The conversation with the Viking chieftain, although there was an interpreter in between, but Count Don Jr. had to say that it was actually quite pleasant. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

If you exclude the bloodthirsty and violent character of the Vikings, who wield knives and axes at every turn, in fact, the Vikings are still very easy to get along with. Because of the harsh conditions of Scandinavia, each tribe had to unite to survive the desolate and cold winters, so the Vikings would treat their brother with all their heart, even willingly, if they thought you were his brother.

Therefore, there will never be a fool who jumps out and yells at an axe, and then the two sides start fighting, and if there is such a scourge, the Viking leader will not take him out to sea, or kill him while he is at sea.

What's more, this Viking leader is a rare wise man.

The wisdom of the Vikings means that this person is cunning enough, and calm enough.

If the fight continues, there will be no good results for both sides, although the Viking side can wipe out the side of Count Xiao Tang, but they will also be killed and injured at least half, which means that they will not have enough strength to rob the monastery, which means that the entire tribe will starve to death this winter.

But if they talk about collecting the ransom, they must have a person with sufficient weight as a guarantee, otherwise Count Tang and they will never return, wouldn't it be a waste of time?

As a result, the Viking leader identified and asked Count Don Jr. to stay as a hostage.

"Lord Earl! Left and right are just a death! Let me kill them to the end! ”

Hearing this request, the knights were furious, as if a tiger had blown up its hair, and everyone clenched their swords with a 'Zheng' sound, as long as Count Xiao Tang gave an order, they would send Count Xiao Tang out safely regardless of their lives.

On the other side, seeing that Count Tang moved his knife on his side, the Vikings immediately raised their axes nervously, and the form changed in an instant - don't forget, their leader is still in front of the knights!

It is said that at this time, it is also possible to directly attack and capture the Viking leader, although it is very likely that the Viking leader will simply commit suicide, and then Count Tang will be torn to pieces by the angry Viking warriors......

"Calm down!"

Count Tang Xiao said angrily: "What a big deal! It's just going to stay for three or four days, how much can it be, what are you anxious about?! ”

"Your Excellency, this is an insult! This is the greatest insult to us! If you can't keep you safe as your knights, what do we need us to do? ”

The knights were indignant, they even wanted to dig out their hearts to show Count Xiao Tang, in order to prove their loyalty to the sun and the moon, maybe we were a little sorry for you at the beginning, but since we are all dead to you now, this matter of life and death, do not ask to die in the same year, month and day, only ask us to die before you!

However, Count Xiao Tang seemed to be a little unappreciative, he looked at the Viking leader helplessly, and the leader only made a gesture of spreading his hands, meaning that he would solve his own affairs.

Therefore, the favorability is too high, and sometimes it is indeed a thing.

"Stop! Am I a count or are you a count? Listen to me! ”

As a last resort, Count Xiao Tang could only take out the majesty of being an earl and forcibly ordered: "Have you forgotten the injuries of Knight Wade?" Give me all back! The knights of Alcobar stayed with me, priest Philip, you listen to me, you go back with the knights, and then come back quickly, you know? ”

"Yes, I follow your orders."

Priest Philip bowed deeply and said with great obedience, from the beginning, this priest never believed that Count Xiao Tang would die here, as a demon, a demon that could crawl out of the flame hell, how could he die under the sword of mortals?

Now the knights are out of line, the knight with the highest prestige personally accompanies the little Count Tang, and the second highest prestige is Priest Philip, and now Priest Philip personally leads them back, and now they have nothing to say.

"That'...... You...... We will definitely be back soon! ”

With tears in their eyes, the knights could only say this, and then they put away their swords, lifted their stretchers, and walked away one step at a time.

At this time, I only heard the Viking chief say a few more words to the slave, and the slave nodded vigorously, and then turned back to the little Count Tang and said: "The patriarch said that you can have such a loyal knight, he really envied you, and he asked you if you could speak Greek, so that he could talk to you personally."

Count Don Jr. and the Knights of Olcobar face each other shyly, Greek! I didn't expect this pirate to be quite literate, this is the language of the Eastern Roman Empire far away in the east, to be honest, Count Tang shouldn't be able to.

"The patriarch said that it was a pity, he used to be a soldier in the Varyag Guard of the Eastern Roman Empire, so he knows a little Greek, now, please come with him."

Count Don Jr. suddenly understood, the Varyag Guard, this is a tradition of Vikings, when the Vikings came to the city of Constantinople, the Eastern Roman Emperor paid a huge ransom and directly hired all these Norsemen. From then on, if a Viking warrior had not joined the Varyag Guard, he would not be a qualified Viking.

