The day when all the Russians will leave is getting closer!
Kavey is actively learning the language of the Novgorod people, and Lilia is also learning the Norse language. After a short period of contact, they have already mastered some commonly used spoken languages.
"Rurik, are you also a very good child? If you and my sister get married in the future, we will be relatives."
Sleeping in her own boudoir, the person next to her now changed from her sister to her husband Kawei.
Over the past few days, she felt that she needed the protection of a strong man more and more, and Kawei was the best man.
"Rurik, you must be a good person. Will you be an excellent leader?"
Haha, a very beautiful, clean little boy with a golden ponytail and indescribable wisdom? The more she heard her husband Kawei’s praise, the more Lilia wanted to take a look.
And she herself had already prepared to personally participate in assisting her husband in blacksmithing, and even had the consciousness to become a mother in just one year.
Just because her husband has his own principles, many days have passed and she is still a girl.
Lilia even had some regrets.
On the appointed day, the Russian ship appeared again at White Tree Manor.
On the day Otto left for the first time, a large amount of tribute had arrived at New Roseburg, which was under construction.
With cattle, sheep and chickens, they settled in New Roseburg with the tribesmen who decided to settle.
People have built pens for livestock, and settlers are allotted a sheep or a few chickens. Most settled families have some livestock that need to be raised, and some even simply live on site.
A group of rabbits were caught and raised in wooden cages.
Otto forbade them from slaughtering these animals, and even asked them to continue cultivating wasteland.
Otto's empty fleet arrived at White Tree Manor again. This time, all the people and goods to be taken away were on board.
A large number of villagers gathered by the river. At least the people in White Tree Manor were no longer afraid of the Ross people, and they even had a good feeling of intimacy.
It’s a nice morning and the day to set out is now!
The head of the manor, Ligus, took his family and most of the clan members and stood on the bank of the Volkhov River.
Ligus walked into a large ship with a cane. Its carved dragon head and huge body were no longer scary now.
Because the eldest daughter was on the boat, including Chief Otto, the great leader of the Rus people.
"Daughter, go over there and listen to them!" Rigus ordered in Slavic.
"I understand. Dad, Mom! Lanna! Don't worry, I will live well."
A sense of sadness arose spontaneously, and Lilia endured the discomfort and said goodbye to her family.
When Svetlana saw dozens of large ships setting sail for the first time, she suddenly waved her little hand without any regard for etiquette.
She said loudly in a childish voice: "Sister! Take me to say hello to Rurik! Tell him that he has a sister!"
Lilia was shocked, she didn't expect that her sister was already looking forward to that Rurik?
"Okay! I'll tell him."
The words of the two sisters really surprised Peravina, who was also on the ship, and waited for her to tell Otto what she said.
An extremely happy feeling flooded into the heart of the bearded old chief.
Ligus on the river bank raised his head: "Big Chief, when autumn comes, you must come. We will give you a lot."
"Go and farm. When I come back, I will take away the wheat and give you some rewards."
Now Ligus feels that his loyalty is enough to satisfy the leader of Ross.
Rigus boldly made a condition: "Oh! If possible, I hope to have more iron tools. With them, we can farm better and provide more tributes."
"Oh?" Otto thought for a moment. Now they didn't expect more amber rough stones, but some working tools?
Otto then pulled Kawei to him and said with a smile: "You'd better tell your son-in-law these words. If he is willing, he can bring you many tools."
The Russian fleet was about to set off, but Otto didn't bother to ask about what agreement Kawei Horigus had made.
There was one thing, however, that was really Otto's whim.
An empty leading warship, Otto deliberately detained it. It was deliberately left on the bank of the small river that finally flows into the Volkhov River next to the White Tree Manor. The ship was simply pushed onto the riverside grassland and some wooden piles were laid.
Finally, the cables firmly fixed the ship, making the warship completely a landmark of White Tree Manor.
Otto's order to White Tree Manor was that he was not allowed to use the ship without his permission.
