Rise of Rurik

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The wharf was bustling with activity, and the visitor from his hometown finally completed the task within the agreed time.

I haven't seen Rurik for more than half a year, and the blacksmith Kawei has a thousand words here.

He got off the boat and walked over with a smile, and patted the brother's shoulder very casually: "Now you are a stronger man. I heard that you are going to start a big immigration, and the people in your hometown are really looking forward to it."

"Is that so?" Rurik felt quite at ease: "I didn't expect you to come in person. Did Lilia come too?"

"Come on, she's still on board. I have a lot to say to you, about our iron production, and so on. Also, look at these two big ships, old Hotrato, I have a word for you. , I want you to give these two new ships good names."

"It will be resolved." Rurik gently pushed Kawei's hand away, and looked at the little fat blue fox with surprise: "You should go to Denmark, why are you here. Is it your request from Gould?"

The blue fox covered his heart with his chubby hands and bowed gently: "That's right. My lord, we know a lot about the incredible appearance of the sled team a few days ago. Since you have a lot of leather to sell, this must be my task. ."

The description of the blue fox really coincided with Rurik's thoughts. He slapped his thigh and praised: "Gould really understands me. Yes! I should ship a lot of squirrel skins now, and you will ship them directly to Denmark sells it to me. Haha, I don't care about the Melalen market anymore. You'll do better than your big brother."

A big opportunity was in front of him, and the blue fox suddenly opened his eyes wide, his eyes full of expectations for the future, and he praised again and again: "The Danes need all kinds of leather, and we will make a fortune, which all depends on the prince. Wisdom. Oh, and the abilities of our brothers Ross, who is better at hunting than Ross."

The flattery came one after another, which made people feel comfortable. Rurik shrugged and looked at the big ship: "These are the last two ships of my Eighth-Eighth Fleet plan. The expedition was completed in the first seaworthy? Should it be a formal one? name."

Although the name has some special meaning, Rurik is also a slap on the thigh, and the name seems a little hasty.

Eight imitation Caravel-style sailboats of the same level, but they feel like big ships to people in this time and space. Ross' current material resources can completely build a thousand-ton sailing galleon like the Gothenburg that can sail around the world, but the shipbuilders have not yet accumulated enough technology.

These eight ships are not yet qualified to carry huge names, and their narrow decks cannot afford them.

One of the two ships was named Veps and the other was named Bear Altar. Because when their hulls were completed, the Rus army completed the expedition to the north bank of Lake Ladoga. Although the Karelian forces were not destroyed in one fell swoop, the entire Lake Ladoga was already within the sphere of influence of Rus. The two ships are so named to commemorate last year's operation and to represent the two settlements.

The two ships not only transported wheat, but also more than 100 women and children, as well as a batch of soft goods.

This time Kawi came with her family, and Lilia returned to her hometown. She also had to climb the rope net like everyone else, and the young son Kuzneslav was already climbing the net himself. This can make old Rigus, who sees all this, smile from ear to ear, but his great grandson has been full of strength in a few years.

The sleigh-operating mercenaries returned by boat with great success and great pay.

The more than 100 women and children who disembarked were actually the family members of the First Flag Team. It can be said that if the main force of the fleet was not in the east, the old Rus people in their hometown would board the ship one after another and emigrate with softness. However, a lot of wheat seeds were piled up in the cabin. , the two ships can not carry too many people.

Rurik entertained these distant guests in the Rosduma house in Novgorod.

He and Otto were grinning from ear to ear, and everyone else's faces were full of delight.

Kawi noticed that Arik, who was rowing back from the southeast, always exuded a faint earthy smell.

Could this guy really be farming? That's right, the Maharaja's immigration plan is to organize everyone to plant the land, otherwise he wouldn't have forced Spuyut to ship the wheat from Britain to this place.

No, although Spuyut was originally an ordinary person in the tribe, he had been instructed to explore the world over the years, and he had become a young and not a dusty explorer, and his face was already full of vicissitudes of experience. He was invited to sit here, listen to the great people talking about the mountains, and then wait for the opportunity to report what he saw.

Seeing the young people in his hometown, old Otto came alive again. He slapped his thighs and sighed in an old voice: "If I came here for the first time, I would have liked this warm place. I can't believe that thirty years have passed, and this place has become our home. I heard that, Eighty years ago, we Russ were driven out by the guys on the shore of Lake Melaren and had to hide in the fjord. The heroic spirits of our predecessors are all in the sky, and they have witnessed our greatness. It's really nice of you to come..."

The old leader was reminiscing about the past, and Kawei, Lanhu and the others accompanied the smiling faces.

