Chapter 697： Back to the field of hope

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Under the appearance of cold and calm, the whole world is freezing, and some clues have appeared.

The Neva River is still frozen, and the heaviest reindeer can still walk around on the ice.

The Gulf of Finland is also an invisible ice layer, and it seems that spring has nothing to do with here.

The vernal equinox day is approaching, and Lurik also intends to leave just after the vernal equinox sacrifice, and the date is set on the 29th day of March.

Although there was ice everywhere, people began to find that the afternoon had become quite warm, the wooden eaves began to ticked melting snow, and then began to freeze in the evening, causing a lot of ice to appear on the eaves the next day, so that some children used the ice as a sword to laugh and laugh. Fight with each other.

Svetlana is already preparing the dry food for the journey home. She plans to cook some fish and bake some oatmeal cakes herself.

The stove was in the corner of the backyard of the palace. She was unassisted and she didn't want others to interfere. She slid some sweat here and was very satisfied.

Suddenly, Rurik, wearing a woolen cap, walked over looking for a scent.

"It can be arranged for a servant, you don't have to do it yourself," he said.

Lanna Yingying smiled: "You didn't recruit a few servants. Besides, according to our tradition, women must do this."

"But you are my queen."

"I am your woman even more."

Rurik was satisfied, and when he came closer, she was indeed simmering a pike steak that had been cut into several pieces.

Compared to bass and herring, the largest fish that can be caught in the water fish near Fort Shilla is the pike. This fish tends to grow very large and has a long life span. It has a fierce temperament like a vicious dog, it is a proper carnivorous fish, so the bait for fishing is freshly slaughtered reindeer meat. The hook is tied with hemp rope and thrown down the excavated ice hole, and the line is over 30 meters to wait.

Lanna said while cooking the meat, "The angler said that the water under the ice has become turbulent, and the ice must be melting. Fortunately, the deep water is very stable. The big fish caught the bait, and 20 people worked together to pull the big guy up. "

Rurik took a closer look, and as expected it was a hard dish.

"Did you send someone to buy it? How much did it cost?"

"Two silver coins, the best fish is here. Rurik, this fish is enough for us to eat for a week."

"Really? You picked up a big bargain. No, they sold it on purpose."

"Yes." She chuckled softly: "Because I am your woman, they have such a price as soon as they hear that fish will enter your stomach."

"Alright. It's just that I still have to spend a lot of money on the journey back home."

"So how did your inspection work? Their preparations went well?" she asked.

"Of course. There are fishing holes all over the ice, and pike and bass are out of the water. I have also seen their sleighs that they have made, and they are very strong overall. Snow covered a lot of withered reeds, and they cut some."

"Reed? Feed the deer?"

"Exactly. But you don't believe that simply eating grass, more than a thousand deer from a larger sled team can go to Novgorod smoothly."

"That's impossible," she said.

It was this that made Rurik upset, and Rurik sighed: "I can wait until the ice and snow melt before acting. But that will delay the farming time. Look at the ice on the palace, the ground is thawing, and the ice can still go. The time for sledging is running out, but a large amount of ice that breaks the ice can destroy the ship, and I dare not risk it."

"Yes..." She continued to flip the fish with the iron fork.

"It's going to be the spring ceremony soon. We will leave after the ceremony. I will try my best to whip the deer. We must go back within ten days."

Shilla Fort is indeed making intensive preparations for an "Ice and Snow Immigration Operation".

In total, nearly 1,300 people will immigrate to Novgorod. They are leaving not only themselves, but all the soft things that can be taken away.

The soldiers of the First Banner are strong and strong, and their families are all in their hometown in Roseburg Fjord. Their family members will take a big ship to immigrate in the summer, and the prince made a promise not to say about this, and even positioned this as the current national policy, even higher than the foreign war.

Their winter hunting success turned into heavy silver coins. They made another batch of dried or cooked meat, and bought a large batch of granola or simply dry-fried oatmeal from the shop of Asraki. Several people partnered to hire local people to build sledges. As for the reindeer pulling sledges, this is not a problem.

