king of ros

Chapter 198 Reliable Elder
The huge team passed through the forest and crossed the river. Seeing such a huge team passing by, even the most unscrupulous gangsters could only avoid the limelight in fear, for fear of being wiped out by such a huge team.

And as they moved forward, the famous land boat road in Sicheng (Smolensk) also appeared in front of everyone. It was a system composed of artificially built slope roads and wooden land boat roads. They form a dry land sailing road.

When a ship needs to cross this short and narrow land and go to the other side, the ship will pass the road under the pull of livestock or manpower, and come to the river on the other side. Charge the corresponding funds with the load.

Looking at it from a high place, it is a very spectacular sight. Numerous slopes and shipways form a great system.

On the day that Rurik arrived at this land, they could only pull the boat onto the land, and then use rolling logs to transport the boat to the other side little by little, but now the scenery is very different. Labor completed the system, and when the system was perfected, the flow of gold and silver became more rapid.

For Sicheng, this land navigation system is the source of its wealth. It is precisely because they are at the node where all parties meet that wealth can continue to flow from all sides.

Seeing this scene, many people in the huge team following Rostislav exclaimed, this was the first time they had seen such a scene.

And the well-informed people around them had a mocking look on their faces. This surprised look is really too rustic.

And not far from the secondary picture is the city that developed because of prosperous business, Smolensk.

Like Moscow, this is also a growing city, and its development speed is one of the best in the whole of Russia.

For Rostislav, this city is of great significance. During his years in Northeast Ross, it was the city that transported supplies and manpower from all over the world. Vishata, which governs the city, is the most developed land in the Queen of the Forest. Strong support.

The Prince of Moscow knew very well how rare this support was. As the ruler of such a key position in Sicheng, he had always been wooed by his uncles.

The uncle, the second uncle, and the prince of witchcraft have been wooing this high-ranking Ross, but they have never wavered in the face of these wooing Veshatta, and they continue to input resources to Northeast Ross.

Rostislav knew how rare this was. As long as Uncle Veshata faltered a little, he would be able to obtain glory and wealth, as well as promises to move to a higher position, but Veshata firmly rejected them all.

You know, in Ross, it is normal for nobles to change jobs, and it is recognized by everyone. Even if Veshata changes jobs, no one can accuse him of anything, because this is a very normal thing, so Rostislav’s respect for Vesha The tower's gratitude is more and more intense.

Surrounded by his entourage, Rostislav stepped into this city known as the City of Pine, and just as the name suggests, Rostislav could smell the strong scent of pine as soon as he entered. An important product of the city.

The affluence of Sicheng can be clearly seen from the city's appearance. Most of the people are well-dressed and reasonably dressed, and there are even many brick and tile houses here.

There are also many busy merchants on the street, most of them are doing business in order to pull their boats to the other side of the river.

This is the cross-Ross node. Everyone wants to go to the target river earlier by boating on dry land. Time is money, my friend.

When people saw St. George's dragon slaying and Rurik's trident above Rostislav's team, they all stood in awe and moved out of the way. This place has close economic ties with Northeast Russia. Everyone knows the flag of the prince of Moscow, so naturally Knowing who these noble people who are shouting and embracing in front of them are.

And the portrait of the Virgin made everyone even more fearful. Although the authority of Christ was not strong in Ross, people still respected those powers, and the bigger the city, the more so.

The mayor of Sri Lanka, Veshata, is already waiting for the right time. Compared with the last time we met, his uncle Veshata's beard is thicker and whiter, and the traces of the years are clearly on this uncle.

However, the hearty laughter from Vishata let Rostislav know that his Uncle Vishata was still the same Uncle Vishata, and he was still the responsible elder.

Veshatta smiled because he was happy. Seeing his son and his comrades' sons have grown into tall Ross warriors, his pride was visible to the naked eye, and he was proud of the success of his younger generations. Gained great power and fame.

Rostislav is now the most famous and youngest powerful prince in the whole of Rus, and Jan, as the most intimate warrior around the prince of Moscow, is praised in poetry with his martial name.

Rostislav and Jan also laughed, it was a laugh between relatives and friends, nothing makes them more relaxed than seeing a reliable elder.

"You two have grown up and are promising."

