king of ros

Chapter 476
Since Monomakh took over the Kingdom of Kakheti, the situation in the Caucasus has gradually stabilized. The conqueror from afar is busy governing the land he has acquired and dividing up new noble groups on it. The battle is limited to In order to expel the Turkic tribes.

The distribution of the newly conquered land gave the Rurik exile a lot of support. He expelled the original nobles of the land through the war, and used these ready-made land and population to create a staunchly loyal group for himself, and this group Still eager to try, eager to carry out the next expedition to obtain more land.

Others are busy fighting openly and secretly around Tbilisi. The city is like a lighthouse and attracts everyone's attention. The only possible troublemaker, the Emir of Shirvan (Azerbaijan region), was also beaten by Monomakh The combined punch was overturned, and he was still busy licking his wounds.

In the empire, Nikephoros, an important hero who defeated Russell's rebellion, captured Constantinople and became a new emperor, but this caused other ambitious people to move blindly, and the war in the empire became fierce.

Ross is peaceful, because of the war in the South, Ross-related industries have achieved further development and leap forward, and those contradictions have also been suppressed under the general environment.

Also, with the cessation of Monomakh's activities, discussions about him on Ross's side have also subsided, and Rostislav no longer pays much attention to this man who will obviously be trapped in rounds of struggles in the Caucasus for decades to come. relatives.

In such a peaceful environment, time passed quickly, and before one knew it, the year 1080 had arrived, and this year was of great significance to Rostislav.

October 1080, Kyiv.

A full ten years have passed since Rostislav became Grand Duke of Russia, and to commemorate this momentous moment, a large number of important ceremonies have been carried out all over the country.

The first is the grand prayer ceremony on the battlefield of the northern and southern armies. The Battle of Buda was a great battle for Rostislav to gain power. Every year, the Grand Duke organizes churches to hold large-scale prayers to comfort the dead, and this time is no exception.

And since it was the tenth anniversary, the scale this time was also the largest, so the ceremony in April still makes people talk about it, and they haven't seen such a large-scale ceremony for a long time.

And the Grand Duke announced a very important thing after the ceremony, that is, a series of new "saints" were registered, and when seeing these "saints", every Rusian knew what was going on, no It is to turn the gods into Christian saints.

The Ross Church's explanation for this is that these gods have all surrendered to the mighty Lord of Armies, and have dedicated their loyalty to become the Lord's saints.

This set of arguments is accepted by many people. It is not surprising that the gods crucified on the cross are so powerful and the gods surrender, but there is no doubt that this is something that can be regarded as heresy in the South. Go to the stake, but here's Rose.

Nowadays, it is difficult for the Imperial Capital Church to keep itself in the rounds of political upheavals. Ross offered a sum of gold and silver, so they can only hold their noses and bear it.

After finishing the prayer, Rostislav announced the highlight of this year. The Grand Duke of Kyiv will hold the most grand tournament in Russia, and more importantly, he will invite the warriors from the entire Christian world to come.

For this reason, the Grand Duke of Kyiv sent invitations to all countries half a year in advance, inviting all fighters who were willing to come. Rostislav regarded this ceremony as a declaration of Ross's restoration of strength, and announced to the world the prosperity and strength of the city-states.

For this reason, he set an extremely huge bonus, including gold and silver enough to buy a castle, and a piece of land comparable to an earldom - of course, according to Ross's tradition, the entrusted land had to be controlled by himself.

But this is enough to attract many people, because no matter what the actual situation is, it is a land comparable to the earldom. As long as you win, you can become a real nobleman. How can this not be tempting.

All kinds of news about the generous rewards of the tournament was circulating in the Christian world, and it became more and more exaggerated in the process of spreading, and more and more people were attracted by it. Among them were not only the fighters who received the invitation, but also the Businessmen who smell business opportunities, and service population who live by providing services to the crowd.

The most typical one is prostitutes. Some people have complained that Kyiv is about to become a city of prostitutes. There are frivolous foreign women everywhere on the streets. However, the second son of Rostislav is very happy because of this. His Royal Highness has already " Fame", but he never cared about these things.

Kyiv has also become prosperous. By now, that is, in October, the city's immigrant population is probably close to [-], and the wilderness is now occupied by countless tents.

