Chapter 1,328 Blackbird Theresia Will Learn to Be Humble

The Sperosvilya drifted in the south-central Baltic Sea where sea conditions were becoming increasingly rough. The ship kept correcting its direction. After passing by the looming island of Bornholm, she began to rush northeast, then turned around the long and narrow island of Öland and headed north, and then reached the waters of Gotland.

In Gotland, the prosperity of the past is no longer there. The port of Visby has been filled with some Swedish immigrants from Lake Mälaren, and the commercial revival of the area is slowly proceeding.

This makes it basically impossible for the boat the Blue Fox is riding to anchor in Visby for shelter from the wind. The big ship rushed towards Tombstone Island. Everything was as planned by Blue Fox. The ship did not stop at Tombstone Island at the crossroads of the ocean. After everyone saw the Åland Islands and the coastline of Finland under the wind and snow, the big ship officially headed east. Entering the Gulf of Finland.

The crew took turns on duty on the deck. They had to wear extremely thick clothes. In order to avoid being thrown into the cold water, they had to tie their waists with a cable while working. The other end of the rope was basically tied to the main mast. .

Blackbird Theresa, she felt like a cat living in the rafters. Due to the particularity of long-distance sailing and the large size of the ship, all the crew members spontaneously installed net hammocks in the cabin.

In this way, there is still a large amount of cargo piled in the cabin, especially this ship. A large number of lead and zinc ingots that seemed to be of limited use were seized, as well as a batch of silver coins. These metal materials became excellent ballast stones.

Of course, Blue Fox also knows that this is a huge risk. If it encounters bad sea conditions and hits a reef, the ship will be destroyed, not only the people will die, but the precious treasures plundered will also sink into the sea.

It is these metal substances that are more reliable than stones. Lead and zinc ingots were laid on the lowest floor of the cabin, and oak barrels filled with wine were stacked on top of them.

The center of gravity of the ship is very low, and this type of sailing cruiser is developed on the basis of the flat-bottomed Kirk ship. The Spellosvilia is the same as her sister, so even if the bilge keel is not installed on the bottom of the ship, it is still a wave. The tumbler in.

However, compared to the first Russian giant ship docked at Kronshtadt,

"Sea Monarch", she still looks too small. A large number of hammocks are suspended from the lower deck, so there is enough space to stack cargo underneath.

The officers on duty endured the wind and snow while working on the deck, while the others were almost hanging in the air like bats. The shaking of the ship caused the entire net to shake. People huddled inside and just stayed quietly, whether sleeping or in a daze, their bodies moved with the ship. shaking and shaking.

The little girl Blackbird who lives in the captain's lounge at the bow of the ship has to curl up in the net.

It's like a suspended cat's nest, rocking from side to side like a baby's cradle. In order to avoid the embarrassment of seasickness, she simply refused to eat much, so she ate stinking cheese cubes and even honey crystallized by the cold.

She didn't want to say a word, and she didn't want to think about anything. Blue Fox, now his is a big fat cat hanging in the air.

He didn't dare to sweat. Although his body was shaking, he was still feeling the changes in navigation. From time to time, he got out of his warm nest and pushed open the small wooden porthole to see the scene outside. He did not dare to open the door suddenly, and the cold air filled the captain's cabin, which was not warm enough.

"Thank the gods, the sea conditions are not fatal." Blue Fox slowly closed the porthole and patted his face, which was numbed by the biting cold wind.

He turned sideways and saw the little blackbird in the fur nest moving in the air: "Did I wake you up? Okay, I'll close the window right now." The blackbird was in a state of depression, and she was forced to Maintaining a quiet curled up position, this posture is comfortable at first, but if you have to maintain this sleeping position for a week, never go to the ground unless you use the toilet, and have not eaten anything, it is really painful.

The blackbird hummed twice, which was considered a response.

