Gulag, this name comes from Rostislav's bad taste. Although everyone is confused about this name, it is an order from the prince after all, and everyone can only accept it.
And with the various rumors about this prison, gradually, "Send you to the Gulag to fight against wood" has become a curse slang among residents of Moscow and even Northeastern Rus'.
This prison is more like a fortress. The entire fortress is made of bricks and can accommodate 300 prisoners at the same time, but more people are always crammed in.
The warden is naturally the "bloody hand" Gvalan. He manages the scum here with iron and blood skills, and he will not let these people stay in the cell every day. Every day he will escort fifty people to each other.
The prisoners from the team went to the forest opposite the Gulag to chop wood and carry wood.
The wood will then be sent to Moscow to become material for growth in that city, and the funds generated will be used to improve prison problems.
As for the prison problem, it is of course to strengthen the protection level and combat effectiveness of prison guards, continuously enhance the deterrence of prisoners, and maintain prison safety.
The Gulag jailers are not weak either. They were called by Gvalan through his own prestige and are composed of veterans and mercenaries. Each of these people has blood on their hands, and no matter how vicious the prisoner is, they must behave in front of them.
obey.
On weekdays, the jailers all wear black mail and carry flails, making them intimidating.
But for this reason, many people suspected that Rostislav asked Gvalan to be the warden and recruit such a group of people, mostly so that he could be dispatched when the time came in the future... But rumors are still rumors after all, and they are unfounded.
The conditions in the Gulag are very bad. There are too many people in each cell. Everyone can only sleep on the floor. In such a large cell, anything can happen. All kinds of crimes are normal, such as food being stolen.
Stealing something is commonplace, as well as poking chrysanthemums and so on.
There are several corpses produced here every week, but the jailers just clean up the corpses and leave, not caring about what happened. Anyway, these guys are scum and they should all die.
As the released prisoners spread the news about the prison, various horror stories began to increase. For example, some people said that Guvalan also skinned people and had a special room to store these things. As a result, Guvalan's image became more and more demonized.
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Gevalan didn't care, since his reputation was already in tatters anyway. Let these people make up whatever they like, just let them go.
If you want to live a better life in this prison, you can only send money to Gevalan and be assigned to a cell with fewer people or even a single cell.
And if you want to leave early, you have only one choice, to become a Gulag jailer, and becoming a jailer is not just a matter of chance, but has to go through a severe test, and you will die if you fail.
But after passing, they can wear heavy armor, eat meat and drink, have combat readiness training every day, and live a happy life. There are only a hundred jailors in total, but even if everyone in this overstaffed prison riots, they can't fight against them.
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In the eyes of many people, the Gulag was a place where Rostislav raised wild beasts. Those who hated Gvalan originally thought that the resignation of the captain of the janissary meant that he had completely lost power, but they never expected that Rostislav would let this man
To cultivate the beast, to manage the beast.
The Gulag jailers only left their fortress once. That time they were urgently mobilized to defeat the rebel gangs in Rostov. As a result, the jailers arrived at the area three times the normal speed, and then efficiently defeated the gangs and restored local stability.
But the problem is that these guys created many villages that were reduced to ashes along the way. Afterwards, the prince asked them why they were like this, and a "suspected of accepting rebels" blocked the prince's mouth. According to this sign, most of the villages in Northeastern Rus are
It can be killed, but no one has ever practiced it, but if you really want to pull it out, well, you can really pull it out like this.
This also made Gvalan's opponents realize that this guy can go to Moscow and arrest them all at any time, and they can't even react at all. This makes them more and more afraid of Gvalan, and at the same time, they are afraid of Dom.
Nal didn't get angry anymore.
Now, in the large playground of the Gulag prison, prisoners are loading logs onto the car under the supervision of the jailer.
As for the warden of the Gulag, he was in the high tower of the fortress, which was called Lubyanka Tower. This name was also designated by the prince.
The reason why Gwalin is here is simple. He is talking to his son-in-law, Domhnall Burns.
The Gael sat in front of his "notorious" father-in-law with a depressed look on his face, talking about the troubles he had encountered.
"...I really don't know what to do. Those personal followers actually openly proposed to separate from the personal soldiers this time and become a parallel existence with us."
This is a rare sight to see. Domhnall usually looks confident, but such a sight is rare.
