Chapter 149: Vadim, Who Is Eager for Revenge

According to the initial plan, all young people who marry, who are not the eldest son of the family, cannot inherit their own property. Roseburg has become too crowded, and the family's second and third sons are going to build a house in a new area after they get married. Such young boys must take their wives to live in the new Roseburg that is under construction.

Even if it is a boy who feels that marrying is still far away from them, they can already hold the hand of a girl of the same age as them. Their eyes were filled with admiration for the leader and endless enthusiasm for their fiancée.

Doing a wedding at the local manor is a waste of time, Otto thought about it, and simply returned to the Pine Needle Manor and stationed the army to supervise and deter the locals.

Dispatch the fleet and take a group of people back to the loyal White Tree Manor first, especially those women.

The huge fleet returned to Pine Needle Manor in the evening, and everyone saw the devastated state after the arson.

Some returning residents are already clearing the rubble and looking for things to use.

However, they saw a large number of dragon-headed warships with huge sails, and they hid again in horror.

Some people even dig into the still-warm ruins, ignoring the presence of soot, like a mouse.

"A bunch of cowards. A lot of people, but only one kid dared to resist me."

Standing on the bow, Otto was both contemptuous and sad for these residents. The coward and the vanquished were used as servants by the victors, which made sense in the Viking world. In Novgorod, it is clearly the same.

But these cowards must produce wheat and furs for the Rus to enjoy, and now there is one more, a wife for all the young Rus boys.

If it really makes them feel unbearable fear and disaster, they will flee into the jungle. Without receiving a large amount of tribute, the loss is still the Ross tribe.

Otto used a grove near Pine Needle Manor as his camp, where most of the Rus camped.

A bonfire was soon lit in this small pine forest, and the Rus, who felt that they had won a great victory, had begun to fill their stomachs with the captured wheat and dried fish.

Another group of young people, with the tribute they received, and their fiancee,

Follow the Volkhov River to Whitetree Manor.

This matter has become very important now, since the local wedding ceremonies in Novgorod are similar, it seems customary for a couple to complete their wedding in any manor.

The young people will camp at White Tree Manor and complete a brief wedding ceremony with their fiancee, and then become a legal husband and wife relationship confirmed by the locals. The people of White Tree Manor will be the witnesses of all marriages.

Although Otto does not have a clear purpose, the Rus must have another clear foothold in the Novgorod region.

Now, the White Tree Manor, like a loyal dog, has become a stronghold of the Rus.

On the other hand, when the Rus went to collect tribute along the lake, Brudenie took the time to gather his lost family.

His anger couldn't be vented to those Rus people, but there had to be someone to vent to.

The Rus left a pile of messes and set sail to "crusade" other manors. He looked at his servant, who was still terrified, and at his youngest son, Vadim, who had a look of resentment and blood on his forehead and mouth.

And the eldest son, Kapok, with his neat face and empty eyes, seemed to say that it had nothing to do with him.

Brudeni was furious.

He unfastened his amber-studded belt and slapped his eldest son, Kapok, without warning.

"You fool! Coward! You are not even braver than your brother!"

"You are obviously a man, why didn't you attack that Russ chief?"

"Only your brother attacked, but you hid behind the door. How can you look like a brother? You are not worthy of being one of us!"

Kapok is already married, and now he is suddenly beaten by his father. He lay down in the mud, curled up into a ball with his hands holding his head, and kept mourning and begging for mercy.

"How dare you beg for mercy? Those nasty Rus allow you to beg for mercy? When you become the head of the manor, you will sell the whole manor."

Karpov continued to wailing: "Ah! Dad, don't beat me again! I will be beaten to death by you."

The more he begged for mercy, the more angry Brudenie became.

Because, for the humiliation that Brudenie has encountered today, there must be a window to vent.

This violent old guy is like a bear that can eat people at any time. The ten-year-old Vadim can really see this terrifying violence.

"My husband, he is your son, do you want to kill him?!" Brudeni's wife begged her husband to stop, she grabbed her daughter-in-law, and the two women were full of tears. Sad to see.

Brudenie was even more angry: "This coward, kill him. If we keep him here, we will all be finished! This coward doesn't even have the guts to confront the Rus."

Brudenie was furious to the extreme, and he beat him desperately, and Kapok was covered in scars.

Gradually, Kapok became weaker even crying for mercy.

Brudenie's belt kept beating the eldest son's upper body, and the inlaid amber became the murder weapon.

The hard amber hit the back of Kapok's head many times, and even smashed the bones of his hand.

Suddenly, Kapok, who was curled up, suddenly straightened up, and after a frantic tremor, fell down.

Even at this time, Brudenie's hand did not stop.

