Chapter 722： Go to Eastern Europe

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The restless mood spread in Roseburg, and the immigrants were quickly disposing of their property.

The people deal with the wooden furniture in their homes, and any wooden or pottery that is inconvenient to carry are sold on a large scale.

The already lively market has entered a boil, and there are people everywhere who have turned into stalls to sell their belongings. The market has already turned into a flea market, and regular transactions have retreated to the second place.

They are also selling their own premises. Those wooden houses that have been built a few years ago are almost sold at cost prices, and there are not many old houses that have been built for decades and are the cheapest.

Those who have recently immigrated to Melaren and Yilmalun pay close attention to these great things. With the savings they have gained from their labor, they are happily bargaining with the upcoming Ross people.

Merchants who live as guests have also joined the panic buying. With these people joining, the real estate market, which was originally sluggish due to selling, was abruptly speculated by the merchants!

Because those clients’ businessmen have long been fed up with long-term rentals, and now they only need to pay a sum of money to the prince to obtain the qualifications to buy a house, why not do it? Many guest merchants do not have the right to immigrate to the East, at least not now.

Merchants do not have any particularly urgent needs. Most of the trade routes they operate from Roseburg to Birka Port on Lake Mälaren have their own status on this trade line, and they will not easily give up their business here. Eastern adventure.

The free trade of real estate and daily necessities had no time for Lirik to interfere. He received a tax and then recruited a group of labor after he changed hands.

The employed men and women were ordered to dismantle the temples of Roseburg. After a small sacrificial activity, the gilded bronze statues were moved out one after another.

The sturdy and robust Ross men are planting wheat in the east planing fields, and he hires almost all Mellaren immigrants, all of whom have the same muscles. About six people joined forces to pick up the **** statue and put it into the newly-built wooden box. The box is filled with reeds, so you don't have to worry about the idol bumping against it.

The entire temple is undoubtedly the most important of these six statues, they must be transported safely to the deer cart to the beach.

All this Ruriek personally supervised and watched the deer fleet drift away.

There are more than twenty people holding sledgehammers on standby, and their trend is clearly to smash the temple where the statue has been lost.

Palla wore a corolla on her head, and saw that these brawny men had been ordered. As she waved the sledgehammer, she frowned and drew close to the prince.

"Prince! This temple doesn't need to be demolished."

"I know your concerns." Rurik looked at it flatly. "The gods will not blame me! The idols should be erected in the most suitable place, that is Fort Silla. There is still the old stone ship altar here, Parla, You are already the local high priest of Roseburg. I authorize you to recruit twelve lower-level priests. The Governor's Mansion will pay for your daily meals and sacrifices. In the future, all kinds of sacrifices in Roseburg depend on you. The servants’ quarters are now yours. Home…"

Roseburg is the homeland of the Vikings. When the Roth people left with their wives and concubines of all ethnicities, there were almost only Roths, and the permanent population plummeted to less than 4,000.

Vikings need the purest Viking traditional life, they must believe in Nordic gods, and the sacrificial ritual must also be Viking.

A sense of desolation struck, and Palla watched the shattered temple grief coming from it, and two lines of tears tickled to the ground.

"You don't have to be sad." Rurik said.

"I...I still want to cry. You...almost all left."

"This is fate. Rose is no longer the Rose of the past. From now on, I will also regulate the priests' ranks. I will set up high priests in the capital. There are resident priests in each city of Rose, and the resident priests can also recruit several lower priests. Just like. It is a world tree, with a backbone, buds, and leaves. This structure is the most stable. And you, you must recruit twelve lower-level priests to assist you. This is an obligation and responsibility."

The significant sign of the complete relocation of the Ross Administration Center to Fort Shilla on the Neva River is the relocation of the Sacrificial Center here.

Rurik deliberately regulates beliefs. In order to ensure the consistency of everyone's spiritual home, the priest team must be organized and hierarchical.

In Ross, traditional priesthoods are held by women, which is indeed different from other Viking tribes. This tradition should be preserved, the priesthood is still female, and the high priest must be the continuation of the royal blood.

There is indeed an existing blueprint for the division of priesthood levels. Lurik intends to learn from the Christian system, and that system is also determined by the Roman Empire. For example, the high priest is equivalent to the great patriarch (pope), and must serve in the great temple of the capital. Resident priests in other cities are actually cardinals, and the ranks continue to be arranged downwards, so that every village has a resident priest.

The prince can use this set to control the thoughts of the people in all of Russia, which also corresponds to the fact of the "prince's divinity". Practically speaking, once such a system operates stably, the prince's decree can be issued quickly in principle, which is conducive to the operation of the state apparatus of the huge Principality.

The boxed idols preceded the shipment of many cargoes. Under the sculptures of the Sperrosville’s bow, there is still a strand of white hair of the legendary high priest. This sacred ship is most suitable for the shipment of idols and various items in the temple. An appliance, even a special stone!

The stone ship altar will be built immediately in the Shilla Fort. A large stone excavated from the old altar will become the cornerstone of the new altar, which means the transmission of divinity.

