king of ros

Chapter 164
Since the end of the Great Hunt, time has passed quickly. Peace has nourished the land of Northeast Ross, making it flourish. The wounds caused by the war have been repaired, and vitality pervades the land.

Northeast Ross is very peaceful these days, and everything is proceeding step by step according to Rostislav's plan.

Occasionally there is news that villages or tribes have killed or expelled the walled city owner, but this does not affect the overall situation of peace.

Even for Rostislav, he was quite looking forward to such a thing. Whenever such a thing happened, it would be a time of swordsmanship, which would prevent his subordinates from being eroded by peace.

However, the prince knew very well that the countryside outside the city walls was always undercurrent. Most of the villages might feel the prince's authority, but they still didn't feel it in their bones. After all, Rostislav's hand couldn't reach that far.

The current situation is thanks to the large-scale hunting, otherwise it would be worse, but the prince is very clear that as time goes by, the powerful power displayed by the hunting will eventually dissipate in people's hearts.

And the rebels choose to continue to lurk, and when the situation is right, they will definitely set off resistance.

So there must be a solution once and for all, and after careful consideration, the prince decided to carry out a major project in his territory.

This project is to overhaul the Walled City.

There is only one reason why the princes of Moscow have such weak control over the countryside today. In the final analysis, there is only one reason, that is, there is no town fortress that swears the authority of the princes in 70% of the Northeast Ross region.

Yes, 70%, this statistic is not an exaggeration, after all, the land behind the forest is a frontier area developed by immigrants, even by Ross's standards it is a wild land.

And even in the 30% of the areas where there are towns and walled cities, in fact, most of them are just one or two walled cities on a vast land.

And Rostislav's plan is to build as many fortresses in the wilderness as possible, towers and walls, and garrisoning strong fighters inside are undoubtedly the best way to expand authority. When you see those strong fortresses, no matter how unruly A tame person will also feel fear.

It's just that Rostislav doesn't have the manpower and material resources to make the city wall spread all over every corner of Northeast Ross, so it can only focus on the layout.

The prince knew the location of the important cities that rose up in later generations (referring to 100 years later), and these areas are now basically in areas that have no influence from the prince, so Rostislav intends to build castles in these areas to consolidate the authority of the prince, and at the same time It is also a preparation for future development.

And since the ancients built a city here, it means that it must have the value of building a city, and it is probably right to follow in the footsteps of the ancients.

As for whether Rostislav has this power, of course he does, because strictly speaking, the young prince owns every piece of land in the Land of the Forest except the town.

However, since the prince only knew roughly the location of those later towns, he had to send people to investigate.

In the past five months, the Germanic engineers under the prince, accompanied by the personal soldiers, ran all over Northeast Ross, just for this purpose.

At present, Rostislav has a total of [-] city construction sites and corresponding city construction plans. Robert is a very responsible engineer. His designs are very suitable for the terrain and environment, which makes Rostislav very satisfied.

It's just that the plan to build the city that was about to start was postponed due to one thing, that is, the arrival of the prince's wife's childbirth period.

The imminent birth of the Prince of Moscow's first child caused Rostislav to give up other tasks and concentrate on waiting for his wife's birth.

It's just that the prince was nervous about having a child, so many times he didn't wait in his palace, but came outside Moscow, looking for something to soothe his nervous nerves, such as going horse racing.

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On the outskirts of Moscow, there is a racetrack.

This racecourse is very simple, just draw a big circle, and build some wooden seats around the big circle.

Several horse racing competitions are held here every day. Although it is not as good as the big racecourse in the imperial capital, it is already a great pleasure in this era of lack of entertainment.

So no matter when, there are spectators here, and it is even more overcrowded during the break time.

Tickets for this simple racecourse are very cheap, and you can enter with a little silver. In order to facilitate the farmers who only have real goods, the prince specially arranged for merchants to buy goods here, so that people can exchange money.

However, the most fundamental reason why Rostislav installed the money changer was not to earn some scraps of silver, but because he was running a big business here, and this business was horse racing gambling.

Yes, horse racing gambling, this is a method that princes have recently come up with to make money, and the people are very happy with it. There are always people who are willing to spend a lot of money here, and those nobles and wealthy businessmen spend money like water.

And Rostislav's goal of making money is also these people. After all, as a banker, he will never lose money.

It's just that today, with the end of the morning race, the racecourse was closed in the afternoon, and a large number of hard-wearing personal soldiers came to block the place.

Although it is said to the outside world that it is the maintenance of the racetrack, how can it be possible to use so many guards for maintenance, so everyone knows very well that the Prince of Moscow is inside.

In the deserted arena above the spectator stand, Rostislav was running his horse.

What he was riding was still his red war horse. Currently, this war horse was running with all its strength. Sweat oozed from the skin like a slant, and the thick veins also burst out.

The current situation is very dangerous. The two riders behind the prince are only half a horse's head behind him. As long as he is not careful, he will be overtaken.

The two riders are also old friends of the prince, one is Jan Vishadzic, and the other is Edward Wessex, and the three riders here are all important figures in Northeast Ross.

The two riders didn't make any concessions because of Rostislav's identity, and they also desperately drove the horses under them.

And as if feeling the master's will, the war horses ran desperately.

But then at a sharp corner, Rostislav took advantage of the turning opportunity to throw away his opponent. His horse and him are old comrades in arms. Their cooperation can be said to be perfect, but they slowed down slightly. The corner was successfully completed.

It was difficult for the two riders behind him to do so, and they had to slow down sharply to make a safer turn, which opened a large distance between them and Rostislav.

With such a large distance already opened, there is no doubt about Rostislav's victory. After a while, the Prince of Moscow was the first to cross the finish line.

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(End of this chapter)