Rise of Rurik

On September 5th of the Julian calendar, with the laying of the last piece of thatched meadow, Rurik's new home was finally completed.

It was also on this day that Rurik and his family moved into a brand new woodcut with wooden floors.

This log house is unusual!

According to his own ideas, Rurik tried his best to build a thousand-year-old wooden house in Russian style in the ninth century, that is, a real woodcut. In fact, it is not a purely Russian style, or a Slavic style.

The key to woodcut corrugated architecture is to use wood as the main building material to build dwellings suitable for settlement in the extremely cold world.

This house is so special among the longhouse buildings in Roseburg!

It looks like a pure wooden house at first glance, and you can see the clues if you look closely. A large number of processed woods are stacked to give the outer wall a forest-like quality. I have to say, because of the wood structure, this house is really angular. In particular, the square stone chimney erected makes it a building with a chimney in addition to the blacksmith shop.

Its appearance seems to confuse [Biqudao.xyz] time and space.

If there are any parts that are somewhat similar to the traditional longhouse of the Rus, it is the thatched meadow with herringbone roof. Moreover, the reason for adding thatched meadows is entirely because Rurik felt that the water resistance of roofs made of only wood is not good. The water capacity is not bad, just make do with it.

Of course, the best thing to do is to make tiles out of clay, and Rurik knew he had come up with a plan that the potters in the tribe could make. But the problem here is never whether it can be manufactured, but actually laying terracotta tiles. The waterproof effect of the house is good, and the roof is really too heavy.

In the area of ​​Roseburg, there are often heavy snowfalls in winter. Compared with leaking roofs, people are always most worried about houses being destroyed by snow in winter. Being overweight is equal to the risk of landslides, and after a landslide, not to mention that people are killed and injured, the extreme cold will quickly kill people!

The shape of the woodcut flute is different, and its interior is more interesting.

It is an internal structure of three bedrooms and one living room, consisting of a living room, a master bedroom, two secondary bedrooms, and a storage room. The structure of the room is completely Rurik's bad taste.

All the bedrooms have wooden beds, with soft reed grass under the beds, whole cowhide that has been cut down, and a fine linen cloth on top of the leather, which is once used as a mattress.

Although there are no springs, I have to say that this bed is a combination of softness and warmth.

There are also futons on the bed.

That is, the whole leather is covered with a layer of linen. It's not surprising, since Rurik started enjoying it in his old house.

There is also a pillow, it's even very special.

Most of the oats purchased from Gould are new wheat, and a considerable part of these wheats are not well hulled, which has to make the Russ need to process them before they can enjoy them. Usually oat husks are useless waste, and today Rurik uses them as pillow stuffing.

A room should have a wooden bed and a bedside table. The cabinet is nothing but an object made of wood and mortise and tenon. The Rus people are good at boat building, and they are also good at making woodworking furniture. What can I put on the bedside table and in the drawers? Maybe an oil lamp, a dagger, or even some silver and gold coins.

Woodcuts also have windows. Since glass panels have not yet been manufactured, the so-called windows are actually thick wooden boards hung on the window frame. When it needs lighting, it is supported, and when it is cold and snowy night, the plank needs to be thickened.

Rurik's favorite thing to say is that he installed a fireplace in the new house.

The fireplace is located in the center of the living room wall, the hearth is made of refractory iron ore, and the chimney is surrounded by ordinary granite.

Although there are low four-corner wooden chairs in the living room, there are also a large number of square leather cushions that have been cut.

It's too hard for the Rus to break away from the tradition of sitting on the ground in an instant, so let's continue to sit on the ground. Rurik sent a carpenter to make a minimalist wooden table, which can usually stand by the wall and be taken out when needed.

In addition, there are some iron hooks on the wooden walls of each room. As the family members move in, they are immediately useful.

The master bedroom is naturally the residence of Otto and his wife.

On the hooks hung Otto's sword, shield, and even chain and leather armor. Some of the thick leather jackets of the couple were also hung up. What Rurik prepared for his parents was naturally a huge double bed made of spliced ​​pieces. There were bedside tables on both sides of the bed, and a pair of bronze lamps that had not yet been injected with grease.

