It was really an eye-opener for Svetalana to actually enter the wooden walls of Roseburg.
She saw a large number of well-proportioned wooden houses. What was very subtle was that each building had a feeling of her hometown Novgorod.
She noticed another special building. It was actually a temple of the Russians. What was enshrined in it was their belief in Odin?
Svetlana followed the team obediently, and finally stood next to a huge building. The sunlight made the shadow of the house easily cover her. She raised her head and realized that this huge wooden house was actually built on a rock foundation?
Especially this gray-white foundation. Could it be that the entire foundation is made of one stone? Is this reasonable?
Rurik realized that his wife was actually a curious baby. The girl was busy looking up at the sky, like a surprised little fool.
Looking back at Nolen, she was already being pulled by the Carlotta sisters, happily climbing onto the platform, and then climbed the wooden stairs straight to the second floor.
Although he was very surprised, Rurik now had to admit that the "palace" that had been under construction since the ice and snow showed signs of melting was completely completed.
Let’s look at this building. The essence of this building is to stack it according to the height of the wood carvings. Under the framework of the mortise and tenon structure, the walls are piled with wood. The interior is divided into three floors, and the roof is the most traditional gable roof.
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The first floor is the meeting hall. Compared with the tribe's inherent shed or the leader's house, no building is more spacious than this!
The second floor is the master's residence, with as many as twenty rooms, enough to house all Rurik's wives and concubines.
The third floor can be used as a storage room and a secret space for discussing confidential matters.
As for the small attic formed under the gabled roof, it is the most mysterious place.
This house basically meets Rurik's needs for "modern life". It is a pity that there is no water pipe system and power supply system. The water pipe system can be built in theory. But electricity! This kind of thing is really impossible to implement.
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The house is tall, it is the tallest building in the whole Roseburg. It is no wonder that this girl Svetalana looked up in wonder.
It is tall and stable because of its concrete foundation!
Take a good look at the entire Roseburg wall! Although the main material used for the wall is readily available wood for cost-effective reasons, its foundations are all made of rammed earth and gravel, and are even covered with a layer of cement.
The brains of the Russians are no worse than those of people a thousand years later. Their lack of knowledge is just that they have not received education. They instinctively desire to obtain new knowledge and new technologies to improve their lives.
Ever since Rurik taught the Rus' blacksmith family "atomism", they were quickly using their knowledge about the reactions of elements to re-understand their work.
When Rurik pointed out in a low-key manner the materials for preparing cement for ordinary construction and the related chemical reaction models, they did not show any surprise or exclaimed that some great god had appeared. They were completely motivated to successfully create it according to the formula given by Rurik.
Available mineral binders.
There is a very real and urgent need to strengthen your own house. Since solidified cement can make the house stronger, it can better withstand the pressure of winter snow.
Throughout the summer, the people of Roseburg used a batch of lime and sand and gravel from the stream. In making cement, the potters in the tribe also served as cement craftsmen. The demand promoted the birth of the industry, and all the potters made a lot of money.
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Not only that, since it is profitable, as long as they dig deep into the mountains to dig limestone, or go to the river ditches upstream of the fjord to dig river sand, the women and children of Ross can be said to go into battle together.
Taking action on the entire Roseburg, even if there is no "national-level" military action, is profitable in the large-scale infrastructure construction for the entire Roseburg. Who would be lazy?
Harold Johnson is also old. In recent years, he has been appointed to stay in his hometown for a long time to preside over important affairs.
During this summer's large-scale construction, this old guy has really done a good job as a "governor".
Everyone who participated in labor received their due reward.
Most of the people from all walks of life, including the Malaren people who immigrated here, have a sum of money in their hands. They can earn silver coins and copper coins without going out to fight. Then they only need to wait for the Duke to return with a large amount of supplies.
That's it! At that time, everyone will take their silver coins and go to the shop set up by the Duke to buy delicious meals for the winter at the price of ten pounds of wheat for one silver coin.
After all, this actually has a very real need.
The women who were kidnapped, bought, and those who spontaneously immigrated here are almost all holding their newborn babies in their arms.
There are many people holding one belly and carrying another.
Rurik actually greatly underestimated the fertility of the Ross people. He estimated that the number of newborns in Rossburg increased by two thousand, but in fact it was simply three thousand!
