king of ros

Chapter 88
On September 9, after nearly two months of intensive recruitment and material preparation, the immigrant army recruited by Rostislav finally set foot on the road to departure.

There were a lot of people who came to see off the team when they left, because many family members and friends of people in Kyiv and nearby areas were in this huge immigration team.

Those who saw off gave dry food, blankets and other items as farewell gifts. Northeast Ross behind the forest was far away and desolate. After such a farewell, I don’t know when I will see my relatives and friends today.

Many people shed tears when they left their hometown, but more people just silently grabbed a handful of soil from their hometown and wrapped it carefully as a sustenance to their hometown, and then moved forward firmly.

The farewell between Rostislav and his uncles was also full of family affection, especially the uncle. It seemed to him that sending such a young junior to such a desolate place was really tormenting him, but Yaroslav’s allocation was like this, and the younger generation also Can only obey.

They did not forget to send farewell gifts. The uncle gave a soldier armor, which was enough to attract warriors, and the second uncle gave a horse from the grassland. This is what the second uncle carefully selected from his spoils The third uncle presented a batch of precious handwritten books that he made and bound himself, and the book covers were decorated with gold, silver and precious stones.

No matter what Yaroslav's children and grandchildren think in their hearts, at least at this moment they are full of family affection.

It also sends a powerful political signal, the descendants of Yaroslav are friendly and united, telling the guy who has evil intentions not to move.

And this person with a dark heart, of course, most obviously refers to the witchcraft prince of the Principality of Polotsk. Yaroslav discovered that these heretics came from Polotsk shortly after the riots in Kyiv, but there was no evidence And no crusade.

Although there is no crusade, deterrence must be maintained, especially now that Yaroslav has left, and the blood relationship between Polotsk and Kyiv is already very far away. In Zhu Yaroslavich's view, those Polotsk are enough to be regarded as for outsiders.

After bidding farewell to his uncles, Rostislav boasted on his red horse, stroked the bright red fur of his old comrade-in-arms, and Rostislav set off on his way north.

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The huge immigrant team wriggled slowly like a long snake that could not be seen at a glance, meandering along the banks of the Dnieper River.

According to the pre-arranged formation, the strong men walked outside with their bags on their backs, holding weapons such as hunting spears in their hands, watching the forest by the river bank vigilantly, always ready to protect the women, children and the elderly inside, the weakest and the most vulnerable. Sick people can sit in a carriage with a lot of heavy luggage, and others—even the elderly or children have to walk on their own feet, carrying small packages on their shoulders.

Nomads drive their livestock forward, and their families stay in boxcars. Even if they have been semi-settled for many years, herders still maintain the ability to move quickly.

The soldiers are scattered among the immigration team, trying their best to maintain the order in the area they are in charge of, to ensure that these immigrants do not fall behind or do stupid things.

On the vast Dnieper River is a fleet full of food, which can supply the immigrants at any time, or put down the soldiers on the ship to solve the problem when encountering trouble, or pull away the immigrants who are in conflict, or surround and kill A beast without eyes.

On both sides of the long snake, there is a small group of cavalry accompanying every [-] meters, including the cavalry infantry of the Ross nobles, the cavalry accompanying the prince, and nomads holding bows. Together with the fleet on the river, they are an important presence to maintain order.

Even the most timid people will feel courage when they see a large cavalry roaring past, and they can also quickly support those who are attacked by wild beasts.

But fortunately, seeing such a huge human team, except for a few who were frantically hungry, most of the beasts only dared to let out a piercing scream in the forest, scaring some cowards so that they could not sleep at night.

As for the local villages and tribes, under Rostislav’s silver bullet offensive and the prince’s authority, they all chose to cooperate honestly with the passage of the immigrant brigade. They sent guides and supplies, and what Rostislav gave in return was precious of silver.

Although a lot of preparations have been made, Rostislav's immigration team still has to stop every few hours. After all, the main body of the team is disorderly immigrants, and it is necessary to stop from time to time to rectify the team, otherwise the queue will be beyond recognition up.

Rostislav was also mentally prepared for this. He prepared so much food to deal with such a situation. The Prince of Ross had long been prepared for a protracted war.

In this huge relocation operation, the most exhausted is the leadership headed by Rostislav.

Rostislav was troubled by all kinds of trivial matters in the team every day, and many problems required him to appear in front of the public to deal with them.

However, he did not reject it, after all, only by demonstrating his authority in front of the public can he leave a deep impression on them.

In this era of underdeveloped productivity and Ross, whose political system is backward, the most convenient and simple way to establish authority among the people is to judge those civil trivial matters, and the power of the lord is practiced in these trivial matters.

While dealing with various trivial matters, he also had to deal with letters from all sides, Kyiv, Sri Lanka, and even Rostov, and many things required him to decide.

The letters from Kyiv were mainly from uncles, especially the uncle, asking him if he needed any help. Rostislav could only politely refuse this. He had already accepted so much kindness from the uncle, so how could he ask for it again?
Sicheng comes from Uncle Visata, who is talking about the hoarding of various materials. Not only did he spend a lot of food along the way, but he must spend more after arriving in Northeast Ross. After all, if there is no early investment, how can we welcome later development.

As for Rostov, the city where Rostislav was supposedly inaugurated was quite enthusiastic about their new prince, and had no resistance to the migration of a large number of Ross immigrants. Say it with extreme humility.

Rostislav was very satisfied with the city's attitude, but he did not let down his vigilance. He would not let his vigilance down easily until he took control of the city.

For trivial matters, Rostislav regards all these as exercises. If these things cannot be handled well now, how will the vast Northeast Ross be governed in the future?How to turn that barren land into a land of civilization and prosperity?
During such a trip, this huge immigrant team finally approached Smolensk, an important node on their journey, the hub city of Ross.

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(End of this chapter)