Rise of Rurik

Ragnar and his men lived up to the expectations, a selection of tall spruce trees, cut down with fine Norse logging by the forest axes of their brothers.

The collapse of a giant tree nearly 50 meters high caused severe shocks, and the snow in an area also fell.

It is very risky to fell a giant tree. The tree that needs two people to hold hands to hug collapses, and it will become minced meat if it is mixed with it.

Of course, if such a big tree were to burn, the torches it turned into would be expected to burn for seven days and seven nights, which was exactly the effect Rurik wanted.

Since the first fire tower was set up in Hanukkah many years ago, the construction of wooden towers and burning them during the festival has become an indispensable project for the festival.

The open-air stone boat altar outside the city has stones moved from the hometown. The core of the altar is a slaughtering platform, which is the main place for slaughtering deer and offering deer blood to the gods. A dark space is deliberately set beside the open-air altar. For all the festivals that need to light the fire tower every year, this is the place where the tower is burned.

Therefore, the ice and snow on the ground revealed the crystallized earth. In fact, because part of the soil has been burned into terracotta tiles, the four standing wood pits left on purpose are also extremely hard.

The four spruce trees were stripped of their bark and all their branches, and after being pulled out of the forest by Ragnar's group, they turned their heads and pulled them away for the reindeer. Scaffolding was set up at the altar, and the pillars at the core of the wooden tower were erected quickly, just like the masts of a large ship.

A wooden tower is being built rapidly, and its height must exceed all the buildings in New Roseburg, so the flames it ignites can also give warmth to the entire city.

As a sign, the people of the whole city chopped wood and even took out their own dry firewood, and all kinds of combustibles were desperately stacked around the frame of the wooden tower.

In particular, the flammable oily pine branches are piled higher and higher, becoming the core "building material" of the wooden tower, but a huge hole is deliberately set in the center of the wooden tower, which is the chimney of the tower.

Burning the fire tower is not a fire that can be expected to be warm, it is a major project of the festival, and the project must add some new tricks every year.

The so-called chimney effect, the hot foehn winds soaring into the sky in the central hole, can bring the flames to a height of 100 meters, like a snake of flames running towards Asgard, it must be an amazing experience for the people!

Rurik thought very well, so he arranged for his subordinates to pile up fuel according to the plan.

The whole city is gearing up for the festive season, especially Hanukkah!

Even if it was a barren life in the past, every Hanukkah family must eat and drink and enjoy the indulgence only once a year. Now that life is better, the level of indulgence can only be more violent.

Folklore is created without folklore. There is never an unchangeable custom. It becomes a custom after a few years of implementation of new regulations.

The construction of the fire tower is a proof, but Rurik hopes to add some oriental flavors.

The Hanukkah of the Viking ethnic groups such as Rus is like the New Year's Day in the East. The Slavs, various Finnish tribes and the Pecheneg people also take the winter solstice represented by Hanukkah as the beginning of the new year.

What ordinary people eat and drink to celebrate the festival is out of Rick's control, at least the prince's family wants to eat something special.

The largest mill in the Principality is located in New Roseburg, where Aslagi took root. After a summer of full development, the mill's scale was expanded, and the output of milled flour also reached a considerable scale.

The high-gluten flour made from high-gluten wheat from Britain is amazing for making dumplings!

Aslaqi's seniority was "Second Sister-in-law", and Rurik then gave orders as a prince. As soon as she heard that it was to make a brand-new delicious meal, she agreed with her mouth and started pre-preparing the ingredients.

The old Harald family took root in the New Oriental World, and Aslaqi became one of the top nobles in the principality through the marriage of the direct bloodline of the Prince Ross family. She is deeply involved in the family's food processing industry, and is the first contractor for grain processing in the "granary of the Principality", ranking first in the entire Principality in terms of processing level.

The wheat flour specially supplied to the duke's family was sifted and sifted, and finally a light yellow and fine flour without any bran was left. After kneading, the dough is rolled out with a wooden pole into a thin dough, and the women employed use a bronze ring tool to press round dough on the dough. Unfortunately, these women did not learn the technique of rolling dumpling skins.

The dumpling stuffing is also very particular, the fine venison is minced into minced meat, mixed into the grated carrots, and there are bisporus mushrooms, pine mushroom shavings, and a lot of thyme shavings and parsley shavings. Salt is essential, and in order to enhance the stickiness of the filling, a batch of eggs was also beaten in.

Employed women make dumplings in large quantities, and then send them directly to the outdoors as quick-frozen dumplings for storage.

The traditional Vikings would stock up on winter food every fall. Back then, people didn't have to choose. Now people who immigrate to New Roseburg have the qualifications to be picky.

The prince raised more than 20,000 deer, and the deer herd was cared for by a team of professional deer breeders, making the population expand steadily. The principality needs a lot of deer hides, but also deer meat and bones.

