Chapter 309： Rurik steps on the pier and trestle bridge in his hometown

Travellers from Narvik Port, they encountered the Rus in an unexpected far north, and now they begin to rush to the home port of the Rus in a special way.

Roseburg? It is said that it is a strong settlement? Besides, the settlements of the Russ are already dotted around?

A large amount of salt was exchanged for an excellent axe. For a short time as a guest at Elon Orava Fort, Mordgen keenly noticed how the Corvin blacksmith trained by the Rus turned the ore into an axe, especially Many of the unprecedented forging and processing techniques made him refreshing.

After all, Modgen was not a blacksmith. He even felt that burning the ore into sponge iron could only be accomplished by the blacksmith himself. Without God's permission, it must be an impossible task to turn the ore into iron.

Mordgen has this superstition, so he has full respect for the blacksmith. When he sees the workshops forged by the waterwheel of the Ross people, the huge furnace, and even the scene where more than a dozen people are forging at the same time, all he has left is awe. Up.

The Ross people are something that can't be provoked. However, they may be good trading partners.

In Narvik Port, the local people’s shipbuilding craftsmanship is no different from that of the Poros Sea world. Everyone uses traditional craftsmanship to make ships, but the Balmerks leave the fjord and face the vast Atlantic Ocean. Any of their ships must face larger waves, so the hull is stronger.

The herring fishing industry in the ocean sustains the life of the Balmerk tribe. Compared with the Svia and Danish tribal alliances, which still have some farmland and pastures to provide land-based agricultural products, the Balmerks can only rely on fish to survive all day long.

In Fort Elon, Mordgen ate the very precious oats in his hometown for the first time. The comfortable taste from grains and the warmth of swallowing his stomach. He felt that the surrounding wall was the legendary Asgard. .

It is true that Modgen has not seen many worlds, and his courage has never been suppressed by the narrow fjord.

He ate oatmeal once, and will never forget its deliciousness. When he saw Rose’s Rurik using those "crystal cups" at will, he not only shocked the huge financial resources of the leader, but he was extremely envious in his heart.

On the dock, Modgen saw the gorgeously dressed Rurik and his wrinkled and graceful mother Niya. Behind the mother and son, there are ten girls with exactly the same clothes and exactly the same hairstyles. They are all the little maids of Rurik. Although they have humble identities, they have "crystal pendants" hanging on each of their necks.

Does Chief Ross still have a lot of gems? Just a maid’s pendant, I’m afraid I can trade ten gold coins!

Mordgen really didn't know that the so-called "crystal pendant" was just colored glass.

On the way home, the Gould family provided as many as ten cargo ships, a large number of people and goods, and boarded the ships in a mindful manner, making the cargo ships a heavy naive.

At the dock, a wooden board was put down.

Rurik held his mother's hand: "Mom, be careful, let's board the ship."

"Oh, okay. I hope the journey home is safe."

"Don't doubt, we must be safe. I hope that after going back, people on the expedition will return one after another."

Rurik's words caught Niya's attention. In fact, when she was heading north from Roseburg, she had only heard about the raids by nephew Arik, reported by a messenger from the south, that was going from one victory to another.

"They will come back safely. Children, for their peace, you have to pray for them on the altar. God will listen to you."

"Ok."

Fighting without casualties is a small probability event. Rurik was certainly worried about Arik, since from the very beginning, the tribe's young men in their twenties and thirties had elected Arik as the leader and went to fight with the leader. It was they who chose to take the initiative to war, and if they suffered losses, they should also be responsible for them.

What Rurik needs are obedient fighters, but some militants in the tribe, they are young and energetic now, I am afraid they are required to sullen their heads to build the foundation, it is better to follow the battle hero Arik to continue to expand the revenge Coming quickly, in fact, in the name of revenge, to plunder the wealth of the Gotland and the Danes to enrich themselves.

One thing to say is that Lurik cannot deny the benefits of the raid. Youdao is a huge risk equal to a huge benefit.

It's just that the Danes have used the action of destroying the Aostala tribe to prove to everyone what the anger of the Danes is.

Therefore, the two brothers Rurik and Arik naturally had a conceptual deviation in the face of their old enemies.