The young warriors did not go on an expedition this year. Most of them got their own women in the previous war. Not only did these women give birth to children, they did not care that their women were still in the nurturing period and let their women
Got pregnant.
Nowadays, it is not an exaggeration to describe Roseburg as a "children's nest".
On the first day after returning, Rurik followed his promise and stayed with his first woman, Rumia, in his room. This was also Rurik's first night in the "palace", and the soft and warm leather
Lying on the big bed is his woman and the child in her belly, needless to say, the feeling of happiness.
Svetlana and Noren were also assigned their own rooms. Essentially, all the wives and concubines had their own rooms. Only the ten maids and Rumia's root Rumi, these eleven people still lived in the old dormitory.
Here, he is accompanied by Parla, who is good at making soap.
The Duke is back! It’s time for the Russians to enter their winter life!
Things about the Duke's family, such as Otto being too loyal in love and refusing to take concubines, and the extremely lustful Mr. Rurik, are all things that the Russians like to hear about.
When the men talked about Rurik's many wives and concubines, they were all filled with envy. Many of them also set their ambitions, so to speak, in the next war, if they kidnap another woman as a concubine, they would grab a lot of silver coins.
, so that he can support his more and more women and children.
Having many wives and concubines, I am afraid any man would have this kind of harem dream.
Now the dream has come true. Although Rurik doesn't want to worry too much, he knows that he must gather all his wives and concubines together and let them make an oath to confirm their identities and at the same time promise each other to become sisters and love each other in the form of an oath.
It was a clear morning, three days had passed since the fleet returned.
Rurik brought his six most important wives and concubines, Carlotta, Ella, Saiborava, Lumia, Nolen and Svetlana, as well as as many as ten including Lumi.
A maid (who also serves as a lower-level priest) enters the third floor of the "palace".
The seventeen girls all sat quietly on the leather cushions, facing the window opened by Rurik himself, letting the early winter sunshine dispel the coldness and letting the sunshine shine on themselves.
Rurik stood by the window. From this height, he could overlook most of Roseburg.
He turned around, pinched his waist and looked at his wives and concubines proudly.
He also left his parents and was now the real Duke of Ross, entering into a contract with all his wives and concubines.
Rurik said with an almost arrogant smile: "You! You are all my women! You will give birth to many children for me. This is your destiny. You are noble, but some people are just as noble.
Some people are more noble, and some people are the noblest. Now, hear my name and sit where I indicate."
Rurik remembered their faces and corresponding names very clearly.
"Svetlana! Sit there."
"Lumia! Sit here."
"Carlotta, Ella, Sepolava, Nolen, Lumi. Sit here."
"Everyone else is sitting there."
He divided his wives and concubines into four parts, and all seventeen wives and concubines were arranged in groups of one, one, five, and ten.
The girls have different attitudes, some are happy, some are curious, and some even have doubts.
For example, Rumia never thought that her follower Lumi would be chosen by Rurik to become his wife and concubine. Even looking at this, he obviously wanted to give Lumi a higher status. To be honest, Lumi
Ya likes this little sister very much, after all, both of them are good at communicating in Old Finnish.
The clever Rumia has already figured out the clue, and the equally witty sisters Carlotta and Ella have already understood what Rurik means.
Given this opportunity, Rurik pointed to the sun that symbolized Odin's power: "Just like Odin has wives and Valkyries, they are all Odin's wives and concubines! But there is also a clear hierarchy between wives and concubines. I am Odin's wife."
People who are blessed by Ding, as my wives and concubines, I will also divide you into clear grades."
At this point, some girls are eager to give it a try.
Rurik raised his right hand and insisted: "Don't talk, just listen to my arrangements. Now you have seen that I will divide my wives and concubines into four levels."
"Svetlana!" Rurik deliberately said in ancient Slavic: "You are the head wife appointed by the old Duke to me, and this matter cannot be changed. You are indeed my head wife, and the children you give birth to will inherit the Duke of Rus forever.
status. However, all this is based on your loyalty."
Svetlana, what she has learned most in recent years in her hometown is to obey her husband. She sat sideways nervously, bowed her head respectfully, and said, "I will do it."
