king of ros

Chapter 593 Extra Story: Vinland Colonization

After Rostislav left, the nascent Vinland Kingdom spent several years consolidating their power, and they started a new round of exploration.

The scale of this exploration is very large, and a quarter of the males in the Kingdom of Vinland joined this exploration. They either followed the road of Rostislav again, or went to unknown areas, and the exploration The result is gratifying.

The Vinlanders were able to figure out the general topographical distribution of the continent they were on (the North American continent). They called the Great Lakes in the north Thornland (Great Lakes), and the coastal plain of the continent was called Langanaland (Atlantic Coastal Plain. ), the forested region was called Commeland (East Coast Forest), the vast expanse of land that astonished every American explorer was called Grasland (Great Plains), and the great river region to the south was called Buddhaland. The DeLand (Mississippi River), the western mountains are called Hekiland (Rocky Mountains), and the endless wilderness and desert in the southwest are called Okunland (Texas).

As for the barren land in the north and Broken Iceland, they were all included in Markland and Hellland.

As for the continent itself, they call it Armenia, which is the name left by Rostislav, but it is mainly used by people who came to this land. The old world still calls this place Vinland.

This exploration took the Kingdom of Vinland 20 years, but knowing the geographical distribution and population level of this continent is very worthwhile, so the Kingdom of Vinland set the tone for the next exploration.

The kingdom will put the focus of continental development on the Thornland (Great Lakes) region. Although it is cold here, the indigenous population is sparse (the Iroquois did not come until the 13th century). For the current Kingdom of Vinland, it is heading in this direction Development is undoubtedly safe.

Over the years, due to Rostislav's legendary experience and the Rurik family's love for Vinland items, more and more people came to Vinland to try their luck, and there were also many outlaws doing business. On the Via Peninsula, there was even a wave of immigrants known as "the last Viking immigrants". Many pagans, dissatisfied with the king's power, and Nordics who intended to pursue a legendary career embarked on a journey to Vinland.

Due to the increase in traffic (although the total number is still very small), a stable route has been formed in the north, Iceland-Greenland-Hellland (the archipelago headed by Baffin Island)-Markland (Labrador Peninsula)-Vinland, This route is much safer than the pioneers did not know back then, as long as they are not lucky enough to encounter an Atlantic storm, it is basically safe.

Although this route is still dangerous (because several sections of the voyage are too long and prone to storms), the benefits still prompted many businessmen to come. Due to the marriage network established by the Rurik family throughout the continent, this family The love for American goods that started in Rostislav - such as furs and various treasures - has also spread throughout the continent, creating a huge market for American goods. As long as you dare to go to America to ship things over, you will have have to earn.

Business legends inspired all desperadoes to go to America. In 1155, an English businessman obtained a rough blue amber in Vinland. Emperor Trey directly bought this piece of blue amber with a city and the title of earl. This blue amber is also worth the price, because now there are only three people who own blue amber in the world: the Grand Duke of Ross, the Emperor of the Eastern Empire and the Emperor of Song Dynasty. A jewel that the monarchs of the world would crave for.

This directly led to the start of another wave of trade and immigration, but they couldn't find Lamber at all, because it was produced in the very south of Dominica. It was pure luck that Rostislav and the Englishman got it, but they at least Fur can be resold, and those dignitaries are willing to pay high prices, at least this trip is not a loss-this is why more and more people are participating in this trade.

The northern route even led to the emergence of towns in Hellland and Markland, which were originally ignored, and these small towns became important supply points for this northern route.

In 1160, after a long time of preparation, the Kingdom of Vinland, with a population of 2, began to advance to the mainland. Using the strongholds that had been built along the northern coast over the years, they successfully crossed the Skomland (east coast forest area) through the river. , began to build towns and develop agriculture along the shores of Thornland (the Great Lakes).

Thornland was originally built with exiled prisoners, but as time went on, serious immigrants gradually followed. By 1200, Thornland had a population of more than [-]. This area was mainly used as a forest farm in the Kingdom of Vinland. , fishing grounds and pastures.

