85, suddenly owning Greenland
"He told me that he was going back to Norway to bring people, and I told him to go early and go back early, but now there is no one else. I really don't know what's going on."
Seeing Scott getting angry, Leo was also frightened and hurriedly accused him: "I'm sorry Count, I've neglected this matter! But don't worry, my wife is still in Norfolk at this moment, so Andrew will definitely come back!"
After a long time, Scott controlled his temper: "Forget it, if you can't find it, you can't find it! Anyway, the warship we bought from the Kingdom of Denmark was not driven away by Andrew and others, so there is no need to worry about this person!"
Although the incident of Andrew's disappearance for no reason made Scott feel very unhappy, Scott also knew very well that he really didn't need to conflict with his right-hand assistant Leo for this matter, so the conflict was left in vain.
However, when Scott was about to forget Andrew, news about this person came again.
That afternoon, Scott was handling official duties in the study, and then Leo rushed into Scott's study with a letter: "Earl, there is news about Andrew!"
"O? Why is there news about him suddenly?" Scott was a little unbelievable when he heard this.
Leo nodded and handed a letter to Scott: "Yes, my wife received the news from Andrew this morning and entrusted me to bring you an Andrew's handwritten letter!"
After reaching out to take the letter, Scott read it skeptical:
The great Earl of Scott, first of all, please allow me to express my sincerest blessing to you: May the Lord bless you with peace and hope that your reputation can spread throughout every land.
Then, when you start reading this letter, I am now forced to flee to the North Atlantic.
After leaving Norfolk that time, I quickly returned to Norway with a small number of people. After returning to Norway, I just planned to lead them to Norfolk, but we met the Danish Navy on our way.
The next thing is very simple. The Kingdom of Denmark dispatched its main navy this time. We are no match for them at all. We have no choice but to flee north.
I don’t know how long it took to escape, but it was very difficult for us to get rid of the Danish Navy’s pursuit. Just when we were planning to return the same way, what did you think? We found a piece of land.
With the idea of going up to explore, I led my brothers up and took a look. Then we found that there were grass growing here, but the grass here was not very lush. In addition, we also found several small fishing villages by the sea, and the people in the fishing villages made a living.
Through conversations with them, we learned that they have not been in contact with the European continent for decades, so they are very enthusiastic about us.
There is another strange thing you may not have imagined? When we announced that this land was already Norfolk land, they actually showed a happy expression and accepted our rule calmly and happily!
So, I want to report you a good news: From today on, you are the ruler of this land, and now we are building some signs on this land about you and the Norfolk area, so that no matter who comes here, they will see signs belonging to the Norfolk area.
After I'm dealing with my affairs here, I will quickly return to the Norfolk area. You don't have to worry about my safety, because I'm all good under your protection.
After reading the letter, Scott's eyes lit up. He didn't expect that they would go to Greenland by chance and put the land within their own rule.
Scott is very clear about Greenland's information.
Greenland was discovered by Europeans in 982.
At that time, the Norwegian Eric was expelled from Iceland for murder and came to Greenland to settle down. In 985, Eric returned to Iceland and named it Greenland in order to make people happy to go to this newly discovered land.
In 986, he organized an expedition to explore Greenland, leading to the development of two major colonies: the eastern colony near the present Yulianahob; and the western colony near the present Gothob. At its peak, these colonies had 280 farms, with a population of as many as 3,000.
Then in 1262 AD, Greenland was officially included in the territory of the Kingdom of Norway. Like Iceland, many of Greenland's essential items (wood, grain, iron) and a small amount of luxury goods depend heavily on the supply from Europe, and Greenland supplies fur, leather, wool and ropes to Europe through Norway.
However, with the development of time, the Kingdom of Norway gradually gave up this overseas territory. Until today, Greenland has completely broken off from ties with Norway and even the European continent.
Of course, the reasons for this are simply the following reasons:
First, compared with other countries in the European continent, the Norwegian Kingdom in Scandinavia has a difficult living environment, so under such a difficult environment, the Norwegian Kingdom's national strength is difficult to develop. In addition, the Norwegian Kingdom itself does not have much population and production, and its own survival items need to be imported from the Kingdom of Denmark. So after a while, the Norwegian Kingdom got rid of the burden of Greenland. After all, in the words of the Norwegians, I can't even eat enough, so how can I have the heart to take care of your affairs?
Second, if the abandonment of the Kingdom of Norway is an external factor, then Greenland's own flaw is an internal factor.
Greenland has a sparse population, but these people like to engage in internal strife and kill each other very much. As a result, the already sparse population has become smaller and smaller, so that they can no longer engage in production work! If they cannot engage in production work, it means they have lost the ability to provide goods to the European continent. In this way, Greenland, which is already very competitive, has been abandoned by the European continent, so that almost no ships travel between the European continent and Greenland.
In short, Greenland is a place where no one cares about it or reaches now. Even in the hearts of the Kingdom of Denmark and the Kingdom of Norway, they have long forgotten this land that is rarely crowded and extremely barren.
Although Scott looked down on this barren land, since Andrelu had occupied it for him now, he could only grit his teeth and accept it. After all, this is not the intention of his subordinates.
Chapter completed!