It's you, Gould! "
"Oh, respected chief, please be sure to call me Gould Unklas." As he spoke, this guy who was clearly dressed as a wealthy man strode closer, holding his leather coat with his left hand. Otto.
He glanced at the soap on the table a few more times and couldn't help but marvel at its special yellow-white color.
"Chief, are you still selling these soaps like you did a few days ago? It seems that your people did not buy them immediately."
Otto nodded, his wariness gone, but he also deliberately showed a trace of embarrassment.
Because this Gould was unusual, anyone with a clear head could tell from his clothes that this young guy was rich.
Although this man is rich, trying to take advantage of him is really seeking death.
Not to mention that Roseburg would adopt a protective attitude towards visiting businessmen, and the wealthy businessmen among them always had a group of smart and capable guards. The origins of these guards are diverse, and there are even Fen tribes from the east of the sea. They are only loyal to their sponsors and are willing to help them do various things for money.
"It seems that you have encountered some troubles and your goods are unsalable."
"Yes, if..." Otto paused for a moment, then stepped forward and introduced deliberately: "Look at these beautiful sopas, they are different from the previous ones. I will be very happy if you can buy them. .”
Gould answered very happily: "Of course, I will buy it. Thank you for your permission, my noble chief. Besides, there are some other things I really hope to talk to you about."
"Oh?" Otto couldn't help but narrowed his eyes. He naturally felt that it would be a good thing.
This Gould Unclas is indeed extraordinary. He is a wealthy businessman and has an elite guard of about fifty people.
Onkras is not the surname of this person, or in other words, the owner of the Viking world in this time and space does not have a clear concept of surname.
If you insist on having a surname, it would be the name of the tribe in which it belongs.
Onkras, which means "antlers", is a tribal name.
Hundreds of years ago, some people who went north to land in Scandinavia took their boats and entered a large coastal swamp. They saw a large number of islands and fresh water that could be directly drank. Get settled.
They settled in a group of lakes named Lake Mälaren, and the population gradually grew.
For hundreds of years, a large number of residents settled in a large area along the lake. They reclaimed land to grow wheat and grazed cattle and sheep on small flat areas. They were called the Melalen tribe, and the lake was named after them.
Lake Mälaren was indeed a geomantic treasure, and hundreds of years later a trading city would rise at its mouth and become the heart of everything in the region: Stockholm. Of course Stockholm now exists as a small settlement.
More tribes moved north and west, stopping at the towering mountains.
The Angkras tribe is in the northwest of the Mälaren tribe, and there are many waterways leading directly to Lake Mälaren.
There are also tribes such as Gavle and Ratina active in the area. They are all tribes with extraordinary strength.
Even though his strength is extraordinary, he still needs to be compared.
What is very bad is that the total population of the entire Siiya Tribe Alliance is now less than 100,000!
That's because they are currently under strong suppression by the Danes, and the majority are huddled in the Svealand Plain. However, even if they occupied the entire Götaland Highlands, conquered Gotland Island, and incorporated all the Gotlanders as the normal trend of history, the total population would only increase by ten to twenty thousand.
During the same period, the Danish population exceeded 200,000.
Including the Norwegians who lived in a large area of disconnected bays and the pioneers in some Baltic settlements, the population of the entire Viking world was less than half a million.
The British kingdom and the huge Frankish kingdom, which they began to plunder, had a combined population of up to 15 million!
The Siweiya Tribal Alliance will eventually develop into a feudal country. No matter how they develop, they will not be able to quickly develop powerful agricultural technology. Agricultural technology did not improve significantly in the hundreds of years after the Viking Age, and population development was slow.
So the real historical trend is that until the early sixteenth century, the total population of Swedes living in Svealand, Götaland, and Gotland was only more than 400,000. Even counting the servant Finns, the population was only half a million.
Denmark, their centuries-old rival, fares no better, with only 600,000 people.
At the same time, the population of France reached 15 million.
In the ninth century, both Danes and Sewians spoke the same language and were devoted to trade and raiding. Population has undoubtedly become the first key factor in competition.
Today's Roseburg has truly become a strange flower in the alliance. It is not that it is so weird, but that seven thousand people are crammed into a fjord. Roseburg is truly a behemoth.
What kind of concept is this?
In another dimension, in the mid-16th century, Stockholm, the core of the Swedes, was nothing more than a trading port with a population of only 9,000 people. At that time, the share of citizens was extremely low, and farmers were the majority of Swedish people.
The situation is exactly the same for the Danes. Copenhagen is a geomantic treasure and is particularly suitable for business development, so the city has a population of up to 20,000. This city, which is a "large rural area" in the Eastern concept, was already the largest city in Northern Europe in the 16th century!
At the same time, London had only 60,000 people, while Paris had a population of 200,000. France, which has a population five times that of Britain, takes advantage of her population. As long as a king is not stupid in intelligence, it is not difficult to win continental hegemony.
By the ninth century, Rossburg had grown into a behemoth, and the fjord was approaching its population capacity. The Rus' plunder of supplies in surrounding areas had resulted in the complete elimination of wild reindeer in the area. In order to gain more wealth, the northern expedition in the winter of 828 was an adventurous and radical action.
Will famine break out due to huge population?
The answer is no. If the tribesmen feel that they will be hungry, they will voluntarily leave the tribe, give up all the rights of war dividends, and find their own new world.
So Otto insisted on establishing a new stronghold in the east. He now simply hoped to set up a material transfer station on the eastern trade line and develop it into a new settlement, which would bring unexpected gains.
What about the facts? This is also a manifestation of subconsciousness.
