How much value do the copper coins stored in the warehouse have to Roseburg's current economic situation?
A large number of copper coins should have been the most common currency in circulation, but now they have largely given way to silver coins.
The copper coins are placed in warehouses, where the dry and cold climate makes them extremely difficult to corrode. But Roman copper coins were simply placed in warehouses, which was a waste of metal.
Copper coins can be cast into arrow clusters, armor pieces and other tools and weapons, and Rurikben is also interested in doing so, such as casting many lamp holders.
There is a copper vein in the mountainous area of Roseburg. Its scale is far less impressive than that of the iron mine. It is still meaningful to develop local copper resources.
Because, smelting bronze does not require a blast furnace at all.
There are as many as eight traditional furnaces where copper coins and tin nuggets are mixed into eight crucibles of extremely hot molten metal.
After the special clay mold is fired, the special flat parts are carefully polished.
They were polished smooth with all their strength, and finally came to the moment of casting.
When the blacksmiths smashed the dry-heat mold with hammers, the shiny bronze casting was completed!
Two sets of bronze grinding disc assemblies are completed under the joint casting of bronze water from eight crucibles.
Rurik consumed a large amount of copper coins for the millstone. Some people said that this was a manifestation of the Duke's extravagance. Some people speculated on the purpose of the Duke insisting on ordering the blacksmith to cast a rare large bronze piece.
Most people don’t know about this at all. Everyone is thinking about the summer expedition to Karelia. It was said that it was an unknown and brave enemy, so everyone just polished their weapons and waited for a battle.
It was the young blacksmith from Rurik who was responsible for the casting of this large piece. Kamne supervised the matter. When the casting was completed, he gave a sum of money to all participants.
The sun shines on the bronze grindstone that reveals its true appearance, and the golden light is blinding.
Cam, you half-covered your face with your rough hands: "Sir, you say this is grinding? It looks weird. Can you really grind wheat into powder quickly?"
" Of course, it was designed by me, so it must be intentional!" Rurik pinched his waist and said.
Obviously he was already preparing for the big event of going to Balmok, but Rurik seemed to deliberately take the time to order the casting of these things.
Many blacksmiths and helpers came to the casting site to watch. Some unlucky ones were so excited that they accidentally fell from a height.
Old Klavasen said nothing, while Kawei struggled to hold up the cooled bronze millstone.
"Ah! How heavy is this? Rurik, you..." Kawei gritted his teeth and forcibly raised the round millstone up, and then put it down heavily.
He twisted his arms and panted: "This thing is too heavy."
"It's only half a stika (about half a meter) in diameter, so you are tired? Are you? Aren't you getting weak?" Rurik teased deliberately.
Kawei wiped his sweat: "Spare me. You must be better thanI also know how heavy this thing is. "
"Then continue to do what I want and find strong men to move to the palace for me. ”
“Okay. Hopefully it will actually grind a lot of flour. ”
The concept of grinding for most Russians is stone grinding rods. As for the rotating stone grinding mill, it originated from Asia. It was the Romans who brought this oriental technology to Britain and northern Europe. But it is Many Germanic tribes are really high-tech, and many barbarians only started to work as farmers after the collapse of Western Rome, so they have a reason to use mills.
Rurik also has no way of knowing whether the rotating stone mill is real. It came from the Far East, and perhaps it was first invented in the ancient Mesopotamia. However, he firmly believed that the technology of the heavy stone roller must have come from the Far East. The two heavy tools for processing grains into powder have different working principles. It's similar. It's just that the rotating grinding disc can grind finer powder, and the rotating stone grinding is extremely efficient.
Maybe it makes more sense to make a heavy-duty grinder. Due to personal reasons, Rurik still prefers rotating metal grinding. , as for why he is obsessed with bronze mills, it is just that it is easy to make. If conditions permit, he will not hesitate to build heavy-duty stainless steel mills.
Kawei is not a soldier, and he also subconsciously studies it when he participates in the war. Let’s take a look at the buildings and tools of the British residents. He knew about the rotating stone mill, but Lord Rurik actually insisted on making a bronze rotating mill!
At first there were only two millstone components, and then there were two more. To be cast.