There is nothing heavy and soft about the First Banner Team, and the existing assets and dry food are on them, and they can run without any worries.

The Ostarans are another huge immigrant team. Although there are only more than 600 men, women and children, they have a lot of softness in their hands.

Those Neo-Austalas, who were actually Yilmalun people, ran all the way to the mouth of the Neva River and basically completed the winter. They did not expect new immigration to begin again.

Legend has it that Lake Ilmen is very similar to Lake Yilmalen in the hometown, and the climate is more temperate. Wouldn't it be a bumper harvest every year if you planted wheat?

Regarding where the tribe settled, Duchess Carlotta had already figured out the location, even though she had not personally arrived to investigate.

Tomorrow is the Spring Festival, and on the eve of the festival, all the Ostras have completed their preparations.

Their camp outside the city wall is about to be abandoned, and the end of the old shack depends on the wishes of the Governor of Shilla Fort.

The shed became a mere shed. The Ostara people carefully took away all the cloth and clay pots, and the breath of life was quickly dissipating.

In contrast, there are a large number of oak sledges, a variety of materials, especially sacks full of grain, and the sledges are fully loaded.

Since the signing of the contract, Aslaqi transferred the large amount of wheat that Rurik had paid to Carlotta the next day, for which she also paid part of it.

Wheat worth twenty pounds of silver coins greatly increased the weight of Ostara’s assets. They didn’t think the goods were too much, because the tribe’s existing food could guarantee more than six hundred mouthfuls to eat until next year’s harvest, and even return it. There will be surplus grain as grain for next year's spring cultivation.

There are only more than 600 of them, and only more than 300 adults, and the rest are children.

Although the sled slides on ice and snow, the sliding effect will be bad if the weight is too large. The total weight of the people is not large, and their cargo far exceeds the weight of people.

"We want to build the best farms and pastures on the south bank of the very warm Lake Ilmen. We grow wheat, grow flax, raise cattle, and fish. We will have unprecedented surplus."

Carlotta described a wonderful picture, even using the legendary Asgard to describe it. People believe this very much, so they are very serious when making sleds.

The males in the tribe are all farmers from the Yilmalun tribe, and they also know how to do carpentry, and they can make a number of commonly used farm tools and vehicles. Many people can actually live a decent life in their hometown. They can't risk the great immigration.

But their once-failed wives have been clamoring about returning to Ostara, and there are legends about the Russ discovering a wonderful world, and the Russ did sell all kinds of things in the Bilka Bazaar, even including the Duke of Russ killing himself. This is what the King of Denmark said. Many reasons are intertwined, which leads them to take risks.

However, life on the Neva River hasn't changed much from the hometown.

Now that they are already riding a tiger, they can only believe in the new legend to immigrate to Lake Ilmen.

Every small family has its own sledge, and each sledge is piled up with a variety of goods, and is fastened with hemp rope.

They have as many as 140 large and small sleds, and now the sled "army" has assembled in the camp.

All the clansmen crowded around the female leader, and the setting sun shone on Carlotta's clean face, wanting to hear her give an exciting preach before setting off.

No, Carlotta has torn his throat.

"The snow is about to melt! People of Ostara, we are going to enter Lake Ilmen, to the rich waters of the south of the lake. There is a river there, the locals call it the Lovati River, and we are going to Los Angeles. The Vaj River enters the lake to establish our new Ostala.

There were other tribes in the area, and they betrayed our ally, the Duchy of Ross. I led our soldiers to participate in the crusade, and the rebellion was killed, and their land became ours as a spoil.

I know that many of you guys are actually Yelmalen. No problem, you are all my people, and you are also very good farmers and herders. We will get a large area of ​​cultivated farmland that we can cultivate as soon as we land. The land there is fertile and the climate is warmer, and we will be able to harvest a lot of wheat this year.

We also have a fortune now. We want to buy some cattle and some deer. We breed livestock, peel them to make leather coats, milk them to make butter, and make cheese. We will do whatever we want under the military protection of the Russians.

There is a brand new heir in my stomach. He is the blood heir of Chief Ostara and the nephew of Prince Ross.

