Rise of Rurik Chapter 389

For those merchants, the taxes or equivalent goods collected at once reached 330 pounds of silver.

In the spring of a year ago, Liurik "invented" the concept of commercial tax. At that time, how did Otto think that one year later, he could reasonably squeeze so much money from merchants. Coupled with the tax provided by Gould, the Roseburg tax this year has exceeded 400 pounds of silver coins.

Naturally, the silver coins in the tax must continue to be stored, instead of the leather of the tax, all of them were sold by Rurik to Verdegen, who owns a tailor's workshop. When Rurik ordered a batch of clothes, he didn't have to pay the labor cost of even one copper coin, because Fodgen's labor was just paying off the tax. This is the concession to the Fodgen family at this stage, which has completely inspired this guy's fighting spirit.

In Rurik's view, Verdegen's workshop is like a lamb, and there is no need to shave the wool before it grows up.

The large amount of tax payment made Otto happy, and the vain silver coins let him dispel his previous worries.

Want to continue to spend huge sums of money to build big ships? Then continue to build it!

In the future, some taxes will be raised every year to allow those merchants to take money and let them pay for the big boat of the Ross people.

Otto took the guest house for granted as a big fat sheep. He didn't encounter any setbacks in this regard, and he didn't know that the wool could not be too cruel.

At this stage, Liurik has no worries about the tax system, and tax increases and tax cuts are not the main issue. The population controlled by the Rus tribe is too small. Although its strength is limited, the cost of managing such a "city-state" in an orderly manner is actually not high.

Do the Ross people really need those foreign merchants?

Rurik's soul is still Eastern. After a self-examination, he may still have some small peasant thoughts in his heart, as well as a big commune thought.

Ask yourself, what are all your efforts for?

In the final analysis, it is not to ensure that the Ross tribe can control all the lifelines of life. Including the original intention of building large ships, it is also to ensure the efficient and safe transportation of materials in various settlements.

In Novgorod, the local Slavs spontaneously formed more than a dozen communes and farms with a population of over 1,000. In the East, the Kewen people are also a clan tribe with hundreds of people built by kinship.

As for the Ross people, we have moved north for more than half a century, and we have lived together for a long time.

Rurik made a judgment. He felt that the Rus did not need merchants from other tribes to participate in the merchandise trade. The Rus have the right to rule all the trade of goods in the northern Gulf, either all of them, or a little concession, such as occupying 90% of it.

The Rus don't need other tribal merchants to **** the living space unless they sworn to join the Rus.

Now that the tribes have built multiple settlements throughout the Baltic Sea, the Russ are fully capable of constructing an internal trading system, a high-level trading system governed by tribal leaders. In this way, the lifeblood of all survival supplies is firmly controlled and dispatched by the Ross leader himself.

power? centralization?

The tribal parliamentary system that was once discussed must also be changed.

In the harsh natural conditions of Northern and Eastern Europe, people need a hero. Rurik is to be a great hero, but he has already tasted the taste of holding power, and he is eager to have more.

Therefore, those foreign merchants are really squeezed and scared that they dare not come to trade. I am afraid it will not hurt the Ross people. Regarding foreign trade, the Ross people can organize their own fleet. That is, at the moment, the tribes in the alliance need to maintain peace, and the Ross tribe should not do everything.

Obviously, Otto and Liurik's goals are highly unified, and they want money. If Otto has the instinct to be greedy for money, then Rurik is to continue to make money and build a strong military power for the Rus. At present, the Rus can not attack others on a large scale, but they must have the ability to withstand the attacks of the Danish army.

As the strongest combat power that the Ross people can currently possess, the sailing ship Aphrora will be launched as the prelude to the beginning of this year's trade season!

The Sailing Ceremony is about to begin, and Otto made some arrangements before then.

This year's Sorgon voyage is still the top priority of the tribe, and Otto will hand over the task to Arik and Kawi. The two did not leave with a few hundred brothers, they also needed to take their wives and children.

The first batch of Novgorod women to marry, the mixed children they gave birth to almost all reached the age of, the children of this age can withstand the wind and waves of the sea. The children really want to participate in the first Sorgon voyage in their lives, and they must prove to the leader that even if they have the blood of Novgorod, they are still tough Russians.

