The statistical data has been initially integrated. Even if further inspection of the huge number of wooden boards carrying the data can make the data more accurate, the statistical results of the four thousand hectares of farmland are already certain.
The people of White Tree Manor all know that the once strongest Pine Needle Manor had the most and best acres. Rigus knew this very well, but the statistical results he learned from his daughter Svetlana were also precise. Gotta sway all over.
Ligus has always acted submissive, but in fact he is just an old fox.
He secretly made a secret appointment with his son Medvet, who was the governor, and confessed his speculation: "The land in Rurik's hands is rich enough to feed the Russians. It is obvious that the tribute we will pay in the future will not increase. , this is our opportunity to make a fortune. I want you to clear up more land next year, cut down big trees, and expand new fields to the big lake. You can also lead people to dig more wells to make it easier for us to get water..."
< p> Medved was deeply impressed.The Viking population in Ross has enough acres to support itself. Otto learned this gratifying result from his son.
Otto did not laugh. He was regarded as the founder of a new era, but he actually lacked a systematic understanding of farming and had no concept of food production. He defaulted to the fact that every year farmers May we have a great harvest.
Otto was actually in a bad mood. The cold season had finally arrived.
Haze filled Novgorod, and the whole world was gray. The once slightly warm wind disappeared, and the north wind began to howl. It was like a knife, forcing people who wandered outdoors to hide in their homes.
Domestic chickens, including those raised by local Slavic families, also rushed back to their hay-reinforced pens.
The north wind is howling outside, and it seems like a heavy snow is approaching.
Rurik and his family members stayed in the warm wooden lattice. The completed wall became a complete barrier for the first time, greatly weakening the coldest wind and cold sweeping across Novgo. Rod.
Every household burns charcoal in clay stoves for heating, and there is no need to worry about carbon monoxide poisoning. Their houses are actually riddled with holes. There are countless small holes for ventilation, and the insulation is not strong.
The mansion of the Rigus family is still the Duke's palace. Otto regards it as his home, and Rurik is very informal.
What complaints can Rigus have? On the contrary, he desperately hoped that Rurik could seize the time to get close to his little daughter. It would be best if his little daughter would have a big belly when spring came, so that his last thoughts in this life would be realized and he would have no regrets in this life.
It was another sumptuous grilled fish dinner. Otto sat casually on the wooden floor, picking his teeth with the fish ribs, and occasionally glanced at the leftovers on the table.
He took another look at the leisurely Rurik: "It looks like the snow is about to fall. Your mother and her party may not have a chance to arrive here, and the fleet can only dock at Fort New Rose. What a pity."
p>Rurik sat up slightly and said, "Dad, you were actually expecting Velika."
"Of course, that is your daughter, and I am the one taking care of her. Look.Looking at the bad weather, my hopes were dashed as soon as the river froze. I can only stay here and stare at your face until the ice and snow melt..."
Rurik couldn't help laughing awkwardly: "That's not true. They must be on their way. ”
“Oh? Have you had a revelation? "
"Yes...yes. Arriving soon! "
"Forget it, they are just words of comfort. You can continue to lie down. In this bad weather, I just want to lie down. ”
The hazy and windy weather makes people feel depressed. At this moment, the depths of Rossburg’s hometown and the Gulf of Bothnia are already frozen, and the rivers near Elenburg in the north are already covered by thin ice. The situation in Novgorod is better, but Lake Ilmen has begun to freeze.
The Volkhov River is still flowing quietly during the dry season, and a large fleet is moving upstream. .
Niya arrived in this distant east for the first time with her granddaughter in her arms. She was already an old woman. She had recently visited New Roseburg in the Principality and was impressed by the regular roads, extremely flat Harvest Square and Nirvana. Wa Street was shocked.
Vilika, inherited the name of High Priest Vilia, and her destiny was to be Vilia's successor.
She has brown hair. The little girl has a slightly flatter face than other Ross girls, which makes her look a little different.
She is about to turn two years old. She is the apple of her mother’s and grandma’s eyes. As a grandfather, Otto also cherishes this very much. Child.
This is Velika's first time on a ship. The ship is on the Sperosvilia. There is a wooden statue on the bow of the ship, and there is a small box under it. So a lock of white hair from Vilia the Priest
“Face the cold wind, my child. You are not afraid of the cold or the sea..." Niya is willing to hold her granddaughter and stand on the bow deck of the ship, and is willing to watch her young daughter's young hands touching the statue of the god on the bow of the ship.
There seems to be spirit in the dark. The connection is that the old priest Vilia, who turned into a Valkyrie, secretly gave her true successor, this little girl, some kind of magical power.
For example, extreme longevity.
