The rapidly thinning ice has made ice fishing professionals tremble with fear, but it is a good thing for the general public.
The wind is no longer strong, and although the earth is now covered with snow, its complete melting is only a matter of time.
As long as the sun continues to heat up and the ice breaks into countless fragments, the traditional sailing festival in Russia can begin.
However, before the actual sailing day begins, the Neva River will first give the world a dangerous and joyful gift.
Nevsky Prospekt, which runs through the entire Novorossberg, inevitably becomes wet, due to dripping water from high-rise buildings. The snow that begins to melt at noon soaks the concrete pavement of the street, and the accumulated water flows into the drainage channels on both sides that are still covered with ice.
ditch.
Perhaps, this was an ordinary night.
The incident happened suddenly.
The sleeping people woke up one after another. They could feel the slight tremor of the earth. It was supposed to be a quiet night, but they could hear a low rumbling sound.
What's this?
Even the elderly Otto opened his eyes, and he understood everything after thinking about it for a moment.
The flow of the Neva River has begun!
The melting Lake Ladoga has injected too much water into the large lake, and the living water at the bottom of thousands of large and small streams is also continuously being injected.
There is only a thin layer of ice left in the center of the lake, and some areas are cracked. It is like an ulcer, and the cracks are re-frozen at night, and the cracks expand sharply by noon. The ice covering the lake can no longer suppress the continuous expansion.
of living water until it reaches a critical point and large-scale fragmentation begins.
The Ling of the Great River has become a new tradition. Although its date is not fixed, it will definitely occur in late March, and is generally close to the spring equinox.
Ross naturally celebrates the Spring Festival. In Ross's definition, this festival means that ships that have been closed for a winter will be pushed back to the sea. There is nothing better than the Sailing Festival.
At that time, the climate and hydrology of Rus's fjords in the north were very different from those of the Neva River.
The people who settled in Novorosberg regard the Neva River Ling as the most significant beauty. Some people even claim that the Neva River Ling is worshiped early and at the vernal equinox, indicating that this year is warm, which means a bumper harvest of food, and the cattle, sheep, reindeer are fat and strong, and vice versa.
We need to be vigilant in bad years, especially to prepare grain reserves for the second half of the year.
What was the situation like in 842? The Spring Equinox sacrifice was about to begin, and the wandering ceremony actually started at night with roaring sounds.
The expanding lake water pushed the giant ice down the river, causing the giant ice to calve and erode the land on both sides.
Early in the morning, people from all over the city rushed to the riverside with various moods.
Some people admired the rushing ice in a strong state of excitement, while others pulled the deliberately beached ship toward the shore.
Governor Cornuson Sr. covered his head with his hands. He was in a confused mood and cursed viciously at the people around him: "Damn ice! It erodes our dock facilities every year. After the disaster, our trestle will have to be rebuilt."
His son Konuson Jr. also had something to say: "So I told you a long time ago, but you think it is unnecessary. We should dig a channel to separate it from the main channel. The dock will be located there in the future. No matter how severe the drifting is, it will not be hurt."
To our dock."
"To put it lightly, how much work is that? Do you pay for it?"….
"I will pay for it. When I take over as governor, I will definitely do this."
"You kid!" Old Conuson rolled his eyes at his son, "How many more years can I live?"
"Really? Your Majesty is preparing for war now. If you can't guarantee the future, there will still be a chance for our father and son to exert their strength. My father will always be strong, and you should go to the battlefield with your sword."
For a moment, the old Cornuson didn't know whether his son was praising him or sarcastically. He waved his beard and said nothing. It is true that dying on the battlefield is the glory of a soldier. Now the old Cornuson only thinks about this year's new wine from Nassau.
If the shipments continue to arrive, I should drink wine to death like that old Gould.
My son is already middle-aged and in the prime of life, but this kid is very radical and makes me as a father uneasy.
Part of the trestle was destroyed by the floods, but fortunately only part of the trestle was damaged.
Smart people have long figured out the temperament of this river.
Each family's boat was towed to an absolutely safe shore early, the canvas was removed from the mast, and the spread canvas was then used to cover the entire boat, and then fixed with ropes. Even if it was placed in the open air throughout the winter, it was no different from being sealed up.
The spectacular sight was only seen once a year, so Rurik and his family happily stood on the top floor of the palace, which was the highest point in the city and had a bird's eye view of Liu Ling's river.
The eldest daughter Velika was riding on his shoulders, holding her father's head with both hands.
"Did you see everything?"
"I saw it! It's so spectacular. Is this the power of God?"
"It is the power of God." Rurik was in a good mood and said casually: "There will be a large-scale priest activity next. Velika."
"Um?"
"You know what to do, right?"
"I know." She has grown into a young girl and has reached the height of her mother. Even if she is only half of the Nordic blood, it will be enough for her to grow taller in the years to come.
Rurik preferred his eldest daughter not only because she was the eldest daughter, but also because of her irreplaceable noble status in the entire kingdom.
