Chapter 5 One Family Will Be Destroyed
Nala sat not far away, watching her husband angry, and she wondered how she had been blind to find such a fool. Could it be that in addition to fighting and killing the enemy on the battlefield, his heart will not move appropriately? Could it be that his head is not an ornament?
"Alas! You...... Do you really think that apart from Ramqvist, no other trouble will come your way? Do you think that our son Evan organized the training of the people in the winter, and attacked Vincent's territory in spite of the bitter cold, just to get revenge? ”
Nala was so angry that her teeth itched, and a pair of beautiful eyes glared at Olaf, and she straightened up angrily and said loudly.
"Am I wrong? Didn't Evan go to get revenge on everyone? Do we have any other problems than the legacy of Ramqvist's death? How do I not know the way? Didn't Evan already make Ramqvist's three sons die and not care about us? ”
Olaf heard Nala's sneer, and asked the crowd with an unconvinced expression.
In his mind, the tribe really didn't pose a threat at the moment. Ramqvist's sons called Evan the only three left, and now they were evenly matched, and they were still killing each other in the dark, as is a well-known thing in the Navian Peninsula. Everyone is talking about their civil strife after tea and dinner, and I heard the news that they can't tell the difference between victory and defeat in a year and a half, so there is no need to worry about it at all.
As for the other troubles, he really didn't think that he wanted to kill those enemies now, and when the ice and snow melted in the spring, he would go to the British Peninsula to plunder after planting crops, which was what he was interested in.
"You're such an idiot! Can you stop talking? ”
Seeing Olaf, who was as unconvinced as a child, Nala felt powerless. It's really hard to meet such a person who has no brains for half his life, and it's really hard to get him to change, and Nala feels that way now.
"Father, Mother, let me tell you! It seems that I need to tell you about the current situation. ”
Seeing Olaf, who didn't understand the current situation, and Nala, who was extremely angry, Evan felt funny in his heart, he didn't dare to let Olaf continue to talk nonsense, and the result of letting him continue to talk was Nala's outburst.
"I think that probably many people here, including most of the clansmen, must be more or less dissatisfied with my arrangement, and this is also to blame for not making it clear to everyone, this is my responsibility, I first apologize to everyone here, and then now I will tell you about the troubles we may encounter next."
Evan was very humble, first expressing understanding of everyone's opinions, and then admitting his mistakes.
He had to do this, don't look at him as a lord, but he was still very young, and everyone sitting there was older and more experienced than him, and his adoptive father and adoptive mother were also among them, so the first sentence was a bit of an apology.
"Don't say that, my lord, we will carry out all your decisions."
Hearing Evan say this, everyone felt a little restless, they looked at each other, their eyes showed a brief surprise, including Nala and Olaf didn't expect Evan to say this, among them, Sanchez was the first to stand up, and said sincerely to Evan without thinking.
It's no wonder that everyone is so shocked, it's the early Middle Ages, the concept of hierarchy is very strict, the lord who is high is the king of his own territory, even if the lord is wrong, he won't give any explanation, let alone apologize, Evan's approach is something they haven't thought about before, so everyone feels panicked and uncomfortable.
"Okay, don't be so nervous, my mistake is my mistake, I didn't explain it to everyone. I didn't say it before because I didn't know if the plan would be successful, so I didn't say it, but now that the matter has been done, there is nothing more that I can't say, and I still need your full support, so I have to make it clear to everyone. ”
Evan nodded to everyone and raised his hand for Sanchez to sit down, explaining with a smile on his face.
"Actually, I know that Lu Dao is not only my father, but it is difficult for everyone here to understand why I want to spare those who have enmity with the tribe, and not only that, but also take them in without killing them."
Seeing that everyone was sitting in a precarious position, Evan first voiced the doubts in the hearts of everyone present.
"Actually! As we all know, our population is not large, and we can only be regarded as the bottom of the medium-sized tribes, and there are many more powerful tribes than us in this land.
Although everyone thinks that I have been in this position for a short time, and there has been no friction with other territories, it stands to reason that they should not take the initiative to provoke us, I wonder if everyone thinks so? ”
As his words fell, Evan spoke before anyone else could speak.
