There are some ice fishermen scattered on the frozen river, and some people are also cruising on the slopes on both sides of the river.

A large number of small boats were pushed ashore and **** with ropes. The boats were also covered with thick snow. At first glance, they seemed to be integrated with the pale earth like solid ice.

Only the city wall is still the taupe color of wood, which is unique and eye-catching in the pure white world where the sun is dazzling.

The sled team turned around, the whip whipped **** the deer, and the deer rushed up the snow **** with all their strength.

Now, Ella finally saw the honor of the national capital, New Roseburg, and how small the team seemed to stand under the city wall mixed with tall stone and wood.

The city is built along the Neva River. The Nevsky Prospekt along the river is the largest road in the city. The two ends of this almost standard east-west road are the east gate and west gate of the city.

Before the sleigh team arrived, the Ross flags flying on the sleds were seen by the soldiers patrolling the city wall.

The king had ordered a long time ago, and a large sleigh team from Novgorod must be here on this day.

On the one hand, the patrolling soldiers went out to greet him, and on the other hand, they urgently notified His Majesty the King.

When Rurik learned of this, he himself was staying at the shipyard in the capital, chatting with the old Hotra, an old fellow, about the construction of large ships.

Regarding building a brand new ship, isn't what Hortra pursued in this life is to build a super ship?

Having built eight Avlorclass sailing warships, the old guy felt that his twilight years were accomplished by this feat, but he foolishly underestimated the king's dream.

ark? What is an ark? Is this kind of giant ship a legendary thing, or has it existed in reality?

"The ark exists, but it may not be able to be built with our current strength. But as long as we keep improving our technology, it is not difficult to realize it." Rurik's words were like nonsense, but he made his attitude clear. It is necessary to build a big ship. of. The so-called Hortra family has the ability to continue to improve the Avrolorclass ships, and now they are indeed building a new type of cargo ship with higher cost performance, which is inappropriate.

The men of the Hotra family still lacked a Stein. The construction of the large ship has been approved, and finally the details of the construction were detailed. At that time, all the skilled craftsmen gathered together to discuss, and Stein Hortrasson was indispensable.

The messenger hurried to the independent shipyard adjacent to the capital, which was located to the southwest of the capital, facing directly the brackish waters of the Gulf of Finland.

The soldier got off the sleigh and rushed over. He was stopped by the guards. After asking the truth, the group rushed directly into the large and warm indoor dock.

"What's the matter? Did something major happen?" Rurik clucked his head tightly and was rather unhappy.

They all knelt and saluted, and the messenger said bluntly: "Your Highness atonement, it's a really important matter. The task brothers you gave have been completed, and the sleigh team from Novgorod has arrived."

An old guy heard this and walked quickly: "Oh! My son Stein is back? Great!"

"Exactly." The messenger said firmly: "Sir Stein is indeed here. And..."

"My first clerk, is he here too?"

"Lord Scribe arrived safely. She...she still has important things to present."

"Really? I don't know what trick Ella is playing. Go! Go back to the capital!"

Building a brand new ship is not something that can be built with orders. Rurik feels that he has time to study with them slowly, but now, it is extremely important to welcome his woman back. Because Ella is a little younger among the wives and concubines, she was originally a princess in the kingdom's aristocratic system, but her current position is extremely important.

Just like in previous years, if he is not in Novgorod, Ella is solely responsible for the statistics after taxation.

The excited heart was not hindered by Bingxue, and Rurik's thoughts were very simple. He welcomed her to his room, listened to her debriefing carefully, and then...

The sleigh was running, and when Rurik arrived at his old palace, the beautiful Ella was already chatting with friends and relatives.

It was only when she entered the city that she understood what magnificence was. The wide Harvest Square is a large flat open space surrounded by tall buildings. It is said that the largest building is the attic of the king's new palace. It is taller than the tall red pine, and is obviously the highest place in this vast area, isn't it? Standing up to see the scenery must feel good.

More than the palace, the dwellings in the city are not at all like those low-rise single-storey houses in Novgorod.

She rode on a sleigh on the widest and most important Nevsky Prospekt. The buildings on both sides of the road were the cards of the country. Of course, the houses were also made quite bold.

