"Now that we're friends, we should have a few drinks tonight!"
Although Tang Ping and the others did not take the wine with them at the dock, they used some other fruits to make some fruit wine after they went to the island.
It's a little worse than wine, but in this era of scarcity of wine, it's still very popular.
The ten jars of wine brought up during dinner received cheers from the Vikings.
The Vikings, who had been crushed by force during the day, felt that they could regain their place in the wine shop and took out all the wine they had collected.
As a result, they were still no match for the Tang warriors in terms of drinking capacity.
There is no other way. Now Lao Cui and his group are following Tang Ping in the Tang Dynasty, and they drink basically 52-proof modern wine.
The alcohol content of this kind of fruit wine and the vikings' inferior wine was just like drinking beverages to them.
The Viking children all took the opportunity to come over and drink some fruit wine, all of them blushing.
When they heard that Tang Ping came from thousands of miles away, they asked Tang Ping to tell them a story.
The Vikings actually loved telling stories and making up stories. Their stories were always very magical and exaggerated, such as someone killing a wild boar as big as a house; a certain housewife milking a thousand cows in one day.
The logic of the Vikings goes like this: the merits worth describing are not what has been done, but what can be done.
Tang Ping was surrounded by a group of children. He thought for a while and said, "Let me tell you a Viking mythology story!"
Hearing what Tang Ping said, all the children quickly sat down and pricked up their ears.
"Thor, you know, right?"
"I know!" The children pointed at Sol, who was drinking and blushing over there.
"It's not this Thor, it's the Thor in Asgard. He is the God of Thunder in Asgard and controls the power of thunder and lightning. However, due to his youth and recklessness, Thor lost the magnanimity and patience of the emperor. , and kindness!”
Then he was exiled to our land by his father Odin...
Tang Ping modified the story of Thor from Marvel and told it to these children.
Not only these children, but also the women of the Karl family and some young people also listened attentively.
Nordic mythology has been passed down orally through poetry since BC, so everyone probably knows Asgard and Odin, but they have definitely never heard of stories like Thor.
Although Marvel movies don't have much connotation, the personal heroism in them is still very popular here.
Everyone cheered when they heard that Thor once again picked up Thor's hammer and gained the power of Thor.
"Don, you tell stories too often!"
"That's right, let's talk about it again!"
"Where's Loki? Did Thor just let him go?"
After telling a story, Tang Ping's status in the Karl clan was greatly improved, and everyone who was still awake came to surround him.
Sol sat up straight from the ground, looked at Tang Ping and asked doubtfully: "Who? Who is calling my name?"
Then he fell down again!
Tang Ping was so entangled by the Vikings of the Karl tribe that he had no choice but to retell the stories he knew about Thor and Thor one after another.
When Tang Ping got up the next day, he walked out of the tent and saw several children running around holding wooden hammers they made, shouting, "I am Thor."
Thor rubbed his head and asked strangely: "Why do the children here say they are me?"
"Hahahaha!" Eriksson came over at this time, his red beard twitching with his laughter.
"Thor, when you will return to Asgard, you must tell us in advance!" He patted Thor, who had become a Menggu man, and said to Tang Ping: "Don, Karldottir invites you to come over."
Tang Ping stretched and nodded and said, "Okay, let's go."
When I came to the small square where I had dinner yesterday, I found that Carldottir was instructing the young people in the clan on fighting techniques.
Only then did Tang Ping know that Karldottir could become the leader of the Karl clan not only because she was the daughter of the previous clan leader, but also because she was the number one warrior in the clan.
Tang Ping believed this statement when he saw her exposed biceps that were almost as thick as his own thighs.
"Tang!" Seeing Tang Ping coming, Karldottir asked the others to take a rest, and then said: "Early this morning, I have asked people to send letters to other tribes. I believe there will be a reply soon, and the tribe meeting may also be held in advance. It will be held. There will be a test for you, so you’d better be prepared in advance!”
Tang Ping shrugged: "I don't even know the content of the test, how can I prepare in advance?"
It would be good to hold a tribal meeting in advance.
And since Karldottir could send someone to send a message to facilitate this matter, it also shows that she is very willing to support Tang Ping.
"Haha, the test should test your courage, wisdom and strength!" Karldottir said with a sly smile: "But just like Thor, no one knows what the test is before it comes."
"Okay!" Tang Ping spread his hands: "Then we can only cover it with water and soil, and block it with soldiers. Anyway, we are already prepared to face all tests."
"Water will cover us, will we be blocked by troops? Tang, your nation is indeed a nation rich in culture!"
The two chatted for a while, Karldottir began to retrain the tribesmen, and Tang Ping returned to his tent.
I thought I could finish here quickly and move on to the next place, but I didn't expect that these Vikings still had a certain social system.
However, as long as he passes their test at the tribal conference, he will naturally be able to complete the task at once.
After asking Saul, he didn't know what kind of test it would be, but he was very interested in the story Tang Ping told yesterday.
I deeply regretted why I drank so much yesterday and didn't hear such a wonderful story. I pestered Tang Ping to ask him to tell it again.
After staying with the Kal tribe for almost eight days, the Vikings who had gone out to deliver the message finally came back. Tang Ping and the others happened to be having lunch with everyone, and the Viking ran back and shouted loudly: "Karldottir, everyone is willing to hold a tribal meeting in advance!!"
Karldottir should have expected such a result, but he was relatively calm and just told Tang Ping and the others to have a good rest today and set off early tomorrow morning.
The next day they set off by boat. It was not the sailboat brought by Tang Ping and others, but the Vikings' own small boat. It was very similar to the ones seen in movies and TV shows. The hull was very narrow, but not as gorgeous as in the movies and TV shows. .
