Rise of Rurik

Chapter 685: Spreading new ambitions

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Not long after the fleet arrived in Novgorod, a doomed snowfall finally fell.

The snow has been brewing for a few days, and people who have been prepared have hid in their houses, like hibernating bears.

Velika rarely had a chance to be close to her father, and when she was picked up by Rurik, her tender little hands would pluck the soft beard on her father's chin, or tug at her nose and hair.

Rurik let her play, which he owed her.

The arrival of the granddaughter changes Otto's unpleasant life, and he and Nya continue to look after the granddaughter in Novgorod. And when he saw that the captive princess of the British Isle had a huge belly, the belly was also pregnant with a grandchild of his own. Out of the nature of an old soldier, he hoped to give birth to a boy.

In the future, a large group of male grandchildren will be born, and I am destined to witness it all happen.

Otto was happy to see his Rurik mingling with a group of wives and concubines on a snowy day. He even envied his son for having so many opportunities, but unfortunately he was so old that he basically lost the strength to fight as a warrior.

The women gathered in Novgorod, although there were a few less sisters, most of the staff were here.

The outdoor wind and snow are snowing, and thousands of hectares of fertile fields have been covered with snowflakes.

This is the first time Noron has grown into a pure plain area. It is true that Novgorod is located in the huge Valdai hilly area. There are no mountains all the way to the south from Lake Ilmen. "Black Earth District", the end of the journey is the shore of the Black Sea. To the southwest are the Carpathians, and a thousand kilometers to the east are the Ural Mountains.

It is a sea of ​​forests, and human settlements are by rivers and lakes, like scattered islands scattered in the vast ocean.

This gave Noren, who lived in the cramped and fierce Norwegian fjords, a huge spiritual shock.

However, Queen Mary felt the opposite. On the final journey, she had already seen a large field by the river, and a city with wooden walls appeared in front of her, all of which were surprisingly similar to the hometown of Tamworth. Not only this Novgorod, it is said to be Novgorod, the core of the Rus Principality. She is similar to Tamworth, and greatly surpasses Tamworth.

Different people have different perceptions of the city of Ross, and now they can only stay in warm houses waiting for the end of the snow.

Like a hibernating bear, Rurik wasn't stupid enough to waste his time.

His wives and concubines are indeed wives and concubines, and they are essentially children, especially in terms of knowledge reserves, which are only equivalent to junior high school students. Of course, this goes far beyond the fact that there is illiteracy everywhere in this time and space, but is this something to brag about? By ruling the foolish people, the development space of the Rus Principality is limited. Since it is impractical to educate 10,000 children at the moment, start with a small circle and continue to impart 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 sketched a map of Europe covering North Africa in charcoal on a large plank made of birch slats.

Where is Scandinavia, where is the domain of the Frankish kingdom, where is the hometown of Queen Mary, the Apennine Peninsula in the ruined Western Rome, and the Balkans and Asia Minor controlled by Eastern Rome...

There are some things in these places, such as the Lake Mälaren and the Danish territories, the British Isles, and the geographical knowledge is known to everyone. It's just that the Duke easily outlines the outline of the map, and the explanation on his mouth is straightforward, which is too shocking.

Because John Invall was among them, this crooked rotten guy was originally a man. He was forcibly straightened by Rurik, and now that slave girl gave him a son.

This man was the rare "informed man" who saw Hazelby, Schleswig, Hamburg and Bremen marked on the map by Rurik.

However, he is now in the far east!

The position of Novgorod was inserted with a dagger by Rurik,

Down the map are again the locations of some supposedly large settlements.

"You all remember. This place is called Smolensk, here is Bryansk, here is Pskov, here is Moscow, Ryazan, Kaluga, Veliky Luki, Rzhev, Mogilev , Pripet, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Voronezh, Odessa, Sevastopol…”

This vote is for the present and future Rus cities. The so-called as long as the population continues to expand, the small settlements will become larger, and a new batch of settlements will emerge. Some large settlements will stand out and become the new famous cities of Rus.

Rurik is actually training his wives. He doesn't require his wives and concubines to be very virtuous. On the contrary, if they become clueless, their own plans will suffer.

No matter what ethnicity they are, their unified identity is now Rus, the woman of Rurik, the prince of Rus, and their fate is to bear children for the prince.

The board was large enough that Rurik, relying on his knowledge, wrote the exact name of the city in Roman letters with a charcoal pen.

It was thanks to that world war that he really knew many famous cities in Rus, and even the cities of Germany and Poland. Although some cities may not appear until a long time later, some historical cities have already been born in the ninth century AD, or the prototype of her village has already appeared.

If a dagger is inserted in Novgorod's position, it is to let the wives and concubines realize their precise location.

Then to put another dagger in the position of Constantinople is to give them a huge ambition.