This year, the fleet is more than just Sorgon. The people of Novgorod must provide tributes as usual. Otto is optimistic that they will provide more tributes to their uncle when they see their daughters taking their children to visit relatives.

After claiming the tribute, Arikdang continued to build Shilla Fort with his strong tribe.

Therefore, on the occasion of Shilla Fort, the blacksmith Kawei will play an important role, that is, work hard to train a group of new blacksmiths in the local area, as long as conditions permit, build a batch of furnaces, and even look for ore locally.

Arik is destined to be absent from the leader of the alliance, which makes him quite regretful.

The command was issued by the chief, what else can be done?

The younger brother is the real noble person, only he can inherit the leader, and only he can participate in the alliance.

A warm southerly wind began to blow from the sea, and it poured into the Roseburg Fjord from east to west, giving everyone comfort.

There are still some ice floes floating in the sea, and they no longer pose any threat.

Take a look, the once silver world is now quickly rejuvenated. It is the large-scale snow melting that makes the world quite humid.

Roseburg is back to life, and the madly growing grass proves this. Look, the reindeer herd after the winter grazing came back. The deer keepers did not stop, and they started grazing in the spring around Roseburg. April is also the calving season of the reindeer. Baby reindeer are born one after another, and the deer herd rapidly expands in a week.

The large-scale calving of reindeer is a good omen. In the same month, some of the babies of the Ross people also fell to the ground.

Now, people are looking forward to the perfect end of a grand sacrifice, and then the thousand boats enter the sea.

The sailing ceremony is today!

Only after careful preparation a few days ago, the thawed bay has changed its appearance. For example, the sandy and rocky ground has been cleaned up. Not only has it become flatter, but also a large number of cylindrical pine trees have been laid on it, forming a road leading to the sea. This so-called road is quite special, because its end faces a steep **** in the fjord, where the depth of the sea drops sharply.

Smart people have come to understand that this road is the sea road through the Aphrodite.

Look, the big ship has already hung up her huge sails, even if the sails are temporarily tied to the staggering length of the slanted girder, she will look very beautiful with the sails open. People have also noticed a detail added to this ship, that is, she added a fore mast (used to fix the cable, and the bow sail is not installed for the time being), and a wood carving is inlaid under the mast. It was not a ferocious monster, but a girl in a skirt. Even if the wood carving was rough, it could not be associated with words such as terrible and majesty.

Many people are willing to inquire about the reason, and Gould simply replaces Rurik to promote a reason.

The woodcarving is a lucky female elf, and the elf's name is "Aphrola". This explanation hits the hearts of the people. All those who are desperate to go to sea are desperate for luck, and they must pray for the purpose of a great sacrifice, and also to get good luck at sea.

The sailing ceremony, sometimes it merges with the spring festival. The involvement of the big ship Ruhai this year is really special, so for this sacrifice, there are more sacrifices.

The purpose of sacrifice and sacrifice is to stabilize people's hearts. This time, Rurik also laid down his blood. He intends to sacrifice ten reindeer in sacrifice to Odin, Frey and Thor, and even the sea **** Akiel.

Early in the morning, the entire residents of Roseburg squeezed to the beach in thick clothes, with a total number of more than 6,000.

A group of Ross people have moved to new settlements, and the only merchants who live in are those with outstanding strength. These 6,000 people are basically the entire population of Roseburg, and the infants cannot show their existence.

A wooden altar stands on the seashore, surrounded by a large number of stones forming the shape of a ship as usual. Beside it is the road made of pine wood, where the big ship is finally launched.

The high priest Velia showed off her braided silver hair. She sat on the sedan chair and didn't want to talk much, but her heart was excited.

She could say that she had chosen someone. Even if this Lumia is a deer breeder, this girl was indeed spared by Odin, and that the new generation of high priest suggested by God is the best choice.

Lumia is indeed very competitive. This year is the most important sacrifice for the Ross people in her presided over the year. She is fully prepared.

