"The goods are all piled up here, don't make a mess!"
"We encountered a pack of wolves in the west! We need help!"
In the wooden house he built, Rostislav was drawing a planning map for his city while listening to various noises.
In order to mobilize the motivation of all the people, Rostislav promised the slaves and Qinons that as long as they completed their work well, the contract might be terminated after five years. This mobilized a lot of motivation and made them work harder.
As for the free people, the prince promised that the precious tools lent to them would not have to be returned, which achieved the same effect.
The hall belonging to the prince is still under construction. Rostislav's hall was designed by scholars from the imperial capital. The materials are also bricks specially transported from Novo and Slovakia. The prince does not want to live in a traditional wooden house. He prefers
It is a brick house with a more civilized atmosphere, and no expense is spared in purchasing materials from outside.
It is now February 1054. Five months have passed since September, and it took a full five months to move the tens of thousands of immigrants to Northeastern Rus. During this period, he divided the team into
There are several sections, and I take a break while progressing during this section. Due to the concentration of management power, the efficiency is improved.
They experienced many difficulties along the way. In Sicheng, their tired team rested for three days before continuing to set off. However, the road after Sicheng was very difficult to walk. There were more and more uninhabited lands and more and more wild animals.
Many people continue to drop out of the immigration queue because they can't bear the hardship.
But fortunately, most people did not waver, and for this result, all the property Rostislav inherited from his father was spent.
Rostislav finally chose Moscow as his destination, the future center of Russia.
There are actually many places suitable for building a city in Northeast Russia, but the conditions are not much different. In the end, due to the influence of later generations' ideas, the prince of Russia chose Moscow and built a city here, and also called this city, which was still a large construction site, Moscow.
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The Rostovs were very enthusiastic about Rostislav's arrival. They promptly sent guides and supplies, tried their best to meet Rostislav's requirements, and warmly invited Rostislav to come to their city.
Considering that Rostislav is not close to his father and the powerful people in Rostov, there is only one possibility for these people to be so enthusiastic:
They want something from others.
Rostislav was not going to foolishly go to Rostov to help these people. He had to first know what the problem was with these people so that he could take the right medicine to avoid falling into a trap all of a sudden.
So he appointed Polei as the mayor of Rostov and asked the former commander to manage the city on his behalf. Rostislav never doubted that Polei could do this job well. When he was the commander in Kiev, he brought all the dignitaries of Kiev to the city.
The treatment was satisfactory, and now it is easy to go to a city much smaller than Kiev.
Of course, Rostislav did not forget to provide him with sufficient armed forces. The king also added many noble soldiers to his own soldiers, so that he had hundreds of armored elites around him. In addition,
Gil's North mercenaries were also sent to that city. This North warrior had a total of five hundred people.
As for the other Northeastern Rus' cities, Rostislav is not that concerned. Those small towns only need to express their allegiance to the prince. The resources at his disposal are limited and he cannot take care of all the towns now.
After handling the affairs of Rostov, Rostislav was most concerned about the construction of Moscow. For this purpose, he personally selected the site, personally touched the city map, personally traveled through mountains and rivers, and measured the land.
In this large construction site called Moscow, the Prince of Russia has more things to deal with. Not only are there all kinds of trivial conflicts that occur every day in the camp, dividing land for farmers, but there are also information from other northeastern Ross towns.
, as well as about the construction of cities and the development of various industries. No, when it comes to development, someone comes.
"Prince, good news, we have built a brick kiln by the Moskva River! This way we can reduce imports."
A craftsman wearing coarse linen cloth and an apron, with calloused hands, walked in very happily, and subconsciously wiped his dirty hands on the apron.
"Continue to expand the scale of the brick kiln. My goal is to make Moscow a city of bricks instead of a city of wood. Don't worry about the manpower, I will give it to you. Go find Leo and ask him to mobilize thirty more bodies.
Give him a strong slave."
"Yes! I will definitely complete your mission!"
The craftsman responded enthusiastically that good bosses like Rostislav are rare, and they are willing to give people and money, so how could he not do a good job?
After the craftsman left happily, Rostislav asked about the captain of the soldiers in the room.
"Do we still have enough food? Have the farmers distributed their land?"
"There is enough food to last until next year's harvest. As for the land, although it has been divided, there will still be some time before it is time to plant food."
The captain of the janissary replied sternly that originally this was not his job, but after following Rostislav for a long time, he naturally turned into a human notepad.
"That's good, that's good. Finally, the first phase of things is completed."
Rostislav breathed a sigh of relief, but continued to worry about what to do in the future, and wanted to cause trouble in Northeast Rus.
He currently has two directions, one is to develop emerging industries like many time-travelers, and the other is to control farmers, exploit farmers, squeeze farmers, and pave the road to development with blood.
Subconsciously, Rostislav wanted to choose the first one, but he didn't know how to develop a new industry. Everything he could think of that could be done in this era was either too demanding or had already been done by the ancients.
Yes, there are some ideas for making luxury goods, but they are only enough to earn some pocket money.
However, after much searching, I was able to extract a piece of information from my somewhat vague past life memory:
There is a large silver mine in Kashin, Tver.
Yes, the big silver mine. He still remembered that this was the information he saw while browsing the Chinese Wiki in his previous life. This silver mine was once a key target of competition between the Principality of Moscow and the Principality of Tver, and Tver's strength was also due to it.
This silver mine was developed in the Middle Ages, and the technological level at that time was similar to today. Since it could be opened at that time, it can naturally be opened now.
If a silver mine is discovered, countless people from all over Russia and even outside Russia will come to search for silver, and then there will be no need to worry about development - after all, this is gold and silver.