"Do you feel very uncomfortable?" Blue Fox asked knowingly. At this time, the girl finally poked her head out, squinting her eyes and pouting slightly, and said, "I feel like I'm going to die. How long are we going to be at the sea? Such torture is really torture!"

"Torture? You have never seen real torture and you are bored. I can tell you about the ending of the previous Danish leader. As for how long it will take to reach the port, we will arrive in three days of sailing at most."

"Do you have to stay up for three more days? You... tell me some stories. I don't want to be bored anymore." She already looked even more depressed.

"The story about the king of Denmark before? It's about war, if you really want to hear it."

"I do. I'm no longer afraid." The bored blackbird mustered up the courage to say.

"That's fine, as long as you're not afraid." This big ship is so big that she can only anchor on the Gulf of Finland at night when there is basically no wind.

It was bumpy throughout the day and became more comfortable at night, but the daylight hours were rapidly changing. It was extremely dangerous to sail at night. Due to the low wind conditions, the big ship could hardly move. Everyone just had to continue like hibernating bears. Take a good nap.

The story of the old King of Denmark, as described by the blue fox, appears to the blackbird to be a ghost story. That is not an ordinary thriller, but the history that really happened in the past ten years!

It turns out that the Ross Normans who were able to enter Aachen also came from Qingping. Killing and war are their way of life. If this is the case, wouldn't they rush to the devil's cave?

She shivered in the hammock and asked with a trembling voice: "You...really rely on killing people to become stronger step by step? The story of the Russian people's revenge and rise is very interesting, but..."

"Too cruel? This is the truth of the world. Gisla." Blue Fox simply called Blackbird by his real name: "In the past, you must have been unable to control your own destiny throughout your life, but in Ross, you can have a choice. Even if you are willing to follow me in the future, I will not place too many restrictions on you. In Rus, a woman can be the head of a family, and even become an earl or a duke. Maybe the King of Rus will make you an earl."

"Whatever." Blackbird shrank her head. She no longer wanted to hear ghost stories. She was not interested in fighting among nobles, but luckily she was not overly sensitive to blood by nature.

After all, she had also seen the massacre of corpses and seas of blood in Aachen. After the initial shock and astonishment, although she could not face it calmly now, she could definitely remain calm.

She subjectively rejects anything related to war, and of course the same goes for the original Blue Fox. Without strong armed forces to defend commerce, it is wishful thinking to do business peacefully.

But with powerful weapons, doing business with a sword has changed from a means to an end. After telling the girl a story about the past, didn't Lan Hu also look back on his experiences in the past thirteen years?

At that time, I was ignorant and only knew how to eat meat and drink oil. I was so fat that I was panting when I walked. I was pushed to the dock by my late father to meet Otto and his son, the big leader at the time. He was gradually reused because of his merits in escorting war supplies.

Thinking back to thirteen years ago, Lan Hu couldn't believe that he had become a prince after five thousand days and nights. At that time, the Ross tribe could not imagine that five thousand days and nights later, Ross would trample Frank's authority under its feet.

Found it in Aachen

The "Three Lions Flag" is encapsulated. Although it is just a piece of cloth covered with cinnabar, gold foil, and gold wire, it is of great significance-it is Charlemagne's own battle flag.

But this long snowstorm, the snowfall that swept across Europe this time was not strong enough but lasted extremely long.

So when the Blue Fox set off from Gothenburg, in the far east, Vadim was attacking Vitebsk with his army of four thousand.

When the long, crisis-filled voyage ended, Vadim was already about to suffer defeat in Polotsk.

The Blue Fox and his party have been drifting on the sea for a long time. If there was no logbook to remind him of the time, the Blue Fox would have forgotten the correct date.

At least the wind and snow listened, and although the hazy sky could not dissipate in an instant, the ship finally arrived at the Kronshtadt mooring in the deepest part of the Gulf of Finland.

"Sir, we have arrived." Some subordinates kept shouting outside the lounge.