There are two second bedrooms, and Rurik had reserved a room for his own Rumia at the beginning, but now the situation has completely changed.

Rumia had to be placed in Rurik's bedroom, and to make matters worse, the two of them would be squeezed into a wooden bed for the time being. Of course, Rurik thought that he was afraid that he would grow into a burly man with a beard in the future. He made his own bed very large, and now it is no problem to squeeze two children.

So, what about the room where Rumia was supposed to be?

Carlotta and Ella, two girls from the Ostara tribe, came in.

Almost instinctively, they realized that the large leather table was used for sleeping, and the soft and warm feeling after laying on it almost instantly evoked the sleepiness. If they hadn't eaten another dinner, they would have slept soundly in the afternoon.

It's just that the two girls arrived at the Ross tribe with almost nothing, and now they have changed into ordinary linen and leather clothes provided by Rurik, and the expensive white fox fur coat given by Gould, which has become a wonderful decoration for the walls. .

As for the storage room, Nia immediately realized its huge role.

In this dark room with no windows, the hooks on the wooden wall are just right for hanging bacon, and another batch of wheat is placed here.

Regarding the kitchen and toilet, they are not inside the woodcut. According to tradition, the Rurik police made dry toilets. The kitchen is simply a shed with solid walls and a cooktop for charcoal blocks.

The new house was finally built, and there was no ceremony for the completion of the new house. Otto was happy to move in and began the comfortable living experience on the first day.

The clansmen have long been interested in the new house of the chief's family. Before it was completed, many clansmen still understood its structural principles. It is generally believed that the new house is a traditional longhouse placed on a wooden floor, with a large number of compartments inside.

Since the chief family felt that the structure of the new house was very good, everyone followed suit.

In the foreseeable future, even in the current September, more similar wood carvings will be built, forming a brand-new traditional residential style for the Ross tribe.

A new day comes in peace.

The human aroma of oatmeal filled the large living room.

The low table that was leaning against the wooden wall had been placed, and a batch of clay bowls had been placed on the table, in which either boiled oatmeal porridge or sliced ​​bacon. This meal was prepared early in the morning by Niya and Rumia. After eating, everyone still has their own work.

"Ah! It was so comfortable last night, it reminded me of my experience in Novgorod." Otto, who was sitting cross-legged, stretched his waist suddenly and praised.

"Dad? Do you really like it very much?" Rurik asked eagerly.

"Of course, the people over there will enjoy it better than us, and now I'm starting to enjoy it. Sleeping in bed is really more comfortable than sleeping on the ground."

Rurik just wanted to hear such compliments, and he even regretted that he couldn't figure out the spring, otherwise he would have to come up with a Simmons mattress.

He asked the two girls, "Carlotta, Ella, what do you think?"

"It's very comfortable!" Carlotta's eyes were enthusiastic, "I've never had such a comfortable sleep experience, and I really don't want to leave it."

Ella naturally listened to her sister and repeated the above words from the bottom of her heart.

Everyone has a great impression of the new house, and life is full of infinite beauty.

Otto took up the spoon and began to eat the thick porridge, occasionally nibbling on a piece of bacon to enhance the taste of the porridge.

Everyone used to eat with a spoon, and now the clan’s wheat reserves are unprecedented. Once they needed to save the oats they ate, at least the chief family could enjoy it unscrupulously.

For some time in the past, the food that Rurik gave to all his new and old servants came from the large batch of porridge from Gould. Since the servants are mainly little girls, they are not big eaters, but a group of children, eating half a pound of wheat every day is too much.

There were also more than 150 military-trained men in Rurik, all of whom had a similar meal, a mix of oatmeal and fish. Herring and oatmeal cooked in a huge pottery urn, served with salt from boiling sea, Rurik also forced his subordinates to use dried chrysanthemums and dried pine needles for tea.

Well now, every day, kids are eating foods that are high in carbs, high in protein, and slightly higher in fat and salt. The diet is rich in vitamins and minerals.

