The Rise of Iceland

Olaf walked east for several hundred meters along the dirt road paved with gravel beside the wheat field. After turning a birch forest, he saw a patchwork of green thatched houses. A few of them have 27 or 8 houses, and some are large. Some are smaller.

　　 These houses are all stone walls. The walls are more than five or six feet thick. The walls and roofs are covered with grass, and some have small yellow flowers. They look very beautiful, as if they have entered a fairy tale world.

This kind of turf house has a history of seven or eight hundred years. The ancestors built this kind of thick stone in order to make the wooden structure and roof of the house strong and durable, and have the effect of keeping warm, warm in winter and cool in summer. Houses with walls and turf roofs, walls and roofs with soil and turf can insulate from the cold, which can be regarded as the crystallization of the ingenuity of Iceland's ancestors when fighting bad weather.

　　 Olaf slowly approached the village. At the entrance of the village, several fifty-something old women who were sewing clothes while basking in the sun first greeted Olaf with a smile.

　　 "Young Master Blonde is back?"

　　 "Olav, your mother is looking for you."

　　 "Olav, you look taller again..."

The kind jokes and affectionate words of a few old people made Olaf smile too. He smiled and said, "Yalty, be careful that old Gelder beats you after drinking too much... Aunt Venirod, when will you do it for me? A pair of trousers? Big Eyes sister, your job is not very good..."

Olaf made a few jokes with the neighbors in these villages. Everyone laughed and then walked into the village. There were also other men and women on the road. Everyone was busy pouring beets or spinach and radishes. These three vegetables are currently available. I found vegetables that can grow in summer in Iceland, so everyone grows more or less.

There are only one hundred fifty and sixty people in the village, mostly descendants of seven ancient families. The long-term settlement has allowed everyone to marry. At present, they are basically relatives. Therefore, everyone in the village is connected to each other. Familiar and close.

　　 Olaf greeted everyone warmly on the road, and the younger ones preferred to say a few words to Olaf.

A thirteen or four-year-old boy with red hair and freckles ran over in a shabby and fat dirty robe and said: "Olav! Your mother is looking for you. I heard that it is from Reykjavik. A large port city, Icelandic: Smoking Gulf Coast) People from there brought bad news."

The red-haired boy named Lixstrom is one of Olaf’s best playmates. His father, Yort, is the only carriage dealer in the village. He has a large carriage to carry people out in the nearby village. .

　　 "Thom, who did you fight with again?" Olaf looked at the mud print on Lixstrom and asked with a frown.

Although Thom is a few years older than Olaf, he is Olaf’s attendant. He curled his lips and said, "You are not here this morning. The big head Orin from the village of Will next door brought people over. Last time you took us to fight. They slumped a few somersaults severely, but if you were not here this morning, we suffered a bit. Or else you will take us to clean them up in the afternoon!"

There are more than 100 people in Herut Village of Baizhanlin Forest, and there are only more than 30 large and small families. There are more than 40 children between the ages of a few and adolescents. Excluding girls and children under the age of seven, there are more than 20. Boys, these boys are basically Olaf's followers.

Because Olaf knows a lot, although he is young and strong, although he has only learned ancient poetry from the old poets in the village, and he has not studied in the Southern District Church for a few days, he speaks clearly and people like to listen to him. , The children know that Olaf speaks more accurately and better than adults.

　　 And in the past two years, everyone has never suffered from fighting with Olaf and the children in the neighboring village. Olaf will take everyone to dig traps. He also knows where it hurts to beat people and knows great fighting skills.

　　 So now the boys and girls in the village are convinced by Olaf and willingly be his subordinates.

　　 Olaf was about the same height as Lixstrom, reached out his hand to help him pat the dirt, and said: "Don't rush to get revenge, I'll go home and see what's going on."

　　 "Okay! You are right to hear Olaf!" Tom wiped his nose and turned and left.

Olaf quickened his pace and soon entered a large yard with three turf houses. The yard was made of stones and small wood walls. Inside and outside the walls were grass and wildflowers, and there was one more stable inside the wall. The crossbred Shire horse looked that although it was no longer as strong, its four hooves were still very strong.

　　 "Thank God! Olaf, you are finally back!"

　　 As soon as Olaf entered the yard, a slender middle-aged woman walked out of the big house on the east side. She had blonde hair and looked good. She was Olaf’s mother, Katelyn.

　　Katrin is harsh and rude to the children like the mistresses of other families, but only very polite to Olaf, as if facing an adult Olaf.

Olaf followed his mother into the room and saw the tall and burly father Hadar sitting at the wooden table with a sad expression on his face. Opposite him sat a middle-aged man who was as short as himself. He had black curly hair and Not a dense black beard, a little thin, but very energetic.

　　 "Olav, this is your other uncle Hoskurd. He and your uncle Kadir are half brothers. He lives in Reykjavik (smoking harbor)."

Hadar first introduced Olaf to his uncle Hoskard, whom he had never seen before, and then turned to Hoskard and said: "Olav, you have heard of it, my son, a child prodigy, genius, he is the ancestor of Hoskud. I think you should tell him the bad news that you have given me."

Hoskard laughed suddenly and looked at Olaf with his eyes bright. He didn't look down on Olaf, but he got up and patted his sturdy shoulder. He smiled and said, "I can't believe you are Olaf. , Are you only ten years old? Looks taller and stronger than my sixteen-year-old son! It’s great!

　　 I have heard of you. You are naturally smart and good at dealing with problems. Perhaps it is the reincarnation of the heroic spirits of your ancestors..." At the last sentence, Hoskurd's voice suddenly became very small.

After all, Iceland is now a place where the Lord’s glory has been received. Even though many Icelanders believe in God, Christ, they also believe in the gods and ancestral spirits passed down by their ancestors, but speaking out openly is challenging the religious rule of Catholicism and Christianity. status.

　　Although there is no burning to death of infidels now, but if the governor knows about it, he must be severely punished. Forfeiture of property, whipping and imprisonment are all possible.

"Your father is very lucky. Let me tell you what I got. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com has a deep hatred with your family, Siegfus, suddenly got lucky! His daughter married a new Iceland Lord Governor Calvin, the big man on their list is completely shaken. Even their servant walks like a big cock. Siegforth has always wanted to occupy your property, even though he didn't have it seven years ago. Success. Now he has said that if his son-in-law, the governor of Iceland, Lord Kaulsman, will take the initiative to seize your property, perhaps soon Lord Corsvin will hold a court meeting to discuss your affairs."

　　 Hoskurd quickly said the matter, and then he took a sip of beer from the wooden cup on the table.

　　 "Oh, this is really not good news!" Olaf frowned, and finally understood why the optimistic father Hadar looked sad.

　　 Olaf sits on a stone stool thinking about the bad news brought by his uncle who just met. He knows very well that if everything is true, the life and death of his family will become unknown.

　　 Olaf dare not talk about democracy and freedom like other travellers, I have a dream, revenge, sports, etc.

There is no doubt that people who are fighting for the dead, with strict hierarchies, and descent, talking about democracy and freedom, legal reforms and other nouns will be smashed by the iron fist of feudalism, and then thrown into the dunghill of history. This is beyond doubt. thing.

　　Is the hanging rope too soft or the stone not hard? Is it because the fire that burns the heresy is not hot, or the knife that hacks people is disadvantageous?

PS: Court meeting: Since Iceland became a free state in the 10th century AD, it was a self-management mechanism. The leaders and legal elders from all over the country handled disputes between Icelanders. This is now called the earliest parliament. According to the author’s research, the birth of the Iceland parliament seems It originated from the Viking pirates' internal habit of handling disputes, especially economic disputes.