Chapter 366 Another Big Event

Many of Venice's fleets were sold to them at low prices, as well as commercial facilities in Crete and Rhodes. The profits from sea transportation were unmatched by other chambers of commerce, except for the Wallachian Chamber of Commerce, which controlled the Black Sea trade.

In the north, due to the sudden death of the Khan of the Golden Horde, the court fell into turmoil. Vasily of Moscow decided to send troops to end the vassal relationship that lasted for nearly two hundred years.

This expedition was also supported by everyone in the country, and Vasily also sent a letter to Mihaly, hoping that he could lead the army to help.

Mihaly also wanted to do this, and he was ready to seek help from his eldest brother. Let him provide some more artillery and muskets, although Peter had told him that if he became the Grand Duke of Moscow, his land in Rome must be returned, as a consolation he could look for land eastward along the Mongolian route.

This was an agreement reached between the brothers, and Peter formally supported him to seize the position of Moscow. The Bartland family was to become the largest family in Europe, and Western Europe, which had just risen, would be suppressed by Eastern Europe again.

This time Constantinople held another triumphal ceremony, and the victories from the East and the West made the people of Constantinople think that they were invincible. All the surviving Turkic nobles were taken to the capital to be executed, and the seized gold and silver rushed into the treasury.

In the palace, Mircea embraced Peter warmly. These days he found that Peter had taken on a large part of the work, especially colonization and business, which still had to be done by professionals.

Peter took charge of colonization, the Middle East, agriculture, business affairs, and could also participate in diplomatic affairs. The father and son formed a tacit understanding. Mircea understood that the future of this empire belonged to Peter, so he let him adapt in advance.

The first thing Peter did when he returned to the Senate was to ask the central government to allocate funds to build eastern Anatolia. The local municipal, agricultural, and infrastructure construction all needed to be restored with money, and the restoration of grassland to arable land also needed money. In addition, Peter also proposed that in order to prevent the invasion of the Timurid Empire, a section of border fortifications needed to be built from Yerevan to Van, equipped with watchtowers and post stations. The local garrison needed to be stationed for a long time, which was another expense.

"Your Highness, can you tell me how much money is needed?"

Baptiste was still concerned about the final amount of money needed, and Peter was not polite and spoke out.

"According to the current situation, at least 500,000 lei is needed."

This number almost made Baptiste faint again. It's not easy to be a financial director.

"This is only the first allocation. The east is a long-term investment. After all, the damage there is too serious."

Even if Peter is ambitious, Baptiste has to pour a basin of cold water on him.

"Your Highness, the current finances of the empire are still a bit tight. Money is needed everywhere, and the army needs to be expanded."

Army expansion, it seems that he missed a lot of things when he was away.

"The future funds can come slowly, but the first 500,000 must keep up."

This is considered to be a breath of fresh air for Baptiste. The first funds can be squeezed out from some projects. If it's not good enough, you can borrow short-term loans from merchants. They are all repaid within the specified period, and the credit is not bad.

The financial pressure of the empire is the pressure that Peter must face. His father gave him all the economic departments to manage because he saw his financial ability and his ability to get money. Peter had to rebuild the economic system of the new land and incorporate it into the Roman market.

Tariffs were the first source of income that Peter thought of to expand, because Constantinople's geographical location made it a trade center. The annual tariff remained at around 300,000 lei, and it is estimated that export measures have also increased the tariff a lot, but there is not much room.

Then there is agricultural tax, which is the main source of income. The empire re-established agricultural officials and formulated laws to protect farmers, all of which valued the income and social stability they brought.

At this time, self-cultivating farmers and tenants in Rome received the best treatment. Although their lives were still not satisfactory, they could at least survive.

Compared with the forced service of people in other countries, farmers were more willing to spend money instead. Real rent and monetary rent almost replaced labor rent. The construction of water conservancy facilities, legal protection, and social stability jointly promoted the development of agriculture. The population growth rate of farmers is also the highest among all professions.

Of course, whether it is agricultural tax or industrial and commercial tax, the bulk of trade income is still Eastern trade. The emperor can easily obtain a lot of wealth, and more gems, coffee, nutmeg and other things are easier to sell at high prices. But the East India Company also began to have some complaints.

They hoped that the company could separate the functions of missionary work and government establishment. They were very willing to expand in India, but they were powerless in other directions, but they could still monopolize trade.

"Greedy guy"

Peter cursed. In the past few years, through the trade with the East, they all became rich. Now he didn't want to be responsible, which was really a headache for him.

Peter couldn't put a lot of effort into colonization. First, the cost of colonization was too high, and trade was the main focus at present; second, Egypt had not been taken, and the connection with the eastern colonies was too fragile.

Peter needed to solve each of these, and at the same time, he had to pay attention to the enemy countries in the north and south. One of them was busy fighting the Teutons, and the other was busy recovering lost territory. They didn't have time to watch. Very good.

"Your Highness, Jobst wrote to His Majesty, saying that everything was ready. When will His Royal Highness come?"

"Why did you write to His Majesty?"

"Your Majesty said that you are fully responsible for this matter."

Peter had a headache. My old man, can you really find something for your son to do? Can't you just take a few days off?

He wanted to object, but the objection was ineffective. He could only open Jobst's letter.

In order to allow Vlad to inherit smoothly, Mircea took out some money from his private treasury to give to Jobst, who was just short of money at the time. After seeing the aid, he immediately wrote an edict and waited for Vlad to come. And the surrounding neighboring countries had no objection to this, because they didn't know who it was?

Mircea originally wanted Vlad to go with 3,000 troops, but Peter felt that these were not enough, at least 6,000 would be enough. Decided to add to his army.

"Do you all know the situation in Brandenburg?"

"Your Highness, Brandenburg is one of the so-called seven electors promoted by Charles IV. Although the title is good, it is fragmented internally. Landowners and local nobles control the land, there are large tracts of forests and swamps, and the population is only more than 300,000. There are not many cities at all."

Listening to Brandenburg's report, Peter frowned more and more. You can call this a wilderness, but it's far from the future Prussia that will dominate Europe.