Chapter 526 Selection

"Your Highness, this is the princess of the Kingdom of Navarre."

Queen Sofia looked at the portrait of the princess presented by the minister and had no interest at all.

From the war to now, Sofia has also eliminated those members of the anti-Roman alliance. It is better to find a country that can only grow by relying on them, and it also needs someone who is about the same age as Alexander.

"Your Highness, there are not many people left if this goes on."

The female official persuaded her. She knew that the marriage of the heir to the empire needed to be cautious. But the suitable people from various countries were basically rejected by Sofia. She felt that the future marriage might eat up her family.

"Your Highness, there is another person. The Duke of Bourbon in France has a 5-year-old daughter, which should be very suitable."

Sophia thought about it and decided to see how the other party would make a decision before making it. She asked someone to discuss it with the Duke of Bourbon.

In fact, Alexander's marriage has also attracted the attention of European countries. Whoever can take this road can have a marriage relationship with the Bartland family, and can also ask for protection from the in-laws when necessary.

Some people in the Holy Roman Empire also brought up the issue of the two emperors from hundreds of years ago. In the eyes of Christians at that time, the Roman Empire was indivisible, and its emperor had the highest ruling status, even for Eastern Christians living outside the borders. Since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the late classical period, the Eastern Roman Empire has been recognized as the legitimate Roman Empire by itself, the Pope, and various new Christian kingdoms throughout Europe. In 797 AD, Emperor Constantine VI was deposed and replaced by his mother, Empress Irene, but the Western European countries did not accept her rule. The most commonly cited reason was her female identity. In 800, Pope Leo III did not recognize her, but declared the Frankish King Charlemagne as the Roman Emperor based on the concept of power transfer.

Although the two empires eventually compromised and recognized each other's rulers as emperors, they never explicitly recognized each other as "Romans". The Eastern Romans called the Holy Roman Emperor "Emperor of the Franks" or "King of the Germans", while the Western Europeans at this time called the Roman Emperor "Emperor of the Greeks" or "Emperor of Constantinople".

Some people in the Holy Roman Empire proposed that Sigismund's daughter Elizabeth and Alexander get married, so that the problem of the two emperors could be solved. And an unprecedented empire would be born, but most of the princes still opposed it.

The first is the religious princes. The Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church have been divided for hundreds of years. It is tantamount to a foolish dream to reconcile them now. The doctrines and systems between the two churches are different, so don't even think about it.

Then there are other secular princes, especially the electors. They rely on bribes from the Holy Roman Emperor every year to maintain their lives. Now that the elective monarchy is turned into a hereditary monarchy, what are they doing? This must not be done.

Burgundy, Orleans and Castile have also thought about marriage, but they have more or less fought with Bartland, and they are afraid that they will not agree, so they can only see who the other party will choose as the lucky one.

Moreover, if they really want to marry, then the dowry they give will be much, and the Roman royal family is very rich. If their dowry is less, they will not be worthy, and the other party will look down on them.

As for why the royal family is so rich, in addition to the previous land, workshops, and export goods produced by skilled workers. There is also the Chamber of Commerce Bank built by Peter in Constanta, which can bring in 780,000 lei in profits every year through lending, bills of exchange and currency exchange. And since the Mircea period, the mint of the lei has been shared by the royal family and the government. The government is responsible for operation, and the royal family extracts part of the profit.

The lei has become the common currency of the Mediterranean, and other Mediterranean countries need to trade with Rome to make more profits. Egypt has also been beaten to the point of having no temper, and can only export agricultural products to Rome to gain profits.

There was another mutiny in Egypt, Mahmoud was killed, and another nobleman Yusuf became the Sultan. This sultan was qualified in diplomacy. He recognized the treaty between Rome and Egypt and continued to pay compensation. At the same time, he governed Egypt and launched a plunder of Cyrenaica.

The Tunisian pirates were also systematically eliminated by the Roman Navy. In order to protect the trade in the Western Mediterranean, the Roman Navy cooperated with the Naples Navy to eliminate the pirate bases in Tunisia and Algiers. Some of them were raised by Iberia, and these must be eliminated as uncertain factors.

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Osborne was basically familiar with the operation process of the House of Commons in Constantinople. After careful consideration, he joined the Blue Party. Because in addition to agriculture, most people in Florence rely on ocean transportation to export and produce goods, because ocean trade is vital to Florence.

Florence should be called Tuscany at this time. This place has added 650,000 people and millions of lei in direct income to Rome. The local textile industry has revived and other industries have also developed. Mason wrote to Osborne, asking him to continue to expand Tuscany's influence in the House of Commons.

It's easy to say, but how to expand it is a difficult problem. Osborne attended several gatherings of MPs and let more people know him, but he was still very far from the goal of expanding his influence. He decided to become a representative of the Senate so that he could continue to expand his influence.

The Senate continued to build the two provinces of Syria and Palestine, and the local area has changed. And it has supported a large number of construction contractors. These businessmen also took public works through personal relationships and bribes, and then organized construction teams. The businessmen who contracted public works made a lot of money.

The agricultural conditions in the two eastern provinces are good, and Palestine is a land of milk and honey. Most of the local people accepted the change of dynasties and resumed production. Constantinople also realized the importance of canals and began to spend a lot of financial resources on construction.

No country pays more attention to agriculture than Rome. This is the first sentence brought by foreign envoys after returning. In this era before the Industrial Revolution, agriculture and population are the basis of wealth. France has rich agricultural resources and a population of 19 million and has become the largest country in Western Europe.

Rome's population is closely followed. Although there has been no census, according to population estimates, there are about 13.5 million people in the country. With a large number of fertile plains, Rome's ability to mobilize resources far exceeds that of France, which is why Rome can fight on two fronts and has enough resources to support more troops.