The Kingdom of Vinland's choice of this area is undoubtedly correct. There are not many aborigines in this area, and those weak tribes are quickly incorporated into the kingdom. The kingdom does not need to invest too many resources in defense. It can be produced to the main island of Vinland, and with the acceleration of the construction of Thornland, immigrants from Vinland are also increasing. After all, Vinland is still too north, and the south is still warmer.

The settlements of the Kingdom of Vinland in Thornland are all distributed around the great lakes and rivers. The great lakes and rivers have become an important way and means of transportation for the kingdom to control this area. Outside the great lakes is the wild land.

With the development of the Great Lakes, the descendants of Auri who ruled Vinland (the Palomet family, meaning pioneers) decided that as the population of Thornland increased to a certain level, they would move the capital to Thorne. Lan, it is obviously more suitable for human habitation, and more suitable for becoming a center.

In dealing with the aborigines, the Kingdom of Vinland maintains an attitude of "no one offends me, I don't offend others". Except for entering Thornland to conquer the local weak tribes in a short period of time, the conflicts between the Kingdom of Vinland and the aborigines are at most small-scale battles. Sometimes the two sides trade with each other harmoniously.

The Kingdom of Vinland cherishes their technological advantages very much. For this reason, they have concentrated blacksmiths on Vinland Island, and the livestock brought from the old world are also concentrated there. They only sell ironware to the mainland and are eunuchs. The lost livestock, but this kind of strict defense only lasted for a while, and finally the things were lost, and the Kingdom of Wenland also let go of these.

However, they still maintain their technological advantages. Due to the cold wave in North America, maintaining the existing civilization has become the top priority for immigrants and aboriginals. The development of new technologies needs to waste that resource. For the pre-modern society in North America, they waste could not afford that resource, and the Kingdom of Vinland was able to maintain their technological advantage by being able to accept immigrants from the Old World.

However, keeping in touch with the old world has advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage is that new players are likely to participate and come from the old world.

In 1204, the Fourth Crusade destroyed Constantinople, and this directly led to the despair of the Wessex family in Cyrenaica for the restoration of the country. They knew that the resources of the Latin world would be invested there. But Jerusalem itself is hard to protect, and their restoration is basically impossible.

At this moment, they themselves are also facing a huge crisis. The army of the Ayyubid dynasty has already arrived, and the demise of Cyrenaica is only a matter of time.

Under such circumstances, many Anglo-Saxons have fled to the coastal towns of Palestine, where Eastern Catholics are very welcome, and the Wessex family has only 1 people who are still willing to follow them.

The then King Edgar III of Wessex made a difficult decision. He decided to go to a distant place to seek a new land like his ancestors, and he would bring the 1 people who continued to follow loyally.

In 1213, Edgar made a deal with Ayub. They would hand over Cyrenaica, but Ayub needed to provide enough ships for them to leave. After knowing that he could take over everything smoothly, Ayub naturally A large number of ships were generously provided, and the Catholics left.

Edgar's fleet then crossed the entire Mediterranean, and their chosen target was Britain, but he didn't want to fight back to his homeland. In fact, he went to Scotland and arrived here in 1214.

Scotland and the Wessex family have a marriage relationship, so the King of Scotland gave Edgar's people a temporary settlement. The fleet lost a lot of people compared to when it set off, but this number was quickly replenished.

Because the Wessex family has always enjoyed a great reputation in Britain. After all, they are the overseas kings who opened up New England. Under his rule, his country was in disarray and lost land, leading many to decide to join the Wessex family in their expedition.

Yes, for the expedition, Edgar of Wessex intends to go to Vinland, and the current European continent is the only place where landless people like them can develop.

During his stay in Scotland, Edgar recruited immigrants and ordered ships. Due to the voyages over the years, the technology for the sea conditions of the Atlantic Ocean has also been continuously developed. Since it is going to cross the Atlantic Ocean, those ships that are suitable for the Mediterranean Sea must not be used. .

However, due to the high cost of these ships and the huge amount of supplies that had to be purchased for immigrants, Edgar spent all the wealth accumulated by the Wessex family in the East for nearly a hundred years. Dislav helped him with the succession of Ruoxinland's love, and he couldn't even scrape together enough supplies.

