Chapter 497: New Shipborne Weapons
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A group of small but strong boys obeyed Rurik's order and assembled all the staff. They stood in the empty field outside the blacksmith's workshop area in Clavasson and accepted Rurik's inspection.
Rurik looked at them one by one with his hands behind his back.
These ten-year-old boys, who were originally destined to be farmers in Novgorod, lived a short and mediocre life in poverty, and even died prematurely due to malnutrition.
Now, everything has changed.
Their body is stronger than Rurik, because of regular physical labor, everyone can see obvious muscle texture when they roll up their sleeves, even if they are only ten years old.
They eat meat every day, and for the past six months, there must be a pound of oats every day.
Such a high-nutrient, high-calorie diet is not for fattening. They were ordered to work hard and each became a good little blacksmith. This group of children are only small in age and short in stature. They are as strong as cows now. Will they still have it in the future? Isn't it strong enough to cut a pine tree with a big axe?
These Slavic boys can basically stand alone, although they are not as efficient as the young and strong Kawei, their future is bright.
Kamene rushed to report, "Boss, everyone is here. Arrange the task and we will finish it without sleeping."
"Okay! Very energetic. Then follow my orders and I want you to make a new weapon."
There is no need to leave Rick's words, after all, these children are all involved in the direct manufacturing of torsion slingshots and weapons. These children are very expert.
How can the gray-bearded Cravason alone make a large number of weapons? Behind the large number of "scorpion crossbow"-style torsion slingshots, wooden arms and steel-arm crossbows on the Ross ships are the efforts of these little blacksmiths.
If there was no such success, Rurik would not dare to assemble them and entrust them with important tasks.
The wild donkey catapult, the so-called powerful torsion drive lever, throws the stones out at the same time, the inertia also drives the whole machine to jump up, just like a stubborn donkey.
The best way to prevent it from jumping is naturally to install a counterweight at the end.
These children, they are being trained by the standards of "all-round craftsmen" by Liurik. They are young miners, metallurgists, cement workers, and promising carpenters.
Cravason is busy forging the steel sword himself, and he has always enjoyed it. Kawei and his recruits still guard the blast furnace and continue to produce iron tools.
The children cannot be kept by the skilled craftsmen, but Rurik himself is their best teacher.
The warmer water from the southern waters has invaded the Gulf of Bothnia. The sea has basically thawed, and the sea surface has not slowed down by large and small ice floes and even some giant icebergs.
The fjord where Roseburg is located is still frozen, but the people have noticed that the upstream stream is surging day by day, and the freezing of the fjord will dissolve within a few days.
This summer came late, and the snow on the ground was melting on a large scale, but it was freezing again at night. Every morning, everyone had to use various tools to knock off the amazing icy edges on their eaves.
After five days of busy work, the six "wild donkey trebuchets" planned by Lurik were just completed by his young men!
There are no wild donkeys in Northern Europe. All donkeys in the world come from Central Asia. Today, there are no donkeys in Europe from Western Europe to Northern Europe.
If one were to describe this weapon as an animal's sluggish behavior, Rurik didn't hesitate to think of the bull.
Ten "Bull Catapults", they can be described as standardized products.
Its site is a frame with one stika in length and half a stika in width, which is about one meter and half a meter in total. One end of the weapon has a fortified wooden post, and up to five layers of cushioning deerskin are tied to the post.
Its source of torsion is hemp rope, whale baleen and rubber band strips, immersed in grease to further enhance willfulness.
It is essentially a highly adaptable tactical machine, and its overall structure is also very simple. Of course, its accuracy is far inferior to that of a crossbow-type torsion slingshot.
Master Rurik invented a new weapon!
People who are looking forward to the unfreezing of the sea are becoming more anxious these days. They need something interesting to ease their mood.
Rurik sent some strong men, each of whom easily carried the completed "bull trebuchet" and placed it outside the wooden wall that was still under construction. The ten trebuchets faced the sea unanimously, waiting to be manipulated.
Thousands of people came to watch, and the scaffolding on the wooden wall that had just been built was also full of people, not to mention a group of guys standing on the roof.
They probably all guessed that the purpose of these weapons is to launch stones, but each of them is not big, how effective can they be?
Everyone speculates that it is reasonable that Rurik has the technology and ability to build a larger torsion trebuchet, but he lacks time.
These small items with a total length of one meter and a torque lever of one meter are a weapon that can be obtained in a short time.
Everyone is looking forward to the amazing performance of the new weapons. They look at the frozen sea that can still walk for you, and look forward to seeing the splashes of rocks from far away.
Otto watched silently. He knew the usefulness of this weapon and even the tactical effect it could bring when he saw the real object under construction.
Otto recalled the decisive battle on Gotland Road. If he could launch stones on a large scale at that time, a large number of stones that fell from the sky would surely smash the Gotland army to the head.
Suddenly, he was surprised to see that it was a group of children who manipulated the machinery!
Rurik only arranged for the strong men to carry them, and the operator was the little blacksmith who built them.
"Brothers, are you all ready? Follow our agreed action!"
There was no drag, and the emotions of the onlookers had to be stirred up. Rurik simply gave instructions. The children still turned the ratchet winch, and the lever was put down little by little.
