Rise of Rurik Chapter 123

After the spring festival, it is the so-called fishing festival in the Rus.

Nearly a thousand wooden boats of various types poured into the thawing sea, even if there were still a lot of floating ice on the sea surface, they could not stop people's enthusiasm for fishing.

Silver is a good thing, but it cannot be eaten as a meal. Many people have seen the priests personally dissecting two big fish at the altar, which is an auspicious omen.

Near the coast, the ice floes are the most, and when the boat is rowed out of the fjord, things are different.

Cod plays a very important role in the entire Baltic Sea ecological chain. They are also a kind of fish with a very expanding spirit, so that they are found in the entire huge sea area. The Gulf of Bothnia has a large amount of cod resources, but they are not suitable for the Russ to drag their nets for fishing.

After a fishing moratorium for almost half a year, the cod that has eaten fat and strong body doesn't mind the sudden appearance of bait at all.

A large amount of twine fishing line was thrown into the sea, and a tuft of herring meat hung on the barbed iron hook to lure the herring at the bottom of the Gulf of Bothnia to eat.

In one afternoon, at least 3,000 fishing lines were thrown into the sea, starting a large-scale catch of cod.

Everyone spontaneously scattered the boats, so that some fishermen were doomed to wait the next day before returning to Hong Kong.

All the efforts have been well rewarded. When the soft light of the sunset illuminates the entire Roseburg in the evening, a large number of fishing boats have returned with the catch of Mandengdeng.

Half of the ships are still working, and they are just waiting for the night to come.

The geographic location of the Ross tribe determines that the southern allies rarely have the will to go to the northern waters to fish. In fact, because of the limitations of technology, all tribes can't imagine the grand occasion of casting a net to catch 30 tons at a time.

A successful trawl fishing with a large net can catch 500 pounds of herring. That is Odin blessed!

Fishing for cod is different. With good luck and the twine is strong enough, it is possible to catch two cod with a length of nearly two meters.

On the night of the day of the big festival, the residents of Roseburg spontaneously lit an astonishing number of bonfires, and the quiet world was made full of people by them.

People grilled fresh fish around the campfire, and Rurik also participated in this gluttonous feast!

Grilled fish, just sprinkle a little salt to bring the most simple taste. Cod is very different from other fish. The fat content of the fish is extremely low, and the cod liver is full of cod liver oil.

Lulik not only eats fish steaks without bones, but also eats fish liver and makes his mouth full of oil.

oil? Can fish oil be used as soap?

Forget it, the fish oil soap must be fishy and crooked, and you won't be able to wash your clothes with it.

Around the bonfire, Ruriek couldn't help but think about it. The so-called most efficient way to catch a seal is to dig a hole in the frozen sea. When the seal floats to breathe, the harpoon directly hooks it and kills it on the spot. At present, all soaps are made of seal oil, and its fat has no peculiar smell. Its best substitutes, I'm afraid it is butter and mutton.

Soap can indeed bring a lot of wealth, if there is no high-quality oil, everything is empty talk.

"Damn it, I want to make more soap, do I have to start with raising cattle and sheep? I really took it."

Rurik's eyes noticed his father, the old guy already a kind of close friend of his, holding their horns or oak cups, drinking the remaining ale and laughing.

All the young people were caught in the carnival, their stomachs were stuffed with fish and various drinks.

According to the general habit, tonight, the entire tribe drank all the wine they brewed last year. If you want to drink something new, you must start over.

The carnival was only one night, and the following day, the Ross tribe officially entered the most active period of the year.

It was like a big tree waiting for spring. It felt that the time had come, and it desperately pushed out new shoots. Soon, the dry trunk returned to the dense summer color.

The entire tribe has become busy, and the new busyness is indeed different from previous years.

Everyone is saying that several powerful young people in the tribe have won the support of other young people and continue to seek revenge against the Gotland.

Another important event is proceeding in an orderly manner in the attention of everyone, and that is the tax collection of the Russian army on the eastward trip after the fishing is started every year.

The trip will not be too long, but participants still need to prepare some dry food.

The number of cod caught yesterday is huge, people are not lavish enough to waste food deliberately, and new catches are thrown in a steady supply.

The women again began to make salted fish and air-dried dried fish. They also processed the leftover wheat in the home into hard wheat cakes to be used as food for their husbands or sons during the expedition.