In 1217, after three years of preparation, the fleet embarked on the road to Vinland, but their luck was very bad. They encountered an Atlantic storm on the way and lost half of the people directly. With mental preparation, and having come here, it is impossible to turn back.

Soon they arrived in Vinland. At this moment, the kingdom was in a state of war. The Iroquois from the west were attacking Thornland. The Great Lakes region had become a battlefield, and the Palomet family put all their strength there.

Today's Vinland Kingdom has a population of 4, of which 70% are white immigrants and white natives, and the 30% of the aborigines are basically assimilated and highly mixed, so it directly mobilized as many as [-] troops.

The Kingdom of Vinland welcomes the arrival of the British Fleet very much. They want to incorporate the largest immigrant fleet in the history of Vinland into the Kingdom, but Edgar came here to establish a country, and soon he left They went to Vinland and went to Armenica, but the Kingdom of Vinland didn't care about them because of the war.

Some Christians followed the Anglo-Saxons. Although the proportion of Christians in the Kingdom of Vinland has been increasing over the years, the Palomet family still believes in the Nordic gods, and the small colonies scattered on the coast seem too big. It was too dangerous to go, so taking this opportunity, many Christians who had long wanted to leave joined Edgar's team.

Relying on the map of the Kingdom of Vinland, Edgar's fleet came to Langoneland (Atlantic coastal plain) and established their stronghold here. Edgar called this place Carolina. Since then, America has finally Another colonial kingdom emerged.

The colonies of this colonial kingdom quickly spread out along the river, and they followed the colonial rules summed up by the Vinlanders, that is, don't rush into the forest, but settle by the river, so that it is very convenient for living or escaping.

Observance of this law allowed the Carolinas to survive the most difficult first three years, and learned corn planting techniques. When the land could produce food smoothly, they lost a lot of manpower in these three years, but After all, he stood firm.

The aborigines were very cautious about these sudden outsiders, and did not rashly make enemies with them, and the immigrants did not rush to fight the aborigines, so the two sides maintained peace for a period of time.

The colonists also called it the Land of Storms, because Atlantic storms would always wash this land, it was simply a land of storms, and because of this, storm worship arose among the colonists, and of course, these were all added to God.

As the Carolinians gained a firm foothold, they began to attack the native tribes. Edgar knew very well that in order to build this land, he needed to feed his own people, and the most important thing was to obtain food. Now he brought The incoming food was not enough, and the construction would take some time, so they began to attack the aborigines to get food from them.

And this time it broke the hornet's nest. The reason why Langanaland was not chosen by the Vinlanders before was because there were a large number of aboriginal tribes in the area. Now these tribes have united to oppose the invasion of the Carolinians.

This land was soon ignited with beacon fire, and blood was shed. There were aborigines and colonists. Of course, the tall horses and iron equipment of the Carolinians could easily defeat the aborigines who were several times their own. But the Aboriginal people are more numerous.

The aborigines called these outsiders the iron people, because these people always rushed into their tribe wearing armor, burned, killed and looted wildly, and then kidnapped the survivors as slaves. Although the Vinlanders had lived in the north for a long time, due to They deliberately reduced contact with the south, so there are still few people in the north who know what old world soldiers look like, and the technology has not expanded far.

The war lasted for three years, mainly consisting of a series of small-scale high-intensity battles. The colonists were directly beaten down to only 3000 people, but there were still more than 1000 aboriginal slaves, and the aborigines suffered even worse losses. There were more casualties, and the tribal organizations were basically broken up. Only small and small fishes escaped in twos and threes. The aborigines near the settlements of the colonists were basically wiped out, and the food they saved was obtained by the colonists. Those who went through difficult times.

In order to assimilate the aborigines, Edgar continued to encourage the colonists to marry the aborigines, and at the same time opened the way for the aborigines to get rid of slavery through assimilation. This policy greatly eased the heavy loss of the New Kingdom, although the colonists brought There is blood and fire, but the increase in productivity it brings is also real. As life gets better, it is still easy to assimilate these prisoners of war.

Next, the Kingdom of Carolina focused on the development of this land, building cities along the river, cutting down forests, reclaiming land... everything kept the kingdom very busy, and everything was moving in a better direction.

