The Principality of Ross has always been guarded by its northern border, so New Ross Fort has always deployed a mobile force.
The principality still adheres to the ancient principles, especially the people from various Viking tribes. Once there is an invasion of foreign enemies, men and women are obliged to take up arms to defend themselves against the enemy.
After the winter solstice festival and in 836, Rurik himself returned to his loyal Novgorod, where he implemented another plan.
He became the greatest teacher, teaching some basic mathematics to the boys of the Sixth Banner, and further explaining how to use the Latin alphabet to interpret Latin, Norse, and even Cyrillic.
On the other hand, a "literacy campaign" is also underway.
The target of education is all his subjects. No monarch can expect to make the purely illiterate people full of wisdom in just a few months. All Rurik had to do was to teach the people how to spell phrases.
The origin of the Western alphabet system comes from the handwriting of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. It was transformed by the Phoenicians into an alphabet system that could only represent sounds, and was transformed into a very mature alphabet system by the Romans.
Rurik went even further and added some new letters to the original Latin letters, especially expanding v into uwv.
Novgorod's papermaking workshops have become more and more mature, and Rurik has hired more idle women as female workers based on the past. Even if the winter is cold, as many as 200 people work in relatively warm buildings.
, they were divided into many groups, and a series of paper-making processes were completed in the house, isolated from the cold outdoor environment.
Rurik did not pay anything, but only made a simple promise: to take care of two meals a day, equivalent to one pound of oats.
He fulfilled his promise, made certain performance arrangements for the female workers, and even provided incentives. It was said that after completing the task within a time limit, there would be a matching bonus for the amount that was exceeded, and the prize was wheat.
They were working hard for the prize money, which forced the loggers to provide more bark, and the men who cooked the bark had to work hard too.
Today's paper is no longer rough birch bark paper. The key to the fineness of paper lies in the source of cellulose. A large number of lakeside reeds in autumn are good ingredients for reindeer feeding, and are now also added to papermaking. Some rotten flax stalks are really useless.
The rags and torn hemp ropes used were all processed into pulp.
A very special batch of extremely delicate paper was born. It is all yellow-brown and feels extremely comfortable to touch. It even has the texture of rice paper, and it is obviously not suitable for writing on it. It is actually used for wiping the buttocks and for wives and concubines to deal with personal issues.
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Getting the public familiar with and used to wiping their buttocks with toilet paper is first of all a matter of concept, and secondly, the issue of toilet paper supply.
Rurik simply established a "paper factory" in Novgorod. It became a completely state-owned handicraft workshop. Almost all of the employees employed were women from the White Tree Manor. The compensation at this stage was only in the form of food management and a small bonus.
of wheat.
Even so, a part of the principality's suppressed productive forces exploded.
Rough and hard birch bark paper and pine bark paper were used for writing. Those who were ordered to teach alphabetic spelling to the people did so with hard paper instruments.
A large number of people's information and land information recorded on cardboard have all been transferred to the Winter Palace in New Roseburg and placed in boxes.
The paper currently produced has met the official needs of the Principality, and the next step is to promote the use of paper among the people.
The stacked paper is sold as a piece of hard paper of almost 1㎡ and the price of one pound of oats. To be fair, the price is relatively high.
As for toilet paper for wiping buttocks, the price is based on weight and dose, which is higher than the former.
The supply of both is temporarily limited, but the output is increasing every week. Now that the technology is mature, there are about 250 people engaged in this work. The workers are trying their best to increase the working hours for profit, so the average daily output is rough.
The paper volume has reached about 1000㎡.
The Principality of Rus simply does not have enough consumer market to consume 30,000 square meters of cardboard a month, and most of the cardboard is in Rurik's warehouse.
"Maybe at some point, I have to sell part of it at a low price. For example, sell it to Yaslaqi and use the paper as wrapping paper for sesame cakes and bread? I also need to expand the production capacity of toilet paper so that they can't live without it!"
Rurik is hoarding paper and has also made some adjustments to the allocation of paper production capacity.
In late January, a batch of very vulgar documents were posted at the public threshing floor in Novgorod. Multiple pieces of paper with the same content written in Norse and Slavonic were pasted on wooden boards with rosin glue.
People wearing thick clothes came over to make fun. Everyone who understood the content was laughing, and the laughter attracted more people to watch.
Because people think that life in winter is generally too monotonous, or that life every year is full of boredom. They need some jokes, especially some dirty jokes to stimulate their boring life.
Rurik officially did this. He wrote large and eye-catching words on the paper, focusing on describing several parts of the human body. He also vigorously promoted that toilet paper can easily wipe away the dirt on it in winter to avoid becoming a
The presence of stench.
"What's so funny about them? Ah, maybe it's just that their sense of humor is too low."
Rurik noticed this situation, so the bulletin board in the threshing floor should be further used! "Perhaps we should find some jokers to compile some collections of jokes and make them public. This will help them learn how to use letters to spell, and it will also be convenient for me.
