The fishermen's matter was completely resolved at noon. By evening, 1,600 fishermen of various ages, with bare hands and rags, had been collectively transferred to the central open space of the Gould Island Fortress.
A large refugee camp was born.
At this point, although the methods have become extremely crude, there are still hundreds of corpses existing along with the ruins of the fishing village.
From the perspective of other tribesmen and even ordinary farmers in Mälaren, this was a terrible civil war between the great nobles of Mälaren against the free fishermen! The king personally dealt with the resulting mess.
After this glimpse, business activity in Stockholm has in principle resumed.
The mess in the ruins of the fishing village looked quite horrifying. Since the land nobles were going to occupy this place, they each completed the control area and deliberately left a large area of the so-called king's land, and then began to spontaneously send their men to clean up the garbage.
Their cleaning method was extremely simple and straightforward, which was to push useful things and an astonishing amount of wood blocks and strips directly into the lake.
There were also nearby farmers and small traders rushing over, trying to find some useful materials in the ruins. Facing the ruins that had been swept through, the private soldiers had no time to pay attention to them. The private soldiers even hoped that these "vultures" would take away the wood waste.
Cleaning up. These people started some special collection, and a batch of wood was pulled away on a shipping trolley. The wood will be further chopped and used as firewood for winter.
The follow-up work is all done by Duke Bjorn and his noble friends.
As the mastermind behind the scenes, Rurik was very happy that the title of villain was passed on to those nobles.
Immediately afterwards, I appeared as a benevolent savior and put the fishermen under control to my use.
A long boat carried King Rurik to the Gould Island Fortress.
This small island was crammed with 1,600 fishermen in an instant. To control so many people without chaos, hundreds of soldiers with good weapons and good guarding were needed. The island became very crowded, and this crowding was temporary.
Now, all the fishermen are about to be transported to the New World to replenish the population of the eastern settlements.
Regarding the violent scene in Stockholm, Rurik's wives and concubines who stayed on Gould Island had no idea. The women were busy with their leisure and teasing their children. Old Otto had no worries and no desires. Today he
It's a day of drinking hard liquor and living one day at a time.
The quiet life was destined to be interrupted by violent commercial activities. What everyone never expected was that first there was a large-scale mobilization of the army, and then a large number of people were driven off the ship like prisoners and packed into the empty space of the island fortress.
inside.
Otto, who was standing at a high place, didn't know what was going on. Many of Rurik's wives and concubines poked their heads. They saw the fear and sadness of the "prisoners" and noticed that there were a large number of children inside who were shouting in confusion.
"What's going on? Can anyone tell me what's going on? What did my Rurik do behind my back?" Otto looked left and right, and asked the attendants in a hoarse voice.
Soon, someone told him all the reasons.
Otto was not shocked, just simply confused. Are the methods used to capture slaves so extreme now? The people sitting in the fortress were all immigrants from the Malaren people. His son became the king. It was really a big deal.
Can we kill and kill ordinary people openly and casually?
He felt a little uneasy again, recalling this dreamy six months, his Rurik was not only a heroic warrior, but also like a god descending to the world and able to do whatever he wanted.
Otto neither praised nor belittled, thinking that his Rurik would not arrest people randomly. This time, all the old and weak were crammed into the fortress. He used his toes to think about what his son wanted.
As the former supreme ruler, Otto was still able to speak well even though he was old. He ordered the chief of the island, or the trusted deputy appointed by the Japanese Governor Bai Hu, to come to see him.
Facing the man who was kneeling on one knee and saluting, Otto gave a decisive order: "I know that this fortress has a large stock of wheat. Now you are cooking wheat on a large scale and appeasing the fishermen with food."
"As ordered." The deputy answered simply.
Because even without Otto's order, the deputy received a direct order from the king's messenger, which said that every fisherman who landed on the island must be ensured alive.
