Chapter 180: Lilia, a new identity and a new experience
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After Otto made all the decisions, he turned to hear the news from Veria: "Just arrange the personnel like this? Is it okay?"
"Yes, I have no opinion."
"All right." Otto sat upright, and finally solemnly announced: "Tomorrow night will end the ceremony and all the priests will be split. The day after tomorrow, the priests to Tombstone Island and Shilla Fort will leave with the boat. This matter I No time wasted!"
Veria's eyes widened: "Are you in such a hurry? Are you going to sea in just two days?"
Otto smiled: "High Priest, I myself will not go to Silla Fort for the time being. However, before the sea freezes, we must make every effort to reinforce the six hundred people who remain in Silla Fort. As the chief, I must guarantee In the new settlement, my people passed the first winter steadily without dying a single person."
"I already understand everything." Veria nodded deeply: "In the past, Sorgon, you will wait until autumn when you come back to act again. It seems that throughout the summer, in the vast sea, our Ross fleet will continue to expedition. "
Originally, based on previous experience, the Sorgon fleet in the spring would return with a full load in late May. After waiting for three months, the Russian fleet will set off again at the end of August and early September, the so-called hunting for the wheat of the Novgorod people during the harvest season.
There are only more than two months left before the wheat harvest season, and similarly, there is only a maximum of three months before the weather turns cold.
The supplies of Sorgon in the fall will be the key to the survival of the settlers in Shilla Fort, but it cannot be completely counted on.
Otto consciously couldn't stop at all. Others were getting old, and his mind was not old when it came to the development of the tribe.
If the construction of Shilla Fort is short of money, the big deal will be out of pocket. Now the situation has changed. The priest's huge sums of money are controlled by himself, so it seems that there is nothing wrong with spending the priest's money first.
A **** scene took place in the chief priest's house, and a great change took place. Rurik didn't know these things.
It's getting late and the sun is about to set! Until this time, the distribution of tributes on the beach has not ended.
Just when the fleet just landed, Kawei didn't have time to take care of the distribution of tributes.
Among all the treasures, only his wife is the most precious.
The sturdy Kawei, he carried a huge sack in his right hand, and his wife's hand in his left hand, and ran towards home...
"Old man, when your son is back, you can't stop working and have a look on the beach?" An old woman walked into the blacksmith's workshop and complained about her husband's untimely.
"What do you know? Why should I go to the beach myself? Kawei will be back by himself."
"You..." The old woman pursed her lips: "I'm really worried about him. It's been three months!"
"Don't worry, Kawei will come back safely and bring his wife back. You should prepare to welcome our new family members."
Clavasson said so, but he was so excited in his heart.
At this moment, from time to time, some tribesmen hurried to the beach to watch the excitement, passing by his smithy, they beckoned enthusiastically.
Cravason looked indifferent, his hammer was still forging the blade. He insisted on doing these things these days, and making weapons was his life.
Even if you make glassware and suddenly become very rich, how can your iron work be abandoned?
Live a worry-free life? Of course it is necessary.
It is my lifelong pursuit to make the best sword.
Of course, Kravasson is not only a swordsmith, but also a real metallurgical expert of the Ross people, he is also a gemsmith, woodworker, and beneficiary.
In a sense, Clavasson's identity is a bit of a "naturalist" hundreds of years later.
He continued to greet his wife: "I know my son, he won't linger on the beach. You go back to the house, are all your gifts for that girl ready?"
"Everything is ready. You said, there will really be a girl."
"Of course. I made an agreement with the big boss. The big boss will always fulfill the contract. Remember, it will be a beautiful girl."
The blacksmith's shop still heard the clanging and forging sounds, and the beach not far away was full of voices.
After a short time, Kawei appeared, and only then, Klavasen finally threw his hammer and greeted him happily.
"Dad! I'm back, you see, this is my wife." Kawei directly threw the sacks full of trophies on the ground, suddenly pulled his wife in front of him, and put his hands on her shoulders to show his father passionately. .
"Your wife? Well, she's beautiful, but a little small."
"Really? She is indeed young, and she is very noble."
"Noble?" Cravason subconsciously tugged his braided beard, recalling the agreement with the big boss. That big pack of silver coins should be able to exchange for the marriage of a noble girl in Novgorod. "You said, how noble is she?"
Kavion started, looking proud. "She? She is the daughter of a leader of Novgorod."
"Is that so? Okay." As he said, Clavasson walked forward and suddenly pinched the girl's chin with his cocooned hands, and took a close look at her face.
Lilia was completely taken aback!
She basically didn't understand these complicated sentences of the Varanges, and she also understood that the old guy in front of her was the father of her husband. No matter what tradition it was based on, the old guy was also her new father.
She realizes that she has been judged by her character, and now she is being scrutinized by the "new father".
Lilia's deep blue eyes trembled involuntarily, she felt a little wronged, and she had nothing to say for a while.
"Yes, really beautiful girl, I hope she can give you many sons. You know, I need more children and grandchildren to be blacksmiths."
"She will."
"hope so."