The ten bull stone dumpers are finally ready.
"Hjutra!"
Rurik gave the order, and ten children simultaneously pulled the rope with the bayonet.
Full of power, the bull stone throwers suddenly activated their levers, pulling the leather pockets that were wrapped around the rocks on the beach, and forcibly throwing the leather pockets out.
Because angular momentum is conserved. The lever turned vigorously to the top, it hit the cushion pad, and almost all the angular momentum was given to the pocket hung by the twine.
A pebble with the size of an adult man's fist is flying into the sky! Being slammed by this kind of stone, the helmet can't save my life.
People raised their heads one after another, watching their distant shadows gradually blurring and becoming unrecognizable, and finally set off ten water columns in the extreme distance.
No cheers! There really is no cheering!
People weren't even shocked, or that they didn't even know what happened. Thousands of people onlookers made a violent hum, and they were all discussing each other.
But Rurik was taken aback. He always felt that the range would be 300 meters.
This is an extremely amazing distance, a range that most bows and arrows can't match.
Rurik noticed from a distance that the falling points of the stones were still relatively concentrated.
"Not enough! Do it again!"
After hearing the order, the children continued to do it. After the lever quickly returned to its position, the stones were installed and inserted into the bayonet.
A new round of volleys soon began, and everything was like the first time.
"Excellent, do it again!"
Rurik kept ordering, and as a result, every trebuchet was fired ten times. A hundred prepared pebbles were all used for "special ice-cutting", not to mention, the ice layer in the distance was indeed penetrated.
It seems that the experiment should end here?
Rurik patted Kamnier's shoulder last, and handed him the length of the twine.
That is a hemp rope with a total length of one hundred stika. It was a tool used to calculate the range of the crossbow, and later it was also used to calculate the range of various long-range weapons.
It knots every ten stikas, and each stika is painted with a blue channel.
There is a kid in Kamni, and he doesn't have to worry about crushing the ice. However, when he kept measuring with ropes to complete the second hemp rope length (approximately 200 meters in total), he suddenly felt guilty.
The weapon threw the stone so far?
Moving on, he noticed something extremely shocking. There were cracks in the ice on the sea! He still bite the bullet to measure, and after finally measuring the 280th stika, he didn't dare to continue any further.
He has not yet reached the dense falling point of the rocks, but the ice in front has been cracked extensively.
He returned in a hurry and reluctantly reported truthfully.
Rurik squinted his eyes to listen, and couldn't help feeling: "Did the rocks smash the ice? 280 stikas are still not the spot."
Rurik didn't talk any more nonsense, he immediately moved to the proving ground on land.
A forest, and now only bare tree trunks are left. There is no stone in this generation. If the fist-big stone is found after the experiment, it must be a stone bullet.
The Ross people again followed in Rurik's footsteps and continued to watch. This time the audience increased.
Everything went smoothly in a very safe state, and an exciting result was also placed in front of Rurik.
Rurik, he started the experiment in the morning, and the experiment continued into the evening. He counted a lot of data to clarify the maximum range of the bull trebuchet and how to control the torque for different distances.
Rurik, he is the greatest scientist in the entire Rus Principality. The knowledge of advanced mathematics he has mastered directly applies to ballistics calculations. And the optical knowledge he mastered is based on human beings, and the size of human shadows can be seen from different distances, directly chiseled on the wooden sight.
He does not require this kind of stone thrower to be accurate every time. The so-called large-scale use depends on probabilistic toss and targets the enemy in a dense formation, but will achieve excellent results.
At night, everything seems to be calm.
Those who participated in the **** battle gradually realized the horror of this weapon and began to share their insights with their family and friends.
In the Duke’s mansion, Rurik and his family gathered for dinner as usual, but Niya knew that the neatly organized scene was about to come to an end for the time being.
Otto drank a bottle of spirits, his heart seemed to complain to his son inexplicably, and his emotions became more intense.
"Ruriek! Why don't you invent this weapon? If you are...that's the farthest 330 stika! We can obviously smash those Visby guys slowly, and win without dying hundreds of brothers. Up."
Rurik heard that the wheat stew in the bowl suddenly didn't fragrant.
"What did you say he did." Niya gave Otto angrily.
Otto shivered: "We obviously have fewer chances to die."
Rurik was also helpless. He calmly said: "The situation of the new weapons is in my estimation. No! I think it can hit 200 stikas at most. I really can't think of it so fierce. Indeed, if we equip these early, it's better to have a lot of them. Using it, we can annihilate Visby's 10,000 fighters without dying one person."
Otto turned out another bottle of spirits, staring at the hot oil lamp, staring at the crystal clear glass bottle, and smirking at the so-called Roman text on it.
"They died well, the high priest is the Valkyrie, and their heroic spirits have gone to heaven. Rurik..."
"I'm here."
"The ice cubes will melt soon. With these new weapons, I am completely relieved of your voyage."
Niya sighed and subconsciously pushed a plate of meat in front of her son, "You may have to use it for the whole summer, eat. Eat more."
"Okay! Okay... I don't think there is any risk," Rurik muttered.
