Rise of Rurik Chapter 692

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A land deed has been signed, which means that more than 100 hectares of land have been distributed in the form of decree.

The land is there, but where does the wheat seed come from?

As the saying goes, if you want to cut wool, you have to breed a large herd first. To get a steady stream of grain, farmers must get a large amount of grain.

The original grain is a kind of primitive capital. The clause clearly states that the grain is provided by the Duke, and the source is the "Ross National Granary."

Rurik didn't want to simply throw the food at them and act as a shopkeeper. Farming is a technical job, and he doesn't believe that a native of Ross, who has never grown wheat, can instantly become an excellent farmer.

So are the local Slavs an excellent farmer?

They are all backward!

Rurik didn't work on farming either. This year is different, he is going to do it himself.

The Duke of Planting Grain provides, and the method of farming is provided by the Duke. Although there is no pro-cultivation, Rurik is by no means an all-for-nothing. He knows that farming is mechanized agriculture.

Mechanization is naturally impossible in this era. A batch of advanced manpower and animal-powered farm tools will be produced, and some orderly planting, receiving and dispatching will be adopted. Another example is to increase the input of human and animal manure to enrich the fields, and to establish a pumping mechanism for irrigation.

The ultimate goal of increasing food production, Rurik believes that he will have an effect in doing so, because the agricultural technology of the local farmers is actually the lower limit of the behavior of agriculture.

Oats are ultimately a low-yield grain. As the staple food in the Circum-Irmen Lake region, it is not necessarily because it is simply hardy. Rurik estimates that they simply cannot get a large amount of hardy wheat.

Does Rose have this kind of wheat? Of course there is.

British wheat is a legacy of the Roman era. The locals have cultivated it for thousands of years, so that it can be grown in Scotland.

Britain is naturally warmer than Novgorod, but the frost-free period in Novgorod is much longer than the growth cycle of spring wheat, especially in summer, the temperature can make people feel a little hot.

The Ross explorer Spuyute successfully completed last year's Sorgon against the Kingdom of Northumbria, a big ship full of hardy spring wheat.

Lurik had long sent a letter to his hometown, saying that the spring wheat that arrived was not allowed to be sold to the people, and only oats were the only ones who opened the warehouse for food.

"I have to send someone again to send a message. Then I will summon the soldiers of the First Banner in Shilla Fort."

The fathers of the soldiers of the First Infantry Team often served in the Second Infantry Team. The Principality of Russ is essentially the old Russ of the Russ headquarters. They are all soldiers. Each of them is considered noble. Therefore, the war dividends must be shared by them first.

Some of the old guys first signed the contract on behalf of their sons, and there were still more than 300 people left. Lurik decided to arrive at Shilla Fort and asked them to sign the contract quickly. This is of course a voluntary principle. They will sign the contract as soon as they want to be a farmer. If they want to continue to be a hunter and fisherman, they will temporarily shelve it.

Because the land that Rurik possesses for reclaiming is very large, he must devolve the land rights in order to make full use of the land's production capacity.

Only the old Ross people have the right to obtain the right to use and property rights of these mature fields. Old Rose's new sons are growing up, and Rurik is willing to count the fifteen-year-old teenagers from his hometown and let them become farmers. These are related to the "Great Immigration" project.

The meat has to be bitten bit by bit, and as time is relatively abundant, Ruriek is determined to rush to Shilla Fort, and he has already begun to act.

He is a duke and he does what he wants.

A small horse-drawn sled team was formed. The local ponies were put on reins, and one sled with two horses could be used for ten people. Rurik's request was not extreme, so he summoned his guards and recruited local drivers. More than fifty people were divided into eight sledges, carrying some extremely important goods, and heading north against the frozen Volkhov River.

Lord Duke left anxiously in order to obtain excellent new wheat varieties, the so-called wheat from the remote western island. The local Slavic people all know about wheat, and they have all tried to grow it. Unfortunately, the effect is not good. They subjectively feel that although all wheat is delicious, it is a pity that they cannot grow it. In fact, the wheat they bought from Smolensk in the south is not very suitable for the climate of Lake Ilmen.

The team is advancing in the boundless world, they are marching in an alley made of ice.

