The Rise of Iceland

　　　　 After Ramos left, only the Scottish white slaves, their master Hagrid, and dozens of sailors were left on the dock.

"Guys, friends, you are all forced by your life to leave your hometown to open up your home in West India and find a way to survive, but you are putting the future of your family on me. I am actually under a lot of pressure. , But I won't let you down!"

　　 Hagrid looked at the Scottish white slave in front of him and frowned in a daze. He stepped forward and said with a throat: "My name is Hagrid. I am one of the leaders of our future home.

　　We went to West India from Iceland and built a peaceful land and a free home in eight years of hard work. You will be very satisfied when you arrive!

　　I can promise you that as long as you work hard and obey our arrangements, your contractual slave status will be lifted as scheduled, and it may even be possible to obtain free citizen status in advance, land, livestock and even savage slaves! "

　　 After Hagrid's words were finished, a faint flame of hope and ambition began to appear in the eyes of the Scottish male white slaves, which was a manifestation of foreign yearning and igniting confidence.

　　 The female white slaves also became a little angry, and no longer held their children tightly and tightly.

Looking around, Hagrid said a few more words of encouragement, and finally pointed to a big ship ahead, and said loudly: "Now! Friends! Your ship to the beautiful homeland of West India is right in front! The road is ahead! For the future! Please take a step and get on the boat!"

　　 Hagrid finished speaking, Hudick also instructed the sailors to come forward and guide the group of Scottish white slaves on board, and then there was no one left on the dock in less than half an hour.

　　Because the three armed merchant ships are the core force, Hagrid plans to place all the white slaves on the Thor's Hammer, Hope, and the Clippers. If they can't live, then a small number of them will be placed on the armed merchant ships.

　　 At Hagrid's orders, more than a hundred Scottish white slaves squeezed into Thor's Hammer.

　　 Then the five big ships loaded with clear water and coarse grains bought some new whiskey originated in Scotland, as well as locally produced burlap and various crude tools, and then left the port.

The fleet went northward in a semicircle, and then walked west from the North Sea Channel on the northern side of the island of Great Britain and Ireland to the estuary of the Foyle River in the northern part of Ireland, and headed southward, and entered the port of Delhi on the sea outside the city of Delhi in the north. .

　　Derry City is Londonderry, the capital of the later British Northern Ireland. It is still very backward and poor. At least in the simple and small port, you can see the low city walls and the houses in the distance.

　　Delhi is much smaller and more dilapidated than Amsterdam and Dublin. At first glance, the bustling level is similar to Reykjavik in Iceland.

　　 Olaf measured in his heart that Amsterdam is similar to a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, Suzhou and Hangzhou. The canals and rivers that can be seen everywhere in the city and the degree of prosperity, commercial development can be compared with the two states of Suzhou and Hangzhou.

　　Edinburgh is like a military center in the north that has experienced warfare. Dublin is similar to the ordinary county of Ming Dynasty. Although Olaf has never seen it, compared with the economic size, these two cities are at this level.

　　 As for Drina, there is really only a low city wall, and there are not many people in the small city inside. It looks like a town is more than a city.

　　On the pier outside this dilapidated city, there are only a few fishing boats docked, not a large merchant ship, let alone the existence of managers.

"Derry is the territory of Raleigh Omor. Even the county guards in Derry are the younger generations of the Omor family, and the nephew of the owner Raleigh Omor. It looks inconspicuous here, but it is a manager of more than a dozen The center of the county of ten thousand people." Hagrid pointed to the distant city and told Olaf aloud.

"The date of our transaction with Omor is around June 5th, and it is already June 11th. Although it is already dusk, we still have to find Omor's nephew as soon as possible." Hagrid finished. He ordered the sailors to put up the planks, and then disembarked with Hudick.

　　 After two hours, they returned to the boat until it got dark.

　　 "How is it? Did you see Omor's nephew? The Omor County guard." Ulav took the hats of Hagrid and Hudick and asked casually.

"Cough... I see. From tomorrow, he will organize people to come. It is estimated that the more than one hundred white slaves we need will be in place the day after tomorrow." Hudike had some problems with his throat before, and he recently fell ill, so he coughed a few times before speaking. .

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At noon the next day, people from the Omor family led farmers, handicraftsmen and other civilians in northern Ireland to the port. Hudik and Hagrid selected on the spot. Except for seven or eight people who were sick, they didn’t want them. The remaining fifty More than 80 people have accepted the household, and they have been placed on the Hunfan Clippers.

　　 After receiving the order, Hagrid settled the pound with the Omor family according to the number of households.

　　 This kind of transaction lasted for three days, because the white slaves who came were all selected by the Omor family from various places, and there was always a process to come after being notified.

　　 After three days of selection, Hagrid and Hudick selected 81 households in four regions in northern Ireland, totaling more than 260 people.

　　 Most of the two hundred and sixty people were assigned to the Hope and the Hunsai Clippers, and the remaining thirty-odd people were accommodated in two armed merchant ships.

　　 Hundreds of people have joined the fleet so that the fleet is basically full of people, but because they are selected, they are healthy and strong men, women, children and adolescents, so there is no need to worry about the possibility of infectious diseases caused by large numbers of people living together.

After the final supplies, Hagrid bought some more horses and livestock, and then the fleet set sail on the morning of June 15th, starting from the port of Delhi, going north along the Foyle River into the sea, and then adjusted its position in the North Sea towards Drive slowly in the direction of Wenlan.

　　 It’s summer. It doesn’t matter if you travel from Europe to Central and South America, but when you go to North America, you have to face the warm wind from the southeast, so the boat can't get up fast. Basically, it keeps at a speed between 6 and 9 knots.

The fleet approached the waters east of Wenlan after 20 days of drifting in the Atlantic Ocean. The fleet experienced strong winds, waves and thunderstorms along the way, because the Atlantic Ocean is also covered by a hot summer climate, and the rain is more abundant than in autumn and winter. a lot of. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

　　 Had it not been for routes and nautical charts in hand, coupled with the excellent navigation skills of Hudik, Hagrid and others, the fleet would have disappeared in various sea winds and bad weather.

On the afternoon of June 27th, the fleet finally appeared on the east of Vinland Island under the leadership of Hagrid. Under the sunset, the white slaves standing on the deck saw the sea not far away. Five or six fishing boats lined up east and west are fishing for cod.

　　 A dark coastline with high mountain cliffs also emerged on the westernmost coastline. It is not visible to the left or right, like a piece of land instead of an island.

　　 "I saw the land!"

　　 "I saw the land!"

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The dozens of white slaves on the deck kept cheering. The white slaves who had hardly ever boarded the boat were dizzy and unable to eat for the first ten days. They just got better after five or six days, until more than ten days later. In order to get out of the cabin and move on to the deck.

　　 Olaf was taking a nap, and he got up when he heard the noise on the deck. Pikku also heard the movement coming out of the next hut, and the master and servant also walked onto the deck.

　　 "Master Olaf!"

　　 21 days of getting along day and night, most of the white slaves of Thor's Hammer knew Olaf, and bowed their necks when they saw him come out.

"Hello everyone!"

Olaf smiled and nodded at the crowd. The friendly smile and handsome face made the white slaves feel ashamed, and they became closer inside, especially when they saw Olaf’s azure blue eyes shining with brilliance, he did not dare to straighten up. Depending on.

When he walked to the bow and stood still, Olaf watched the Wenlan Island in front of him getting closer and clearer, his mouth was slightly cocked, his hands opened, and he felt the sea breeze and whispered: "Wenlan! I'm back! "