king of ros

Chapter 87 Practicing Power
"I will send people to Smolensk and Novgorod immediately. My lord, there is one more thing. Lord Veshata sent a letter recently, saying that he has secured the position of mayor in Smolensk and can provide everything The help we need."

After responding to the order, Leo reported a somewhat gratifying news that Veshatta had secured a firm position in the city of Si, and now Prince Rostov can mobilize the power of that hub city.

"Reply to Uncle Veshata, tell him that I am very grateful for his help, please let him prepare food and manpower, and be ready to meet my immigration team at all times."

Rostislav's expression immediately beamed with joy. There is nothing better than getting good news at this time. Sicheng is the only way for his immigration team to pass, and the cooperation here is crucial to his immigration operation.

For Rostislav, these immigrants are crucial to his rule in Northeast Ross, because he does not know what the attitudes of the cities in the Northeast are.

The local loyalty and gentleness in his memory were all established when his father was still there. Will they be as loyal as before when his father is gone?

It's hard to tell.

Therefore, Rostislav did not intend to go directly to Rostov, but took these immigrants to build a big city directly in Northeast Russia. The current Northeast Russia will be the core of Russia in the future. There are too many places suitable for building a city. Many options.

More importantly, Northeast Ross is full of tribes and free farmers who do not submit to the king, and it will take time to tame these free people.

Since the city and the peasants can't count on it, the only ones who can be relied on are these hard-working immigrants.

Moreover, the prince couldn't help but think that his grandfather should have decided early on that he would go to Northeast Ross, and that he would not be allowed to serve as the mayor of the key transportation node from Shata to Sicheng. Isn't this just helping him in the future?

After thinking this through, the prince couldn't help but thank his grandfather even more for his help. The old man really put a lot of effort into him.

"Yes."

On the other side, Leo immediately wrote down the new order on the parchment, which was filled with various items. This is a habit he developed in the imperial capital. Otherwise, he really couldn't remember things.

"Speaking of which, how much of my funds have been used?"

Rostislav saw several men trading gold and silver by the side of the road, and suddenly remembered his vault, which he hadn't checked for a while.

"Half of your father's savings has been spent, mainly on the purchase of food and tools, as well as the artisans and scholars invited with a lot of money according to your order, as well as the start-up fee for immigrants."

Yes, Rostislav spent money to hire a lot of craftsmen and scholars. The barren lands of Northeast Rus urgently needed advanced technology from the Rus Central, and naturally a lot of money was needed to hire such a technological master.

Most of those scholars were employed by the grandfather. After the death of the grandfather, some of them found new jobs with the uncle, while others could only return to Constantinople. Anyway, they had already earned enough silver from Grand Duke Ross.

But there were always people who hadn't earned enough, and they were rehired by Rostislav, who needed them for his construction in Northeast Ross.

"It's really a waste of money. My father's savings are gone by half."

Rostislav couldn't help clicking his tongue. It never occurred to him that the money would be spent so quickly, but it was necessary to use it quickly.

"Take out all my loot as well. These things can also be used at will. There must be no problems with the purchase of supplies."

The prince did not hesitate to increase the price and put out more wealth. Now is the time to spend money. The purpose of spending money is to make the future easier. Food, tools, and even seeds are all necessary for development.

"We will definitely complete the task, Your Highness."

Leo promised, and vowed in his heart that he must do his best for this. He has decided to make some achievements under Rostislav.

These days reminded him of his past experience of working under the leadership of the Orphan Director, and the hard work in those days finally brought him sweet rewards, and he believed that it was the same now.

After finishing his orders, Rostislav continued to look at the immigrant camp, which was not far from the Dnieper River. Many people were fetching water by the river and doing various things.

Although the integrity of the camp was comparable to that of many military camps, the people inside were still relaxed and did not appear to be disciplined at all.

For such a team, Rostislav can only be thankful that he didn't bring these people to the battlefield, but they still need to strengthen discipline.

Although there are no enemies on the road, there are all kinds of wild beasts, such as wolves that are large enough to threaten a large group of passers-by, and ferocious beasts such as wild boars and bison.

From Rostislav's point of view, if the team is attacked by such a beast, the team will definitely be in chaos, and it will be troublesome at that time, which is why he wants to strengthen discipline.

Continuing to move forward in the camp, Rostislav saw militiamen practicing in an open field. Gevalan was training the group of farmers to make them more disciplined. The prince could hear his loud voice far away.

When the personal captain saw his master approaching, Rostislav asked how his training was, but the personal captain just shook his head.

"It's hard to deal with beasts, and it can only be said to be a little bit better than pure farmers."

Rostislav couldn't do this, so he could only pat the captain on the shoulder and give him some encouragement. Although the training is difficult, it still needs to be done. The current training is to save lives on the road in the future, so that more people can reach Northeast Ross safely.

After the training session, Rostislav continued to stroll around the camp to see how the immigrants were doing, and asked them if they had any problems to solve.

Many farmers finally mustered up their courage and surrounded the prince, expressing their various problems in one go. Some people thought the tent was too narrow, some had conflicts with their neighbors, and hoped that the prince would mediate, and some You just want better conditions.

Some people even gathered around because they simply wanted to see Rostislav. After all, Rostislav’s martial arts reputation is now resounding all over Russia, and it will be spread abroad with the flow of people. Since such a great hero Here, everyone naturally wants to see what Prince Rurik, who defeated the Polovets, looks like.

The prince asked his attendants to record the reactions of the people, and asked his nobles who were good at judging cases to deal with the disputes, but the crowd was still growing.

In the end, the extremely nervous guards forcibly dragged the master out and carried him back to Kyiv. God knows if there were any assassins, so many people were almost scared to death.

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(End of this chapter)