Just when the two noblemen were having a leisurely chat in the prince's hall, when we return to Moscow as a whole, we will find that the city has undergone tremendous changes - after all, self-built cities are in the past
It lasted half a year.
A large number of tents have been dismantled and wooden houses have been built everywhere, just like other Russian cities.
However, there are still a few brick buildings dotted in the sea of wooden houses. The so-called good practice leads to a negative effect. Since Rostislav likes to build houses with bricks and tiles, it is natural for wealthy people to follow him and learn from him.
The farmland in the city is already full of crops and looks full of vitality.
As for the prince's fortress, the prince's palace was completed, as well as the dormitories for the soldiers and clerks. Rostislav spent a lot of money to build these bricks and tiles. Most of the bricks were shipped from Nochens.
A small number of them are made by themselves.
As for the fact that there are several more villages around Moscow, there are always some people who do not want to live in the city, so they are resettled outside the city.
The forests near Moscow have been greatly reduced. For such a huge construction work, loggers are working almost day and night, and money is made from cutting down the wood.
Because of this, the suburbs of Moscow quickly became more spacious, and the land was not wasted. It was planted with seeds, but no one took care of it. How it turned out depended on God's will.
There are already fields that need to be taken care of in the city, and we just do it here as a small extra income.
However, there are many new faces in Moscow. They all come for the silver mine, which makes the city more lively.
For Leo, who manages the city, this greatly increases his workload.
Since the news of the discovery of silver mines spread, more and more people have flocked to Northeastern Rus', and the first stop for most of them was Moscow.
For outsiders, cities built by outsiders can make them feel somewhat safe.
But this is just the beginning of their arduous journey. The road ahead in Moscow will not be easy. There are many slave catchers and tribes intent on plundering in the forest. There are also people who first deceive people's trust and then use them as slaves.
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Leo had to manage such a large foreign population, and also had to ask why they came to Northeastern Rus.
Because some people simply traveled with the target silver miners, and for them farming was the first priority, Leo had to select these people and then give them land. Others saw the prosperity of Moscow and the difficulty of the road and felt that they should stay.
There was a bright future in this city, so I stayed.
And this is already the easiest job, but managing such a huge floating population is even more of a problem. He has to provide them with campsites and cheap food in Moscow, and he also has to maintain urban security. There are so many people coming from all over the world.
Naturally, there are all kinds of people among these, so we must be vigilant.
Vicious cases continue to occur in such crowded situations. For example, yesterday someone's throat was slit in a tavern, and the murderer has not yet been caught.
Leo had to repeatedly expand the number of Vicher's militia to strengthen the control of the city. Even though this would increase Vicher's power, after all, it was easy to expand but difficult to reduce. This was something the prince did not want to see, but it had to be done.
Recently, there have been a bunch of Polish knights and Hungarian cavalry in the city, and there are two big nobles in the palace that need to be dealt with - the prince and his wife are not here, so he has to be there.
That group of overly energetic samurai are the biggest troublemakers now. They are either fighting or clamoring for women all day long. The group of prostitutes in Moscow have long been too busy to keep their legs together under the surging crowd.
Women often have to queue up, which is one of the reasons why this group of people are dissatisfied.
Leo had no choice but to use slaves' wives and daughters to deal with it. This was very demeaning, but it was better to use slaves than to let them rape the wives and daughters of good people.
However, although there were many things, Leo handled them with ease. After all, he had been in charge of things in the Imperial Capital. Thousands of incidents happened in the Imperial Capital every day. He had been tested long ago. Otherwise, how could he stand out in the Imperial Capital back then?
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Today he is still writing new orders, mainly about rewards for bringing lost people stranded on the islands in the river to Moscow.
Due to the surge of people, many local residents started the business of guiding and transporting passengers, but many of them robbed the merchants on the way, and then left these poor people on islands in the river or in the woods.
Leo needs someone to take them back to Moscow. He doesn't care about the life or death of this group of people. He just does this because the prince wants it.
For the prince, every population is very precious and must be valued. Everyone here may contribute to Northeastern Rus.
After writing the order, Leo placed a bag of fine sand on the parchment to absorb the moisture from the ink, shook the fine sand off, and then rolled up the paper.
"Okay, let me make ten copies of this with birch bark. The handwriting should be larger, and then post it. I want them to be seen in every place where people gather."
After calling his clerks and handing them the things, Leo could finally stretch himself. He came to the window and looked at Moscow to change his mood.
Leo was in a two-story brick building where Rostislav's clerks worked and handled various matters. It could be said that this was the center of the principality's government.
Although the office space and residential buildings were not as good as the big houses and apartments in Constantinople, Leo was still very satisfied. After all, everything "belonged" to him. After being deposed for many years, he finally found the feeling of taking charge again.
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As for the Greek clerks below, they are even more satisfied. Low-level officials like them could only squeeze into small apartments in Constantinople, living together with ordinary citizens, but now they live in much spacious buildings and have offices.
It is also more spacious than the Imperial Capital.
Looking from the window, the scene is full of vitality. New immigrants are bargaining with fishermen, merchants are selling various mining tools, nobles riding tall horses are moving forward arrogantly, and militiamen to maintain order are scattered among the crowd, alert to everything.
The possible chaos, all kinds of people crowded together, everything is full of life and full of infinite possibilities.
Rostislav is indeed a capable man. It seems that my investment was correct. My last speculation was finally successful.
Leo thought this in his heart, and his eyes looked at the city. He liked to appreciate the prosperity. He was like this when he was in the imperial capital, because he knew that he had contributed a lot to the prosperity, and he felt a sense of accomplishment watching it.
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And now, his sense of accomplishment is even more intense, coming over him like a tidal wave.