Chapter 51： Otto's north hunting

The backward productivity and production relations make the people of Svealand need a lot of land resources to sustain their lives.

Almost all of their ancestors came from Jutland. They were the first ancient Germanic to land in Scandinavia. Once they landed, they immediately clashed with the Sami, the owner of the plain.

The movement to expel the Sami people has continued, even if the Mind Subtribe Alliance has occupied the entire Svearan, the expulsion movement continues.

The Sami people, the ancient indigenous people of Europe, their living space is constantly compressed, and their groups have to move to the Arctic Circle.

Gradually, the Sami seemed to disappear from this world, leaving only many remains in Svearan, proving to the conqueror that they had lived here.

Sve Alan's living space became more and more narrow, and a tribe named "Oars" decided to go north.

There is no document describing the exact reason why they went north. After all, they went north along the coastline of the Gulf of Bothnia for hundreds of kilometers until they settled on the edge of the Arctic Circle.

Perhaps because of the great temptation of animal furs, the trend is that they continue to expand to the extreme north.

Every summer, there are always a large number of long boats rowing from the north, bringing a large amount of northern furs to most of the tribes of the Mind Sub-Alliance.

The Ross tribe can always make a good profit in this summer trade.

Therefore, Otto and his tribe have to go on an expedition after the winter, that is, they are eager to hunt some reindeer.

All the people involved are mentally prepared.

They can tolerate severe cold, know how to survive in the snow, and they have ways to resist a possible blizzard.

Hunted a reindeer, enough for a family to eat in the spring, so the requirements of the hunters are actually not high, as long as the hunting is enough.

They carried axes and daggers, as well as short spears for hunting.

Hunting has a set of basic principles, that is, do not kill small beasts, only hunt the largest and strongest deer. Who is the strongest? The antlers are the biggest.

Once successful, the hunter will start skinning and cutting meat on the spot.

Otto led the group, dragging a large number of sleds, two hundred people formed a huge hunting group, fully armed and riding on snowboards, moving forward faster in the vast snow-covered land.

If there is no snowboard wrapped around the feet, winter hunting is really difficult.

They started walking along the icy coast and continued walking for three days. When the coastline began to extend eastward, the crucial moment finally arrived.

In a forest, a large tent was built.

Reindeer skin is a wonderful material to keep out the cold. Four skins are stitched together and then built with branches to build a wonderful tent.

It was late at night, more than 100 tents appeared in the snow, and more than 20 bonfires were lit up.

Otto held the grilled fish in his hands, listening to the prospects of his subordinates.

Harrodsson hugged his son Kanuf and truly explained his excitement: "If we continue north, maybe we will come to the end of the world. I really don’t know that the deer that was easy to spot once are all running now. Going further north?"

"Haha, because they are afraid of us."

"Maybe. Look at our tents and our clothes. They used to belong to running deer. I am a little worried that if we always operate on a large scale, we will wipe out all the deer one day."

"You are overestimating our strength, my brother." Otto shook his head, "This world is big. Besides, if we continue to go deep north, we might meet those people."

"A deer breeder?"

The deer raising people refer to the so-called Sami people. However, the pronunciation of words in Gnostic language is exactly like "Lap", this "pull" is the tongue sound, which means "deer".

"Yes! It's a deer breeder." At this point, Otto's eyes were full of desire for wealth.

Otto’s reminder also made Haro Zuosen excited, "Ah, those who raise deer. They always raise a large number of reindeer. If we get them, this trip will really be a huge success."

"Of course! But it is difficult for us to meet them. Unless..."

"Unless what?"

"My brother, maybe we can..." Otto turned his head nervously and looked at Haro Zuosen with sincere eyes. "We will start to move northeast tomorrow. As long as we go far enough, we will meet the deer breeder. At that time we will launch an attack! Their wealth is ours."

"Just like our ancestors did? If we fight those people, I think we will win the battle."

"Yes, they are still a group of guys who use stones! First we have to go northeast, where there may be a large number of deer herds, and we can also meet deer breeders."

"Maybe I can meet bears and wolves."

