"An unknown village. Carl, what should we do? Go and have a look?" Brand, who was in control of the rear boat, shouted loudly.

"Then go take a look. I'll go first! You stay behind and remember, don't go ashore."

Therefore, the sudden appearance of two large ships was a complete rarity for the locals. It was indeed the first time for this small village hidden deep in the forest to encounter outsiders.

Karl didn't want to show hostility at the first moment. After considering his own strength, it was impossible for five men and a few half-grown men to rob this village. Of course, this did not mean that he would not think of robbing in the future.

All the men, women, old and children in the entire village walked out of their homes. They subconsciously kept a certain amount of vigilance, but they were just watching the excitement.

A group of short men with black hair gathered together with spears and bows, which forced Karl to be even more alert.

The long boat still moved forward boldly. He asked his wife and children to stand up in a high-profile manner. After all, women and children would never arouse the hostility of the other party. He was also betting that the number of the other party was not too large, but his own was too few. In the event of a conflict with his side,

If he loses the war, doesn't he have to become a slave? That's why he wants to go to Brand and stay on the lake with other people. If something happens, he will save himself. If he fails, he will escape quickly and report the matter to the Governor of New Roseburg.

There will be descendants who will crusade and take revenge.

Karl cautiously landed ashore, carrying a buckler and deliberately putting on a heavily patched Ross jersey. This outfit was very majestic, and the villagers wearing coarse cloth and animal skins were greatly surprised.

He first went ashore alone, even though the steel sword was hanging on his body, he spread his hands and deliberately smiled to show that he was not a threat.

Then, out of the hundreds of villagers watching, an old man carrying a wooden stick walked out.

The old man opened his mouth with questions, and his words really shocked Karl. Because he basically understood.

"You are actually Suomi?!" Karl asked in broken Suomi or Finnish.

The old man was equally surprised: "A huge stranger from afar, you... actually understand our language?"

"Stranger? Aren't we friends?"

"Friends. You are indeed our friends. Maybe. You have drifted here from afar. What are you... for?"

The old man did speak Suomi, and at least Karl could basically understand it. After all, Karl had lived in New Roseburg for a long time. In recent years, whenever he fished, he would definitely interact with the resident Suomi. There were previous examples of cooperative fishing at sea.

Yes. Suomi's language does not have many inherent vocabulary, so it is not a big problem to learn enough vocabulary to use common expressions.

Karl was keenly aware that these people speaking Suomi were definitely not from Finland. They did not even understand the meaning of their clothes and their strange words.

An answer is already obvious - this village is not under the control of the Kingdom of Rus, and the locals probably know nothing about the outside world.

Thinking of this, if many brothers go on an adventure together, it might not be a problem to rob the village and take everyone as slaves.

Since the other party was speaking Suomi, think about it, if the brothers really did this, would a large group of Suomi people living in the capital allow this to happen?

Since both parties can communicate, maybe...

Karl thought of a plan. Maybe he could persuade the village in front of him to join the Kingdom of Rus. He really knew the preferences of King Rurik, and he would kill those tribes that did not surrender, and reward those who surrendered. If you vote for the king, he would kill them.

, wouldn’t it be a great achievement to persuade this village to surrender?

Looking at the population of this village, there are about 200 people. Although the number is not large, it does exist in an unknown area, and there are clear waterways for the Russians to move in in the future.

Karl made a judgment and now said: "We just drifted here by accident. We are indeed friends. Moreover, I am willing to exchange some things with you."

As soon as he heard "exchange", the old man immediately became interested.

Upon seeing this, Karl immediately said the word "salt" in Suomi language, which made the old man even more excited to investigate.

He continued to ask: "So, who are you? And this river, what do you... call it?"

The old man lost his mind at this moment and pointed out in a hoarse voice: "We are Savokot people."

Savok? An unknown term.

Karl still asked for the name of the river, but the answer he got was very absurd. Because the people in this village only called the river "river".

"Since there is no name, can't I be the first to name it?" Carl thought, already having the result in his mind.

Along the way, he discovered that the river had special characteristics, such as the bottom of the river being sandy and gravelly, mixed with some pebbles, and the riverside being full of dense reeds. In the Norse dialect of Old Rus, it describes the dense grass along the river.

The noun is "reids", then the name of the river is it.
Chapter completed!