The preliminary integration of statistical data has been completed. Even if further inspection of the huge number of wooden boards carrying data can make the data more accurate, the statistical results of the four thousand hectares of farmland are already certain.
The people of White Tree Manor all know that Pine Needle Manor, which was once the strongest, had the most and the best acres. Rigus knew this very well, but he was still shaken after learning the statistical results from his daughter Svetlana.
Rigus has always acted submissive, but in reality he is just an old fox.
He made a secret appointment with his son Medvet, who was the governor, and confessed his speculation: "The land in Rurik's hands is sufficient to feed the Russians. The tribute we pay in the future will obviously not increase. This is our opportunity to make a fortune."
.I want you to clear more land next year, cut down big trees, and expand new fields to the big lake. You will also lead people to dig more wells so that we can easily obtain water..."
Medved was deeply impressed.
The Viking population in Rus was fully sufficient to support its own acres, and Otto learned about this gratifying result from his son's mouth.
Otto did not laugh. He was considered the founder of a new era, but he actually lacked a systematic understanding of farming and had no concept of food production. He defaulted to farmers having a bumper harvest every year.
Otto was actually in a bad mood. The cold season had finally arrived.
Haze filled Novgorod, and the whole world was gray. The once slightly warm wind disappeared, and the north wind began to howl. It was like a knife, forcing people who wandered outdoors to hide in their homes.
Including chickens raised by local Slavic families, they all rushed back to their hay-reinforced pens.
The north wind was howling outside, and it seemed like a heavy snow was approaching.
Rurik and his family members stayed in the warm wooden lattice, and the completed wall became a complete barrier for the first time, greatly weakening the coldest wind and cold sweeping across Novgorod.
Every household burns charcoal in clay stoves for heating, and there is no need to worry about carbon monoxide poisoning. Their houses are actually riddled with holes, with countless small holes for ventilation, and the insulation is not strong.
The mansion of the Rigus family was still the Duke's palace. Otto considered it his home, and Rurik was very informal.
What could Ligus complain about? On the contrary, he desperately hoped that Rurik could seize the time to get close to his little daughter. It would be best if his little daughter had a big belly when spring came, so that his last wish in this life would be realized.
I have no regrets in this life.
It was another sumptuous grilled fish dinner. Otto sat casually on the wooden floor, picking his teeth with the fish ribs, and occasionally glanced at the leftovers on the table.
He took another look at the leisurely Rurik: "It looks like the snow is about to fall. I'm afraid your mother and her party won't have a chance to get here. The fleet will have to dock at Fort New Rose. It's a pity."
Rurik sat up slightly and said, "Dad, you are actually expecting Velika."
"Of course, that is your daughter, and I am the one taking care of her. Look at the bad weather. Once the river freezes, my hope will be shattered. I can only stay here and stare at your face until the ice and snow melt...
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Rurik couldn't help laughing: "That's not the case. They must be on their way here."
"Oh? Did you get a revelation?"
"Yes...yes. Be there soon!"
"Forget it, it's just a comforting word. Just keep lying down. I just want to lie down in this bad weather."
The hazy and windy weather makes people depressed. At this moment, in the hometown of Rosberg, the depths of the Gulf of Bothnia have frozen, and the river near Elonburg further north has been covered with thin ice. The situation in Novgorod is good.
At one o'clock, the freezing process of Lake Ilmen has begun.
The Volkhov River is still flowing quietly during the dry season, and a huge fleet is sailing upstream.
Niya arrived in this distant east for the first time with her granddaughter in her arms. She was already an old woman. She had recently visited New Roseburg in the Principality and was shocked by the regular roads, extremely flat Harvest Square and Nevsky Prospekt.
Velika, inherited the name of High Priest Vilia, and had a planned destiny to be Vilia's successor.
She is a little girl with brown hair, and her face is slightly flatter than other Ross girls, which makes her look a little different.
She is about to turn two years old and is the apple of her mother's and grandma's eye. As a grandfather, Otto also cherishes this child very much.
This was Velika's first time on a ship, and the ship was on the Sperosvilia. There was a wooden statue on the bow of the ship, and a small box under it, which contained a handful of white belongings of the late priest Villya.
hair.
"My child, face the cold wind. You are not afraid of the cold or the sea..." Niya is willing to hold her granddaughter and stand on the bow deck of the ship, and is willing to watch her granddaughter's young hands touching the statue on the bow of the ship.
There seems to be a spiritual connection in the dark, which is the old priest Vilia who turned into a Valkyrie and secretly gave her true successor, this little girl, some kind of divine power.
For example, extreme longevity.
Indeed, the old priest Vilia died at an incredible old age. Her life witnessed the decline, wandering, and even the final rise of Rus. No one knows exactly what year the old priest was born. She must have been eighty years old.
