Rise of Rurik

The weather seems to be getting cooler every day, and everyone knows that autumn has come and winter is not far away.

Unlike the gradually cooling weather, the hearts of the Rus people are raging on fire.

Autumn is here, and it's time for the assembly to demand tribute from the Novgorods.

Of course, the situation this year is very different. For this year's Sorgon voyage, the fleet will be able to rest at Tombstone Island and Fort New Rose, two emerging strongholds, so that the long and arduous trek in the past will not be too hard.

Ordinary people are still stocking up on supplies for the winter, and all kinds of people who have joined the Rus people group have begun to accept a new life.

Beginning this fall, the situation has indeed changed, because the number of people living in Roseburg has exceeded 8,000. Although there was no comprehensive census, Otto could intuitively sense the changes in the population, and he wondered, why did the population of the home city of Roseburg increase instead of the fact that more than 1,000 people have already colonized other places? The purpose of his decision to build New Rose Fort is to divert the population.

In fact, the reason is very simple.

More merchants have arrived in Roseburg this year, and they're here for their wealth.

Businessmen are saying that the Rus people made a fortune because of the crusade against the Gotlanders. Although the Danes subsequently avenged their brothers, the Rus people not only did not lose, but their population also increased.

Gould made an unprecedented deal with the leader of Ross, claiming that the payment was as high as 60,000 silver coins.

Moreover, the Russ were extremely generous and took out the money at the first time.

This was indeed the case. At noon on the second day of the feast, Rurik personally led Gould into the holy priesthood.

Just inside the longhouse, High Priest Villia also performed a brief ceremony for Gould, the fat man, to admit that he was a Russ.

A large amount of silver coins were moved to Gould's mansion. According to the agreement, Gould will continue to fulfill the obligations of the agreement, such as building a house.

It can be said that the large amount of coins looted eventually poured into the hands of Rurik and Gould.

Since Gould is now very willing to obey Rurik's arrangements, Rurik's "big money box" has become the "central bank" of the Rosberg tribe and has the ability to regulate the tribal economy.

He realized that he could use his wealth to mobilize the diverse population of the tribe by throwing coins, making it possible for the economy to start running at a high speed. Of course, throwing coins is not random, currency is a medium, and these mediums need to be retrieved through reasonable means.

Thus continuing a cycle.

There are still less than 10,000 people in the Rus tribe and the guest house. The narrow market naturally made Rurik set his sights on the not-so-distant south and the mysterious east.

What to do next?

Production! Mass production! Although those servants are weak and weak, their bodies are crooked to recover, and they must create wealth for the master's family!

Of course, the biggest problem now, Rurik absolutely still has to solve the housing, clothing and food problems of his various people.

After all, if sheep freeze to death and starve to death, they will not be able to scour their wool.

Rurik used the power of money to hire more tribal women to weave linen and tailor leather. The premise that women can exert their handicraft ability on a large scale is naturally that the merchants sell a lot of flax.

Like the little maids their father brought from Novgorod, Rurik gave them uniforms.

The problem now is that there are still 60 orphan girls picked up by the Melalen tribe. They are also their servants and naturally need to dress uniformly.

Rurik has no time to think about why he has an amazing number of maids, in short, the reality is like this.

As for the other twenty Brittan women, do they still seem to be believers in God? Since they all knew how to weave, it was the first task that Rurik gave them to make linen rods into linen.

Rurik selected 30 girls with good physical fitness. They changed into new clothes and lived in the long house dedicated to servants. The rest of the maids were still waiting.

For a time, the labor force of the soap workshop increased, and the work of the priestess Parla became more tiring. To manage the explosion of children, to restrain their behavior, to avoid the possibility of quarreling with each other, the most important thing is to arrange their work. It is really difficult to rely only on Parla and a female stream as a "life teacher".

Difficulties are difficult, and children generally cherish the life they have to eat now.

The production of soap has suddenly exploded because of the addition of children!

It is not just that the increase in staff leads to an increase in production capacity, but the most critical reason is the supply of raw materials.

It is entirely because of people's fear of winter that fishermen are more and more inclined to hunt seals basking in the sun, and the entire Gulf of Bothnia has to search for whales, waiting for opportunities to hunt.

Seal oil and whale oil are good materials for burning lamps, but the fishermen know that they will be paid above market prices for selling their excess fat to Rurik.

They don't know the inside story either, and they don't bother to ask, they just want to have fun playing with the silver coins in their hands.

Seal grease, already the main source of oil for soaps, is now in greater supply.

More soap production means more wealth, and now Rurik is apparently even building a huge economy himself. Moreover, the characteristics of this economy do not come from traditional agricultural production, but the processing of daily necessities, in order to obtain a lot of wealth through the high added value and premium of products. Then, he was using the money he earned to import Rosberg's necessities from foreigners, such as a large amount of grain.

In Roseburg alone, the economy is outward-looking.

Of course, this situation is changing. The new Rosburgh built on the Neva River may become a production base for grain and leather, but it will take many years for it to mature. Before that, the economy of the Rus tribe still relies heavily on trade.