They are not as eye-catching as the huge arena. Although they are only temporarily built with wood, they can accommodate thousands of people to sit and watch. It is really spectacular at first glance.

However, there is more than one arena. Rostislav has set up four major categories of cavalry, foot combat, bow and arrow, and team warfare in this competition, that is, there are four arenas. They may use the original buildings in Kyiv, such as A racetrack, or simply built a racetrack on the spot.

And Kyiv's management pressure also increased accordingly. Even if the Kyiv Battalion and the Vicher militia were all put into management, it would not be enough. Now this restless city has several vicious incidents every day, and they must die Few people.

Therefore, these two units have also become the key targets of reprimand. For example, Rurik Rostislavich is listening to the report with a livid face, as if he is going to have an attack in the next second.

"...The above is roughly like this, Lord Rurik."

The reporter who finished speaking had a tense face, and hurriedly bowed to Rurik, trying to show humility as much as possible to reduce Rurik's brewing anger.

But what he didn't know was that what he did would only make Rurik even more angry.

The reason why Rurik was so angry was simple. His father asked him to arrange the preparations for the martial arts tournament, including the most important issue of public security. As a result, so many vicious incidents occurred before the opening of the tournament. Isn't this just hitting him face, hit his father in the face.

"In just two days, there were five vicious incidents and one large-scale brawl. Anyway, this is really too bad. Captain, I need an explanation, why you didn't do this before, but instead At this time, something like this happened, did you intend to disrupt the overall situation?"

The unkindness in Rurik's tone couldn't be more obvious, and the captain was obviously even more frightened. If the prince puts on that big hat, he will be finished!

In the past few years, Rurik has been managing Kyiv's trivial affairs on behalf of his father, so the prince's majesty among the people has become more and more powerful, and Kyiv people have become more and more afraid of him, let alone Kyiv officials. , this His Highness has always been known for not seeing sand in his eyes.

"That's right...it's like this, Master Rurik, the news that the meeting is about to be held has made many people restless, and these restless guys are naturally prone to make trouble, so..."

"Tell me directly if you can end these things? This tournament is used by my father to show the prosperity of Rose to the entire Christian world. At this juncture, the vicious incident must be suppressed. If you can't do it, then go away."

Rurik was too lazy to listen to him repeating useless nonsense, so he asked him directly if he could guarantee the law and order. A Gulag jailer brought in from Moscow in order to control a vicious event.

The reason why they were not allowed to go there before was because it was full of all kinds of scum, and if they were thrown on the streets of Kyiv rashly, big trouble would happen, and it was the power that could only be used in the final stage.

"Of course, of course." The man said hurriedly, but his face showed a look of embarrassment, "But I need people, Lord Rurik, no one can do anything."

"Then how many people do you want?"

Rostislav did not ridicule him, and directly asked how many people he needed, and he would give what he needed, but if this person could not give what he needed, then his future would be very miserable.

"At least 300 people, Lord Rurik!"

This request made Rurik think for a while, thinking about who can use it in his mind, "Well, I will give you the control of the crossbowmen, and then I will draw another fifty people from my bodyguard team. Question?"

"No, Lord Rurik, so I can complete my task."

The man was overjoyed, his face was full of joy, as if he was about to jump up in the next moment, and then he hurriedly left the room, and hurried to complete his task. Rurik always only looked at actions.

"Really, the organization in Kyiv is still that bad."

Rurik, who watched the captain leave, sighed uncontrollably. He thought that after all these years of governance, Kyiv's organizational strength has improved to some extent, and it will be more comfortable in the face of such a large-scale crowd gathering. .

In the end, he didn’t expect that his hips were still so stretched, which made him quite helpless. He once had great hopes for the students trained by Vladimir Academy, but it turned out that although these young people were educated, they could not It's still a long way to go in their positions, thank goodness they don't screw things up.

People always distrust officials without beards, and now it seems that this really makes sense.

"But that's it, Kirill, I'll leave everything here to you. I'm going to see my brothers. I guess they can't wait."

Rurik stood up, he couldn't stay here for too long, the brothers were still waiting.

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(End of this chapter)