In Rostov's castle, after the accompanying soldiers retreated, Rostislav finally took off his serious mask.
The prince put on his nightgown and threw himself directly on the big bed in the room, his face showing the activity he should have at his age and his boredom with complicated things.
When many people faced Rostislav's serious face, they forgot that their prince was only 17 years old this year.
Today's news about the verdict only gave Rostislav a headache. He had to sit in on those family affairs. It was really painful.
"It will be fine in the future. Today is mainly about dealing with the things that have accumulated during this period."
Said Zoe, who also put on a white nightgown in front of the dressing table on the other side of the room.
She was more accustomed to such an audience than her husband. This was the first time she had been in such an occasion, and she listened with great interest.
There was a hint of contempt for her husband's current performance in Zoe's tone, which was naturally noticed by Rostislav. He understood the teasing meaning, and he said angrily,
"You find it interesting now, but you won't anymore. I have been attending my father's meetings since I was a child, and I have long been sick of seeing these things."
As the son of the prince of Nojo, Rostislav followed his father in participating in various political events since he was a child.
It was even more necessary to attend such an event when the prince had an audience with him. At first, he was just as interested in it as Zoe, but soon he became numb.
"Okay, okay, I guess you're right."
Zoe answered her husband's request and came to the bedside to sit down.
"Whether this group of people is going to do something, I suspect today's purchase is just a test."
Zoe sat on the bed and continued to tell her husband that she always felt that the Bulgar envoy's smile was malicious.
"Well, maybe, the Bulgars may indeed do something. Ever since my ancestors defeated them, the Bulgars have always been at a disadvantage when facing the Ross. Now that the Ross is divided, they might want to take this opportunity to challenge me."
Rostislav's thoughts were similar to his wife's. He was very clear about the Bulgars' ultimate goal, and they never failed to make small moves for this purpose.
The prince recalled that when his grandfather was handling government affairs in the city of Novo, he ordered Rostov to strengthen the defense against the Bulgars. At that time, news of the Bulgarian movements had already spread. The Bulgarian plundering team crossed the border and invaded the traditional tribute payment of the Russians.
District, but Yaroslav ordered the cities in Northeastern Rus to jointly give him a powerful counterattack, which made the Bulgars honest.
"Does this mean there will be another war?"
Zoe's face showed disappointment. Whenever the war broke out, it was when her husband left her. Although life in Northeastern Ross was hard, it was okay to be with her husband.
But if a war breaks out, her husband will have to leave her again, and she will have to worry about his safety.
Rostislav didn't say much about this, he just hugged Zoe's head and touched the black hair, with a gentle smile on his face.
"If the war is coming, let him come. I will win the final victory. I will not die. The Estonians failed to kill me, and the Polovtsians failed to kill me. St. George will
He looked after me on the battlefield."
Although he knew they were comforting, the prince's words still made Zoe feel a lot better, but then Rostislav suddenly turned over, pressed her down and rolled up her nightgown.
"But let's not worry about distant matters now, madam. Everyone is looking forward to us giving birth to a child soon."
Although Rostislav was still a teenager, everyone was looking forward to him having a child. He was blind on the battlefield, and for the worst possible situation, the prince had to leave descendants so that everyone could feel at ease.
"kindness."
Zoe replied with a blush.
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When Rostislav established his authority in Rostov, in Tver - a city that does not yet exist - Rostislav's bannerman Jan was supervising a mining site and watching the people working in it.
Yang is now wearing a helmet and armor, and is as armed as an iron can.
The camp they were in was at the foot of a large mountain, and the miners were tapping the rocks on the hillside with their mining picks.
In this mining camp, even the miners are wearing weapons, and the soldiers on duty are even more heavily armed. The reason why they are so vigilant is that an attack may occur at any time.
Yes, they may appear at any time. Although those Weixi people are weak and weak in a serious fight, their harassment is still very annoying. Shoot an arrow today and kill someone tomorrow, which makes everyone extremely annoyed.
When will this damn day appear?
Yang couldn't help but think that even if he believed in Rostislav, at this moment he began to doubt whether his prince was right.
Yang's team consisted of fifty soldiers and hundreds of miners. Most of these miners were recruited by the prince in Kiev at a high price, and were headed by engineers who had worked in the imperial capital.
They formed a mining exploration team and came here to search for the existence of the Rostislav Memory Kashin Silver Mine.
Since Rostislav only knew that this thing was in the Kashin area of Tver, but did not know where it was specifically, Young's team had to explore one by one after finally knowing the location of the Kashin area from the local population.
Wherever there may be a mine, exploration is started, but so far the results have been a waste, and nothing has been obtained except a pile of stones.
The local Rus people have a moderate attitude towards them, and they can still stand together because of common interests, but the Visi people, a branch of the Finns who live here, are different.
They kept attacking Yang's team. Although they couldn't cause any serious casualties to Yang's team, the continued harassment was disgusting.
Later, Yang learned that it turned out that a few years ago, the local Rus and Visi had engaged in several large-scale armed fights over resources, and the relationship had always been very bad. Now the arrival of Yang's team was considered by them to be the Rus' intention to further colonize this land.
Therefore, they continued to harass Yang's team, making Yang's team miserable.
Fortunately, because of this, Yang's team can easily obtain support from the Ross village. This is the reason for the common interests mentioned before.
The people in these villages were happy to provide supplies and manpower to Yang, and some even planned to elect Yang as the local lord to lead them to defeat the Visi people.
But Yang didn't have that intention. The most important thing now was Rostislav's mission. As for the other things, he had to complete the mission first.