Otherwise, the happy days that have suddenly arisen will suddenly disappear, making the Russ return to the roughness of the past. To make matters worse, once you start enjoying the good days, it's hard for everyone to go back.

Accepting Rurik's money, lumberjacks, builders became more active, and even brought their children into construction.

More new longhouses are being built, and brand new longhouses are built in the former barren **, in order to avoid the possibility of tidal erosion, their terrain is very high, making them quite conspicuous.

Everything that happens to the tribe is what Otto likes.

As for Otto, he also officially started the preparation of materials to support New Roseburg.

But before setting sail, another huge happy event came to Otto's family.

That is Arik's wife, Peravina, finally at the critical moment!

On the soft deerskin, lay a woman with a big belly in pain, who thought her face was sweating.

She is Peravina, and after nearly a year of waiting, the most critical moment has finally arrived.

Arik stayed anxiously in his longhouse. He clasped his wife's blue veined hand tightly and kept comforting: "Just hold on, Peravina, our child, must..."

"Yes! I... I'm trying."

Originally, Nia, who was the midwife, felt that Arik would avoid it, even if it was her wife who was about to give birth. Nia brought her son Rurik into the longhouse. She believed that because of her son's status, she could bless Peravina from having a difficult childbirth.

But now the situation is obviously a little worse!

Arik was still invited in, and he held his wife's hand tightly to comfort Peravina, who was in extreme pain.

"Child! Use force! Don't be afraid of pain, be strong and patient!"

"Put harder, hold on."

"Oh, my Peravina, you must have a brave boy in your belly. Hold on, another Ross warrior is born!"

Niya kept her spirits up, and that was really all she could do.

Of course, in this era, there is a surgical operation such as cesarean section, but the child survived, but the mother died.

Concubine Li of Chu may be the earliest recorded woman who underwent cesarean section. She died, and the country of Chu was born because of her.

Of course, Peravina is not going to give birth to a child in such an extreme way. She is still working hard to give birth to the child in her womb. Nia has no midwifery forceps, and no painkillers. Everything depends on Pelavina and the grace of God.

Seeing that the child was still not born, Peravina was about to collapse.

Niya was in a hurry, and hurriedly pulled the stunned Rurik over: "Quick! Do something?"

"Huh? What can I do?"

"Pray, pray to God. You are blessed, pray! Pray for God to reduce your sister's suffering."

pray? Rurik found it ridiculous.

But he looked at his sister-in-law's hopeful eyes in pain, so he had to get close to her face, squat down and clasped his fists, hooked his head thoughtfully, giving others the feeling that Rurik seemed to be communicating with God.

Rurik had indeed never seen a woman give birth to a child, and he even felt very embarrassed to be here.

The problem now is that her appearance is the greatest spiritual comfort to her sister-in-law, and it seems to really ease her pain.

Sister-in-law Peravina is not a weak woman, how could she have dystocia?

Could it be that she was not only carrying a big fat boy, but also a very big giant baby?

While Rurik pretended to pray, Arik and Nia tried their best to soothe Peravina's emotions. Rurik's head maid, Rumia, is also constantly busy in the longhouse, especially using the indoor bonfire to burn a copper pot of hot water in preparation for wiping the children.

Outdoors, the big leader kept turning around at the door. After all, it was his grandchildren who were about to be born. The Rus people do not have such a clear concept of generation, and the meanings of "grand-nephew" and "pro-grandson" are almost the same.

He was looking forward to the safe birth of the descendants of his dead brother, and his fellow clan members gathered and heard the cries in the room, laughing at the birth of a future warrior, just like the child's father Aric must be old A huge feat was made easily.

Maybe it really is the power of prayer! At least Nia thinks so.

At first, it was the baby's lanugo, and then, a big fat boy with his eyes closed, descended into the world in a thunderous cry.

The crying of the baby spread to the outdoors in an instant, and Otto stopped turning around. His guys who were sitting on the ground like pigeons lined up, stood up in an instant. Everyone swarmed to the closed wooden door, and when they heard the voices inside, they couldn't help but bloom with joy.

"Haha! It's a boy!" Niya touched her wet grandnephew, her face blooming with joy.

"Rumia! Knife!"

Nia took the scorched dagger that Lumia handed over, and cut the child's umbilical cord suddenly, and then immediately wiped the baby boy's body with the prepared warm water, and used the prepared warm water. Very clean lambskin wrapped him.

With the baby in her arms, Nia knelt beside the extremely weak and relieved Peravina, who placed the crying baby beside her mother.

Looking at her son, Peravina was full of tears. She touched the child's smiling face lightly with her fingers, and the child responded with a strong cry.

"Ah! It's my good son. Peravina, you have given birth to an excellent son for me." Arik, who was extremely excited, said, if he was not stopped by his aunt Niya, he immediately picked up his son .

His nineteen-year-old cousin had become a father, and Rurik looked at the child with a sense of relief.

"Brother, give him a name." Rurik reminded first.

"Oh! Yes! I'll give him a good name."

But what kind of name was chosen, but Arik was stumped. He really wanted to give his son a domineering name, and then personally cultivate this baby into a berserker on the battlefield, and continue to make great contributions to the tribe.