Niya sighed and murmured, "I just think of your two brothers, alas..."
"Unlucky." Otto slapped the table violently, shocking Lumia and other female relatives to retreat hurriedly. "This is to honor the covenant, this is to make a lot of money. Also, mock the proud group of Danes! Niya!"
Otto commanded his wife as a master, "Your task now is to take good care of Lumia. She is not just the high priest, she must be pregnant. Taking care of her is the first one to take care of us. grandson."
Niya nodded, and walked Lumia to her side casually.
Niya once despised the little slave of the deer breeder, but now everything has changed. She hugged Lumia to show her closeness, like her own daughter. Indeed, in the days to come, girls such as Lumia, Carlotta, Ella, and Seporava will be her spiritual support.
The men expedition to the sea, while the women stayed at the home port to guard, the people thought it was justified.
Niya didn't dare to stop Rurik's voyage, she could only silently pray that God would continue to dote on Rurik.
The sea finally thaws!
The time has come to May, everyone has lost their illusions, and there is a sad short summer this year.
Smart people are already worried about this year's wheat harvest. Although Rurik is very worried that he will not be able to get a lot of oats in the fall, he really can't care about that much now.
Let's change my mind! If they can get a large amount of salt from the Balmerks through a summer, the Ross people can produce bacon on a large scale. From the perspective of survival, eating bacon is at least better than eating spoiled meat.
A large amount of cargo has been stuffed into the cabin of the Aphrora, and her load has reached ten tons.
Of course, this is nothing for her, whose cargo volume exceeds 50 tons and everything is normal.
After all, this trip has to pass through the Danish control area. The Danish leader Rurik learned of has a high self-esteem, and he has to jump repeatedly under the eyes of that guy. It can be described as crazy and provocative, and it is inevitable to come to fight.
As many as ten torsion slingshots are installed in Class A, in the arrangement of the first six and the fourth.
The bull trebuchet was placed on the bow of the "Captain's Lounge" in a compact arrangement, and moved out when necessary.
Rurik planned to traffic mainly leather, followed by 10,000 pounds of wheat. There are a hundred cast iron axes and hammers with both weapons and tools. Wouldn’t it be too embarrassing if the other party cannot afford to transport too many goods? Rurik himself did not want to make a loss-making business, even if it was to sell favors from allies.
Therefore, the most valuable items in the goods are a set of glassware, ten bottles of spirits, a pig iron cauldron for a bite of stew, and a batch of soap. These things were given to Bijuni's parents, the leader of Balmerk, and at the same time, it was considered a betrothal gift to take Noren away. UU reading www. uukanshu.com
In an extremely warm atmosphere, the Ross people completed the spring ceremony and all the ships were pushed into the sea.
During this period, Otto took the brothers to complete the taxation of the merchants. Gould was still the one who paid the most taxes in public. Of course, behind it was part of the tax refund.
The most lively thing is naturally the entry of the two big ships into the sea, and people cheered for it.
Guldot! Sperosville! Two large armed merchant ships became the new asylum of the Rus.
This is still a new beginning! Because people have seen the huge wooden factory building of the Hortra family’s shipbuilding workshop, two keels have been laid again, one of which is the beam of the old priest’s long house!
Rurik finally embarked on a great voyage, with forty people on board Aphrora, elite mercenaries such as Jeflo, all Balmerk guests, and Gould's most elite sailors.
Otto stood on the pier, calmly watching the big ship leave. Niya hugged her old husband and cried and watched the ship go away, until the ship gradually left people's sight in the dense ice floes, and everything was calm.
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A group of small but strong boys obeyed Rurik's order and assembled all the staff. They stood in the empty field outside the blacksmith's workshop area in Clavasson and accepted Rurik's inspection.
Rurik looked at them one by one with his hands behind his back.
These ten-year-old boys, who were originally destined to be farmers in Novgorod, lived a short and mediocre life in poverty, and even died prematurely due to malnutrition.
Now, everything has changed.
Their body is stronger than Rurik, because of regular physical labor, everyone can see obvious muscle texture when they roll up their sleeves, even if they are only ten years old.
They eat meat every day, and for the past six months, there must be a pound of oats every day.
Such a high-nutrient, high-calorie diet is not for fattening. They were ordered to work hard and each became a good little blacksmith. This group of children are only small in age and short in stature. They are as strong as cows now. Will they still have it in the future? Isn't it strong enough to cut a pine tree with a big axe?
These Slavic boys can basically stand alone, although they are not as efficient as the young and strong Kawei, their future is bright.
Kamene rushed to report, "Boss, everyone is here. Arrange the task and we will finish it without sleeping."
"Okay! Very energetic. Then follow my orders and I want you to make a new weapon."
There is no need to leave Rick's words, after all, these children are all involved in the direct manufacturing of torsion slingshots and weapons. These children are very expert.
How can the gray-bearded Cravason alone make a large number of weapons? Behind the large number of "scorpion crossbow"-style torsion slingshots, wooden arms and steel-arm crossbows on the Ross ships are the efforts of these little blacksmiths.
If there was no such success, Rurik would not dare to assemble them and entrust them with important tasks.
