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The first snow finally stopped, and the whole world changed its appearance.

Winter in Eastern Europe has officially arrived. Residents of Novgorod area who have been dormant for many days walked out of the mansion. They had no intention of admiring the silver light, they just wanted to come out early to remove the snow from the roof.

The fragmented cities of the Principality of Ross were covered with thick snow after the wide-area snowfall process ended. The snow on the roofs was pushed down one after another, and the transportation out of the settlement is also called a busy matter.

Buluurik ordered the residents of Novgorod to do things spontaneously for the first time. A large number of cone-shaped snowdrifts appeared within the fence, and some people were already building snowmen with great interest.

The northern European home of the Belarus in winter here is a bit short, but the limited production capacity has forced the local Slavs to dare not run around in the snowy winter. When the snow is almost cleared, the residents will stay at home and do the actual hibernation.

Do they want to dormant like this until the lakes and rivers thaw?

The real Varangans will not waste winter opportunities.

In Fort Shilla on the Neva River, the young and powerful men of the First Banner are under the leadership of Arik, plundering leather in the forest and snowy fields. The hunter was wearing sunglasses and a crossbow in his hand. Many people don't even need to set up traps, but their alert eyes spot prey in the distance, and they can shoot with a crossbow. Their weapon manipulation skills became more and more refined, and the silent arrows killed the sufficiently vigilant red squirrel.

They are even hunting polar bears that venture into the field of vision. The more ferocious steel-armed crossbow makes it easy to hunt bears.

The "North Hunting" operation in the Principality of Ross has already begun. This time they did not have a superior organization, but because of the hunting logistics bases such as Fort Elon, Fort Fisk, Murmansk, and Fort Shilla, the hunting operations became even more frantic. .

Especially in Murmansk, Spuyut took his guys and started sledding wildly on the glacier, hoping to spot this substantial seasonal settlement early to plunder resources.

Every winter, any hunter who dares to brave the ice and snow and brings enough logistical materials can definitely get a large amount of leather wealth. Not only leather, if you get a lot of animal fat, you can also make a fortune.

Because the territory of the Principality of Russ is very scattered, only in name, all settlements are very far away from each other, and there are vast seas and forests in between. With a very small population facing a huge land, any hunter can make a fortune as long as he is willing to hunt, and Rose is still opening up new areas to gain wealth under the leadership of her heroic duke.

The "hibernation" of the Slavs is a kind of helplessness. How can they find a job in the snowy world other than hunting in the distance, they are also willing to work.

Rurik feels that he has taught his wives and concubines enough geographical knowledge. They must have a greater understanding of the world in which they live, and they will more or less seek more knowledge after they have broadened their horizons.

They must learn new skills! Because they are not patrons and do not eat fireworks, they are all doers.

On a clear and cold morning, the girls who had already felt it gathered together.

Rurik dressed up like a little polar bear, and so did their outfits.

The closed wooden windows were raised by ribs, and Rurik allowed the cold wind to blow into the house, which aroused everyone's spirits.

"Can you guess what I meant for you to gather now?" Rurik asked deliberately.

The girls stared at Svetlana, and she also spoke on behalf of everyone: "Continue to calculate the data on those wooden boards? Or, let's go to the distant farm to survey and map the land in the snow."

"So, do you dare?"

Rurik talked with a smile, and his joking attitude was tantamount to denying Lanna's guess.

"Surveying and mapping must be done of course." He continued, "It is a kind of death to do this in the days when there is more snow. This is a work that requires a lot of manual labor. If you are exhausted and your body is going to be seriously ill, it is too dangerous. ."

"Then it's about the bark? What are you finally going to do? It's called..." Lanna squeezed her chin. "Is it called a cork board?"

She is indeed clever, although she has been busy calculating the data, she is really thoughtful and staring at the big pile of birch bark that her elder brother Medvedt and his brothers cut and peeled.

Rurik only mentioned it a few times. He was planning to make paper, but because the matter of measuring the field was above all else, he never thought that Lanna had been staring at it.

He hurriedly clapped his hands, "That's it. Lanna, you are very smart. You actually connect the bark and the cork board. Shouldn't they be unrelated to each other?"

"How come there is no contact?" Svetlana smiled and said: "I found out that when you have a new decision, you will implement some new tasks in advance. I know that birch bark can be peeled off. Dip it in ink and write the text. It's really soft, but it's also very crisp."

Listening, Rurik's eyes widened in surprise: "Oh? You actually think of this."

"Have I... guessed right?"

