October 1066.

Three years have passed since the chaos that swept through Northeastern Russia.

In the past three years, Northeastern Rus has changed a lot, and most of the changes are good. This land is now more prosperous.

For the Moscow government, the biggest victory is that the gangs active in Northeastern Russia have finally been contained.

In the past three years, the army of the Prince of Moscow has been fighting wits and courage with various gangs in the countryside and on the road, and various small-scale battles continued. As a result of such battles, the gangs finally succeeded in downgrading from the level of a hundred people to less than a hundred people.

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The nature of these original rebels has completely changed. They no longer want to attack Christians and maintain their original way of life. Now they wear this skin and do evil in the countryside, causing the people to change from support to disgust.

However, due to the inner thinking of the people that "no matter how bad they are, they are still bad people here on our side", although the people hate them, they will not be too enthusiastic about reporting and punishing them. Otherwise, no matter how powerful these gangs are, their living space will disappear.

A series of policies of the Prince of Moscow also promoted this. It was not easy to achieve this, and it had to be done both militarily and economically.

Naturally, the military must continue to crack down on gangs to make the people realize that becoming a gangster has become a thing with no future.

Economically, Rostislav tried his best to bring farmers in the vast land into the economic system of Northeastern Rus.

The specific manifestation is to allow merchants to go to the village more frequently to collect goods, making trade more prosperous. Through this method, the power of the princes is also continuously extended.

The registered population under the control of the Moscow regime has fully doubled. You must know that this figure was achieved after the great chaos in 1063.

The chaos of that year caused great confusion in the original population statistics of the princely government. This doubling was achieved under such circumstances. For this reason, Moscow's bureaucrats were working overtime to the point of going crazy.

When merchants began to place extensive orders in the villages and purchase various materials in large quantities, many men who had nothing to do and could not farm due to the season found work.

Wouldn't it be better to make some small things at home and sell them to merchants? You can make steady money without any problems, and you don't have to go out to take risks.

But it is a pity that this kind of trading activities can only radiate to a small area, and the number of merchants is limited after all. Moreover, when they go to the countryside, they are often escorted by the prince's army, which is the same as the tax collectors in Moscow.

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But after all, it has had a positive impact. The concrete manifestation is that no matter what, the number of people joining gangs has actually decreased.

However, the decrease is a decrease, but the soil for its survival is still there. People who are dissatisfied with feudalization actually exist, and they are still increasing.

As for those with itchy hands who want to rob, there are even more.

Traveling alone or in two or three people in this land is still synonymous with danger and stupidity. Rostislav is also very helpless about this, but considering that Northeastern Russia has never changed in this regard, neither does the Prince of Moscow.

What are you demanding?

The Prince of Moscow set a small goal for himself, hoping to stabilize the road along the road before he was forty years old. As for other things, he really didn't think much about it.

On the Bulgar side, Rostislav was very happy to see that the Adam regime finally stabilized this year and did not ask Moscow for military support.

Over the years, Adam Doulu's rule was stumbling. Just when the Russians left in 1063, another wave of uprisings broke out. At that time, it was all the Moscow battalion's desperate suppression that maintained the situation.

As for the vassals and powerful people under Adam, they are basically just helpless people who are unwilling to contribute much.

And his headquarters force must maintain control of the Bulgar cities, so the only one that can be used is the Moscow Battalion.

But even so, Rostislav continued several mobilizations that year and sent 3,000 people to help Adam.

As for the next year, that is, 1064, as Rostislav transferred the Moscow Battalion, taking this as an opportunity, another round of uprising broke out.

This time it was the Islamic forces in the Bulgar cities that launched the attack. At that time, several large Bulgar cities broke away from Adam's rule. At that time, the situation of Adam's regime became extremely dangerous.

Rostislav's response was to ask Domnar to lead five thousand men to Bulgar, and Domnar successfully completed the task and made the army a fortune.

As for 1065, Moscow sent thousands of troops to Bulgar three times in a row, but by this time the intensity of resistance had weakened and the Bulgars were tired of resisting.

The "Sword of Justice" paid a huge price for these resistances. Basically, the uprising was completed under their leadership, so they had to pay the price after failure.

Now the "Sword of Justice" has been completely transformed into a gang, which is even more complete than Ross's Veles Gang. It has become a force that brings chaos to the countryside. However, because they are the power of the Islamic religion after all, and the "Sword of Justice"

The student leaders know how to maintain good relations with the people better than uncultured gangsters like Northeastern Ross, so they still have a place for survival.

Adam's rule seems to be okay, his legal rationality is absolutely no problem, and Bulgar's industry is also growing steadily, and the stability of the situation is inevitable.

For Moscow, these wars are not all bad. Through continuous mobilization, the Moscow government's control over the registered population within its jurisdiction is constantly increasing. You must know that in the past, it was just a name.

Of course, this was based on victory and a short period of time. The troops that went to Bulgar often returned within a few months, and they returned with wealth, so naturally there was no dissatisfaction.

Moreover, equipment and combat effectiveness have also been enhanced. Nothing can cultivate warriors better than war.

By this year, 1066, there were only two months left in the year, and there was no message from Bulgar asking for help, which meant that Adam had really secured his throne.

According to the information Rostislav knows, Adam has successfully used the Russians to break down the barriers between the Bulgar cities in the past few years of suppression - through physical means.

For a long time, the huge problem of the Bulgar cities is that when the cities were built, they were often completed by each tribe. In other words, a city was completed by a tribe, and this city also belonged to this tribe.

Therefore, the centrifugation among the Bulgar cities was very serious. After all, the various tribes were originally opposed to each other, and this opposition also extended to the cities. As a result, the power that the Bulgar Khan could mobilize was very limited in many cases.

However, Adam took advantage of the rule-breaking power of the Rus and carried out a large-scale population proposal for the cities, mixing the populations of different cities. In this way, the city-owned management based on the tribal concept was naturally self-defeating.

It was precisely because of his behavior that led to continuous urban riots in 1065, but at least he completed the matter, and Bulgar's cohesion increased as a result, and his hands became stronger.

This made Rostislav very happy. Finally, Bulgar did not need him to invest resources.

And now, it is he who needs Bulgar's help.

The smell of gunpowder within Rus began to increase, the wizarding princes began to make moves, and the Borovets in the south seemed to have regained their unity, and they were constantly testing Kiev.

As a person who is familiar with the history of Russia, the Prince of Moscow understands that the next round of chaos will break out, and he must not stay out of it, nor can he stay out of it.

In this round of chaos, the political situation in Russia will undergo a reshuffle, a comprehensive reshuffle. This is the moment that Rostislav has been waiting for.

For example, now, rumors about the wizarding princes sending troops to fight against Zhuya Roslavich have begun to spread, and the fireworks of war have begun to spread, but most people are still slow to do so, while rulers such as Rostislav

Have noticed those unusual movements.

But it's a pity that he doesn't know when the wizarding prince will take action, so he can only wait.

But now, Rostislav's mind is not on this matter. He is concerned about something far away, how Harald is doing, how Edward is doing, and most importantly, how Hastings is doing.

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Chapter completed!