Kamne, he would never have expected that the eldest lady of the White Tree Manor, where he originally lived, would be so submissive and groveling to her master.
Lilia, she is a noble woman! Every boy estimated that the daughters of the head of the estate would only marry the sons of the chiefs of other estates.
Obviously, his master is more noble. Similarly, there is another major change in Kamni's mentality!
Lilia knelt down to Rurik. Is that how a servant should behave? Although she is not a servant.
Since they all kneel down to show respect, if she kneels down, so does she. In the hometown of the Varyags, have their levels become the same?
In the past, Kamni was timid when facing the manor's family, but in order to survive, he needed to do menial tasks for the manor's family, such as dumping manure, picking up some firewood, and other tasks that children could do. Some food survives.
He originally felt that he could not face the noble women of the manor's family. Well now, facing the stronger ones, those noble ones have to kneel down obediently.
Although the time of contact is extremely short, I put on the shoes given by the master, live in the house and warm bed given by the master, and can eat as much food as the master gave me. In order to repay his master's kindness, Kamne secretly vowed to serve him with all his strength. Similarly, another thought came to his mind - being Rurik's dog is the greatest honor!
Seeing Lilia kneeling down, Kamne was very proud of her status as a servant.
But Kamni didn't know why he was called by his master and came to this magical blacksmith shop.
Now, after a glance with Lilia, Rurik faced Kawi and Klavason and formally explained his purpose.
He pulled the smug Camner in front of him, pinched his neck with his right hand, and said: "Clavason, this child is my servant. Now, I want to place him with you to learn how to blacksmith."
"What? Come to me to learn blacksmithing? Do you want him to be my son?!" Klavason said.
Rurik shook his head hastily, denying Klavasen's strange statement: "Why do you want to be your son? I asked him to be yours..."
Suddenly, Rurik thought that the concept of "student" does not exist among the Russians at present, nor does the concept of "apprentice".
Because tuet, a term that is completely common in Western and Northern Europe, originated from the Hanseatic League's name for guild apprentices hundreds of years later. It is a word that describes "young people who work hard to learn skills with extremely high demands". This word did not exist in older times.
After all, vocabulary is meant to be used in daily life.
Klavason explained that the so-called "being a son" is because blacksmiths and other craftsmen inherit their father's profession from son, and only sons will inherit their father's profession. There are also some boys who are willing to become such craftsmen. Basically, such boys will live as the sons of craftsmen.
After all, craftsmen generally believe in Thor, the god of craftsmen and technology. On the issue of inheritance, the craftsmen's ideas are indeed different from those of the warriors who believe in Odin.
Since there is no word for "student", Rurik simply "invented" the word "tuet" hundreds of years in advance and paid attention to it.
"You asked this boy named Kamne to be a tuet? That is to learn knowledge from me? Is this the only purpose?"
Rurik stepped forward. He felt that Klavasen's relationship with him was already very close. As one of his own, he should tell him the truth.
"I need this child to become a blacksmith. He will work only for me. In the future, I will continue to collect some boys and throw them to you. I hope you will train them all to be blacksmiths."
What Klavason heard was very strange. This kind of thing never existed before. He asked: "Am I going to teach a lot of children how to forge?"
"Of course, if you are willing, you can teach them everything including bronze casting, gold and silver inlay, carpentry, etc."
Klavason couldn't help but frown. He actually doubted whether he could do this well, because just training his son Kawei had put a lot of effort into him.
To Rurik, his frown was a form of embarrassment.
Could it be that Klavasen meant to refuse? That won't work!
Rurik took it for granted that if Klavasen refused, it meant that the money issue was not settled. Money! I have plenty.
Rurik put on a smile: "Uncle, I won't treat you badly if you help me. I will give you some benefits."
"Benefits? What benefits?!"
"Of course it's a benefit you won't refuse. Come on, can I come into your home and have a good chat?"
"Okay, welcome."
