Chapter 476: Mellaren in September
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"The Rise of Rurik (
In Lake Mälaren, bad things are fermenting.
The army of the expedition came back, but they did not degenerate like an army when they returned!
The coalition forces of the various tribes of the Kingdom of Sweden have gained a lot in the early battles. Although most of the looted treasures and a small number of prisoners belonged to the wealthy, those who joined the army had some considerable spoils.
Maybe the enemy is not as powerful as the legend, maybe looting can make you rich faster than farming.
Many tribes returned to fix their soldiers and put their own war bonus at home. It was obvious that the wealthy family had also forgotten the casualties of the war. Because almost all farmers are short of money, they don't even know that the reason for their poverty is largely due to the exploitation of the rich and the rich, and now everyone has to fight for the glory of the rich.
The society around Lake Mälaren is developing rapidly. They have been excluded by Denmark and Norway for a long time, or they are not Vikings in a narrow sense.
Their development is gradually involuted, and the internal gap between rich and poor continues to widen.
Husbands are more willing to believe in the gods Frey and Freya, who bring prosperity and fertility, especially the farmers and fishermen. They worship the sun **** Sola and the earth **** Uber more and more.
The simple wishes of the earth and the sun contributed to the establishment of the Uppsala Temple. Of course, people also believed in Odin, but Odin did not give everyone victory this time.
A huge army has been rushing to the legendary Silver Fort in the south, and King Oleksandr vows to rob the Danes of Silver Mountain. Under the lofty ambition is the boiling of the entire Lake Mälaren. Every man is eager to participate in the war to make money. After all, only the strongest fighters have the right to fight.
A group of the most robust labor force rushed to the battlefield. The time came to the end of August. Although the entire farmland around the lake was welcoming a bumper harvest this year, there was almost no rain disturbance during the harvest season, and a large number of strong men were temporarily lost, but the people who stayed behind were suffering.
The women and children in the family shoulder the most arduous tasks such as harvesting, threshing and shelling, and drying.
To make matters worse, most of them have to repay past debts.
Maybe the situation is not so bad. Wouldn't it be better to repay the money the husband got? The living wheat is his own.
In most areas, the farmland along the lake always enjoys moisture. Farmers do not need to irrigate at all. They did not expect to put manure and lake mud into the fields to fertilize the fields. They completely rely on rough agricultural methods and usher in a rare bumper harvest with a yield of 150 catties per mu!
Just as they desperately processed wheat to taste a good harvest, the army came back.
The army did not have the vigour of the expedition, the number of ships decreased, and the men on board were exhausted.
Hundreds of Merlaren farmers and fishermen returned. When they set out, they were full of confidence, but now they come back almost empty-handed. They were first blamed by their family members, and as they told of their tragic experiences in the south, fear and loss spread.
King Origen! The old leader of Mellaren! Actually died in battle!
And Carl! That Carl became the king directly?
In the Mälaren tribe, Carl's reputation is not good. He was an arrogant man, and also like an April bull, his eyes fixed on all the beautiful women in the tribe, hoping to take it for himself. His notoriety is probably that, but he has not endangered the core interests of the people.
The deceased King Olekin’s act of getting food last year was barbaric. Fortunately, this man led everyone to bravely conquer the Danes. He sacrificed himself for the war, and the people couldn’t say anything.
Everyone is just a frequent person, hoping that the new king Carlby will be kinder to his father.
However, all the big land owners in Mälaren have a more ambiguous attitude.
One dark and windy night, a secret long house, a meeting with Carl behind his back.
There are as many as twenty wealthy landlord families in the entire Melaren tribe. Each family or the head of the family will come in person, or the sons of their families will come by orders. Everyone has to discuss only one thing, that is, whether to approve Karl as the new leader.
Young family children are gearing up. Who doesn’t like power? But gaining power without being recognized by the inner elite makes power meaningless.
A "highly respected" old man presided over the meeting.
He was an old man named Swain with buried eyebrows. Facing the gorgeously dressed men sitting on the floor, he leaned on an oak walking stick inlaid with countless ambers and rubies, and spoke in a hoarse voice.
"Now... Origen is finally dead. This **** villain died with his army. Next, is our time."
Swain was half talking, and someone mumbled: "So, we shouldn't admit that Karl is the new leader."
"Yeah, why. Could he be the king after winning the crown?"
"When Olegin was alive, five hundred black-clothed warriors supported his power, and now he is dead! What is his family? Why should we bow to his cubs anymore."
Suddenly someone shouted: "Everyone, we are all old friends living together, no one is superior. In my opinion, we should restore the ancient tradition! Just like the Norwegians, we recommend a leader who everyone agrees with. It's not arrogant or arrogant, it's just that a representative of the brothers meets something big or the brothers discuss it."
"That's a good idea."
"Yeah, we don't need to rule our king. Besides, Odin obviously didn't bless Olegin and Karl."
The rich and noble landlords talked about it. They hope to restore the ancient NORDIC, which is the council of tribal elites. The so-called leader does not have much real power.
In this regard, the elderly Swain also agrees.
However, the old man was deeper, and it was good for Mellaren to be radicalized by the "young man" who did not think he was sitting.