Originally, Clavasson was a bit regretful that the chief leader actually got such an overly young daughter-in-law for himself after receiving the money. As for her being the daughter of a certain leader of Novgorod, is that noble? Inwardly, Kravasson only admires the hero of the tribe and the wise leader Otto. Of course, there is also his own ally, Rurik.
She is indeed very beautiful, her face is still immature, her big eyes, high nose and slightly pointed chin are indeed very different from those of the tribe.
"She... isn't she very talkative? By the way, what is her name?" Clavasson asked.
"She's Lilia." Kawei said excitedly, "It's just that she doesn't understand our language." After that, he hurried to his wife's ear and confessed in crude Slavic: "Quick! Call him Dad."
Although he was very cautious, he knew that he had boarded the battleship of the dragon head, and his fate was completely bound to the Varang.
Lilia pursed her mouth, and finally said in a crisp voice, "Fa."
Hearing her words, Clavason was happy from ear to ear: "Ah, what a good girl. Kawei, the sacks around you? Are all your tributes inside?"
"No! It's my spoils. We followed the chief leader to fight against other unruly fools. There is a lot of wheat in it. Hmm... and my wife's dowry, I packed it in a sack."
Clavasson shrugged, "Let's go, you two, let's go home."
Lilia, the Roseburg she learned from her husband is a huge harbor community.
Arriving here now is really different from the girl's manor!
She has never seen a port where a large number of ships are anchored. Even when the fleet sailed into the last fjord and saw thousands of boats rippling on the sea, she had never thought of such a thing.
Only after the long journey back to voyage did Lilia understand the vastness of the world.
She landed in Roseburg, and soon, she was going to live as a Varanga woman, living like a clansman she had previously married.
It is really difficult to adapt quickly to face all of this.
Her leather boots step on the ground full of gravel, which is completely different from the endless mud roads in her hometown. She doesn't have to worry about getting dirty boots, let alone getting into the mud.
It was the house of the Varangans, it was a mess.
Although they are wooden houses, they are like building a shack on the flat ground, unlike the houses in the hometown, which have to rest on wooden piles and have flat wooden floors.
Lilia now subconsciously held up her husband's arm and walked into the magical blacksmith shop together.
The fire was still hot, and flames gushed out from the stove.
The blacksmith's shop has a wooden wall with a lot of metalware hanging on it very extravagantly!
Here, any metal object, whether it is a weapon or a tool, is a practical treasure to bring to Novgorod!
But here in Varang, how Lilia thinks, they are so common here.
She stopped subconsciously, staring at the sword embryo, axe, shovel and pickaxe hanging on the wall for a while, then staring at the fire-breathing stove for a while.
"Quickly enter the house!" Clavasson urged.
"Oh, dad, look at her." Cavill smiled awkwardly. "My Lilia, seems to attach importance to the stove?"
"is it?"
"Yes, there is no blacksmith in her hometown. She has never seen our iron furnace."
Kawei shook his arms, and Lilia let go.
She stepped into the stove boldly and saw a metal rod-like object being burned by the hot charcoal fire. Are you scared? Do not! Lilia was full of curiosity.
Because this is the real blacksmith's shop in the legend!
Lilia stupefied she leaned over and grabbed the tongs placed on the ground.
"Danger!" Kawei wanted to stop.
"Don't be impulsive, let her do it."
Clavasson stopped his son's actions. He pinched his beard and watched with interest what his daughter-in-law was going to do.
Lilia curiously grasped the tongs with both hands, and put the tongs into the stove, sorting out the sword embryo that was roasted to the red.
The heat of the sword embryo shook her hands, and the sword embryo rubbed a corner of her clothes and fell on the ground.
"Ah!" She yelled and hurriedly backed away, and an accidentally almost leaned forward, but fortunately, the quick-eyed Kawei caught her intact.
It was the brief contact that Lilia looked at her clothes corner in horror, which had been burned beyond recognition.
Her eyes widened, her heart beating wildly, and she muttered endlessly.
And Kawei, like picking up a kitten, picked it up effortlessly. A few harsh words are inevitable.
"Don't blame your wife." Clavasson approached the stove, then picked up the blade with tongs, and threw it back to the stove to continue smoldering, which is the so-called carburizing treatment.
He approached Lilia again and gently squeezed her chin. This old guy rarely showed his gentle expression: "It seems that our leader is really wise. The boys who like to strike are almost only blacksmiths of our generation, and the girls who like to strike are almost non-existent! Kawei, Your Lilia is very good. I dare say that she will give birth to many grandchildren of small blacksmiths."
Lilia is still not sure, because of the risky use of the tongs, she gave Clavassen a huge good impression.
She was led into the long room of the dark blacksmith's home, and the light of a few oil lamps made the situation in the room fairly clear.
There is no floor, only sand and gravel. There are no beds, only ground bunks with a large number of animal skins. There is also a bonfire in the long house, and a pottery urn is placed on the stove made of stones, and there is something boiled in it.
Although it is known that the home experience of the Ross people is like this, it is better to see it today!
How could she like Lilia? ! But what else can I do after marrying into this family? It seems that I can only bear it.
She entered the house, followed by a hug from Kawei's mother, who hugged her like her own daughter.
"Mom, this is my wife, Lilia." Kawei introduced warmly
"Oh! What a beautiful girl. Kawei, you are such a lucky boy."
