Chapter 803 The Lobbyist

The shield-wielding men were full of anger. They had been harassed endlessly by the Rus over the years. It was clearly a feud between them and the Danes. Why should the Burnholms pay the price?

Just because the whole island surrendered to Denmark?

More than a thousand people swarmed up and could tear the landed Rus to pieces, but they were clearly envoys.

What do the Rus want to do? negotiation?

Negotiations are okay if they can end their endless harassment.

The head of the big family who did not leave on the island, as well as several Danish lords who fled last year, have already set up the Nordic Council on the island.

No one is the owner of the island. On weekdays, everyone gets together to live, and when something happens, the people with the most prominent people choose a talker to do things.

A man named Swinder was elected, and it was he who called on men to take up arms and go to the beach to see what was going on.

A small leader snarled with anger: "They are the envoys? They didn't give us a chance to defend ourselves before, but now we have some people cut off the envoys."

"No. Their ships are like Kraken, and I don't want to provoke them."

"Just let them land on the island safely? They are also destroying everywhere in the Danish waters." An exiled Danish lord worried.

Swinder was standing in front of the line, worried about the large ships that were eyeing him. The islanders' longboats did not leave the port to intercept them, and he took the men to guard the beach.

Pushing the army to tear up the messenger is a nonsense, happy is happy, then the possibility of breaking the negotiation.

He then said to those noble people: "Since you have recommended me to be the person to do things, don't make trouble, and those who restrain yourself must not attack without authorization. I will go and talk to the Rus people who have landed on the shore."

A flat boat floated to the shore, a flag fluttered, and the people on board were wearing Rose's white-and-blue robes.

How can Ragnar's Ross-style outfit not make Burnholm afraid? He himself was quite worried, and this trip was also a brave thing to do with his head on the belt of his pants.

The fishermen's boat ran aground directly on the beach, and Ragnar jumped off with the help of the boat, and then faced the entire army with arrogant steps.

Then, take off your helmet.

Ragnar showed his face,

It immediately caught some people by surprise.

"It's him? No way!" An exiled Danish lord sighed.

Another person wondered: "Ragner with wool pants? It looks like it, but there are many people who look like it. This man is a Russ. Clothes don't deceive people."

"Maybe he's not dead? Surrendered to the Rus?"

"Who knows?"

...

The shields were stacked like a wall, and Ragnar was unafraid, facing the army, clutching his helmet and spreading his arms.

"People of Burnholm, do you recognize me?"

"You?!" Swinder shouted. "Russian! Are you negotiating with us?"

"No! I'm not from Ross."

"You are obviously wearing Rus' clothes!"

"I'm a Dane! Ragnar of the Stonewall tribe! Ragnar of the woolen trousers, Ragnar of the Svealan king!"

Because the name of a heroic man is always held in high esteem, the story always becomes bizarre in word of mouth, and finally becomes a fantasy story.

The warriors holding the shield were surprised. If he was Ragnar with wool pants, who could beat him? Besides, he is a Dane, not a Russ, nor a servant of the new king of Denmark, and there is no reason to fight each other.

"Someone said you were dead!" Swinder continued.

"I'm not dead. I live to avenge Horrick. You! Burnholm! If you were that Horrick's hound, kill me now. If you're against that man, now Just stop being vigilant and let's have a good chat."

Listen, Swinder hastily made a decision. Regardless of who this person is, the Ross force he represents doesn't seem willing to fight. Anyway, the strong men have been mobilized, and the people on the Ross boat are going to kill themselves on the island.

He eased the men's guard and walked forward with open arms.

The misunderstanding appeared to be over, and Ragnar landed on the island peacefully.

For Ragnar, it was not the first time he landed in Burnholm, but he was very young last time, and now he is the father of two children.

If he is a fake, it will be quickly revealed if he is asked by a real Danish lord.

In fact, Ragnar has a very heavyweight token of self-evidence here - the ring inherited from his father.

Ring Sigurd made a ring for himself, which was actually a "Ouroboros", also referring to "Yemengard python".

The ring is not surprising. It is arrogant to be a ring of ouroboros.

The fugitive lords fought alongside Ragnar many times, and even in the age of no pictures, Ragnard's exploits were so great that the lords looked at him more often.

Now that Sigurd's ring was seen, the fugitive lords had already agreed with the fact that the Ragnar Danes were. As for why he was wearing the clothes of the Rus, why were there three large Rus ships in front of the island...

