Chapter 261

In the next few days, the queen's face was flushed. The nobles all thought that she had eaten something to get angry recently. Only the maids around the queen knew that the room would be lively for a while every night.

On the last night of Peter's departure, the two had just finished their communication and they were lying on the bed discussing the future. Peter told Mary not to worry, Sigismund would not disturb Hungary for a long time.

Mary said goodbye to him and looked forward to his next visit. She also allocated a piece of land near Pest to him for him to build a residence.

Peter had to go back quickly, otherwise Constantinople would discuss whether he had an accident. With Pinsk's help in Hungary, he could rest assured, so he spread the news that the prince had returned to Bozzoni. He took others back to Constantinople by water.

Frederick brought the peace treaty to Sigismund for signature. He almost fainted when he saw the ransom of 600,000 florins. He still owed 100,000 gold coins, and this was another 600,000. He might as well sell him.

"Sir, the ransom has to be paid out earlier. I heard that the Hungarian prince knew a torture from somewhere that makes people unable to move. It's better to kill them."

When Sigismund heard that his relatives and Austrian supporters were tortured, he couldn't sit still. These are all his supporters. If he doesn't save them, no one will support him. Save them, and the sooner the better.

Thinking of this, Sigismund looked at Frederick, who was the richest among his supporters. But no matter how rich he is, he can't afford to spend it, let alone 600,000.

"Sir, I can only get 100,000 florins now, and the rest can only rely on Austria or Venice for help."

Seeing that the other party quoted his price, Sigismund had to send people to borrow money from merchants in Venice and Genoa. His relatives had to be saved quickly.

Albrecht's Austria was also providing assistance. They took out all the treasury of the principality, but only 60,000 florins. Other noble families could only borrow money to make up the money. For a while, the banks in Vienna became lively. People were borrowing money to redeem themselves everywhere. This was the biggest loss for Austria after the Battle of Skopje.

Except Croatia, Hungary was basically unified. Before Peter left, Mary promised to give it to the Roman Empire. After all, it was a personal union, so it didn't matter if one was missing, but it was miserable when it came to Rome, because they really annexed it.

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Due to the expansion of Rome and the development of trade, some nobles and wealthy businessmen began to focus on culture, and the excellent works in Italy were translated into Romanian and spread.

Mircea was an important sponsor of culture, but his sponsorship was mainly in church architecture, drama, and books, half of which were related to religion.

Despot Theodore was also a supporter of culture. He sponsored the Academy of Athens, used the Parthenon as an Orthodox church, and used income to encourage cultural development. Eastern Europe showed an unprecedented cultural atmosphere, and tolerance was better than that of northern Italy.

The Renaissance with oriental style developed here. Rome took away not only culture, but also trade and international status. As Rome intervened in the Levant and Egyptian trade routes, Venice's trade was affected, some handicrafts lost their market, and the most important spice trade began to be snatched away by Rome. Members of the Great Council thought it was intolerable and a contempt for Venice. But they have no way to deal with Rome now, and the annual trade profits with Rome are huge, and they can't give up easily, so they still have to find a way to make them withdraw voluntarily.

The expansion of Anatolia caused the construction volume to soar, and a large amount of interests and personnel came to this Asian land. Therefore, the Renaissance was also brought here. The Turkish style and Turkish customs were replaced by Roman customs, and the clothing, names, and customs of those Turks were also affected and integrated with the Roman style. Romanian and Orthodox replaced their original beliefs. The policy that the Ottomans used on Christians is now used on them in reverse. People of different beliefs need to pay a head tax, and can only enjoy the rights of second-class citizens, without the right to take exams or become officials, and other aspects are also blocked everywhere.

In order to live a better life, they can only integrate into the Roman Empire through conversion and de-Turkification. Even if the Turks make a comeback in the future, they have to live a good life.

Some nomads in the inland areas were treated with tolerance. They grazed in the pastures specified by the empire and went to special places for trade every year. Trade, religion and language were the weapons to assimilate them. Without the patriarch, they could only ask the priest for answers and answers.

The appeasement and assimilation process stabilized the new areas, and the expansion of trade gave birth to a group of big businessmen and factory owners. They lived in cities and had many industries, including textiles, brewing, shipping, etc., and they would not argue for power like those in Italy and Western Europe, because the channels for promotion had been opened up above, and it was not an empty talk that they could be promoted as long as they worked hard.

Because of the education in northern Italy, a group of literate but unsuccessful intellectuals came to Constantinople to take the university exam. Some of them passed the exam, and the rest who did not pass the exam either re-examined or devoted themselves to the direction of art and culture. The unique selection system attracted countless people. Most of them came from the citizens and business classes. When they could not make a name for themselves in their own country, they came to Constantinople to join the army or civil servants, and were rewarded by the emperor to settle in the empire.

Their families also came to Rome to settle down, including bankers, traders, craftsmen, artists, brokers, etc. They were assured of the business environment and tolerance in Rome, and were also amazed by the implementation of the examination system. They settled here, thinking that they or their descendants would also stand out.

The new army and rank system bid farewell to the previous mercenary system. A group of loyal and well-trained officers replaced the mercenary leaders, eliminating the possibility of rebellion on the battlefield at any time. Artillery and muskets can cause greater damage to the opponent. In order to maintain their status, the nobles killed the enemy on the battlefield and made meritorious deeds. Soldiers also tried their best for rewards and land. Different purposes and the same process created the record of the Roman army's killing.

The Turkic army and the disobedient tribes could only rely on guerrilla warfare to deal with them, but Adrian and Wowick used a layer-by-layer approach to compress their living space, and when necessary, they used methods such as clearing the walls and blocking trade to weaken their capabilities. This new combat army and strategy made the Eastern army, which had been suppressing them, unable to deal with it.