Chapter 309 Rurik stepped on the pier and trestle in his hometown
Travelers from the Port of Narvik unexpectedly encountered the Russians in the far north, and now they began to rush to the Russians' home port in a special way.
Rossburg? It is said that it was a powerful settlement? Besides, Ross settlements are dotted all over?
Using a large amount of salt in exchange for an excellent axe, Modgen stayed at the Iron Olawa Fort for a short period of time. He keenly noticed how the Kovin blacksmiths trained by the Russians forged ores into axes, especially
Many of the unprecedented forging and processing techniques were refreshing to him.
After all, Modgen was not a blacksmith. He even felt that burning ore into sponge iron could only be accomplished by a blacksmith himself. Without God's permission, turning ore into iron must be an impossible task.
Modgen has superstition in this regard, so he is full of respect for blacksmiths. After seeing the Russian waterwheel forging workshop, the huge furnace, and even the scene of more than ten people forging at the same time, all that was left in his heart was awe.
Already.
The Russians are something you cannot mess with. However, they may be good trading partners.
In the Port of Narvik, the local people's shipbuilding technology is no different from that in the Baltic Sea world. Everyone uses traditional crafts to build ships, but the Balmok people leave the fjord and face the vast Atlantic Ocean. Any of their
Ships face larger waves, so their hulls are stronger.
The herring fishing industry in the ocean maintains the life of the Balmok tribe. Compared to the Svia Tribal Alliance and the Danish Tribal Alliance, which still have some farmland and pastures to provide overland agricultural products, the Balmok people can only rely on food all day long.
Fish spend their days.
In Ironburg, Modgen tasted oats, which were very precious in his hometown, for the first time. The comfortable texture from the grains and the warmth in his stomach made him feel that what was wrapped in the wall was the legendary Asgard.
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It is true that Mordgen has not seen much of the world, and his courage has never been dampened by the narrow fjord.
He ate oats once and could never forget its delicious taste. When he saw Rurik of Rus using those "crystal cups" casually, he was not only shocked by the huge financial resources of the Rus leader, but also felt extremely envious in his heart.
Just at the pier, Modgen saw the gorgeously dressed Rurik and his wrinkled and graceful mother Niya. Behind the mother and son, there were ten girls with exactly the same clothes and the same hairstyle.
.They are all Rurik's little maids. Although they have humble status, both of them have "crystal pendants" hanging around their necks.
Could it be that Leader Ross still owns a large number of gems? Just a maid's pendant can probably be traded for ten gold coins!
Modgen really didn't know that the so-called "crystal pendant" was just colored glass.
On the way back, the Gould family provided as many as ten cargo ships, with a large number of people and goods, and they all boarded the ships, turning the cargo ships into heavy ships.
At the pier, a plank was lowered.
Rurik held his mother's hand: "Mom, be careful, let's board the ship."
"Oh, okay. I hope you have a safe journey home."
"There is no doubt that we will be safe. I hope that after we return, people from the expedition will return one after another."
Rurik's words attracted Niya's attention. In fact, when she went north from Rossburg, she only heard about her nephew Arik's looting operations reported by some messengers from the south, which was from one victory to another.
"They will come back safely. My child, for their safety, you have to pray for them on the altar. God will listen to you."
"All right."
Fighting without casualties is a small probability event. Of course Rurik was worried about Arik. Since from the beginning, all the young men in the tribe in their twenties and thirties elected Arik as their leader and went to ask the big leader for a battle.
.They chose to take the initiative in war. If they suffer losses, they should be responsible for them themselves.
What Rurik needs are obedient warriors. However, some militants in the tribe are young and vigorous. I am afraid that they are required to keep their heads down and build the infrastructure. It is better to follow the fighting hero Arik to continue to expand revenge.
It came as a pleasure, but in fact it was to plunder the Gotlanders in the name of revenge, so that the Danes' wealth would enrich themselves.
There is a saying, Rurik cannot deny the benefits brought by the looting operation. There is a saying that huge risks equal huge benefits.
It’s just that the Danes have proven to everyone what the anger of the Danes is by destroying the Ostara tribe.
Therefore, the two brothers Rurik and Arik naturally had different concepts when facing their old enemy.
