The Rise of Iceland

　　　　 time in places like Iceland is always slow and sometimes long.

In the summer, Icelanders will find that the day is over again during their busy work. For a child like Olaf, besides playing, he learns the fishing and hunting skills taught by his ancestors every day. Of course, if the family has the conditions, he will also Go to church school to learn a little writing and mathematics.

The dozens of poor words in Olaf’s father’s stomach had long been learned by Olaf. He also learned the regular Danish language and simple Latin at the small church school on the peninsula. He had already completed his homework, so These days I stopped going to school, but started to wonder if I could find a better way to deal with the Siegforth family's means to destroy their happy life.

　　 Olaf used his wisdom and all the knowledge of his previous life, even though he thought of a way to break the situation, he couldn't use it because of his age and reality, so he could only sigh.

In a blink of an eye, Saturday morning, because his father Hadar hadn’t returned yet, Olaf told his mother Katlin during breakfast that he was going to visit the elders of the church in Dagang South. The reason was that he wanted to go to the church school in Dagang to accept it. Higher education.

After asking questions, Katrine found out that it was the godfather of Sollac’s child in his village, so she was relieved, took out some English shillings, probably worth half a silver coin, and handed them to Olaf, and said: "This is your tuition, how? Can I go empty-handed? Your father is not at home, and I can't accompany you, so I will ask Yot to take you there and ask him to say hello to Elder Amiye on my behalf!"

After Katrin went out to find Yot, the red-haired Thom followed Katrin in a while, and he winked and smiled: "Olav! I also want to go to meet the world with you, my father said, what if If I can stay in Dagang and be classmates with you and Sollac, he will let my brother inherit the family business and become a coachman!"

Olaf laughed and left the house with the red-haired Tom with a little baggage on his back. First, they went to find Sollac. Then, amidst the nagging of Sollac’s sister, the three teenagers sat on Uncle Yot’s carriage. Leaving the Herut Village of the White Hazel Forest, walked towards the northeast.

Yotte’s grandfather was still a serf of Olaf’s family. Later he became a free farmer and walked very close to Olaf’s family. So he intimately spread a layer of sheepskin on the car plate so that Olaf slept in the softest and most comfortable place. Warm place, then Solrak and Redhead Thom.

　　 Therefore, the last time Sollac and his son went to the Dagangnan District Church, it was Yot who drove a car, so he was familiar with the road.

Olaf and the three talked on the swaying carriage for a while and fell asleep. When they woke up at noon, they got up and looked at the unfamiliar surroundings. Olaf asked, "Uncle Yot! Where are we going? How far is it from Dagang?"

Yotte shook his whip, turned his head and smiled and said, "Olav, are you awake? Now you are at Niushe Bend, and you will arrive at Dagang after six or seven miles. It is estimated that you will be there four hours ago, if you are hungry. Just eat some jerky!"

　　 Yotte’s eye wrinkles were squeezed together, opened a hidden compartment from the front seat, took out a deerskin bag, and handed it to Olaf.

Olaf took it and opened it and saw a silver-plated round tin kettle. There were a few pieces of smoky jerky beside the kettle, weighing about four or five pounds (a pound is less than 500 grams, about nine taels). ).

　　 At this time the redhead Tom and Solrak also woke up one after another, Tom shouted: "Daddy! I want to pee!"

"stop!"

　　 Yotra pulled the reins, waited for the carriage to stabilize, and said, "Go pee!"

　　 The three children all got out of the car and took a pee on the side of the road. Then they sat back in the carriage. Thom took out a piece of smoked venison and broke it in half, and handed it half to Olaf.

　　 Olaf pointed to Solrak and said, "You give it to Solrak, I will take it myself!"

　　 After finishing talking, Olaf took one piece by himself, broke it in half, ate one piece by himself, and handed the other piece to Yot.

　　 After eating about half a pound of smoked venison, Olaf felt a little salty, so he took a small copper kettle out of his bag and drank a few sips of water, and then lay down again.

　　 Thom and Sollac, who were full of food and drink, could not sit still, and yelled at the occasional Arctic fox, Arctic wolf and reindeer animals in the scenery on both sides of the road.

　　 Olaf silently conceived in his mind how to persuade Amiye, the elder of the Southern District Church.

　　 By the time the carriage entered the villages and towns of Dagang, the sky was already slightly dark, and the barks of people from far and near could be heard clearly.

　　 After a while, Yotte’s carriage stepped onto a gravel road. Amidst the hooves of horses, he pointed to a church not far away and said with a smile: "The Southern District Church is here!"

　　 Iceland gave up the belief in Nordic polytheism in the tenth century and changed to Catholicism. This is a manifestation of the northern barbarians and Vikings approaching civilization.

　　 Later, Iceland became a territory of the Kingdom of Norway, and after the merging of the Kingdom of Norway and the Kingdom of Denmark, it also became a place of the Kingdom of Denmark.

More than 30 years ago, because the Danish king gave up Catholicism and believed in Protestant Lutheranism in order to strengthen the sovereign rights, Iceland also expelled the Catholic bishops with the efforts of the governor at that time. More than ten churches on the island were all Christians. Took over.

It stands to reason that the abolition of the Catholic faith is tantamount to the complete abolition of the "tithe tax." The people of Iceland should be richer than before. However, the various miscellaneous taxes levied by the governor on behalf of the kingdom have also increased, and they still suppress the people of Iceland Can barely live.

　　Southern District Church This 300-year old Catholic church is now the seat of Protestantism.

　　Because it was approaching the night, a candle was lit in the church, and Yotte drove the carriage to hear that the three children jumped down in front of the church with their baggage on their backs.

　　 A fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy walked out of the church with freckles on his face and deep but brown eyes. He was wearing the costumes of church personnel and asked: "It's dark, I want to pray again tomorrow!"

　　 Sollac smiled and shouted: "Brother Yiluki! I am Sollac!"

　　 "Oh? Solrak is here? The elder was still talking about you just now."

　　 The young priest Yi Luji squinted and smiled, looked at Olaf and Thom, and asked, "Is this your friend?"

"This is the son of the leader of my village, my good friend Olaf Hadarsson! We all call him the blonde Olaf, this is my good friend Redhead Lixstrom, and this Uncle Yurt is his father …"

Solrak hurriedly introduced everyone. After everyone shook hands and greeted everyone, Yi Luji took the four people into the church. When they arrived at the hut behind the church, Yi Luji knocked on the door and whispered: "Elder! Solrak is here. ."

　　 A magnetic voice came out: "Bring him in quickly. Poor child, I'm afraid I'm exhausted!"

　　 Yi Luji opened the door, walked in with four people, and then stood by after introducing them one by one.

　　 The room is covered with blankets woven by Eastern Slavs. Behind a pine table sits a middle-aged man with thin hair. He is wearing a priest's clothes and is looking through a Bible. When the four of Olaf come in, he smiles and nods.

　　 "Sit down quickly."

Several people sat on the wooden chairs, Solrak told Olaf and Tom’s intentions, and then Yotte got up to express his devotion to the Lord, then presented two bags of silver coins, and said with a smile: "Amiye The elders! We are willing to let our children serve the Lord Jesus! I hope you can accomplish it."