The purpose of its existence is not only to demonstrate the complete conquest of White Tree Manor by the Russians, but also to show to Pine Needle Manor, who may still be disobedient, or other potential opponents, that the Russian power has not left.
Now Ligus is indeed happy with this kind of protection.
In this way, Lilia and many of her tribesmen officially left their hometown.
She was surprised that she entered the legendary northern lake, and after a while, a village appeared in front of her.
"Kawei, here, Roseburg?" Lilia, who was sitting on the boat, asked Kawei who was paddling.
"No! This is new."
"Not Roseburg?"
"It's New Roseburg." Kawei added again.
Logging technology is a specialty of the Russians. The Neva River estuary is now full of lush pine and oak trees. They are good materials for construction and shipbuilding. Especially pine trees, all materials for building ordinary ships.
All come from it. And for all types of boats, the binding material from rosin is the most important!
Otto's follow-up fleet arrived at New Roseburg on June 15 in the Julian calendar.
Due to the current situation of construction, he had to postpone the sailing date.
As a leader, in the great cause of building a new settlement, he could not take hundreds of strong laborers away. Instead, he led these good young men to help the settled tribesmen build more houses.
In particular, at least three piers with trestles should be built along the river!
He quickly had a small meeting with Konuson, who stayed here and shouldered the heavy responsibility, and the work of building a qualified dock began.
Due to the rapid flow of the Neva River, the construction of the dock was ultimately quite successful, which delayed Otto for five days.
They did not officially set off until June 20th of the Julian calendar.
The size of the mighty fleet that arrived was reduced by half.
Because a group of young people who got married built their own wooden houses in a short period of time, and the following time, the couples strengthened their houses.
A group of women from Novgorod integrated into the society of Novgorod. Here, Konuson was canonized as "Lord of the City" by Otto. Even so, the current Russian people still like to discuss things, and a large number of young people
The arrogant young man did not fully support Cornuson's governance in his heart.
After all, the biggest challenge everyone faces is how to survive in New Roseburg.
They began to work hard and were full of hope for the future, but they were worried about the cold winter half a year later.
Fortunately, they still have hope, that is, in three months, the main fleet of the tribe of the big leader will arrive here.
Besides, New Roseburg is not cut off from its mother city, Roseburg.
There are five leading warships and ten transport ships left here. As long as the residents of Novorosberg are willing, they can reach Rosberg to the north and Novgorod to the east. Moreover, theoretically starting from Novorosberg,
The time required to travel to both locations is basically the same.
Moreover, it is Novorossberg, that is, the current strategic value of the Neva River mouth to the Russians.
Since the bulk of the tribute was distributed to the tribesmen who participated in the operation, a small portion was distributed to the priests.
Since this voyage, as many as 400 tribesmen have stayed in Novorosberg. Together with the married Novgorod women, the population there now exceeds 600.
Otto's reduced fleet still carried a large amount of cargo, and even a total of eleven young slaves who were given to his son Rurik.
Raise servants from a young age, and perhaps they will become eternally loyal.
Otto was a little worried. There were too many servants, and he was afraid that his son could not handle them.
At least he basically met his son's request. What he did next was Rurik's business. Maybe this was also a kind of training for Rurik, Otto thought.
The cargo of the fleet is mainly food and leather. The tribesmen who stayed behind must give some of their tributes to their parents. Otto also has to hand over a batch of goods to the priests. According to the agreement, at least 15% of the goods must be given to the priests.
The goods were to be handed over to support the priests in the future.
For a long time, almost all the food and drink of the dozen or so priests, as well as all the expenses of various priests throughout the year, came from the two tribute expeditions led by Otto himself.
Times have changed! But Otto didn't know it in the vast Baltic Sea.
After all, Otto's trip took up to two months!
It is impossible to say that I am not homesick.
He hoped to go back as soon as possible, but there was too much cargo, and rowing with all the crew could not bring higher speed. He could only rely on the combined force of the south wind and the oars. He also deliberately sailed close to the coast, ordering his men to be wary of potential dangers on the shore.
