January 1 of the first year of the new calendar.

As the day dawned, the believers who had finished their morning prayers went out one by one, dressed in thick fur and felt wool hats.

Because the festival tickets were free, they all boarded the sleigh train.

The huskies worked hard and arrived at the event site after ten minutes.

"Io's church is here, Io's church is here."

The conductor shook the brass bell three times, then pulled out the dog food from the storage box under the butt and fed it to the excited cries of the huskies.

Every piece of dog food is earned by one's own efforts, and the policy of not raising idle dogs in the northern part of the church is deeply implemented!

Bustling with activity, the faithful gathered in front of the Church of Io for the first New Year's celebration.

Since the leadership of the Sage, he has led everyone through too many firsts.

It was clear that a few months had passed, but everything had changed, and they had all taken on the shape of the Holy One, and no one remembered the hard days of the past.

There are also hundreds of special pairs of believers who will have a mass wedding today under the witness and blessing of the new god.

As the sun shines and the lacquered A-shaped cockade of the felt velvet hat shines, the faces of the newlyweds are intertwined with excitement and nervousness.

At this time, the missionary soldiers came out to organize their warm-up.

"Today, we stand here together."

"You shine like the sun on my life."

"When everything around you is like a storm."

"We always survive this because we're in this together."

They sang and danced.

There are traditional dances of various clans, as well as new dances introduced by the church.

It dawns at 10 a.m. and gets dark at 3 p.m., and most people only need to work five hours a day.

They have too much free time to participate in mass activities organized by the church and compete to learn new things introduced by the church.

A small couple joined the beat, stepped on simple steps, looked at each other, turned in circles, and changed gestures.

The dances and songs were simple and repetitive, but the more everyone danced, the happier they became, and even the old husbands and wives who came to join in the fun were infected and danced.

In the square, thousands of people sang and danced.

This is the change that the church brings about and it is their nature.

With long winters and short summers, polar days and nights, the environment in the Scandinavian fjords is undoubtedly harsh, and the tribulations brought by nature have shaped the clans of this bitter cold land.

Mythology is the collective memory of a people.

In the worldview of Norse mythology, the gods are not omnipotent and immortal, and gods and mortals alike have to find a way to coexist in this world of ice and fire.

The great god Odin is not omnipotent, in order to bring wisdom into the world, he also needs to exchange a mouthful of wisdom water from the giant Mimir at the cost of one eye.

In the end, knowing that the twilight of the gods was coming, there was nothing he could do, so he could only resolutely move forward and accept his fate.

So it is with the gods, and so it is with mortals.

If you can't change the world, you can only adapt to the world.

When suffering from mental illness, generations began to think at the beginning of their lives: Why live?

In the end, the answer was dry rice and hi pi.

No food, no skin? Then go to sea and the British!

If you feel happy, clap your hands!

Smack!

If you feel happy, you stomp your feet!

Smack!

Isn't it immediately happy, and immediately less depressed?

That's how it came to be.

So, keep playing and dancing!

The scene was booming.

Until the huge bronze bell on the church is runged.

When ——!

The sound of the bell seemed to spread throughout the bay.

In the midst of the bells, Vondolph, dressed in a black wolf cloak, appeared.

He had a book on one side and a sword on the other.

He held a scepter in his left hand, and Brunhilde in his right hand appeared on the stage wearing a white bear skin, followed by the human Valkyries wearing the same white bear skin.

The believers fell silent in unison.

It was also at this time that a group of boys and girls silently lined up in two columns.

“Halle~lujah！”

The Sacred Orchestra sang elegant and holy songs.

In the melody of purity, peace, and a beautiful life, the Sage and his Valkyries entered the square in front of the church.

The next moment I stepped in, the top of the church suddenly lit up with a bright light.

"Light!"

"It's light!"

Some believers shouted excitedly: "Io is watching us!" ”

"I feel like I'm going to turn into light! Ulla! ”

"Ulla!"

"Ulla!"

The square instantly erupted into a huge wave of sound.

Call~

The black-haired sage raised his hand, the black wolf cloak spread out, and the armor below reflected the golden light, setting him off like a god descending from the sky.

Looking at this scene, the boiling crowd quickly fell silent.

Listen to the Holy One: "The blessing ceremony has officially begun!" ”

When ——!

The bell rang again.

Ring the bell three times and praise the god of all gods!

The boys of the orchestra sang soothing and solemn melodies, and the girls held flower baskets.

"Flower baskets?"

"On such a cold day, how can there be flowers and Io God!"

When the one-on-one newcomers slowly entered the square, the moon flowers that had been carefully raised in the greenhouse for a long time in advance shocked everyone's eyes.

The pink and white petals of the moon fell one after another.

Under the morning sun, the crimson sky is thousands of acres, and the clouds are prosperous and the clouds are blue, like a brilliant white cherry blossom rain.

The blue sky, the church, the splendid flower passage, the newlyweds step forward.

