Chapter 691： Paper Deed

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When the fire tower turns into warm ashes, the new year is here.

The time of day is growing rapidly. Although the whole world is covered with snow, the Slavs must act, because spring ploughing is about to arrive.

Winter is still going on, and the people in Novgorod are busy in winter for the first time.

The work of artisans is a supplement to daily life. The basic life of people is still farming. Once spring plowing begins, all male and female labors have to work in the land.

In the first month of the new year, the young Regrave is growing rapidly. The selected lactating mother will become well-developed because of this child, and her family must be ascended to heaven.

But he is not the eldest son.

Mary is dead, and sometimes Rurik will miss her tenderness. She is indeed a woman who knows how to play with men. In the past, it was her method of survival in the Mercia court. Later, he loved himself from his sincerity.

But she was still dead, in a sense it was her fate. From any point of view, she was an adult when she was alive. If her pelvis were to be widened, she should be able to avoid dystocia, and she should still be alive and kicking now.

Queen Mary is a captured slave after all, and Rurik's many wives and concubines have different attitudes towards her.

She gave birth to a baby boy at the cost of her life, and the vigilant woman sensed a crisis.

The wives and concubines have a job, they are busy making paper.

Now that the work of papermaking is on the right track, a group of local people have happily put into the relevant process, which has caused thousands of big trees to lose their skin. Birch bark is the best, but cedar bark can also be used. Add some linen cloth and hemp rope to make the paper made of pulp softer.

Rurik intends to build a paper mill in Novgorod. Based on the absence of chemical bleaching and pickling agents, there is no ecological harm in pouring paper-making wastewater into the Volkhov River at will.

If the locals are just busy farming, how to create more surplus wealth.

The Duchy of Ross can make a fortune through the paper industry, and the people should also enjoy sufficient benefits. Of course, the bulk must be taken by the Duke.

This matter should be considered long-term. What Rurik needs most now is a large amount of paper to spare, and his wives and concubines will work harder.

He always soaks in the house to inspect and supervise, then chats with his wives and concubines and listens to their chirping.

Mary's death is a pity in the end, everyone is silent, and there is more fear about childbirth.

Only Carlotta.

When others didn’t want to mention it, Carlotta suspended the work at hand and said something in Rurik’s ear: "Our agreement, you have to complete it. God will never test me all the time."

"Then come tonight. I will prepare a small room..."

Throughout the night, breaths of breath came from the warm house. She was pressed against the blanket by Rurik, and her mouth was also telling, "I'm not afraid! I'm not afraid of anything. I want a boy, even if I die because of it, everything is worth it..."

Compared to Liurik, Carlotta fell into the ultimate joy. She is older than Rurik. In the biological sense, she has already said that she is an adult. Coupled with the dream of reviving the tribe, under the psychological and physical effects, she really desires a son more than ever.

"I want a son! I don't want a land or a son. As long as I give birth to a son and let my people live in peace, it is worth sacrificing my life for this! Freya! Reward me..." Wu, the spirit is also in a trance.

But Rurik was stubborn, he was not only enjoying the excitement, but also completing the task.

Carlota has a very good physical fitness, she is not too young, but...

If this continues this month, but it's just that she is a little tired, if she still can't conceive, it's not a so-called timing issue. But her body is the kind of rare infertility, which is simply the greatest disaster for a woman in this era.

The son and Carlotta have been extremely close in recent days. When they grow up, they say that this is because the two dukes are deepening their affection. When they are young, it is a normal husband-and-wife relationship. Otto very much hopes for more grandchildren, if the Duchess of Ostara finally has it, it will be a happy event.

Otto prides himself on having another meaning: his son is venting his grief.

People have their own destiny, Velika and Reglav, their mothers have their own misfortunes, and both children are growing up, and children with the blood of the "son of God" can certainly avoid disasters.

Carlotta is not simply asking for a child now. When Rurik lay on her back, panting, she leaned over with a smile and blew the pillow breeze.