"How long will we go in this business? This is the first time I left home in the winter." Although Svetlana was cuddling her husband, her inner fear was undoubtedly revealed.

Rurik comforted her and stroked her face: "How long we spent when we came, and how long we return."

"But I'm just afraid. You said these snow colors are very beautiful, but for the people of our manor, if they enter the snow forest, if they get lost, they will undoubtedly die."

"Oh? Are you afraid of getting lost?" Rurik smiled, laughing in public.

He yelled to his mercenaries: "Haha, she said she was afraid of getting lost and afraid of ice and snow. Brothers, have you done anything? The Ross people are never afraid of ice and snow!"

The mercenaries booed, making the boring march full of fun.

Rurik didn't speak, he just marched along the frozen route. Of course he was also worried about getting lost, so he didn't choose to take shortcuts.

From Novgorod to Novgorod Fortress at the mouth of the Neva River, the straight-line distance is equivalent to 160 kilometers, provided that it naturally passes through undeveloped dense forests. Choose the ice-bound route, the journey will nearly double, it is better than the clear route.

The Slavic people around Lake Ilmen and the Rus have been using the Julian calendar for each other. With long-term experience, everyone generally starts planting at the end of April. If the climate is warm enough, the muddy fields that have become muddy due to melting snow will reappear. Hard, they will also plant seeds in advance.

Rurik was convinced that he had two months to finish the matter. In theory, it would take half a month to go to Fort Shilla, one after another, and this would be a pain for the rented horses.

The ponies are nailed with iron horseshoes, and this behavior does not require the Ross people to teach. The distinctive shape of the horseshoe gives the horses strong friction on the ice, and the smooth ice also reduces friction. The sleigh can fly, and the two-horse sleigh is forced to rush for sixty kilometers every day under the urging of the whip. In fact, the horses are advancing by walking, but fortunately they are forced to drive along the whole day.

When the team stopped, the horses were fed a lot of oats. Rurik brought a lot of oats. It was not for people to eat. It was actually horse feed. Only these were enough to drive the horses forward.

The team entered the frozen Ladoga Lake smoothly, and the mercenaries looked at the boundless ice surface, and everyone subconsciously sighed, the so-called here resembled the Gulf of Bothnia and the frozen Lake Mälaren.

The cramped ice-covered roadway is so much so. Usually, everyone has begun to face new problems.

The mercenaries wrapped their bodies in fur coats, and tore the cloth they bought from the Slavs into scarves. They used this to wrap their heads, leaving only a pair of eyes.

The cold lake breeze seemed to crack people's cheeks, and Rurik was like a cloth head, and Svetlana got directly into the wide white bear skin blanket, just like a baby kangaroo got into the nursery bag.

What happened to the whole world?

Rurik felt empty, quiet, and cold. He didn't think there was anything terrible. The world was as clean as another planet, and cold and openness could purify people's hearts.

Only these hardy ponies are still persevering. When the sled team entered the Neva River, the lazy people became excited.

No one would have expected that Lord Duke would suddenly rush to Shilla Fort in this cold weather. The high wooden wall shelters the residents of the city, and the outside of the wall is also very safe, or it has become very lively.

When people have a need for transactions, trade fairs will appear. The bazaar does not appear out of thin air. At the beginning, it can be a dew bazaar. As the people who demand the transaction agree with it, a bazaar that exists in both cold and heat was born.

The plots within the wall are divided into their respective uses. Although there are a number of vacant land, it is also a place for large-scale infrastructure.

The population is expanding, and newcomers are building houses outside the city. The house is not allowed to be built indiscriminately, and human and animal feces are not allowed to be thrown on the road. Governor Conusson has given all settlers a mandatory requirement. Offenders, according to the Duke's order, will be fined and severely pounded.

The appearance of the sled team was too abrupt. When people discovered that it was Lord Rurik, a large group of people gathered to watch the excitement.

The two sides are really watching the excitement of each other, and Rurik perceives the existence of the open-air bazaar sharply.

"What's going on? Arik, are you already trading with your hunters? It must be so!" he muttered silently.

The panting horses were finally able to rest well, and Ruriek jumped out of the wagon with his men, and the wooden boxes loaded with important goods were also unloaded.

