Rise of Rurik Chapter 554

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Regardless of whether the Danish leader Hafgen is actually buried in the sea, Rurik can be sure that his political life is over.

There is a power vacuum in Denmark, and someone must stand up and grab Hafgen's legacy like a vulture.

Horrick, Earl of Friesland? A Danish who surrendered to Frank? The nephew of the former Danish lord who was expelled? This person established a substantial "Viking zone" in the Frankish kingdom?

Perhaps others would find it weird to hear this, but Rurik knew about the Danish law district in Britain and the Norman duchy in France.

He is not a witness to history, but a promoter of history.

And the heroes emerging from this sea area are writing the heroic age of Beihai.

How can this battle be fought without shipbuilding?

The plan to build the fleet was brewing in Rurik's mind. Now there is a heavy snowstorm outside. After learning Latin, he has already figured out the initial lineup that the fleet should have.

And this, just waiting for the wind and snow to stop, I personally find the shipbuilding expert Hotra to submit a new order.

Almost every year, Rose's true winter begins with a blizzard.

This year, it started with a light snow, and it turned into a snow disaster after all.

This year is indeed no better than in previous years. Pines are stacked to form a wall covering the entire Roseburg, with sand and stone reinforcement at the bottom, and the hardened cement laid to make the wall more explanatory.

It has become an excellent barrier to protect the people. There are fewer snowflakes entering the wall, and the people are comforted by hiding in the warm wooden houses.

From light snow to blizzard to restoring peace, the snow lasted more than two weeks.

The wind and snow cleaned the world. People got out of the mansion, exhaled the clear and cold air in the winter sun, and immediately began to clean the snow with the tools in their hands.

Rurik's towering palace has become a real ice fortress in the world of ice and snow. Standing on the third floor, he can overlook the frozen sea, as well as the row after row of piers and sandy beaches. Yu Jianbing's ship.

The winter life of the Ross people has begun!

Unlike other Viking tribes who generally live at home and survive the cold winter like a groundhog, the Ross people are even looking forward to the cold winter in these years.

Winter is indeed dangerous, but special needs give rise to special economic benefits.

If it is not profitable, who will come out to work in winter?

Rose's men, even a large number of women, are busy with winter production to earn rewards.

Hunting in the north is no longer a huge risk. Elronburg is already a great and determined northern fortress, and the emerging Fiskburg is a new stronghold that is expected to expand, even the most northerly, standing in the sea at the end of the north. Murmansk is all in the construction plan.

The abundant funds in Rurik are trending for the people of Ross to work. When people get money, they will buy food, clothes, and daily necessities.

The core of the Principality of Ross is already an economy with strong domestic demand in the Baltic Sea, and she is still on the road of expansion.

The snow had stopped, and on the first floor of the palace, Rurik held a meeting of the principality.

This meeting provides guidance on winter life this year.

First, organize an expedition of one hundred people. According to the map provided by Rurik and the textual description, start from Fort Fisk (Rovaniemi) on the shore of the frozen lake and ride a reindeer sleigh along the glacier. Arrived in Murmansk under the guide of a deer breeder who served in Yuros, and immediately established a permanent stronghold to obtain local leather resources.

Second, use winter to mobilize men and women of tribes as usual. Men cut trees and winter catches, women boil seal oil, make soap, and so on.

Third, for all women with children, a monthly welfare subsidy of ten pounds of oatmeal and one pound of soap is given (Rurik cannot be rewarded too much)

Fourth, build new ships and complete the four big and four small four-four plans in at least a short period of time.

Rurik is the duke of real power, the most wealthy man, and he has a sacred identity.

People work for him, of course, not all because of their sacred identity, because Rurik is really giving money, and everyone can really get a lot of food. As long as you work for the duke, you can get good income. Who is lazy?

Rurik paid the people deliberately to log trees in order to build ships.

The time was ripe, and he took his cronies straight to the shipbuilding factory of the Hortra family.

Check it out here! A huge wooden factory building constitutes an indoor dock, so that it can be built rain or shine.

This kind of construction method is really an innovation, and its significance is no less than the "keel revolution" set off in this sea area 80 years ago.

In other words, even if Rurik does not exist, the shipbuilding industry in the northern Baltic Sea will eventually change the whole world. This is the general trend.

It's just that they haven't built a dry dock yet, fortunately, the big ships they built are not that heavy.

They only built the hull, and the key parts were pulled out after the construction was completed. With the assistance of wooden scaffolding, the tall masts were installed smoothly.

