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Chapter 36 Various Developments in Earnings

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On the training ground, Peter was playing with the newly produced musket.

"My lord, these are new constanta muskets."

Peter poured the propellant gunpowder into the muzzle of the gunpowder bottle, and then stuffed the bullet wrapped in cloth into the muzzle of the muzzle.And pour the gunpowder for the ignition on the fire dish in the gun, and then pull the trigger.Right in front of the target.

"It's better than the muskets used before, and the army will have to replace them all."

"My lord, in this way we need to recruit more workers and artisans, and also purchase raw materials."

Who told Dagong to buy artillery now? Although a large number of orders ensured sales, the output cannot be increased immediately.

"Don't worry about the money, the faster the production, the better."

Of course Peter doesn't have to worry about money, the Hanseatic League has not spent yet.Not only that, but Peter paid for most of the public works costs.This also makes his words very influential in the meeting.

"What is our architect doing?"

"My lord, he has been on the construction site for the past few days, and it seems that he won't come down until he finishes."

The Chamber of Commerce invited an architect named Theodoro Karazafelis in Constantinople.Familiar with various Eastern Romanesque buildings, he has also been to Rome and seen the Pantheon.I have been thinking about building a building by myself for more than ten years, but in Constantinople, this idea can only be given up.

And when he heard that the North was recruiting architects, he joined without hesitation.On the way here, he regretted it, because it was far behind Constantinople, but he persisted in order to be able to leave his masterpiece in the world.

After arriving in Iasi, Diodoro got the task of the lord, which was to build a church, and the funds were sufficient.

After this, the architect started his own planning.He finalized the design of the church based on buildings such as the Pantheon in Rome and the Hagia Sophia in Domburg.

The materials of the church are all made of flattened white stones, and hard bricks are used for arches and windows. The most indispensable thing is the dome above, which allows a huge circular dome to be built on the square base.At the same time there are several small halls with circular domes.Tall and wide, full of lighting.

At this time, the Renaissance has not yet risen, especially architecture, which has to wait for two talented sculptors, Lorenzo Ghiberti and Filippo Brunelleschi, to compete for the copper door of the Baptistery of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence The contract is considered the beginning of Renaissance architecture.For the construction of this church, Peter contributed a part, and the believers contributed the rest.Bishop Joseph also proposed that every believer should go to the church site to work free of charge for twelve days, so that you will be one step closer to God.

"Whatever the architect needs, just agree to him."

Peter handed the gun to the entourage, and said.

"In a few days, go to Benjerry to see."

Bingerry is a town on the banks of the Transnistrian River and the fulcrum of the entire defense line.The meaning of Peter's going here can be imagined.

Moldova's army is mainly distributed in the border and Iasi, and most of the boyars handed over the army. These troops trained with the army led by Peter, and finally formed a defensive force of 1 people.

Facing the three major foreign enemies of Poland, Lithuania, and the Golden Horde, Peter adopted a military household system integrating production and military training at the border.All men must receive military training during the slack season, and the lord is responsible for purchasing weapons for them. When foreign enemies strike, they can quickly enlist in the army.

Peter is going to patrol the border, and other things will be handled by others.

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In a house in Constanta, some businessmen came to talk about something, except that they were talking about loans.

Chamber of Commerce loans are divided into three types according to the length of time, one year, one season, and one month. The shorter the time, the higher the interest, up to 12%.

In addition to loans, it also operates businesses such as bills of exchange and currency exchange. It can be said that the first bank in Wallachia was born.

"The money order for 200 lei to Kemplong is ready, please have a look!"

One held a document made of parchment and handed it to the other.

"it is good"

The businessman took the documents and left the bank with a smile.This is the first time I have seen this kind of practice in Eastern Europe, where the knowledge of the financial industry is behind that of Northern Italy. Although there is a fee, it is safe.After all, a businessman with a lot of currency can easily be robbed.

This kind of money order system allows many businessmen to put their money here. Although they can only earn 1%, they can still make a lot of money in a year.

After the leu was minted, the types of silver coins in Dobroga gradually decreased.The weight of the lei is sufficient, and all of them are converted into lei.

In order to create enough leu, the mint is also running at full capacity.If only there were machines, there would be hundreds of millions of coins a day.

Banks are engaged in three businesses of lending, exchange, and money orders every day, but these are also the needs of Leu.Ivan, the person in charge of the mint, was also anxious. Although Wallachia did not have as much demand for currency as Venice, there was still a gap in the current silver coin minting.Coupled with the factor of trade, the demand for leu is even greater.

Barney's demand is not so great, which is mainly used by civilians, and there is no trend of outward circulation.

"My lord, 1500 lei a day is the most. If there is more, we can only recruit more talents."

Ivan also knew that this was the limit, but he still had to cast more.

"Then recruit people, anyway, the lord will agree."

Ivan didn't care about anything else, he was just minting coins, not fighting wars or raising taxes.Unless the lord controls the silver content, they will always mint silver coins according to this standard.

Alexander also made changes to Dobroja, who encouraged other merchants to come to the area to buy supplies.This approach directly doubles the tariff, and the revenue from the tariff can offset most of the expenditure.Not to mention the income from salt tax and business tax.

With so much money, Peter's land purchase activities in Crimea also began to increase.To protect his private property, an army was hired to maintain it.

Stephen, the ruler of the Principality of Theodoro, sold two abandoned ports in the ancient Greek era and the surrounding land to the Chamber of Commerce for [-] gold coins.Both parties feel that they have made money.

Peter exempted the land from taxes for six years, and bought some Slavic slaves from Kaffa for construction.And these made Stephen very jealous, but now he has no intention of taking back the port, because the big and small domestic leaders and foreign Tatars are all eyeing.It's funny to watch this even if you don't even protect yourself.

(End of this chapter)