On the altar side, there are more than two hundred little girls from Ross. They are wearing plain linen gowns and tied with a twine to their belts. All of them wore garlands woven with the latest wild flowers on their heads. The most beautifully dressed were the ten Slavic maids of Rurik. Not only did they have gold and silver nameplates, but the corollas on their heads were dangling colored glass beads.

Unlike other girls, these ten servants will participate as priests.

On the other side, as many as thirty cables were thrown down under the big ship.

The whole ship was fixed by cables, but it was really heavy, even the pine wood on the ground was smeared with seal grease, and it was not possible for dozens of people to pull it.

There are thirty cables, and each one can be divided into several more, so that multiple people can pull one rope.

How many trackers will there be? Otto waved his hand, three hundred people!

Now they have acted!

The Ross people think it is natural to push the boat ashore when not in use. They don't think pushing the boat is a big problem, even if it is worth the effort.

They never expected that one day three hundred brothers would have to work together to pull a big ship into the sea.

With the flat bottom of the Aphrora, she leaned slightly to the port side and slid slowly on the pine.

Thousands of people watching the excitement collectively cheered the movement of the big ship, making the entire fjord into a long roar, only the tracker said nothing.

Three hundred people pulling a fifty-ton boat with grease lubrication, towing is no longer a difficult task, but it is not an easy task.

Rurik and Otto have been walking at the head of the team, watching the movement of the boat nervously. There are also a group of people around the big ship. They are shipbuilders and a group of warriors carrying wooden stakes. The so-called, if the ship accidentally rolls over, they need to insert the stakes as soon as possible to avoid trouble.

Fortunately, the Russ have rich experience in dragging ships, coupled with the ability to form battles when they were fighting, the steps of the three hundred people are highly unified. Even if they don't say a word, the ship moves steadily and moves to the altar in full view. .

The big ship arrived at her right place, and Lumia, wearing a antler helmet, tried to lift up an unprecedented heavy head. She stood right in front of the oak keel of the big ship, feeling her insignificance and the greatness of the ship.

One switch is dreamy.

She fell into an inexplicable daze. Rurik, dressed in costume, hurriedly walked over and pulled her hand: "The ship is here. Lumia, it's your turn."

"Yes, it is."

"You? You feel shocked?" Rurik whispered with a low laugh.

"This is a big ship, too huge."

"Then let her get into the water earlier. Lumia, finish your task, the tribesmen and Grandmother Veria are all watching you."

Yes, six thousand pairs of eyes focused on the ship and the altar. Lumia is undoubtedly the star of the entire tribe, because everyone knows that the high priest has essentially changed people. A deer-raiser girl is also worthy to be the high priest of the Rus. Is God's authorization true? Most people still believe that seeing is believing, and only when she does this great sailing ceremony will people really recognize her.

Lumia had a little fear of giants. It was the first time in her life that she saw such a big ship, and she was sincerely happy for her host.

"Can you start now?" Rurik urged.

"Okay, let's start."

Lumia helped her heavy helmet to stand up, and when she saw this, Rurik left wittily, waiting for the ritual project to proceed step by step.

The noisy scene soon calmed down because of the children's singing. The girls in plain clothes and flower crowns were using their ethereal voices to set off the sacredness of the sacrifice.

There are some ballads that are traditional folk songs of the Rus people. In terms of beauty, they can't move Rurik.

There is only one song "The Turbulent Youth", which Rurik himself deliberately handed over to the children to sing. This song is catchy and very inspirational. Rurik modified the lyrics to suit local conditions, which turned it into an anthem for urging Ross young people to work hard. In the lyrics, for example, "turbulence" has become "challenge", and "my heart is facing the distance" becomes "my heart is thinking of the wealth of the distance".

Those middle-aged people will die, and the future of the tribe needs all young people and children. Rurik really knew that they were ahead of their time by offering them some great goals. They expanded and they fought for wealth and praise from others. For example, the purpose of this big sacrifice is to make everyone feel at ease on the voyage of pursuing wealth.

The children's songs made everyone very happy, and some even sang a song along with them, filling in some weird words and pictures for fun.