Rurik is a distinguished guest, and Klavason knows that this boy must have a kind side in his heart. It is incredible that he actually built a nice house for his servants. Likewise, he is also building a new residence for his family. Because of these things, all the carpenters in the tribe, including the shipbuilders and leatherworkers, have become very busy in recent days.
Including the "Blacksmith Guild" established by myself and my colleagues, everyone is making steel swords to complete unfinished orders in the past, and also taking time to make a batch of iron swords. Due to actual demand, the guild also deliberately raised the price of nails.
Rurik and his servants were sitting in Klavassen's dim home. This warm and somewhat dilapidated house did not give him a good feeling. Because I paid for the "Novgorod-style wooden house" to be built by myself, the walls and floors are made of very flat wood, making the internal living environment very clean.
People, once they get used to cleanliness, they often can't stand the clutter of the past.
After all, he was here to discuss important matters in the future, and Rurik would not say nonsense to the Klavasen family.
But in this house, Lilia, wearing a ferret fur coat, really looked like a little princess. It was her temperament that was most suitable for staying in a majestic castle, not this long house made of wood, stone, and meadow.
Here, Rurik explained his ministry intentions regarding "Apprentice".
He discussed his three conditions:
First: Every apprentice must study here for at least five years. During the study period, Rurik was responsible for the apprentice's meals, accommodation and other living issues.
Second: Apprentices need to participate in production during the semester, and the wealth they produce belongs to Klavathon.
Third: It is forbidden to abuse apprentices. When an apprentice is ill, Klavason must inform Rurik. If an apprentice has a negative attitude towards learning, Rurik will be responsible for the punishment.
Rurik did not mention the issue of tuition fees at all, but on this issue, anyone with a discerning eye can see that he has made a huge profit.
In the ancient East, the relationship between master and apprentice was a high-level existence second only to the relationship between father and son.
As the saying goes, once a teacher is always a father.
When an apprentice becomes a master, he has to kneel down and offer tea to his master, and he even has to sign a life and death certificate. The so-called apprentice breaks away from the original family and becomes the disciple of the master. During the period of study, all the apprentice's daily life is managed by the master.
In exchange, the apprentice works for the master during the period of study. Even in the first few years after "graduation", I had to continue working for the master for free.
This is to use the fruits of one's own labor to repay the food, accommodation, and high tuition fees during the semester.
Here, the life and death certificate between the master and the apprentice is the contract between the two parties.
Rurik felt that the "traditional master-apprentice relationship of craftsmen" in the East had a great relationship with the Mohist school of the Warring States Period.
In the ninth century West, the concept of the relationship between master and apprentice was still too new.
Rurik estimated that if he got ten more little boys, he would ask them to learn blacksmithing.
It's ridiculous to expect Klavason to take care of so many children on a day-to-day basis. The child's daily life has to be taken care of by himself as the owner, and only the study aspect is left to Clavarson.
"What do you think? You can think carefully." Rurik asked cautiously.
Klavason frowned, and his son Kawei, both of them were thinking deeply.
The two senior blacksmiths whispered a few words, but their attitudes were still hesitant. Regardless of whether it was good or bad, they had never experienced anything like this. Is it really appropriate to hand over the blacksmithing skills to an outsider, let alone a foreigner?
At this moment, the two of them had not thought about whether doing so would bring crisis to themselves. I don’t even understand the concept of “teaching a boy to starve me to death”.
Upon seeing this, Rurik immediately directed his attack at the girl wearing a ferret fur coat.
He coughed twice and asked in Old Slavic: "Sister Lilia, are there many little boys in your hometown who are still living in trouble?"
Rurik was speaking in honorifics again. Lilia, who thought their discussion had nothing to do with her, immediately sat up straight: "Yes, there are many little boys. If they... they can be your servants, It’s such an honor.”
"Like a poor kid like Kamne?"
"Yes."
"Okay." Rurik nodded deeply: "Maybe I should ask my father to go to your hometown in the autumn and bring back some boys. I need to train more blacksmiths."
Lilia, she married into Roseburg with the "strategic purpose" of revitalizing White Tree Manor. She was highly spiritual when it came to the blacksmith.
