Chapter 681 Surveying and mapping operations and the power of mathematics

The ugly duckling turned into a swan. They returned to their hometown in a beautiful manner, and then separated from their biological parents.

Those people are farmers, and she is already the wife of the Prince of Rus...

The real palace has not yet been built, and the Ligus family's mansion has become a palace.

Ligus, who was on crutches, was very happy to have his daughter Svetlana back. As for the girls from the same village who also lived in the house, he did not dare to reveal the unexplainable discomfort.

From Anna to Yulia, they slept in the same Datong bunk that night. Sisters Carlotta and Ella live together.

Rurik stayed in his wife’s old boudoir again, and the two of them lay flat on the bed after washing off the dirt on their bodies.

Lanna's heart was pounding like a deer, the moonlight shone through the window on her husband's face, she wanted to say something but couldn't bear to disturb Rurik's dream.

She snuggled up to him, saying nothing all night, only enjoying the happy night, and fell asleep peacefully.

Including her, thirteen female scribes have been stationed in Novgorod.

Rurik didn’t want to waste time, but even if things had to be done early, everyone who had endured the fatigue of the voyage would at least have a good night’s sleep.

After this night, the official survey of the farmland belonging to the White Tree Manor began in Novgorod City.

The crowing of the rooster brings the sun, and the sleeping city wakes up.

Rurik yawned and sat up, his daughter beside him still curled up, her braided hair gently covering her face.

He teased Lanna's cheek: "Female warrior, it's time to get up."

She twisted her body, hugged her husband in a daze, suddenly woke up, and realized He was actually in the old boudoir.

Lanna smiled and twisted her body like a cat in front of Rurik.

Her smile is like the sunshine in winter, and her coquettish look is really endearing.

"Okay. Let's get up and start our great career!"

After that, Rurik jumped out of the bed.

In terms of dressing, today is indeed different from the past.

Since Rurik came to power, the residents of the Rus tribe have had pants. The so-called clothing styles designated by Rurik began to appear. The overall appearance was much slimmer than the previous robes, but in fact they were made to allow the whole body to stretch smoothly during battle.

The little warriors trained by Rurik, both men and women, wore underwear. Of course, women can wear long skirts, but when they go to the battlefield, they must wear trousers and put leggings on their calves with linen.

This was strange at first, but once everyone got used to it, they got used to it. By the first winter, anyone who wears overall leather pants or linen pants will happily find that the problem of frozen crotch no longer exists.

Maybe there are some difficulties in going to the toilet, but that doesn’t matter.

Svetlana, she dressed up as a female warrior, if Valkyrie has an image, she should be like that.

The soft linen pants are close-fitting, with long strips of cloth wrapped around them from the feet to the calves..

"I have thin legs like a skylark. Do you... really like me like this?"

Lanna already had the answer in her heart.

Rurik made leggings for her himself, then patted her knees and said, "Stand up."

"Yes."

She was in the room Jumping and hopping, as light as a bird.

The clothes on the upper and lower body are smart, refreshing and slim. The clothes of this female warrior are indeed completely different from the local peasant women.

Her face showed a trace of hesitation.

"What do you seem to be worried about?" Rurik asked.

"Dressed like this in front of people from my hometown, I...I'm shy."

"You actually care about their attitude? Don't care, I have to accompany you personally for the big event starting today You. Let me guide you."

"Okay."

She is always a lively girl, and staying serious is against her nature.

She is a very approachable woman with an innocent nature. She doesn't have the hatred of the Carlotta sisters, the inferiority complex of the ten maids, the arrogance of Noren, and she doesn't have the dark wall built in Rumia's heart.

For her to be the queen will be a good thing for the entire Principality of Rus.

The two walked out of the house as warriors, and Rurik summoned all the female relatives in a moment.

The prepared clothes were all put on, and they all transformed into female warriors, as if they were emerging from the woods on the hillside of Fort Ross for today's training.

Rurik glanced at them and asked them to stand in the courtyard, "You all tie your braids firmly and cheer up. You will be very tired in the days to come. This is not training, it is beyond ordinary Training. I will work with you, we will be divided into seven groups, let’s go after breakfast!”

Ligus and Otto were watching all this quietly.

Neither Rigus nor his old wife recognized their daughter, and Medved was also quite surprised. His sister looked so handsome dressed as a warrior, but it was a pity that she was a woman...

The breakfast is very rich. Considering that everyone will consume a lot of physical energy today, this breakfast is nothing.

A batch of dry food is prepared first. It is a thick paste made from oat flour, wheat flour, honey, butter, and fresh milk. It is a greasy and sweet meal cooked on a cast iron pot. The costs are extremely high for today's Novgorodians.

This is the food of the nobles and has nothing to do with the common people. Rurik and his wives ate these, and they were even obliged to eat these delicacies to show their nobility to the common people.

