Rise of Rurik

Carlotta, the Duchess of Ostaran, took her son Karl, and other entourage and left the kingdom's capital, New Roseburg.

Accompanying her was another large army. They escorted a batch of supplies and formed a large sleigh team, marching towards the west on the frozen Neva River.

I have to go back to Novgorod, but not now.

As king, Rurik should stay in the capital, and after his palace is completely completed, he should completely settle here. To be fair, the climate in Novgorod in the southeast is better, but the main reason for setting the capital at the mouth of the Neva River is political necessity.

This year's winter solstice must hold a grand ceremony. It is the first winter festival since the establishment of the Kingdom of Rus. People have a premonition about this and are eager for a grand event. Considering the attitude of the people, the kingdom does need a winter event. .

It was already November, and more than ten days had passed since the first snowfall, and a snowstorm that everyone could foresee swept across the entire world. The seas, rivers and lakes are all frozen, and reindeer sleighs have replaced boats as the best means of transportation.

When the storm passed, the world changed. The air was bitingly cold and snow was everywhere. In this kind of climate, it is best to stay at home and learn from the brown bears to hibernate. However, the men in extremely thick clothes ignored the extreme cold and took the time to do important winter work.

The state-owned blacksmith shops in the city are busy with work, and the shipyards are also busy. Not only are there state-owned shipyards, but also some private workshops have sprung up in the city. These people build shacks in the unowned wasteland on the edge of the city, and build traditional rowing boats there. The more advanced ones are building dragon-head warships.

As time passed, when Rurik grew into a real man, poor Kamni also grew into a strong man.

Kamne is an Ilmenslav with extremely pure blood. He first approached Rurik as a slave, but now this fatherless and motherless man has grown to be extremely strong. With a long blacksmith career, his arms are as thick as his legs. This "elite blacksmith slave" is Rurik's most valued confidant.

Kamne's loyalty can be completely assured. He married a wife and had a son. He had a fortune and savings, and his lowly fate was completely changed.

Anyone with any brains knows that this man is a man highly regarded by the king. There are rumors that King Rurik recognized Kamne as his younger brother. For him, you really should never mess with him.

Rurik was very relieved because Kamni, his wife and children were all under his thumb. This was a loyal blacksmith, and Rurik trusted him even more than he trusted the blacksmith Kawe.

Kawei is a foreign relative, and Kamini is an internal minister. Kawei is in his hometown of Roseburg, while Kamnier is staying in the capital. The two of them are not just blacksmiths. The most important job they are responsible for is the production of weapons for Ross.

When Rurik just returned to New Roseburg, he took the time to summon his loyal Kamne.

The strong Kamnier has been busy with his work over the years. He does not have any ill intentions, but is determined that as long as he properly completes the tasks assigned by Lord Rurik, his life will get better and better.

It is precisely for such careless people that Rurik has less worries and can say some things openly and loudly. For example, Ross will need an extremely large number of weapons in the new war.

He made a list for Kamnero, the most notable of which were three categories: five thousand brand-new forged spearheads, five hundred bent sword embryos, and one hundred thousand forged arrow clusters.

The production of these three types of weapons must be completed this winter. Even if there are difficulties, we must find ways to overcome them.

Kamni felt unprecedented pressure. He did not dare to insist on the king's order in person, so he had no choice but to take over the task.

As early as September, the state-owned blacksmith shop in New Roseburg, under the adjustment of the person in charge, Kamne, rejected all private orders for weapons and tools. All young blacksmiths terminated all holidays, except for sleeping time, and devoted themselves to work. .

New Roseburg entered a state of war preparation under the order of King Rurik in October, and Kamne had already started! The people were mobilized to invest in military production, and Rurik used national funds to pay for it. What he got in return was indeed an explosion in arms production.

The huge demand for military production gave the people huge employment opportunities. Rurik saw a kind of prosperity and clearly realized that he was also kidnapped by the military orders he issued.

It is said that if next year's conquest cannot achieve the expected results, the kingdom will suffer consequences after paying so much.

What needs to be prepared is not only weapons, clothing, and military rations, but also a treasure that can prove the king's authority.

The large ship Aurora that once carried the glory of Ross has become very old. Her hull has been replaced with a lot of materials, but only the oak keel is still strong. Although the cold in the Baltic Sea and the North Atlantic has greatly curbed the damage caused by organisms such as shipworms and barnacles to the hull, after all, the oak keel has been soaked in the sea for more than ten years. It can still survive for a few more days, but its performance is already worrying.

The Kingdom of Rus must have a new flagship!