The first floor of the dwellings along Nevsky Prospekt is made of large wooden columns, cemented with stone buildings, and the second floor is made of pure wood. This is a medieval residence style that highly imitates the Franks, and the architectural price is very good. Because the base is strong enough, the first floor of the residential buildings is relatively low, and some buildings cover three floors, and even open up a so-called fourth-floor micro storage room at the lower end of the gable roof.

The winter sun in the high latitudes is so slanted that it is clearly sunny, and the shadow of the tall houses south of the road completely covers Nevsky Prospekt, a situation Ella never imagined.

The old palace is far less than the new palace. It is a huge longhouse with wooden floors. There are many houses in it, and many stone fireplaces make the whole palace very warm.

Ella is not Rurik's ordinary wife and concubine. One of her identities is the adopted daughter of old Otto.

The Supreme King Otto never felt how noble this false name is. His current idea can be described as earning a day by living, and it is wonderful to watch more and more grandchildren indulge in family relationships.

The adopted daughter, Ella, is very gentle. She is definitely not a woman warrior, but she manages money and food for the country. Her level and ability are worthy of recognition.

But Otto never cared about the logistics of the war, and it was always just a vague concept of how much the country's grain warehouses had. He is a remnant of the old times, but he just knows that the special work of his adopted daughter Ella is good for the current Ross.

The returned Ella leaned on her adoptive father Otto like a kitten.

Otto stroked his adopted daughter's long blond hair lightly and praised, "Very well, it's the same as Niya back then."

She can act like a spoiled child to her heart's content, ignoring the eyes of other women.

Stroking his adopted daughter's soft hair, Otto's memory returned to more than 40 years ago. At that time, Niya was also so young and beautiful, and only the bravest warriors in the tribe could be favored by the most beautiful Niya. Otto was the victor, and that's how he got his beauty back. Now, everything is in the past.

Niya's face is no longer, she is already an old lady with wrinkled face and gray hair. It seems that her beautiful face can only be left in memory.

Otto's sigh was like a needle that frustrated Niya's heart. She knew that her old man was not malicious, but unfortunately she was too old. Recalling her past beauty, Nia could only cover her sigh with a smile.

Both Nya and Otto knew what Rurik meant by inviting Ella. It was very simple. Until now, Ella did not have a close relationship with King Rurik. At this time, the king must not be able to prevaricate things like "she is too young". First, other women have become mothers at Ella's age. Second, if her stomach does not move any more, the people of the country will be exhausted. The so-called youngest daughter of the Ostara tribe is "a sheep that does not lay lambs".

Nia called the lovely Ella to teach her about women as her mother-in-law and adoptive mother.

Rurik arrived late, he didn't have time to talk to Stein, who came back, and went straight to the palace after a face-to-face meeting.

The stalwart king wears a golden laurel crown, and his well-built beard is full of masculine charm. He was just right, and his tall figure gave weak women a strong sense of security, and the strength in various senses exuded from his body could easily attract the attention of many women.

Ella was strongly attracted by his spirit, especially when he received special oral education from his adoptive mother Niya. Now, the look in Rurik's eyes is more affectionate than reverence.

Although some wives and concubines gathered in the hall, things were easier to handle.

He has to take care of the feelings of Queen Svetlana and Noren, his wife, concubine and countess, and the other women don't care.

He sat on the leather cushion, put his arms around his Ella deliberately, and euphemistically told everyone: "I asked her to report to me about the tax collection, and she will accompany me during this time..."

So far Rurik has pointed it out, and many wives and concubines also understand the meaning.

I saw Noren covered half of his mouth and muttered with a smile: "Isn't it so simple to report?"

"Shut up..."

"It doesn't matter, in fact, everyone knows it." After speaking, Noren's eyes glanced at the queen. She is fighting fire, what can the queen do?

As the queen, Svetlana is still holding her son. She straightened up a little and seemed to speak very generously: "Rurik, you have to treat her well, it is hard to come all the way to the capital."

"That's natural." Hearing that, Rurik let out a sigh of relief.

The monarch has a lot of wives and concubines, and the most fearful thing is that the wives and concubines are jealous. A few years ago, they made them swear with each other's blood, and the oath can be eternal?

Rurik knew very well that some of his wives and concubines were not ordinary people, and even Queen Svetlana seemed to be weak in the past, and terror was not like that at all. In the final analysis, her weakness is the result of the forced cultivation of her family. Her original intention is not like this. As a queen, she is in this position and will definitely defend her identity as a queen by all means.

