Chapter 1052 Businessmen realize that logistics efficiency determines economic scale
Harvest Square was roaring continuously, and people were everywhere watching the excitement. The king finally returned to the capital, and God knows what new decrees he would issue.
The news about tax exemption has already spread to the capital with the businessmen coming and going. The three-year tax exemption is for all subjects. Is this true? The people of the capital still need the king's commitment here.
The high priest Rumia wore an ancestral antlered helmet and pulled her daughter Velika. The mother and daughter looked delighted. Rurik hurriedly dismounted, and the soldiers behind him did the same.
Rumia saw Queen Svetlana, accompanied by Noren, Bayasil and Ella. She felt a little disappointed, it seemed that she could not have her man to herself.
She was a high priest, but she was still thin. She approached Rurik under the gaze of people and said, "You are finally here. Now that the summer solstice sacrifices have ended, you are late."
"It did take some time. But..." Rurik pinched her cheek gently: "As promised, important events cannot be without you. Look, Ella is here too, and the compilation of "Rossaga" is completed.
.You... know what this means."
Listening to this, Rumia opened her eyes wide. She understands it so well! The priest community has expanded greatly nowadays, but there is a lack of a universal classic.
"Rossaga" is the classic that the high priest needs most!
He couldn't help but ask more: "Has it been bound? You can give it to me immediately. I will immediately organize others to study. And... I want to take a good look."
"There's no rush." Rurik said, "There are still more things to be implemented."
The old Governor-General Cornuson stood aside and did not dare to interrupt. At this moment, the young Cornuson, who was slightly late, also arrived.
The old man personally led the king's horse, and also winked at the rare prince, which made Osborne smile evilly.
The prince in old Cornuson's memory was just a baby. At that time, the king also showed off like this to the people to see the royal style. Now the prince has grown up, and his small body not only rides a horse, but also stands on the solid ground and clings to his mother's arms.
body.
His eyes scanned these cavalry soldiers, and their childish faces could not be concealed. "They are all newcomers!" A realization emerged in his head, and the old Cornuson concluded that this was a brand new cavalry team.
Finally, Rurik turned his head and said: "My governor, how is everything? I see the capital is peaceful."
"Yes, I govern according to the king's orders, maintain law and order, punish thieves, and collect customs duties according to the treaty."
"Very good." Rurik nodded.
"So, this cavalry." He couldn't help it.
"Oh, they? They're all new."
"New? Also, how did the king come? It seems that he really arrived on horseback?"
"That's natural. Cornuson, you and your son are here just in time. Go and gather all the prominent people in the city. We will hold a meeting in the Rus Duma tonight. I will announce an important event and let as many people as possible participate!"
Rurik deliberately kept his words secret. He also needed to spend some time to sort out his language, and he also needed to spend some time with his high priest in the capital.
She is her first woman, and she has given birth to two children. She does not have peerless looks, and her status is even higher than that of the queen.
After returning, Rurik arranged for the Second Cavalry to be stationed and rested in a barn in the city for the time being. All the war horses were taken to the pens of the "State-owned Reindeer Breeding Base" outside the city and fed with grass and oats.
Although it was painful to ride for a long time, the young warriors had been enduring it. What they needed most was to eat bread and lie down to sleep. They were given a holiday, brought their own bedding and equipment, and slept in the dry and spacious barn in broad daylight.
Big sleep.
Even the five-person group from Pskov, they were guests and were temporarily accommodated in a private room. Unlike the tired warriors, they were fully motivated and wanted to see the beauty of this big city. It was just a tour around the city, and they were still
Why does the young "war chief" have such a great reputation that the people of a big city cheer for him?
Look at this outrageous reputation. His boss, the leader of Pskov, Gorsigfamson, is really not even one-tenth of it.
Some people couldn't help but wonder: "Could that guy be King Ross?" Such speculation before was unbelievable. Based on the current situation, the five-person group can at least conclude that this person is at least the only heir to the leadership position. The five-person group is very lucky to have left Xiaohe.
Afterwards, they collectively carried the boat and walked for a while on a dry road to reach another river. It was fate that they met the Ross cavalry.
The five people were provided with good food and drink, but they were actually put under house arrest in this small wooden house. The governor's office received an order that these five people were non-alliance outsiders. They were not qualified to travel freely in the capital and could not travel without permission.
If you are allowed to go out, you must be accompanied by patrol soldiers.
It was really uncomfortable not being able to go out, but the Russians provided soft wheat cakes and a large amount of ale. It was not ordinary ale, but deliberately mixed with vodka base.
The cast bronze still has the ability to distill ordinary ale into alcohol close to 96°. Simply drinking this thing is simply asking for death. Distilling this thing can either be used as a base for cocktails or provided to priests.
