Chapter 281： 1 little economic problem

Rurik really wanted his hands to grow up in an instant, even if they could quickly grow strong and tall enough.

He saw the huge economic and political benefits brought about by the expansion of the Rus people in the past year, and he also realized the great worries of the tribe behind this sudden boom.

The weak and the strong are the political ecology of Northern Europe in this time and space. Of course, various tribes can form alliances. Of course, the powers of the parties to the alliance are not equal.

Tribes lacking strength either actively depend on a stronger tribe, or are defeated and annexed by the opponent.

The strength of the Rus people lies in their perennial shrinking, which makes the tribe master a large number of strong men, who are the key to supporting the tribe's combat effectiveness.

Those elites have already lost, so to make up for it, Rurik had to step up training his young men.

The times are rolling forward like a torrent. Some things must change, especially when the Rus treat other non-alliance tribes who speak other languages. The two sides must build a new covenant.

Kewen came, and a group of deer breeders also came.

Enslave them? Do not! If it is to revitalize Ross and establish a strong regional power, the act of enslavement can be regarded as digging the grave in advance for its own destruction.

Following the example of the Svia tribe alliance?

The Mellaren tribe is entirely due to its large population, the dual abilities of doing business and farming, and its unique geographical environment. Their prosperity comes from these few necessary conditions, thus becoming the leader.

If it is just because of the large population and relatively strong overall strength, it can be a leader, why can't the Rus replace it?

Rurik felt that he couldn't really enslave the Kowenmen and the deer breeders. Since the goal was to obtain greater benefits, he could use more advanced and efficient methods to make them particularly happy to work.

Because they are all human beings, they all have the desire to make their lives more prosperous.

To give them a contract, it is not shameful to surrender, and cooperation brings prosperity. As a person in control of rights, he must also abide by this contract.

Although the children of the Ross tribe are somewhat resistant to the sudden emergence of foreign boys, after all, these children dream of becoming heroes on the battlefield, wanting to be excellent fighters, and they admire a kind of person-the good fighters.

To what extent can a hunter with a bow play with a short wooden bow?

In the boys’ training ground, Telavis used the short bow made by the Ross people to hit a target far away from forty stikas (about 39 meters) with three iron cluster arrows, that is, a small piece. Tattered leather the size of a snow rabbit.

The arrow hit was not luck. Telavis shot ten arrows in a row, each hitting the target.

The most amazing thing is that one arrow hit the tail of the other, splitting it into two pieces.

"Robinhood!" Rurik held his head for a moment and exclaimed.

The boys and girls onlookers screamed because of their experience. Ruriek really kept his head with his hands, and he couldn't help shaking.

He was a little scared. Maybe at that time, the boy aimed more accurately and ran a little slower. Wouldn't he be injured?

Relying solely on the skill of archery, Telavis has established his position among boys, including his sister Sepolava, who has also been admired by girls through her precise archery performance.

Are all the children of Kewen people good at archery? Thinking of the enemy's arrows hanging on the leather armor of the Ross army during the siege battle, Rurik felt that his judgment was completely correct.

Only three days later, the Corvin gray squirrel tribe, and the handful of deer breeders, who had been relatively settled, Rurik issued an order requiring them to hand over children between the ages of six and ten, regardless of whether they were boys or girls.

At first, Mechasta of the Grey Squirrel Tribe and Alsaka, the leader of the deer breeder, felt that this order was a conspiracy. Even if they expressed surrender, it was mostly an expedient measure to survive. How can the estrangement disappear in an instant?

Although the Ross people have provided a lot of resources, it cannot be said that this is a huge boon. You need to do everything unconditionally and willingly.

More than twenty boys and girls were recruited by Rurik. They are a mixture of deer breeders and scientific people. In the final analysis, they are all "ancient Finns" and there is no real language barrier between them.

Telavis naturally became the commander of the boys, and Sepolava became the commander of the girls.

Kewen and deer breeders, and even Finns, are born relatively short. Maybe this relative shortness cannot be changed by eating a lot of meat and milk. Being small also has small advantages. Since they are not suitable for being on the front line and fighting frontal with other Viking tribes, their best position on the battlefield is to provide fire support and long-range output in the rear.

The biggest requirement Liulik gave Telavis and Cyberlawis is very simple: "You take your own people to shoot arrows seriously, I want your people to be able to do Robin Hood."

Yes, Rurik gave "the flying arrow split the arrow in half", and Rurik gave Robin Hood a clear vocabulary of this unique skill. They didn't understand the cultural characteristics behind the word. They thought it was just staying. One of Rick's many new words invented.

To complete such a skill, it would be difficult to complete without long-term training and a billion talents.

