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Chapter 155 Absorption and Digestion
The prestige of the Butlan family has increased a lot, and Mircea has also begun to provide better training for the children.From literature to martial arts, use the best teachers.

These Peters have no enjoyment, who made him take on such a big responsibility at a young age.The Grand Duke felt that he owed him a lot, so he gave him a lot of power, and Peter was happy to use it.

Based on these years of experience, Peter concluded two things. The first is to thoroughly transform the newly conquered land, and the second is to vigorously support the church and religious orders, which are the pioneers of external expansion.

Like the West for the Crusades and the New Moon for the Holy Wars, religious wars are a well-tried excuse.So the war caused by sending the church to preach is the best way to annex the land.

For the Church to expand, religious orders are not enough.There must be a corresponding military group. In this case, the establishment of a knight order is a good choice.

After the end of the First Crusade, the Crusaders successively occupied the richest areas and the most prosperous industrial and commercial cities on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, and established 4 Crusader countries in this area.In order to consolidate these countries, there is an urgent need to establish a standing armed force.As a result, the Pope organized several monk knights, which are the famous three knights, namely the Hospitaller Knights, Templar Knights and Teutonic Knights.Its mission is to suppress the rebellion of the people in the Crusader countries and wage war on neighboring countries.

With the decline and collapse of the Crusader countries, the Knights could no longer gain a foothold in the East, but they did not disband, but returned to Europe in monastic uniforms and armor, and continued to serve the Pope.The Teutonic Knights even established knight states in Europe, exerting a long-term influence on European political and military life.

Knights can help Wallachia expand faster, but how to control them is also a problem.Just like the Teutonic Knights, if you treat them too well, you will risk your independence, but if you don't give them anything, you will lose the hearts of the pagans.

Peter brought Dean Cyril over again.

With the support of the government, the Andre Society has developed rapidly. In just three years, the congregation has grown to 1800 members and 350 propaganda bases, especially in newly conquered lands, where missionary efforts are particularly strong.

Peter told Cyril about the idea of ​​establishing the Knights, and Cyril was very willing to support it.And began to recruit people, Peter also provided a lot of gold coin support.He also gave them a castle near Ottoman as their headquarters, and named it the Knights of the Rose.

No one knows why the lord chose such a name, but the decision to establish the knight order has been approved by the Grand Duke and the Patriarch, and I believe it will be established soon.

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Perhaps Wallachia's prestige is so great that some Orthodox Christians in Ottoman rioted one after another. Thessaloniki and other places protested Ottoman's high-pressure policy, and Christian strongholds such as Smyrna also attacked everywhere. The Knights of the Hospital There was even an attack, which unfortunately failed.

Ottoman has already marched eastward, and the emirs have begun to fight together, but Lightning can't deal with Wallachia and they can't deal with them, except that Karaman is a bit difficult, and Ottoman has captured the Emir country along the Black Sea coast.Restored a certain strength.

With the loss of important cities such as Adrian and Skopje, the Ottoman territories in the Balkans could be attacked by Wallachia at any time.Therefore, Ottoman mainly defended in the Balkans, holding on to the castles and waiting for reinforcements to arrive. This is the method with the least loss at present.It is also a helpless move.

Osman wanted to defend Wallachia on the border hundreds of kilometers away, but he didn't know where the other side would attack.So we can only take precautions everywhere, but this kind of loophole is even bigger.In order not to cause another war, Bayezid issued a death order, prohibiting anyone from provoking and looting Wallachia, or beheaded for public display.

With the order of the sultan, some vassals lost their minds.I am afraid that the sultan will cut them down, but Sipahi in the Balkans is in Anatolia at this time, and he has no time to fight Wallachia.Their monarchs are now thinking about how to expand their land and national power, and how to make up for it.

Almost all the small Balkan states paid tribute to Wallachia, and the Morea sent gifts.The only one that has no tribute is the Kingdom of Bosnia, because he has defected to Hungary.

Relying on these tributes, Wallachia was able to invest more funds in army building and national governance.And based on the border, continue to promote the Orthodox Church.Therefore, among the titles of Grand Duke, there is another guardian of the Orthodox Church.

For foreign policy, Wallachia adopts the strategy of making friends from afar and attacking closely.Pursue a friendly strategy for large countries such as Hungary and Poland, and adopt an offensive strategy for small countries in the Balkans.The Zeta Territory and the Republic of Ragusa surrendered to Wallachia, with Zeta incorporated as a direct administration.

Zeta is a place established by the Montenegrins after the collapse of the Serbian Empire. It was originally an alliance with Serbia, but after seeing Serbia's failure, it expressed surrender to Wallachia and sold the land to Wallachia for 17000 ducats.In this way, Wallachia has an additional outlet to the Adriatic Sea.

The Republic of Ragusa has previously cooperated with new forces such as Serbia and Bosnia, turning itself into the best candidate for the other party to pursue shipping development.After the rise of Wallachia, Ragusa cooperated with them again, because the territory of the Republic of Venice has almost covered the entire area, even extending eastward to Crete and the Aegean Sea.Ragusa became the breach, serving as a shipping hub for inland powers in Central Europe or the Balkans.The territory directly under the jurisdiction of this small republic can also be extended to both ends of the sea and land.

Ragusa took the initiative to pay tribute to Wallachia in order to defeat Venice and obtain more trade.The two countries are competitors and naturally compete for customers.Wallachia was a client of Ragusa.

Mircea approved the trade terms and diplomatic treaties with Ragusa, so that Wallachia can bypass Venice and obtain Western goods at a lower cost, and Ragusa can also directly obtain Wallachia's specialties Going to sell is a win-win situation.It was better than Venice, and for the first time the flag of San Marco was not flying randomly in the new country.

The ever-increasing land is also a manifestation of Wallachia's national strength. From the original peaceful corner to the current Balkan power, Wallachia has achieved transformation.Just like Lajos the Great in Hungary, Wallachia also surrendered the surrounding countries, ruling the territory from the Adriatic Sea to the Black Sea, truly realizing from one sea to another.

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