If he passed away, then this little girl should also enjoy such a long life.
How does Villa know this?
The people back home knew that the Duke was going to spend the winter in a better East, and it was inevitable that they would feel disappointed. This is inevitable! Everyone knew that Ross would immigrate to New Roseburg and a warmer area. The Duke and his son were in the East, maybe they would
Don't plan to come back.
"What to do with this year's sacrifice! Why do I have to stay here to preside over the sacrifice in Roseburg?" Rumia secretly cried, but she still had to give her crying daughter to her mother-in-law Niya with a smile.
Before the ice was frozen, the fleet entered Rossburg with a large amount of wheat from the East. The Balmoks who disembarked even yelled, shouting at Rossburg that the Duke of Ross had achieved a new victory, and promoted the everlasting friendship with Ross.
The expedition to Britain also yielded significant gains. Although the territory was severely reduced, the armless King Aynred of Northumbria still paid tribute to the Viking conquerors.
Spyot completed the mission, and they did not encounter any obstruction from the Danes on their way back. The small fleet stuffed a batch of spring wheat into Rurik's warehouse. He had returned earlier and rested for a while.
He took the brothers who were exploring together and went to the north again. Because the permanent camp in Murmansk was about to usher in a feast of hunting walruses and plundering walrus tusks. The group of them had to wait until the world was covered with snow in Ironburg.
Take the well-prepared supplies and continue north on the reindeer sleigh.
The second eldest son of the Gould family, "Blue Fox", obtained another important information in Hedeby, Denmark. It was rumored that the exiled Horik Haraksson would soon return to Denmark with his Frankish army.
The boss of the Gould family, "White Fox", is running the family's old business. They hold the Western agency sales rights for the principal products of the Ross Principality. "White Fox" Snoleva succeeded his father, bringing with him the payment for goods and a large amount of plums.
Oats produced near Lake Laren return triumphantly to Roseburg.
This year's wheat harvest season is so special that the "White Fox" doesn't even need to go to the Birka Market on the huge Lake Mälaren to do business.
The Principality of Ross built Ironforge Town, a satellite city of Rossburg, near her hometown, and she started producing iron at the beginning of the year.
The new blast furnace was in production all year round, and the idle labor force throughout Rossburg found workers. Pig iron and bronze casting products had long met its own needs, and Ross began to continuously sell iron products to the Swedes in the Lake Mälaren area.
, the scale has exceeded before.
Tombstone Island in the Åland Islands is located at the crossroads of the sea. The flag of Ross is always flying from the towers of the wooden fortress.
Under the fortress is a new bazaar. Ships transporting Ross's metal, glass, and leather products first docked at Tombstone Island, and impatient Meralen merchants were already waiting.
The Port of Tombstone Island clearly has the potential to eclipse the Swedish Port of Birka, and things are indeed developing like this. "White Fox" discovered that he can complete most of his transactions on Tombstone Island, which really saves a lot of time.
But there is Ross Trading Company in the port of Birka, where the main people are still selling wine. The "White Fox" needs to allocate manpower to continue to take care of the trading company, which sells spirits, ale, fruit wine, and even flavored wine. The trading company is actually embedded in the core of Sweden.
As a wedge in the district, selling liquor and negotiating large deals with local businessmen are important jobs, and gathering intelligence is another job.
Times have been developing in a direction that is favorable to Russia. During the past harvest season, a team of more than 200 immigrants decided to leave the Hjelmalen tribe where they had lived for generations.
When someone decided to leave, Duke Wendelson was really powerless to stop him. Among the immigrants were the Hjärmalen and the Glan people. The strength of these small Swedish tribes was hit again after being damaged in the conquest of Denmark. Although the leader had the title of duke, then
It's like trying to make a fool of yourself, and he doesn't have the strength that a duke should have.
All this is simply a conspiracy of the Russians!
The men took in the Ostara refugees and took the young women away out of good intentions, and now almost all of these women have given birth to two children.
In order to get more iron tools, the Yemalen people naturally wanted to buy cheaper Russian iron tools. Since the Russians preferred wheat to silver coins, everyone took wheat with them to barter. They squeezed out their own
Agriculture, in exchange for the industrial products of the Russians, is running a high trade deficit for them. All of this is probably worth it. The Yemalen people need better and cheaper Russian ironware, especially the high-priced Quyuan plow.
to increase their agricultural output.
When they began to have close contact with each other, the news that the Duchess of Ostara had opened up a peaceful and pure land in the east deeply stimulated these Hjärmalen people.
They have known this for a long time. For various reasons, it really takes a lot of courage to abandon the fields they have cultivated and go to the unknown east.
Unexpectedly, the women in the family could no longer bear it. Hjermalen was not a home, and by marrying the Duchess of Ostara, the Duke of Rus was protecting the last Ostara people.
