Victory came too easily, and Ragnar wanted to kill them himself, but the battle ended before the main force of the army arrived.
Winning a group of guys who are unable to resist is indeed not brave. The captured materials are distributed among the army, and not much is left in the hands of everyone.
The blood-stained Karelian camp was too unlucky, so the dead bodies were pulled onto the ice and covered with snow to make graves. After the ice and snow melted, the bodies would sink into the huge Onega. in the lake.
Rurik chose an open space to camp. However, when the soldiers went to pound the wooden stakes to fix the tent, they hit a stone.
That’s a literal stone!
Rurik was still staying by the campfire to warm himself up. His soldiers killed some captured deer on the spot, cut the deer skins open, and each person was given a piece of bloody deer meat and was busy roasting it.
Arik led his men into the forest to search for small animals, and Ragnar led his brothers to another reverse exploration.
The army of the Principality of Ross arrived here, and the only other settlement was destroyed, which meant that the west bank of Lake Onega was already the territory of Ross.
The battle ended in the morning. Many people did not have time to build camping tents and went to explore the forest treasures in the afternoon. As for those who set up tents, they reported to the prince with their major discoveries.
"Your Majesty, we found a large piece of stone." The speaker's eyes were shining, and what he said was definitely not what he said.
Rurik had long noticed that there were stones in the annihilated remnant camp of Karelia, and was wondering how they got the stones since there was a lack of stones in this place.
The report from his subordinates surprised him.
"Stones? Are there any rocks here?" he asked.
"It's a stone. You can see it just by digging through the snow."
"How could such a good thing be possible?" How could Rurik sit still like this? He stood up suddenly.
Svetlana was about to reach out to hold her hand when she suddenly heard her man's request: "Lana, come with me. And everyone else, come with me."
Rurik was followed by a group of people, and soon they picked up wooden tools and began to dig up the snow at the place where the so-called stone was found.
Rurik saw that the bottom layer of the snow nest that was first opened by his men was very hard gray.
"It's a rock!"
The snow here is up to the knees. The wind that sweeps across the ice carries all the snow attached to the ice to the lakeside, so there is snow in some places. Enough to cover the waist.
"What should I do?" someone asked.
"I have always wanted to get stones to build our city. Brothers, get moving and clear the snow as much as possible. I want to see how many stones there are here."
Some Makeshift wooden shovels were made in an assault, and even reindeer participated in the snow removal work, relying on the strong strength of the deer to pull the wooden boards and peel off the snow as quickly as a snowplow.
The rock formations under the snow gradually revealed their true appearance, and the sun began to shine on the stones.
It seems to beA whole piece of rock with a small amount of lichen and even some special textures attached to it.
As the peeling continues, those lines become clearer.
Suddenly the people clearing the snow saw patterns made of rough lines.
"What is that? It looks like a swan." Svetlana asked, covering her mouth in surprise.
"Did the Karelia people do it? Do they worship birds?" someone asked again.
The paintings on the rocks may really be done by the Karelian people, or perhaps by other mysterious tribes.
Rurik had an idea and sighed: "In my opinion, this is what God has given us."
"How to say?" Lanna asked again.
Now, Rurik's blue eyes looked at the frozen Ladoga Lake: "All this is an oracle. When spring comes and the lake thaws, the swans and geese that went south will come back. So, we He is the owner of this land, and the pictures on the rocks are proof of God’s gift.”
Everyone heard it without objection and regarded the Kingdom’s explanation as truth.
Rurik made another impromptu order: "We are going to mine the stone here, and we will do it now. We will have to bring the ship over in the spring. We have to chisel out this swan stone and transport it to the new Go to Roseburg. Well, we're going to build a quarrying settlement here, let's call it Swan Stone Town."
How to dig stones! It can be rammed with a sledgehammer or forest ax, or slowly struck with a chisel to make square stone bricks.
The snow was further cleared, and the people working were panting from exhaustion.
In the evening, the faces of the returning people were filled with the joy of the harvest. They discovered the abundant resources of small animals here, and used wooden-armed crossbows to accurately snipe. The ferrets and squirrels that were hiding in the treetops fell to the ground one after another.
There was even a hunting fanatic who returned with ten giant squirrels tied with ropes and immediately started skinning them at the camp.
At night, the lakeside is full of bonfires.
The stone excavation site has reached a certain scale, with as many as fifty people smashing stones desperately.