He desperately said hoarsely: "The news has spread. Who would have thought that the Ross people who left the lake and headed north were already strong enough to conquer the entire Gotland island by themselves?"
"What? It's just them?" Someone suddenly raised his head, "Isn't it our coalition forces killed it?"
"Wolland, do you really believe Karl's nonsense? Is the loss of our coalition forces caused by the fierce battle with the Gotland?"
"Oh, that's true."
They had another discussion, and everyone’s attitudes tended to be unified, that is, it is true that the Russ have permanently defeated the Gotland people, but it is indisputable that some Merlaren peasants colonized the ruins of Gotland. fact. At least the latter thing is what Carl tried his best to advertise, the so-called trying to save the face of defeat.
The big family began to discuss the development of Gotland Island. Compared with the limited flat land on the banks of Lake Mälaren, which is increasingly crowded, Gotland Island is warmer in the south. Not to mention that the old Gotland people can make a fortune on this island. , The new immigrants from Mellaren arrived, and they would naturally inherit this wealth.
People made no secret of their coveting for wealth, and simply went off the subject of what they were discussing.
"It's better to postpone these things!" Sven tapped the stick; "The most important thing is whether we support Karl."
Everyone looked at each other, and everyone's attitude was very clear.
However, Swain murmured against everyone's attitude: "However, if King Karl is abolished, we will face chaos."
"Chaos? Why?" someone questioned.
"Because of Karl, he controlled the most wealth in the early war. He currently lacks private protection. The brothers abolished his throne. Will Karl use money to recruit an army and become a king?"
"Just attack him! This hateful man once called up my sister's idea, and I don't like him at all." The speaker was named Bjorn, a young landlord who sometimes regarded himself as a soldier, even though he Not yet thirty years old.
"Don't be impulsive, young man." Swain coughed and coughed. "No one likes Karl, but someone must be a leader. If Karl dies, who is the leader, is that you?"
Bjorn got excited when he heard it: "It's not a bad idea. If I were the leader, I would listen to everyone's opinions. I am not a self-serving person. My family and I are everyone's friends."
The older Voland also took the opportunity to mumble: "As Bjorn said, brothers need a leader who represents everyone's opinions."
"But not now. I don't want to cause trouble." Swain shook his head and explained his opinion: "I still admit that Karl is the king for the time being, of course it is only on the surface."
Sven tried his best to disprove the crowd. He was an old guy, and everyone was willing to listen to him more, just to make everyone truly agree with Karl. That was impossible.
Unless, Karl is willing to share the gold and silver he got.
Sven was no longer able to explain anything, "You just have to pretend to agree immediately. We unite and ask Carl to spend a huge sum of money to buy our temporary identity. He will continue to be his own king, and what about us? Every family can do it. Use this money to hire a private army. As long as there is enough private army, Karl is tough again, but is our puppet."
This is also a safe plan. After discussion, two plans have been established.
First: Carl is willing to buy everyone's approval with money, and everyone is happy.
Second: If Karl refuses, he will be abolished. Everyone restores the old system and elects a peaceful person to be the leader. By then, there will be no king in Sweden, only a leader.
How many silver coins does Carl control? Without getting Silver Mountain and the terrible consumption during the war, everyone believes that his money is less than two thousand pounds.
It looks like this is a huge sum of money.
As a king, only such a small amount of money is really not convincing, so the families do not expect how much money can be extorted from Karl.
Everyone wants to make a lot of money, how can you make money quickly? Sell food!
Who will buy food? Of course it is from the Ross.
In the past few years, the Russ have become more and more aggressive in buying food. Before the war, they simply felt that it was profitable, and now they have fully understood it. Behind the Roths desperately selling food, they really have a large population to feed.
The merchants all say that the fjord of the Ross people is a place of bitter cold, where only a very small amount of onions can be produced, and the sowing of wheat is doomed to be fruitless. The Ross people sell weird goods and high-quality leather and ironware. They have indeed made a lot of money in the past few years, but the money is used to buy food...
Since the Ross people are rich, the families are willing to sell.
Even if Sven is an old guy, he is like everyone else, so why care about the skinnyness of ordinary Mellaren. All he cares about is his family and friends' families, and even the life and death of serfs and servants in the family. Ordinary homesteaders are just a group of dodder parasitizing the Merlaren tribe and gaining benefits. They can leave at any time, such as suddenly "rebelling" to become a Yilmalun, or even running to the Temple of Uppsala. settle down.
These homesteaders and ordinary fishermen, they occupy the land of the Melalen people, and they must pay an arrearage to purchase the security of the Melalen tribe.
Twenty families did not have any noise on the issue of obtaining grain, and they even determined a unified purchase price.
Then, a key task was handed over to Bjorn, who claimed to be willing to do something good, that is, this young man represented the families and had a good talk with the late but late Ross caravan.
This is the end of the secret meeting. Soon, these people gathered at the door of Carl's house.
Olekin's death, after his death, Carl was frustrated.
His father left many heirs. As the eldest son and the owner of the crown, he did not hesitate to announce the abolition of all his brothers' inheritance rights.
Did all his brothers give up?
