The Rise of Iceland

　　Potatoes are not unfamiliar to anyone in later generations, because everyone has eaten them since they were young. Potatoes can be fried and fried, and snacks like potato chips and French fries are foods that children can't give up.

　　 But sprouting and green potatoes are poisonous. Everyone knows that if you eat it, you can vomit and diarrhea, while dehydration, convulsions, breathing difficulties, and even death.

It is the beginning of the 17th century. The Spaniards brought potatoes from South America to Europe more than 50 years ago, but they have always been regarded as ornamental plants. At most, the leaves of potatoes are eaten by the English and Irish people, but even in the country of dark cuisine. There are not many people who can adapt to that unique taste.

　　 There are also many people growing potatoes in Iceland. There are more than ten plants in Hoskud’s yard. They are used as ornamental plants and occasionally pick up some leaves and cook them.

　　Iceland, where supplies are scarce, can't buy and has no poison. Olaf wants to poison the four guards and can only consider sprouting green potatoes, using the solanum in the potatoes to deal with the guards.

　　 Watching Olaf pull out two potatoes, saying that the roots of the potatoes are poison, whether it is Hudik, Hoskud, Kalm, and Heine, all frowned, just as Olaf was whimsical.

Olaf knew they didn’t believe them, and saw the impatient look on their faces, and then pretended to be a ghost again: “This is what Uncle Hagrid said when he sent a letter to my father. Potatoes were cursed by the Inca natives of America. Food, potato rhizomes will have the power of a devil curse before they mature and when they germinate, they will vomit and diarrhea, and their mind will be unconscious. If they eat too much, they will die!"

　　 Olaf pulled out Hagrid's tiger skin, and everyone had to be suspicious.

　　 Hoskard knew Olaf’s miracle best, so he nodded and said: "Okay! It's up to you. What else do you want?"

　　 Olaf said that the unripe green potatoes were washed clean and cut into fines, then cooked with the diced meat, sprinkled with salt and black pepper, and given to the four guards. They would definitely not refuse this kind of delicacy.

　　 Hoskard gritted his teeth and asked his wife to take out the black pepper from the house, and cooked a pot of mashed potatoes according to Olaf's request.

　　 When it comes out of the pan, it really has a tangy aroma, which makes people can't help but speak.

　　 "Is this potato roots really food?" Heine said in disbelief.

　　 "It looks like it is!" Hoskard nodded, "In the future, you can have more options, and ask Hagrid how to eat without poison."

He took the clay pot and packed the mashed potatoes, took out a pot of wine, chopped the green potatoes and poured the juice into the wine. Olaf clapped his hands in peace and said, "Let's go! Uncle will take me first. Go and get food and drink. Let's wait until the guards have eaten the toxin and attacked!"

　　 Hoskard did not seek Hudik’s advice this time, and brought Olaf an old horse from the stable.

Hudik reminded the group of six people that they were worried that they would leave Dagang in the middle of the night and the traffic would be too much, so they left Dagang slowly in twos and threes, and agreed to be at the old site of Alting in the Sindwedley area, under the law rock. set.

　　 Olaf, Hoskurd and Kalm were the last to go out. They walked north for a long time, then turned to the east, passing three or four villages along the way.

　　 It wasn't until the sky was bright that I arrived at a large valley. The north side of the broad valley was a tall mountain, with rugged rocks and dead vegetation. Olaf felt that looking at the dusty clouds was especially like the lonely mountain in The Hobbit.

　　 On the south side of the valley is a huge lake. The water vapor on the lake is shimmering, and no one can see it.

　　 "This is the place where our ancestors convened Alting hundreds of years ago. There is the legal stone!"

Hoskard pointed to a huge rock standing in the **** of the broken wood in the valley, and said with emotion: "Our ancestors immigrated to Iceland and established a free home. We set up a court in the unit of family, and elected Godi as a self-government. The law, how cool and happy it is... It's a pity that Norway was forced to become a citizen of the King of Norway and have to pay all kinds of taxes... When will we be able to become independent again!"