High Priest Rumia, Vilia's mother, stood next to Rurik, watching her husband, who was as tall as a giant bear, letting his daughter ride on his shoulders. This preference was a bit too much, which was what the husband hinted at.
"What you should do" still made her feel some fears that she was embarrassed to express.
The high priest is responsible for handling the sacrifices, which must be a blood sacrifice according to the customs of Russia.
She had long noticed that the daughter of the deputy priest held a sharp blade and dared to pierce the heart of a deer at a young age, not just one, but even ten or hundreds of them. She noticed that her daughter was not afraid of sacrifices
On one side is the blazing fire tower, on the other side is the ferocious deer dripping with blood, and on the other side is Velika holding a bloody blade and a ferocious smiling face that is burned by the flames.
Valkyrie? Some people say that my daughter is like the Valkyrie in the world. She has done a good job in the sacrificial activities. Now no one questions this girl who inherited the name of the glorious high priest Vilia from the previous generation.
King Rurik came to the capital from Novgorod. He did not bring any wives or concubines, which meant that Rurik either slept with the high priest Vilya or frequently met with the top scribe Ai at night.
Erla.
Lumia spends a lot of time with her man, not only on matters between men and women, but also on large-scale sacrificial activities for important national events. The two of them can have a good discussion on the couch...
Ninety-nine male reindeer were sacrificed, no more and no less.
Why did such a huge amount of sacrifices be made for this year's Spring Equinox Sacrifice and Sailing Sacrifice? Although the ownership of the kingdom's largest herd of deer belongs to the royal family, Rumia can't help but feel sorry for her husband's excessive consumption of his property.
Although the king here meant to show off his wealth, the king had his own reasons.
The highlight of this year's grand opening ceremony is the launching ceremony of the Kingdom's largest ship, the Sea Monarch. In other words, the ceremony location has been moved from the traditional Harvest Square to next to the dry dock where the ship was built.
Lumia has her own important task, which is to send her men to build a temporary "Stone Ship Altar" next to the dry dock and dig a special drainage ditch that leads directly to the ocean.
A majestic flow lasted for three full days. The continuous good weather caused the ice upstream to continue to be discharged. The water ice with huge power rushed into the Kronshtadt anchorage and shattered the ice on a large scale, so that all the ice in the port was broken.
The ship regained its freedom.
There is no complete ice layer at the anchorage, and any attempt to cut through the ice for fishing after the drift becomes impossible.
People once again saw the swaying waves and the densely packed large ice floes swaying violently.
However, such a sea environment also gave up the idea of fishing immediately. The large pieces of broken sea ice kept hitting the small boats, which was enough to break them into pieces. Only the big boats ignored it all.
The serious flow has ended. Although there are still large amounts of ice floating down, they are too small to pose a threat.
In the dry dock of the Hotla family, a new stone ship altar is being built in full swing. The sleds are sliding on the melting snow, and people's leather boots are getting wet. They unload the stones and dig with shovels.
In the muddy pit, twenty-four pieces of granite were carefully placed
Rock slabs were dug into the pit and buried.
At first, Stein Hortrasson didn't know what was going on, but when the junior priest in charge of the matter gave him some guidance, he simply directed some idle shipbuilding apprentices to help.
How about a temporary altar? If it is really built, it will not be demolished if there is no accident. Because Ross needs more than just a big ship. If a ship of the same class as the Sea Monarch is not built for the time being, the dry dock after draining the water will be rebuilt into a much smaller model.
For the Aurora-class ship, this place is still a good shipbuilding platform. To build a ship, you need a sacrificial ceremony to launch it. An official altar is next to the dry dock, which shipbuilders can only dream of.
On the other hand, taking advantage of the good weather and working intensively, the sail hanging operation of all the masts of the Sea Monarch has been completed.
Stein conducted a special drill for this purpose. The ship's main keel, bottom plate, and bilge keel were all supported by solid sleepers. Although the ship was not launched, the shipbuilders practiced retracting and retracting the sail, turning the steering gear, and retracting and retracting the anchor.
For these three most important operations, although the drill exposed problems, they are all minor problems that can be adjusted later.
There was no fatal problem, and Stein was half relieved.
The news that the largest Russian ship was about to be launched has spread all over the world. Some people even rushed to the capital on sleds before the ice melted, just to enjoy the spectacle of the launch of the huge ship.
The Vips tribe and the Ludi tribe in the north wanted to go to the capital to sell their leather, so they stayed in the capital to watch the launch of the giant ship...
The giant ship is now moored in a waterless dry dock, with a deep pit covering most of her body, and only two giant masts rising straight into the sky.
Suddenly, someone noticed that a huge weighing sail had been installed on the mast.
Suddenly, someone noticed that the Ross flag was flying at the top of the mast.
Doesn’t all this indicate that the Great Sailing Ceremony is about to begin?
The ice floes leading to the sea channel were artificially destroyed. The large ice layers were deliberately dug by craftsmen, and iron sticks were placed to tie up the ropes. Finally, they were forcibly dragged to the ocean covered by broken ice floes.