Once upon a time, Lilia was used to sitting in a low chair. Now she can only sit on animal skins. The soft animal skins are really comfortable and warm. For the sake of beauty, she had to sit on ducks. It was a sitting posture that this man basically couldn't learn, and what gave Kawei a strong feeling of cuteness.
Sitting here, the Kravassen family has completely accepted the new family member from Novgorod.
There was pine needle water boiled in the pottery urn, which was carefully poured into a glass by Clavasson's wife.
Both Lilia and Kawei were completely taken aback by this action.
"Mom? You got it, crystal glass?"
"Huh? Is it weird? When you go home, you two drink some pine needle water that I boiled, which will dispel your fatigue."
Nowadays, the old woman doesn't think there is anything special about having a batch of glasses for her own use, even if she knows that any glass in the family can be sold at a very high price.
She continued to pour the pine needle water into four glasses with ears, and then put them in front of the family members one by one.
In the era of lack of flavoring agents, the Ross people, like other allied tribes, are willing to drink pine needle water, in order to enrich the life with the unique fragrance and bitter taste.
Lilia was really shocked!
She touched the glass cautiously with her hand, then held it in her hands, feeling the heat from the water. Her small face almost touched the wall of the cup, her eyes widened under the dim oil lamp, staring at the light brown water and floating pine needles in the cup.
She has never had such experience, and she can see all the details inside the cup through the transparent wall of the cup.
Obviously, my husband's family didn't think that they had four "crystal cups" worth showing off.
Lilia thought about it carefully, since the Varangans would give back some precious amber, it is not so strange that they have a more precious crystal cup.
She felt that her understanding was correct, but Kawei didn't think so at all.
Kawei quickly drank the warm pine needle water boiled by his mother, and then tapped the cup with his fingers.
"Dad, where did you get this?! I saw many foreign merchants coming. Could it be that you... bought it from them with a lot of money?"
Clavasson looked at his son's shocked face and laughed on the spot.
"Stupid son, these cups are made by your father himself!" Kawei's mother said, and she lightly covered her wrinkled mouth and laughed.
"What? Did you find the finest crystal from the mountain? You polished it to be like this when I was away?" Kawei speculated that it made sense, because his father had the ability to carve gems. Of course, I also learned this skill, but the skill is not good.
Clavasson shook his head: "I made it, boy, this is all the credit of Rurik!"
"Rurik?"
"Odin bestowed him some new knowledge. Now, we can use the most common ores, just like casting bronze, to make crystal cups. Oh, no! It should be called a glass cup."
"Glass cup?" Kawei heard this vocabulary for the first time~www.novelhall.com~ and then looked at the cup in his hand, "Is it different from a crystal cup?"
"Maybe it's no different. My boy, thanks to the list of elements that Rurik gave us. I already know the composition of crystals! We can melt crystals, and then make the cup in your hand like casting bronze. Ah, everything. It's all very simple."
"Yes...Is that so?" Kawei understood his father's words. He had never thought that crystals could be like metal ore, heated and plasticized again to become utensils of various shapes.
"Of course this is the case! Rurik is the most noble man who brings prosperity to our family!" After all, Clavasson told his wife, "Go and pull the box over and give it to our son and daughter (referring to daughter-in-law). ) Open your eyes!"
Lilia was holding a glass, and she suddenly heard the father and son talk about a person named "Ruriek".
"Rulek? Isn't he the future husband of my sister? They know Rurik very well? Rurik, can I see you soon?"
Lilia felt that what happened to her today was too dreamy, and then, two heavy wooden boxes were pulled over by the old woman.
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After Otto made all the decisions, he turned to hear the news from Veria: "Just arrange the personnel like this? Is it okay?"
"Yes, I have no opinion."
"All right." Otto sat upright, and finally solemnly announced: "Tomorrow night will end the ceremony and all the priests will be split. The day after tomorrow, the priests to Tombstone Island and Shilla Fort will leave with the boat. This matter I No time wasted!"
Veria's eyes widened: "Are you in such a hurry? Are you going to sea in just two days?"
Otto smiled: "High Priest, I myself will not go to Silla Fort for the time being. However, before the sea freezes, we must make every effort to reinforce the six hundred people who remain in Silla Fort. As the chief, I must guarantee In the new settlement, my people passed the first winter steadily without dying a single person."
"I already understand everything." Veria nodded deeply: "In the past, Sorgon, you will wait until autumn when you come back to act again. It seems that throughout the summer, in the vast sea, our Ross fleet will continue to expedition. "
Originally, based on previous experience, the Sorgon fleet in the spring would return with a full load in late May. After waiting for three months, the Russian fleet will set off again at the end of August and early September, the so-called hunting for the wheat of the Novgorod people during the harvest season.
There are only more than two months left before the wheat harvest season, and similarly, there is only a maximum of three months before the weather turns cold.
The supplies of Sorgon in the fall will be the key to the survival of the settlers in Shilla Fort, but it cannot be completely counted on.
Otto consciously couldn't stop at all. Others were getting old, and his mind was not old when it came to the development of the tribe.