The wild donkey catapult, the so-called powerful torsion drive lever, throws the stones out at the same time, the inertia also drives the whole machine to jump up, just like a stubborn donkey.
The best way to prevent it from jumping is naturally to install a counterweight at the end.
These children, they are being trained by the standards of "all-round craftsmen" by Liurik. They are young miners, metallurgists, cement workers, and promising carpenters.
Cravason is busy forging the steel sword himself, and he has always enjoyed it. Kawei and his recruits still guard the blast furnace and continue to produce iron tools.
The children cannot be kept by the skilled craftsmen, but Rurik himself is their best teacher.
The warmer water from the southern waters has invaded the Gulf of Bothnia. The sea has basically thawed, and the sea surface has not slowed down by large and small ice floes and even some giant icebergs.
The fjord where Roseburg is located is still frozen, but the people have noticed that the upstream stream is surging day by day, and the freezing of the fjord will dissolve within a few days.
This summer came late, and the snow on the ground was melting on a large scale, but it was freezing again at night. Every morning, everyone had to use various tools to knock off the amazing icy edges on their eaves.
After five days of busy work, the six "wild donkey trebuchets" planned by Lurik were just completed by his young men!
There are no wild donkeys in Northern Europe. All donkeys in the world come from Central Asia. Today, there are no donkeys in Europe from Western Europe to Northern Europe.
If one were to describe this weapon as an animal's sluggish behavior, Rurik didn't hesitate to think of the bull.
Ten "Bull Catapults", they can be described as standardized products.
Its site is a frame with one stika in length and half a stika in width, which is about one meter and half a meter in total. One end of the weapon has a fortified wooden post, and up to five layers of cushioning deerskin are tied to the post.
Its source of torsion is hemp rope, whale baleen and rubber band strips, immersed in grease to further enhance willfulness.
It is essentially a highly adaptable tactical machine, and its overall structure is also very simple. Of course, its accuracy is far inferior to that of a crossbow-type torsion slingshot.
Master Rurik invented a new weapon!
People who are looking forward to the unfreezing of the sea are becoming more anxious these days. They need something interesting to ease their mood.
Rurik sent some strong men, each of whom easily carried the completed "bull trebuchet" and placed it outside the wooden wall that was still under construction. The ten trebuchets faced the sea unanimously, waiting to be manipulated.
Thousands of people came to watch, and the scaffolding on the wooden wall that had just been built was also full of people, not to mention a group of guys standing on the roof.
They probably all guessed that the purpose of these weapons is to launch stones, but each of them is not big, how effective can they be?
Everyone speculates that it is reasonable that Rurik has the technology and ability to build a larger torsion trebuchet, but he lacks time.
These small items with a total length of one meter and a torque lever of one meter are a weapon that can be obtained in a short time.
Everyone is looking forward to the amazing performance of the new weapons. They look at the frozen sea that can still walk for you, and look forward to seeing the splashes of rocks from far away.
Otto watched silently. He knew the usefulness of this weapon and even the tactical effect it could bring when he saw the real object under construction.
Otto recalled the decisive battle on Gotland Road. If he could launch stones on a large scale at that time, a large number of stones that fell from the sky would surely smash the Gotland army to the head.
Suddenly, he was surprised to see that it was a group of children who manipulated the machinery!
Rurik only arranged for the strong men to carry them, and the operator was the little blacksmith who built them.
"Brothers, are you all ready? Follow our agreed action!"
There was no drag, and the emotions of the onlookers had to be stirred up. Rurik simply gave instructions. The children still turned the ratchet winch, and the lever was put down little by little.
The ten bull stone dumpers are finally ready.
"Hjutra!"
Rurik gave the order, and ten children simultaneously pulled the rope with the bayonet.
Full of power, the bull stone throwers suddenly activated their levers, pulling the leather pockets that were wrapped around the rocks on the beach, and forcibly throwing the leather pockets out.
Because angular momentum is conserved. The lever turned vigorously to the top, it hit the cushion pad, and almost all the angular momentum was given to the pocket hung by the twine.
A pebble with the size of an adult man's fist is flying into the sky! Being slammed by this kind of stone, the helmet can't save my life.
People raised their heads one after another, watching their distant shadows gradually blurring and becoming unrecognizable, and finally set off ten water columns in the extreme distance.
No cheers! There really is no cheering!
People weren't even shocked, or that they didn't even know what happened. Thousands of people onlookers made a violent hum, and they were all discussing each other.
But Rurik was taken aback. He always felt that the range would be 300 meters.
This is an extremely amazing distance, a range that most bows and arrows can't match.
Rurik noticed from a distance that the falling points of the stones were still relatively concentrated.
"Not enough! Do it again!"
After hearing the order, the children continued to do it. After the lever quickly returned to its position, the stones were installed and inserted into the bayonet.
A new round of volleys soon began, and everything was like the first time.
"Excellent, do it again!"
Rurik kept ordering, and as a result, every trebuchet was fired ten times. A hundred prepared pebbles were all used for "special ice-cutting", not to mention, the ice layer in the distance was indeed penetrated.
It seems that the experiment should end here?