In the cement courtyard of the Duke of Ross's palace, a stone and wood structure building has been completed. It is large and extremely empty inside, and some stone piers placed inside are quite awkward. < /p>
The quiet house became lively, and Rurik's female relatives were squatting on the windowsill on the third floor, almost fainting with shock as they watched the people carrying huge gold nuggets downstairs.
That's gold!
Indeed, the color of the bronze cast by the special material ratio does look like gold to these girls.
The color of gold is much brighter, and the color of bronze is much darker.
The grinding disc and the base are smooth as a whole, but there are a large number of grooves with extremely special shapes inside. The most important thing about these grooves is that their special shape ensures that the ground wheat particles are constantly pushed to the outside. , the workers only need to carefully collect the flour.
It is a very traditional oriental millstone with a simple structure and the material is better than stone.
The strong man struggled to lift the glittering millstone. The grinding plate is fastened to the bearing of the bronze base.
The practical experiment was carried out immediately. The onlookers watched Rurik pour wheat grains into the funnel of the feed port. There is a strong man pushing the wooden pole to rotate the grinding disc.
It does not have ball bearings, nor roller bearings. It relies on grease lubrication to ensure that it does not require too much effort.
It looks bulky, but it's actually okay, and it quickly displayed its powerful abilities.
Because it has been polished.The rather fine coarse whole wheat flour has been continuously pushed out by the millstone!
Rurik put the yellow-white coarse flour into his mouth to taste the taste. He was not too happy. On the contrary, the people watching were already chatting lively with smiling faces.
The two bronze millstones were completed in a relatively low-key manner. It was actually a great innovation for the Russian people, but whether it was great or not can only be felt after people can eat a lot of bread and fine bread. .
Why treat a strong man as a donkey? Two docile reindeer were pulled to the shed. They replaced the donkeys, and Rurik had no doubts about the endurance of these large animals. He actually had no choice. The available livestock here in Roseburg were either reindeer or ponies. Mules were actually the best value for money. But now he had no choice but to use female deer with cut off antlers.
The maid from Britain was quickly given the job of running the mill. They knew about mills and revolving stone mills, but...
They were shocked. When they learned that taking good care of the reindeer grinding mills, they could get enough toast or bread every day, and they readily accepted it.
At least when it comes to food and drink, the Duke is much kinder than the nobles in his hometown.
This was an opportunity to show off the strength of the Russian people. The old priest from Lindsay and all the maids who were kidnapped from Britain visited the "golden millstone" under Rurik's order.
"This is gold! How great this is! The rich Duke used gold to make millstones." Old Pastor Lindsay covered his heart. He had to admit Ross's wealth.
As for the maids, they have bought meat every day since they came to Rus. When it came to eating enough, they were pleasantly surprised by the kindness of the conqueror, and also wondered why the conqueror didn't grind flour. Now they realize their innocence.
A woman murmured: "Maybe their hoes are also made of gold."
Rurik did not regard the completion of the bronze mill as a good thing that could be praised, but his family It was basically the noodles that were late for the first time.
Noodles? No.
Rurik's female relatives were all forced to learn to use chopsticks, even Princess Mary. After rigorous practice, she felt that her right hand was extremely flexible. As for eating with her hands, Mary thought it was the most shameful vulgarity.
They subconsciously connected "wheat" and "rope" and gave the noodles an appropriate combination of "wheat rope".
Rurik didn’t take it seriously. Looking at the hot stewed noodles in his bowl, he felt a sense of dislocation in time and space.
The family gathered together, and the top nobles of Ross were on the second floor of the palace, enjoying the lo mein dish that was so ordinary and boring for Easterners a thousand years later.
But for them, this is the most delicious food!
The flour is sifted, and the exquisite noodles made from European high-gluten wheat are more elastic. As for the marinade, it consists of onions, seal meat, carrot cubes, salt and last year’s harvest.A thick sauce made from picked thyme.
They eat noodles like Orientals. Once they feel the taste is great, they all become little wolves.
Otto was surprised to see that he still couldn't use chopsticks. Fortunately, his son also prepared a sterling silver fork for himself. It was really wonderful to eat this "wheat rope" with the fork.