It wasn't until all the idols were loaded that Rurik let out a sigh of relief.

He is very happy that his immigrant army is moving lightly. It would be too much trouble if a large number of pots and pans were to be transported.

It is a long voyage from Roseburg to Novgorod, and the fleet may float on the sea, lakes and rivers for half a month. The long voyage is not a big deal to the soldiers, but it is a difficult challenge for women and children.

Women and children are eager to reunite with their husbands sooner. These people are the most urgent. In fact, they are the orphans adopted by Rurik, but they are indifferent.

Lurik has stayed in his hometown of Roseburg for many days. He hopes that everyone will evacuate after moving the materials early. When the work really starts, it will be troublesome.

The sacred objects seized in the past from Lindisfarne, the diamond-encrusted cross obtained from the Shetland Islands, and the wooden planks recording the past history of the Ross people were packaged one by one. The most important thing is the money vault of Liurik, or the money vault of the Duchy of Ross.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of moving, Liu Rick checked the remaining money in the treasury. Although there were a lot of coins, they were also lower than Liu Rick's expectations.

Think about it, he also knows the inside story, a lot of money is spent on construction costs, and maintaining welfare policies is also swallowing money. The people are truly surplus than they did ten years ago. The productivity of Ross is also continuing to expand. The amount of hot money circulating in the Principality’s society is also large, which attracts more foreign merchants to trade, even if the merchants have to pay taxes.

Perhaps tax should be increased to expand the national treasury, so as to continue infrastructure and shipbuilding.

Shipbuilding and iron smelting are actually the two things that Rurik is most concerned about besides overseeing the relocation of the temple.

The dense smoke obscures the sky in Blast Furnace Town. This highly polluting town is the satellite city of Roseburg. Due to its proximity to mines and charcoal-burning workshops, the metal production here is substantially more efficient than in Europe.

Although Rurik did not make clear statistics on the amount of iron produced by Ross each year, it must be very small by the standard after a thousand years. By the standards of the ninth century, the two iron smelting institutions in Blast Furnace Town and Elonburg in the north are enough to make Ross rich. .

These two places are also important military sites that Rose must guard for generations. Even if the core of the Rus Principality moves to the Neva River, the entire Gulf of Bothnia in the northern Baltic Sea must be the unique inland sea of ​​the Rus Principality!

In this way, the Tombstone Island fortress at the entrance and exit of the Gulf of Bothnia must be further constructed. There is a T-junction in the Baltic Sea, when the Ross Fleet is stationed.

The shipyard is the last focus of Rurik's investigation. In fact, as early as the banquet after the Rose Dumas meeting, the slightly drunk master Artisan Hotra spoke truthfully after drinking and explained all the various situations in the shipyard.

Rurik was rarely drunk that day, and he didn't hear much, but now he still needs to investigate the situation clearly.

Because there are still a group of shipbuilders and novices who must immigrate to the East, Lurik is here today to review this special skilled immigrant, and even announce a major event.

The order issued last year regarding the manufacture of a standard armed cargo ship is indeed implemented here by Hotla. The salary given by the princes and princes is exciting, and the supply of shipbuilding materials is very stable, so the craftsmen have enough energy to work.

It’s already early June. In the past eight months in Deling, Hotra only accepted orders from Rurik. According to technical parameters, two large indoor shipbuilding workshops took an average of three months to build four. Ship.

When Rurik returns, the ninth to twelfth general armed cargo ships are also about to be launched. Now, the shipyard is speeding up the days of his stay.

He came looking for the sound of Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding sound, the mercenaries are waiting outdoors, he entered the still lively factory building.

No one is afraid of the prince, the young prince visiting is equivalent to the **** of wealth coming, seeing the prince, everyone's faces are smiling like blooming flowers.

Hortra walked happily on crutches, and warmly greeted his friends to suspend work.

"It seems that you are still accelerating the construction." Lurik looked up at the small ship with satisfaction.

The more Hotra looked at Rurik, the happier he immediately promoted the ship: "I pushed down other people's orders according to your order, and only built ships for the prince. These Kirk ships are very sturdy, small but small, winning. In theory, the loading capacity can reach 100,000 pounds, and the wind speed of each ship is amazing. Since we have given up paddling, we naturally make good use of the wind."

Rurik nodded with satisfaction: "The fishermen who signed with me are all using the eight boats that have been launched. They told me that these boats are very useful. Especially when towing large fishing nets, they still maneuver swiftly and catch more herring. ."

"Thanks to the high praise of the prince."

"You don't have to be polite, you have to admit your ability. You also need to understand that in this sea area, our Ross fleet is invincible! So based on realistic needs, for the time being, I don't need a huge ship, but a large number of standard cargo ships. This kind of cargo ship that can carry up to 100,000 pounds of supplies is very good. A torsion slingshot installed on the bow is a very good warship."

"So…"

"From now on, the shipbuilding workshop in Roseburg will continue to build cargo ships for me. You should build at least ten ships for me every year. You will be satisfied with the price. In this way, our Ross fishing vessels and cargo ships are completely unified, which is not only easy to manage, but if there is war, this It is part of our powerful navy!"

