Rise of Rurik Chapter 626

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In the depths of the fjord of Roseburg, the stream has frozen, and it is still a trickle under the ice.

A pine forest is being watched, and a new town will rise here.

People carrying big axes and double saws began to work, sweeping the vegetation very violently.

The earth was shaking, and the pine trees covered with snow and ice fell one after another. The collapsed tree trunk was tied with a cable, and it was immediately pulled onto the ice surface, and then hauled away by waiting reindeer and ponies.

Although they are small trees, they are suitable for general building materials and ship materials. The wood processed from these logs will first be used for the construction of the "Ross Duma", but the most critical beam material needs to be taken from the giant spruce farther north.

During the short day, nearly a thousand strong men wielded their tools. On the first day alone, more than 500 pine trees were felled. How can a piece of bare tree stumps dazzle in the sunset?

Rurik stayed at this construction site with a group of entourages. He didn't personally go into battle in the least, or what is the point of doing some physical work by the duke himself besides showing his emotions?

He is here to supervise the work. It is not the builders who fell the woods, but as many as 80 captured Mercia women.

The old priest of Lindsay Abbey who was also captured, this old fellow was wrapped in fur, and he was pestering a large cross **** with twine on the snow, and his mouth was full of words of consolation to this group of women.

Ten or twenty large pottery and ten large iron pots were erected on the snowy ground. These women put a lot of wheat and oatmeal into the pot and ten large iron pots, and a pile of chopped yellow carrots, onions, seals and meat. They are ordered to cook delicious meals with pure seal oil.

Almost three women are in charge of a Weng or Guo, whose task is only to cook, and the reward is the delicious meal of the day.

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The fragrant smell gradually filled the cold air, and the people who were busy cutting trees and pulling wood were greedy.

Too many words of encouragement are empty and boring, and the greasy meal is the most consolation.

Rurik was very willing to use materials, and in exchange, the brothers who worked hard for them were also full of enthusiasm.

The soft light of the setting sun made the world of silver and white orange red!

Rurik saw the sudden disappearance of a forest. Looking at the group of brawny men, especially the mercenaries who were ordered to cut the wood, many of them simply took off their leather jackets and drenched sweat with their golden-haired arms in the snow.

Of course, this is a very dangerous thing, and some people don't even know that their body temperature is too bad.

Fortunately, the day time is limited. Although they can still work at night, they will not be given a lot of working time, and probably not a few people should take risks to work.

The working drums banged, and they returned with tools, hurriedly digging up their own delicious meals with their big wooden bowls.

People sitting on the snowy ground, holding a bowl in one hand and a spoon in one hand, swallowed the thick porridge mixed with grains, vegetables, fat and salt fiercely.

Their fatigue is actually written on their faces, and their workload is also very amazing, which is eloquent in terms of fierce eating.

Many people filled their stomachs with food, and they were hooked after eating.

At this moment, Rurik deliberately ordered the drum to be beaten again, and someone shouted: "The Duke sends money!"

Rurik sat in the setting sun in a furry suit. There was a low table in front of him with an open cloth bag on it.

When they heard that they had money to take, those people hurriedly ate the wooden bowls, licked the grains of wheat, and ran over excitedly.

As Rurik promised, the laborer's remuneration is paid daily. The duke does not give no remuneration because of his status as a laborer. The mercenaries, the Ross natives, and the permanent immigrants of Mellaren all get a silver coin.

They took the money and ran away happily, many of them simply ran to the east to remit their homes.

Overtime? Overtime is not allowed. Isn't it a death to stay at the construction site so coldly at night? Since the Duke is willing to stay, stay, brothers should go back to rest.

"You... ran so fast..."

Lurik was unable to complain, so he let them leave unless he paid for overtime.

It's just that with the current climate, working overtime is also full of dangers.

Just as the sun was fading to the west, a group of people pulling sledges like an army of emperor penguins appeared.

Those are the so-called female miners in Tavastia under supervision, as well as other free miners...

They parted ways soon after walking out of the mountain. The real female miners moved to the place where the wheat was still being boiled. They wiped their hands and faces with snow, held their wooden bowls to receive the rewards of the Ross people, and then feasted on the spot.

"These lambs... are so pitiful!" Old Pastor Lindsay watched. He felt that Duke Rose's move was kind, but he hoped that everyone here, men and women, young and old, would convert to that sacred faith.

Like Eskil, the regional bishop of Frank that left, these clergy saw the spread of faith as a task.

The old priest wanted to act, hoping to develop all these black-haired women into believers.

Of course, he spared no effort to try to influence Rurik, but he failed.

Their current identities are slave labor in the practical sense.

Lurik and Jeflo, who was ordered to supervise, ate by the bonfire, so naturally they talked about these women.

"Are they serious in their work?"

"of course."

