The total number of girls gathered has exceeded one hundred and fifty!
Most of them are Rurik's maids, and there is also a group of Ostara refugee girls. The others are girls from the Ross tribe.
A very real problem is faced by many tribal families. Since Rurik treats everyone equally, if he sends his girl to train for half a day, and will be rewarded with two pounds of fish at the end of the morning, why not do it? In this way, his own family
Both sons and daughters can be rewarded with Rurik food, which is equivalent to reducing the financial burden on the family.
Rurik knew that those families who had been waiting on the sidelines would send their young sons over when they realized they could reap the benefits, and the number of boys and girls under his command would increase.
For now, since he has control of the "big money box", Rurik is not worried about the tribe's financial problems. However, there are too many children on welfare. To maintain the welfare of eating every day, he must complete some urgent tasks.
He made innovations and took money from the tribesmen to feed the children of the tribe.
Discover the economic potential of homesteaders and begin to establish a tax collection system. These reform measures have officially begun.
What about the children? Rurik intends to mobilize them to do some voluntary labor that is beneficial to the tribe, but they are still too young at the moment.
If people generally reach the age of ten, or even the so-called adult age of twelve, they really need to organize them to do more things. For example, organize the boys to go logging and construction, and organize the girls to twist hemp rope or weave cloth, and sew leather.
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Until then, they still need to learn.
Rurik came up with a plan to organize children's studies during the long winter.
What to learn? They had to learn the Roman alphabet and use its pronunciation principles to spell the Rus' Norse dialect.
They must learn mathematics, and even some physics knowledge and chemistry knowledge.
Rurik simply hopes that his people can become smarter. Of course, he cannot expect to explain too advanced things so that they can understand them. Simply explaining some simple but particularly useful knowledge is the best.
After three consecutive days of training, many girls' fingers have become bald, but they still enjoy it. After all, there is no entertainment in their daily lives.
Archery has become an interesting entertainment. They will gradually become good at it and even become proficient in it from understanding archery in the entertainment.
Rurik is not a real archery coach. There are many coaches who can really serve here, and that is Gevro and a few of his guys.
Gould sent out his mercenary army's archery masters, who were also known as excellent hunters for shooting hares.
A young man named Fraser became the coach of a group of girls. His task was not only to accept Rurik's appointment as a teacher, but also to select a group of archery masters from the girls.
The best girl will be reused by the master!
With the announcement of this news, those girls who had ambitions for the future seemed to have taken stimulants. A group of girls trained the hardest, just to have excellent shooting skills and win the love and affection of their masters.
Almost all girls believe in a possibility.
Because a man can have multiple wives. Legend has it that the best of Odin's Valkyries is the wife of the god.
The most diligently trained people here are undoubtedly Rurik's first ten maids, not to mention that there is clearly another crisis for them at the moment.
All ten of them are from Novgorod and from White Tree Manor. The other girls are all Varyag women.
They were in the minority among the crowd, but because they came early, they enjoyed the care of the owner in advance. In other words, it was top-notch care, which can be seen from the gold-patterned silver medals with their names engraved on them.
If you want to hold on to what you have now, you must continue to struggle, and you must do your best in archery to gain the attention of your master. You may even be upgraded to a wife.
The ten girls are small but not stupid. When some girls retreated because they had bald hands when pulling strings, these ten girls were still practicing. Since they had to do soap processing work in the afternoon as usual, they paid special attention to practicing archery in the morning.
Chance.
Rurik also lived up to this point.
"Ah, after all, it is my first girls who are the most attentive. At least you are not just trying to have enough to eat. Do you really want to be my Valkyrie? Okay."
However, on the fourth day, a wooden bow suddenly exploded!
The splintered sawdust penetrated the little hand of the girl Bella, and blood stained the entire left hand red for a while.
"Bella!" Rurik, who was the viewing supervisor, shouted her name and rushed over immediately.
Seeing their master rushing over, the onlookers immediately moved out of the way.
Compared with other servants, the girl Bella is an out-and-out noble person.
Everyone is Rurik's maid, and there are only ten maids with silver medals inlaid with gold inscriptions, and these ten are also dressed more appropriately and beautifully.
Psychologically speaking, Rurik also cares about the ten of them.
"Bella, are you okay?!"
Rurik said this, and his eyes saw a bloody trail on the girl's left hand. The blood stained the hand red.
Even though the injured left hand was covered hard by the girl, the blood was still dripping slowly.
"Masta! The bow! It's broken. I'm sorry! I... it's my fault." Bella apologized vigorously, her eyes filled with tears. She didn't know whether it was because of guilt, pain, or both.
At this time, even Anna hurriedly explained to her sister: "Masta, it's really not her fault. The bow split on her own."
"Yes, masta! We can all testify." Sisia also stood up to protect her sister, her eyes full of begging for mercy.
They have a deep relationship as sisters? Rurik was very satisfied, but they seemed to think that he would definitely punish them.
Rurik put his little hand on Bella's head and said with a smile, "I'm not blaming you. You're injured now, please take your right hand away."
"Yes Yes!"
Bella slowly let go of her hand, and Rurik was proud to see the full extent of the wound.