"You? For what purpose? Negotiating with us on behalf of Ross?" Swinder asked the core question sharply.

Ragnar did not hide: "It is indeed a negotiation. This is not a place to talk, we should find a good place to have a good chat."

...

The three Ross boats were like swords hanging over their heads. When they came, the islanders' fishing plan for today was in vain.

The islanders went back to their homes, looking forward to a result of the negotiations in their homes.

The sea breeze blows the whole island, and a large wooden house is built on the top of the highest stone mound on the island. People can look far away from here. If the air is clear enough and the weather is clear enough, people with good eyesight can even see the coastline of the distant mainland. Phantom.

Ragnar entered the parliamentary court with two entourages armed with swords. The three of them had already taken off Ross's robes and folded them, revealing the leather clothes, so they looked exactly like the islanders.

However, although he has the nickname of "Mao Pants", he is wearing real Ross linen pants, and a pair of tightly stitched pants is a big difference from the islanders.

Because the islanders also wore skirts on a large scale, or a kind of overall leather robe. They don't even have the concept of underwear, they just wrap their legs in stockings when it's really cold.

Ragnar, who is accustomed to wearing Ross-style comfort, can't go back, of course, there are some small problems in clothing.

More than 20 prominent figures gathered in the parliamentary court, and Ragnar was the most important guest.

"Sorry, because of the harassment of the Rus, we can only risk fishing in the winter. We recently salvaged some herring, and they all stink a little, so I can only entertain you with these." Swinder's opening remark seems to be Complain, the words are full of impoliteness.

It is true that Ragnar is a Dane, and it is true that he is now an emissary of Ross.

"Eat stinky fish? Since it's your gift, I'd better accept it. I'd like to believe that you didn't deliberately neglect it."

In fact, the islanders deliberately neglected this matter, and Swinder smiled and denied Ragnar with a smile as he did not understand.

Swinder continued on behalf of everyone: "We just want to know, what does it mean for you to come? It won't be..." He paused, "What do you want us to submit the gauntlet of?"

"War? As for?" Ragnar shook his head. "I am here to represent Ross, but I can also represent all the lords who were hit by Horrick."

"You represent us?" The exiled lord happened to be present, "How can you represent us?"

"It seems so. However, are you willing to continue in exile? Or think of a way to cut off Horrick's head and let us return to Denmark to regain the lost territory."

"Just you? What strength do you have? You don't mean this, but we all heard that your clan is almost dead. The cemetery of your tribe was also destroyed by that villain Horrick..."

"Enough!" Ragnar slammed the table in a fit of rage, which scared everyone to draw out their daggers in a hurry. "Every time I think about this, my revenge becomes more and more determined."

"Then how do you want revenge?" Another exiled lord asked, "How many men do you have to fight?"

"At least three hundred people. If necessary, I can recruit some more mercenaries." Ragnar replied sincerely.

"Five hundred at most, that's a lot, but Horrick and his minions are even more. They also have the hateful foreign aid of the Franks. What do you have?"

"So, that's what I'm going to say." Ragnar spread out his hands and looked around at everyone, "You think the Rus people are hateful, they deliberately attack your fishermen. I went into exile in Rus, chatted with their young princes, and also I know the attitude of the Rus."

"What the hell are the Russ trying to do?!" Swinder also slammed the table and asked.

Ragnar ignored the Rus people affairs, deliberately talking about things from a long time ago. "There is only one great hero in Denmark, Godfrey, but his nephew Harald Clark betrayed everyone, and Hafgen is not a wise man. Hafgen has an indecent name, but it is also in the Defending the rights of Denmark is not like this Horrick who sold a lot to Frank for power. You are surrendering to the heroic king of Denmark, but this Horrick is not worthy of your respect."

"What are you talking about? Of course we don't recognize Horrick." Swinder urged him to get down to business.

"How about Hafgen? He raised his troops and killed a lot of people, and everyone who was doing it sent troops. We killed all the Svealans. As far as I know, the tribe we attacked and annihilated was run away. A girl. That girl has given birth to Raja Russ. You sent troops to participate in all the expeditions organized by Havgen, and the Russ actually avenged you for revenge."

The islanders and exiled lords never knew this, and they cried out in shock. Naturally, some people say that this is actually an excuse for the Russ to find fault. No man would go to war for one of his concubines.

However, this is indeed a pompous excuse.