"I don't believe it very much." Rurik was indeed questioning.

But Yevlo slapped his chest and said with a smile: "I have taken some measures. Sir, they are afraid of death, so I pulled out the laziness among them, and opened their leather jackets in public..."

"Ah!" Rurik was taken aback and couldn't believe that Jeflo would do this. "They are the women who are going to hand over to the Balmerks, you can't do that..."

"Is worried that I would humiliate them? I didn't do it. But the cold will freeze people to death. I use this to warn them that the price of laziness is freezing to death."

"Then they completely obeyed?"

"Exactly."

Gevlo looked arrogant, and Rurik was not questioning anything.

"Today is the first day of work, and the prestige of killing the proud ones among them is also good. I care more about their results."

Jeflo thought for a while, "You should ask the blacksmith accompanying you about this. In my opinion, they are women after all. Some time ago they seemed to be so weak that they almost starved to death. Their results are limited, so I'm sorry for the current Maizi."

Rurik shrugged: "It's okay. They will become strong through labor, so that they will be transported to Balmerk and there will be no death on the way."

Night has fallen, and the women who have eaten their meals are still sitting on the ground, and the high-carb, high-fat, and high-salt foods continue to linger. They are all wrapped in leather clothes, and I don't know what other arrangements are for the evening.

At the moment, there are only a group of elite mercenaries from Rurik remaining on the construction site. They bring tools to chop wood on the spot, or repair new wooden piles with the intention of smashing into the ground tomorrow. There are also guys who are full holding pickaxes. The axe and shovel dig the pit to build the foundation of the wall...

After a while, mercenaries armed with weapons gathered, and Tavastia women who were on standby gathered in terror.

They almost instinctively felt that even though they were physically exhausted, they would have to please these brave and brawny men before they would be let go.

Of course tragic things cannot happen.

Rurik just talked with the blacksmith who was the overseer, and after adopting thermal expansion and contraction mining techniques, the work of this group of women is basically to make the big ore into small pieces, and then transport it to the sledge with bare hands. , And finally pulled the heavy sled out.

For the real brawny, these jobs will not be very tiring, but it is a kind of torture for this group of women.

The blacksmith's contempt was written on his face, but his identity was humble, and he had no intention of questioning Rurik himself. The blacksmith was very pleased, Master Rurik was not dissatisfied with the amount of ore excavated.

Seeing that Ore Rurik was in a good mood, he approached the group of women and yelled in Old Finnish: "You did a good job, continue tomorrow! Now you have finished your meal and leave immediately. I order you to rest in the warehouse."

This is the release order? They are still panic, because Jeflo really punished a few disobedient people in the mine, causing the whole group to be afraid of being deliberately frozen to death.

Seeing that they were not going back, Rurik had to order the mercenaries to drive them away.

No, they pulled the sled and ran to Roseburg not far away.

In the middle of the night, a large number of bonfires were lit on the construction site, and the flames were clearly visible in the three-story "palace" in Rurik.

The Roseburg at night was very rare and very lively. As soon as the women unloaded a large amount of ore at the blacksmith's mansion, another group of free miners also came with ore.

The Tavastia female miners unloaded the ore and hurried back to sleep in the warm warehouse. There were only a group of Ross people who had doubts about the price of the ore arguing with Ross's blacksmiths, which caused some noise.

Rurik was on the third floor, the wooden window opened a crack, and he just saw the fire in the distance.

Not only the light from the construction site in the depths of the fjord, but also the fire on the eastern ice surface. He was a senior fisherman who bore hole night fishing and relied on the phototaxis of fish for winter fishing.

There was a soft footstep, and Rurik pricked his ears.

"who is it?"

"It's me, Mary..."

"You should go to bed. According to the rules, I will accompany Lumia tonight."

"Yes. But there is something..."

Mary approached Rurik directly, half of her eyes illuminated by the cold moon. She grabbed Rurik's hand and pressed it to her belly.

"You? Have it?" Rurik was taken aback.

"Yes, even if I am unclean, the child must be yours."

Rurik suppressed the surprise in his heart, and asked, "Does anyone else know?"

"Only Lumia knows. I told her that this child will have the power of Mercia and will not interfere with other people's heirs. She...she blesses me."

"I also bless you. Are you sure this is a boy?"

"Boys like you must be so. I consulted the pastor of Lindsay and the John Invall, and they all said it was my destiny."

a boy? Rurik laughed, he couldn't ask for it.

"Could you think of your child's name?"

"Yes, it's called Regraf."

The name? Obviously it is against Wigraf. Rurik still didn't know whether the dead Wiglav was Mary's cheap dad, anyway, it was Mercia's failed faint lord. Mary gave birth to a successor named Regrav. According to the inheritance system of the British kingdoms, if the prince is extinct, the princess's heirs enjoy the right of succession.

