king of ros

Chapter 26 The Road to Ross
The departure of the Norwegians also marked the end of the carnival, and the soldiers assembled in Nordic City also packed up their belongings. Soldiers in twos and threes left Nordic City every day, returning home with wealth and stories full of stories.

With the departure of the army, the crowd attracted by the market gradually dispersed, and the carnival that had arisen due to the war gradually calmed down.

For Rostislav, life has returned to routine, and he continues the old training. His subordinates still need to be polished, and the newcomers also need to be trained. Recently, his glory and generosity have attracted many warriors to join him.

Now he has three hundred soldiers under his command, which is a force that cannot be ignored in any country in the known world, and it is also the foundation for him to settle down. In the chaotic era, only loyal soldiers in armor can be relied on.

According to the northern tradition, the prince never forgets to send gold and silver, and personally distributes the food. The soldiers are not the subordinates of the prince, but brothers, comrades, and robes. Only with sincerity and sincerity can you gain loyalty and die.

Veshata was the most gratified. He saw his father in Rostislav, and he believed more and more that this child would make great achievements in the future, and that his son would follow the prince, and his future achievements would not be low.

Compared to Rostislav's ease, Yaroslav was much more busy.

The war proved the grand duke's majesty. Estonia's great victory made the whole north witness the power of Ross. businessman and so on.

There is never a shortage of petitioners before the wise man's throne, and there are complicated official duties, the work can be described as extremely busy.

In such an atmosphere, time passed quickly, and spring came soon, and there was pleasant news from the south. The son of the wise man, the wife of the third uncle Vsevolod of Prince Norse, was born. a baby boy.

The news of the birth of a new member of the Grand Duke's family quickly spread throughout the city, and Yaroslav was very happy about it. Li got away.

Because of this news, the Grand Duke of Kyiv decided to return to the southern court. He appointed the veteran Ostromir-Vishata's father-as the mayor of Nozomi, and Rostislav was also taken by him.

Rostislav was not surprised by this either. His teacher, Bishop Luka, had already guessed this matter. It is not a bad thing to go to Kyiv. The Grand Duke is willing to let you approach the center of power, which means that you must have a share in the future distribution of power.

In this way, Prince Nuocheng left Nuocheng, where he had lived for nearly ten years, and embarked on a journey to the famous mother of cities in the south.

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Along the ancient Varangian waterway, the huge fleet headed south. In this team, there were not only the prince's personal soldiers, but also the caravan that followed the fleet to the imperial capital. This war allowed them to collect With so much goods, it is natural to have to go south on a large scale, and go to the imperial capital to make a lot of money.

Facing such a huge fleet and the Trident flag, no water bandit would dare to intercept it. It would be death to challenge a huge fleet, not to mention that this fleet is still covered by Rurik.

Soon, they came to the famous rosin city Smolensk (hereinafter referred to as Smolensk), where the river ends, and now they need to be transported by water (boating on dry land).

This is also the foundation for the prosperity of Sicheng. It is the center of the river system that spreads throughout Ross. The rich rosin also makes merchants willing to go there. The flow of gold and silver from east to west and north to south makes the city usher in rapid development.

Rostislav knew that in the future, Smolensk would become a big city second only to Kyiv and Novosibirsk. This city was full of vigor and vitality, and countless gold and silver flowed here.

Its strategic location is even more important. As long as it is stuck here, it can be said that the passage between North and South Ross will be blocked.

After going down the river again through waterway transportation, there will be no obstacles to the next journey, and Kyiv is just around the corner.

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On the voyage to Kyiv, Rostislav did not sit idle in the cabin like many others, but wrote a book, the name of which is "The Biography of Yaroslav".

Yes, this is a biography written by Rostislav for Grand Duke Rus and his grandfather, which records various deeds of his grandfather from birth to the present.

Prince Nuocheng originally started writing out of the idea of ​​leaving more information for future generations, and he continued to write it a few years ago-this is the influence of his status as a history lover in his previous life-but after his father passed away, This book has another purpose, which is to show my grandfather my superior talents.

The writing style of this book is somewhat different from the popular chronicles of this era. There is not so much religious preaching, and after all, Rostislav is a visitor from later generations, and he partially adopts the research perspective of later generations.

Of course, the subject still belongs to the set of this era, and Rostislav knows very well that half a step ahead is a genius, and one step ahead is a madman.

And since it was something dedicated to his grandfather, Rostislav naturally used various styles of writing. The unglamorous achievements of his grandfather were to save his respect, and he tried his best to flatter his hard-won victory. great man. (Note 1)

In terms of culture, Rostislav was actually very ambitious. The culture of Kievan Rus was still in the stage of enlightenment, the number of cultural groups was pitifully small, and the vast countryside was still dominated by paganism.

But on the other hand, this is also a fertile ground for heroes to gallop. After all, as a person from later generations, he is very clear about the methods and tricks of cultural transmission.

For example, besides writing this biography, he is still discussing miracle dramas with the church. As for the so-called miracle dramas, they are dramas that reproduce the stories in the Bible.

In today's pagan Ross, such a form of performance can undoubtedly attract many people, instill in the people the consciousness of the greatness and holiness of God, and then promote the Christianization of the people.

After all, this method is much more effective in this era of lack of entertainment than those boring preaching and coercion by the Grand Duke.

His teacher, Bishop Luca, fully supported his idea. When he left Novo, the teacher had already handed him the prepared story, and said that he would send people to Kyiv for rehearsal soon, and he, Rostislav, wanted to What I did was to edit the script based on these materials.

After all, no one in Ross can write scripts. Shengxing's country and city farces are more about improvisation and the accumulation of grandparents' routines, which largely depend on the ability of the actors.

Rostislav was always full of enthusiasm when working on these scrolls. After all, if it was done, he would be remembered by this land and even the whole world in the future, and he would be immortalized in another way.

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Remark 1: Yaroslav's diplomacy and internal affairs are excellent, and all kinds of construction can be regarded as a great man of a generation, but the war is too ugly. To write his biography, this aspect needs to be rescued by a good spring and autumn brushwork.

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