Just when Rostislav was thinking about his selfishness, Gvalan, who had been waiting quietly behind the prince, suddenly put his mouth to the prince's ear and told him that there was someone to meet next and that the time for the interview was coming soon.
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This made Rostislav immediately slap his head. Really, how could he forget such an important thing and accept the interview tomorrow and do it every day?
The audience was of great importance to the Moscow regime because it was an opportunity for direct contact between the Moscow princes and ordinary subjects.
Lords should maintain long-term contact with ordinary subjects, so as to establish authority among them and not be ignored, and pass rulings or give supplies.
Then the prince handed over all matters here to the person in charge of the printing workshop, opened the door and walked towards Rostislav Palace, followed immediately by the personal commander of the guard standing outside.
But what Rostislav didn't notice was that the captain of his soldiers and the leader of his personal followers looked at each other with somewhat hostile eyes before moving on.
However, he would not say anything even if he saw it. The hostility between the two people actually represents the competition between them. It is good to maintain this competition, which is conducive to maintaining the combat effectiveness of the army.
In fact, in terms of nature, personal followers are essentially personal soldiers. There should not be such a big hostility between the two teams.
However, since Rostislav has always used the personal cavalry as a unit, the personal cavalry has become more and more like a team independent of the personal troops, and the personal cavalry themselves also regard them as an independent team.
Since most of the followers are young people, many people in the Guards Corps, which is full of veterans, look down upon these young people.
The young people, on the other hand, have a non-servient attitude towards the veterans and do not look down on these seniors at all. Moreover, if they fight at the same time on the battlefield, they will use a more aggressive way to express their competition. Over time, the two sides become more or less hostile to each other.
This is also a result that Rostislav did not expect when he formed his personal team. It was an unintentional decision.
However, after he discovered that the benign effects of this, that is, the training effect of motivating the soldiers, far outweighed the negative effects of hostility, he simply ignored the matter and allowed them to develop.
And the hostility between them just motivates them to fight harder. After all, for samurai, fighting on the battlefield is always the most convincing thing.
Anyway, whether they are soldiers or personal followers, they are extremely loyal to their prince.
And he has never been biased in the relationship and treatment between the two, and the loyalty of these two troops to him has not wavered.
Soon, Rostislav passed through the entrance hall with the huge aurochs head, arrived at the audience room with the salute of the guards, and sat down in his seat.
The important military and political figures in Moscow stood around Rostislav, waiting for the prince's orders and instructions. They all wore exquisite robes to show their authority.
As the Prince of Moscow raised his hand, the captain of the janissaries immediately announced the entrance of the visitors, and the door to the waiting room was opened.
The first person to enter next was the person Rostislav wanted to see specifically, Yegor Ivanovich Serikhov from the Rostov camp.
Yegor was a veteran under Rostislav. He had experienced the baptism of the Hungarian war, and was transferred to the Rostov Battalion as a backbone not long after returning to Moscow.
Amidst Gevalan's sonorous voice, a sturdy young man walked in. His body showed traces of long-term wind and rain, and his eyes belonged to an explorer and warrior.
Behind him were two young men, who were holding gifts for the Prince of Moscow, precious furs from the East.
Rostislav is very sensitive to this kind of people. After all, there is never a shortage of this type of people in Northeastern Russia, and these kind of people can do things that ordinary people can't do.
These people who dare to fight and fight are also Rostislav's favorite subjects, because they are always willing to take risks and explore for the sake of profit, and while helping themselves, they also help the prince.
There were no signs of illness or malnutrition on Yegor's body. It can be seen that although he had no worries about food and clothing since he was a child, he had been working hard with the adults and probably traveled a lot in the wilderness.
This was the first time Rostislav saw the second son of the Serikhov family. Yegor's face was very similar to his father's.
The Prince of Moscow saw old Ivan from a distance during the hunt for wild cattle. In Rostislav's words, the man was as strong as an old tree stump.
At that time, Rostislav had a drink with the old man. He originally planned to chat more with the tenacious old man, but unfortunately there were too many nobles that day. Countless people were waiting for Rostislav, hoping to drink with the prince.
Have a drink.
The Serikhov family is a legend in Northeastern Rus. Ivan Sr. is just the son of a leatherworker, but he has built a huge family business on his own, making his family a member of the elite class of Yaroslavl.
When Rostislav came to Northeastern Rus', he had heard about the reputation of this family. At that time, they were praised as a successful example of Northeastern Rus', and their admirers were everywhere.
After all, with a few friends, old Ivan dared to travel to lands full of pagan tribes and explored many lands that no one had ever touched before.
They made friends with the locals, exchanged furs from the locals, established trading posts, and built their own business empire step by step. They even built new pioneer fortresses and recruited colonists to build them.
At the same time, this family also shouldered the responsibility for the expansion of Christianity. The pastor of their family established an existence called the East Coast Church in the newly opened land.
In this church, Rostislav once heard Bishop Luca say, and in the words of the bishop, he had been a bishop for so many years, and this was the first time he had discovered such a gathering of heretics.
Bishop Luca, who originally thought that he had been made indifferent to everything by Ross's strange dual beliefs, is now like this, which shows how rich the composition of the East Coast Church is...
But Rostislav doesn't care about this at all. What Northeastern Rus needs is not abdication of faith.
It's about spreading the faith. No matter how distorted the faith becomes in the end, spread it first and then talk about it.
Rostislav has a very good impression of the Serikhov family. He likes such a pioneering family. It is precisely because of this kind of existence that Northeast Rus can prosper.
Moreover, this guy's eastward expansion is actually touching Bulgar's sphere of influence. Rostislav is very supportive of this. He needs someone to act as a forward to see if the Bulgars will react.
Therefore, Rostislav always agreed to the various material requests that Serichov made to Moscow if he could. He supported the Serichov family's pioneering career.
The Serikhov family also wisely sent their second son Yegor to serve under Rostislav.
Of course, the young man said that he joined the prince's army because he wanted to come out and have a look.
But no matter what he thought, his arrival was part of establishing mutual trust and was inseparable from his family.
Didn't he see that now he came to visit Rostislav with gifts from his family?
Yegor faced the Prince of Moscow and saluted him calmly.
Following his slight greeting, the Assault Knight badge on his chest reflected slightly, and this was the symbol of a Moscow officer.
"Salute to you, Lord Rostislav, I present you with a gift on behalf of my family."
Following his words, two attendants holding precious furs came forward, and the prince's servant, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately accepted the gift.
"I have received your gift, Yegor of the Serikhov family. What requirements does your family have for Moscow? Do you need us to provide further material and manpower support?"
Subconsciously, Rostislav thought that Yegor came to ask for support. Rostislav knew very well how difficult it was to open up.
However, he didn't notice that Yegor's expression was very unnatural, and he thought that he was suppressing something.
And the prince was surprised by Yegor's next answer, who was serving in the prince's army.