Chapter 550 This is the level of the harem

It was really an eye-opener for Svetalana to actually enter the wooden walls of Roseburg.

She saw a large number of well-proportioned wooden houses. What was very subtle was that one building after another felt like her hometown of Novgorod.

She noticed another special building. Was it a Russian temple? What is enshrined inside is the Odin they believe in?

Svetlana followed the team obediently, and finally stood next to a huge building. The sun shone so brightly that the shadow of the house easily covered her. She raised her head and realized that this huge wooden house was actually built on a rock foundation?

Especially this gray-white foundation. Could it be that the entire foundation is just one stone? Is this reasonable?

Rurik realized that his wife was actually a curious baby. The girl was busy looking up at the sky, like a surprised little fool.

"Lanna, let's go!" Rurik yelled casually, hugging Rumia.

Looking at Nolen, she had already been pulled by the Carlotta sisters. She climbed onto the platform happily, and then climbed the wooden stairs straight to the second floor.

Although he was also very surprised, Rurik must now admit that the "palace" that had been under construction since the ice and snow showed signs of melting has been completely completed.

Looking at this building, its essence is based on the height stacking on the base of wood carvings. Under the framework of the mortise and tenon structure, the walls are piled with wood. The interior is divided into three floors, and the roof is It is the most traditional herringbone top.

The first floor is the meeting hall. Compared with the tribe’s inherent shed or the leader’s house, no building is more spacious than this!

The second floor is the master's residence, with as many as twenty rooms, enough to house all Rurik's wives and concubines.

The third floor can be used as a storage room and a secret space for discussing confidential matters.

As for the small attic formed under the herringbone roof, it is the most mysterious place.

This house basically meets Rurik's needs for "modern life". It is a pity that there is no water pipe system and power supply system. The plumbing system can theoretically be worked out. But electricity! This kind of thing is really impossible to implement.

The house is tall, it is the tallest building in the entire Roseburg. It is no wonder that Svetalana looked up in wonder.

It is tall and stable because of its concrete foundation!

Take a good look at the entire Roseburg wall! Although the main material for the city wall was readily available wood for the sake of cost-effectiveness, its foundations were all made of rammed earth and gravel, with a layer of cement added to it.

The brains of the Russians are no worse than those of people a thousand years later. Their lack of knowledge is just that they have not received education. They instinctively desire new knowledge and new technologies to improve their lives.

Since Rurik taught the Rus' blacksmith family "atomism", they have quickly been using their knowledge about the reactions of elements to re-understand their work.

When Rurik pointed out in a low-key manner the materials for preparing cement for ordinary construction and the related chemical reaction models, they did not show any surprise or exclaimed that some great god had appeared. They just worked hard to follow the formula given by Rurik. Successfully created a working mineral binder.

There is a very real and urgent requirement to strengthen your own house. Since solidified cement makes the house stronger, it can better withstand the pressure of winter snow.

Throughout the summer, the people of Roseburg used a batch of lime and sand and gravel from the stream. In terms of making cement, the potters in the tribe also served as cement craftsmen. Demand promoted the birth of the industry. The potters all made a fortune.

Not only that, since it is profitable, as long as they dig deep into the mountains to dig limestone, or go to the river ditches upstream of the fjord to dig river sand, the women and children of Ross can be said to go into battle together.

If the entire Roseburg takes action, even if there is no "national-level" military action, it will be profitable to carry out large-scale infrastructure construction for the entire Roseburg. Who would be lazy?

Harold Johnson is also old. In recent years, he has been appointed to stay in his hometown for a long time to preside over important events.

During the large-scale construction this summer, this old guy has really done a good job as a "governor".

Everyone who participated in labor received their due reward.

Most of the people from all walks of life, including the Melalen people who immigrated here, have a sum of money in their hands. You can earn silver coins and copper coins without going out to fight. Then you only need to wait for the Duke to return with a large amount of supplies! At that time, everyone will take their silver coins and go to the shop set up by the Duke to buy delicious meals for the winter at the price of ten pounds of wheat for one silver coin.

After all, this has a very real need.

The women who were kidnapped, bought, and those who spontaneously immigrated here are almost all holding their newborn babies.

There are many people holding one belly and carrying another.

