It was another warm morning. As usual, Rurik organized the children to do some complicated formation drills and real muscle confrontation on the hillside.
In the eyes of others, more than a hundred children were ordered to line up in a square line, move in an orderly pace, and then quickly turn into four human walls to form a hollow formation according to the password. Even adults find it difficult to do this. As a result, the children have shown the skills of a real warrior under Rurik's command.
A child needs a lot of food when growing up, and children especially have a strong need for meat.
The lives of the Russian people are filled with meat, or in other words, everyone is a carnivore in a certain sense. Eating fish to survive is completely commonplace.
Although fish meat is not as good as the meat of large livestock, as long as you eat enough, people can still thrive.
Children only need a certain amount of physical stimulation during their growth, and they will grow taller and stronger.
However, if it requires a lot of mental work, you need to eat more bread to supplement the carbohydrates that can be consumed quickly.
After exercising all morning, Rurik felt that his thin body had already exercised.
He always has a group of followers around him, especially the follower Kanuf, followed by the "general" bald Fisk.
The gentle south wind rustled the pine forest.
Most of the children have gone back to their homes, and some are chewing the dried fish they brought on the spot.
That's what happened to Fisk. Unfortunately, he lost his father and now lives with his mother, mainly relying on the help of his tribe.
Fisk and his mother will also go offshore to catch some small fish, dry them and use them as regular food.
Overall, his life was not easy.
It is also for this reason that Fisk wishes he could quickly grow up to the age where he can go to war, so that with his own strength, he can forever change his poor life.
As for Rurik, he sat on the grass, opened his linen bag, took out a piece of whale meat that had been roasted inside, and started to eat it wantonly.
Fisk came closer looking for the smell of meat, and Rurik noticed this uninvited guest.
"What? You want to eat too?"
"No, I just came to see you."
"Forget it." Rurik He pulled out the meat-cutting knife and cut a piece of meat directly and handed it to Fiske, "Eat it. You always eat dried fish, which is not good."
Fiske admired Rurik. Even though I am two years older than him. People are indeed different. Ever since he learned that Rurik had made a huge fortune in just half a year, and he was also a child, Fisk now has a strong sense of inferiority when facing Rurik.
Fisk didn’t want to accept it, so Rurik stuffed the meat directly without any nonsense.
Facing Fisk’s complicated eyes, Rurik said earnestly: “We are all brothers, we have flesh and blood.We want to eat together. "
"But... is this whale meat? ”
“Yes. As you know these days, there are always beluga whales for sale on the beach. ”
“My family can’t afford that, it’s too expensive.” It's not like you..." Fisk's words were full of regret.
Is this kid feeling inferior?! How can that be possible?
Rurik thought for a while and said: "Give you meat Just take it, and in exchange, you give me some dried fish, and we'll be even. By the way, if you still feel it's not appropriate, just listen to my orders and do more things in the future. "
Fisk nodded and his mood improved a lot. "Rurik, of course I will do a good job for you. As long as it is arranged by you, I will definitely do it. "
"Alas! That's good. When you grow up, you can be my war leader. ”
“Okay, when that time comes we will continue our crusade against the Gotlanders, and I will be the vanguard. "
Thinking of those things, Fisk's eyes were full of hope, and he couldn't help but also mentioned: "Rurik, your cousin and those people will be back soon. "
"This...I don't know. May they be safe. ”
“Alas. How much treasure they grabbed has nothing to do with me. They won't give me any more money. I still had many more years to be a fisherman before I was old enough to fight. ”
Fisk’s words are quite pessimistic.
On second thought, in this era, a little boy who is less than ten years old loses his father, and the mother and son of the family depend on each other. How can they continue to live together? Survival can only be said to be a miracle of survival.
Indeed, the Ross tribe adopted some new methods of material distribution starting in 829. Basically, whoever has the ability to grab the treasure will get almost all of it. Yes. It is no longer the situation where the entire tribe is divided equally among families and each tribe member can get dividends.
People are always self-interested. In the difficult times of the Ross tribe, everyone can share the wealth of the tribe. As they continued to accumulate, it was understandable that they did not want to share the blessings.
Rurik estimated that his father's decision would forever change the original appearance of the tribe and even cause division among the tribe.
Rurik looked up at the children who had not returned home yet, sitting on the grass and eating fish. After all, these young children are the foundation of the future of the tribe.
Could it be that his father is doing it for the tribe. After being killed in the battle, his son could only live on dried fish?
Is it reasonable for the families of those who went to war in the name of the Ross tribe to enjoy all the spoils of war, while the families who did not participate in the war were reasonable? Should we jointly bear the enemy's possible revenge?
A reasonable tribe should not be like this!
Especially for the children of the tribe who live on dried fish, this should be the end of it! p>
At this time, Kanuf, who was purely greedy, happily came over to the grass like a puppy, wagging his tail happily.