Carl, who was afraid of losing his power, carried the handful of private soldiers who had only had the fruits to carry out a terrible cleansing of his family.
As a king, sometimes he will be a villain!
Although Carl had some lingering fears, he still became a cold-minded killer and washed out all the competitors in the family. He felt that maybe his position would be firm.
The **** incident was covered up, and he took out a sum of money to recruit idle members of the tribe, and even gave a group of slaves working in the family the right to be private soldiers. He organized a militia of about 200 people. Of course, apart from more than a dozen veterans who survived the war, the rest were just armed farmers.
Carl secretly buried the slayed body, and then secretly took all the women and illegitimate children he had passed by to his home.
It seems that an era belonging to Karl has come!
How come a bunch of gorgeously dressed people appeared at the door?
Carl put them in his home with anxiety, and the wealthiest families of the entire Mellaren tribe were completely gathered together.
Sven was still the same Sven, and the old man approached the "king's palace" with the help of several maids.
The old man didn't have any polite words, and he didn't even congratulate Karl on becoming king.
Sven’s words were very straightforward: "Olekin is dead, and you have become king again. To be recognized by everyone, you must take out one hundred thousand silver coins."
As soon as he said this, Carl was almost congested with a brain.
He blushed and asked why.
"Why? With strength! Carl, you do not have the reputation of your father, and everyone questioned your throne. Some people say that you murdered your father, and others say that you murdered all your brothers after you came back because they were Your competitor."
Swain didn't change his face, and Carl's blushing face turned pale again. He suspects that there is a ghost in the family. How can they know about something that is obviously secret?
Carl asked with a cold face, "What do you...what do you want?"
"Twenty families, each with five thousand silver coins, I know you have so much money. Give the money, or you won't get our support."
Carl understands, these guys are here to blackmail. His face turned red again, and he whispered in his heart that these guys kept quiet when their father or his father was or, now they have become greedy people.
It’s a pity to look at this battle, and I refused. I am afraid that he will lose all his power today~www.novelhall.com~ He bluntly said that he did not have this much money, and he gathered to strive for this money at the expense of thousands of talents, without sending troops. Why should the family ask for too much.
I have to say that Carl's words have some truth, so the two parties negotiated and the money to buy support was still to be given, and the amount fell to three thousand silver coins.
On the same day, the landlords left with squeezed 60,000 silver coins. To be honest, the money was not much. At least everyone confirmed one thing-in order to get support for the arrogant Karl.
And all this is just the beginning.
The people have noticed the fighting between the powers of the Mellaren tribe, and perhaps this will not affect themselves.
They are wrong.
Carl has all the family, and they started a large-scale expropriation of grain. They adopted any reasonable and unreasonable means, such as forcibly buying farmer's grain at a low price, and they reduced the price to a silver coin to buy 20 pounds of wheat. Although this year is a bumpy year, food prices on the market should not be so low.
But Carl did more excessively. He realized that those big landlords were actually competing with him for food?
This was a blow from the bottom of the pot that Carl could not accept, not to mention that these landlords were rampant now, and he was still thinking about the security promise of the Ross people. However, it takes 800,000 pounds of wheat to buy the protection of the Ross people!
Carl lacked money but had a group of private soldiers. He ordered the people to pay taxes in the form of a king, and he also sent private soldiers to buy food forcibly. His purchase price was as low as 25 pounds for a silver coin! In order to raise food quickly and in a more cost-effective way, Carl completely became a villain.
In September, the Melalen tribe was finally caught in a jump.
Sven didn't want this, but the great villain was Karl, and the people believed that Karl was a villain, so it would be fine.
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"The Rise of Rurik (
In Lake Mälaren, bad things are fermenting.
The army of the expedition came back, but they did not degenerate like an army when they returned!
The coalition forces of the various tribes of the Kingdom of Sweden have gained a lot in the early battles. Although most of the looted treasures and a small number of prisoners belonged to the wealthy, those who joined the army had some considerable spoils.
Maybe the enemy is not as powerful as the legend, maybe looting can make you rich faster than farming.
Many tribes returned to fix their soldiers and put their own war bonus at home. It was obvious that the wealthy family had also forgotten the casualties of the war. Because almost all farmers are short of money, they don't even know that the reason for their poverty is largely due to the exploitation of the rich and the rich, and now everyone has to fight for the glory of the rich.
The society around Lake Mälaren is developing rapidly. They have been excluded by Denmark and Norway for a long time, or they are not Vikings in a narrow sense.
Their development is gradually involuted, and the internal gap between rich and poor continues to widen.
Husbands are more willing to believe in the gods Frey and Freya, who bring prosperity and fertility, especially the farmers and fishermen. They worship the sun **** Sola and the earth **** Uber more and more.
The simple wishes of the earth and the sun contributed to the establishment of the Uppsala Temple. Of course, people also believed in Odin, but Odin did not give everyone victory this time.
A huge army has been rushing to the legendary Silver Fort in the south, and King Oleksandr vows to rob the Danes of Silver Mountain. Under the lofty ambition is the boiling of the entire Lake Mälaren. Every man is eager to participate in the war to make money. After all, only the strongest fighters have the right to fight.
