Chapter 65 National Governance

Peter was also a Keynesian. He improved national facilities and attracted tourists and merchants by building a large number of public works.

He contributed a lot of money to the construction of the new capital and was the largest funder after the government. In the design drawings of this city, there were advanced things such as sewers. It was amazing.

Mircea directly bid for the cathedral of the new capital, and soon there were hundreds of design drawings. Most of them were sent from Constantinople.

Because the Crusades from the 13th to the 15th century caused a lot of losses to the Roman Empire, from this time on, there were no Byzantine buildings handed down.

Now there is a sudden need to build a lot of churches in the north, which naturally attracted the attention of those architects in Constantinople.

In the requirements of the Grand Duke, big is one point, and high is another point. Except for Hagia Sophia, other churches have to be compared.

The new church was named St. Canito Cathedral, which would make the Eastern Roman Empire feel a sense of crisis, because according to Greek, this name means the empire rebuilds the church. That is to say, they want to replace the Ottomans, and even replace them, and become the only ruler here.

But this is not the time to look at the name, after all, Osman is there.

Mircea decided to choose a day to move the capital. Of course, before that, he needed to change his title.

"By the grace of God, the eternal ruler of Wallachia, Moldova, and Bulgaria, the greatest Caesar, the heir of the father's country." That's all there is to it, no more.

At the same time, he decided to promote Peter to co-ruler. He really needed his eldest son to be his right-hand man to handle the growing territory. Whether it is Bulgaria or Moldova, it is more than 650 kilometers from south to north, and it is a veritable Balkan power.

Next, Mircea has another big thing to do, which is to compile a code of law.

Bulgaria has the Bulgarian Code, Serbia has the Dushan Code, and Wallachia and Moldova have no written law. There must be a unified code of law for the country to function properly.

Mircea ordered the formation of a meeting, including representatives of boyars, landlords, merchants, citizens, senior monks, and scholars from Constantinople and Trvorno, who brought the Bulgarian Code and the Eastern Roman Empire Code for reference.

Such a national conference was the first in the history of Wallachia, and everyone was excited. Except for the peasants, everyone else participated very much.

At this time, Wallachia was no longer a small principality. At this time, it had the conditions to transform from a principality to a kingdom, and it was just a coronation.

The Grand Duke temporarily rejected this proposal because the Balkans were not peaceful at the moment, and he would talk about it later.

Now he is receiving envoys from Poland and Lithuania in Kemplong. They congratulated Mircea on his success in fighting the Ottomans and proposed to strengthen trade and exchanges between the two countries. Mircea agreed.

After that, another envoy from another country came to meet him. It is called a country, but it is actually a city-state.

"Your Highness, I, Milanlovich, congratulate you on behalf of the Republic of Ragusa."

The Republic of Ragusa is a city-state centered on Ragusa (Dubrovnik). In 1358, the growing Hungarians went south and signed the Treaty of Zadar, forcing the Venetian authorities to give up their jurisdiction over Ragusa. The Republic of Ragusa became independent.

As a mini-state, Ragusa must be based on trade, but the trade in the eastern Mediterranean was occupied by Venice and Genoa. Wallachia's non-recognition of the privileges of the two countries on the new land gave them an opportunity. So they sent people to express their congratulations, hoping to enter the Black Sea trade.

"Walachia welcomes your arrival. We welcome merchants from all countries to come and trade, but this is based on the willingness of both parties."

Mircea was very clear about the purpose of these countries. Guarantees, trade, or other things, who would sincerely congratulate him? It's all about interests.

In addition to congratulations, the envoys also brought other news to the Grand Duke. They heard that the Grand Duke's eldest son had not yet married, so they sent him a lot of portraits of noble ladies of marriageable age. The purpose is to gain a powerful ally.

Didn't the Ottoman Sultan also marry a Serbian girl to gain this ally? Such marriages are also quite common. But Mircea doesn't want to give them a chance. His son is rare in the world. If they want him, Peter must be reborn.

The lords and peasants of Wallachia began to farm with peace of mind. After nearly half a year of war, they can finally settle down. The Grand Duke also kindly reduced their taxes, and the serfs on the Sipahi land were also freed. This is a new atmosphere and a new hope.

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The Constanta Chamber of Commerce naturally extended its business here. Peter has withdrawn from the decision-making circle and become a major shareholder behind the scenes. Not only that, Peter also gave the Chamber of Commerce a charter to trade in the East.

Wallachia not only has the Constanta Chamber of Commerce, but also similar institutions in cities such as Giurgiu, Iasi, and Trvorno, but they do not have government support, so compared with the Constanta Chamber of Commerce, their development is a bit slow.

In Bukuliești, 18 hotels, 26 shops and markets have opened, small churches have also rung bells, some workshops have begun to produce handicrafts, silk processing, weapons manufacturing, textiles and other industries have begun to develop, and the population has increased from 400 to 4,000.

As for the city wall, Mircea was handed over to Peter. Peter began to build the first star-shaped fortress in Europe with the bottom line of blocking artillery.

The characteristic of the star-shaped fortress is that it has many mutually protective corners, so no matter which direction it is attacked from, it can attack the enemy from the side and rear with weapons such as muskets and bows and arrows. Not only that, compared with the original straight city wall, the corners of the star-shaped castle make it difficult for the enemy to blast open an open and undefended gap to launch an attack even with heavy artillery. The slanted wall greatly reduces the power of artillery fire, and the star-shaped corners make it difficult to reach behind the city wall. Even if a lot of effort is spent to open the gap, it is still necessary to face dense shooting from all directions through the gap, which makes it almost impossible to destroy the city wall and launch a siege.

The star-shaped fortress is a flat building with multiple triangular bastions and trenches that can cover each other. Others such as half-moon forts, corner forts, crown forts, and auxiliary forts are added to form a complex but balanced building.