The content of Nanding's letter surprised the Vikings in the lord's longhouse, as well as the Angles who had gained trust and were able to attend the meeting.
In the past, although "Lord God" sent letters, they were all about crossing boundaries, prohibitions, and warnings.
Sometimes there are some unfriendly things attached, such as fingers, ears, etc.
"What is friendly communication?" asked a Viking.
"Just let your wife sleep in someone else's bed." Another Viking who never dealt with him laughed and scolded.
The man who was wearing a hat for no reason immediately threw the pottery cup in his hand over and almost made a move.
It wasn't until Shi Meng used the old leader's "crutch" to hit the ground a few times that the farce was brought back.
Everyone is making trouble, but once the leader speaks, they still know the importance.
Shi Meng hesitated to speak and looked at his wife beside him.
A Viking woman has a high status and can participate in meetings. In addition, her status is given by her wife. Whenever she encounters any problem, she will seek advice.
"Since the letter is not malicious, Shi Meng, let's take a look first."
"I remember that the White Eagle Territory is not that vast. Why is it suddenly bordering us?"
Oran rose too fast and controlled the entire county within a few months. Simon was still unaware of the huge changes that had taken place in Durham County, and still planned to deal with it with the same attitude towards the baron's power.
At the meeting of lords, in addition to this letter, there were also some scattered disputes. Shi Meng adjusted them one by one. Except for serious crimes such as murder, his judgments should be based on not causing harm to human life.
After waiting for the chores to be finished, he stood up and looked around, then raised his crutch and used it as a sword.
As they passed by, the Vikings in the front row felt a chill on their bodies.
Chief Shimon was also a notorious Viking warrior.
"Why are we here? You tell me."
Shi Meng pointed at a man, who replied, "To avoid endless conflicts."
Shi Meng pointed to another fatter man. The man took a sip of the special sour wine and replied, "I committed a crime and was expelled."
After asking the two people, Shi Meng said,
"I know many of you agree with what 'Inge' said today, but have you ever thought about whether you would survive if you really went to the battlefield? Would you have better luck than others?
We gathered here for various reasons to cultivate the land as hard as rocks and plant wheat seedlings.
Build a fence together to resist the enemy,
Here, some people bear the cross, and some bear Odin, but no one will force you to change your beliefs.
No one will bully you at will.
When we encounter problems, everyone solves them together. Maybe it’s not good enough here, but we continue to make progress. This is our home, and it will also be the home of your children in the future. "
After Shi Meng finished speaking, applause broke out, and most people raised their hands immediately to express their agreement.
But by convention, "all" freemen with access to the lord's longhouse had to agree.
Among the crowd, one person did not lift.
"Glock?" Shi Meng's wife "Flia" looked over and mentally prayed that this cousin would not cause trouble.
Shi Meng looked at this man and said, "What do you think?"
Glock leaned in the corner, picked up the wine bag and drank it. He didn't respond to the cow's neck until the whole bag of wine was finished.
"Chief Shi Meng, if what you said is correct, then as more and more people become more and more people, we will become poorer and poorer?
This was not the case when the old leader was here. Our range of activities extends from Edinburgh in the north to the border of King Ella's castle in the south. Who is not afraid of us?
Even King Ragnar knows that there is a powerful descendant of Odin in England!
Today, those two fleeing Danes dared to laugh at you, but you were afraid, let them go, and even gave them food? In a few years, no one will respect us, including you, my leader. "
"Father said that division is the beginning of destruction." Fulia stood up and took off the cloth from her face.
This is proof of bravery when a fire broke out in the settlement thirteen years ago. Fulia, a child less than half a person tall, rushed into the longhouse and brought out her cousin Glock, who was one year older than her and was choked by smoke.
This injury made Glock feel distressed all his life, but in the end he reluctantly raised his hand and agreed.
But my heart is getting more and more irritable...
After the discussion, Shi Meng asked someone to bring out the food, "Praise everything, let us enjoy these together."
People in the longhouse have no pursuits. They only care about Shi Meng in everything. As long as they have wine to drink and bread to eat, that's enough.
Glock felt the noise and got up to leave the lord's longhouse.
As soon as she walked out of the door, Freya followed her with a full belly and raised a glass of ale.
This was a signal for Glock to return to the house.
"The baby is about to be born. Shi Meng and I hope he can bring good luck to all of us. Glock, don't blame anyone. You know how much Shi Meng has paid for peace."
"In the past, I drank every glass of wine you brought me. This time, I can't drink it. We used to be wolves, but now we have become sheep. In a few years, we will not even be as good as dogs!"