A group of the most robust labor force rushed to the battlefield. The time came to the end of August. Although the entire farmland around the lake was welcoming a bumper harvest this year, there was almost no rain disturbance during the harvest season, and a large number of strong men were temporarily lost, but the people who stayed behind were suffering.
The women and children in the family shoulder the most arduous tasks such as harvesting, threshing and shelling, and drying.
To make matters worse, most of them have to repay past debts.
Maybe the situation is not so bad. Wouldn't it be better to repay the money the husband got? The living wheat is his own.
In most areas, the farmland along the lake always enjoys moisture. Farmers do not need to irrigate at all. They did not expect to put manure and lake mud into the fields to fertilize the fields. They completely rely on rough agricultural methods and usher in a rare bumper harvest with a yield of 150 catties per mu!
Just as they desperately processed wheat to taste a good harvest, the army came back.
The army did not have the vigour of the expedition, the number of ships decreased, and the men on board were exhausted.
Hundreds of Merlaren farmers and fishermen returned. When they set out, they were full of confidence, but now they come back almost empty-handed. They were first blamed by their family members, and as they told of their tragic experiences in the south, fear and loss spread.
King Origen! The old leader of Mellaren! Actually died in battle!
And Carl! That Carl became the king directly?
In the Mälaren tribe, Carl's reputation is not good. He was an arrogant man, and also like an April bull, his eyes fixed on all the beautiful women in the tribe, hoping to take it for himself. His notoriety is probably that, but he has not endangered the core interests of the people.
The deceased King Olekin’s act of getting food last year was barbaric. Fortunately, this man led everyone to bravely conquer the Danes. He sacrificed himself for the war, and the people couldn’t say anything.
Everyone is just a frequent person, hoping that the new king Carlby will be kinder to his father.
However, all the big land owners in Mälaren have a more ambiguous attitude.
One dark and windy night, a secret long house, a meeting with Carl behind his back.
There are as many as twenty wealthy landlord families in the entire Melaren tribe. Each family or the head of the family will come in person, or the sons of their families will come by orders. Everyone has to discuss only one thing, that is, whether to approve Karl as the new leader.
Young family children are gearing up. Who doesn’t like power? But gaining power without being recognized by the inner elite makes power meaningless.
A "highly respected" old man presided over the meeting.
He was an old man named Swain with buried eyebrows. Facing the gorgeously dressed men sitting on the floor, he leaned on an oak walking stick inlaid with countless ambers and rubies, and spoke in a hoarse voice.
"Now... Origen is finally dead. This **** villain died with his army. Next, is our time."
Swain was half talking, and someone mumbled: "So, we shouldn't admit that Karl is the new leader."
"Yeah, why. Could he be the king after winning the crown?"
"When Olegin was alive, five hundred black-clothed warriors supported his power, and now he is dead! What is his family? Why should we bow to his cubs anymore."
Suddenly someone shouted: "Everyone, we are all old friends living together, no one is superior. In my opinion, we should restore the ancient tradition! Just like the Norwegians, we recommend a leader who everyone agrees with. It's not arrogant or arrogant, it's just that a representative of the brothers meets something big or the brothers discuss it."
"That's a good idea."
"Yeah, we don't need to rule our king. Besides, Odin obviously didn't bless Olegin and Karl."
The rich and noble landlords talked about it. They hope to restore the ancient NORDIC, which is the council of tribal elites. The so-called leader does not have much real power.
In this regard, the elderly Swain also agrees.
However, the old man was deeper, and it was good for Mellaren to be radicalized by the "young man" who did not think he was sitting.
He desperately said hoarsely: "The news has spread. Who would have thought that the Ross people who left the lake and headed north were already strong enough to conquer the entire Gotland island by themselves?"
"What? It's just them?" Someone suddenly raised his head, "Isn't it our coalition forces killed it?"
"Wolland, do you really believe Karl's nonsense? Is the loss of our coalition forces caused by the fierce battle with the Gotland?"
"Oh, that's true."
They had another discussion, and everyone’s attitudes tended to be unified, that is, it is true that the Russ have permanently defeated the Gotland people, but it is indisputable that some Merlaren peasants colonized the ruins of Gotland. fact. At least the latter thing is what Carl tried his best to advertise, the so-called trying to save the face of defeat.
The big family began to discuss the development of Gotland Island. Compared with the limited flat land on the banks of Lake Mälaren, which is increasingly crowded, Gotland Island is warmer in the south. Not to mention that the old Gotland people can make a fortune on this island. , The new immigrants from Mellaren arrived, and they would naturally inherit this wealth.
People made no secret of their coveting for wealth, and simply went off the subject of what they were discussing.
"It's better to postpone these things!" Sven tapped the stick; "The most important thing is whether we support Karl."
Everyone looked at each other, and everyone's attitude was very clear.
However, Swain murmured against everyone's attitude: "However, if King Karl is abolished, we will face chaos."
"Chaos? Why?" someone questioned.
"Because of Karl, he controlled the most wealth in the early war. He currently lacks private protection. The brothers abolished his throne. Will Karl use money to recruit an army and become a king?"