The priests have the duty to save lives and heal the wounded. Alcohol is a commonly used disinfectant and spirits are anesthetics. In practice, they are becoming more and more adept at dealing with trauma. In this era, one of the major causes of sudden death among civilians is wound infection.
Scurvy, the so-called "curse of fever" is no longer an extreme disease. This is possible because distillation technology and equipment have been increasingly perfected in the continuous production of materials.
It was rare to drink alcohol, and the high-strength ale was obviously mixed with honey. They drank so drunk that they felt happy and did not want to go out and run around. Rurik did this deliberately.
The royal family has its own royal enjoyments. The attic palace has been cleaned all the time. When Rurik came here again, he was still faced with a neat but deserted residence.
He checked the items hidden high up, and there were quite a few important items. The team of servants left behind were mostly selected from local women. They were older, managed the Governor's Palace, and cleaned the palace all day long. The cleanliness of Rus Duma was one of the reasons.
It's an important job. The cooks are good at cooking. Their daily job is to cook for the officials in the Governor's Palace, and even provide meals for the soldiers who have to pay. Now it's them who are cooking delicious dishes for the returning king.
The national treasury of Rus still follows the old rules. It is controlled by a group of priests, who use the so-called "sacred buff" to drive away people's malice.
The only thing Rurik was not worried about was the corruption of the priests. No, the high priest who had eaten had been dragged into an independent palace by Rurik, and he even declined the queen.
"Have another baby. Velika and Oleg also need a younger brother."
"What if it's my sister?"
"Then we have an extra priest-cardinal."
Rurik intends to learn from the Catholic system. The so-called bishops and cardinals, as well as bishops from all over the country, all know each other. Ross can follow suit, but it is best for high-ranking priests to have royal blood.
Let her experience the joy of being a woman again. Rurik knew what Rumia wanted, so he fulfilled her desire on the first afternoon after returning.
She fell asleep in happiness due to fatigue, and the energetic Rurik began to think about how to announce big things to those guys in tonight's meeting.
So after an afternoon of deliberation, the good news spread wildly among the people, and it seemed that some of the previous statements were true.
Not just cats and dogs can participate in the Duma. Participants either hold important positions in the capital, are important industrial owners, or are rich men with relatively large financial resources. Only residents of the capital and those from the Principality of Rus who have lived here for a long time
Some subjects have the right to participate. Most of the miscellaneous matters in daily life are discussed and resolved in Dumali, and some even vote to formulate some local regulations.
The traditional "Nordik-style democracy" was further developed in New Roseburg, and people from various Viking tribes subconsciously welcomed it. The capital area has an endogenous self-management model that is accepted by everyone. This is why Rurik can let go
A major local reason.
What is quite strange is that as a king, facing the extremely large Slavic population in the area around Lake Ilmen, he behaves more like a king who can speak his mind. Because the area has completely evolved into an agricultural economy, the local
Man needs a supreme arbiter.
Rurik was clearly aware of the difference between the two. As a king, he behaved extremely kindly in the capital. Even if he had to do things, he would discuss them with the wealthy gentlemen.
The long room of Rus Duma was filled with local powerful people. They were leaders from all walks of life. Some of them were relatives and ministers of the royal family, as well as a large number of collaborators.
So amid endless expectations, King Liuli made his grand reappearance.
He came here to announce two very important things.
"Concerning the three-year tax exemption you learned about. It is true and has been fully implemented in Novgorod. You are the local elite. Even if you are not farming, taxes will be levied on you as usual. My decision is fair.
Yes, you are all subjects of the principality and all enjoy this benefit."
The emotions that had been suppressed suddenly burst out. When the king announced this, it was as if the roof of the house was about to be blown off by the sound.
After the boiling soup pot gradually cooled down, Rurik took out his improvised speech and personally spoke about the second major event - promoting the canal and the second route.
There is already a second road to Novgorod? There is no longer even a need to cut down trees in the forest to build a road?
And all this was mainly due to the spontaneous exploration of fishermen from old Russia, who accidentally discovered the inland waterway?
This matter was doubtful, but because the king personally led the cavalry to explore the route in the opposite direction and personally proved the existence of the channel, it instantly became extremely credible.
The fact is that there is no smooth channel. If there is no intervention, a necessary passage is a dry road. If a small boat sails, the worst case is that travelers will drag the boat across, or grab it and carry it away.
The idea of digging a canal is too bizarre, because in the past, people did not realize that they could directly transform the earth with their hands, such as digging trenches and creating rivers.
Then some local businessmen who were gearing up were eager to give it a try. In the warm atmosphere, they stood up and raised their voices: "It doesn't matter whether the man-made waterway is reasonable or not! At worst, my people rowed over, and the boats brought their own trolleys, and the final route was carried on the dry road with the trolleys.
We can also reach Novgorod. At least we don’t have to go backwards on the Neva River.”