The number of Rurik's subordinates has increased, and the training direction of the personnel has also begun to differentiate.

He keeps his promises and implements the rules he has set. Even if the ice and snow have not melted, since training has resumed, the cafeteria has basically ended its existence as a temporary classroom.

Those stocky wooden buildings are often immersed in the aroma of food.

More than 300 children have their own seats, not to mention, they have their own wooden bowls, wooden spoons and wooden forks, and many others imitate their "boss" Rurik using two wooden sticks as an extension of their hands. They use learning chopsticks as a toy to pass the time. When they can manipulate the wooden sticks to pick up rocks, the children will take the initiative to show off.

From the very beginning, Lulik's requirements for hygiene were relatively high. He ordered his subordinates to clean their bodies regularly. Among the clothes he distributed, linen clothing needed to be washed with soap regularly, and individuals also needed to wipe their bodies regularly.

Wash your hands before meals, wash your clothes after training, and wash your face and hair diligently. Rurik will take advantage of the opportunity to review and punish the dirty people. The method is very simple and straightforward, that is, today's free lunch is cancelled.

Similarly, it is considered a mistake to directly touch the food with your hands while eating, and Rurik asks his subordinates to supervise each other.

These strict requirements before and after the meal have a ritualistic feeling. The children always feel that it is unnecessary, but they can't fully understand the good intentions of Rurik.

Every year, the Ross tribe will die a batch of very young children. Most of these children die of colds and diarrhea. In short, they are not doing a good job of protecting against the cold and eating up their stomachs. Even though many families have bought soap and used it in their daily lives, expecting everyone to use it to wash their hands, Rurik knew that he overestimated the people. Soap is still precious, and people use it cautiously. Washing hands with soap is a bit extravagant, and washing clothes that give off a strong sour smell becomes a must.

Rurik's men have always been very healthy, and rarely even get sick.

No one really pays attention to this matter, or that they have an attitude of getting along with the situation when it comes to illness and death.

Oh! When a person dies, that must be his destiny, nothing more.

No one associates disease with poor sanitation. Lurik can only construct a ritualized sanitation work to allow his subordinates to passively develop a sanitation concept called "cleanliness" compared to most ethnic people. .

The brothers and sisters Telavis were shocked by the abundance of the Ross people, because they and their sister had eaten porridge and vegetable soup for many periods, as well as large mouthfuls of seal meat and fish. He thought that the first time he had eaten this kind of food was a gift from Rurik, but he could not imagine that all children were eating such high-quality food.

Gradually, he felt that this was the normal life of the Ross people. Since children can eat so well, wouldn't it be better for the elderly?

A sense of inferiority is deeply accompanied by Telavis. He is a person to be strong, and what he feels is the backwardness of the Kewen people.

How to rectify the names of Kewen people? That is to do your own thing, let the Ross people look at it with admiration. He thinks so, eager to make the Ross people praise Covin people by doing great things to be very good.

The winter is still the same, and Roseburg is thriving!

Almost all of them are preparing for the upcoming trade season. Due to the influx of huge amounts of fur, the whole family of leather craftsmen from the tribe went into battle and began an all-weather struggle.

Merchants even took advantage of this opportunity to find ways to get the goods.

Most of the merchants spend the winter in the colder Roseburg every year, in order to get the fur as a second trader to make the difference. In essence, these people are porters, and their jobs lack technical barriers.

Those very few businessmen with relatively large financial resources can be regarded as entrepreneurs in a sense.

Rurik easily learned that the merchant Gould was focusing on those things.

The cold is still there, it can't interfere with Gould's ambition, even if this guy feels that life is like a sunset. He wants to make a lot of money in the final stage of his life, while accumulating more wealth for his family, making the rest of his life a happier life!

This old guy always likes young girls, but he has no right to marry a girl from the Ross tribe.

Otto and Rurik believe that the girls of their tribe are a kind of special "strategic material", which can avoid "throwing into the woods to fend for themselves." The baby girl becomes engaged at the age of twelve. Join the Valkyrie Legion in Rurik.

But as an old-timer, Gould is like a tireless shrew when it comes to giving birth to more wealth heirs. This is the second greatest pleasure in his life after making money.

He married his eighth wife, who was also the daughter of a foreigner, and only because of the problem of fund turnover, he asked Gould to give her daughter to enter into a loan transaction.

His eldest son Snoreva is really Gould's son. He also married the daughter of a visiting merchant from the Mellaren tribe and became his second wife. To put it bluntly, he felt that only more marriages would have a greater chance of having a son.

After all, in the huge Gould family, only men have absolute inheritance rights. As the eldest son, Snoreva bears great responsibilities.

