Chapter 69 Rapidly Developing Moldova

"Is this really Yasi?"

Laresh looked at the town in front of him in complete disbelief.

As a businessman engaged in long-distance trade, Laresh naturally knows all the cities in Moldova. Before that, Iasi was just an unwalled place for merchants to rest. Although there is a handicraft industry, it is somewhat inferior compared to other cities.

After Wallachia annexed Moldova, he also engaged in trade with the Golden Horde near Belgorod. As for moving the capital to Iasi, it is for better monitoring. Forget about economic development.

And now, in just one year, Yasi has become something he cannot recognize, which is really amazing.

The governor of Moldova at this time was Bogdan, the director of the conference. After his gamble was successful, he has been following the Grand Duke. He understood that only by relying on Wallachia could his position be secure.

He continued Peter's reform strategy, promoting the expansion of Wallachian writing and strengthening local control. The construction of Iasi is naturally one of the tasks.

The Cathedral of Iasi was constructed quickly. The building materials used were mined from marble mines, and some machinery could be used to raise the dome with very little effort.

Although the technology of Eastern Rome began to lag behind that of Western Europe, in some aspects, Castle was still superior.

Laresh entered the town and everything had been renovated, new markets, new houses, new workshops. Everything is new.

He walked into the market and was dazzled by the dazzling array of products. Food, cloth, ironware, woodware, and foreign jewelry and ornaments. You can buy them all here.

Laresh purchased some goods, paying in lei. At the same time, it happened to be a rally, and he also put out his goods.

In Moldova, people's greatest wealth is livestock. Land reclamation has only increased in recent years. In addition to grain, the main cash crop is grapes.

Because Iasi is on a trade road, there are many hotels and trading stations for merchants to stay and store goods. In addition, Peter paid for the construction of a building responsible for the cultivation of the arts in his country.

The main forms of Wallachian folk art are various objects such as fabrics, clothing, paintings, pottery and sculptures. The decorations on handmade fabrics such as rugs, wall hangings and towels are mainly warm tones with beautiful patterns; the national costumes not only maintain the ancient style and characteristics of Dacia, but also have distinctive local characteristics. Folk paintings take religious stories as their main themes and are painted on wood or glass with bizarre content and rich colors. The production of pottery follows the style of the Dacian and Roman eras. Most of the pottery is red pottery and black pottery. Some pottery is also glazed, with simple and elegant shapes. Woodcut patterns appear not only on daily life and labor tools such as rakes, spinning poles, and dowry suitcases, but also on the pillars, beams, doors and windows of houses.

After incorporating Byzantine and Bulgarian elements, Wallachia's own art also developed and formed its own national characteristics. Paintings, statues, etc. all developed.

Not just Laresh, some people who had not been home for a long time marveled at the rapid development when they returned to their hometowns. It’s been a long time since there has been so much government investment in construction. This should be investment driving demand.

Prices in Wallachia are so low that a worker can buy three chickens or a pound and a half of fish for one day's wages. A pair of boots, twelve days' wages; a cow, two months' wages.

The first batches of goods from the glass factory began to be produced, and the exquisite products were bought by Polish and Hanseatic merchants. And a lot of money is available immediately, just like golden honeydew.

There were more merchant ships on the Prut and Dniester rivers, and many people settled on both sides of the rivers. Land reclamation is also increasing.

However, at this time, only the nobles had enough financial resources to cultivate land, and they also built water conservancy facilities to facilitate irrigation. Ordinary farmers cannot do this.

Peter acquired a large amount of land near Moldova and built a castle as a supply station for Transnistria. Among them, 3,000 slaves and 2,000 serfs were used, as well as a large number of hired workers. And he only allowed good quality Burgundy grapes to be planted on the land, and strictly prohibited poor grapes. The wine produced in this way will be good.

In addition to wine, wool textiles are also a focus. The sheep finally smuggled from England can be mated with local sheep, and the quality of the wool can be improved. It would be great if we can get Merino sheep.

Farmers are gradually using iron tools and wooden tools are gradually being abandoned. And because of the tax exemption, many farmers are preparing to save money to buy some farm tools. In their eyes, happiness is waving to them.

The rural areas of Moldova are scattered in a scattered manner, with 200 to 300 people in each rural area. Beekeeping and fishing are major sectors of the agricultural economy, and sales of fish at domestic trade fairs have been very good, which has also promoted the development of the fishery industry. The village commune is the most basic production unit, and all cultivated land, woods, pastures, pastures, etc. are owned by the village commune.

The division of labor in the city's handicraft industry has begun to take shape, forming dozens of departments such as metal processing, weapons manufacturing, fur processing, textiles, construction, handicraft production, and food processing. Trade between urban and rural areas is active. Cities are both handicraft centers and trade centers. Markets are held regularly in cities.

When the Principality of Moldova was established, domestic feudal relations were still in their infancy, and most of the land in the Principality was the territory of the Grand Duke of Moldova. Now, a lot of land has become boyar land, but they only have economic use rights.

The boyars did not have to send out troops, they only had to provide some funds. At the same time, the Grand Duke also included them in the local administration to help govern the vast land. But in order to check and balance, some emerging landlords and citizens would also enter, which was a blow to the boyars.

Moreover, when Peter was the governor, he promoted some large boyars to the Central Boyar Conference to reduce local interference. At the same time, some obedient nobles were inserted to make it more efficient.

There was another aside. When naming the newly built castle, Peter didn't know where he saw the name, and blurted out Uxhall. This made everyone around him feel strange. Which book did the lord see this from? I haven't heard of it.

What they didn't know was that in addition to this name, Peter had many unsaid names. He was waiting to name them one by one in the future. And now he is in Sofia, just wait for the time being.

According to reliable information, Bayezid has already moved the capital from Edirne back to Bursa, because he thinks Anatolia is still better, there are no enemies, and he is still scared by the scene he saw before. He needs to destroy a few countries slowly.