Rurik patted Kamnier's shoulder last, and handed him the length of the twine.
That is a hemp rope with a total length of one hundred stika. It was a tool used to calculate the range of the crossbow, and later it was also used to calculate the range of various long-range weapons.
It knots every ten stikas, and each stika is painted with a blue channel.
There is a kid in Kamni, and he doesn't have to worry about crushing the ice. However, when he kept measuring with ropes to complete the second hemp rope length (approximately 200 meters in total), he suddenly felt guilty.
The weapon threw the stone so far?
Moving on, he noticed something extremely shocking. There were cracks in the ice on the sea! He still bite the bullet to measure, and after finally measuring the 280th stika, he didn't dare to continue any further.
He has not yet reached the dense falling point of the rocks, but the ice in front has been cracked extensively.
He returned in a hurry and reluctantly reported truthfully.
Rurik squinted his eyes to listen, and couldn't help feeling: "Did the rocks smash the ice? 280 stikas are still not the spot."
Rurik didn't talk any more nonsense, he immediately moved to the proving ground on land.
A forest, and now only bare tree trunks are left. There is no stone in this generation. If the fist-big stone is found after the experiment, it must be a stone bullet.
The Ross people again followed in Rurik's footsteps and continued to watch. This time the audience increased.
Everything went smoothly in a very safe state, and an exciting result was also placed in front of Rurik.
Rurik, he started the experiment in the morning, and the experiment continued into the evening. He counted a lot of data to clarify the maximum range of the bull trebuchet and how to control the torque for different distances.
Rurik, he is the greatest scientist in the entire Rus Principality. The knowledge of advanced mathematics he has mastered directly applies to ballistics calculations. And the optical knowledge he mastered is based on human beings, and the size of human shadows can be seen from different distances, directly chiseled on the wooden sight.
He does not require this kind of stone thrower to be accurate every time. The so-called large-scale use depends on probabilistic toss and targets the enemy in a dense formation, but will achieve excellent results.
At night, everything seems to be calm.
Those who participated in the **** battle gradually realized the horror of this weapon and began to share their insights with their family and friends.
In the Duke’s mansion, Rurik and his family gathered for dinner as usual, but Niya knew that the neatly organized scene was about to come to an end for the time being.
Otto drank a bottle of spirits, his heart seemed to complain to his son inexplicably, and his emotions became more intense.
"Ruriek! Why don't you invent this weapon? If you are...that's the farthest 330 stika! We can obviously smash those Visby guys slowly, and win without dying hundreds of brothers. Up."
Rurik heard that the wheat stew in the bowl suddenly didn't fragrant.
"What did you say he did." Niya gave Otto angrily.
Otto shivered: "We obviously have fewer chances to die."
Rurik was also helpless. He calmly said: "The situation of the new weapons is in my estimation. No! I think it can hit 200 stikas at most. I really can't think of it so fierce. Indeed, if we equip these early, it's better to have a lot of them. Using it, we can annihilate Visby's 10,000 fighters without dying one person."
Otto turned out another bottle of spirits, staring at the hot oil lamp, staring at the crystal clear glass bottle, and smirking at the so-called Roman text on it.
"They died well, the high priest is the Valkyrie, and their heroic spirits have gone to heaven. Rurik..."
"I'm here."
"The ice cubes will melt soon. With these new weapons, I am completely relieved of your voyage."
Niya sighed and subconsciously pushed a plate of meat in front of her son, "You may have to use it for the whole summer, eat. Eat more."
"Okay! Okay... I don't think there is any risk," Rurik muttered.
Niya sighed and murmured, "I just think of your two brothers, alas..."
"Unlucky." Otto slapped the table violently, shocking Lumia and other female relatives to retreat hurriedly. "This is to honor the covenant, this is to make a lot of money. Also, mock the proud group of Danes! Niya!"
Otto commanded his wife as a master, "Your task now is to take good care of Lumia. She is not just the high priest, she must be pregnant. Taking care of her is the first one to take care of us. grandson."
Niya nodded, and walked Lumia to her side casually.
Niya once despised the little slave of the deer breeder, but now everything has changed. She hugged Lumia to show her closeness, like her own daughter. Indeed, in the days to come, girls such as Lumia, Carlotta, Ella, and Seporava will be her spiritual support.
The men expedition to the sea, while the women stayed at the home port to guard, the people thought it was justified.
Niya didn't dare to stop Rurik's voyage, she could only silently pray that God would continue to dote on Rurik.
The sea finally thaws!
The time has come to May, everyone has lost their illusions, and there is a sad short summer this year.
Smart people are already worried about this year's wheat harvest. Although Rurik is very worried that he will not be able to get a lot of oats in the fall, he really can't care about that much now.
Let's change my mind! If they can get a large amount of salt from the Balmerks through a summer, the Ross people can produce bacon on a large scale. From the perspective of survival, eating bacon is at least better than eating spoiled meat.
A large amount of cargo has been stuffed into the cabin of the Aphrora, and her load has reached ten tons.
Of course, this is nothing for her, whose cargo volume exceeds 50 tons and everything is normal.
