Shortly after the fleet arrived in Novgorod, a fateful snowfall finally fell.
The snowfall has been brewing for a while, and people who had prepared for it were hiding in their houses, like hibernating bears.
Velika rarely had the opportunity to be close to her father. When she was picked up by Rurik, her young hands would pick up the soft beard on her father's chin, or pick her nose and pull her hair.
Rurik let her play around, and he owed it to her.
The arrival of his granddaughter changed Otto's joyless life. He and Niya continued to take care of his granddaughter in Novgorod. And when he saw that the kidnapped princess of the British Isles had a huge belly,
She is also giving birth to a grandchild of her own. Out of the nature of a veteran warrior, she hopes to give birth to a boy.
A large number of male grandchildren will be born in the future, and I am destined to witness all this happening.
Otto was happy to see his Rurik hanging out with a group of wives and concubines on a windy and snowy day. He even envied his son for having so many opportunities. Unfortunately, he was already old and had basically lost the strength to fight as a warrior.
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The girls gathered in Novgorod. Although some sisters are missing, most of the people are here.
It was windy and snowy outside, and thousands of hectares of farmland were covered with snowflakes.
This is the first time Nolen has experienced a pure plain area. Indeed, Novgorod is located in the huge Valdai hilly area. There are no mountains all the way from Lake Ilmen to the south. There is even a land called "Central" in the south.
The fertile land of "Black Earth Area", the end of the journey is the coast of the Black Sea. To the southwest are the Carpathian Mountains, and to the east are the Ural Mountains a thousand kilometers away.
It is a kind of forest ocean, and human settlements are located along rivers and lakes, just like scattered islands scattered in the vast ocean.
This gave Nolen, who lived in the narrow and sharp Norwegian fjords, a huge psychological shock.
However, Princess Mary felt exactly the opposite. During the final journey, she had already seen large fields by the river, and a city with wooden walls appeared in front of her. All of them were surprisingly similar to her hometown of Tamworth, the royal city.
Not only is this Novgorod, but it is said to be New Rossburg, the core of the Ross Principality. It is very similar to Tamworth, but also greatly surpasses Tamworth.
Different people have different perceptions of the city of Ross. Now they can only stay in warm houses and wait for the snowfall to end.
Although he was like a hibernating bear, Rurik was not stupid enough to waste time.
My wives and concubines are indeed wives and concubines, and they are essentially children, especially in terms of knowledge reserve, which is only equivalent to junior high school students. This is of course far beyond the fact that there are illiterates everywhere in this time and space, but is this something worth boasting about? The ruler of stupidity
People, the development space of the Principality of Rus has been restricted. Since educating 10,000 children is impractical at the moment, then we should start from a small circle and continue to teach knowledge to a group of wives and concubines.
Now, they want to learn more about the world.
A matrix of oil lamps illuminated the house, and Rurik used charcoal to outline a map of Europe and North Africa on a large wooden board made of multiple birch strips.
Where is Scandinavia, where is the territory of the Frankish Kingdom, where is Queen Mary’s hometown of Britain, where is the Apennine Peninsula of the destroyed Western Rome, and where is the Balkans and Asia Minor still controlled by the Eastern Rome...
There are some things about these places, such as the Lake Malaren area, the Danish territory, and the British Isles. Everyone knows these geographical knowledge. It's just that the Duke easily sketched the outline of the territory and explained it clearly and logically. This is too much.
Shocking.
Because John Invar was among them. This crooked bastard was originally a man, but he was forced to straighten out by Rurik, and now the slave girl has given birth to a child for him.
This man was a rare "knowledgeable man" after all. He saw Hedeby, Schleswig, Hamburg and Bremen marked on the map by Rurik.
However, I am now in the far east!
Rurik inserted a dagger into the location of Novgorod, and further down the map are some purported locations of large settlements.
"You have all remembered it. This place is called Smolensk, this is Bryansk, this is Pskov, this is Moscow, Ryazan, Kaluga, Veliky Luki, Rzhev, Mogilev
This vote is for the current and future cities of Rus. It is said that as long as the population continues to expand, small settlements will grow larger and a number of new settlements will emerge. Some large settlements will stand out and become new famous cities of Rus.
Rurik's words were actually training his wives. He did not require his wives to be very virtuous. On the contrary, if they became uninformed, his plans would suffer.
No matter what their ethnicity is, their current unified identity is that they are Russians, and they are the women of Rurik, the Prince of Rus. Their destiny is to give birth to heirs for the prince.
The board was large enough for Rurik to use his own knowledge to write the exact name of the city in Roman letters with a charcoal pen.
It was really thanks to that world war that he really got to know many famous cities in Russia, and even large and small cities in Germany and Poland. Although some cities would not appear until a long time later, some famous historical cities are still there.
The present in the ninth century AD has been born, or the prototype of her village has appeared.
If a dagger was inserted into the position of Novgorod, it would allow the wives and concubines to realize the precise location of their current location.
Then inserting another dagger in the place of Constantinople would give them a huge ambition.
