After dealing with many things in the countryside, Rostislav Vladimirovich Rurik returned to his home city of Moscow.
The ruling group in Moscow had naturally prepared for the return of the prince. Rostislav saw the huge crowd gathered in front of the Moscow city gate from a distance.
There is no doubt that as the wife of the prince of Moscow, Zoe is naturally among them. She is surrounded by high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Moscow regime.
But what disappointed Rostislav very much was that Zoe was holding a baby in her arms, while little Rurik was standing next to his mother.
Rostislav's disappointment was not because of anything else, but mainly because he regretted not being able to catch up with the birth of his son.
Gevalan stood inseparably behind the two of them, wearing iron armor and standing there like an iron tower. The captain of the soldiers was as serious as ever when performing his mission.
And more soldiers stood around their captain, alert to all possible threats.
When the Prince of Moscow and his entourage approached, welcome music immediately sounded all around, and Rostislav smiled to himself. This was obviously the work of Leo, the Greek who loved such ceremonies.
During the music, Rostislav walked to his wife. After giving his wife a slight hug, and then hugging little Rurik with his hands raised, Rostislav took his second son from his wife's arms.
, and he learned that his son was born a month ago.
And Rostislav, who took the child, named the little baby.
"Volodary, your name will be Volodary, Volodary Rostislavich Rurik."
The reason why Rostislav chose this name is quite simple, because this is the name of his second son in history.
It can be said that Rostislav was completely lazy when it came to naming his child. He completely followed history. The main reason was that he was too lazy to think about it and just used what was available.
The moment the prince gave his second son's name, Leo, who was standing beside him, immediately ordered the musicians to play the cheerful music, bringing the joyful atmosphere to a climax.
After the greeting at the city gate, Rostislav rode into the city.
The citizens of Moscow welcomed the return of the prince. Many people crowded on the street and waved to the prince, and Rostislav also responded with a friendly smile.
For the people who followed Rostislav to the north, what they saw was quite novel.
Especially those Hungarians, it was the first time for them to see such a northern scene.
As for the Russian immigrants, there are some things that surprise them in this city, such as the red brick walls in the inner city of Moscow, which is a sight rarely seen in Russia.
Leaving the job of settling immigrants and troops to Leo and Anwar, Rostislav went straight to the palace named after him.
Entering the audience hall, the Prince of Moscow sat on the throne where he most often sat, and once again felt the feeling of being in charge of the Northeast.
Originally, Rostislav wanted to take a closer look at the records of Northeastern Rus in the recent period to determine the situation during the reign of his wife and subjects.
However, not long after he gave the order, he was dragged away from the main seat by Zoe and dragged to the bedroom, while the two children were handed over to the care of the maid.
The reason for the delay is very simple. As a young and healthy woman, it is too uncomfortable for her husband to be away from her for most of the year. But now that her husband is back, some things must be made up for.
Rostislav also readily accepted this. He was also a young man and his desire for his wife's body had never been small, but this time Rostislav completely miscalculated.
The next day, when Zoe still fell asleep with a satisfied smile, Rostislav held his waist and lifted him up. Zoe was really so bad last night... He almost couldn't bear it. Her husband was away for a long time.
Are women that scary?
And just when Rostislav thought that the night would be over, in the next three days, he was ruthlessly pulled into the house by his Greek wife...
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When Rostislav finally appeared in front of his subjects, everyone was a little surprised.
Because their Moscow prince, who was almost invincible and invincible, was now distracted and looked overworked.
Of course, everyone knew that this was caused by excessive indulgence, but they did not know the reason. Everyone thought that it was Rostislav's initiative.
Others hinted that although he was a young man in good health, he still had to pay attention to moderation, which really made him suffer unspeakably, and he was a mute eating Coptis chinensis.
And he couldn't say anything, so what could he say? Did he say that he had been suppressed by his wife for the past three nights? He, Rostislav, also wanted to save face.
After coughing, he signaled everyone not to pay attention to the complicated matters and return things to the current meeting. He had a lot of things to do after returning to Northeastern Rus.
The first step is to collect the quantities of various raw materials produced by Northeast Rus in the past six months, and put them into prepared sacks after the prince has determined them. These sacks are then sealed with seals bearing the prince's symbols.
After completing all this, these items will be sent to Kiev for acceptance there, and then they will be sold to Constantinople in the south by the Grand Duke of Kiev's fleet, and the profits after the sale will be made by
The prince's personnel stationed in Kiev were withdrawn and sent back to Moscow.
This is how the ancient Varangian-Greek road works, and it is also the basis for the operation of commercial Rus. Countless Rus cities collect various materials in their localities like this, and then transport them to Kiev, and the Grand Council of Kiev transports them
They are sold together to the south, and then the profits are brought back and distributed to everyone.
At the same time, this is also the root of the maintenance of the Rus country. It is these commercial profits that unite the many city-states on this land.
This income is still an important part of Moscow's finances. Although the princes of Moscow are now working hard to Russianize agriculture in Northeastern Rus', that is, changing the majority of income from commerce to agriculture, after these years,
In fact, the results were minimal.
Despite Rostislav's flourishing efforts to build cities and towns and control the countryside in Northeastern Rus, to this day, he still spends more than he earns from doing these things.
If he hadn't carried out guild reforms in Moscow, established a source of growth for the city's handicraft industry, brought economic growth to the city, and added the gold and silver he obtained from his conquests, Moscow's finances would have gone bankrupt long ago.
The Russianization of agriculture is not an easy task. Historically, it took hundreds of years for this to be completed. During this period, it is unknown how much manpower and material resources were spent.