This ceremonial scene shocked a group of Nordic turtles.

One of the missionaries laughed and said, "Where are the cheers?" ”

Everyone immediately came back to their senses, waving red colored cloth in their hands, loudly cheering for the newcomers, acting as a perfect atmosphere group.

Some acquaintances and friends directly shouted their names and offered blessings to them.

There are middle-aged couples who are hugging each other and looking forward to it, and there are also some relatives and friends of the newlyweds who cover their mouths and shed tears of excitement.

"It's your turn."

Soft voice.

The scene was too noisy to hear who was talking.

Vondolph looked back.

Call~

The north wind blows from the mountains.

Flower petals fall in the wind.

Feng Daofu stretched out his hand, and there were two more pink and white petals on his fingertips, and his accelerated heartbeat was not known because of the delicate flowers or the delicate figures.

He settled down and began to fulfill his duties as a saint and lord.

"Before God and the Holy One, before the Church, men, will you be the husband of the woman beside you, will you raise at least three children together, will you love and honor her until you are old?"

"Yes!"

The men held their heads high and shouted their oaths as if with all their strength.

"Before God and the Holy One, before the Church, women, will you be the wives of the men beside you, will you raise at least three children together, will you love and honor Him until you are old?"

"Yes!"

The women also showed the firmness of a shield girl.

"Now I declare that you are one in the union of your whole life!"

Vondolf raised his scepter: "I bless the token of the beloved to all the creators of mankind, the givers of spirits, the givers of eternal salvation, our Lord, Io!" ”

"Now the exchange ceremony begins!"

The newlyweds exchanged tokens.

Taking advantage of the time, Vondolph took out a ring.

The silverhead girl who was updated last night showed a smile of satisfaction and happiness on the corner of her mouth.

The other girls who were wet with rain and dew had no objections.

Our primitive clan is like this~

Waiting for the token to be exchanged, it is the last part of drinking and handing over a glass of wine.

Many parts of Europe have a tradition of drinking a glass of wine, and Northern Europe is no exception.

The low-alcohol malt is poured into a wooden glass with a red ribbon and mixed with a little precious honey.

The newlyweds looked at each other, drank the wine, and then smashed the glass in public, and hugged and kissed deeply, symbolizing that if anyone repented, it would be as miserable as a wooden cup.

When all the ceremonies are over, it's time for the New Year's revelry.

Because the next day is an expedition, believers go to church to worship, and by the way, they will donate money to pray for blessings.

Donate more or less at will, no one will accuse malicious donations, and Master Feng doesn't point to making money.

After the service, most of the people attended the celebration organized by the church.

Or singing and dancing, or sports competitions.

A small number of people who do not participate are newcomers, and they have their own competitive arena.

Hurried and rushed away.

Looking at this scene, Master Feng was very pleased.

In order to maintain production capacity, young people must not be able to bring them all.

Counting the slave auxiliaries, the expeditionary force was set at more than 500 people.

How to let the young and strong who stayed behind work honestly and peacefully, don't follow secretly, and ask the sage who got rich first to take it with you, this is a problem.

Feng Dolph's method is to get married on the first day of the new year, and then add a little herbs from the priestess to the glass, and then announce that your wife has it the next day, isn't it a surprise?

In the winter, you are a white-skinned, shiny northern barbarian, without a little melanin, do you take care of your wife and children?

"So don't just think about going to sea, stay in the workshop and work for me honestly!"

Vondolph smirked.

At this time, an urging voice came: "Why don't you come in yet?" Isn't it cold to stay outside and blow the wind? With so many mouths made by yourself, can't you afford to raise them now? ”

Old Man Feng was furious: "Today I will let you know what it means to be a dragon spitting water!" ”

Following.

The expeditionary force of more than 500 people was in a decent formation.

Vondolph took officers and missionaries of all ranks to inspect them one by one.

After more than a month of training, whether it is the main force or the auxiliary soldiers, everyone's appearance and appearance are very neatly organized.

Equipped with a uniformly issued bleached army coat and a post-trade-in standard of weapons and equipment, it looks a bit like a regular army.

"Very good."

Vondolph looked satisfied.

It was not in vain that when he was only 10 younger brothers, he opened a small stove every night to cultivate cadre seeds.

At present, the military cadres who have been preliminarily screened have been filled in, and this set of squads, platoons, and companies has barely been supported.

Choosing this is not to jump directly to modern times, it is purely the most familiar with this set.

The essence of the establishment is almost the same, but the nouns are different, so it must be the most familiar.

10 people in 1 squad, 30 people in 1 platoon, a company is a team of 100 people.

There were always three main companies and two slave auxiliary companies, each with an additional missionary officer.

Now there is power to have soldiers, and military thinking is grasped and integrated into a system.

From a certain point of view, the expeditionary force of more than 500 people only needs to command five company commanders, which is more moving than when he was a squad leader in organizing people to do work.