"This is Constantinople, the capital of Rome, the greatest city in the world you know. There are one million people living here, and they are full of nobles wearing gold and silver. Their army is very powerful, and their
The nobility is very noble..." Rurik was generous with his praise, describing Constantinople as almost a city built with gold.
They were stunned when they heard it. At first they believed what Rurik said was true, but Lord Rurik would actually praise a city so far away that it even dwarfed the prosperous Principality of Rus. So how prosperous must Rome be?
The words of praise finally ended here. Rurik changed the subject and showed his fangs: "However, the Romans despise us. They regard us as wolves and bears, and we are not human beings anyway. This is the nobility of their civilization.
, what about us?”
"Defeat them!" When the girls were stunned by the crazy knowledge, Nolen suddenly raised his fist and shouted.
"Oh? Nolen, you are very brave!" Rurik looked at her with pleasure in his heart.
Nolen still put on a rebellious face: "What I understand is that if the map you drew is true, then our Rus has no opponent in the entire northern world! If we want to defeat Rome, we should let them beat them for no reason.
Arrogance pays the price and we make a fortune by the way.”
What Nolen said fully demonstrates the style of a pure Viking woman. She is just a canary who looks exactly like a virtuous woman now. As long as time goes by, this woman will be a golden lioness.
However, Constantinople is no longer the Constantinople of Justinian and Belisarius. The population of Eastern Rome has been cut in half since the Great Plague in the sixth century. Two hundred years later, the current empire is still wealthy, but its strength is
Already severely shrunk, Yugoslav immigrants had penetrated the empire's countryside like a sieve, and the Bulgars had expanded into Thrace.
When one of his concubines had the idea of war, Rurik began to further antagonize him: "You have all seen this map. If we can organize a huge army, we just need to go all the way south, starting from Smolensk, and march along the
If we go all the way south along the Dnieper River, we can reach their Constantinople, and our army will make a fortune. So for this goal, we must conquer Smolensk. You should all know your mission clearly,
Although the time is not ripe in reality, you all have to give birth to sons for me."
Here Rurik particularly emphasizes the word "son", and the list of geographical terms he just mentioned is not to show off his wisdom.
A geographical noun is bound to a son.
"Your sons will become local dukes, and I will be promoted to the emperor of Rus (Augustus). Your sons will govern these places, command the local people, and train the army to accept my call.
The starting point of our Russian expansion in the east is Novgorod. When you see this map, I want you to remember it forever and tell all your sons that this is the order given by their father to conquer the map.
Territory, with our Ross swords and ships, for our Ross fishing grounds, fertile fields and endless gold and silver.”
Even if they are children, when their status is much higher than others, strong desires will sprout in their hearts. Rurik is inducing them and inducing their desire to explore the world.
Supplementing the knowledge on this map is just an appetizer. Rurik has plenty of time to continue popularizing science with them, and it just so happens that he can do this this winter.
He ordered his wives and concubines to keep this knowledge in mind and directly educate the sons he gave birth to.
And this education really made Rurik's past promise come true. All the children of his wives and concubines will be enfeoffed. Where will the enfeoffments be? The girls can't guess about geographical terms that they have never heard of, let alone before this.
Their knowledge of geography is also limited to a small area centered on Scandinavia.
The illusory things have a realistic look. There are a large number of black dots marked on the map, and there are phrases on the black dots that can be easily spelled. One of them is the fiefdom of his future son.
John Invar sat dumbfounded all the time. He was too scared to speak because he had a certain understanding of Eastern Rome.
Prince Rurik of Rus, didn’t his Rus have very harmonious exchanges with Rome? He was actually sharpening his sword secretly...
Rurik's geography class lasted as long as the snowstorm lasted. He and his wife and concubines stayed in the house all the time, and their children seemed to disappear during mealtime.
Otto and Niya were busy taking care of their granddaughter Velika, and they also took the time to let the elderly Ligus and his wife tease her. The old guy Ligus was very flattering, saying that Velika was better than when he was a child.
Svetlana is even more beautiful.
But this kind of flattery is just flattery slapped on the horse's hooves.
Otto was happy. The old man always doted on his first grandson. However, Otto was also a heroic figure in Rus, and he knew the difference between right and wrong.
"Svetlana's children are the legitimate ones. Velika's identity is the hereditary high priest, and her parents have been blessed by Odin. I watched your little daughter grow up and asked her to be my son.
Your first wife is just because she is beautiful?”
Rigus was so choked that he didn't know what to say, but Otto didn't continue.
While eating, Velika kept squirming into her father Rurik's arms. She curiously grabbed the bread from his plate, and Rurik also thoughtfully fed her daughter with a spoon.
The child's innocent smile is like the sunshine in the cold winter. She looks as cute as a cat with her eyes wide open as she takes a big gulp of wheat porridge.
"When I give birth to a child, he will take care of my child so intimately. Alas, Rumia is his first woman after all..." Svetlana liked the child Velika very much, and she also felt it in her heart.
I feel very disappointed. Is it really just because I am too young to be a mother?
Carlotta was even more disappointed. What she was most excited about during this period was the news from New Roseburg. In the end, all the immigrants who were related to the Ostara refugees left Sweden.
In the past years, there was no pure-blood Ostara tribe, and all Swedish tribes intermarried with each other.