Aren’t there already some people who have given up everything and gone to the East?
This was the last man to marry a female refugee from Ostara. They were convinced of the power of Ross, so they sold their farmland, livestock, and poultry after the harvest season, took their wives, children, and food rations with them, and even invited their companions to immigrate with them.
.They claimed that they were Ostara people and rowed their own boat all the way to Tombstone Island. The original plan was to wait until spring to continue their operations.
Great luck has befallen this group of immigrants. A huge fleet will arrive in the east before the ocean freezes!
Rossburg, Elon Orava Fort, Fiskburg, Kovenstad, Narvik, Herminki, Tombstone Island Port, these cities directly managed or controlled by Ross, they all have their own
Economy, even if the frozen sea blocks each other, each city can live independently.
And doesn’t the frozen world also provide roads? A large number of reindeer raised by Ross will pull the sleigh, allowing cities to communicate with each other.
Rumia and the people who stayed behind watched the fleet set sail again on the ice-covered seaside. Her tears slowly dried up, and sadness was written on her face.
Harozosun, who was stationed there, silently comforted the high priest of the principality: "Don't worry, you will also go to the east soon. Rurik will definitely build a new temple in the east, which is why he wants to take Velika to the east."
Rumia nodded as if she understood something, and silently watched the fleet disappear into the undulating gray sea...
In winter, Roseburg was prosperous, and the Duke's family took a group of servants to the east. The mines in Roseburg were still being excavated, the furnaces were emitting black smoke, the charcoal burners were working, and a large number of pine trees were cut down.
The hulls of the two new Aurora-class battleships have been built, and the accompanying jibs have also been built. They are waiting to be pushed and pulled outdoors after the snowfall, and the giant sequoia trees in the north are in place to install the masts.
As for the Hotla family, who are masters of shipbuilding, the "Order" sent back by Rurik happened to contain requirements for the Hotla family.
They were originally masters at building Kirk (traditional cargo ships), but now they have accumulated a lot of experience in building high-speed sailboats.
There is no need for the Ross fleet to expand the warships for the time being. On the contrary, the demand for cargo has increased substantially. A kind of armed cargo ship should be built intensively. It transports cargo in peacetime and participates in combat in wartime. It is enough to install a torsion slingshot at the bow and stern of the ship.
Rurik's letters are very long, and are mentioned in traditional industries such as metallurgy, shipbuilding, weapons, leather, glassware, soap, hemp textiles, and glassware. He wore his feet in Novgorod and measured the fields himself.
, and it is impossible to ignore the money-making industry in Roseburg's hometown.
His remote control command is very efficient now. After all, the Viking population of the Principality of Ross is very valuable. In the past, their Rossburg did not have enough labor positions and opportunities. Now, men, women and even children work year-round, and the gains are very considerable.
Economic interests. They will not conflict with their own interests.
Rurik originally planned to have most of his family members and servants arrive in Novgorod this year to meet Otto's retirement needs. Things were far beyond his knowledge.
A group of old men from the Second Flag Team who were supposed to go hunting in the north knew that the young men from the First Flag Team were plundering the squirrel resources near the lake. How could they not seize the opportunity to make a fortune? They took their young sons with them when they returned to their hometown.
Even the grandson got on the ship. It turned out that these cubs were also the subordinates trained by Rurik. The next generation of Rus warriors should hunt in the new world to exercise their physical fitness under the guidance of adults.
As for the more than 200 immigrants who called themselves Ostarians, they landed on Tombstone Island and there was no way back. They boarded a large ship and successfully arrived at the magnificent New Roseburg.
Although very strange, a large group of newly arrived people accepted the management of Governor Knusson as soon as they disembarked. The old guys of the Second Flag were brothers, and the Malaren Flag among them immediately wanted to go hunting in the unknown forest.
The guys who call themselves Ostarians meet the real Ostarians. It is really strange. Now that the women have met and chatted with each other to confirm their identities, the real and fake Ostarians are now the real Ostarans.
Tara people.
But Princess Ostara is still in Novgorod.
The people of Ostara cannot help but imagine that whether it is Carlotta or Ella, they are the wives and concubines of Duke Ross. They have all reached age. Maybe when everyone sees this noble sister again next year, they have already stood up.
His stomach was full. At least the Ostara people's fluttering bull-head flag could already gather up to 600 people, including children.
Although the weather is cold and the sea and rivers are about to freeze, people who first arrive in New Roseburg will be impressed by the majesty of this city. The tall wooden walls refresh the new immigrants' understanding that a beautiful new life will begin here.
At the same time, there were no traces of the Ostara people in Sweden anymore, and those who were related by family or marriage had gone to the East.
