There is no huge fleet returning to the port, but a lonely ship that has been inferior to the Sovereign of the Seas and returns from the long ice floes.

What can she bring?

It's just that this ship seems to be alone, and it has become an insignificant existence in the huge New Roseburg.

Residents here are busy stockpiling winter supplies, while hunters and deer breeders are preparing for their winter operations.

The continuous snowfall in the past few days has made it unprofitable to go out to sea for big fish.

Now that the wind and snow have stopped, even if the sea is full of crushed ice, there is still time to fish before the entire bay freezes, because the general public needs to catch, and they have as much cod rich in fish oil as they want.

People in thick leather clothes walk around the fish market, and every time a fishing boat comes to port, it will attract a group of people to buy frozen fish. Cod and herring are the most common, and there are also freshwater fish such as perch and pike caught from the Neva River and Lake Ladoga.

Frozen fish are placed like bricks, and fishmongers sell them by strips. Since there are no measuring tools such as scales, buyers and sellers cannot avoid bargaining, which further adds to the excitement of the fish market.

For as there is a fish seller, there must also be a bread seller.

The monopolist, the mill in the capital city, has the priority to get wheat from the granary, and the bakery of Asuraki has basically monopolized the supply of bread and scones in the capital city.

Her property is almost like a company. Naturally, such a company has a high degree of interest binding with Rurik himself. She must hand over a large amount of profits as taxes to the treasury, so that she has the right to take the excess from Rurik's granary. Grain share maintains industrial operation.

A number of stoves made of mud, clay, bricks, and stones, with a group of metal brackets placed inside, can bake as many as fifty loaves as large as basins at one time. The bread needs to be baked all day at a time, so that the low temperature baking can ensure that the surface is not laked and the inside is cooked. Naturally, such bread should be cut with a knife when it is just out of the oven, and then sold on a balance. Once it's dry, it's cut up with a saw and sold at a premium.

There is a group of the wealthiest people in the whole Rus Kingdom in the capital city, they are the vested interests of the war, the beneficiaries of business, and even a large number of people who serve these wealthy people. Their income can ensure that they have bread to eat and fish soup to drink every day, so that they can live comfortably through this winter.

There are more and more demands, especially for the preferences of some visiting nobles, and batches of sweet pastries flow out from this big bakery.

Blue Fox had just arrived in the capital. What he didn't know was that Evlo, the de facto ruler of the Count of Finland and Rurik's old subordinate, had already arrived in New Roseburg with a group of brothers.

All the "ash tree poles" brought in were sold out, and hunters were willing to spend a higher price to buy them, so as to build a powerful single long wooden bow by themselves, diversifying hunting operations. Similarly, when the king summons the army to start a war, all Orion, as descendants of Ross, should join the army with weapons and be incorporated into the citizen army stationed in the capital on the spot. The Russian army pays attention to long-range attacks, and all kinds of good shooters can find their positions in the army.

Gevlo established the Duke of Finland's mansion in the capital. It is not very big, but it also built tall buildings.

The main road in the capital, especially the longest street that runs through the entire city along the Neva River - Neva Avenue. The two-story buildings on both sides of the road are all double-story buildings, and some of them have three-story buildings. The construction method has indeed absorbed the characteristics of the urban dwellings in the Frankish and British regions, which allowed Ross to build large-scale high-rise buildings.

The same is true for the Earl of Finland's mansion. At the beginning, Jeflo brought his brother with him, but now he plans to bring his wife and children, so he might as well spend Hanukkah in the capital, after all, this place is really lively.

Today should have been an ordinary day. He stood on the roof terrace of the mansion. In this dangerous place without guardrails, he could clearly see the towering attic of the palace. The port, as well as the entire Russian fleet moored in Kronstadt.

The first giant ship was in sea trials throughout the summer, and in a sufficiently large berth, formed a formation with other ships to frequently conduct fleet navigation experiments. The Sovereign of the Seas has overshadowed the hard-working sailing destroyers of yesteryear, and her phantom is no longer shocking

After watching the whole warm season, the people in the city are familiar with her existence, as if she has existed since ancient times.

But on such a peaceful day, a sail cruiser suddenly passed Kotlin Island not far away, rushing towards the port, and even those guys in the navy sent a ship to approach?

Jeflo is already forty years old, which is not too old, but the average person in Finland can only live to be in his fifties, and it is said that God's blessing is given to men and women who can live to sixty years old.

What he didn't quite know was that the Suomi tribe, the main body of Finland, lived short lives because of the poor living conditions. As long as one strengthens protection against the cold, strengthens food, and pays attention to hygiene, and does not encounter any disasters in his life, it is not difficult for a person to live peacefully to the age of seventy.

Yefro only thinks that he is old psychologically, but he has no regrets. His sons are rising, and the successor of the family is satisfied.

