Duchess Carlotta of Ostaran, took her son Karl, and other entourages, and left the kingdom's capital, New Rosesburg.

She was accompanied by another large army, escorting a batch of supplies, cobbling together a large sleigh team, heading west on the frozen Neva.

Novgorod is going back, but not now.

As a king, Rurik should be in the capital, and he will settle here completely when his palace is fully completed. To be fair, the climate of Novgorod in the southeast is better, but the main reason for setting the country's capital at the mouth of the Neva River is political needs.

This year's winter solstice must organize a grand priesthood. It is the first winter festival after the establishment of the Rus Kingdom. The people have a hunch about this, and people are eager for a grand event. Considering the attitude of the people, the kingdom really needs a winter event. .

It was already November, more than ten days after the first snow, a snowstorm that everyone could foresee swept across the world. Seas, rivers and lakes are frozen, and reindeer sleighs have replaced boats as the best means of transportation.

When the wind and snow passed, the world changed. The air was icy cold, and there was snow everywhere. In this climate, it is best to stay at home and learn to hibernate with brown bears, but men in extremely thick clothes ignore the extreme cold, and they hurry up to do important winter work.

The state-owned blacksmith shop in the city is in full swing, and the ding ding dong dongsheng of the shipyard is also continuous. More than a state-built shipyard, some private workshops have sprung up in the city. These people build shacks in the unowned wasteland in the urban fringe, and build traditional paddle boats inside. The more skilled ones are building leading warships.

Times have changed, and when Rurik grew into a real man, the poor Kamne grew into a strong man.

Kamne, an Ilmenslav of pure blood, first approached Rurik as a slave, and now this fatherless man has grown to be extremely robust. With his long blacksmithing career, his arms and legs are thick, and this "elite blacksmith" is a highly valued confidant of Rurik.

Kamne's loyalty can be completely assured. He has a wife and a son, and he has a wealth of savings, and his lowly fate has completely changed.

Anyone with any brains knows that this person is a man highly valued by the king, and there are rumors that the king Rurik recognized Kamne as his younger brother. For him, really don't provoke him.

Rurik was very relieved, just because Kamne and his wife and children were pinched to death by him. This was a loyal blacksmith, whom Rurik trusted even more than Kawi the blacksmith.

Kawei is a foreign relative, and Kamine is a minister. Kawi is in the hometown of Roseburg, while Kamnee is honestly staying in the capital. The two are not simple blacksmiths, and their most important job is to produce weapons for Ross.

When Rurik had just returned to Novi Rosberg, he took the time to summon his loyal Kamne.

The sturdy Kamne has been busy with his work all these years. He has no intentions, but is certain that as long as he properly completes the tasks given by Lord Rurik, his life will get better and better.

It is precisely for this kind of careless person that Rurik has less troubles, and some things can be said loudly, such as Ross will need an extremely large number of weapons in a new war.

He made a list for Kamne, the most notable of which were three categories: five thousand brand new forged spearheads, five hundred bent sword embryos, and one hundred thousand forged arrow clusters.

These three types of weapons must complete production this winter, and even if there are difficulties, they must find ways to overcome them.

Kamne felt unprecedented pressure, he did not dare to insist on the king's order in person, so he had to bite the bullet and take over the task.

As early as September, the state-run blacksmith shop in New Roseburg, under the adjustment of the person in charge Kamne, pushed away all the orders for weapons and tools from the people, and all the young blacksmiths stopped all vacations, except for sleeping time, all devoted to work. .

Novo Roseburg was put into combat readiness under the order of King Rurik in October, and Kamne has already started! The people were mobilized into military production, and Rurik used state funds to pay for it, in exchange for an explosion of ordnance production.

The huge demand for military production has given the people huge employment opportunities. Rurik saw a kind of prosperity, and also clearly realized that he was also kidnapped by the military order he issued.

It is said that if next year's expedition fails to achieve the expected results, the kingdom will suffer the consequences after paying so much.

Not only weapons, clothing, rations, but also a treasure that can prove the authority of the king are to be prepared in large quantities.

Once, the big ship Avrora, which carried the glory of Rose, has become very old, and her hull has been replaced by a lot of materials, only the oak keel is still strong. Although the Baltic Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean have greatly prevented the damage to the hull by the creatures such as barnacles, the keel oak has been soaked in the sea for more than ten years, and it can last for some more days, but the performance is already worrying.

The Kingdom of Ross must have a new flagship!