Fresh venison is openly sold at the market, and its price is comparable to the price of beluga whales, that is, the butcher often does not clean the blood, and the buyer does not cook it properly, and the taste is too fishy. But when buyers buy fresh meat, it is always pickled with heavy salt, thyme and onion, then hung on wooden beams and grilled with smoke, and the unique style of Ross bacon is born.

In this regard, Aslaki, who has the priority of materials, did not hesitate to organize the mass production of bacon. She smoked not only venison, but also rabbit, chicken, cod, and herring jerky, the most traditional type of mass production.

Processing these "hard vegetables" and selling them is not a profit, or what she wants is not to make a lot of money, but to further expand her popularity and become the largest businessman in New Roseburg in a curvilinear way.

Rurik noticed more than that. He praised his sister-in-law's actions. The so-called female labor force was mobilized. They participated in the food processing industry and got paid to consume. What stimulated the consumer market in the entire principality. They can raise their children and subsidize the family just by paying, and a Viking family of non-Russian origin is no longer as profitable as relying on the harvest of the farmland and the husband's hunting, fishing, or even the wife directly finding a job in the city.

These people were the first bourgeoisie in New Roseburg, and they were also a group of petty bourgeois.

This is a dream start, because the coming immigrants, or the children of the old immigrants, are increasingly difficult to obtain new arable farmland from their native places, or organize them to go to the frontier to reclaim wasteland, or just in the city Set up more state-run and private workshops, and based on the latter strategy, a group of pure proletarian laborers in the Principality was born.

A large group of children running around in the snow will be young men with strong blood within ten years. They have inexhaustible strength. They can be heroes at sea, kings of land warfare, and even mighty cavalry. They should also work in state-run factories, which are necessary even for intensive handicrafts that concentrate human resources.

On the day of the grand festival approaching, Rurik convened a state of the nation meeting in the parliamentary chamber of New Roseburg.

Including the Governor and his son, where are the prominent figures in the new Roseburg sitting in the House of Representatives? Everyone first listened to Governor Conusson Sr.'s summary of the construction of New Roseburg over the past year.

Of course, how can this old guy list a bunch of detailed data and then talk about it based on the data?

In his mouth, the business situation of New Roseburg is very good, the construction industry is very good, logging is very good, hunting and fishing are very good...

As for that point is not very good, it is probably that the prince himself has been deeply involved in the construction of Novgorod. Is it somewhat neglectful of the real royal city Novolais?

It's been a long time to report good news but not bad news. If the situation here is all good, there will be ghosts. For example, Rurik was clearly informed that the purchase price of animal skins this winter had plummeted because of the high production capacity, and the hunters did not get the big fortune they hoped for.

Many figures praised Rurik in every possible way, and business representatives from Finland took the lead in reaffirming that the prince was indeed a saint who enjoyed the blessing of Odin.

The words of countless praises can melt the ice, tell the dead trees to sprout, and bring back the spring.

It was a waste of time for old Konuson to report, and Rurik didn't get angry, at least the guy figured out the tax data.

In another sense, this national situation meeting held by the Ros Duma parliamentary court is the pilgrimage behavior of various servants and local officials. Including the eighteen-year-old Telavis simply congratulated the Principality on behalf of the Vips as the Count of Vips.

Sepolava, the wife and concubine at the meeting, represented this Elrond Castle.

It was rare for Hellafield to personally escort the Atlantic salt from the port of Narvik, who traveled thousands of miles with his brother, and immediately attended the meeting as a representative.

The great blacksmith Kawei attended the meeting on behalf of the homeland of Roseburg Fjord, which has been transformed into a "steel and comprehensive mining base".

Covenstad at the mouth of the Oulu River, the direct immigration point of the residents of the Ross native, also sent representatives of businessmen to attend the meeting.

Not only the Governor of Tombstone Island at the ocean crossroads sent people to New Rosesburg to participate in the festival to enter the venue, but also the merchants of Melalen, Yermalen, Uppsala and Onkras, all of whom were Swedish allies who lived for thousands of miles. , and then the meeting shared friendship and looked forward to the future.

Rurik could not get the precise economic data of Novo Roseburg. He at least received congratulations from various strengths and an attitude of absolute obedience.

Taking advantage of this meeting, the cavalry issue that caught the attention of the participants, everyone was surprised that this mighty force appeared suddenly.

As a result, Kagan, who was forced to keep a low profile at the venue, could finally take off his hat and show his true colors to everyone.

Rurik will introduce two heroes at the venue, and Kagan is the first he introduced.

"Seeing that you praise me so much, I will tell you the origin of the cavalry. Look at this brother, he is from the far south steppe, and all the good horses are brought by these Pecheneg brothers. He is Kagan, and I am a half-brother, we swore to Odin to form an alliance, and our cavalry troops will grow rapidly in the future..."

This is all a surprise to everyone. In any case, the man Kagan is indeed a dwarf in the eyes of many Nordic big men present.