Aric felt that the Gotlanders and even their masters, the Danes, were indeed somewhat powerful, but the Ross warriors were clearly the strongest men on the sea.
After all, Rurik lived with the two surviving granddaughters of the leader of Ostara for a long time. Through the words of the two girls, he came to the opposite conclusion from his cousin. The strength of the Danes is not just about people.
Many, but the leader of the Danes has a strong appeal and can actually mobilize a large number of tribes to organize a coalition to fight.
So do the Russians have this kind of appeal?
Pooh!
Rurik felt that after half a year of contact, he could gather a group of Kovin people and add them to the Russian army to resist the invasion of foreign enemies. How many Kovin people were there? In the Battle of the Ice River, those who dared to fight were almost wiped out.
, the backbones of each Kewen tribe have been broken, how much more troops can such Kewen people provide?
Therefore, Rurik's attitude can be summed up in one word, which is "goo"! It is correct to say that he is working hard, to keep a low profile, or even to make a fortune in silence.
Even though they now control the northern chrome mines, the production capacity of ferrochrome tools has reached an unprecedented level for the tribe.
The Russians had already taken advantage of weapons and tools, but the absolute lack of core population made Rurik, who had begun partial contact and handled tribal affairs, unable to cope with the threat of all-out war that might exist in the future.
Another regret for him was that he had not yet completely controlled the tribe's various authority.
The reason is not only that he is underage and has officially taken over the position of chief. A very critical point is that the hundreds of people who are the most militant in the tribe at this stage are the elite warriors of the tribe. People like Rurik who deliberately use confrontation to
A restrained strategy of accumulating wealth by improving production efficiency is still inferior to elite warriors risking their lives to fight and plunder.
It seems that the latter and more allowed Odin's warriors to find the true meaning of their lives in the bloody battle.
Ten cargo ships slowly left the port of Ironburg. With these ten ships as the core, a group of longships followed, and the huge fleet began to move against the south wind and headed for Fort Ross in the south.
July is about to arrive in the Julian calendar, which is the warmest season in the entire Nordic world. The temperature is not hot at all, but pleasant.
Oats and rye grown across Northern Europe enter their most critical growth period in June and July.
Farmers in Northern Europe are looking forward to a bumper harvest this year. However, the sowing period lags far behind. The poor growth of wheat seedlings has begun to cause some farmers to worry. If the wheat matures and happens to hit the first cold wave, it will unexpectedly enter the winter.
During the frost period, the result is no harvest!
Some panic began to spread, and the various priestly activities spontaneously organized by the farmers became more and more lively. The priests of the Melalen people were deeply aware of this, after all, those people were very willing to accept money to do things.
However, this panic was overshadowed by the excitement of the traditional trade season.
Of course, in Jutland, the most "prosperous" peninsula under Danish control, the complaints from the Gotland messengers undoubtedly deeply hurt the nerves of the Danish leader Hafgen.
"Those Mellaren people have gone too far! The Rus attacked us, and you also took action?!"
In anger, Hafgen planned to organize a fleet to attack the heinous Melalen people. This crazy plan was immediately rejected by various tribes. The reason is very simple. The tribes who sent troops to participate in the expedition a year ago
, for the most part, no benefits were gained, and the money lost before and after was really not good.
Hafgen would not pay subsidies to his men out of his own pocket. If he couldn't make any money from the war, then why would he do it?
It would be foolish to start a war with the very powerful Mälaren people and rush into battle without sufficient preparation. Once the Mälaren people cannot be defeated in one fell swoop, and the Svealan tribes in the north unite to launch a counterattack, who will become the leader of the North?
What is the alliance's first choice target? Those people may not give priority to attacking the strongest Hafgen tribe.
Regarding this matter, the Gotland messenger completely mistook the Russians, who were victorious everywhere, for the Melalen people. Not only did the survivors claim that the attackers were the Melalen people, but also because the Melalen tribe was very close to Gotland.
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In fact, this is what Arik calls a strategy.
He deliberately used the banner of "Avenger of Malaren", deliberately let some enemies go, claiming that plundering fishing boats was to avenge the Ostara people.
This reason was so reasonable that the Danes really believed it, but no tribe responded to Hafgen's war intention. In desperation, Hafgen sent five ships and nearly 200 warriors to support the Gotlanders as the leader of the alliance.