A government decree will be issued later.”
His method was effective on the same day, and all the fingers sold in public were consumed. But Rurik also knew that the current consumption power of Novgorod people is very low. The real money to spend is in Sweden and Denmark, the real super
The client was the Eastern Roman Empire.
What Rurik was most concerned about was the excitement of people gathering in the threshing floor to watch the "toilet paper advertisement" on the bulletin board. It turned out that they had a huge need for fresh information.
In other words, they need books.
The prerequisite material conditions for wood movable type printing or woodblock printing have been met, and Rurik has already started taking action.
In the quiet night, he began to work with his wives and concubines on one thing: compiling the historical materials preserved by the Russians.
The information board compiled and preserved by the great priest Vilya records only trivial information about the past of the Rus people. Although the information has been transcribed onto paper, it still needs a lot of polishing if it is compiled into the "History of the Rus Tribe". In terms of polishing,
This especially tests the ruler’s wisdom.
The Principality of Rus is ruled by three ethnic groups: Vikings, Slavs and Pan-Finns. They have different original beliefs and different understandings of the past. To integrate them into the same nation, it is necessary to
Create a shared memory for everyone!
The spiritual core of Rurik's book written by himself is to describe that the three ethnic groups are originally one family, and everyone has a common ancestor, just like the brothers of the same family scattered, and the descendants gradually forget that they are one family.
Man, now a strong man raises his arms and all the separated families reunite.
Rurik even emphasized that he was indeed a man favored and blessed by God King Odin, and also described the legality and obligation of Rurik and his descendants to rule. Their greatest obligation is to ensure the lives of their subjects.
Stability also stipulates the basic obligations of the subjects of the principality. Then this book has the nature of the principality's constitution, and Rurik also intends to formally compile the principal's written code and start publishing it.
A unified nation must have a common memory, a common belief, and must abide by the same set of basic rules of life.
The three ethnic groups do share a common memory, which is war.
Five articles were written down by Rurik, namely: "The War on Gotland", "The War on the East", "The Counterinsurgency War", "The War on the British Expedition" and "The Crusade against Karelia"
"War Chronicles".
What Rurik did was just give a concise description of the war. He wanted to highlight his wisdom as a war commander. He wanted to emphasize that the victory of Ross came from the strength of the soldiers of Ross itself. He also wanted to emphasize that the soldiers of all ethnic groups in the principality were transformed as a result of joining the Ross army.
Got to be very powerful.
For now, the articles are just handwritten and posted on the bulletin board in the square. From now on, they will become historical documents of the principality and will be printed and distributed throughout the country.
It is necessary to compile the history books, statutory laws, basic mathematics education books, literacy books, etc. of the Principality of Rus, and finally adopt the method of movable type printing to publish them on a large scale. This is an ambitious plan, and it cannot be accomplished overnight by Rurik and his wives.
There is a step-by-step process that will eventually be completed in a few years.
Based on such realistic factors, Rurik subjectively has a certain degree of war weariness. War is naturally a means of resolving disputes. With the characteristics of the current era, war is indeed the priority means in European society.
Rurik knew that wars would always come uninvited, and even come very strangely. For example, when he secretly did business in Denmark, he did not attract a siege from his mortal enemies, the Danes, but instead was beaten violently by guys from the Franks.
Now, new troubles always come uninvited, and Rurik is also ready to defend and counterattack.
Of course, he is still making other preparations, which is to equip "Royal Pirates" like Spout with as powerful weapons as possible, especially more torsion slingshots, and to install equipment on the bulbous bow of the "Salmon Chief"
Stronger bronze bumper.
It is already February, and northern and northeastern Europe are still covered with snow. The average ice layer on Lake Ladoga is still about 30cm thick, which is not a problem for the madman who digs ice fishing in the fishing village of Ladogastad.
There is a group of people camping on the ice near the lake shore. Now they include not only the Rus but also the surrendered Vips.
In the past 835 years, Terravis, the Earl of Vipsarava, not only became a father, but also led his people to quickly catch up with the technological level of the Rus. Personally, Terravis regarded his territory and his people as
Another way of reviving the Gray Squirrel tribe, he has indeed won the love of his people. The biggest reason is that the people's lives have been greatly improved. They have begun to dig ice and fish in winter like never before. It is during fishing that
They encountered a fleeing sled team from the north.
Iron tools are rapidly replacing stone tools in the eastern control area of Russia, along with reindeer sleigh armies and huge fleets. By now, people who once feared these behemoths have become accustomed to it, and even they have participated in them to create more outrageous things.
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For example, weapons...
Varyag hunters have unique bear hunting skills, which are torsion slingshots mounted on reindeer sleds, chauffeurs driving the deer, hunters patrolling and firing heavy javelins, and auxiliary steel-armed crossbowmen on the sleds to coordinate shooting.
