"A man who feels powerful! A man who wants to make a fortune! Come with me now! I will take you to the south to make a fortune."

People are really so poor that they have no choice but to survive. Since this Russian with a cross on his chest has converted, following this man should help him survive.

Blue Fox easily recruited fifty people. Most of these Saxon villagers also had families, but they were obviously more powerful. They had also fought with spears in the war before, and the experience of participating in decisive battles and fighting side by side was their common memory.

Blue Fox trusts these people, and maybe these people will be merciful when they rob villages in the Middle Kingdom in the future.

Those who insisted on going home were eliminated, and Blue Fox did not stop them. So there were more than 300 people who were determined to go to the south to see the world and make a fortune through robbery, and then grab a beautiful girl to solve their marriage problems.

.The Saxons who were also recruited into the group during the continuous recruitment work for many days also have similar simple and extremely barbaric dreams.

Nowadays, it is no different than in the past. With the mountains of weapons and armor captured, Blue Fox can better arm his own people.

The leather helmet is equipped with chain mail, and a piece of cowhide riveted iron armor can be put on the outer body.

Everyone has leather boots sewn with cowhide and good cowhide armed belts.

Swords and axes are necessary weapons, and the lightweight wooden-armed crossbow is a special feature.

It's just that they used equipment captured from the Frankish heavy infantry on a large scale, and now they have transformed as if the fallen heavy infantry was resurrected. They looked too much like the Frank army, until everyone showed off their huge round shields in full Viking style and skillfully built a shield wall.

Only then did he clearly prove his identity.

The Ross flag is very particular, with blue strips sewn on the diagonal line of a square white cloth. It originally meant the snow and an abstract pair of oars. This has been the totem of the Ross tribe since ancient times. Rurik just abstracted and simplified it.

improvement.

However, there can be multiple interpretations of this flag. Even Archbishop Hadbold of Cologne considered that Russian ships would often visit his city of Cologne on the Rhine River in the future. The war should be over, and the Russians would need some measures to operate in Cologne in the future.

Reasonable endorsement.

Hardbold did not believe that the Russians would always display the cross flag honestly, but their own flag was too similar to the cross flag. This should not be just a coincidence, and it could clearly make a big fuss.

He went to see Rurik in person and explained his special understanding of the flag.

"Legend has it that our saint Andrew was crucified on an

You shouldn’t feel intimidated.”

Rurik tried hard not to laugh when he heard it. Ultimately, this flag was originally Ross's naval flag. His original design was to implement a history. Of course, the naval flag is essentially the "St. Andrew's Cross".

Hardbold would also return to Hamburg on a squadron ship. This person's sudden visit was to ask Ross to fulfill his agreement and not plunder Cologne in the future, and emphasized that no matter what Ross did in the future, as long as it did not harm the Archdiocese of Cologne,

However, Cologne will remain silent.

What else could Rurik say about this? He was very happy with the pragmatic spirit of this old guy, and said smoothly: "You make a statement and point out that our flag is a symbol of Saint Andrei, just like us Russians

They have all converted to your faith. You are deceiving your people, and you are giving yourself some comfort. But I am very satisfied with this statement."

Hardbold had nothing to say to this, so he could only smile bitterly in return.

He came to meet privately, essentially hoping that Rurik would continue to make guarantees. This meeting had additional success, even if it was only a verbal prospect of cooperation.

After all, there will be more than 10,000 people living in Cologne during peacetime. The city is not only the seat of the bishop, nor does its wealth come from simply collecting tithes from farmers.

How much can you earn just by relying on the agricultural tax? Cologne is not a big city, but there are many textile workshops in the city. A large amount of wool from Flanders and the Middle Kingdom arrived in Cologne. The Cologne people devoted all their efforts to wool processing during their slack farming time, and they also

Make linen textiles. Textiles are the main source of money and tax collection, and the nobles and their retainers are the main consumers.

Hardbold was not a simple devout believer. This man was indeed pious and had a flexible interpretation of his faith. He found that the Russians were not just butchers. Since the entire northern world had made the monarchs swear not to kill each other due to some treaties, and

A very clear commercial treaty has been signed, so Cologne should not miss this opportunity.

The Cologne Defense Line has found a new big buyer, and it is a very stable buyer. The wool felt, woolen clothes, and linen made from the future can be sold directly to the Russians who display the "St. Andre's Cross Flag"
Chapter completed!