Finally, Rostislav and Gavrila coordinated material and infrastructure issues. For example, the salt from Rusa and White Lake is undoubtedly what Ivangorod urgently needs, and there is also the construction of a building from Ivangorod to Novgorod.
Fugorod road, the exchanges between the two cities will definitely be very close in the future.
Rostislav did not intend to let Ivangorod replace Novgorod's status. Ivangorod was more of a supplement to Novgorod, so the road had to be built.
And with development, changes will definitely occur in the future. After all, Novgorod is not close to the sea, but by then Rostislav will definitely have only bones left, and it will have nothing to do with him. Let future generations solve it.
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Gavrila naturally agreed to all Rostislav's requests, and then hurriedly coordinated.
He has now forgotten everything else. After all, what could be more important than the future of Novgorod.
Looking at the back of the mayor of Novgorod leaving excitedly, a smile appeared on Rostislav's face. Things are going very well. As long as this plan is completed, the loyalty of Novgorod will be nothing.
Problem.
As for what happened after him? Rostislav was still young and had at least thirty years to live. There was no point in thinking about such distant matters now.
Development is still the first priority now, and he must expand his power as much as possible to cope with possible chaos in the future. He knows that the next step is an era of drastic changes, and he needs strength and needs to increase his strength.
The mayor of Novgorod acted very quickly, and he completed everything the prince ordered as quickly as possible.
Proliferating technology, building roads, and allocating supplies, he also asked the Novgorod dignitaries to invest funds in this project to share the financial pressure of the princes.
The reason for his hard work is very simple. If Novgorod wants to ensure that Ivangorod does not catch up, it must actively participate from now on, giving the city their label, and at the same time sharing the profits.
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Although as a city built with heavy investment by princes, Ivangorod will inevitably be dominated by princes, but they can exert influence on the city within the scope of the prince's power.
But in order to get many people to join, Gavrila sacrificed his old face.
Many people can't see the future prospects of Ivangorod, and not everyone has the ability to be like the light. Seeing that it was the prince behind Gavrila, he decisively participated.
More people still only look at the immediate benefits, and they joined the project under Gavrila's guaranteed profit.
Of course, there must be some who do not believe in this and are therefore unwilling to invest. Most of them were unhappy with the sudden rise of Gavrila, so they made this decision.
Gavrila did not bother to deal with these people, because if they did not seize this opportunity, they would inevitably become supporting actors on the political and economic stage of Novgorod in the future.
So Novgorod began a vigorous salted fish campaign. Under the temptation of rewards, fishermen went to sea far more frequently than before, catching fish that they would never have caught before, and then made them according to the order of the prince.
, a large amount of salted fish was produced.
With the use of huge amounts of salt, the production of salted fish now depends on the salt production of Lusa and Baihu. These two places are also working hard to expand production. They have sold all the old salt from previous years and cannot meet the strong market demand.
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Although it is possible to rely on overseas salt purchases for the time being, it is not a long-term solution.
At present, the two places can only expand production capacity, but unfortunately, no matter how the expansion is done, it will take time.
However, with the current production capacity and the materials stored in Ivangorod in the past few months, Ivangorod has an exaggerated quantity of salted fish, but the subsequent sales have encountered big problems.
If you want to sell these salted fish on a large scale, you still have to rely on sea transportation, because sea transportation is fast and the cargo volume is large.
But the ships in Novgorod's hands are limited after all. After all, this city is not a seaport city and does not have its own large fleet.
Ivangorod's fleet is still under construction. Although it can transport some salted fish for sale, the amount is too small after all.
Therefore, we can only rely on foreign merchants as the main sales force, but the foreign merchants are also dubious about Novgorod's words that the salted fish can be kept for one year, and they are not willing to buy it at all.
Moreover, Gavrila's enemies were making trouble, saying that it was all Gavrila's bragging. In fact, these salted fish could not be stored for that long at all, which further reduced sales. No one wanted to buy a boat.
Stinky fish.
Only a small number of businessmen have noticed the profits, so they purchase a large amount, and they are obviously more concerned about how to establish a stable long-term relationship. After all, this business must continue to make money.