The noodles were heavily stained with thick sauce, and Otto opened his mouth with many missing teeth. He was surprised by the elasticity of the noodles and how soft they were after chewing.
I don’t know how many feelings affected my mind, completely turning into a desire to eat.
Happiness overflowed on Otto’s wrinkled face!
Rurik knew that his father had a big appetite and had been used to it all his life, so he must be fierce when eating noodles. Who would have thought that Otto would finish a bowl of noodles in no time.
"Are you so hungry?" Niya scolded with a smile, and Otto randomly responded with a burp, making everyone laugh.
Even the little baby Velika started laughing.
“It’s a hundred times more delicious than boiled wheat!” Otto held the silver bowl and went to the barrel to get another bowl for himself, poured the marinated meat on it and continued eating.
Rurik looked surprised, and his father’s appearance even made him confused.
Otto, why are you so skilled?
"I will eat this every day from now on." Otto finally stuffed his stomach with high-concentration carbohydrates. It was the first time in his life that he had this special feeling of comfort, the feeling of soaring blood sugar. In this era Ordinary people may not be able to understand it in their lifetime.
Otto acted like an old naughty boy, clamoring to share the delicious meal with his old friend, and to eat it every time.
"Is this enough?" Rurik asked deliberately.
"Do you have any other tricks?"
"Of course. We are going to make a large amount of toasted bread to test the dough."
The essence of toasted bread is Regarding fermentation, although high-quality yeast is difficult to obtain, baking soda is easily available.
At first there were two bronze mills, and soon there were four. They seem to be limited in number, but their combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated.
A large amount of coarse flour was made overnight, and Rurik ordered the servants from Britain to work all night, even if the reindeer pulling the mill had a rest, they were allowed to do it.
Rurik set a harsh task for them, and he felt that his measures were not inappropriate. Because Ross must store enough high-quality dry food for a arduous winter expedition!
The art of baking bread was first invented in Mesopotamia in 10,000 BC. At that time, baking was just a hard ball of dough. When the technology was popularized in Egypt, The Egyptian fermentation technology allowed the bread to undergo a qualitative change in taste.
It was brought to Rome, and along with it a complete set of flour grinding, kneading, fermentation and baking techniques, it was passed on to barbarians everywhere, and even spread to the people along the Baltic Sea and in the dense forests of Northeast Europe.
The Slavic women on Lake Ilmen who married into Rossburg generally understandHow to use a stone mill to grind wheat grains to make flour. Although Novgorod was too cold to grow oats, once wheat was imported from Smolensk in the south, they did not hesitate to make bread.
They all believe that oats cannot be made into bread. If oat flour is ground, its loose starch structure is indeed difficult to bind into dough.
As for oats, Rurik actually knows its other name in the East, which is oats.
Although oats have disadvantages in this regard, if they are mixed with wheat, the problem of difficulty will be solved.
Oats are easier to store and more difficult to perish than wheat. The two grains are mixed together and ground into a mixed powder by four bronze mills overnight.
The grinding efficiency of a bronze mill in one rotation is better than that of a woman holding a stone grinding rod and grinding it against a stone slab a hundred times.
Even if it were a woman pushing the wooden pole to turn the millstone in the middle of the night, the efficiency would be insignificant.
It didn’t take much time to grind one hundred pounds of wheat into coarse flour when four bronzes were milled into battle. Rurik was pleased that he quickly obtained a large amount of flour.
That is food for ordinary people to eat, and the germ and bran layers do not need to be sifted out with twine gauze.
When the starch inside the wheat can be fully bonded, even if a large amount of bran is mixed in, there will be no other problems except making the overall taste of the bread a bit rough.
Ordinary people are not qualified to be picky about food. Men and women earned wealth through hard work and then bought food from the Duke. This was simply impossible in the past. Wheat is still very precious. They make their own bread and pancakes, and even the crumbs have to be collected and eaten.
Even some rotten bread is processed like pickled sauerkraut.
No, when the Slavic wives in Rossburg really started making bread, there were many bright-minded women who deliberately performed a special brewing stunt in front of their Russian husbands.