The child called out affectionately: " Brother Rurik, give Kanuf meatOkay, please give me some too. "
"You? That's fine. But your family is not poor at all. Wouldn't it be better for your mother to use the money to buy some whale meat? "
"Oh, I'm just greedy. ”
“You are honest. You can eat meat, as long as you do what I tell you. Do you understand or not? "
"Yes. Kanuf agreed without thinking. The child got a piece of meat and said happily: "With you, we will all have meat to eat, and we will become richer and richer in the future." "
"Of course. "Rurik simply stopped eating. He cut the remaining meat in half with his knife and gave it to Kanuf and Fisk respectively.
"What? You don't want to eat? "Fisk asked doubtfully.
"No. "I'm going to call all the brothers who haven't left yet. I want to tell everyone something important.
The sun is shining, which is a comfortable noon.
The Russians did not There is a clear meal time, but everyone generally maintains the habit of having two meals a day.
Rurik’s remarks were just for the purpose of physical training for the children, and he ordered them to eat something before arriving. . Also bring a small cloth bag to store some food and eat it after training.
In this way, the children who follow him will have to eat three meals a day. It's purely physical training that consumes a lot of money.
There are still nearly fifty children who have not left the hillside, because for them, it is better to run around outside at the beach or go home. It was better to get something edible from the mountain stream than to do nothing.
Everyone was gathered by Rurik one after another, and these people stood in a matrix queue.
It has to be said that their actions of straightening their chests and slightly raising their chins are Rurik's orders to die, because if they don't obey, he will be expelled from the entire group, which is extremely dangerous. Punishment, being ostracized by peers now, will often still be ostracized by professionals ten years later.
This matter did not take much thought for Rurik.
The child. We always need a child king, and there is no doubt that Rurik is such a powerful child king, even if he is about to reach his eighth birthday.
Rurik deliberately walked in front of them like a reviewing soldier, with his hands behind his back. After a while.
He suddenly asked: "Brothers, have you finished eating all your dried fish? "
"Yes! "
They spoke in unison. Although their voices were childish, their majestic aura had begun to take shape.
"Okay, but I don't think you are eating well. Do you plan to live on eating small fish until you can sail a fishing boat alone or actually participate in a battle? Ask your hearts, are you willing? "
After asking this question, many children shouted directly: "But, what can we eat if we don't eat dried fish now? My father went to Novgorod. Only when he comes back can IEat wheat. ”
This statement resonated with many people, and the team became chaotic.
Rurik stretched out his hands and made a gentle downward movement.
"Keep quiet and listen to me. ”
They are indeed willing to serve Rurik, and it only takes a moment from chaos to silence.
There is something that Rurik has been thinking about for a long time. Today he again Seeing that his subordinates were still living on dried fish, the matter must be implemented as soon as possible. Before that, he needed to inform his own people of the good news: "Brothers! You can no longer live on dried fish. You all must have fresh meat. Now I have decided that I will eat either a pound of cooked whale meat or two pounds of cooked fish every day.
You all pay attention, we do not need to pay even a copper coin for this.
You are my brothers, be loyal to me, and this is the price you pay. Starting from tomorrow, I will arrange for someone to cook fish for you! "
Everyone, those who understand understand find it incredible, while those who do not understand are still confused.
Fisk said confused: "Rurik, are you serious? ? Are you going to give us a pound of fish every day for free? ”
“It’s two pounds! Rurik emphasized, "If it's whale meat, then one pound." If it's venison, it's also one pound. Fisk, please note that I am talking about cooked or roasted meat, not a pound of fresh meat. Do you understand? "
"I...I understand. But you actually plan to give us meat for free. ”
“Yes, it’s a gift. As your leader, and you are loyal to me, of course I will reward you with some meat. ”
Giving? How can there be a free lunch in the world? Even if they are really willing to be charitable donors, they will at least get spiritual satisfaction or receive praise from society in the process of giving. People are alive. , who doesn’t want more praise, and therefore live a happy life?
Rurik believes that he will be praised by his subordinates for doing this. The most important thing is that his subordinates will be rewarded with these free meats. , to be more loyal to themselves
It is certainly a good thing that they can be loyal for a lifetime, but people will change. Rurik firmly believes that at least for a period of time, they will be particularly grateful for the free lunch every day. .
If this is just the case, it would be too superficial.
Ryurik specifically emphasized this on the issue of meat: “Brothers, I will be. The next leader, you are my most trusted brothers. But you are too thin. Even the oldest Fisk cannot defeat me in a duel. Why do you think this is? "
"Haha, because you really know how to fight. "Fisk joked.
"Yes, I am indeed good at fighting. Fisk, or anyone else, I can see the weaknesses and attack them to win. However, if I were a thin person, I wouldSeeing the enemy's weakness clearly, there is still no way to knock it down. The only way to avoid being thin is to eat meat! Eat a lot of meat! But some of you lack this opportunity.
Everything is different now, I promise you. Starting from noon tomorrow at the earliest, I will take you to eat meat. I will officially inform all of you about this during training tomorrow morning.
Now you can go home and tell the brothers who ran away first to find them in the creeks and woods and tell them that they don’t have to fish anymore. ”
After hearing this, the children’s faces were filled with happy smiles.
