king of ros

Chapter 299
In the tent of the Moscow barracks, Rostislav woke up from his sleep.

He has slept extremely well these past few days, and feels full of energy every day, unlike the days when he was on the expedition, he stayed up late for several days in a row, worrying about the march of the troops and possible attacks, instead of Thinking day and night.

The victory over the main force of Akkad allowed the prince to relax. After all, there is no force on the Bulgar land that can threaten the Winter Army, and victory is only a matter of time.

And every day he is getting good news, Adam's control area is constantly expanding.

The tyrant Akkad has not made any response or order so far. The Bulgars who were originally united with him have now separated from Germany. Adam's letter also mentioned that many places doubted whether he was dead.

Speaking of death, the news about Akkad's death did spread in this land. People in a village claimed that they burned Akkad to death. Dede's body, but no one takes it seriously, after all, such miraculous stories are everywhere,

During this period, the prince met many old acquaintances, mainly those Islamic businessmen who had economic ties with Moscow.

For example, Abdul, this Persian has been sending various materials from far away to Moscow, as well as the talents needed by the princes of Moscow.

Compared with when the prince first met him, the Persian businessman now has a bigger belly and usually has a large number of servants around him. It can be seen that his life has become richer, and the trade with the Ross people has inspired his family.

This time he brought Rostislav a large amount of food, and Rostislav suspected that he had been waiting outside the battlefield for the results, but he said nothing about it, because it was completely understandable.

During the chat with Abdul, Rostislav learned that Abdul's family seemed to have successfully hooked up with the Seljuks. From then on, he himself no longer had to go to the north, but the subordinates in the family were in charge. .

Rostislav was a little sad about this, but it was just a little sad. Abdul was the first Persian he knew, and the prince still had a deep impression of him.

There are always partings in this world, and the prince didn't say much after congratulating him on his successful business.

The arrival of these Islamic businessmen mainly wanted to discuss business issues. They were afraid that the trade would be affected after the Bulgarian change. After all, it was not a day or two for the Russ to gain an advantage in the Volga River.

At first, the Rus people were the destroyers of the trade on the Volga River. Back then, they went down the Volga River, plundering the villages and towns along the way, and went south into the Caspian Sea to plunder.

Both the Bulgars and the once-existing Khazar Khanate were working hard to prevent the invasion of Ross bandits in order to maintain the trade order of the Volga River. In the 10th century, they also wiped out a large Ross raiding fleet.

Later, when the Ross people learned the rules and stopped plundering so much, they were excluded from the trading system because of their past misdeeds.

Everyone knows that the Russians want to go through Bulgar and continue to the south, and this will definitely have an impact on the original trading system, and everyone is afraid that the conqueror will use administrative power to stop their business so that the Russians can occupy opportunity.

The princes of Moscow assured them that everything would go smoothly and that the status quo of trade would not change.

Rostislav is the one who most wishes the trade to go smoothly, because he has never benefited from it, and so does Ross.

Of course, Ross will receive some benefits, otherwise their trip would be in vain, and the Ross people can go south to the Caspian Sea without hindrance, but the benefits they receive are within the acceptable range of all parties, and Rostislav is not messing around people.

Some local chiefs also came to meet the master of the Winter Army and offered their gifts, which the Muscovite princes enthusiastically accepted. It seems that this group of people thought that the Russians were going to occupy this land, but unfortunately the Muscovite princes never had that Intend.

The Winter Army is mainly resting and having fun these days. After the war, merchants and various ranks of practitioners got out of nowhere. Now many soldiers are drunk in the shacks of prostitutes every day, anesthetized with women and low-quality alcohol Own.

A small number of soldiers embarked on the road back to their hometown. They had already got some trophies. They felt that it was enough to bring these back to their hometown. In Rostislav’s view, these people were smart people. It is a wise thing to keep all gains away from war after all.

But most remained in the army, eager for more spoils, for more fights, and some greedy for more.

As the prince got up, the attendants naturally entered to dress the prince. These boys were all from noble families in Northeast Ross, and served Rostislav as the prince's courtiers.

Rostislav would keep some children of his vassals by his side to listen to and educate them as a show of honor and favor, and at the same time draw in the relationship between the future rulers of Northeast Rus and the princely family.

As for the girl, she was by Zoe's side, acting as the maid of the prince's wife.

It was just dawn when Rostislav walked out of the tent, and the sun was still rising, and many places were still shrouded in darkness. Because of this, Rostislav saw something that made him frown.

It was black smoke and flames, and it was particularly conspicuous at dawn. For a veteran on the battlefield like Rostislav, he was very clear about what this scene represented.

"What's going on? I obviously didn't order the surrounding villages to be burned. What's going on?"

The roar of the prince of Moscow sounded, and the flames and black smoke made him very angry. Isn't this messing things up?It didn't fit his plan at all.

Vasily Ivanovich Hronsky, who did not know when he knelt beside the prince, said immediately.

"Lord Rostislav, this is the food requisition team punishing the villages that refuse to deliver food."

Vasily's words were very flat, as if this was a matter of course in this era. After all, they fought like this in their hometown. Shouldn't burning villages and killing people be a normal part of war?
Now that they won, it should be burned, after all, this is the normal composition of war, and they are collecting their due spoils.

This completely ignited Rostislav's anger, and the expression on his face changed directly. He suddenly recalled the reports of a large number of teams leaving the team without authorization, and now he immediately recalled what happened.

"Why didn't anyone notify me, damn it! Damn it! God!"

Rostislav's sudden anger stunned everyone. They didn't expect the prince to get angry suddenly. Isn't it just burning the village and killing people? Is this kind of thing worthy of the prince's attention?
"It was midnight . . . my lord."

Seeing that Rostislav was in a bad mood, Vasily's tone also weakened. He didn't think of it at all. Thinking of the prince's appearance like this, he was so angry about this matter.

If it is said that he pretended to be a bit disciplined because he still needed to win over the Bulgars, but now everyone thinks it is unnecessary, why are the princes so angry.

"Bastard! Bastard! Gevalan!"

Seeing the appearance of these people, Rostislav became very angry. He felt that the old subordinates left behind by his father were reliable, and Moscow called out the name of the captain of the personal army.

At the same time, he complained to himself in his heart, why his nerves were paralyzed because of the victory, and he didn't have the slightest sensitivity to this matter, damn it.

And the silent captain immediately came out from the corner where he was standing. As always, he was wearing armor all over his body.

"Take your own soldiers, go and arrest those bastards who set fire everywhere, cut off the leaders, and cut off the lifeblood of rape, understand?"

"Then what should we do if nobles participate in the looting? Lord Rostislav."

Gevalan asked a key question, how to deal with the nobles who committed crimes?And Rostislav's answer was very straightforward.

"What to do, what to do, don't worry, I will give you a platform."

After getting a clear answer, the personal captain nodded silently, and then proceeded to set off with his subordinates.

This is what Rostislav likes most about Govalan. He never asks why. If there is a task to be performed, he will do it without procrastinating.

This treatment would tarnish Rostislav's reputation, but as a prince with military exploits, his prestige was enough to withstand these.

Isn't it just being whispered behind the back by the soldiers below?

In contrast, it is important to let him vent his anger.

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(End of this chapter)