After all, this trip has to pass through the Danish control area. The Danish leader Rurik learned of has a high self-esteem, and he has to jump repeatedly under the eyes of that guy. It can be described as crazy and provocative, and it is inevitable to come to fight.
As many as ten torsion slingshots are installed in Class A, in the arrangement of the first six and the fourth.
The bull trebuchet was placed on the bow of the "Captain's Lounge" in a compact arrangement, and moved out when necessary.
Rurik planned to traffic mainly leather, followed by 10,000 pounds of wheat. There are a hundred cast iron axes and hammers with both weapons and tools. Wouldn’t it be too embarrassing if the other party cannot afford to transport too many goods? Rurik himself did not want to make a loss-making business, even if it was to sell favors from allies.
Therefore, the most valuable items in the goods are a set of glassware, ten bottles of spirits, a pig iron cauldron for a bite of stew, and a batch of soap. These things were given to Bijuni's parents, the leader of Balmerk, and at the same time, it was considered a betrothal gift to take Noren away. UU reading www. uukanshu.com
In an extremely warm atmosphere, the Ross people completed the spring ceremony and all the ships were pushed into the sea.
During this period, Otto took the brothers to complete the taxation of the merchants. Gould was still the one who paid the most taxes in public. Of course, behind it was part of the tax refund.
The most lively thing is naturally the entry of the two big ships into the sea, and people cheered for it.
Guldot! Sperosville! Two large armed merchant ships became the new asylum of the Rus.
This is still a new beginning! Because people have seen the huge wooden factory building of the Hortra family’s shipbuilding workshop, two keels have been laid again, one of which is the beam of the old priest’s long house!
Rurik finally embarked on a great voyage, with forty people on board Aphrora, elite mercenaries such as Jeflo, all Balmerk guests, and Gould's most elite sailors.
Otto stood on the pier, calmly watching the big ship leave. Niya hugged her old husband and cried and watched the ship go away, until the ship gradually left people's sight in the dense ice floes, and everything was calm.
, The fastest update to the latest chapter of the Rise of Rurik!A group of small but strong boys obeyed Rurik's order and assembled all the staff. They stood in the empty field outside the blacksmith's workshop area in Clavasson and accepted Rurik's inspection.Rurik looked at them one by one with his hands behind his back.These ten-year-old boys, who were originally destined to be farmers in Novgorod, lived a short and mediocre life in poverty, and even died prematurely due to malnutrition.Now, everything has changed.Their body is stronger than Rurik, because of regular physical labor, everyone can see obvious muscle texture when they roll up their sleeves, even if they are only ten years old.They eat meat every day, and for the past six months, there must be a pound of oats every day.Such a high-nutrient, high-calorie diet is not for fattening. They were ordered to work hard and each became a good little blacksmith. This group of children are only small in age and short in stature. They are as strong as cows now. Will they still have it in the future? Isn't it strong enough to cut a pine tree with a big axe?These Slavic boys can basically stand alone, although they are not as efficient as the young and strong Kawei, their future is bright.Kamene rushed to report, "Boss, everyone is here. Arrange the task and we will finish it without sleeping.""Okay! Very energetic. Then follow my orders and I want you to make a new weapon."There is no need to leave Rick's words, after all, these children are all involved in the direct manufacturing of torsion slingshots and weapons. These children are very expert.How can the gray-bearded Cravason alone make a large number of weapons? Behind the large number of "scorpion crossbow"-style torsion slingshots, wooden arms and steel-arm crossbows on the Ross ships are the efforts of these little blacksmiths.If there was no such success, Rurik would not dare to assemble them and entrust them with important tasks.The wild donkey catapult, the so-called powerful torsion drive lever, throws the stones out at the same time, the inertia also drives the whole machine to jump up, just like a stubborn donkey.The best way to prevent it from jumping is naturally to install a counterweight at the end.These children, they are being trained by the standards of "all-round craftsmen" by Liurik. They are young miners, metallurgists, cement workers, and promising carpenters.Cravason is busy forging the steel sword himself, and he has always enjoyed it. Kawei and his recruits still guard the blast furnace and continue to produce iron tools.The children cannot be kept by the skilled craftsmen, but Rurik himself is their best teacher.The warmer water from the southern waters has invaded the Gulf of Bothnia. The sea has basically thawed, and the sea surface has not slowed down by large and small ice floes and even some giant icebergs.The fjord where Roseburg is located is still frozen, but the people have noticed that the upstream stream is surging day by day, and the freezing of the fjord will dissolve within a few days.This summer came late, and the snow on the ground was melting on a large scale, but it was freezing again at night. Every morning, everyone had to use various tools to knock off the amazing icy edges on their eaves.After five days of busy work, the six "wild donkey trebuchets" planned by Lurik were just completed by his young men!There are no wild donkeys in Northern Europe. All donkeys in the world come from Central Asia. Today, there are no donkeys in Europe from Western Europe to Northern Europe.If one were to describe this weapon as an animal's sluggish behavior, Rurik didn't hesitate to think of the bull.Ten "Bull Catapults", they can be described as standardized products.Its site is a frame with one stika in length and half a stika in width, which is about one meter and half a meter in total. One end of the weapon has