He took two women this time, his wife Svetlana and Duchess of Ostara Carlotta.

The former is his assistant, and the latter can take this important opportunity to convene all Ostara immigrants for a historic rally in Shilla Fort.

In fact, Carlotta was very jealous of Lanna, that Nizi was so tired of Rurik along the way, thinking about it carefully, she did not lose, because the good thing that she dreamed of finally came!

The day that should have come for menstruation did not come. This was Freya's favor, and everything really got better.

She and Rurik struggled temporarily in the city, and the two nobles with the same noble names were doing their own great careers separately.

That night, the palace of the Duke of Ross (equivalent to the actual Winter Palace). Although it is night, the spacious house is brightly lit, and although it is cold outside, the "ring-shaped bear head decoration array" with the oil lamp matrix and chandeliers illuminating the wall is quite hideous, and the room is also quite warm. The people inside are dressed in a soft flax. Regular service is enough.

Rurik sat in the most noble position, and Svetlana sat beside him slightly restrained. In front of them were grilled fish and honey bread baked by Aslaqi. The meal was prepared in a hurry, but it was delicious after all.

Here, the food maker Aslaqi came, and Arik, who had not seen him for a few months, also came, which surprised Rurik quite a bit.

The Governor-General Conusson and his son were also present, and the two suffocated their stomachs. They were eager to report on the so-called various things about the winter in Shilla Fort. They were also curious about how the brothers who had been wintering in Novgorod were doing.

Of course, the biggest question was why Duke Rurik suddenly ran back. It seemed that something was not going to happen to the south.

They talked casually while they were eating, and since Conusson asked him personally, Rurik said bluntly.

The house was filled with the smell of grilled fish and the sweet smell of honey bread. Hearing the description of the duke, Cornuson and Arik had no intention of eating.

The Arik people were upright and loyal, so they suddenly stood up and laughed happily: "Rurik! You are really my good brother. What the brothers want most is farming, and you have a good field to give to the brothers. You make a special trip to come back to perform. Promise, brothers are so happy!"

Conusson also hurriedly agreed: "My lord, since there is still a lot of land over there, it belongs to our old Ross people. I think I have to mobilize the people and let them continue to emigrate."

Looking at the two enthusiastic faces, Rurik hesitated and cleared his throat.

"When it comes to immigration, what I want is a big immigration. Let me talk about other things first." He mainly looked at his cousin: "Brother, you didn't take your young brothers to catch squirrels in the north. Why? Triumphant? "

"Of course it's a triumph." Arik slapped his chest sharply. "I'm so happy this winter. You can never imagine that our brothers will still be satisfied. Many people have caught five hundred squirrels. Everyone is full of joy. Fortune, the peelable squirrel skins can't be sold at all! Oh no, it's not that they can't be sold, that is, those buyers just want to buy at a lower price. It's really bad, everyone is a family, and the price has dropped by a factor of ten. The child returned to the situation many years ago, even worse, who can survive this? The brothers simply returned, all planning to wait for the ice to melt and bring the leather to Mellaren and sell it."

"There is such a thing?"

Arik pursed his beard-filled mouth: "It's true. Since you are back, it's okay. You bought everyone's squirrel skins, how about?"

This is a purely commercial issue. When a huge amount of squirrel skin is put on the market, oversupply may cause the price to plummet.

Of course, this is a good time for bargaining.

The cousin is suggesting that he is buying at a price generally recognized by everyone. The so-called one silver coin for a large squirrel skin, no matter how bad it is, one currency is for three skins. what is this? This is against the laws of the market.

Rurik shook his head: "I will buy all the leather. They dare to take out the leather they have hoarded, and I will buy them all. But the price will be as it is now."

"Ah? Now it's a currency for fifteen skins!"

Arik did not use his brain to speak, and what he said was true, and Rurik's mouth grew in surprise.

He closed his mouth immediately, and immediately covered his face with his sleeve to cover up the smile that couldn't be hidden.

Rurik tried to calm down, and he never expected that he would be surprised when he came back from this trip. He deliberately said: "Brother, why does this happen. Since ancient times, there has not been a situation where one currency was exchanged for fifteen skins."

