Chapter 209 Changes

The Principality of the Aegean Islands, the Principality of Candia, the Kingdom of Cyprus, plus Suleiman of the Ottoman Empire, this is the initial encirclement of Wallachia. Although Venice did not join, it secretly provided financial support. Although there are many countries, their strength is not even half of Wallachia.

After obtaining the title of the Roman Empire, Peter continued to pay attention to the situation in Constantinople and Anatolia. His intelligence network successfully obtained the news that the enemy was building an anti-Walachia alliance. It seems that they don’t know the general situation in the world and must fight to the end.

Peter began to strike at the trade lifeline of the island countries. He began to issue pirate licenses to allow the robbery of merchant ships of the island countries in the Aegean Sea. At the same time, the pirates of the Crescent were encircled and recruited to control the Aegean Sea as soon as possible.

As for the Ottomans, Peter was in a state of watching the show. You must know that the news that Suleiman joined the encirclement was inadvertently revealed by Muhammad, which shows that his brother is friendly and respectful.

Peter needs more troops. Only by taking Nicaea, Prusa and Nicomedia can Constantinople be said to be safe. Now is the right time. It only takes one chance to defeat them.

The Despot of Morea has expressed his willingness to obey the orders of Constantinople, which makes Mircea very satisfied. The local population and resources belong to the central government. This allows him to have more war potential against the enemy, but the current task is to govern Constantinople well.

The Orthodox people were rewarded. They were awarded manors in Anatolia, Moldova and other places. Some people left here happily to accept these rewards. In fact, this was also Mircea's strategy to expel these old nobles from Constantinople in disguise to make room for those new nobles and officials.

For the economic depression in the city, Mircea waved his hand and directly exempted Constantinople from taxes for seven years. At the same time, he checked the tax-exempt people in the city, picked out a group of people who did not meet the requirements, and ordered them to pay the taxes they should have paid before. A batch of Western European property was also auctioned off to deal with the emergency, and finally got through the most difficult time.

The Black Sea Fleet also occupied the remaining islands controlled by Constantinople and began to build bases on the islands. The Wallachian Navy can finally freely pass through the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles. Before long, the Black Sea will become Wallachia's inland sea. Genoa has begun to discuss the matter of Caffa with Wallachia. If successful, Genoa will completely lose all its colonies in the Black Sea.

However, someone has made a choice for them. The city of Caffa finally couldn't hold on. The chief executive privately wrote to the Grand Duke of Wallachia, proposing to sell the city of Caffa to Wallachia for 7,000 ducats. Anyway, he will take the money and fly away at that time. As for Genoa, he doesn't care.

Mircea gradually transferred the political center to Constantinople. Bucuriesti's career as the capital seemed to end, and it will continue to exist as an important town in Wallachia in the future. He began to move some political institutions here and revoked some titles to avoid chaos.

He appointed Theodore as the despot of Morea and Athens, and invited him to serve in Constantinople, but Theodore refused again. After sending a letter of loyalty, he took his army to attack the neighboring County of Kefalonia.

Europe was attracted by the fact that Wallachia occupied Constantinople. In their view, it was only a matter of time before Mircea replaced John. Taking advantage of this time to establish a good relationship with Wallachia might get better treatment than the Komnenos Dynasty. Some countries that had no conflict of interest with Wallachia, such as Britain, France, and Castile, began to improve relations with Wallachia, but countries close to Wallachia thought about how to prevent the other party from obtaining more land. It has only been less than ten years, and so much land has been obtained. If it is given a few more decades, it is really unimaginable.

Anatolia under Wallachia continued to attract population, and Christians hiding in the mountains came out. Enslaved serfs gained freedom, which were all reasons for the increase in population.

With more people, the strength will also be enhanced. Commercial activities in western Anatolia became active again, and more tariffs and commercial taxes were collected. Peter could have more money to expand the army and then gradually recover other parts of Anatolia.

Many people came out of the mountains this year to avoid being killed by the enemy.

They hid in the mountains during the war, and naturally came down the mountain when peace came. With the immigrants from the east and the surrender of the tribes, there were 300,000 more people in Anatolia in this year alone. This greatly alleviated the problem of insufficient manpower.

At the same time, Wallachia began to get involved in the middle route of the Silk Road. Profits and raw materials were obtained through trade with other Turkic countries in Anatolia and the Timurid Empire. The raw silk of Tabriz was an important source of raw materials for the Wallachian silk industry.

In the next few days, all countries recognized the fact that Wallachia occupied Constantinople. Because according to some people's estimates, if 1204 is to be reproduced, it will require 50,000 soldiers and a large number of siege equipment. It is not worth the loss, so it is better to have a good relationship with them.

Mircea's move set off a wave of unification in the Orthodox world. They followed the Bucuriesti Conference as a guideline and listened to the opinions of the Ecumenical Patriarch. At the same time, in order to expand the influence of the Orthodox Church, Patriarch Theodosius made a decision that changed history: he officially promoted the Archbishop of Moscow to Patriarch. He reorganized the Rus Church and allowed him to preach to Finland and Sweden.

Before Wallachia, Rus was the last line of defense for the Orthodox Church. If no changes were made, the Catholics in Lithuania and Poland would turn this place into their world.

Therefore, it is particularly important to enhance the status of the Rus Church and consolidate the position of the Orthodox Church. At the same time, they were approved to preach to Finland and Sweden, which was their counterattack against the Catholic Church. The Ecumenical Patriarch is finally going to use his original ability.

Constantinople has not recovered since 1204, largely due to the government's financial shortage. After Mircea took over here, he allocated part of the funds to build the city. Reconstruct the Hagia Sophia and restore the market and trade.

Peter also contributed to the prosperity of Constantinople. He directly handed over the captured craftsmen to his father. It also attracted some craftsmen to settle here. As a city that can accommodate 500,000 people, the current situation is really terrible. It will take a long time to restore it to its previous state.

Moreover, the defense of Constantinople also needs to be strengthened. Not only do we need to repair the city walls, but we also need to equip artillery and build a naval base. The cost of this modification is an astronomical figure. Obviously, Mircea needed Peter to deal with it again.