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Chapter 92 Becoming a Co-Governor

If you want to impress your father, you must either get rid of your bad habits, or make military contributions.

The first one will not work. Suleiman has a bad habit of smoking opium, which cannot be changed.In this case, it can only be military merit.

It is customary for Ottoman princes to be appointed as local governors. For this reason, Suleiman asked Bayezid to be the governor of Rumelia.

Bayezid was pleasantly surprised. He signed the order very readily. At the same time, in order to guard against Wallachia, he was specially sent 4000 troops and 200 Yeniceri, and Rumelia's Sipahi cavalry dispatched .

Wait Peter, I, Suleiman, will show you what the gap is.

Although he got the position of governor of Rumelia, the sultan still sent people to watch him, because now Ottoman and Wallachia are in a peace treaty and cannot be broken. Just wait a few years, and they can summon a hundred thousand troops to conquer Wallachia. ya.

Wallachia and Ottoman, the Governor of Bulgaria and the Governor of Rumelia, Peter and Suleiman, what a couple!

But Peter doesn't know about this appointment, I think his current goal is to accumulate strength.What kind of battle is it, isn't farming fragrant?

"There have been no major changes near Turvorno and Vidin, while Sofia, Burgas, and Nis will take a long time to clear the Ottoman relationship."

Peter wasn't worried about business and trade, his main concern was farming.This is fundamental, any industry and commerce has to obtain raw materials from agriculture for processing and trading.

"Right now farmers mainly grow food, and at other times they grow grapes and other crops to sell for money. When farming is off, they will go to the city to find some jobs, or sell their own honey-produced livestock."

This is a common situation among farmers in Wallachia, who mainly cultivate land, and at the same time engage in some handicrafts to subsidize their households.

"How about the road construction?"

"The journey from Bukuriesti to Turvorno has been completed, and the remaining part will go to Sofia."

The Balkans haven't built roads systematically for a long time, and some of the roads they use now date back to the Roman Empire. In addition, rural dirt roads occupy most of them.

Peter has been systematically building roads since Dobroja, and built the Constanta-Ackerman road at his own expense after the Moldova campaign.The Grand Duke also contributed some funds to build the Moldovan Highway.

When the road conditions are good, it becomes possible to unify the country and promote trade.Moreover, repairing roads also uses a lot of labor and materials, which is also a way to promote the economy.

"We still need to continue to cultivate, and allocate another batch of funds to build waterwheels and mills." Peter ordered his men, and the places he designated had Peter's manor.

At this time he is in the capital Kemplonge, because today the Grand Duke Mircea will crown him as co-ruler.

The co-rulers can be traced back to the era of Diocletian. The co-governance of the four emperors he founded was the beginning of the division of the Roman Empire from east to west.Although there was a brief unity between Constantine and Theodosius, it eventually split.

Afterwards, the co-rulers were succeeded by Eastern Rome and nearby states, as did Wallachia.Grand Duke Mircea promoted Peter to co-ruler, and from then on he could issue orders to the whole country like his father.

The coronation took place in the Kemplonger Church, and Mircea crowned Peter himself.He turned slowly, and all the boyars and officials knelt to show their loyalty.From this time on, Wallachia had two rulers.

After caring about agriculture, Peter began to plan the future strategy of Wallachia.It is not enough to be a small regional power, at least it must be a world-class empire.

"Peter, have you been to Serbia?"

"Yes father, they are ashamed of us, so they offer ten thousand gold coins every year as an apology."

Well, that's a good reason, don't use it next time.

"There is another news that you may not know. Bayezid transferred his son to Bulgaria as the governor."

"Son?" Peter thought about Bayezid's family tree. The eldest son, Suleiman, was of the right age and should be him.

For this man, Peter still knew the most during the Great Interregnum.He occupied Ottoman's part in the Balkans, and then led troops into Anatolia. Later, he was killed because of internal strife among his subordinates and his own bad habits.Peter feels credit for his appointment, but he has no proof.

"Don't worry about the Ottomans now, they need time to recover. The only thing we can do now is to encourage agriculture and trade. There are too many places to spend money now."

When it comes to money, treasurers have a lot to say.He said sadly that Wallachia was spending too much.

There are all kinds of things like running schools, building a navy, immigration subsidies, firearms expenses, plus building roads and capital cities. In short, money is needed everywhere.

"Your Highness, take a look, if it weren't for the increase in trade tariffs last year, the gap this year would be huge."

Peter knew it was crying poor, because most of the trade tariffs were still extracted from his trade.But he also understands that Wallachia is not the small principality before, and there are many more places to spend money now than before.

"Taxation is the guarantee for the normal operation of the country, and it is the obligation of all citizens. If only farmers pay taxes, then the country is not healthy."

"But Your Highness, since you promoted the tax reform, those nobles have been very dissatisfied. If you move them again now, I'm afraid..."

Knowing that they were worried about their own safety, Peter said.

"I understand that it won't make things difficult for them if they can be quiet. But if they don't, then don't blame me for being ruthless."

The more he talked, the darker Peter's face became, but he soon returned to normal.He also knew that Boyar had paid a high price for being obedient, and if they continued to exhaust their resources, they would have to rebel.

"That being the case, we have to increase taxes without the public feeling it."

Peter's words confused the chief financial officer. What does it mean to increase taxes without the public knowing? A tax increase is a tax increase. It is impossible for them not to know.

"What do people work to make money every day, of course it is food and daily necessities. There are so many things traded in the market every day. If we charge a little for each commodity, won't they notice it?"

"What kind of tax is this?" The supervisor was a little puzzled, probably only in the Roman Empire era, and it is not so difficult to implement this now.

"Of course, it is still too early to discuss this. But it is also a good solution."

Sometimes Peter feels that he has been educated too deeply by later generations. Although the consumption tax was implemented in Octavian, it has been buried in history after so many years.It's really out of date to mention it now.He still needs to continue to think about ideas and things that are less than 100 years old.

(End of this chapter)