Most of the young people can't really understand the grievances that the Russ once carried. They focus on the future. In the past few years, what they have seen is the Russ army's smashing through thorns, and the attack on the enemy's melon and vegetables.

Otto was excited, thinking of the prosperous years that had passed since the meeting, and Rurik temporarily listened to his emotion.

The topic finally returned to the topic.

Otto said he was tired, and Rurik went on to say what he said. He asked directly: "I asked Harozov from my hometown to do things, and things have obviously been done. The fleet brought the wheat, who is this voyage? Commander? Kawi, is that you? Or you? Blue Fox?"

While the two looked at each other, Spuyut raised his head: "My lord, I am the commander. It was I who took the wheat and transported it back to the fjord last year, and now it is I who transported the wheat to Novgorod. Germany."

Taking a closer look at the young man who was no longer young, Rurik was satisfied.

"How much wheat did you bring?"

"Yes! I'm going to report this to you truthfully."

Spuut said in great detail that the so-called damage to agriculture due to the destruction of the war, Northumbria reluctantly provided wheat, equivalent to nearly 30 tons. Although the "order" is to ask the remaining governor Harrodsen to not sell wheat on behalf of the duke, but once the taste of wheat is tasted, people will be alienated from oats. A batch of wheat is sold before the "order" arrives, even if it is more expensive, and the people of the hometown are the first to buy it.

Rurik's "money" actually made a fortune, but now he prefers this money to appear in front of him in the form of wheat grains.

More than fifteen tons of wheat, nearly forty thousand Nordic Roman pounds, still arrived in Novgorod, kept intact in burlap sacks and piling up neatly in the cabins for the time being.

Spuyut proudly assures that snow and moisture have never disturbed these seeds, and if they are sown, they will all germinate.

Rurik listened, the 40,000 pounds of wheat seed fell short of his expectations, and the Northumbrians had essentially defaulted.

At least the situation is not very bad. He has no time to start an expedition and crusade has been seriously injured in Northumbria, and his mind is full of farming immediately.

"Spyot, many people say that you are the bravest explorer, and I think this statement is worthy of the name!"

"No! You are the greatest." Spooter hurriedly complimented.

"Of course I am the greatest, and I admit your bravery. I am going to plant wheat in Novgorod, and you have successfully brought me a lot of seeds. From the experience I have now, these grains are enough to spread. Nearly two hundred hectares of fields."

The area of ​​​​the field is too unfamiliar to Spuyote, and the prince said it should be a large area.

He took the opportunity to ask for credit and said bluntly: "My lord, I have paid so much, and I should be able to get some rich rewards."

"Reward? Of course!" Rurik raised his head and asked with a smile: "What do you want? Land? Women? Or money?"

"Give me some money. I have women and children, but I'm not good at farming and I don't want to farm. I have personally seen the vast world over the years, maybe I can go to the world's momentum, I'm willing to explore, in order to Ross is for myself too."

These words were so loud that for a while Rurik didn't know how to answer the conversation.

"Since you want money, how much do you need?"

"Just give me ten pounds of silver. I want my wife and children to live well, and I want to buy new clothes and new weapons. Besides, I want to have a big boat of my own. I know I'm going too far. , so I will serve you wholeheartedly and explore the vast territory for Ross."

The guy's words penetrated Rurik's mind, and he couldn't help but wonder, does this guy want to be Drake? Not right either!

It is normal for a bloated kingdom to hire some unofficial people to expand the kingdom's territory. Rurik remembered that Russ in history hired Cossacks to explore distant places for the empire, and let the explorers do the dirty work.

And that Dredd, who took the king's privateer's license to make money for himself, also made money for the king, and was upgraded from a rogue to a noble.

Is Spuyot trying to be the royal pirate of the Duchy of Ross?

Do not! The Duchy of Ross doesn't need to do this at the moment

A very real problem lay before Rurik.

The Principality has expanded rapidly in recent years, and now the law and substance have gone hand in hand to complete the rule over Lake Ilmen.

At present, the Principality directly controls a total of twelve large and small Slavic farms, and the Slavic population exceeds 20,000. The actual population of Great Novgorod is more than five times this, and it is reasonable to even boldly estimate the population to reach 200,000. It’s just that those people are hiding, and their farms are isolated islands in the jungle. According to the existing information, those people Communication with the mainstream large farms around the lake is limited.

Indeed, the farm economy of the Slavs is properly self-sufficient. A natural village linked by blood ties lives in the vast forest, forming an extremely stable isolated system.

But here comes Ross, and they must embrace a new era and end their cramped lives.

It is actually easy to order them to submit. After the spring ploughing, the original plan was to order the Governor Medway to subdue them to the rule of Rus, but it is a little troublesome to find it accurately.