It is understandable to describe paddlers with words such as "robust" and "strong endurance", but this is not their active choice. If there is wind, they will sail with lower sails, and if they have a choice, they will prefer the gentle runoff.
Old Rus, a family of merchants and industrialists in New Rus, contributed most of their sons to serve in the king's standing army. The children went through the war and became real men, and also learned extraordinary cultural knowledge under the king, and then these just began to give back to them
's father.
It's like having a God's perspective. Many leaders already understand the geographical structure of northern and eastern Europe. They can all understand the abstract map. As for understanding why the world is a ball, it doesn't matter. They are more concerned about whether the business path is reasonable.
So Rurik made a wonderful metaphor based on the current situation.
He saw his sister-in-law Aslach and her son Gustav here, making a big fuss about their family's business.
"Just like our big water wheel mill, the wooden plank water row on the water wheel has made a full circle and has to return to the starting point. As a businessman, you no longer have to brave the violent Neva River and Volkhov River after the snow melts in the spring.
River. You can take the Reed River in the west. Even if you sail against the current, the soothing current will not require much effort on your part. You will complete the voyage in a shorter time, and there will be as many as three supply stations along the way. The riverside areas are everywhere
They can all be used as temporary resting places. You can finally pass through the canal and pay a toll to safely enter Lake Ilmen."
Smart businessmen know how to make trade-offs and compromises. It is really a good thing to spend a small sum of money in exchange for time. After all, in the past, small-scale caravans had to bite the bullet and go backwards in the Neva River during the flood season, which was a bit self-inflicted. Only by paying a lot of money
Only manpower and material resources can reduce the cost of spring navigation. This is why in the past few decades, the Ross tribe has formed a large force to go backwards, relying on more people to paddle and using the wind to offset the flow speed of the Neva River.
In the spring, we will take the inland river route in the west, pay the canal toll and enter Lake Ilmen. The route is expected to be completed in one week. We will stay in Novgorod to complete the trade, and bring the newly purchased agricultural products to use the high flow rate and low flow rate of the traditional waterway.
The cost has to be returned to New Roseburg from the east. In this way, the water wheel completes a rotation cycle.
Everyone is said to be ready to move!
Even for the Aslaqi family, which monopolizes the big mill, they produce cheap instant breakfast wheat cakes for the capital, and even some high-end honey scones and cakes, using existing materials in various ways to create delicious meals. Ordinary fishermen and hunters
Buy the cheapest stable dry food, and the rich buy high-end delicacies. To maintain this industry, it relies heavily on the import of wheat, oats, honey and dairy products from the Novgorod region.
As a relative of the royal family, she spent money from the national warehouse to exchange for cheap wheat, which was limited every month. If she wanted to expand production, she had to import surplus grain from the people. For cost reasons, except for the fall, she could send a ship to the Swedish Mela
The most stable way to import a batch of local wheat from Lun Lake District is to buy it from Slavic farms in the Lake District. A very practical reason is that the best material for making delicious meals is wheat, and now various Slavic farms are beginning to expand.
As long as there is an opportunity, people should try their best to satisfy their appetites, and Aslaqi will do what she likes. Common people have to earn money, and rich people have to earn even more money. Her family is actually a pioneer in the kingdom's food industry.
The future prospects are huge, and the current development bottleneck visible to the naked eye is the contradiction between the need to expand production capacity and the efficiency of raw material imports.
Being smart, she stood up and praised the king's decision with a sharp voice.
Everyone present could see that she was definitely not cheering for the king because she was a relative, but she was completely standing as a businessman and pointed out the huge prospects.
Leaders from all walks of life combined their own industries and came to the exact same conclusion.
It is said that logistics efficiency determines the scale of the economy. Everyone has reached a consensus and began to think about optimizing the structure of their long-distance caravans based on the new traffic conditions. The canal is now being dug and is expected to be completed as soon as next autumn, which means that the time has come
In 843 AD, the second channel was completely completed, and it was not a problem for a small ship to reach Novgorod in seven days without much effort.
Smart people have optimistically estimated that with the most efficient navigation and efficient dumping and purchasing in Novgorod, a set of processes from Novgorod, a large commercial city, to Novgorod, a major production area of various materials and raw materials, is the fastest.
Half a month is enough.
Wealthy merchants can organize several more caravans and implement sailing cycles on the two routes without interfering with each other. The most optimistic estimate is to organize at least two caravans to set off one week apart, so that the first caravan arrives in Novgorod
Then the second caravan set off, and when the first caravan returned to the capital, the second caravan also arrived in Novgorod.
Another batch of supplies arrives every week. If three caravans are organized, the time interval between arrivals can only be further shortened.
Only the dredging of the second route and canal can make it possible to implement it. Once implemented, the eastern part of the Rus' Kingdom will enter a period of rapid economic growth, and everyone sitting here in the Rus' Duma meeting will reap the dividends.