The Rise of Iceland

　　　　 Because Olaf's thoughts about the colonization of Greenland had not been communicated with Hadar, it was inevitable that the eventual failure made Pikkukon happy, so Olaf did not explain.

After Pikku packed up the tub and the sewage and left, Olaf blew out the candles, then lay on the bed and perfected his thoughts, and finally fell asleep when he felt that there was nothing wrong, and planned to talk to his father Hadar about colonizing Greenland the next day. plan of.

　　 It was dawn after Olaf woke up, Pikku opened the door and waited for him to wash with hot water, then Olaf took Pikku downstairs to the restaurant for breakfast.

Catelyn knew that her husband and son had put in a lot of hard work and energy to run Vinland, so she prepared three meals every day. This morning it was brown bread, fried deer chops and hot milk, as well as black pepper and salt. , Honey-made cold beets, pickled radishes.

　　 Olaf has adapted to the Icelandic cuisine a long time ago. Although sometimes it feels unsatisfactory, but overall it is acceptable.

When the family arrived in Qi, they prayed before dinner, and then finished their breakfast in silence. Hadar and Hagrid, Ulav, and Olaf sat on the sofa in front of the fireplace to rest, Pikku stood by and waited, and Katlin went. After washing the tableware, Half and Gellney went down to the room at Catlin's supervision after eating.

　　 Although the sofa was invented in the early seventeenth century, Olaf almost never saw it when he was in Iceland. He really saw it in Amsterdam. However, because of the raw materials, the sofa is still very rudimentary and the style is very primitive and simple.

　　The sofas in Hadar Castle are all made of white wolf and reindeer leather before the Scottish and Irish white slaves. Inside are seabird feathers, leaves, wool, etc., and they are also very soft and warm when sitting.

　　Olav looked at Hadar, Hagrid and Ulav, and seemed to want to play cards or gobang again. He hurriedly said his thoughts last night.

　　 The three of Hadar fell into deep thought when they heard the words, then Hagrid looked at Pikku and asked, "How many Kismos are there in Greenland?"

　　Pikku looked confused. During his 20-year career in Greenland, he had only been to a few neighboring villages, and he had met fewer than a hundred people, so he couldn't answer Hagrid at all.

Olaf saw Pikku’s embarrassment and said, “Pikku doesn’t know, but I guess the population is definitely more than that of Vinland. These people are the best hunters and soldiers! There are countless reindeer. , Musk ox, we only need to conquer the Akismo on Greenland to bring Greenland into our hands!"

Hadar, Hagrid, and Ulav are very excited. In the past, few people went to colonize Greenland, and they were not organized. Limited by their vision and ability, they could not carry out large-scale colonial rule. But now Hadar has a Vinland as Backing up, it is very possible to send warriors to colonize Greenland.

Ulav thought of something that Yotte had said a few days ago, so he said: "Dad, uncle, Uncle Yote said before that most of the Beotuk slaves in the city of Hroot are obedient to work, but the white wolves. The samurai said that he was a noble samurai, he only wanted to fight and hunt, and was unwilling to carry out agricultural planting, logging, and quarrying. At that time, Uncle Yot also explained that the year was warm and he would train these people.

I think these hundreds of white wolf warriors are indeed very brave and good at fighting. It is really a waste to treat as coolies, but we have unified Vinland and there will be no war in a short time. It is better to let them go to Greenland to help us conquer love. Kismo! "

"Uraf, your idea is very good. Yout has complained to me several times. Now the labor force in Groot City is enough. It is really a way to throw these restless white wolf warriors to Greenland!" Dahl's eyes lit up and smiled.

After discussion, Hadar finally decided to let Pikku take his Atang population and more than 500 white wolf warriors from Harut City to colonize Greenland, so that more than 700 people can be gathered together and wear plate armor. , Spears and matchlocks, enough to sweep Greenland.

After all, the island of Vinland has just been unified now. As long as thousands of acres of land are reclaimed next spring, it will be able to feed the tens of thousands of people in Herut. The third phase of construction can be launched.

It is also a good choice to take the white wolf warriors who are unwilling to do hard work to Greenland to slowly colonize Greenland, to conquer the Akismos and to domesticate and graze the reindeer and musk ox. It may be a good choice within a few years. Can get tens of thousands of Akismo warriors, and at the same time harvest a lot of fur and meat.

　　 After deciding on this matter, Hadar appointed Pikku as Governor of Greenland to be responsible for all matters concerning the conquest of colonial Greenland after next spring.

Pikku, who was entrusted with a heavy responsibility, was moved, crying and knelt down and kissed the insteps of Hadar and Olaf, and then promised to completely conquer Greenland within five years and lead all Ekismos to welcome Hadar's master. Of review.

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　　Time always passes quickly in the cold winter, because people live at home and chat.

　　 December will soon pass. Today is December 25th. Today is the biggest holiday for Protestants and Catholics-Christmas.

Christmas is a holiday created by believers to commemorate the birth of Jesus, the true Holy Son of the Trinity. Since the Bible does not record when **** was born, in ancient times, the day of Roman mythology to commemorate the God of Saturn was used as Christmas Day. Then Christmas came.

　　 Now is the beginning of the 17th century. Christmas is not a festival with a certain entertainment and consumption color of the later generations. Now Christmas Day is simply a festival of attending activities in the church and then praying, eating some pancakes and drinking a glass of wine.

Vinland does not have a church. All Icelanders and other white people prayed and drank a glass of wine in their homes. Now that the white slaves in Vinland have become Vikings, Hadar also gave each of them a pot of wine. Let the wine made this summer halve, and the rest will not be enough to be sold in Europe next spring.

　　The family in Hadarburg also prayed and prayed and ate pancakes and drank a glass of wine on this day. Everyone stopped entertainment on this day~www.wuxiahere.com~ and thought about the past year.

Especially Hadar. As the lord of Wenlan, the fate of tens of thousands of people is tied to him. He has never returned to the easy life that was a few years ago. He has to rack his brains every day to think about how to do it. To develop Vinland, how to develop production and dispatch the Merchant Marines to sell specialties in Europe after the coming spring of next year, and at the same time have a good relationship with New England and New France, this makes him painful and feels extraordinary happiness.

　　 Olaf was an atheist in his previous life, and he doesn’t believe in Jehovah very much in his heart in this life, but for the future of himself and his family, Olaf also prayed for God’s blessing when praying.

Waiting for another five days is the New Year. Olaf can’t celebrate the Lunar New Year, let alone calculate, so he regards the New Year’s Day in the Julian calendar as the Spring Festival in his heart, and then hopes for the coming next year. He knows if everything If it goes well, next year, the city of Herut will rely on the furs obtained from many savage tribes and hunted furs and other specialties in exchange for wealth far beyond this year in Europa, and then the wealth will be transformed into the foundation of Vinland.

These things are naturally gratifying, but Olaf is mainly thinking about the business of the Bank of Amsterdam. If the science and technology books of Daming that he agreed to buy with Kuyi last year can be obtained smoothly, then the foundation of Wenlan agriculture and handicraft will be stable. , Even if the mineral channels and skilled workers are improved in the future, heavy industry will have guidance books on basic technologies.

Olaf feels that if he remembers correctly, the first industrial revolution that will make the Western world take off for the first time more than a hundred years later is based on receiving the help of Eastern science books such as Tiangong Kaiwu, at least the bellows. Existence enhances the basis of industrial evolution-the output and quality of steel.