king of ros

Chapter 271
In order to welcome these guests from afar, the July banquet lasted for three full days.

Even after these three days have passed for a long time, many people are still talking about it, because Rostislav's handwriting this time is really the most ambitious since the founding of Moscow.

Moreover, this banquet was not only Rostislav's welcome to those visitors from the south, but also Rostislav's declaration of the Bulgarian war.

On the last day of the banquet, Rostislav, accompanied by the future Bulgar bishop Tiberius and the current Moscow bishop Luca, announced that the conquest of Bulgar was a matter of God's favor.

Under the care of God, this country on the Volga River will inevitably become a Christian country, the souls of all those who participated in this conquest will be redeemed, and all sins will be washed away.

Rostislav also declared that this was a crusade, a great crusade to bring salvation to distant unbelief lands.

Of course, this has little effect on the pagans in Northeast Russia. At most, it inspires the will of Christians, and more importantly, it shows the determination of Rostislav's will.

Moreover, few people know the concept of the Crusaders in this era. This time, Rostislav deliberately mentioned this word. When he mentioned this word, most people actually didn’t understand it—what was the man above talking about? That's what they think.

As for why and how, it was of course that Rostislav was doing what he was best at.

These small things still seem inconspicuous, but later generations said that they must be mentioned in the research, and some people must write a big paper with this.

Maybe in the future someone will use his words to say that he is the earliest crusader, but in fact his purpose is all secular. The establishment of Christianity is a religion on the outside, but it is still secular on the inside. This is also interesting.

After the banquet, life in Moscow seemed to return to the calm of the past, except that the citizens received a special birch bark that recorded their family information, nothing changed.

But changes are also coming imperceptibly. As time goes by and the end of the autumn harvest, farmers from all over the country rolled up their food, carrying weapons and armor and came to Moscow, the gathering place in Rostislav's mouth.

In the beginning, there were only a few people, dozens of teams, and they built their sheds and tents on the vast field outside the Moscow walls.

As the time drew nearer, the arriving team became larger and larger, with more and more personnel, ranging from farmers to mercenaries from far away.

There are also various businessmen and servants from all walks of life gathered here. Everyone knows that when the army gathers, it is also the time to make a lot of money, and many of these people plan to continue to follow the army and continue their business until the end of the war. .

Rostislav welcomed the arrival of these people, because it would be a big deal if there were so many strong men crowded outside the city wall and they couldn't meet their various needs.

However, he does not allow these people to enter Moscow, and if they are allowed to enter, the city will definitely mess up.

Walled city owners and city dignitaries from all over the country also came with their troops. The arrival of these teams made everyone suddenly realize that the war was so close to them.

There are also a large number of nomads arriving, they are the visitors from the south who have been taken in by the princes of Moscow.

Although many of them have already started farming, these few years are not enough for them to lose their grassland skills, and they are still powerful nomadic cavalry.

Immediately, Moscow was also organized under the order of the prince. Vecher organized the citizens of each city and asked them to assemble into temporary battalions one after another.

The guild has also brought out a 300-man army, but most of them are agents and mercenaries hired by the guild. The guild will not let their craftsmen participate in any expedition, even if they participate Join the maharaja's artisan team.

As for the villages under the jurisdiction of Moscow City, the middle-aged men in the villages gathered and went to Moscow to serve their Lord Rostislav.

Soon, a huge "city" appeared outside the walls of Moscow, and this city continued to grow every day, because every day there were excited callers.

And Rostislav's personal entourage did nothing else every day, and concentrated on rectifying these troops, teaching them how to line up and how to maintain order.

The surge of crowds has brought great security problems to Moscow. After all, the people who flock here are all middle-aged men. These people are full of anger, and they are all warriors who have seen blood. Conflicts and even crimes are normal.

For example, some time ago, a prostitute's head was cut off and thrown in a pool in the city. The murderer has not yet been found out.

There was also a brawl in the tavern, and the knife was used immediately, five of them died on the spot, and then Rostislav hanged the rest.

Now the corpses of various criminals are hanging under the gates of Moscow, and some living people are locked in cages, dying of thirst and starvation. Only such behavior can deter potential criminals.

During this period of time, the good families in Moscow did not let their daughters go out. God knows what the restless animals will do. These people are very experienced in this regard.

However, although all of this was messy, Rostislav was only in a hurry instead of panic, because it was all expected chaos, and he could deal with it as he wanted, and there had been a plan for this.

Citizens, farmers, foresters, tribal people, nomads... Now Moscow is crowded with all kinds of people, and naturally there are all kinds of contradictions, but Moscow officials are already familiar with it.

The Greek officials who joined recently are quite comfortable facing this strange situation, because although the appearance has changed, everything at the core remains the same:

Crowds with different languages, various conflicts due to different cultures, and crowded streets, didn't they experience all these every day when they were in the imperial capital.

Of course, there are also problems that hinder their work, the most important one is the language problem, which can only be translated by their "predecessors".

As for Rostislav, he was busy meeting people from all walks of life, dignitaries, walled city owners, tribal chiefs, village elders...

These people are loyal ministers who responded to his call, and they are all Rostislavs who need a banquet and a relationship with them.

And it is not easy to have a banquet with these people, especially those tribal chiefs and village elders, anyway, they drink like crazy, until these guys are drunk, this is the embodiment of enthusiasm in the eyes of these guests.

Fortunately, Rostislav was still very drinkable, and he didn't lose any of his wines with these old wine worms, which made Rostislav very well received.

Although the princes of Moscow have always been famous, those old stubborn people looked down on this young man, regardless of his age, but after Rostislav drank them down, these people were not at all dissatisfied.

Bishop Luca is also very busy, because there is an endless stream of people visiting the St. Sophia Cathedral in Moscow. Now Moscow is crowded with people from all over Northeast Russia, and there are naturally many Christians among them.

On weekdays, these people don't do any worship, and their attitude towards Christ is just that, that is, the attitude of worshiping a god.

But since they all came to Moscow, they naturally had to go to the Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Moscow to pay homage and worship under the icon of the god they converted to.

In fact, many polytheists came, and what they came for was purely utilitarian. When they went to the Christian land to meet the gods of Christians, they might even bless themselves on the future battlefield.

However, after coming to the palace of the Lord, there are quite a few converts because of the magnificence. Although the motives are often very utilitarian, and some even believe in it for fun, but there is a saying that does not care about the mind.

As soon as he converted, Bishop Luca had to get busy. Although he said that the matter of conversion could be handled by the subordinates, the bishop always did it himself, because he always liked it. For him, nothing was better than converting unbelievers.

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