Rise of Rurik - Chapter 1245

[Chapter 1244 Rurik’s Expedition Plan]

At first, the longboat that arrived at the pier was no different from other fishing boats, except that there were more people on board, and everyone looked staggering.

“Could you still be in such a mess when you catch a fish? Could it be that you fought with a big fish in the lake?” The leisurely old man at the pier was busy pulling the hemp rope and asked casually.

The excited Hafen never thought that he would actually drift to the city of Ostara.

“We’re not fishermen.”

“It doesn’t matter. What are you Ross people doing in the south? Do you want to bring some goods from Novgorod yourself?”

Hafen knew that the old man was just chatting, and he was obviously from the Gran tribe. Mostly because of decay, it was arranged to assist ships to dock at the pier.

People disembarked one after another, and it was the first time for the young Gorm to come to Ostara, especially when he arrived in the form of fantasy drifting, and he was very excited.

“I want to meet the local nobles.” Hafen said quite directly.

The old man immediately became alert, “Our duke is not here for the time being.”

“But I have something important to report, do I have to drift back to Novgorod to report?”

“Important matter? What else can be important.” The old man paused Job raised his wrinkled head and continued to emphasize: “What else could be the big deal.” “How do

you… think we got here?”

“It doesn’t matter.”

“It’s very important. We set off from Mstiysk to the East , we went to the Great Eastern Lake, and finally drifted to your Lovati River.”

Although the old man is old, he is of pure Swedish origin.

Just from these few words, he realized that this group of people had a miraculous experience.

The old man was impatient, but now his decayed eyes widened: “You guys? You came here after a big circle and a new waterway?” ”

Yes.” Hafen smiled: “I didn’t find the Volga River, but I found you. How? I Let’s rest here with you.”

Harfin’s face was no younger than the old man’s, and the young Gorm was already ashore.

This kid didn’t want to waste time. He leaned over rudely, poked his head and urged, “Old man! Don’t dawdle any longer. If we can’t rest here, we’ll go north immediately. I’m going to see the king.” “You?” The old man looked at

you Gorm’s attire, noting in particular the gold-plated medallion that hangs from his garment.

“Young man,

you are a tax clerk?”

“Yes, but not now. I want to see the king, that’s all.”

“Yes, but the king is here in this city of Ostara. The place.”

“Is this true?”

“It’s absolutely true.”

Everything seemed to be ordered by the gods, and the young Gorm was very excited.

He had sufficient evidence to prove it, so the cavalry who came to the pier urgently to investigate the situation easily confirmed Gorm’s identity.

After all, all non-combatant scribes who are directly responsible to the king have their own special attire and the most important badge.

Even Gorms were not entirely new to cavalry.

The Second Cavalry was too young, and many of them were only 13 years old this year. Gorm had gone to school with them, but he was not good at fighting and had good intelligence, so he was selected as a scribe.

Even the flag captain Brody knew this kid.

So Gorm, accompanied by Brody himself and carrying a pack of extremely critical paper documents, confronted the king in the Ostara palace.

At the same time, there was also an old man who was the retired veteran from the Second Banner Squad and the current explorer Hafen.

They were all old Ross tribes, Rurik’s own family, and it was only natural to be polite to them.

But Rurik gave them a higher courtesy, just because they brought miraculous expedition information, and after hearing the guard’s brief introduction, Rurik couldn’t be calm at all.

“If it’s true, wouldn’t we have discovered a brand-new and faster line of communication? Wouldn’t my expansion to the east be faster!” Soon,

Gorm and Hafen sat in front of Rurik. .

Although it was embarrassing to meet the king with a slovenly appearance, Rurik did not feel uncomfortable at all.

After a few pleasantries, Rurik went straight to the point. He pointed to the sackcloth beside Gorm: “You want to prove that you really came from an unnamed river in the east. Is the bag really evidence?”

Gorm Bowing slightly, he was inevitably a little nervous when he saw the king, but fortunately, the king treated him like a big brother treats a younger brother.

“Yes. I fulfilled your request. I used my eyes to see as much as I could, and I used my hands to record as much as possible. I dare not falsify.” ”

Very good.” Rurik nodded: “Submit the documents. ”

Of order.”

The thick paper fell at Rurik’s feet. He picked it up and scanned it with his eyes, and then gradually read it carefully, with his brows furrowed.

The more Rurik watched, the more excited he became, because Gorm did produce a very solid “Voyage Record”, and he also drew some charcoal sketches, and these drawings were specially marked with some brief introductions.