Rurik wrote a long letter to the Governor of Novgorod. The letter was supposed to be delivered in the autumn, when the rivers and lakes froze and some of the selected people returned to the capital to report. He not only wrote this letter, but also received some news from his hometown in Roseburg. He issued a death order to the old guy in Hotla: "You must rush to New Roseburg with your eldest son as soon as possible, and you are not allowed to use your old age as an excuse." Excuse."

This order forced Hotela to take a boat and make a reindeer sleigh, but he did not arrive in the capital until late November.

It was still a while before Hanukkah, and during this period Rurik could not stay with his wife, concubines, children and elderly parents and indulge in family happiness.

For the time being, his mind was on building the ship, and the special order he issued was to summon the men of the entire Hotla family.

Hortra has three sons. The eldest, Harold, is to inherit the family business according to Viking tradition. The second, Karl and Stein, the third, are to start their own businesses. Today, these three sons all lead a group of craftsmen and become "shipyard directors" hired by King Rurik. They could take private jobs at the cost of heavy taxes. Once the monarch's order is issued, he must put aside his private work and complete the task with all his strength, and naturally he will receive significant rewards.

Hotla is very old, with a messy white beard covering the age spots on his face. He once thought he would freeze to death on the way, but thanks to the blessings of the gods, he managed to survive to Fort New Rose.

He and his eldest son Harold arrived a little late. Stein from the Novgorod Shipyard successfully arrived before his old father.

A sled team departing from Novgorod met a sled team returning from Novorosberg on the frozen Volkhov River. It was an unexpected surprise to meet each other. Since both of them had their own things to do, they went their separate ways after meeting each other.

Nowadays, the winter sled team is not surprising. What is strange is that there is a special woman sitting on the sled team heading north.

She is Ella, the biological sister of Carlotta, Duchess of Ostara.

The two sisters met on Volkhov. The elder sister went straight to New Ostara in the south, and the younger sister was going to the capital.

Even though they are biological sisters, due to the current situation, the two sisters were rarely together and separated many years ago, but now they meet and hug each other and cry with joy.

Ella wanted to ask her sister everything, but Carlotta understood everything.

Carlotta put her mouth directly to her sister's ear and told her all her secrets.

In an instant, Ella's fair face turned red with embarrassment, as if she was angry, and she waited for her sister's face with surprise and excitement: "I... finally..."

"Yes! This is the truth. You are old too! In the past, Rurik loved you, so he endured his emotions. Now it's really time for you to be a mother. You know, he has many women. Although you are It’s really inappropriate to be entrusted with a special mission without having a few biological children.”

"I...I'm happy too. What should I do."

"Oh? I have to tell you this carefully..."

After all, Carlotta took her men and left with the Novgorod sled team in the south. She faced the cool breeze with a smile, and couldn't help but think of many things in her mind.

Sometimes I envy my sister. She only needs to do her job as a scribe and there is no need to worry about other things.

But is it really that simple?

The area around Lake Ilmen is the largest grain-producing area in the Principality of Ross. Although the yield of wheat and oats per mu is very low in today's era, at least after working hard in each field and discarding the planting grain, tax grain and normal consumption, there will still be a certain amount of surplus grain. , the surplus grain in a single field is very small, but when the scale is expanded, the surplus grain appears to be a lot. Although the capabilities of a small farmer family are limited, as the farmer population increases, it will have a scale advantage. Through normal operations of taxation and purchase of surplus grain, the kingdom will be able to obtain a considerable inventory. But the situation in this grain-producing area is also very special. As the king, Rurik already controls a large number of private fields. He hired tenants to sow and harvest, and carried out limited fertilizing operations during the process. These matters were entrusted to the governor of Novgorod and his uncle Medvet. Even the king's royal land was not only used for quite rough agriculture due to the limitations of the times, but this had the advantage that Rurik could theoretically be a hands-on shopkeeper and gain a fortune during the harvest season relative to the population. The total amount of wheat is huge.

Food taxes and royal field output, as well as external purchases and tribute grains, provide a large number of Russian children with free food for half a year. This is a kind of virtuous policy that makes people cry with gratitude, and behind the virtuous policy is a test of the national finances.

Now this test is concretely placed on a woman's weak shoulders.

It comes from the daughter of the leader of the Ostara tribe, the adopted daughter of Old Otto, the adopted sister of Rurik, and his current wife and concubine, Ella Hesturia. In principle, she should be responsible for recording and preserving Ross's historical documents. Initially, Rurik also planned to make her the country's professional historian.

However, Ross has encountered special obstacles in its development to the present era, which has forced the country to have an extremely greedy demand for technocrats. After all, Ella followed King Rurik and was instilled with a lot of mathematical knowledge. No one is more suitable than her to be the head of the "Statistics Bureau", so she is the busiest woman during the annual wheat harvest and tax collection period.

