Compared to the new war that the soldiers are participating in and about to participate in, Aslaqi, who came to New Roseburg with her son, hopes to witness the family taking root and reviving here.
She took her child and moved into the new store built by her father, Harald Sr., within the wooden walls of New Roseburg.
Gustav, who was less than two years old, came here and was immediately regarded as the apple of his grandfather Harald's eye and the only hope for the family's revival.
Even ignoring her daughter's contribution and ambition.
There is no difference between a grandson and a biological grandson, especially since this child will inherit his name and all his career.
Old Harald was not fatally threatened during the Russian conquest of Gotland. His beautiful daughter married the conqueror and merged the family into the Principality of Rus. Because she immigrated to the country with a considerable amount of supplies.
In New Roseburg, Harald Sr. once seemed to be alone, but now he has recruited some poor Russian immigrants as servants and even recruited the niece of Slavic immigrants as a maid.
The so-called maids are similar to wives and concubines in a sense.
Why is there an obvious sound of a baby crying in my father's new mansion?
Old Harald pointed out with slight embarrassment that he was his daughter's half-brother, but according to tradition, the identity of an illegitimate child would not be recognized.
"Forget it. For the sake of the family's business, I am willing to admit the boy's identity. He will not inherit the family wealth, but he can inherit the name and expand the family's business."
Are these words of wisdom from Asraqi? Old Harald couldn't believe it. But he also noticed that his daughter's belly was obviously pregnant again. He sighed at the majesty of his son-in-law Arik, and had to think again.
Daughter's words.
A daughter is never a bouquet of flowers that can make a house beautiful. Her thin shoulders are about to revitalize the whole family. It is not just her belly that makes a living, it is her ability!
There is no stone near New Roseburg, so the city still has to use wood to build city walls and all buildings.
Asraqi came here empty-handed. After arriving in New Roseburg, she learned about the new home and new store created by her father, and immediately began to work on her mill plan.
There is no stone locally to make a mill? Where can we find the stone?
There is a small island group of three islands called "Stone Island", which is a suitable source of stone.
That is the island group that any ship entering New Roseburg from the Gulf of Finland will pass by, that is Gogland Island, with beaches and inland, and large granite under the surface soil.
The island had been inspected by Otto himself, and the stone resources that could be seen everywhere on the island gave him full understanding: if the stone walls of the new city were to be built, stones from this island would have to be used.
However, mining and transporting stones is a troublesome job. The people who built New Roseburg were naturally blessed. Since the large trees at their fingertips have already created strong walls and all buildings, why replace them with stones? The Duke cannot force the brothers to do a thankless job.
You can't do this kind of thing unless the Duke gives a huge price, but the Duke doesn't.
When Aslaqi learned the news, she immediately used family funds to hire fishermen to move the stones.
In just three days, a long shipload of stones was unloaded.
In fact, they were just three large pieces of granite, each weighing a lot. The fishermen said that it took four people working together to carry the stones to the boat one after another.
The stone began to be chiseled, and was gradually chiseled into a cylindrical state. A bow drill drove an iron drill bit to forcibly cut through holes in the stone pillars.
The largest piece of stone was chiseled, polished, and finally a fairly flat countertop was made.
Aslaki hired local carpenters and workers who made stoneware and pottery to complete the first stone mill in New Roseburg. She even bought a batch of trophy ponies, lamenting that the ponies were like burdens on Gotland.
The livestock are still used here for servitude.
The stone mill that rotates in a circle is a grain processing complex that has never appeared in Gotland. Of course, wheat is also processed on the island. All that old Harald knows is stone grinding rods and stone grinding discs, both of which can be easily done by children.
Operation, but processing flour is extremely difficult.
A wooden house that was temporarily idle and intended to be used as a warehouse was occupied by a stone mill, and even the pony was brought in.
"My dear, is this okay?" Old Harald asked.
"It will definitely work. I have achieved great success in Roseburg! Our family will definitely be revived because of this."
Asraqi was full of confidence because of her success. Old Harald and a group of idlers who came after hearing the news rushed to observe this new thing.