Some black iron pots were moved to the lakeside of the island, and a few huge granite stones were stuffed underneath to build a temporary stove. Firewood and charcoal were piled inside, and the iron pots were roasted in a fierce flame. Water from the nearby lake was poured into the pot, and a large amount of oats began to be cooked.
The helpless fishermen began to smell the aroma of cooking wheat. It was evening and the aroma of wheat became stronger and stronger.
It was at this time that Rurik quietly landed on the island.
As soon as he landed on the island, he saw an iron pot placed in a conspicuous position near the pier. The flames were so high that the flames were extremely obvious under the soft light of the dim sunset. All of this was reported to him. In fact, he only needed to smell it hard to tell.
The wheat has been cooked thoroughly.
Oats are no better than wheat. It takes a very long time to cook them thoroughly. This batch of oats is provided as dinner to all the fishermen who land on the island. Preparing meals for more than a thousand people at once is a test of the chef's physical strength, not to mention
The chefs' main jobs are still employed sailors and stevedores.
The oats are mostly cooked, taken out and stuffed into wooden barrels. They are then sprinkled with a large amount of salt and pounded vigorously with wooden sticks. This is like preparing fine feed for horses, except that the people who eat the oats are the same.
Unlucky fisherman.
The empty space in the center of the fortress is surrounded by wooden walls. Soldiers holding torches on the platform on the wall are always monitoring the people below. They dare not relax. If this group of fishermen has signs of commotion, they will immediately beat the drums and blow the horns, and then there will be
Soldiers rushed in to maintain law and order.
How could the frightened fishermen still have the strength to make a commotion? It is said that as long as they stay calm, they can survive. Many men have been killed. The remaining people can only choose to cooperate and keep whispering and scolding the Malaren nobles.
Betrayal and sin.
Finally, with the king himself standing on a high place, looking down at all the suffering fishermen under the light of many torches, the highlight came!
The sound of the horn, symbolizing majesty, interrupted the whispers of the fishermen. Faces with different javelins looked up, most of them looking at their king with expectant eyes. A free fisherman can ignore the new King Rurik of Sweden.
But his whole family was firmly controlled by the king, and he had no right to choose.
A majestic atmosphere enveloped the entire Gould Island, and the wooden walls were covered with Ross troops holding torches. Several gates were all closed, and hundreds of soldiers led by King Rurik stood high, just like hunters staring at the fallen
Trap prey.
The fishermen all had a premonition that the young king would pronounce everyone's fate.
No, when Rurik felt that the atmosphere had completely settled down, he started his performance.
"Fishermen! You are so pitiful! Those big families of Melalen never regard you as tribesmen. They drive you to kill you. Even I, the king, can't stop you! I know that many of you have been killed! I am more
I know that your village has also been destroyed! You have no means of living. If I hadn’t taken action at the critical moment, those nobles and their troops would have killed you all! This is what I don’t want to see! So!
, it’s your king! It’s me, Rurik, who saved your lives.”
Rurik's throat was broken during a lengthy speech. He also deliberately slowed down his tone to emphasize who the villain was and how he was a great savior.
The words aroused strong emotional resonance among the people, and the peaceful scene became noisy again.
Rurik heard a lot of women wailing, men scolding, and children screaming after being frightened again.
The horns sounded again and the drums beat loudly. After a while, after they had finished venting their emotions, they were forced to be quiet again.
Behind Rurik was a bright flame, and he was as majestic as a statue of a god.
He stretched his arms forward as if to give a gift.
"So!" He raised his voice again, "The nobles of Mellaren are persecuting you, and they have long wanted to take action! Now you should think about your future. Even if you end up in this situation, you must think about how to survive.
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In fact, some people feel that this matter is too strange. It is true that the nobles of Melalen are evil people, so does the past really have nothing to do with them? However, the collective anger points the finger directly at the nobles of Melalen. They are just a group of people.
Fishermen, after hundreds of men died, a large number of women holding their children showed no ability or willingness to fight back.
