Rise of Rurik - Chapter 775

[Chapter 776 Logger Ragnar]

Rurik had no intention of forcing Ragnar’s subordinates to do some excessive things, and Ragnar’s cooperative performance also made everyone relax their vigilance.

But all of this is not enough to make Rurik feel completely at ease with them. There are still a group of women and children in the exiled Stonewall tribe. hostage.

With this group of people as a threat, Rurik will not be afraid that Ragnar will suddenly engage in pirate activities in the hinterland of Ross, but will work with peace of mind.

Women were gathered to arrange the work of sewing leather, and they had to work for today’s bread and porridge.

The children of reasonable age were not really at leisure, they had to chop wood with a hatchet for the winter.

Only the youngest children are entitled to a life of “earning for nothing”.

Winter can restrict most of the production work of the people, but it basically does not affect the thriving indoor handicraft industry in the Principality of Ross.

A new batch of Danish women and children are a kind of extremely cheap labor force, and they only need to pay for rations to make them work hard.

Do they have complaints?

In fact, compared to asking for more rewards, it is very good to be alive now, and is it a good thing to be exposed to the sight of the Ross people at will?

Maybe it will be attacked.

They could not judge that all the citizens of the Duchy of Ross maintained a non-hostile attitude towards the Danes entering the country.

As for Ragnar and his three hundred warriors, they all changed their clothes and became industrial workers of the principality.

These men were divided into multiple groups, and a large number of groups became professional loggers, carrying big axes into the forest area to ask the forest for the land cultivated by the Rus, and the rewards they received were only rations and accommodation.

Relying on Nordic-style logging trees, the felled tall spruces and red pine trees are pulled away from the forest, and the roots of the trees will be dug out with shovels.

Some groups are responsible for cutting small trees into small pieces and pulling them to charcoal kilns in cities.

Some groups are responsible for peeling off the bark and transporting it to the group working in the boiling workshop, which completes the preliminary processing of pulp.

Some groups were even sent to the shipbuilding factory in Novgorod to work as heavy physical workers for the Hotra family.

The group of blacksmiths is also indispensable. They have to sweat like rain in the state-run blacksmith shop in Novgorod.

A brave Viking army was dismantled by Rurik in sevens and eights. Novgorod can be described as a city with a large scope in a broad sense. There is trouble.

Ragnar himself became a logger, and even though he was distressed that he didn’t have many brothers in sight, and that everyone still lived in a logging camp in the forest most of the time, at least everyone was finally settled now.

The exiled Stonewall tribe handed over a batch of spoils and sold their labor for the Prince of Ross.

Ragnar didn’t dare to ask for too much. The current situation was even more delicate, and his personnel were too scattered. All this was done on purpose by Prince Ross, in fact, to let him rebel.

He didn’t want to rebel, but the prince still didn’t invite him to have a secret talk, and he didn’t even establish any covenant. The strategy of joining forces to counterattack the Danish king was still out of the question, not to mention the dream of moving the whole family to Gotland next year.

On the contrary, there will be Slavic women wearing headscarves driving a pony cart, walking on the rugged road in the forest regularly every day, and bringing all the supplies for today.

There was always plenty of scones and fish jerky, and a keg of ale every few days.

The Rus, at least when it comes to food, can be described as generous.

Every time the woman who delivered the food unloaded the food and left in a hurry, a large forest has been wiped off the map in the recent period of work. Ragnar also noticed that the cooks including this kind of food delivery are all Slavs, and they feel exactly like Pomeranians and Oberlidids.

The brothers haven’t been close to a woman for a long time, even the cook who delivers the food has become a peerless beauty in everyone’s eyes.

The brothers joked in Norse in public, and Ragnar, who was afraid that his subordinates would run away, forced them to take care of their lower bodies at all times, and they must not cause the detained family members to suffer because of their recklessness.

This is a large group of forests, and it is inevitable that the cook who delivers meals will run away.

Time passed day by day, and the climate was cooling down rapidly.

Today, the supply carriage came again, but it was not the “beautiful cook”, but a familiar face.

“It’s you?! Brother Arik.” As he spoke, Ragnar waved to the escort.

The men who were resting during the logging break also stood up one after another. They finished the Wuke fir tree and were busy cutting off the branches and peeling the bark. Now they are waiting for a good meal before fighting hard.

Ragnar came at exactly the right time.

“It’s me, I’m here.”

“It’s you who delivered the supplies today? What a rare visitor. We’ve been so busy exploring the forest these days that we hardly know anything about the outside world. Is my family okay?”

“Of course they are all well. Now look at what the Maharaja has given you.”

Arik escorted more than one small carriage. When the cloth was pulled down, more biscuits were piled up neatly.

“Isn’t the supply delivered once a day? Why are there so many today? No! Are you going to stop giving them in the future?”

“Indeed.” Arik pointed his finger at the cloudy sky. “The first snow will fall soon. There will be no long autumn rain this year. The snowfall is destined to be early. I suggested to the princes to let you suspend work and go back to the city to rest…”

Arik, who didn’t want to continue wasting for a long time, raised his head suddenly: “And then?”