The Baltic people or the enemies of the Finns. He strictly prohibited the fleet from docking on the land shore, and everyone was only allowed to rest on uninhabited islands.
Sure enough, they met a small group of Finnish fishermen fishing in canoes in the Gulf of Finland.
Specifically, this interesting encounter occurred just outside the mouth of the river where Helsinki is located.
No conflict broke out between them. When the Finnish fishermen saw the dragon-headed warship, they paddled wildly and ran away.
They ran away, and Otto had no intention of taking any part in it this time. Just because his transport ship really couldn't withstand the wind and waves, whatever he feared most came to him.
It rained lightly, but even so, the Russians still tried their best to sail.
Everyone had to maintain strong perseverance. Just when everyone hated the rain, they miraculously found their own tribe in the Åland Islands.
Yes, Otto never expected that Harozolson and Arik would actually separate their forces to occupy an uninhabited island in the Åland Islands and intend to establish this place as a settlement.
Although it was unexpected, after successful contact with the fishermen who were ordered to cruise the sea regardless of wind or rain to meet the leader's fleet, Otto ordered the fleet to land on the island to rest without thinking.
They were taking shelter from the rain and stayed briefly. From those who stayed behind, Otto already learned what a great success the army's expedition to Gotland had achieved!
A batch of silver coins was left on the island, which was the construction funds for those who stayed behind. The amount of it shocked Otto!
After further questioning, Otto suddenly exclaimed: "Ah?! Could it be that Harold Johnson is planning to give me a huge sum of money?"
"You are our leader. Without your wise approval, how can we win?" Otto was delighted by the attitude of those who stayed behind. It seemed that Harold Zosen had left several boxes of silver coins for himself. Could there be ten thousand coins in one box?
Impossible?! If I had it, wouldn’t I become extremely rich?! Wouldn’t my son Rurik also...
But after the ecstasy, Otto took his tribe to the cemetery of the war dead.
More than sixty people died to achieve a great victory. Facing so many graves, Otto's face instantly darkened.
It's not that he regrets that so many of his young people died in the war, he feels that the revenge of the Russian people is not enough!
The war will not end as long as the Gotlanders who betrayed their allies and joined the Danes remain.
The Russians will continue to take revenge. Otherwise, the route from Rossburg to Novgorod will be threatened at any time.
Since they are building here, the so-called "Tombstone Island" also has two excellent mooring fjords, so the construction here obviously has positive significance. And because of its existence, the Ross tribe has a strategic offensive against the Gotlanders.
base.
Otto didn't need anyone to remind him of this matter.
After all, the fleet gathered in the fjord here, and the soldiers recharged their batteries.
If they were to attack the northern part of Gotland from the front, the Russians might be able to reach it in just two days of sailing. The speed of the attack was really unparalleled.
Otto left some more grain and leather as a reward from the leader to these builders.
After passing Tombstone Island, ahead is the vast Gulf of Bothnia, which is the Russian waters!
The fishermen of Mellaren's allies tend not to expand their fishing range northward, and the Rus' fishermen tend not to cross the border.
The fishermen on both sides have maintained a tacit understanding, not because their alliance is so blood-thirsty, but because they are afraid that they will be regarded as enemies and misunderstood after encountering each other.
Otto began his last three days of journey, and the long journey will eventually come to an end.
As a result, he met the Russian trawler perfectly. The fishermen saw the large patterned sail that was unique to the entire tribe and only the big leader lit it up, so they happily rowed the fishing boat over.
The fleet rushed to Fort Ross, and all the Ross fishing boats encountered along the way became the guides of the fleet, and an astonishing fleet was formed in a short period of time.
More than fifty fishing boats of various kinds escorted the chief's fleet. With a strong aura, they finally appeared victoriously at the entrance and exit of the Rossburg Fjord at noon on July 5th in the Julian calendar.
At this moment, the whole Roseburg was in a state of shock.
Because they saw the big leader's fleet, and even saw the majesty of their own tribe's fleet, a strong sense of pride occupied their psychology.
Those foreign merchant ships were even more shocked!