"I understand, please step back. It is estimated that there are no berths in the port area. We are anchoring and everyone is ready to go ashore in small boats!"

"Yes!" Blue Fox ordered again through the wooden door: "Hang up the colorful flags, let the flag soldiers stand on the bow of the ship, and then blow the trumpet to let the king know that we are coming." Because Blue Fox did not know that Smolensk launched a powerful The sneak attack did not know that Rurik had received a war warning from the south at this time. There was a real time difference between them. Even if the Blue Fox had turned to take shelter in the Gulf of Riga midway, he must have known that a huge winter war suddenly broke out. .

According to past understanding, King Rurik may have arrived in the capital at this time. Even though the Gulf of Finland has not completely frozen yet, the large amount of broken ice on the sea has verified the trend.

Bunting flags with different patterns correspond to different letters, and multiple bunting flags put together form a phrase. Now, a cable is pulled diagonally between the bowmast and mainmast of the ship, and a string of colorful flags has been hung on this rope.

People in the port area simply could not ignore the existence of this large ship that suddenly entered the port. Based on her hull number on the bow, Admiral Goldlund recognized her identity at a glance.

"Incredible! Spellosvilia, isn't she the flagship of the expeditionary force? Why did she suddenly come back? Could it be? No..." The snow stopped, and the navy, which was forced to hibernate, had to leave its residence to stretch its muscles and continue. Navigation training.

These professional navy warriors work as sailors. They receive wages and bonuses from official transportation operations such as transporting iron ore to make a living, and spend most of their time training.

The total number of people on staff in the Navy is only equivalent to an infantry flag force. After they are dispersed to each battleship, they become the crew of the ship and operate the ship to perform tasks with a very low number of people.

When fighting is necessary, fishermen are recruited on the spot as temporary personnel. Goldlund didn't know how the battleship came back. Out of awe of Frank, he subconsciously worried that the expedition would go wrong.

Suddenly, my heart felt like a stone was pressing down on me. Now that they have been released,

With the colorful flag signal of "return to port", he should send a small fleet to the anchorage to meet with him. The naval warriors gathered together, and these brothers wearing three-cornered hats, with an image that was different from other sailors, jumped onto the half-stranded longship, forming a fleet of twenty ships and quickly arrived at the anchored ship.

Goldlund stood on the floating longship, squinted his eyes, took off his tricorn hat filled with feathers, and looked up towards the side of the ship.

He immediately recognized a familiar face, "Blue Fox?! Is it really you?"

"It's me. Are you... maybe Goldlund?"

"It's me. You...how come you only have one ship back? Could something have happened during the expedition?!" Goldlund was already frowning.

"Are you worried about something?!" Blue Fox looked up to the sky and laughed: "Does the return of a ship make you feel worried? Does it feel like... I have been defeated?"

"I don't dare! Blue Fox, you should actually come back with the large fleet."

"Don't mention this matter. The fleet is all in Rotterstad, all in Utrecht, and all in the port of Durist in the past. I know what you are worried about! Listen! The brothers on the expedition are making a fortune. , there is too much treasure to take away. Everyone is so happy that most of them will spend the winter in the warm mouth of the Rhine River. Next year, the brothers plan to continue to make a fortune."

"Haha? So... this is what it was?" A stone fell to the ground and shattered instantly. Goldlund's transformation from nervousness to ecstasy was almost instantaneous.

Blue Fox noticed this man's pleasant look, and then looked at the large number of longships brought by this brother.

"You've come just in time! Come and carry my ship's supplies."

"Is it a large amount of treasure?!"

"They are treasures, enough to drive you crazy. But they are treasures dedicated to the king, so don't take advantage of them."

"I don't dare. Besides, Brother Blue Fox, have you underestimated the strength of the Capital Port District?" Goldlund said with a smile.

"I dare not underestimate it. But at this time, aren't all the berths in the port area full?"

"It doesn't matter. I'll tow the ship away now and make a good berth for the Spellosvilia." Blue Fox nodded: "It's okay." Then the navy only needs to clear the berth, which will take some time.

