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Chapter 180 The Land of Greece

Andrew will follow Peter's reformation and confiscate all the land of the local pagans and distribute them to the Orthodox Christians.At the same time, it announced a tax exemption for two years, which won the support of farmers, businessmen and other groups.

The population of Thessaloniki as a whole is only 3. The Knights brought 1300 mercenaries, and Andrei brought 3000 fanatical armed believers. In addition to short-term mobilization, the defenders exceeded 5500.

Peter also dispatched several artillery pieces for defense, hoping to withstand Ottoman's offensive.

And Peter's eyeliner in Osman also heard the news that the Grand Vizier was going to sell Thessaloniki to Venice. If the deal was really successful, it would be difficult to get it back.

Peter began to use the simplest method of sabotage: spreading rumors.He directly said that Venice was going to provide Ottoman with preferential trade and the situation of European countries, and Ottoman was going to hand over Smyrna, Bursa and Thessaloniki to Venice in order to express friendship.This transaction was revealed by a man who was loyal to God and could not understand the virtues of Venice. He hoped that European countries could unite and fight against Ottoman and the fickle Venice.

In this era, anti-Ottomanism is a form of political correctness.Whoever makes a deal with Ottoman will be spurned. Even if the upper class knows it well, the people at the bottom don't know it. They will only scold the leader as a traitor, and the church will punish it in order to maintain its power.

Rumors spread quickly that in Wallachia, the Venetians were already compared to thieves, and their low reputation fell to the bottom.And businessmen from various countries spread the news to other places, even more and more outrageous, saying that Venice was going to surrender to Ottoman, the governor of Venice planned to convert, and Osman promised to make him the Pasha of Italy.

The rumors are very scary. The governor of Venice vomited blood directly when he heard the bad news. This is a rumor that has no king and no father. He only believes in God.For this reason, he also bribed the archbishop with one hundred thousand gold coins, and the archbishop also said that he has withstood the test and is a firm believer in God.

However, even if it has withstood the test, Osman's proposal cannot be used anymore.The governor directly vetoed the proposal, and scolded the Venetian envoy, claiming that he would be imprisoned. The envoy was afraid, so he ran to Smyrna to hide.

The Knights took this opportunity to attack westward, expanded the area under their control, and once again offered assistance to Bukuriesti, but Peter could not help in public, so he could only send weapons and funds to Thessaloniki in the form of a chamber of commerce .At the same time, he wrote a letter to his father-in-law, Theodore, asking him to send troops to the north.

At this time, Moreia was no longer the peaceful regime it had been in the past. After capturing the Principality of Athens, the economy began to grow rapidly.At the same time, the marriage with Wallachia and the trade preferences for Wallachia attracted many Wallachians to trade.

Now another opportunity for expansion is in front of him, how could Theodore let it go.And he also has a clear goal, which is to expand to Larissa, so that he can build a second line of defense to prevent Osman from coming back.

It will take time to reorganize the army, but at this time Osman is standing still.Neither the European army nor the Asian army has any intention of regaining lost ground.I don't know why it became like this, maybe it was scared by Wallachia.

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After the Principality of Athens was annexed by Morea, Athens not only did not decline, but gradually recovered its economic vitality. This was not only because of its geographical location, but also because of the participation of Wallachian merchants.

As one of the most glorious city-states in ancient Greece, Athens still has many ancient buildings standing here, including the Acropolis composed of the Parthenon and others.

Many intellectuals marveled at the splendor of ancient architecture, and also studied ancient Greek culture. They gathered in Athens to discuss philosophy and literature, and the Athens School began to develop.

In the ruins of a theater, several young people are discussing the art and literature of ancient Greece, and admiring the brilliant achievements of their ancestors.

"Their history is even longer than that of Rome. They created the original civilization. If Rome conquered Greece with force, then Greece conquered Rome with culture."

"Okay, Helias, you've talked a lot along the way, let's rest. No matter how brilliant they are, they are just dust now."

"How can you say that, their culture is still affecting us today, it's just declining now, and it will be revived again one day."

Helias retorted loudly, while the other said something else.

"I heard that those people from Venice, Genoa, and Florence are very interested in Greece, and many people in Constantinople were hired by them to Italy."

They were angry at this way of poaching people, which belonged to Greece and Rome, but were snatched away by those upstarts; at the same time, they felt regretful, because Rome is now lingering, and even if it wants to, it is powerless to stop it.

"No, it must not be like this, we must act."

"Tsipras, it's easy for you to say, we only have a few people now, how do we act?"

"Of course we can't rely on us alone, so we must find foreign aid."

"Whoever you look for, Rome, Morea, or Trebizond, none of these three places will invest in this aspect."

"Did you forget that there is another country, as long as he agrees, it will be easy."

"You mean..."

Tsipras nodded, "Walachia, only Wallachia can take on this important task. They are now the most powerful country in the East and the only country that can fight against heretics and heresies. Their strength is still growing. If the Grand Duke of Wallachia is let go, then everything that belongs to us will be taken back, not only culture, but also land."

Tsipras became more and more excited as he talked, and even imagined the prosperity of the future.But doubts were raised.

"But will Wallachia do this, and will they throw gold coins into these places?"

"Didn't you find out that more and more people came from Constantinople to Wallachia in recent years, and most of them went to a place called Constanta. It is said that the local cultural and artistic atmosphere is relatively Constantinople is even thicker, and that is the fief of the Grand Duke's heir."

Tsipra paused and continued.

"Also, I don't believe that they don't care about Constantinople. The marriage between the heir to the Grand Duke and Princess Morea shows this. We can go to Constanta and write a letter with the scholars there, hoping to accept it."

I don't know where they got this idea, but in Wallachia, where the exam is the selection system, there is a certain chance of success, provided they can pass the university exam.

(End of this chapter)