This is also a benchmark for people to imitate. Anyone who suddenly becomes rich from poverty will immediately improve his diet. The elite warriors of the Principality of Rus have begun to become picky in their diet. The next step is the Slavs of Novgorod...

ToBased on the premise, the naturally fertile area on the shores of Lake Ilmen was developed into the true breadbasket of the principality.

After dinner, people from all walks of life gathered outside the door.

There are horses here in Novgorod, but unfortunately these are not riding types. They are ponies, which are very good for carrying things.

The pony pulls a cart with double wooden wheels. The vehicle is very simple, but it is outrageous that the reins are tied to the horse's neck!

This is a horse-training skill that the East Slavs can learn. It is a technological inheritance that spread from the Romans and Greeks to the birthplace of the Slavs on the Vistula River. As for the horses, they will be reined in due to too tight reins. People have only regrets when their necks are suffocated, and they can't do anything to improve it.

At least the horses are just pulling, and the wooden poles are fixed to the horses by leather straps and hemp ropes. This kind of wooden cart does not even have bronze bearings, so the load capacity is not large.

It will definitely be fine if a few children are seated in the vehicle, but if more than ten people are forced to sit on it, the vehicle's shaft will be broken. With just one glance, Rurik concluded that the locals needed indescribably huge technological innovations.

A lot of wooden boards were placed on the car, as well as a batch of linen to hold dry food.

There are a large number of hemp ropes coated with chalk mud and coiled in bundles. As long as the book is unfolded, they have a length of up to a hundred stikas. This is the rope ruler, which is relied upon by New Roseburg. Made with instructional measuring tools brought from Rossburg's hometown, the hemp rope is one hundred stikas long. Every ten stikas are painted with a cinnabar red line. Each stika is coated with toner and adhered with pine rubber to make the lines difficult to cause friction. Dissipate.

These measuring tools are actually relatively primitive. Rurik is fully capable of making more advanced ones, but he just lacks time.

These measuring tools are enough, as many as ten ropes. We will accurately measure the length and width of various fields, and then use calculus to calculate the area of ​​farmland of various shapes.

Calculating fields is a systematic task, and it is not as simple as counting the length and width to calculate the area. Rurik needs to determine the macroscopic distribution of farmland outside Novgorod, and then assign each group to take charge of a region.

This work has nothing to do with the gender of the operator. Rick asked his wives and concubines to be the recorders of their emotions.

The recorders must record who owns the farmland, where they live, their names and nicknames. The area of ​​the farmland is used as the tax base. Therefore, the farmland owner must be present to report if he is not willing to come, so don’t blame the Duke for not being kind to me. The land will be regarded as ownerless and will be confiscated by the Duke.

This. This project is probably the first social research project after Ross became a principality, and it plays a milestone role.

A group of Rurik's mercenaries became guards. They received orders and had to work on surveying and mapping. Keep the girls safe during the processSafety, better surrounding the data obtained from surveying and mapping, is to ensure the safety of those wooden boards.

There is also a group of local Slavs. They are the people of White Tree Manor and soldiers of the Slavic Banner Corps. They even own land themselves. A group of people also serve as followers, and even simply The girl's biological father...

However, there will be no actual surveying and mapping tasks on the first day.

The carriages loaded with wooden boards, charcoal pens and other supplies must first be transported to the field ridges, and local people will help build some rural sheds.

Rurik and the girls, guarded by a group of guards, measured the entire White Tree Manor with a pair of feet.

On this day, they walked a lot and saw a group of people bending down to pick up things on the bare fields, people digging holes, and even local people wearing sweat-wiping turbans sitting on the ground chatting. women.

Some curious people followed this team, and a group of children always ran back and forth in front of Rurik, showing their original bright smiles.

There were also forest hunters who came back carrying the pine trees they had captured. Seeing this team holding up their flags, they subconsciously avoided it.

Leggings relieve pain in the lower legs, allowing people to walk long distances without pain. Although there is sunshine, the temperature is still low throughout the day. Everyone is aware that winter is approaching and snowfall can fall at any time!

This was the first day. They had made a major harvest when they returned to their residence. Rurik looked around for the first time and saw all the farmland in the White Tree Manor. The fields were easy to identify, they were the forests. In Scar, there are acres of fields along the river, and the fields in the forest are the most numerous, but unfortunately they are not very connected to each other.

With the basic understanding, follow-up work will be easier to carry out.

On the third day, Rurik, who had collected a batch of data, personally drew a structural map of the area, including the city of Novgorod, on a wooden board.

The drawings are still very rough, but most of the farmland distribution is quite accurately drawn on the wooden boards. The girls knew the quadrants very well, and they also knew how to draw north and south on maps, so Rurik didn't have to waste any time in this regard.

He defined four quadrants with the city of Novgorod as the center, and each quadrant was divided into two smaller quadrants.

The seven surveying and mapping teams have been organized. Rurik leads two to handle them personally, while the remaining six are shared among the girls.

