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Chapter 526 Selection

"Your Majesty the Queen, this is the princess of the Kingdom of Navarre."

Queen Sophia looked at the portrait of the princess sent by the minister, without any interest at all.

From the war to the present, Sofia has also eliminated those members of the anti-Romanian alliance. It is best to find a country that relies on them to grow, and it also needs someone who is about the same age as Alexander.

"Your Highness, there won't be many people left if this continues."

The female officer persuaded, she didn't know that the marriage of the heir to the empire needed to be cautious. But suitable people from various countries were basically rejected by Sophia. She felt that future marriages might cost her.

"Your Highness, there is another person. The Duke of Bourbon in France has a 5-year-old daughter. This should be very suitable."

Sofia thought for a moment, and decided to see how the other party would react before making a decision, and sent someone to discuss it with the Duke of Bourbon.

In fact, Alexander's marriage also attracted attention from various European countries. Whoever can take this road will be related by marriage to the Bartland family, and can ask for protection from their in-laws if necessary.

Some people in the HRE also brought up the issue of two emperors hundreds of years ago. In the eyes of Christians at that time, the Roman Empire was indivisible, and its emperor had the highest ruling status, even for those living outside the country's borders. Christians are also effective. Since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in late antiquity, the Eastern Roman Empire has been recognized as the legitimate Roman Empire by itself, the Pope, and various new Christian kingdoms throughout Europe. In 797 AD, Emperor Constantine VI was deposed and replaced by his mother, Empress Irene, but the countries of Western Europe did not accept her rule. The most commonly cited reason was her female identity. In 800, Pope Leo III did not recognize her, but declared Charlemagne, the Frankish king, as Roman emperor based on the concept of transfer of rights.

Although the two empires eventually compromised and recognized each other's rulers as emperors, they never explicitly recognized the other as "Roman", with the Eastern Romans referring to the Holy Roman Emperor as "Emperor of the Franks" or "Emperor of the Germans" King", while Western Europeans at this time called the Roman emperor "Emperor of the Greeks" or "Emperor of Constantinople."

Some HRE insiders proposed that Sigismund's daughter Elizabeth marry Alexander, which would solve the problem of two emperors. Moreover, an unprecedented great empire will be born, but most of the princes are still opposed to it.

The first is the religious princes. The Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church have been divided for hundreds of years, and it is nothing more than a dream to reconcile them now. The doctrines and systems between the two churches are already different, so don’t think about it.

Then there are the other secular princes, especially the electors. They have relied on bribes from the Shinra Emperor to maintain their lives every year. Now that the elective monarchy is to be turned into a hereditary monarchy, what are they left to do? This must not be done.

Burgundy, Orleans and Castile have not never thought about marriage, but they have more or less fought against Bartland. They are afraid that others will not agree, so they can only see who the other party will choose as the lucky one.

Moreover, if they really want to get married, then the dowry they will give will be much larger. The Roman royal family is very rich. If your dowry is too small, you won’t be able to match it, and the other party will look down on you. As for why the royal family is so rich, except for the export goods produced by the previous land, workshops, and skilled workers. There is also the Chamber of Commerce Bank built by Peter in Constanta, which can bring in profits of 78 lei per year by lending, bills of exchange and currency exchange. And since the Mircea period, the mint of lei has been shared by the royal family and the government. The government is responsible for running the business, and the royal family takes a portion of the profits.

Lei has become the common currency of the Mediterranean, and other Mediterranean countries need to trade with Rome to obtain more profits. Egypt was also beaten to the point of losing its temper and could only export agricultural products to Rome to obtain profits.

Another mutiny broke out in Egypt, Mahmud was killed, and another nobleman, Yusuf, became sultan. The sultan was diplomatically qualified, recognized the treaty between Rome and Egypt, and continued reparations. At the same time, he governed Egypt and launched the plunder of Cyrenaica.

Tunisian pirates were also systematically eliminated by the Roman navy. In order to protect trade in the Western Mediterranean, the Roman navy cooperated with the Naples navy to eliminate pirate bases in Tunisia and Algiers. Some of them were still raised in Iberia, and these must be eliminated as uncertain factors.

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Osborne was already familiar with the workings of the House of Commons in Constantinople, and after careful consideration, he joined the Blues. Because in addition to agriculture, most people in Florence's economy also rely on ocean transportation to export and produce goods, because ocean trade is crucial to Florence.

Florence should be called Tuscany at this time. This place added 65 people to Rome and directly benefited millions of lei. The local textile industry was revived and other industries also developed. Mason wrote to Osborne asking him to continue to expand Tuscan influence in the House of Commons.

It’s easy to say, but how to expand is another problem. Osborne attended several gatherings of congressmen and made himself known to more people, but he was still far from the goal of expanding his influence. He decided to become a member of the Senate so that he could continue to expand his influence.

The Senate continues to build on the provinces of Syria and Palestine, where improvements have already been made. It also supports a large number of construction contractors. These businessmen also obtain public projects through personal relationships and bribes, and then organize construction teams. The businessmen who contract public projects make huge profits from it.

The agricultural conditions in the two eastern provinces are good, and Palestine is a land flowing with milk and honey. Most of the local people accepted the change of dynasties calmly and resumed production. Constantinople also realized the importance of aqueducts and began to spend a lot of money on their construction.

No country pays more attention to agriculture than Rome. This is the first sentence brought by foreign envoys after returning. In this era before the Industrial Revolution, agriculture and population were the basis of wealth. France became the largest country in Western Europe because of its rich agricultural resources and a population of 1900 million.

Rome's population follows closely behind, and although a census has not yet been taken, population estimates put the country's population at about 1350 million. It has a large number of fertile plains, but Rome's ability to mobilize resources far exceeds that of France. This is why Rome can fight on two fronts and has enough resources to support more armies.

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