Compared to the new war that the soldiers are participating in and about to participate in, Aslaqi, who came to New Roseburg with her son, hopes to witness the family taking root and reviving here.
She took her child and moved into the new store built by her father, Harald Sr., within the wooden walls of New Roseburg.
Gustav, who was less than two years old, came here and was immediately regarded as the apple of his grandfather Harald's eye and the only hope for the family's revival.
Even ignoring her daughter’s contribution and ambition.
There is no difference between a grandson and a biological grandson, especially since this child will inherit his name and all his career.
Old Harald was not fatally threatened during the Rus’ war to conquer Gotland. His beautiful daughter married the conqueror and the family was incorporated into the Principality of Rus. Because he immigrated to New Roseburg with a considerable amount of supplies, Harald Sr. seemed to be alone for a time. Now he has recruited some poor Russian immigrants as servants, and even recruited the nieces of Slavic immigrants as maids.
The so-called maids are similar to wives and concubines in a sense.
Why is there an obvious sound of a baby crying in my father’s new mansion?
Old Harald pointed out with slight embarrassment that he was his daughter’s half-brother, but according to tradition, the identity of an illegitimate child would not be recognized.
"Forget it. For the sake of the family's business, I am willing to admit the boy's identity. He will not inherit the family wealth, but he can inherit the name and expand the family's business."
< p>Aslaki, are these words of wisdom? Old Harald couldn't believe it. But he also noticed that his daughter's belly was obviously pregnant again. He sighed at the majesty of his son-in-law Arik, and had to think about his daughter's words again.A daughter has never been a bouquet of flowers that can make a house beautiful. Her thin shoulders are about to revive the whole family, not just her belly, but also her ability!
There are no stones near New Roseburg, so the city still has to use wood to build city walls and all buildings.
Asila Qi came here empty-handed. After she arrived in New Roseburg and learned about the new home and shop created by her father, she immediately began to work on her mill plan.
There is no local stone to make a mill? Where to find stones?
There is a three-island island group called "Stone Island", which is a suitable source of stone.
That is the island group that any ship entering New Roseburg via the Gulf of Finland will pass by, that is Gogland Island, with beaches and inland, and large granite under the surface soil.
This island was once inspected by Otto himself. The stone resources that can be seen everywhere on the island gave him full understanding: if the stone walls of the new city are built, stones from this island must be used.
However, mining and transporting stones is a troublesome job. The people who built New Roseburg were naturally lucky. Since the readily available big trees have already created strong walls and all buildings, why replace them with stones? The Duke could not force his brothers to do such a thankless thing unless the DukeThe Duke offered a huge price, but the Duke did not.
When Yaslaqi learned the news, she immediately used family funds to hire fishermen to move the stones.
In just three days, a long shipload of stones was unloaded.
In fact, they were just three large pieces of granite, each of which was heavy. The fishermen said that it took four people working together to carry the stones to the boat one after another.
The stone began to be chiseled, and was gradually chiseled into a cylindrical state. A bow drill drove an iron drill bit to forcibly cut a through hole in the stone pillar.
The largest piece of stone was chiseled and polished, and finally a fairly flat countertop was made.
Asilaki hired local carpenters and workers who made stone tools and pottery to complete the first stone mill in New Roseburg. She even purchased a batch of trophy ponies, lamenting that ponies were used as beasts of burden in Gotland and were still used here.
The circularly rotating stone mill is a gathering of grain processing that has never been seen in Gotland. Of course, wheat can also be processed on the island. All Harald old knew was stone grinding rods and stone grinding discs, both of which could be easily operated by children. However, it was extremely difficult to process flour.
A wooden house that was temporarily idle and planned to be used as a warehouse was occupied by a stone mill, and even the pony was brought in.
"My dear, can this be done?" Old Harald asked.
"It will definitely work. I have already achieved great success in Fort Ross! Our family will definitely be revived because of this."
Asia Laqi is full of confidence because of her success. Old Harald and a group of idlers who came after hearing the news rushed to observe this new thing.