As the elite of the tribe, Otto convinced other elites that they must establish a new stronghold. In fact, he was dispersing the terrifying population pressure of Fort Ross.
They have never been a people who have resettled their land and settled down. They are homeless everywhere.
That night, Otto happily invited Gould to his home.
Poor Otto, he has never thought of having his own personal bodyguard like Gould, because he doesn't need it at all in his daily life. In order to show his majesty as a leader, he specially gathered more than ten of his close friends.
The ensuing time was a purely men's meeting, women and children, and even servants, had to avoid it.
Rurik was relieved, and it was a pleasure to continue teaching Rumia some knowledge in the priest's longhouse.
What will they talk about? Rurik has learned that it is about business dealings.
Rurik had a clear hunch that this so-called Gould from the Onkras tribe was a big businessman who intended to buy a variety of goods from the Ross tribe!
Gould, the name itself means gold.
Otto greeted this distinguished guest with traditional mead and brown bread, and asked Gould directly about his wishes.
"Since the noble leader asked, I will tell you frankly." Gould paused for a moment, took a sip of the sweet mead, and couldn't help but admired; "Mead is really delicious, and we always have to pay to get it. The price is high, but even so everyone is happy to buy it.
Now your Ross tribe is making a bathing tool called sopa. I asked my servant to buy one a few days ago. I tried it at home and it worked really well. Hehe, maybe you don't know, I am different from others, I always feel that I am stuck in grease. I shower all the time, eager to wash away this damn greasiness but always failing.
Sopa saved me and my hair felt dry for the first time. "
"Oh? Really? It's really an honor for me."
Otto himself was not obese. He was not young, and his arms and legs still had strong muscles. Thanks to these muscles, he can still travel great distances on foot with weapons like a young man.
Gould is different. He is really a greasy middle-aged uncle. Because he is a big businessman, he has extraordinary assets. He has to hire samurai to guard the family wealth. He has to raise more maids and concubines in order to give birth to more children to expand his family's business strength. He also has to eat a lot to satisfy him. Appetite.
Gould loved drinking mead, ale, and eating barbecue. While many farmers in the Anglas tribe actually lived a life of hunger and satiety, Gould had already developed fatty liver disease in himself.
This time he was a guest at Otto's home, and when he took off his stuffed ferret hat, his shiny bald head truly shone under the light of the oil lamp.
He is an old guy with strong sebaceous gland secretion and does not think that his belly is very harmful to his health. The greasy feeling made him unhappy. Soap changed this situation, and he instantly realized the business opportunities here.
Because, although Roseburg has a large population, they do not have huge wealth.
The wealthy people are all in the south, especially the Melalen tribe, which has the best farmland and pastures, as well as the most wealthy people and the most fat people.
They will pay a fortune to wash away the lingering oil on their bodies.
Gould had nothing to hide. He was very happy that the leader Otto allowed him to build a larger wooden house here, and he had no discriminatory attitude towards him and his servants.
Gould was even more willing to stay because of the legend about Rurik, "Odin's Blesser". Recently, he asked his servants to get clear information. Not only the sopa matter, but also the steel sword matter that has recently caused an uproar in the entire Ross tribe, it was Rurik who spread "Odin's wisdom".
"Great leader, I will buy all the yellow and white sopa you gave birth to now. I heard the price is three silver coins. Thanks to your love for so many years, I am happy to buy it at the price of four silver coins each."
"Really?" Otto and his friends were shocked.
"I am a man of integrity. I am willing to pay this price. It is worth paying. I will also tell you my purpose. I will sell it to the Great Lakes in the south. I will sell it at a higher price."
Otto responded: "If that's all, we can just sell it ourselves, and we will sell it at a good price."
"Oh, great leader, maybe I have an advantage over you on this issue." Gould, who was sitting cross-legged, bowed slightly, with a round face full of fat. It was hard to tell that this guy was almost fifty. Years old.
"Chief, I think you need me. Your Ross tribe has long been looking forward to being in the far north, and your direct trade with your brothers in the south is not ordinary. With all due respect, many southerners have forgotten that there is a group of people in the north who call themselves tribesmen. Brother of a master paddler. If you rashly go south to sell a large number of novelty things, I'm afraid you will still need some trouble. At this time, my value will appear."
In fact, Gould's meaning is very straightforward, that is, to act as a big comprador to help the Ross tribe dump goods.
Gould made it clear: "Not only do I want to buy your soap, I also want to buy your steel swords. Your back operation last year was a huge success and now I'm more than happy to buy what I can of your already tanned pelts. Plus For some other goods, I would be happy to take out all the silver I have in Roseburg and exchange them for a large number of goods."
"Oh? Is this true?" Gould's determination really shocked Otto and others.
"I've made my decision and I won't change it."
"You are such a happy businessman. So how much are you willing to pay for our goods?"
"Well... probably..." Gould pinched his chin, which had been carefully shaved off all the beard, and said tentatively: "I will probably spend five thousand silver coins on various products. What do you think?"
"Wow! So many?"
"I can afford the money. Now I just want to ask, great leader, can you provide goods of corresponding value?"
A piece of tanned adult reindeer skin, depending on its softness, good quality and large area, can be sold for two silver coins. Others, such as ferret and forest cat skins, are even more expensive.
As a large number of processed animal skins are already on sale, merchants throughout the tribe are rushing to buy them.
Except for the furs that the tribesmen use themselves, they still sell half of the furs to the public.
In the sale of goods, the one with the highest price has been easier to buy since ancient times. What Gould did was very simple. He bid a little higher than other competitors and obtained a large number of hides.
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Chapter 113 Gould Unklas