"This is Constantinople, the capital of Rome, the greatest city you know in the world, a million people live here, and everywhere are nobles in gold and silver, their armies are strong, their The nobility is very noble..." Rurik complimented him, describing Constantinople almost as a city built of gold.

They were stunned. First of all, they believed that what Rurik said was the truth, but Lord Rurik would actually praise a city so far away that it dwarfed the prosperous Duchy of Rus, so how prosperous did Rome have to be?

The words of praise finally came to an end, and Rurik showed his fangs: "However, the Romans despised us, they regarded us as wolves and bears, and they were not human anyway. This is the nobility of their civilization. , then what about us?"

"Defeat them!" Noren suddenly raised his fist and roared when the girls were stunned by the crazy knowledge.

"Oh? Noren, you're brave!" Rurik looked at her with joy.

Noren still put on his unruly face: "What I understand is that if the map you draw is true, then the entire northern world our Rus is unmatched! We are going to defeat Rome, we should let them be unprovoked. Arrogance pays the price. We make a fortune by the way."

Noren's words fully showed the manners of a pure Viking woman. Now she is just a virtuous canary. As long as time goes by, this woman will be a blond lioness.

However, Constantinople is no longer the Constantinople of Justinian and Belisarius. The population of Eastern Rome has been cut in half since the plague in the sixth century. The current empire two hundred years later is still rich, but its strength Has shrunk badly, Yugoslav immigrants have penetrated the countryside of the empire like a sieve, and the Bulgars have expanded into Thrace.

When a wives and concubines had the idea of ​​war, Rurik began to fight further: "You have all seen this map, if we can organize a huge army, just go all the way south, starting from Smolensk, along the Go south along the Dnieper to reach their Constantinople and our army will make a fortune. Then for that purpose we must conquer Smolensk. You should all know your mission clearly, Although the time is not ripe in reality, you all have to bear a son for me."

Here Rurik particularly emphasizes the word "son", and the geographical term he just mentioned is not a show of wisdom.

A geographic noun is bound to a son.

"Your sons will become the dukes of the places, and I will advance to the emperor of Rus (Augustus). Your sons will govern these places, rule the local people, and form an army to accept my call. The starting point of our Rus' expansion in the East is Novgorod. You see this map, I want you to always remember it and tell all your sons that this is an order from their father to conquer the map. For our Ruth fishery, fertile fields, and endless gold and silver, with our Ruth swords and boats."

Even if they are children, when they are much higher than others in terms of status, a strong desire will sprout in their hearts, and Rurik is trying to induce them and induce their desire to explore the world.

Supplementing the knowledge on this map is just an appetizer, and Rurik has time to continue to do science with them, which happens to be the case this winter.

He ordered his wives and concubines to keep this knowledge in their hearts, and then directly educate their sons.

And this education has really made Rurik's promise in the past come true, and the children of his wives and concubines will be divided into seals. Where is the encapsulation? Girls can't guess geographic terms they haven't heard of, and their knowledge of geography was limited to a small area centered on Scandinavia.

Unreal things have realistic features, a lot of black dots are marked on the map, and there are phrases that can be easily spelled on the black dots. One of them is the fief of his future son.

John Invall has been sitting dumbfounded, he was too scared to speak, because he had a certain understanding of Eastern Rome.

Rurik, Prince of Rus, didn't his Rus have a very harmonious exchange with Rome? He was actually sharpening his knives secretly...

Rurik's geography class lasted as many days as the snowstorm lasted. He and his wives and concubines stayed in the house all the time, and their group of children seemed to disappear at mealtime.

Otto and Nia were busy taking care of their granddaughter Velika, and they also took the time to let the old Rigus couple tease them. The old guy, Rigus, said a lot of flattery, saying that Velika was more beautiful than Svetlana when she was a child.

But this kind of flattery is pure flattery on the horse's hoof.

Otto is happy and happy. The old man will always dote on his first grandchild, but Otto is also Ross's hero, and he can tell the difference between right and wrong.

"Svetlana's son is the orthodox. Velika is a hereditary high priest, and her parents are blessed by Odin. I watched your little daughter grow up and made her my son. His wife is just because she is beautiful?"

Rigus was so choked that he didn't know what to say, but Otto didn't continue to choke.

While eating, Willika kept drilling into her father Rurik's arms. She curiously went to grab the bread from her father's plate, and Rurik was very considerate to feed his daughter with a spoon himself.

The child's innocent smile is the sunshine in the harsh winter, and she looks as cute as a cat while drinking porridge with wide eyes.

"When I give birth to a child, he will take care of my child so intimately. Well, Rumia is his first woman after all..." Svetlana liked Velika very much, and she also felt Very disappointed, is it really just because of my age or too young to be a mother?

What's even more disappointing is Carlotta. During this time, she was most excited to get news from Novosburg, co-authored and finally all the immigrants who were close to the refugees from Ostara left Sweden.

In the past years, the pure blood Ostara tribe did not exist, and the Swedish tribes were intermarriage.