This is indeed the case, even though Lanna is still very young, the alienation of power from people has already begun. Her husband has many wives and concubines, and she is very reassured about those wives and concubines who are destined to leave the core of power.

Especially for this Ella, that's the most reassuring!

Because Ella has lost the title of the nobles of Ostara, the title of "Hesturia" is a position, she is only responsible for the compilation and compilation of historical documents and the statistical calculation of many logistical affairs. Her descendants also do this kind of work. Descendants will not hold lands, let alone establish private armies. She and her descendants are equivalent to high-level servants of the royal family, that's all.

Svetlana thinks so, and her relationship with Ella has always been good.

Rurik ordered the king, and he did what he said.

After eating a full meal and taking a hot bath, Ella was so comfortable that she fell asleep, and the exhaustion from the long sled ride intensified, but the special pain made her mentally excited.

On her first night in New Roseburg, Ella finally became a woman, and she yelled to explain the tax report to the king, but Rurik tossed aside the paper bag full of documents.

"We should have done this a long time ago. You will report tomorrow. You don't have to tonight."

"Yes! Brother..."

"Call me king! Ella, you are not my sister-in-law, you are my wife! You are my most important scribe! There will be successors to scribes in the future. Any trouble has nothing to do with you, do your job well, and all you will get in the future is happiness."

"Yes! The king..."

She doesn't know what "happiness in the future" is, she feels very happy now.

Only here, Ella fully knew the truth, and came with the documents herself. When the spring ploughing next year, her stomach should be erect, and her child will most likely be born in the autumn harvest next year.

She was tossed and tossed and rested all day the next day. For her sake, Rurik pushed back even discussing the construction of a large ship with the Hortras.

Finally, Ella, who had completed her identity change, took out the thick stack of documents from the paper bag and presented this year's tax data to her king husband.

It has to be said that she has been busy working as a scribe for a long time, and her handwriting has become more graceful and neat in the long quill writing. She is such an identity that, in principle, she can use paper recklessly.

The tax data is list after list, each of which is tax data for a settlement, along with the population of the settlement.

The managers of each settlement will adjust their own data every year, such as how many people died and how many people were born, how many men and how many women, especially the population of men without disabilities between the ages of 12 and 50, which is the source of the country's soldiers potential.

Specifically, the work of sending people to collect taxes is that the garrison of Novgorod escorts young scribes to arrive at various settlements in batches to start work. Among them, Mstissk, Youth City, such as the old Rus immigrant-based settlements, they paid taxes on their own, and whether to pay more and less or whether to pay taxes depends on the king's will. Without him, the people of these two settlements are blood relatives, and the preferential treatment strategy at this stage is natural.

As for the Ostarans and the Granites who have moved in, they are the new Ostaras in the joint settlement at the mouth of the Lovady River at the southernmost tip of Lake Ilmen, and they are completely exempt from tax at this stage. Because, they are vassals and apply to the kingdom's "ten-year tax exemption strategy". The situation here also reassured Rurik, because the main force of the kingdom's cavalry units was stationed in New Ostara.

Ella's completion of the report does not mean that she can quietly wait for the gratifying changes in her body.

She prayed in her heart that she would not have a menstrual period on that day. As long as there was no such thing, everything would be fine.

But as the first scribe of the kingdom, how could she have been leisurely as a pure noble woman until the end of December of Hanukkah?

There are many more uses for her next, especially this discussion about building new ships.

In the large and warm indoor dock, two large wooden tables were put together, and some yellowed papers were spread on the table cases.

The charcoal pieces cut into the shape of daggers were listed on the table, and Rurik personally sketched the big ship he longed for in front of the shipbuilder. He was painting three views, and he also deliberately drew cross-sections. Although the brushwork was very rough, the old Hotra, who was good at shipbuilding, and his three sons all started "3D modeling" in their minds based on these somewhat abstract drawings. to complete the understanding.

At the same time, Ella was sitting at the corner of the desk with a pen and paper, and the quill dipped in ink began to make official records at any time. Although she knew nothing about shipbuilding, she didn't expect that her king's husband also had a lot of experience in the shipbuilding industry. She didn't have the time to think about other things and focus on her own work.