"Just attack him! This hateful man once called up my sister's idea, and I don't like him at all." The speaker was named Bjorn, a young landlord who sometimes regarded himself as a soldier, even though he Not yet thirty years old.
"Don't be impulsive, young man." Swain coughed and coughed. "No one likes Karl, but someone must be a leader. If Karl dies, who is the leader, is that you?"
Bjorn got excited when he heard it: "It's not a bad idea. If I were the leader, I would listen to everyone's opinions. I am not a self-serving person. My family and I are everyone's friends."
The older Voland also took the opportunity to mumble: "As Bjorn said, brothers need a leader who represents everyone's opinions."
"But not now. I don't want to cause trouble." Swain shook his head and explained his opinion: "I still admit that Karl is the king for the time being, of course it is only on the surface."
Sven tried his best to disprove the crowd. He was an old guy, and everyone was willing to listen to him more, just to make everyone truly agree with Karl. That was impossible.
Unless, Karl is willing to share the gold and silver he got.
Sven was no longer able to explain anything, "You just have to pretend to agree immediately. We unite and ask Carl to spend a huge sum of money to buy our temporary identity. He will continue to be his own king, and what about us? Every family can do it. Use this money to hire a private army. As long as there is enough private army, Karl is tough again, but is our puppet."
This is also a safe plan. After discussion, two plans have been established.
First: Carl is willing to buy everyone's approval with money, and everyone is happy.
Second: If Karl refuses, he will be abolished. Everyone restores the old system and elects a peaceful person to be the leader. By then, there will be no king in Sweden, only a leader.
How many silver coins does Carl control? Without getting Silver Mountain and the terrible consumption during the war, everyone believes that his money is less than two thousand pounds.
It looks like this is a huge sum of money.
As a king, only such a small amount of money is really not convincing, so the families do not expect how much money can be extorted from Karl.
Everyone wants to make a lot of money, how can you make money quickly? Sell food!
Who will buy food? Of course it is from the Ross.
In the past few years, the Russ have become more and more aggressive in buying food. Before the war, they simply felt that it was profitable, and now they have fully understood it. Behind the Roths desperately selling food, they really have a large population to feed.
The merchants all say that the fjord of the Ross people is a place of bitter cold, where only a very small amount of onions can be produced, and the sowing of wheat is doomed to be fruitless. The Ross people sell weird goods and high-quality leather and ironware. They have indeed made a lot of money in the past few years, but the money is used to buy food...
Since the Ross people are rich, the families are willing to sell.
Even if Sven is an old guy, he is like everyone else, so why care about the skinnyness of ordinary Mellaren. All he cares about is his family and friends' families, and even the life and death of serfs and servants in the family. Ordinary homesteaders are just a group of dodder parasitizing the Merlaren tribe and gaining benefits. They can leave at any time, such as suddenly "rebelling" to become a Yilmalun, or even running to the Temple of Uppsala. settle down.
These homesteaders and ordinary fishermen, they occupy the land of the Melalen people, and they must pay an arrearage to purchase the security of the Melalen tribe.
Twenty families did not have any noise on the issue of obtaining grain, and they even determined a unified purchase price.
Then, a key task was handed over to Bjorn, who claimed to be willing to do something good, that is, this young man represented the families and had a good talk with the late but late Ross caravan.
This is the end of the secret meeting. Soon, these people gathered at the door of Carl's house.
Olekin's death, after his death, Carl was frustrated.
His father left many heirs. As the eldest son and the owner of the crown, he did not hesitate to announce the abolition of all his brothers' inheritance rights.
Did all his brothers give up?
Carl, who was afraid of losing his power, carried the handful of private soldiers who had only had the fruits to carry out a terrible cleansing of his family.
As a king, sometimes he will be a villain!
Although Carl had some lingering fears, he still became a cold-minded killer and washed out all the competitors in the family. He felt that maybe his position would be firm.
The **** incident was covered up, and he took out a sum of money to recruit idle members of the tribe, and even gave a group of slaves working in the family the right to be private soldiers. He organized a militia of about 200 people. Of course, apart from more than a dozen veterans who survived the war, the rest were just armed farmers.
Carl secretly buried the slayed body, and then secretly took all the women and illegitimate children he had passed by to his home.
It seems that an era belonging to Karl has come!
How come a bunch of gorgeously dressed people appeared at the door?
Carl put them in his home with anxiety, and the wealthiest families of the entire Mellaren tribe were completely gathered together.
Sven was still the same Sven, and the old man approached the "king's palace" with the help of several maids.
The old man didn't have any polite words, and he didn't even congratulate Karl on becoming king.
Sven’s words were very straightforward: "Olekin is dead, and you have become king again. To be recognized by everyone, you must take out one hundred thousand silver coins."
As soon as he said this, Carl was almost congested with a brain.
He blushed and asked why.
"Why? With strength! Carl, you do not have the reputation of your father, and everyone questioned your throne. Some people say that you murdered your father, and others say that you murdered all your brothers after you came back because they were Your competitor."
Swain didn't change his face, and Carl's blushing face turned pale again. He suspects that there is a ghost in the family. How can they know about something that is obviously secret?
Carl asked with a cold face, "What do you...what do you want?"
