In any case, the entire sneak attack still achieved good results.
Otto roughly counted the deer in the fences. During the entire attack, the deer enclosures were not damaged and all the deer were intact.
These deer were awakened, and they quietly watched the human killings, as if they had nothing to do with them.
Deer are deer after all, just a group of animals in captivity. Now their fate is just to leave the hands of the Sami people and become the treasure of the Rus.
But with a herd of 300 deer, can the Russians take good care of them?
Of course not.
According to the rules set by the leader before the operation, all the characters dutifully launched the attack first. Those deer must be the final spoils. Only after the battle is over, the leader will personally distribute them.
No one will worry that they will not get any benefits. As usual, the leader serves as the "distributor" and will distribute the treasure fairly according to the ancient tribal rules.
The terrible attack had just ended, and everyone was immediately eager to get their hands on all the loot.
Especially the deer herders whose homes were destroyed, the women and children who were still alive for the time being, they had no idea how this group of barbarians would treat them.
I'm afraid it would be very tragic!
Otto didn't intend to go against a group of girls because it was unconventional. A true warrior would not attack women and children on the battlefield. If he behaves like this, once discovered by the Valkyrie, his soul after death will not be able to go to Valhalla.
But these women and children will become slaves of the tribe according to tradition, specifically, Otto's own slaves.
Otto first ordered some of his most trusted subordinates, especially Haro Zuosen: "Send people to drive out all the deer. You must carefully count how many deer there are and use me to distribute them."
"Chief, maybe you should manage this matter yourself. You put this responsibility on my shoulders. I am very worried."
"What are you worried about? My brother?! Don't worry, I can trust you. As for me... I still have some things to solve."
Therefore, when Otto got old, he was only willing to spend the rest of his life with his old wife.
Traditionally, tribes did not have a concept similar to "concubinage", but a leader could legally have multiple maids.
People in the tribe generally know that many powerful men in the wealthy allied tribes in the south not only have beautiful wives, but also many servants. As long as the male master is willing, those servants must unconditionally give birth to more children for the male master.
In everyone's opinion, this is the best way to make your family "luxurious". Unfortunately, the Ross tribe is located too far north, and there are not many women in the tribe, let alone the possibility of maids.
The marriage with Novgorod has just begun. At least this move has begun to alleviate marital conflicts within the tribe.
So of course many people are eyeing these female deer herders, even though they are quite old. Those who are widowed in middle age don't mind that much.
Otto could guess that someone had such an idea, and this time he wanted to be selfish.
Because he is the leader of the tribe!
Otto walked into the huddled prisoners and squatted down to observe who they were.
The result is obvious, there are middle-aged women and a group of children.
He asked these people about their situation in Norse, but the other party not only couldn't understand them at all, but also muttered a lot of incomprehensible languages.
Otto wanted more information. Since the old woman had died of serious injuries, these people lacked value before they learned Norse.
Otto could only shake his head helplessly.
At least they are all living people, and it would be perfect if they were their servants.
Otto couldn't help but think of many things!
"I am also a leader, but I live in a shabby wooden house. I have no real servants, only some women from the same tribe who occasionally come to my house to help. Compared with the leaders of the allies in the south, am I Do you want to be shabby at the end of your life?! No! I can't do this! If my fate is to be like this in my life, I can only accept it, but my son, he will be the next leader, Rurik will be the prophecy The greatest leader like that cannot have even one servant!"
He lost two sons unexpectedly when he was young, and he only had his last son when he was over fifty.
Otto treated his enemies very brutally, and he loved his son deeply.
After a long hunting trip, he felt that his body was old and frail. If it were not for the strong physique he had acquired in his youth, he would not have persisted until now. After all, I am getting old and my life will come to an end.
Regardless of whether his destiny is to go to Valhalla or enter the underworld, his property will be inherited by his son until then.
These properties include the divine sword "Destroyer" that he sharpened by himself, as well as all the silver coins and a small amount of gold coins buried in wooden boxes in shallow soil, and even a batch of animal skins and pots and pans. I want to give my son more property, such as some servants.
No! Maybe servants should start developing now.
Otto had already planned to take all the captives as his own. He planned to order this group of deer farmers to continue raising deer. Of course, all the results of deer raising would belong to his family. All deer farmers, including all deer farmers, control their own destiny.
Otto had already stood up, but thinking of this, he squatted down again.
He muttered: "We have to choose a suitable servant for Rurik, someone who will take care of him full-time. Well... it must be a woman."
Otto began to carefully examine the prisoners, especially the children among them. His rough hands peeled off the child's fur hat, focusing on the girl inside.
To his surprise, all seven of the captive children were girls.
"I thought there was going to be a boy, what's going on?!"
There were hundreds of children in Roseburg, and not many of them were girls. The reason for this lies in the Viking tradition!
After all, nearly half of the people in Roseburg are foreigners living here. Although they have settled here, they are essentially allies of Roseburg. The daughters of these people are often engaged to boys from other families when they are twelve years old according to tradition. In this kind of marriage, the girl will marry whoever offers the most chips.
Families in the Ross tribe are generally poorer, so there are fewer girls from allied tribes marrying in.
Intermarriage within the tribe is also difficult to accept. As a result, more girls in the tribe marry outside the tribe, so that the girl's parents can get more rewards.
As the leader of the tribe, Otto was called a rare smart man by the old priest Vilia. He was smart because he had a long-term view on many things.
He knows the importance of boys practicing fighting skills, because that is the fundamental strength to maintain the power of the Ross tribe. He also pays attention to the marriage status of tribal men and even the status of tribal women.
Only if more girls have more mothers, the new generation of boys in the tribe will be more and more, which will ultimately make the tribe's combat effectiveness higher and higher.
The girls captured by the deer herders this time are all from other tribes. It is perfect for them to become the wives of some tribal boys when they grow up.
There may be people who look down on these foreigners, but there are still people who are willing to accept such people as wives.
However, Otto never intended for his son Rurik to marry a deer herder girl ten years later. They would be a servant at best.
He pulled the girls' faces and chose the one he liked the most, just because this girl's braids were very interesting.
His deep eyes were staring into a pair of sharp eyes, which frightened the girl to the point where she was at a loss and her whole body was just sluggish and trembling.
"It's you." Otto muttered with satisfaction, "It doesn't matter whether you understand what I say or not. From now on, you will be my son's servant. You must take good care of him, otherwise I will throw you into the sea."
After hearing these words, the girl was so frightened that she burst into tears on the spot. Of course she couldn't understand what the stubble-faced savage in front of her was saying. In short, the savage looked like a wolf. It was easy for her to predict her fate. She might just be like a lone being attacked by a pack of wolves. The deer must have died miserably in the snowfield!
Look at these barbarians again. They are already robbing their own herds of deer, and they are all happily shouting incomprehensible words.
By this time, the girl was still worried about how her tragic fate would end.
She doesn't know yet that she will soon return to the place where her ancestors settled a hundred years ago. After that, her fate will depend on another little boy who is much younger than her.
That little boy, he was not and had no intention of becoming the new savage.