"Yes! You guessed it right, but it's not all right. Basically you guessed it right."

Svetlana is the first wife in the end. She is indeed a smart woman, but this epiphany about the bark comes from her life in this land. She is a native of the White Tree Manor, and unlike the ten sisters who are maids, she can do nothing. Working life, I can run around in the woods when I was young, and I have a unique knowledge of birch bark.

But her cognition ends here. Adults don't want bark if they want wood. Birch does not have the peculiar smell of fir or pine, and the sap is slightly sweet. Therefore, the fresh bark that was peeled off was also willing when Svetlana was young. Licking it, after all, it is difficult for people in this era to touch sweet things at low cost.

The fresh bark can be spread out into a flat surface, and its inner wall is yellow-white, but after dehydration and drying, it begins to wither and become very fragile.

She knew exactly what her man's so-called "cork board" meant, and out of her understanding of Rurik, she estimated that it was the further processing of the bark. After all, the Principality of Ross has done too many things like this, and she is no less strange.

Rurik began to point out the matter: "She was right. We are going to make a writing material that is as soft as cloth. It is taken from a tree, soft and cloth-like. I call it cork board. Its main material is bark. In my opinion, the best use of bark is birch bark. The time has finally come! The bark I ordered to be peeled off has been hoarded for a period of time, and they should all be dehydrated and dried. It's time to further process them."

The girls hold their heads up, especially the ten maids. They are experts in soap making, and they are the ones who can understand Rurik's description best.

Other girls like Nolen, Carlotta, etc., they just know a little bit.

Then to the Queen Mary, who has a big belly, she is listening to the heavenly script throughout the entire scene.

Break an object into small things, and then process it into a new whole, which becomes a brand new thing!

"It's like smashing the ore and throwing it into the furnace, and finally pouring the hot object into the mold, creating a shovel for digging. It is like crystal clear river sand or a whole piece of crystal crushed into powder and thrown into the furnace. Burn it into a viscous hot thing, blown into a transparent bottle. The crystal plate you use to eat. If you still don't understand enough, think about the bread and cakes you eat! The wheat grains are crushed by stone and twisted into powder. The water becomes a dough, and after baking it is your delicious meal. The wheat is still wheat, but it has completely changed its form..."

Rurik made a few enumerations, and the savvy wife and concubine already understood.

Although Svetlana has not been taught the composition of life by Rurik herself, she has no clear understanding of the fact that animals and plants are composed of tiny cells, but she already understands what Rurik wants to do.

The bark will be crushed into powder, after which a reshaping of its shape will be completed. Although they don't know the specific principles, they have done their best to replenish their brains and think of what the so-called cloth-like "cork board" should have.

Rurik felt that they had reached a consensus with themselves on the theoretical aspect, and they would not be surprised after the paper was born.

He started to publicly describe the production process of paper from beginning to end. Although he was also doing it manually for the first time, fortunately, there was no problem in theory. The "instructions" for papermaking are in Rurik's mind. You can take your wives and concubines to do it yourself. Even if you may take some detours, the papermaking action with writing as the ultimate goal will definitely produce a good result.

The action has begun!

The door of the warehouse building was opened, and the aroma of birch trees came to your face!

There is a strange sweet taste in the air, and there is also a slight sour taste.

That was the bark of five hundred birch trees. The house was piled up very full, and it was not necessary to consider the issue of keeping warm. The temperature in this house has been below freezing point, and it happened to be freeze-dried to a certain extent. Effect, the bark is dehydrated and dried.

They were indeed dry, and Rurik squatted down, checking the bark with the light thrown in by the open wooden door. They are already dry, not to mention that they really have some paper texture when touched.

"Yes, come on girls, take a part of the bark to the outdoors, let's cook them for three days and three nights, and boil the bark white just like boiled flax!"

After an order was given, his wife and concubine began to do business.

On the other hand, Medvedt was ordered to rush a group of young and powerful people to do things for Rlic.

Lord Rurik is really fair and just! The adults promised to pay every worker in silver coins, and they did manage one meal a day during the working period. This kind of good deeds is earned.

The pottery urn that was originally boiled flax was standing outdoors, and the clean snow available to the pitcher was thrown in. Flames began to appear under the urn, and the entire urn began to be heated.

As many as four large pottery urns were boiling water, and the half-person-high urn finally began to boil after a long period of time.

At the same time, Rurik had personally led his wife and concubine to tow the sled, and piled a batch of dry bark on the snow beside the urn.