Rurik wrote a long letter to the governor of Novgorod, which was supposed to arrive in the autumn, when the rivers and lakes froze, and some of the people who had been targeted came back to the capital to report. He not only wrote this letter, but also got some news from the hometown of Roseburg. He gave the old guy Hotra a death order: "You must get to the new Roseburg as soon as possible with your eldest son, and don't take old age as a reason. Excuse."

This order made Hotra go on a boat and a reindeer sleigh, but only arrived in the capital in late November.

Hanukkah was still a while away, and it was impossible for Rurik to keep his wives, concubines, children, and elderly parents indulge in family fun during this time.

For the time being, his mind was on building a ship, and the special order he issued was to summon the men of the entire Hortra family.

Hortra has three sons. The eldest, Harold, is to inherit the family business according to the Viking tradition, while the second child, Karl, and the third, Stein, are to stand on their own. Today, all three sons lead a group of craftsmen who are "masters of the shipyard" hired by King Rurik. They can take private work at the cost of heavy taxes. Once the monarch's order is issued, he must put aside his private work and complete the task with all his might, and naturally he can also get a major reward.

Hortra is old-fashioned, with a messy white beard covering the age spots on his face. He once thought that he would freeze to death halfway through, but thanks to the blessing of the gods, he managed to survive to New Roseburg.

He and his eldest son Harold arrived a little later, and Stein from the Novgorod shipyard managed to arrive before his old father.

A bobsled team from Novgorod met the bobsled team from Novgorod on the frozen Volkhov River. It was a pleasant surprise to meet each other. Since each other had their own affairs, they went their separate ways after seeing each other.

The winter bobsled team is not surprising these days, but the odd thing is that there is a special woman on the bobsled team heading north.

She is Ella, sister of Carlotta, Duchess of Ostara.

The two sisters met on the Volkhov, the sister went straight to the new Ostara in the south, and the sister went to the capital.

Even though they are close sisters, the two sisters have been together less than a few years ago due to the current situation, but now they meet each other and hug each other with joy.

Ella wanted to ask her sister everything, but Carlotta understood everything.

Carlotta put her mouth to her sister's ear bluntly and told her all the secrets.

In an instant, Ella's pale face turned red as anger as she was ashamed, and she waited for her sister's face with surprise and excitement: "I...Finally..."

"Yes! This is the truth. You are old too! Rurik loved you in the past, so he held back his emotions. Now you really have to be a mother, you know, he has a lot of women, even though you are being Given a special mission, few biological children are indeed inappropriate."

"I...I'm happy too. What should I do."

"Oh? I have to tell you this well..."

After all, Carlota left with his subordinates, along with the sled team of Nizhny Novgorod. She faced the cool breeze with a smile, and she couldn't help thinking a lot.

Sometimes I envy my sister, as long as I do my job as a clerk, I don't have to worry about everything else.

But is it really that simple?

The area around Lake Ilmen is the largest grain-producing area in the Principality of Ross. Although the per-mu yield of wheat and oats is very low in today's era, at least there will still be a certain surplus of grain after the hard work of each field to throw away planting grain, tax grain and normal wear and tear. , there is very little surplus grain in a single field, and after the scale is expanded, it appears that there is a lot of surplus grain. Although the ability of a small farmer family is limited, as long as the farmer population increases, it will form a scale advantage. With the normal operation of taxation and the purchase of surplus grain, the kingdom can obtain a considerable inventory. But the situation in this grain-producing area is also very special. As the king, Rurik controls a large number of private fields. He hired tenants to sow and harvest, and carried out limited fertilization operations in the middle. These matters were entrusted to the governor of Novgorod and his uncle Medvet. Even the king's land, based on the limitations of the times, is not only used for rough farming, but this has the advantage that Rurik can theoretically be a hands-off shopkeeper, and then get a sum of money relative to the population during the harvest season. A huge amount of wheat.

Grain taxation and the output of the king's fields, coupled with external purchases and Sorgon's grain, provide a large number of free meals for Rus' children for half a year. This is gratefully virtuous politics, and behind it is a test of national finances.

Now this test is concretely pressed on a woman's weak shoulders.

From the daughter of the leader of the Ostara tribe, the adopted daughter of the old Otto, the sister of Rurik and the current wife and concubine, Ella Hesturia. In principle, she was responsible for keeping records of Ross's historical documents, and Rurik initially planned to make her a professional historian of the state.

