While the princes of Moscow were busy preparing for the future, ordinary people in Moscow continued their normal lives.
For these ordinary people, the princes' conquests and strategies have nothing to do with them. They only care about whether their lives can be better.
And the Prince of Moscow has indeed made their lives better and better. The martial arts competition held a few days ago allowed everyone to make a small fortune and enjoy a celebration that is very rare in Kiev.
Many citizens recalled the scene when they first arrived in Northeastern Rus', feeling as if they were in another world. At that time, Moscow was still a wilderness. Many people regretted joining this immigration, and a few people even left here.
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Most people stayed in the end, because many people could not bear the cost of such a distant immigration operation for the second time. They could only stay on this land and watch the passage of time.
Next, they experienced a lot, the authenticity of the Kashin silver mine, the invasion of the Bulgars, and the great victory of the Moscow princes. These events made the Moscow citizens have great trust in the young Rostislav.
The words have completely disappeared.
Now Moscow has become a prosperous city with a population of tens of thousands, a prosperous city that can be ranked among the whole of Russia.
Although the city's construction still requires a lot of work, everything is developing prosperously in a better direction.
Life here is easier than in Kiev. Although it is troubled by wars from time to time, which land in Russia is not troubled by wars from time to time.
Moreover, Rostislav can always lead everyone to victory and let everyone get the spoils. Who doesn't like such a prince?
Moscow's street markets are always extremely prosperous, with vendors crowding both sides of the streets, selling all kinds of ordinary or special, expensive or cheap goods to people. As for the taverns, they are always packed with drunken citizens.
Opera performers can be seen everywhere, performing acrobatics or performing comic repertoires. Of course, there are some vulgar jokes in them, but these can make people laugh.
Speaking of drama, we must mention miracle plays. Every time the Miracle Theater performs, the stage is packed with people. After all, compared to those farce plays that rely entirely on individual actors, miracle plays are strictly written and carefully rehearsed.
Nature has an absolute advantage.
However, because the Miracle Theater Company recently toured the countryside under the orders of the prince, people couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. However, the completion of a theater and the opening of new plays attracted people again.
Now opposite the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Moscow, there stands a theater with three-story stands surrounding the stage, which can accommodate more people to watch.
This was built by Rostislav to promote the development of Russian drama. The first shot was started by Alexey, who was funded by the prince. The result was that it was very popular. Alexey proved his ability with his performance, and because of the repertoire
Its worldliness and story-telling made it even more popular among Moscow citizens than the miracle drama.
After the first night, Alexei instantly became the most famous playwright in Moscow. This somewhat poor literary man also changed into the rich class of Moscow overnight, and could compete with Moscow's rich people.
The nobles drank and talked happily.
And that theater was named Alexei Theater by Rostislav. He was originally responsible for most of the establishment of this theater. The prince of Moscow actually did not like miracle plays. Alexey wrote these
Secular plays were more popular with him.
The prince of Moscow also came to the theater to watch the performance in person. Because of the prince's visit, the Alexei Theater also became a gathering place for Moscow's wealthy class. It was so comfortable to sit in the upper box and watch the play while talking with friends.
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Today's Alexei Theater is as lively as ever, with people in coarse linen clothes standing in the open space in front of the stage, while wealthy citizens and nobles sit on the upper seats and leisurely watch the performance below.
At the moment, a poet is singing poetry on the stage. What he is singing is a sad story, which happened in an ancient kingdom:
As an enemy, a man impregnated a woman with a child, but he left his wife and children because he was only fulfilling the rights of the victor. The son who grew up in the future killed the man who raped his mother and returned to the countryside with his head.
, and after seeing her son kill her father, the woman fell into great sadness after being happy, and fell directly from the city wall, because her son turned into a parricide, and neither the old or new gods would forgive him.
"Rostislav is really... starting to build momentum so early?"
Listening to the singing, the champion of the Moscow Tourney, who was in a box on the third floor of the theater, drank Bulgar wine and looked at the scene below.
The Persians have a very keen sense of politics. Aren’t the lines of this poem alluding to the Akade who killed his relatives and his king?
It seems that Rostislav will have to take action against Bulgar sooner or later, the Persian thought.
"Why do you care so much? Drink and drink, we are here to have fun today, don't think too much."
"Yeah, I'm going to the fiefdom soon, and there won't be many opportunities to meet in the future."
A slightly heroic voice came out, and the owner of the voice was a strong Norseman. He was Thorgil, the runner-up in the tourney, and the man wrapped in fur sitting opposite him was John Thor.
Carl, the third runner-up in the tourney.
As the top three in the martial arts competition, these three became good friends beyond many people's expectations and like to go out for parties and drinks from time to time, but few people know that their relationship is so good.
Anwar is now the steward of the Prince of Moscow, responsible for managing many administrative matters outside of Moscow, while Sogil and Sokal have become lords under the Prince of Moscow.
In order to avoid suspicion, these three people kept their gatherings as small as possible, for fear of attracting too much attention. The combination of palace ministers and local nobles could easily make some people think wildly and bring them unnecessary trouble.
Of course, the Moscow princes knew about the gathering, and they knew that others could hide it, but the princes could not, while Rostislav turned a blind eye to their close friendship.
"Ah, a little habit, drinking and drinking."
Upon seeing this, Anwar immediately said that he had seen a lot of things from the prince of Moscow recently, many of which made him feel very novel. The thinking of this ruler was very different from others. Now that he saw it again, he naturally said it subconsciously, and then he
To express his apology he drank the contents of the glass in one gulp.
The three of them drank happily and enjoyed the drama below. It was very pleasant. After drinking for three rounds, they started to chat.
"By the way, Anwar, do you know where the prince has gone? I haven't seen him in the past few days."
Thorgil asked drunkenly, today is their farewell banquet, otherwise they would not drink like this.
The Northmen originally wanted to talk to Rostislav about the share of Riga's tribute, but in the end they could not find Rostislav.
"Prince? It seems he is going on a parade."
Anwar replied subconsciously, but from his daily thinking, it seemed that he had conducted research on the situation in Northeastern Rus during this period, so he immediately saw the prince's purpose.
"Tour the countryside, well, this ruler is very responsible, but if you want to tame this land, what you need is not a parade, but decades of rule."