"Don't talk yet, listen to me."
See what Albert wants to say? Evan interrupted him first.
"Do you know the truth? Ever since we returned from our voyage, I have been worried that this new route we have mastered will bring us a powerful enemy as well as abundant resources.
How do you think other leaders would have reacted when they heard this? Do they sincerely wish us joy for us, or do they want to raise their butcher's knives to kill us and take our course? ”
Evan's words made the expressions on the faces of everyone except Nala and Albert become more and more gloomy, and they all thought of an important question, those greedy and cunning leaders, after hearing this news, they will definitely not be able to sit still, they will definitely try to get this line.
"I think you can already think about what they will do next, not that I am selfish and don't want to share the wealth with them, but that they are willing to share it with us who are weaker at that time.
I think that at any time, only strong forces can have the possibility of common dialogue and even cooperation, and if we were to follow our previous population and combat strength, those neighbors who were stronger than us would never respect us, and they would talk to us with swords like robbers.
Because we are not equal to their strength in their eyes, it means that we have no qualifications to negotiate terms or share with them, and if we do not accept their threats, I think everyone understands the consequences. ”
As soon as his words ended, everyone's faces couldn't help but turn pale, with a look of shock and panic. Evan couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, these people are definitely good at charging into battle, but when it comes to thinking with their brains, it is their shortcoming, thinking of this, Evan can't help but sigh in his heart.
"Then my lord, you want to subdue those captives and increase our strength?"
Harriet asked Evan what was on everyone's minds.
Their shock is not difficult to understand, they are just civilians, just a bunch of uncivilized pirates. Don't look at them on the battlefield and are not afraid of death, but after all, they are not superiors, they don't understand those dark and dirty methods, they are used to receiving orders, and they have not yet learned to think like superiors and leaders.
"Not bad! I asked my mother to accept them just to increase our strength, which is why I went to fight this time, in fact, even if I didn't want to increase my strength, I didn't want to kill these captives.
Since these captives were civilians and could only passively obey Vincent's orders, since the culprit Vincent had been executed, and he had made his own sin, and had been beaten into pulp by his own people, there was no need for us to do more killing. ”
Evan paused at this point, looked at the people present, and saw that everyone had the same expressions as before.
"No wonder you have to take them in, and also arrange for them to eat and lodging, and even give them the same status as our original people."
After listening to Evan's words, Olaf showed an expression of understanding on his face, and whispered to himself.
"My lord, but even if we accept them, our population has not yet exceeded 10,000, and our strength is still inferior to people."
After being Rolf's bodyguard for many years, Sanchez still knows more or less about the methods and dirtiness of the superiors, so after listening to Evan's words, he asked very eagerly, does he want the new leader he just approved to have an accident, and he still wants to conquer the British Peninsula with the new leader?
"Now is just the first step, I'm going to eat one more, so that our population and combat power will almost catch up with the large tribes, even if those people want to hit our attention, we have to think carefully to see if they can afford the consequences of war."
For the current situation, Evan already had a plan in mind. Everyone here is his future backbone, so he said it without any scruples.
"Do you want to eat one? Which one are you going to shoot against? If we attack like this, we may attract the wrath and punishment of the king. ”
Hearing Evan say that he was going to attack the family, Nala couldn't help but worry.
Nora's concerns are well founded. In this barren land, there are many tribes, large and small, among which the most powerful and most populous tribe is the tribe of "God", who is also known as the so-called king, and the laws now enforced in the Navia Peninsula were promulgated by King God.
One of these laws is that you may not attack another tribe without hatred.
There is no way for Gord to decide this, the Vikings are already warlike, if they can't control it well, let everyone attack other tribes at will, it will be a disaster for the entire Viking nation, the people will live more difficult, the population will drop sharply, the number of orphans and widows will increase, and the day of the extinction of the Vikings will not be far away.
In fact, these are not the main reasons, the main thing is that King Goder is afraid that a careerist will come out to replace him, and then integrate the entire Viking tribe.
If such a person really came out, he was definitely the first target, and he didn't want this kind of thing to happen, so he issued those decrees, hoping to control all the unstable factors under his control.