Indeed, the old priest Vilia died at an incredible old age. Her life witnessed the decline, wandering, and even the final rise of Ross. No one knows exactly when the old priest was born. She must be eighty years old. He died just now, so this little girl should have lived such a long life.
How did Villa know this?
The people in her hometown knew that the Duke was going to spend the winter in a better east. The mood is inevitable. This is inevitable! Everyone knows that Ross will immigrate to New Roseburg and warmer areas. The Duke and his son are in the east. Maybe they don’t plan to come back this year. What to do with the sacrifice! Why should I stay here to preside over the sacrifice in Roseburg. "Rumia secretly wept, but she still had to smile and give her crying daughter to her mother-in-law Niya.
Before the freeze, the fleet entered Roseburg with a large amount of wheat from the East. , the Balmoks who disembarked even shouted loudly, and shouted in Fort RossThe Duke of Ross achieved a new victory and promoted his everlasting friendship with Ross.
Spuyut also made great gains when he went to Britain. Although his territory was severely reduced, Northumbria's armless King Aenred paid tribute to the Viking conquerors.
Spuyot completed the mission, and they did not encounter any obstruction from the Danes on their way back. The small fleet stuffed a batch of spring wheat into Rurik's warehouse. He came back earlier, rested for a while, and then went north again with his brothers who were exploring together. Because the permanent camp in Murmansk is about to usher in a feast of hunting walruses and looting walrus tusks. The group of them will wait until the world is covered with snow in Ironburg, and then they will take the prepared supplies and continue northward on the reindeer sleigh.
The second eldest son of the Gould family, "Blue Fox", obtained another important information in Hedeby, Denmark. It was rumored that the exiled Horik Harlacson would soon bring his Frankish army. Return to Denmark.
The boss of the Gould family, "White Fox", is in charge of the family's old business. They hold the Western agency sales rights for the principal products of the Ross Principality. "White Fox" Snoleva succeeded his father. He returned triumphantly to Roseburg with the money for the goods and a large quantity of oats produced near Lake Mälaren.
This year's wheat harvest season is so special that the "White Fox" doesn't even need to go to the Birka Market on the massive Lake Mälaren to do business.
The Principality of Ross built Ironforge Town, a satellite city of Rossburg, near her hometown. She started to produce iron at the beginning of the year.
The new blast furnace produced year-round, and the entire Roseburg idle labor force found workers. Pig iron and bronze casting products have long met their own needs. Ross began to continuously sell iron products to the Swedes in the Lake Mälaren area, and the scale has exceeded before.
On Tombstone Island in the Åland Islands, located at the crossroads of the sea, the flag of Ross always flies from the towers of the wooden fortress.
Under the fortress is a new market. The ships transporting Ross's metal, glass, and leather products first docked at Tombstone Island, and impatient Merlaren merchants were already waiting.
The Tombstone Island Port clearly has the potential to eclipse the Swedish Birka Port, and things are indeed developing like this. "White Fox" found that he can complete most of the transactions on Tombstone Island, which really saves a lot of time.
But there is Ross Trading Company in Birka Port, where the main people are still selling wine. "White Fox" needs to dedicate manpower to continue to look after the trading company, which sells spirits, ale, fruit wine, and even flavored wine. The trading company is actually a wedge embedded in the core area of Sweden. Selling alcohol and negotiating large transactions with local businessmen are important tasks, and gathering intelligence is another task.
Times have been developing in a direction that is favorable to Ross. During the past harvest season, a team of more than 200 immigrants decided to leave the Yelmalen tribe where they had lived for generations.
When someone decides to leave, Duke Wenderson is powerless to stop him. Among the immigrants were Hjärmalen and Gran.People, the strength of these small Swedish tribes was damaged again after the conquest of Denmark. Although the leader has the title of duke, it is equivalent to pretending to be fat and does not have the strength of a duke at all.
All this is simply a conspiracy of the Russians!
The men took in the refugees from Ostara. They took the young women away out of good intentions, and now almost all of these women have given birth to two children.
In order to get more iron tools, the Hjärmalen people naturally wanted to buy cheaper Russian iron tools. Since the Russian people preferred wheat to silver coins, everyone took wheat with them to barter. things. They squeezed out their own agriculture in exchange for Rus' industrial products, and they were running a high trade deficit. All this is probably worth it. The Yermalen people need better and cheaper Ross iron tools, especially the high-priced buckwheat plows, to increase their agricultural output.
When they began to have close contact with each other, the news that the Duchess of Ostara had opened up a peaceful and pure land in the east deeply stimulated these Yermalen people.
They have known about this for a long time. For various reasons, it really takes a lot of courage to abandon the fields they have cultivated and go to the unknown east.
Unexpectedly, the women in the family could no longer bear it. Hjärmalen was not a home, and the Duke of Rus married the Duchess of Ostara to protect the last Ostara people.
