Rise of Rurik - Chapter 640

[Chapter 641 Old Otto Returns to New Roseburg]

A Sorgon team composed of so-called old men has already set off, and their so-called old and weak are only relative to the young people of the Principality.

Otto was already an old man, his gray beard was deliberately fluffed up, perfectly covering the age spots.

He was on the ship Sperosville, and there were also the last four planetary-level ships behind him.

This fleet of only five ships braved the wind and waves all the way, and arrived safely and smoothly at the port at the mouth of the Neva River.

The snow is melting on a large scale, fresh water from the Volkhov River and the rivers of Finland’s high and low flows into Lake Ladoga in large quantities, and the Neva River, the only outlet of the Great Lakes, suddenly becomes a torrent.

The current is so fast that people don’t want to row a boat against the boat, and the local people are busy with spring plowing, so they don’t care much about the current.

They sowed oat seeds in the old and new farmlands at the end of April. Compared with other ethnic groups, because iron plows were widely used, they sowed the seeds in straight furrows after plowing the soil. Objectively, the rough sowing effect was better than before. good.

Spring plowing and autumn harvest were the busiest seasons of the year before last, and the settled Rus families and the Slavic New Russ people who joined the group now all became farmers.

They take good care of their own wheat, further build their own Fort New Rose, and will fight bloody battles to the end with any pretenders to defend their wealth.

Because this area is not peaceful.

Are the Karelians a threat?

Since Lord Rurik had already released the news that even the fishermen of Suomi, who joined the principality a year ago, considered the Karelians to be terrible enemies, so everyone had to be wary of the northern part of the Great Lake.

It is said that the principality will organize a large army to conquer Karelia this year?

If Lord Rurik organizes an expedition with an army, he will definitely win. It just so happens that everyone will inevitably face the so-called spring famine after completing the spring plowing. It is also a good thing to take the opportunity to plunder.

Of course, their so-called spring famine is just that they cannot eat wheat freely, and everyone can still row boats and fish freely, just like in the past, this ability to catch fish makes them better than agricultural peoples in a narrow sense.

Engaging in traditional business activities is another option, which is to bring found amber and other precious leathers to Novgorod, and directly trade wheat with the locals.

This kind of trade activity is completely free, and it is not within the scope of Sogon at all. Any Novgorodman on the shore of Lake Ilmen is willing to do this business.

Even, some Russians came into contact with the Smolensk people, so that New Roseburg had some good quality rosin ingots and southern calico.

If the living materials can be self-sufficient, the Ross people are also willing to settle down and actively produce.

Nowadays, dreams are not reality. Going to distant places to fight and trade are all means to survive better.

Otto’s fleet came, and the towering flagpole of the big ship made the people smile.

The governor Konuson, who was ordered to be stationed here, has been running the local area for many years. He laughed and rushed to the pier with his family, commanding men and women to grab the ropes thrown by the big ship, and the five ships were perfectly fixed.

“Your Excellency, you are finally here.” Konusson greeted him with open arms.

Otto also walked up with open arms with a smile covered by his beard.

“You old guy looks like you can still fight,” he said.

“If I can really go to fight, I will be so happy.”

“There is a chance right now. Don’t be too polite, go to the palace! Gather the famous men in the whole city, and I will summon them. I hope they can understand the Norse language.”

The urban construction scale of New Roseburg is larger than that of Old Roseburg in the west.

This was originally a new territory for the Rus. In recent years, through the means of pulling, coercing and seducing, another 3,000 Slavs have settled here.

And all the refugees of the Aostara tribe have all moved to New Roseburg.

The situation even changed a bit, that is, the Austala women who fled after the war were taken in by many allied tribes, such as the Gran tribe and the Jermalen tribe, and the men in the tribe married these women.

However, the newly born Kingdom of Sweden suffered a defeat in its foreign wars, and the strength of the Glenn and Jermalen clans suffered serious setbacks. It was during this period that the Ross people released good policies.

During the war, these men who took in and married the refugee women of Ostara saw the strength of Ross’s army and knew better about the reconstruction of Ostara in the far east.

The women were moved, after all, they all knew that the girl Carlotta was indeed a noble girl.

The men were also moved, how reasonable it is to follow a hero to obtain a stable life and a chance of winning the war in the future, not to mention that they have the right to become New Ostarans after immigrating.

Today, Novorosberg is already a common city for Ross, Ostara and Slavs, and it is also a place where Swedish culture in a narrow sense, Ross culture and Ilmen Slavic culture blend together.