Following this theory, Ragnar continued: "Hafgen is dead, guess how he died?"

"I know. His Red Dragon collided with the lone Russ, and he fell into the sea and disappeared. He was engulfed by the sea," Swinder said.

"Do you know who is in command of the Ross ship?"

So far, Swinder and others were surprised: "Isn't he the leader of the Rus?"

"It's him! He is a young man who seems to have been blessed by Odin. He has always had good luck and his own strength is very strong. I heard about the attitude of the prince of Rus towards the whole of Denmark. The Rus did not want to fight, but what Their people in Hazelby were killed. They couldn't stand it, so they built up their strength to get revenge. So attacking you was only part of the revenge..."

"It sounds like you've been defending their position. I'll admit they might have a point, but they're clearly trying to trap us Burnholms to death." Swinder resented.

"The Russ are taking revenge, and I, wanting to destroy Horrick's power, also want to take revenge on the Franks."

"So that's how you worked with the Rus?"

"It's cooperation. I learned the true attitude of Prince Ross, that man thinks that the enemy of the enemy can be a friend. Let the past grievances aside, now we are all facing a big trouble. We can obviously join hands to make the Danish King Horrick Eradicate. I even…”

"What do you want?"

Ragnar raised his head proudly: "I should become the new king of Denmark, and then sign a treaty with the Rus and Svearans to stop piracy in this sea area, and we can do business freely and live and work, isn't it good? ?"

Restoring peace is the long-cherished wish of the islanders, that is, peace is simply an extravagant hope.

Ragnar added: "The Rus wanted me to rob you, but I stopped them. There is no need to fight between you. In my opinion, it is better for you to send envoys to Rus, how to form an alliance. According to I know that the prince of Ross is very willing to accept new allies. You see, even though I cut the king of Svealan, I still successfully formed an alliance with them. Two of the big ships parked outside your port are mine, and this is the solution. The benefits of the alliance. As long as you ally with the Rus, at least the Rus will not attack you again."

Many people were moved by it.

"Then, what's the price?" Swinder asked cautiously, at the same time thinking about how much he would pay to buy the Russ to stop.

"Who knows?" Ragnar shrugged. "Maybe it's all you have to do against the King of Denmark."

Ragnar's lobbyist has done a good job, and his lobbyist is just a cameo. It seems that the persuasion work has been completed.

He said that the royal pirate of Rurik, logically, does not need to turn the entire Burnholm Island into defections.

Just as his stated ambition to become the new king of Denmark, he needs to fight his own strength. He doesn't need to really rule the entire island. After all, the island itself is a group of many big families and a large number of free fishermen to live together. Just promise benefits, and the islanders will probably join on their own.

The Stonewall tribe lost many people, but the tribe itself was not a single-blood family. Ragnar can clearly absorb the small family from Burnholm to the new clan.

The people in the parliamentary court were secretly divided into two factions. One faction felt that they could try to negotiate peace with the Rus, and the other faction still planned to wait and see.

As for the staunch opposition does not exist at all!

Swinder is a supporter, which is exactly the same. When it comes to diplomatic matters, he is bound to go to Ross's territory to meet their supreme leader to discuss the possibility of forming an alliance.

During the day, Ragnar landed on the island with a flat boat. At night, the two sides reached a preliminary agreement on the possibility of forming an alliance.

As usual, Spuyut ordered the entire army to be on guard, and after seeing Ragnar's return, he ordered the torque slingshot to unload.

Hearing that the islander's messenger was about to board the boat, Spuyut lowered the rope ladder from the big boat.

Seeing the diabolical Ross ship for the first time, Swinder couldn't help touching it before boarding the ship like climbing a wall. He was detained as soon as he boarded the entourage.

It was not until Ragnar boarded the ship to explain the so-called alliance of the whole island.

Spuut had an idea, "To form an alliance with our prince? Yes. But the brothers can't return empty-handed when they come. You provide us with some food and other treasures."

"Okay, we only have some stinky herring," Swinder said. "If you block our waters, don't expect how much treasure we can get."

"That's fine. It looks like you're the leader of the islanders, and I'll take credit for catching you."

In fact, Swinder still brought some "meeting gifts", which was to select ten girls and women from the island. This is also what Ragnar said. The so-called Rus people need a large number of women. The foreign women are not slaves, but simply wives and children.

In this way, Swinder was relieved of his psychological burden, and brought two armed retinues to the sea for the first time in the big ship of the Rus.

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