With a lot of delicious food in his stomach, Otto mentioned the most critical thing to be carried out in the future: "I will go to Novgorod soon to collect tribute. Rurik, we have an agreement. , I want to take at least 10,000 pounds of wheat to the East. You know, the new Roseburg we built will be more and more important in the future.”
“Is 10,000 pounds enough?” Rurik shrugged, "There must be a thousand people living there! They are all our tribesmen! In my opinion, it is more appropriate to bring 50,000 pounds of wheat."
"This... is too much Come on." Otto was a little surprised.
“I think it’s okay. Originally, people like us who live in Roseburg generally eat fish in winter. We have more fishing boats this year and catch more fish. Give our tribesmen who are pioneering in the east a chance to eat fish. They need it most."
"Really?" Otto felt that his son's expression had a deeper meaning, so he said with a hint of joking: "You give it to your servants. Very good food, no different from what we eat now. "
"Dad, are you blaming me?"
"I don't. I just want to say that you are a little too kind to your servants."
"Those people are my servants after all." Rurik emphasized, "I give them very good things." Food, they work for me. As for our tribesmen in the east, how much support we give them depends on the leader's wishes. We can't get anything from them now. I am a little sorry that if we are not the leader, we don't need to pay attention. What will they eat this year?"
Otto nodded: "I am the leader, I must pay attention to them, Rurik, what you said is not correct. If there is a war, the East. Brothers must participate.”
“That’s true. I am afraid that our tribe’s only obligation is to participate in the war unconditionally because of the collective interests of our tribe. Dividends have been cancelled. I have some doubts about whether those who do not benefit from it during the war will work hard."
Whether this thing mentioned by Rurik is a good thing or a bad thing, Otto really believes it. Can't comment.
Judging from the current situation, the former tribal system has permanently ended. Today, the spoils and tributes collected are all shared by the participating families. Of course, the chief family also controls The financial power of the priests was obtained, and the benefits obtained were unprecedented. If you don't participate, you can't get it. However, non-participants still have to defend the Ross tribe in critical moments.
There is no possibility of being attacked in the core area of the Rus.
Rurik thought with his toes that at the meeting of the powerful group of people within the Ross tribe last year, everyone focused more on the distribution of benefits, but they never thought that it would undermine the cohesion of the tribe.
If a disaster really strikes, those families who do not enjoy the dividends on weekdays will not be able to choose "self-exile"?
Bah! When a catastrophe strikes, those who have received bonuses mayXu Hui will fight as a team, and others will not get the benefits on weekdays, so they must not run away. People, after all, only when their own interests are attacked will they fight back crazily!
Rurik has his own opinion on this: "Dad, I bought all the food, and the ownership belongs to our family. When we give food to the tribesmen over there, it should be funded in the name of the leader. . They can’t eat our food in vain.”
“Huh?” Otto frowned; “What do you think?”
“They can accept it. You have to pay a price for food."
"What price?"
"The food is loaned to them and they can cultivate some land and produce it. We are merciful, and we will pay at least as much as they borrow next autumn." Otto suddenly realized that something was wrong with his son's words: "Wait a minute! Well, we collect tribute from our people?”
“Yes. Is there anything wrong with this?” Rurik replied with a serious face.
"This...I always feel a little..."
"Dad, do you think it's inappropriate? Times have changed! Do you want to give them food for free? Why? ? Just because they had difficulty living in Novorsburg when they first settled there? ”
Otto’s original intention was to give part of the tribute collected from Novgorod to the residents of Novorosaberg. It's very simple, just to let the tribesmen over there survive the first winter. He never thought about getting any real benefits from the tribesmen over there, but he just acted on the responsibility of the leader to help them tide over the difficulties.
He really didn’t expect that his son Rurik, the future leader, would actually calculate the gains and losses of his tribe.
Otto didn’t know whether it was good or bad to do that. If the words came out of his son’s mouth, it might be a good thing in the end.
Otto expressed his idea of donating food, and Rurik immediately asked: "Dad, we collect tribute from Novgorod every year, do we have to finance Novorosberg forever in the future?" Settlers? Since the tribute becomes a participant, do the participants want to sit back and enjoy the benefits? ”
“Ah? Thinking so much, Rurik, what should we do?" Otto asked tentatively.
