Compared with the Golden Horde era, the Purple Horde Khanate has stronger control over the Rus' countries, because the Purple Horde controls the Black Sea coast and the lower reaches of the Don and Volga rivers, and controls the entire second half of the "Amber Road".
Commodities from the East came to the Volga River Basin through the Central Asian steppes, and merged with Persian commodities from the Caucasus. Along the criss-crossing water network in southern Russia, part of it entered the Black Sea to the west, passed through the metropolis and entered the Mediterranean world; part of it entered the Russian Federation to the north. The hinterland of each country, or even further, enters the Baltic Sea and flows to the countries of the North Sea. Specialties from London to Finland along the North Sea coast, as well as animal skins, beeswax and other materials provided by the Russians, also flowed on this trade route, nourishing the cities along the way.
As long as Moscow plays the role of a dog-legger, it can make huge profits from the trade network in the entire Russian region. Therefore, they have been so active, fearing that the Khan would feel that they were not loyal enough and give their privileges to other cities.
"In the eyes of other Russians, the image of Moscow is not generally bad." Li Xuanying said, taking out a pamphlet from her sleeve: "Look, this is the script I got from their theater troupe. It is said that it is a Russian They thought it was a current trend among educated Russians, so they hurriedly submitted it to me."
Guo Kang doubted whether it would be good to see something like this in the venue, but from the looks of Li Xuanying and others, it didn't seem like it was a big deal. He turned around and looked at his adoptive father, wanting to see what he had to say.
At this time, Jon Olafsson, the captain of the Cowardly Quiver, walked in and greeted his adoptive father.
The quivers are the guards of the Khan's court. They are named because they can carry arrows in front of the Khan. In theory, they are responsible for guarding during the day. However, the quivers of the Purple Horde Khanate were not so formal. They were just palace guards with a resounding name. Jon himself was not very good at archery, he was recruited because he was good with a sword.
The two were very familiar with each other and started chatting when they met. Guo Kang wanted to give a signal to his adoptive father, but his adoptive father didn't notice at all - he asked Yon to sit across from him, and the two began to wrestle with each other in the venue.
"Forget it." Guo Kang turned to Li Xuanying speechlessly and said, "Please show me the script."
He took the crudely bound book and saw on the cover, printed in Greek: "The Resistance Story of Saint Olga."
Over the years, Guo Kang has learned Greek, which does not seem to be too strenuous. It's just that the name feels a little strange.
"What's this story?" he asked.
"The script printed by the Russians tells the story of a fictional Grand Duchess of Vladimir who resisted the rule of the Great Khan." Li Xuanying said: "Olga is a common female name there, and there is really an Orthodox female saint. , that’s what it’s called.”
Guo Kang nodded. He was afraid that the meeting would start soon and he would not have time to take a closer look, so he flipped to the end to see what ending they had made up. I saw roughly recorded lines and some notes, probably made by other people in the troupe. The last scene reads:
"(Olga and Ivan walk out from the Persian Trading House)
Ivan: It’s so quiet. There are no Mongolians on the street. It’s so different from Sarai.
Grand Duchess Olga: Yes, they probably transferred all the Great Orga's combat power to Tsargrad.
Ivan: But those are no longer important.
Grand Duchess Olga: Look at how happy you are.
Ivan: Of course, everyone was saved, and Yegor worked so hard, I am also a hard-working knight! (Referring to secretly joining the Teutonic Knights)
Grand Duchess Olga: Yes, that’s true. Everything we have done has not been in vain.
(walking out of the store, there is a carriage parked at the door)
Grand Duchess Olga: From now on, as long as we don’t stop, the road will continue to extend... (referring to the road against the Great Ordinary)
(The sound of horse hooves. Olga turns back.)
(A high-end black carriage came suddenly. Three Mongolian assassins jumped out of the carriage, and they drew their bows and shot at them.)
(Nicholas was hit by an arrow in the shoulder and fell. Olga held Ivan to shield him from the arrow.)
Ivan: Grand Duke, what are you doing, Grand Duke!
Grand Duchess Olga: Humph, uh, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, uh, uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
(Olga picked up a hand crossbow and fought back, knocking down one of the assassins. The other assassins saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly drove away.)
Grand Duchess Olga: (Gasps) What, my shooting is quite accurate.
Ivan: Grand Duke…Ah…
Grand Duchess Olga: Ivan, why do you make that sound?
(band plays music)
Ivan: But, but...
Grand Duchess Olga: I am Grand Duchess Olga Vladimirovna of Vladimir. A few arrows don’t matter.
Ivan: Why, to protect people like me...
Grand Duchess Olga: It is my job to protect my vassals
(Nicola sheds tears)
Ivan: But—
Grand Duchess Olga: That's enough... you go, everyone is... waiting for you.
Grand Duchess Olga: And...Anastasia, I finally understand, we don’t need a final destination at all, we just need to keep moving forward. As long as it doesn't stop, the road will keep extending...
(Olga stands up and steps forward with a crossbow in hand)
(Olga's memories)
Anastasia: If you apologize, I will never forgive you.
Grand Duchess Olga: Yes, I understand.
(Both shake hands)
(The hymn in the church sounds, which refers to the ascension of the saints into heaven)
Grand Duchess Olga: Because I will not stop. As long as you don’t stop, there will be me in front of you! (Referring to saints leading believers)
(Olga was seriously injured, staggered a few steps, and then fell in a pool of blood)
So...don't stop! (Referring to constant uprisings and resistance to the rule of the Khanate)
(Olga points her finger forward)
(choir boys sing, women die)
(scene change)
The Grand Duke of Moscow (loading the tribute to the Great Khan): Olga? (no concern)
"
"..." Guo Kang didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Obviously, some Russians are preparing to use this method to incite the people to fight against Rome." Li Xuanying said: "I know drama very well. The threshold for appreciation of this thing is very low. Ordinary citizens who are not very literate can go and watch it if they have some spare money. . The content inside can easily spread and cause influence. We have to be careful about this new trend."
"Can such an abrupt thing really move the Russians..." Guo Kang expressed his doubts.
"This..." Li Xuanying scratched his head: "In short, we have to be careful about this trend."
