eastern european eagle

Chapter 82 Is Osman unable to collect money or revenge?
Queen Mary enjoys the view from the garden at the Buda Palace in Hungary.As the queen co-ruling with her husband Sigismund, Mary has no big ambitions, she just wants to spend her life quietly in the palace.Therefore, under normal circumstances, political affairs are also handed over to Sigismund.

Recently, Sigismund began courting her.And she stayed in her room many times overnight. Mary knew that he wanted a child, and it was not easy to refuse as a wife, so she just did that.

"Is there any news recently?" Queen Mary asked.

"Your Majesty, His Majesty the King granted another 20 manors to the following. Apart from these, it is Wallachia."

Mary's curiosity about Wallachia was aroused, and she didn't know why this small country suddenly had a topic, and when she heard that Wallachia defeated Ottoman, she made an exception and went to a church to fight against the pagan warriors pray.

"That grand duke should be older than Rigmund."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Grand Duke's eldest son is already 13 years old."

Queen Mary stopped asking here, and no one knew what she was thinking. (Okay, let's go far, come back)

Back in Bulgaria, Peter's actions against Catholicism drew protests from the local church.A bishop brought a letter of protest and asked Peter to stop persecuting them. Peter accepted, but did not agree.

If you want to blame, blame them for doing too many bad things before.Now it's just liquidation and I can't stand it, the ability to bear it is too weak.

At the same time, Peter also opened the treasury and distributed some money to the common people, which quickly won their hearts.It also reduces resistance to policy implementation.

Sofia is the front line against the Ottomans, where the Cossacks and the most elite guards are gathered, and the Bulgarian army led by Constantine is responsible for the defense in the direction of Burgas.

After Sipahi's service period ended, Bayezid has basically recovered his strength.The conquest of Anatolia and the tribute from the vassals have restored most of the treasury, and Bayezid feels that he can do it again, but he still needs to accumulate strength and strive to invade Wallachia in one fell swoop after the end of the armistice treaty.

Moreover, instead of staring at Wallachia, it is better to stare at other countries, such as the mayor of Constantinople. This is a bone stuck in the throat of Allah, and it cannot be taken down.

But Bayezid also got the news that Wallachia was stationed at the border to prepare for war, and some Sipahi who had been kidnapped privately were also killed by them.The bodies were hung from stakes, much to the terror of the nearby lords.

He understood that this was a demonstration on the other side, and asked the Sudan to take care of his soldiers.He can't wait to lead troops to fight directly, but he will have a bad reputation of tearing up the agreement.So he had to let the opponent take the initiative to tear it up.

When Sipahi failed to plunder Wallachia, he plundered the Orthodox subjects in the Ottomans. Merchants were often robbed, farmers' taxes were doubled, and labor was increased to four days a week.

Faced with oppression, some people decided to take the risk and fled to Wallachia with their families. If they were caught, they would face even more severe punishment.

In order to catch them, a patrol team was formed in Sipaxi on the border, wandering around the border every day.But some peasants escaped to Wallachia by water or from Serbia.The news they brought also made Peter understand that Osman began to squeeze money and people.

In the next confrontation, Osman may use the name of jihad.Because this can produce a large amount of cannon fodder, it is very resistant to the line, and from Wu Maiye to Ottoman all use this excuse to attack cities and land.

"I really don't know, they just created a religion, and it turned out to be so destructive?" Nicholas complained to Peter next to him after reading the history book of the Umayyad Dynasty hundreds of years ago.

"It's not that the religion is strong, but that they are lenient towards their subjects, and they are not insignificant in attracting the local nobles. This is the reason why they can take root."

The new moon is very easy to see the weakness of Christianity, as long as you pay your taxes on time, you can do whatever you want.

In addition, people in other places are salivating for the rich land of Christianity, so they naturally join in, and rely on holy wars to get the spoils.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. After a few years, I will find you a wife."

Peter began to joke about Nicholas' marriage, because Nicholas was a rebellious man at his age, and he didn't even look at the wife his father found for him. He wanted to be independent for a while.

"My lord, don't tease me, don't you?"

"At least you can still choose, I, let's think about it!"

There is no freedom in the marriage of heirs, and Peter must obey the arrangements of his parents.Of course, it would be fine if he found someone with an ally, but the problem was that he didn't have one.

But as everyone knows, an ally can sometimes be a vassal.If you can choose a country to support marriage, it will also be very beneficial to rule the Balkans.

Peter looked at the Morea autocracy in the Peloponnese, and took a quill and stabbed it here fiercely.That's him.

The Ottoman land in the Balkans also exceeds 15 square kilometers, and it is also mountainous and coastline.Wallachia may die if swallowed in one gulp, so if there is a country that can be divided equally, assimilation is also a good choice at that time.

The shipyard in Constanta submitted documents to Peter, and the construction of 10 various sailboats ordered by the government has been completed, and most of the 120 small boats have also been completed.This was Wallachia's first navy.

The recruitment of naval personnel cannot be casual, they must have good water quality and be familiar with the local hydrological conditions.Therefore, it can only be recruited from fishermen and ocean trade personnel.

Navy training must be doubled, and with double the time and money.This is inevitable.

Since the Black Sea is an inland sea, Peter temporarily used the Clark sailing ship as a warship.And equipped with artillery and flame launchers, these will be the general trend of future naval warfare.

It will take at least several years for the construction of the navy to pick up. Venice and Genoa are not vegetarians.Even in the era when the Ottoman army was strong, the navy was in a mess.It wasn't until Hayreddin Pasha's arrival that the Ottoman navy gradually gained victory. However, Ottoman suffered heavy losses in the Lepanto naval battle. Even if it recovered quickly, it was just like that because it focused on the army.

In addition to independent construction, you can also lease the navy from Genoa.But Peter would never use this road, it was suicide.

However, all self-construction takes time, effort and money. Some people who want to be lazy talk to Peter about renting from Genoa, and they are almost punished by the governor.

(End of this chapter)