In stark contrast, the Kingdom of Vinland was busy fighting with the Iroquois. After the migration of the Iroquois was hindered, they quickly formed an alliance to fight against the Kingdom of Vinland under the pressure of the war. In the stalemate with the Iroquois Alliance, the two sides continued to fight fiercely around the Great Lakes. The Iroquois Alliance had a numerical advantage here, but they had no way to take the Vinland fleet on the lake.

Because of the war and the pagan status of the king of Vinland, many immigrants who came to Vinland - mostly to escape the war - went directly to Carolina to join the thriving kingdom.

However, the King of Vinland didn't care much about it. They were the ones who had the upper hand in the war with the Iroquois Alliance. Scattered and dispersed to various parts of the kingdom to assimilate.

Time continued like this, the Kingdom of Vinland continued their war with the Iroquois Alliance, and the Kingdom of Carolina quietly conquered the small colonies along the coast of the Stormlands. These small colonies were all distributed in dangerous places, and If you want to run away, you can take a boat to run away at any time, bringing those hundreds of European immigrants and native whites into the rule.

In the middle of the 13th century, these two immigrant kingdoms received another wave of immigration support from Europe. The rampant Mongols made doomsday theory popular again, so many refugees, heretics, and businessmen began to run away again. Vinland is the new promised land, so seek peace there.

And Europe did not know what was going on, there was a rumor that Rostislav found the fountain of youth in Vinland, they said that the corpse in Rostislav's coffin was fake, the real Rostislav was still alive, and as long as he drank the water , they can escape the Doomsday Judgment.

The prevalence of these rumors fit the psychology of the current people, so an expeditionary force was formed. Their name was the Fountain of Youth Expeditionary Force. Their number reached 2000 at the most, with the intention of going to capture the Fountain of Youth .

The arrival of this army has greatly changed the situation in the new world. King Vinland did not hesitate to convert in exchange for the help of this army, allowing the kingdom to conquer the Iroquois. Instead, the old beliefs were preserved, and it is for this reason that Vinland has left behind the world's most complete Norse mythology and related ritual items, as well as the book " The Book of Vinland, this book has changed many authors, but it continues to be written.

The Kingdom of Carolina led this army to break through the swampy peninsula in the south, where the legend of the Fountain of Youth is located. Along the way, they defeated many aboriginal tribes and captured hundreds of slaves, but it is a pity that , They found nothing, and they themselves suffered heavy casualties. Of the 2000 people who set out from Europe, only [-] are left.

Intense disappointment hung over the expeditionary force. After losing a battle that should have easily defeated the natives, the army collapsed. Most of them remained in America, and only a few returned. Here I can also get a good position, so I stayed.

During this time, the Kingdom of Carolina also explored. They called the southern sea the Sea of ​​Summer, because it was an island without winter, and the islands above it were called the Summer Islands. Then they came to the Buddha. DeLand (Mississippi River), because of the development of that great river, they call this place the Riverlands, the area at the mouth of it is called the Riverlands, and the natives call this place the Mississippi.

Here, the colonists encountered the first powerful Native nation—or tribe, Cahokia.

The Cahokia tribe was the most powerful of the Mississippians, and their cities were made of mounds, and they acted as the overlord in the land of the great river.

So the colonists only established a trading post at the mouth of the Mississippi River, and did not go too deep into the territory of the Mississippi. They did not want to provoke another enemy.

There is nothing to say about the next thing. The two kingdoms are developing their land steadily and persistently, receiving immigrants from all walks of life who fled from Europe. Except for a small amount of wars with the aborigines on the border, they generally maintain Peace.

The aborigines are also changing. First of all, the Mississippi people have to change. They began to learn from their neighbors, gradually disintegrated their tribes, and moved towards feudalization. Although the feudal warriors in Mississippi wore armor that was much inferior to that of the colonists , holding a very ordinary iron sword, but this is enough to provide a force basis for feudalization.

On the Great Plains, as those tribes chasing cattle acquired war horses, they quickly became nomadic and tribalized, and this also led to an increase in the intensity of wars. Tribes continued to fight for resources and pastures.

The two kingdoms of Vinland had a combined population of 15 at their peak, but in 1340, something so fatal to the New World Kingdom happened that the situation took a turn for the worse.