a fortified wooden post, and up to five layers of cushioning deerskin are tied to the post.Its source of torsion is hemp rope, whale baleen and rubber band strips, immersed in grease to further enhance willfulness.It is essentially a highly adaptable tactical machine, and its overall structure is also very simple. Of course, its accuracy is far inferior to that of a crossbow-type torsion slingshot.Master Rurik invented a new weapon!People who are looking forward to the unfreezing of the sea are becoming more anxious these days. They need something interesting to ease their mood.Rurik sent some strong men, each of whom easily carried the completed "bull trebuchet" and placed it outside the wooden wall that was still under construction. The ten trebuchets faced the sea unanimously, waiting to be manipulated.Thousands of people came to watch, and the scaffolding on the wooden wall that had just been built was also full of people, not to mention a group of guys standing on the roof.They probably all guessed that the purpose of these weapons is to launch stones, but each of them is not big, how effective can they be?Everyone speculates that it is reasonable that Rurik has the technology and ability to build a larger torsion trebuchet, but he lacks time.These small items with a total length of one meter and a torque lever of one meter are a weapon that can be obtained in a short time.Everyone is looking forward to the amazing performance of the new weapons. They look at the frozen sea that can still walk for you, and look forward to seeing the splashes of rocks from far away.Otto watched silently. He knew the usefulness of this weapon and even the tactical effect it could bring when he saw the real object under construction.Otto recalled the decisive battle on Gotland Road. If he could launch stones on a large scale at that time, a large number of stones that fell from the sky would surely smash the Gotland army to the head.Suddenly, he was surprised to see that it was a group of children who manipulated the machinery!Rurik only arranged for the strong men to carry them, and the operator was the little blacksmith who built them."Brothers, are you all ready? Follow our agreed action!"There was no drag, and the emotions of the onlookers had to be stirred up. Rurik simply gave instructions. The children still turned the ratchet winch, and the lever was put down little by little.The ten bull stone dumpers are finally ready."Hjutra!"Rurik gave the order, and ten children simultaneously pulled the rope with the bayonet.Full of power, the bull stone throwers suddenly activated their levers, pulling the leather pockets that were wrapped around the rocks on the beach, and forcibly throwing the leather pockets out.Because angular momentum is conserved. The lever turned vigorously to the top, it hit the cushion pad, and almost all the angular momentum was given to the pocket hung by the twine.A pebble with the size of an adult man's fist is flying into the sky! Being slammed by this kind of stone, the helmet can't save my life.People raised their heads one after another, watching their distant shadows gradually blurring and becoming unrecognizable, and finally set off ten water columns in the extreme distance.No cheers! There really is no cheering!People weren't even shocked, or that they didn't even know what happened. Thousands of people onlookers made a violent hum, and they were all discussing each other.But Rurik was taken aback. He always felt that the range would be 300 meters.This is an extremely amazing distance, a range that most bows and arrows can't match.Rurik noticed from a distance that the falling points of the stones were still relatively concentrated."Not enough! Do it again!"After hearing the order, the children continued to do it. After the lever quickly returned to its position, the stones were installed and inserted into the bayonet.A new round of volleys soon began, and everything was like the first time."Excellent, do it again!"Rurik kept ordering, and as a result, every trebuchet was fired ten times. A hundred prepared pebbles were all used for "special ice-cutting", not to mention, the ice layer in the distance was indeed penetrated.It seems that the experiment should end here?Rurik patted Kamnier's shoulder last, and handed him the length of the twine.That is a hemp rope with a total length of one hundred stika. It was a tool used to calculate the range of the crossbow, and later it was also used to calculate the range of various long-range weapons.It knots every ten stikas, and each stika is painted with a blue channel.There is a kid in Kamni, and he doesn't have to worry about crushing the ice. However, when he kept measuring with ropes to complete the second hemp rope length approximately 200 meters in total, he suddenly felt guilty.The weapon threw the stone so far?Moving on, he noticed something extremely shocking. There were cracks in the ice on the sea! He still bite the bullet to measure, and after finally measuring the 280th stika, he didn't dare to continue any further.He has not yet reached the dense falling point of the rocks, but the ice in front has been cracked extensively.He returned in a hurry and reluctantly reported truthfully.Rurik squinted his eyes to listen, and couldn't help feeling: "Did the rocks smash the ice? 280 stikas are still not the spot."Rurik didn't talk any more nonsense, he immediately moved to the proving ground on land.A forest, and now only bare tree trunks are left. There is no stone in this generation. If the fist-big stone is found after the experiment, it must be a stone bullet.The Ross people again followed in Rurik's footsteps and continued to watch. This time the audience increased.Everything went smoothly in a very safe state, and an exciting result was also placed in front of Rurik.Rurik, he started the experiment in the morning, and the experiment continued into the evening. He counted a lot of data to clarify the maximum range of the bull trebuchet and how to control the torque for different distances.Rurik, he is the greatest scientist in the entire Rus Principality. The knowledge of advanced mathematics he has mastered directly applies to