While Novgorod was engulfed in fierce fighting, Rostislav's life was quite easy.
Because the prince of Moscow only needs to sit in the city, Rostislav's presence is enough to spread his prestige to this land.
So the prince wrote books and sorted documents. He read various documents produced in Novgorod in the past ten years to deepen his description of the city's conditions, and most importantly, to understand his income as a prince.
You have to be aware of things like income. After all, you can't know whether the people below are cheating or not. If you don't read the documents, you will become either a puppet or a puppet over time.
The prince of Moscow occasionally wrote to his uncles in the south to communicate with them about affairs throughout Russia. Novgorod was not as remote as Northeastern Russia. It was an important part of the Russian trading system, so it had to communicate with other parts on a regular basis.
Communication - especially to the South.
The whole of Russia is now calm. Vseslav, his son, and a bunch of Polotsk nobles have been escorted to Kiev. Without this thorn, there is naturally no possibility of war.
Svyatopolk became the Prince of Polotsk. This young man performed very bravely in the Battle of Minsk. People thought that he was very suitable to become the Prince of Polotsk.
After the armed march in Polotsk, the whole of Rus now surrendered heartily to Yaroslavich.
In the letters of his uncles, Rostislav saw that they believed that there would be at least ten years of prosperity and peace in the coming years.
The biggest threat is just the nomads, and what can they do? The Russians could defeat them before, and they can do it now.
But Rostislav knew otherwise, especially when he saw his third uncle mention the increasing activity of the Polotsk people on the border.
Novgorod was relatively stable. During this period, Rostislav even returned to Moscow and stayed there for two months. At the same time, he sent the group of Red City troops who followed him home and replaced them with another group.
In fact, Rostislav does not need to come back, but since he became the prince of Novgorod, people have been rumored that he will live in Novgorod from now on, so he must come back and live for a while to calm people's hearts.
People in Moscow were in turmoil because of the rumors, and some smart guys even began to think about moving to Novgorod, all in order to be closer to the political center.
And such people are generally social elites. Rostislav does not want all the social elites in Moscow to disappear, otherwise the stable environment in Northeastern Russia he has finally established will undoubtedly be destroyed.
This measure only temporarily solved the problem. As for the future capital issue, to be honest, Rostislav had not thought about it well.
His current decision is to stay in Novgorod and Moscow for half a year each. These two regions are still in need of him. We will discuss it in the future.
Two months later, Rostislav set off again to return to Novgorod, and the reason was simple. The seaport he ordered to build four months ago was now completed, and he had to see it for himself.
This time the prince left his wife and children in Moscow to show that he had not abandoned Moscow, and then went to Novgorod alone with the Janissaries and the Rostov Battalion to inspect the results of his orders.
In February 1068, Rostislav came to the bay that was later called the Gulf of Finland and came to the site he chose to build the harbor.
After four months of extensive construction work, the port, which Rostislav called Ivangorod, has taken on a general shape. A total of ten trestles have been built, and more are under construction.
There are some ships parked next to the pier, all of which are long ships in good condition. As for the number of fishing boats, there are even more. They were all purchased by Rostislav from Novgorod. There is also a dock that is about to be completed. After completion, the local
You can build your own ships.
There are many workshops next to the dock, and many people are carrying caught fish inside. It seems that many people are busy inside.
The residents who have moved here have built houses, but there are still a lot of open spaces here, all of which are prepared for future expansion.
The locals have already started fishing, which is the main job Rostislav needs them to do.
There are still many overstuffed wooden barrels in the port that are being transferred by residents. They don’t know what is inside, but the residents obviously attach great importance to these things and are very attentive during the transfer.
The announcement of the prince's authority was a two-story brick house, a solid building with many shooting holes on the wall, and a Rurik trident and the flag of St. George slaying the dragon flying from the roof.
Outside the settlements, wooden walls have been built. In Ross's city, if you don't build wooden walls as soon as possible, you will be courting death.
Ivangorod is located in a small bay with wide sea and deep water. There is no doubt that this is a good place to build a port. It is for this reason that the Prince of Moscow chose this place.
Looking at the built port, Rostislav felt ambitious in his heart. His ambition started from this simple place.
It may seem inconspicuous now, but it will definitely become prosperous in the future.
The mayor of Novgorod, Gavrila, came here with the prince. He came here at the prince's request. For this reason, he postponed today's work a lot.
However, the mayor still didn't understand why the prince brought him here, just like he didn't understand why the prince wanted to build Ivangorod.
As the highest administrator under the Prince of Novgorod, Gavrila knew that the Prince of Moscow invested most of the wealth he acquired in Novgorod into the construction of this seaport, but he did not know the reason.
Then there were more operations that confused him. Rostislav recruited skilled fishermen to immigrate to Ivangorod at a high price. Gavrila didn't understand even more. Why did he recruit so many fishermen? Fishing?
But what's the use of catching so many fish? These fish will rot quickly, even if they are made into pickled fish.
But princes all do this, and Gavrila can't say no to it. He regards this right as the prince's whim. It's normal for a big shot to behave like this, as long as he doesn't commit any crime.
And it would be good to give Novgorod a port. Gavrila has always regretted that Novgorod does not have a real fleet, but just like his efforts to save the city, these calls of his are not at all