"Twenty families, each with five thousand silver coins, I know you have so much money. Give the money, or you won't get our support."
Carl understands, these guys are here to blackmail. His face turned red again, and he whispered in his heart that these guys kept quiet when their father or his father was or, now they have become greedy people.
It’s a pity to look at this battle, and I refused. I am afraid that he will lose all his power today~www.novelhall.com~ He bluntly said that he did not have this much money, and he gathered to strive for this money at the expense of thousands of talents, without sending troops. Why should the family ask for too much.
I have to say that Carl's words have some truth, so the two parties negotiated and the money to buy support was still to be given, and the amount fell to three thousand silver coins.
On the same day, the landlords left with squeezed 60,000 silver coins. To be honest, the money was not much. At least everyone confirmed one thing-in order to get support for the arrogant Karl.
And all this is just the beginning.
The people have noticed the fighting between the powers of the Mellaren tribe, and perhaps this will not affect themselves.
They are wrong.
Carl has all the family, and they started a large-scale expropriation of grain. They adopted any reasonable and unreasonable means, such as forcibly buying farmer's grain at a low price, and they reduced the price to a silver coin to buy 20 pounds of wheat. Although this year is a bumpy year, food prices on the market should not be so low.
But Carl did more excessively. He realized that those big landlords were actually competing with him for food?
This was a blow from the bottom of the pot that Carl could not accept, not to mention that these landlords were rampant now, and he was still thinking about the security promise of the Ross people. However, it takes 800,000 pounds of wheat to buy the protection of the Ross people!
Carl lacked money but had a group of private soldiers. He ordered the people to pay taxes in the form of a king, and he also sent private soldiers to buy food forcibly. His purchase price was as low as 25 pounds for a silver coin! In order to raise food quickly and in a more cost-effective way, Carl completely became a villain.
In September, the Melalen tribe was finally caught in a jump.
Sven didn't want this, but the great villain was Karl, and the people believed that Karl was a villain, so it would be fine.
"The Rise of Rurik In Lake Mlaren, bad things are fermenting.The army of the expedition came back, but they did not degenerate like an army when they returned!The coalition forces of the various tribes of the Kingdom of Sweden have gained a lot in the early battles. Although most of the looted treasures and a small number of prisoners belonged to the wealthy, those who joined the army had some considerable spoils.Maybe the enemy is not as powerful as the legend, maybe looting can make you rich faster than farming.Many tribes returned to fix their soldiers and put their own war bonus at home. It was obvious that the wealthy family had also forgotten the casualties of the war. Because almost all farmers are short of money, they don't even know that the reason for their poverty is largely due to the exploitation of the rich and the rich, and now everyone has to fight for the glory of the rich.The society around Lake Mlaren is developing rapidly. They have been excluded by Denmark and Norway for a long time, or they are not Vikings in a narrow sense.Their development is gradually involuted, and the internal gap between rich and poor continues to widen.Husbands are more willing to believe in the gods Frey and Freya, who bring prosperity and fertility, especially the farmers and fishermen. They worship the sun **** Sola and the earth **** Uber more and more.The simple wishes of the earth and the sun contributed to the establishment of the Uppsala Temple. Of course, people also believed in Odin, but Odin did not give everyone victory this time.A huge army has been rushing to the legendary Silver Fort in the south, and King Oleksandr vows to rob the Danes of Silver Mountain. Under the lofty ambition is the boiling of the entire Lake Mlaren. Every man is eager to participate in the war to make money. After all, only the strongest fighters have the right to fight.A group of the most robust labor force rushed to the battlefield. The time came to the end of August. Although the entire farmland around the lake was welcoming a bumper harvest this year, there was almost no rain disturbance during the harvest season, and a large number of strong men were temporarily lost, but the people who stayed behind were suffering.The women and children in the family shoulder the most arduous tasks such as harvesting, threshing and shelling, and drying.To make matters worse, most of them have to repay past debts.Maybe the situation is not so bad. Wouldn't it be better to repay the money the husband got? The living wheat is his own.In most areas, the farmland along the lake always enjoys moisture. Farmers do not need to irrigate at all. They did not expect to put manure and lake mud into the fields to fertilize the fields. They completely rely on rough agricultural methods and usher in a rare bumper harvest with a yield of 150 catties per mu!Just as they desperately processed wheat to taste a good harvest, the army came back.The army did not have the vigour of the expedition, the number of ships decreased, and the men on board were exhausted.Hundreds of Merlaren farmers and fishermen returned. When they set out, they were full of confidence, but now they come back almost empty-handed. They were first blamed by their family members, and as they told of their tragic experiences in the south, fear and loss spread.King Origen! The old leader of Mellaren! Actually died in battle!And Carl! That Carl became the king directly?In the Mlaren tribe, Carl's reputation is not good. He was an arrogant man, and also like an April bull, his eyes fixed on all the beautiful women in the tribe, hoping to take it for himself. His notoriety is probably that, but he has not endangered the core interests of the people.The deceased King Olekin's act of getting food last year was barbaric. Fortunately, this man led everyone to bravely conquer the Danes. He sacrificed himself for the war, and the people couldn't say anything.Everyone