When Rurik arrived, two new large ships of the same class as the Aphrola had their hulls built, waiting for the hard and tall spruce from the north to arrive this winter. The mast must come from the northern ice field. Compared to the summer, the frozen sea is the best way. A large number of reindeer can pull the mast wood. The so-called semi-trailer transports the logs and arrives at Roseburg to start the final assembly.

The wide wooden door was opened, and the workers were busy cutting and polishing wood, moving and installing boat materials, and applying waterproof pine glue.

Some female workers are wrapping their headscarves, squatting on the ground and stitching together huge cloth sails.

Rülik was a sudden visit, and Hotra hurried over after hearing the news.

"My lord, you are finally here. Take a look at the hulls of these two big ships, the final work we are doing. When the huge woods arrive, we should install the masts."

"I want to go up quietly." Rurik pointed to the bow casually.

After a while, Rurik was standing on the bow deck with the carpentry scaffolding. The feeling of standing was the same as standing on the Aphrora.

An old man, Hotra, has been stationed for several years, his family and accompanying friends have naturally formed a community of interests. In Mellaren they do not have such a high-intensity construction plan, and it is impossible for them to make a lot of wealth. Now they have hired some men in Roseburg to do tedious and crucial carpentry work.

Hotra leaned on crutches and stood on a solid ground looking up at his benefactor.

"My lord, how do you feel?"

"Everything is fine. It's just..." Rürich paused. He was already standing at a very high position, standing here just to see the structure of the entire indoor dock and estimate its size.

He got off the hull and had no intention of accepting the hospitality of the Hotla family, saying bluntly: "Let your most capable craftsmen gather. I! I want to announce an extremely important thing."

Hotra patted his forehead and knew that a new ship must be built. This is a great thing. It means that the brothers can continue to make money, life will become better, and family influence will increase.

As many as twenty craftsmen gathered around Rurik. Among them, the brawny man was shirtless, and his chest hair was a little horrible, while the young craftsman was still wearing linen shirts, with rolled up sleeves no longer covering his muscles.

"Huh? Hotla, I remember ten people are the best. Why? Your team has expanded?"

Hotra laughed and slapped a few people on the shoulders at random: "I have been in Ross for two years. This is my younger son, and he has become a good craftsman now. You can be sure that we are very capable now. You see, in an emergency summer, the hulls of the two ships were built."

"You mean, your two indoor docks can build two ships in half a year?"

Hotra didn't mean it purely. When asked this way, he knew that the opportunity was rare, and he immediately affirmed with a strained mouth: "Yes, that's it."

"Oh, that is, as long as the materials are sufficient, you alone can build four big ships a year."

"The materials are sufficient, and we hire more people. We... indeed."

In fact, Rurik noticed that Hortra was a little shy, but it didn't hurt.

He clapped his hands and asked everyone to find a dry place and cover them with leather.

They tried their best to suppress the ecstasy in their hearts. With the information just revealed by Rick, everyone speculated that Duke Ross, who might be rich, wanted to place four orders in one go? The cost before and after this is not a thousand pounds of silver coins? Now, everyone knows that the young Duke Ross in front of him has excellent moral character, pays attention to contracts, and never defaults on the final deposit and is generous. Among all the clients, this adult is the most generous and decisive.

Rurik's request really hit their hearts like a flying arrow.

"I! Plan to build eight ships as soon as possible! These eight ships will no longer be the big ships you know according to my actual needs. They are still larger than ordinary cargo ships, but they are not real cargo ships, and they will not be necessary. Perform the tasks of a cargo ship."

At this point in brief, Hotra's mind is a little confused: "My lord, what kind of ship is this?"

"The keel is reduced to 20 stikas, the maximum height of the hull is reduced by 1 stika, and the width is reduced by 2 stikas."

Hotra closed his eyes, his lifelong old boatman, closed his eyes and modeled 3D in his mind, and immediately made up the general appearance of the new ship.

"Ah! In this case, the ship will be more slender. I know that the ship you require must have a deck, as well as a forward and stern tower."

"No." Rurik raised his right hand and motioned: "This new ship does not need a bow. As you have noticed, what I actually want is a relatively large ship that is slender and light. I want it to have a slanted ship. The bow mast, a main mast placed in the center, is enough."

"Then the stern tower..."

Before talking about this, Rurik was first uttered in amusement. He proudly said: "For these eight ships, I will adopt a brand-new technology that you have never seen before."

"What technology?" Hotla probed warily, as did the others.

"It's a brand new paddle."

"Oars? Haven't you given up on paddling and asked us to change to sails?"

