king of ros

Chapter 174 Future Preparations
The tourney in Moscow was over, and it was a great event to everyone's satisfaction.

The princes of Muscovy were rewarded with glory, fame, new warriors, and gold and silver, and the populace saw a great fest, and many made good money at the fest of the crowd.

And even if the conference ended, the aftermath of the conference could not dissipate for a while. After all, such a huge crowd gathered in Moscow, and it always took some time to disperse.

And Rostislav seized this opportunity and hired a large number of young men who came to Moscow. The prince will still need them for the construction of the entire territory.

And these young men are also very willing to take over this job. Anyway, it will be winter and there will be nothing to do, so they might as well work for the prince to make money.

Not only from Moscow, Rostislav actually sent a large number of envoys to various places to gather farmers from all over the country and prepare for large-scale construction.

In addition to the original place where the city was built, the direction of the Moscow prince's large-scale construction projects is Bulgar.

The prince of Moscow has already made a decision in his heart. When the situation in Northeast Rus is stable and prosperous, he will intervene in the Volga Bulgar. How can he not use the card of the Bulgar orthodox heir.

Moreover, this Adam Duolu obviously has a very strong interest in Orthodoxy, and his interest in conversion is clearly written on his face. The prince understands that baptism is a matter of time.

As for why this Bulgar orthodox heir is so important, it is because Rostislav knows that it is impossible to conquer the Volga Bulgar.

In the original history, 400 years later, in Moscow, successive generations of monarchs built fortresses to reduce the marching distance, and then fought for several years, followed by decades of security wars and immigrants before eating this land.

There is no doubt that it is impossible for Rostislav to come up with so many resources, so conquest is absolutely impossible.

Moreover, in this era, Bulgar's cultural superiority to Rus was higher than that of later generations (referring to when the Leidi conquered Kazan). The Rus people were the standard barbarians in their eyes. How could it be possible to obey the Rus people, and the rule would only be more difficult.

But supporting a Bulgar monarch is another matter, especially if this is the orthodox heir of the Bulgar. Now the Bulgar throne is just a usurper who killed his relatives. He can certainly appease everyone for a while by relying on gold and silver. But never for long.

If a Christian monarch who is pro-Russian is supported, it will be of great benefit to the future of Russ. Among other things, Rostislav's generation can achieve control and influence over that land.

Moreover, under the rule of a Christian monarch, Bulgar will inevitably convert, and conversion will inevitably bring about internal wars, which can consume Bulgar's power and make it unable to take care of Ross.

As for the descendants, we can only look at the descendants. Rostislav has never had the idea of ​​preparing for the descendants in advance, because if the descendants are too incompetent, the arrangements will be useless.

A Christian Bulgar is powerful to Rus, both now and in the future.

Therefore, building fortresses on the Bulgar side now is to prepare for future wars, and Rostislav is directly building them in the tribute areas between the two sides.

Facing Prince Ross's construction team, most of the local Finn tribes directly chose to submit. Rostislav's prestige of [-] to [-] overwhelmed them, and these tribes did not dare to oppose such a strong man.

Only some big tribes were neutral, but they still gave in to Rostislav in secret. After all, these big tribes were born because the tribes that followed the Bulgars before the crusade against Rus were finished, and they were able to swallow the losers' property.

Now their strength still allows them to sit on the wall, but when the Ross people's fortress is built, they must also choose.

The Prince of Moscow chose to build in these places with deep meaning, because Sogong is related to the interests of the dignitaries of the cities, and since the Prince of Moscow intends to start a border war, everyone will naturally follow him to provide resources and manpower.

Because they are all afraid of being preempted by their colleagues, and they will lose their share in the future. This is like a lifeline for them.

And when these people invest resources on the border, it will inevitably lead to confrontation between them and Bulgar. Bulgar will not allow the Ross people to occupy these Sogon areas, because this will shake their interests.

And their people will inevitably participate in the fight with the Bulgars, so that it will be difficult for these guys to collect money from the Bulgars, and it will be difficult to collude with the Bulgars, and these interests will make them more sympathetic to Rostislav.

In normal times, such behavior would inevitably lead to a border war, but now Bulgar is still under the impression of that defeat, and in order to redeem the nearly [-] captive Bulgar Khan's treasury is now empty, Not to mention the loss of Bingjia.

Abdul once told him that Akkad entrusted him to purchase weapons and armor in the Caucasus and Persia, and the blacksmith shops in the Bulgar cities were also running day and night, which shows the embarrassment of the Bulgarian domestic situation.

Akkad also had to buy money and equipment everywhere to satisfy the frontier cavalry who supported his superiority, which was also a big headache for him.

There is also the vigilance of the orthodox faction—this group of people supports the orthodox successor of Lulu—now they are only temporarily appeased by the gold and silver, and Akkad does not dare to touch these people, so he can only increase his vigilance.

In addition, when it comes to Abdul, this guy's business is really booming. Bulgar's big defeat and the ransom made a bunch of Bulgar dignitaries have to sell a lot of property at a low price, and the bankruptcy of many merchants directly caused the market to Vacuum, this guy is cashing in on this opportunity.

Of course, he didn't have the guts to buy property in Bulgar. Although the fact that he went to the Ross people to inform him has not been revealed yet, it is a big thunder after all, and God knows when it will explode.

His roots were in Persia, not in the North, Abdul was well aware of that.

Therefore, when the Ross people advanced, the Bulgar Khan could only choose to retreat. Now Bulgar's strength is really difficult to compete with Ross.

But Rostislav knew that Akkad couldn't just look at it like this. He had to fight for the interests of the powerful class in his country, because everyone was watching him usurp the throne.

And Rostislav is not afraid of border wars, because as long as the fortresses are built, it will be difficult for the Bulgars to drive the Rus out of the fortresses. not afraid.

As far as Bulgar's current situation is concerned, it is self-evident what kind of army will be pulled out, not to mention whether this army can be pulled up is a problem.

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