eastern european eagle

Chapter 210
Therefore, after Peter received his father's financial emergency letter, he also received his appointment letter as the head of the treasury.

This made Peter dumbfounded. He was really not a cash cow, and it was impossible to provide a lot of money for the reconstruction of Constantinople.But fortunately, the father sent over the current treasury information together.

"Your Highness, I have dealt with the property of a group of people before, but there are too many places to spend money, so there are currently 40 lei in the treasury."

"What, too little."

40, only enough to maintain King Castle for at least two months.Not to mention building a city.At present, other places also need money. The finances of the entire Wallachia are running at a high speed. Even if there is a surplus, it will take some time to allocate it.

Now he can only do his best, and first supplement the surplus of Adrian and other nearby cities and customs.In addition, those who owe taxes are forced to pay taxes as soon as possible. According to estimates, the tax arrears of these people is as high as 600 million lei. With this money, there is no need to be stretched.

Galata taxes were also handed over to the treasury, a total of 50000 ducats.This little money is enough to renovate several churches. I don't know when this place will be taken down.

In addition to the expansion of the government, the expansion of the company was also very smooth. After the success of the Ross Company, the Chamber of Commerce established an Eastern Company responsible for Anatolia, the Levant and other places, with a start-up fund of 15 ducats.

They have established commercial offices in Antioch, Alexandria and other places to engage in local trade and reclamation.The nautical spirit in Greek culture has been reawakened. In the Eastern Mediterranean, there are already many Greek and Wallachian ships criss-crossing the sea.

At the same time, the Wallachia navy began its first battle, with 16 warships from the Principality of the Aegean Islands against 8 Wallachia warships and 10 armed merchant ships.Wallachia's warships were equipped with artillery and firearms, and the enemy also used traditional boarding operations. During the two-hour battle, Wallachia's hull was sunk without touching it, but Their bows also took some casualties.

The Aegean Islands had no ability to fight back. They could only watch in horror as Wallachia's navy imposed a blockade on them. No supplies were brought in, and the letter written by the Duke could not be sent. If this continues, it will be a matter of time before the Aegean Islands are annexed.

A key country of the Anti-Vanuary Alliance was defeated, and a hole was torn in the encirclement net.But Venice doesn't care about this. They care about whether they can open the market in Wallachia and go to Eastern Europe along the way.If you can change it, it is not impossible to give up the Aegean Islands, as long as you master Crete.

At the same time, Wallachia reached an agreement with the chief executive of Caffa to acquire the city of Caffa for 5500 gold coins.Of course, this is just a private agreement between the chief executive and them, and Genoa will not admit it, but with Wallachia controlling the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, they can't clamor for revenge. Failure is miserable.

The government's conquest has temporarily ended, but the civilian crusade has just begun.The first batch of Orthodox Crusaders were formed by the Andre Society and the Dragon Knights, mainly composed of farmers, urban civilians and adventurers.After obtaining the approval from the above, it launched an attack on the Taikai Turkic Kingdom in the southeast, with the goal of Antalya, the capital of the opponent.

This group of civilian crusaders consisted of 6000 people. They set off from Smyrna and marched eastward. When they encountered a small group of Turks, they killed them without mercy.

There are many Christians in the coastal area. Seeing that the Crusaders are coming, they welcome their arrival as they did hundreds of years ago. Seeing this, the emir of the Turkic Kingdom shakes people and gathers troops to fight.The organization in Cyprus did not succeed once before, and it should be the same this time.

----split line----

Just as Peter was allocating finances and planning an army, his old friend came.

"Oh, dear Mason, what's your business here?"

Peter hadn't seen Mason in a few years, and the last time he heard from him was when he became a member of the city council in his hometown of Florence.Really promising.

"My lord governor, can't I see my old friend?"

Mason said half-jokingly, and then told Peter his real purpose here.

As a country in central Italy, the Republic of Florence is relatively developed economically, but it has always been inferior to a trading country like Venice in terms of trade. It relies heavily on overseas markets and Venice, in order to expand the market and not to be stuck.The parliament decided to send envoys to the emerging country Wallachia to expand trade and increase relations.

But who to send? Mason, who had just been elected to the council, volunteered. He said he had a connection. The other members of the council were dubious, but they let him go, but in order to ensure that he was telling the truth, they sent another person to accompany him. .

"Mason, is this the way you said?"

The other person was a little incredulous when he saw Peter. He never thought that Mason would be able to get in touch with the governor of Wallachia.But Wallachia still has such a young governor?
No, no matter how much the Grand Duke of Wallachia thought, he would never hand over the governor to a young man, unless the other party was someone he trusted or his relatives.Thinking about it this way, this person's identity became even taller.

"My friend, I am here with a request from the Republic of Florence, hoping to discuss trade matters with your country."

Mason told Peter about Florence's requests, including trade preferences, mutual business exchanges between the two parties, etc. After hearing these requests, Peter felt that Florence was really good and a reliable partner.

"I will hand over these requests to the Grand Duke, but why did you come here first, shouldn't you be going to Constantinople?"

"Hey, isn't this more peace of mind. What's more, now that Wallachia is the master of Constantinople, Florence feels that this is an opportunity to surpass Venice."

For Wallachia to dominate the Eastern Mediterranean in the future, Venice is the biggest obstacle.It would be a big help to Wallachia if they could pull a few land nations to distract Venice.

Mason stayed here for a few days before leaving for Constantinople. Before he left, he told Peter a message. Portugal and Castile, two countries, planned to head west recently and built many ships. Peter understood that this was his plan to find a new sea route and a new continent.

Wallachia will not interfere with them for the time being, after all, it is too far away, but he is also marching eastward, that is, the land is slower than the sea.For colonial expansion, he is also doing it in Sicily, North Africa, and Ukraine, and he is doing pretty well.

(End of this chapter)