eastern european eagle

Chapter 65 State Governance
Peter is also a Keynesian, building a large number of public works to improve national facilities and attract tourists and businessmen.

He contributed a lot of money to the construction of the new capital and was the largest funder after the government.In the design of this city, there is actually such an advanced thing as a sewer.Really great.

For the cathedral in the new capital, Mircea directly invited bids, and soon there were hundreds of design drawings.Most were sent from Constantinople.

Because the Crusades from the 13th to the 15th century caused a lot of losses to the Roman Empire, from this time on, there were no Byzantine buildings handed down.

Now there is a sudden need for a lot of church construction in the north, which naturally attracted the attention of the architects in Junbao.

In the requirements of the Grand Duke, large is one point, and high is another point.Except for the Hagia Sophia, other churches have to compare.

The new church was named San Canito Cathedral, which would give the Eastern Roman Empire a sense of crisis, because according to Greek, the name means rebuilding the church for the empire.In other words, they will replace Ottoman, and even replace them, and become the sole master here.

But this is not the time to look at the name, after all, Osman is there.

Mircea decided to choose another day to move the capital. Of course, before that, he still needed to change his title.

"By God's grace, eternal ruler of Wallachia, Moldova, and Bulgaria, the greatest Caesar, heir to the father's country." At present, there can only be so much, and there will be no more.

At the same time, he decided to promote Peter to co-ruler, and he desperately needed the eldest son to act as his right-hand man to handle the growing territory.Whether it is Bulgaria or Moldova, it is more than 650 kilometers from south to north, and it is a veritable Balkan country.

Next Mircea has another major task to do, and that is to compile the code.

Bulgaria has the Bulgarian Code, Serbia has the Dusan Code, while Wallachia and Moldova have no statutes yet.There must be a uniform code of laws for the country to function properly.

Mircea ordered the formation of a meeting, including representatives of boyars, landowners, merchants, citizens, senior monks, etc., as well as scholars from Constantinople and Turvorno, who brought the Bulgarian Code and the Code of the Eastern Roman Empire for reference.

This kind of national conference was the first time in the history of Wallachia, and everyone rejoiced. Except for the peasants, the participation of others was very high.

At this time, Wallachia is no longer a small principality. At this time, he already has the conditions to transform from a principality to a kingdom, and he is only short of being crowned.

The Grand Duke temporarily rejected this proposal, because the current Balkans are not peaceful, and we will talk about it later.

Now he received Polish and Lithuanian envoys in Kemplonge. They congratulated Mircea on his success in fighting the Ottomans and proposed to strengthen trade and exchanges between the two countries. Mircea agreed.

After that, another country's special envoy came to see him.It is said to be a country, but it is actually a city-state.

"Your Highness, I, Milanovic, congratulate you on behalf of the Republic of Ragusa."

The Republic of Ragusa is a city-state centered on Ragusa (Dubrovnik). In 1358, the growing Hungarians went south and signed the Treaty of Zadar, forcing the Venetian authorities to give up their jurisdiction over Ragusa.The Republic of Ragusa becomes independent.

As a mini country, Ragusa must rely on commerce and trade, but the trade in the Eastern Mediterranean was taken up by Venice and Genoa.And Wallachia's non-recognition of the privileges of the two countries in the new land gave them an opportunity.So he sent someone to express his congratulations, hoping to break into the Black Sea trade.

"Walachia welcomes your arrival, and we welcome businessmen from all over the world to come and trade, but this is based on the willingness of both parties."

Mircea is very clear about the purpose of these countries. Guarantees, trade, or others, who would really congratulate him, are all benefits.

In addition to congratulations, those envoys also brought other news to the Grand Duke.They heard that the grand duke's eldest son was not married so far, so they sent him many portraits of noble ladies of the right age.In order to obtain a powerful ally.

Didn't the Ottoman Sultan marry a Serbian girl and get this ally? Such marriages are also quite common.But Mircha didn't want to take advantage of them. His own son was rare in the world. If they wanted it, Peter had to be reincarnated.

The lords and farmers of the land of Wallachia began to cultivate with peace of mind. After nearly half a year of war, they could finally feel at ease.The Grand Duke also mercifully reduced their taxes, and the serfs on the land of Sipahi were also freed.This is a new atmosphere and a new hope.

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The Constanta Chamber of Commerce naturally extended its business here, and Peter has withdrawn from the decision-making circle and has become a major shareholder behind the scenes.Not only that, Peter also gave the Chamber of Commerce a charter to do business in the East.

Wallachia not only has the Constanta Chamber of Commerce, but cities such as Giurgiu, Iasi, and Turvorno have similar institutions, but they do not have government support, so compared with the Constanta Chamber of Commerce, their development is somewhat slower.

In Bukuriesti, 18 hotels, 26 shops and markets have opened, and the bells of small churches are ringing.Some workshops began to produce handicrafts, silk processing, weapons manufacturing, textiles and other industries began to develop, and the population also rose from 400 to 4000.

As for the city wall, Mircea handed it over to Peter. Peter started to build the first star-shaped fortress in Europe with the goal of blocking the artillery.

The star-shaped fortress is characterized by its many edges and corners that cover each other, so no matter which direction it is attacked from, it can attack the attacking enemy from the side and rear with muskets, bows and arrows and other weapons.Not only that, compared to the original straight city wall, the edges and corners of the star-shaped castle make it difficult for the enemy to open an open and undefended gap to attack the city even with heavy artillery.The sloping wall greatly reduces the power of artillery fire, and the star-shaped corners make it difficult to reach behind the city wall.Even if you make great efforts to open the gap, you still have to face dense shooting from all directions through the gap, which makes it almost impossible to destroy the city wall and launch a siege.

The star-shaped fortress is a flat building with multiple triangular bastions and trenches that can cover each other.Others such as Half Moon Fort, Corner Fort, Crown Fort, and subsidiary forts were added to form a complex but balanced building.

(End of this chapter)