A batch of short and coarse wheat grains that were different from oats were placed on the stone plate. The pony was driven by Aslaqi himself with a whip, and the small stone mill was driven by the horses, and began to transport in an endless circle.
Visible to the naked eye, the wheat grains turned into coarse flour, which was then sifted through a sieve made of fine hemp ropes. Most of the coarse bran was filtered out, and the remaining yellow flour was mixed a little by Asraqi.
The water was finally kneaded into a fat dough in the pottery jar.
Making dough was not surprising, and the subsequent process of kneading the dough was already her specialty. Old Harald had always been proud that his daughter could make bread, and then he realized that what was sprinkled on the millstone was wheat. He and other onlookers
The reporter was amazed at the mass production of flour, and said that the processing efficiency of this stone mill was definitely better than that of twenty women!
Without any grand ceremony, Aslaki's mill in New Roseburg was opened.
She began to take over the work of local farmers grinding oat flour. The grinding was the work of ponies, and her father's maid was responsible for keeping an eye on the horses and filling them with new wheat grains, earning some labor fees.
This job is not profitable.
After the birth of an oven made of clay, the "Bread Queen" began her specialty.
Oat flour and wheat flour were mixed together in a one-to-one ratio to make bread. Pure oat flour was used by her to make scones.
Mixed wheat bread has a soft and sticky texture. The locals have almost never eaten wheat. When they feel the sticky texture, they fall in love with bread, even if it is mixed with half oats. Good bread is made of pure wheat flour.
There cannot be oats, barley or rye mixed in. Aslaki knows this well, so she can make good bread, not that she has any miracles in this area.
Is mixed wheat bread considered delicious? Forget it! She noticed that the locals had never eaten delicacies, so she thought mixed wheat bread was delicious.
She really had to make mixed wheat because she didn't have much wheat purchased from the Roseburg warehouse. Except for her own consumption, she used mixed wheat for external sales.
As for those wheat cakes, they are baked with pure oat flour.
The Rus or other Viking tribes do not over-process their oats. The main reason is that the traditional stone grinder takes a long time to grind the oats into fine particles, which consumes a lot of physical energy.
Compared with just improving the taste of the wheat cake, it is really not worth the loss.
The oatmeal cakes sold by Asilaqi taste much better, but they are still rough. A very small amount of wheat flour is added just to ensure that it remains intact. Even so, it is the first choice of dry food for people who just need it.
Those hunters, whether they are Rus or Slavs, if they don’t have copper coins or silver coins in their hands, Aslaqi doesn’t mind charging rabbit and squirrel furs to trade for the price. These people can make the women at home make wheat cakes by themselves, but Aslaqi
Qi Mingming supplies finished wheat cakes every morning. Hunters go out early in the morning with their bows and arrows and can directly buy better-tasting finished products. What's wrong with paying a little more?
Aslaki is making money from the mill and supporting shops. She has just started. When Rurik's counter-rebellion army is mostly back, her mill will only have two new stone mills.
And this is simply an urgent need for the army that is awaiting the expedition to Karelia!
It's a sunny summer morning.
Rurik, who returned, had already inspected the granary in the center of the city yesterday. There was a lot of surplus grain in people's homes. Although the surplus grain in the granary was not much, it was the local grain tax collected by the principality. Legally, it was the Duke's own wealth.
.Of course, the interests of the Duke are bound to the interests of the Principality and the people, and this is recognized by everyone.
No one covets these grains, and now these grain stocks are just supplying the assembled army.
Many times, an overly strong army and its astonishingly huge mouth can wear it down, so that the generals will have no choice but to attack because they have run out of food and fodder, knowing that going to war is not good for them.
Sufficient fishery resources maintained the confidence of the Ross army. Those sailing destroyers did not make too many stops and sailed in the Gulf of Finland, going back and forth between Kronstadt and the mouth of the Neva River, turning into trawlers to plunder local herring resources.
Large ships join in fishing, and advanced fishing methods allow a large amount of fresh herring to be transported to the city. Rurik's current army of pure Viking-blooded Rus can fully survive by eating fish. However, everyone has fallen in love with buying fish during the counter-insurgency war.
of military rations. What a coincidence that the goddess who makes high-quality bread is Arik’s second wife in Fort New Rose!
