eastern european eagle

Chapter 71 Accumulate Strength
Peter began to confiscate the fiefs of the Janissaries and Ottoman soldiers, some of which were distributed to his soldiers, and some to the farmers for farming.At the same time squeeze the living space of the Catholic Church, forcing them to spit out most of the land.

At the same time, Peter also formulated a road plan for Bulgaria, which was upgraded on the basis of the original road.Open up the road from Nis to Burgas and consolidate the local foundation.

The leu replaced the local complicated currency, and so did the writing, but the locals still mainly use Bulgarian and Serbian, and it will take time.

The economic foundation laid by Bulgaria during the Second Empire is still there. After the unified currency, the economies of Turvorno and Vidin recovered rapidly.There are also more business trips.

"My lord, Bulgaria's commercial tax should exceed 30 lei this year."

Peter was very happy when he heard that there was so much money.Because the Grand Duke specially approved that he could get part of it as private money, and the rest, except for spares, would be handed over directly to the above.

The important agricultural tax is still exempted for one to three years, which is also for the sake of the people.Moreover, Peter here directly promotes the policy of combining corvee and taxation, promotes monetary land rent and land rent in kind, and reduces the burden on the people.

"Is there anything new recently?"

"New situation, many merchants from Venice and Genoa have already left, and I heard that they have all gone to Trabzon."

This matter was also expected by Peter. After all, the privilege was gone, so who would be here.So it has been said that the cultivation of domestic businessmen is to prevent them from intervening.

Sofia has a population of 6000, and Torvorno only 5000, but these are big cities.

If a country of 20 square kilometers is the capital, then Bukuryeshti is a very good choice, but if you want to build a super empire, you have to choose another capital.Especially the ambition to control the Eastern Mediterranean.

Filter all the cities, and finally only Constantinople is suitable, and the others are too biased.There are geographical reasons why Constantine the Great established his capital here.

Although Venice and Genoa began to move away from Wallachia, another group of merchants came here, and they were the merchants of the Hanseatic League.

The Hanseatic League and Venice and Genoa have always been well watered, but in terms of Wallachia, they also have the idea of ​​​​expanding south.

Suceava is the place with the most Hanseatic merchants, and all large transactions are carried out here.They bought large quantities of linen, beeswax, livestock, etc. from Wallachia, and also bought large quantities of gold honeydew.Krakow became the fastest growing city in the Vistula valley, and trade with Wallachia added fuel to it.

The move to recruit refugees has also increased the development of Moldova, and these Ruthenians have enriched Moldova's manpower.According to this year's inspection results, the entire population of Moldova is only 26.

If the population is not enough, the economy and the military will naturally be weak, and encouraging births will rise to the level of national policy.In Iasi, orphanages were established, and charity hospitals began to be established.The social status of midwives is also rising.

Of course, it is also most important to give civilians certain opportunities for social advancement and promote social mobility.But the mobility can't be too large, otherwise it will be stagnant like the French population.

To the east, Wallachia maintained good relations with the Cossacks.Hired Cossack soldiers were organized into guards and paid directly.

Some Cossacks also settled here with their families, and they gradually learned the local language.Faith is the same after all.

The Cossack leader is also expanding his influence along the Black Sea coast, and is preparing to confront Lithuania.The country is expanding too fast and must be confronted.

----split line----

In Kemplonge, the Grand Duke of Mircea has an unexpected guest.Pope Boniface IX sent an envoy to persuade the Grand Duke to fight against the Ottomans.

It was the time of the Great Schism in the Catholic Church, and the struggle between Rome and Avignon was intensifying.The two popes attacked each other, excommunicated each other, and collected tribute and taxes from Western European countries at the same time.According to their political attitudes and closeness to France, Germany, and Italy, each country supports one of the popes, forming two power groups.At that time, apart from Germany and Accident, England, which was in a state of Hundred Years War with France, and Poland, Bohemia, Denmark, and Sweden, which were influenced by Germany, recognized the Pope at that time.In addition to France and its ally Spain, Scotland, which was at odds with England, and Sicily and Sardinia, which were influenced by France, recognized the Pope of Avignon.The churches in various places basically acted in accordance with the attitude of their own monarchs.

The great schism of the Catholic Church and its chaos, corruption, and looting of people's wealth have greatly reduced the prestige of the Church in the eyes of Europeans. The power and prestige of the Pope have also plummeted, and they are gradually loathed and ridiculed by society.As a result, various countries began to withdraw their support for the Pope, demanding an end to the schism.

The Pope sent people here, naturally, to persuade Grand Duke Mircea to attack Ottoman, so that he could gain more political achievements to attack Avignon.And as long as the letter is converted, there will be a lot of foreign aid.

But such a particularly good plan was rejected by Mircea, and the nonsense peace treaty was torn up less than a year after it was signed.The face is so big that I don't know how many thousands of miles it is.

Mircea sternly refused, but the emissary even issued threats, saying that since they can punish the people in Junbao, they can also punish you.Finally got kicked out in a very unfriendly way.

Mircea didn't want to listen to his nonsense, he could still understand the international situation.I don't know why they are not the front line against Ottoman, God is really unfair.

The central government continued to be improved, and the administrative division was changed from 28 provinces to 30 provinces.To avoid wasting administrative resources, expand the power of the financial sector, and centralize local military, financial, and judicial powers to the government.

For the Boyar Conference, Mircea normalized it and absorbed citizens and small and medium-sized landowners into it.Soon the meeting rose from more than 70 people to 155 people, and these boyars disdain to be with them, so they left the original hall and went to another house for a meeting.The rest of the meeting members are still meeting in the original hall.

(End of this chapter)