The bull-headed flag with a white background fluttered in New Rossburg. Legally, the Principality of Ostara has formed a blood alliance with the Principality of Ross, and their relationship is reciprocal. Of course, this is not the case. The Principality of Ostara only exists in name and does not exist on its own.
The territory is essentially part of the Principality of Rus. Maybe things will change, and some acres of land can be brought from Rurik to cultivate cattle, sheep, and deer. Ostara will be in New
The world has been completely resurrected. As long as the people can live a stable life, they can give up everything, although that is impossible.
Carlotta felt uncomfortable when she saw the child Velika. She just wanted to have a child of her own!
The snowfall outside is still continuing. It is not as cold and violent as in my hometown in Northern Europe. Even with the constant snowfall, people do not dare to go outdoors to start winter work.
After every lunch, Rurik was not busy continuing to impart knowledge to his wives and concubines. He was very energetic and there was no need for a lunch break. He was very interested in playing with his daughter.
Education should start from childhood. For the future hereditary high priest, Rurik cared for her to be two or three years old, and he would personally instill the knowledge of cosmology into his daughter's mind!
The Big Bang? Of course this needs to be described, but based on this era, it belongs to "Odin's divine power".
Then there is the "atom theory" that has been formed and is being used, and even the Milky Way, the solar system, and finally the earth. The following knowledge will be instilled in her when she grows up. Now Rurik wants to imprint it in her mind.
A sacred place - Odin.
This Odin is no longer the previous Odin. Various Viking tribes have different understandings of gods such as Odin, Thor, and Freya. The Ross tribe has its own set of explanations. Odin was appointed by Rurik as one of the gods.
First of all, this god will also be further sanctified. One day, the three gods God, Odin, and Peron will merge into one, which is the "first driving force" that Newton firmly believed in.
From a long-term perspective, one day Ross will be able to continuously defeat the weak Eastern Rome. However, the other party's culture is too brilliant. Rome's black travelers were able to further seduce the people of Ross to convert to divinity in the past and will continue to do so in the future. This is the reality, and Eastern Rome still has
Without taking action, Frank has already taken action. John Invall and Eskil are a living example!
If you can't defeat them in terms of culture, then join them first and then transform them. What Rurik knows is that all the great gods of the Indo-Europeans come from the same god of war. He is the main god of all races, and his descendants are Slavic beliefs.
The fairies are the Valkyries of the Russians, and they are the angels that John Ingvar still believes in.
Velica must have the right to interpret the faith, and one of the core ideas must be inherited forever by the descendants of Rus - the great gods spread wisdom to the world, and mortals should take the initiative to explore and use this wisdom.
That is, scientific enlightenment.
Velika is a blank slate child. She is not precocious at present, but she is really naughty.
The other wives and concubines are completely different. It is meaningless to talk about the fairy system with them. They are the elites of the principality and should contribute their own strength to the expansion of the principality while they are alive.
When the principality has a goal that seems far away, but once successful, it will be extremely glorious, that is, to attack and plunder Constantinople, just like what Prince Igor and Queen Mother Olga did in history. Rurik has already
He can't wait for his younger son and his younger daughter-in-law's generation to accomplish such a feat, just as he has already accomplished this feat for his own son's generation in Karelian, which was hit hard this year. Rurik also wants to see the magnificent Didi in his lifetime.
What about the Odosi City Walls and the majestic Hagia Sophia?
At present, it is still a luxury, and career must be achieved step by step.
In order to have peaceful trade contact with the King's Castle, a stable trade line must be opened. Although the "Gem and Leather Road" was born in the era of the Roman Republic, it was just a relay trade between free merchants and second-hand traders of various ethnic groups.
Baltic amber was turned into a royal castle, a highly valued item in the Egyptian market. Similarly, Oriental lapis lazuli was converted into a highly valued item in the Viking world by various traders.
The Russians want to have a trade line that they operate on their own, firmly controlled by the Russian army, and causing the trade volume to increase steadily.
After all, after the rise of the Novgorod region, there is a need for foreign markets to consume Russian products. The Swedes and Danes are in trouble, and their population is small and their economic foundation is poor. The Franks are not that good either. Although the thousand-year-old empire of Rome has been mixed until now
, she is a thin camel, but her body is still huge. Only by doing business with the Eastern Romans can she make a fortune in the long run.
Then, it is time for the inherent economic contradiction between the Ilmenslavs of Novgorod and the Kriviches of Smolensk to come to an end!
The Karelia people wanted to attack at any time, but it turned out that they were so weak and so decisive in their escape that they were not worthy of allowing Ross to mobilize all his troops to attack them.
The rosin-scented city of Smolensk, which stands in the upper reaches of the Dnieper River, will be the focus of Ross's future expansion to the south. It can take as little as two years and as many as five years to train Novgorod and the old Nordic countries with a force full of martial arts.
The army directly conquered the city. Rurik really had an ominous premonition that Smolensk would not be able to defeat the enemy without a fight. It would take a fierce battle to conquer the city, but as long as the victory was achieved, Smolensk would be conquered along the route of the Dnieper River.