eastern european eagle

Chapter 220: Smooth Transition
The attack on Cyprus went very smoothly, except for Nicosia, all other places were recovered by Wallachia in less than a month.Peter also sent a fleet of ships to deliver supplies to Cyprus, while keeping an eye on Venice so that he would not get in the way.

Mircea was happy about the imminent recovery of Cyprus, and at the same time accelerated his actions.

The former queen mother was dishonest when she entered the monastery, and often used the opportunity of transporting supplies to contact some nobles. If a monk hadn't told him, the other party's conspiracy might have succeeded.

Mircea directly executed the nobleman who secretly contacted, and the body was hung in front of Jelena's window.The queen mother was frightened and went crazy.But whether she was pretending to be crazy or really crazy, Mircea ordered her to become a monk, and no one was allowed to see her. The former queen mother started life in the monastery under the name of Marfa.

As for Brother John, the younger Theodore was brought up by Mircea's most trusted Maiorescu family, one of the ancient Boyar families in Wallachia, who took care of Theodore's life and education.

John VIII was much more difficult, because he was old and had the ability to think for himself, and the possibility of assimilating him through education was so slim that Mircea had to consider the last resort—killing him.But he hasn't made up his mind yet. For now, he has to be kept until he sits in Zen.

Mircea also agreed to the request of the King of Hungary and sent 30 missionaries to Hungary.The Patriarch of Constantinople also appointed the bishop currently stationed in Buda as Patriarch of Hungary.Communion between the Hungarian Church and the Constantinople Church was achieved.

Unlike Catholicism, the relationship between Orthodox churches is not so close.Except that there is a universal patriarch, there are no other changes, and the churches do not belong to each other, which has a negative impact on the spread of the Orthodox Church and is likely to cause heresy.

For this situation, some people in the Andre Society put forward the slogan of one country, one religion, one church, and demanded reform.Mircea and Peter are also interested in this. According to their ideas, the universal patriarch, as the only spiritual leader in the Orthodox world, can only be selected from the patriarchs, and only the emperor is qualified to appoint the patriarch and the archbishop. The emperor is God The ruler elected in the world, in order to assist the emperor in commanding the spiritual world, the Universal Patriarch came into being.

There is no second day, the emperor and the universal patriarch must be in the highest position, and other local churches must unconditionally obey the orders of Constantinople.Such a proposition is attractive to the government that wants to further control the church. Some priests have also discussed reforms. They hope that through reforms, the church can reunify the East and the West and become a complete universal church.

In the Greek area, the tyrant Theodore successfully took over the county of Kefalonia.The last barrier between Naples and Naples disappeared, and in order to reward him, Mircea sent a lot of property and allocated funds for construction.

Wallachia also made reforms in culture and education.The first experiments were all in the Wallachia area. After the university was established, some elementary schools were also established.Including secular schools such as arithmetic, mining, navigation, and crafts, and military colleges such as artillery, engineering, and navy.It also stipulates that learning scientific knowledge is an obligation for the children of famous families to serve the country.Mircea also issued an order: "Some people do not want to go to school, then force them to go to school."

Mircea not only stipulated that the nobles and their children must learn scientific knowledge, but also checked their enrollment many times, and found that the noble children who did not go to school were sent to domestic schools or sent abroad to study.In this way, the number of students studying in various schools is increasing, which basically meets the needs of talents.

The transformation of Mircea in the past ten years is inseparable from the influence of Peter, especially the European travel notes he compiled have become his must-read books.The description of the Northern Italy region in it made Mircea feel that the East needs to change, and if no one makes a move, start with them.The fate of the Angloth dynasty must not be repeated.

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The expansion and reforms of Wallachia brought great changes to the people in the country. The social status of merchants, soldiers, and doctors improved, and the boyar nobles surrendered to the scepter of the monarch. The economy was prosperous and the society was basically stable.

This prosperity also affected the surrounding neighboring countries. Due to the geographical location of the Balkans, merchants from the East and the West gathered in Wallachia to trade.Wallachia earned a lot of tax from it. In order to expand tax revenue and contain Italy's commercial city-states such as Venice, Wallachia took the initiative to introduce the Hanseatic League for trade.Establish Hanseatic trading stations in Suceava and Uxhall, and use them to sell goods produced in Wallachia to the North Sea.The wine, wool, fish, and grain it produced were exported to Western Europe and the North Sea, especially the first two, which directly dealt a blow to Burgundy and the United Kingdom, the major producing countries in Western Europe.Forcing Philip the Bold Duke of Burgundy to issue a ban on Wallachia wine, England's regent John of Gaunt raised the tax rate on Wallachia goods, allowing them to do so shows that Wallachia's productivity has reached a new height .

Merino sheep smuggled through Genoa were mated with native Wallachia sheep to obtain native Merino sheep. The quality of the wool was comparable to that of the UK, and it could be used as a substitute for British wool if necessary.But it’s not enough to only sell raw materials, and they have to be processed and sold, which can directly hit textile regions such as Flanders.

The economy of Eastern Rome also relied on its own manufacturing industries, such as textiles, silk, weapons, and wine. Rome obtained income from these, but when Western Europe surpassed the Eastern, this advantage ceased to exist.Now Wallachia has to rebuild its advantage, which is difficult but rewarding.

Moreover, Wallachia also has an industrial advantage, that is, the cotton textile industry.Most of Europe is not suitable for cotton growth, but Greece and Anatolia under Wallachia happen to be one of the few areas suitable for cotton growth.With the encouragement of the government, the cotton planting area began to expand, and the Moria region can obtain 10 lei in taxes every year by relying on cotton exports.Textiles sell well in Western Europe, especially in the cold northern regions, where prices are higher.

Such a market effect has directly increased the expansion of the textile industry. The southern city of Thessaloniki is close to the origin of raw materials, and the cotton textile industry is the most developed place in the country.There are more than 1500 looms and 3000 workers in total. Cotton from the Greek region will be sent here at first, and will be processed into textiles in the factory and then exported to other regions.Sometimes raw materials are not enough and they will import from Syria. The faster and faster commercial development requires more markets. If the input and output can be directly proportional, they are happy to pay.

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