Rurik actually greatly underestimated the fertility of the Ross people. He estimated that the number of newborns in Rossburg increased by two thousand, but in fact it was simply three thousand!

The young warriors did not go on an expedition this year. Most of them got their own women in the previous war. Not only did these women give birth to children, they did not care that their women were still in the breastfeeding period. , and made his woman pregnant again.

Nowadays, it is not an exaggeration to describe Roseburg as a children's nest.

On the first day after returning, Rurik followed his promise and had a relationship with his first woman, Rumia, who was in his room. This was also Rurik's first night staying in the "palace". On the soft and warm leather mattress bed lay his woman and the child in his belly. Needless to say, he felt happy.

Svetlana and Noren were also assigned their own rooms. In essence, all wives and concubines had their own rooms. Only the ten maids and Rumia's root Rumi, these eleven people still live in the old dormitory, and are good at it.Accompanied by Parla who makes soap.

The Duke is back! It’s time for Russians to enter their winter lifestyle!

Things about the Duke's family, such as Otto being too loyal to love and refusing to take concubines, and Lord Rurik being extremely lustful, are all things that the Russians like to hear about.

When men talk about Rurik’s many wives and concubines, they are all envious. Many people have also set their ambitions. In the next war, if they kidnap another woman as a concubine, they will also want to grab a lot of silver coins so that they can support more and more women and children.

With many wives and concubines, I am afraid that any man will have this kind of harem dream.

Now the dream has come true. Although Rurik doesn’t want to worry too much, he knows that he must gather all the wives and concubines together and let them make an oath to confirm their identities and at the same time, communicate with each other in the form of oaths. Promise to be sisters and love each other.

It was a clear morning, three days had passed since the fleet returned.

Rurik brought his six most important wives and concubines, Carlotta, Ella, Saipolava, Rumia, Nolen and Svetlana, as well as those including Lu As many as eleven maids (who also serve as lower-level priests), including Mi, entered the third floor of the "palace".

The seventeen girls all sat quietly on the leather cushions, facing the window opened by Rurik himself, letting the early winter sunshine dispel the coldness and letting the sunshine shine on themselves.

Rurik stood by the window. From this height, he could overlook most of Roseburg.

He turned around, pinched his waist and looked at his wives and concubines proudly.

He also sent away his parents, and now he is the real Duke of Ross, on the occasion of contracting with all his wives and concubines.

Rurik said with an almost arrogant smile: "You! All of you are my women! You will all give birth to many children for me. This is your destiny, you are noble, But some people are generally noble, some are more noble, and some are the most noble. Now, listen to my name and sit where I pointed out."

Their faces and corresponding names. Rurik remembers it very clearly.

"Svetlana! Sit there."

"Rumia! Sit here."

"Carlotta, Ella , Saipolava, Nolen, and Lumi."

"Everyone else is sitting there."

He divided his wife and concubines into four parts. All seventeen wives and concubines were arranged in numbers one, one, five, and ten.

The girls have different attitudes. Some are happy, some are curious, and some even question.

For example, Rumia never thought that her follower Lumi would be chosen by Rurik to become his wife and concubine. Even looking at this, he obviously wanted to give Lumi a higher salary. status. To be honest, Rumia likes this little sister very much, after all, both of them are good at communicating in Old Finnish.

Smart Rumia has already figured outAt the door, the equally witty sisters Carlotta and Ella already understood what Rurik meant.

Having this opportunity, Rurik pointed to the sun that symbolized Odin’s power: “Just like Odin has wives and Valkyries, they are all Odin’s wives and concubines! But there are also clear differences between wives and concubines. Levels. I am the one blessed by Odin, and as my wife and concubine, I also want to give you clear levels."

At this point, some girls are eager to give it a try.

Rurik raised his right hand and insisted: "Don't speak and follow my arrangements. Now you have seen that I will divide my wives and concubines into four levels."

"Svetland Na!" Rurik deliberately said in ancient Slavic: "You are the official wife appointed by the old Duke, and this matter cannot be changed. The children you give birth to will inherit the status of Duke of Ross forever. All this is based on your loyalty."

Svetlana, what she has learned the most in her hometown in recent years is to obey her husband. She sat sideways nervously, bowed her head respectfully, and said, "I will."

