Chapter 556： Duke of Ostara and Mercury

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Those Merlaren serfs who arrived in Roseburg, these guys are not sitting and eating rice.

The strong labor among them was instructed by Lurik to go to the distant woods, or to form a team, drag the sledge and carry the draft axe to the mountain to dig for ore. The woman among them was naturally unsuitable for this kind of hard work, so she was thrown to Fisk's mother Bromar by Rurik and asked to do some tailoring work.

Rurik picked a young woman from these serfs. She seemed to be sixteen or seventeen? Even the face and body look more naive.

"It's not my food anyway..."

Rurik shook his head and directly ordered that she was no longer a slave of the duke, but the wife of a man.

Is there such a good thing in the world? The grateful woman, upon receiving the order, knelt down and climbed to Rurik's feet to kiss his boots.

So what is the price? The price is that John Invale must become a man sooner.

The obedient John was brought to the temple by Liu Likla, and a group of Ross people gathered to roar and cheer. John endured his discomfort and passed the savage ceremony.

This seems to be a wedding? indeed so.

"If this is not the realm of God, but the place blessed by Odin, I..." John Invar, his faith is not piety, and the woman in front of him is desperately tempting himself, then as a real man, in order to be with the past He cut through the humiliation, he rushed forward after making the last psychological struggle...

He is no longer a toy that can be played with, and even imposes his past humiliation on this woman.

The woman was beaten by John and the corners of her mouth bleed. At night John’s residence heard wailing, and witnesses saw that after the day came, the woman had difficulty walking when he fetched water.

John's humiliation was vented in a violent way. When he cleared his mind and examined his actions, a sense of guilt came to his heart again. He tried to comfort the woman, but unexpectedly the woman hid her face and wept bitterly. She looked at him with a smirk in her eyes and said thank you.

John Invar, he accepted Rurik's summon again with a very complicated mood, and then explained Latin on the third floor of the palace.

He had just arrived by climbing the stairs, and Rurik was already waiting with a cheerful smile.

"Good job! True to the Danes, you are the wolf of the north, not Frank's sheep." Rurik clapped his hands and said.

When Rurik said that John couldn't be more clear, he hurried over and reported his affairs truthfully, with a sense of guilt in his words.

"So, will God punish you?"

"This... definitely will."

"But Odin will think you are a good warrior. What do you think of her?" Rurik asked deliberately.

"well."

"Okay, she was a slave, she was a plaything. Maybe you can treat her kindly."

"Of course!" John hurriedly said: "I will take care of this poor lamb."

"So, is she a woman?"

"It's already."

"Well done so that we are brothers. You, I like it! I mainly like the Latin you master. I have basically learned it, but I want to spread it in my territory."

"Ah! This..."

Rurik looked straight into his eyes and continued: "Many young brothers lack knowledge. I want them all to understand Latin, and they can even communicate in Latin in daily life. Maybe you are worried about your future work, this is Your future job. This place is far from the Holy See. No power can threaten my power. I don’t want to listen to the nonsense of those priests. As long as I can understand these scriptures, I can make my own understanding. Come here, I want Learn new..."

Unexpectedly, the heart of this docile sheep is still a wolf. Many witnesses will develop what they have seen into conversations that Roseburg loves to hear.

Brothers look down on cowards the most. Now John Invall is no longer a coward, and no one criticizes him anymore.

In December, low temperature and extreme daylight constantly eroded Roseburg. Every day, the time people can work is decreasing. When night falls, most things are no longer possible.

Roseburg, protected by the wooden wall, naturally fell into silence?

Not at all.

Nowadays, every household has an unprecedented supply of materials, and it is no problem to survive the cold winter steadily. The family spontaneously launched the torpedo that succumbed to instinct. What was covered by the wind was the groaning of people and the sudden cry of the baby.

It can be expected that next fall in Roseburg will be another baby boom, and it is normal for people who live in this settlement to give birth to another 1,000 babies.

But Lu Mia's belly is getting bigger day by day, and a new life is not far from being born.

On the day of the vernal equinox, she completely became Rurik's woman. Rurik counted the time, the due date was around January 10th in the Julian calendar, and she had entered the late pregnancy.