It can be said that for children who do not do a lot of physical exertion, the nutritional level of the food Rurik rewards them is not much different from that of Swedish children a thousand years later.

In other words, from now on, the nutritional intake of a group of children of the Ross tribe has systematically surpassed other tribes. Eating well means that physical fitness has reached its peak. Coupled with the widespread use of soap, it is difficult for diseases to erode children's health.

Ordinary people can't think of that much. What they can see is that Rurik is a kind and good person. He was kind to his brothers and servants at a young age, wouldn't he be better to his clan in the future?

Otto finished the bowl of wheat porridge very quickly, and handed his empty pottery bowl to Rumia: "Give me another bowl."

"Yes, Chief."

Rumia respectfully walked into the pottery urn that had been moved into the house, and picked up a bronze spoon to scoop. And she also filled a lot of wheat porridge in her stomach. Now she has wheat and meat, and she can even drink some ale if she wants to. Such a life is a dream.

Isn't it a dream?

Rumia slept with her master Rurik last night, where would the master allow a servant to be so close? The conclusion is already self-explanatory.

For example, Carlotta and Ella, I thought that the previous longhouse was too crowded, and Sister Rumia had to rest with Rurik.

Unexpectedly, their relationship has become very close.

The future high chief and the future high priest maintained an extremely close relationship? Carlotta was delighted.

Otto, who ate a few more spoons of wheat porridge, and his son, who was holding two wooden sticks with bacon, suddenly came to his head.

"Rurik, I'm surprised, you still like to use a stick? You can't grab meat with your hands?"

Rurik smiled: "I'm used to it. With these two sticks, I can easily get the meat out of the boiling soup pot."

"A strange little trick, unfortunately I can't learn it."

Otto is complaining about chopsticks. His concept of hygiene is very weak. If it is not for soap, it can easily make it extremely clean, which can theoretically please the gods, and he is too lazy to use it. He stuffed the meat into his mouth, then rubbed his greasy hands on the sackcloth.

What about the son? When the child eats, his hands barely touch the food.

Carlotta was interested. She asked as if she was facing her own brother: "Rurik, let me use your strange tableware?"

"All right."

Rurik handed over the chopsticks, and Carlotta tried to manipulate it, but found that not a single piece of meat could be clamped. She frowned and tried hard, but it seemed to do nothing but make others laugh.

In the end, she simply and rudely inserted the chopsticks into the meat as a large toothpick, and without thinking about it, she put the bacon into her mouth and chewed it down.

"Rurik, your hands are too flexible, is this also the result of being blessed by God?"

Her words made Rurik a little dumbfounded.

Rurik took the chopsticks and handed it to Rumia: "Come on, show us Carlotta."

Even now, as Rurik's first student, Rumia's strange knowledge has been increasing. Rurik felt that the child's mathematical knowledge level had reached the level of the fifth grade of elementary school, and he could do all addition, subtraction, multiplication and division calculations within 1,000, but due to reality, she seriously lacked logical concepts for numbers that were too large. More time to understand.

Rumia had been instilled in the use of chopsticks by Rurik for a long time. After a long period of training, she had basically mastered the use of two wooden sticks as clips. She was even trying to learn a stunt that Rurik only knew - the circular rotation of a wooden stick on each finger.

This is Rurik's trick of turning the pen, and there is not much difference between turning the chopsticks and turning the pen itself.

Does it make any sense in the current era? There is one, and that is pleasing others.

Rurik used this trick of turning a wooden stick with his fingers, proving that his fingers were nimble, and by the way, he entertained his family.

Rurik's hands are indeed flexible. If it weren't for the child's body restricting him, he would be able to transform himself into a craftsman and make some useful instruments by himself.

Now Rurik has some ideas.

The children played with the sticks for a while, and Otto was amused by them. He felt that he was enjoying his family, and it would be better if Svetlana of Novgorod sat here.

Otto was in a happy trance. He seemed to see his grown-up son, accompanied by four beautiful girls. They are both sons' wives, although they are sitting here now, one and two are little girls.

Otto deliberately coughed twice to interrupt the children's playfulness.