king of ros

Chapter 100 Changes in the Old City
Seeing the Bulgarian envoy leaving with a smile he couldn't understand, Rostislav was really puzzled.

It can be said that anyone with a little brain can see clearly the intention of Bulgar Khan, and he will definitely reject it, but he still wants to do it.

Rostislav felt something was wrong, but he couldn't say it out, so he had no choice but to keep the matter in his heart for the time being, and then summoned the rest of the audience.

The following audience members were not important people, they were either foreign businessmen who came to sell or deliver goods, or farmers and citizens who asked the prince to preside over the dispute.

The merchants sold and presented luxury goods, and he had no interest in them, but out of courtesy, he still accepted their goods and didn't buy anything.

He only placed an order to buy slaves from one of the slave traders from Persia, and specifically asked for skilled and Christian slaves.

As for civil disputes, Rostislav let his judges who were proficient in the "Ros Code" handle all of them, and he watched the whole process from the sidelines and made a judgment.

In this way, Rostislav spent almost a whole day dealing with Rostov's affairs for a whole month.

After finishing the work, he only felt extremely tired, but he had to do so. Handling affairs was the best way to declare his authority, and it was the way that most allowed him to appear in front of his subjects.

Fortunately, it is actually a special situation now. It is because I did not come to Rostov to exercise power that it caused such a serious accumulation, and it will not be so serious in the future.

Such a meeting will benefit the people of Rostov, and the nobles will discuss the prince's various decisions today to judge his possible future tendencies.

The citizens are more concerned about their young prince's family background, such as his beautiful wife and so on. Anyway, those policies and so on have little to do with them.

For the residents of the old city, the significance of this audience is very important.

However, the crowd did not disperse because the meeting ended, because along with the Bulgarian mission came a large number of businessmen from the south, and they brought a large number of urgently needed goods, which have now been placed in the market in Xincheng stall, attracting a large number of businessmen to this place.

Just when the new city was extremely lively due to the arrival of merchants, the old city was extremely quiet.

On weekdays, merchants were not allowed to come here, and the residents here did not have any entertainment activities. Only a small number of residents of the old city who participated in the audience meeting passed the wooden wall separating the two cities and returned to their homes under the watchful eyes of the militia.

Satisfied, Vanigo returned to his blacksmith shop. As soon as he closed the door, he was immediately surrounded by friends who had been waiting in the room for a long time. The elders in the old city were much more stable and just sat in the back silently.

There were several large glasses of kvass on the table, but they were all almost finished. It looked like they had been waiting for a long time.

"How is it? Vanigo, what does the kid from Kyiv say?"

"Did they agree to the conditions this time?"

"What's going on?"

All kinds of questions came rushing in, which made Vanigo quite upset. He ignored the crowd, went straight to the table, raised his glass and drank it, and then found that it was empty after not drinking much.

"Grass, you actually drank all my kvass, are you drinking it like water?"

It's just that the others obviously don't want to listen to him.

"Stop making trouble, Vanigo, we'll just buy it for you, and tell us how it goes?"

"Okay, okay, you guys are really impatient."

Seeing that everyone was so anxious, Vanigo didn't want to fight anymore, so he waved his hands.

"The prince did not agree to all the conditions, but agreed to some, we can sell the goods to anyone now."

"Oh wait, what did you say?"

At first, many people thought they were being rejected again as before, subconsciously said, and then immediately realized that what Vanigo said later actually agreed!
Although it was only a request, but it was agreed!Yes!

"Vanigo, don't lie to us!"

"Yes, yes, what did those gentlemen say?"

"It's no fun joking like that!"

All of a sudden, there was a lot of noise around him, and people were clamoring to ask whether all this was true or not, which made the blacksmith flushed and angry.

"I swear by the Christ on the ground and the gods on the ground, I, Vaniga, have not a single lie! And the announcement should be posted tomorrow, and you will know the truth at a glance."

The Christ on the ground and the gods under the ground are the product of the collision between Christianity and polytheism in this land, and it is also the consensus in many areas of Ross.

The people simply regarded Christ as the god of the earthly world, while the ancient gods ruled the underground.

Both are respectable authorities, but the scope of power and authority is different, so they should be given equal respect and faith.

In ecclesiastical circles, this idea has a more fitting name - double faith.

Seeing Vanigo swearing so solemnly, everyone present no longer doubted it, because if he had cheated, the gods above and below would punish him mercilessly, and his soul would never find a place of peace.

"Stop arguing, since Vanigo has brought good news, let's start talking about it too."

At this moment, the elders who had been silent all this time spoke up. They were the group of people with the most right to speak in Weicher in the old city.

"Since the prince agreed, it's just right. Many businessmen came from Bulgar City today. Let's talk to them carefully and take out all the goods in hand. No matter how the future will change, we will take this opportunity to make a profit first." I'll talk about it later."

The words of the old man were unanimously approved. After all, they fought for power to make money and to live a better life. Now that the opportunity is right in front of them, it is natural to seize it
Everyone began to calculate immediately. Someone collected a lot of furs, but because of the rough handling and Rostov's refusal to accept them, these goods were almost rotten, and now they can all be sold.

Some people have a lot of honey and beeswax, but selling them to those masters is a waste of work, so they can only secretly smuggle some to subsidize their families, and now they can finally sell it at a normal price.

Someone organized the residents of the old city to manufacture a lot of handicrafts such as cloth and hammers, but they could only sell them at low prices to merchants designated by the new city, and now they can finally sell them freely.

The people here are all the leading figures in the old city, and the business chats between people became more and more intense, and gradually the environment became more and more harmonious.

Seeing this scene, the old man smiled. He hadn't seen such a scene for many years, and then he thought of Rostislav who made it all happen.

"Rostislav... this Rurik prince is really resolute, and he agreed from the very beginning... It seems that this land will change a lot in the future."

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