Is that winemaking? No! Some baked flour cakes and unleavened coarse bread were ground into crumbs, just like brewing traditional Viking ale, and they began to brew a unique Slavic alcoholic drink-kvas.
At this time, Rurik only found out recently. Because the original kvass produced in Roseburg has been brought to the dining tables of their own homes by some Slavic wives. Its taste is not like bitter and slightly sweet ale, but it smells sour and tastes completely sweet. This life lacking drinks immediately brings new pleasure.
These are all huge changes brought about by the arrival of large amounts of wheat from Britain into Roseburg.
But the biggest change is that the Duke of Ross actually started baking bread!
The clay craftsman received a penny from the Duke and a physical reward of semolina.
Four is not only a reward, but also a guinea pig for them.
The natural fermentation of dough is a skill known in ancient Egypt. In fact, most Russians know this thing, but they suffer from the fact that wheat was never used in the past.The right delicacy is hard to bake.
But Arik’s second wife, Asraqi, is a master at baking bread!
A boy was born successfully. His name was Gustav, the son of Asraqi and the second son of Arik. He has now learned to walk.
But Yaslaqi was not willing to be an ordinary woman at all, and her bread-baking skills were immediately revealed.
The clay craftsman made a batch of large bread, which had a strange taste and appearance.
Unexpectedly by Rurik, Yaslaqi, accompanied by her servants and her husband Arik, wrapped a big ball in coarse cloth and took it with her in the evening. Baby Pimple meets the Duke.
The mill is still making a squeaking sound, and the British servants wearing turbans are sitting casually eating bread and talking and laughing, and they avoid the sudden arrival of people.
"Let's go and see what my brother is eating. Ah, it smells so good here. I'm almost hungry."
Asila Qi is only twenty years old now. As a A Nordic woman is in her most beautiful years.
The things she held in her arms also smelled fragrant, and the brown slurry liquid in the pottery in the servant's hand was the Slavic delicacy made by Peravina. Peravina was just too ordinary and was pregnant with a second child, so she was more willing to continue taking care of the children at home.
Arik came very suddenly, but it was just as sudden for him to see his brother, uncle and the feast at the women's table.
“It’s all wheat rope (noodles)?”
Otto just drank a little strong wine, his old face turned red and he casually rolled his eyes at his eldest nephew and muttered. : "If you want to come, tell me early and let's eat together. Oh! Did you bring a gift?"
"Yes, sir." Aslaqi revealed it herself with a smile. He opened the linen cloth and took out a huge piece of brown-white bread.
Rurik was shocked. He saw at a glance that this bread was ten thousand times better than the skill of the clay craftsman who made the oven!
"Sister, sit down quickly." Rurik slapped the table and said excitedly.
Aslaqi nodded, displayed the pottery urn again, and then pulled out the cork. A strange sour fragrance suddenly spread out.
No, there is still sweetness in it.
Rurik stood up suddenly, his DNA moved: "kwas!"
"Oh. You know? This was done by Peravina." Yaslaqi Also surprised.
"Yes! She is a Slavic woman. Quick, put the bread and pot on the table. Is this a gift for me? I want to taste it."
Yasi Lucky nodded. She and Arik came here as a gift and as a greeting to each other from family relatives.
Of course, she noticed that Roseburg was making flour on a large scale, and that Lord Rurik was instructing his men to make and purchase flour cakes on a large scale as soon as possible, and to start making bread in large quantities.
These are all forTake the ice and snow road and cross the iceberg to Balmok to make final preparations for dry food.
Is that all? Aslaqi is the daughter of a big businessman, and she has a very long-term vision.
"If my family is favored by the Duke of Ross for being good at making bread, my children will continue to be honored. I have to develop my skills, build my own mill, and then..."
Aslaqi just wants to show off her skills in front of Rurik. One of her main goals is to be qualified to supply high-quality food to the Ross army.
She has the soul of a businessman, clearly sees the huge benefits, and hopes to take a shortcut to restore and expand the family's power.
Her children have no right to inherit Aric's wealth, and little Gustav will inherit his grandfather's family name. The old Harald family will be revived by a woman who is good at making bread. must!