The Viking leader spoke politely and acted politely, and a group of Viking warriors did not tie the Count Don and the Knights of Alcobar in the middle, but let them walk at the end, walking with the patriarch as if they were guests, not captives.

Anyway, there are only two people on the left and right, just run, where can they run in this big swamp?

It was terrifying to cross the long swamp full of traps - the Earl of Don finally knew why no one had ever been able to reach the end of this swamp, and he was beeping like a labyrinth, but it was terrifying that these Vikings had been able to drive straight into it, and how many times they had been here, and how familiar they had been.

Now, however, Count Don did not have the energy to remember the road he had traveled, and the unexpected enthusiasm of the Viking leader was enough for him to be busy parrying.

"The patriarch said that he used to envy you as a respected nobleman, you live in a warm and fertile place, living a life of fine clothes and food every day, and he and his people have to fight with the giant bear in the ice and snow in order to grab a bite of meat to eat, so when he was young, he especially hated people like you, once he captured a captive, he never left a whole corpse, but as he grew older, the burden on his shoulders was heavy, and he changed little by little."

That's it, the Viking leader said a word, the slave translated a word, and the chatter was endless, and the little Count Tang had to make a gesture of careful listening, but thanks to this, he understood many of the stories of this Viking leader.

For example, the Viking chief's name is Olaf, yes, the mad dog Olaf, which is actually quite a road name in Northern Europe, but the name stands for 'terrifying power'. Olaf was once the heir of a large tribe - now he is the patriarch.

In 1066, the Norman invasion, King Harald III of Norway took almost all the adult Viking warriors of Norway to the battlefield, but the result was a big defeat, Olaf's father and the tribesmen did not come back, a large tribe that was thriving in a blink of an eye had a decay, Olaf who was serving in the Varyag Guard received the news, and hurriedly rushed back with his personal guards, but it was still a step too late, his tribe had been broken by another neighboring tribe, and the tribe did not have a single dozen.

Don't underestimate the battle between the Vikings, it's far more brutal than anyone thinks - if two Viking ships without any covenant meet, then only if all the people on one ship die, and the people on the other ship can declare themselves victorious, no one knows how this tradition came about, but it is like it, it has been passed down for hundreds of years.

After Olaf became the patriarch, he devoted himself to the construction of the tribe, but how easy it was, in Northern Europe, a tribe with few adult men and no material reserves (which had been robbed) was almost certain to die.

However, Olaf survived, just as he had told Count Don before, and he led the rest of the men to hunt the bear, the fur of the Norse bear always fetched a good price from the merchants, and the bear's head was also a kind of honor, the nobles liked this flashy thing the most, and the meat of the bear could be traded for some seeds, or clothing for the cold.

In such an ordeal, Olaf began to mature little by little, became steady, and scheming, originally he thought that life could go on like this, the younger generation of children will soon grow up, but last year's Nordic sudden snowstorm, flooded all the crops in the tribe, and froze to death many cattle and sheep, the tribe really can't hold on, he can only take the precious people, risk their lives to do this lifeless business.

And the reason why Olaf is willing to say so much to Count Don is that he himself has 'not spoken to people in the civilized world for a long time, and he has almost forgotten this taste', but according to Count Don Jr......

This wise patriarch is trying to win him over.

First of all, you can deny the fact that you are 'forced to come out and rob as a last resort', if you really have to, how can you be so familiar with the road of this swamp, and you are not wrong at all? Are you a fool to me?

However, for other things, Count Xiao Tang thinks that eighty percent of them are likely to be true, after all, the highest level of lying is nine parts true and one point false.

And the purpose of the Olaf patriarch to win over Count Don is very clear: that's five hundred gold coins! Five hundred! As I said before, although it seems to be a small amount of money now, when Desmond was the poorest in the past, it was less than two hundred a year after tax!

The economic base determines the military strength, and if there is so much money, the force must not be much worse, and the Olaf patriarch really cherishes the lives of his warriors, and he definitely does not want to solve it by force if there is a peaceful solution. What's more, the Olaf patriarch started by trading with merchants, how much the fur of a Norse giant bear sells for in the merchants, and how much can the merchants sell to the nobles, he has inquired carefully, and since then he understands how strong the purchasing power of a nobleman is, and a nobleman, especially a rich nobleman, has a good relationship, and in the future, there will be a large amount of goods to buy, then just pull it here, no longer have to be exploited by the merchant.

As for the conflict just now, I haven't said anything about the dead people on my side, as long as he serves the nobles well, didn't he forget it all at once?

Thinking of this, Count Xiao Tang immediately realized, no wonder this patriarch was so polite, it turned out that he really had a request for him!

At this time, I have to sigh, it's good to be rich.

In the midst of such conversations, and through a narrow road overgrown with bushes, the Vikings' campsite was finally reached.