Chapter 35： New winter begins

The weather is getting colder and colder. As for the daily fishing operations with the Ross tribe in the sea, fishing has to be closed due to the cold.

For them whose food is mainly fish, when the temperature is fair, the fishermen of the tribe dared to sweep the entire Gulf of Bothnia. They are reluctant to go to the southern waters because it is not only a fishing ground for their allies, but they may also encounter hostile Danes.

Even with the addition of some Novgorod women, the residents of Roseburg are only 7,000 to 8,000.

Every year, some people leave the tribe with their wives and children forever and go to the south to join those allied tribes in order to live a better life. Coupled with deaths from various causes and babies born every year, the tribal population has remained at such a figure.

The tribe is still a situation of more men than women.

Because, compared with the southern allies, the Ross tribe does not have to bear the tremendous fighting pressure of those allies. Only the southern tribes are competing with the Danes for the first line of pasture and farmland. To put it bluntly, because the probability of conflict is low, fewer strong men die in war.

is the women of the tribe, their fertility is a horror.

The medical technology of the Ross tribe is extremely bad. There is no pure healer here, only the priests of the tribe have mastered a little herbal brewing technique. If you are suffering from a serious illness, you can only pray for Odin's mercy. In terms of the results, "Odin's mercy" is extremely rare.

The locals are also very relieved. According to Veria’s romantic interpretation, the men and women who died were all recruited to Valhalla.

This kind of explanation calmed people's grief a little, because life has to go on.

Based on these completely witch-medicine medical technologies, any childbirth is completely dependent on the physical fitness of the mother-to-be, and it is best to give birth to the baby safely. Difficult delivery means death!

The reality is that only if the women of the tribe are relieved of their worries and to develop medical technology, the tribe can thrive.

This question has actually been plagued by various peoples in ancient times. Because the living environment is more extreme, the problem of the residents of Roseburg is even more extreme.

After all, the population of the tribe is still developing slowly, but they simply cannot afford a large amount of population loss in a battle. Once defeated, the tribe is almost inevitable.

The Ross tribe is so fragile, the leader Otto clearly sees this.

So in the Svealand area a hundred kilometers away (this level of land distance is already very elite), the tribal alliance of thinking demihumans there, due to the continuous increasing military pressure of the Danes, strategically huddled together.

They have already criticized their extremely northern brother tribe, the Ross people, and denounced them as "the Ross people just go to be fishermen in the Gulf of Bothnia until the dusk of the gods."

Those fishermen who are not fishing are in their long house, and the family sits together mending the fishing nets made of hemp rope.

In ancient times, the most cost-effective fishing net material available to ordinary fishermen was probably only flax rope. The nets used in casting nets all over the world are basically the same.

Throughout the long winter, fishermen have a lot of time to mend their fishing nets and make spare nets.

The weaving work is often done by the family’s wife and daughter, who undertake important logistical support for the fishing industry.

The women of the Ross tribe must learn to weave linen and sew animal skins. They can weave cloth by themselves. Compared to weaving cloth, weaving fishing nets is easier.

Except for long-distance activities such as sailing in Sorgon, the men of the tribe spend most of their time on fishing and hunting. The Gulf of Bothnia has a rich gift, and fishing alone is enough to sustain everyone's livelihood.

But for the exploration of land resources, the Ross tribe has never given up.

Rossberg is located in a large number of hills and rivers in the mountains. The hills are always overgrown with pine and oak trees, as well as small wasteland in some areas.

The life of Northern European reindeer has not been disturbed by human beings excessively. They still wander throughout Scandinavia. They reproduce throughout the warm season, and into winter, they push aside the snow and continue to eat the hay on the ground.

The Ross tribe who migrated to the Roseburg Fjord has killed all the reindeer near their homes for decades.

people are good at throwing short spears to hunt and create traps.

The entire Ross tribe lacks bows and arrows, so only a few people use bows and arrows to hunt.

Even the entire Viking crowd lacks bows and arrows, because there is no yew making bows and arrows in the local area! The tribe only has more than 20 shabby bows, but there is no excessive requirement for the use of various wood for the arrows. The number of bows is extremely small, and they are all bought at high prices through trade networks and allies in the South.

Because the Danes began to come into contact with the more southern Franks very early, during various trades and conflicts, the yew bows lost by the Franks were immediately grasped by the Danes.

Or because of conflicts, the Mind Subtribe Alliance can always obtain some yew bows that have been turned three hands, and the defective products are sold to the hands of the Ross tribe in the north, so the Ross people are really bad four-handed goods. , Then don’t think about its high quality.

Fortunately, throwing spears is also a game style among boys. When they grow up, some elites can become excellent spear hunters.

In terms of power, a short spear is always more fierce than an arrow, but it can basically kill a reindeer if it hits it.

The men of the Ross tribe decided to go to the far north to hunt a group of large beasts before it was even colder. This action took a very short time.

It seems that after completing the tribal marriage, Otto spent his days in the residential area of ​​Roseburg, like a groundhog hiding in a burrow. UU reading waited for the weather to warm up again.

Of course this is not the case!

The nephew becomes a real adult after the wedding, and the nephew’s wife will quickly become pregnant. By now, I don't have to worry about the future of my nephew, and Arik has become a talent.

What Otto needs to focus on now is his own son, Rurik, but now the situation has changed.

He didn't know whether he should be happy or worried. In recent times, Rurik obviously got too close to the priests!

In performance, Rurik is willing to go to Vilia to learn some knowledge. Otto is particularly worried that because of these studies, I am afraid that Ruriek will not become a real fight under Veria’s "careful teaching". The warrior in China, but became the rare male priest of the tribe? !

Completely because of the limitations of the concept, Otto does not want his son to have too much knowledge, because the tribe advocates the power of men. What is the use of so much knowledge? An excellent leader must have excellent fighting ability, and only in this way can he most quickly convince the crowd.

Because of this, after Otto learned some knowledge thirty years ago, he declined the stay of the still young attendant Veria. He hopes to cultivate a set of excellent fighting skills as soon as possible in order to win the competition for the leader position and gain everyone's recognition.

After all, no matter how many ambitions and ideas, he has become a loser in the arena, and all ideals have become empty talk.

Otto certainly understands his son's lofty ambitions and the amazing dominance he is now showing. Dozens of children have agreed that he is the leader. All the children are only seven or eight years old, and they are all too weak.

Otto is a wise man, and now he bury his worries in his heart, and has not rudely ordered his son not to go to Vilia to study.