After gaining the support of the current ruler of Kiev, the prince's recruitment immediately became much smoother. He arranged the recruitment point in the square in front of Saint Sophia Cathedral, and the uncle indeed sent a large number of vicher militiamen as he said, and even
His personal soldiers helped maintain order.
The support of the Grand Duke of Kiev made the last group of people who still had worries put aside their worries, and more and more people lined up at the registration point. After all, Kiev feels so uneasy now, so it is better to leave as soon as possible.
The Kiev nobles, who had long been on Rostislav's side, were also preparing. Led by Polei, they gathered family members and slave bond farmers, and purchased various important supplies in large quantities to prepare for the development of Northeastern Rus'.
Prince Rostov also sent his subordinates to the village communities outside Kiev to win over the villagers. After all, many farmers are very closed-minded. They may know the disturbing news about Kiev, but their conservativeness and stubbornness still make them reluctant to go to the city.
, this part requires Rostislav’s subordinates to actively win over him.
The results of these actions were quite good, and some villages agreed to join the immigration team of Prince Rostov.
What was an unexpected surprise was that they also attracted refugees who had not yet returned to their hometowns. From the perspective of these refugees, since their hometowns were destroyed anyway, they would go there instead. The Prince of Rus in the Northeast would still give them support.
The most important thing is that Metropolitan Hilarion found Rostislav. He said that he would resign as Metropolitan of Russia soon and take a group of church priests and farmers to Northeastern Russia with Rostislav.
Hilarion knew that when Izyaslav was firmly established in Kiev, he would definitely give the position of metropolitan of Kiev to a priest close to him instead of himself, a remnant of Vladimir, so instead of being voluntarily dismissed, he
It would be better to resign and go to Northeastern Rus, which would be much more honorable. Prince Rostov was not surprised at all by this, after all, they had been effectively tied together after the Kiev uprising.
The addition of this metropolitan and his priests can solve the problem of the spread of Orthodoxy in Northeastern Rus'. Moreover, they are not those church personnel who are bombastic and fat-headed. They are mostly grassroots pastors working on the front line. This is exactly what Rostislav needs now.
of doers.
For the princes of Rurik, Christianity was a means to strengthen control over the people and to make the people more docile. The spread of Orthodoxy was only beneficial to them.
Some of his grandfather's soldiers came to join him. After his grandfather's death, most of his soldiers went to his three uncles, and many of them went to the south to work as mercenaries.
Although he was quite famous as a martial artist, no matter what he wanted to do, he was going to the desolate Northeastern Rus, which was unattractive to many people.
In this way, Rostislav's immigration team expanded rapidly, and as the population gifted to him by his uncles arrived in Kiev, the uproar reached its peak.
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Outside Kiev, where a ghetto for refugees once stood, it was burned to rubble by the Grand Duke's troops after the Kiev riots, but now new buildings have been built here.
Countless tents were set up on the ruins of the past, and countless bonfires were scattered throughout the period. However, compared with the chaos and disorder of the slums in the past, these tents have a more disciplined charm. They are all arranged neatly on the ground, with leaves in between.
With roads extending in all directions.
These tents were erected under Rostislav's plan to accommodate immigrants who were willing to follow him to Northeastern Rus'.
There are already many people living here, most of them are farmers and refugees from areas near Kiev, as well as the 4,500 people sent by their uncles. These people are basically men and women in their prime.
As for the Kiev citizens he recruited, no matter what others say, they have houses in Kiev, and they are still trying to sell them.
The influx of such a large population put great pressure on management. Rostislav sent out almost all his soldiers to maintain order to curb the chaos. His Greek and Russian clerks were even more busy, copying various documents.
The files were driving them crazy.
Fortunately, there have been fewer and fewer applicants recently. It seems that he has basically pulled out all the people in the Kiev area who are willing to leave, and everyone's work has been eased. The biggest problem becomes how to manage such a huge crowd.
Originally, Rostislav's soldiers and clerks alone would definitely not be enough, but with the addition of the nobles and their cronies, as well as the church's priests who were good at organizational work, this problem was finally solved.
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"How many people are there in my immigration team now?"
Rostislav rode his horse through the road to the immigration camp, surrounded by his own soldiers and followers.
There are busy people on both sides of the road. Some people are making handicrafts and intend to sell them to the merchants who come to the camp to receive goods. Some are cooking for themselves and their families using the food distributed by the prince. Waves of smoke continue to rise between the tents.
rise.
When seeing Rostislav's team, people kept bowing to the prince. Everyone knew that this was their future ruler and the organizer of this team.
Following the prince's words, Leo, who was accompanying him, immediately flipped through the parchment document in his hand, which was densely written in Cyrillic letters - Leo learned this writing very quickly after coming to Rus.
Now Leo is wearing a fur hat and a fur coat. He looks like a wealthy businessman from Russia instead of the gentle Greek bureaucrat.
"There are currently 7,551 people in the camp, out of a total of 8,569 people, of whom 5,679 are men and 3,390 are women."
The former Greek bureaucrat immediately answered with familiarity. In these days, he had been competing with these numbers and running around in and out of Kiev for this purpose. He had already remembered the numbers more clearly than his parents' birthdays.
"Nearly 9,000 people... We should be able to recruit more than 1,000 people heading north this way. Now that a group of 10,000 people are heading north, there are thousands of nomadic tribes... Can the food supply be sustained?"
When a group of children played and ran past Rostislav, Prince Rostov felt like reining in his horse. They were the most carefree in this camp. The adults still had to worry about travel and food, but no matter what happened
, cannot affect the children's play with their friends.
"We have almost bought all the grain in the entire Kiev market and sent people to Chernihiv to buy it. Recently, the data on grain purchased from Chernihiv have arrived, as well as those sent by your uncles.
Food, I can guarantee that there will be enough food to feed these ten thousand people for nine months."
"It is still necessary to send people to the north to buy, or even to buy overseas. It is right to prepare more. Also, send people to the north to confirm the things I need, and urge those workshops to prepare everything I want.
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Rostislav waved his hand, it is always good to be prepared.