If the construction of Shilla Fort is short of money, the big deal will be out of pocket. Now the situation has changed. The priest's huge sums of money are controlled by himself, so it seems that there is nothing wrong with spending the priest's money first.
A **** scene took place in the chief priest's house, and a great change took place. Rurik didn't know these things.
It's getting late and the sun is about to set! Until this time, the distribution of tributes on the beach has not ended.
Just when the fleet just landed, Kawei didn't have time to take care of the distribution of tributes.
Among all the treasures, only his wife is the most precious.
The sturdy Kawei, he carried a huge sack in his right hand, and his wife's hand in his left hand, and ran towards home...
"Old man, when your son is back, you can't stop working and have a look on the beach?" An old woman walked into the blacksmith's workshop and complained about her husband's untimely.
"What do you know? Why should I go to the beach myself? Kawei will be back by himself."
"You..." The old woman pursed her lips: "I'm really worried about him. It's been three months!"
"Don't worry, Kawei will come back safely and bring his wife back. You should prepare to welcome our new family members."
Clavasson said so, but he was so excited in his heart.
At this moment, from time to time, some tribesmen hurried to the beach to watch the excitement, passing by his smithy, they beckoned enthusiastically.
Cravason looked indifferent, his hammer was still forging the blade. He insisted on doing these things these days, and making weapons was his life.
Even if you make glassware and suddenly become very rich, how can your iron work be abandoned?
Live a worry-free life? Of course it is necessary.
It is my lifelong pursuit to make the best sword.
Of course, Kravasson is not only a swordsmith, but also a real metallurgical expert of the Ross people, he is also a gemsmith, woodworker, and beneficiary.
In a sense, Clavasson's identity is a bit of a "naturalist" hundreds of years later.
He continued to greet his wife: "I know my son, he won't linger on the beach. You go back to the house, are all your gifts for that girl ready?"
"Everything is ready. You said, there will really be a girl."
"Of course. I made an agreement with the big boss. The big boss will always fulfill the contract. Remember, it will be a beautiful girl."
The blacksmith's shop still heard the clanging and forging sounds, and the beach not far away was full of voices.
After a short time, Kawei appeared, and only then, Klavasen finally threw his hammer and greeted him happily.
"Dad! I'm back, you see, this is my wife." Kawei directly threw the sacks full of trophies on the ground, suddenly pulled his wife in front of him, and put his hands on her shoulders to show his father passionately. .
"Your wife? Well, she's beautiful, but a little small."
"Really? She is indeed young, and she is very noble."
"Noble?" Cravason subconsciously tugged his braided beard, recalling the agreement with the big boss. That big pack of silver coins should be able to exchange for the marriage of a noble girl in Novgorod. "You said, how noble is she?"
Kavion started, looking proud. "She? She is the daughter of a leader of Novgorod."
"Is that so? Okay." As he said, Clavasson walked forward and suddenly pinched the girl's chin with his cocooned hands, and took a close look at her face.
Lilia was completely taken aback!
She basically didn't understand these complicated sentences of the Varanges, and she also understood that the old guy in front of her was the father of her husband. No matter what tradition it was based on, the old guy was also her new father.
She realizes that she has been judged by her character, and now she is being scrutinized by the "new father".
Lilia's deep blue eyes trembled involuntarily, she felt a little wronged, and she had nothing to say for a while.
"Yes, really beautiful girl, I hope she can give you many sons. You know, I need more children and grandchildren to be blacksmiths."
"She will."
"hope so."
Originally, Clavasson was a bit regretful that the chief leader actually got such an overly young daughter-in-law for himself after receiving the money. As for her being the daughter of a certain leader of Novgorod, is that noble? Inwardly, Kravasson only admires the hero of the tribe and the wise leader Otto. Of course, there is also his own ally, Rurik.
She is indeed very beautiful, her face is still immature, her big eyes, high nose and slightly pointed chin are indeed very different from those of the tribe.
"She... isn't she very talkative? By the way, what is her name?" Clavasson asked.
"She's Lilia." Kawei said excitedly, "It's just that she doesn't understand our language." After that, he hurried to his wife's ear and confessed in crude Slavic: "Quick! Call him Dad."
Although he was very cautious, he knew that he had boarded the battleship of the dragon head, and his fate was completely bound to the Varang.
Lilia pursed her mouth, and finally said in a crisp voice, "Fa."
Hearing her words, Clavason was happy from ear to ear: "Ah, what a good girl. Kawei, the sacks around you? Are all your tributes inside?"
"No! It's my spoils. We followed the chief leader to fight against other unruly fools. There is a lot of wheat in it. Hmm... and my wife's dowry, I packed it in a sack."
Clavasson shrugged, "Let's go, you two, let's go home."
Lilia, the Roseburg she learned from her husband is a huge harbor community.
Arriving here now is really different from the girl's manor!
She has never seen a port where a large number of ships are anchored. Even when the fleet sailed into the last fjord and saw thousands of boats rippling on the sea, she had never thought of such a thing.
Only after the long journey back to voyage did Lilia understand the vastness of the world.
She landed in Roseburg, and soon, she was going to live as a Varanga woman, living like a clansman she had previously married.
It is really difficult to adapt quickly to face all of this.