"Glock, you!"
"Flia, when my uncle was still here, he told me that he wanted me to marry you, but I refused at that time... because I felt that I was not worthy of you. That time, I was frightened by the fire, and my brother was in my A wooden pillar was smashed down in front of me, and I didn't dare to save him. I watched him being burned alive!
When I saw your injury, I always thought of him and was in great pain... Later, I vowed not to be weak or afraid anymore!"
Freya didn't know what to say. She had once thought about marrying the cousin she had grown up with, but her father finally told her that Glock had no intention of doing so.
After that, I never cried again.
Glock made up his mind and said, "As a leader, I look down on Shi Meng, but as a husband, he is a good man!"
After saying that, Glock walked a few hundred steps, disappeared into the night, and finally returned to his longhouse.
After a while, he packed his bags, took a horse, and left quietly in the dark.
He didn't want to wait to die, and his premonition became stronger and stronger.
He is not afraid, he wants to accumulate new strength to protect everything.
Over the years, he has followed new and old leaders into battles, and many people have received his favor. With a wave of his arms, at least thirty or forty people will follow him.
But this would destroy unity, and he didn't want to have a conflict with his sister's man.
Things are always so wonderful.
Shi Meng came here alone and got everything in the end.
Glock was once the heir, but had to leave alone.
When he came to his senses, he had already walked far away, and after another night, he actually met the Yingge people who had left earlier.
He followed the footsteps on horseback and soon came to a few people.
Alger recognized him and initially thought he was sent by Shi Meng to "hunt" him. However, seeing Glock alone, he asked, "Are you here to join us?"
Seeing that Glock still didn't respond, Inge became alert and prepared to take action.
Glock did have murderous intentions, but because he was unsure, he changed his words, "I am very interested in your plan. If you can take it by force, why bother to work hard."
Alger endured the pain and laughed, "This is the wisest decision you have ever made in your life... Let's go find Bardo the Golden Tooth. He controls a seaport and has a ship in his hands."
"You want to go back to Denmark?" Glock asked.
Alger only said, "Follow me."
Along the way, Alger deliberately brought up the topic of Shi Meng to observe Glock's reaction.
"He is a coward and does not deserve to go to the Hall of Valor anymore. Death on a woman's bed is his final destination."
Glock was tired of hearing this, but in order to win the trust of others, he also slandered Shi Meng.
Two days later, their group finally entered another Viking settlement - the location of Bardo the Golden Tooth.
In terms of people, Jinya and Shi Meng's settlements have about the same number of people, both with nearly 2,000 people. However, the combat effectiveness of his subjects is significantly higher than that of Shi Meng.
Because they still believe in "taking by force."
Because of this, "Earl the Stingy", who had a population of nearly 10,000, was defeated steadily.
Glock was very familiar with gold teeth, and he knew that this neighbor only saw profit.
Jin Ya's territory headquarters is in a mountain fortress, from a high position, monitoring the surrounding area.
Looking around, the northern mountains in the distance have some snow that has not melted, but it is almost May and it is not very cold anymore.
But when he entered Jinya's castle, he met the Viking leader sitting on an animal skin seat.
The golden-toothed smile made Glock feel that winter was not over yet.
Alger walked over on crutches and wanted to hug Jinya.
Glock secretly cursed that he shouldn't have listened to Shi Meng earlier in the settlement and should have killed these people directly!
"Welcome, Alger and Inge from Denmark. Even though I haven't been back to Denmark for three years, I still know that there are many powerful new warriors among the Danes, and among them you two are the most outstanding."
After exchanging pleasantries, Jinya's eyes moved to Glock. The two knew each other and had even fought against each other.
Now that you are on the pirate ship, you will fight to the end.
Glock said, "Long time no see, Bardo, it turns out you're not dead yet."
After the friendly opening remarks, Glock remained calm in the face of Bardo's men who surrounded him.
"I can draw many people from the Shimeng settlement. I also have friendships with the leaders of the Danfa District further north in Edinburgh and can be responsible for contacting them.
Kill me, you are just multiple 'skulls' that can be used as balls to kick,
If you stay with me, you won't have to stay in this mountain fortress. "
Glock is confident and must be confident.
Vikings hate cowards, so even if they pretend to be cowards, they must pretend to be fearless.
"What do you want?" Jinya became interested, and the words suited him very well.
"Everything Shi Meng owns is mine."
"Felia too?" Jinya laughed. As an old rival, he also knew a little secret.
"Kill Shi Meng, and I will be the child's father!"
