Compared to the wonder and fear of the farmers below, Rostislav only felt a little bored.
For the Prince of Moscow, this battle is not a battle at all, it can only be described as an armed parade. From the beginning of the battle to now, less than twenty people have died, and not a single person on his side has died. The battle is just
When it's over, the enemy collapses.
"Tell Varu to take those farmers to the rebel villages. They can do whatever they want. They can burn houses and rape, but don't kill too many people. These people have to be kept as laborers.
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Rostislav has been very indifferent to these things. After experiencing many tragedies, Rostislav has adjusted his mentality and completely sat on the feudal nobles. Isn't it natural for nobles to kill and exploit?
Moreover, while eliminating the thorny head, it can also make his new people happy and further strengthen their recognition of themselves as princes.
After giving the instructions, Rostislav handed over the task to his soldier captain. Gvalan was now wearing a simple iron helmet. He had been looking for the ruby on the helmet for a long time after he lost it, but he still couldn't find it.
I couldn't find it, so I had to wear this one.
As for Rostislav, he returned to Moscow under the escort of the guards, and there were still many things waiting for him to deal with.
Rostislav rode his horse through the forest, along the road cut in the forest. On the way, he also passed the clay mine discovered near Moscow. A brick-making factory had been established nearby, and craftsmen and slaves were working hard in it.
Labor provides the bricks needed for the rising city.
Passing through the brick-making factory, Moscow appears in front of you like a large construction site.
It has been almost two months since they arrived here, and solid wooden walls have been erected around the city of Moscow. Under the wooden walls is a wide and deep moat full of spikes.
The foundation of this wooden wall is not made of bricks, so it cannot be built too high. But Rostislav did this deliberately. In his plan, the wall will be demolished sooner or later. What he wants to build is taller.
It is a solid brick wall that looks very reliable at first glance, rather than a city wall made mainly of wood.
But with the amount of bricks and tiles he has produced, there is still a long way to go to achieve this goal.
Looking from a distance, you can see that most of Rostislav's princely residence on the platform has been built. It is a brick building with a rather imperial style. This building made Rostislav feel friendly and unique in Kiev.
Civilized atmosphere - the villages and towns along this road are all filled with wooden houses, which always gives him an extremely desolate feeling.
Seeing Rostislav's return, the soldiers on the wooden wall blew the horns representing the prince's return, and the door slowly opened due to the sound, welcoming the owner of the city to enter.
The first feeling you get when entering Moscow is desolation.
Yes, it is desolate. Rostislav allocated a large area of land for Moscow, including agricultural land for the residents of the city, but now many agricultural lands are still empty.
This is not a strange thing. In Europe of this era, farming within city walls was very common.
In Rostislav's plan, when the city's population surges, agricultural land will be turned into a place for new residences to stand, avoiding the trouble of expanding the city wall.
Due to strict planning and execution, the city was divided into squares, and of course, more than half of them are still empty.
As for the other half, some have already been planted with seeds, and there are still people working in the fields using the distributed production tools, others have built simple wooden houses, and some are either cooking meals in front of their homes, or doing things that can be used by businessmen.
Acquired handicrafts.
A church is also under construction in the city. Judging from the scale of construction, this church is not small. There is no such church in the entire Northeastern Rus, and it is also built entirely of bricks and tiles.
But this is not the money spent by Rostislav, but the money spent by the retired metropolitan. He spent all his savings and the funds obtained through resignation on this church. The old man who has regained his original intention
I vowed to make great achievements in this land.
Like most Russian cities, the ground was covered with wooden planks to facilitate passage. People and livestock were constantly running on the road. The smell of filth could be smelled from time to time. When the people on the road saw the return of the prince, they quickly got out of the way.
Regarding this filth, it was actually the result of Rostislav's efforts to rectify it. He still remembered that he ignored this problem in the first month when he was busy, and the result was that Moscow was like a big cesspit, and then he hurriedly formed Vicher to deal with it.
Urban sanitation problems have made Moscow less stinky.
Initially, Rostislav wanted to personally intervene to deal with this problem and let his people take charge of grassroots matters. However, after weighing the costs and understanding the cost of doing so, he decided to form Vecher and let them solve these grassroots issues.
Work.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to spread his power to the grassroots in Moscow, but the conditions don’t allow it! The wallet doesn’t allow it! The manpower doesn’t allow it!
Through this small incident, Rostislav gained a deep understanding of the many troubles at the grassroots level. In his previous life, all grassroots problems were dealt with, but forget it in this era when productivity was underdeveloped.
The people on the road kept bowing to the prince on horseback. Many people were very grateful to Rostislav for bringing them to this land. Although the journey was difficult, Rostislav's army accompanied them. The life here was indeed
It is much more relaxed than busy Kiev, food prices are cheaper, and the land is quite fertile.
The new citizens of Moscow had completely surrendered to Rostislav's authority and regarded him as their prince.
Rostislav quickly passed through the still somewhat empty urban area and came to the slightly undulating platform in the center. There were simple wooden walls here. When the guards saw Rostislav, they immediately opened the city gate and welcomed their prince to enter.
Behind the wall is the prince's residence, which has been mostly completed. This is not the only construction site here. There are also soldiers' dormitories and clerk's dormitories. These are also built with bricks. If you want to spread the brick culture in Russia, then your cronies
You have to use it first and get used to it, so that others will follow.
Zoe and the civil servants were waiting at the door for the return of the prince. The prince got off his horse and gave a kiss to his wife, who had been working hard with him recently. Many times Rostislav had to calculate various data with his wife.
Zoe seemed quite uncomfortable with this journey. After all, for the noble lady of the imperial capital, Kiev was barely enough, let alone such a barbaric place.
But Zoe overcame those discomforts and followed Rostislav to Northeastern Rus without any complaints. Rostislav could naturally see this, which moved the prince quite a lot, and his feelings for his wife deepened.
After the kiss, Zoe told him a piece of news that immediately put him on alert.