Can she preside over Hanukkah festivals like this?

She must preside, no matter how difficult it is, she must preside.

Because on the eve of Hanukkah, a major project is bound to be completed.

A mighty reindeer sleigh team returned from the north, with more than 200 people in their party, including professional loggers and hunters who had returned early. The most important European spruce logs were brought back, and the work of arranging the masts of the two large ships placed outdoors filled the entire time of the Hortra family. Even if the daylight hours are scarce, even if the torch is held to light the bonfire, the logs must be processed into usable masts.

Freshly felled trees can also be used as masts? Almost all the water inside has frozen into ice crystals.

In fact, it's okay. In this regard, the Vikings of all walks of life are not too picky. The so-called wood will eventually become dry, and the spruce, which grows slowly and becomes a talent, is completely useful as a mast.

A group of craftsmen beat the spruce logs with various tools outdoors, and they will turn them into masts.

In the indoor dock, a destroyer with one-third of its hull built into it is being supervised by Lurik and beginning to install the propeller mechanism.

This is a complicated job. It is so complicated that Hotra has lived with crutches for so long and has never taken over such a complicated job.

He complained to Rurik: "My lord, must that be the case? Don't you feel the difficulty?"

"It's true, but I gave up because of it, but it was too stupid."

Hotra doesn't want to say that this set of institutions may be unnecessary, since his children like it, then continue to do it.

The craftsmen continued to ding ding dong dong, punching holes in the wooden shell, installing the roller bearing and the highest rotating rod, and seeing this situation had to be installed all day.

Where and what to install on the ship's hull, white lines were drawn by the chalk clods. Rurik felt that he must be too worried about this.

After observing for too long, Rurik sipped their craftsmen's Qiuju tea, sat cross-legged on leather cushions, and naturally talked about money with Hotra.

"These four ships will be launched next spring, and 600 pounds of silver coins will be carried to you. How do you plan to use them?"

"This..." Hotra was a little surprised, this kid had never asked this before.

"Just tell the truth, I have to know where my money will go in the end."

"Yes. To pay the workers' wages, all the helpers' money must be paid."

"So, how much can you earn?"

Hearing, Hotla hesitated directly, he made some consideration, and muttered cautiously: "About half of it."

"That's three hundred pounds of silver coins. It's really a lot, so the tax I collected from you last year will increase a bit."

"Ah! This...this is not appropriate." Hotla hurriedly said, confessing a little. He complained very much that he was really confused, and he didn't know how to talk less.

Rurik shrugged and looked at the ship: "You don't need much wealth, or you already have a lot of wealth. All this comes from the shelter of me and our Ross people."

"Yes."

"Now, besides smelting steel, I am proud of you shipbuilders. Next year, I will collect double tax from you. It is useless if you ask for too much money, so you should leave it to me."

Hotra sighed, neither bluntly refused nor agreed, sighing is equivalent to acquiescence.

"It is a lot for you to earn two hundred pounds. It is enough for you and your relatives and friends to live a comfortable life. Now continue to talk about this boat! Two boats outdoors, installed masts before Hanukkah, is there a problem? "

"No problem at all." Hotla said decisively.

"Very good. I can tell you bluntly, one of the two big ships I sold to the Balmerks, and the other one for our own use. I also figured out the name of the ship."

"The name of the ship?"

"It's called the Duke of Ostara, and it's built into the Oss."

Hearing this name, Hortra understood all at once. The people of Roseburg admired their duke very much. While Rurik was young and promising, he brought the people's well-being to the people, but at the same time he brought the Ross army to glory.

These days, people are saying that the female leader of Ostara has become a woman, and that at a young age he will give birth to a new son for the great Rurik, thus completely resurrecting the Ostara tribe, and Ostara also Naturally became a vassal of Rose.

Thinking of this, Hotla chuckled and said, "Are you offering a gift to your Carlotta?"

"Yes. She has served me well these days."

"Serve?" Looking at Lurik next to him, Hotra continued to laugh: "It's really a young man, it's good to be young, but I'm old. When I was young, I didn't have the qualifications to splurge like you, I still suggest You should be more temperate. Now everyone knows that you have seventeen wives! You have too many women. This must be Odin, a gift, but you..."

