Rise of Rurik - Chapter 788

[Chapter 789]

Ragnar led his men to live up to expectations, and some selected tall spruces were felled with exquisite Nordic logging techniques under the forest axes of their brothers.

The collapse of a nearly 50-meter-high giant tree caused violent shocks, and the snow in an area was also shaken off.

It is very risky to cut down a giant tree. The big tree that needs two people to hold hands will collapse, and it will become minced meat if it is mixed with it.

Of course, if this kind of big tree is burned, the torch it turns into is expected to burn for seven days and seven nights, which is exactly the effect Rurik hopes for.

Since the first fire tower was set up on Hanukkah many years ago, building a wooden tower and burning it during the festive season has become an indispensable item for the festival.

The open-air stone boat altar outside the city has stones moved from the hometown. The core of the altar is a slaughter platform, which is the main place for slaughtering deer and offering sacrifices to gods with deer blood.

A dark open space is deliberately set up next to the open-air altar. Every year, all the festivals that need to light the fire tower, this is the place to burn the tower.

Therefore, the ice and snow on the ground were removed to reveal the crystallized land, because part of the soil had been burned into terracotta tiles, and the four stud pits left on purpose were also extremely hard.

The four spruce trees were stripped of their bark and all their branches, and after they were pulled out of the forest by Ragnar, they turned to be pulled away by the reindeer.

Scaffolding was set up at the altar, and the pillars at the core of the wooden tower were erected quickly, just like a mast installed on a large ship.

A wooden tower is being built rapidly, and its height must exceed all the buildings in the entire New Roseburg, so the flames it ignites can also give warmth to the entire city.

In order to show signs, the people in the city cut wood and cut firewood by themselves, and even took out their own dry firewood reserves. All kinds of combustible materials were piled up around the frame of the wooden tower desperately.

In particular, the flammable oily pine branches are piled higher and higher, becoming the core “building material” of the wooden tower, but a huge hollow is deliberately set in the center of the wooden tower, which is the chimney of the tower.

Burning the fire tower is not something that you can expect to be warm just by lighting a fire. It is not only a major project of the festival, but some new tricks must be added to the project every year.

The so-called chimney effect, the hot Foehn soars into the sky through the central hole, and can bring the flames to a height of 100 meters, just like a flaming snake rushing towards Asgard, it must be an amazing experience for the public!

Rurik thought very well, so he arranged for his subordinates to pile up fuel according to the plan.

The whole city is getting ready for the festive season, especially on Hanukkah!

Even if it was a poor life in the past, every household during Hanukkah must eat and drink, enjoying the indulgence that is only once a year.

Now that life is better, the level of indulgence will only increase.

If there is no folk custom, folk custom will be created. There is never a static custom. New regulations will become a custom after a few years of implementation.

The construction of the fire tower is a proof, but Rurik hopes to add some flavor from the East.

The Hanukkah of Ross and other Viking ethnic groups is like New Year’s Day in the East. The Slavs, various Finnish tribes and Pechenegs also regard the winter solstice represented by Hanukkah as the beginning of the new year.

Rurik doesn’t care about what ordinary people eat and drink to celebrate festivals, at least the royal family has to eat some special meals.

The largest mill in the Principality is in New Roseburg, where Asuraki took root. After a summer of full development, the scale of the mill expanded, and the output of rolled flour also reached a considerable scale.

The high-gluten flour made from high-gluten wheat from Britain is perfect for making dumplings!

Asilaki’s seniority is “Second Sister-in-Law”, and Rurik gave the order as a prince. When she heard that it was a brand-new delicious meal, she readily agreed and began to prepare the ingredients.

The old Harald family took root in the Eastern New World, and Asraqi was among the top nobles of the principality through the marriage relationship of the direct blood of the Prince Ross family.

She is deeply involved in the family’s food processing industry, and is the first contractor of the “Principal Granary” grain processing, ranking first in the entire Principality in terms of processing level.

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The wheat flour specially supplied to the Duke’s family was sifted and sifted, and finally the pale yellow fine flour without any bran was left.

After kneading the dough, the dough is rolled into a thin dough with a wooden pole, and the employed women use a bronze ring tool to press out a circular dough on the dough.

Unfortunately, these women have not learned the technique of rolling dumpling wrappers.

The dumpling stuffing is also particular, the fine venison is chopped into minced meat, mixed into the smashed carrots, there are Agaricus bisporus, matsutake crumbs, and a lot of thyme crumbs and parsley crumbs.

Salt is essential, and a batch of eggs is also beaten in to enhance the stickiness of the filling.

Employed women make dumplings profusely, which are then sent directly outdoors to be stored as quick-frozen dumplings.

Traditionally, the Vikings stockpiled food for the winter in every fall. Back then, people had no choice but now the people who immigrated to New Roseburg have the right to be picky.

The prince raised more than 20,000 deer, and the deer herd was taken care of by a team of professional deer breeders, making the population expand steadily.

The Principality needs a lot of deerskins, as well as venison and deer bones.