Therefore, in the light of the face, all merchants endured the issue of the payment tribe and tried every means to expand their respective transactions.

The Russians provided so many kinds of goods this year. They are the producers of materials in the north. Compared with last year, the economic activities of this year are too prosperous, so that the limited economic market of the Rus tribe has the strange phenomenon of the currency tribe.

Obviously, the Ross people looted more than 200,000 silver coins, and a large number of copper coins with small purchasing power entered the market.

Insufficient currency is a real thing, and things have become a little magical!

After all, they are Russ. At this stage, the main body of Russ is pure Vikings. As Vikings, hoarding money is really normal.

There are only two people holding the craziest silver coins here, Rurik and Gould.

In order to fight against the huge amount of hard expenditure, Rurik's first thought was to let the coins flow back into the "big money box", that is, the tribe's "national treasury" in a practical sense.

The free lunch launched at the level of tribal leaders is aimed at Rurik’s men, who have more than 300 mouths waiting to be fed. To feed them, the monthly expenditure is more than 600 silver coins.

Rurik summoned the women of the tribe to work as tailors, so that each of his men had a decent outfit. There is one thing to say, this clothing is a high investment at the beginning, and it is basically some sewing and mending work in the later period.

Even if it is hired as construction workers and cooks, these salary expenses are not much. What's more, those mercenaries and slaves, Rurik only needed to provide a small amount of remuneration, and he could reasonably ask them to work more.

Among all the expenses, the two largest ones are the raw material costs of Rurik’s own hand-crafted workshop, such as a large amount of seal grease and charcoal blocks.

And the large quantities of food and vegetables bought from Gould.

A large amount of coins actually flowed into Gould's pocket, and in turn, Gould needed to spend money to buy soap, glassware, and brand new spirits from Rurik.

As a result, this trade has reached a magical closed loop. If the Ross tribe wants to count GDP, then the transaction between Rurik and Gould will inevitably account for half of the GDP.

Of course, the wealthy households in the third place, they are a newly emerging family, and also represent a new force of craftsmen, they may also account for one-fifth of the GDP.

After the blacksmith Kravasson and his colleagues signed an agreement, they shared the craftsmanship of making hundred steel. He also monopolized the glassware manufacturing of the Ross tribe. Today, a large number of children of the Corvin tribe have become full-time blacksmith apprentices. Stay on Rick's military training call-up list.

Cravason's family is rising, and the iron work of Cravason and his sons has made a huge fortune. By March, they control more than 20,000 silver coins!

Sitting on these few coins, Kravasson naturally set up a solid room in the Novgorod-style woodcut that had been built in his own house to store his huge amount of silver coins.

Whether there is a bank in this era, everyone’s wealth can only be protected by themselves. Even if the Ruths have long stipulated that stealing money from their tribesmen will be expelled from behind after being chopped with a finger or a stick, or even beheaded, how can the theft be eradicated?

It's not that people's hearts are not simple enough, it's all because they are born to be wealthy, which makes some people take risks. After sitting on huge amounts of wealth, the risk of being targeted by thieves and robbers is even greater.

Cravason was sitting on a huge amount of money that he had never thought of being at the disposal of his family. He was so precious that he didn't even think of spending it. Instead, he began to drive a large number of new children into so-called miners, ordering Kawei and Kamni to lead them. , Sitting on a hired reindeer sleigh, went to the distant mountains to dig iron ore to complete a large number of orders.

They are more focused on producing more metal products, especially completing orders for more steel-armed crossbows by Lurik and steel swords for young men of the tribe.

10% of the silver coin income is returned to Liu Rick’s cash box in a tax-like manner Even so, the wealth of the Kravassen family is still increasing rapidly.

In this way, the two big and small gold-suckers, objectively they have very necessary economic ties with each other, and somewhat curbed the free trade of the Russians.

Small businessmen have a lack of working capital, and the funds of ordinary Ross families are generally lacking.

But the future of this year's trade is really wonderful. Since there is no flow of oneself, even if it is bartering, the transaction must continue. Anything of value can be used as a medium of transaction, even the marriage rights of one's own daughter. In order to make a lot of money, those businessmen feel that they have seized the opportunity to make a fortune and have completely spared it.

Rurik, how could he be aware of this situation early? Perhaps it is only because the core population of the Ross tribe in this era has expanded to 5,000 people, including a large number of newborns. Those surrendered Kewen can only be regarded as a kind of ally with a very special relationship, and the number of deer breeders in control is only ten.

Free market? Is it necessary for such a few people? Rurik feels that he might as well control all the small families. It is like building a medium-sized enterprise with a population of four to five thousand including family members. To manage so many people, it does not require a complicated organizational structure. .