king of ros

Chapter 255
While Rostislav was thinking about his selfishness, Gevalan, who had been waiting quietly behind the prince, suddenly put his mouth next to the prince's ear, and told him that someone would meet with him next time, and the time for the audience was coming soon. .

This made Rostislav slap his head immediately. Really, why did he forget such an important thing, accepting the audience and doing it tomorrow.

The audience is very important to the Moscow regime, because it is an opportunity for the Moscow princes and ordinary subjects to have direct contact.

The lord should maintain contact with ordinary subjects for a long time, so that authority can be established among them, and they can't be emptied, and they can pass judgments or give materials.

Then the prince handed over all the affairs here to the person in charge of the printing workshop, and he opened the door and walked to the Rostislav Palace. The guards standing outside followed immediately.

It's just that what Rostislav didn't notice was that his personal captain and personal leader looked at each other with those somewhat hostile eyes before moving on.

But even if he saw it, he wouldn't say anything. The hostility between the two actually represented the competition between them. It was good to maintain this competition, which was conducive to maintaining the combat effectiveness of the troops.

In fact, in terms of nature, the essence of a follower is also a follower, and there shouldn't be such a big hostility between the two teams.

However, since Rostislav had always used the personal cavalry as a unit, the personal cavalry became more and more like a separate team from the personal cavalry, and the personal cavalry themselves regarded them as an independent team.

Since most of the personal followers are young people, many people in the personal soldier team full of veterans despise these young people.

The young people, on the other hand, have a non-serving attitude towards the veterans. They don't care about these seniors at all, and if they fight on the battlefield at the same time, they will use more aggressive methods to express their competition. Over time, the two sides are more or less hostile to each other.

This is also a result that Rostislav did not expect when he formed his personal team back then, and it was an unintentional intervention.

However, after he discovered that the benign effect brought about by this, that is, the effect of motivating the soldiers' training far outweighed the negative effects of the hostility, he simply ignored it and let them develop.

Moreover, the hostility between them just motivates them to fight harder. After all, for samurai, fighting on the battlefield is always the most convincing.

Anyway, no matter whether they are soldiers or followers, they are extremely loyal to themselves, the prince.

And he has never been biased in the relationship and treatment between the two, and the loyalty of the two troops to him has not been shaken by this.

Soon, Rostislav passed through the hall with the huge auroch's head, came to the audience room after being saluted by the guards, and sat in his place.

And Moscow's important military and political figures are all standing beside Rostislav, waiting for the prince's orders and instructions. They all wear exquisite robes to demonstrate their respective authority.

As the Prince of Moscow raised his hand, the captain of the bodyguard immediately announced the entry of the audience, and the door of the waiting room opened.

The first person to enter next was the man whom Rostislav wanted to meet, Yegor Ivanovich Serikhov of the Rostov battalion.

Yegor is a veteran of Rostislav's command. He has experienced the baptism of the Hungarian war, and was transferred to the Rostov Battalion as the backbone not long after returning to Moscow.

Amid Gevalan's resonant voice, a burly young man walked in. His body had the traces of long-term wind and rain, and his eyes belonged to an explorer and warrior.

Behind him were two young men, who were holding a gift for the prince of Moscow, a precious fur from the East.

Rostislav is very sensitive to this kind of people. After all, Northeast Ross has never lacked this type of people, and this kind of people can do things that ordinary people can't.

These people who dare to fight are also Rostislav's favorite subjects, because they are always willing to take risks and develop for their own interests, and they help the prince as well as themselves.

However, Yegor did not show any signs of illness or malnutrition. It can be seen that although he had no worries about food and clothing since he was a child, he has been working hard with his adults, and he may have traveled in the wilderness a lot.

It was the first time that Rostislav saw the second son of the Serikhov family. Yegor's face was very similar to his father's.

The Prince of Moscow had seen old Ivan from afar during the auroch hunt, and in Rostislav's words, he was as strong as an old stump.

At that time, Rostislav had a drink with the old man. He planned to chat more with the stubborn old man, but unfortunately there were too many nobles that day. Countless people were waiting for Rostislav, hoping to have a drink with the prince. Have a drink.

The Sherikhov family is a legend in Northeast Ross. Old Ivan was just the son of a leather craftsman, but he created a huge family business by himself, making their family a member of the noble class in Yaroslavl.

When Rostislav came to Northeast Ross, he had heard the reputation of this family. At that time, they were praised as typical successful people in Northeast Ross, and their admirers were everywhere.

After all, relying on a few friends, old Ivan dared to go to those lands full of pagan tribes and explored many lands that no one had touched.

They made friends with the locals, exchanged furs from the locals, established trading posts, built their own business empire step by step, and even established new pioneering fortresses to attract colonists to build.

At the same time, this family also shouldered the responsibility for the expansion of Christianity. The pastor of their family established an existence called the East Coast Church in that newly opened land.

Rostislav of this church once heard Bishop Luca say that, in the bishop's words, he had been a bishop for so many years, and it was the first time he had discovered such heresies.

Bishop Luca, who originally thought that he had been calmed down by Rose's strange dual beliefs, was like this. It can be seen how much the East Coast Church is...

But Rostislav didn't care about these things at all. What Northeast Rus needs is not some retrospective belief.

It's about spreading beliefs. No matter how distorted the beliefs become in the end, let them spread first.

Rostislav has a very good impression of the Sherikhov family, very good. He likes such a family that is determined to develop. It is precisely because of such existence that Northeast Ross can flourish.

Moreover, this guy's eastward expansion is actually touching the Bulgar's sphere of influence. Rostislav is very supportive of this. He needs someone to act as a striker to see if the Bulgars will react.

Therefore, Rostislav agreed to Serikhov's various material requests from Moscow as soon as he could. He very much supported the development of the Serikhov family.

And the Sherikhov family also sent their second son Yegor to serve under Rostislav very tactfully.

Of course, the young man said that he joined the prince's army because he wanted to come out and see.

But no matter what he thinks, his presence is part of building trust and is inseparable from his family.

He didn't see that now he came to visit Rostislav with a gift from his family.

Facing the prince of Moscow, Yegor calmly saluted the prince.

And with his slight greeting, the Assault Knight's badge on his chest reflected a little, and this was the symbol of a Moscow officer.

"I salute you, Master Rostislav, on behalf of my family I present you with a gift."

Following his words, two attendants holding precious furs stepped forward, and the prince's servant who had been preparing for a long time also immediately took the gift.

"I have received your gift, Yegor of the Sherikhov family. What does your family want from Moscow? Do you need us to provide material and manpower support?"

Subconsciously, Rostislav thought that Yegor had come to ask for support, and Rostislav was very clear about how difficult it was to open up.

However, he didn't notice Yegor's unnatural expression, so he thought he was suppressing something.

And the next answer of Yegor, who was serving in the prince's army, surprised the prince.

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(End of this chapter)