king of ros

Chapter 112 City Blockade
After the meeting, Khan Ashraf Baruch Dulu walked in the aisle full of colonnades. The colonnades were built by architects from the Round City of Baghdad. The distance between the colonnades is extremely close, which can be described as The forest of pillars is quite exotic in this northern land.

Alaire followed Khan closely. Although he was only the son of the Walled Lord, he was trusted by Khan and his most important general, so he was able to follow Khan closely.

It is also because of this that he also leads the forces under the Khan, guards against all possible enemies at home and abroad for the Khan, and seeks possible achievements. This is why he went to Northeast Ross as an envoy.

"Alaire, is there anything new in Akkad recently?"

Khan's tone was full of exhaustion and weakness. This restless sidekick had always been Khan's biggest worry.

"I sorted out the information immediately after I came back, nothing new, but..."

"But enough of the private manipulation that's already been done, isn't it?"

Khan knew what Alaire was hesitating about. Akkad had long been forming cliques and building his own interest group. He had known this for a long time, but he never responded.

Allaire just kept silent about this, some things are not for him to say, they are Khan's family affairs.

"As long as my cousin is around, he can't rebel, and there's nothing I can do about his actions."

Khan saw that his chief spy did not speak or comment, so he continued to talk to himself, or to say, to comfort himself.

"He is the same age as me, but he is more energetic than me, and has more military achievements than me. Even his son is older than mine. For the nobles, is it not clear who is the right one to fall?"

There is a sense of resignation in Ashraf Khan's words. This Khan is not a person who fights for power. The position was unanimously recommended by all the talents back then, and it was only then that he was able to secure his position for so many years.

And everyone recommended him to be Khan only because of his character. He is a man who is indifferent to the world at best, and has no opinion at worst. This kind of ruler is the favorite of his subordinates.

For example, when the Russians proposed to buy the right to pay tribute in the Mali region, it was actually the intention of his subordinates. They wanted to test the new prince of Northeast Ross to see if they could take the opportunity to enter. The Khan just gave an order. .

"At that time, he can take away the position of Khan if he wants to. I only ask him to save my son's life. Speaking of Adam, Aleph, that kid is still so interested in Christian gods? "

When mentioning his son, the tone of the khan, who had always given people a sense of kindness, finally produced a meaning called anger. For the khan who worshiped under Allah, his son was inspired by the gods of Christians. Interesting, this is a complete scandal.

Aleph just lowered his head, and there was no doubt that there was an air of affirmation in that, which made the Khan's anger all the more intense.

"Oh, Allah, I shouldn't have let a Christian be his nurse, damn it! Damn it!"

In the face of Khan's anger, Allaire could only stand respectfully. This is the only way to deal with it now. Khan's family affairs are not something he can speak about.

"Huh, huh, forget it, it's too bad, Aleph, just do what you should do."

Fortunately, the anger came and went quickly, and Khan's mood quickly stabilized. After all, he was a gentle person.

Khan waved his hand to signal Aleph to push down, and the general bowed away with relief, but the seriousness on his face did not fade, because he had to block the city now.

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The first step in Bulgar City's war mobilization was nothing else but to block the market and order all merchants not to leave.

As a large number of spire guards rushed to the streets, the atmosphere of the original commercial market also changed. Although the vendors could still do business, they were surrounded by Khan's soldiers to monitor them, and the city gates and ports were blocked.

Although some businessmen expressed dissatisfaction, and some even tried to force their way through the barrier, the Bulgar guards with pointed helmets forcibly blocked them back. No matter which Khan or the agent of the Sultan you are, you have to obey the Bulgar Khan's orders now. Order.

The reason for this is to ensure that the news does not spread. In the north, controlling these businessmen basically curbs the speed of news dissemination.

"Damn it, Allah, why are they doing this at this time? It's unlucky."

For Abdul, it was like a bolt from the blue.

On this trip north, the Persian businessman had a great harvest. Although he did not get the slave resources he wanted, he got a large slave order from the Prince of Ross.

Although the original way of buying slaves of their family has disappeared, it is still no problem to get dozens or hundreds of slaves. After all, Persia is full of wars, and the Seljuk army is sweeping up the local resistance. The low-level slave trade that has not been done for a long time, buying slaves with the army, can always get slaves.

After receiving a large order, the Persian businessman wandered around Northeast Ross for a long time, purchasing a series of local specialties, and then returned to Bulgar to rest for a period of time and set off on his way back again. When returning to Bulgar, they found that the army was blocking the city.

Abdul, who has been working hard in the war-ridden Persia for a long time, immediately realized that the Bulgars were going to start a war after the brief panic passed, and the target of the war could only be the Rus.

Abdul also saw the fiery effect brought by the Kashin Silver Mine during his time in Northeast Ross. He also wanted to bring money to enter this business, but he found that the lowest admissions were the dignitaries of the Ross cities. , and it was so high that it was directly as high as several kings in the Christian world, which made Abdul immediately persuaded.

In this kind of place where big men fight, a small shrimp like him can only be turned into cannon fodder in a matter of minutes. He should just do his own slave business honestly.

No, I must find a way to escape, Abdul thought as he looked at the soldiers who sealed the city gate.

His caravan is outside the city, if he never goes back, he can't imagine what will happen.

And he also thought, what if he told the Rus people the news... It is shameful to collude with heretics, but money can wash away all shame.

But how to get out?Relying on bribes is absolutely impossible now, no greedy ghost would be so stupid as to be greedy at this time, and Bulgar's city walls don't seem to have any loopholes.

Then he has only one choice.

Passing through the room, the Persian merchant looked at the wide Volga River and the port with few guards.

The river has been chained up enough to keep boats out, but not swimmers.

Then swim out by yourself.

The slave trader thought of it this way, he has had two brushes in his travels for so many years.

It's a life gamble, but if the bet wins, it will be a fortune, and Abdul has that confidence.

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(End of this chapter)