“The prince does not allow it.”

“Why? Rurik doesn’t trust me?”

“Maybe this is still a test.” Arik sighed, then patted Ragnar on the shoulder again, “You and I have fought side by side, I personally trust you, but my brother… you must have more practical The action satisfies him.”

“Like being forced to keep logging in the snow?”

“The prince asked me to convey this order. You must complete the agreed amount of logging tasks. As long as you work hard to create a large area of farmland, the prince will not ignore this achievement. The prince also asked me to pass on a message.”

“Speak quickly,” Ragnar urged.

“Your eldest son, Ivar with a disability. Prince Rurik liked him very much. The prince decided to teach the child wisdom himself. It is said that Odin sacrificed one eye to gain wisdom, so Ivar sacrificed him. legs and everything will be fine.”

This description is really warm and refreshing during the bonfire in winter, and Ragnar is very happy: “The prince really said that? I didn’t expect my poor Ivar to get his favor. It reminds me of that banquet. My Ivar is indeed Your honored guest.”

Arik shrugged: “And your second son Bjorn, he is destined to be a brave warrior, so he needs to be taught. Brother Ragnar, I have come a long way, and now we sit down to drink ale, we can Have a good chat.”

“Yeah. I’d love to hear about my family…”

Indeed, Rurik was treating Ragnar’s family well.

Ivar the Boneless and Bjorn the Warrior, two legends, one is a disabled kid and the other is just a toddler.

Youdao sees the big from the small, and Rurik noticed the essence of Ivar’s inferiority complex.

This kid has a major disability, and by Nordic standards, this life has nothing to do with soldiers.

He couldn’t stand up and fight, so his hands had to be stronger, just trying to cover his weak legs with his strong arms. Unfortunately, he had never had the possibility of moving independently in six years of his life. He wanted to go to another place. Even if the place is going to the toilet, it must be carried by the slave.

Now, a miracle happened!

The Novgorod palace in Rurik, and the larger governor’s residence, have a large number of credentialed wooden floor structures.

Since the main roads of the city are paved with clay bricks, and the auxiliary roads are at least sandy, there are no uncomfortable potholes in the whole of Novgorod.

A small wheelchair specially made for Ivar was quickly designed by Rurik himself, and local carpenters and blacksmiths produced suitable parts and put them together.

The key to the wheelchair is the wheel system, there are no ball bearings, it’s just a cheap bronze shaft with grease applied to it.

The wheel itself is a solid round piece of wood with a ring of handles nailed to the side.

There is also a stone hanging on the lower end of the wheelchair to adjust the center forward, and a movable small wheel at the front provides the ability to maneuver.

Ivar the Boneless is free at last!

Finally, I can control my body to move far away with my own will.

His strong arms, which are different from those of a six-year-old child, have really replaced his legs. Even though the wheelchair is structurally too heavy, it is not flexible. Ivar has no complaints, but praises the gift of this precious thing to himself. Maharaja Ross is the “best brother”.

“Don’t call me brother. I will be your uncle. I will teach you wisdom. This is your only chance to become a warrior.” Rurik ordered.

The child didn’t think much about it, and after picking up the wheelchair, he called Prince Ross an uncle in a small mouth.

Rurik also likes to mention an elder nephew. Although the age gap between the two is ten years old, judging from his height, build and golden beard, Rurik looks to be twenty years old at first glance.

After the autumn harvest, Rose’s school was temporarily closed, and the school was still building new houses. The wood used was naturally the result of Ragnar’s crazy logging team.

The whole of Novgorod is still a big construction site in full swing. Rurik was also worried about whether the remuneration he had to pay, especially the food and materials, was enough for his frantic expansion of production capacity and infrastructure in all aspects?

After Arik systematically reported what he had seized, and even after the transport ship from New Roseburg stopped for a large amount of plundered Frank Flanders wool, Rurik was wide-eyed. Now he must fully trust his cousin brilliant capture.

I also have to fully believe in another thing-Bremen has indeed been reduced to ashes.

He didn’t think it was wrong to burn Bremen Rurik at all. If there was any, it was because his own actions made the old guy Eskil very embarrassed.

Word has spread about the city of Bremen being reduced to ashes!

Even Rurik publicly promoted it!

A notice was posted on the information board of the threshing square in Novgorod, with a very eye-catching title, which is “The Frankish War of the Principality of Ross”.

Like other documents recording the principality’s military exploits, this document must be displayed to the public with great fanfare.

Its first version was written in Romanized Slavic, and at least all the children in the city could spell it out, even the Slavic parents who accompanied them understood it.

In this way, Eskil, who lives here as a guest, can’t figure it out.

The old man heard that Bremen was in ruins, St. Peter’s Basilica was reduced to ashes, and thousands of people were killed, especially the little priests who stayed there.

When he heard the news, he fainted for a while, and after waking up, he confirmed it again and again.

“God, I’m guilty of being with Satan! I have fantasies about these savages.”

Leaning on crutches, he rushed to the palace to confront Rurik, but he still ignored this presumptuous act until now. He even hoped that Satan, Rurik, would kill him.

