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Chapter 52 Viking Ruins
Chapter 52 Viking Ruins
"Thank you and your companions for your hard work." After Liang En finally confirmed the results of his investigation.The Robson butler immediately relaxed.
For him, this search task was passed down from his parents, so every year, people are automatically sent to carry out this search task, and it has even become a part of his life.
Therefore, when he realized that this long road was about to come to an end, even with his decades of experience as a housekeeper, he couldn't control his emotions at once, and showed excitement.
"So what else do I and my companion need to do now?" Liang En asked after waiting for a while after hearing the sound of sniffling from the other side of the microphone.
"I'll call experts and contact the people in Finland now, and then go to Helsinki tomorrow morning. You just need to wait for me at noon tomorrow." Butler Lubzon said immediately.
Early the next morning, Liang En and Pierce brought the things they had found to the Helsinki airport, and handed them over to Butler Lubzon who came by plane.
"Where should we go next? Is it back to England?" Pierce asked after handing over the things. "
Of course not, since we are all here, we can take this opportunity to add some Eastern European specialties to the store.After all, everyone is more interested in these exotic things. "
"You are right. I heard that when the Soviet Union disintegrated decades ago, many senior colleagues found a lot of good things from it." When Liang En said this, Pierce suddenly became interested.
Anyway, there was still some time before the Earl's subordinates confirmed the information, and Liang En and the others also hoped to find out the final result of this matter as soon as possible.
So Liang En and Pierce simply took this opportunity to start working directly to see if they could find anything interesting in this Eastern Europe far away from home.
Of course, another important reason why the two of them are willing to stay here is that the butler is willing to pay for their travel expenses during this time.
So the two returned to St. Petersburg to rest for a day. In the early morning of the next day, Liang En and Pierce each drove to their destinations.
Unlike Pierce who chose the markets in the cities he was familiar with as targets, Liang En chose a wild adventure.A few hours later, he drove the off-road vehicle he rented to the edge of Lake Ladoga.
The largest freshwater lake in Europe is located more than 60 kilometers northeast of the center of Leningrad. During the 900-day Siege of Leningrad that year, the acquired supply route across the lake was the entire city's lifeline.
Although the area was not occupied by the Axis forces at the time, it was well within range of their artillery and air strikes.
Therefore, countless heroic Soviet soldiers braved artillery fire to drive vehicles and ships back and forth to transport various materials and personnel. Of course, many things naturally sank to the bottom of the lake during this process.
However, Liang En didn't come here today to disturb those brave soldiers. After all, this lake covers more than 1 square kilometers, and even if there are really good things that retreated from Leningrad, he can't fish them out by himself.
"It should be here." After driving the car to a valley on the east bank of the river, Liang En looked at the surrounding land and said.This is a somewhat messy forest, surrounded by swamps and rivers.
If you find a tree and climb five or six meters up.You can also see the wavy Ladoga Lake not far away.
It seems that there is no difference between the ordinary jungle here now, but if the time goes back about 1000 years, a Viking town with a trading station as its core stands here.
According to Viking tradition, they would bring furs, amber, honey and wax to Russia through the Baltic Sea.They then headed south as far as the Dnieper River and sailed down the river, eventually heading for their destination, Constantinople.
This journey would take a full year, and after completing their trade in Constantinople, they would follow this road back to their homeland again.
These Viking traders and raiders started out with little range, as they needed to return to their homes before winter and avoid sailing the seas during the dangerous season.
But after 850 AD, these Vikings no longer returned to their hometown every year, but chose some areas to establish camps as their bases for business and plunder.
This was the case in this small town in the jungle back then. The group of Vikings chose to settle in this place, built a circular fortification with wooden planks, and drew water from the lake not far away to fill the trench.
The reason for building a solid stronghold here is to provide shelter for the traveling caravans on the one hand and avoid being attacked by the local indigenous Pechenegs.On the other hand, it also serves as a starting point for plundering to plunder local indigenous people as slaves.
Historically, some of these strongholds gradually developed into large cities. For example, Dublin and York were the earliest strongholds of the Vikings.
But this stronghold was of the unlucky kind, unfortunately it was destroyed in a Pecheneg attack.
Of course, this is not bad news for Liang En, because unlike those abandoned strongholds, these kind of strongholds destroyed by war often leave some more valuable treasures.
According to the map in his mind, Liang En quickly found the residence of the town's chief and the location of the sanctuary.Then use the metal detector in your hand to detect it.
Nothing was found on the ruins of the sanctuary, but just after walking two steps to the ruins of the leader's residence, they heard the buzzing sound from the metal detector.
After squatting down and digging with a small shovel for a while, Liang En felt something between his shovel, but it didn't sound like metal from the knocking sound.
"It looks like a stone that has been polished by hand." Liang En expanded his digging range as he thought about it. Soon, a round object appeared in the pit at most 20cm.
It was at this time that he recognized that what he dug up was a stone bowl carved from soapstone, with some simple patterns engraved on it.
Obviously, that's not what the metal detector found just now.So after carefully putting the basically complete stone bowl aside, he continued to clean up the soil below.
Soon, a piece of black metal that could fit in the palm appeared at the bottom of the pit.This piece of metal looks like a capital letter T, and at the bottom of the T is a metal ring.
The first time this thing was cleaned up, Liang En recognized it as an amulet in the shape of Thor's hammer.Soldiers often carry this amulet with them to pray for strength.
The discovery of the amulet shocked Liang En, because it meant that this place was not disturbed by too many people, and it could be regarded as a rich mine.
Unfortunately, good luck seemed to leave him next.
It wasn't until he had explored the entire chieftain's house that he found an Arabic silver dinar, the size of a thumb, with a pierced amber on it and an ax with a thick layer of rust on it.
