Backward productivity and production relations require people in the Svealand area to require a large amount of land resources to maintain their lives.
Almost all of their ancestors came from the Jutland Peninsula. They were the first ancient Germans to land in Scandinavia. Once they landed, they immediately clashed with the Sami people, the owners of the plains.
The expulsion movement of the Sami people has continued, even when the Siwea Tribal Alliance occupied the entire Svealand, the expulsion movement continued.
The living space of the Sami people, the ancient indigenous inhabitants of Europe, has been continuously compressed, and their groups have to move to the Arctic Circle.
Gradually, the Sami people seemed to disappear from the world, leaving only many ruins in Svealand to prove to the conquerors that they had lived here.
Svealan's living space became increasingly narrow, and a tribe named "Oar" decided to go north.
There is no literature describing the exact reason why they went north. After all, they traveled hundreds of kilometers north along the coastline of the Gulf of Bothnia until they entered the edge of the Arctic Circle and settled down.
Perhaps it is because of the huge temptation of animal furs that they continue to expand further to the far north.
Every summer, there are always a large number of longships rowing over from the north, bringing a large amount of various northern furs to most tribes in the Siiya Alliance.
The Ross tribe always makes good profits in this kind of summer trade.
So Otto and his tribe will go on an expedition after winter, hoping to hunt some reindeer.
All people involved are mentally prepared.
They can endure severe cold, know how to survive in snow, and have ways to withstand possible blizzards.
Hunting one reindeer is enough to feed a family until spring, so hunters’ requirements are not high, as long as they hunt one.
They carried axes and daggers, as well as short spears for hunting.
Hunting has a set of basic principles, that is, do not kill small animals, but only hunt the largest and strongest deer. Who is the strongest? The antlers are the largest.
Once successful, the hunter begins skinning and cutting the meat on the spot.
Otto led his men and dragged a large number of sleds. Two hundred people formed a huge hunting group, fully armed and riding skis, advancing rapidly on the snow-covered land.
Winter hunting is really difficult without skis wrapped around your feet.
They first moved along the frozen coast and continued walking for three days. When the coastline began to extend to the east, the critical moment finally arrived.
In a forest, tents were built.
Reindeer skin is a wonderful material to keep out the cold. Four pieces of skin are sewn together and then built up with branches to create a wonderful tent.
The night was already deep, and more than a hundred tents suddenly appeared in the snow, and more than twenty bonfires were lit.
Otto held the grilled fish in his hand and listened to his subordinates' prospects.
Hallo Zossen held his son Kanuf in his arms and truly expressed his excitement: "If we continue to go north, maybe we will reach the end of the world. I really don't know, it was once easy to find Have the deer gone further north now?"
"Haha, because they are afraid of us."
"Maybe look at our tents. Our clothes once belonged to running deer. I'm a little worried that if we always operate on a large scale, we will one day wipe out all the deer."
"You overestimate our power. "Oh, my brother." Otto shook his head, "This world is big. Besides, if we continue to go deeper into the north, we may meet those people."
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The deer herders refer to the so-called Sami people. However, in Norse, the pronunciation of the word is very similar to "Lapp". This "La" is a tongue-licking sound, which means "deer".
"Yes! It's the deer farmer." At this point, Otto's eyes were filled with the desire for wealth.
Otto’s reminder also made Harold Zuosen excited, “Ah, those deer herders. They always raise a large number of reindeer. If we get them, this trip will be a great success. ."
"Of course! However, it will be difficult for us to meet them unless..."
"Unless what?"
"My brother, maybe. We can..." Otto turned his head nervously and looked at Harold Johnson with sincere eyes, "We will start heading northeast tomorrow. As long as we go far enough, we will meet the deer herder. Attack! Their wealth is ours."
"If we fight those people, I think we will win."
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"That's right! We haven't gone far into the Northeast yet. How about that, my brother? We are confident about our adventure.”
In this winter’s hunting trip to the north, more than 500 people participated.
