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Chapter 138 Expansion Success
Soon the news of the victory in the decisive battle against Ottoman came back to Bukuryeshti, and the people cheered. Peter hereby ordered the capital to celebrate for three days.

The war with the Ottomans is basically over, and the next step is to deal with Serbia.For this country, Peter had nothing to say, just swallow it.

If Serbia is annexed, it will be connected on land with the territory of another ally, Castrioti.Wallachia can transport goods and trade through the geographical location of the Principality of Castrioti, and it is also more convenient to transport troops.

Moreover, the rich resources in Serbia and Macedonia are a great boost to Wallachia, and they must be obtained anyway.

"Where is the Ottoman Sultan now?"

"According to the news from the front line, after the defeat of Bafsa, the sultan ran to Uzunkpru with the rest of the army. After that, he continued to go south, probably going to Anatolia."

"Why are you so spineless, you're here to fight, you lost all the land you got before, and you have to get it back no matter what."

Peter joked about Bayezid. From 1392 to the present, a large amount of land in Europe has been lost, which has shaken the prestige of the Sultan.Both the lord and the officials doubted whether the Sultan was going to die, and with this disastrous defeat, if Bayezid couldn't get his place back from other places, no one would listen to him.

"Osman's threats have dissipated, and it's time to deal with family matters."

Peter called the upcoming war between Serbia and Wallachia a family affair, meaning to clean up the traitors in the Orthodox Church and clear the last obstacle to the unification of the Balkans.Now Wallachia is the largest country in the Balkans. As long as Serbia is dealt with, it is a matter of time before the unification of the remaining regions.

The current treasury can support the war for another six months, and I hope it can end as quickly as possible.If it doesn't work, he pays for it out of his own pocket.

If you want to talk about Peter’s simplest and rude method, it must be throwing money. Whether it’s construction, military affairs, factories, or culture, as long as you throw money, you can accomplish anything.

In terms of military affairs, Peter founded artillery factories, musket factories, shipyards, and gunpowder factories, and provided weapons and armor for the army for free. He also built a large number of bastions, which would allow the city more time to resist.

But the military is a big spender. Although there are profits from trade, it is still necessary to establish handicrafts and expand agriculture.

For this reason, measures such as improving crop varieties, reclaiming land, and establishing handicraft workshops are the same.The establishment of banks and the unification of currency promoted domestic trade and industry, and Peter also joined them. By gathering the recruited craftsmen, he established manual workshops, including iron smelting, textiles, wine making, etc. I don’t know if this is related to The people fight for profit.

The most important thing is to encourage birth and attract immigrants. A large number of Orthodox Christians moved to live in Wallachia, and this war with Ottoman does not know how much land and population will increase.

"Your Highness, Castriotti has sent a letter saying that he is willing to submit to Wallachia and become a vassal of our country."

"Really?"

This news directly confused Peter, and logically speaking, it was too fast, and Castriotti was not like a soft-spoken person, even Osman had to press his head hard before compromising.Now he took the initiative to compromise, there are some problems.

"He didn't say anything else?"

"Yes, take a look, this is his request."

Castriotti mainly put forward the following requirements: first, he hoped that Wallachia could provide some money as military expenses; second, the Ottoman land that he captured next was designated as his rule; third, Wallachia supported his annexation of the principality of Vlora to the south.

So long as these conditions were agreed, Castriotti joined Wallachia with his lands and armies, to be their barrier and port in the west.

These few conditions are not big or small, but they didn't mention the most important diplomatic and military management rights. He thought that this kind of surrender was the Western enfeoffment system, but Peter would make this kind of division risk system is implemented.

"In this case, I have to make a few requests."

Peter agreed to these requirements, but he needed to get the other party to agree to his request: first, the Principality of Castriotti needed to use the Wallachian script, and the local religion accepted the management of the Wallachia Church; second, The duchy needs to accept Wallachia's leu as currency; third, the duchy needs to allow Wallachian roads to be built into the interior.

As long as he agrees to these conditions, he is willing to provide him with funds from his own pocket, and some land is not impossible.

And the news of Ottoman's failure spread back to Anatolia, and those small Turkic countries began to lose their tune again. They were going to do it again, but this was in Anatolia, Ottoman's stronghold, and Bayezid still couldn't handle you?

But for the Balkans, he is really powerless, and Bulgaria and Macedonia are already unable to get them back, unless a miracle happens.That being the case, we had no choice but to negotiate peace.Ahmed Pasha once again became an envoy to negotiate peace with Wallachia, hoping to reach a good result.

The purification of the Ottoman-occupied areas began, and the church and the government increased their control over Turkic immigrants. Some people could not bear it and went to the Ottoman-controlled areas, but some people stayed. Wallachia only restricted their beliefs. And culture, other rights are okay, at least better than Jews and Gypsies.

Peter attaches great importance to the role of enlightenment. If he wants to rule for a long time, he must assimilate them with culture and words, and their own culture must be restricted.Moreover, these places are also directly under the jurisdiction of Wallachia, so they have the strongest control and the most thorough policy promotion.

The emancipation of peasants and serfs on pagan lands was the first to be implemented. A large amount of Sipahi’s land was divided by Orthodox serfs and farmers, and there were corresponding tax exemption measures, which greatly increased their enthusiasm for production. There is a good harvest.

Some crescent religious sites were demolished, materials were built into Orthodox churches or other buildings, books were shipped north for translation, and Wallachian culture and policies were influencing them.When the rank list of military officers was released, people from new places such as Adrian signed up to join the army, and some intellectuals planned to go to Constanta for further studies and prepare to enter the officialdom in the future.

The remaining land and property were distributed to the soldiers and generals by the Grand Duke as rewards. Constantine also obtained some treasures, and the people in the army obtained land. Mircea was originally planning to reward Peter, but he was already a feudal There is nothing to seal, this may be the trouble of happiness.

(End of this chapter)