Haven’t some people already given up everything and gone to the East?
This was the last man to marry a female refugee from Ostara. They were convinced of the power of Ross, so they sold their farmland, livestock and poultry after the harvest season, taking their wives, children and food rations with them. , and even invited his companions to immigrate together. They claimed that they were from Ostara and rowed their own boat all the way to Tombstone Island. The original plan was to wait until spring to continue their operations.
A huge blessing has befallen this group of immigrants. A huge fleet will arrive in the East before the ocean freezes!
Rossberg, Elon-Olava, Fiskborg, Kovenstad, Narvik, Helminki, Tombstone Island Port, these cities are directly managed or controlled by Ross, They all have their own economies, and even if the frozen sea blocks each other, each city can live independently.
And doesn’t the frozen world also provide a road? The large number of reindeer raised by Ross will pull the sleigh, allowing the cities to communicate with each other.
Rumia and the people who stayed behind watched the fleet set sail again on the ice-covered seaside. Her tears slowly dried up, and sadness was written on her face.
The stationed Harozosun silently comforted the high priest of the principality: "Don't be sad, you will go to the east soon. Rurik will definitely build a new temple in the east, and this is why he will take Velika with him "The reason for going to the East."
Rumia nodded in understanding, silently watching the fleet disappear into the undulating gray sea...
Rosberg was entering winter. As well as prosperity, the Duke's family went to the east with a group of servants. The mines in Roseburg were still being excavated, the large and small furnaces were always emitting black smoke, and the charcoal burnersThere was constant work and a large number of pine trees were felled.
The hulls of the two new Aurora-class battleships have been built, and the accompanying jibs have also been built. They are waiting to be pushed and pulled outdoors after the snowfall, waiting for the giant sequoia trees in the north to be in place. Install the mast.
As for the Hotla family, who are masters of shipbuilding, the "Order" sent back by Rurik happened to contain requirements for the Hotla family.
They were originally masters in building Kirk (traditional cargo ships), but now they have accumulated a lot of experience in building high-speed sailboats.
There is no need for the Ross fleet to expand the warships for the time being. On the contrary, the demand for cargo has increased substantially, and a kind of armed cargo ships should be built intensively. It is used to transport cargo in peacetime and participate in battles in wartime. It is enough to install a torsion slingshot at the bow and stern of the ship.
Rurik’s letters are very long, and are mentioned in traditional industries such as metallurgy, shipbuilding, weapons, leather, glassware, soap, linen textiles, and glassware. Others had worn out their feet in Novgorod to measure the fields themselves, and they could not ignore the money-making industry in Rosberg's hometown.
His remote control command is very efficient today. After all, the Viking population of the Principality of Ross is very valuable. In the past, their Rossburg did not have enough labor positions and opportunities. Now men, women and even children work year-round. , and also obtained very considerable economic benefits. They will not go against their own interests.
Rurik originally planned to have most of his family members and servants arrive in Novgorod this year to meet Otto’s retirement needs. There was more going on than he realized.
A group of old guys from the Second Flag Team who were supposed to go hunting in the north knew that the young people from the First Flag Team were plundering the squirrel resources near the lake. How could they not seize the opportunity to make a fortune? When they returned to their hometown, they took their young sons and even grandsons on the boat. It turned out that these cubs were also trained by Rurik. The next generation of Rus warriors should hunt in the new world to exercise their physical fitness under the guidance of adults.
As for the more than 200 immigrants who called themselves Ostarans, they landed on Tombstone Island and there was no way back. They boarded a big ship and successfully arrived at the magnificent New Roseburg.
Although very strange, a large group of newly arrived people accepted the management of Governor Knusson as soon as they disembarked. The old guys of the Second Flag Team were brothers, and the Malaren Flag Team mixed in among them immediately wanted to go hunting in the unknown forest.
The guys claiming to be Ostarians met with the real Ostarians. It was strange, really strange. Since the women met each other and chatted to confirm their identities, the real and fake Ostarians, Now they are all true Ostara people.
It’s just the Duchess of Ostara who is still in Novgorod.
The people of Ostara cannot help but imagine that whether it is Carlotta or Ella, they are the wives and concubines of Duke Ross. They have all reached their age. Maybe when everyone sees this noble sister again next year, they will all have their bellies stretched out. At least the flying bull-head flag of the Ostara people could already gather as many as 600 people, including children.
Although the weather is cold, the seaIt is clear that the surface and the river are about to freeze. People who arrive in New Roseburg for the first time will be impressed by the majesty of this city. The tall wooden walls refresh the new immigrants' understanding that a beautiful new life will begin here.
At the same time, there was no trace of the Ostara people in Sweden, and all those who were related by relatives or had some marriage relationship went to the east.