The great merchant Gould began to reorganize his fleet, and he hired a few men from Roseburg as temporary sailors. Under Otto's personal supervision, Gould personally led his men, pulling the two-wheeled wooden cart, and began to carry the yellow sulfur soap to the fleet. A large number of processed deerskins have been **** and thrown on the boat.

Gould is going to make a lot of money. For the blacksmith Clavasson, he has already made a lot of money, but his body is in severe exhaustion. The huge demand for steel swords made him greedily sign a huge order to make two hundred? It's crazy.

What's more, now the kid Rurik has a new idea. What burns shiny sand, mixes in some quicklime, etc., can make a transparent cup. It sounds very tempting, and it's worth trying. However, how can I have the time and energy to help him do things now?

Children are children. As soon as spring arrives, that child will continue to lead more children to train on the hillside. Not to mention, Rurik has done this very interesting. These children will definitely be better than their parents when they grow up.

That's what Kravasson felt.

Otto didn't know that some things were beyond his cognition, which Rurik didn't expect.

The five blacksmith families of the tribe all believe in Thor, who is the **** of thunder and the protector of artisans. Therefore, they naturally maintain a relatively close relationship. Although there is inevitable competition, the intensity of competition can be completely ignored.

If it weren't for the huge order that made it an impossible task, Kravasson would not have thought of spreading the technology to his friends. What's more, his son Kawei has personally built a steel sword for himself, and easily completed the "cutting the iron sword" test. A few days after the big sacrifice, Kawei will inevitably follow the leader with his own steel sword. Expedition to Novgorod.

There is one less excellent blacksmith, and Clavasson, who doesn't even have an assistant, even thought of asking his wife to help him.

Is that possible? Impossible to fall into. A woman came to be a blacksmith, he found it incredible.

The four blacksmiths knelt and yearned for the full set of steelmaking techniques. Not only did they point out the friendship of generations, they also made it clear that they would give out a sum of silver as a reward.

Essentially, Kravasson is a craftsman, but also a businessman. Since Rurik talked to himself about sharing, the child didn't have to work, because selling the technology could get a profit of 10 per sword. How could he not follow suit?

Kravasson also understands that as long as more orders increase, Ruriek will quickly accumulate wealth because of the "agreement." He knows that he is fully capable of greedying the money given to Rurik. Considering that the child will be the next leader by no accident, which fool would dare to greedy his money?

But my colleagues and friends need to be treated specially.

Clavasson and his four colleagues also made an agreement engraved on a wooden board in a similar manner, that is, a costly diffusion technology, and the price is a thousand silver coins.

Indeed, it seems that this is an agreement they simply cannot accept. After Clavasson explained, is there any reason for the peers not to agree?

It turned out that the agreement he signed with each of his colleagues was to make twenty steel swords free of charge after providing the technology, and the performance test must be completed smoothly.

The price of twenty pieces is a thousand silver coins.

When other people immersed themselves in the big festival and feasted on the fish and meat in the hot night, the blacksmiths gathered together to complete the signing of all the terms of the agreement. Here, the deeper agreement is that since everyone can make steel products, everyone must make changes in business in the future.

The pricing power of any metal smelting products is no longer owned by individuals, but five blacksmiths gather to discuss. No one is allowed to raise or lower prices without authorization. All prices must be negotiated by everyone and cannot be changed.

They discussed a lot of things for this, such as how to prevent the uncoordinated output caused by the laziness of one family and the over-diligence of one family, and the uncoordinated sales further caused. In order to avoid being too poor and too rich, all professional blacksmiths must make an even distribution of orders. That is, if a family gets too many orders to the point that they cannot be completed at all, the orders must be diverted to others.

Taking advantage of the festive atmosphere, the blacksmiths successfully completed the signing of the agreement and formed an alliance for this.

The five blacksmiths of the Ross people, they made a great attempt.

In the ninth century AD, this Europe fully returned to the agricultural era. The trade network in Western Europe has almost completely collapsed, and only the Viking tribes are keen on trade.

Five blacksmiths from the Ross tribe, one of the Viking tribes, gathered together and decided to form a cartel, the so-called price alliance.

Since ordinary people disdain to change the trust to become a blacksmith, the remaining blacksmiths have the motivation to unite.

The blacksmiths all understand the Rune script of their own nation, and they also know a lot of practical mathematics and physics experience. They are more knowledgeable than others, and they are naturally more intelligent.