When all the large ice blocks are removed, the channel will no longer freeze.
Now, as long as artificial gaps are cut in key parts of the wooden gate, the force of sea water can burst the entire gate, and the dry dock will be quickly filled with sea water, which will definitely be a spectacle.
Before that, no one was completely sure that the big ship could be safely launched into the water. What if it rolled over, what if it leaked? The king had already announced to the people the time of this year’s great sacrifice, and deliberately displayed the deer that were urgently needed as sacrifices in Harvest Square.
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Rurik chose only older stags, and this was intentional.
The most important thing in artificially domesticating a large reindeer herd is the female deer, and the greatest significance of the unruly male deer is as "seeds". You don't need many male deer, but you must ensure that the whole body is young.
As senior servants, the Lapps have rich experience in domesticating deer.
The old stag has the ending of being sacrificed as a sacrifice. According to traditional customs, the deer blood will be deliberately introduced into the ocean to sacrifice to the god of the sea, and then to Odin.
Deer blood or the blood of other sacrificial animals is a kind of tribute to the gods. The sea god is not a good god, especially the legendary Jörmungandr. If Jörmungandr drinks enough blood, he will not
Priests of all ages have said this to make waves again, so that cruising ships can be safe. Whether it is Rus or the Swedish tribes around Lake Mälaren, they all have similar sacrificial traditions.
But the most grand and profound sacrifice is human sacrifice.
The core part of the huge Ross Kingdom lacks the soil for the custom of human sacrifice, simply because there is a serious lack of slaves here. Even with the current economic development, Ross does not need the existence of the slave class.
A large number of Slavic farmers and Finnish fishermen and hunters came uninvited during the off-season to receive a paycheck as laborers. These people supported Russia's ever-expanding handicraft industry. What Russia needs to consider now is precisely the inevitable emergence of employers and laborers.
of labor disputes.
Whether it is the Slavs or various Finnish tribes, the Spring Equinox Festival is a very important festival of the year.
The grand opening ceremony of Rus's voyage in 842 was bound to be very grand, and the majority of the people celebrated it in their own way.
After the sacrificial activities, until the snow on the farmland of the family has melted, it is traditional to leave the soil for another week before plowing the soil and planting seeds. There are not many farming people in the capital, and the large number are actually fishermen.
The farming conditions in Novorosberg are much inferior to those in Novgorod, but because they face good-quality fisheries in the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga, the Vikings who settled here fell in love with the traditional fishing life.
Strong demand supports fishing gear manufacturers and shipbuilding professionals, especially in the shipbuilding industry. There is a huge market demand for traditional long boats with carved bows of exotic animals...
Because the traditional longship is a shallow-draft paddle boat, it dares to brave ocean creeks. Although its carrying capacity is far inferior to that of a large sailing cargo ship, its navigability in the vast sea is inferior, and its advantages are extremely obvious.
Another rumor also spread like wildfire. It was said that the king was preparing a small-scale army expedition to the Franks. The ships used were unknown and required large-scale sailing warships. The most traditional dragon-headed warships also had to be used on a large scale.
"Haha, the king has redefined the small-scale army."
People often sigh with emotion. In the past, sending out four to five hundred men for an expedition was a big adventure that gambled on the future of the tribe. Now such an army is only organized for a flag team. It was unimaginable to gather two thousand soldiers in the past, but now this is a "small-scale army."
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Of course, the population of the capital city and surrounding small settlements can reach up to 30,000, which was a fantasy in the past, but is now something the world is proud of.
The huge population has given rise to all kinds of needs, especially the grand sailing ceremony, and every family running the boat is preparing their own sacrifices.
Some families domesticated their own cattle, sheep, and reindeer, and as part-time herdsmen, they provided fresh red meat, dairy products, leather goods, and even bones to hunters for the capital because they could be used as bone arrow clusters.
These families became a feast for the eyes, and boat runners who were in urgent need of sacrifices bought their fawns and lambs with resounding silver coins.
This is a unique and urgent need. A small livestock family is selling lambs. Rurik has a huge herd of deer and wants to take the opportunity to sell some of the lambs to make a fortune.
Reindeer, cattle, sheep, even lambs are sold at a higher price. Livestock are sacrificed with dried blood. The blood must be sacrificed to Poseidon to feed Jörmungandr, to Odin, to Frey, to Thor, and the blood of livestock
They also smear it on their own boats, and some ruthless people even prick their fingers and sacrifice their own blood for their boats.
The King has long officially declared that warships are "female". All warships are like Valkyries fighting side by side with warriors. Ships have souls and must be respected.
Such an idea spread rapidly, and people who owned ships always worshiped their ships in various ways.
The rich sacrificed cattle, sheep and reindeer, while those who were short of money had to sacrifice more than a dozen cheap rabbits or poultry instead.
So before the big sacrifice, before the ice and snow had completely melted, Ross's economic activities had started in advance because of the sacrifice.
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