Glock's words are enough.
At this time, a new Viking alliance came to England.
"Golden Tooth" Baldo provides local force.
"Sword Wolf" Alger and "Big Bear" Inge contacted Denmark and their partners who invaded Kent.
"Young" Glock led people to recruit his former subordinates and coordinate with surrounding forces.
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Two days after Glock entered the Golden Teeth territory, it was also the same day that Nanding's envoy prepared to enter the "outer settlement" of Niu Neck.
Oran is among them.
He had previously sent someone to deliver a small gift, mainly thirty wooden plows, five carts of wheat, and wool that could be made into fifty pieces of clothing.
This was a list of gifts that Olan had made up at the last minute after finding out that Shi Meng wanted peace and encouraged his people to farm and give up the idea of taking things by force.
This morning, Olan dressed up again, crushed the black coal, and soiled his golden hair.
Cover up this sun-blonde hair.
After that, his face was smeared with mud and he was wearing ordinary coarse clothes.
Wearing tight pants and tattered leather boots, he hid in the team.
To put it in layman's terms, he has changed from a "beautiful boy" to a "rough and smelly boy".
The leading nobleman is Nanding, who is in the middle of the team.
During this meeting, Olan assigned him a luxurious battle lineup.
Fifty heavy infantrymen were interspersed among the ranks, all with long swords, soft armor, and short knives.
There are also twenty longbowmen following at the end, and twenty light infantry armed with short axes and small shields to protect the longbowmen.
Twenty long-horsemen, five heavy cavalry, and fifteen light cavalry.
The heavy cavalry also had three pieces of chain mail from Frank.
A full force of one hundred and thirty people was dispatched.
This is what Olan wants to show to Niu Neck. The White Eagle Neck has enough power to control peace on the border, so that it can take the initiative in the subsequent talks.
This meeting was held in an open plain, which was the outermost settlement in the territory controlled by Niu Jing.
The population here is sparse, but there are many longhouses, more than fifty.
There used to be hundreds of people living here, but due to the war, they were attacked by Ella, Vikings, and Durham, and 80% of the population disappeared.
It had been less than three months since Niu Jing had reoccupied the place and the place had not yet been built up.
Adhering to the idea of "seeing is not as good as hearing", Olan took care of everything and assessed that the risk was very small before coming in person.
In addition to these more than a hundred people, Oran also ordered Ladd and Armand to pull out fifty people each to build a new sentry tower and simple wooden fort northwest of Durham so that they could quickly support the border in the future.
These one hundred people were less than a day's journey away from him, which made the danger even smaller.
Within the queue, Titan and four soldiers separated Oran from the other soldiers, forming a human wall.
In order to be afraid of the battle ax falling from the sky, the soldiers in the front row of Oran must pay attention to holding their small shields high at all times.
"Layers of protection, interconnected, everyone protects me, this is the lord."
Nanding was accompanied by a border smuggler as a guide.
As he walked, he told Nanding, "Sir, news came yesterday that the "young man" had rebelled."
"Who is that?"
"Glock, the second-in-command of the Cow Neck settlement."
"Still a child?"
"No, he became famous very early. At the age of thirteen, he made a contribution to the 'Ten Man Killer'. He got this nickname because of his handsome face and compared with those tough guys. It should have changed over time.
Unexpectedly, ten years later, Glock's face has hardly changed and is still the same as before, so the nickname now only refers to appearance. "
"Without him, what impact will it have on our trip?"
"Good thing. This man has always hated negotiating terms with us Anglos and Saxons. When Niu Jing wanted to surrender to His Majesty the King, there were several conflicts at the border. Rumor has it that he is one of the leaders. His nickname coincides with His means are inversely proportional!
To the Vikings, he was a boy herding sheep, but to us, he was a man-eating wolf!"
Nanding was only a dozen steps away from Oran, and Oran could hear their conversation.
He heard nothing disturbing. In this era, anyone who can fight a little and has a higher status will hear all kinds of strange rumors.
I am the best example.
Recently, border merchants traveling to and from the territory have also received news that in the Royal Court of Ella, there is a huge white eagle in their territory. When it spreads its wings and vibrates, its sound is like a big bell, reminding people of the time.
This probably comes from the fact that Olan wanted craftsmen to come up with a mechanical hourglass that could tell time and calculate time.
In the end, it spread somehow, and it became even more outrageous.
Being accustomed to riding horses, Olan could only walk on his legs, and the team had to coordinate and stop and go.
It took half a day to arrive at the agreed place.