　　 Olaf knew that what Hoskurd was talking about was the aspirations of most Icelanders, and because he wanted independence, he did not want to be ruled by Norway and Denmark. Later, he finally became a sovereign country in 1918, which lasted until the 21st century.

　　Icelanders are inherently free and brave. They have been exploited and squeezed after submitting to the Kingdom of Denmark and Norway. This has made the resistance of the Icelandic people more and more serious.

　　 After the middle of the night, Hoskurd saw Olaf a little sleepy, and watched Kadir before they arrived. They said, "Olav and Kalm, come down and sleep for a while. I'll call you when everyone is there!"

　　 Olaf thought of his father when he closed his eyes, couldn't sleep at all, waved his hand and said, "I won't sleep anymore."

　　 The three of them had a conversation, and after eating something, they saw someone riding a horse from the west, and they came in and recognized that it was Hudik and Yot.

　　 After waiting for a while, Cadel and Heine also arrived. After eating and drinking, the seven turned on their horses and headed east.

　　 The Seven Olaf set out one day later than the four guards who escorted Hadar, but they drove a lot in the middle of the night.

　　 The four guards are all riding horses, but Hadar is walking. According to the estimation of speed, Olaf's seven are about to catch up with Hadar.

Going further for a long time, you can see the gushing spring water from the geyser. There is a village there. Hudik concluded that the guards will take Hadar to stay there tonight, so the seven people rushed to the geyser ahead of time in a semicircle. In the nearby Huikadare area, there are more than ten geysers, which are surrounded by white mist all day long, and the surface temperature is much higher than other places, but there is no arable land, and there are no other production conditions except for grazing, so there are not many residents.

Olaf saw many strange fountains along the way. Some were only less than one person tall, and some could be as high as tens of meters at the moment of gushing. This kind of peculiar beauty of nature made Olaf amazed, but it was not to save his father. He even stayed here for two days deliberately, seeing enough of the geyser.

Others seemed to be accustomed to geysers and did not show excitement. A group of people walked hiding in the village in Huykadal. UU reading www.uukanshu.com arrived in front of the bay of the Shorso River in the afternoon. This river is one of the largest rivers in Iceland, and Hadar’s Thor's Hammer Kirk had stopped here in the lower bay.

　　 There is a village on the east and west banks of the Xiaoersuo River. The village on the west bank has seven or eight households, and the east bank has only four or five households.

　　 According to Hudick, these are fishermen who rely on the river to fish, and sometimes they ferry across the river to collect copper coins.

The east bank of the embankment of the West Bank village more than two thousand steps south is a pine forest. Hudik surveyed the terrain and took Hoskurd and they cut a few small trees and cleared a place to rest, waiting to **** Hadar tomorrow. The guards came and intercepted them.

Although Iceland has been developing for hundreds of years, the population of Iceland has basically not grown much due to its geographical location, rigid conditions and underdeveloped crops. Olaf listened to Amiye’s lectures when he was in a church school, the governor. The government estimates that the population of Iceland does not exceed 50,000 at most.

　　The higher the altitude in Iceland, the more unsuitable it is for people to live. Therefore, 90% of the population lives in the coastal areas of Iceland.

　　 Olaf and the others obviously couldn't see the people after they passed the Huykadal area. They didn't see a few houses until the Shorso River.

　　 But for the trouble of meeting, Hudik and the others still avoided a few families on the West Bank and hid in this pine forest.

　　 Olaf, who was resting on the blanket, watched the few squirrels who were not afraid of people and looked down curiously on the trunk beside him, and smiled.

　　 Hudike six collected dry wood and lit a fire to cook a pot of smoked venison porridge.

　　 The seven people used a wooden spoon to eat a pot of porridge, and then Hudick stepped on the bonfire. He and Kadir, Heine, and Yotte shared a good night, and the others went to sleep wrapped in blankets.