Chapter 178 Prosperous Guild

Five years passed very quickly, just like that, time passed by like that, and the time came to 1060.

These five years have been peaceful years. Except for occasional conflicts on the border and some fighting in the countryside, this land has been very peaceful, peaceful and prosperous.

Moscow has changed a lot in the past five years, and the most significant change is in the inner city.

Today's inner city has greatly changed. The wooden walls and towers of the past have disappeared, replaced by red brick walls and tall towers made of the same red bricks.

It is also because of this red brick wall that the inner city of Moscow has a new name among Moscow citizens and outsiders, the Red City.

And Moscow also has a new name, the City of Red Towers. This name comes from the tall red towers standing on the outer city walls. Although Rostislav did not turn the outer city walls into bricks, he could at least change the towers into bricks. Tile.

The urban area of ​​Moscow has also changed a lot. With the vigorous promotion and spread of the princes, many brick buildings have appeared in the urban area of ​​Moscow, and the bricklayers' guild has made great contributions.

Urban districts with all-brick buildings have also appeared. They were the craftsman districts established under Rostislav's orders. This is also where Moscow's guilds are most concentrated. These guilds have built their urban districts like closed ones. Like a fortress, this is a privilege granted by the prince.

As for outside the city, the forest is far away from the city. Some land has been opened up into farmland, while other land is still vacant. Several water conservancy mills have been built along the Moskva River to facilitate people to grind wheat into flour. Of course, , you need to collect money.

Now in Moscow, if you want to engage in related occupations such as carpentry, pottery, and blacksmithing, you must first go to the guild to take a standard examination, and then be issued a sales certificate.

At the same time, the guild also provides skills training services. As long as you are willing to pay, you can serve as an apprentice in the guild and learn relevant skills.

It's just that many times the essence of this kind of learning is to pay the masters to work for free, but this is an opportunity to learn skills, a rare opportunity. Whether you can even accept this training elsewhere is a question.

But fortunately, now is the time to expand production. Craftsmen need apprentices to master the skills as soon as possible and join production. They don't have to wait that long, and they don't ask too much from apprentices.

Through the guild's standard control, the prince successfully improved the quality of handicrafts produced in Moscow. At the same time, the existence of the guild's exclusive rights made the craftsmen no longer have to worry about the sale of goods and only need to concentrate on production.

In addition, the Prince of Moscow will purchase all the remaining products of the guild and sell them to the countryside of Northeastern Rus'. The countryside of Northeastern Rus' is a very broad market and a promising place.

In addition, Moscow is now the largest producer of iron products in Northern Russia, including various iron tools, weapons and armor.

The guild system has greatly improved production efficiency and employees, but unfortunately it still cannot satisfy the hungry market. After all, iron products can be sold at high prices anywhere.

The works of the Moscow Blacksmith Guild will be engraved with a knight's logo representing Moscow. This is Rostislav's idea. Building a reputation can itself bring about an increase in added value.

And just as Rostislav expected, as these iron products engraved with the knight's logo gradually spread, the reputation of Moscow products also spread.

The offices of the blacksmith guild are always crowded with businessmen from all over the world, including Russians, Bulgars, Jews... These people are anxiously waiting for the completion and shipment of their orders.

The abundant goods and high quality have led many businessmen to favor various handicrafts produced in Moscow, and more and more people are coming here to purchase goods.

Moscow also became more prosperous, and with the flow of caravans, immigrants attracted by Moscow itself gradually arrived.

Some of them are from other Russian regions, and some are farmers who have been absorbed by the prosperity of the city. These people come to Moscow with only one purpose, and that is to pursue a better life.

Moscow welcomes immigrants. The city is still on the fast track of development. As long as you have hands and are willing to work, you can find a job that can support yourself and live well.

Therefore, there are more and more hopeful faces on the streets, and the city is becoming more and more prosperous due to the influx of these people.

The strategy Rostislav set five years ago is reaping sweet rewards. Establishing the guild system is the right thing to do, and as time goes by, the rewards will be even greater.

After the emergence of Moscow, the center of handicrafts, and as Moscow citizens spread to the countryside, Northeastern Rus was also changing.

Some changes that are difficult to see and extremely slow, but real, are also the changes Rostislav longs for.

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In the prince's palace, important figures from Northeastern Rus' were holding an important meeting in the Map Hall to summarize the development of Moscow in recent years.

The Map Hall of the Prince's Palace was decorated on the order of Rostislav Vladimirovich and was the most modest room in this magnificent palace.

The surrounding walls are simple gray, without the unnecessary complicated decorations in other rooms, and there is a large table in the center with a map of the entire Rus' territory and surrounding areas engraved on it.

The skilled masters of the carpentry guild saw out the coasts and river bends one by one according to the existing maps, combined with the research of scholars and the descriptions of the princes. No part of the entire table was straight. The table depicts this land.

The earth, mountains and rivers, city fortresses, lakes and forests, country borders. All are visible at a glance.

This map of the Northeastern Rus is the most exquisite, with all the towns and fortresses on this land marked on it, as well as the simple dirt roads that connect this land together.

And because the large map can be split, the part of Northeastern Rus is now split, and everyone attending the meeting is surrounding it.

Rostislav spent a lot of effort on this map. Many concepts needed to be told to the craftsmen in person, as well as the shape of the Russian territory. He could only draw a rough outline based on memory, but at least it was better than the abstract images of this era.

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The Persian doctor of the Prince of Moscow contributed a lot during the cartographic process. Ibn Hay was an encyclopedic scholar and he had mastered both Arabic and Byzantine cartographic techniques. With the help of these professionals, the Prince of Moscow's

The drawing went very smoothly.

The ruler of Northeastern Rus', Prince Rostislav Vladimirovich of Moscow, was looking at this map and listening to the reports of his subordinates.

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Chapter completed!