king of ros

Chapter 109 Prosperous New City
Just when the two nobles were chatting leisurely in the prince’s hall, when we return to the whole of Moscow, we will find that the city has undergone tremendous changes—after all, the self-built city has passed For half a year.

A large number of tents have been dismantled, and wooden houses have been built here and there, just like in other Ross cities.

However, there are still a few brick and tile buildings dotted in the sea of ​​wooden houses. The so-called up and down, since Rostislav likes to build houses with bricks and tiles, there are naturally rich people who follow him to learn.

The farmland in the city is already full of crops, looking full of vitality.

As for the prince's fortress, the prince's palace was completed, as well as the dormitory for the soldiers and clerks. It took a lot of money to build Rostislav with these bricks and tiles. Most of the bricks were transported from the city of Novos. A few are self-made.

As for the addition of several villages around Moscow, there are always people who don't want to live in the city, so they are resettled outside the city.

The forests near Moscow have been greatly reduced. For such a huge construction work, loggers are working almost day and night, and the wood is cut for money.

Because of this, the suburbs of Moscow quickly became more spacious. The land was not wasted, but was planted with seeds, but no one took care of it. It all depends on God's will.

There are already fields in the city that need to be taken care of, and this is just a small side job.

However, there are many new faces in Moscow. They all came for the silver mine, which made the city more lively.

For Leo, who manages the city, this has increased his workload dramatically.

Since the news of the discovery of the silver mine spread, more and more people flocked to Northeast Ross, and the first stop of most of them was Moscow.

For outsiders, the city built by the same outsiders can make them feel a little safe.

It's just that this is just the beginning of their arduous journey. The next road in Moscow is not easy. There are many slave catchers and tribes who intend to plunder in the forest. There are still people who first deceive people's trust and then turn people into slaves sell

Leo had to manage such a large foreign population, and had to ask why they came to Northeast Ross.

Because some people are purely traveling with the target silver miners, farming is the most important thing for them. Leo has to pick these people out and give them the land.Others, seeing the prosperity of Moscow and the dangers of the road, felt that staying in this city had a bright future, so they stayed.

And this is already the easiest job, so the management of the huge floating population is even more problematic. He has to provide them with camps in Moscow, as well as cheap food, and maintain the city's law and order. So many people come from all over the world, Naturally, everyone among these people exists, so we must be more vigilant.

Vicious cases continue to occur in such a crowded situation. For example, someone had his throat slit in a tavern yesterday, and the murderer has not been caught yet.

Leo had to expand the number of Wecher's militias again and again to strengthen the control of the city. Even though this would increase the power of Wecher, after all, expansion is easy to reduce and it is difficult to reduce. It is something the prince does not want to see, but it must be done.

Recently, there are a lot of Polish knights and Hungarian cavalry in the city, and there are two big nobles in the palace to deal with—the prince and his wife are not here, so he can only go.

Those warriors who are too energetic are the biggest troublemakers now. They are either gathering people to fight or asking for women all day long. The prostitutes in Moscow have long been too busy to close their legs under the surging crowd. Women often have to queue up, which is one of the reasons for the dissatisfaction of this group of people.

Leo had to use the wives and daughters of slaves to deal with it. It was a shame to do so, but it was better to use slaves than let them rape the wives and daughters of good people.

However, although there are many things, Leo handles them with ease. After all, he has been in charge of affairs in the imperial capital. There are thousands of incidents in the imperial capital every day. He has been tested a long time ago. Otherwise, how could he stand out in the imperial capital? .

Today he is still writing new orders, mainly concerning rewards for bringing to Moscow those who are lost and stranded on the island in the river.

Due to the surge of people, many local residents started the business of guiding and carrying passengers, but many of them robbed merchants halfway, and then these poor people were thrown on the island in the river or in the forest.

Leo needed someone to bring them back to Moscow, and he didn't care if the group lived or died, only because the prince wanted it.

For the princes, every population is very precious and must be valued. Everyone here may contribute to Northeast Ross.

After writing the order, Leo placed a bag of fine sand on the parchment to absorb the ink, shook the sand off, and rolled up the paper.

"Okay, let someone copy ten sheets of this with birch bark. The handwriting should be larger, and then post it. I want everyone to see them in places where people gather."

Called the clerks and handed over the things to them. Leo could finally stretch himself. He came to the window and looked at Moscow to change his mood.

Leo was in a two-story brick building, where Rostislav's clerks worked and handled various affairs. It could be said that this was the center of the Principality's government.

Although the office location and living house are not comparable to the big houses and apartments in Constantinople, Leo is still very satisfied. After all, all these "belong" to him. After being deposed for many years, he finally found the feeling of being in power again .

As for the Greek clerks below, I am more satisfied. Low-level officials like them can only squeeze into small apartments in Constantinople and live together with ordinary citizens, but now they live in houses that are too spacious. It is also more spacious than the imperial capital.

Looking from the window, the entrance is full of vitality, new immigrants and fishermen bargaining, merchants hawking various mining tools, nobles on tall horses marching arrogantly, militiamen who maintain order are scattered among the crowd, vigilant against everything The possible chaos, all kinds of people crowded together, everything is full of life, full of infinite possibilities.

Rostislav is indeed a capable man, it seems that my investment was correct, and my last speculation finally succeeded.

Leo thought this in his heart, but his eyes looked at the city. He liked to appreciate the prosperity. He was like this when he was in the imperial capital, because he knew that he had contributed a lot to the prosperity, and he felt a sense of accomplishment looking at it all. .

But now, his sense of accomplishment is even stronger, like a sea tide overwhelming the sky.

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(End of this chapter)