(End of this chapter)
"Thank you and your companions for your hard work." After Liang En finally confirmed the results of his investigation.The Robson butler immediately relaxed.
For him, this search task was passed down from his parents, so every year, people are automatically sent to carry out this search task, and it has even become a part of his life.
Therefore, when he realized that this long road was about to come to an end, even with his decades of experience as a housekeeper, he couldn't control his emotions at once, and showed excitement.
"So what else do I and my companion need to do now?" Liang En asked after waiting for a while after hearing the sound of sniffling from the other side of the microphone.
"I'll call experts and contact the people in Finland now, and then go to Helsinki tomorrow morning. You just need to wait for me at noon tomorrow." Butler Lubzon said immediately.
Early the next morning, Liang En and Pierce brought the things they had found to the Helsinki airport, and handed them over to Butler Lubzon who came by plane.
"Where should we go next? Is it back to England?" Pierce asked after handing over the things. "
Of course not, since we are all here, we can take this opportunity to add some Eastern European specialties to the store.After all, everyone is more interested in these exotic things. "
"You are right. I heard that when the Soviet Union disintegrated decades ago, many senior colleagues found a lot of good things from it." When Liang En said this, Pierce suddenly became interested.
Anyway, there was still some time before the Earl's subordinates confirmed the information, and Liang En and the others also hoped to find out the final result of this matter as soon as possible.
So Liang En and Pierce simply took this opportunity to start working directly to see if they could find anything interesting in this Eastern Europe far away from home.
Of course, another important reason why the two of them are willing to stay here is that the butler is willing to pay for their travel expenses during this time.
So the two returned to St. Petersburg to rest for a day. In the early morning of the next day, Liang En and Pierce each drove to their destinations.
Unlike Pierce who chose the markets in the cities he was familiar with as targets, Liang En chose a wild adventure.A few hours later, he drove the off-road vehicle he rented to the edge of Lake Ladoga.
The largest freshwater lake in Europe is located more than 60 kilometers northeast of the center of Leningrad. During the 900-day Siege of Leningrad that year, the acquired supply route across the lake was the entire city's lifeline.
Although the area was not occupied by the Axis forces at the time, it was well within range of their artillery and air strikes.
Therefore, countless heroic Soviet soldiers braved artillery fire to drive vehicles and ships back and forth to transport various materials and personnel. Of course, many things naturally sank to the bottom of the lake during this process.
However, Liang En didn't come here today to disturb those brave soldiers. After all, this lake covers more than 1 square kilometers, and even if there are really good things that retreated from Leningrad, he can't fish them out by himself.
"It should be here." After driving the car to a valley on the east bank of the river, Liang En looked at the surrounding land and said.This is a somewhat messy forest, surrounded by swamps and rivers.
If you find a tree and climb five or six meters up.You can also see the wavy Ladoga Lake not far away.
It seems that there is no difference between the ordinary jungle here now, but if the time goes back about 1000 years, a Viking town with a trading station as its core stands here.
According to Viking tradition, they would bring furs, amber, honey and wax to Russia through the Baltic Sea.They then headed south as far as the Dnieper River and sailed down the river, eventually heading for their destination, Constantinople.
This journey would take a full year, and after completing their trade in Constantinople, they would follow this road back to their homeland again.
These Viking traders and raiders started out with little range, as they needed to return to their homes before winter and avoid sailing the seas during the dangerous season.
But after 850 AD, these Vikings no longer returned to their hometown every year, but chose some areas to establish camps as their bases for business and plunder.
This was the case in this small town in the jungle back then. The group of Vikings chose to settle in this place, built a circular fortification with wooden planks, and drew water from the lake not far away to fill the trench.
The reason for building a solid stronghold here is to provide shelter for the traveling caravans on the one hand and avoid being attacked by the local indigenous Pechenegs.On the other hand, it also serves as a starting point for plundering to plunder local indigenous people as slaves.
Historically, some of these strongholds gradually developed into large cities. For example, Dublin and York were the earliest strongholds of the Vikings.
But this stronghold was of the unlucky kind, unfortunately it was destroyed in a Pecheneg attack.
Of course, this is not bad news for Liang En, because unlike those abandoned strongholds, these kind of strongholds destroyed by war often leave some more valuable treasures.
According to the map in his mind, Liang En quickly found the residence of the town's chief and the location of the sanctuary.Then use the metal detector in your hand to detect it.
Nothing was found on the ruins of the sanctuary, but just after walking two steps to the ruins of the leader's residence, they heard the buzzing sound from the metal detector.
After squatting down and digging with a small shovel for a while, Liang En felt something between his shovel, but it didn't sound like metal from the knocking sound.
"It looks like a stone that has been polished by hand." Liang En expanded his digging range as he thought about it. Soon, a round object appeared in the pit at most 20cm.
It was at this time that he recognized that what he dug up was a stone bowl carved from soapstone, with some simple patterns engraved on it.
Obviously, that's not what the metal detector found just now.So after carefully putting the basically complete stone bowl aside, he continued to clean up the soil below.
Soon, a piece of black metal that could fit in the palm appeared at the bottom of the pit.This piece of metal looks like a capital letter T, and at the bottom of the T is a metal ring.
The first time this thing was cleaned up, Liang En recognized it as an amulet in the shape of Thor's hammer.Soldiers often carry this amulet with them to pray for strength.
The discovery of the amulet shocked Liang En, because it meant that this place was not disturbed by too many people, and it could be regarded as a rich mine.
Unfortunately, good luck seemed to leave him next.
It wasn't until he had explored the entire chieftain's house that he found an Arabic silver dinar, the size of a thumb, with a pierced amber on it and an ax with a thick layer of rust on it.
(End of this chapter)
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