They immediately dispersed, only Fisk and Kanuf still had complex expressions. Face, left hoping to learn more from Rurik
“Are you really serious? Even one pound of fish will feed 150 of us! Even every day? This is a huge waste, your money..." Fisk kindly dissuaded: "Rurik, you let the brothers eat meat, this is a good thing. Maybe if you let everyone eat once every three days, that's enough. "
"No! Rurik's attitude was very firm, "You doubt my financial resources?" Fisk, you still need to learn the science of computing. Don't worry, I will teach you how to calculate it too. You don’t have to worry about anything, just wait until you eat meat tomorrow! I just wish you all a very strong future. "
After that, Rurik patted Fisk on the shoulder again, "You can go back to visit your mother. "
"No. Wherever you go next, I am willing to follow you. I can't eat your meat in vain. ”
“Me too. "Although Kanuf still doesn't quite understand, he is short-tongued after all, and he is willing to serve Rurik.
"You two... okay. I'm going to Klavathon's blacksmith shop now, and I'm going to discuss making some new things with him. You two are more loyal than others, so come with me! "
"You are more loyal than others", the two of them were very excited when they heard it. Everyone firmly believed that it was inevitable for Rurik to be the future leader, and they heard Rurik's words about "loyalty". "How can you not be happy with the praise?
Rurik really does not worry about meat.
Because the priests have demand for whale blubber, whale meat, and even whale teeth. , which stimulates fishermen to take further risks. As for eating fish, fishermen are willing to take risks for more catches. As long as the fish caught in the morning can be sold quickly, the fishermen have no control over who buys it and how much they buy. As long as the buyer comes up with the money, there is no problem.
Rurik has already calculated that even the best whale meat can satisfy one pound of cooked meat for one hundred and fifty children. If whale meat is always available, the daily consumption is only about ten silver coins. For ordinary people, this is already a crazy number.
Whales are cloven-hoofed animals after all, and the meat of this kind of animal is cooked. , it is normal to shrink to 60% of the raw meat state. The whale oil does not have much odor, but the whale meat has a strong smell.
Rurik has become accustomed to the fishy smell of all kinds of seafood, and he can tolerate the horrible smell of shark meat, as does everyone else.
Fish shrinks even more when cooked, and its energy density is not as good as that of whales and seals. Therefore, the price of fresh fish is indeed much lower than that of whale meat.
Of course Rurik knows that the most powerful meat is beef. However, only the southern allies were raising cattle on a small scale. Besides, Rurik didn’t think that the Nordics in this time and space could raise cattle fat and strong.
If you pay ten silver coins a day for fertilizer and fish meat, and then pay another silver coin to hire idle women from the tribe to help cook the fish and meat, you will get more than three hundred silver coins in a month.
Is it expensive? It's impossible to say it's not expensive.
It is well worth the money paid.
Rurik even wanted to come up with a slogan for this: A pound of meat a day strengthens the Russians.
Rurik has made a decision. He also knows that his original intention of giving out benefits is to train the team and win people's hearts. He also realizes that there will be financial pressure after doing so. Fortunately, his current financial situation is still about making money quickly. To be precise, the priests and blacksmiths are throwing away the production of consumer goods and necessary tools.
What they produce is to create wealth! Their production has also stimulated fishermen's unprecedented enthusiasm for fishing, and fishermen are also working hard to create wealth.
Rurik knows that in this production industry chain, he has actually obtained the majority of the profits from material production through commercial cooperation agreements.
The internal tribal market for commodities is only so large, especially for soap. The demand of tribal families can quickly reach saturation, and their consumption speed is far slower than the production speed. So the soap must be sold to other tribes to earn huge profits.
In order to make more money, it is necessary to create more valuable goods, sell them to tribesmen or allies, and develop new profit-making channels for goods.
For example, to make glass, Rurik took his two loyal subordinates and walked towards Karavasin's blacksmith shop.
Rurik also vaguely sensed the possibility of another crisis.
That is to use commercial means to crazily collect the wealth of tribal residents. Although the currency circulation crisis has not yet broken out, in the long run it will be very dangerous deflation.
The tribe must have healthy inflation, and try to make the tribesmen as wealthy as possible. Every family has money for "bulk consumption" that they did not dare to do in the past. It is better to sell soap and never worry about it.
Since the concept of credit currency does not yet exist, the Ross tribe now needs a large inflow of gold, silver, and copper currencies from the outside to cope with the economic atmosphere that is beginning to become lively.
As for himself, Rurik felt that he was more generous. He used the rapidly increasing amount of money in his hands to organize the idle tribesmen and ask them to do something to pay for their labor. . In this way, when they earn money, they can at least buy themselvesof goods.
So, this is not just giving away profits, but also developing one's own connections, and using this method to maintain the stability of the tribe.
The real tribe members are four thousand, and Rurik thinks this is the size of medium-sized enterprises in later generations. If all the tribesmen can be maintained through financial means, the tribe should be stable, and as the leader, he should also be stable.