Rus also legally ruled the whole of Finland, and all the 30,000 to 40,000 people in Suomi were essentially in a state of autonomy. The upper-level rulers are assigned by Rus, and they are all servants of Rus.

At present, the population of the Duchy of Rus that can be directly ruled by the prince has reached 40,000 people.

This number seems to be very large, and the blond old Russ who are purely from the Rus tribe account for only one tenth of them. The North Germanic ancestry of the Rus has been irreversibly integrated into the Slavic and Finnish ancestry, and an astonishing number of children have been born.

With a rapidly expanding territory and a small population, years of wars and the depletion of the old Rus, the Principality has come to a point where it must sit down and digest the results honestly. Becoming conservative is a strategy, unless the enemy personally invades.

Rurik has not yet clearly replied to Spuyut's request, but only mentioned that the economic rewards must be generous.

The vast territory dilutes the population of Rus, and thanks to the fact that all the settlements are attached to each other's waters, seas, and the first Baltic navy in Rus, the fleet can keep the regions connected to each other and avoid division. However, this time, due to the high delay rate in the transmission of information about wheat, the negative consequences are still reflected in the planting of wheat this year.

The most crucial issue of this meeting is to talk about wheat sowing. When the reminiscence ends as the sun goes down, from the next day onwards, all things are less important than farming.

Rurik, of course, still has some things to talk about with Gould's second son, Blue Fox, and even arrange for this person to complete some important tasks.

All things are less important than grabbing the tail of spring ploughing and planting wheat.

He set sail the next morning, and directly floated by boat at noon to the planting and construction site of the first flag team, which was still busy in the old pine needle manor.

The young labor force of the old Rus was ordered to arrive here, and the more than one hundred women and children who came with the ship also disembarked to reunite with the families of the First Flag Team.

Although there are some children inside, they are actually half-sized children. They are indeed young. They have eaten the wheat and fish meat provided by Rurik for many years, and have received military training. They are like newborn calves. Used in arable land sowing.

Kawei placed his wife and children with his father-in-law, Rigus, and he was so ambitious that he could direct himself to direct the casting of the curved plough. He stood on the bow, side by side with Prince Rurik. When he was young, he deliberately continued to grow a beard, even if he could sharpen a sharp knife to shave his entire body quickly. But the beauty of having a long beard is that it is an affirmation of a promising man, and this kid is also growing a beard. This is something Kawei can't imagine, this little sage who he has watched grow up, is only fourteen years old this year, how can he be as tall as himself? What did this kid eat to grow up? Sure enough, Odin has been continuously giving power to promote growth? This would be a little bad if it grew into a giant.

Men in northern Europe are genetically like this. Fourteen years old is the period of rapid development of the body. As long as they eat well during the period, they will be able to grow taller.

This is reflected in Rurik, but also in the group of cubs in his hometown. A large group of young boys and girls who seem to be weak, they have become tall and strong in a few years. In fact, the reason is very simple. The children of the old Rus people of the Rus tribe are all thrown to the prince Rurik because of the fact that the prince pays for the meal. In recent years, the children eat wheat and meat every day, and do voluntary labor and labor every day. Training, it's ridiculous to be so thin and short.

Kawei's eyes looked into the distance: "Pine Needle Manor no longer exists, I see fields everywhere here, are they all ours?"

Rurik arrived in a flash: "Most of it is ours, and some of it is given to the allies as trophies. By the way, I only allocated 500 hectares of land to the first flag team. Kawei, you have established countless Meritorious man, if you want land, I can give you some too."

"Me? Are you joking or are you serious?!" Kawei looked embarrassed.

"Seriously, of course."

"This... let's forget it. I'm a blacksmith, and I believe in Thor. I'd rather go a step further in my career of blacksmithing than make me lazy because of farming."

"Oh? Farming makes men lazy. What a wonderful description."

There are some words Kawi dare not say, that is, the so-called "being a farmer will make the warrior lose the soul of a warrior", which is a tactical change of the topic. Seeing a settlement forming in the distance, he stretched out his hand and asked, "Is that a new city? Is it the second pine needle manor?"

"Of course not!" The wind was a little louder, and Rurik also raised his voice. "There is a river in the northeast, and the locals call it the Msti River. The first flag team wants to build a new settlement near the river, and it is called the Musti River. Kistad, according to the Slavs, Mstisk!"

"A very nice name. Ah! I still love the fields here, much more beautiful than the ones on the shores of Lake Mälaren. Rurik, feel the warm lake breeze, and I can't wait to see the wheat waves here this fall. "

"Don't worry, your dreams will come true."

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