A batch of short and coarse wheat grains that are different from oats are placed on the stone plate. The pony is driven by Aslaqi himself with a whip, and the small stone mill is driven by the horse. Circular shipping at the end.
Under the condition visible to the naked eye, the wheat grains are turned into coarse flour, and then sifted through a sieve made of fine hemp ropes. Most of the coarse bran is filtered, and the remaining yellowed flour is filtered. Aslaqi mixed some water and was finally kneaded into a fat dough in the pottery jar.
Making dough is not surprising, the subsequent kneading process is her specialty. Old Harald had always been proud that his daughter could make bread, and now he realized that what was being sprinkled on the millstone was wheat. He and other onlookers were surprised by the mass production of flour, and said that the processing efficiency of this stone mill was definitely better than that of twenty women!
Without a grand ceremony, Aslaki's mill in New Roseburg was opened.
She began to take over the work of local farmers grinding oat flour. Milling was the work of ponies, and her father's maid was responsible for keeping an eye on the horses and filling them with new wheat grains, earning some labor fees.
This job is not profitable.
After the birth of an oven made of clay, the "Bread Queen" began her specialty.
Mix oat flour and wheat flour in a ratio of one to one to make bread. Pure oatmeal flour was used by her to make scones.
Mixed wheat bread textureSoft and sticky to the teeth, the locals have almost never eaten wheat. When they felt the sticky texture, they fell in love with the bread, even if it was mixed with half oats. Good bread is made from pure wheat flour, without oats, barley or rye mixed in. Aslaqi knows this well, so she can make good bread, not because she has any miracles in this area.
Mixed wheat bread is also delicious? Forget it! She noticed that the locals had never eaten delicacies, so she thought mixed wheat bread was delicious.
She really had to make mixed wheat because she didn’t have much wheat purchased from the Roseburg warehouse. Except for her own consumption, she used mixed wheat for external sales.
As for those wheat cakes, they are baked from pure oat flour.
Russians or other Viking tribes do not over-process oats when eating them. The main reason is that the traditional stone grinding rod takes a long time to grind the oats into fine particles. points, the physical energy consumed here is indeed not worth the loss compared to the mere improvement in the taste of the wheat cake.
The oatmeal cakes sold by Yaslaqi taste much better, but they are still rough. The incorporation of a very small amount of wheat flour is only to ensure that it can maintain its intact form. Even so, it is still in demand. dry food of choice.
If those hunters, whether they are Rus or Slavs, don’t have copper coins or silver coins in their hands, Aslaqi doesn’t mind charging rabbit and squirrel furs in exchange for the price. These people can make the women at home make wheat cakes by themselves, but Aslaqi clearly supplies finished wheat cakes every morning. Hunters go out early in the morning with their bows and arrows, and can directly buy better-tasting finished products for a higher price. What's wrong with the price?
Aslaki is making money from the mill and supporting shops. She has just started. When Rurik's counter-rebellion army is mostly back, her mill will only have two new stone mills. .
And this is simply an urgent need for the army that is waiting to expedition to Karelia!
It is a sunny summer morning.
Rurik, who returned, had already inspected the granary in the center of the city yesterday. There is a lot of surplus grain in people's homes. Although the surplus grain in the granary is not much, it is the local grain tax collected by the duchy. Legally, it is the duke's personal wealth. Of course, the interests of the duke are bound to the interests of the principality and the people, which is recognized by everyone.
No one covets these grains, and now these grain reserves just supply the assembled army.
Many times, an overly strong army and its astonishingly huge mouth can wear it down, so that the generals will have no choice but to attack because they have run out of food and grass, knowing that going to war is not good for them.
Sufficient fishery resources maintained the confidence of the Ross army. Those sailing destroyers did not make too many stops and sailed in the Gulf of Finland again, traveling between Kronstadt and the Neva Estuary, turning into trawl nets. Fishing boats plunder local herring stocks.
Large ships have joined in fishing, and advanced fishing methods have allowed a large amount of fresh herring to be transported to the city. Rurik currently has Romans of pure Viking descent.The Sri Lankan army can definitely eat fish to make a living, but everyone has fallen in love with the military rations they purchased during the counterinsurgency war. What a coincidence that the goddess who makes high-quality bread and bread, Arik's second wife, is in New Roseburg!