Polar bears do not hibernate. During this period, their activity area was so far south that Ross hunters could hunt bears near Lake Ladoga. Hunting bears on a sled is actually a unique feature of winter. When the snow melts in spring, the polar bears do not hibernate.
Brown bears emerge from hibernation in the mud, but hunters cannot hunt efficiently.
The principality needs a large number of weapons, and the torque slingshot is a snake oil. The principle is to rely on the torque of the rope, so it is no problem to produce a large number of "monkey version" weapons.
The local Slavic carpenters found a job. When winter entered, they were ordered by Rurik to make a torsion slingshot made of wood and hemp. It was required that two people could move and operate it, and it could throw an arrow weighing half a pound.
Just hit it to a distance of 150stika (147m). This thing is actually positioned as a ship weapon. Since the Novgorod shipbuilding workshop is already building factories, new ships, regardless of size, must have self-defense weapons. Artillery did not exist before
Today, nothing is more reliable than a torque slingshot.
The sled team from the Bear Festival town in the north of Ladoga first contacted the fishermen on the south bank of the lake. After hearing the identity of the other party, they revealed the situation in the north and even asked where the prince was. After learning that the prince was not in the capital, he was still in Novgorod.
, this fleeing team continued to sprint south, rushing on the frozen Volkhov River, and arrived at the lively Novgorod. Another detachment rushed on the frozen Neva River, just to reach
Fort New Rose, informing the 1st Flag Troop, who mainly stays there to hunt squirrels, about the war situation.
The reindeer pulling the sled were so exhausted that some even collapsed on the ground after stopping.
Women and children jumped out of the sleds, shouting that there was an attack on the town.
The war warning spread throughout Novgorod immediately, and the news soon reached Mstisk.
Rurik learned of the war warning and immediately issued an order to assemble the army, but this took some time.
He was forced to wait for a day, and a military meeting was held in the Rusduman in Novgorod the next day.
Which of the people attending the meeting is not an elite of the principality? They have sinister faces and furry clothes, with swords hanging from their waists that glow with cold light, and their expressions are both serious and excited.
Everyone was looking at the prince's face, waiting to give the order for war.
Rurik has already thought of a countermeasure: "I learned from those who escaped that there are still more than 200 soldiers holding on to the fortress. The Karelia people have launched a counterattack. There are many of them. The decisive battle we are looking forward to has arrived.
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People were looking forward to the prince's order to assemble a huge army and engage in a decisive battle with the enemy. However, reality determined that the principality did not have the ability to quickly assemble a large army with overwhelming power for a crusade.
"The Second Banner, the Sixth Banner, and the Slavic Banner are assembled. Together with my mercenary guards, organize a group of volunteers, and order some boyars to send troops to participate. I will assemble an army of 1,500 people and set off.
Give you three days to prepare. We will ride on the sleigh army and rush to the north with as many torque slingshots as possible. We will reinforce the people who are left behind and do our best to find opportunities for a decisive battle. Just like hunting bears, we will kill the enemy."
Everyone was happy after receiving this order. This battle was truly the first in history where the Slavs were the main force. Medway especially mentioned how happy he was.
It was this man who had made great achievements in arresting people everywhere in the forest last year. He stood up and patted his chest to express his loyalty to the prince: "My people are like brave Varyag warriors in every way. I will lead them to kill."
The enemy has made great achievements."
What Medved said is a fact. Warriors and his men are very strong now, but they are still shorter than the traditional strong Viking men. Short stature and good posture suddenly have a huge tactical advantage. This kind of personnel is most suitable for
The hedgehog formation compiled into a halberd phalanx stabs the enemy to death because their base is too stable.
Many bear hunters needed time to return, so of course the squirrel hunters withdrew. War meant opportunities. There were messengers driving sleds to report the news to the nearest Slavic farm. No, it was the calf farm closer to Novgorod.
Boyarwski and the fisherman's farm Boyartoli, they took action immediately after receiving the news. Each selected the fifty strongest men from the farm with a small population and rode the reindeer sleigh all the way north.
The Rus' Principality is gathering a large army, and the same thing is happening in Novgorod and Novorossberg.
The first flag team that catches squirrels all takes the hides back to New Roseburg to sell them. Those who have to go far will go directly to Kekisalmi of the Veps to rest. The people of the first flag team are in different areas.
Everyone has learned about the attack on Bear Festival Town. Everyone is in different geographical spaces, and they all understand that the kingdom cannot sit idly by.
Arik issued an order to assemble the First Banner Force in New Roseburg. Although only about 200 people were assembled, it was almost enough. In fact, among the Vips, there were more than a hundred First Banner Soldiers mixed with local soldiers.
There were more than thirty Vips warriors, they were reckless, and Tyravis also wanted to gain the honor of meritorious service in the rescue in the principality.
While Rurik was actively gathering, the First Support Army of the Rus' Principality, plus 150 reinforcements from the Kekisalmi side of Vips, including the sleigh driver, planted the principality's flag on the sled.