“We still need to collect tributes.” Rurik emphasized, “Dad, you are the leader, and you have the power to distribute tributes. If I were the leader, the people of Novgorod would still have to give us a tribute. I will pay tribute, that is, a large amount of wheat. I will store the wheat and not distribute it to the tribute army. Instead, I will pay them money.
In this way, we will take the wheat this year. Tribesmen, they will return an equal amount of wheat next year. The tribute of the Novgorod people should also be controlled by us.
I already have a big money box, and I also want to store grain.
Then,Those grains are no longer tributes, but taxes (the English word tax is spoken).
My goal is that eventually every clan member will hand over part of their property and I will keep it for them. I am not greedy, because these properties will be used for the construction of our tribe. Just like I will control a large amount of food, if our tribe encounters a disaster and ordinary people are unable to obtain food and starve, the food I control will be distributed to everyone, so that everyone can survive the difficulty. "
Rurik talked a lot, but it was too difficult for Otto to immediately understand the purpose and significance of "taxation."
Otto did understand a little bit, since The tribal people’s meeting last year was to discuss the principle of “he who does not work shall not eat”, thereby completely revising the tribe’s tradition of dividing dividends.
Since most people think this is correct, then that’s fine. ! There is no truly uncompensated gift, and those who receive it should give positive feedback.
Otto slapped his thigh: "Okay. The people of New Roseburg had to clear the land and plant it with wheat next year. You are right, the two hundred thousand pounds of wheat belong to our family, even if the people over there are our tribesmen, if we give them one pound of wheat this year, they will have to return two pounds next year. As long as they accept the gift, they must repay it next year. ”
“Also, the food must belong to our family. Dad, you are the leader after all. According to the Franks far away, you are our king! " Rurik said as a deliberate compliment.
After being praised by his son, Otto's thoughts were praised.
Since the issue of land reclamation is mentioned, after all, it is not that the Russians do not understand When it comes to farming, their ability to grow is limited by the barren and cold natural environment of Roseburg.
Otto knocked on the table and said excitedly: "Since they are opening up wasteland, they still need some tools. But we don’t even have wooden plows, so it seems we need a batch of plows from the Novgorod people. "
"No need. Rurik shook his head and talked about the plow, one of the tools he had planned to make: "What kind of wood plow do you want?" We can definitely make better ones. ”
Otto was surprised: “Can you make a plow?” Can you plant it? my child. ”
“I don’t know how to farm! Anyway, I just know how to plow. Dad, didn’t you say there is a loyal dog in Novgorod (referring to White Tree Manor)? I will create a brand new plow that will cause the locals to increase their grain yields so that they can pay more wheat as tribute. Isn't this good? The plow I made will definitely help our people in New Roseburg, and it will be easy to clear a lot of land. In the end, it’s us who benefit! "
Otto's eyes widened. He knew that whatever his son mentioned, he always did what he said.
"Is there still enough time? I will be setting sail with my brothers soon. "
"Dad, when are you leaving? "
"The situation this year...about ten days from now. This year we moved a little late. ”
“It’s not in the way. I understandTake action! ”
Rurik’s mobility is naturally impeccable. After breakfast today, he led more than a hundred brothers as usual, and held wooden sticks and shields on the hill, simulating a battle. Battle.
Military training lasted from spring to autumn. Now, the children can listen to Rurik's orders and the team can move freely and even make some complicated queue changes. With their strong obedience and discipline, Rurik felt that when these children grew up, their combat effectiveness would surpass that of other tribes.
Because the current infantry tactics of the children have reached the level of a "hundred-man team". Level, if you want to defeat such a huge group, with the current level of tribal warfare, Rurik believes that his men will be invincible.
Rurik has not yet made full use of the new mercenaries. Captain Jevlo, let’s just use those people as lumberjacks.
In this regard, Rurik strongly agrees with his father’s arrangement.
Otto cannot. I believed those mercenaries in an instant.