Rurik nodded and said, "Rumia, you are my first woman. , is also the woman pitied by Odin, and is the true successor of the high priest. Odin has decided that you and your descendants will inherit the position of high priest of Ross forever. You must not disobey the Duke of Ross, and you must not blaspheme. I am arrogant because of my noble position."

"I...I dare not! I am the most devout priest."

"Very well. Erla. You are the sisters of Ostara, the true nobles of the Ostara tribe. Carlotta, your child and I will inherit the position of leader of Ostara. I will give it to you. A very important and special job called recorder, I want you to take charge of those documents of the old times, I want you and your children to record the documents of the future of Rus, which my children and I will no longer enjoy in Ostara. I will now name you Historia.”

“Rurik, this…” Ella was completely confused.

"Listen, I want you to record the great achievements of the Russians in the past and in the future. I have noticed you for a long time. You have never had the courage of your sister, but your calmness is the ability that a recorder needs most. "Don't think too much, accept my arrangement, you have no right to question."

"Yes." Ella bowed her head respectfully and said nothing.

“Seporava, the daughter of the Steel Squirrel tribe. Now Ironburg is the core of our Ross’s steel. Your children and I will have the rule of Ironhorn and the Northern Territory. Yu Quan."

"That's it...my brother."

"Don't say anything."

"Yes..."

Rurik added: "Rumi! You are of humble origin, but now I allow you to be a woman. Your children and I have the rule over the Eastern Kevin people."

"Nolen, the daughter of the leader of Balmok, your child and I have the right to rule Balmok."

Since this matter has been explained very thoroughly, Nolen Lun didn't hesitate and immediately expressed his complete agreement.

Finally, Rurik's eyes glanced at the ten Slavic maids.

"You, Anna, Bella, Sisia, Diana, Yeka, Fenna, Greta, Helena, Ilya, Yulia. The ten of you are of low status, even as My wives and concubines, your status is still lower than that of other sisters. However, this is your destiny. You will all bear children for me, and your sons will become war chiefs under me and lead the Russian army to open up territories for me. Earth. Your sons will definitely open up the new territory of Ross, and I will also appoint them as the leaders of the new territory."

The wives and concubines are divided into four levels. Now it is indeed a simple hierarchy. Keep the harem stable.

However, this is not enough.

Rurik took out a total of eighteen glasses that he had prepared. He arranged the glasses in a row in front of his wife and concubines, and filled them with light yellow low-alcohol ale.

Then, a sharp knife was placed on the ground.

In front of his wives and concubines again, Rurik pricked his finger and dripped his own blood into eighteen wine glasses.

"Now, just do it! Odin is watching us! We must let Odin serve as a great witness and make a blood pact."

Rumia understood. She was actually the first to stand up. Nolen followed closely behind, and this girl must know that her two brothers and Rurik had made a blood oath in the far north of the world at the end of the sea.

Although it was very crazy, they all pricked their fingers, and everyone could guess what they would do next.

Rurik picked up a glass of wine and asked them all to pick it up.

He had a sullen face and raised his wine glass to face the sun.

The other girls, feeling the pain in their fingers, also faced the sun.

Rurik drank the glass of ale, and they all toasted.

“Now, you are all sisters and all my wives and concubines. We will always be a family, and our descendants will always be a family. God is watching us. If we or our descendants If you forget your oath, you will be punished, and our family will be in danger. Do you understand?"

They all nodded, as if this would make everything okay?

Of course Rurik doesn’t believe that this group of sisters formed by blood alliance will last forever. At least within a few decades or even a hundred years, it should ensure the stability of the entire family.

However, as for one hundred, two hundred, or even five hundred or one thousand years later, who knows?

At least now, in a world full of wilderness and dense forests, with extremely sparse population and settlements, Rurik knows that he has a very special historical mission, which is to control the city he built with his own hands.The regime of the government, through desperate procreation, let his descendants kill all parties to expand the territory. Using himself as an example, he asked his subjects to follow suit to give birth to children, and formed an armed immigrant army to follow the descendants of the expedition to build new settlements.

So, seventeen wives and concubines are enough? Maybe it's not enough.

As the saying goes, among the hundred sons of King Wen, the descendants of Kangxi and Qianlong all had more than a hundred people.

This is what a monarch should do.

Rurik also has strong physical confidence.