Chapter 51: Otto's North Hunting

Chapter 51: Otto's North Hunting

The backward productive forces and production relations make people in the Svealand region need a lot of land resources to sustain their lives.

Almost all of their ancestors came from Jutland. They were the first ancient Germans who landed in Scandinavia. Once they landed, they immediately clashed with the Sami, the masters of the plain.

The campaign to expel the Sami continued, even when the Swiss confederation took over the whole of Svealand.

Europe's ancient indigenous Sami people, their living space is constantly being compressed, and their groups have to be moved to the Arctic Circle.

Gradually, the Sami people seemed to disappear from this world, leaving only many ruins in Svealand to prove to the conquerors that they once lived here.

Svealand's living space is getting narrower and narrower, and a tribe named "Oar" decides to go north.

There is no documentation describing the exact reason for their northward journey, and ultimately they traveled hundreds of kilometers north along the coastline of the Gulf of Bothnia until they settled on the edge of the Arctic Circle.

Perhaps it is because of the great temptation of animal fur that they continue to expand further to the extreme north.

Every summer, there are always a large number of longboats rowing from the north, bringing a large number of northern furs to most of the tribes of the Swiss Federation.

The Ross clan can always have a nice payoff in this summer deal.

So Otto and his men have to go on an expedition after winter, eager to hunt some reindeer.

All those involved are mentally prepared.

They can endure severe cold, know how to survive in snow, and have the means to resist a possible blizzard.

Hunting a reindeer is enough for a family to eat until the spring, so the requirements of hunters are not very high, as long as one is hunted.

They carried axes and daggers, as well as short spears for hunting.

Hunting has a set of basic principles, that is, do not kill small beasts, only hunt the largest and strongest deer. Who is the strongest? The antlers are the largest.

Once successful, the hunter begins to skin and cut the meat on the spot.

Otto led the group, dragging a large number of sleds, and two hundred people formed a huge hunting group, fully armed and stepping on snowboards, advancing relatively quickly in the vast snow-covered land.

Winter hunting is hard to do without skis wrapped around your feet.

They began their journey along the frozen coast for three days, and the crucial moment finally came when the coastline began to stretch eastward.

In a forest, tents were erected one by one.

Reindeer hides are a wonderful material to keep out the cold. Four skins are stitched together and then built from branches, and a wonderful tent is built.

It was late at night, and more than a hundred tents appeared in the snow, and more than 20 bonfires were also lit.

Not at all.

Because all foreign members do not enjoy the material dividends of the Ross tribe, they do not have any actual power, so they do not undertake various obligations.

But they can be hired, even as mercenaries. Only when they became mercenaries did they have a share in the distribution of the spoils.

The Ross tribe is also willing to intermarry with these outsiders. After all, everyone essentially belongs to the same tribal alliance and speaks the exact same language. It's just that different family bloodlines separate each other.

Married women can enjoy the dividends of the Ross tribe because of their husbands.

The woman who married off the tribe, or the man who decided to leave the tribe, lost all rights and obligations.

The Ross tribe and the outsiders have had a very good relationship for a long time. They seem to be brothers to each other. After all, the leader Otto and other elders of the tribe know that if the tribe encounters a major crisis, the outsiders are unreliable. of.

Since they are all businessmen, the crisis in the clan means their safety can no longer be guaranteed, and they will be evacuated quickly.

This is very realistic, it is human nature, and there is no need to do more sales. The insightful people of the Ross tribe understand this truth.

Including this northbound hunting is evident!

Those outsiders, they are allies and businessmen, they are also brave warriors and good hunters.

Whether it is himself or an outsider, Rosberg can maintain a huge population in the extreme north, the biggest factor is the temptation of fur.

A smart person calculates a little economic account, buying a whole deerskin needs a "good quality" silver coin, and the purchasing power of silver coins is really high in the Baltic market.

Instead of buying it and exchanging it for the price difference, isn't it a good choice to go hunting yourself?

Three hundred foreigners headed north. They were fully prepared, intending to sweep across a large area and swept away all kinds of beasts they encountered.

Because the fur of Norwegian forest cats, ferrets, arctic foxes, gray wolves, and even ice bears is precious compared to the giant deer hides that can be spread.

The most exciting of these are the furs of forest cats and ferrets.

According to the prices of their counterparts in the region, one silver coin can only buy a forest cat pelt, and three silver coins can buy a ferret skin.

In fact, it is precisely because of the large-scale hunting by the settlers of Roseburg for half a century that wild animals within a radius of 50 kilometers have suffered a catastrophic blow!

After all, human beings are the most ferocious predators. They don't need huge strength and fangs. They use their own wisdom to create a lot of traps and make a batch of throwing spears. No matter how big or ferocious the animals are, they will become a bunch of barbecued meat.

The foreigners did not follow the leader of the Ross tribe and went in different directions.

In fact, foreigners are more willing to head northwest, into the central mountains, set traps in the pine forest to catch ferrets, and have a chance to catch deer cruising into the forest.

They also did intend to separate from Otto and his party, otherwise they would be suspected of fighting for the prey of the Ross tribe. If Otto was blamed, they might be expelled.

Otto was very happy that the foreigners did not participate in the actions of his department, and he really did not want to be interfered by the foreigners when he personally led the warriors to encircle and suppress the deer that he discovered. After all, when distributing prey, it is easy to say how to distribute the prey within the tribe, and it will basically not hurt the peace no matter what.