A majestic city rose up on the banks of the Neva River, and her scale is still expanding.

For example, with the addition of the Suomi people, theoretically all Finns have become part of the Principality of Ross.

Those Finnish Suomi people who had been very afraid of the Ross fleet, their canoes began to appear at the mouth of the Neva River.

The Suomi people have also built a trading town named Helminki at the mouth of their river, which is Shedstad in the Norse language, meaning the city of jewels.

The Suomi people did export some amber and rubies to New Roseburg. After the Ross people bought them with daily necessities, they immediately tried to transport them to the east for sale.

Adjacent to the Neva River, on the opposite bank is Rabbit Island. A palace standing on a large number of wooden piles is even more solid and majestic.

Otto disembarked with a group of his old buddies, and some of the support supplies were also unloaded.

The good thing is that the onlookers saw that the things that were packed in wooden boxes and sacks were all iron!

It’s farm tools!

There are shovels, picks, hoes and plows.

There’s also a large double saw and a bunch of feller axes.

Otto walked happily on the ground in the city that had been rammed into porcelain. Presumably, after a heavy rain, the ground would not become too muddy.

He walked into the palace and observed the huge building subconsciously. It has looked like this since the palace was built, with only one floor but very solid.

This place can be used for discussing matters and is also an important place for living. There are also toilets and bathing places inside. The reason why it was built like this is entirely Rurik’s arrangement.

Before long nearly fifty of New Roseburg’s leading figures were invited.

Everyone felt nervous when they entered the originally closed palace, and they were also quite suspicious. If they were discussing serious and important matters, wouldn’t it be better to go to the court?

Otto really didn’t want to waste his time, he just wanted to rest after arranging things, so he directly gave orders here.

A piece of news already known to everyone has become a fact through Otto’s mouth!

war!

Attack Tavastia!

Ross’ army is about to assemble in New Roseburg!

Not only that, when there is a Slavic army to fight together.

“…the Karelians should be regarded as a formidable enemy like the Gotlands, and they should be regarded as the same as the Danish army. Even if we have the hero Rurik commanding us, we must not take it lightly. We will Organize a coalition army, I will go to Novgorod to give orders, and you locals should also organize warriors, so that once Rurik orders conscription, you can go to battle immediately…”

Even if Otto repeated the same old tune, but with a few more words, the brothers not only boosted their morale, but also began to estimate how much spoils they could get if they participated in the battle.

Among the people sitting quietly, old Harald had a sullen face, and when Otto said something, he immediately smiled.

Because of her own daughter Aslaqi, she is going to build a mill in New Roseburg!

mill?

Can she build that huge workshop?

If she bears fruit, the oats grown by the natives can be turned into powder in large quantities.

But he still doesn’t know that even greater good things are about to happen to him.

The residents of New Roseburg began to prepare actively. Whether they were Russians or Slavs, these prominent figures hurriedly left the palace with news, and spread the good news to the entire settlement that day.

Once there is a war, everyone can make their own contribution to the war, including selling a certain amount of labor and getting paid.

Because this is Lord Otto’s promise, and it is also a benefit that Lord Rurik has repeatedly implemented.

There are only a thousand pure Russians in New Roseburg, and there are almost no young men, but there are old men and women with computers and a group of children running around everywhere.

It is precisely because they are weak in Roseburg society that they take the initiative to ask to go to the east to reclaim new territories.

The number of those new Australians is not large, and there are no more than 300 men, women, old and children together. If you want to recruit an army composed of all men from them, you may only recruit 50 people at most.

And if we go deeper, almost none of these fifty people are real Ostara people, but traditional Swedish tribes such as those from Jermalen, who stand on Ostara’s position because of their marriage.

The additional 3,000 people are all Slavic immigrants, and there are too many middle-aged men among them.

Cultivate wasteland and cultivate land, work efficiently with the farm tools issued by the Duke of Ross, and pay taxes in kind when the harvest is harvested.

Some of them even came from the Pine Needle Manor that was once violently ravaged by Otto. Now the farm that has left their hometown has become outright traitors, but they have found a new life with the Ross people!

After all, in his hometown, farmers also have to pay taxes to the landowners. The yield of farmland is low but the tax is not low.

These active immigrants are the de facto tenants of their hometown farms. Although the people help each other, the inefficient agriculture and the exploitation of the conqueror Rus and the manor owner have always been tight.

Today, working here with the Ross people, the reclaimed land has been cultivated for several years, and the private ownership of the land is protected by the Duke of Ross.

