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Chapter 35 Migration from the East and the West
Go up the Danube to Pozzoni (Budadislava), and after ten days of land journey, you come to the Kingdom of Bohemia.

As the head of Shenluo's four secular electors, the Kingdom of Bohemia relied on its rich mineral and textile industries to become the most economically developed area in Shenluo.Horses, cattle, leather, grain, silver, and linen were exported from the Czech Republic to the upper reaches of the Danube, Hungary, and Venice.The capital, Prague, is the largest city in Central Europe. During the reign of Charles IV, Charles University, the earliest university in Central Europe, was built.It is precisely because of the wealth of Bohemia that Charles IV and his son Wenzel were elected emperors of Shenluo.

The Wallachia Chamber of Commerce has done business here. While doing business, the Chamber of Commerce also acts as a spy and recruits talents.

Some craftsmen who went bankrupt due to various reasons were their targets, and they used a lot of money to bring these craftsmen to Wallachia.Including jewelers, carpenters, and blacksmiths, most of these people were local ethnic groups, because they were oppressed by the Germans, went bankrupt, or left their homes, or became serfs.

"I said, you are not lying, are you really able to give here several times the money?"

In a tavern in Brno, some unemployed and bankrupt workers and artisans are surrounding a merchant asking questions.

"Of course, the lords there have issued orders to build a lot of things, and all those who come here to settle here will be exempted from taxes for up to three years."

"Three years", some people are tempted. If the market is good, three years is enough to save a small fortune, and one year can also have some foundation.

Brno is also the place where the conflict between the local ethnic group and the Germanic people is the most intense. The church and immigrants have mastered most of the wealth, especially the church. These priests and monks quickly took control of the main positions of the Czech church and monastery, occupying a wide range of land, almost reaching the Czech Republic. half of the cultivated land.

At the same time, in order to consolidate and expand its power, the church recruited a large number of knights from Shinra, let them share the land, and enslaved Czech farmers and immigrants from Germany.In order to increase the income of the treasury, the Czech king also allowed a large number of Deshenluo merchants and handicraftsmen to enter the Czech Republic, and allowed the establishment of various autonomous cities and enjoyed various privileges.As a result of the mass immigration of Germans, a special social group of German religious and secular feudal lords, urban aristocrats and mine owners was formed in the Czech Republic.They colluded with the big Czech feudal landlords and jointly exploited the Czech people.Peasants and urban civilians are oppressed by both ethnicity and class, making them "live in their own country like exiles".

The Catholic Church is the biggest feudal lord and exploiter, and the upper echelons of priests are almost all Germans, so people's hatred is first directed at the Church.The Church imposed heavy tithes.The pope plundered through the church, using the Czech Republic as the main source of income for the Holy See.

In this case, the recruitment activities of the Chamber of Commerce will be smoother.Under the persuasion of the chamber of commerce, some farmers and craftsmen packed their bags and headed to the new land.But most of them are forced by life, and some people are unwilling to go to the pagan and backward Eastern Europe.

The Chamber of Commerce didn't force it, but continued to persuade the craftsmen to go.Some glass craftsmen also went to Wallachia, seeing that there was no hope of success in Bohemia.There must be many difficulties along the way, but at least there is still a chance to get ahead.

In northern Italy, the Chamber of Commerce's target was the Venetian island of Murano.Here are the glass artisans of all Venice.

Beginning in the 14th century, Murano began to export glass products, famous for its glass beads, glass mirrors and glass chandeliers.

Glass artisans soon became prominent citizens of Murano, allowed to bear swords, and enjoyed immunity from which their daughters could marry into wealthy Venetian families.Murano glass masters were so important to Venice that Murano glass masters were forbidden to leave the Venetian Republic.But there are still some people who ventured to immigrate to the Netherlands and other places.

Also, Murano is not an island.It is an island in name, but it is actually an archipelago. The islands are connected by bridges, forming the same island.It is not an easy task to bring out the artisans here.

Of course, the largest source of immigrants is still the Golden Horde.Regular capture of Slavs and Wallachians by the Crimean Tatars allowed them to start emigrating to Moldova.They engaged in production near the Dniester River, which greatly enriched the border population. Alexandru used the Dniester River to form a line of defense to prevent the invasion of nomadic tribes.

These immigrants enriched the eastern region of Moldova, and arable land was soon reclaimed.Some escaped wildflowers bloomed on the ridges, children played in the fields, and prayers rang out from the village church.

Hundreds of settlements, large and small, formed along the banks of the Transnistria, and following the transport of the river, these settlements soon formed towns.At certain times of the month, some merchants will come here to sell daily necessities.

Salt has become the biggest purchase in various towns and villages, because it is necessary to use salt to preserve meat in winter.And all the salt factories are in the hands of the governor, whether it is coarse salt or refined salt.And selling salt at home and abroad every year is a huge sum of money.

Peter also levied a salt tax. Regardless of the price, for every kilogram of salt sold, a fixed percentage of profit had to be handed over.This was also the first indirect tax in Wallachia, and the final burden must have been shifted to the common people.And this is also a common tax in many countries.

Merchants from the Hanseatic League also came to Moldova. They traded in Iasi, Suceava and other places, as far as Constanta.Grain, salt, maltose, linen, etc. were all traded items, and Constanta saw a new growth in artisanal manufactures, including carpentry, tanning, weaving, and metalworking.For the first time, the luxury goods industry appeared here, and Genoese merchants could not take advantage of it here.You can only pay taxes and do business honestly.

North Dobroja has become Constantinople's second food supply base. When Varna was attacked and looted by the Ottomans, Constanta was responsible for most of the food supply for the castle.Using the money from trade, Peter began to recruit talents and expand armaments on a large scale.So many people privately said that there were two rulers in Wallachia, one was Mircea and the other was his son.

Mircea was not angry either. It is very common for fathers and sons to rule the country together.Isn't there a co-emperor in the Eastern Roman Empire? If he didn't want Peter to experience it, he would have made him a co-ruler long ago.Letting him serve as the governor of Moldova now can be regarded as co-governance in disguise.

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