When Kravasson explained his thoughts further, other people thought about it a little and knew that the signed "agreement" also established the existence of the alliance.

It is like the relationship between the Rus tribe and the tribes in the south, that is, the basic principle that one side is in trouble and allies must rescue.

The covenant of blacksmiths must be the same, the fundamental purpose is to make money together.

Each of them engraved their name on the wooden board, and then performed a small ceremony under the stars, which seemed to be affirmed by Thor, whom the blacksmiths believed in.

Rurik had no idea that the blacksmiths had spontaneously organized a price alliance. On a new day, he took his kind of young subordinates to the hillside, and continued to use wooden shields and wooden swords to do pure militarization. Training. From the eyes of adults, it is really a good thing that Rurik can train his children in an orderly manner.

The boy will soon grow into a warrior, going to make contributions.

But Rurik has a tactic, and he can make children change complex formations through verbal slogans. In the future, all of their children will follow Lurik. They have established a good relationship now, and they will easily become warriors in the future.

In fact, the children's parents are more happy that they don't have to worry about their alive son making any particularly dangerous attempts, and they will die as a result. The two sons before the leader died because of dangerous games. Every year, children died in accidents. However, it is not advisable to keep the sons at home because of danger.

The future leader will gather young children together to train tactics, and the father and brother of the child can rest assured and boldly make greater attempts.

People, what I fear most is worrying about the future. Even the Ross men who are willing to open up the land, they are also worried about the desolate situation of their wives and children after their deaths in the foreign war.

Although many women love their husbands so much that they would die for them because of their love. What about their sons? Young children are generally raised by relatives and friends, can they really get good care?

Rurik's actions reassure many people. They all believe that as long as their young children have a close relationship with them since they are young, they will never have to worry that their young children will have a bad life. On the contrary, those children have become lucky ones.

Three days after the big ceremony, when Rurik personally visited the blacksmith's shop in Clavassen, he saw a large group of people beating iron.

Who are they? It was actually Clavasson's colleagues.

The main purpose of Rurik's visit was to collect the 10 profit attributable to him. By the way, he continued to discuss the matter of making glass. He never thought that it would be like this after three days of absence.

"You actually gave me the technique that you gave to you, and you are teaching it to other people?" At this moment, everyone could see Rurik's childish expression of obvious anger.

Clavasson quickly explained in detail: "Ah, my child. The people ordered me two hundred swords. I have been working hard for a long time, and still only made 30. With my son's ability, Even in the spring of next year, I still cannot complete this order."

"So you pass on the technology to others?"

"Yes." Kravasson actually didn't think there was anything wrong with this, and continued: "Everyone is brothers of the same tribe. Can't I make a lot of money by myself? So we also signed an agreement. From now on, We are an alliance, and we work together. Only in this way can we finish the order for two hundred swords on the night when there is no dark night, pointing to the summer solstice."

"You!" For an instant, a word named Cartel appeared in Rurik's mind. "You guys are cartels."

"what's happenin?"

"You actually formed an alliance."

"You" Cravason was stunned for a moment, and the other blacksmiths also stopped their work. "Roulik, don't you like it? Don't worry, we have made an agreement, we will fulfill that agreement, it should be your money, we swear to Thor in the sky, we will never greet you even a copper coin ."

Hearing this, Rurik was a little relieved, but the shock and a trace of anxiety in his heart still lingered.

Rurik muttered in a low voice, "It seems that even if I did not participate, you will spontaneously become different. Well, you continue to do it."

Clavasson didn't hear the meaning of this at all, and simply Rurik didn't object, and continued: "You must rest assured, I know you are asking for money today, Kawei, take the money out."

Soon, Kawei came with a sackcloth bag and handed it to Rurik as a whole. There were heavy silver coins in it, and Rurik counted them and there were indeed thirty, that is, the profit that the maker of six swords should get.

Undoubtedly, Clavason's behavior surprised Rurik, he did not continue to stay, and left hastily with his servant Lumia. He didn't even continue to persuade Clavasson to make glass, so he withdrew when he took the money.

Seeing his hurried back, Kravasson shook his head, and couldn't help but blame himself: "Are we really wrong when we formed an alliance? We are all blacksmiths. It's weird to be a covenant?"

Perhaps only by looking at the past with the eyes of future generations can we understand the progressiveness of the blacksmiths' actions.