"Rurik, I heard that spring comes early in this place. I saw those Slavs are already preparing for spring plowing, we..."

"Yes... it's a matter of surveying and mapping fields. To do it! We have to prepare too."

"It's not just this thing."

"What else? Your belly must be bigger. You know, your other sisters will be jealous when they see us like this."

"It's not this thing either." She continued to smile.

"What's the matter?"

"I... I have a big decision, but I need your consent."

Rurik was a little impatient: "Hurry up, I will support all reasonable requests."

Carlotta then rested on Rurik's shoulder, stroking the soft beard of the beloved man with one hand. "Okay. I... I really don't care about territory. I am your woman, and all my people are your subjects."

She said that these Ruriks were not sleepy all at once, and she said that had nothing to do with love, and it was clearly the most critical event.

"What do you... want?"

"When the glacier thaws, I plan to move all the people over. I think all the Ostala people will settle in this lake area. The scenery here is too similar to my hometown, and it's warmer and farther away from disputes."

"you……"

"I don’t want territories. If you insist on territories, I only need a small piece of land. I will farm and raise cattle there, and I will pay you taxes. That’s great! Ostara is meaningless as a principality, I I don’t deserve to be a duke in itself. I am the title of the king of Sweden, and you don’t recognize the new king Bjorn now. I have no reason to be a duke.”

"Are you serious?" Liu Rick asked with a sullen face under the night.

"seriously."

"Indeed, your title is only the product of a compromise between all parties. Olekin used the banner of Ostara’s revenge to unite everyone, but unfortunately he was defeated. Now all Sweden knows that you are my woman, Ostara. It no longer exists in Sweden."

"So, would you agree that the Ostara people are your subjects?"

"Yes! Nor. Because they are all Ross people."

This phrase has explained everything, Carlotta continued to smile: "I have also inquired about some things these days. I learned that there is a large area on the south of this lake, and the nearby farm was destroyed by you due to rebellion. That piece of land was given to me. , I want to grow the farmland there, and I want to cattle grazing. Do you... promise? I will pay the eleventh tax. I am not a duke, I am your boyar."

Rurik hadn't thought that she would make a decision on this. She could say that it was not a whim, but a decision made by thinking.

"Okay! I promised it." Rurik said casually.

"You perfunct me?"

"I understand, let all the Ostala people in Shilla Fort come to migrate? Yes. You can go to the duke's title, that's not good!"

"but……"

"Come on again." Rurik suddenly turned over: "I am not an ordinary Duke, I am Augustus, a more noble existence than the Duke. Of course I have to canonize a new Duke to guard me. Come on, continue. . I want to grant a good place to the Duke of New Ostara. Carlota, this world is big and we will continue to expand."

After the fact, it is necessary for Lurik to think about Carlotta's plan. Is it purely an Aostala immigration? Do not! It's time to summon the people of their hometown to embark on a great immigration!

January is the coldest of the year, during which two more snowfalls fell on Lake Ilmen.

Time quietly entered February, and anyone began to feel an unspeakable warmth, because the wind was no longer bitter.

For the past ten days, Rurik has been thinking about the "big immigration" issue, and he finally made the final decision.

Regrave is full moon, he is well taken care of, blond hair is the most distinguishing feature, Otonia is boasting that the child resembles his father's infancy.

However, this child was not taken care of by God. Otto could perceive that Regrave was an ordinary child, with inexhaustible innocence in his eyes, not infinite wisdom.

In February, the close relationship between Rurik and the rest of Carlota Musha ceased. An unexplainable feeling occupies her mind, and Carlotta desperately desires the child, and this desire is more intense than ever.

It was a peaceful noon, and Rurik took advantage of the timing of the meal and kept his chopsticks in his hand, explaining his decision to his father Otto.

"Our goal is to get out of the Roseburg Fjord. Now the time is ripe. Dad, I want to order the people to emigrate this year. This is no longer a small-scale operation. I want most people to move."

