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Chapter 178 On the Strength of Eastern Strategies Against the West
Speaking of Peter and his wife, the two quickly returned to Bukuryeshti and adapted to their new roles: husband and wife.

At their wedding, the Ottoman Sultan even sent a gift, which was a jewelry composed of gold, silver and precious stones, as if to show off their wealth to Wallachia.

"Very childish approach", this is Peter's evaluation.In his opinion, this kind of behavior of showing off wealth is useless at all, it is better to do it with real swords and guns on the battlefield.

As long as the remaining European territories of the Ottomans are annexed, Wallachia can restore the territory of Alexios I's early days, and then stabilize the west before marching on Anatolia.

Of course, all of this is inseparable from national strength, and at this time, agriculture is the foundation and the foundation of all industries.Wallachia's land is fertile, and its agricultural output is naturally higher than that of other places. However, in recent years, mercantilism has allowed the development of commerce to surpass that of agriculture.

Industry and commerce are more profitable than agriculture, and will also attract a large number of people. This will make the agricultural population insufficient, which in turn will lead to a decline in food production.Moreover, farmers do not all grow food, they also grow grapes and olives. If they continue to be left alone, it may destroy one of the foundations of Wallachia - the self-cultivation farmers.

Moreover, there is another problem that cannot be bypassed in agriculture-land mergers.Owners of land can roughly be subdivided into six categories: nobles, bureaucrats, landlords, merchants, and self-cultivators.Most of the land of the nobles comes from the military exploits of their ancestors or the rewards of the emperor, while the bureaucrats can use their power to "buy land".

Eastern Roman Emperor Constantine VII once issued a decree emphasizing the situation of soldiers and farmers: "Peasants and soldiers are to the country just as the head is to the body,... whoever ignores it ignores national security." The decree of Constantine VII emphasized The importance of soldiers and farmers to national security and development has been recognized, so various problems caused by land mergers will naturally affect the development trend of the country.

For Eastern Rome, in 1071, the Seljuks who had been expelled for many years suddenly declared war on the Eastern Roman Empire. The two armies fought a key battle in Manzikert that would determine the future of the Christian world. The Eastern Roman army was defeated. The then emperor Romanus IV was captured alive. The defeat in this battle meant that the Eastern Roman Empire lost the right to rule Asia Minor Peninsula and Armenia.

The loss of land and population marked the complete collapse of the original economic system. The military region system that the Eastern Romans were proud of disappeared after the war, and the remaining soldiers and peasants were completely wiped out.In order to save the empire that was on the verge of fragmentation, the new emperor Alexios I had to promote the Pulonia system across the country.

The Plognian system can be regarded as a variant of the Western European system. The imperial government uniformly handed over state-owned land, rural organizations and land under the jurisdiction of free people to nobles for lifelong supervision.The freemen in the prison territory are under the jurisdiction of the supervisor nobles. Although they still enjoy the so-called freeman status, they lose the right to move to other prison territories and independently cultivate.

In the early days of the implementation of the Plognian system, the supervisory territory was still allocated by the empire, and the supervisory nobles could not only enjoy the right to use rather than ownership.However, after a period of promotion and implementation, the supervisory domain changed from the original right of use by the nobility to ownership, the Plognian system also officially transformed into a feudal system, and the supervisory domain gradually transformed into a duchy or principality with a high degree of autonomy.

Such a situation is what Peter does not want to see, and it is not allowed by the centralization of power.So he set up an agricultural post in Constanta to manage Dobroga's agriculture. The agricultural officer is mainly responsible for local farmland, planting, water conservancy and other agricultural matters, and he has to check the acres every two years. to prevent tax evasion.

Peter also stipulated the corresponding examination, reward and punishment standards.Those who work will be promoted, and those who are unprepared will be exempted.As a result, a good operating system has been formed, and the agricultural development of Dobroga exceeds that of other regions.

Mircea pushed Peter to the fore. Under the reform proposal he wrote, the Senate formally established two major departments, the judiciary and the agricultural affairs, expanding the original department to eight.This made Wallachia's government more complete and at the same time better able to develop the country.

----split line----

On the other side, the Ottoman army entered Sivas, Bayezid was planning his next move, and his attendants brought him the news that made him angry. His son Suleiman came to a party with seven or eight prostitutes yesterday , I haven't woken up yet.

"Go, wake him up, if it doesn't work, then he doesn't have to open his eyes, and I will pretend that I don't have this son."

Bayezid is really angry with this son. After making such a big mess, not killing him is already the greatest kindness. As a result, this guy refuses to change after repeated admonitions. How can the empire trust him? Fortunately, he did not announce his heir. There is still time to choose.

"The next thing is that person's territory, right?"

"Yes, the Sultan. It is said that he has never failed, and many countries have surrendered at his feet."

Bayezid smiled and said.

"His record will be broken by me soon, and I will let him know who is the real Chosen One."

Bayezid is very confident about this, because under his leadership, Ottoman's lost land in Europe has been recovered from the east. Nobles, chiefs, officials, and Sipahi are all tightly united around him. Under the circumstances, the probability of him winning is very high.

Bayezid looked east, and Sigismund looked west. He is bound to win the throne of Shinra, but his brother Wenzel has been making small moves recently, which makes him a little worried.So he borrowed another sum of money to monitor him.

At this time in Hungary, nobles and wealthy businessmen were fascinated by money.They joined the production army one after another, and the silver from the east was pouring in like a tide. They didn't know that these silver coins didn't have any silver, but only copper and tin.

A large amount of counterfeit money flowed into Hungary, and the upper class, who thought they were getting rich, were very happy and put these money into consumption. The merchants and craftsmen were also very happy, and they had never made so much money.It was also invested in consumption and expanded production. For a while, Hungary fell into crazy prosperity.

These nobles wanted to buy everything they saw, and the trade in Bohemia, Austria and other places increased greatly.No one knows why Hungary, which is dominated by agriculture and animal husbandry, suddenly became so rich, but who cares, it is a fool to have money and not earn money, and the trade around it will increase greatly.

Looking at it now, this kind of prosperity will soon make some people feel that a crisis is coming, but in this era, no one will feel that it is dangerous, but they will feel that it is a gift from God.But it is hard to say whether it is God or Satan, we can only look at their creation.

(End of this chapter)