Rurik was inspecting his new subjects, and the salt and iron tools he had prepared were being given away. His young boys were also constantly getting women, causing the number of the entire team to continue to expand.

Those girls were still weak after all, and they were allowed to sit on carriages and deer carts. The girls saw this mighty team from a completely new angle.

They saw many girls carrying bows and arrow pots on their backs. Their beautiful faces and blond hair looked like forest fairies. Those female warriors were also Varangians! From what they could see with the naked eye, these Slavic girls leaving the forest

They felt that the Varyag conquerors were not at all as terrifying as their parents said. They even heard the saying: Marry us, and you will be us.

After Rurik completed his inspection, the entire team could stop and rest.

Just when we met the seventh village, a wonderful encounter happened!

Two armies were marching towards each other, both carrying Russian flags, and Rurik's and Medvet's armies collided.

What a wonderful chance encounter it is to see the prince personally leading an inspection tour outdoors!

For this reason, both armies paused and shared information with each other.

When he learned that the prince was on a tour around the lake before the autumn harvest, Medved asked for a good report. He proudly claimed that he had pulled out eleven villages from the forest at once, and that the work would not be completed until the spring of next year.

To expand.

The army rested in place, and a team of a thousand people was entrenched in the seventh village. The villagers here were both curious and frightened.

"One thousand" is a very large number in the villagers' minds. The army in front of them is clearly invincible!

Medved also understood the prince's policy towards the new subjects. He was a little surprised. They were obviously a group of poor people. Why did the prince reward them with salt and axes? The prince had his own purpose, but his stupid head still didn't understand.

Na!

"Are you going back to prepare for the autumn harvest?" Rurik asked knowingly at the last moment.

Medved nodded: "Exactly. I still have a lot of information to report to you, but..."

"You don't need to say more. Nothing is more important now than preparing for the autumn harvest. Your people should go back quickly. After the autumn harvest, I will collect food taxes around the lake according to the list, and I will need your help then."

"As commanded."

The two teams met each other, rested for a while, and then parted ways. Through the other party's brief report, Rurik got to know more about all the new subjects.

The team, advancing both by land and water, rushed to the eleventh village, which was the village that was only two days and nights away from the forest.

The building has just begun and the raft has just been completed.

The strong village chief lamented the fertility of this land and thanked Prince Rus, whom he had never met, for the permission to live by the lake.

They never imagined that in just two days, the army of the Principality of Ross would arrive!

At first, people subconsciously fled into the village, until the village chief saw the flying flags clearly and believed that this did not mean danger.

The fleeing villagers came back one after another, and Rurik also happened to enter this huge building and large construction site.

"Why are you running away? Are you afraid that we will bring killings?" Rurik's words were very straightforward. The village chief was strong and aware of current affairs, and he honestly stated his concerns.

"Indeed, our army has killed many enemies. But for those who surrender to me, this army is the most trustworthy backer..."

That's all, Rurik repeated the move ten times.
Chapter completed!