The formal discussion soon became clear. In fact, many craftsmen understood that the king did not overthrow the past experience to build a new ship. The king's appeal was indeed to build a big ship, and it was just a big ship.

Why a big ship? It has a longer keel, more ribs, more masts, and higher sides, so that the deck can be repaired in multiple layers.

Rurik issued a number of technical indicators for the new large ship:

The keel must be no less than 50 stika (about 49 meters).

The standard draft of the ship should not exceed 4 stikas, and the full load draft should not exceed 6 stikas.

Surface gunk guarantees 4 to 5 stika. There must be a forecastle and a poop, of which the **** should be higher.

There must be three main masts and a high elevation bow mast. Two mainmasts use jibs, the other mainmast use double-sided sails. The bow mast uses a single-sided balance sail.

With this technical indicator, old Hotra was impressed by the king's arrogance, and he said bluntly: "There are 50 stikas on the keel alone? When she is built, it will be a huge ship, and it looks like it will be the Avrora. Three or four times the size."

Rurik sat at his desk with a sullen face: "I don't want you to feel emotional. I want your answer, can it be built?"

"It seems to be adding materials on the basis of the Avlora, like a calf has grown into a strong cow, the overall structure of the ship has not changed, but it is too big, to build it, the traditional way may be... ..." Hortra was worried, and he pointed to the ceiling of this indoor dock in particular: "It's too small here."

"I know." Rurik shrugged: "Even building on hard ground is not suitable. We can dig large pits and build dams. This is called a dry dock. Once the ship is built, the locks are opened and water is released. I trust you, I will give you a lot of rewards, and I will send someone to investigate and obtain the missing wood."

The drydock method of shipbuilding is unfamiliar to the Hortra family, but it is easy to understand. The four shipbuilders marveled at the king's good idea and understood the king's attitude. This job is full of challenges, and it must be full of hardships. The boat material alone is a trouble, but the king's attitude is very firm.

"We need oak, red pine, oak and other wood, especially the keel. It is difficult to obtain the oak." Hortra is the only one who is extremely worried about this.

"It doesn't matter, the high-quality oak is in the south. I will send personnel to Novgorod to find it this winter. I am not a quick-witted person, especially when building my new flagship, I must give priority to ensuring the quality. You can start preparatory work first, such as First dig a big pit to make a dry dock, prepare the wood other than the oak, and we will start when I have all the oak."

Hotra had a clue in his heart: "However, the preparation work will consume a lot of time, maybe a year."

"It's okay."

"I'm afraid I won't live to the time when the new boat is launched."

Hortra was indeed too old, and Rurik sighed softly: "No one will forget your family's contribution to the country. The new large ship will replace the Avlora class as the new main ship, and the second ship will be called Hortra. Call it! It's your name!"

"That's great~www.mtlnovel.com~ dare to ask the name of the flagship?"

Rurik shrugged and said righteously: "It's called the Monarch."

"Very neat name."

"Enough to scare the enemy." Rurik laughed, and the others laughed too...

The so-called new ship, Ross's first Avroolclass ship is modeled on the Caravel ship, as for the technical indicators of the new ship, it is the larger Galen ship.

The Spanish galleon is a super-large galleon. This type of ship also has a development process from small to large. In the final analysis, it is the result of continuous improvement for Caravel-type ships. The super-large Galen can be built into a monster with a displacement of 2,000 tons, but the general-purpose type is only a full-load displacement of 1,000 tons.

What Rurik wanted was the so-called universal type. She was huge enough to be a troop carrier, a super transport ship, and a majestic "mountain at sea". The navy has been very financially built since ancient times, but several super capital ships are displayed on the dock, which will greatly enhance the pride of the people, and it is also the evidence of military strength, and the super force to deter potential enemies to ensure the peace of Ross. From a purely economic point of view, such a large ship has the strength to traverse the North Atlantic, and the efficiency of transporting materials will be unprecedented, so the new world rushing to the West is no longer an extravagant hope.

So she had to be the Monarch, and even if it took two to three years, she had to be built. With the first ship, there will be a second, third and even eighth!

Rurik ambitiously formulated a shipbuilding plan, and when all the data was rectified, Ella wrote the written document of the shipbuilding plan in his own hand.

The Hortra family responded to the king's orders with practical actions. They really started digging dry dock pits and sea canals by the sea, ignoring the snow and ice, even if it was a slow job...

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