Looking at these two kids, remembering how they grew up, and seeing them now, the pride overflowed again.

Veshatta wanted to hug the two children, touch their heads, and pat their shoulders, but considering this public place, it was better not to show such intimacy to others.

Then the two sides said exclamation words to each other like this, basically the elder lamented the growth of the younger generation and the humility of the younger generation towards the elders, but both sides still remembered what they should talk about next.

Soon they walked into the castle of Sicheng. Here, the two sides shed the restraint they had just faced in public, embraced warmly, and still made jokes that only relatives can make.

Rostislav noticed that as the residence of the mayor, the castle was quite simple, and there were no gorgeous decorations along the way except for some weapons and armor as exhibits.

Moreover, there are very few servants here, and most of the places are filled with guards. It doesn't look like a local dignitaries at all, or a place where the mayor lives. After all, it is very rare to be so simple in the city of Ross with a strong commercial atmosphere. Well, the nobles are happy to compare on this, after all, showing wealth can be equated with showing talent and wealth.

Rostislav naturally raised questions about Veshata, but Veshata just smiled at this. His family is the high gate of Novgorod (Novgorod), and Vladimir's era was already a high-ranking family. With the existence of weight, gold and silver don't matter to him anymore, he wants the city under his rule to prosper more than that.

After chatting about family matters for a while, and Jan was urged to get married, Rostislav also moved the topic to the present.

The Prince of Moscow told Veshata everything he knew, and Rostislav hoped that this uncle who had been taking care of him and giving him guidance would also tell him what to do this time.

Facing Rostislav's words, Veshata pondered for a while, and then he said:

"I know a thing or two about this matter. This matter is indeed of great importance, but in my opinion, it is better to wait and see how things change."

"Wait for it to change?"

"Yes, wait and see. As far as I know, Izyaslav has no intention of launching troops against Hungary. He just wants to use this opportunity to build a negotiation platform for all parties. More importantly, There is a deal with the Patriarch."

Vishata's words shocked Rostislav. He had always been curious about the deal between the uncle and the patriarch of the imperial capital. He suspected that it was about the division of the Metropolitan Ross, but he was still not sure. But now it seems that Uncle Vishata Know?
Facing Rostislav's expectant eyes, Veshata first looked around subconsciously, and then looked at Rostislav with a very serious expression.

"He wants the patriarch to agree to his plan for the three-point Rusdu protagonist. Izyaslav, Sviatoslav, and Vsevolod will all have their own metropolitan."

Hearing such an answer, Rostislav finally breathed a sigh of relief. The matter was finally confirmed, and the big stone in his heart fell to the ground.

"Is that really the case? The land of Rus is distributed among Yaroslav's sons, so the church of Rus will naturally be distributed among the sons."

As early as a few years ago, the Grand Duke of Kyiv was building momentum for such remarks, but at that time it was popular for a while, and it was dismissed because of the rejection of the imperial capital, but now it seems that the uncle has found a bargaining chip with the imperial capital what.

"What exactly does the patriarch of the imperial capital want to do?"

Jan spoke at this time, and Veshata, who looked at Rostislav's relieved look and was thoughtful, also came back to his senses.

"What else, of course, is the conversion of Hungary." Veshatta said in a natural tone.

"Since the incident in 1054, the Patriarch has always wanted to give the Pope eye salve. Naturally, there is nothing better than turning a Catholic country to Orthodoxy."

What happened in 1054 was naturally the famous East-West church split, but it had little effect on Ross. The Prince of Ross’ request for a three-pointer of the Ross Church would be considered by the imperial capital. What can the Ross Church do? ?

Rostislav was suddenly a little scared. The situation was already complicated enough. If the Eastern Empire was added, it would be...

"But don't worry about it. It won't affect that much. I know Ijaslav. He's just trying to be perfunctory. His belief in Christ is not as pious as your second uncle. As for the imperial capital, the patriarch is just trying Forget it, if he really wants to go to war, then the patriarch's special envoy should be in Kyiv by now."

Rostislav's nerves were indeed relieved by Veshata's explanation. The Eastern Empire did not have any large-scale intervention in the situation in Hungary, and there were a lot of internal affairs in that empire that had to be dealt with recently, so there was no need to worry too much.

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