"My lord. Look, all the urns are boiling. You...you want to boil the bark now." Medved was puzzled, he reported truthfully, and wanted to see what an adult could do.

"Okay, let the brothers throw the bark in. Be careful not to let the flames hurt the flesh."

"Good Le!"

The snow beside the urn had already been melted by the scorching heat of the flame, exposing the blackened ground below. The bark was thrown like a pottery urn by the strong man and began to boil it for three days and nights.

"Is it really going to be cooked for three days?" Medved asked very puzzledly about Rurik who was on the sidelines.

"of course."

"Is it really necessary? Even if it is boiled meat, any meat will become dregs after three days of cooking. These urns are boiled flax stalks and stripped twine, and we boil it for half a day at most..."

"Are you worried that we will boil the bark into powder?" Rurik asked deliberately.

Medvedt's face was skeptical, but he didn't dare to bluntly question, so he had to side the drum and knocked: "My lord, I'm just worried that we've done bad things for you."

"It doesn't matter. My purpose is to hope that the bark will be boiled into dregs. If you can accomplish this, I will pay more. Don't worry, cook it desperately for me. In my opinion, the bark cannot be boiled into powder ."

"what?"

"Listen carefully to my orders!" Rurik increased his voice: "For three days during the day, I want these four pottery urns to be heated by the fire. Every other day, you use a scoop to clean the muddy water inside. Put in the new snow block. When the fourth day, I will stand here and order you to put out the fire."

"Yes, I will strictly implement my decision."

Rurik is deeply aware of a step in papermaking, which is to cook out your non-fiber raw materials through a long time of cooking.

After all, the technology of papermaking originates from the by-product of the silk reeling process in the silk textile industry, so the word "paper" is directly related to "silk". Of course, plant fibers can do the same thing. The hemp rods of flax and ramie have a variety of impurities. All people need is its fibers and regular weaving.

As far as the structure of matter is concerned, the difference between cloth and paper is probably the only difference in the arrangement of cellulose. Cloth is extremely regular, and paper is completely reversed.

When boiled flax stalks, the pigments, gums, fats and other impurities can be boiled out and dissolved into turbid water. After doing their best, the processed flax can be stripped into silk threads for textile processing, which can be woven into plain white linen.

The white linen is indeed made by every farm in Novgorod, but everyone has a heart for beauty. When a farm took the lead in adopting dyed twine blending technology, people turned to weaving striped cloth.

There are still some white cloths, and Rurik quickly customized some in Novgorod.

The local Slav women are ingenious, almost every family has a weaving machine, that is, the too old tool is manipulated by sitting people, and the speed of weaving is too low.

The locals cannot afford to weave. Firstly, the output of flax is limited. Secondly, the peasant women don't bother to make new ones after they have made enough cloth for themselves. The whole family's greatest energy is to invest in spring ploughing and autumn harvesting.

Just like buying idle female labor in the hometown of Roseburg, in exchange for the cloth they weave, paying for real money, Rurik did the same in Novgorod.

He ordered a special kind of cloth, or gauze at all.

Every employed woman weaves a piece of gauze with a length and a width of a stika. The thread should be separated from the thread by the width of a silk thread. They are all experts in weaving fabrics, and they are much better than the Russian women in terms of weaving and dyeing techniques.

When the pottery urn over there cooks the bark crazy~www.mtlnovel.com~ The gauze that Rurik asks for is quickly completed with the great enthusiasm of the women. After all, it is gauze, so it doesn't take a lot of time to weave it tightly.

The water in the pottery urn is still boiling, and there is a local carpenter on Rurik to make enough wooden frames.

The wooden frame is spliced in a tenon-and-mortise structure, and the size of the inner frame is also very particular, that is, 0.4 stika in length and 0.3 stika in width. The overall size is to make A3 paper size paper.

The fresh gauze is cut, and the gauze is tied tightly by a small wooden frame in the outer corner.

The screen was completed, as many as fifty sets of screens were completed, for which Rurik paid up to half a pound of silver coins. This kind of effort Rurik felt worth it. The Otto couple felt that their son was a kind of squandering. What the old Rigus and his manor people saw was the generosity of Prince Rose.

In fact, there is no good way for Rurik. After the bark is processed, pure fibers will remain. The fibers are smashed and ground into powder, and finally adhered to the sieve and pasted on a dense layer. This layer of fiber is pressed by the wooden board to squeeze out most of the water, and the entire screen is placed in a dark room with a temperature higher than the freezing point to dry. Lurik has followed his own thinking and started the follow-up work...

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