The main force of the fleet was anchored at the New Roseburg Pier. A small fleet crashed through the ice floes and rushed directly into Lake Ladoga. They continued to collide with the gradually thickening ice, and at Volkhov, which ran almost completely north-south. The river flows southward by the knife-like north wind.
The young Velica bathed in the north wind. She was a Rus and also had the blood of a deer herder. Since she is a race that is not afraid of wind and snow, she should face the cold.
Of course Niya would not let her granddaughter be strong. Bathing in the cold wind was a temporary act.
Velica can already speak some simple sentences and can walk quickly even if she is placed on the ground.
She grew up very fast, but as a father, Rurik had a lot of time to take care of his first child in the past two years. Even though Vilia was acting on instinct, her milky breasts begged her father to give her a good hug.
Little Lumi accompanied the high priest Lumia, and Saipolava went to Ironburg to reunite with her biological father for the winter.
There are also two female relatives of Rurik on the fleet, the Northumbrian princess Mary, who is already pregnant and looks like she is about to give birth, and Noren who comes with musical instruments.
The Danish teacher John Ingvar, who is a Latin teacher, is a servant accompanying the team, and together with the maids from Britain, they have been on the boat for twenty days. Where is the end? John is wearing Russian clothes, with a small cross hanging around his neck. Even if he reaches the edge of the earth, he is willing to maintain his faith, maybe not absolutely. With his confused thoughts, he has evolved into a new person.
A small group of guards protect these nobles. In addition to the thickening of the ice, which is a threat along the way, fortunately, the Aurora-class ships have bronze rams. They all have a certain degree of ice-breaking ability. It was unthinkable before.
The bulbous bow is the collision angle. It hits the thin ice and causes the whole cabin to clearly hear the squeaking sound. People who have become accustomed to it have forgotten their fear.
The fleet's appearance was sudden but reasonable. Rurik's prediction finally received a realistic reply.
Heavy snow seems to be falling in the hazy sky, and the wind rustling in the pine forests on both sides of the river is a bit scary.
People who were forcibly logging saw the fleet in the distance, and the joyful news quickly spread to the city of Novgorod, which was almost in hibernation.
Who dares to curl up into a hibernating bear now?
However, many Russians dress like a bear.
The capable mercenaries put on their battle armor and finally wrapped themselves in bear skin, with the bear's head as a helmet on their skull.
The Slavic flag team began to gather urgently. Medway has trained the team for so long, and now is the time to welcome the nobles from afar!
Slavic Banner Corps, First DivisionThe old guys and mercenary troops from the Second Flag Team walked out of the city aggressively, and they stood in formation on the riverside of the dock.
Russian flags fluttered in the wind, and the ranks of Russian warriors were as straight as pine trees.
At least Otto still has the strength to stand up and walk around. He is getting old. Now he has put on armor and bearskin. At first glance, he looks majestic. His outfit perfectly hides his aging core. .
Rurik is dressed in pure white, and his wives and concubines are all furry. The white polar bear skin is also the perfect warm clothing.
Winter life originally meant boredom for the people of White Tree Manor, but now there is an activity that makes everyone willing to come out even if it is cold.
Thousands of people stood by the river, and Rurik stood in the most conspicuous position. He took off his hat and looked north, letting his golden ponytail flutter in the wind. cold? It was indeed cold. But when I think of my mother and daughter coming here, I don't feel cold anymore.
The messenger's report was completely true. Not long after people gathered on the riverside, the fleet's big sail became very eye-catching. The towering mast is flying the flag of Ross. This is the Sperosvilia. The unique statue of the god on her bow has made her identity clear early.
At the same time, Niya saw the crowd in the distance while holding her granddaughter, and even saw at least twenty waving Ross flags.
"Child, your father is right there." Niya coaxed little Vilia, and pointed at the crowd with her somewhat withered hands.
"Dad?"
"Yes! Dad."
"I, I want daddy."
Velica began Becoming excited, she had become heavy and it was uncomfortable for Niya to hold her for a long time. She was supported by Niya and stood directly at the hollow of the side railing. Her big eyes stared at the approaching crowd and seemed to be searching for them.
The big ship is about to dock. The Spellosvilia docks first, and the following sail destroyer anchors on the spot.
It was an insight from the soul. Velika saw her father.
"Dad! Dad!" The clear shouts almost drowned out the noise of the onlookers.
That’s my daughter! A cute little girl with a ponytail like her own.
Rurik, who was standing on the trestle, hurriedly walked over, and his subordinates followed him carrying seesaws. When the rocker was attached to the side of the ship, Rurik ran quickly onto the ship. He felt that he owed his daughter, so he held her in his arms.
What a heartwarming scene, the onlookers cheered and the soldiers present beat their shields in unison.
It seems that all this is prepared for little Velika.