Her leather boots step on the ground full of gravel, which is completely different from the endless mud roads in her hometown. She doesn't have to worry about getting dirty boots, let alone getting into the mud.
It was the house of the Varangans, it was a mess.
Although they are wooden houses, they are like building a shack on the flat ground, unlike the houses in the hometown, which have to rest on wooden piles and have flat wooden floors.
Lilia now subconsciously held up her husband's arm and walked into the magical blacksmith shop together.
The fire was still hot, and flames gushed out from the stove.
The blacksmith's shop has a wooden wall with a lot of metalware hanging on it very extravagantly!
Here, any metal object, whether it is a weapon or a tool, is a practical treasure to bring to Novgorod!
But here in Varang, how Lilia thinks, they are so common here.
She stopped subconsciously, staring at the sword embryo, axe, shovel and pickaxe hanging on the wall for a while, then staring at the fire-breathing stove for a while.
"Quickly enter the house!" Clavasson urged.
"Oh, dad, look at her." Cavill smiled awkwardly. "My Lilia, seems to attach importance to the stove?"
"is it?"
"Yes, there is no blacksmith in her hometown. She has never seen our iron furnace."
Kawei shook his arms, and Lilia let go.
She stepped into the stove boldly and saw a metal rod-like object being burned by the hot charcoal fire. Are you scared? Do not! Lilia was full of curiosity.
Because this is the real blacksmith's shop in the legend!
Lilia stupefied she leaned over and grabbed the tongs placed on the ground.
"Danger!" Kawei wanted to stop.
"Don't be impulsive, let her do it."
Clavasson stopped his son's actions. He pinched his beard and watched with interest what his daughter-in-law was going to do.
Lilia curiously grasped the tongs with both hands, and put the tongs into the stove, sorting out the sword embryo that was roasted to the red.
The heat of the sword embryo shook her hands, and the sword embryo rubbed a corner of her clothes and fell on the ground.
"Ah!" She yelled and hurriedly backed away, and an accidentally almost leaned forward, but fortunately, the quick-eyed Kawei caught her intact.
It was the brief contact that Lilia looked at her clothes corner in horror, which had been burned beyond recognition.
Her eyes widened, her heart beating wildly, and she muttered endlessly.
And Kawei, like picking up a kitten, picked it up effortlessly. A few harsh words are inevitable.
"Don't blame your wife." Clavasson approached the stove, then picked up the blade with tongs, and threw it back to the stove to continue smoldering, which is the so-called carburizing treatment.
He approached Lilia again and gently squeezed her chin. This old guy rarely showed his gentle expression: "It seems that our leader is really wise. The boys who like to strike are almost only blacksmiths of our generation, and the girls who like to strike are almost non-existent! Kawei, Your Lilia is very good. I dare say that she will give birth to many grandchildren of small blacksmiths."
Lilia is still not sure, because of the risky use of the tongs, she gave Clavassen a huge good impression.
She was led into the long room of the dark blacksmith's home, and the light of a few oil lamps made the situation in the room fairly clear.
There is no floor, only sand and gravel. There are no beds, only ground bunks with a large number of animal skins. There is also a bonfire in the long house, and a pottery urn is placed on the stove made of stones, and there is something boiled in it.
Although it is known that the home experience of the Ross people is like this, it is better to see it today!
How could she like Lilia? ! But what else can I do after marrying into this family? It seems that I can only bear it.
She entered the house, followed by a hug from Kawei's mother, who hugged her like her own daughter.
"Mom, this is my wife, Lilia." Kawei introduced warmly
"Oh! What a beautiful girl. Kawei, you are such a lucky boy."
Once upon a time, Lilia was used to sitting in a low chair. Now she can only sit on animal skins. The soft animal skins are really comfortable and warm. For the sake of beauty, she had to sit on ducks. It was a sitting posture that this man basically couldn't learn, and what gave Kawei a strong feeling of cuteness.
Sitting here, the Kravassen family has completely accepted the new family member from Novgorod.
There was pine needle water boiled in the pottery urn, which was carefully poured into a glass by Clavasson's wife.
Both Lilia and Kawei were completely taken aback by this action.
"Mom? You got it, crystal glass?"
"Huh? Is it weird? When you go home, you two drink some pine needle water that I boiled, which will dispel your fatigue."
Nowadays, the old woman doesn't think there is anything special about having a batch of glasses for her own use, even if she knows that any glass in the family can be sold at a very high price.
She continued to pour the pine needle water into four glasses with ears, and then put them in front of the family members one by one.
In the era of lack of flavoring agents, the Ross people, like other allied tribes, are willing to drink pine needle water, in order to enrich the life with the unique fragrance and bitter taste.
Lilia was really shocked!
She touched the glass cautiously with her hand, then held it in her hands, feeling the heat from the water. Her small face almost touched the wall of the cup, her eyes widened under the dim oil lamp, staring at the light brown water and floating pine needles in the cup.
She has never had such experience, and she can see all the details inside the cup through the transparent wall of the cup.
Obviously, my husband's family didn't think that they had four "crystal cups" worth showing off.
Lilia thought about it carefully, since the Varangans would give back some precious amber, it is not so strange that they have a more precious crystal cup.