Regrav, originally meant to be "the returning nobleman", and his name implies his destiny.

"What a good name. You must give me a boy named Regrave!" After that, Rurik patted Mary on the cheek again, her affectionate appearance aroused interest.

However, as the first sea king of Ross, and even the sea king in various senses, this night Rurik gave all his love to his first woman Lumia.

The first daughter, Velika, is already eating liquid food. As the destined successor high priest, she does not have the power to be weak. Even though she was cruel at the time of weaning, Lumia, the mother, was very worried. The daughter inherited the will of the old priest Veria, and her perseverance must be cultivated from an early age.

Although quite suddenly, after the night, Lumia felt that her second child was not far away.

She enjoys this process and subconsciously thinks that if the new child is a boy, it would be perfect. That would be a good boy fighting for his father.

In this era, the number of people determines the power of a country. The ordinary people of the Duchy of Ross don't think much. They plainly believe that as long as the number of children in their family is large, and the cubs will work or fight in the future, their wealth will definitely increase and their lives will become more and more comfortable.

What's more, the Duke has given everyone a copy!

People really don't think much. What men and women see is that as long as children grow up to six years old, they can be sent to the duke for training and study. Not only do they train and learn knowledge, the most important thing is that the duke is responsible for the children's food. The degree makes everyone envious!

The Duke already has 18 named wives and concubines, and he has children at the age of thirteen. The Duke has guaranteed food for the children under his command for several years, and the Duke has raised the orphans of all the heroes who died in battle.

All signs indicate that the Duke encourages the people to hurry up and give birth. Now that a large amount of wealth is hoarded in Roseburg, people no longer worry about not being able to raise many children because of poverty.

Why should we worry? The children grow up to six years old, and they are all raised with the help of the duke. This kind of national grace must of course be repaid, and how to repay is naturally to follow the Duke's arrangement.

How about the children's meeting? Of course, eating the Duke's meal is to open up the land and expedition for the Duke, and will always win. Ordinary Ross people don't have any big ambitions, they just follow the decision of their hero king, so what they have to do now is to hurry up and be happy with their wife.

Many Ross youths are no longer a wife, and the strategy of polygamy, which Frank regarded as barbaric and absurd, has made Ross a vigorously.

The old priest Lindsay criticized this as a barbaric act of the Vikings.

How is that? This is the most correct way for the Russ population to burst out and accumulate strength. Because the fathers of the children born are all Roths, after the children are born, they will naturally make self-positioning, and tens of thousands of men and women of Roth are born.

Rurik estimated that in Roseburg alone, there are more than 3,000 women with fertility. If you count young women living in other regions, it is theoretically feasible for the women of the Duchy of Ross to give birth to 5,000 people a year.

Humans are not beasts. He conservatively estimated that 3,000 babies will be born a year, and there will only be more in the future. Coupled with a much better health condition and a greatly improved standard of living than before, the child's mortality rate has also plummeted.

What a huge abyss this is. If the local steel industry in Roseburg cannot make a major improvement, the tens of thousands of children in the future will have to eat the Principality poorly.

For the time being, there is no crisis, so the construction of huge financial resources now is really far-sighted.

So before Hanukkah, all the work was done steadily, and there was no misfortune during the period. If there was, there was a logger who was accidentally injured by a fallen tree trunk.

Hanukkah is not far away, and sunshine has become extremely rare every day.

A piece of wood disappeared, and a circle of walls rose from the ground! A large number of solid woodcut frames within the wall have been completed.

The real slave laborers, free miners, and even some guest merchants and other idle craftsmen, they are not picky about the efficiency of money acquisition. These people are all mining and transporting them back, and they just created a building in the industrial area where Roseburg was buried. Mountain of Ore!

As for the incompetent guy who dug back a pile of granite, these stones were immediately bought by the Blacksmiths Alliance.

This group of senior blacksmiths are already building large stone buildings.

The environment is bitterly cold~www.mtlnovel.com~ There are 10,000 men, women and children living in Roseburg, and their hearts are extremely hot.

The days are extremely short, but business activities are quite lively. Rothman, who sold his labor to earn money, immediately started trading in exchange for life products to improve his life. At night, the couple was busy creating new lives again, and life was full of hope.

Therefore, this year's Hanukkah should build a huge wooden tower on the frozen coast.

All the Ross people, allies, Slavic and Finnish wives who live in Roseburg, should watch a fire show.

In the "day without sun", with the fire tower as the sun, I finally saw the first ray of sunshine in the east of the New Year.

Hanukkah is tomorrow!

The busy people of all colors stopped all work, and even the female miners in Tavastia were on holiday.

Without him, pure darkness is about to fall, and when the stars reach the correct position, the already standing wooden tower will ignite a raging fire...

The hour is coming.

Chapter end