In order to save sales, Gavrila almost ran out of face and went around begging for help. Only then did some merchants reluctantly buy some salted fish, but the accumulation was still very serious. After all, no one wanted to buy a bunch of salted fish and then find out that it was rotten halfway.
Lose.
In the end, he could only invite Rostislav and ask the prince to come out to solve the problem himself.
Rostislav's solution was so straightforward that even Gavrila was surprised by the prince's decision.
Rostislav directly said that all these salted fish are free. Anyone can take as much as you want, but the opportunity is only once.
In addition, Rostislav also ordered his caravans to send part of the salted fish to Moscow, where they would be sold. As the number of converts increased, the demand for salted fish during the fasting period in Moscow was also high.
There is no doubt that this immediately opened up the situation. People will never refuse free things. Soon, with the busyness of countless people, these salted fish were quickly taken away.
Rostislav's main intention was for the future. After these merchants discovered the quality of salted fish, purchases would naturally come in an endless stream.
The price is not making much money, and the dividends given to investors are pitifully small.
Rostislav is a generous person. Although the investment cost is large, the cost that can be recovered is also large. This is a cost that only a ruler like Rostislav dares to pay.
But this created a lot of trouble for Gavrila. After all, many Novgorod dignitaries had invested in these salted fish. Now Rostislav gave them away for free. What they earned was because
Gavrila came here because of his reputation. He madly promised that he would definitely make money before investing, but now he can't get back any money.
These people agitated angrily on Vicher, and at one time a large number of people were gathered to storm the mayor's residence, but Rostislav immediately dispersed these people with thunderous means.
The prince is not used to these guys who regard blocking the door as food and drink. When it is time to take action, take action. The atmosphere in Novgorod must be eliminated.
Then the prince told the powerful people who invested that the current contribution was only temporary, and everyone would receive sweet rewards in the future.
Rostislav had nothing good to say, after all, he risked their money, but it was too difficult to convince these people to buy it in just one sentence.
They continued to make trouble, constantly incited the people to riot, started fights, and made the city restless.
Gavrila's expression was also very tough. Why didn't these people understand the benefits that temporary sacrifice could bring? In the end, the relationship between the two parties became worse and worse.
Supporters from both sides also fought in the streets on a daily basis, during which several deaths occurred.
In the end, it was Rostislav who took care of Gavrila and used his treasury to pay Gavrila back the money for these noisy guys.
As soon as the money was returned, they also withdrew from the industry. What was even worse was that they were blacklisted by the Prince of Moscow. If they made such a fuss against Gavrila, wouldn't this be a slap in his face?
With the end of this incident over the sale of salted fish, the farce in Novgorod has temporarily come to an end, and the production of salted fish continues.
Rostislav and Gavrila used their power to promote this kind of salted fish in their jurisdiction, while some Novgorod dignitaries looked at them as a joke.
Gavrila was very angry, but Rostislav was very calm, but they were just idiots who couldn't see the situation clearly.
The real wealthy families in Novgorod are actually on Rostislav's side this time. Most of them are very supportive of Rostislav's policies, and they also spent a lot of money on this investment.
They also purchased salt from Cherven cities and even Poland to support the city's salted fish business.
This is also thanks to his father's governance of Novgorod. During his father's governance, there were always many Novgorod dignitaries who accepted his kindness. Coupled with Rostislav's heroic performance, his support was always great.
Not too little.
With the rise of the salted fish trade, economic activities also increased, and the increase in economic activities naturally reduced wars.
Many tribes discovered that they could make so much money by making salted fish, so they began to do this work to some extent. Some tribes had some small amounts of salt resources in their hands, and they could just use them.
And when you have something to do, you naturally have less time to go out and rob. In short, under the influence of this industry, even the war has calmed down a lot, and this is exactly what Rostislav wants to see.
However, the salted fish industry is not without its problems. The biggest problem is the problem of salt production capacity, and Rostislav really can't find any good solution for this. Now he can only wait for the expansion of Rusa and White Lake.
But even so, the production of salted fish in the Novgorod region is still considerable, enough to support the sustainable development of the industry.