Otto didn't feed his granddaughter anymore. He handed the spoon to Niya, with a sullen face: "Have you finally decided?"

"Decided."

"Really decided?"

"Yes!" Rurik increased his voice. He was a little curious as to why his father asked twice, there must be hidden secrets.

Sure enough, Otto did hold back some words.

An old soldier stroked his beard: "Child, now the barren Roseburg is no longer barren, we are already rich and strong. We have built a lot, especially palaces and temples. There are iron factories and shipyards there. Are we going to give up? These ones?"

"I thought about it a long time ago. I didn't give up Roseburg."

"Then you order the big immigration, Roseburg will die. I can't bear it, haha." Otto can't help but think back to the past. When it comes to big immigration, Otto presided over the initial immigration project, which should be fully implemented this year. , I really realized that I was a little bit empty in my heart.

Rurik nodded: "I will give an order. The people of our old tribe, men, women, old and young are all emigrating. The land of the old pine needle manor is cultivated by our people. This is the best land, and everything can be produced. ."

"Of course, they have to implement your order. I still have some concerns. Many people have built houses. Do you want them to give up their houses?"

"It's okay to abandon those properties. The big deal is that I buy the properties! Our people must settle in Shilla Fort and Novgorod on a large scale, and we can eat our own wheat this fall. Hey, the fields of the old pine needle manor have been explored. When it's over, I will distribute the land to the people. As for the price, I will pay eleven taxes every year. This is fair."

"It's really fair. But our hometown will not thaw until the end of April, and the fields here will thaw at the end of February. You have to hurry up in spring, and the land can't be abandoned." Otto reminded.

"That's natural. There are also some veterans of the Second Banner Team. They also have their own sons and grandchildren. Many of them are actually young people from the First Banner Team. I will give them land first. The family will allocate one hectare to them first. Food. I am hiring local Slavic farmers to plant the land and pay them for their labor. Don't worry, I don't dare to miss the farming time."

Otto, whose son has a clear mind, has retired for many years, his mind is all on the child, and he fully agrees with his son's decision.

Otto still has a huge influence. At present, more than one hundred veterans of the Second Banner team who are stranded in Novgorod are happily summoned by Otto.

A large group of people with gray beards in deerskin coats gathered together. Their average age was over forty-five years old, and they had passed away in their prime of life. Although they could continue to fight, they just lost the infinite power they had when they were young.

No, there are more than a dozen widowed veterans who directly married local widows and naturally have stepsons and stepdaughters. Even the veterans who were widowed and not too old for their sons and daughters actually ushered in a new life in Novgorod.

The Duke wants to announce the issue of farmland allocation. The Duke really respects the veterans!

In fact, in the traditional Viking society, people who lose their labor force are burdens and deserve to die. This is very cruel and very realistic. The limited resources are given priority to males, and it is precisely because young males have the ability to ensure the survival of the tribe.

This is not the case in the agricultural society of Novgorod. The old man means wisdom and the most experienced farmer. The young people need to be taught how to farm the land by the elders at home. The two ethnic groups differed due to their different production methods, and now they are integrated.

Rurik is not a Viking in his bones. He is a veteran warrior who respects the tribe. With more and more supplies, he can support the livelihood of the whole old man in Ross's tribe by himself.

This is a kind of charity, but the old guy must also contribute to the Duke.

The scene was a little messy. These people gathered in a big wooden house and saw that Rurik, a shining offspring, left the factory and uttered a vicissitudes of Viking war roar in unison in a very tacit understanding.

There is a stove in the room and the air is very warm. Rurik simply put on his shirt, showing his clearly muscled arms.

Master Rurik stretched out his hand to signal to be quiet, he spoke, his voice was like an adult, deep and penetrating.

Indeed, Rurik's physiological change of voice is at the end, and his height is surprisingly wide.