Hotra was excited when he heard it. The hundreds of craftsmen and apprentices in the audience were making various noises and making noises to express their joy.

Rurik saw that Hotla and his friends were already a powerful shipbuilding group. The young boys they recruited in Lake Mälaren were apprentices, and all their economic life was tied to the organization.

Such a rapidly expanding shipbuilding workshop will continue to grow, and it may not be all beneficial to the Ross shipbuilding industry. It must be broken up. Then, taking advantage of the opportunity of immigration, it should be broken down into three parts.

"Where are the talents going to the East?" Rurik asked loudly.

Hotra clapped his hands, and the selected ones walked out one after another.

Here stands Hotla's second and third sons, as well as descendants of other small families.

Carl Hortrasson and Stein Hortrasson, the two brothers are only in their twenties. They are taught by experienced fathers. They are very good in the theory and technology of shipbuilding, and they are very good at independent commanders. The big ship has confidence.

Rurik was very happy that Hortra could surrender his son. As for why he was the second and third son, the reason is also very simple, because the main business of the family is inherited by the eldest son, and the other sons will have to rely on their skills sooner or later.

As many as thirty people gathered, they were craftsmen and apprentices.

How unhappy to look at them Rylik? He asked again: "The person you selected is beyond my plan. Is this appropriate? The shipbuilding efficiency here will be reduced."

Hortra replied straightforwardly: "Just train a batch of craftsmen."

"Alright, I want to announce a news." Rurik calmed down, and declared to the 30 people in front of him with a clear voice: "I will build a shipbuilding workshop in the Principality in the East. I will fund the construction of factories and houses for you. By hiring you to build shipbuilding, I will provide you with a very stable life and an opportunity to improve your skills in shipbuilding. You will have high social treatment. Even the young apprentices now will be respected by everyone in the future. I, even will Assigning wives to you, the premise is naturally that you must be loyal to my command."

The prince's preaching promised "the grace of the gods", and many people were completely at a loss.

This is simply a pie in the sky! Those young apprentices are almost orphans, and following Hotra is basically eating. Now that everyone has suddenly become a direct subordinate of the prince, it is natural to go through fire and water.

For apprentices with very low status, they are very happy as long as they can eat well every day. For Hotla's two young sons, the two brothers need more. They are eager to use their personal ability to start their own business, but unfortunately they lack the original capital.

In this case, Li Ke simply hired two craftsmen and factory directors, and was ordered to preside over the shipbuilding industry in Shilla Fort and Novgorod. Even if only traditional long boats can be built at the beginning, it is already a huge boost to the inland water transportation of the Principality!

Lurik gave all the artisans in the Principality a high treatment, and the people of this era are also very satisfied. It is good treatment to work out and get the food that is inevitable every day. If there is surplus wealth, it is really the kindness of the employer. .

It is precisely the struggle of the artisans. The principal products are all made by them. The huge economic added value can promote the benign accumulation of capital in the principality without forcing the principality to survive by war and plunder.

Rurik has arranged everything he can think of, and many things have delayed a lot of time. He had to postpone the date of immigration, which was postponed to the 28th day of June in the Julian calendar. .

The summer solstice ceremonies in the Julian calendar were held as scheduled, and this was also the last grand summer festival held in Roseburg.

Tomorrow is the departure date. Most of the soft cargo has already been shipped, and Lurik can actually announce the departure long ago. The reason for the delay is to catch up with this holiday deliberately.

During the waiting time, Mezzasta from Elonburg also took his daughter to report on his work. Another important event was the exchange of her daughter Sepolava to her man Rurik.

Elonburg does not have any additional arrangements. Mezzasta still has to provide a large amount of iron to the Principality, as well as large-scale fishing for salmon during the autumn fish floods, as well as its responsibility as a transit point for the trade of Narvik Port facing the Atlantic Ocean. .

Now, three women from UU Reading gathered around Rurik. They all have black hair and almost all oval faces. They are all of the ancient Finnish ethnicity. They are basically at the age of mothers. Needless to say, Lumia, the oldest high priest, should save the remaining two.

The Queen Mary, who died of dystocia, is really a tragedy. Rurik blames herself for her death, so for the safety of other wives and concubines, she should generally restrain her desires in about three to five years.

Even if there are more desires, turn it into a desire for construction.

The summer solstice ritual has come to a great end. Thousands of people stayed up all night, precisely because the summer solstice in Roseburg did not set the sun at all.

They boarded the ship on the only extreme day of the day, and got ready to set off with great enthusiasm. The Ross banners are hunting and hunting. There are as many as 5,000 people of all colors, and there are as many as 200 large and small ships, either carrying people or carrying things, especially a large amount of dry food and fresh water!

The huge immigrant fleet is also the mighty Ross navy, they set sail!

Ross historically left the Roseburg Fjord, where they lived for nearly eighty years, in 835. The main body of the Ross people rushed to the warm land of Eastern Europe. Only a few technicians stayed in their homeland...