"Yeah! But that's the way it is. The leather is so cheap that everyone is too lazy to go to the woods in the north. On the contrary, the woodland is really rich. It reminds me of the legend of the ancestors, thinking that we were near the Roseburg Fjord back then. The same is true for woodland. You can easily hit a large number of squirrels and ferrets, but not now. But Shilla Fort is very beautiful here."

What my cousin said is extremely true. The fact is that when an army of human hunters visits a place, local animals will be hunted on a large scale. When the prey can no longer satisfy people's appetite, people invented agriculture and animal husbandry.

The population of Shilla Fort is large in this time and space, but as a consumer market, it is squeezing. Nearly five hundred young Jianyongs from the First Banner team took advanced crossbows to hunt in undeveloped woodlands. All of them were hunters. Now they have advanced tools. It is ridiculous that they cannot hunt wildly.

Five hundred hunters, everyone caught five hundred, that's 25,000? The price of leather plummeted to fifteen pieces per coin. I'm afraid it's a conservative estimate. I'm afraid they got 30,000 pieces of all kinds of leather. The number is very large and reasonable.

The Nordic red squirrels are very capable of reproduction. They have two litters a year and six litters a year. New rats can reproduce in three months, so-called rats can see their grandchildren grow up. In the local red pine forest, the huge amount of pine cones can nourish millions of squirrels in a large area on both sides of the Neva River.

It's just that the reproduction speed of squirrels can't keep up with the speed of the Rus people's efforts to hunt and kill. In this respect, Rurik has great confidence in the tribe, but this kind of thing is not a good thing, and it seems to be temporarily suspended by the invisible hand of the market. Up.

Arik doesn't understand why the price is so low, he can actually understand it but it is unnecessary. His Aslaqi was really very clear, and now he was smiling and confused.

Rurik deliberately explained: "This is how Odin used its power. It is a pair of invisible hands playing with the price. This is the work of the gods and is not controlled by mortals. Even me. Can't go against the meaning of the gods."

"Huh? It is so?!" Arik straightened.

"Of course! Do you still expect Odin to stand in front of you and criticize you personally? Brother, I don't dare to go against God's will. Since the market price is like this, I will buy it at this price. Anyway, I invite them to go to the south to farm!"

Arik pouted again: "Never mind. I think you will use this to threaten them."

"Huh? I'm not going to threaten you. I have to sign a contract with them. They can go to Mellaren to buy leather, so don't think about getting a lot of fertile land. There are gains and losses. They can't be too greedy."

"Forget it, you are always wise. Each brother has one hectare of fertile land. Now we don't have to risk death to rob, and we can get wheat every year." Arik said again.

"Is that so?" Rurik's smile seemed to hide a dagger: "If you hit the ground, you can't go on an expedition? Of course, war is still necessary. Only in this respect there is a question of gains and losses. "

"Alright. Then, I should gather the team."

"I will do this tomorrow. Let them gather in Harvest Square, and then enter the house in a line. I will sign a written contract with each of them here. I will also announce the purchase of the leather in their hands."

"Written contract?" Arik was puzzled. "Brother, do you want to sign on a large number of boards? I think we have to prepare a large number of boards first."

"Wooden board? Brother~www.mtlnovel.com~ Times have changed." Rurik pointed to the south, "I made a major invention in Novgorod. I made a very soft board called paper, I have brought them here."

He called for an order from his troops, and after a while, two burly mercenaries reasonably pulled a wooden box into the place.

He motioned for Svetlana to open the lid and took out the files inside. The contract documents copied by more than a dozen wives and concubines, together with him, are piled up into a hill. The paper has been cut down, and the piles are now uniform.

"Come and see all! My friends, come and see my latest masterpiece." Rurik greeted.

The people present stood up one after another and leaned over. They saw the yellowish-brown flakes that looked like cloth and wood, on which a lot of fair words were written in ink. The whole body is written in the traditional Rune alphabet, and a brash man like Arik can spell it, not to mention an educated business woman like Asraki.

It is no longer possible to describe them as "surprised", and it is more appropriate to describe them as being overwhelmed. All the documents are neatly written with exactly the same words and sentences, all the terms of the contract, and the signature position is left at the bottom. All this has surpassed their cognition.

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