That is an unprecedented drop in temperature and cold wave.

The Norse people in Greenland were forced to go south, because the north was too cold to live in. The residents of Markland and Hellland also went south and came to Vinland. Most of the people left Vinland, leaving only a small number of people who stayed behind and went to Thornland. The Kingdom of Vinland also positioned Michigan, which was rising by the Great Lakes, as its new capital.

At the same time, an unprecedented cold wave also swept across America, and everyone suffered heavy losses. A large number of people were frozen to death under this cooling. People called this cooling "long winter", but they still carried it through after all, and Reconstruction soon began.

Since then, America has entered a new era, and later generations called it the stagnant era. All along, America’s technological improvement has relied on technology from the old world. In North America, modern and pre-modern productivity simply cannot cope with such a cold wave. The technology developed under the circumstances, so now, the technology has stagnated.Until Columbus rediscovered America, American civilization has been in such a predicament.

After the cold wave, the Kingdom of Carolina started a war against the Mississippians in order to seize the resources that had been reduced by the cooling. The Kingdom of Vinland needed to fight against the influx of nomadic tribes in the Great Plains. The continuous wars brought North America into a frenzy. In this era, there are killings and deaths everywhere. Civilization has tried its best to maintain the current level, and there is no ability to further develop it.

But the disaster will eventually pass. After experiencing a lot of suffering, everyone has eased up, and the war has become less, because this land is still full of fertile soil to be developed, and it can still accommodate many, many people.

Under such circumstances, a man named Columbus led his fleet and once again stepped into this continent that had cut off relations with the old world for about 150 years, and behind him was the Spanish conquest army.

However, when the American Kingdom was excited about the return of the faithful, they were immediately hit in the head. The faithful also brought many diseases that they had been immune to, which dealt a fatal blow to the American Kingdom.

But the American kingdom is not those tribes that have no organizational ability. In the face of the disease, they used European experience to fight against it, while working hard to find an antidote. In the end, they worked hard to overcome the difficulties. Although the casualties were heavy, at least they did not hurt their vitality. But those aborigines were miserable. Except for a few that formed countries, those tribes suffered heavy casualties.

The population of the Carolinas and the Kingdom of Vinland was directly reduced to 15, and 5 died from the plague, directly losing a quarter of the population.

The European visitors started another wave of colonization. The Spaniards soon occupied the Midsummer Islands. During this period, they received a lot of help from the Kingdom of Carolina. , it was Carolina who provided a lot of help, helping the Spaniards win over the local tribes, and even sent troops in person.

As for why they are so eager, it is because Carolina is also a fanatical Catholic country, and they have long wanted to destroy the powerful pagan civilizations in the south.

For a long time, North America and South America have had very little communication. The vast desert makes everyone think that the north/south are savages. Although technology and livestock have spread, understanding is still so little.

The increase in mutual communication had to be after the arrival of Columbus. At that time, the Kingdom of Carolina had to explain internally that it was the anger of God that caused all this, so they wanted to destroy the heretics.

It was with the help of Carolina that the Spaniards, without the advantages of iron and war horses, could conquer those South American civilizations. Carolina's understanding of the local situation made the Spaniards even more powerful.

On the other side, Carolina succeeded. Through marriage, they successfully included the Kingdom of Mississippi, which had converted to God, into their rule, greatly expanding the land.

Next, the Kingdom of Carolina returned to Europe to recruit immigrants and invited them to settle in the New World. England was their key recruitment target. piece of land.

The main body of the Carolinas evolved from the Anglo-Saxons and other British residents. They were born with a strong affinity for England, and this was the opportunity for the English to act.

As for the Kingdom of Vinland, although the nomadic tribes were defeated there, the royal family fell into a predicament of extinction. After a round of brutal civil war, the kingdom was in a state of division, and England also saw this in its eyes.

In the 17th century, England successfully brought Carolina and Vinland under its own rule through marriage and conquest. These two joined England as two kingdom entities, so they had a strong sense of self and power.

And then, a large number of immigrants began to flow into North America. For the civilized Native Americans, they were the lucky ones, because those two kingdoms counted them as their own people, but for those aborigines in the west, their stories But it's not so good...

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