It doesn't matter if you create a lot of granite rubble, which will be mixed with lime cement to make concrete. Or it can be smashed into smaller and larger particles to partially replace the quartz sand necessary for cement.
You can get paid by the prince for working. No, a group of Ludi people also joined in the work after eating.
The camp was filled with the sound of rocks being smashed. Arik, who had hunted a lot, returned, and it was very unpleasant to hear this all over his ears.
He chewed squirrel meat and teased his brother: "The other brothers are busy hunting, but you love the rocks here."
"Do you think I'm weird?" Rurik asked with a smile.
"It's strange. We should obviously seize the opportunity to hunt."
"It's better to dig more rocks! I was completely unexpected to find rocks here. In the future, we will Building a city, the new city is expected to replace the island quarry on Gogland Island. This place is a lake after all, and our roots are.There is no need to consider the issue of sea tides, and there is no need to worry about bad weather during excavation work during warm periods. And after the ship enters Lake Ladoga, it can optionally transport the stones to Novorosberg or Novgorod..."
"Are you planning this? "Rurik obviously didn't finish his words, and Arik, who had a headache, interrupted: "I am a pure warrior, and I have a headache thinking about this. Maybe my Aslaki can have a good chat with you. ”
“Yes. Of course she can, she is a professional businessman and the best at calculating. So, her second child is about to be born, right? "
"Soon. Just like the high priest. Arik asked casually: "Have you decided on the name of the child?" ”
“My name is Oleg. "
"What if the girl? "Arik asked again.
"That's easier, just call it Onega, which is the name of this big lake. "
In ancient Finnish, the suffix "ga" means "huge water surface". Naming a girl after a lake is also a beautiful name.
"So in ancient Finland What is the name of Staff's brother or sister? "Now it was Rurik's turn to ask.
Arik shrugged: "It depends on her own wishes. ”
Two women kept listening to the brothers’ discussions about their wives and children.
Lana was determined to give birth to the direct crown prince, and Carlotta wanted to give birth to the crown prince. The reborn son of his own principality.
No, there are still people working at the stone excavation site after dark, and there is another battle going on in Rurik's house-style sled. >Rurik was entangled with his two women, and now no one can avoid suspicion. The three of them all took the initiative. It was the next morning that Rurik felt a slight backache from being tortured, while Lana and Carlotta , the baby is obviously happy.
It is not suitable to stay here for a long time. It would be bad if there is a sudden cold wave and heavy snowfall.
After breakfast, Rurik held a military meeting. In addition to admiring the cavalry's swift assault, they also chatted with each other about the abundant local products.
The prince then delivered an important speech on the development of local stone resources, emphasizing the importance of lakeside stones for city construction. Everyone agreed.
The servile Ludi people thus found a new livelihood.
Lake Onega is an area on the edge of the low mountains extending from the Kola Peninsula. , it is a huge glacial lake in its entirety, and there are rocks protruding from the earth on the lakeside.
The Ludi people do not have to capture animals and skin them to sell to the Rus. They can directly dig out the stones and transport them to their villages. Just wait for the Russians to pick it up.
Digging stones cannot be a high-value-added job. You can earn living supplies by doing this job, which is much better than the original poor life.
The female leader Ludi and the elected Makut received new instructions - to dig stones for generations.
Russians generally disdain to do this kind of work, and a group of servants do it again. It was appropriate, and everyone had no objection.
Rurik wanted to stay by the lake for two more days. He wanted to give the army more time to hunt, and he also wanted to personally set foot on this large lake to observe the landscape.
At the same time, the stone excavation project continued. Lu Di's men obtained more axes, hammers and iron spears and used modified chisels to peel off the boulders. They also began to use the technique of thermal expansion and contraction to create a large amount of gravel. .
Stones of various sizes began to be produced, and they were thrown indiscriminately onto the sled. Even if a sled is not allowed to carry too much weight, no matter what shape the stone is transported to New Roseburg, it must be processed again.
As many as three undiscovered "Swan Stone Carvings" will be carefully chiseled out. They are sacred to Rurik Fuyu and will be placed in the Great Temple of Rus.
Of course it was not the Karelians who carved the "Swan", but an older ethnic group. Those lakeside settlers who disappeared for thousands of years left these legacies and became the treasure of the Rus people.
Rurik led the team to inspect the area in two days. He was surprised that there were a large number of stones under the snow in this area, as if a huge mountain range had sunk in its entirety.
There were as many as ten sleds filled with stones, piled haphazardly, giving Rurik the impression of a pile of construction debris.
