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Chapter 209 Changes
The Principality of the Aegean Islands, the Principality of Gandia, the Kingdom of Cyprus, plus Suleiman of the Ottomans, this is the initial encirclement network for Wallachia.Although Venice did not join, it secretly provided financial support.Although there are quite a lot of countries, their strength is not half that of Wallachia.

Peter continued to pay attention to the situation in Constantinople and Anatolia after he obtained the title of the Roman Empire. His intelligence network successfully obtained the news that the enemy is building an anti-Van alliance. It seems that they do not know the general situation of the world, so they must Knock to the end.

Peter began to attack the trade lifeline of the island countries. He began to issue pirate licenses, allowing the merchant ships of the island countries in the Aegean Sea to be robbed.At the same time, the pirates of the new moon will be encircled and recruited, and the Aegean Sea will be controlled in their own hands as soon as possible.

As for Osman, Peter was in the state of watching a show. You must know that the news that Suleiman joined the siege network was revealed by Muhammad inadvertently, which can be seen from his brother and friend.

Peter needed more troops, and Constantinople could only be said to be safe if Nicaea, Prusa, and Nicomedia were taken.Now this time can be said to be the opportunity.It only takes one opportunity to defeat them in one fell swoop.

The Despot of Morea had expressed his obedience to the orders of Constantinople, which satisfied Mircea.The local population and resources are all owned by the central government.This allows him to have more war potential against the enemy, but now the task is to keep Constantinople in order.

People of the Orthodox Church have all been rewarded. They have obtained manors in Anatolia, Moldova and other places, and some people left here happily to receive these rewards.In fact, this is also Mircea's strategy to drive these old nobles out of the castle in a disguised form, so as to make room for the new nobles and officials.

Regarding the economic depression in the city, Mircea waved his hand and directly exempted Constantinople from taxes for seven years.At the same time, the tax-free people in the city were checked, and a group of people who did not meet the requirements were picked out, and they were ordered to make up the taxes they should have paid before.They also auctioned off a batch of properties belonging to the Western European faction as an emergency, and finally passed the most difficult time.

The Black Sea Fleet also occupied the remaining islands controlled by Junbao and began to build bases on the islands.The Wallachia navy is finally free to pass through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles, and it won't be long before the Black Sea becomes Wallachia's inland sea.Genoa has already started negotiating with Wallachia about Caffa. If successful, Genoa will completely lose all its colonies in the Black Sea.

However, someone had already made a choice for them, and the city of Kaffa finally couldn't hold it anymore. The chief executive wrote to the Grand Duke of Wallachia privately, proposing to sell the city of Kaffa to Wallachia for 7000 ducats.Anyway, when the time comes, he will take the money and fly away. As for Genoa, he doesn't care.

Mircea gradually shifted the political center to Constantinople, and Bukuriesti's career as the capital seemed to be over, and it would continue to exist as an important town in Wallachia in the future.He began moving some of the political apparatus here and revoked some titles to avoid confusion.

He canonized Theodore as the despot of Moreia and Athens, and invited him to serve Constantinople, but Theodore refused again.After sending a letter expressing his loyalty, he led the army to fight against the neighboring country of Kefalonia.

Europe was attracted by Wallachia's occupation of Constantinople. In their view, it would be a matter of time before Mircea replaced John.Taking advantage of this time to build a good relationship with Wallachia might get better treatment than the Komnen Dynasty.Some countries that have no conflict of interest with Wallachia, such as Britain, France, and Castile, have begun to improve their relations with Wallachia, but countries that are close to Wallachia are thinking about how to prevent the other party from obtaining more Land, it has been less than ten years, and he has acquired so much land. If he is given another few decades, it is really unimaginable.

Anatolia under Wallachia continued to attract populations, with Christians coming out of hiding in the mountains.The enslaved serfs were freed and these are the reasons for the increase in population.

The more people there are, the stronger the strength will be.Commercial activities in western Anatolia became active again, and more customs duties and commercial taxes were collected. Peter could have more money to expand his army, and then gradually regain other parts of Anatolia.

In the past year, many people came out of the mountains to avoid the enemy's killing.

When there is war, hide in the mountains, and when there is peace, you will naturally go down the mountain.Coupled with the immigrants from the east and the surrender of the tribes, in this year alone, there were 30 more people in Anatolia.This has greatly alleviated the problem of insufficient manpower.

At the same time, Wallachia began to set foot in the middle of the Silk Road.Raw silk from Tabriz was an important source of raw material for the Wallachian silk industry through trade with other Turkic states in Anatolia and the Timurid Empire for profit and raw material.

In the next few days, all countries recognized the fact that Wallachia occupied Constantinople.Because according to some people's estimates, if you want to reproduce 1204, you need [-] soldiers and a lot of siege equipment.

Mircea’s actions set off a wave of unification in the Orthodox world. They followed the Bukuryeshti Conference and followed the opinions of the universal Patriarch. At the same time, in order to expand the influence of the Orthodox Church, Patriarch Theodosius made a change in history. Decision: he formally elevated the Archbishop of Moscow to patriarchate.Reorganized the Ross church and allowed him to preach to Finland and Sweden.

Before Wallachia, Rus was the last line of defense of the Orthodox Church.If nothing is changed, Catholicism in Lithuania and Poland will make it theirs.

Therefore, it is particularly important to enhance the status of the Ross Church and consolidate the position of the Orthodox Church.At the same time, they were also approved to preach to Finland and Sweden, which was their counterattack to the Catholic Church.The Universal Patriarch is finally about to exert his original ability.

Constantinople has not been restored after 1204, largely because of insufficient government finances.After Mircea took over here, he allocated part of the funds to build the city.Reconstruction of Hagia Sophia, restoration of markets and trade.

Peter also contributed to the prosperity of King's Castle, and he directly handed over the captive artisans to his father.It also attracted some handicraftsmen to come and settle. As a city that can accommodate 50 people, the current situation is really appalling, and it will take a long, long time to restore it to its previous state.

Moreover, the defense of Constantinople also needs to be strengthened, not only to repair the city wall, but also to equip artillery, build a naval base, etc. After this modification, the cost required is an astronomical figure.Obviously, Mircea needs Peter to solve it again.

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