The main force of the fleet was anchored at the New Rossburg Pier. A small fleet crashed through the ice floes and rushed directly into Lake Ladoga. They continued to collide with the gradually thickening ice, and the Volkhov River, which ran almost entirely north-south, passed through the knife-like north.
The wind blows all the way south.
The young Velica was bathed in the north wind. She was a Rus and had the blood of a deer herder. Since she was a race that was not afraid of wind and snow, she should face the cold.
Of course, Niya would not let her granddaughter be strong. Bathing in the cold wind was a temporary act.
Velika can already speak some simple sentences and can walk quickly even if she is placed on the ground.
She grew up very fast, but as a father, Rurik had not had much time to take care of his first child in the past two years. Even though Vilia was instinctive, her milk was full of milk and she begged her father to give her a good hug.
Little Lumi accompanied the high priest Lumia, and Saipolava went to Ironburg to reunite with her biological father for the winter.
Also on the fleet were two of Rurik's female relatives, Princess Mary of Northumbria, who had a huge belly and looked like she was about to give birth, and Noren, who came with a musical instrument.
The Danish teacher John Ingvar, who was a Latin teacher, was a servant accompanying the team, and together with the maids from Britain, they had been on the ship for twenty days. Where was the end? John was wearing a Russian dress, and there was a scar around his neck.
Hanging a small cross, he is willing to maintain his faith even when he reaches the edge of the earth, but maybe not absolutely. With his confused thoughts, he has evolved into a new person.
A small group of guards protect these nobles. In addition to the thickening of the ice, which is a threat along the way, fortunately, the Aurora-class ships have bronze rams. They all have a certain degree of ice-breaking ability, which was unimaginable before.
The bulbous bow is the collision angle. It hits the thin ice and causes the whole cabin to clearly hear the squeaking sound. After getting used to it, people have forgotten their fear.
The fleet's appearance was sudden but reasonable. Rurik's prediction finally received a realistic reply.
It seemed like heavy snow was about to fall in the hazy sky, and the wind rustling in the pine forests on both sides of the river was a bit scary.
People who were forcibly cutting down trees saw the fleet in the distance, and the joyful news quickly spread to the city of Novgorod, which was almost in hibernation.
Who dares to curl up into a hibernating bear now?
However, many Russians dress up like a bear.
The capable mercenaries put on their battle armor and finally wrapped themselves in bear skin, with the bear's head serving as a helmet on their skulls.
The Slavic flag team began to assemble urgently. Medway has been training the team for so long, and now is the time to welcome the nobles from afar!
The Slavic Banner Corps, some old guys from the Second Banner Corps, and the mercenary troops walked out of the city aggressively, and they stood in formation by the pier and river.
The flag of Rus is fluttering in the wind, and the ranks of Rus' warriors are as straight as pine trees.
At least Otto still has the strength to stand up and walk around. He is getting old. Now he has put on armor and bearskin. At first glance, he looks majestic. His outfit perfectly hides his aging core.
Rurik was dressed in pure white, and his wives and concubines were all furry. The white polar bear skin was also perfect clothing to keep out the cold.
Winter life originally means boring to the people of White Tree Manor, but now there is an activity that makes everyone willing to come out even if it is cold.
Thousands of people stood by the river, and Rurik stood in the most conspicuous position. He took off his hat and looked north, letting his golden ponytail flutter in the wind. Cold? It is indeed cold. But when he thinks of his mother and daughter coming,
I don't feel cold anymore.
The report of the messenger was completely true. Soon after people gathered on the riverside, the large sail of the fleet became very eye-catching. The tall mast was flying the flag of Ross. This was the Sperosvilia, and the statue of the god on her bow was unique.
, made his identity clear early.
At the same time, Niya held her granddaughter and saw the crowd in the distance, and even saw at least twenty waving Ross flags.
"Child, your father is right over there." Niya coaxed little Vilia, and pointed at the crowd with her somewhat withered hands.
"dad?"
"Yes! Dad."
"I, I want daddy."
Velika began to become excited, she had become heavy, and Niya felt uncomfortable holding her for a long time. She was supported by Niya, standing directly on the hollow of the side railing, her big eyes staring at the approaching
The crowd seemed to be searching the crowd.
The big ship was already about to dock at the port. Sperosvilia docked first, and the following sailing destroyer anchored on the spot.
It was an insight from the soul, and Velika saw her father.
"Dad! Dad!" The crisp shout almost drowned out the noise of the onlookers.
That's my daughter! A little cutie with a ponytail like her own.
Rurik, who was standing on the trestle, hurriedly walked over, and his subordinates followed with the seesaw. When the seesaw was attached to the side of the ship, Rurik ran quickly and boarded the ship. He felt that he owed his daughter, so he hugged her in his arms.
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What a heartwarming scene, the onlookers cheered and the soldiers present beat their shields in unison.
It seems that all this is prepared for little Velika.