Here Rurik's great project begins, and this is also a painful beginning.

The son was running around in the fields, and the daughter-in-law was dressed like a boy, running around pulling a very long rope.

Otto wants to help them, but he is indeed getting older. His physical strength that was once able to carry out expeditions on foot is now severely diminished. Is the end of his life really approaching? Not willing to give in!

Otto's patience was limited. When he felt that the surveying and mapping work was boring, he simply returned to his residence and waited for his relatives from far away to come and reunite.

The data just measured must be put into calculation immediately, and some wooden boards becomeRurik ignored the black toner in his hands and used the charcoal pencil sharpened with a knife to check the data on the wooden board.

The owner of the farmland is nervously waiting for the result calculated by the Duke himself. He will turn his head to see what the Lord writes. This look is basically like reading the Heavenly Book, or in other words, no matter what Rurik said, what the farmer saw was the Heavenly Book.

The farmers of White Tree Manor have remained illiterate for half their lives. They shouldn't be like this, but it's a pity that no teacher has taught them advanced knowledge. Even the concept of a teacher is inconceivable to them.

The area of ​​the irregular farmland Rurik relies on fixed integrals. Svetlana really admires her husband’s ability. Obviously this is the wisdom of the divine world. Her husband is a saint who has touched the gods!

She also has good abilities. By disassembling the irregular field patterns into squares and triangles, the calculations are a bit tedious, but she can still complete the work.

Each surveying and mapping group is doing the same work. The girls in each group work tirelessly to run in the fields. They consume an amazing amount of physical energy every day. Fortunately, Rurik is already completely over-prepared. logistical supplies. If you're hungry, you can have honey and butter wheat cakes; if you're thirsty, you can have chrysanthemum tea, pine needle tea, and even kvass, a local specialty. It was the latter that contained a small amount of alcohol that made them suddenly feel energetic again while they were busy.

They are all girls. After a week of continuous surveying and mapping work after receiving the mission, we collected a lot of precious land information and residents' identity information, but their bodies were still damaged. The fair arms became rough, calluses appeared on the hands and soles of the feet, there was an alarming amount of mud on the body, and the hair became scattered and solidified by crystallized salt particles.

Only when they soaked in the bathtub and washed their hair with soap mixed with flower essential oil, did they feel that their tired bodies finally relaxed.

The first week of work is completed. This week, the entire farmland around Novgorod has been calculated, and finally the final data will be summarized by Rurik, the most powerful brain.

A heavy burden fell on the shoulders of the young Duke. Even at night, after lighting a few oil lamps on the table set up by surprise, Rurik was still doing statistics with a charcoal pen.

As for Svetlana, she stayed by her husband's side, her hands were also black, and she continued her calculation work.

The two looked at each other speechlessly, as did the other girls.

Can a huge amount of data be completed with a small group of subordinates? There are very few people who can work as scribes now, but the farmland surrounding the lake is very large.

Due to backward agricultural technology, local farmers can only adopt the strategy of planting extensively and harvesting little. The measured acre data is amazing, but the production capacity is really low. The climate is one reason, but the biggest reason is poor technology.

Rurik took the White Tree Manor in Novgorod as a breakthrough. He truly saw the agricultural life of traditional European farmers in the ninth century.

OneA peasant family raised three or four children, and many of them actually died in infancy. It can be estimated that the grain output can exceed 3,000 Roman pounds per hectare (in a good year). This number is indeed higher than that in the Nordic homeland, but the population here is also large. A farmer's family could have a surplus of grain, so that a piece of farmland was not planted with wheat, but with cabbage, yellow-rooted carrots, and even cold-resistant flax used for weaving.

Is the data from White Tree Manor completely reliable?

It is reliable, but only partially reliable. This manor has been the front line for the transfer of agricultural technology from Ross for several years. The people have not yet turned into small farmers. They still cooperate with each other, and a large number of farm tools are still easily lent to each other, so that everyone is using Qu Yuan produced in Ross for farming. The plows and harvesting wheat were all made with sickles made in Russia, and the flails with copper rings made in Russia were used for threshing.

So even if other farms have more fields than White Tree Manor, their production capacity must be lower.

When thinking of these inferences, Rurik became more cautious, because he was about to take his men to the fields of the destroyed Pine Needle Manor, measure the farmland area there, and perform calculations and statistics on the data. That was really right. Brain torture.

The even worse trouble is just around the corner. The existing writing boards can be used up to complete the acreage calculation and population information statistics of White Tree Manor and Old Pine Needle Manor.

Does it take so much trouble to target other farms? It is definitely tiring, but writing materials must be innovated!

Rurik thought of the birch trees that can be seen everywhere here, and the corners of his mouth slightly curled up under the oil lamp...

I will talk about it in general terms from now on, until the first snow, which is light snow . Works were carried out on Novgorod and