They are not garbage. By smashing the mixed cement to make concrete, the hardened ground project of Harvest Plaza can be quickly implemented.
Rurik is a smart man, and there are people in the team who can realize the value of stones.
Not only stones, but also metal ores can be found with stones. It would be even better if iron ore and copper ore are found.
The cold wind blowing from the lake was as cold as a knife, and the hunters were not afraid. One hundred Lüdi warriors did not kill the enemy and submit a certificate of surrender. Instead, they transformed into masons and provided stones to Ross to prove their loyalty.
The Ludi people are very satisfied with their new jobs, that is, the captured Karelian women can only be dragged away like animals.
They are all dwarfs, and they are not like this in the first place. It is just because the overall harsh living environment suppresses a person's growth. In this way, every woman is very light, although the Pechenegs are also short, the latter are short and strong, with arms as hard as rocks. It is easy to control such a woman.
As for the blond, blue-eyed, tall Rus and other Vikings, standing in front of them is a powerful intimidation.
After a rather detailed inventory, as many as six hundred Karelian women were captured. The first conqueror to arrive was Kagan. He killed the old people and all men regardless of age according to the custom of the grasslands, so these 600 people were only young women and young girls.
They completely lost their resistance, and Rurik, as the prince, publicly announced his treatment of them.
The principality still adheres to the old rules. Women who are fertile will be married to new men immediately. Women with young girls will be married off with their daughters.
From their standpoint, it seems that the only option is cooperation, and they feel that the entire KareliaIt has been completely destroyed. Since it is unwilling to commit suicide and be buried in the tribe, it can only become a slave to the conqueror.
They have no extravagant hopes for the future, and Rurik also has no intention of harming these guys. From the prince's point of view, Rurik wished that these new women would work hard to give birth to children, so that a new batch of howling warriors could be created in fifteen years at the earliest.
Their submissive expression is to gather together quietly, like cargo, in a shed-style tent that can protect them from the cold.
Those hunters from Suomi and Bear Festival towns insisted on staying to hunt, keeping company with the Ludi people who continued to dig stones, and at the same time began to build the so-called "Swan Stone Town".
The real three "swan stones" have been installed on the sled.
The large army began to return, and now the food supplies stored in it were still very sufficient, and they could even feed the 600 female prisoners without any problem.
Is this how the crusade ends?
Kagan, who was sitting by the campfire eating porridge with his brothers, was very happy that one of his men was holding a Karelian woman.
Not only do they eat it themselves, they are also busy stuffing wheat into their women’s mouths, and at night they carry their women into their shacks and have fun.
When they appeared the next day, they all changed their appearances.
Both men and women of the Pecheneg people wear strange little braids on the back of their heads. Women, because of the tradition of growing their hair, have braids, which makes them even more fancy.
These Pecheneg men not only took possession of their bodies, but also further transformed the Karelian women into Pechenegs.
The long, straight black hairstyle of women has disappeared, replaced by densely braided hair, and some dyed hemp ropes are also mixed into the hair to become a decoration.
The intention of doing this is very obvious. Although bringing some supplies purchased in Ross will slow down the speed when returning home, wouldn't it be even more slow to bring a woman?
That must be done. The Pecheneg Tribal Alliance needs foreign women to give birth to new warriors at any time, not to mention that the appearance of these women is not much different from the Pecheneg women. If they put on traditional grassland clothes, the difference will not be noticeable.
This team continues to move forward. No one has gained experience in the winter Eastern Expedition, but none other than the Ross Cavalry.
Each of them killed the enemy! The ferocious performance can be called a brown bear. Those sons of farmers can no longer go back. They have experienced killing enemies and have seen blood, and their whole character has been changed.
He was originally the son of a boyar nobleman. Now that he was using his cavalry to fight with his steel sword stained with blood, they already thought highly of themselves, and now they are even more arrogant.
Because the prince must have determined that they are real Ross warriors and belong to the top class of the principality.
Without him, although there are only eighty people in Pure Ross, each of them will become an officer in the future, and at the end they will have to command ten people, and the best among them can become the captain of the expanded cavalry standard. .
This Eastern Expedition naturally had a huge impact on Rurik. He was extremely well prepared for this battle. As a result, the war ended with a surprise attack by more than a hundred cavalry.
The cavalry embodies a huge tactical advantage, so why not expand it?
The plan to expand the cavalry was itself designated.
"It seems that the cavalry work is going to speed up..."