The wise man thought for a second, to be so highly regarded by the handsome prince, this "dwarf" must have something special. Just like Yevluo, this guy is also a small man, and his methods of slashing are ruthless, and his achievements are enough to convince the public.

People quickly learned about Kagan's noble status. "Prince" and "Khan" are the same noble titles. This Kagan is the next Khan of the Pecheneg people, with at least 10,000 cavalry in his hands. strong. These remarks were naturally described by Rurik himself, and the so-called "rule of ten thousand cavalry" was a casual remark. He knew that both men and women in the grasslands were soldiers, and it was conservative to say that 10,000 cavalrymen. Even so, the participants were greatly shocked and expressed their disrespect.

Even though many were businessmen, the reason for attending the meeting was that Rurik needed the business value they brought. But they are essentially Viking warriors. Blue Fox Gouldsson is a case. A businessman who seems to be full of fat is turned into an unparalleled warrior. As long as he is willing, the transformation is extremely fast.

Businessmen must use absolute powerlessness to protect themselves when necessary. Like pure warriors, they all respect and fear fighting madmen.

Kagan didn't know the Norse language at all, he just learned a few words, said a lame greeting at the meeting and sat down. But he could see that the Rus people respected themselves.

Immediately afterwards, Ragnar Sigurdsson was elected by Rurik.

When the identity of the exiled leader of the Danish region has been exposed, the venue is in an uproar, and even a business representative from the Lake Mälaren District subconsciously pulled out a knife! A local representative even whispered: "Maharaja, the Danes have killed too many Swedish soldiers. Is it not wise for you to let a Danish chief enter the holy chamber of parliament."

Rurik had no intention of rebuking. He was convinced that he had pinched the people of Ragnar to death. What could this exiled leader be doing here? Not to listen to the withering of princes.

Ragnar appeared and said that he was not so stupid that his life was the old king of Sweden, Olegin, who was hacked to death. Instead, he deliberately emphasized that he had no intention of becoming an enemy of his neighbors in the north, and complained that he was deceived by the sinful King of Denmark, and finally his family was deceived. The king of Denmark kills. A brave warrior described this with a ferocious face, and everyone saw him with tears on his face.

Ragnar's tears were not feigned, he mourned the disaster of his tribe, and his revenge expressed in public was immediately popular.

No one cared about his identity anymore, and many raised their fists, declaring that they must avenge the Danish king.

Rurik was waiting for this opportunity!

Carl Hotrasen, the second eldest of the Hortra family, a shipbuilding family, was ordered by the Maharaja to build a shipbuilding workshop in New Roseburg, and his career is now on the right track.

Karl, who was named by Rurik, stood up, and then announced to everyone that the duchy would establish a second "Royal Pirate" unit, and hired Ragnar as the leader, and manipulated a brand-new brisk warship to launch an attack in the Danish waters. Ships of the King of Denmark, with a focus on hitting its maritime economy.

This style of play has been criticized as a bit despicable by some warriors who adhere to traditional beliefs, and Rurik took it seriously and declared in public: "We must use the current peaceful situation to strengthen our strength, just like a small eagle can fly only when it is full of feathers. We have to be confident against Denmark and I will try to tire them out before that, we have to get a perfect victory."

The meeting has an ending that is not the end, and some unresolved matters should be discussed after the festival.

But Ragnar himself is qualified to take his brothers to visit the shipbuilding workshop. They received the order of the prince. Even if the Neva River freezes, everyone must first learn the use of standard armed cargo ships in the shipbuilding workshop.

Even standard armed cargo ships have a tonnage advantage over traditional rowing longboats, not to mention Ross's torsion slingshot (monkey version).

Rurik could not hand over the best battleship in the Principality. He was still fortified against Ragnar, so the pirate ship was an improved cargo ship, with advanced weapons and equipment, and a small number of performance cuts. Ragnar understands this. Even so, he is satisfied, just because he is standing in the huge shipyard of the Rus, he sees a big ship being built, and his understanding of the shipbuilding industry has been completely subverted.

Right at the door of the factory building, Ragnar assembled his own hands and made an impassioned mobilization. He was not at all afraid that the craftsmen of the shipyard would inform the prince Lurik, after all, what he said came from the bottom of his heart.

That night, after Rurik was comfortably eating his dumplings, a messenger from the shipyard entered the palace and made a secret report in person.

"That's it, you go down."

The messenger left, and Rumia, who was holding her stomach, couldn't help but walked over, sat down and said, "It seems that Ragnar is trustworthy."

"Maybe." Rurik shrugged: "The real beast is not willing to be caged, he will use us again. Just so, I will also use him. He can provoke a civil war in Denmark best, but I also have to guard against it. If he grows bigger, he may backfire on me."

"Who can beat you?" Lumia sneered.

"Indeed, no one can beat me unless I stop and give others a chance to surpass. How are you... preparing for the sacrifice?"

Rumia answered cheerfully: "Everything is ready, you just need to light the fire tower with a torch."

"Okay, the day after tomorrow will be a festival, and we might have stayed up late..."