Fresh venison is publicly sold in the market, and its price is comparable to that of beluga whales, but the butcher often does not drain the blood, and the taste is too fishy if the buyer does not cook it properly.

But when buyers buy fresh meat, they are always marinated with heavy salt, thyme and onions, and then hung on wooden beams to be smoked and roasted, thus the unique style of Ross bacon was born.

In this regard, Asuraki, who holds the priority of materials, did not hesitate to organize the mass production of bacon.

She smokes and roasts not only venison, but also rabbit, chicken, cod, and mass-produces the most traditional extremely hardened herring jerky.

Processing these “hard vegetables” and then selling them is not a huge profit, or what she wants is not to make a lot of money, but to further expand her popularity and become the largest businessman in New Roseburg in a curved way.

Rurik noticed more than that. He praised his sister-in-law’s actions. The so-called female labor force was mobilized. They participated in the food processing industry and would consume after getting paid. This stimulated the consumer market of the entire Principality.

They can raise their children and subsidize their families only by remuneration. A Viking family not from the Ross capital is no longer making money by relying on farmland harvest and husband’s hunting and fishing, or even finding a job directly in the city for the wife.

They were the first bourgeoisie of New Roseburg, and also a group of petty bourgeois.

This is a fantastic beginning, because the immigrants who come again or the children of the old immigrants are incomparably difficult to obtain new arable farmland from their native places. Set up more state-owned and private workshops in the city. Based on the latter strategy, a group of pure proletarian laborers in the principality was born.

A large group of children running around in the snow will turn into vigorous young men in less than ten years. They have inexhaustible strength, and they can be heroes of the sea, kings of land warfare, or even mighty cavalry.

They should also enter state-run factories to work, even if it is an intensive handicraft industry that concentrates human resources, these labors are also necessary.

Just before the grand festival of festivals, Rurik held a state-of-the-nation meeting in the council chamber of New Roseburg.

Including the Governor and his son, where are the big names in New Roseburg sitting on the court?

Everyone first listened to Governor Conuson Sr.’s summary of the construction of New Roseburg in the past year.

Of course, how can this old guy list a batch of detailed data and then talk about it based on the data?

According to him, the business situation in New Roseburg is booming, the construction industry is booming, logging is booming, hunting and fishing are booming…

As for the bad point, it is probably because the prince himself is deeply involved in the construction of Novgorod. Is it a little neglectful of the real royal city Novorosburg?

It’s been a long period of reporting good news but not bad news. If the situation is all good here, there will be ghosts.

For example, Rurik learned clearly that the purchase price of animal skins this winter has plummeted due to the high production capacity, and the hunters did not get the windfall they hoped for.

Many people praised Rurik himself in every possible way, and the representatives of the merchants from Finland took the lead in reiterating that the prince is indeed a saint who enjoys Odin’s blessing.

The words of countless praises can melt the ice, tell the dead trees to sprout new shoots, and bring back the spring.

The report by the old Knuzon was really done for nothing, and Rurik was not angry, at least this guy calculated the tax data.

In another sense, this State Conditions Conference held by the Ros Duma parliamentary court is the power of various servants and the pilgrimage behavior of officials from all over the border.

Including the 18-year-old Telavis, as the Earl of Vips, on behalf of the Vips people, he wished the principality prosperity.

Saibo Lava, the wife and concubine present at the meeting, represents this Allenburg.

It is rare for Hailafeld of Narvik Port, who personally escorted the Atlantic salt, to arrive with his brothers from thousands of miles away, and immediately attended the meeting as a representative.

The great blacksmith Kawei attended the meeting on behalf of the homeland of Rossburg Fjord, which has been transformed into a “steel and comprehensive mineral base”.

Kowenstad at the mouth of the Oulu River, the direct immigration point of the residents of Rossi, also sent business representatives to attend the meeting.

Not only the governor of Tombstone Island at the crossroads of the ocean sent people to New Roseburg to participate in the festive festival, but even the merchants from Mälaren, Jermalen, Uppsala, and Anklaas, the Swedish allies who lived thousands of miles away, all arrived. On-site, followed by a meeting to discuss friendship and look forward to the future.

We can’t get Rurik’s precise economic data in New Roseburg, but at least he has received congratulations from various forces and an attitude of absolute obedience.

Taking advantage of this meeting, the cavalry issue that attracted the attention of the participants, everyone was amazed at the sudden appearance of this mighty force, which shocked everyone with its skills and brought great glory to the principality.

As a result, Kagan, who was forced to keep a low profile at the venue, could finally take off his hat and show his true colors to everyone.

Rurik will introduce two heroes at the venue, and Kagan is the first one he introduced.

“Seeing that you praise me so much, I will tell you the origin of the cavalry. Look at this brother, he comes from the far southern steppe, and all the good horses are brought by these Pecheneg brothers. He is Kagan, and I am a half-brother, we swear to Odin to form an alliance, and our cavalry will grow rapidly in the future…”

All of this surprised everyone. Anyway, the man Kagan was indeed a dwarf in the eyes of many big Nordic men present.

