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Chapter 118 To Northern Italy
When the people get up early to prepare for work, they will see the documents posted on the walls and pillars. Because they are written in Czech, they are easy for people to understand.

Such a document resonated with some aristocrats and citizens, who had had enough of being exploited by the church and the German nobility, and wanted to drive the moths out, but mainly for their own further benefit.

But those bishops were so angry that they wanted to skin each other, so they ordered a full search, but Peter had already left the city early in the morning.Hey, I'm mad at you!Anyway, all of you fat heads and big ears can't catch up with him.

"Oh, Pope of the Church, is it Avignon, or is it Rome?"

Peter kept muttering something, in short, it was hostility to Catholicism.Anyway, heresy is more terrible than heretics.

He believed that this document would cause a storm in the country, and if Bohemia was a powder keg, he was the one who ignited it.

After leaving Prague, Peter's purpose in the northern part of Shinra has been completed, and as for Hamburg, Nuremberg, Lübeck, etc., I will save it for the next visit.He now has two routes, one is to start from Genoa to Aragon, and then smuggle Merino sheep back to the Eastern Mediterranean, and the other is to go to Paris, France, and then go south to Castile.

If you go by land, you need to go to Munich, Augsburg, then to Dijon, the capital of Burgundy, and then to France, and you have to go down the Loire River, and finally go over the mountains to reach Castile Leah.

"It seems that we have to change our plan and go directly to Genoa."

"obey"

Peter decided to leave the North as soon as possible. Although there is the Hanseatic League, the economy is smaller than that of the Lowlands and Northern Italy.And at this time, Berlin was still a small fishing village, and Paris, France was still a stinky sewer, it didn't matter whether you went there or not.

So, their target will change to the various city-states of Italy and the Kingdom of Aragon, and then go back.After all, now is a critical period, and we still have to work hard to farm.

At the same time, they converted the currency of the bishop, and exchanged it every time they went to a bank.Then spend it.Anyway, if there is no anti-counterfeiting technology, it will be spent, what can I do?
Having changed his mind, Peter changed direction and headed towards Munich.

In the 8th century, a Benedictine monastery appeared in this place, so the place name Munich has the meaning of "monk's place" in German. In 1328, Louis IV, Duke of Upper Bavaria, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor.He gave the city a salt franchise and a steady source of income, which improved the city's status.Munich is the main crossing on the road from Salzburg to Augsburg.During his reign, he took Munich as the imperial capital, expanded the city wall, and established the scale of the old city.

As an important city in South Germany and the only way to go to Italy, Munich is still a must-see.

In the following time, Peter came to the beautiful South Germany area and tasted the Munich beer, which was still so bad.

Don't know what happened to his hopped beer, maybe he'll be able to drink it when he gets back.

However, the trucks loaded with a lot of money and goods along the way also became the target of bandits. Thanks to Peter's employment of some veterans who lost their jobs, they survived.

"My lord, as long as you pass Innsbruck, you will not be far from Venice."

Peter's enthusiasm for the trip began to wane, and he just wanted to hurry through the rest of the trip and return to Wallachia.

These days, unless they are the most devout pilgrims, no one would come here to travel so far.For this reason, he asked people to speed up and leave South Germany in the fastest way.

Then they came to Innsbruck and entered northern Italy.Then he was ready to go to Genoa, where he took a boat to Barcelona.

----split line----

The storm caused by the butterfly Peter is forming in Central Europe. In Hungary, Queen Mary began to accumulate her own power. Although most of the nobles have defected to Sigismund, she still has an advantage, that is, she is Lajos The direct descendant of the Great Emperor, and Sigismund is the king who relied on his own marriage to become king.Other than that, he has no legal principles. Of course, he has the blood of King Bela IV of Hungary, but it is useless because it is too far away.

Mary began to look for aristocrats who would support her, but Sigismund was not an idler. Seeing his nominal wife making moves, he began to use all resources to stop her. After all, the two sides were not of the same weight.

Seeing that her actions were resolved by her husband, Mary thought of Peter, the crown prince of Wallachia would come to Hungary under a pseudonym, not only to save her own life, but also to tie Hungary to a Wallachia chariot.But for his own survival, he was still ready to jump in.

While in Prague, the influence of the 24 articles written by Peter continued to expand.From the nobles down to the common people, they all began to call for church reform, especially to let the German bishops go and replace them with Czech bishops.

But how could the Catholic Church let it go, they began to ban books and arrest people, and they were about to extinguish this sign, and they also borrowed some people from Vienna.In exchange, the Pope was persuaded to elevate the status of Bishop of Vienna.

How could Austria miss this opportunity, so they sent some people to help Bohemia.But their actions encountered a lot of obstruction, because the people did not believe them.

The influence of the two major countries in Central Europe will definitely change the original historical process, and through Bohemia and Hungary, Austria, Croatia and other places will also be changed.Especially Austria, if you want to be strong, there is no way.

At this time, northern Italy was the most economically developed place in the Mediterranean Sea, and city-states such as Venice, Genoa, and Florence had prosperous industries and trade.Venice can import 100 million pounds worth of goods from Egypt in one go, and its trade volume can exceed eight figures in a year.Genoa could also transfer goods to the North Sea region by ship, and the two countries controlled most of the Mediterranean trade and began to put their minds to it culturally.

In the long-term international trade, the Italians have accumulated huge wealth. At the beginning of the thirteenth century, commercial profits were generally 20-25% (this is already a terrifying level), even after the Black Death. Under normal circumstances, it can also reach 5-8%.In the prosperous period of business, the profit is astonishingly high, sometimes reaching 100% profit or more.

Huge commercial profits stimulated the revival and development of the city.Florence, Venice, Genoa, Bologna, Milan, and Rome are all famous for their handcrafted workshops, and with the prosperity of the economy, the number of industries is increasing and the scale is expanding day by day.Manufactures also accumulated a great deal of wealth for Italy.Venice's handicraft industry is also very developed, and the shipbuilding industry, glass manufacturing industry, silk industry and weapon manufacturing industry are all well-known.The shipyard can manufacture more than 1000 ships per year, and has a large number of merchant ships and naval fleets including 3 merchant ships and 2 sailors.Glassware such as goblets, mirrors, and stained glass occupy a huge market in Britain, France, Central Europe, and North Africa, and they benefit more than 5 ducats each year from the export of leather products alone.The weapons and equipment produced not only meet the needs of military defense in the region, but also supply the needs of the whole of Italy and even the European market.

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