is just a frequent person, hoping that the new king Carlby will be kinder to his father.However, all the big land owners in Mlaren have a more ambiguous attitude.One dark and windy night, a secret long house, a meeting with Carl behind his back.There are as many as twenty wealthy landlord families in the entire Melaren tribe. Each family or the head of the family will come in person, or the sons of their families will come by orders. Everyone has to discuss only one thing, that is, whether to approve Karl as the new leader.Young family children are gearing up. Who doesn't like power? But gaining power without being recognized by the inner elite makes power meaningless.A "highly respected" old man presided over the meeting.He was an old man named Swain with buried eyebrows. Facing the gorgeously dressed men sitting on the floor, he leaned on an oak walking stick inlaid with countless ambers and rubies, and spoke in a hoarse voice."Now... Origen is finally dead. This **** villain died with his army. Next, is our time."Swain was half talking, and someone mumbled: "So, we shouldn't admit that Karl is the new leader.""Yeah, why. Could he be the king after winning the crown?""When Olegin was alive, five hundred black-clothed warriors supported his power, and now he is dead! What is his family? Why should we bow to his cubs anymore."Suddenly someone shouted: "Everyone, we are all old friends living together, no one is superior. In my opinion, we should restore the ancient tradition! Just like the Norwegians, we recommend a leader who everyone agrees with. It's not arrogant or arrogant, it's just that a representative of the brothers meets something big or the brothers discuss it.""That's a good idea.""Yeah, we don't need to rule our king. Besides, Odin obviously didn't bless Olegin and Karl."The rich and noble landlords talked about it. They hope to restore the ancient NORDIC, which is the council of tribal elites. The so-called leader does not have much real power.In this regard, the elderly Swain also agrees.However, the old man was deeper, and it was good for Mellaren to be radicalized by the "young man" who did not think he was sitting.He desperately said hoarsely: "The news has spread. Who would have thought that the Ross people who left the lake and headed north were already strong enough to conquer the entire Gotland island by themselves?""What? It's just them?" Someone suddenly raised his head, "Isn't it our coalition forces killed it?""Wolland, do you really believe Karl's nonsense? Is the loss of our coalition forces caused by the fierce battle with the Gotland?""Oh, that's true."They had another discussion, and everyone's attitudes tended to be unified, that is, it is true that the Russ have permanently defeated the Gotland people, but it is indisputable that some Merlaren peasants colonized the ruins of Gotland. fact. At least the latter thing is what Carl tried his best to advertise, the so-called trying to save the face of defeat.The big family began to discuss the development of Gotland Island. Compared with the limited flat land on the banks of Lake Mlaren, which is increasingly crowded, Gotland Island is warmer in the south. Not to mention that the old Gotland people can make a fortune on this island. , The new immigrants from Mellaren arrived, and they would naturally inherit this wealth.People made no secret of their coveting for wealth, and simply went off the subject of what they were discussing."It's better to postpone these things!" Sven tapped the stick; "The most important thing is whether we support Karl."Everyone looked at each other, and everyone's attitude was very clear.However, Swain murmured against everyone's attitude: "However, if King Karl is abolished, we will face chaos.""Chaos? Why?" someone questioned."Because of Karl, he controlled the most wealth in the early war. He currently lacks private protection. The brothers abolished his throne. Will Karl use money to recruit an army and become a king?""Just attack him! This hateful man once called up my sister's idea, and I don't like him at all." The speaker was named Bjorn, a young landlord who sometimes regarded himself as a soldier, even though he Not yet thirty years old."Don't be impulsive, young man." Swain coughed and coughed. "No one likes Karl, but someone must be a leader. If Karl dies, who is the leader, is that you?"Bjorn got excited when he heard it: "It's not a bad idea. If I were the leader, I would listen to everyone's opinions. I am not a self-serving person. My family and I are everyone's friends."The older Voland also took the opportunity to mumble: "As Bjorn said, brothers need a leader who represents everyone's opinions.""But not now. I don't want to cause trouble." Swain shook his head and explained his opinion: "I still admit that Karl is the king for the time being, of course it is only on the surface."Sven tried his best to disprove the crowd. He was an old guy, and everyone was willing to listen to him more, just to make everyone truly agree with Karl. That was impossible.Unless, Karl is willing to share the gold and silver he got.Sven was no longer able to explain anything, "You just have to pretend to agree immediately. We unite and ask Carl to spend a huge sum of money to buy our temporary identity. He will continue to be his own king, and what about us? Every family can do it. Use this money to hire a private army. As long as there is enough private army, Karl is tough again, but is our puppet."This is also a safe plan. After discussion, two plans have been established.First: Carl is willing to buy everyone's approval with money, and everyone is happy.Second: If Karl refuses, he will be abolished. Everyone restores the old system and elects a peaceful person to be the leader. By then, there will be no king in Sweden, only a leader.How many silver coins does Carl control? Without getting Silver Mountain and the terrible consumption during the war, everyone believes that his money is less than two thousand pounds.It looks like this is a huge sum of money.As a king, only such a small amount of money is really not convincing, so the families do not expect how much money can be extorted from Karl.Everyone wants to make a lot of money, how can you make money quickly? Sell food!Who will buy food? Of course it is from the Ross.In the past few years, the Russ have become more and more aggressive in