Perhaps he was tired, and when the belt slackened, Brudenie saw the bloody face of the eldest son motionless, and only realized the seriousness of the situation.

Brudenie squatted down, patted the eldest son's face and found that the child was completely paralyzed. When his hand subconsciously supported the back of the eldest son's head, he could clearly feel the flow of water.

He looked at his hands again, they were all bright red...

"Kapok, you..." In an instant, Brudenie woke up from his rage, and sat on the mud again, his eyes wide and trembling all over.

He really could not have imagined that he would actually kill his own child in a fit of rage.

"No!" His wife rushed to the child frantically, along with her daughter-in-law, and realized that Kapok had passed away and cried heart-rendingly.

"You bastard! You actually killed your son."

"You can't beat the Rus, how can you vent your anger on your son."

"Damn it, I'm dead too!"

The irrational mother suddenly pulled out the iron dagger pinned by her eldest son around her waist and stabbed her heart without hesitation...

A good family, first three daughters were taken away by the Rus, and the eldest son died at the hands of his father. The grief-stricken mother eventually went to another world with her eldest son.

Such a tragic accident, Vadim saw it really. He opened his eyes wide, realizing that his life was completely different now.

The trembling Brudenie stood up slowly, trying his best to stay awake and calm.

He was silent for a long time before thinking about what to do next.

He threw away the bloody belt in his hand, pointed to the two corpses in the pool of blood, and angered Vadim in the blank brain: "Child, did you see it? Damn Russ, this is what they did. "

"Yes... I... I saw it." Vadim responded tremblingly.

Brudenie walked away angrily, and suddenly slapped the youngest son, knocking Vadim to the ground.

Vadim covered his face and looked at his terrifying father.

"Vadim, you will become the new head of the village. It was the Rus who killed your brother and your mother. The Rus lost a lot of houses, and they also took away your clansmen. You have to take revenge with everyone! "

Vadim nodded weakly.

Brudenie slapped the younger son again: "Do you understand? You have only one purpose in your life. Tell me, what is the purpose of your life?"

"revenge."

"You responded like a coward, be louder!"

Seeing his father's furious bear, Vadim looked at the corpses of his mother and eldest brother from the corner of his eyes. He gently hooked it down and revealed that his face was tense and his eyes were like hungry wolves. He said fiercely: "I want revenge. When I am old enough to fight, I will take revenge. Take all the clansmen and attack them. As long as I am alive, the revenge will not stop."

This is what Brudne wants to hear.

But life has to go on, maybe Vadim can lead the tribe to complete the great cause of revenge, obviously a ten-year-old child can't be expected to complete it immediately.

Brudeni believes that the bravest young son will experience the humiliation of today, and his heart will be as hard as iron.

Revenge is the future.

At present, Pine Needle Manor must be forbearance and must really pretend to be a loyal dog to avoid being attacked by the Rus.

Brudeni sent his servants to do everything they could to find the fugitives, threatening to evict the manor or arguing that he would double the debt if he did not return immediately. Using some coercive methods, he succeeded in recalling at least 2,000 people before sunset.

The Rus came back, they camped in the grove, and with the current situation, Brudeni believed that the Rus had no intention of attacking at night.

The Rus didn't go far, they were a group of watchers. If he didn't fulfill their request urgently, he was afraid that until tomorrow evening, the entire manor would suffer the most complete fire disaster.

In fact, if it is possible to organize the men and women who can fight in the entire Pine Needle Manor and fight to the death with the Rus, it will certainly end in a lose-lose situation in the end, and the Rus will certainly suffer heavy losses. It would be better if there were corpses everywhere after the battle at Pine Needle Manor, rather than being unilaterally attacked by them now.

The team is scattered, and it is impossible to organize a large team. The current Pine Needle Manor does not say whether it can kill the Rus people. I am afraid that for the "second force" White Tree Manor, the current strength of the Pine Needle Manor cannot be achieved as before. Complete victory.

At night, Brudeni ordered the assembled residents to meet, and he ordered the residents to hand over their rations, cloth and fur to meet the requirements of the Rus.

He even announced in a mournful tone: "The Rus need more tribute from us. I had hoped to discuss it with them, but the Rus rejected all my propositions. They burned down many houses and killed many people. Even my eldest son and wife were killed by them.

We do not have the ability to defeat them, we must give them more wealth if we want to survive.

Now the Rus need your daughters to be their slaves. If we don't hand over fifty girls over twelve before dawn, they will kill us all after dawn.

You might say, just run away with your family.

If you do this, all the houses will be burned by them. To make matters worse, no other manor dared to take us in.

Handing over food, cloth and daughters to meet their demands is our only chance to survive. "

Now the situation has become very bad, and even the most powerful manor family has been hurt by the wanton humiliation of the Rus.