During the waiting period, the large ship waiting at the anchorage welcomed the naval envoy, and the key information was also revealed by the envoy - the king had not yet arrived in the capital.

This is within the range of Blue Fox's estimation. Maybe the king will wait until the Volkhov River freezes before coming back, and he can wait in the capital.

Besides, everything in the capital is beautiful. You can live a happy life here and soothe your nerves that have been tense for more than half a year.

Conveniently, I also took Blackbird to see the world. Lan Hu chatted with the navy envoy. After finishing their conversation, he saw that the little girl wrapped in a fur coat had been standing on the highest stern deck of the ship as if she had been in a daze for a while.

"Blackbird! You can come down now!" Blue Fox shouted casually.

"There!" The little girl took off her hat, pointed to the mountain-like ship not far away, and continued to ask in Latin: "What is that? Is it a ship?" The blue fox immediately ran to the stern of the ship. Since she After asking about it, I explained one by the way: "It is the Sea Monarch, the largest ship in Russia. Can you understand?"

"Ark..." The little girl waited for a long time to squeeze out the word.

"The ship you stepped on in the first place was also called the Ark."

"No. There." She still stretched out her arms.

"That ship is the ark."

"But she is indeed not an Ark, but a Sea Monarch. Just one ship can transport five hundred troops. If it is squeezed more tightly, it can transport eight hundred people."

"So, that's it..." Blackbird knew nothing about this, and had no idea of ​​transporting hundreds of people.

If that big ship has nothing to do with the ark described in the scriptures, then she will definitely be used in war, such as attacking the Franks in her home country.

Playing dirty tricks? It doesn't matter anymore. The blackbird now has short hair, and although she still has an obviously feminine face, wearing a thick leather coat, from a distance, she looks like a little follower standing next to the blue fox.

"Look over there." Blue Fox pointed with his big hand, and now Blackbird finally began to look at the entire city of New Roseburg.

The distance was still quite far, so she squinted her eyes to see more carefully.

"There's a wall there?!"

"There's a port full of ships, there's the king's palace, the great temple of Rus', and a bigger square than the Town Square of Biachen. There are three bazaars, there's the city cemetery, there's a large settlement. Listen. !”

"Yeah, I'm listening."

"Since you want to be a Norman, since you want to be a Russian, since you have abandoned the cross, you have betrayed the Lord. But... don't worry about divine punishment. This is New Rossburg, and you can convert to the northern gods. Maybe, you should believe in Odin, then you will be one of ours. You must understand that King Rurik of Rus has indeed received the blessings of the northern gods."

"King Ross is a saint?" Blue Fox nodded: "According to Frank, he is probably a higher-ranking being than a saint. Rurik is not a god, but an envoy appointed by the Great God of the North. Regardless of whether you I believe it, but it was under his leadership that Ross became a powerful country, and only then businessmen like me had the opportunity to become a great noble."

"I believe it. I believe it all." Now that things have happened, Blackbird can no longer believe it.

"It doesn't matter if the king is not in the capital for the time being. I will introduce you to the high priest of Ross first. You are young and understand Latin. I will tell the high priest your true identity, and your noble blood will bring goodwill to you. And Ross The king's eldest daughter is about the same age as you, and you might be able to become friends. By the way!" Blue Fox smiled and emphasized one in particular: "All the royal members of Ross know Latin, and the high priest of Ross is a woman who knows Latin. She is one of the king's wives. I think that if she is kind to you, King Rus will also entertain you. You must also remember it!"

"yes."

"Everything here is up to you. Your identity is not clear yet. I can introduce you to the high priest, but I can't do much to you. Are you willing to live like a slave, or do you want to change your life? , everything depends on your choice." Blackbird took a deep breath, continued to stare at the entire New Roseburg with dull eyes, and mumbled with a vague understanding: "I will. I will learn to be humble."