buying food. Before the war, they simply felt that it was profitable, and now they have fully understood it. Behind the Roths desperately selling food, they really have a large population to feed.The merchants all say that the fjord of the Ross people is a place of bitter cold, where only a very small amount of onions can be produced, and the sowing of wheat is doomed to be fruitless. The Ross people sell weird goods and high-quality leather and ironware. They have indeed made a lot of money in the past few years, but the money is used to buy food...Since the Ross people are rich, the families are willing to sell.Even if Sven is an old guy, he is like everyone else, so why care about the skinnyness of ordinary Mellaren. All he cares about is his family and friends' families, and even the life and death of serfs and servants in the family. Ordinary homesteaders are just a group of dodder parasitizing the Merlaren tribe and gaining benefits. They can leave at any time, such as suddenly "rebelling" to become a Yilmalun, or even running to the Temple of Uppsala. settle down.These homesteaders and ordinary fishermen, they occupy the land of the Melalen people, and they must pay an arrearage to purchase the security of the Melalen tribe.Twenty families did not have any noise on the issue of obtaining grain, and they even determined a unified purchase price.Then, a key task was handed over to Bjorn, who claimed to be willing to do something good, that is, this young man represented the families and had a good talk with the late but late Ross caravan.This is the end of the secret meeting. Soon, these people gathered at the door of Carl's house.Olekin's death, after his death, Carl was frustrated.His father left many heirs. As the eldest son and the owner of the crown, he did not hesitate to announce the abolition of all his brothers' inheritance rights.Did all his brothers give up?Carl, who was afraid of losing his power, carried the handful of private soldiers who had only had the fruits to carry out a terrible cleansing of his family.As a king, sometimes he will be a villain!Although Carl had some lingering fears, he still became a cold-minded killer and washed out all the competitors in the family. He felt that maybe his position would be firm.The **** incident was covered up, and he took out a sum of money to recruit idle members of the tribe, and even gave a group of slaves working in the family the right to be private soldiers. He organized a militia of about 200 people. Of course, apart from more than a dozen veterans who survived the war, the rest were just armed farmers.Carl secretly buried the slayed body, and then secretly took all the women and illegitimate children he had passed by to his home.It seems that an era belonging to Karl has come!How come a bunch of gorgeously dressed people appeared at the door?Carl put them in his home with anxiety, and the wealthiest families of the entire Mellaren tribe were completely gathered together.Sven was still the same Sven, and the old man approached the "king's palace" with the help of several maids.The old man didn't have any polite words, and he didn't even congratulate Karl on becoming king.Sven's words were very straightforward: "Olekin is dead, and you have become king again. To be recognized by everyone, you must take out one hundred thousand silver coins."As soon as he said this, Carl was almost congested with a brain.He blushed and asked why."Why? With strength! Carl, you do not have the reputation of your father, and everyone questioned your throne. Some people say that you murdered your father, and others say that you murdered all your brothers after you came back because they were Your competitor."Swain didn't change his face, and Carl's blushing face turned pale again. He suspects that there is a ghost in the family. How can they know about something that is obviously secret?Carl asked with a cold face, "What do you...what do you want?""Twenty families, each with five thousand silver coins, I know you have so much money. Give the money, or you won't get our support."Carl understands, these guys are here to blackmail. His face turned red again, and he whispered in his heart that these guys kept quiet when their father or his father was or, now they have become greedy people.It's a pity to look at this battle, and I refused. I am afraid that he will lose all his power today~www.novelhall.com~ He bluntly said that he did not have this much money, and he gathered to strive for this money at the expense of thousands of talents, without sending troops. Why should the family ask for too much.I have to say that Carl's words have some truth, so the two parties negotiated and the money to buy support was still to be given, and the amount fell to three thousand silver coins.On the same day, the landlords left with squeezed 60,000 silver coins. To be honest, the money was not much. At least everyone confirmed one thing-in order to get support for the arrogant Karl.And all this is just the beginning.The people have noticed the fighting between the powers of the Mellaren tribe, and perhaps this will not affect themselves.They are wrong.Carl has all the family, and they started a large-scale expropriation of grain. They adopted any reasonable and unreasonable means, such as forcibly buying farmer's grain at a low price, and they reduced the price to a silver coin to buy 20 pounds of wheat. Although this year is a bumpy year, food prices on the market should not be so low.But Carl did more excessively. He realized that those big landlords were actually competing with him for food?This was a blow from the bottom of the pot that Carl could not accept, not to mention that these landlords were rampant now, and he was still thinking about the security promise of the Ross people. However, it takes 800,000 pounds of wheat to buy the protection of the Ross people!Carl lacked money but had a group of private soldiers. He ordered the people to pay taxes in the form of a king, and he also sent private soldiers to buy food forcibly. His purchase price was as low as 25 pounds for a silver coin! In order to raise food quickly and in a more cost-effective way, Carl completely became a villain.In September, the Melalen tribe was finally caught in a jump.Sven didn't want this, but the great villain was Karl, and the people believed that Karl was a villain, so it would be fine.