The loyalty of that group of people remains to be tested. Besides, who is the joker and who is dedicated? They can really show their true attitude when cutting wood. Come out.
Rurik feels that since Yevluo is an excellent warrior, more than a hundred of his guys will have a new teacher next year - Yevluo.
p>Before that, Rurik did not want Yevro and other mercenaries to engage in the so-called "protecting the safety of the leader"
Because of the safety of the leader, there was naturally a large group. The cronies will protect you at all times. The mercenaries recruited will be complete tool men before next spring, including lumberjacks, construction workers, porters, etc.
If. Anyone who declares that he can't stand it should get out of the territory of the Ross tribe. Rurik believes that these guys are dedicated mercenaries who are truly willing to take money to do things under any circumstances.
< p>For making the plow, Rurik still needed the help of a professional blacksmith.This afternoon, he stayed in his new home and worked non-stop on his design.
Since there was no paper yet, Rurik found a piece of wood and used the tip of his knife to carve out the shape of a plow on the board. This was his professionalism, so much so that he could just carve out a picture on the board. He tried his best to make it lifelike.
After lunch the next day, Rurik took his wooden plank and went straight to Klavasen's blacksmith shop.
The sun was at noon and it was full. The old guy with hairy arms is still banging the sword embryo
Although it may be more profitable to make glassware, due to the narrow audience, Klavasen feels that it is difficult for him to make glassware again. To make money from his tribe, he still needs to make a large number of steel swords to complete the previous orders and stabilize his reputation. In the foreseeable future, making carbon steel weapons will always be his family's job. p>
Come aloneRurik's sudden appearance was really unexpected, and the child's appearance in a white fox fur robe was really incompatible with the dirty and hot blacksmith shop.
"My little master, is there anything else important? I have already handed over the previous payment to you."
"Could it be that our conversation is more about money? Question?" Rurik asked casually: "Where is Lilia?" "You are looking for her? She is in the house, operating the loom."
p>“She can also weave?!”
“Of course.” Klavasen was a little surprised: “Most women know this skill, not to mention she is from Novgorod. "Klavason smiled: "My Lilia can always come up with some new patterns for me. Go and see, she is weaving a piece of patterned cloth."
Rurik is originally. He came to discuss with Lilia the use of advanced plows to reclaim wasteland in Novgorod. He rushed into the inner hall of the blacksmith shop. Rurik's sudden appearance frightened Kravassin's wife, but Lilia buried her head in it. Work without any interruption.
She sat on a leather cushion and used her hands and feet to operate a very crude loom. It was so crude that it hardly looked like a machine, but it could indeed weave cloth.
"Brother, you are here. What's the matter?" Lilia spoke in Slavic language very calmly, and sweat covered her forehead.
"Oh, it looks like you are spinning patterned cloth. Did you use new linen?"
"Of course, I also did moss printing and dyeing on the new linen. You Look." Lilia said with her eyes, "I can make a beautiful linen garment for my Kawei by the way. Are you here to see me?"
"Hmm. I especially want to talk to you about it.”
“Oh, tell me,” Lilia said, still holding the loom with her hands and feet.
Rurik could see that she had no spare time at all, and after some inquiry he found out that Kawei had led Kamni again, pulling the blacksmith's two-wheeled cart, and ran to the nearby mountains to mine ore. . Rurik was not surprised. At present, while the climate has not changed drastically, the blacksmith shop needs to stock up on some ores and charcoal blocks so that the workshop can continue to operate during the cold nights.
The boring winter is boring for many tribesmen. As a result, since spring, many women have puffed up their bellies.
This is not the case in the blacksmith shop. Everyone knows that steel swords are really easy to use, and steel axes are also artifacts for cutting wood. The tribesmen are eager to completely change their clothes, which forces a handful of people in the tribe to The blacksmith began an unprecedented "big work". It was too difficult to obtain ore in winter, and the strong Kawei had to try his best to get more ore reserves.
Blacksmiths are more than happy to work hard, and not just because of the financial gain. After the blacksmiths discussed it, they had to work hard to show their loyalty, reliability and importance to the current leader Otto and the future leader Rurik.