He is old and his eyesight is still good.

He stared at the big ship that was approaching the port constantly, even though he squinted his eyes to see the hull number on the bow clearly from a relatively long distance.

"Ah? Spellosville? Isn't that the flagship of the expeditionary force?" Yevro was puzzled. He looked around and found that there were no large ship guards around the ship. yes"

Yeflo suppressed his inner worries, immediately gathered his own people, hurriedly left the Finnish community in the capital, and led the team to the port trestle where the naval ships were moored.

Some of the nobles had been at the docks for some time when he arrived.

Governor Konusson and his son had already learned about the situation from the naval courier, and they arrived at the pier without stopping.

The blue fox had already taken the men off the boat, and the blackbird Theresia was standing beside him like a personal attendant, with the wide leather hat on his head slightly hooked to cover his delicate face.

At the same time, the human cranes at the port have already started to work. The port workers who boarded the big ship were ordered to form a human chain to transport the goods in the cabin to the deck one by one, and then put them directly into the net, relying on the principle of leverage to move the goods to the deck. The heavy cargo is moved to the open area of the dock, and the materials are sorted and stacked to facilitate follow-up operations.

"Blue Fox, you came back too suddenly. Only the flagship came back. If someone hadn't reported the truth quickly... you would have scared everyone!" Little Konusson, who was already the governor, couldn't hide his joy and smiled.

Little Konusson's happiness is not because he saw the blue fox, the two are not familiar with each other. His favorite point is the large cylindrical oak barrels that have begun to be piled up. Obviously, the people who pioneered in the Frankish world did not break their promises. These wooden barrels must be filled with all kinds of fine wines, the most of which must be wine.

Blue Fox is actually a little regretful, at least he finally arrived in the capital, and this tired body can finally take a good rest. He deliberately asked: "What? Are you really worried that I will encounter problems in Frank? As you can see, how could you get so many treasures without victory?"

"It's all wine? It's a treasure indeed. Dude, what else is there besides wine...?"

"And money! Gold coins, silver coins, and something I can't name, like silver and lead."

"Frank's mysterious baby? It's very interesting." Little Knudson suddenly became interested.

"As for the strange metal, maybe that guy Kamne knows. If he doesn't know, I'm afraid it's up to the king to decide. It's a pity. I heard that the king is not in the capital. It's already winter, so he should come."

"That's right. The standing army stationed in the capital has gone to the south. It was the king himself who sent them all away."

"What are you doing? Could it be an expedition?" Blue Fox asked subconsciously.

"I heard that it is training new troops. There is a piece of news that you must not know."

"what is that?"

"Hehe. Of course, we will continue to increase the number of troops. The king has already revealed the news. The preparations for the capital city have begun, and Ross will continue to attack Frank. Brother, I'm afraid you will be ordered to go next year." Little Conuson couldn't help smiling, Concealing a trace of regret in his heart.

Just because he also hopes to participate in great actions, but he is the governor of the capital with great responsibilities. Maintaining the stability of the capital is the top priority of his family.

To step aside.

His words hit the blue fox's arms: "Oh! I also hope that the king will increase his troops. I came back from this surprise attack to report to the king the impressive results of the Frankish world."

"Then you just wait. Or, you go to Novgorod yourself." Little Knudson continued to suggest.

"It's okay." Blue Fox shrugged, "I can wait."

Mysterious shiny metal ingots were unloaded one after another, and those dock workers were unavoidably malicious when they were carrying boxes full of silver and gold coins, considering that everyone in their family was holding back their greed. Then they began to transport the ballast metal ingots, the dull lead ingots are not surprising, but the number of them is really staggering.

In addition, the particularly shiny metal ingots that are even darkly blue in the white are directly impossible for everyone to fix.

What's this? Very soft, with a small indentation when you bite it with your teeth. It is definitely not silver, maybe it is more valuable than silver.

Even little Conuson and his old man on crutches saw zinc ingots for the first time.

It is not that there is no zinc in Ross's northern mines, but its content is too low, and there is no need to find a way to separate it from lead, so the bronzes made by Ross actually contain trace amounts of zinc.

Blue Fox intends to show off his trophies and announce in a high-profile manner which treasures are tribute to the king. He consciously wanted to prove some things, especially to prove that no matter how long he led his troops abroad, he was still a loyal minister under the king's command.

His business mind makes him pay attention to public opinion, and he needs to use this kind of performance art to make the people of the whole city have something to talk about after dinner: the so-called expeditionary army brought back a lot of spoils, and most of the so-called spoils were dedicated to the king.