It looked like hard oak chips like a wooden knife, causing her serious wounds.
From the perspective of this time and space, a wound that almost runs through the entire back of the hand is already a fatal injury!
In this era without antibiotics, or even when people have a weak concept of hygiene, a suppurative infection caused by a palm-sized wound is enough to kill a person. Unless the injured person's body immunity is very strong, but a person with such a strong immunity
People should at least eat enough nutritious food every day.
Poor girl Bella is doing much better.
She eats high-quality food and works hard every day, so her physical fitness is quite good. Moreover, Rurik's Ross tribe already has some anti-inflammatory medicine that can be used.
The girl was in pain and guilty, so Rurik could only continue to comfort her with words for the time being. Fortunately, her wound was not deep, and what was flowing was superficial venous blood. The red blood flowed a little, and the wound was gradually blocked and closed by coagulation factors, which meant
Her body's self-repair has started, and the next most critical thing is to kill bacteria to prevent wound infection.
"Bella, be strong. You are my female warrior. It will be good for you if you endure the pain now."
"Masta! I...I will persist." The girl said reluctantly.
"You continue to cover the wound." After saying that, Rurik called the coach Frazier, and immediately pointed to the oak bow that was divided into two sections on the ground and the fracture was very sharp: "What is going on? Your master gave
Is this the kind of bow I provide? Why don’t you provide me with a good bow?!"
Fraser also had a look of helplessness. He thought quickly and immediately found a good reason: "My little master, we have always used a bow like this. But, which hunter would pull it a thousand times a day? Even the most powerful one.
If a good bow is used like this, it will be useless sooner or later."
"Really?" Rurik deliberately looked questioning.
"Yes." At this time, Yevlo came closer to stand up for his former buddy and to tell Rurik the truth: "Every bow often ends in shattering. Just like a warrior, he longs to die.
On the battlefield, so that the soul can go to Valhalla. If the bow had a soul, it would also want this to end."
Why was this man talking so eloquently? Rurik nodded, he completely understood what these two people were saying.
In the final analysis, any machine is subject to wear and tear every time it is used, and this is one of the important reasons why it is impossible to create a perpetual motion machine in the world. When the wear and tear reaches a certain level, the machine will stop running.
The bow is also an elastic machine. Every time the bow arm is stretched, it accumulates fatigue and produces small cracks. Eventually, it will break after a certain use, or the bow will simply explode.
This bow broke. What about the others? Rurik estimated that he was still carrying more than a hundred children like this, relying on a few bows to shoot arrows continuously. Within a few days, all these poor wooden bows were turned into firewood.
Training is still needed, unless other elastic materials are used instead. Rurik already has a brilliant idea.
But now, bandaging Bella's wounds is the most important thing.
In full view of everyone, Rurik lifted up his leather jacket, pulled at his linen shirt, and tore out linen strips. He personally used this as a gauze bandage and bandaged Bella with his own hands.
Bella was so moved that she cried.
The excited crying of a little girl was like an arrow piercing Rurik's heart.
She is my servant? No! She is more like my student, an important female student of mine.
In Rurik's mind, the first maid, Rumia, was destined to become a loyal high priest. The other ten maids must also represent their own will and rule some necessary clerical departments in the future.
The girls of the so-called Valkyrie Legion must participate in combat when necessary, but they will not be used first in combat. These girls are lucky, Rurik intends to arrange a job for them all in the future.
Here, the maids who were clearly numbered with abcd in the beginning can now receive extremely high treatment. It is better to get the care of the master Rurik first.
Carlotta saw everything that was happening now, and she really couldn't understand why Rurik cared so much about a servant?!
For a moment, Carlotta looked at the comforting Rurik with enthusiasm. Her right hand covered her left hand, and a thought came to her mind: Why wasn't I the one who was injured?
After bandaging her wound, Rurik said casually: "Anna, Sisia, take Bella back to the dormitory! Remember, use ordinary soap to clean her wound, boil the linen strip in a pot, and then put it on
Wrap the wound. The three of you should stop making soap this afternoon and rest peacefully."
A vacation of undetermined duration?
But Bella was not happy at all. She reluctantly said: "Masta, I...I have to work. If you don't work, you don't deserve to eat. This is our agreement, isn't it?"
"Then we have to wait until you recover. Your wound is very serious and may even threaten your life. I am the only one who can save you now. Listen to me and go back to rest! I will also visit you and give you further treatment.
"
Bella bowed slightly to Rurik with tears in her eyes, and walked toward the dormitory accompanied by her two sisters.
Their backs were getting further and further away, and Rurik clapped his hands vigorously: "Don't look anymore! Keep training! Remember to protect your hands."
Does this matter seem to be over?
It's just the beginning.
From any point of view, the girls' training is a military training in the true sense, so it is not surprising that they get injured during training.
Rurik didn't want to comfort himself by saying that if there was bloodshed in peacetime, one would not lose one's life in war.
The result now is that one of his most cherished maids was injured. It was not that she handled it improperly, but that the quality of the weapon was too poor. Even if there was an excuse of "mechanical fatigue", it could not cover up the poor quality of the inferior oak bow.
