After the evening banquet, Rostislav dragged his somewhat tired body back to his red house.
The drinking was really crazy that night, and the uncles entertained Rostislav very warmly. The toasts were non-stop, and expensive Bulgarian and Moldavian wines were poured into his stomach one glass after another.
Moreover, there were uncles' children and his young cousins who were also raising glasses and drinking with so many people. Rostislav really almost drank it.
Even when Young and Meshko rushed up to hold back a lot of wine for him, Rostislav almost couldn't resist it.
Speaking of Mieszko, this Polish nobleman who had to stand aside in Rostislav's previous meeting with relatives due to his status was outstanding at the banquet. He drank down almost everyone who came to drink with him. His drinking capacity
Rostislav was very envious.
Fortunately, the uncle gave him some face in the end. Seeing that the nephew couldn't drink anymore, he asked his personal leader Vasily to send him off and back to Rostislav's red house to have an early rest.
The red house left by his father still belongs to Rostislav, and his servants still keep it clean on a daily basis.
In addition to keeping the mansion clean at all times to welcome the return of the prince, these people also have an important job, which is to record all the major events in Kiev.
Or to be more precise, a record of what his uncles did.
Tonight was a night of hangover. When Rostislav woke up on the second day, he only felt pain in his head and a strong feeling of nausea in his mouth. The prince quickly drank a few mouthfuls of milk with honey, which relieved his condition a lot.
After he managed to break free from that state, he walked to the table and started working.
There is a stack of documents on his desk, all of which are written on parchment. Rostislav has never been stingy when it comes to intelligence, and he spends money as much as he can.
What is recorded in these documents is various information collected by the servants of the Red Mansion. What the Prince of Moscow needs to do is to browse and summarize these documents.
Moreover, he inquired about a lot of information at yesterday's banquet, and combined with these records, he can discover a lot of things.
In the past seven years, Rostislav has actually not paid much attention to the development of his uncles. At most, he has only glanced at it. He knows the history of Russia very well and knows that his uncles have not done anything major during this period, so he has not paid much attention to it.
However, he still sent people to record the circulated information and the actions of his uncles. After all, although the later history books recorded that they did not carry out any major events, there was no record of what they did specifically or the development of their territory. And now he
Naturally, you should take good care of these.
And on the other hand, these things can also be used as a reference for future generations to study this era - Rostislav is happy to leave information for future generations.
Ijaslav Yaroslavich, the Grand Duke of Kiev, the patriarch of the Rurik family has now completely secured his position. The entire Russian land has recognized his status, including the witchcraft that has always been unruly.
The same is true for princes.
The Prince of Witchcraft is ambitious, very ambitious, but no matter how ambitious he is, he does not dare to do anything to the united Yaroslavichs.
However, the stinginess of the Grand Duke of Kiev was very dissatisfying. The generous gifts to the powerful and warriors in the Yaroslav era were directly cut off, and the royal businessmen of the Rurik family suddenly discovered that the new Grand Duke of Kiev was related to them.
I calculated the details.
As for the people, the citizens found that some taxes that were not strictly enforced in Yaroslav's era were now strictly enforced. This also made people continue to complain, but no one dared to do anything because Izyaslav's soldiers never supported him.
Unwavering.
There is nothing to worry about uncle Rostislav. He is still a good old man of the family. He only wants everyone to be well, he only wants the family to be more prosperous and powerful, and he has no ill will towards other people.
As for the second uncle, he has done really well in Chernihiv over the years. That city has completely surrendered to his feet, and he has sent many missionaries to the countryside to spread Christianity.
, and also worked tirelessly to build churches.
He also summoned many priests and religious texts from Bulgaria and Greece, and asked them to work together with the local Russian priests. He seemed to be planning to compile a collection of religious texts.
In addition, the construction of the church left by his grandfather and brothers is still in progress. Svyatoslav is very obsessed with completing this church.
After all, this church is on the same level as the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev, and its completion is the wish of it and everyone in the city - Checheng has always been dissatisfied with Kiev's capital status.
What's important is that due to his second uncle's heavy investment in religion, the Cave Monastery seems to be somewhat inclined to the Prince of Russia.
This is a bad signal for Rostislav. His second uncle is wooing the Cave Monastery, the largest monastery in Russia.
This made Rostislav decide to increase his support for the monastery - over the years, the princes of Moscow had never stopped supporting the monastery, and Rostislav knew very well how important the support of those monks was.
While he continued to make achievements in civil affairs, his second uncle was also very strong in martial arts. He never failed to fight against the pagans, and his second uncle could easily defeat them. His heavy armored cavalry team was now in the army.
After each battle, he began to gain a reputation.
Regarding the second uncle, Rostislav is the one he is most worried about. This person has always been regarded as his biggest opponent, and there is still some hatred between them...
But now is not the time to start a struggle, and Rostislav will not take the initiative to start a struggle. He is a junior. If he takes the initiative to stir up trouble, he will be seeking death. He has been waiting, waiting for his uncle to make a move.
As for the third uncle, it was much easier than this one in history. In history, he faced overwhelming nomadic cavalry and was busy maintaining the defense of the border area.
But now the southern Russian grasslands are still in a melee, and the nomads are busy killing each other. He only needs to deal with some scattered nomadic tribes. Most of these tribes come to Russia to escape the war and are unwilling to
Conflict with the prince.
Pecheng (Pereyaslav) is very peaceful now, and Vsevolod's life is also very peaceful. He is leisurely studying, reading, learning languages, and constantly improving himself in the city. This is the case with the third uncle. He just wants to devote himself to his studies.
, he doesn’t want to fight for anything.
There is another person who needs to be mentioned, and that is the wizarding prince of Polotsk.
Polotsk has had a lot of dealings with Moscow over the years, mainly because Thorgill of Riga led the city to Rostislav, and Rostislav naturally wanted to speak for his vassals and safeguard his power and territory.
, for this reason he frequently exchanged letters with the wizarding princes.
During this period, the smell of gunpowder between the two sides was very strong. After all, Rostislav was beyond his reach, and the power of the wizard prince was on the border of Riga.
But in the end, they reached a compromise. Rostislav was a descendant of Yaroslav, and provoking him was provoking the Yaroslavichs, which would definitely provoke his uncles.
The Prince of Witchcraft thought that now was not the time to challenge, so he chose to give in, and finally shared the tribute resources in that area equally, and the matter was considered over.
Of course, there will be many Sorgon conflicts, and both sides have to compete for more quotas, but that is the conflict between Riga and Polotsk. Rostislav solved the problem of life and death for Riga, so the following wars
The problem should be solved by Riga itself.
However, Rostislav had offended the wizarding prince to death, but he was not worried. Given the trade competition between Polotsk and Nok City, they would be rivals sooner or later.
Generally speaking, the current situation in Russia is relatively peaceful. Everyone is quietly working on their development without showing hostility or provocation. It seems that everything will develop according to the historical trajectory, and the peace between Zhururik will last for many years.
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This is a good thing for Rostislav. He will use troops in the East in the future, but he does not want to fall into the whirlpool of civil war so early.