She felt that her understanding was correct, but Kawei didn't think so at all.
Kawei quickly drank the warm pine needle water boiled by his mother, and then tapped the cup with his fingers.
"Dad, where did you get this?! I saw many foreign merchants coming. Could it be that you... bought it from them with a lot of money?"
Clavasson looked at his son's shocked face and laughed on the spot.
"Stupid son, these cups are made by your father himself!" Kawei's mother said, and she lightly covered her wrinkled mouth and laughed.
"What? Did you find the finest crystal from the mountain? You polished it to be like this when I was away?" Kawei speculated that it made sense, because his father had the ability to carve gems. Of course, I also learned this skill, but the skill is not good.
Clavasson shook his head: "I made it, boy, this is all the credit of Rurik!"
"Rurik?"
"Odin bestowed him some new knowledge. Now, we can use the most common ores, just like casting bronze, to make crystal cups. Oh, no! It should be called a glass cup."
"Glass cup?" Kawei heard this vocabulary for the first time~www.novelhall.com~ and then looked at the cup in his hand, "Is it different from a crystal cup?"
"Maybe it's no different. My boy, thanks to the list of elements that Rurik gave us. I already know the composition of crystals! We can melt crystals, and then make the cup in your hand like casting bronze. Ah, everything. It's all very simple."
"Yes...Is that so?" Kawei understood his father's words. He had never thought that crystals could be like metal ore, heated and plasticized again to become utensils of various shapes.
"Of course this is the case! Rurik is the most noble man who brings prosperity to our family!" After all, Clavasson told his wife, "Go and pull the box over and give it to our son and daughter (referring to daughter-in-law). ) Open your eyes!"
Lilia was holding a glass, and she suddenly heard the father and son talk about a person named "Ruriek".
"Rulek? Isn't he the future husband of my sister? They know Rurik very well? Rurik, can I see you soon?"
Lilia felt that what happened to her today was too dreamy, and then, two heavy wooden boxes were pulled over by the old woman.
After Otto made all the decisions, he turned to hear the news from Veria: "Just arrange the personnel like this? Is it okay?""Yes, I have no opinion.""All right." Otto sat upright, and finally solemnly announced: "Tomorrow night will end the ceremony and all the priests will be split. The day after tomorrow, the priests to Tombstone Island and Shilla Fort will leave with the boat. This matter I No time wasted!"Veria's eyes widened: "Are you in such a hurry? Are you going to sea in just two days?"Otto smiled: "High Priest, I myself will not go to Silla Fort for the time being. However, before the sea freezes, we must make every effort to reinforce the six hundred people who remain in Silla Fort. As the chief, I must guarantee In the new settlement, my people passed the first winter steadily without dying a single person.""I already understand everything." Veria nodded deeply: "In the past, Sorgon, you will wait until autumn when you come back to act again. It seems that throughout the summer, in the vast sea, our Ross fleet will continue to expedition. "Originally, based on previous experience, the Sorgon fleet in the spring would return with a full load in late May. After waiting for three months, the Russian fleet will set off again at the end of August and early September, the so-called hunting for the wheat of the Novgorod people during the harvest season.There are only more than two months left before the wheat harvest season, and similarly, there is only a maximum of three months before the weather turns cold.The supplies of Sorgon in the fall will be the key to the survival of the settlers in Shilla Fort, but it cannot be completely counted on.Otto consciously couldn't stop at all. Others were getting old, and his mind was not old when it came to the development of the tribe.If the construction of Shilla Fort is short of money, the big deal will be out of pocket. Now the situation has changed. The priest's huge sums of money are controlled by himself, so it seems that there is nothing wrong with spending the priest's money first.A **** scene took place in the chief priest's house, and a great change took place. Rurik didn't know these things.It's getting late and the sun is about to set! Until this time, the distribution of tributes on the beach has not ended.Just when the fleet just landed, Kawei didn't have time to take care of the distribution of tributes.Among all the treasures, only his wife is the most precious.The sturdy Kawei, he carried a huge sack in his right hand, and his wife's hand in his left hand, and ran towards home..."Old man, when your son is back, you can't stop working and have a look on the beach?" An old woman walked into the blacksmith's workshop and complained about her husband's untimely."What do you know? Why should I go to the beach myself? Kawei will be back by himself.""You..." The old woman pursed her lips: "I'm really worried about him. It's been three months!""Don't worry, Kawei will come back safely and bring his wife back. You should prepare to welcome our new family members."Clavasson said so, but he was so excited in his heart.At this moment, from time to time, some tribesmen hurried to the beach to watch the excitement, passing by his smithy, they beckoned enthusiastically.Cravason looked indifferent, his hammer was still forging the blade. He insisted on doing these things these days, and making weapons was his life.Even if you make glassware and suddenly become very rich, how can your iron work be abandoned?Live a worry-free life? Of course it is necessary.It is my lifelong pursuit to make the best sword.Of course, Kravasson is not only a swordsmith, but also a real metallurgical expert of the Ross people, he is also a gemsmith, woodworker, and beneficiary.In a sense, Clavasson's identity is a bit of a "naturalist" hundreds of