"Can't you indulge? I am very confident now! I believe that my body can easily conquer them, and I also believe that my sword can lay a larger territory. Therefore, these ships must be built quickly."

The topic went back to shipbuilding. Mentioned the name of the ship, Hotra asked casually: "Eight destroyers, do you have a name for each one?"

"Yes, just named after the stars."

"Oh? I thought you would name your wives and concubines so that I could build seventeen ships in a short time." Hotra raised his right hand slightly dryly, "This ship is being installed with propellers, what is her name."

"Mercury ()."

"What's this name?"

"This...it's a long story." Rurik is boring for the time being. He might as well tell this old fellow Hotra about the wonderful worldview.

The universe has no center, just like a spherical surface does not have a center point on the surface, so the sun is not the center of the universe, nor is the earth. But if people feel that they are not the chosen ones, will they feel confused?

Rurik bluntly said that the sun (Sarah) is the incarnation of Odin. There are many small worlds revolving around it. The human world is only one of them. All the worlds together form a branch of the world tree, and the stars are just one. Another branch bud. The small world named Mercury revolves around the sun just like the human world...

Regardless of whether Hortra wants to believe it, Rurik said so.

He even explained something: "Some things, invisible to the eyes, doesn’t mean they don’t exist. It’s like we can’t see the face of a sailor standing on a distant ship, nor can we find other things that also revolve around the sun in the vast star confluence. small world."

Hotra was not in the mood to think about these illusory things, but when he heard Rurik’s naming of these small worlds, he obviously came prepared, not like a temporary fabrication, considering all the signs that the child did get Odin’s Blessing, his words are probably true.

"The eight ships are: Mercury, Vinas, Mona, Mas, Jobter, Setun, Nepten ), Uranos."

Rurik has chosen clear Latin spelling nouns for these ships, and finally they must be nailed to the ship's side, and even a unique flag will be sewn.

In these names, Hotla knew a Mona, which is after all the noun for the moon in Gnostic.

"So, these eight ships have to install your propeller mechanism?"

Rurik shook his head and pointed to Mercury who was being built: "This is a great attempt. It has challenged the most difficult mechanical achievement of our Ross people. If I succeed, I will carry forward and change all the other seven ships. . If I fail, make improvements."

"My lord, with all due respect. Even if you don't rely on this, it's okay to rely solely on sails."

"No need to say more, I have decided."

Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner. By the day when the mast is installed, the people of Roseburg will come out to observe on a large scale.

Hotra’s shipbuilding dock is not within the high walls, and this circle of high walls has become an excellent viewing platform.

Scaffolding, wooden cranes, and the collaboration of hundreds of people, they sweated desperately and went shirtless in the snow and ice. Only when the crowd cheered, the mast stood in a preset position. And then, the further fixing of the mast also began.

In this grand scene, a young woman could not hide the tears on her face.

Carlotta was in tears with excitement, only because his own Rurik claimed that this masted ship was the symbol of the Ostara which was the Duke of Ostara. In the future, this ship will announce the "Oars Flag" with blue stripes on the white background of the Ross people, and the "Ostrata Bull Head Flag" designed by Carlotta himself with the bull head totem on the white background.

The Mercury’s propeller mechanism has also been completed, although the appearance makes Rurik feel too weird.

She was standing on the sleepers in the indoor dock, with no one on the stern to step on the pedals together. The two rotating rods on the left and right sides of the ship were indeed rotating, and the propellers were like fans, blowing air towards the bottom of the stern! In terms of design, Rurik did not make too big a blade, its maximum diameter is less than half a meter, this size should be enough for a small boat. The next step is to install a wooden cover where the gear is located, and try to maintain the tightness of the gear operation.

The installation of other parts of the ship is also in progress. Compared to a large ship like the Aphrora, Mercury is really a small boat, but it is also longer and taller than the cargo ship. It is the ratio of width to length, which makes the whole The boat looks slender.

The festival of Hanukkah is also coming. The people of Roseburg witnessed the whole process of installing the masts of the two big ships. They feasted their eyes and admired the martial arts of their principality. Then, people were looking forward to the "darkest day", and The brightest Aurora in the dark night, and the first sun of the new year that pierced the sea level...