king of ros

Chapter 91
"Move all the wood over there, be careful!"

"The goods are all piled up here, don't make a mess!"

"We met wolves in the west! We need someone to help!"

In the wooden house he built, Rostislav was drawing a planning map for his city while listening to various noises coming into his ears.

In order to mobilize the motivation of all the people, Rostislav promised the slaves and Chinons that as long as they finish their work well, the contract may be terminated after five years, which mobilized a lot of motivation and made them work harder.

As for the free people, the prince promised not to return the precious tools lent to them, which also achieved the same effect.

The hall belonging to the prince is still under construction. Rostislav’s hall is designed by scholars from the imperial capital, and the materials are also bricks specially transported from the cities of Novo and Si. The prince does not want to live in a traditional wooden house. He prefers It is a brick house with a more civilized atmosphere, so it does not hesitate to spend money to purchase materials from outside.

It is now February 1054. It has been five months since the departure in September. It took five full months to move the tens of thousands of immigrants to Northeast Ross. During this period, he divided the team into For several paragraphs, I will rest during this period of progress and the other period. Due to the concentration of management power, the efficiency has been improved.

They experienced many hardships along the way. In Sicheng, their tired team rested for three days before continuing to set off. However, the road behind Sicheng is very difficult. There are more and more wild and uninhabited lands and more and more wild animals. There are many people who quit the immigration team sporadically because they can't bear the hardship.

But fortunately, most people did not waver, and for this result, Rostislav spent all the property inherited from his father.

Rostislav finally chose Moscow as the destination, the center of Russia in the future.

In fact, there are many places suitable for building a city in Northeast Ross, but the conditions are not much different. In the end, due to the influence of ideas from later generations, the Prince of Ross chose Moscow to build a city here, and also called this city, which is still a large construction site, Moscow. .

The Rostov side was very enthusiastic about Rostislav's arrival. They sent guides and supplies in time, tried their best to meet Rostislav's requirements, and warmly invited Rostislav to their city.

And Rostislav considered that he and his father were not close to the powerful people in Rostov, so there was probably only one possibility for this group of people to be so enthusiastic:
They want something from others.

Rostislav did not intend to foolishly go to Rostov to help these people. He had to know what was wrong with these people before he could prescribe the right medicine to avoid falling into a pit all at once.

So he appointed Polei as the mayor of Rostov, and asked the former commander-in-chief to manage the city instead of him. Rostislav never doubted that Polei could do this job well. The treatment has been subdued, and now it is natural to go to a city much smaller than Kyiv.

Of course, Rostislav did not forget to equip him with sufficient armed forces. The king also added a lot of noble personal soldiers on the basis of his own personal soldiers, so that there were hundreds of armored elites around him.In addition, Sogil's North mercenaries were also sent to that city. The North warrior had a total of 500 people.

As for the other northeastern Rus cities, Rostislav didn't care that much. Those small towns only needed to express their allegiance to the prince, and they had limited resources, so they couldn't take care of all the towns yet.

After dealing with Rostov's affairs, Rostislav was most concerned about the construction of Moscow. For this reason, he personally selected the site, involved the city map, traveled mountains and rivers, and measured the land.

On this big construction site called Moscow, the Prince of Ross has more things to deal with. Not only are there various trivial conflicts in the camp every day, dividing the land for farmers, but also information from other northeastern Ross towns. , and about the construction of the city, as well as the development of various industries, no, when it comes to development, someone will come.

"Prince, good news, our brick kiln by the Moscow River has been made! This way we can reduce imports in the future."

A craftsman wearing a linen sackcloth and an apron with callused hands walked in very happily, and subconsciously wiped his dirty hands on the apron.

"Continue to expand the scale of the brick kiln. My goal is to make Moscow a city of bricks and tiles instead of a city of wood. Don't worry about the manpower. I will give it to you. Go find Leo and ask him to transfer another [-] people. Give him a strong slave."

"Yes! I will definitely complete your task!"

The craftsman responded energetically, a good boss like Rostislav is rare, and he is willing to give people and money, so how can he not do a good job.

After the craftsman left happily, Rostislav asked about the captain in the room.

"Is there enough food for us? Have all the farmers been distributed?"

"There is enough food to last until next year's harvest. As for the land, although the land has been divided, it will take some time until the time to plant grain."

The captain of the guards replied sternly, originally this was not his job, but after working with Rostislav for a long time, he naturally became a human notebook.

"That's good, that's good, I finally finished the first stage of things."

Rostislav heaved a sigh of relief, and continued to worry about what to do in the future, wanting to make trouble in Northeast Ross.

He currently has two directions, one is to develop emerging industries like many traversers, and the other is to control farmers, exploit farmers, squeeze farmers, and pave the way for development with blood.

Subconsciously, Rostislav wants to choose the first one, but he doesn't know how to develop new industries. The things he can think of can be done under conditions in this era. Either the requirements are too strict, or the ancients have already done it. Yes, there are some ideas for making luxury goods, but those are only to the extent of earning some pocket money.

However, after digging around, I extracted a piece of information from the already somewhat vague memory of my previous life:
There is a large silver mine in Kashin in Tver.

Yes, the big silver mine. He still remembered that this was the information he read on the Chinese wiki in his previous life. This silver mine was once a key target of competition between the Principality of Moscow and the Principality of Tver, and the power of Tver was also due to it.

This silver mine was developed in the Middle Ages, and the level of technology at that time was similar to that of the present. Since it was possible to open it then, it can naturally be opened now.

If a silver mine is discovered, there will be countless people from all over Ross and even outside of Ross looking for silver, and then there is no need to worry about development—after all, this is gold and silver.

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