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Chapter 29 Governance and International Influence

Peter also did not expect that the situation in Moldova was not even as good as Wallachia.

But it is also understandable that it is the "Christian guard" Stefan who made the country of Moldova show its signs, and this is decades later.

Peter came to Iasi by water, and he could reach Iasi, 260 kilometers away, within a few days by crossing the Prut River.

Later generations of Iasi are known as the cultural cradle of Romania, but Peter did not see any culture here.The town is not only small, it doesn't even have a complete city wall. (In the early days of Moldova, towns generally had no walls)
If it's these things, that's all. The most fatal thing is those boyar's obedience and infidelity.When they saw that Peter was a child, they began to despise him, but the Bogdan of Oneşti was the only one who was loyal to him.Maybe it's because it's good to follow him.

Of course, Peter also needed these nobles who were familiar with Moldova to help govern this newly conquered land.So he put Bogdan in the position of advisor and began to use the powers his father had given him.

He planned a new blueprint for Iasi, the city walls will be built and repaired, and various public buildings will be built.Now he just needs an architect, and it seems that he will have to go to Northern Italy or Constantinople to find him.

In addition, Peter also designed and built two official roads.One starts from Kemplonge, passes through Bucuri, Oneshti, Iasi, and finally Suceava.The other, starting from Tulcea, connects Kilia and Ackerman, which could boost trade.

As for Iasi, let's build a large market first.While everything is primitive, everything is being built.

"Let some farmers and soldiers go back to spring plowing, and let Constantine take over the castle on the Transnistria."

"The construction of the bazaar must be fast, and send someone to Constantinople and Florence to invite me an architect."

Orders were issued to his subordinates, and everyone from Iasi to Constanta became active.And also transferred a group of people from Dobroja to help it govern.

"My lord, a letter from the Grand Duke."

According to Peter, it was Grand Duke Mircea who was officially crowned as Grand Duke of Moldova in Suceava and announced the transfer of the government to Iasi.

"In this case, we have to speed up the progress."

Peter confiscated all the military rights of these boyars. From now on, they do not need to recruit troops, but in return, they have to pay taxes.

Boyar agreed very much, as long as he paid a little money, he didn't need to provide troops.Besides, they were also afraid that if they didn't agree, the army would come to their door and complain badly.

Without having to bear the burden of the army, these boyars have more energy to manage the territory.After all, operating land to expand income is their top priority.

Peter ordered Constanta to build a batch of curved shaft plows. Moldova's farming technology is too backward, and all wooden plows are used. This has to be done.

Of course, Moldova, like Wallachia, had to attract people.According to his estimation, there may only be more than 20 people in Moldova as a whole.

These populations are not enough for an area of ​​more than [-] square kilometers. In addition to encouraging births, attracting foreign population is also a way.Peter finally set his sights on the Ruthenians.

The Ruthenians were once part of Kievan Rus, immigrated to Lithuania in the late Middle Ages, and were distributed in Galicia, Bukovina and other places.Most importantly, most of them believe in Orthodox Christianity.

Moreover, Peter also had the idea of ​​​​recruiting German farmers, but decided to wait.The main recruitment direction is set in Lithuania, the Golden Horde and the Principality of Rus.

Don't talk about nationalism at this time. If your population base is there, you must attract those of the same religion or a specific group of people.However, the language must be consistent, which is the point of assimilation.

Peter issued more than seventeen orders in a few days.Although it is necessary to take it slowly, sometimes, you have to take a strong medicine.

At this time, many businessmen in Iasi had come to rest, and the surrounding farmers also exchanged their livestock and grain for daily necessities.There are new decrees on the bulletin board next to it every day, and some illiterate farmers and craftsmen listen to the decrees read out by the propaganda officer.When they heard about the tax exemption, they were all happy, after all, it was directly related to their interests.

The border between Wallachia and Moldova was abolished, and Wallachia merchants could enter all parts of Moldova without paying customs duties.Salt and linen produced in Wallachia, and livestock from Moldova can be freely exchanged.The benefits of the merger are only just becoming apparent.

The Polish king Vasdilaw also received [-] ducats. After receiving the money, a group of troops he directly hired went to help Vytautas.Without the help of Moldova, Vytautas' chances of winning have greatly increased.

In addition to the attention of Poland, the establishment of the United Principality also attracted the attention of another country, and that was Hungary.

Hungary had been a great power in Central Europe since the founding of Stephen Stephen's kingdom.During the time of Emperor Lajos, Hungary and Poland formed a Commonwealth, realizing a great empire from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic Sea.

In 1387, Maria, the daughter of Emperor Lajos the Great, and her husband Sigismund jointly ruled Hungary.But the power is still in the hands of Sigismund.

In order to ensure his throne, Sigismund gave a large amount of royal land to the nobles, which reduced the royal land that originally accounted for one-fifth of the country to one-twentieth of the country.The big nobles in Hungary seized 40% of the country's land, so he had to struggle hard with the nobles in order to gradually revive the kingship.

In diplomacy, he cooperated with Wallachia and Bulgaria to fight against Ottoman.But let the other party recognize his suzerain status, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

However, his knowledge of Wallachia exceeded his own brain capacity.No one expected that Wallachia would annex Moldova, which directly broke Hungary's foreign strategy.

Now, Sigismund had two options.Either let it go, or send troops directly.

However, the current situation does not allow Hungary to send troops.With Ottoman staring at him outside and great nobles blocking him inside, the best way for him is to recharge his batteries and move out.

Moreover, he also needs to pay attention to the movements in the Transylvania region.The principality has been dishonest recently, for fear that he will run away.

The Principality of Transylvania provides 40% of Hungary's income and a large amount of minerals. The Hungarian kings of all generations also attached great importance to the development here, which is why Sigismund took a fancy to it.There is no way, he is very short of money now.

In order to maintain this unstable throne and compete for the position in Shenra, he paid at least 10,000+ florins, and the gap continued to widen.He can only keep running by holding on to all the coins, which of course has to rely on the support of the great nobles.And the Bulgarian nobles also agreed to send troops. Confronting the heretics is the fastest way to improve the status of the nobles.

(End of this chapter)