The situation is much better now, and a group of boys and girls who have experienced education immediately take up the job of scribes.

This year, all Novgorod regions were taxed at half rate. While the people were shouting long live for the king's benevolent government, Ella completed the statistics after being extremely tired.

She once naively thought that the king asked her to go to the country to spend Hanukkah to listen to her work report. A large number of papers filled with data were stuffed into a cardboard bag. She was confident that she would hand these documents to the king, but she unexpectedly met her sister. I understood the king’s true purpose.

Two happy things are intertwined, and life becomes more and more wonderful.

Ella has been staying in the isolated Lake Ilmen for a long time. The war against the rebellious Pine Needle Manor has ended for nine years now. Such a long time has turned a helpless little woman into a beautiful woman!

Ella always ignores her own beauty. She has the same round face as her sister, but her temperament is completely opposite to that of her sister Carlotta.

Ella, who was dedicated to writing statistics, was trained to have a quiet temperament, so she simply bundled the cash receipts. This kind of literary girl's temperament pierced Rurik's heart, and he was still unwilling to touch the body of this wife and concubine. Not only because she was still young, but also because Ella had no more experience when she was really pregnant. During the period of inactivity when scribes could not do their jobs alone, Ella must always maintain strong working ability.

Now, Rurik felt that she would have to work extremely hard in the future.

Her life seemed to be isolated from the world, and when she saw the vastness of the frozen Lake Ladoga, she really wanted to roar at the top of her lungs.

What is New Roseburg like now? I heard that it has become extremely glorious and magnificent, completely unlike the big village in the past.

As all the remnants of Ostara completed their immigration, they saw that the sister they met by chance actually coaxed all the Gran people who were stranded in their hometown in the west to come. The Ostarans and the Grans have always lived side by side in ancient history. As Ella, who is in charge of and organizes the history of Rus and even the past Swedish region, no one knows these things better than her. Because she also learned Latin, she read with gusto the "Exodus" on parchment that was passed down from Ross's ancestors, and she also understood the parchment books brought back from Britain as trophies.

It is the story of the gods and gods that the Romans and Franks believed in. The stories are really interesting, especially the Exodus. The old books cherished by the late Rus High Priest Vilia must have hidden great secrets, and now she feels that she understands everything.

Lord Rurik is Moses of Rus! The story that was played out in another world is being played out again in the far north. This is fate!

She no longer had any nostalgia for her hometown in the West, so she was filled with joy when she went to the country.

The sleigh team going to the capital was small, and everyone was looking forward to the outcome of the trip with joy.

The country is finally going to war, and King Rurik is finally going to expand a large territory. The news spread all over Lake Ilmen, and the order to recruit elite soldiers came down. All the men who thought they were powerful were gearing up, and a large number of young boys felt that this was an opportunity to make great achievements. For example, there are orders for the cavalry. Each cavalry member is counted regardless of age. This winter, everyone must feed the horses well and the personnel must intensify their training. Although it may come as a shock to everyone, the expeditions the cavalry must participate in must be meritorious and prove that they have lived up to their king and country.

Stein Hortrason, director of the Novgorod Shipyard, was sitting on the sleigh heading to the capital. He was holding a special order from the king - to study the construction of a new ship.

Building a new big ship? As for gathering all the men in the family?

He could assert that the king needed brand new warships to demonstrate what kingship was.

This sled team did not and did not dare to delay. Taking advantage of the good weather, they ran all the way to find the bookstore www.zhaoshuyuan.com. The well-raised reindeer were also very powerful. When the team arrived at New Roseburg smoothly, everyone was deeply moved. Deeply aware of my own insignificance.

The sleigh had not yet heard of it, and the lovely Ella stood up in surprise, holding on to the wooden railing.

She subconsciously stretched out her hand and pointed: "What is that? Why do I think it looks like Rossburg's... attic?"

Stein's face numbed by the cold muttered: "That's the king's home. You are the king's woman, so that's your home too."

"Really? It's too high."

"The river bed is already high, and the king built tall buildings there. Only Lord Rurik could build such a palace. In my hometown of Mälaren, there is no building higher than this one. I heard that Uppsa The Temple of Ra is also very tall, and it is clear that the building that the king has been planning to build for a long time takes precedence over everything else.”

At first glance, it seemed that the palace attic had been built. When she thought that she could live in such a place, Ella felt that everything was like a dream. She sat down again and continued to wrap herself in leather to ensure warmth. Her hands under the leather tightly held the document bag...

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