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Chapter 154 Stable
Peter carried out drastic restructuring of the Serbian region. A large number of Serbian nobles and knights were relocated to the capital, and the peasants who joined the rebel army were given amnesty. There was no one-size-fits-all, and it was beneficial to maintain the rule by pulling the bottom people over.

Relying on a strong army, Peter quickly established order near Krusevac.The whole rebellion came and went, but the impact was enormous.The original local order was broken, some entrenched nobles were cleared, and local government institutions in Wallachia began to be established.

Peter planned the roads in Serbia and Macedonia. Since Dushan's death, the road system in Serbia has not been maintained for a long time.The flat road is already overgrown with weeds, and the transportation mainly relies on country roads.Peter paid to start rebuilding the roads to facilitate the movement of people.

At the same time, the capital of the Viceroyalty was moved to Skopje, an important strategic point in the Balkans. The Lepenac and Vardar rivers flowed through this area, so the land was very fertile.In the early Middle Ages, there were many battles between Byzantium and the First Bulgarian Empire. From 972 to 992, Skopje was the capital of the First Bulgarian Empire. In 1018 it came under the domination of Byzantium and then Bulgaria.Skopje once prospered because of trade.

After moving here, the church in Serbia was merged into the church in Wallachia.Established the seat of the Bishop of Skopje and suppressed other religions.Everything is going in a good direction.

The rebellious nobles had their properties confiscated, and these were used to enrich the treasury.And Mircea can also expand his army to 3 people. Sure enough, he still has to get rid of these people, otherwise he will be hindered in everything he does.

Outside the Senate, Mircea took all appointments to the Supreme Court in his own hands.Any form of appointment or dismissal requires the approval of the Grand Duke.The Boyar Conference exists in name only, and its only function may be to look good.

Except for the nobles, Mircea has good contacts with people of other classes.Tax cuts and encouragement of farming allowed farmers to support him, subsidized the Orthodox Church to allow the church to recognize him, stimulated industry and commerce, and selected officials through examinations so that the citizens followed him.The Grand Duke is uniting these three forces to suppress the old aristocracy.Avoid decentralization.

Knowing that the noble rebels had failed, Sigismund did nothing else.He was a little thankful that he didn't get involved too much, otherwise Hungary and Wallachia would never die.

Now he is still solving domestic problems, no matter how much Mary jumps around, it will not help.Most of the nobles and churches in the country are on his side, who will support a queen who has no power or power?

The departments were reorganized. The six departments of finance, army, navy, foreign affairs, industry and commerce, and internal affairs were in charge of national affairs.

In addition to the department, a set of corresponding agencies has also been set up in the palace, mainly the intelligence department.The leaders are all loyal to the Grand Duke. They are responsible for monitoring everything in the country, and will report to the Grand Duke immediately if something is wrong.

Wallachia's political system has basically taken shape, and checks and balances have become the main theme.The people are still the same as before, with little political rights, but at least there is an upward channel.In order to climb up, civilians will work hard to join the army and take exams, so that there will be officials and soldiers.

The census for the new territories has been completed and the combined national population is 336 million.

It is more than double that of the last census, but the population is still not enough. Anatolia now has more than 600 million people, and Wallachia is at best one and a half of the population of Hungary.These people are not enough on such a large territory, and they still have to be increased.

Hungary has a population of 240 million, of which 45% are Hungarians, 15% are Vlachs, and the rest are Croats and other ethnic groups.The Vlach people are mainly concentrated in Transylvania. Although the immigration policy has been implemented, the wealth has only been transferred, and the population has remained unchanged.

Another neighbor, Poland, has 150 million people, and Poles make up the majority.There are 350 million people in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, but there are only one tenth of the Lithuanians.Ruthenians make up the majority.

The Wallachia nation is also somewhat complicated, including Wallachs, Bulgarians, Serbs, Albanians, Greeks, and Turks, but the government deliberately downplays their national identities and suppresses their language and culture.In addition, there is still the enemy Osman, and they have not caused trouble for the time being.

After Epiphany, construction continued throughout Wallachia.Farmers are busy with the upcoming planting, and others continue to sell their labor to make money. Churches, monasteries, universities, houses, etc. are the most constructed, and the places of the New Moon Church are either rebuilt or demolished.Like where the Ottomans ruled.

A lot of construction needs a lot of money. Where did Wallachia get it? Answer: Trade.

The trade is mainly export trade and entrepot trade. Needless to say, export, entrepot trade mainly takes advantage of Wallachia's geographical location to transport goods from the East to the West for sale and collect profits from them.

There are three main trade routes between the East and the West, one is the grassland Silk Road in the north, the other is the traditional Silk Road in the middle, and the other is the Maritime Silk Road in the south.Among these three routes, the terminal point of the southern route is Egypt, which is too far away, mainly separated by Ottomans in the middle, so only the northern Silk Road has a large participation from Wallachia.

At this time, the political situation of the Golden Horde was considered stable. Although the city of Sarai was burned down, oriental goods could detour from the Principality of Ross and come here through the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.Wallachia then sold the goods to the West and earned the difference.

The Black Sea trade is also a relatively high level of Wallachia's participation in trade, who makes the main coastline in the Black Sea.Wallachia already had trade with Trabzon and Georgia, two countries along the Black Sea.These two places are in the midst of war and division, and the food delivered by Wallachia has become their life-saving straw.And by virtue of their location, large quantities of precious metals were shipped back as currency.

Wallachia was able to make a lot of money from these two trades.With that money, the government puts it into the navy and production, the navy takes care of the pirates, the production has more goods, and it's a virtuous circle.There will be more and more money, which will eventually form the situation of Kaihuang's rule.

Some foreigners nicknamed the Grand Duke of Wallachia the Fearless.People in China prefer to call it Old Mircea.Thus he had two nicknames, but Mircea obviously preferred the latter, which he felt dear.

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