The wise man thought about it again, to be so highly regarded by the handsome prince, this “dwarf” must have something extraordinary.

Just like Yeflo, this guy is also a small man, his slashing methods are brutal, and his military exploits are enough to convince everyone.

People soon learned of Kagan’s noble status. “Prince” and “Khan” are equally honorable titles. This Kagan is the next Khan of the Pechenegs. He has at least 10,000 cavalry in his hands. Not strong.

These words were naturally described by Rurik himself, and the so-called “commanding 10,000 cavalry” was just a casual remark.

He knew that all men and women in the grasslands were soldiers, so he said that ten thousand cavalry was really conservative.

Even so, the participants were greatly shocked and expressed their disrespect.

Even though many of them were merchants, the reason for attending the meeting was that Rurik needed the commercial value they brought.

But they are all Viking warriors in essence. Blue Fox Gouldsson is a case. A seemingly fat businessman turns into an unparalleled warrior who kills people. As long as he is willing, the transformation is extremely rapid.

Merchants must use absolute powerlessness to protect themselves when necessary. Like pure fighters, they all respect and respect fighting madmen.

Kagan didn’t understand Norse at all, he just learned a few words, said a few words of greeting at the venue, and then sat down.

But he could see that the Ross people respected him.

Immediately afterwards, Ragnar Sigurdsson was elected by Rurik.

When the identity of the exiled leader of the Danish region was exposed, there was an uproar in the venue, and even a business representative from Lake Mälaren subconsciously pulled out a knife!

Some local representatives even asked in a low voice: “Your Majesty, the Danes have killed too many Swedish soldiers. Is it not wise for you to let a Danish leader enter the sacred court?”

Rurik had no intention of reprimanding him, he was convinced that he had already controlled the people of Ragnar’s troops to death, what could this exiled leader do standing here?

Don’t listen to the prince’s withering.

Ragnar showed up and said that he was not so stupid that his life was the old Swedish king Olegin who he hacked to death, but he deliberately emphasized that he had no intention of being an enemy to his neighbors in the north. King kills.

A brave warrior described these things with a ferocious face, and everyone saw that his face was full of tears.

Ragnar’s tears were not feigned. He mourned the disaster of his own tribe, and his public expression of vengeance was immediately full of applause.

No one cared about his identity anymore, and many people raised their fists high, declaring that they must take revenge on the King of Denmark.

Rurik was waiting for this opportunity!

The second child of the shipbuilding family, Carl Hotrasen, built a shipbuilding workshop in New Roseburg under the order of the prince, and his career is now fully on the right track.

Karl, who was called by Rurik, stood up and announced to everyone that the Principality would establish a second “Royal Pirate” force. He hired Ragnar as the leader, and manipulated a brand-new light warship to launch an attack in the Danish waters, targeting the Danish king. ships, focusing on its maritime economy.

This style of play has always been criticized by some fighters who uphold traditional beliefs as a bit despicable, Rurik set the record straight, and publicly stated: “We must use the current peaceful situation to strengthen our strength, just like a kitten can only fly when it is full of feathers. Conquest of Denmark must be done with sufficient confidence, before that I will find a way to tire them, we must achieve a perfect victory.”

The meeting had an unfinished ending, and some unresolved matters should be discussed after the festival.

But Ragnar himself is qualified to take his brothers to visit the shipbuilding workshop. They received the prince’s order that even if the Neva River is frozen, everyone must first learn how to use a standard armed cargo ship in the shipyard building.

Even a standard armed cargo ship has a crushing tonnage advantage over traditional oared longships, not to mention that it will be equipped with Ross’s torsion slingshot (monkey version).

It is impossible for Rurik to hand over the principality’s best warship. He still has defenses against Ragnar, so the pirate ship is an improved cargo ship, equipped with high-end weapons and equipment, and the number of performance cuts is also small.

Ragnar understood this point, even so he was satisfied, just because he stood in the huge shipyard of the Ross people, he saw a big ship being built, and his understanding of the shipbuilding industry had been completely subverted.

Right at the gate of the factory building, Ragnar assembled his own staff and mobilized impassionedly.

He was not at all afraid that the craftsmen of the shipyard would inform Prince Rurik, after all, what he said came from his heart.

That night, after Rurik had finished eating dumplings comfortably, the messenger from the shipyard entered the palace to make a secret report in person.

“So that’s the case, you go down.”

After the messenger left, Rumia couldn’t help but walked over with her stomach full, sat down and said, “It seems that Ragnar is trustworthy.”

“Maybe.” Rurik shrugged: “A real beast is not willing to be in a cage. He will use us again. It just so happens that I want to use him too. It would be best for him to provoke the Danish Civil War, but I also have to guard against it.” If he grows bigger, he may bite me back.”

“Who can beat you?” Rumia chuckled.

“Indeed, no one can defeat me unless I stop and give others a chance to surpass. How are you… how are you preparing for the sacrifice?”

Rumia answered quickly: “Everything is ready, you just need to light the fire tower with a torch.”

“Okay, the day after tomorrow is a holiday, so some of us have stayed up late…”

[End of this Chapter]