This girl seems to be wearing a crudely sewn leather jacket, and its simplicity is really surprising.
She didn't even have shoes, her feet were just pockets sewn with animal skins and tied with hemp rope.
The Ross tribe is not like this at all. Everyone has rough skills in making leather boots. Moreover, along with traditional trade with allies, the women within the tribe did not have their skills degraded due to the migration of the tribe.
What's even more amazing is that with the opening of the trade and tribute route with the Novgorod people, the Rus tribe discovered a long time ago that those guys with weak combat effectiveness are better than themselves in some aspects. For example, their women were adept at performing delicate stitching using fine embroidery needles imported from Rome.
If there are good things, of course you should try your best to get them!
Therefore, some women of the Rus tribe have steel needles from Eastern Rome. Its production is very laborious, so it is of great value.
However, for example, Rurik's mother Niya, the two extremely hard embroidery needles she owned were not produced in Eastern Rome at all!
Because in this era, Eastern Rome only had the manufacturing technology of iron needles and copper needles, and only the Tang Dynasty mastered the manufacturing technology of steel needles. The small embroidery needle is the crystallization of ancient technology. With it, no matter how hard the cowhide is, it can efficiently pierce it, making it possible to perform more delicate and complex stitching operations.
Everything is so romantic!
Otto wore thick leather boots, and Rurik wore small thick leather boots.
It is made of cowhide, deerskin and even some sheepskin, and there is a lot of warm velvet inside!
It can perfectly sew many hard leathers. Only steel needles can do this in this era.
Datang's steel needles were strategic exports, and merchants took them across the vast desert and sold them directly to food merchants. Driven by profit, the food merchants either sold to Eastern Rome first, or went directly north into Eastern Europe to sell to local Slavs.
Novgorod residents obtained this small but precious embroidery needle through the traditional north-south trade line, and women's tailoring skills developed rapidly.
Then, they were discovered by the Ross tribe who came in a long boat...
Most of the Rus have comfortable boots that are warm and the only bad thing about them is that they are not waterproof at all.
However, that strange and uneasy girl was dressed in a very special way. Her attire fully demonstrated that she was different, and that she was simply out of tune with the others.
She is an outsider!
However, how could young Rurik take the initiative to attract such an outsider?
What is the relationship between Rurik and this girl? !
Otto soon sat cross-legged next to Viglia. He was about to say something when Viglia asked the question first.
"The girl next to Rurik, she is definitely not one of ours! Who is she? Where does she come from?!"
After saying that, Vilia stared at the mysterious girl with a suspicious look.
Being stared at by many people, the woman was so frightened that she stood still and remained unmoved despite being pulled by Liuli.
"Ah, I was about to tell you this." Otto pointed casually: "She is a prisoner, one of those deer farmers. Now, let me tell you everything..."
Regarding what the team encountered during the long expedition, Otto took this opportunity and immediately explained everything to Villa.
Otto was reporting on his work, and the most important part was naturally praising his great achievements, such as acquiring a large number of deer.
Of course, Rurik also hoped to tell Vilia as soon as possible that the girl he pulled was a servant, and he had a brilliant idea about the future arrangements of this servant.
Rurik exerted his strength and pulled the dazed girl aside. The two of them sat casually on the animal skin mat on the ground, waiting for the adult to finish the matter.
He held the girl's trembling hand and could feel her nervousness deeply.
How could she not be nervous? ! If she was smart, she would have known that she was in the cabin at the heart of the Ross tribe's power.
As a servant who is the son of a leader, he is also an extraordinary servant.
She is indeed extraordinary. Because she is young mentally, Rurik is already a middle-aged uncle. It is not a troublesome thing to deal with such a little girl.
Most of the boys are playing daily dangerous games, or helping the family fish in warm periods, or even helping to hunt seals in winter, or fishing for small shellfish from the sea to supplement the family income.
What about the few girls? Almost all day long activities are in a small area near home.
Girls, they cannot become Heroic Spirits, and it is almost impossible for them to become new Valkyries. Even their parents rarely pay attention to their attitude towards life. As long as they can survive, that's all.