Arik only temporarily reunited with his beloved wife and father-in-law on the way to counter the rebellion, and then left in a hurry with the army. He raised his hands to support the mill.
After all, this is related to the brothers’ food problem. As long as everyone eats well, they will be strong enough to fight.
Accompanied by his cronies, Rurik enthusiastically inspected the mill that Aslaki had promised.
Old Harald and all the servants welcomed the young and promising Duke of the Principality of Rus with great respect.
The way the old guy nodded and bowed made Rurik feel a little uncomfortable.
Unlike Aslaqi, who looks down-to-earth and generous, the main reason must be because she is an older sister (sister-in-law), right?
The wooden door had to be opened, and Rurik took a closer look. There seemed to be a room of dust floating in the slightly dark room, and an animal that looked like a donkey neighed.
No, that's a pony.
"Sir, our mill is a little narrow. Please worry about your legs when you go in and don't fall."
"It's okay. Harald, it seems... Rurik said half of his words for the time being. He stepped in with his left foot first and sneezed so hard that the horse started to walk quickly.
The poor pony was bound by a rope bridle. How could it get out of the mill? It was spinning in vain, and the stone roller was rolling along with it.
Just like this, Rurik saw clearly that the stone mill was indeed operating stably, and some wheat grains were being ground into powder.
"It seems that you have indeed succeeded."
"That's true. There are two houses in this house, and they both work well." Aslaqi introduced
"It's just not as good as your mill in Roseburg! I just think this place is too cramped, and I'm worried that you won't be able to handle the subsequent tasks."
"Should I still process the flour? ?" she asked with a smile.
"That's right. I..." Rurik didn't care about other people's eyes. He walked into his cousin-in-law and stared into Aslaqi's eyes almost at eye level.
A posture called a king was so startling that Aslaqi retreated subconsciously, with a trace of nervousness on her face: "Sir..."
"At your fastest speed, I will All the remaining oats in the granary are processed into flour and immediately baked into wheat cakes. "Ah! This is... a very tiring job."
" Are you declining?"
"I'm not," she said firmly.
Rurik nodded: "Since there is no problem, let's go to the problem. I don't know your processing speed. I order you to work from today on, even at night. If the horse is tired, just Let your servant push the stone grinder himself. I want you to process the oat flour as quickly as possible. I do not require you to make wheat again.Pie, but flour! I want to see the remaining grain in the warehouse turn into powder in the shortest possible time! For this, you will receive generous rewards and even your family's own farmland. "
When farmland was mentioned, Old Harald immediately paid attention.
He focused on asking about farmland, but Rurik simply said: "The traitors were all wiped out, and a lot of farmland Left vacant, they will belong to those who have performed meritorious services. Such as your family! "
Rurik looked particularly into the eyes of old Harald who nodded and bowed: "Thank you for your daughter, she is the hero of your family's revival. Process wheat for me, and I will give your family an additional half-hectare of farmland for you to sow wheat. "
Farmland is capital! Rurik intended to reward the old Harald family with some real estate, such as farmland. He deliberately supported a new "big businessman" in the east of the principality to check and balance Gould The family is the only one in the family.
Even if the old Harald family mainly worked as second-hand leather dealers, they did have some experience in farming, otherwise Aslaqi would not have learned her skills from the old servants. Baking skills. Her daughter’s baking of bread was originally a family dish, but now it has become a new starting point for the family’s rise?
Asila Qi followed the example of a man and used her right fist. Beating her chest, she vowed that she would complete the task.
Although there were only two stone mills, Rurik did not force her to spend time making scones after grinding the flour. The former was indeed not difficult, and the latter was the most difficult. It’s time-consuming.
Rurik came to three conclusions during this investigation: Aslaqi has the ability to make a usable stone mill in a short time, and Aslaqi has the ability to process wheat around the clock. The old Harald family has the ability to quickly expand its production capacity.