The simplest thought in many people's minds is to leave this cursed lake. Maybe the king will give them a chance?
"Now, I give you two choices! I know that you are a family of fishermen! Men! You will leave Sweden with your wives and children, and I will be responsible for your livelihood. You can choose to go to the north and dig ore for me.
Earn stable wheat and fish. Or go to the east. I will give you farm tools, and you can be farmers with peace of mind!"
Fearing that they might not listen carefully, Rurik repeated this many times.
The propaganda had obviously achieved good results. The fishermen who were looked down upon did not argue or howl. They were discussing the possibilities of the future with each other.
When this group of fishermen were hit by a nightmare disaster and lost all their means of production and were worrying about their future survival, they were offered a livelihood by the king in the nick of time. Is there any reason to refuse?
Rurik gave them a very narrow choice, either to become a miner or a farmer.
In Rurik's view, these guys were all from Melalen on the surface in the past, but they were very different from the Melalen tribe. Although the Melalen tribe was a hodgepodge, it has formed a relatively stable image over a long period of time.
The political system of a large city-state, but this group of villages composed of free fishermen occupies a precious land, and is clearly separate from the Melalen tribe.
It is understandable that the nobles of Malaren wanted to drive them away, but during the day the nobles violated the agreement and actually launched a killing. This surprised Rurik and at the same time became an excuse to make a big fuss now.
However, he could not trust this group of fishermen. They were originally from Mälaren, and they all avoided them during the war. They only wanted to make profits in the fish and meat business.
The population of this group of fishermen is quite large. In principle, it is possible to select men who can fight among them, but I am just afraid that such men will run away from the battle.
Rurik couldn't believe that they wanted to use their labor force again. Since this group of people were timid about public warfare and only wanted to gain benefits for themselves, then they could just pull them to the rear and simply engage in logistics production! Their generation is really unbearable, and they must be
Future generations will say goodbye to selfishness.
Whether you are a miner or a farmer, you will naturally get a stable life, but the price is of course constant monitoring of your life.
The king's kindness was not free, and Ryuri ordered them to think about it carefully. As the closed door was opened, the hungry fishermen began to walk out of the empty space in the fortress as a small family, and they were taken to the river bank.
Eat the rewarded boiled oats sprinkled with salt.
As long as you eat the food rewarded by the king, you must obey the king's arrangements in the future. Although it is not really a slave, it is probably not much different from being a slave.
Do you still have the right to choose? They ate a lot of wheat, and they were also thinking about whether to be a miner or a farmer in the future. After eating the wheat, the fishermen had to weigh it all night, because early tomorrow morning, all the fishermen would be diverted, boarded, and rushed to the boat.
To the distance.
In fact, that night, the kingdom's upper-level rulers, under Rurik's arrangement, had already made arrangements for the fate of this group of fishermen.
Are some fishermen families going to be miners? You can now go to Ironburg in the north and start the physical work of digging iron ore and granite immediately. For newcomers, the treatment is naturally the same as the old one, and they will not and cannot be just because they are newcomers.
, treating them maliciously as they will be engaged in heavy physical labor. In this regard, the concubine Saipolava is responsible. Because the son born by Saipolava will fully and legally inherit the position of governor of Ailon Orava Fort and immigrate to
The fishermen who work as miners are already de jure subjects of Saipolava.
Saipolava originally responded to King Rurik's call to participate in the coronation ceremony. She believed that there was a high probability that she was pregnant with the king's seed in her belly. A year later, there was a high probability that a boy would be born and become Elon.
She is the de jure young master of the fort. For the sake of ruling power, she is unwilling to treat her own people badly, but she doesn’t know how many fishermen are willing to work as miners.
There must be many people willing to be farmers. According to the information provided by the servants, some of these so-called free fishermen are bankrupt local farmers. After selling the fields they developed to pay off the debt, only a broken boat is left, and the family relies on it.
