king of ros

Chapter 524 Forward Cycle
Rostislav is an entirely laid-back counterpart to the chaos of the South.

It was only good for Rus that the Roman Empire was in chaos, and now, you see, there are more Greek immigrants.

Due to the successful experience last time, more wealthy people immigrated this time, and they naturally brought more dynamism to the Ross economy.

As for the Greek immigrants that Rostislav had been longing for—the kind that really settled in Ross—there were obviously a lot more this time. The Grand Duke of Kyiv provided them with generous treatment, and then sent them to settle in various places in Ross.

In Rostislav's plan, these Greeks will become nodes for the diffusion of technology. The development of production technology in the Greek Empire is much stronger than that of Ross. Even in the north, these technologies will be more or less unacceptable, but the foundation It is there, as long as it can adapt to the local conditions, then the next step is to improve.

It doesn't matter if you can't improve but have to learn from the locals. There will always be a lack of pioneering manpower on the land of Ross. In Rostislav's bottom line, it is already a success to attract people to cultivate.

Although they are unremarkable, and many of them are still unknown, there are always some Greek settlements that after a period of time - often in units of ten years - the productivity of the nearby area will increase more or less.

As for why it took so long, the main reason is that farmers are always stubborn, and they are unwilling to change their farming methods easily, because if they make mistakes, the consequences are often beyond their ability. The fate of starvation.

Of course, these are relatively far away. After all, the Greeks who came to the north due to the civil strife in the empire have only now produced some results, which has increased the output of nearby areas, and it is far from these successful people who have settled down to the output. Successfully, for decades.

The most direct impact on Russia is that exports are more vigorous. More commodity exports make Kyiv and even Russia full of vitality.

At this time, the infrastructure construction that Rostislav has been insisting on has revealed beautiful fruits. Through the roads vigorously built by the Grand Duke’s government, businessmen and officials came and went, concentrating resources from all over Ross to the city, and then sent them to the city. Kyiv.

In Kyiv, part of the raw materials will be reprocessed to produce handicrafts with higher added value, while the other part will be kept as it is, and then sent to the imperial capital together with the handicrafts.

In such an active scene, for the vast countryside, they suddenly feel that the rulers from the city are getting closer and closer. These city visitors buy or collect the goods in their hands, and then send them to the city. handicrafts.

Power is achieved in this seemingly insignificant thing. The continuous radiation of city power also means that the majesty from the Grand Duke of Kyiv is getting stronger. For many people who usually hear the name of Rostislav once or twice a year For the farmers, the frequency of hearing such a name has now become seven or eight times, and the grand duke official who only saw it once in three or four years before can now see it once a year.

However, the ruler of Kyiv is still very dissatisfied with this. This is far from the effect he wants, but he also knows that this is the limit that can be achieved now. If he wants to go further, then Have to wait another ten years.

As for the situation in the southern empire, Rostislav was not worried at all.

Although some people advocated that we should give great aid to the south and let Ross go directly to participate in the Roman war, so as to prevent the imperial capital from collapsing, but Rostislav knew that this was really unnecessary.

Now the Greeks in the Roman Empire seem to be in a precarious situation, but in fact, important sources of troops and fiscal areas such as the Greek Peninsula and the coast of Asia Minor are stable, and the state machinery of the empire is still running at high speed, extracting more for Alexios the power of.

The current danger is only on the surface. In fact, Alexios is still as stable as Mount Tai. As long as the new troops from all over the place arrive, the next step is to attack the nomads and the Paul faction.

In the final analysis, the crisis Alexios is facing now is that he accidentally sent away his main force on the border, resulting in a situation where there were no soldiers available for a while, so he could only stay behind the walls of the imperial capital, watching the nomads and the Paulists Do evil.

Thinking of this, Rostislav couldn't help but envy the Roman Empire. Although the Greeks are playing the role of the ancient empire in a ruined landscape to a large extent, its foundation as an empire still exists. The political machine has been honed through countless struggles, and it is actually still very tough and powerful.

And if Ross faced such a situation, then Rostislav really couldn't even think about it.

I didn't see a group of exiles in history pulling the Polovets to make the whole of Russia uneasy. In the end, everyone had to hold the Lubiech Congress to re-divide Ross and settle down all the Ruriks in exile. In exchange for peace.

As for his current Ross, although he said that he has withstood the nomadic invasion on the frontier, if he wiped out three-quarters of the main force like Alexios did, then Rostislav must now run back to Moscow to recuperate.

So what Ross needed to do was to slowly raise troops for the Greek emperor, and this matter was easy to handle and went very smoothly.

Since the victory over Denmark, the reputation of the Free Trade Alliance has resounded throughout the northern world, and Ross' reputation has directly reached the pinnacle of the northern world.

In addition, the Rurik family was originally inextricably linked with the northern world, so it was really not too easy to recruit mercenaries in the north. There were not many other things in the north, and there were the most desperadoes and adventurers.

Now there is indeed a group of restless guys in the north who are in urgent need of mercenary career, that is, the Wend people on the south coast of the Baltic Sea. The war against Denmark by the Free Trade Alliance has released these beasts.

Now even if the war is over, these guys are stealthily engaging in looting. The Danish coast is their key area of ​​ravages. Even if they are often surrounded by the fleet of the Free Trade Alliance, they can't suppress these guys.

But then again, when the Free Trade Alliance is actually destroying the Wende pirates, it is actually releasing water, just sinking a few ships symbolically. It has not been a few years since the hostile relationship between Denmark and the alliance ended, and there are many alliances No one wants to shed blood for the safety of Denmark.

And when the bait of serving Maharaja Mikrigad was thrown out, Wende people flocked to it. After all, serving that Maharaja was better than robbery. Recently, many people in the northern world have returned from serving in the imperial capital. These examples are encouraging everyone to go south to serve the emperor.

It is also because of this that although there are many Wende people, the proportion has not reached an absolute majority. There are some desperadoes in the north who are willing to go south. Norse, Poles, and even Normans and Scots. Desperadoes from all walks of life are simply Countless.

Since Alexios sent the letter, the total number of mercenaries gathered in Kyiv has reached 3000, of which there are relatively few Rus people. The war in the south in the past few years has almost attracted Rus's desperadoes .

Because of this, the overall security level of Ross has increased a lot. After all, if those adventurers and desperadoes are sent to the south to serve as soldiers, the security in that place will naturally improve. Without these restless young people, the society will naturally calm down. .

For this reason, Rostislav even arrested people in various places in Ross. When there were not enough heads, he asked the guards to arrest them if they heard idlers, gangsters or robbers, and then threw them to the south to serve as soldiers—— Just like now, the Grand Duke's army is actually doing this in various places, but those people are either learning to hide or are really gone.

As for those desperadoes who have returned, they will not continue to engage in the original business of robbing houses. Now they are rich. Buy property in the city or land in the countryside to be a wealthy citizen/farmer.

Rostislav is very proud of this cause. Under this cycle, the environment of Ross will only get better and better-of course, the premise is that the imperial capital has always had a strong demand for mercenaries.

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