"That's right! We haven't gone deep to the northeast so far, and there is full of unknowns. How about? My brother? Maybe I should summon everyone now, I am full of confidence in future adventures."

More than 500 people participated in this winter hunting operation northward.

Is winter a good season for hunting? All hunters have to endure the extreme cold of the Arctic. Only those reindeer with heavy furs don’t care about this cold, still gnawing on the snow-covered grass.

Furs attract hunters, they are worth the risk.

Only two hundred people followed the leader Otto. The other three hundred people were not really part of the Ross tribe.

Today, the population of Roseburg at the "end of the ice and snow" has basically stabilized at 7,000 to 8,000 people, of which less than half of the real Ross are.

More than half of the population comes from other tribes belonging to the Mind Sub-Tribe Alliance. They live in Roseburg and play a very important role.

For example, some residents from the Mälaren tribe live in Roseburg for a long time to buy the furs of the Ross tribe, and then row the long boat to transport the goods to their tribe’s port in the warm summer. For a long time, these people only returned to their tribes in the summer and stayed in Roseburg the rest of the time. It seemed that they were no different from the Ross people.

In fact, this is not the case at all.

Because all the foreign members, they do not enjoy the material dividends of the Rus tribe and do not have any actual power, so they do not assume various obligations.

But they can be hired, even as mercenaries. Only when they become mercenaries do they have a part in the distribution of spoils.

The Ross tribe is also willing to marry these outsiders. After all, they all belong to the same tribal alliance in essence and speak exactly the same language. It's just that different family lineages separate each other.

The married woman can enjoy the bonus of the Ross tribe because of her husband.

The women who married out of the tribe, or the men who decided to leave the tribe, lost all their rights and obligations.

The relationship between the Ross tribe and the outsiders has been very good for a long time. They look like brothers to each other. After all, the leader Otto and the other elders of the tribe know that if the tribe encounters a major crisis, the outsiders are unreliable. of.

Because they are all businessmen, the crisis of the tribe means that their safety can no longer be guaranteed, and they will be evacuated quickly.

This is very realistic, it's human nature, and it doesn't even need to do more sales. The insightful people of the Ross tribe understand this truth.

Including this northward hunting is evident!

Those outsiders, they are allies and merchants, they are also brave warriors and good hunters.

Whether it is oneself or an outsider, Roseburg can maintain a huge population in the far north. The most important factor is the temptation of fur.

The smart person calculates a financial account a little bit. It takes a "good quality" silver coin to buy a whole piece of deerskin. UU Reading www. The purchasing power of uukanshu.com silver coins is very high in the Baltic market.

Rather than buying and trading in exchange for the price difference, wouldn’t it be a good choice to go hunting on your own?

Three hundred foreigners moved northward. They were fully prepared, intending to sweep a large area and wipe out all the beasts they encountered.

Because the furs of Norwegian forest cats, ferrets, white foxes, gray wolves and even white bears are more precious than the huge deer skins that can be spread.

The furs of forest cats and ferrets are the furs that excite hunters the most.

According to the prices of peers in the region, one silver coin can only buy one forest cat fur, while three silver coins can only buy one ferret fur.

In fact, because of the large-scale hunting by the settlers of Roseburg for half a century, the wild animals within a radius of 50 kilometers have suffered a catastrophic blow!

After all, human beings are the most ferocious predators. They don’t need huge strength and fangs. They use their wisdom to create a large number of traps and make a batch of spears. No matter how big and fierce animals are, they will become a tuft of barbecue.

The foreigners did not follow the leader of the Ross tribe to start the action, and ran in different directions.

In fact, foreigners are more willing to go northwest, enter the central mountain range, set up traps in the pine forest to catch ferrets, and have the opportunity to catch deer cruising into the forest.

They did intend to separate from Otto and his party, otherwise they would be suspected of fighting for the prey of the Ross tribe. If Otto was blamed, he might be expelled.

The foreigners did not participate in the actions of his forces, which made Otto very happy. He really did not want to be interfered by foreigners when he led the warriors to encircle and suppress the deer found. After all, when distributing prey, it is easy to say how to distribute within the tribe. No matter how it is, it will basically not hurt the peace.