Arik only temporarily reunited with his beloved wife and father-in-law on the way to counter the rebellion, and then left in a hurry with the army. He raised his hands to support the mill matter.
After all, this is related to the food problem of the brothers. As long as everyone eats well, they will be strong enough to fight.
Accompanied by his confidants, Rurik enthusiastically inspected the mill that Aslaki had promised.
Old Harald and all the servants welcomed the young and promising Duke of the Principality of Rus with great respect.
The way the old guy nodded and hunched over made Rurik feel a little uncomfortable.
Unlike Aslaki, who looks down-to-earth and generous, the main reason must be because she is an older sister (sister-in-law), right?
The wooden door had to be opened, and Rurik took a closer look. There seemed to be a house of dust floating in the slightly dark room, and an animal that looked like a donkey neighed.
No, that's a pony.
"Sir, our mill is a little narrow. Please worry about your legs when you go in and don't fall down."
"It's okay. Harald, it seems..." Rurik said half of his words. He stepped forward with his left foot first and sneezed so hard that the horse started to walk quickly.
The poor pony, bound by the rope bridle, how could it get out of the mill? It was spinning in vain, and the stone roller was rolling with it.
Just like this, Rurik saw clearly that the stone mill was indeed operating stably, and some wheat grains were being ground into powder.
"It seems you did succeed."
"That's true. There are two rooms in this room, and they both work very well." Aslaqi introduced.
"It's just not as good as your mill in Roseburg! I just think this place is too cramped, and I worry that you won't be able to handle the tasks ahead."
"Do you still want me to process flour?" she asked with a smile.
"That's right. I..." Rurik didn't care about other people's eyes. He walked into his cousin's sister-in-law and stared into Aslaqi's eyes almost at eye level.
The posture called a king was so startling that Aslaqi retreated subconsciously, with a trace of nervousness on her face: "Sir..."
"Use your fastest speed to process all the remaining oats in the granary into flour and bake them into wheat cakes immediately."
"Ah! This is a... very tiring job."
"Are you declining?"
"I didn't." She said firmly.
Rurik nodded: "Since there is no problem, let's go to the problem. I don't know your processing speed. I order you to work all the time from today on, even at night. If the horse is tired, let your servant push the stone by himself.
Grind. I want you to process oat flour as quickly as possible. I don’t require you to make wheat cakes, but flour! I want to see the remaining grain in the warehouse turn into powder in the shortest time! For this, you will get generous rewards.
The reward is even the farmland belonging to your family."
When farmland was mentioned, Old Harald immediately paid attention.
He focused on asking about farmland, but Rurik simply said: "The traitors have all been wiped out, and a large amount of farmland will be left vacant. They will belong to people who have made meritorious deeds, such as your family!"
Rurik looked particularly into the eyes of old Harald, who was nodding and bowing: "Thank you for your daughter, she is the hero of your family's revival. Process wheat for me, and I will give your family an additional half hectare of farmland for you to use."
Sow wheat."
Farmland is capital! Rurik intends to reward the old Harald family with some real estate, such as farmland. He deliberately supports a new "big businessman" in the east of the principality to check the dominance of the Gould family.
Even if the old Harald family mainly worked as second-hand leather dealers and had some experience in farming, otherwise Aslaqi would not have learned the superb baking skills from the old servants. Her daughter’s baking of bread was originally a family specialty.
Meaning, now it has become a new starting point for the family's rise? It seems so.
Aslaki followed the example of a man and hit her chest with her right fist, vowing that she would complete the mission.
Although there are only two stone mills, Rurik does not force her to spend time making scones after grinding the flour. The former is indeed not difficult, but the latter is the most time-consuming.
During this inspection, Rurik came to three conclusions: Aslaqi has the ability to make a usable stone mill in a short time, Aslaqi has the ability to process wheat around the clock, and the old Harald family has the ability to quickly expand production capacity.
The granary was opened, including a batch of surplus grain seized from Pine Needle Manor, and was sent to Aslaki's shop. Her family was authorized to transport wheat in the Duke's granary.
