Chapter 79 Marriage, Governance and Human Comparison

Mircea stayed in Constanta for a week and saw all kinds of technologies and institutions that the central government did not have.

"Peter has grown up and has his own ideas."

Mircea admired Peter's achievements, and he also wrote them down as a blueprint for reform. Then he took a ship to Iasi. Mrs. Maria was also checking the information collected on princesses of appropriate age in various countries.

"Princess Sophia of Morea, 12 years old, very beautiful."

Mrs. Maria listened to this information and felt that it would not help Wallachia and Peter. Let's talk about the next one.

"The Grand Duke of Moscow has a sister who is 10 years old this year."

"No, too far away."

Mrs. Maria rejected the second one and wanted to talk about the third one.

"The third one is from Georgia..."

After saying several in a row, Mrs. Maria was not satisfied. Either they were too far away or they were too weak.

The marriage of the heir cannot be sloppy, because it represents a possible ally. And after searching for a long time, there is no suitable one. Can we only find one from the country?

Grand Duke Mircea was also looking for a suitable daughter-in-law. Of course, Sophia of Morea ranked first. In addition, there was Sophia of Trebizond, who was too old and more than 20 years older than Peter.

"Grand Duke, if you don't consider domestic marriage, Princess Sophia is probably the only choice."

"Is there really no other choice?"

"No, unless the Grand Duke is willing to go to the West to find it."

Hearing this, Mircea hurriedly said. "No, I won't let them enter my family. I would rather have a pagan than them."

Obviously, Mircea would not learn from those people in the Roman Empire and find a Westerner for marriage. This would tarnish their beliefs.

Like Peter's marriage, Wallachia has no allies around it. To be precise, there is no country that intends to help its own country in times of crisis. Poland, no; Hungary, no; Ottoman, forget it.

Fortunately, a large number of Ruthenians, Russians, Serbs, etc. who believe in Orthodox Christianity came here, and Peter attracted them with a preferential policy of three years of tax exemption and two and a half years of tax. Mircea went a step further and extended the five-year preferential policy to seven years, which was a very big concession. Such preferential treatment has attracted a large number of people to Moldova. In the first half of the signing of the peace treaty, more than 20,000 people immigrated to Moldova. These people will become the basis of Wallachia's rule.

The preliminary results of Bulgaria's population statistics have also been released, which is about 450,000. In other words, the current population of Wallachia has reached 1.22 million.

There are very few countries with a population of over one million, but there is no upper limit. France has a population of over 10 million, as does the Holy Roman Empire, Britain has 3 million, Bohemia and Hungary have 2 million, and the Ottoman Empire has nearly 4 million. Compared with them, Wallachia is not good enough.

In order to increase the population, Mircea ordered again: if slaves or serfs escape to Wallachia, they will be free. Peter bought some women from Caffa, and with the distribution of spoils, many people got married at one time.

The Principality of Theodore also compromised and obtained all the land of the principality at the price of 50,000 gold coins. And there is also a 200-acre manor.

After acquiring this place, Peter made the Chamber of Commerce's fortress the capital of all the land and named it Aaron. At the same time, he conducted a land census, intending to compete with Genoa.

Peter divided the nobles of the newly conquered land into three categories - the first category was those who resisted him to death; the second category was those who surrendered after being defeated in the war, and there were many of them, much more than the first category; the third category was those who surrendered voluntarily.

Peter was very rude to the first category of nobles. After the noble died in the war, his manor and property were all confiscated, and his family members were all fined as serfs. They were mainly nobles who surrendered to the Ottomans and the Sipahi nobles of the Ottomans.

For the second category of nobles, Peter gave them the right to choose - either leave or sell the territory to him at a discount. Of course, the price would definitely not be too high; or, stay and entrust the territory to Peter, and Peter would pay them about the same income every year according to their current harvest.

The third category of nobles, those who surrendered voluntarily, if they were talented, would retain their territory and enter the government to serve as public officials. Those who have no talent and bad reputation, like the second type of nobles, were treated in the same way as the second type, their estates were entrusted and they were sent to the city to enjoy themselves.

Peter and Mircea also made a fortune in this fight against the Ottomans. Peter alone obtained more than 50,000 ducats of spoils. Not only did he get his money back, but he also made a little money.

Peter also cultivated self-cultivating farmers, which is the foundation of the country. Wallachia grew up in such an atmosphere and will become stronger and stronger.

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The knights under Peter have been reorganized into heavy cavalry, and they began to learn the Wallachian language. Some people originally came from Transylvania, so they are naturally close to Wallachia.

Some knights brought their families here, and in return, Peter gave them land and estates. Among these knights, there was a knight named Wojk who was the first to pledge allegiance to Peter and also brought his family over.

Maybe some people don't know him, but they must know his son Ianku. What, I haven't heard of it? Then you must have heard of his name when he converted to Catholicism: János Hunyadi.

Peter only cares about talent and not background, this is the purpose of establishing a think tank. And this also meets the Eastern Roman recruitment standards, as long as you believe in the Orthodox Church, you can get money and status.

Peter also used ruthless measures to crack down on pagans and criminals. Not only corvée labor, but also other punishments. Peter abolished the harsh punishment and switched to cutting off the body. (In Eastern terms, it is called beheading)

When this punishment came out, they really became honest. And splitting from the middle shocked them greatly. It had a great deterrent effect on them.

Of course, this was still used less. Mainly corvée labor, they undertook most of the construction and some of the farming. This contributed a lot to the construction of Bulgaria, but their beliefs and arrogant behavior destined them to wear chains for the rest of their lives.