Chapter 446 New Situation, New King De

"Okay, exploring the unknown world is the purpose of the empire. I hope you can unite and contribute to the empire together."

After a round of encouragement, everyone returned to their work, because the matter had basically been discussed, and the eunuch chief just reported that the co-ruling emperor had returned, so they should not disturb the reunion of the father and son.

"Your Highness"

"Your Highness"

The minister showed goodwill to Peter, and Peter nodded. Then he entered the study.

"Father"

Mircea looked at his eldest son and learned about the situation in Rome. He knew that the time for the handover of the throne was coming.

"Well, I know the situation in Rome, you did a good job. Those arrogant people finally paid the price."

"Although they have made contributions to the empire, it is still not enough to make up for the evil of Constantinople being looted. Now that Rome has been recovered and the great revenge has been avenged, they will all be very happy."

Here they are talking about the emperors of the Roman Empire in succession. All emperors after Justinian wanted to take back Rome. Now that he has done it, they will definitely bless him.

"Rome is now part of the empire, and Jerusalem is coming back soon."

Peter painted a picture of the territory during the Justinian period for Mircea. The empire's control was much stronger than Justinian's. All countries would pay tribute to Constantinople, and the Eastern Roman Empire would return to the center of Europe.

"Well, it seems that you are ready."

Mircea looked at Peter with approval, and he could safely hand over the empire to the next generation.

"Come and take a look at this." Mircea handed a document to Peter.

"This man named Valencia directly captured a country. According to his report, the local population exceeded one million, and officials needed to be assigned to govern."

Peter looked at the situation and thought that the other party probably destroyed Champa. The increase of millions of people at once was an unprecedented challenge.

"This is an unprecedented victory for the empire. The land here is fertile and the fishery is rich. It is a good place for immigrants. If it is governed more, it can become a prosperous place."

Peter gave an objective answer. There is indeed potential here, but the premise is that the population is large. There are still too few immigrants in Rome. Compared with here, he is more inclined to completely assimilate Ceylon.

The exploration in the past few years allowed the empire to fully understand the situation in Ceylon. Due to the empire's capture of Colombo and missionary immigration, some resistance forces moved to Jaffna in the north. Local officials have been reclaiming land in the inland areas while suppressing the resistance forces in the north. In the past few years, they have achieved good results. The local area has stabilized and continued to expand.

Sugarcane and cotton are the main cash crops in the area. Each Roman immigrant can get 200 to 500 acres of land, and exiled prisoners can get 100 to 150 acres. In order to make more money, they also captured inland indigenous people as slaves to help them work. They worked twelve hours a day, and if they relaxed a little, they would be whipped by the supervisor.

The indigenous people with a little property lived a better life. They served as local craftsmen and hired farmers to assist them in ruling. But the legal status did not exist. They had to pay a lot of taxes to the government every year, and they also had to bear a lot of construction. It was really miserable.

But their hard work was exchanged for a large amount of taxes paid every year. Except for a part paid to Constantinople, the rest was used to build the local area. Colombo has become an important shipping hub, and the tax revenue it pays has surpassed Aden and is second only to India. It is one of the money bags of Rome overseas.

"The empire's current population is still slightly insufficient, and there are still large tracts of land that have not been cultivated in Donetsk, Luhansk and other places. Insufficient immigration is one of the reasons for the slow overseas expansion."

"But now there are no other countries competing for it, and the empire can make long-term countermeasures."

Mircea nodded after listening. Although he did not understand the overseas situation, there were indeed no other countries competing for it, which gave them an opportunity. It can rule for a long time and transform into the potential of the empire.

"I don't know if Sigismund hates it. Such an excellent person is my son." Mircea joked.

Peter was also a little embarrassed. Who made him a time traveler? Although he was not like his predecessors, who would take out a high-tech to beat the surroundings at every turn, he did speed up the technology tree. And it also changed the history of Eurasia.

Improving artillery and muskets, correcting and publishing Romanian, pushing the border to Van, recovering Roman Antioch, and reclaiming Ukraine, these things were gradually completed in 20 years. Basil and Alexius were probably not so busy, but they lived in different times, and it was not easy to maintain the longevity of the empire.

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This election of the German king violated tradition. Originally, it was necessary to wait for all the electors to come, but now they did not wait for the three northern electors. The remaining six gathered directly in Augsburg, and then elected Sigismund as king at an astonishing speed. At the age of 41, he finally became the German king.

Sigismund thanked the electors for their support and promised that he would protect their interests and end the Great Schism of the Catholic Church. Please support him.

At this time, Sigismund had not been so glorious for a long time. Thinking back to these years, he had been staying in the Duchy of Luxembourg. No one went to see him except for his allies who firmly supported him. Now that he has finally turned over, he must kill a lot.

But it turns out that thinking and doing are two different things. The Vienna Alliance in the south is his base, and he can't afford to offend the Berlin Alliance in the north, because most members of the Hanseatic League have joined the Northern Alliance. If there is no absolute certainty, it may cause a joint counterattack by Rome and the Hanseatic League.

The only preparation now is to get the Kingdom of Bohemia, so that he has the strength to implement his own policies at home. But the last time he failed to make the Elector of Brandenburg give up his inheritance rights, it may take some effort to make him inherit now.

Sigismund thought to himself that if he could get the support of the Duke of Burgundy, he would be sure to force the Berlin Alliance to disintegrate. He also knew what the other party wanted. The Holy Roman land between Friesland and Dijon could be sold to him. If he wanted the crown of the King of Burgundy, it was not impossible to sell it, but the price was very high.

And after he became the King of Germany, he also rewarded his allies. He gave all the Swiss regions to Austria and rejected the independence of the local states. This made Albrecht very grateful, so that he could take back his ancestral land. At the same time, his in-laws were also planning to give Bohemia to the Habsburgs, which made him loyal. If he could unify Austria next, he would be able to meet the two German king ancestors, Rudolf and Albrecht.