Because he has eaten and drunk well, and this body has undergone too much exercise, the whole person has not reached the peak of strength, and his current condition is already very alarming. Maybe Rurik can't grow into a two-meter giant, I'm afraid it's okay to grow to 1.9 meters.

A Nordic man, as long as he grows up to eat and drink without worry, it is normal to grow into a little giant. Let's look at Ross's Warriors No. 1 Banner. They are equivalent to more than 185 mm per capita, so they can easily suppress the group of dwarves in the Karelian army in terms of momentum.

Not only eating meat and bread, the Ross people can be taller! It's just that he doesn't like being too tall. He knows that Rose's young people are destined to marry Slavic women on a large scale. Of course, the height of the offspring will shrink, but it is impossible to become shorter.

With all the eyes in full view, Rurik first praised the veteran soldier's efforts to rise to the rise of Rose, and began to read his own resolution.

He can give an impromptu speech, and today he deliberately took out a piece of paper to read a document he wrote.

He clearly declared his decrees in person, and a sense of seriousness arose spontaneously. Of course, the old guys are paying attention to the paper in Rurik's hands. There are indeed a lot of words written on it. It is the legendary "cork board", which is really wonderful and convenient.

Behind the more than one hundred old guys are more than one hundred families, and Rurik announced that each family will get one hectare (Rose system, 980 meters in length and width) of ripe land.

Based on Rurik’s survey, a Swedish farmer can also take care of a one-hectare farmland. The land is not small. Their method is to sow seeds in a rough and indiscriminate manner. Rurik estimates that if they intensively cultivate, the wheat yield may be limited. It broke four thousand Roman pounds.

The scene began to become very lively. Everyone knew that the property rights of the land belonged to the duke and now the duke announced that he would give up his property rights.

Of course it has a price, that is, eleven taxes for generations. How difficult is this? The old guys all dream of getting good land. They were all fishermen when they were young. They didn't want to grow wheat because they didn't have the opportunity. Now that they get the chance, the children will inherit it from generation to generation.

What's wrong with the eleventh tax? Everyone sees the duke's as a real person, and Rurik is a saint, and the tax tribute collected will eventually become everyone's benefit. After all, the tax burden has become a remuneration for labor, a weapon to defend Ross, and a proud fleet.

The roaring sound couldn't be stopped, and Rurik and Otto enjoyed it.

They were happy and satisfied, and Rurik continued to announce some detailed terms. Agriculture will be related to the future of the development of Ross. For farmers, Lurik is to persuade farmers to mulberry, and all the detailed rules are also encouraging.

The so-called detailed rules and so-called clauses, the core of which is "the farmer has his land, the lazy person does not produce but the tax is paid".

Lulik also encourages everyone to open up wasteland, and the land that is opened up wasteland is not taxed within one year. And some other encouragement clauses. It is roughly consistent with the strategy of Shilla Fort.

The contract must have a written document or else it will be useless. If something goes wrong, it will weaken the Duke’s credibility.

No, everyone was surprised to see Rurik's wife entering the room panting with a stack of papers. Hundreds of "kraft paper" stacked together are indeed very heavy.

The paper is written with the Luen alphabet, and the old folks actually understand this traditional Gnostic writing form. For this meeting, Rurik took the pains to write nearly four hundred copies himself, and he was so tired that he shouted that he must quickly get movable type printing.

The paper and the words written on it shocked everyone, and Old Otto was also taken aback. The carrier used to write is very rare. Everyone just can't think that there are so many papers, and the writing becomes casual.

The documents have been issued one after another, and the documents are also in duplicate. Rurik signed a contract with everyone present, and both parties signed their name, father's name, and nickname in Luen.

This is the so-called land lease contract, and it is also the earliest paper contract in the Duchy of Ross!

Rurik knew that he was making history, and the next step was to wait for the snow to melt and take them to demarcate the farmland of each family, so that when their children immigrated, they could immediately start their dream of agricultural life. The people of Ross will live such a good life on a large scale, but Ross will not abandon the ocean.

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