The granary was opened, including a batch of surplus grain seized from the Pine Needle Manor, and was sent to Aslaqi's shop. Her family was authorized to do so. The granary can transport wheat by itself.
She can actually drop some wheat, even if she does so, Rurik cannot be held accountable. She does not do such a thing based on her conscience, not because she is an extremely upright person. But on the road to family rejuvenation, any stupid move will ruin the future, even if her husband Arik is the Duke's cousin, she can't do this even more. The fairy was responsible for the production of rations for the entire army! The good news immediately spread throughout New Roseburg.
The assembled soldiers were busy training, logging, and fishing, including the servants of the Finnish army.
The pure Viking warriors who were the main force of the Russian army were ordered to cut down wood extensively for physical exercise. A large amount of wood was piled outside the city, either for making charcoal or building new houses. Governor Cornuson's preference.
The soldiers worked for the construction of New Roseburg. Their labor was actually purchased by Rurik, and the payment was actually free meals.
Those oats processed by stone grinding can be easily cooked. Eating oatmeal paste with salt will improve the body of the warrior.Strength can be restored quickly, which would be wonderful if combined with two grilled herrings.
Even though the army had enough time to eat oatmeal in the safety of New Rossburg, the expedition to Karelia still had to rely on effective dry food.
Aslaqi suspended her work of selling wheat cakes and bread to the outside world. She was still making these dry foods, but she just stored them all after they were ready, so that they turned into hard objects that resembled wooden blocks.
A large amount of oatmeal is processed every day, even though her mill only has two stone mills.
Rurik chose to wait. He did not dare to attack northward because of insufficient food preparations. He was waiting, firstly for the girls in his hometown, but also for Arik, who was heading north for armed investigation, to bring back the news.
The most important thing he is waiting for is the wheat fields around Novorosberg and Novgorod. After the wheat was harvested, the army took the joy of the harvest and took control of the intelligence that Arik had found out, and launched a full-scale raid against the Karelian people. It was really the right time, place and people that I had in hand.
Will Arik turn an armed reconnaissance into a reckless raid? That guy dared to attack Gotland even with 400 men in his hands. What else could he not dare to do?
Rurik was not worried about the armed reconnaissance of his cousin and the brave First Flag Team. He first welcomed the big ship returning from executing the order. The Salmon Chief was back!
The big ship docked at the dock, and the long and narrow wooden planks were put down.
A group of girls in plain clothes stood gracefully on the middle deck, and everyone who greeted them saw their grace. Countless people whispered, wondering why these beautiful fairies arrived in New Roseburg.
Someone gave me some advice: they are all the Duke’s women.
However, the details are not known...
Rurik personally greeted them, and Ella and her ten maid sisters disembarked from the ship with light steps. They are capable, beautiful and confident.
They kept smiling, and when they saw Lord Rurik standing here, they all took big steps to greet him.
Ella, she hugged her sister Carlotta directly.
All of them know the purpose of this trip, all of them understand the heavy burden on their shoulders, and the glory of completing this task.
Ten maids, they left their hometown of Novgorod dirtyly to meet a possible tragic fate, but now they have returned as fairies and will rely on the knowledge taught by the Duke to serve the Duke. Your Excellency completed the statistics of the land area and became a meritorious person in the principality.
They all want to complete this job perfectly. Compared with showing off in front of people in their hometown, and showing off their extraordinaryness in front of their biological parents, how meaningful is it?
What they want most is to be close to their master, and many of them are approaching the traditional big day. They want to become women and give birth to children for the Duke, so as to comply with the beautiful destiny that has been arranged for them. Especially maid girls like Anna and Bella who have been cared for before. They really just hate that they are not old enough., I just want to grow up quickly so that I can kneel in front of the Duke and take off my gown to ask for service.
As soon as they got off the boat, they rushed to express their opinions in front of Rurik, which made Rurik happy that he didn't have to lecture them anymore.
They were unrestrained and enthusiastic, and their eyes were full of admiration for the Duke.
Now that we know the mission, the only thing left is to target them again, to study calculations intensively, and even to make rope ruler measuring tools and birch boards for writing. This is another story...