What the public thinks of Blue Fox actually doesn't care, it doesn't matter whether it's praise, sarcasm or jealousy. It is enough for the king and the nobles and the great merchants to be informed, and in the end the treasury will be filled. Especially in the current special period, Blue Fox knew half a year ago that the expedition to Frank had just begun, and the king would definitely expand the scale of the expedition, which would inevitably require a lot of money and food to support the squandering of the army.

In the past ten years or so, Ross has relied on wars to support wars. The shortcut to the rise of the country is to plunder the rich. Now the rich are none other than the Frankish nobles, big and small. After Ross has accumulated enough capital, he will start some high-end industries in the wealthy occupied areas.

Blue Fox, the Konusson father and son, Admiral Godlund, they discussed around the pile of zinc ingots. After a while, Kamne, the boss of the "State-run Metallurgical Complex" in the capital city who had won the letter, hurried over wearing leather overalls, wondering what kind of novel metal he had never seen before.

[The app that has been running stably for many years is comparable to the old version of the book chasing artifact, which is used by old bookworms

Walk. "

Kamni smiled and won the fight, and quickly ordered his followers to run back and call for someone to pull the sled to carry the goods.

Kamne did not recognize these shiny metal ingots, but he clearly recognized the lead ingots, and he also had some associations from the shiny metal ingotsits bright white still had some sky blue and greenish feeling, it was unbelievable. Denying that the haze has not dissipated now, it is already shining enough, if it is bathed in the sun, wouldn't it be...

Kamne was one of the participants in the initial gilding of the iron scale armor with a layer of silver, and now he is very clear about the process of gilding the utensils. This is the original gold-plating process. A layer of silver water is poured on the iron plate, and it is plated after cooling. Of course, there are also more silver-saving methods. At that time, Rurik plundered a large amount of silver coins, so he was able to squander capital. He was willing to spend money to build a limited but fancy army.

This kind of treatment makes the scales not only rust-proof, but the most important thing is to deliberately highlight its metallic color.

The disadvantage is of course that it is too expensive!

Kamner couldn't help thinking, if this thing is the so-called "shiny lead block", can it be handled like lead? Lead water is easy to burn. Put the iron sheet in the lead water and rinse it. After cooling, it will stick to it. After a few more times, the iron sheet will be covered with a layer of lead.

Since Your Majesty wants a new breastplate for the flag team, it is natural to make it even more gorgeous if conditions permit. Of course, Kamne had the intention of claiming credit, and besides, the total amount of metal in these fateful "shiny lead ingots" is really large, not to mention one layer for 500 pairs of plate armor, and its amount may be sufficient for 2,000 pairs.

The premise is naturally that it can be easily melted like lead ingots.

It was Blue Fox's intention to stay on the flat pier, his feet were so greedy that he enjoyed the feeling of standing on the flat ground.

As for Teresia the blackbird, who had tossed about her needs, her sluggish spirit finally recovered when she set foot on land.

Only when entering the pier, facing the majestic New Rose Fort wooden wall, you can see a lively residential area, and the wall cannot hide the existence of a large buildingthe residence is the residence of King Ross.

There are indeed no large wooden and stone buildings as magnificent as Aachen Palace and Aachen Maria Cathedral, and even the city walls are made of wood instead of stone.

The city called New Roseburg really has nothing to do with mess.

This place is extremely unfamiliar, and she saw that more and more people gathered at the pier, and everyone who came must be watching the excitement. All the dock workers had blond hair, and some had almost white hair. They spoke the language of the Normans, and this was actually the home of the Normans.

The onlookers seemed to be Norman civilians. They were all wearing thick leather jackets and thick leather hats of similar styles. There are obviously some Norman women watching the fun here, but they still insist on watching the show with their children in their arms?

A mass of civilians with the means to own fur coats? Blackbird thinks from his own knowledge that these commoners are actually not simple, maybe they are a large number of low-level nobles and rich high-level servants under the rule of the Ross Kingdom~www.mtlnovel.com~ Blackbird still has to play the role of Blue Fox's entourage, she has already realized that the people talking with Blue Fox are some high-ranking Ross nobles. They speak Norse, which they understand half of each other, and it sounds like greetings, and the atmosphere is quite relaxed.

The blackbird kept its head hooked, which allowed her to estimate the wealth of those nobles from their lower garments.

They all wore a kind of shiny high-top leather boots, and they all had belts decorated with gemstones and gold. There must be a slender Rose steel sword hanging from the belt, and the scabbard was naturally also inlaid with gemstones. As for the fur coats worn by the nobles, it is white, presumably it must be the unique white bear in the north!

Blackbird looked back, as if the whole Carolingian house had not had a white bear coat.

barbarian?

No. This is the capital of the Ross people, an existence equivalent to Aachen, Cologne, Metz, and Trier.

"This is a huge city. If I want to live here, at least it is much better than Gothenburg." She still shook her head and thought silently.