Rurik continued to encourage: "Go and tell your husband. I want your husband and your father (referring to father-in-law) to teach those children how to blacksmith. Your husband is a little hesitant. Please help me convince them."
Rurik was really happy to see the development of things.
Despite the language barrier, Lilia grabbed Kawi's arm and asked her husband to support Rurik's request with the few Norse words she knew.
"Rurik, what did you say to my wife? Look at her, she looks like a clingy puppy." Kawei was a little confused.
"I talked to her about blacksmithing. You see, she is asking you to support my decision. As a man, you must listen to your wife's opinion."
"Oh? That's true. Haha!" Kawei laughed wantonly: "I was a little hesitant at first, but now it seems that if I don't support it, she won't let me touch her body?"
Kawei agreed, and upon seeing this, Klavason, who was originally ambiguous, also agreed.
Still following the same old pattern, for this matter, Rurik made a written contract on a wooden board with two old guys.
At this time, Kamne had been sitting obediently, and he did not know that he had a new destination.
In the end, it was Rurik who patted Kamne on the shoulder and ordered: "You, crawl to the old man with the white beard and kneel down."
"As commanded."
Kamne had done a lot of groveling in her hometown. Only by surrendering to the strong can you get the food to survive. In the past, it was a courtesy to the manor head and his family, but now it is just a different one.
"Next..." Rurik stood up on his own, walked to the burning embers of the bonfire, scooped a spoonful of warm pine needle water with an iron spoon, and poured it into a glass that was no longer unusual in the Klavasen family.
He personally held the glass of water, handed it to the kneeling Kamni, and ordered it to be poured: "Kamni, from now on, this old man with the white beard will be like your father. Give him this glass of water. If he Drink, and you will establish this relationship. You will be my servant, and he will be your slave."
"T?" Kamne muttered weakly.
"Yes, that's t. Like your father. He will turn you into a blacksmith."
"Is this true?" Kamne knelt down suddenly. He really knew that the blacksmith was a noble existence. He finished the cup and raised it high. He looked at Klavason's face, his eyes full of expectation.
Klavasen looked puzzled, "Rurik, what kind of trick are you doing?"
"Hey, we need to at least establish a ritual."
"Ritual? Didn't we make the contract?"
Rurik shook his head hastily: "Our contract is ready. You and my servant must also have a contract. This contract no longer needs to be engraved on the wooden board. Let's do a ceremony, for example, worship my Kamne If you drink a glass of water, you recognize that he is your tuet. And he will call you "t" from now on. "
"Okay, that sounds good."
Of course, it felt good to be worshiped by others. Klavasen took the pine needle water and drank it in one gulp, and his big, calloused hands completely covered Kamni's head.
Klavasen also felt that he really needed a so-called apprenticeship ceremony, and the ceremony of kneeling and holding a glass to offer pine needle water was a ritual style that originated from the East. It is based on Rurik's Eastern apprenticeship ceremony, which was grafted directly into the Northern Europe in the ninth century without much change.
"Good boy, I will train you as much as possible. Hopefully, you can satisfy your master."
The words were spoken by Klavason in Norse. Even so, Kamni felt a warmth that was almost like family.
And Kamne, he followed a Norse saying that Rurik taught him by surprise, which goes like this: "I swear to Thor, the god of craftsmen, that I will become a good blacksmith."
Although the words were lame, Klavasen was overjoyed. Because he had never heard of another boy, other than his own son, saying that he aspired to become a blacksmith.
He was very pleased.
Kamne basically understood that his master ordered him to learn blacksmithing skills and become a noble blacksmith many years later. Things are really strange. Could it be that from now on, I and Lilia, the eldest lady of the manor, will be working in this blacksmith shop? It seems that there are many fellow villagers who want to take the Varyags' big ships and come here to become the master's servants. Maybe some of my playmates will be lucky enough to stay with me here? I want to chat with more like-minded people about "The Rise of Rurik", " ", chat about life, and find close friends~
