eastern european eagle

Chapter 90 Cotton?sheep?
Forcing Serbia to pay tribute is to better control this capricious guy.He was the one who provided the army for Ottoman, and he was also there when he rebelled against Ottoman.Monarchs also jump left and right in Catholicism and Orthodox Church. In the eyes of the Patriarch, they are heretics.

Knowing the result, Brankovich could only swallow it himself, as long as the other party didn't want to die.

However, affected by it, Brankovic immediately announced that he would move the capital to Smederevo.He did so despite the risk of being attacked by Hungary.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Peter withdrew his troops, and many Serbs also followed Peter back to Wallachia. They were arranged to border areas, and the lord paid for them to build houses and distributed them land.

Peter understood that only by capturing the hearts of these people will they follow you faithfully and adapt to the local life and culture.Coupled with the need for labor, it is doomed that Peter's formulation of immigration policies is very good.

The policy he formulated in Dobroja was transferred to Moldova and Bulgaria, and the governor rented cattle, tools and seeds to farmers, and returned them with grain after the next year's harvest.The rental price is also affordable for them, as long as they work hard for a few years, they can live a good life.

"My lord, more than 15000 immigrants have flowed into Bulgaria this month."

"Grain cattle and seed farming tools must be prepared. In a few years, these people will become the new power of Wallachia."

Peter is a person who wants to strengthen the centralization of power in his bones, and he opposes the aristocratic enfeoffment system in the West.Because doing so would tear the country apart, the locality must be under the management of the central government.The division of Wallachia into provinces is one way to increase centralization.

Unlike Rome's military district system, Wallachia's senior officials are all appointed by the central government, and their terms of office are not fixed, and they are all determined by their own performance.They have no military power and are only responsible for civil affairs, and the central government will also pay them salaries.

Among the senior officials appointed by the first batch of grand dukes, 14 were from landlord families, 10 were from boyar families, and the rest were from military or merchant families.Although they came from different backgrounds, they were all selected by the Grand Duke and were loyal to him.

Not only high-ranking officials, but now Wallachia has begun to try out the court and financial systems. Separate the powers of these places to avoid the emergence of warlords.

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With the end of the war, trade within Wallachia began to develop rapidly.Raresh also took advantage of this east wind to earn a lot of wealth. In order to make it easier to do business and get a better life, he moved his family from Ackerman to Constanta.

"Dad, is this our new home?" Son Oleg asked his father, blinking.

"Yes, this is our new home."

Raresh looked at Constanta, which was more prosperous than Yasi, and felt that his approach was correct.

Outside the city of Constanta, a large number of trucks came from all directions, some of which were grains produced in nearby villages and towns, and some were specialties from other places. Constanta did not refuse anything, and swallowed them all.

At the port, slaves from the Crimea, furs from Ross, and Persian raw silk transferred from Trabzon all came here.They either go through the market directly, or enter the local handicraft factory for processing and trade.No wonder businessmen like to settle here.

The house Raresh chose was not far from the market. He negotiated with the owner that he would pay the other party 20 lei a month for three years.

That's a lot of money, but Raresh says it's perfectly fine.He also prepaid the amount for half a year, and then he can do business with peace of mind.

Since it was the first day of moving, the main task was to go around Constanta.Raresh also looked at what would do the best business.

All the streets and blocks here are named after Peter, and the whole city extends on both sides with the central axis of Mihai Avenue in the middle.In front of the town hall is a large square, used to announce major events.

The area where Raresh is located is called Kamil District, which has the largest trading market in Constanta.Some businessmen who want first-hand information rent houses here, as does Raresh.

The market is strictly planned into straight avenues, and the streets are lined with rows of shops, warehouses and workshops.Many people are selling goods in front of the stalls, including Bohemian jewelry, Venetian glass, and amber from the North Sea region.

Raresh came to a booth whose textiles intrigued him.Feels like wool textiles, but softer.Raresh started asking about the thing.

"what is this?"

"You are really discerning. This is a cotton cloth imported from Galata. It absorbs water and is comfortable."

"cotton?"

"Yes, according to those Genoese, the raw material is cotton imported from Aragon and Egypt, and then spun into cloth."

"Cotton?" This is too much information. He only knows about woolen textiles and silk, but he doesn't know anything about cotton.

Cotton was an exotic to Europeans.Cotton grew in faraway places, and many Europeans are said to have imagined cotton as a hybrid of plant and animal - a "vegetal sheep".In medieval Europe, there are also stories about lambs growing on trees and bending over to drink water at night; in addition, there are legends about sheep growing on the ground through low stems.

Cotton first came to Europe, as in West Africa, as a result of the expansion of Islam.By AD 950, the Islamic cities of Seville, Cordoba, Granada, Barcelona and Sicily had cotton industries; some of these textiles were exported to other parts of Europe.

In the hundreds of years after 1000 AD, the "Recovering Lost Land Movement" of Iberian Christians caused a sharp decline in cotton production in this area; but for hundreds of years, under the influence of Arab technology and culture, most of Europe Regions were familiar with and came to appreciate cotton textiles.

By the 12th century, a small part of Europe—particularly northern Italy—returned to the world of cotton production, where it has remained ever since.Since the European climate is generally not suitable for the growth of cotton, the Crusades extended the influence of Europe to the Arab world, and thus penetrated into the natural growth zone of cotton.The first non-Islamic centers of the cotton industry in Europe arose in northern Italy, in cities such as Milan, Arezzo, Bologna, Venice, and Verona.The cotton industry, which grew rapidly from the end of the 12th century, played an important role in the economies of these cities.

The Mediterranean trade network not only provided the Italian cotton industry with a relatively convenient source of raw cotton, but also gave them access to "Oriental" technology.Business owners in northern Italy imported technology from the Islamic world, some from India or China.

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