In the past, many residents were very critical of the manor family. Just because they have a lot of wealth in their hands, they have tied up many peasants by lending food in times of famine. Yes, the Brudenier family is actually a big landlord, the king of the pine needle manor with absolute wealth and power. A group of farmers and fishermen took his "relief" and became real tenant farmers.

Under the exploitation of the head of the manor, life is very tight, and after all, his family can still get food and avoid starvation.

This year's Rus has gone crazy!

Many residents changed their criticism of the manor, and they listened to all of Brudene's words. In addition, his family died at the hands of the Rus, which made the ordinary residents feel empathy. They were united like never before, and some even proposed to take a stick and raid the Rus camp at night.

This move was immediately rejected by more rational people, and they even supervised each other and strictly prohibited provocation at night.

Everyone is eager for revenge, and they express forbearance on the surface. They urgently need a character who can lead everyone to fight back.

Brudeni followed this idea and immediately moved out of his youngest son.

"Brothers and sisters, we need a brave man. My little son dared to attack the leader of the Rus people in the face of the murder of his mother and brother. He is better than me, and he is the most determined avenger. "

Saying that, Brudeni simply raised his young son in public: "I am old. When I died, Vadim has grown up, and the future will be him as the head of our manor. Vadim, now you tell everyone !"

Mingming's eldest brother was killed by his father's anger, and his mother committed suicide in grief and anger.

However, in the final analysis, the bane of these tragedies comes from the barbarism of the Rus.

Vadim is indeed smarter than his deceased eldest brother. He had no intention of succeeding the head of the manor, but now, this position must be inherited by himself.

He roared in a childish voice: "People, I will take revenge with you! My mother and eldest brother died at their hands, and my three sisters were taken away by them. Your house was burned by them, you Many relatives were also killed by them. I heard that, long ago, five hundred of our tribe were killed by the hateful Rus. We must avenge!"

The boy's words attract more people ha!

People were immersed in pessimism and despair. The head of the manor family was respected and feared by everyone, and the last heir was actually a rare brave man. Although he is a child, at least everyone sees a silver lining.

People really need hope!

Hope is still far away, even if the grown-up Vadim will lead the tribe to fight back to the death, before that, the entire manor must lick its wounds, continue to live a humiliating life, and sharpen its knives in secret.

The more tragic the moment, the more it is necessary to win over the people.

Brudenie is a rational person after all. Even if he loses his family, as long as he still has heirs, as long as the other elders of the manor are still alive, the manor will not collapse.

It is the rations that are really crazily squeezing the life-saving rations of the people who survived the disaster. If the Laoros people did not do it, they would have starved to death before the wheat harvest.

Encountered a great humiliation, Brudeni gritted his teeth, he made a fierce ideological struggle, and suddenly said to the residents: "The Rus people need double the tribute, and I will try my best to use the wealth of my family to satisfy the savage people. People. All you need is a small portion, at least you must have enough food to last until the autumn harvest."

People feel strongly incredible.

The stingy head of the manor has become generous now! He actually took the initiative to bear the majority of the tribute, and suddenly began to care about the livelihood of ordinary people.

What Brudne did was indeed to build momentum for his only young son, both the cards of affliction and the cards of generosity, all of which were efforts to gain more support for Vadim.

Of course, there is a very real reason for this.

The pine needle manor is very large, and the real fire happened to the wealthy families living near the estuary of the manor.

A large number of people who are already relatively poor, their houses are intact.

The most fundamental criterion for a manor to distinguish between the poor and the rich is the area of ​​the farmland and the ownership of the farmland. Even if the wealthy households have their homes burned down and their properties looted, their lands are still considerable.

In order to make a comeback, and for Vadim's chance for revenge, Brudenne must stabilize the rich households of the manor. As long as the head of the manor and the big households are united, the small households naturally choose to follow.

The big households were hit hard, and in order to win over the hearts of the people, Brudenie knew that he had to bleed!

On this night, Brudeni buried his wife and eldest son himself, and lost three daughters, one of whom regarded his daughter-in-law as his own.

However, he clearly killed his eldest son, and his daughter-in-law didn't appreciate it at all, and bluntly said that she wanted to go back to her parents' home.

As a result, the next morning, Brudeni announced to his people that last night, his daughter-in-law died by hanging herself for her dead husband in excruciating pain.

Brudenie took several clansmen and dug another pit in front of the eldest son's tomb, so that the husband and wife were buried together.

Brudenie is indeed a vicious character, but in the face of the Rus, his viciousness becomes meaningless.

A new day has come. At noon, Otto took his subordinates who had not withdrawn and entered the core of Pine Needle Manor mightily.

There are a lot of materials and fifty girls piled up on the beach.

