The Rise of Iceland

　　　　 The New Year's Day of 1629 is coming soon, but entering January of 1629, the temperature in Wenlan is still as cold as ever, and there is no sign of warming.

After entering January, there were three heavy snowfalls in Wenlan. Until February, the two-foot-thick snow and ice that covered Wenlan for more than a month gradually melted, exposing the dark rocks and mud below. .

　　 Wenlan in February, although it was still utterly cold in the middle of the night, the temperature gradually returned to above zero after the sun came out at noon.

　　Wait until mid-February, although the northern part of Wenlan still preserved ice and snow in the dark, the temperature in the south was gradually warm and warm, the river had been civilized, and the river was flowing southward into the warm current of the Atlantic Ocean.

　　 Beginning in mid-February, the city of Herut began to go out under the leadership of the big and small leaders. Women, children, some men, and slaves stayed at home to clean up the debris and repair the sewage and drainage ditches.

　　 Vikings took warriors and men and most of their slaves scattered to the northern Avalon forest and the forests in the hinterland to hunt, increasing the stock of fur in the warehouse.

The one-thousand Viking regiment was divided into one hundred teams, each with thirty Beotuk warrior slaves, and then scattered to various locations in Wenlan for hunting, which swept the entire Wenlan hunt for a time. Activities are in full swing.

The governor of Buckens in Long Lake City, who is responsible for recruiting savages everywhere, also saw the hunting team that went deep into the vicinity within a few days, and then sent more than 500 warriors in his hand to participate in the hunt, and at the same time took a large amount of fur from the inventory. Come out, send a team of warriors to **** the city of Harut to pay tribute to the **** of Hadar.

　　The ocean surrounding Wenlan's southeastern peninsula is affected by the Caribbean warm current. Although the latitude is high, it belongs to the non-freezing zone throughout the year. Therefore, finding a suitable location to establish a deep-water port is definitely an inevitable choice for Wenlan to develop to a certain extent.

　　 Hadar, Hudik, and Hagrid were divided into three teams along the coastline looking for a suitable place to build a port in the future, especially near the transshipment corner.

Starting this year, as the city of Herut has transferred the entire Vinland and realized the integration of the resources of 110,000 square kilometers of land, soon Vinland will become a powerful colony, and the construction of a port in the future is a must. So now we have to choose a location. A few days later, it was finally selected tens of thousands of steps southwest of the mouth of the Muskniu River, relying on a small peninsula in the east to build a wharf on both sides of the east and west at the same time, transforming it into a regular wharf.

Olaf also went to see it in person. He thought it was pretty good, and it should be enough for Wenlan in a few decades, but he remembered that the city of St. John in the northeast corner of the peninsula would be in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In the future, you can find the location of the provincial capital of Wenlan Island. It is definitely the most suitable place to build a deep-water port on Vinland Island.

　　 A week later, after the city of Groot was renovated and cleaned up, Hadar ordered all the Vikings staying in the city to lead slaves to find maple trees to collect maple sap, and then start another industry of refining maple syrup.

　　 At present, Wenlan’s two pillar industries are the fur export business produced by hunting beavers, beavers, white wolves, black bears, reindeer, seals, foxes, squirrels and other animal skins. This business is Wenlan’s current economic core.

　　 The second pillar industry is the sugar industry. Because of Wenlan’s special geographical location and climate, it is almost a fantasy to grow sugar cane to make sugar, but the creator is always kind.

　　 Maple syrup made from maple sap was named "Queen Honey" by Olaf. He made a lot of wealth in Europa and his party last year. This allowed Hadar and others to see the great prospects of Vinland's sugar industry.

Looking at the maple trees that can be seen everywhere on Vinland Island, Hadar estimates that there are about tens of thousands of sugar-producing maple trees on Vinland Island. If they are used, they can produce half the sugar exports of Spain’s Caribbean colony. The syrup is definitely the second pillar industry comparable to the fur industry.

The leaders of these two pillar industries, such as Hadar, paid the most attention. Hadar also divided the regions so that each oar leader led the slaves to pay close attention to the production, and stipulated a certain amount of ration for each leader and Viking. There is no question about whether you choose to sell it or use it for yourself.

　　 In the plan of the high-level in Herut City, after the two pillar industries, there are three emerging industries, namely fishery, plantation, and grazing.

Keeping a world-class fishing ground and not doing anything is definitely not enough. You still need to develop the shipbuilding industry and make use of the fishing resources. There is also the cultivation and breeding industry. According to the climate, the land of 110,000 square kilometers should be used for agriculture in the south. Planting, growing food, potatoes, etc., in the future can be used as export products in exchange for money.

　　 In the colder northern regions, cattle, sheep, horses and reindeer can be farmed and developed. In the future, it will also be the production area of ​​wool, cowhide, deer skin and other products.

　　 However, the planting industry and the breeding industry will have to wait a year or two to see if it is feasible. Therefore, the development center of Hadar this year is still the two pillar industries.

　　 Olaf led the two Atang, Pikku, and Yiluji. A total of more than 400 people wandered around the peninsula all day, looking for maple trees to extract juice and make sugar.

　　 What Hadar implemented in Vinland was the Viking Raidan system of slavery, patriarchal system, and legionary system. Because the core population is small and the rulers are all primitive indigenous people, this system is very convenient at present.

In various industries such as planting, hunting, and sugar picking, Hadar shared the harvest ratio with his Pastor Chief Hagrid. Hagrid and his two Manjuefen rudder heads, then rudder head and Atang The oar heads are allocated, and finally the production team leader and the Vikings are allocated.

The current distribution ratio is that 30% of the harvest is turned over to the city of Hroot, the remaining 70% of the harvest, Leidang General Hadar gets 10%, and Pastor gets the remaining ~www.novelmt.com~Man The Juefen rudder head gets the remaining 4%, Atang propeller head gets 3%, and the production team leader gets 2%.

After this level of distribution, each Viking can guarantee 45% of the wealth created by himself and his slaves. Living in other European countries will inevitably have to pay a lot of taxes. If it is a tenant who farms for the landlord, The income will be less, so in comparison, the Vikings have gained a lot. After all, the slave income in their hands is also equal to their income. As long as a slave gets 50% more, he will not pay taxes.

Viking Leidang is a system transformed from the ancient Viking expedition, robbery, colonization, so the top-down distribution model is similar to the ancient Vikings’ spoils-sharing convention, but unlike the current taxation model, it is easier. Let the people accept it.

Olaf thought about it, although it seems that the gains are similar, but Viking Lei should be a collective partner to start a business, and then distribute the stolen goods and gains. The conventional landlord and lord are exploited. Now the good life of the Vikings collectively Based on the tragic fate of the looted and slaves, the Vikings naturally supported this system.

Olaf knows very well that the current Viking Thunder is an emerging team of collective entrepreneurship. Before corruption, it will have strong cohesion and combat effectiveness. Just like the Houjin Baqi at the same latitude and the same period in the Far East, it will be in a few years later. Under the leadership of Huang Taiji, it was changed to Manchuria, which was the period of rapid ascent from Manchuria on Baqi Road.

　　 Compared with Manchuria, Olaf thinks that Viking Leidang may also have a rising period of about 20 or even 30 years.

He glanced at the sun in the sky and felt the sun shine on his face, making people feel the faint warmth. Olaf sighed and murmured in a low voice: "The warmth of spring is about to bloom, and I hope Viking Raydang will do the same. Flourish like flowers and trees..."