Making a living by fishing on the vast Lake Mälaren, this kind of living is a luxury. Being able to survive every winter is a great blessing.
"Many of them were farmers, and they were forced to become pure fishermen. I asked them to resume their profession as farmers, and now you tell me, where is the best place to place the farmers?" Rurik asked, but he already had the answer in his mind.
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His eyes looked at his wife Svetlana, then at Duchess Carlotta of Ostara, and finally at his cousin Arik and even his young confidant Fisk.
The king's attitude is obvious. Each of the four can choose a group of farmers and settle them in their own city.
Only Svetlana made a "concession": "Let them divide these people! Novgorod City is already a bit crowded."
"Is it just crowded?"
"Is there any other reason?" Svetlana's eyes were a little wandering, and she revealed her thoughts.
Rurik could guess what his head wife was thinking, and this phenomenon was also very clear. In Novgorod, the largest population was the Slavs and mixed-race children of the White Tree Manor. The immigrant owners of the Ross headquarters were not in Novgorod.
Vgorod, but in the very close distances of New Town Mstisk and Youth City.
The manager of Mstisk and Youth City is Fisk of Aric.
Svetlana still hopes that there will be fewer strange Varangians staying in Novgorod. The only ones she can accept are the Rus among the Varangians. For other Varangians, because of her past
I really don't like the education I received.
She did not specify the real reason for her opposition. For reasons of trust, Rurik did not send these fishermen to Novgorod. In any case, Novgorod was completely the backup capital of the kingdom, even if it was not
The capital city, it is also the location of the largest granary in Russia.
The fishermen who were willing to become farmers, with the withdrawal of Novgorod represented by Svetlana, the three forces divided them equally.
Rurik was taking care of his own Carlotta, so he settled some fishermen from Mälaren, and the population of Ostara increased. In the past, these fishermen were unwilling to work for the ruler of Mälaren because of lack of care. In the future,
They all have farmland on which to make a living. Even if the harvest is their own, they still have to work for the king or local nobles, right?
Early the next morning, when the temperature was quite cool, the fishermen's diversion had already begun.
As everyone expected, less than one in ten people are willing to be miners. The vast majority of fishermen families, especially the female fishermen whose men have died, have the strongest attitude towards becoming farmers in the future.
The diversion was going on quickly, and the families who made the choice immediately boarded the ship with their only supplies. Each family was shocked when the king also distributed a reward, namely ten silver coins and a large sack of oats.
Even if their man was killed yesterday, the orphans and widows still enjoy this reward.
Is this really going to be a serf for the king? Bah! Which master would give such a reward to a slave?
With a few silver coins and a large bag of oats in hand, these supplies are enough for a family to survive for a while. With money and food in their hands, they almost lost hope for the future yesterday, but now they are quietly full of hope.
Transporting people from Lake Mälaren to fill the eastern part of Rus has always been a strategy pursued by Rus. Now that Rurik has become the king, this kind of transportation of people can be done more openly.
Even now, we need to step up our efforts to do this. As long as we continue to transport the people of the Melalen tribe, we will continue to weaken this behemoth tribe.
Although the plan could not keep up with the change, as many as 1,600 fishermen had to be suddenly transported, as well as more than 50 orphans of various ages that had been recently taken in. Rurik was not expecting the huge amount of people to be transported.
Fortunately, the Ross fleet is all in Lake Malaren, and there are still a number of traditional longships that can be requisitioned immediately. The surrendered fishermen with nothing can be unloaded at Tombstone Island in the ocean, and they can float to the east on other ships.
Rurik made a plan for himself to move people, and the Russian army moved as fast as ever.
Even those Mälaren nobles have not finished cleaning up the ruins of the village. The wheat harvest in the whole region is still in progress. A large number of large ships transporting people have floated out of Lake Mälaren and arrived at the sea. Taking this opportunity, a group of Rus warriors went ahead with the ship.
Evacuate, and soon even Rurik himself will leave when the remaining ships are loaded with provisions.