When the news came that the Danish Kingdom in the north had captured his son, Rostislav was staying with a group of scholars, because after several years of work, Rostislav's main work during this period was "Standard Russian Course"
》Finally released.
The tutorial was not written by Rostislav alone. After all, it involves such a huge project of reintegrating the existing Russian language.
To be precise, this is a work completed by the Grand Duke of Russia organized by many scholars from all over Russia. He can only be regarded as a chief editor at most. When signing the author's name, Rostislav's name can certainly be at the front, but
Following are the names of other authors.
It takes a huge amount of time and energy to write such a tutorial, because it has to take into account the situation in various parts of Russia, and synthesize various situations to maximize the suitability for the whole of Russia. Finally, it requires rounds of practice.
, so Rostislav put aside all writing matters and devoted himself to this matter.
Rostislav took many things into consideration for this tutorial. For example, in order to make the tutorial fully Russian, scholars from all over the world compared the Russian dialects from various places and selected the greatest common denominator for integration.
The Grand Duke of Kiev did not want the book compiled by his leader to be an ornamental thing. He wanted it to be something that could really influence Russia for hundreds of years, so he did not leave out all aspects to ensure the greatest authority.
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Originally, Rostislav planned to take a good rest after completing the tutorial, and then continue his writing. Recently, his work has two aspects, one is related to detective work, and the other is related to gambling. He originally planned to
After writing it carefully, the news came from the north. Rostislav had no choice but to go north to prepare for this war.
Not long after the Grand Duke of Rus arrived in Novgorod, he first went to see his son. After confirming that there was no big problem with his son, he summoned the entire Free Trade Alliance.
Obviously, this action of the Danes was aimed at the alliance, so it was natural to summon the strength of the entire alliance, and the Russian mainland began to mobilize.
The members of the alliance naturally knew this very well, so they all responded to the call from Ross and entered a quasi-war state with the Kingdom of Denmark.
The real state of war began after Rostislav of Novgorod submitted a document to Denmark. In the document, Rostislav, on behalf of the Free Trade Alliance, complained about Denmark's long-term destruction of northern trade and various unreasonable
The blind price increase behavior requires Denmark to return to the original normal situation and stop those malicious behaviors.
At the same time, Rostislav specifically pointed out in the document that Denmark detained his son Volorida and tortured him, demanding an apology and compensation from Denmark.
If Denmark rejects these demands, then Rostislav will not hesitate to enter a state of war with this country on behalf of the Free Trade Alliance.
In the end, there is no doubt that the current Danish King Olaf "The Hungry" very rudely rejected Rostislav's request, which also meant that the Alliance and Denmark entered a state of war.
However, after the war broke out, killings did not immediately sweep across the entire Baltic Sea. In the previous tense atmosphere, everyone knew how tense the situation was now, so most people had already returned to the ports of their own countries to avoid being affected by the war.
Only a handful of desperate guys are still sailing in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. These guys became the first victims after the war, but since their total number is not large, their impact is not great.
But the calm lasted very short. Soon, many forces within the Free Trade Alliance launched attacks on Danish territory. For a while, the coast of Denmark was filled with looters from all walks of life, and some troops boldly attacked.
Danish forts on the shore, looted them and left.
The largest number of them are Wende pirates. The so-called Wende people refer to a series of Slavic tribes and countries on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea. More than half of these countries have joined the Free Trade Alliance, but the half of Wende pirates who have not joined did not hesitate to participate.
The pillage of Denmark.
Due to the Free Trade Alliance's maintenance of order in the Baltic Sea, the cost of Wende pirates' activities has risen sharply. Now a window for plundering has opened in front of them, and these pirates will naturally seize this opportunity.
It was only then that Denmark suddenly discovered that it had stung a terrifying hornet's nest. All kinds of navies and pirates were now all over the coast of Denmark like crucian carp crossing the river. News of the attacks were sent to the king one after another.
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The current King of Denmark, Olaf "The Hungry", is not a monarch with a good reputation. This can be seen from his title. Under his rule, there have been several famines in the Kingdom of Denmark, and people are so disgusted with it.
call him.
However, in today's era, if you have a huge army in your hands, you don't have to worry about public opposition. The king does have a huge army in his hands and a corresponding huge fleet, but he does not dare to use this fleet.
The reason for not daring to use it is very simple. Just to his north, the Norwegian king with the same name as him is eyeing his land. With the Norwegian fleet to contain him, the Danish fleet does not dare to act rashly, for fear that once the fleet sets off, the Norwegian fleet will
The army advances.
The Baltic War presented an overall favorable picture for the Free Trade Alliance from the very beginning, which surprised many people who paid attention to the war.
No matter what, the Kingdom of Denmark is the undoubted overlord on the sea, but this overlord is now so miserably suppressed by the Free Trade Alliance, a force that has only risen less than twenty years ago.
Nothing can change people's minds more than war. Unknowingly, many nobles and cities who originally stood on Denmark's side began to think about changing their sides.
Those who did not go to war with Denmark began to express goodwill and change their attitudes, while those who followed Denmark began to think about jumping ship. Even if they could not jump ship, they had to find ways to spread goodwill to the alliance.
Under such dire circumstances, in the middle of 1087, King Olaf of Denmark was forced to show goodwill to the Free Trade Alliance due to a plundering war that lasted for almost a year.
Facts have proven that it is difficult for him to do anything to the Free Trade Alliance, and the Free Trade Alliance can plunder his land unscrupulously. Under such circumstances, the people under his rule can be said to be extremely dissatisfied, even the nobles
Complaints also began to arise.
The "Hungry Man" really has trouble saying this. Damn it, it was obviously your idea to start a war against the Free Trade Alliance, but when something happened, he retreated here one by one.
Times have really changed. These Yaers are no longer as brave as their ancestors. They are now nobles who live in carefully managed manors and sit in gardens full of flowers and spend their days leisurely, instead of the murders and arson of their ancestors.
Fearless warrior.
The King of Denmark has to sigh at this time, lamenting the drastic changes of the times, lamenting that the era that his father once wanted to stay has finally passed.
The attack on the Danish king did not end here. The envoy he sent returned soon, and he brought back the alliance's response to his opinions, and this response was very simple, with only one request.
The King of Denmark must abdicate, and the Free Trade Alliance will appoint another person from among the Swain brothers to serve as King of Denmark.
This is naturally a condition that the Danish king and even the Danish Jarls cannot accept. Letting foreigners choose the king of Denmark makes them seem defeated. The Free Trade Alliance's opinion is very firm. This condition is not acceptable.
May be wavering.
The alliance did not spend so many resources just to win Denmark's bow. The alliance's goal was very firm. If it wanted to solve the trouble, it had to solve it once and for all to the point where it would not happen again.
So Denmark had to go through a shake-up to bring the country within the Alliance's sphere of influence, which could only mean one thing, and that was war.