king of ros

Chapter 212
The princes of Ross entered the Hungarian palace under the cheers of the local residents, and here, King Bela of Hungary had prepared for them a magnificent dinner worthy of their identities.

This banquet made Rostislav very comfortable. In order to show his legitimacy, King Bella was extremely extravagant in the banquet specifications, and brought out everything of the highest level in this country.

In addition to the local dishes of Hungary, he also served many dishes of Ross, and as for the fine wines, he even gave them free of charge.

At the banquet, King Bella called on all the people present to toast the princes of Ross, in order to praise their crusade against the Pechenegs. Hungary was also troubled by those nomads.

This immediately promoted the Ross people to a high position, but this was what the princes had expected, and they had been listening to such praise along the way.

Rostislav was most proud at times like this, because all this was his idea.

This banquet can be said to be a feast for the guests of honor, and through chatting and bragging with people at the banquet, Rostislav learned that King Boleslaw and Bishop Henry of Augsburg-the latter is the queen mother of the empire. The favorite—has come to this city.

Now Andrew's son and his mother have not arrived, and now Edward is protecting Andrew's wife and children, and it is said that they are already on the way.

Of course, King Bella expressed his willingness to win over at the banquet, but the uncle didn't give him a single word of truth. If you want their position to waver or something, you have to show sincerity instead of just saying a few words here.

There was nothing to say in the days after the banquet. These Russians were constantly being entertained. The King of Poland invited them, and Bishop Henry of the Empire invited them.

In addition, many local nobles and merchants are also inviting Rurik princes. Since they came here, the banquets have been non-stop.

And all the Yaroslavitches would not refuse anyone who came to the banquet, and they all went to participate, but they didn't tell the truth.

Izyaslav has unified the caliber for everyone, that is, in principle, they are all on Anastasia's side, as for the others, let's see what bargaining chips the Empire, Poland, and King Bella have. .

Ah, by the way, Anastasia's full name is Anastasia Yaroslavna Rurik, and she is Solomon's mother, uncle's sister, Rostislav's aunt, and they ran so far of course Is to support loved ones.

And through the banquet between the Poles and the Germans, Rostislav was able to take a good look at the King of Poland and Bishop Henry.

When meeting Boleslaw, Rostislav found that he was indeed as talented as those evaluations said, and he was full of adventurous temperament. Just by looking at his unintentional movements, he knew that he had gone through a lot of battle tests.

But the Polish king didn't say much to his uncles at the banquet, after all he didn't need to win anything from Rurik.

He is the benefactor of Bella, the victor of the Hungarian Civil War. No matter what Bella lost in this meeting, he will make up for what was lost, and he will also double the gift.

The king was very interested in him, and he took the initiative to chat with him, which surprised Rostislav, but the communication with the king was quite peaceful, and the king came to talk to him about something they were both good at—war.

After all, Boleslaw himself is a warrior king who has been active in the front line of battle for a long time. He even wears chain mail at banquets-although it is lightweight ceremonial armor.

Rostislav mainly discussed the use of cavalry with the king, who praised the use of cavalry by the Muscovite princes.

This surprised Rostislav very much. It seemed that the king had collected a lot of information about him on the battlefield—not the kind of useless bragging, but his real performance on the battlefield.

This made Rostislav subconsciously wary of the King of Poland, but then he felt a little funny. Those battles happened five or six years ago. It is so strange for the King of Poland to find a few witnesses of the battle to ask them to understand the battle.

Rostislav still underestimated his reputation, especially among the younger generation. In the eastern Christian world, the young princes basically used Rostislav as their own example, and fathers also used him as an example for their sons .

And recently Rostislav's reputation in this land has been further improved, and his actions against the Pechenegs have been praised by the Magyars.

The Magyars were happy to see feuds being fought and slaughtered, and the poems of Magyar poets praising Rostislav's martial arts were even circulated in this land.

The rumors about his deeds became more and more outrageous, and the more rumors became more exaggerated, he could only say that he was very helpless.

Rostislav wanted to explain this. It was the feat made by his uncles together with him, but others didn't believe it at all.

Fortunately, the Polish king did not mention these, they were only talking about the real art of war.

Regarding military affairs, Rostislav was very willing to communicate. This king was also a man who had been tested in battle, and it was very precious to exchange battlefield experience with such a senior commander.

However, the King of Poland dismissed the matter of scrolls. In his opinion, it was not something a warrior should do, only a priest should learn it.

Seeing that the king despised scrolls so much, Rostislav changed the subject without a trace. If the Polish king doesn't want to talk about it, then let's not talk about it.

And the relationship between Meshko and him is indeed as good as he said. When they met, they were as close as brothers.

However, they both maintain the bottom line for each other. Both of them understand their current identities and positions. In order not to embarrass each other in the future, they naturally have to avoid showing intimacy in the past.

But even so, Rostislav felt compelled to keep Myshko on the fringes of his inner circle.

It was in everyone's best interest for him to do so, and Rostislav could trust Mieszko, but would the others trust this dear brother of the Polish king, who was a possible future enemy?Moreover, this matter is too easy to be grasped in political struggles.

As for the meeting with Bishop Henry at the banquet with the Germans, there is nothing to say. This is an ordinary bishop, but he seems to have some ambiguous rumors with the Queen Mother of the Empire.

And Rostislav didn't believe these rumors at all. The courtly erotic stories were like this. It was okay to pass the time, but it must not be taken seriously.

However, the bishop seems to be an opponent of church reform, which makes his reputation so complicated. At least Rostislav noticed that many imperial nobles at the banquet had complicated eyes on the bishop, and the participating Hungarian church People are even more distant.

The prince also heard some news about the political changes within the Germanic Empire. Many German dignitaries seemed to be very dissatisfied with the bishop and the queen mother behind the bishop.

And Rostislav is too lazy to care about these things, what does the affairs of the Catholic world have to do with him, a little Orthodox prince?

As for the internal strife in the empire, it has little to do with him. If it weren't for his cousin and aunt, he wouldn't even pay attention to these things.

As for the infighting within the empire, Rostislav remembered that there seemed to be an important change of power in the empire a few years later, but unfortunately he couldn't remember the specific content.

However, the uncle and the bishop had a heated conversation. After all, they were on one side in a sense. The Ross people undoubtedly stood on the side of their relatives, and the bishop wanted to support the pro-imperial Hungarian king. He didn't hear a word of anything.

And the bishop was not interested in talking to him, a junior, and Rostislav was eating meat and drinking non-stop at the banquet.

Rostislav didn't take much part in these latter banquets. After all, he was a junior, so he could escape by showing his face at the banquets, and then he could use the time freely.

In his spare time, he and Jan wandered the streets of Fechshwar, taking a good look at this ancient Magyar city, and there were not many opportunities to make such a long trip.

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