For a long time, although personal soldiers and personal followers have been regarded as two units, legally, personal followers have always been an integral part of the personal soldiers. Now, personal followers want to overturn this fact legally.
The soldier cannot accept it.
Gvalan stood in front of his next son-in-law, looking at Domhnall's aggrieved look, the disdain on his face became more and more serious. Why can't your kid even handle such a thing?
Domhnall's grievances are also normal. He is not Gvalan. His identity and experience are destined to make it difficult for him to control the Janissary. Maintaining daily affairs is already a mess.
The Gael man was usually under a lot of pressure. He was afraid that he would not take over his father-in-law's duties well, and that the prince would be dissatisfied with the soldiers in his territory.
It is also for this reason that the followers seized this opportunity to attack. They did not want to mix with the guards, because if they were always under the legal principles of the guards, then they would have to be behind the guards for some promotions, which they could not tolerate.
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The reason why they tolerated it back then was that they believed that the old men in the Guards would definitely not give the people below room for improvement, and the future would belong to them sooner or later. However, they did not expect that Gevalan would change hands and leave the job to his son-in-law.
With the promotion of his son-in-law, a group of young people also came to power.
For this reason, they made the momentum extremely huge, and even invited the prince's bodyguards such as crossbowmen to participate at the same time.
This incident made Domhnall feel a little desperate. The soldiers and followers were putting pressure on him, and the prince's attitude was ambiguous. This really made him not sure how to deal with it, so he came to see his father-in-law.
"Don't cry like a woman, you are a man!"
Gvalan grabbed his son-in-law's arms, shook them constantly, slapped Domhnall, and then began to imitate the aggrieved look and said,
"What should I do? What should I do? Ah? Is this how the problem can be solved?"
Due to Gvalan's exaggerated and funny performance, Domhnall couldn't help but laugh, and the laughter finally stopped, and Domhnall was not so nervous.
"Those boys looked at the changes in the leadership team of our Guards in the past three years and believed that they could no longer completely replace us. As subordinates of the Guards, they have always been inferior to us in some things, so they planned to start a new one."
Although Gvalan has "retired", he still has a keen understanding of Moscow's situation and can see the core purpose of his followers at a glance.
"The key lies in the prince's opinion. Don't worry about what other people think. Anyway, you must stand firm and resolutely oppose the separation of personal and subordinate troops. First unite the personal troops to your side to ensure that you have sufficient strength, and then unite the standing army.
Guys like him definitely don’t want a few more independent units to compete with them for positions.”
Gevalan's vision and methods are indeed vicious. In just a few words, he hit the key points of his followers and gave solutions.
"All in all, these are small things, don't act so panicked, act like a man! And this struggle is just the beginning, and there will be many more days to come. And you have to pay attention, these things are only in peacetime.
It's just a struggle, it's not important to the prince, the only important thing is the performance on the battlefield, which determines the prince's judgment of us, and the opportunity will come soon."
"you……"
Hearing what Gwalan said, Domhnall subconsciously said that now the chief warden is hinting at the political situation in Ross.
"Don't be surprised, and you must have noticed that there have been more and more changes in the south recently. Everyone can see that war will happen sooner or later. I am too familiar with this atmosphere. In short, keep working hard and don't forget your job.
Work, if war comes, let him come, we make a living by war."
Gevalan actually forcibly dropped the topic. Sometimes he doesn't seem to think that his son-in-law is a big mouth. His current status is sensitive and he is not suitable to speak on these matters.
"I see."
Domhnall said that he understood what his father-in-law meant. At the same time, the expression on his face was no longer so bitter. Instead, he had regained his original confidence and found the direction.
But then he felt a little disappointed. Gevalan could see the core of the problem at a glance, but he didn't. Why couldn't this make him frustrated?
The son-in-law's emotional changes were all seen by Gevalan. He stepped forward and patted his son-in-law on the shoulder, giving him a soothing smile.
"Take your time, don't be anxious. This is your first time coming into contact with something like this. You will get used to it after doing it a few times. In a few years, you will be able to see the key to the problem at a glance like me. After being on the outside
He knows everything very well."
Gvalan stood up as he spoke, he had to continue their work, and he said something as he walked out of the tower.
"When are you going to bring my grandson to see me?"
Domhnall was stunned when he heard this, and then laughed.