The ballad is the prelude to the sacrifice. Otto, who took a group of soldiers to observe the grand occasion, couldn't help but secretly admire that his son was quite good at playing in pomp.

Many items in the sacrifice are simply the big changes that Rurik made after listening to the initial arrangements of the priests. Lumia listened to him the most, and then proceeded according to the script.

A girl in plain clothes stands high on the altar, fluently chanting ancient prayers. She sings praises to the gods and ancestors of Rose.

She prayed for the blessings of God, not only for the safety of all ships in this year's trade season, but also for the safety of the big ships.

"Gods! Please accept your son, which represents the worship of all the Ross people." Lumia opened her arms, her body couldn't stop the shaking, just because the antler helmet was too heavy. Those who are closer to the altar subconsciously feel that the new high priest is being infiltrated by a mysterious force.

In this rare opportunity for all the clan, Rurik took advantage of the high priest's mouth to confirm his identity as a "son of god". He used to be the so-called "child blessed by Odin", and now he is more advanced.

After the words were over, Lumia simply had a large tremor, and then fell directly onto the altar. Her unexpected behavior caused an uproar among the people in an instant.

She stood up slowly, tearing her throat and shouting: "Kneel down! Odin is asking for his offerings."

Thousands of people had no doubts, they knelt down one after another. Ordinary people kneel on both knees, and soldiers kneel on one knee. The gentle sunshine spreads on people's backs, and they feel warm and sacred.

Rurik was also surprised at this scene. He saw his father also kneeling on one knee, and many people's eyes were staring at him, the "Son of God."

With a metal hum, Rurik drew his dagger and walked straight into the stone ship altar.

The older lower priests used cloth to cover the eyes of the deer and forced them all to the ground.

Rurik was also unambiguous, and he was cruel, piercing the back of the deer's neck one by one to kill him instantly, and then cut his blood vessels.

The blood of the deer dyed the altar red, and even flowed to the sea.

Under everyone's thrilling gaze, Lumia Yinhong held up a piece of deer liver with both hands, and publicly announced that the direction of blood vessels is auspicious.

All this is inevitable, everyone needs an auspicious answer, no one questioned.

Lumia slowly put the deer liver into the bronze tray. She glanced at Rurik, nodded deeply, raised her right arm, and showed the scissors hands.

The people who had been prepared for a long time finally saw a signal sent by the high priest. Without a roar from anywhere, the three hundred strong men pulling the boat started a new action.

Everyone realized that the big ship was finally going into the sea. No, it was immediately let out a way on the beach.

Some strong men still dragged the ropes, and more men with brute force like a bull, fifty or sixty people joined forces to hold a thick pine.

There were two pine woods against the stern, and everyone worked together, dragging and pushing, and finally pushed the Aphrodite to a critical position.

"Brothers! The big ship is in the water! Let's retreat!" It was the shipbuilder Hortra, who roared the loudest in his old voice.

All the strong men dodged in an emergency, because the big ship slammed into the sea like a slide on the sloped pine road covered with grease.

The big ship lifted up an unprecedented wave. The wave was probably six meters high, but it washed the faces of the onlookers near the shore.

Six thousand pairs of eyes saw ~www.mtlnovel.com~ When the sea slightly calmed down, the big ship was shaking violently from side to side, and gradually returned to calm.

Aphrora, she finally entered the sea and finally floated in the fjord of Roseburg. She had no possibility of overturning or sinking, and even drifted slowly toward the depths of the bay due to inertia.

Fortunately, the strong men on the shore pulled the ropes and completely tame the big ship.

The people cheered and boiled. The boat builders burst into tears with excitement, and some took a breath, lamenting that they have created a great existence.

Rurik, he had just washed his hands when he was hugged and cheered by Carlotta and Ella, but the corners of his mouth were only slightly upwards.

This is indeed a scene worth cheering, but it is just the beginning.

The ship is moving, and the people who pull the rope gradually point the bow of the ship toward the shore.

The recently carved bow "Wood Girl" is the soul of the Aphrodite and a lucky elf that everyone is willing to believe in. Aphrora is facing the boiling Roseburg with her peace...

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