Arik felt that the Gotland people and even their master, the Danes, were indeed a bit strong, but the Ross Warriors were clearly the number one power above the sea.

After all, Rurik lived with the two surviving granddaughters of Chief Ostara for a long time. Through the words of the two girls, he came to the opposite conclusion from his cousin. The power of the Danes is not only due to the number of people, but the leaders of the Danes have a strong appeal, and they can actually encourage a large number of tribes to organize coalition forces to fight.

So do the Ross people have this kind of appeal?

Pooh!

Rurik felt that after half a year of contact, he could gather a group of Corvins and fill them in the Rus army to resist foreign invaders. How many people are in Kewen? In the Battle of the Ice River, their daring warriors were almost wiped out, and the backbones of the various Kewen tribes were interrupted. How much force can such a Kewen man provide?

Therefore, Rurik’s attitude can be summed up in one word, which is "gou"! It's all right to say that it's a bit of courage, to hide one's power and bide its time, or even make a fortune in a muffled voice.

Even if the northern chrome ore is controlled now, the production capacity of ferrochrome tools has reached an unprecedented level among the tribes.

The Ross people have already taken advantage of weapons and tools, but the absolute lack of core population has made Rurik, who has begun partial contact and handling tribal affairs, unable to cope with the threat of a full-scale war that may exist in the future.

And another regret is that he has not completely controlled the various powers of the tribe.

The reason is not just that he has officially taken over the position of chieftain when he is not yet an adult. The most important point is that the hundreds of people who are the best in the tribe at this stage are the elite fighters of the tribe. For example, the strategy of Rurik, which deliberately achieves wealth accumulation through relatively introverted and improved production efficiency, is not as good as elite fighters who fight for their lives to fight and plunder.

It seems that the latter makes Odin's warriors find the true meaning of their lives in the **** fight.

Ten cargo ships slowly left the port of Elronburg. With these ten ships as the core, a group of long ships followed, and the huge fleet began to walk towards the south wind snakeskin and head towards Roseburg in the south.

July is about to arrive in the Julian calendar. This is the warmest season in the entire Nordic world. The temperature is not hot at all, but pleasant.

Oats and rye grown in various parts of Northern Europe enter the most critical growth period in June and July.

Farmers in Northern Europe are looking forward to a bumper harvest this year. However, the sowing period has been lagging far behind. The poor growth of wheat seedlings has begun to arouse some farmers’ concerns. If the wheat matures just to hit the first cold snap, it is an accident. During the frost period, the result is no harvest!

Some panic began to spread, and the peasants' spontaneous priestly activities became more and more lively. The priests of the Mellaren people were deeply moved. After all, those people were very willing to collect money to do things.

However, this panic was concealed by the excitement of the traditional trade season.

Of course, in Jutland, the most "prosperous" peninsula under the control of the Danes, the complaints from the Gotland messengers undoubtedly hurt the nerves of the Danish leader Hafgen.

"Those Mellaren people are too much! The Ross people attacked us, did you take action too?!"

In his anger, Hafgen deliberately organized a fleet to defeat the heinous Mellaren. This crazy plan was immediately rejected by various tribes. The reason is very simple. In the expedition a year ago, most of the tribes who sent troops to participate in the war did not get any benefits, and the money lost before and after was really not good.

Hafgen wouldn't pay for subsidies out of his own pocket. If the war fails to make money, what else will he do?

It is really stupid to go to war with the very powerful Melaren people and to rush out without adequate preparation. Once the Melalen people cannot be defeated in one fell swoop, the various tribes of Svealan in the north will unite to launch a counterattack. Who will become the preferred target of the Northern Alliance? Those people don't necessarily attack the strongest Hafgen tribe first.

Regarding this matter, the Gotland messenger completely regarded the Ross people who had made great victories everywhere as Melalen people. Not only did the survivors claim that the attackers were Melalen people, but also that the Melaren tribe was very close to Gotland. .

In fact, this is what Arik calls a strategy.

He deliberately played the banner of "Merlaren Avenger" and deliberately let go of some enemies, claiming that looting the fishing boat was to avenge the Ostala people.

This reason is too reasonable. The Danes do believe that none of the tribes responded to Hafgen's war intentions. In desperation, Hafgen sent five ships and nearly two hundred soldiers to support the Gotland as the leader.

