king of ros

Chapter 93
Compared with the amazement and fear of the farmers below, Rostislav only felt a little bored.

To the Prince of Moscow, this battle was not a battle at all, it could only be called an armed parade. From the beginning of the battle to the present, less than twenty people died, and none of them died on his side. When it's over, the enemy crumbles.

"Tell Varu, let him take those farmers to the village of the rebels, he can do whatever he wants, he can burn houses, he can rape, but don't kill too many people, these people have to be kept as labor force .”

Rostislav has been very indifferent to these things. After experiencing many tragedies, Rostislav has adjusted his mentality and sat completely on the feudal nobles. Isn't it justified for the nobles to kill and exploit?

And in this way, while eliminating the thorns, it can also make his new people happy, and further strengthen their identification with him as a prince.

After finishing the order, Rostislav gave the task to his personal captain. Gevalan is now wearing a plain iron helmet. After the ruby ​​on his helmet was lost, he searched for it for a long time, but still I couldn't find it, so I had to wear this one now.

As for Rostislav, escorted by the guards back to Moscow, there are still many things waiting for him to deal with.

Rostislav rode through the forest, along the road cut in the forest, and on the way he passed the clay mine discovered near Moscow, where a brick factory had been established nearby, where craftsmen and slaves were working hard. Labor, providing the bricks needed for the rising city.

Passing through the brick factory, Moscow appears in front of you like a large construction site.

It has been almost two months since they came here, and a solid wooden wall has been erected around the city of Moscow. Under the wooden wall is a wide and deep moat full of spikes.

The foundation of this wooden wall is not made of bricks, so it cannot be built too high, but Rostislav did it on purpose. In his plan, the wall will be pushed down sooner or later. What he wants to build is tall and tall. Strong, very reliable brick walls at first glance, rather than wooden walls.

However, with the output of bricks and tiles in his hands, there is still a long way to go to achieve this goal.

Looking from a distance, you can see that Rostislav’s prince’s residence on the terrace has been mostly built. It is a brick and tile building with the style of an imperial capital. The atmosphere of civilization - the villages and towns along the way are full of wooden houses, which always give him an extremely desolate feeling.

Seeing the return of Rostislav, the soldiers on the wooden wall blew the horn representing the return of the prince, and the gate slowly opened due to this sound, welcoming the owner of the city to enter.

The first feeling when entering Moscow is desolation.

Yes, desolation, Rostislav has designated a large piece of land for Moscow, including the agricultural land of the residents of the city, and many agricultural lands are still empty now.

This is not a strange thing. In Europe in this era, it is very common to farm in the city walls.

In Rostislav's plan, when the population of the city surges, the agricultural land will be transformed into a place for new housing, without the trouble of expanding the city wall.

Due to strict planning and execution, the city was divided into squares. Of course, more than half of them are still empty.

As for the other half, seeds have been planted on some of them, and there are still people working in the fields with the distributed production tools, others are building simple wooden houses, and some are cooking meals at the door of their homes, or doing things that can be bought by businessmen. Acquired handicrafts.

A church is also being built in the city. Judging from the scale of the construction, this church is not small. There is no such church in Northeast Ross, and it is also built entirely of bricks and tiles.

But this is not the money spent by Rostislav, but the money spent by the former metropolitan who has retired. He spent all his savings and the funds he won through resignation on this church. The old man who has regained his original heart I vowed to do something great on this land.

Like most Ross cities, the ground is paved with wooden planks for the convenience of passage, people and livestock are constantly running along the road, and the smell of filth can be smelled from time to time. People on the road quickly moved out of the way when they saw the prince returning.

Regarding these filth, it is actually the result of Rostislav’s best efforts to rectify them. He still remembers that in the first month he ignored this problem in his busy schedule, and as a result, Moscow was like a big cesspit. Urban sanitation is what makes Moscow less stinky.

At first, Rostislav wanted to personally intervene in this problem and let his people take charge of the grassroots affairs, but after weighing the cost and knowing the cost of doing so, he decided to form a Wecher and let them solve these grassroots issues. Work.

It's not that he doesn't want to spread his power all over the grassroots in Moscow, it's because the conditions don't allow it!It's the wallet that doesn't allow it!Manpower is not allowed!
Through this little matter, Rostislav has a deep understanding of the troubles at the grassroots level. In his previous life, the grassroots problems were all over the place, but in his age when the productivity was not yet developed, it was impossible to think about it.

The people on the road kept bowing to the prince on the side horse. Many people were very grateful to Rostislav for bringing them to this land. Although the journey was difficult, they were accompanied by Rostislav’s army. The life here is true. It is much easier than the busy Kyiv, the price of food is cheaper, and the land is quite fertile.

The new citizens of Moscow had completely surrendered to Rostislav's authority and regarded him as their prince.

Rostislav quickly passed through the still somewhat empty urban area, and came to the slightly undulating platform in the center, where a simple wooden wall was built. The guards saw that Rostislav immediately opened the city gate and welcomed their prince to enter.

And behind the wall is the half-completed prince's mansion, and the construction site here is not the only one, there are also dormitories for soldiers and clerks, which are also built with bricks and tiles. You have to get used to it first, so that others will follow.

Zoe and the civil servants were waiting for the prince's return at the gate. The prince got off his horse and gave a kiss to his wife who had been working hard with him recently. Rostislav had to calculate various statistics with his wife many times.

Zoe seemed quite uncomfortable with this journey. After all, Kyiv was barely enough for a lady in the imperial capital, let alone such a wild place.

But Zoe overcame those discomforts and followed Rostislav to Northeast Ross without any complaints. Rostislav could naturally see this, which moved the prince quite a bit, and his feelings for his wife deepened.

After the kiss, Zooey told him a piece of news that made him immediately alert.

Polei has a letter from Rostov.

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(End of this chapter)