holding a brand new sword, so incredibly beautiful and so sharp that it made his old weapons look like rubbish.

In fact, what Rurik gave him was nothing but a mass-produced Ross steel sword, consecrated nobles and gifted swords. These ceremonies belonged to "strike while the iron is hot" to the submissive.

When Gorm came, he was a nervous village talker, but now he returns as an earl. He took a set of Rus' robes and a flag, especially since that flag would be hung up quickly, and he also decided to imitate some blue-printed flags on a white background in the future to prove his true loyalty.

For the time being, he didn't know what he could do as he wanted with the powerful power in his hands. It was like a person who had won the big prize was briefly confused after winning the prize. At least one thing is certain, with the support of the king, the Nordic council of the village has no right to deprive him of his power, but he can declare some of the decisions of the Nordic council invalid.

King Ross has given a great reward, and Gorm is not simply going back to announce the good news.

It is true that the people of the village are waiting for the act of surrender to eliminate the danger, and the people are looking forward to returning to Gorm

The long boat that escorted him back had just docked, and hundreds of people had already gathered around.

I saw Gorm standing up, holding up the newly acquired sword and showing it suddenly: "You all saw it! This is given to me by King Ross! He canonized me as the Earl of Wienernstad, our village is now Renamed Wiener Enstad. I won peace for everyone, cheers!"

Then, surrounded by the people, he returned to the parliamentary court and displayed his new Rus flag in public, emphasizing his aristocratic status and then stressing that this flag was a proof of peace.

The prominent people gathered again, and someone, regardless of the current atmosphere of joy, made an inappropriate proposal: "Now that we are at peace, Gorm is not our war chief. All is well, and we have nothing to worry about."

However, some people have realized that many things will change forever, and they have not taken this person's words.

A promising man doesn't want to lose his dominion if he has it.

Gorm stomped his feet hard to force the council to be quiet: "Folks, listen to me! Just today, you chose me to be the war chief. Now that I have completed my mission and eliminated the war, of course I can no longer do this position. But! King Ross is a Make me an earl! Remember, I am the earl of Venerenstad, not the war chief of our village, nor will I be in the future."

This statement is confusing, and as Gorm continues to answer, the statement is really surprising.

Who said that the Wienernstad County is a village of a thousand people? A large area along the lake belongs to this county, and all the nearby villages are within the scope of the county, which is equivalent to saying that Gorm was canonized as a noble in the northern region of the Yota River.

Linhu Village has changed its name This will be the ruling core of Earl Wienernstad, plus several nearby villages that have traditional friendly relations with Linhu Village, it will become an integral part of the earldom. So in the legal sense, Gorm has the right to rule over those villages, of course, in the village of Linhu, no one can think of his power.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Gorm gave his first order as Earl of Rurik: "The Russ have begun to land, and they will not infest our village. We must do something for them now that we have surrendered. Organize The men of the village, go and inform the nearby villages immediately, and let the prominent figures of those villages gather in our village. The Rus will hold a meeting tomorrow. Their king is going to meet us! Oh yes! Specially warn them not to run away. No armed opposition is allowed, and if you want to survive, don’t resist.”

After all, Gorm emphasized again: "If we neglect the Rus, we will be angry. If we don't want to make them angry, let's do it!"

Now who does not bother about what an earl is, since the risk of encountering a military disaster is still there, everyone can only follow Gorm's order to invoke King Rurik and swiftly go to the nearby village to notify the news.

In the generalized Gothenburg area of ​​the Yota River, the traditional clan communes here began to disintegrate with the arrival of the Rus army. Even if the traditional society of the village can continue to operate, there are high-level existences such as counts and nobles on them. Gorm will not be the only aristocrat in the locality, but it is a useful breakthrough and an example to be shown publicly to the locals.