The scene was very quiet for a while, with Gorm’s chest held high, he was sure that his work would satisfy the king, while Haffin seemed to be left aside, staring blankly, wondering, and sitting more and more restless and bored.

Rurik looked at it for a while, then put down the last page with slightly trembling hands.

“Good job. The only fly in the ointment is that the writing is a bit sloppy.”

At this moment, Gorm is convinced that he has the king’s approval: “I will continue to work hard to correct this shortcoming.” ”

You will do better, and the king will reward you immediately.” You have a pound of silver.”

Sitting there, Gorm hurriedly got up, and bowed in a half-kneeling posture: “Oh! Thank you, Your Majesty.”

“Excuse me, you deserve it. And…you are the recorder of this voyage, you He has made great achievements but is not the greatest hero.” Rurik looked at Hafen who was the real hero.

“Uncle Hafen.” Rurik spoke very kindly, “You are the real hero.”

“That’s natural.” After the damn embarrassment was finally over, Halfen sat cross-legged and relaxed, subconsciously kicking off his boots, expecting to get a sum of money.

“I have participated in all the big battles, and now I am old, not too old to do anything.” ”

You are doing well! I will give you two silver coins immediately. I think…” Rurik’s eyes changed He said sharply: “I think we have found a new shipping route.”

Two pounds of silver coins are really more, and Hafen continued enthusiastically: “I think so too. I set off from Mstiysk with my guys, and I planned to find what you said The waterway of the Volga, as a result we struggled through Lake Valdai into Lake Villiers, and finally drifted here from the magical estuary. You don’t know it! My boat was almost destroyed in the rocks, it seems that the gods blessed .”

The old man is very relaxed and easy-going, he doesn’t care about Rurik at all, after all, the two are distant relatives in the same tribe.

Rurik continued: “Gorm’s record is very solid, so that we can go up the river and return to the Villiers. Even! Go to Lake Valdai to surprise the brothers who are exploring there.” Hafen was

excited Body: “Are you going to disturb the Great Eastern Lake?”

“It’s just an idea.”

“I advise you to think about it carefully. You are now a king, so be cautious when exploring. I almost had an accident, but I don’t like wanting you to take risks. ”

Forget it.” Rurik shook his head: “My king has been to the sea at the end of the world in the north, and I have nothing to fear. Besides, since I know the reason for the risk, I just need to pay attention to avoiding it when the time comes. Sooner or later, my king will Go and see, it is very necessary, maybe we can still use this waterway, and the winding Musta River may not be as good as this brand-new Haven River.” Indeed,

Rurik is already using the name of Haven .

This newly discovered waterway.

He wanted to take a look, and it was just a whim at first, but after thinking about it for a while, he felt that it was extremely necessary to go to investigate immediately, and he wanted to take Beya Hill with him, just for that promise.

The spelling of hjaveon is easily reduced to yavon, and finally read as “Yavon” consisting of only two simple syllables.

The news of the explorers spread like wildfire, and spread throughout the small city of Ostara at an extremely fast speed. People talked about the great discoveries made by the Hafen expedition team, because the locals have been following the Los Angeles route for several years. The main channel of the Vati River is explored towards the south, and there is no urgent desire to explore the large number of tributaries.

In essence, it comes from the fact that the Principality of Ostara has too few hungry people. Most of the newly joined people are Slavic farmers, and their enthusiasm for farming and farming is far greater than that of exploration.

When the name of the new river began to be circulated, the fishermen of old Ross, the old Ostara, the Gran, these people of Swedish origin could correctly read the new river named after the old man Hafen.

The Slavs with the highest proportion of the local population are simply called the Yavin River.

Rurik’s initial guess was extremely correct.

The Lovati River-Pola River-Yavin River waterway is connected to the city. Although the upstream is hindered by the fact that “climbing the Valdai Heights”, the rapid turbulence of the river is harmful to navigation, but it is not a big problem in essence.

Rurik is very optimistic, and even has a lot of fantasies.

He was not in a hurry to go to Great Luki, Vitebsk or even Polotsk in the south to see Carlota’s expansion results. This year there is no national war in Ross, and the domestic political affairs have also been settled. Rurik has quite a lot Plenty of time to go on an armed cruise yourself.

You can go on a cruise anywhere, and you can even go all the way west to Lake Chud directly. It is said that you don’t have to wait for the reply from the local envoy, and you have to take the cavalry to share with the local chief who is said to be a Danish named Gore. Xiang Shengju.

Perhaps considering the basic diplomatic etiquette, it is better to let the emissaries who returned in the spring report the news in person. vigilance.