However, Ross's development to the present era has encountered particular obstacles, which have forced the state to have an extremely greedy need for technocrats. After all, Ella was with King Rurik, and was heavily instilled in mathematics. No one is more suitable to be the head of the "Statistics Bureau" than her, and she is the busiest woman during the annual wheat harvest and tax collection.

Now the situation is much better, and a group of boys and girls who have experienced education immediately take up the work of scribes.

This year, the Novgorod region will be half taxed. While the people are shouting long live to the king's Renzheng Mountain, Ella has completed the statistics after being extremely tired.

At one time, she naively thought that the king sent her to the country to spend Hanukkah to listen to her report, and a large amount of paper filled with data was also stuffed into a cardboard bag. I understand the real purpose of the king.

Two happy things are intertwined, and life is getting better and better.

For a long time, Ella has stayed in the isolated Lake Ilmen, and the war against the rebellious Pine Needle Manor has ended for nine years. Such a long time has transformed a helpless little woman into a beautiful woman!

Ella always ignores her beauty. She has the same small round face as her sister, but she is completely the opposite of her sister Carlotta in temperament.

Ella, who focused on statistical writing, was trained to have a quiet temperament, and she simply bundled up her golden invoices. This kind of literary girl's temperament pierced Rurik's heart, and he was always reluctant to touch the body of this wife and concubine. Not only because of her young age, but also because Ella has no more experience when she is really pregnant. During the period when the latter batch of scribes could not be independent, Ella must always maintain a super strong working ability.

Now Rurik felt that she must be extremely tired in the future.

Her life seems to be isolated from the world, so when she sees the vastness of the frozen Ladoga Lake, she really wants to open her throat and scream.

How is the current state of New Roseburg? I heard that it has become extremely splendid and magnificent, and it does not look like the big village in the past.

As all the remnants of Ostara completed their immigration, the sister who met by chance actually coaxed all the Granites who were stranded in the western homeland. The Ostarans and the Grans have always lived side by side in ancient history. As Ella, who is in charge of and organizes the history of Ross and even the past Swedish region, no one knows these things better than her. She also read the "Exodus" on the parchment that Rus' ancestral handed down with relish because she had learned Latin, and she also learned about the parchment book of spoils brought back from Britain by the way.

It was the story of the gods and gods of the Romans and the Franks and so on, and the stories were really interesting, especially Exodus. The old books cherished by the deceased Ross High Priest Vilia must have hidden a great secret, and now she feels that she understands everything.

Lord Rurik, Moses of Ross! A story that was staged in another world is being staged again in the far north. This is fate!

She no longer has any nostalgia for her homeland in the West, so this trip to the country is full of joy.

There were not many sled teams going to the capital, and everyone was looking forward to the outcome of this trip.

The country is finally going to war, and King Rurik is finally about to expand a large territory. The news spread all over Lake Ilmen, and the order to recruit capable soldiers was passed down. All the men who claimed to be strong were gearing up for it. Many young boys felt that this was an opportunity to make great achievements. For example, there are orders for cavalry teams. One cavalry is counted as one regardless of age. This winter, everyone must feed the horses well, and the personnel must step up training. As shocking as it may be, the expeditions that the cavalry had to participate in had to prove their worth in order to live up to the king and the country.

Stein Hotrasson, the director of the Novgorod Shipyard, was sitting on a sleigh heading to the capital. He held a special order from the king - to study the construction of new ships.

Building a new ship? As for gathering all the men of the family?

He can assert that the king needs brand new ships to demonstrate what kingship is.

This sled team did not dare to dawdle, and ran all the way in the good weather. The well-raised reindeer were also very powerful. When the team successfully arrived at New Roseburg, everyone was deeply aware of their own insignificance~www .mtlnovel.com~ The sled has not been heard yet, and the lovely Ella stood up in surprise while leaning on the wooden railing.

She subconsciously stretched out her finger: "What is that? Why do I feel like Roseburg's... attic?"

Stein's numb face grunted: "That's the king's home. You are the king's woman, and that's your home too."

"Really? It's too high."

"The riverbed is already high, and the king built tall buildings there. Only Lord Rurik can build such a palace. There is no building higher than this one in my hometown of Mlaren. I have heard of Uppsa. The Temple of Ra is also very tall, and it is clear that the building that the king has been building for a long time is above all else."

At first glance, the palace attic was already built, and when she thought that she could live in such a place, Ella felt that everything was in a dream. She sat down again and continued to wrap the leather to keep it warm, her hands under the leather holding the document bag tightly...

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