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However, Eskil was not allowed to see the Maharaja himself at all, and he was stopped and detained by soldiers.

Rurik has heard about the matter. Eskil is an old man. After all, his subordinates burned his future workplace, and he can’t do without giving him a reasonable explanation.

Someone has to be the nominal scapegoat.

If he really confronted this person, Baobuzieskill broke the precepts and cursed, and even asked for a person to be killed and tried to be a martyr.

What if the old boy is dead?

This person should be put back, and it would be best if he could meet that Prince Ludwig and explain what he had seen and heard in the Principality of Ross, so that the guys in East Francia would know that Ross is not a small country.

A letter from Rurik, in which the Latin language of the whole text has picked up his responsibility.

The villain who burned Bremen has been found, the Danish bandit in exile.

The so-called Ross Fleet is just doing business at the invitation of the Earl of Bremen, and it is very reasonable to do business with a sword in the vast sea.

The so-called destruction of the city has nothing to do with Ross, if you want to blame it, blame the Danes!

Because this is a war between Frank and Denmark, Bremen is on the border and there is a risk of being attacked.

Eskil is not a fool, Prince Ross said lightly, who doesn’t know that the fleet’s expedition is to crusade against Frank.

This Latin letter on paper is like rubbing paper, and the prince’s refusal to answer it in person proves his guilty conscience.

The proof of the prince’s guilty conscience is once again revealed.

No, because Eskil was sanctioned for trespassing on the prince, and he himself was placed under house arrest again, but this time he was placed under house arrest in a small monastery in Novgorod. Not even half a step away, the monastery became a cage.

The first snow fell in mid-October. There was no continuous autumn rain this year. The first snow was accompanied by the cold wind from the north. In just a few days, the world of Kung Fu changed.

The snowfall lasted intermittently for five days, and the entire area around Lake Ilmen directly entered the traditional winter life, but the lake water had not yet frozen, and ice fishing was not yet possible.

As long as the snow fell, Ragnar and other loggers would stay in the forest camp for as many days.

They are like hibernating bears, and they can eat and drink without worrying about receiving a lot of supplies.

They couldn’t help but think of the scenery in their hometown. Snow always comes suddenly. People have to hide in shacks made of rammed earth and thatch, and live wrapped in leather. Now thinking about that feeling is really uncomfortable.

Once experiencing a more comfortable life, Ragnar could not accept the old way of life.

Just like the forest camp where everyone lives, they are currently the only residents here, but in the warm period, it seems to be a small town here, and at most hundreds of people will gather here.

The Slavic loggers were so full that they cut logs in the snow. They returned home and planned to recuperate for a while.

The camp was exclusive to Ragnar and his gang, who lived in padded log cabins with flat wooden floors and fireplaces around which they slept wrapped in deerskin blankets.

They didn’t feel crowded at all, just because there are so many woodcuts here.

When the winter sun returned, the hibernating bears picked up axes and double saws and went out.

The world has completely changed, and the winter sun has become extremely dazzling due to the snow.

“Brothers, clear the snow at the door first, let’s cut down the wood quickly, and make up for the tasks requested by the Ross people!”

Arik has to struggle. He and his fellows have no right to slack off. They have logging tasks every week. Although the weather will interfere with a lot of work, there is also an extra task every month. Since there is a time delay, in good time The weather should be made up by vigorous logging.

The snow facilitated the transport of the large trees and made the sleds useful.

They were busy digging away the snow to clear the camp, and the sled team transporting supplies marched on the snow-covered path accompanied by the sound of copper bells.

A dozen or so men with huge black eyes were heading towards here, pulling a horse-drawn sleigh.

They are so weird!

Are they human?

Has huge black eyes.

Ragnar judged that the visitors were Ross people, and they actually covered their eyes with strange things.

Indeed, the sun in the snow is indeed dazzling.

It wasn’t until they got close to Ragnar that they noticed that Arik had come to escort the supplies himself again.

Arik easily took off the wooden-framed sunglasses, revealing a familiar face, which stunned Ragnar.

“Why, interested in my sunglasses.”

“it……”

“You can experience it. Oh, even if it is given to you, it will do.”

With curiosity, Ragnar put on sunglasses for the first time in his life, and the whole world dimmed, and he immediately commanded the beauty of this treasure.

“Ross has such a wonderful thing? Is it mine now?”

“Send you off! You can see more.” Arik asked again: “How does it feel after the snow stops? Is any of you sick? Have you finished your food?”

“Everything is fine.”

“Very good. The prince still asked me to send a message. You continue to log, and you must complete the logging task for this month. There may be more snowfall this month, and you must hurry up. I have nothing else to say, just unload and withdraw.”

“Huh? Let’s talk again if you don’t stay?”

“Alright. I have some good news for you. The prince has made a wheeled seat for your eldest son Ivar. Ivar can turn the wheels by himself to move indoors. He is no longer a useless person.”

“Ah?! Is there such a miracle?”

“Of course, the prince is not an extraordinary person…” Arik praised, and then he called the group of Danes watching the show to unload.

[End of this Chapter]