The Eagle of Eastern Europe

Regarding the expedition to the Golden Horde, Mircha regretted a little after making this decision. Why not take Anatolia first and then go north? Now that all parties have some land, he will definitely lose sight of one.

However, the arrow was on the string and had to be fired. As long as the other party proposed peace talks, he would withdraw his troops. After all, the future was long.

In order to prevent Ottoman sneak attacks, Peter placed a reconnaissance team along the border before leaving, and at the same time used businessmen to collect information about the Ottomans. Recruitment for the legion was reopened and carried out strictly according to Peter's instructions. The firearms factory has also been expanded, and gunpowder is stored in dry places, as well as rockets, landmines and other weapons of mass destruction. Let him see if any short-sighted person will hit their iron wall.

The days in Constantinople were tense and leisurely at the same time. After dealing with political affairs, Peter would visit the tombs of previous Roman emperors and help them repair them with his own money, because most of the tombs were destroyed in 1204. .

This time Peter came to the cemetery of Basil II. He was not buried in the traditional Byzantine royal cemetery, but in his cavalry training camp. Peter restored his tomb and engraved the previous inscription on it.

From the moment God gave me dominion over the lands of the great empire,

I have been alert every moment of my life,

To protect the children of New Rome,

March boldly into the West,

Straight to the farthest point of the eastern frontier,

Along Abbasgo, Ismail, Arapis, Isbel,

The Persians and Scythians testify to this.

Good-hearted people,

In return for my conquests,

Look after my grave and repay me!

Peter also added a few words below.

God's people have taken up sword and shield again,

The ferocious pagans are still watching,

The great new Rome will not repeat the mistakes of the past,

We are God's subjects,

The glory of the empire will never fade,

Constantinople will always be here waiting for its master.

These few words are like a declaration, announcing that Rome's prosperity has begun to return. It was also Peter's determination that pushed Eastern Rome back to its peak.

In Mircea's absence, Peter made drastic changes in internal affairs. He promoted the land distribution policy that the Roman Empire did not maintain. In addition to soldiers, civilians who transported supplies to the front lines of the war would also receive corresponding rewards, of course, if the war was victorious. Nobles could also obtain land and estates if they contributed.

This is actually the European version of the military title system. The implementation of the military title system is attractive mainly because of the interest stimulation behind the title. Accordingly, the supply of material resources becomes extremely important. As there are more and more wars, more and more people will benefit from them, and the amount of resources required will become larger and larger. Driven by such a wave of resource supply, the requirements for material resources are particularly important. It is conceivable that if there is not enough resource supply, the military merit system will inevitably lose the basic meaning inherent in its original design. In other words, resource support determines the scope and continuing depth of the military merit system.

If there are not enough resources to support it, it is impossible to form a military merit system. There is also a relative satisfaction of resources. Regardless of whether it is the East or the West, the reward that soldiers want most when joining the army is land. Wallachia's continuous conquest of the East is the best motivation for them to join the army.

After being stabilized, Anatolia has gradually integrated into the governance of Wallachia. Thanks to its geographical location, local customs revenue has directly increased from 300,000 to 900,000. The population also increased a lot, and commerce and agriculture were restored.

On the most concerning financial issue, reliance on the expulsion of Jews provided some relief. Although there were cases where officials and soldiers enriched their own pockets during the process, most of them were handed over to the government. Iasi alone received an amount of RON 900,000, not including real estate.

After these Jews were expelled, they moved to more tolerant Poland and Lithuania. The capital of Lithuania, Vilnius, was even called the Jerusalem of the East, where they could get a better living environment.

This money was invested in local construction, Jewish vacancies were filled by other businessmen, and taxation in various places was also carried out in an orderly manner. As long as it goes into the treasury, it can persist.

In addition to granting land, the second order given by Peter was to abolish some tortures, including body-destroying punishments such as amputating hands and cutting off feet, and replaced them with exile, which could accumulate labor force to develop remote areas. Of course, not all torture has been abolished, such as blinding the eyes. However, the scope of torture was narrowed and only used on people with certain assets such as nobles and officials. The main punishment for civilians was death penalty and exile.

Secondly, the Wallachian Code was implemented and other Roman laws were codified and deleted. Repeal some outdated laws and formulate more balanced and flexible regulations. And establish courts and judges in various places to ensure the smooth operation of the law.

For important industries such as mining, shipbuilding, shipping, metallurgy, and military industry, Peter specially established protective laws. State funds are used to set up factories, and other light industries adopt trade protection policies to restrict imports and encourage exports. Use trade barriers to block large amounts of exports from other countries, especially the city-states of Italy.

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At this time, Michael, who was in Cyprus, had begun to learn how to govern the place, from politics to economy to military, all of which were linked one by one.

This expedition confiscated many lands of Latin nobles, which were distributed to the expeditionary army and local farmers who led the way according to Peter's order. Those Orthodox slaves and serfs also gained their freedom. Their burst of productivity was greater than in the previous decades combined.

Mihai visits Nicosia and nearby areas every day to see how their construction is progressing. In the evening, I discussed the joys of life with my wife. Maybe it was because the climate in Cyprus was not suitable, so I was sweating profusely every time.

Because Cyprus is close to the Levant, he gets some news about the Middle East every day. For example, Timur who captured Bayezid later put down rebellions in other places. There was a guy named Kara Yusuf who was expelled from the Mesopotamia by Timur to the Mamluks. There was also someone in Syria who was killed by Timur. The country is sparsely populated and seriously underpopulated.

Timur's ruthless Mihai was also shocked, but then he thought about whether he could use such methods on those pagans. He asked the Dragon Knights who were recuperating in Cyprus. The leader believed that after all, it was not advisable to deal with pagans with both hardness and softness, and to kill blindly. Mihai had no choice but to give up.