The bull's head flag on a white background fluttered in the New Rose Fort. Legally, the Principality of Ostara and the Principality of Rus formed a blood alliance, and their relationship was equal. Of course, this is not the case. The Principality of Ostara exists only in name and does not have its own territory. In essence, it is a part of the Principality of Rus. Maybe things will change, and some acres of land can be planted from Rurik, and then the cattle, sheep, and deer can be bred, and Ostara is completely resurrected in the New World. As long as the people can live in peace, they can give up everything, although that is impossible.

Carlotta felt uncomfortable when she saw the child of Velika, she just wanted to have a child of her own!

The snowfall is still going on outdoors. It is not as harsh and irritable as the Nordic hometown. Even people who are constantly snowing do not dare to go outdoors to start winter work.

At the end of each lunch, Rurik was not busy continuing to instill knowledge on his wives and concubines. His energy is very strong, no lunch break is necessary, but he is very interested in playing with his daughter.

Education should start from a baby. For this future hereditary high priest, Rurik would care that she was two or three years old, and he would instill the knowledge of cosmology into his daughter's brain!

The Big Bang? This is of course to describe, but based on this era, it belongs to the "magic power of Odin".

After that, there is the set of "atomic theory" that has been formed and is in use, and even the Milky Way, the solar system, and finally the earth. The latter knowledge will be instilled in her when she grows up, and the current Rurik is to be imprinted in her mind. A sacred place - Odin.

This Odin is no longer Piodin, and the Viking tribes have different understandings of the gods such as Odin, Thor, and Freya. The Ross tribe has its own set of explanations. Odin was designated by Rurik as the head of the gods, and this god will be further sanctified. One day, the three gods GOD, ODIN, and PERON will be integrated into one, that is, The "first prime mover" that Newton believed in.

From a long-term perspective, Ross can one day beat the weak Eastern Rome continuously, but the other party's culture is too splendid, Rome's black-clothed travelers in the past can, and will in the future, further tempt the people of Rus to convert to the sacred. The reality is like this, the East Rome has not yet started, Frank has already started, John Ingvar and Esquill are a living example!

If you can't beat them culturally, join them first and then transform them. What Rurik knew was that all the great gods of the Indo-Europeans came from the same god of war, the main god of all races was him, and his retinues were the fairies of the Slavic beliefs, the Valkyrie of the Rus, and John Invall to this day. The angel who believes in it.

Velika must hold the right to interpret her beliefs, and a core idea must be inherited forever by the descendants of Ross - the great gods spread wisdom to the world, and mortals should actively explore these wisdoms for human use.

That is the enlightenment of science.

Velika is just a blank paper child, she can't see precociousness at present, but she is really naughty.

The other wives and concubines are completely different, and it is meaningless to talk about the immortal system with them. The elites of their principality should contribute their own strength to the expansion of the principality when they are alive.

When the duchy had a seemingly distant, once successful goal, that of attacking and looting Constantinople, as the history of Prince Igor and Empress Dowager Olegia did. Rurik can't wait for the generation of his youngest son and daughter-in-law to do such a feat, just like he has already done it in the Karelian people who have been hit hard this year by mentioning his sons, and Rurik wants to see it in his lifetime. Look at the magnificent Theodosian city walls and the majestic Hagia Sophia.

At present, it is still an extravagant hope, and the cause has to come step by step.

If you can have peaceful trade contact with King Castle, then a stable trade line must be opened. Although the "road of gems and leather" was born since the Roman Republic, it was just a relay trade of free merchants. The second-order traders of all ethnic groups turned the Baltic amber into a king's castle and a sky-high price in the Egyptian market. The same Oriental The lapis lazuli was also operated by various dealers and became a sky-high price in the Viking world.

The Rus people must have a trade line operated by themselves, which is firmly controlled by the Rus' army and makes the trade volume increase steadily.

After all, after the rise of the Novgorod region, foreign markets need to consume Rus' products. The Swedes and Danes are unbearable, the population is small and the economic foundation is poor, and so are the Franks. Although the thousand-year-old Roman Empire was mixed up to the present, she was a thin camel, and her body was still huge. Only by doing business with Eastern Rome can you make a fortune for a long time.

Well, it's time for an end to the inherent economic contradictions of the Ilmenslavs of Novgorod and the Krivicians of Smolensk!

The Karelians will crusade at any time, but it turns out that they are so weak and resolute in fleeing that they are not worthy of Ross to mobilize all the troops to crusade.

The rosin city Smolensk, standing on the upper reaches of the Dnieper River, is the focus of future expansion of Rus' southwards. From two years to five years, Novgorod and their Nordic hometown should train an army of virtuosity to conquer the city directly. Rurik really had an ominous premonition that Smolensk could not be defeated without a fight. Conquering the city would require a fierce battle, but as long as it was victorious, the road to the Black Sea along the Dnieper would no longer be possible. Obstacle.

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