When a tribe has trouble even eating, they don't have so much time and energy to decorate.
We took a small boat like this and drove for a day, rested in the wild for a night, and set off again the next day. We drove for most of the day, then walked ashore for a while, and finally arrived at the place where they held the tribal meeting at dark time.
"Karldottir, is this the alien you are talking about??"
"Yes, Elder Leif, he is Don, and he speaks Viking very well, so you can communicate directly."
"Hello, Elder Leif, I am Tang from Tang State!" Tang Ping said, "Nice to meet you."
"Wow, your Viking language makes me think you are a Viking!" Leif praised in amazement: "I'm glad to see you too."
The two were brought into a large room with many burning braziers inside. It was thought that this place would be their Viking tribal meeting.
There were many Vikings sitting on the chairs in front. Elder Leif asked Tang Ping and Karldottir to sit down as well, and then he said:
"I have heard from Karldottir about your matter. To be honest, we are very tempted by your proposal."
Tang Ping knew that since he said that, there must be a but.
Sure enough, Elder Leif continued: "But these are the last of our clansmen, and we need to know that you do have the wisdom and strength to lead them to overthrow the rule of Wessex."
Here, this is about their test of themselves. Judging from the expressions of others, these Vikings should have already discussed it before they came.
Logically speaking, Tang Ping was here to help them, but from the Vikings' perspective, if they listened to Tang Ping and accepted his help, then they would give almost half of their youth to Tang Ping.
These young Vikings are the future and hope of the Vikings, so if they want to hand over young people from their own tribe to Tang Ping, they will naturally test him.
"It just so happens that a group of cunning snow wolves appeared in the east this time. Tang, we hope you can defeat them to prove yourself."
"Elder Leif!" Before Tang Ping could speak, Carldóttir said: "Snow wolves are the most cunning and ferocious animals on this continent. Even white bears are no match for them. Tang and the others only have more than ten people. This The test is a little too unfair."
Tang Ping was a little confused: "Are you fighting the snow wolves?"
In his opinion, no matter how ferocious and cunning a wolf is, how can it possibly be an opponent of a fully armed human being?
"It's not just that!" Karldottir explained to Tang Ping: "This is the most difficult snow wolf trial among all trials. Those who participate in the trial can only bring food for one day, and then they have to start tracking and killing The trial must be completed if enough snow wolves die."
After listening to Karldottir's detailed explanation, Tang Ping finally understood. The difficulty of this trial was not to kill the snow wolf, but to survive and then find the snow wolf.
"Karldottir, I know this trial is difficult, but isn't it difficult to overthrow the rule of Wessex?? We have been fighting them for more than ten years, but we have never won. Our people are getting worse and worse. The less!”
"The first time I saw Tang, I liked young people like him, because although his eyes were cunning, they hid innocence. I can't be wrong about people! I think he can complete the trial."
Tang Ping didn't believe anything like looking into his own eyes. Since there was such a trial, he wanted to give it a try. At worst, if it failed, he would think of another way.
"Elder Leif, I am very willing to accept this trial from you, but you should know that I am from another place and I am too unfamiliar with the terrain here, so for the sake of fairness, can I let a few Vikings Join my team?"
Leif and some other tribal leaders looked at each other, communicated in a low voice, then nodded and said:
"Yes, but the number is limited to three people!"
"Deal!" Tang Ping agreed.
"Then please Tang and your people have a good rest tonight, we will start the trial early tomorrow morning!!"
There was no red tape in this clan meeting, and it seemed like it was here specifically to test Tang Ping.
Tang Ping was right. Although these tribes were usually in contact with each other, everyone lived in their own territories, and there was nothing that needed too much discussion.
This time it was really just to test him.
The Vikings here also want to leave this bitter cold land, but they also want to make sure that leaving with Tang Ping will not bring disaster to the future of the tribe.
Fortunately, these Vikings still knew that when guests came, they would treat them to dinner.
In the evening, Tang Ping and the others were treated to a sumptuous dinner.
"In the end, the trial is about killing wolves?" Lao Cui and the others were a little disdainful after hearing Tang Ping's explanation.
Many people here are also excellent hunters. In their opinion, killing a few wolves is not an easy task.
"It's not that simple, Lao Cui. Carldottir said that the snow wolves are very large. The number can even reach sixty, and the size is extremely large."
"How big can a wolf be?" Lao Cui didn't understand.
Tang Ping thought about the wolf skin that Karldottir pointed out to him at the tribal meeting and said: "It is almost two meters long, weighs close to 70 kilograms, and is close to one meter high when lying on the ground. And it’s extremely fast and very powerful.”
Tang Ping didn't expect the wolf to be so big at first. The wolf in his impression was about the size of a husky, and because it lived in the wild, it would be thinner.
The giant wolf Fenrir in Norse mythology is probably based on this kind of snow wolf.
Lao Cui and the others occasionally saw wolves in the country and shot them during hunting, but they had never seen such a big wolf.
"Hey, it's a pity that I don't have many bullets, otherwise it would be one shot at a time." Xue Rengui said with some regret.
"This time our weapons are only bows and arrows and our long knives. The most difficult thing is how to find their traces in the wild and follow them." Tang Ping said: "The developed sense of smell of these wolves will definitely allow them to discover us first, and Once they realize we are outnumbered, they may flee."
"So everyone, think of any way to lure the wolf out!"
Tang Ping believed that in terms of combat power, no matter how huge those wolves were, they would not be a match against the elite guards around him.
What's more, they also have various attack methods such as bows and arrows. The difficult thing is how to fight against these cunning snow wolves.
PS: I watched a Weibo competition with my friends today and won three to zero. Then I had dinner with my friends, so there are only four chapters and 10,000 words. I will add more tomorrow.