So no one can hurt us, everything will be fine..."

Although many words have been repeated too much, it was only word of mouth before everyone, but now it is Carlotta who preached it in person is very meaningful.

The Ostarans were shouting, attracting the nearby residents to watch, and then commented.

Some people were reluctant, and some fell in love with their abandoned wooden sheds. Many people also felt itching and wanted to emigrate with them.

Immigration is not random immigrants. The worries of the Ostala immigrants do not exist. Rülik has made a guarantee for them. Even this year's "big immigration project" Rülik is the blood of the money. This immigrant sled team has approached 250 vehicles. This time, he is not only transporting people, but also a lot of materials.

In particular, a large amount of seed grain has to be transported away, which occupies a lot of sled load quotas. There are also some sleighs that simply transport oats and bales of hay, which are fodder for feeding reindeer.

Rurik mobilized a thousand deer and a small number of horses. He now has this kind of capital, but deer is not a casual choice.

Locally owned and newly seized deer have created a huge herd of nearly 4,000 deer here in Shilla Fort. They are almost the property of Prince Ross, Governor Knudson has the obligation to breed them, and he has the qualifications to get some benefits from them.

The seizure of the deer was considered by the Karelians to choose, so the number of female deer far exceeded the male deer. Many female deer have big bellies, they are about to give birth, and the herd will swell to nearly 5,000 this year.

There are still a group of female deer that have not been bred during the mating season of last fall due to various reasons, and they happen to be excellent servants now. These deer are already different from their wild counterparts, and even their genes have been slightly changed, making them more willing to accept human feeding and use, and humans will exhaust their methods to reproduce the number of deer herds.

Each sleigh is equipped with four deer, with a doe and a stag. Reindeer is inferior to horses, but surpasses Mongolian horses in endurance and is extremely resistant to cold.

These deer are excellent winter animals, and Rurik has figured out how to use them well, which is to spend some money to feed the oats. Feeding oatmeal alone is not enough, just put the salt on the hand so that the deer will lick it with their tongue. When the team starts to rest, they untie the reins and look at the deer. They will fiddle with the snow and eat hay and moss.

Land transportation is far worse than water transportation, especially the settlements controlled by the Duchy of Rus are dependent on lakes and rivers. However, the farming time can not be delayed. Rülik needs a lot of strong men who have a strong desire for farmland and a good harvest. He needs the brothers of the First Banner to sweat. The more important thing is to grow wheat, even if it can only grow more than one hectare.

He hoped that when the sea in his hometown freezes, the tribesmen in his hometown will strictly implement the order, and the new big ship will carry a huge amount of wheat on an expedition all the way to Novgorod in the shortest time, so that the land can be planted in the tail of spring ploughing. As if this would be a failure, that's okay. It's fine to plant vegetables or hemp on the empty land deliberately.

The "Immigration Swearing Conference" of the Ostarans was very lively, and the people sent by Lurik returned to report truthfully.

He was very satisfied. The most worrying Aostala people were already ready, and the sacrifice of tomorrow was just a day away!

Since this is a great emigration of Vikings, the gods of the Vikings must be enshrined.

The priests who were stationed in Fort New Ross in the early years escaped the "martyrdom for Veria" incident in their hometown. They are the remains of an old priesthood group, knowing that their coveted supreme power is self-defeating, so they deliberately live a life of poverty and simply become priests.

However, the residents of Fort Shilla do not worship the priests much. The priestesses of the new do not believe in Rurik herself. The heroic young man is clearly a tangible god.

Rurik did bring benefits to the tribe and later entrants, and his status as the "son of the god" was thus further consolidated.

In a sense, he has indeed become the Son of Heaven, a medium for mortals to communicate with the gods of Asgard.

No, the people who worshipped the entire Shilla Fort in the spring were dispatched.

Ross has changed customs and customs. There is a stone boat altar to slaughter deer and oxen, and a fire tower must be lit. This way Vikings and Slavs, and even Finns will be happy.