"That's not all." Rurik shook his head. "Rose is the oars. Our principality has the best oars. Now my duke, I should let Rose's oars flourish. I invented a brand new oar, that It's a kind of paddle like a rotating conch shell."

"This...what is this? Paddle?"

Rurik was a little surprised. He didn't expect Hotra to put on a puzzling expression. Looking at the others, could it be that they didn't understand propeller technology?

Propeller propulsion technology is essentially an excellent technology for divergent research of the "Archimedes screw pump".

He added: "It is a wooden pole inserted into the water obliquely from the hull. The wooden pole has specially installed paddle blades. The wooden pole drives the paddle to rotate, and it can take the whole boat forward. Standing in the stern tower, he kept stepping on the wooden planks, driving the gears to rotate and the wooden poles to follow."

Because it was something they had never seen before, it was really difficult for them to think of the real thing.

But these men all understand the importance of bronze gears to ships.

The Aphrora has a strong maneuverability, not because of her wonderful spinnaker, but because of the rudder on the stern of her ship that extends from the stern tower to the sea. She can make short turns, which are highly maneuverable, which is difficult for traditional long boats.

In terms of the current situation, it is really difficult to rely on a mouth to let them understand what a ship's propeller propulsion system is, but new technologies must be embodied in new ships.

The atmosphere was a little awkward, and Lurik cleared his throat again.

"I am by no means a whim. You do not understand new technology, I will teach you. I will work with the blacksmith to build the corresponding materials, and I will be with you in the future to guide you in building new ships."

"Oh! That's great." Hotra asked nonchalantly: "Then, can you tell us, what is the result of using the new technology?"

Rurik shrugged: "You are still skeptical. Regardless. The result is that from now on, our boat can move in windless waters, enter and leave the port more smoothly, and no one can see anyone paddling. I feel that the ship is still moving forward after it has finished sailing, it must have gained the power of God.

It sounds really wonderful.

But this is not the most important purpose of Rurik's trip.

He cleared his throat again, pinched his fingers and said: "The new eight ships are bigger than cargo ships and smaller than the Aphrodite. They need to be built quickly, and even the names of the ships I think about."

"Name, what is it?" Hotra asked again.

"Don't worry. You have completed these eight ships, and there are four Aphrorlike large ships to build. I have already planned! Your indoor dock is very large, and each one can build two ships. This winter, you must Four ships can be built, and there will be four in the next summer."

"This...sir..." Hotra coughed and declared that he had something to say.

Rurik guessed: "Do you think I am too demanding?"

"No. My lord. Actually..." Hotra looked around and raised his aging chest after seeing the eyes of the brothers: "As long as you give enough money, the supply of materials is smooth. We can do it all this winter. Eight ships were built."

"Are you sure? I don't want this to be bragging."

"We won't brag."

Things seemed to be far beyond his own estimates, and Rurik was bold enough: "Well, tomorrow summer and next winter, we will build four more large ships. Then we Rose will have eight large ships and eight medium-sized ships. I have already thought about it. Well, the big ships are called cruisers (fast ships), and the smaller ones are called destroyers (as the name suggests). This year is the end of 832, and I will see these sixteen warships in the spring of 834! Don't worry, The funding issue has never been a problem, I just need to get the big ship as soon as possible."

The craftsmen immediately whispered to each other to discuss, Lurik thought they would spend some time discussing it, after all, this is a big project.

Unexpectedly, their decisive speed was a blink of an eye.

Hotra gave a serious answer on behalf of all craftsmen: "We totally agree ~www.mtlnovel.com~ and even negotiated the price of each ship."

Their decisiveness is beyond imagination!

The Principality of Rus must have a clear Baltic Fleet. After all, in the current stage of history, almost all of the activities of Russ are in this inland sea.

Perhaps three large ships like the Aphrora are enough to suppress the Danish sea power, and actual combat has proved to be the case. But with three ships and four ships in the big ship area, how can Wuwei perform its mission in the vast territory of Ross?

Besides, the Aphrora is just a big ship in this bad era, and its full load displacement may be able to pile up to 300 tons at the risk of capsizing. But the Gothenburg ocean-going ship capsized, the standard displacement exceeded one thousand tons, and the full-load displacement could be close to two thousand!

It is precisely for this reason that Lurik defines the Aphrodite as a light sailing vessel, which is the so-called cruiser.

Eight cruisers, eight destroyers.

This is the Eight-Eight Fleet Plan made by the Rus Duchy in the winter of 832, and this is just the beginning.

Chapter end