Rurik was shocked! He quickly withdrew to his home and calmed down.

On the way home, Lumia couldn't help asking: "s, why did you leave so quickly? There are still some words."

"What do you know!" Rurik said loudly.

"Oh, sorry, master."

"No! Keep calling me s. Lumia."

"Yes, s?" Lumia replied weakly.

"You have to continue to study. You still can't understand what the blacksmiths are doing now. They just want to get out of the control of the leader. I don't like this. When I become a leader, the blacksmiths must be under my control."

Lumia really didn't understand. The only thing she understood was that her master had a strong desire to rule at a "tiny age". How could some blacksmiths also have to be controlled by him?

She didn't say anything, but followed closely behind Rurik.

In Rurik's concept, the cartel price alliance is always hated by a country. But it cannot be denied that it is actually a product of a certain degree of commercial civilization that will inevitably appear.

Merchants are the first bourgeoisie in the true sense, and these merchants often take care of both production and sales. In order to compete in an increasingly deteriorating competitive market, monopolistic organizations will emerge as the times require. Without him, a single businessman is vulnerable. If he earns more, he is a fat sheep in the eyes of others. If he earns less, he will naturally starve to death. If he becomes an organization, it will be completely different.

The Hanseatic League is such an organization. The first is the city formed by merchants' bazaars in Western Europe due to the restoration of trade. Merchants have gained control of the city to form a free city. Multiple free cities have only formed alliances for the benefit of wealth. The merchants recruited mercenaries to resist the attacks of the lord, and formulated business rules to coordinate various industries within the alliance.

Their origins are not aristocratic, and some of them are the desire for wealth and the determination to defend their wealth.

If you don't want to be the fat sheep that the lords will slaughter at will, then unite. Since everyone is poor and only has money left, use money to build a power.

The Hanseatic League is a classic cartel alliance. After all, this alliance was destroyed in the intensified war of the European powers, but it has not really disappeared. As long as the business culture reaches a certain level, businessmen will try to form an alliance in order to maximize their interests.

Some merchants went to the New World. They did not want to be controlled by the European power, so they established a new type of country dominated by purely big merchants and big landlords. They found that it is possible to operate a country with their own Natong business alliance, even better than The monarch and lord's set is also efficient, and even the monarch is not even needed to shock the world.

But the era has also entered the modern age.

Great changes often evolve from the slightest. Originally, Rurik felt that his people were generally due to the extreme lack of knowledge. Although they all have strong learning ability, the change of concepts is not difficult.

Now, Rurik really felt that he had a bit of a pattern to take clothes.

Are they just a spontaneous alliance of five blacksmiths? I am afraid that at the beginning of the Hanseatic League, several big businessmen in Hamburg got together to form a small alliance. Subsequently, more and more businessmen and industry experts joined in, and quantitative changes became qualitative changes.

After all, five blacksmiths such as Clavassen have taken the lead in mastering the technology of low-carbon steel smelting in Europe. As long as their alliance has the opportunity to continue to develop, it is not as simple as making big money.

"This is a danger. I must control them. I must form my own team of blacksmiths. I just obey myself. Yes. The salt and iron monopoly is never because of its huge profits. If businessmen in these industries form alliances and develop, will they? Will they still listen to the king? Bah! They will try to abolish the king and make an obedient one, even if the king does not. They, after all, are Europeans!"

Thinking about it this way, Rurik increasingly needed his father to travel all the way to Novgorod to get some servants for himself, and he also needed the servants and mercenaries that the great merchant Gould brought from the south.

Rurik's concept has changed a lot~www.mtlnovel.com~Clarvassen, they are very smart, and Gould is even smarter. As a traverser, I can regret that they don't understand what is advanced and despise them. IQ is stupid!

To control them, we must first compete with this group of businessmen and industrialists, and win with an overwhelming advantage. Only by establishing their own industrial chain sales chain, can we avoid future wealth from being controlled by them.

Is it not?

Rurik thought about it, and an amazing reality lay here. If the blacksmiths run away collectively and the great merchant Gould no longer lives in Roseburg, where does his wealth come from? Although the industry can still be rebuilt, if you lose this powerful producer and seller, you will have to drink from the northwest for a few years.

The lifeline of his wealth is actually controlled by people like them. No way! Must change! It must be completely changed in a few years!

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