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These Danes were stationed at the northernmost tip of Gotland. Their mission was to form a Danish-Gotland coalition to fight against the enemy's invasion after the Mälarens landed. Should they go to the sea to find the plundering Mälarens and kill them?
wipe out?
The sea area is really too big. If we take the initiative to search, we might as well settle down and stay safe. Besides, the two hundred Danish warriors are not pure warriors. They are like the Gotlanders on weekdays, "farming the land as a supplement and catching fish as a supplement."
The fishermen of the Lord, who left their jobs to defend the homeland of the Gotlanders, of course had to eat oats and big mouthfuls of meat every day.
Otherwise, why would the Danes fight for their allies?
Therefore, these negative actions of the Danes did not affect Arik's transition from victory to new victory at all.
Things were happening in the southern seas that were beneficial to the Rus'. Arik's reputation continued to rise during the war, and Rurik was completely unaware of this.
The reality is that Rurik was very effective in building and operating the Elon-Olava Fort, and he, Arik, was not a free man.
Tombstone Island in the Åland Islands, where sixty-five Russian warriors were once buried, has now become Arik's "military base" and a real Russian pirate den. It really is
Having achieved the strategic purpose of establishing a settlement at the beginning, Ross ships are really based on this base and can sweep the southern seas unscrupulously. Anyway, the fishermen of Mälaren only go as far as fishing to the Åland Islands, so the south of the islands is
Enemies, you can fight as you like without worrying about accidentally injuring your allies! Oh, it doesn’t matter even if you inadvertently injure your allies, the blame will always fall on the Gotlanders anyway.
Arik's plundering continues, and I am afraid that his career will only come to an end if the sea freezes.
The warm sunshine shines on the fjord, and Roseburg is rarely full of life.
Look! The pine trees on the hills are dark green, causing the water in the fjord to be reflected in dark green.
The Ross tribe relied on the dense buildings on the mountains and coastline, and suddenly appeared in the huge fleet that rushed into the fjord.
"Rurik!"
"Rurik!"
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The fishing boats spontaneously approached the fleet, and the fishermen shouted Rurik's name and paddled to follow.
As Modgen and his men sat on the boat, their ears were filled with these calls to praise Rurik.
By now, all the Russians were kneeling in front of a blond boy. Modgen no longer found this scene strange.
Is there anything more amazing?
Modgen looked ahead. What he saw was the depths of the narrow fjord, a huge and crowded settlement, and a large number of ships with masts wandering in the fjord waters.
As the saying goes, there are eight hundred boats and three thousand sailors. Just the large number of Ross fishing boats encountered along the way further shocked Modgen.
The fleet sailed towards a fixed place. What is surprising is that the Ross sailors did not care about the crowds of people on the cargo ship. Their superb helmsman and sailing skills made the cargo ship really depend on the wind for the entire journey from Ailon.
Bao drifted all the way back to his hometown.
In this regard, Rurik and others had to admire the level of professional sailors raised by the Gould family. Not to mention their age, their superb skills were admirable and reassuring.
The heavy cargo ship finally arrived at the Gould family's port.
Oh, or this port has become the official port of the Ross tribe.
Standing on the bow of the ship, seeing the drastically changed scene in front of him, Rurik opened his mouth subconsciously.
"Wow! I haven't seen you for more than a month, and the number of reliable berths has increased significantly!"
In order to cope with larger-scale trade needs in the future, the boys of the Gould family followed their old father's orders and continued to expand the port. Of course, there are no lifting machinery of any kind here, but berths and trestles made of planks and hardwood piles.
They were further strengthened so that they could fully withstand the heavy cargo ship's constant rocking in the waves, causing it to hit the trestle.
On the trestle, two obese young men wore more gorgeous clothes. Their furry ferret clothes were supplemented by a large number of colorful cloth strips, gem decorations and gold threads, which fully demonstrated the typical wealth of this era.
Ah, nothing can express wealth more than a fat body.
This is my home after being away for more than a month!
Rurik walked across the plank and stepped onto the solid trestle. When he got off the ship, he had a brief conversation with Gould's young sons. He immediately understood a very important transaction based on his status and status.