In Niya, the placenta was completely removed, and the weak Peravina sat up reluctantly and looked at her husband who was struggling with naming her: "He is my son, the naming thing, let me do it."

"You? All right. Give our son a good name."

"It's called Asgardar."

"This name? What does it mean?" Arik was a little puzzled, but Rurik understood a little.

"It's a gift from Asgard, my brother." Rurik laughed.

Peravina laughed even more gratified: "Our Rurik is the wisest. Arik, our child has the dual blood of Rus and Novgorod, and his name inherits this. ."

"That's right." Rurik could then add, "Dar, the language in Novgorod means a gift."

"Okay." Aric shrugged, "I'd still like to call him Asgard." Then he looked at his son with his eyes closed, and said softly, "Asgard, you have this noble name, I can To train you into an excellent warrior, you must be braver than me."

Niya looked at all of this with relief, she smiled and said: "Peravina, it must be because of Rurik's prayer that Odin blessed you, so your child has also been blessed. This child, use the Oriental The language is Asgardar, and our language is Asgard."

"Then call it Asgard." Peravina smiled shyly: "Because I'm already from Rus, isn't it?"

Who would have thought that Asgard was born like this, there is indeed a destiny, this child will inherit the force of his father and grandfather and become a powerful warrior.

And, become an important figure of the Ross tribe.

Arik's wife gave birth to a very healthy baby boy, and the good news spread quickly among the Ross clan, as it meant an addition to the chief family.

The boy's name is also very domineering. Who would have the audacity to name their own son the "sanctuary of the gods"? Are you not afraid of the punishment of the gods?

The child is called Asgard and is very healthy. Everyone believes that this child will be as magical as Rurik again?

It remains to be seen whether everyone is willing to believe this.

And this is just the beginning. In the days that followed, the first batch of Novgorod women who were married all completed their childbirth, and it was very fortunate that none of them had dystocia.

Naturally, there are both boys and girls. In the past, some baby girls were deliberately abandoned by their parents. The very real reason was that they could not support them. But this year's situation has changed. If their own food is abundant, who would abandon their children cruelly?

The women of Roseburg are now more important than ever. Rurik pays the women who work for him, and once the woman has the silver in her hand, something has changed.

Peravina has completely entered the state of a mother, of course Rurik wants to give his sister-in-law the best supplements, and he even hopes that her sister-in-law can be a month old. There is no concept of confinement in the Rus, and Rurik still persuaded his cousin Arik that he must keep his sister-in-law at home for at least ten days and take care of the children with delicious food.

What does Arik think? He felt that his precious brother's prayer must have worked, and it was because of that prayer that his wife who had been in childbirth was quickly relieved of her pain. He obeyed his brother's words, which made Peravina eat a lot of meat and porridge every day, and also eat honey.

What was the result? Asgard, who had opened his eyes and giggled, received the best nurture.

It's already September, and Rurik's new house is just about to lay the last roof meadow, and many of the interior furniture has been completed, such as the comfortable wooden bed, and the moving day is just a few days away. It's pretty obvious that before Otto sets sail, he can enjoy living in his new home.

Now, the old house longhouse has long since gotten rid of the desertedness of the past. There are more people living here than the two sisters Carlotta and Ella. Because of their noble status, they were able to sleep with Rurik, who was the same age, on the first day of their stay.

Although Rumia's status is only a maid, it is only temporary. After learning that Rumia would inherit the tribe's high priest sooner or later, Carlotta respected her almost instinctively. When the two sisters learned that Rumia actually knew how to raise deer, the three of them immediately chatted about how to raise large animals.

After all, raising deer and raising cattle seem to be no different. As a result, the Carlotta sisters, who are ashamed of eating white rice, and the reindeer shepherd boys who suddenly made a cameo appearance, and their proficient in herding, also greatly appreciated Rumia.

Since everyone has a noble identity, even if the ethnicity is different, the grievances in the hearts of the three girls are gone.

Otto's family had four children, and three girls surrounded Rurik.

It was another quiet night, and only Otto's snoring brought an annoying clutter to the original calm.

That night, because of some wild thoughts, Rurik kept his eyes open and kept thinking in his heart, and he didn't even bother to kick back one of Carlotta's drooping legs.

Rurik was still thinking about the Asgardian child.

"Asgardar? Asgard? Why do I always feel so familiar? Wait, could it be..."

"Peravina will never have only this son. She gave birth safely once, and she will definitely not have another difficult birth in the future. She has another son, should she be called Jill?"

"Well, if there is Jill, who is Oleg? My sister's child? But I don't have a sister."

Thinking of this, Rurik in the dark night suddenly stared at Carlotta's sleeping little face, and couldn't help being startled.

"She?! No way. Isn't that my child? But Igor must be my son? Where is Igor's mother? Svetlana? Hell, the world line has changed a lot. "

The more he thought about it, the more troubled he became, and Rurik pushed off Carlota's leg to prevent himself from becoming a humanoid pillow again. He thought calmly, savoring it carefully.

"Okay, I'm the Lord of Novgorod, maybe Asgard, I have to arrange for him to conquer Kyiv or something. Ah, I still want to be more peaceful, I want an order, not too much brutal."