As for exploring the endless forest and lakes in the west, it is another matter. Now, the entire huge highland centered on Lake Valdai is precisely because it is an important geographical height and a water tower in this area. It became the area directly ruled by the king that Rurik must immediately occupy. It has an important strategic position. It is the back garden of Novgorod, and it is also an optional immigration point to carry the expanding population.

So, in this palace, Rurik specially held a meeting.

Bella Hill and Brody joined the meeting, because their participation in the future operation is indispensable.

At the beginning, Rurik briefly explained his proposition, and the key points pointed directly to the Volga River, which no one has seen and only he has been emphasizing.

“The many great lakes in the east are connected in nature, and there are often small streams connecting each other. Even if there are no streams, you can go from one lake to another after a short journey. The ultimate goal of this king is still to find the right place for the Volga River

. Don’t think it’s impossible, the river is real.

Don’t doubt that the great lakes are connected by waterways, big or small. Now it has been proved that the Hafen River is directly connected Lake Villiers and Lake Inlmen, even some of the waterways are very turbulent.

The king intends to personally lead a team to conduct field exploration, and even plans to build some new settlements. We have a reason to use this waterway in the future!”

Rurik’s attitude Very firm, resolute eyes looked at everyone, as if tomorrow they would rectify their troops and start their own adventures.

He looked at Beja Hill in particular, and reiterated the agreement made a few days ago: “You can’t stay in Ostara for a long time. Since you mentioned a title and a fief, now you have an opportunity In front of me, everything seems to be arranged by God.”

Bejahir knew what these words meant, and it seemed that the Hafen River area due east was not a particularly good place. Since he made the conditions and announced compliance, Rurik intended to You must also have no complaints.

She gritted her teeth: “I will also go to the east to see, choose a good place, and I will build a city there in the future.”

Rurik nodded, and then had to discuss some very practical things.

“There are some rapids and shoals on the river, and there are a large number of stones that are extremely rare in the local area. Do we have to use clay to build houses, and the stones we use must be transported from northern quarries? If we can remove all the stones in the riverbed, it will not only dredge the river. The waterway is conducive to shipping, and the problem of insufficient stone materials can be greatly solved. What do you think?”

He asked everyone, what can everyone present say?

Of course it is to support the king, and there is no doubt about this.

If there is any doubt, it is also how to move the stones from the bottom of the river at that time.

That’s not a problem, the Ross people have a lot of means, as long as there are enough stones in the local area, they can transport them away under the trend of interests and actual needs.

Based on this question, everyone thinks deeply, and a new possibility comes to mind.

The area around Lake Inlmen is seriously lacking or completely free of stone materials. The stones in the Haven River cannot appear out of thin air. Washed over shallow rocks.

The records mentioned a dangerous area labeled “damen”, precisely because there were so many rocks in this section of the river that the keel of the only long boat was at risk of breaking.

“I need to go to that damen to have a good look. If possible, I will empty out the rocks in the river in a short time! I will also send people to the vicinity to do some research. If I can find a lot of rocks, I will build a mine on the spot. In this way… …” Rurik looked at Beja Hill with great interest, “You can even build a city in Damen, maybe you can provide the kingdom with a steady stream of food in the future.”

Mingming wanted to find a forest and pasture along the river to continue his life In the days when the focus was on grazing, Beya Hill was born in the grasslands after all, and he didn’t expect that his man had a soft spot for stones.

She had no choice but to show a smile that she would obey.

“Then it’s settled! We only need to visit the damen area with a lot of rocks, UU reading www.www.SonicMTL.com, and then follow the river and finally enter Lake Villiers. The king will advance with a small amount of cavalry, and you, I It is necessary to organize a small fleet, and the remaining cavalry brothers will row and march…”

Rurik had indeed read the documents carefully, and he was convinced of Gorm’s records, and based on this first-hand information he learned that the rivers in the eastern region were too dense.

Even if it is advancing along the main channel of the Haven River, at least halfway through the wide Pola River.

Continue to advance all the way, although the horses can forcefully pass through some small river shoals, if there is no shoal that can be directly crossed, traditional long boats will still be needed to carry the horses across the river.

Besides, in the damen area, there are dangerous rocks and rapids, and it is difficult to pass through this terrible river by paddling alone.

At that time, soldiers can become trackers, and war horses can also be used as traction force.

So the small cavalry team and the small boat fleet cooperated with each other, and Rurik thought optimistically: “In this way, we can reach Lake Villiers smoothly, and I will also ride horses to enjoy the characteristics of the Great Lake. In the end, the king went directly north and entered Valdeskoye!” This king will use this method to see the most eastern city.”

[End of This Chapter.]