Just like now, there is no need for Feng Daofu to worry about it, his subordinates have already compiled all the information of the expeditionary force.

"Troops: 300 Viking Shield Spearmen, 150 Viking Steel Crossbowmen, 50 Young Grenadiers, 30 Viking Scouts, 30 Io Two-Handed Heavy Infantry"

The expeditionary force is not a standing army, so many people will bring other weapons, for example, many people bring their own bows and arrows, and there are 50 people with silver-level archery skill medals.

This is also a good source of soldiers, martial traditions, and many years of free trade experience, after the expansion of the army, the minimum is still level 3 soldiers, saving a lot of physical training time.

An elite samurai like Brooke, after being transformed into a two-handed macho man, is directly a level 6 soldier.

With the blessing of enhanced equipment, the expeditionary force is small but absolutely powerful.

In addition, there are a total of 30 logistics support personnel such as accountants, craftsmen, and doctors.

"Equipment: 5 Little Boy ballistas, 2 Little Fat Trebuchets"

- The Little Fat Class is a newly shaped siege machine, with a floating arm design, and the shaft on the arm can move freely along the horizontal glide track.

Compared to the old-fashioned seesaw structure of the Middle Ages, which required the cooperation of two arms, the floating boom type can be made smaller, more powerful and more accurate with the same wood material.

The first machine was 3 meters high, the size of a kiosk popsicle freezer, and used 226 kg of counterweights, with a range of 152 meters.

After the specialty bonus, and after replacing the core parts with high-quality steel, the size remains the same, and the range is increased to 200 meters.

Compared to the heavy trebuchets that are rumored to be able to shoot rocks weighing up to 300 kilograms and have a range of up to 500 meters, the little fat class trebuchet is the little Karami.

But compared to the old-fashioned trebuchet, the little fat trebuchet is very black technology.

The most important thing is that the structure of the little fat trebuchet is simple, it can be disassembled first, and then assembled in a place, which is very convenient for transportation.

The problem of the power of the compact version, there is a specialty-wall breaking technique of +25% damage to the wall, don't worry about it at all, it is the killer weapon of this expedition to prevent the preparation of the first one.

Vondolph also prepared some additional bouncing.

Originally, I wanted to try to rub artillery, but considering that the production of jumping was far from enough, and the terrain conditions were extremely poor, logistics and industry could not keep up, but now I still chose a relatively more cost-effective trebuchet.

Anyway, when it's really necessary, trebuchet + bouncing can also knock off a cannon.

"Vehicles: 20 large ice sails of the River Crab, 220 small ice sails"

In the mid-19th century, two ice sailing clubs were formed in North America, where wealthy enthusiasts developed a large ice boat.

It is 21 meters long, has a speed of 172 km/h, and can accommodate a crew of 7.

Feng Daofu started from the model, deduced step by step like a mathematical formula, and finally finalized the large ice sail of the River Crab, with similar performance parameters, but the speed is not so fast - this is mainly due to safety.

However, there is a specialty bonus, and the load is better than the original, up to 5 tons, and it also plays a role in stabilizing the center of gravity to prevent the capsizing of the ballast.

This figure is far behind the same length of sails, but compared to the speed, it is already amazing.

It's a pity that time is a little tighter, and all the manpower and material resources are gathered, and the dry wood from the old long ship is directly used, and in the end only 20 ships are burst, and the gap can only be filled by making simpler two-seater small ice sails.

Fortunately, for an expeditionary operation that returns within one month, the total load of 20 river crabs is 100 tons, and after deducting the weight of the personnel, it is more than enough to ensure the logistics of the expeditionary force.

"Miscellaneous: 10 sets of gold/drums/flags/whistles/bugles, 100 rope stakes, 200 scythes, 700 iron catalpa."

"Grain weight: 10 tons of fish cakes, 10 tons of cereal, 20 iron pots, 500 water bags."

The amount of these miscellaneous military supplies, including the food hunted and gathered along the way, was enough for the expeditionary force for two months.

If you save a little and use the specialty - -10% food consumption for sword-shielded troops, and there is no morale penalty when the food is single, it will not be a problem to hold on for a few more weeks.

Prepare well in advance.

Feng Dolph said loudly: "Not much to say, all those who fully participate in the expedition will receive a medal of 'Sea at the End of the World', and you can get a 10A bonus by signing in with the medal!" ”

The new medal sounds very rare?!

As long as you sign in, you can get money?!

More than 500 people didn't feel cold in an instant, and their eyes were extremely hot.

After boosting his morale, Vondolph jumped on the ice sail, put on his protective gear, and pointed his long knife to the north.

"Let's go!"

The first order of 1101,I'm not confident in doing it for my buddy.,Spent most of the day studying.,There's not too much of a manuscript.,Add a chapter of 4000 words tomorrow.。

The monthly ticket voted by everyone will also be increased at that time.

Burst the liver to change your fate!

(End of chapter)