Through working in this way, the surplus grain is exchanged for money to subsidize life, and life is indeed getting better.

This group of people is already a staunch supporter of Rus. They are actively imitating the lifestyle of the Varyags, but they do not know that the Russ are also actively absorbing Slavic culture.

The busiest spring plowing has just ended, and the farmers have taken up arms one after another…

Here, Otto tasted some local specialty grilled European sea bass, ate salty barley porridge, and slept comfortably.

The same is true of his old buddies, and they still talk to each other. It is said that within a few years, a wasteland near the coast and a great city will rise from the ground.

The first thing they felt was the sheer size of Fort New Rose. She first encloses a land with a wall, and the original Ross, Ostara immigrants and the first Slavs all lived inside the wall.

Because the dwellings are all one-story houses, each household has a flat yard, even chicken coops, rabbit pens, and even small trees transplanted by the people spontaneously.

There is an idyllic pastoral style in the city, which also makes the city become crowded.

The established straight road system is not allowed to be built against the law. As the public threshing ground and the “Harvest Square” where the army gathers, no buildings are allowed here.

More Slavic immigrants had no choice but to build houses in the wasteland outside the wall. A large number of wooden houses rose from the ground, and the location was quite chaotic, which also gave the city a more urban atmosphere.

People all live in a warm-up style, and the vast wheat fields that are constantly being developed are outside the city.

Even if people have to walk a long distance to work in the farmland, this reflects that there are indeed some difficulties in the autumn harvest, which led them to make a batch of carts.

Otto, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by the noise outside.

The old man hurried to the door in a simple white cloth coat.

He pushed aside the Slavic maid who was about to serve in a coat, and opened the closed door himself.

Seeing dense crowds of people gathered outdoors, Otto couldn’t help opening his squinted eyes, letting the warm sunshine shine on his face.

The wind blew Konu’s fluffy hair fluttering, and he walked happily with a wooden stick.

“What’s going on here? I saw an army?” Otto was quite surprised.

“They are all peasants and warriors!” Konusson said bluntly: “They are Slavs, and now they are all new Rus people. Look, there are five hundred warriors standing in front of you, and they are willing to fight for Rus.”

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Looking at these people, Otto was surprised that so many fighters suddenly appeared, but subconsciously, he didn’t think that these people were strong soldiers.

They are generally smaller than the strong Ross, and everyone does not wear a helmet. At most, they wear a leather cap, and even tie their hair with cloth strips to prevent it from being scattered.

Their clothes are all coarse cloth, but there are many colorful patterns.

Armaments are also poor, but each person carries a wooden shield of different sizes, and the spears they set up are also of different lengths.

Based on their appearance, organizing a spear force is also unqualified!

Otto subconsciously thought of the battle in Gotland, and wondered if this group of people would have the courage to appear on the battlefield?

forget it!

To recruit soldiers, you have to go to White Tree Manor to recruit all the Slavs who participated in the Battle of Gotland.

Especially that Medved, this young man is one of the most Rus-like among the Slavs.

Otto noticed the boy’s firm fighting will and courage during the decisive battle in Gotland, and hoped that he would do more in the future.

The obedience of the White Tree Manor is a fact, but Medved, the legal successor of the manor, is a warrior. Their obedience may be disguised, and they are only for the benefit of the Varyag forces.

According to this line of thought, Otto had to think about it again. Why did Svetlana, a little girl, boldly approach him back then? This cannot be explained simply by the innocence of a child. Instilled many things.

“Regus, you are a cunning fox. If this is what you wish (referring to being Rurik’s first wife), you have succeeded. Medved, my son will make you an earl in the future.” Otto said for a moment I thought about a lot of things.

It’s just that there is still a group of seemingly mob guys standing in front of him. He dismisses these people with the arrogance of a soldier, but he still has to do superficial skills.

Otto said politely, “It’s a group of warriors.”

“Are you willing to let them play?” Conuson asked hastily.

“I can’t decide this matter, let them continue to wait! Rurik will make arrangements for them.”

If this group of farmers entered the battlefield without training, they should be killed by the Karelians?

Otto and his son Rurik unified the context, describing Karelia as a strong enemy, and Otto really believed it.

Since it is a strong enemy, I am afraid that if we fight, our own people will still suffer a lot of casualties.

At least it is inappropriate for the peasants and soldiers to rush up and fight fiercely in this scene.

However, if…

A sinister thought suddenly floated in Otto’s mind.

[End of this Chapter]