He slaughtered a stag personally, and the priestess cheered auspiciously. The main priests of this sacrifice are Frey and Freya, and finally Odin. When the fire tower is lit, it is tantamount to offering a sacrifice to Peron, the Slavic fire god.

Everyone cheered, enjoying the warmth of the flames, as if bathing in the early summer sun.

The sacrifice was a great success, after the priest spring came, the ice and snow would soon melt away.

Those who were very worried about the immigration journey itself were calm. The priests and princes would not lie to others, and the gods had promised everyone to arrive in Novgorod safely.

The appointed day has arrived!

People rested beautifully all night, and the next morning, golden light was scattered on the ice and snow ground.

"What a beautiful sight!" Rurik looked into the distance, to the east and to the west.

Svetlana wrapped herself tightly, she took off her scarf and couldn't help looking at the sun.

"Rurik, we are about to set off, I see people have assembled."

"Indeed. Oh, my brother is here."

Arik came at a confident pace. He ate granola and grilled fish. The food in his stomach was full of power.

"The first banner team is ready, you have to take everyone to the action. Thanks to the abilities of my second daughter-in-law, brothers don't lack food now.

Rurik nodded: "Sister-in-law and Askard are also going to leave."

"That's natural. It seems that my third son will be born in Novgorod. I want to call him Kiel."

"Sure enough, it's a son, what if it's a daughter?" Rurik asked again, taken aback.

"It must be my son. Freya entrusted me with a dream. My son will make great achievements."

"Yes. It is indeed a great feat."

"Oh? So you can still see the fate of your nephew?" Arik asked with a smile.

"Yeah, it's a child of our family after all. You go tell your brothers to show all the flags. I'm not sure if Rocky will play a prank midway, beware of sudden snowstorms, all sledges hang flags to ensure that no one is left behind. ."

"It's a good decision, I will make arrangements."

Rurik had a few conversations with Arik and Carlotta, and then bid farewell to Governor Conuson.

A huge team is hunting and hunting with banners. Although they are immigrants, they are actually a powerful military force in Northern Europe. They are armed immigrants through and through, under the direct command of Prince Ross.

The horns sounded one after another, and there was another bang on the drum.

The emigration began, and the reindeer pulled the sleigh on the frozen and smooth Neva river ice. Behind Rurik are more than two hundred small sledges, big and small, and people are marching enthusiastically on the road to happiness.

They smoothly crossed the Neva River into Lake Ladoga and continued to advance on the frozen lake. The discerning person could see that the ice of the lake was thinning, so in order to avoid danger, when the sled team entered the Volkhov River, they all marched on the left bank of the river, just to reach Novgorod directly.

Svetlana keenly noticed the changes in the river: "Look at Rurik, there are cracks in the ice."

"It seems that the Volkhov River is about to freeze."

"Yes, it's thawing later than before. It seems that spring plowing this year may be postponed."

Lanna spoke very ordinary, but Rurik felt a trace of fear. The climate in this era is indeed getting colder gradually. Everyone exists in the process of a small ice age in Europe.

Northern Europe as a whole is not suitable for farming, and it is basically impossible to play without the blessing of modern agricultural technology. In Novgorod and more difficult areas, warm wind from the Black Sea can run through the entire area.

The agriculture in Eastern Europe will develop rapidly, and the large immigrants from Ross need to seize the land here.

The road was so safe that it was almost boring, and Loki God did not add to the chaos. The ground is indeed thawing. Every afternoon, the immigration team finds that there is melting ice. Some even saw grass buds breaking through the snow, and dead branches began to sprout.

As soon as the team left, it was the whole day. The reindeer herd consumed a large amount of oats, which Rurik could afford, ensuring that he could reach Novgorod by sleigh in eight days.

Sen suddenly disappeared, and the front suddenly opened up!

Under the snow is the fields of Novgorod, and a city has appeared on the riverside!

The tower is the wall!

Finally arrived at the destination!

Rurik took the whip and lashed at the deer. The deer that was walking slowly began to speed up, and then the whole team ran wildly.

The Ross flag and the Ostra flag trembled violently, and people cheered the deer in madness. The mighty team finally arrived in this land of happiness and returned to this field of hope.

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