years later.He continued to greet his wife: "I know my son, he won't linger on the beach. You go back to the house, are all your gifts for that girl ready?""Everything is ready. You said, there will really be a girl.""Of course. I made an agreement with the big boss. The big boss will always fulfill the contract. Remember, it will be a beautiful girl."The blacksmith's shop still heard the clanging and forging sounds, and the beach not far away was full of voices.After a short time, Kawei appeared, and only then, Klavasen finally threw his hammer and greeted him happily."Dad! I'm back, you see, this is my wife." Kawei directly threw the sacks full of trophies on the ground, suddenly pulled his wife in front of him, and put his hands on her shoulders to show his father passionately. ."Your wife? Well, she's beautiful, but a little small.""Really? She is indeed young, and she is very noble.""Noble?" Cravason subconsciously tugged his braided beard, recalling the agreement with the big boss. That big pack of silver coins should be able to exchange for the marriage of a noble girl in Novgorod. "You said, how noble is she?"Kavion started, looking proud. "She? She is the daughter of a leader of Novgorod.""Is that so? Okay." As he said, Clavasson walked forward and suddenly pinched the girl's chin with his cocooned hands, and took a close look at her face.Lilia was completely taken aback!She basically didn't understand these complicated sentences of the Varanges, and she also understood that the old guy in front of her was the father of her husband. No matter what tradition it was based on, the old guy was also her new father.She realizes that she has been judged by her character, and now she is being scrutinized by the "new father".Lilia's deep blue eyes trembled involuntarily, she felt a little wronged, and she had nothing to say for a while."Yes, really beautiful girl, I hope she can give you many sons. You know, I need more children and grandchildren to be blacksmiths.""She will.""hope so."Originally, Clavasson was a bit regretful that the chief leader actually got such an overly young daughter-in-law for himself after receiving the money. As for her being the daughter of a certain leader of Novgorod, is that noble? Inwardly, Kravasson only admires the hero of the tribe and the wise leader Otto. Of course, there is also his own ally, Rurik.She is indeed very beautiful, her face is still immature, her big eyes, high nose and slightly pointed chin are indeed very different from those of the tribe."She... isn't she very talkative? By the way, what is her name?" Clavasson asked."She's Lilia." Kawei said excitedly, "It's just that she doesn't understand our language." After that, he hurried to his wife's ear and confessed in crude Slavic: "Quick! Call him Dad."Although he was very cautious, he knew that he had boarded the battleship of the dragon head, and his fate was completely bound to the Varang.Lilia pursed her mouth, and finally said in a crisp voice, "Fa."Hearing her words, Clavason was happy from ear to ear: "Ah, what a good girl. Kawei, the sacks around you? Are all your tributes inside?""No! It's my spoils. We followed the chief leader to fight against other unruly fools. There is a lot of wheat in it. Hmm... and my wife's dowry, I packed it in a sack."Clavasson shrugged, "Let's go, you two, let's go home."Lilia, the Roseburg she learned from her husband is a huge harbor community.Arriving here now is really different from the girl's manor!She has never seen a port where a large number of ships are anchored. Even when the fleet sailed into the last fjord and saw thousands of boats rippling on the sea, she had never thought of such a thing.Only after the long journey back to voyage did Lilia understand the vastness of the world.She landed in Roseburg, and soon, she was going to live as a Varanga woman, living like a clansman she had previously married.It is really difficult to adapt quickly to face all of this.Her leather boots step on the ground full of gravel, which is completely different from the endless mud roads in her hometown. She doesn't have to worry about getting dirty boots, let alone getting into the mud.It was the house of the Varangans, it was a mess.Although they are wooden houses, they are like building a shack on the flat ground, unlike the houses in the hometown, which have to rest on wooden piles and have flat wooden floors.Lilia now subconsciously held up her husband's arm and walked into the magical blacksmith shop together.The fire was still hot, and flames gushed out from the stove.The blacksmith's shop has a wooden wall with a lot of metalware hanging on it very extravagantly!Here, any metal object, whether it is a weapon or a tool, is a practical treasure to bring to Novgorod!But here in Varang, how Lilia thinks, they are so common here.She stopped subconsciously, staring at the sword embryo, axe, shovel and pickaxe hanging on the wall for a while, then staring at the fire-breathing stove for a while."Quickly enter the house!" Clavasson urged."Oh, dad, look at her." Cavill smiled awkwardly. "My Lilia, seems to attach importance to the stove?""is it?""Yes, there is no blacksmith in her hometown. She has never seen our iron furnace."Kawei shook his arms, and Lilia let go.She stepped into the stove boldly and saw a metal rod-like object being burned by the hot charcoal fire. Are you scared? Do not! Lilia was full of curiosity.Because this is the real blacksmith's shop in the legend!Lilia stupefied she leaned over and grabbed the tongs placed on the ground."Danger!" Kawei wanted to stop."Don't be impulsive, let her do it."Clavasson stopped his son's actions. He pinched his beard and watched with interest what his daughter-in-law was going to do.Lilia curiously grasped the tongs with both hands, and put the tongs into the stove, sorting out the sword embryo that was roasted to the red.The heat of the sword embryo shook her hands, and the sword embryo rubbed a corner of her clothes and fell on the ground."Ah!" She yelled