"So, they keep building towers in the city?"

Looking at the unfamiliar city in front of him, Anton from the Serikhov family said uncontrollably, his tone full of astonishment.

His yelling attracted the attention of many people, but everyone just glanced at him and continued busy with their own affairs.

Tbilisi has changed a lot over the years. They can always see such surprised people from time to time, and over time they have become accustomed to it.

The reason for Anton's surprise is simple, because Tbilisi is now a city that is "growing" upward!

"Yes, it started in the Armenian settlement area first, and then everyone started to learn." The guide said in a calm tone. He saw this kind of scene every day, and he had long been accustomed to it.

"So they build towers in their own neighborhoods?"

Anton continued uncontrollably. He looked at the workers who were busy on the scaffolding and the tower being built in front of him, but the guide just shrugged, "How do I know what these big people think? Sir, please follow me for now.

Come on, that person wants to see you again."

The guide's words brought Anton's attention back to the current task. The most important thing was to complete the task first. Lord Monomach gave him such an important task this time, and he must complete it well. Then he

We walked to the city of Tbilisi under the leadership of the guide.

Tbilisi is a city with a variety of architectural styles. Those domes of different styles fill the sky of the city, showing the beauty of a variety of cultural fusions, giving the city a unique charm, but now the sky of Tbilisi

But it was filled with something else - towers.

Yes, high towers. Tbilisi is now a large construction site. There is only one thing being built on this construction site, those strong and tall towers.

The high towers destroyed the original beauty of the city and seemed very abrupt, but people are still building more high towers. Today, Tbilisi can be called a city of a thousand towers.

On the way to Tbilisi, in a conversation with the guide, Anton learned why the city became what it is today.

Since Monomakh abandoned Tbilisi, the city has been taken over by the Georgian royal family and nobles, but what they took over was only a very limited part. In fact, the power of most of the city is still in the hands of powerful local people.

.

Monomakh's large-scale wholesale of privileges was one of the main reasons for this situation, but the king and nobles did not complain. Georgia had lost Tbilisi for so many years, and now this land can be returned to them.

His rule is enough to boast to future generations.

As for expanding power to control the entire city, that can be done slowly.

Then, various factions started fighting for power in the city. During the period when Monomakh marched eastward to open up his foundation, Tbilisi became a city full of conspiracies and assassinations, street vendettas and conspiracies to sabotage.

You can see it everywhere, and it was also during this period that various factions in Tbilisi began to build towers.

As people built more and more towers, the entire city became a "city of a thousand towers". Residents divided their identities and were wary of each other, and the city became a quasi-war state.

Hearing what the guide said, Anton couldn't help but sigh that Monomach's decision was correct. If he had been tempted by this city and stayed here, he would have been hanged in this chaos. He could develop outward and escape from this mess.

The fighting cage won a piece of sky instead.

Just as Ross and his Georgian guide were passing through an alley, a sudden noise attracted their attention. Without any reason, the guide grabbed Anton's hand and rushed into a second-hand clothing store on the left.

The boss was an Arab wearing a big headscarf. He was busy closing the door at the moment. When he saw someone coming in, he didn't say anything, he just let them in. Then he called them in Georgian to help seal the door.

This second-hand clothing store is filled with all kinds of clothes. Anton has seen the costumes of almost all the ethnic groups he has seen since coming to this land, which shows how wide the audience of this boss is.

"It's those damn infidels! They must die! The Kuroshvili family must die!"

"They are thugs from the Kapanadze family, boys, let us kill them!"

Then there was a burst of fighting. The two teams started a cruel and fierce battle in this narrow alley. The screams were endless, but it could be judged from the sound that there was still an endless stream of people coming forward to fight.

"Lord Ross, come and have a cup of milk tea, they will also fight for a while."

While Anton was listening intently to the fighting outside, the guide and the Arab shopkeeper sat down in front of a small stove nearby. Milk tea was still boiling on the stove. The shopkeeper took out three cups and filled them all.

"what happened?"

Anton sat with them in shock. He took the milk tea and drank a few sips. Warmth spread in his heart and relieved his nervousness. However, the voice from outside the door still reminded him that there was a scene there.

Fierce fighting.

"What else could be going on? The gentlemen are killing each other again. Over the years, their fights have become more and more excessive. In the past, they were just assassinations and poisonings, but now they are almost openly killing each other in the city."

The shopkeeper drank all the milk tea in the cup, and he was very angry. He was obviously very dissatisfied with everything outside the door, and the guide continued what he said,

"This is the current situation in Tbilisi, a city ruled by street vendettas and towers. Desperados fight for those families every day. Every day the city guards have to remove many bodies. Everyone rises up if they can.

If there are no conditions for building towers, strengthen the houses or shops.”

"Since the fall of the emir, our life has really become worse day by day. Originally, we thought that the rule of the Russians who drove away the emir was already very bad. However, the king and his nobles showed us what the lower limit is.

"

The old man said angrily, while the guide smiled bitterly and shook his head repeatedly.

"Won't the king stop this?" Anton asked following the old man's words.

"The king only cares about how much money he can receive from our city, and the same goes for the nobles. As for the others, they don't care at all. Even if their poor power was taken away not long after entering the city, they acted generously.

It’s great, anyway, for those people, just getting the money is enough.”

"Ah, the fighting outside has almost stopped."

Just when Anton was about to inquire further about the current situation of the city, the guide suddenly mentioned the situation outside the store. Indeed, there was no sound of fighting anymore, only some intermittent wailing.

After waiting for a while for the fighting to stop, the three of them got busy and removed the wooden boards that closed the shop. What they saw next was a scene of a river of blood.

There were dead people wearing light armor everywhere on the ground. The corpses were scattered in a pool of blood as big as a lake. The smell of rust filled the nostrils of everyone present. There were also a few guys who fell on the ground struggling slightly, but that was all.

, it is estimated that they will die soon.

"Oh, we have to clean this up. Oh God, so many people have died. When will this day end?"

The Arab old man muttered something, and Anton and the two of them also said goodbye to him. As a thank you, they gave the old man a few dirham silver coins, which the old man accepted happily. He will definitely have no business here in the next few days. Now

With these silver coins, I can carry myself through these days.

Anton and the guide continued to move forward. They did not encounter those street vendettas and soon arrived at their destination. A building was built in the center of Tbilisi, but it gave itself a large yard.

's mansion.

This is Anton's destination, the mansion of Amvrosi Bezgin, the home of a powerful man in Tbilisi. Anton took a lot of risks to come to the City of Thousand Towers.

To see him.

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Chapter completed!