After giving everyone the instructions, Pronsky probably understood his intention without the need for Lama Wang to continue his instructions.
"Then when I go back, I will organize everyone to conduct a careful investigation." He said: "In the future, when we recruit soldiers, we must have a foundation. If this set can be organized, I believe it can also provide many advantages."
"The main problem is that the Ross area should still focus on growing grain." Father Marco said: "Grain is different from cloth. These products are difficult to transport, and long-distance bulk trade is not profitable. So it cannot be compared with Like cotton, olive oil, and tea, they connect different areas.”
"It's not just that." Pronsky shook his head and said, "The grain-producing areas can provide soldiers. This is also 'hard currency'."
Others thought about it and thought it made sense.
"Moreover, I stayed there for a long time when I was young, so I understand the local political environment." He told everyone: "In that place, the soldiers recruited according to your method are not only a by-product of economic development, they will soon It will profoundly affect the political balance of various countries."
"Because in the traditional Russian political model, the regular army is limited to urban residents - or in other words, the urban residents themselves are regular armies who have settled down." He introduced: "When Rurik came here, he and other leaders The Varyag soldiers they brought with us were the earliest residents of the city."
"I feel the same way. Their city is actually the royal tent," Father Leo said.
"That's right." Pronsky was very honest about this: "The conditions there are very backward. The so-called city is actually a stockade. The prince himself and his personal guards are stationed in it, and they are also engaged in production. and trade, and when necessary, gather the citizens and form an army.”
"The citizens are the prince's 'headquarters', so their weapons and equipment, training level and loyalty are relatively high. And although each village community is often ordered to provide soldiers, if you think about it, you know that these people are definitely unreliable."
"This is the system of the Western Zhou Dynasty." Guo Kang commented: "At that time, many vassal states were called 'Xia Jun Yimin', and the Russian countries could actually be called 'Russian Lords, Slavic People'. And those in the city were theirs I’m a Chinese. That’s easy to understand.”
Guo Kang even felt that if the Ming Dynasty sent some historians to Europe, it would be possible to greatly advance historical research and solve many unsolved cases. They can be called a living fossil of the social system here, and you can encounter all ancient things...
"Actually, it's not the same." Pronsky thought for a while and said, "I heard my wife talk about this issue - you all seem to like to think in this direction. But in my opinion, the situation in the Ross area is still It’s not the same.”
"In the ancient times of Seris, there was also a governing body outside the city. I can't remember the name clearly, but the documents there clearly stated that there was one. There is no such thing in the Ross area."
"Besides, the 'Xia' and 'Yi' are just their own distinctions." He shook his head and said, "The people over there are too divided. From our point of view, these two types of people are basically the same group. But it’s different here. The Russians and the Slavs are really very different.”
"Even if the city later expanded and the areas controlled by the princes increased, many Slavs also joined the city. They were also in a different cultural environment from other places. If we insist on making a comparison, the relationship between the towns and villages in Rus is not that of Chinese and savages. The relationship is between vassal states and barbarian states."
"Can a village community also be considered a country?" Guo Kang asked.
"In terms of independence and the relationship between the two parties, I think it's about the same." Pronsky shrugged: "The city is a big country, and the village community is a small foreign country. The big country requires the small country to pay tribute regularly - that's what they are like Relationship. I think we need to add up the countrymen and savages to be able to correspond to the city of Ross."
"That means that if we survey the land and crops and build new farms, it will mean that there are many more vassal states in this place, right?" Wang Dalai Lama asked.
"And it is a vassal state that is closer to the Roman court and has direct contact." Pronsky added: "They can be self-sufficient in food, and they are protected by the court. Not only can the original cities not ask for anything from the new village community, You have to pay tribute, and even have to please others - who wants others to have a strong backing?"
"That would completely break the order that has been maintained here since the beginning of the country." Father Mikhail seemed to understand completely and said with some worry.
"It will definitely be like this." Father Andre said: "To put it bluntly, for the citizens, since we followed Rurik south, our ancestors have been fighting for the princes for hundreds of years. Isn't it just to become a master? Now? Suddenly I can’t do it, what should I do?”
"I think many people will not accept it peacefully. This is the biggest change in hundreds of years."
Guo Kang also nodded to express his support. He even felt that Father Andre had underestimated the magnitude of the changes. If there were no Rome, you could say that this was a major change that had not happened in a thousand years - even five hundred years later, in the era of the Red Horde Khanate, cities and villages would still be hierarchical. Even when the city dispatched troops to demand tribute from the village, it can still be seen.
For the Russian people, such a sudden occurrence was indeed too far ahead of the times.
"The key here is that the Ross area is vast and sparsely populated. Logically speaking, it is not a big deal for the imperial court to enclose a few pieces of land - they themselves may not be able to control this place. But once the new village community is established and has a demonstration effect, what should we do? ?" Plonsky asked.
"This is indeed a problem..." Father Marco seemed to realize.
"We can't just look at the phenomenon, we have to look at the reasons behind it." Father Andre pointed out: "The villagers look lazy and stupid, but they are actually very cunning. They appear lazy just because they are diligent and useless; they appear stupid just for the sake of being diligent. Fool the boyars. Once other village communities see that the Roman village community is getting better, I don’t believe they will still hold on to their previous ‘principles’.”
"Although the village communities in the Ross area are closed, they are by no means completely without information exchange. On the contrary, the priests themselves often move back and forth." He looked at the two Ross priests and said:
"At that time, there will definitely be a large number of village communities, abandoning their previous tradition of opposing rule and hard work, and begging to join. In order to better promote the new system, the court will definitely accept them. But in this case, it will completely conflict with the city ”
"Then how about we do it step by step?" Father Marco asked: "For example, strictly demarcate the scope of recruitment and expand the scale of the farm in stages? Let's discuss these with everyone first, so as not to have too many people come over and it will be a problem whether to harvest or not. .”
"I think this is impossible." Pronsky shook his head, obviously thinking that he was too naive: "When the sign is put up and the flag is set up, the spread of the influence is not decided by you. When the time comes, people will come to seek asylum, Should we drive them away? Wouldn’t that be the same as the Song Dynasty?”
"Is the Song Dynasty so famous..." Guo Kang muttered.
"Unless other Russian nobles are willing to draw boundaries with you and stipulate that 'villagers return to the village and citizens return to the city', as they did then, things will definitely be out of control." Pronsky said: "We can't expect the other party to always There are such people."
(End of chapter)
