eastern european eagle

Chapter 184 Territory and neighboring countries

After two weeks, Peter finally came to Thessaloniki.This important port in the Mediterranean finally fell into the hands of Wallachia.

Peter rode into the city, and the people on both sides of the road were welcoming.They welcome their Orthodox brothers to their rescue and are ready to fight to defend victory.

"Looks like they're ready to join Wallachia," said Peter.

"Your Highness, these are the general trend. Osman is too unpopular."

Constantine followed Peter, and he told Peter how unpopular Osman was, as if the place where Ottoman ruled was a field of gunpowder that exploded everywhere.Although exaggerated, Peter could feel the tightening of Ottoman's pluralist policy.Greeks and other nationalities accounted for less than one-tenth of the officials, and they were all replaced by Turkic officials.

Peter has seen in the book that as long as the political stability is stable, Thessaloniki's economy can recover quickly.Therefore, he dealt with the local area quickly, confiscating the properties of Ottomans and nobles, lords, and merchants who had taken refuge in Ottomans, attracting immigrants to enrich the town, investing in shipbuilding and shipping industries, and trying to build it into the largest port in the Aegean Sea.

Since Thessaloniki was built into a strong fortress, the Ottoman territory in the west has completely lost the possibility of assistance. The army led by Theodore stormed Larissa for a week. Raise the flag of surrender.

So far, only the Gallipoli area remained in Ottoman's European territory, and Wallachia and Moreia have already bordered on land. Ottoman's hegemony in the Balkans has been completely reduced to a microcosm of history.Wallachia's Balkan supremacy has been consolidated, which directly scares some small local countries to sell their territories to Wallachia in exchange for manors and an annuity.Except for some island countries, the land is already the land of Wallachia.

Three times, Wallachia seized land from Ottoman three times in a row, such an achievement is enough to impress those gentlemen in the West.Adventurers and mercenaries from Shinra and France came to Wallachia to try their luck, but most of them failed. The situation in the east is different from that in the west. To survive in the east, you must have great perseverance just work.

Wallachia has begun to expand its navy. In addition to the Black Sea Fleet, the Mediterranean Fleet is also on the agenda.There are a lot of pagan pirates in the Aegean Sea. These are equivalent to gaining experience, which is just for the fleet to practice.

And in Naples, news came from his prospective brother-in-law, Laszlo, that he had captured the city of Naples. Louis took advantage of the city to break and fled with makeup. Seeing this, the surrounding lords directly surrendered at Laszlo's feet.The Naples Civil War ends.

After the war, Laszlo decided to marry his fiancée immediately.He prepared a large amount of dowry, and sent one to Peter in advance, not only to thank him for his help, but also to continue to place orders. He saw the deterrent effect of artillery in battle, and sent another order to the artillery factory in Wallachia. Orders of 50 doors.This is the largest sum the factory has received besides the orders from the government.

Laszlo did this, of course, to support his greater ambitions. He wanted the Papal States, Florence, Ferrara, Venice, and even Hungary.His Naples is the largest country in Italy, with developed agriculture and the longest coastline, and is the target of all forces.Now he doesn't want to win over in a small area, he wants to step onto a higher stage by himself and turn Naples into a unified Italian kingdom.

After returning to the throne, his first order was to increase trade with Wallachia and set aside a place in Oranteto for Wallachia merchants to do business.At the same time, he obtained a loan from the Bank of Wallachia, and only by obtaining funds can he let go of his hands and feet.

After Laszlo returned to Naples, the Papal State sent an envoy to congratulate him.In fact, we also need to inquire about the attitude of the other party. If there is a willingness to go north, we must quickly summon the army to resist. Who makes the Papal State the only land neighboring country of Naples.Who is he not afraid of?
Laszlo also knew that the Catholic Church and the nobles in the country were the biggest forces hindering him, so he turned to promote the development of the Orthodox Church to fight against it.And began to drastically reform the internal affairs, strengthen the centralization of power, and at the same time appease the obedient nobles and reduce resistance.

As for the Duchy of Milan, another regime in Italy, the Duke felt that marrying Wallachia was a good choice, so he agreed to the other party's request and sent someone to choose the date of marriage.Mircea's marriage politics achieved good results for the first time.

As for the marriage request of the King of Bohemia, Mircea thought for a long time, and he wanted to agree very much, but would the princes of Shinra and the nobles of Bohemia agree, especially Sigismund, he But he will not let it go.

But Wenzel gave too much. In order to get the other party to agree, the conditions include not only Bohemia, but also the title of Elector of Brandenburg Fan, which can also be given to the other party. Those are his relatives.But he has no heirs, and this place will naturally be dominated by him after his death.

At the same time, seeing that he couldn't hide it, Wenzel decided to preemptively. He announced that the Queen of Bohemia had given birth to a daughter for him, and attended the Luxembourg family gathering together with the mother and daughter. Sigismund saw his niece , smiling on the surface, but in his heart he was thinking about how to let her die.

Then, in full view, Wenzel announced that he had found a suitable marriage for Anne.Another day will go to the opponent's country, which means that there is not much time left for Sigismund.

Shinra adopts the Salic inheritance method. Even if Wenzel has a daughter, he will inherit these titles as the younger brother of the King of Bohemia, but if someone claims through her Luxembourg blood, it is also dangerous. Whoever made him the king of Hungary through his wife's blood.

At this time, although Sigismund's strength was greatly damaged, he was still a member of the Luxembourg family whose strength was second only to Wenzel.Moreover, under his governance, Hungary's economy prospered, and a lot of taxes were collected. The treasury was finally full, and he could do more things.

The sale of goods in Hungary is in full swing, and Peter's money factory is also in full swing. The profit of more than 100% makes them all very motivated.So much so that the price of copper and tin has risen.

Since Peter didn't say how many counterfeit coins were produced, they kept making them and kept making them. Now that half a year has passed, the whole of Hungary is probably full of counterfeit coins.

Hungary’s agriculture also suffered great damage. Because of the high profits of other crops and the low-priced grain sold to Hungary under Peter’s order, no nobles were willing to grow grain. The landlord planted.And it's deadly.

(End of this chapter)