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Chapter 147 Centralization and Precipitation
Peter has been with Sophia for the past few days, and the two parties get along well, and they are waiting for the wedding next year.

Sophia learned a lot about Wallachia, and Peter also learned a lot about ancient Greece and Rome.The two made progress together in this way, and their relationship gradually deepened.

Mrs. Maria looked at the two and felt relieved.Now my son doesn't have to take any more risks, and he can hold his grandson in a few years.Mihai should be next.

The princess and the dowry arrived, and Wallachia also sent the dowry.In addition to money, spices and silk, there are 10 cannons, 150 muskets and some gunpowder.These weapons can help Moriah strengthen its own armed forces.

Mircea continued to expand his army, and the small army would expand to 5000 men. Such ambitions frightened the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which meant doubling military spending.

Maybe Mircea was also frightened by himself, so he revised the expanded army to 8000 people.However, the number of artillery pieces was increased to 150. He believed that the strong long-range firepower could weaken the enemy to the greatest extent in close combat.

At the same time, Mircea is also improving the conscription system in various places. Both nobles and civilians must serve in the military, and civilians are active in joining the army because it can climb up.The nobleman also sent the second son of the family, hoping to earn military merit for the family.

The rank list of civil servants began to expand from Constanta to Wallachia and Moldova. As long as you pass the exam, you can get official positions and attract intellectuals.The universities of Constanta and Bukuriesti are already full of applications, but there are still quite a few people who want to join.Who made it easiest to take exams from college.

Ruling over such a large area of ​​land was never ruled by the grand dukes of Wallachia.Mircea has reached a pinnacle, and the pinnacle is still growing.

However, the governance of the new territory still took a lot of energy from the Grand Duke.The meetings these days have been late, and if it weren't for the help of Peter and the Senate, he wouldn't be able to keep busy.

However, Wallachia's international influence continued, and some small countries on the Balkan Peninsula took the initiative to come to make friends, such as the Principality of Epirus, which was huddled in the southwest corner.

In 1204, after Constantinople was captured by the Crusaders, Mikhail Comnenos, an officer on the Asia Minor peninsula of the Byzantine Empire, pledged allegiance to the Kingdom of Thessaloniki, which was a Latin country at that time.However, not long after, Mikhail Komnenos left Thessaloniki and went to the Peloponnese Peninsula in an attempt to establish his own rule, but failed.So he ended up going to Epirus.There he eventually established the Principality of Epirus.

After the Nicaea Empire re-established the Byzantine Empire, the Principality of Epirus was forced to become part of the Byzantine Empire through marriage.However, at the same time, the Principality of Epirus still maintained an alliance with the Principality of Athens and the Principality of Achaia, which were hostile to the Byzantine Empire.Afterwards, the history of the principality was plunged into a long period of infighting among the nobles, and the ambitions of Mikhail and Theodore Komnenos had long since been forgotten.Now it has been reduced to the point of lingering.

Mircea received the envoy, and Epirus exchanged a tribute of 5000 gold coins per year for Wallachia's promise not to annex Epirus.This is already the maximum amount they can come up with.Mircha directly accepted it with a smile, after all, one more tribute is fine.

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The coercion of Wallachia has affected other small Balkan countries, and they all lined up with gifts to meet them.Some people in Western Europe dismissed it, thinking that Wallachia was only strong for a while, just like the Serbian Empire, it would fall apart after the death of the ruler.

But people have already thought about this issue. According to the codes and decrees issued by the Grand Duke, the local nobles can only enjoy some economic privileges and gift privileges, and other judicial and military powers are cancelled.Press them to the ground obediently, and they must not be threatened.

But this kind of policy aroused the resentment of the original local nobles. They thought that their good life would come back after driving away Ottoman, but as a result, a lot of power was taken away. He was originally a nobleman.
Some dissatisfied Serbian nobles and Bulgarian nobles gathered together, and they were planning to plot big things. In their view, the long-term plan was not theirs, as long as they regained their power, even if Ottoman took the opportunity to counterattack, they didn't care.

However, have they forgotten that the Grand Duke Mircea had executed dozens of nobles in Wallachia on a large scale, and now they have neither soldiers nor foreign aid. Isn't this courting death?

Moreover, the sugar-coated shells fired by Peter are indeed useful. Some nobles have already lived in the city and engaged in industry and commerce.The power is gone, and I just need to enjoy it.

The Orthodox Church also provides part of the grassroots governance functions. The bishop is responsible for managing the people in the border areas and collecting taxes, as well as indoctrination and conversion.People who believe in Catholicism and Crescentism can only convert or pay an extra poll tax.

The revival of the Orthodox Church in the Balkans was beyond the expectation of the Catholic Church. The Pope didn't really help the king, they just wanted to force the Orthodox Church to surrender.So when they learned that the scope of the Orthodox Church had expanded, Rome felt that it had to restrict it and let Hungary cause them a little trouble or something.This will force them to negotiate.

I have to say, very naive idea, naive incredible.

Wallachia has no leisure to deal with Western Europe, and the East is the focus of their rule.There can be no mistakes.

The population statistics of the new territory are also being sent back one after another. According to the current data, the population ruled by Wallachia has exceeded 270 million.In the end, it may exceed 300 million people, and the population of this king can be compared with Lithuania in Eastern Europe.

With that much population, Wallachia can do a lot more.More taxes, more levies, and more food all require population to produce.Land reclamation, industrial and commercial production, and mining of minerals are the main labor of current economic activities. An increasing population will make the country more and more powerful, as long as the growth rate can continue.

Skopje and Adrian are two big cities in the south. If there is no Ottoman invasion and transformation, it may be more difficult for Wallachia to control them.One is the gateway of Junbao, and the other is the center of the Macedonian region. The geographical location is very important, and Wallachia controls these two places at the same time, which shows that the overall situation in the Balkans has been settled, and a brand new country is rising. One day his name will spread throughout Europe.

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