Chapter 637: Preparations for the Imperial Racing Competition

The recovery of Genoa's economy gave him the courage to continue to fight against Romania. The Turin Alliance he formed stabilized the local situation and preserved the passage between the Holy Roman Empire and Iberia. Romania has also reached the limit of its expansion in recent decades, so it acquiesced to them, and a temporary peace has come here.

In this conflict in the Western Mediterranean, Genoa also tried to break through the Romanian blockade, but it seems to have failed. In order to prevent the empire from having a reason to attack, Genoa withdrew all its support for Aragon.

In view of this situation, the King of Naples announced the launch of a counterattack, and after clearing out the rebels in Sicily, he attacked Sardinia. Moreover, all the rebellious nobles were not spared, and those who surrendered were killed on the spot. If they did not obey, they would go directly to him.

This directly made the nobles give up the idea of ​​surrender, either fleeing or fighting. The King of Aragon did not help, and the uprising went to failure.

I thought it was going to be a big one, but it ended like this, just a little longer than the Eastern Seoul. But it's okay, this is just an insignificant episode, and now it's still a turn.

It was the day for the new round of racing and horse racing. All parts of Constantinople were preparing. This time, a total of 72 teams participated, which was larger than all the previous ones.

"My lord, the election of Brandenburg will come on a certain day, as well as the King of England and the Crown Prince of Hungary..."

"Pay attention to security these days. No matter who it is, as long as they commit a crime, they will be put in prison and tried after the competition."

The mayor of Constantinople was almost crazy busy. There were monarchs and rulers from more than a dozen countries, ambassadors from dozens of countries, and countless nobles and civilians. This made him feel very stressed.

At this time, Constantinople had completely gotten rid of the depression, and the population had recovered to 300,000. Every year, it attracted countless merchants, travelers and pilgrims, and the competition was when the passenger flow increased greatly and merchants made money.

The positions outside the arena were occupied by small vendors. They all paid a sum of money to stay here, and a large amount of goods to be sold were also here. All the storage places in the city were full.

"Mayor, the Patriarch sent someone to ask if there is enough place for the pilgrims to live. He can let the monastery make some space."

"Thank you for your kindness, Patriarch. Constantinople has enough space to accommodate these people. If possible, I hope they can accommodate some civilians."

The mayor had the Patriarch's envoy sent away, and then listened to the voices of other places.

"Tell the guards that if the Russian Tsar comes, just send someone to unload the goods on the ship, especially the furs."

"Oh, yes, the guards in the whole city are crazy. For this game, we have to borrow some soldiers to maintain order."

"Ah, this arrangement is not good. Burgundy cannot sit with the envoy of Orleans, and the Bohemian envoy cannot sit with Sigismund. We will cause a war.

I know the Portuguese are here, but he is useless. The Portuguese team has nothing for any country. That's it."

The mayor felt that his teeth were a little painful, so he could only use a soldier to relieve it, and also asked someone to report to His Majesty that everything was ready.

"Queen, you've been holding me for so long, aren't you tired?"

"What's the matter? I already have a grandson, how can I not be happy?"

Peter looked at the child in Sofia's arms, this is his grandson.

"Alexander is also a father."

The joy of the new life made Peter even happier. The Crown Princess added a new member to the Bartlan royal family. But he should be the youngest grandfather, only 40 years old.

Others are still struggling at the age of 40, but he is already at the top of the world at the age of 40 and has become a grandfather.

"In the name of God, I named him after Basil."

Peter made the final decision, and the child was named Basil Louis Bartlan. He was named after the lord of the Macedonian dynasty, hoping that he could lead the empire to continue to prosper.

"When will the Duke of Bourbon come?"

"It should be soon. He set off two days ago."

It's been a long time since I saw my in-laws, and Peter also had to let his grandson meet his grandparents.

Looking at this little guy, Theodore was surprised. Did he grow up from such a small person?

"Come, take a look at your nephew." Peter called Theodore to take a closer look, but Basil cried on the spot when he saw Theodore. He was so scared that he left immediately.

"It seems that he is still shy." Peter asked someone to take good care of Basil, and then asked someone to take him away.

Alexander also left. He wanted to accompany his wife, leaving only the emperor, the queen and Theodore.

"Father, I will go to see my sister-in-law too." Theodore said and wanted to leave.

"No, let's talk about your business today. You are not young anymore. When will you get married? Your eldest brother has children."

Theodore had expected it, "Father, isn't this busy? Portugal and Castile are both thinking about regaining lost territory. I have to be busy on the front line every day to prevent them from taking advantage of it."

"I have heard this excuse many times. I remember that I have asked people to build the Great Wall. Why, are you personally supervising the construction of the Great Wall?"

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In order to prevent Castile from moving south, the Spanish government submitted a proposal to Constantinople to build a long wall, proposing to build a defense facility on the border between the two countries to prevent Castile from moving south quickly. This has been approved and is under construction.

"Yes, father, you know, those people can only stare, if they don't stare, they will be lazy, I am doing this for better defense."

This did not convince Peter at all, "Forget it, you just found such an excuse because you don't want to get married."

"What?" Sophia was incredulous, "Why don't you want to get married?"

"There is no one I like..."

This reason did not bother the queen, Sophia asked someone to bring out a thick pile of rosters and began to search.

"Here are the noble women of the right age in the country, and their portraits. If you like any of them, ask someone to pass it on."

But Theodore said: "I'm afraid my father will not agree?"

"Tell me, who will make your father disagree."

Theodore looked at Peter, and then said a person: Theodora Mason, the daughter of the current Chancellor of the Exchequer.

"She..." Sophia fell into deep thought, this person is also famous in the aristocratic circle. Other noble ladies like tea parties, flower viewing, and traveling, but this one likes sailing and has sailed in the Mediterranean many times.

"What do you think? I like her. If I don't get married, I'd rather live like this for the rest of my life."

The woman who could make his son say this must be different. Peter said, "In that case, your father will make the decision for you. Let's see her first."