The girls firmly believed that they had to sacrifice themselves for the survival of the manor. When they heard that they were going to be slaves of the Rus, their tears did not stop, and many people's red eyes even swollen.

In contrast, this is the joy of the Rus in the face of all kinds of treasures piled up into hills.

Otto was possessed like a god of war, he carried the steel sword on his body, and arrogantly walked towards Brudeni.

The Ross warriors behind him also deliberately formed a shield wall and deliberately made the appearance of fighting. This move was to deter the people of Pine Needle Manor by force.

Otto pointed his sword at Brudenne arrogantly: "You did not deceive me, the amount of materials is indeed twice as much as before. You also provided enough women, compared to the deadline I gave you at sunset, you Finished it ahead of schedule."

Brudeneh did not let his younger son confront Otto, for fear that the brave Vadim would turn into a reckless fool.

Ah, in the ancient Slavic language, "Vadim" originally means reckless and impulsive. This kid really lives up to his name.

Brudenie suddenly knelt down on one knee and held his heart with his right hand, showing the respect that a humble person should have.

"Great Russ, we dare not defy your wrath any more. Please accept our tribute and forgive us fools."

These words were all spoken in Norse language, and they were suddenly flattered, and Otto was in a good mood.

Otto's patterned steel sword gently picked off Brudene's leather hat, and the sword also lightly touched the top of his bald head, and said proudly: "If you were so respectful earlier, things would not have turned out like this. In the future. Do you know what to do?"

"Yes! Great Russ, we will still provide double the tribute when you come in the fall."

"It's not just that." Otto Weiyan warned, "Only we have the right to collect taxes. Even if your manor has the largest number of people, you are just sheep we can cut wool. Do you want to be king? You are not worthy! If I am from The other manor learned that you collected tribute after we left, and I will organize at least 3,000 people and a hundred warships to completely eradicate your manor. I tell you, I only want loyal dogs, not wolves."

Three thousand tough Rus? ! This number is enough to frighten all Novgorodians.

"Yes, yes. We'll be a loyal dog."

"Okay." Otto put away the sword with satisfaction and said nothing.

The Rus began to carry goods on their own, and many ships were almost at their limit!

Fortunately, the Viking warships are the strongest, and the towed transport ships also have an amazing load. The structure of the keel also provides the possibility of breaking the limit of the ship!

In the evening, all the tribute that the Rus had plundered from Pine Needle Manor, along with the fifty women, were sent to Whitetree Manor.

The newly arrived women were immediately emptied. The priests of White Tree Manor, who were covered in cloth and holding small drums, immediately recited some prayers by the bonfire, announcing that the wedding of another group of Ross young people and local girls was over. .

So far, more than half of the Rus people's Spring Festival Sagong plan has been completed, and the tribute requested this time is the biggest harvest in the previous Sorgon voyages!

The girls who got married earlier realized that their Russ husbands were not horrific and evil.

The Rus did not want to use violence against their wives, and even broke off part of their own bread and handed them to their wives. This move quickly healed the girls' fears, and the girls were more aware of their mission as a woman, which was a very simple mission - to give birth.

In this respect, the Rus men and the Novgorod men are the same.

Life will go on, maybe marrying a Rus will be better for the future of the individual. Because the Novgorod girls who will be the mothers of the next generation of Rus have already told the newly married people how to get along with the Rus. Living as a woman in a warm log cabin and eating lots of meat during the long winter sounds like a good idea.

Whitetree Manor is peaceful, and the people here no longer feel that the Russ are purely violent and abhorrent. Specifically, they have no intention of using violence against those who surrender, but will return some property as a reward for loyalty.

However, now Otto, the big leader of the Rus, is suddenly faced with a very bad dilemma!

It would be too crazy to have to bring back a total of 164 Novgorod girls and a larger amount of tribute in forty boats.

Just sailing, it still looks manageable.

If the waves were bigger and the boat was in danger of capsizing due to being overweight, that would be bad!

What can Otto do?

The only way he could think of it was to ship in batches. After all, his own people will be at most four days away from the new Fortress that is under construction, and it will take three days for this smooth sailing.

Leaving a group of people to stay here now, or even longer!

Otto intends to send some people to stay at Whitetree Manor, a move that has been agreed by Rigus.

Where did Rigus dare to refuse? Look at the tragedy of Pine Needle Manor, that is the result of rejection and disobedience!

However, Rigus has only one small request. At least, the blacksmith Kawei will stay for about ten days before the fleet arrives again and wait for the eldest daughter to leave.

"Haha, you just want Kawei to repair the iron tools you only have? It's totally fine." After all, Kawei is not his son. Otto learned that Kawei himself did not object, and he agreed without thinking. WeChat pays attention to "Youdu Literature" to read novels, chat about life, and find confidants~