No, in the afternoon, Rurik carried the fragments of the broken wooden bow, accompanied by Jevlo and coach Frazier, found Gould who was taking a nap and launched an attack to question him.
Gould came to the meeting hall with a somewhat groggy head and met Rurik who was showing his anger.
"My little master, what made you angry?"
"Look." An angry Rurik pointed to the fragments of the wooden bow thrown on the gravel inside the longhouse.
"What's this?!"
"It was the bow you provided! It broke and even injured my servant. My servant was seriously injured and may even have lost one of his hands."
"Ah? So serious?!" Gould's groggy head suddenly came to his senses. He was a smart man. He knew that the whole clan had voted for the Ross tribe, and now they must obey Rurik, who was destined to become the future leader.
"It's really, really serious."
"Then...then what can I do for you?!" Gould asked in a panic. In fact, he had instinctively thought in his mind that this child was here to ask for money.
"Give me five hundred silver coins to use for the treatment of my servant."
"Ah? So many? It's unlikely that the bow will break..."
"That's my woman!" Rurik shouted. At this moment, facing Gould's perfunctory and questioning, he was really angry. "Your broken bow injured my woman, I have been very merciful."
I only need you to pay five hundred silver coins. Aren't you satisfied?"
Who is this child's woman? Gould subconsciously thought that the injured might be the two Ostara girls.
"You have to pay. As we agreed before, you continue to make wooden bows. But you have to be careful. If the bow breaks and hurts my woman again, you still have to pay."
"You!" Gould held his breath. He wanted to scold Rurik for not following the rules, but he also had to lament that after joining the Russians, he seemed to be out of control.
Gould also noticed that Rurik was not even interested in the dried raspberries pickled in honey on the table. The child was really angry.
In desperation, he had no choice but to send someone to fetch five pounds of silver coins and hand them over to Rurik. He also had to express his regret in person.
Rurik felt a little happy when he got the money. He was a little timid, so he had to act very strong to embolden him. Unexpectedly, Gould suddenly gave up? As a result, he got a lot of money, and this was compared to the basic ability.
It turns into the food expenses of the boys and girls that I have for more than half a month.
Bella used her own injury to buy food for her brothers and sisters for more than half a month, which was considered worthwhile.
Is it really worth it? No...
Rurik left, and Gould immediately grabbed the collar of his subordinate: "Fraser! Tell me, what happened?!"
"Sir, a girl is indeed injured, but it is not the girl from Ostara." Fraser said timidly.
"Huh? Who is that person?" Gould let go of his hand with a confused look on his face.
"A girl with a gold and silver medal, named Bella."
Gould understood instantly: "Isn't that also a servant? Rurik, you...you are so concerned about the servant? Bah, I think you still want to take the opportunity to make some money from me."
Archer Fraser hurriedly asked: "Sir, are you angry? But after all, he is..."
"So what?" Gould shrugged and looked into Fraser's eyes: "You can make bows. Now you go and instruct the brothers to make bows. Remember, if the bow breaks again, you will lose money.
Come and bear it.”
"This..." Fraser didn't know what to do for a moment.
"Get out of here! Don't disturb my lunch break again." Gould kicked Frazier's calf and then went back.
Rurik hurried back to the dormitory for the servants, and just as promised, Bella was lying on her bed, covered with a leather blanket, and her palms continued to be tied with linen strips.
Anna and Sisia were indeed ordered to take care of her.
Rurik brought Rumia back from grazing, and during this trip he had an extra treasure in his hand - a bottle of strong wine.
Gould gave all the ale shipped to Rurik, and then moved all the ale to the blacksmith shop. Now that Kavelilia and his wife have returned to their hometown to visit relatives, the valet Kamne actually took on the production work.
Mne is already engaged in the business of distilling alcohol. As a result, this child can also rely on the still to make flammable spirits.
Even the child was able, with Klavasen's help, to control the air bag blower and blow the bottle against the mold.
Now Rurik really wishes to have hydrogen peroxide, iodophor, or topical anti-inflammatory drugs such as ofloxacin on hand.
However, the two magic weapons at hand are soapy liquor.
Soap can only clean wounds, and its corrosive nature means it can only be used once.
The only reliable anti-inflammatory drug here is strong alcohol.
Rurik turned into a doctor in an instant. He lifted off Bella's linen strips and saw the full extent of the wound.
While Bella insisted, Rurik wiped the girl's wounds with strong liquor.
"Rumia, say a prayer for your sister! Quick!"
Sister Bella was so painful that she was sweating. Rumia, who was at a loss, was woken up by Rurik.
The so-called treatment is three parts treatment and seven parts comfort. The sick and wounded in pain need psychological comfort most, and Lumia's prayers comforted Bella.
Rurik finally stopped, and he stopped bandaging the girl.
"Anna, have you seen this bottle? It's full of good wine that can burn." He casually ordered the maid: "Wipe the wounds of your sisters tonight. And you! Sissia. Remember, this kind of
Wine can kill some invisible ghosts and completely save your sister's life. Wipe her once tonight and again tomorrow morning."