In fact, she could lose some wheat by being greedy, and even Rurik could not be held accountable for being greedy. She refuses to do such a thing according to her conscience, not because she is an extremely upright person, but on the road to family rejuvenation, any stupid move will be
Ruining her future, even if her husband Arik is the Duke's cousin. It is precisely because of this relationship that she cannot do this.
The bread-making fairy was responsible for making rations for the entire army! The good news immediately spread throughout New Roseburg.
The assembled warriors were busy training, logging, and fishing, and the Finnish army, including the servants, were also doing the same thing.
The main force of the Rus' army was pure Viking warriors. They were ordered to cut down trees as much as possible for physical exercise. A large amount of wood was piled outside the city, either for making charcoal or building new houses, according to Governor Konuson's preference.
The soldiers' labor was all for the construction of New Roseburg. Their labor was actually purchased by Rurik, and the reward they paid was actually free meals.
Those stone-milled oats can be easily cooked. By eating the salted oatmeal paste, the warrior's physical strength can be quickly restored. It would be wonderful if two grilled herrings are added to this.
Even though the army had enough time to eat oatmeal in the safety of New Rossburg, the expedition to Karelia still relied on effective dry food.
Aslaqi suspended her work of selling wheat cakes and bread to the outside world. She was still making these dry foods, but she just stored them all after they were ready, so that they turned into hard objects that resembled wooden blocks.
A large amount of oat flour is processed every day, even though her mill only has two stone mills.
Rurik chose to wait. It was not because he did not dare to go north to attack because of insufficient food preparations. He was waiting, not only for the girls in his hometown, but also for Arik, who went north for armed reconnaissance, to bring back the news.
His most important thing to wait for was the wheat fields around Novorossberg and Novgorod. After the wheat was harvested, the army took the joy of the harvest and took control of the intelligence that Arik had found out, launching a full-scale campaign against Karelia.
I have the right time, right place, and the right people to attack me.
Will Arik turn an armed reconnaissance into a reckless attack? That guy dares to attack Gotland with 400 men. What else does he not dare to do?
Rurik was not worried about the armed reconnaissance of his cousin and the brave First Banner Squadron. He first welcomed the big ship returning from executing the order. The Salmon Chief was back!
The big ship docked at the dock, and the long and narrow wooden planks were lowered.
A group of girls in plain clothes stood gracefully on the middle deck, and everyone who greeted them saw their grace. Countless people whispered, wondering why these beautiful fairies arrived in New Roseburg.
But someone gave me some advice: they were all Duke's women.
However, the details are not known...
Rurik personally greeted them, and Ella and her ten maid sisters disembarked from the ship with light steps. They were capable, beautiful, and full of confidence.
They kept smiling, and when they saw Lord Rurik standing here, they all stepped forward to greet him.
Ella, she even hugged her sister Carlotta directly.
All of them know the purpose of this trip, all of them understand the heavy burden on their shoulders, and the glory of completing this task.
The ten maids, who left their hometown of Novgorod dirtyly to meet a possible tragic fate, have now returned as fairies. They will rely on the knowledge taught by the Duke to complete the statistics of the acres of land for the Duke.
Become a meritorious person in the principality.
They all want to complete this job perfectly. Compared with showing off in front of their hometown people and showing off their extraordinaryness in front of their biological parents, how meaningful is it?
What they want most is to get close to their master, and many of them are about to reach the traditional big day. They want to become women and give birth to children for the Duke, so as to comply with the beautiful destiny that has been arranged for them. Especially Anna and Bella who have been
The maid girls who have taken care of them really just hate that they are not yet old enough. They just want to grow up quickly so that they can kneel in front of the Duke and take off their gowns to ask for service.
As soon as they got off the boat, they rushed to express their opinions in front of Rurik, which made Rurik happy that he didn't have to lecture them anymore.
They were unrestrained, each was full of enthusiasm, and everyone's eyes were full of admiration for the Duke.
Now that we know the mission, all that's left is to target them again, study the calculations intensively, and even make rope rulers and birch boards for writing. This is another story.