king of ros

Chapter 246 Civilian Faction
Rostislav was very satisfied with Anwar's report, which shows that his series of construction and development in Northeast Russia has achieved fruitful results over the years. Finally, the Persian manager ended with a report on the amount of materials stored in Moscow.

In the past five years, under the regular hunting and food purchase, the warehouse in Moscow has accumulated enough grain for tens of thousands of troops to go to Bulgar and support it for a period of time.

After Anwar's report is over, there will be some daily chores in Northeast Ross, such as negotiations with some wealthy businessmen and nobles, as well as the construction of local infrastructure, maintenance of roads and bridges, and so on.

Rostislav is also familiar with these tasks, after all, he has been doing them for so many years.

After finishing all this quickly, according to the established flow, Rostislav planned to go to the blacksmith guild to inspect this guild that he had poured a lot of effort into.

This guild is an important part of Moscow's war machine, and he has invested a lot of money in it.

With the prince's departure, today's meeting is considered to be over, and everyone has dispersed. Some people followed the prince, while others went to busy with their own affairs.

As the managers of Moscow, the civil servants did not follow Rostislav. After all, they still had work to do, and the blacksmiths' guild was a different system.

It's just that this time the two leaders of the Moscow civil service system silently walked up to the red brick wall and ordered the soldiers guarding it to retreat. These two existences with powerful authority in Moscow chatted here. .

On their way over, they saw Jan, the mayor of Suzdal, talking to Domnar, the son-in-law of the captain of the bodyguard.

Jan, the young nobleman, had a bad expression on his face, while Domhnall just kept his head down.

The two officials didn't care about these two people, let alone being curious, they still have their own affairs.

"Anwar, when do you think our prince will launch an expedition against Bulgar, or in other words, what do you think of the prospect of this expedition?"

Leo looked at Moscow under the city walls, and looked at the scene of heavy traffic. He was quite amazed by the scene. He still remembered the most barbaric state of Moscow, which formed a sharp contrast with the present.

"Next year or the year after, it's unlikely this year. The prince experienced a lot of battles during his trip to Hungary. He still needs to rest for a while. By then we will have to get busy."

Anwar thought for a while, then said cautiously.

He must be cautious, even though he followed Leo's hints, it didn't mean that Anwar was subordinate to Leo, and he couldn't send out such signals.

Although the civil service system in Moscow now has a maximum of a hundred people, there are already factions among these hundred people, that is, the Greek faction and the Russian faction.

Needless to say, the Greek faction is composed of the civil servants brought by Leo from the imperial capital, while the Ross faction is of course the native intellectuals of Russia.

The Greeks headed by Leo now occupy the middle and high-end of the Moscow government. They are basically important cadres of the Moscow government, while the Russians occupy the vast grassroots.

The Russians are naturally very dissatisfied with this, but the abilities of the Greeks are there, they will not cause trouble, and sometimes the Greek faction can mobilize the Russian faction through job promotion. After all, the Russian faction is just a simple local identity. The product of condensation.

The formation of the Rosist faction is actually a matter of the past few years. The Moscow government has been continuously expanding in the past few years, but there are only so many Greeks, so it can only absorb a large number of Russ into the system.

The requirements for these people are not high, that is, they only need to understand the characters. After all, if they understand the characters, they can read government orders, which is enough.

As the number of Ross people increased, the Ross people naturally formed the antagonism and hostility of those who came from outside the territory, forming a loose but unified faction.

Although this faction is huge and will inevitably become the mainstream in the future, this future has to be decades ago, and it is easy to leverage.

It’s different for Anwar. He is in a very special position. He is neither Greek nor Russian, and he is in a high position, almost governing the entire Northeast Ross. Such a situation is his own case.

Because of his particularity, neither side regards him as their own, and both sides are extremely wary of him.

On the other hand, Anwar simply remained neutral. Anyway, he just wanted to do things well and repay Rostislav for his trust in authority.

As a Persian Orthodox Christian, Anwar cherishes his current status very much. He knows that no one else has given him these things, and only Rostislav has given them all.

It is also because of his work attitude and neutral stance that everyone did not embarrass him too much. Anwar did not want this situation to be broken.

So now that the leader of the Greek faction saw him, he was full of vigilance. If he was caught by the old bureaucrat in front of him this time, it would be difficult in the future.

Hearing Anwar's answer, Leo didn't reply for a while, but was silent for a while, thinking whether the old bureaucrat of Junbao was trying to scare him, and after confirming that there was no language trap, he said,

"Anwar, I want to be honest, what do you think of the conquest of Bulgar?"

Leo's words immediately made Anwar nervous. He quickly glanced around, only seeing the empty city wall, to make sure that there were no eavesdroppers around.

Then he looked into Leo's eyes, in which he only saw seriousness, that was when Moscow did not have these factions to oppose Leo's work, which made Anwar understand that Leo really wanted to talk to him something.

"Master Leo, I don't think I need to say more about this. You and I know it well. After all, we have experienced many wars and worked for the logistics of the army. Although our prince has created It’s been a miracle, but I find it hard to believe it’s still going to be like this.”

Anwar hesitated for a while, and finally expressed his thoughts implicitly. He was not as optimistic about the expedition to Bulgar as Rostislav.

"It seems that we are all on the same mind, it's just that no one wants to go to the cold water of Mr. Porostislav. From Moscow to Bulgar, the distance between Moscow and Bulgar would take several weeks, let alone a The loss of materials on the road, and the subsequent supply of materials... This prospect is really bad. Although we have stored a lot of materials for this purpose in these years, it is unknown whether it can support such consumption for a long time. It's never enough."

"Unless our prince can quickly end the war and enter the city of Bulgar, but this..."

"It's unlikely. Judging from the information we have received now, Akkad will stick to the city wall if it cannot win the field battle, and a famous city like Bulgar that is at the same level as Kyiv is not so easy to take down, and it will be expensive at that time." , if you fall into that situation, it will last forever."

After seeing Leo open the skylight to speak brightly, Anwar also said bluntly.

And at this moment, he also understood why Leo called him here, it was simply that the head of the Moscow civil servant wanted to complain.

For the conquest of Bulgar, experienced senior civil officials like Leo and Anwar were not optimistic at all, and did not think that the prince's troops and supplies were sufficient.

They have passed the test of time, and they are still very clear about some things. Although Rostislav is proficient in battle formation, if it is his first time to go abroad to fight in Bulgar, he can really handle those complicated things. business?
On such an expedition, handling the relationship with the locals is more important than fighting, but to be honest, if it was easy, the two of them would not have seen so many overturned cars.

But what can they do?You can't persuade the princes not to do it because of difficulties. Their princes have overcome a lot of hardships to get to Moscow today, and they will definitely think that they have the ability to solve all these.

The two talked back and forth, and at the end they sighed silently to each other, no matter what, let's take a step forward, and we may not necessarily fall into that kind of predicament in the future... I hope so.

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(End of this chapter)