eastern european eagle

Chapter 69 Rapidly Developing Moldova
"Is this really Yasi?"

Raresh looked at the town in front of him, completely in disbelief.

As a businessman engaged in long-distance trade, Raresh naturally knows the cities of Moldova like the back of his hand.Before that, Iasi was just a place without walls for businessmen to rest.Although there is a handicraft industry, it is somewhat inferior compared with other cities.

After Wallachia annexed Moldova, he also engaged in trade with the Golden Horde near Belgorod.As for moving the capital to Iasi, that is for better monitoring.Even if the economy develops.

And now, in just one year, Yasi has become something he can't recognize, which is really amazing.

At this time, the governor of Moldova was Bogdan, the director of the meeting. After his gamble succeeded, he has been following the Grand Duke.He understood that only by relying on Wallachia could his position be secured.

He continued Peter's reform strategy, promoting the expansion of the Wallachian script and strengthening local control.The construction of Iasi is naturally one of the tasks.

The Iasi Cathedral was built rapidly, and the building materials used were all mined from marble mines. Using some machinery, the dome can be put on with very little effort.

Although the technology of Eastern Rome began to lag behind that of Western Europe, in some respects, Junbao still had an advantage.

Raresh entered the town, everything has been renovated, new market, new houses, new workshops.Everything is new.

When he entered the market, he was dazzled by the dazzling array of goods.Food, cloth, ironware, woodenware, and foreign jewelry and ornaments.You can buy them all here.

Raresh bought some goods and paid for them in lei.At the same time, it happened to be a rally, and he also put out his goods.

In Moldova, people's greatest wealth is livestock.Land reclamation has only increased in recent years. Apart from food, the main economic crop is grapes.

Since Iasi is on the trade road, there are many hotels and merchant stations for merchants to stay and store goods.In addition, Peter also paid for the construction of a building responsible for the cultivation of the art of the country.

The main forms of Wallachian folk art are items such as various fabrics, clothing, paintings, pottery and carvings.The decoration on handmade fabrics such as rugs, wall hangings and towels is mainly in warm colors with beautiful patterns; ethnic costumes not only maintain the ancient style and characteristics of Dacia, but also have local distinctive characteristics.Folk paintings take religious stories as the main theme, painted on wood or glass, with bizarre content and rich colors.The production of pottery follows the style of Dacia and Roman times, most of which are terracotta and black pottery, and some pottery is glazed, with simple and elegant shapes.Woodcut patterns appear not only on daily life and labor tools such as rakes, spinning rods, and dowry suitcases, but also on pillars, beams, doors and windows of houses.

After incorporating Byzantine and Bulgarian elements, Wallachia's own art also developed to form its own national characteristics.Paintings, statues, etc. have developed.

Not just Laresh, some people who haven't been home for a long time have returned home and marveled at the rapid development.It has been a long time since there have been so many government-invested buildings. This should be investment-driven demand.

The price of goods in Wallachia is very low. A worker's salary for the day can buy three chickens or a catty and a half of fish.A pair of boots, twelve days' wages; a cow, two months' wages.

The first shipments from the glassworks are produced and the fine products are bought by Polish and Hanseatic merchants.And a lot of money is immediately available, like golden honeydew.

The number of merchant ships on the Prut and Dniester rivers increased, and many people settled on both sides of the river.Land reclamation is also increasing.

However, at this time, only the nobles had enough financial resources to reclaim land, and they also built water conservancy facilities to facilitate irrigation.Ordinary farmers can't do it.

Peter acquired a large amount of land near Moldova and built a castle as a supply station for the Transnistria.Among them, 3000 slaves and 2000 serfs were used, as well as a large number of hired workers.And he only allowed good-quality Burgundy grapes to be planted on the land, and bad grapes were strictly prohibited.The resulting wine will be good.

In addition to wine, wool spinning is also a focus.The sheep that were finally smuggled from England were mated with local sheep, and the quality of the wool could be improved. It would be great if we could get Merino sheep.

Farmers are gradually using iron tools, and wooden tools are gradually being abandoned.And because of the tax exemption, many farmers are planning to save money to buy some farm tools. In their eyes, happiness is beckoning to them.

The villages of Moldova are distributed in sporadic patterns, with 200 to 300 people in each village.Beekeeping and fisheries are the main sectors of the agricultural economy, and fish sales in domestic trade fairs have always been good, which has also contributed to the development of fisheries.The village commune is the most basic production unit, and all arable land, woods, pastures, pastures, etc. are owned by the village commune.

The division of labor in the city's handicraft industry has begun to take shape, forming dozens of departments such as metal processing, weapon manufacturing, fur processing, textiles, construction, handicraft production, and food processing.The trade between urban and rural areas is active, and the city is not only a handicraft center, but also a trade center, and fairs are held regularly in the city.

When the Principality of Moldova was established, domestic feudal relations were still in its infancy, and most of the principality's land was the territory of the Grand Duke of Moldova.Now, a lot of land has become Boyar's land, but it only has economic use rights.

Boyar doesn't have to send troops, he just needs to provide some funds.At the same time, the Grand Duke also incorporated them into local administration to help govern the vast land.But in order to check and balance, some emerging landlords and citizens will also enter, which is a blow to Boyar.

Moreover, during Peter's tenure as governor, some large boyars were brought into the Central Boyar Conference to reduce local interference.Also insert some obedient nobles to make it more efficient.

There is also a digression. When naming the newly built castle, Peter blurted out Uxhall from the name he didn't know where he saw it.This made everyone around me feel strange, which book did the lord read this from? I have never heard of it.

What they didn't know was that Peter had many other names besides this one that he didn't say.He will wait for the future to name them one by one.And now he is in Sofia, just wait for now.

According to reliable sources, Bayezid has already moved the capital from Edirne to Bursa, because he thinks Anatolia is better, without enemies, and he was still frightened by the scene he saw before .He needs to destroy several countries slowly.

(End of this chapter)