They only need to know how to take charge of their future husband's treasures, make fur clothes and other daily necessities for their husbands, store the food that their husbands hunt and rob, and then try their best to give birth to sons for their husbands.
The Ross tribe believes that this is what a good woman should be, and it should be natural for her to become a man's vassal.
In an era of extreme scarcity of materials and extremely backward productivity, such a living state certainly makes sense.
But this is not a permanent reason.
While his father was talking endlessly in front of Vilia, Rurik was also organizing the words in his mind.
They talked a lot, and Vilia fully understood the whole process.
"Okay! Okay! A lot of deer! I was worried that you would starve if you went out for too long, but I never thought that you would have venison to eat every day. It's just that you ate too many deer, and only a small part was brought back safely. I have some regrets." Vilia said she was sorry, but she felt secretly happy in her heart.
Why?
In Vilia's opinion, the deer is the best tribute that can be paid to Odin.
At the wedding ceremony where young tribesmen collectively married Novgorod women, the sacrificial headless reindeer really caused the tribe to bleed.
Deer are spiritual creatures, so priests of all ages must wear heavy deer-antler helmets during important sacrifices, no matter they are old or injured.
But deer are becoming increasingly scarce!
This time Otto stated bluntly that more than fifty deer brought back by the tribe were still alive.
Otto spoke eloquently: "Even so, the number of surviving deer is enough. We have almost reached the border of the human world, and it seems that if we continue to explore, we can peek into the darkness under the World Tree. In the end, after we get the deer herd It was over. Because there was so much panic at the time, I had to make sure everyone got home before Hanukkah."
"There are fifty deer. We have enough sacrifices for the main priests in the future. Including this year's Hanukkah. Haha, I thought we were going to use some fish as sacrifices this time."
"Only deer is the best. In order to have enough deer for future sacrifices, we need to raise the deer we bring back well. The deer herd will slowly grow. It is not just a matter of sacrifice, but we will also be able to grow more in the future because of the deer herd. rich."
The southern allies have been in constant conflict for many years in order to compete with the Danes for pasture for grazing cattle and sheep!
Villa knew these things, and it seemed that those conflicts were too far away from the Ross tribe. Raising cattle and sheep solves the problem of clothing and eating meat. This is more efficient than going out to hunt. However, the area in Rossburg is too cold. So far, the entire tribe only has a very small number of sheep, and the only sheep are basically from the warm season. The sheep were bought from the hands of their allies, and in winter, the sheep owners slaughtered them so that their families could have meat to eat.
“But there’s a way we can raise these deer?!”
"Of course!" Otto raised his big hand excitedly and pointed, "That girl is the only deer farmer. I believe she will restore the number of deer to more than 300."
"That's her?!" Vilia was startled. "Not long after you entered the door, you told me that she was a prisoner and an unexpected gain from your trip. I didn't expect that she was a deer herder. Can she do it?! It's so amazing She is young and looks a little older than your Rurik. By the way, why is she so close to Rurik, you..."
Vilia's face suddenly sank, and her aging wrinkles were wrinkled horribly, fully demonstrating her doubts and anxiety.
"Otto, my child. Tell you, am I not trying to regard that girl as Rurik's future woman? No! I tell you clearly that this is not possible! He is still too young, not even twelve yet. Years old, your decisions are all illegal. Besides, Rurik will be the future leader, and the leader’s wife must be an excellent woman. What’s more, we don’t know God’s attitude yet. We have just completed the battle with Novgorod The marriage between Germany and Germany is now going to be married to a deer farmer? No! This won’t work..."
Viglia said negative words more than ten times in a row, and Otto couldn't get a word in, so he could only giggle awkwardly.
After Vilya's emotions recovered, he hurriedly explained: "Wise Priest, I can feel that you really love our Rurik. You don't have to worry. As a father, my son must marry him when he grows up. Daughters of other tribal leaders, I will take care of this myself. Regarding this deer herder girl, she is now Rurik’s servant.”
"Oh? Really?" Vilia's attitude was slightly calmer, "This is what Odin allowed."
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Chapter 75 Meeting the Priest