ballistics calculations. And the optical knowledge he mastered is based on human beings, and the size of human shadows can be seen from different distances, directly chiseled on the wooden sight.He does not require this kind of stone thrower to be accurate every time. The so-called large-scale use depends on probabilistic toss and targets the enemy in a dense formation, but will achieve excellent results.At night, everything seems to be calm.Those who participated in the **** battle gradually realized the horror of this weapon and began to share their insights with their family and friends.In the Duke's mansion, Rurik and his family gathered for dinner as usual, but Niya knew that the neatly organized scene was about to come to an end for the time being.Otto drank a bottle of spirits, his heart seemed to complain to his son inexplicably, and his emotions became more intense."Ruriek! Why don't you invent this weapon? If you are...that's the farthest 330 stika! We can obviously smash those Visby guys slowly, and win without dying hundreds of brothers. Up."Rurik heard that the wheat stew in the bowl suddenly didn't fragrant."What did you say he did." Niya gave Otto angrily.Otto shivered: "We obviously have fewer chances to die."Rurik was also helpless. He calmly said: "The situation of the new weapons is in my estimation. No! I think it can hit 200 stikas at most. I really can't think of it so fierce. Indeed, if we equip these early, it's better to have a lot of them. Using it, we can annihilate Visby's 10,000 fighters without dying one person."Otto turned out another bottle of spirits, staring at the hot oil lamp, staring at the crystal clear glass bottle, and smirking at the so-called Roman text on it."They died well, the high priest is the Valkyrie, and their heroic spirits have gone to heaven. Rurik...""I'm here.""The ice cubes will melt soon. With these new weapons, I am completely relieved of your voyage."Niya sighed and subconsciously pushed a plate of meat in front of her son, "You may have to use it for the whole summer, eat. Eat more.""Okay! Okay... I don't think there is any risk," Rurik muttered.Niya sighed and murmured, "I just think of your two brothers, alas...""Unlucky." Otto slapped the table violently, shocking Lumia and other female relatives to retreat hurriedly. "This is to honor the covenant, this is to make a lot of money. Also, mock the proud group of Danes! Niya!"Otto commanded his wife as a master, "Your task now is to take good care of Lumia. She is not just the high priest, she must be pregnant. Taking care of her is the first one to take care of us. grandson."Niya nodded, and walked Lumia to her side casually.Niya once despised the little slave of the deer breeder, but now everything has changed. She hugged Lumia to show her closeness, like her own daughter. Indeed, in the days to come, girls such as Lumia, Carlotta, Ella, and Seporava will be her spiritual support.The men expedition to the sea, while the women stayed at the home port to guard, the people thought it was justified.Niya didn't dare to stop Rurik's voyage, she could only silently pray that God would continue to dote on Rurik.The sea finally thaws!The time has come to May, everyone has lost their illusions, and there is a sad short summer this year.Smart people are already worried about this year's wheat harvest. Although Rurik is very worried that he will not be able to get a lot of oats in the fall, he really can't care about that much now.Let's change my mind! If they can get a large amount of salt from the Balmerks through a summer, the Ross people can produce bacon on a large scale. From the perspective of survival, eating bacon is at least better than eating spoiled meat.A large amount of cargo has been stuffed into the cabin of the Aphrora, and her load has reached ten tons.Of course, this is nothing for her, whose cargo volume exceeds 50 tons and everything is normal.After all, this trip has to pass through the Danish control area. The Danish leader Rurik learned of has a high self-esteem, and he has to jump repeatedly under the eyes of that guy. It can be described as crazy and provocative, and it is inevitable to come to fight.As many as ten torsion slingshots are installed in Class A, in the arrangement of the first six and the fourth.The bull trebuchet was placed on the bow of the "Captain's Lounge" in a compact arrangement, and moved out when necessary.Rurik planned to traffic mainly leather, followed by 10,000 pounds of wheat. There are a hundred cast iron axes and hammers with both weapons and tools. Wouldn't it be too embarrassing if the other party cannot afford to transport too many goods? Rurik himself did not want to make a loss-making business, even if it was to sell favors from allies.Therefore, the most valuable items in the goods are a set of glassware, ten bottles of spirits, a pig iron cauldron for a bite of stew, and a batch of soap. These things were given to Bijuni's parents, the leader of Balmerk, and at the same time, it was considered a betrothal gift to take Noren away. UU reading www. uukanshu.comIn an extremely warm atmosphere, the Ross people completed the spring ceremony and all the ships were pushed into the sea.During this period, Otto took the brothers to complete the taxation of the merchants. Gould was still the one who paid the most taxes in public. Of course, behind it was part of the tax refund.The most lively thing is naturally the entry of the two big ships into the sea, and people cheered for it.Guldot! Sperosville! Two large armed merchant ships became the new asylum of the Rus.This is still a new beginning! Because people have seen the huge wooden factory building of the Hortra family's shipbuilding workshop, two keels have been laid again, one of which is the beam of the old priest's long house!Rurik finally embarked on a great voyage, with forty people on board Aphrora, elite mercenaries such as Jeflo, all Balmerk guests, and Gould's most elite sailors.Otto stood on the pier, calmly watching the big ship leave. Niya hugged her old husband and cried and watched the ship go away, until the ship gradually left people's sight in the dense ice floes, and everything was calm.