These Danes moved to the northernmost tip of Gotland. Their mission was to form a Danish-Gotland coalition after the Mälaren landed to fight the enemy's invasion. Is it going to go to the sea to find the plundered Mellaren and destroy it?

The sea area is really too big, so if you take the initiative to search, it might as well settle down and stay secure. Besides, the two hundred Danish fighters are not pure fighters. They are usually fishermen like the Gotland people who "farm the land and fish mainly for fish". They leave their production to guard the Gotland people’s homeland. Go for oatmeal and big mouthfuls of meat every day.

Otherwise, why would the Danes fight for their allies?

Therefore, these negative actions by the Danes did not affect Arik from victory to a new victory.

There was something beneficial to the Rus in the southern waters, and Arik’s reputation continued to rise during the war, and Rurik was completely unaware of this.

The reality is that Rurik has been very effective in building and operating the Elon Orava Fort, and he is not going to eat dry food.

The Tombstone Island in the Åland Islands where sixty-five Ross soldiers were buried, has now actually become Arik’s "military base" and a pirate den for the Ross people in the true sense. It really fulfilled the strategic purpose of establishing settlements at the beginning, and the Ross ship could really sweep the southern seas unscrupulously based on this base. Anyway, the fishermen of Merlaren only go to the Åland Islands to fish as far as they are, so the southern part of the islands are all enemies. You can fight wantonly without worrying about hurting allies! Oh, it doesn't matter if you get hurt by mistake, the pot has to be carried by the Gotlanders anyway.

Arik's plunder continued, and I am afraid that his career will come to an end only if the sea freezes.

The warm sun shines on the fjord, and Roseburg is rare in life.

See! The pine trees on the hills are dark green, causing the water in the fjord to be mapped to dark green.

The Ross tribe, relying on the dense buildings on the mountains and coastline, suddenly appeared in the huge fleet that rushed into the fjord.

"Ruriek!"

"Ruriek!"

...

Fishing boats approached the fleet spontaneously, and the fishermen shouted the name of Rurik while paddling to follow.

Mudegan and his buddies sitting in the boat were full of these calls to praise Rurik.

By now, all the Ross people were kneeling in front of a blond boy. Such a scene did not feel strange to Mordgen.

Is there anything more amazing?

Mudegan looked ahead, and he saw a large and crowded settlement deep in the narrow fjord, as well as a large number of masted ships wandering in the waters of the fjord.

As the saying goes, it is eight hundred swans and three thousand sailors. Only the large number of Ross fishing boats encountered along the way further shocked Modgen.

The fleet sailed out to a fixed place. What was surprising was that Ross sailors didn’t care that the cargo ship was crowded with people. Their superb helmsman and sailing skills made the cargo ship really rely on wind for the entire journey. The fort floated all the way back to his hometown.

Regarding this, Rurik and others had to admire the level of a professional sailor raised by the Gould family, not to mention that they were generally not young, and their superb skills were admirable and reassuring.

The heavy cargo ship finally arrived at the port of the Gould family.

Oh, or that this port has become the official port of the Ross tribe.

Standing on the bow of the boat, seeing the changing scene in front of me, Rurik opened his mouth subconsciously.

"Wow! I haven't seen you for more than a month, and the number of reliable berths has increased dramatically!"

In order to cope with the need for larger-scale trade in the future, the boys of the Gould family are really continuing to expand the port following the orders of the old father. Of course, there is no lifting machinery in any form here, but the berth trestle bridge made of wooden planks and hardwood piles has been further strengthened so that they can be fully carried. The heavy cargo ship is constantly swaying in the sea waves, causing the trestle bridge to hit.

At the trestle bridge, two obese young men wore more gorgeous clothes. They were dressed in furry ferret clothes with a large number of colorful cloth strips, gem decorations and gold silk, which fully demonstrated the typical wealth of He Ben era.

Ah, there is nothing more prosperous than being obese.

This is my home after more than a month's absence!

Rurik walked over the planks and stepped on the sturdy trestle. When he got off the boat, he just had a brief conversation with Gould's young sons, and in his own capacity, he decided to understand a very important deal immediately!