and hurriedly backed away, and an accidentally almost leaned forward, but fortunately, the quick-eyed Kawei caught her intact.It was the brief contact that Lilia looked at her clothes corner in horror, which had been burned beyond recognition.Her eyes widened, her heart beating wildly, and she muttered endlessly.And Kawei, like picking up a kitten, picked it up effortlessly. A few harsh words are inevitable."Don't blame your wife." Clavasson approached the stove, then picked up the blade with tongs, and threw it back to the stove to continue smoldering, which is the so-called carburizing treatment.He approached Lilia again and gently squeezed her chin. This old guy rarely showed his gentle expression: "It seems that our leader is really wise. The boys who like to strike are almost only blacksmiths of our generation, and the girls who like to strike are almost non-existent! Kawei, Your Lilia is very good. I dare say that she will give birth to many grandchildren of small blacksmiths."Lilia is still not sure, because of the risky use of the tongs, she gave Clavassen a huge good impression.She was led into the long room of the dark blacksmith's home, and the light of a few oil lamps made the situation in the room fairly clear.There is no floor, only sand and gravel. There are no beds, only ground bunks with a large number of animal skins. There is also a bonfire in the long house, and a pottery urn is placed on the stove made of stones, and there is something boiled in it.Although it is known that the home experience of the Ross people is like this, it is better to see it today!How could she like Lilia? ! But what else can I do after marrying into this family? It seems that I can only bear it.She entered the house, followed by a hug from Kawei's mother, who hugged her like her own daughter."Mom, this is my wife, Lilia." Kawei introduced warmly"Oh! What a beautiful girl. Kawei, you are such a lucky boy."Once upon a time, Lilia was used to sitting in a low chair. Now she can only sit on animal skins. The soft animal skins are really comfortable and warm. For the sake of beauty, she had to sit on ducks. It was a sitting posture that this man basically couldn't learn, and what gave Kawei a strong feeling of cuteness.Sitting here, the Kravassen family has completely accepted the new family member from Novgorod.There was pine needle water boiled in the pottery urn, which was carefully poured into a glass by Clavasson's wife.Both Lilia and Kawei were completely taken aback by this action."Mom? You got it, crystal glass?""Huh? Is it weird? When you go home, you two drink some pine needle water that I boiled, which will dispel your fatigue."Nowadays, the old woman doesn't think there is anything special about having a batch of glasses for her own use, even if she knows that any glass in the family can be sold at a very high price.She continued to pour the pine needle water into four glasses with ears, and then put them in front of the family members one by one.In the era of lack of flavoring agents, the Ross people, like other allied tribes, are willing to drink pine needle water, in order to enrich the life with the unique fragrance and bitter taste.Lilia was really shocked!She touched the glass cautiously with her hand, then held it in her hands, feeling the heat from the water. Her small face almost touched the wall of the cup, her eyes widened under the dim oil lamp, staring at the light brown water and floating pine needles in the cup.She has never had such experience, and she can see all the details inside the cup through the transparent wall of the cup.Obviously, my husband's family didn't think that they had four "crystal cups" worth showing off.Lilia thought about it carefully, since the Varangans would give back some precious amber, it is not so strange that they have a more precious crystal cup.She felt that her understanding was correct, but Kawei didn't think so at all.Kawei quickly drank the warm pine needle water boiled by his mother, and then tapped the cup with his fingers."Dad, where did you get this?! I saw many foreign merchants coming. Could it be that you... bought it from them with a lot of money?"Clavasson looked at his son's shocked face and laughed on the spot."Stupid son, these cups are made by your father himself!" Kawei's mother said, and she lightly covered her wrinkled mouth and laughed."What? Did you find the finest crystal from the mountain? You polished it to be like this when I was away?" Kawei speculated that it made sense, because his father had the ability to carve gems. Of course, I also learned this skill, but the skill is not good.Clavasson shook his head: "I made it, boy, this is all the credit of Rurik!""Rurik?""Odin bestowed him some new knowledge. Now, we can use the most common ores, just like casting bronze, to make crystal cups. Oh, no! It should be called a glass cup.""Glass cup?" Kawei heard this vocabulary for the first time~www.novelhall.com~ and then looked at the cup in his hand, "Is it different from a crystal cup?""Maybe it's no different. My boy, thanks to the list of elements that Rurik gave us. I already know the composition of crystals! We can melt crystals, and then make the cup in your hand like casting bronze. Ah, everything. It's all very simple.""Yes...Is that so?" Kawei understood his father's words. He had never thought that crystals could be like metal ore, heated and plasticized again to become utensils of various shapes."Of course this is the case! Rurik is the most noble man who brings prosperity to our family!" After all, Clavasson told his wife, "Go and pull the box over and give it to our son and daughter referring to daughter-in-law. Open your eyes!"Lilia was holding a glass, and she suddenly heard the father and son talk about a person named "Ruriek"."Rulek? Isn't he the future husband of my sister? They know Rurik very well? Rurik, can I see you soon?"Lilia felt that what happened to her today was too dreamy, and then, two heavy wooden boxes were pulled over by the old woman.