Rurik nodded and said: "Rumia, you are my first woman, the woman who was pitied by Odin, and the true successor to the high priest. Odin has decided that you and your heirs will
You will always inherit the position of High Priest of Ross. You must not disobey the Duke of Ross, you must not blaspheme, and you must not be arrogant because of your noble position."
"I...I don't dare! I am the most devout priest."
"Very good. Next is Carlotta and Ella. You are the sisters of Ostara and the true nobles of the Ostara tribe. Carlotta, my and your child will inherit Ostara.
The position of leader. Ella, I will give you a very important and special job called recorder. I want you to take charge of the documents of the old era. I want you and your children to record the documents of Ross's future. I
The child with you will no longer have the inheritance rights of Ostara, and I will now name you Historia."
"Rurik, this..." Ella was simply baffled by what she heard.
"Listen, I want you to record the great achievements of the Russian people in the past and the future. I have noticed you for a long time. You have never had the courage of your sister, but your calmness is the ability that a recorder needs most. Don't think too much, accept me
You have no right to question the arrangement."
"Yes." Ella bowed her head respectfully and said nothing more.
"Seporava, the daughter of the Iron Squirrel Tribe. Now Ironburg is the core of our Ross's steel. Your children and I will have the right to rule the Ironfort and the Northern Territory."
"That...my brother."
"Don't say much. Accept my arrangement."
"yes……"
Rurik added: "Rumi! You are of humble origin, but now I allow you to be a woman. Your children and I have the right to rule over the Eastern Kevin people."
In fact, Lumi didn't know what was going on yet, so she just agreed.
"Nolen, the daughter of the leader of Balmok, your child and I have the right to rule Balmok."
Since this matter has been explained very thoroughly, Nolen did not hesitate and immediately expressed his complete agreement.
Finally, Rurik's eyes scanned the ten Slavic maids.
"You, Anna, Bella, Sisia, Diana, Yeka, Fenna, Greta, Helena, Ilya, Yulia. You ten people are of low status. Even as my wives and concubines, your status is
Still lower than other sisters. However, this is your destiny. You will all bear children for me, and your sons will become war chiefs under me, leading the Russian army to open up territories for me. Your sons will surely
Open up a new territory for Ross, and I will also appoint them as the leaders of the new territory."
Wives and concubines are divided into four levels. Nowadays, a simple level system is indeed adopted to maintain stability in the harem.
But this is not enough.
Rurik took out a total of eighteen glasses that he had prepared. He arranged the glasses in a row in front of his wife and concubines, and filled them with light yellow low-alcohol ale.
Then, a sharp knife was placed on the ground.
Again in front of his wives and concubines, Rurik pricked his finger and dripped his own blood into eighteen wine glasses.
"Now, do as you are told! Odin is watching us! We must let Odin serve as a great witness and make a blood pact."
Rumia understood it, and she was the first to stand up. Noren followed closely behind her. This girl must have known that her two brothers and Rurik had made a bloody plan in the far northern sea at the end of the world.
oath of alliance.
Although it was very crazy, they all pricked their fingers, and everyone could guess what they would do next.
Rurik picked up a glass of wine and asked them all to pick it up.
He had a sullen face and raised his wine glass to face the sun.
The other girls, feeling the pain in their fingers, also faced the sun.
Rurik took a swig from the glass of ale, and they all toasted too.
"Now, you are all sisters, and you are all my wives and concubines. We will always be a family, and our descendants will always be a family. God is watching us. If we or our descendants forget the oath, they will suffer.
If we are punished, our family will be in danger. Do you understand?"
They nodded one after another, as if everything would be fine?
Of course, Rurik didn't believe that this group of sisters formed by blood-based alliance would last forever. At least within a few decades or even a hundred years, it should ensure the stability of the entire family.
However, as for one hundred, two hundred, or even five hundred or one thousand years later, who knows?
At least in this land of wild and dense forests, where the population and settlements are extremely sparse, Rurik knows that his very special historical mission is to control the political power he established with his own hands, and through desperate reproduction, let his descendants kill all parties.
Open up territories and expand territory, follow your example and let your subjects follow suit to give birth to children, form an army of armed immigrants and follow the descendants of the expedition to build new settlements.
So, are seventeen wives and concubines enough? Maybe not.
As the saying goes, King Wen's hundred sons, Kangxi and Qianlong's sons and heirs all had over a hundred people.