Is winter a good season for hunting? All hunters have to endure the extreme cold in the Arctic. Only the reindeer covered in thick fur don't care about the cold and still eat the snow-covered grass.
Furs attract hunters, and they are worth the risk.
There were actually only 200 people following the leader Otto, and the other 300 people were not really part of the Ross tribe.
Today, the population of Fort Ross at the "end of ice and snow" has basically stabilized at 7,000 to 8,000 people. Among them, the real number of people in Rossburg isThere are less than half of the people there.
More than half of the population comes from other tribes affiliated with the Siiya Tribe Alliance. They live in Fort Ross and play a very important role.
For example, some residents from the Melalen tribe have lived in Rossburg for a long time to purchase furs from the Ross tribe, and then rowed long boats to transport the goods to their tribe's ports in the warm summer. These people have only returned to their tribes in the summer and stayed in Rossburg the rest of the time. It seems that they are no different from the Ross people.
This is not the case at all.
Because all foreign members do not enjoy the material dividends of the Ross tribe and do not have any actual power, they do not assume various obligations.
But they can be hired, even as mercenaries. Only when they become mercenaries do they have a share in the distribution of the spoils.
The Ross tribe is also willing to intermarry with these outsiders. After all, everyone essentially belongs to the same tribal alliance and speaks the exact same language. It's just that different family lineages separate each other.
The married woman can enjoy the dividends of the Ross tribe because of her husband.
Women who marry out of the tribe, or men who decide to leave the tribe, lose all their rights and obligations.
The Ross tribe has had a very good relationship with outsiders for a long time. They seem to be as close to each other as brothers. After all, the leader Otto and other elders of the tribe know that if the tribe encounters a major crisis , outsiders are unreliable.
Because they are all businessmen, the crisis in the tribe means that their safety can no longer be guaranteed and they will evacuate quickly.
This is very realistic and human nature. It doesn’t even need to be promoted. The knowledgeable people of the Ross tribe understand this truth.
Including this hunting trip to the north, this can be seen!
Those outsiders are allies and businessmen. They are also brave warriors and good hunters.
Whether it is itself or outsiders, the biggest factor in Rossburg's ability to maintain a huge population in the far north is the temptation of fur.
Smart people do a little economic calculation and find out that buying a whole deerskin requires a "good quality" silver coin. The purchasing power of silver coins is really huge in the Baltic market.
Instead of buying it and selling it in exchange for a price difference, wouldn’t it be a good choice to hunt it yourself?
Three hundred foreigners moved north. They were fully prepared, intending to sweep across a large area and catch all the beasts they encountered.
Because compared to the huge deer skin that can be spread, the furs of Norwegian forest cats, ferrets, white foxes, gray wolves and even white bears are precious.
The fur that excites hunters the most is the fur of forest cats and ferrets.
According to the price of peers in the region, one silver coin can only buy one forest cat fur, while three silver coins can buy only one forest cat fur.Only coins can buy a ferret pelt.
In fact, it was precisely because of half a century of large-scale hunting by the settlers of Roseburg that the wildlife within a radius of fifty kilometers suffered a catastrophic blow!
After all, humans are the most ferocious predators. They don’t need huge strength or fangs. They use their own wisdom to create a large number of traps and a batch of throwing spears. No matter how big or ferocious the animal is, they can become predators. Tuotuo barbecue.
The foreigners did not follow the leader of the Ross tribe and went in different directions.
In fact, foreigners are more willing to move northwest into the central mountains, set traps in the pine forests to catch ferrets, and also have the opportunity to catch deer wandering into the forest.
They did intend to separate from Otto and his party, otherwise they would be suspected of competing for the prey of the Ross tribe. If Otto was blamed, they might be expelled.
Otto was very happy that foreigners did not participate in his unit's actions. He really did not want to be interfered by foreigners when he personally led the warriors to encircle and suppress the discovered deer herd. After all, when allocating prey, it is easy to say how to distribute it within the tribe, and no matter what, it will basically not harm the harmony.