Chapter 166 Expanding Central Europe

These countries are too small, and I don't know why the Grand Duke signed such a treaty with them. Even Venice disdained to sign a commercial treaty with them, but Wallachia liked it very much.

Even if Wallachia annexed them, these countries had no way to do it, because their armies had been completely lost in the previous war against the Ottomans. It can be said that at this time they were no different from lambs to be slaughtered.

Of course, the Grand Duke gave them another choice. Since they were so nervous, they should sell the land to him. Anyway, there was not much money in these places, so it was better to sell it and go somewhere else.

This proposal made them excited. Wouldn't it be better to buy a manor in Italy or the Holy Roman Empire with the money? Because of the expansion of the Ottomans, the output of their own territory was getting less and less. Even if they wanted to sell it, no one wanted it. Now someone wanted to buy it, so why not sell it?

Anyway, it was their own, so they sold it. This was the Balkans, not Western Europe, and it was not so safe here.

Mircea did this to quickly unify the Balkans. If they could unify it by diplomatic means, they would not use military means. Although there will be some governance problems, he believes that he can overcome them. If not, there is Peter.

Peter has been a little bored recently, and he doesn't know what else to do. Otherwise, go to Adrian to drag Murad out for a chat?

However, his batch of wine is very well received, especially by the Cossacks. When asked what kind of wine it is, Peter thought about it and said that it was a new discovery recently, called fire water.

The spicy taste and stimulating feeling are very suitable for the Cossacks' appetite. A large number of orders were placed instantly, which made Peter very busy. You know, these wines are just the first taste and have not been mass-produced, so he quickly upgraded the production equipment and recruited people to try to meet their needs.

The first batch of 100 bottles of fire water was quickly snatched up. If Peter hadn't promised that there would be more later, they would have protested, and he also said that whoever kills the most enemies can get more fire water.

With this promise, the combat effectiveness of the Cossacks doubled. In the Hungarian battle, they tied up the energy of many rulers. Their destructive power turned many villages into ashes, and a large amount of wealth was lost. Some nobles no longer supported him.

The number of immigrants from Italy and Rus was still increasing. Most of the immigrants from Rus were farmers who had lost their land and escaped slaves, while those from Italy were craftsmen, urban citizens and intellectuals. The examination system for selecting officials in Wallachia was very attractive to them. With the mentality of giving it a try, they came to this Orthodox country and relied on the examination requirements to convert.

There were more and more multiculturalism in Wallachia, which Peter could not accept. He relied on his own identity to vigorously encourage Orthodox Christianity and Wallachian-Greek culture. The Wallachian dictionary was vigorously promoted, and Serbs and Bulgarians were dispersed and distributed. The church also became a helper of the government, and a large number of paintings and literature came out from here.

Immigrants from the Rus region easily integrated into Wallachia, but immigrants from the West were not easy. Some poor people surrendered to Wallachia for a living, but some craftsmen and intellectuals disdained to associate with them and went back after scolding Wallachia.

Despite this, some craftsmen still settled here. They brought the most advanced industrial technology in Western Europe and improved the handicraft industry in Wallachia. Textiles and mining were the two fastest-growing industries.

In addition, the speed of industries such as winemaking and breeding was also not small. Especially wine, it was even exported to Western Europe. Some places even beat Burgundy wine, which made the Duke of Burgundy order a ban on the import of any Wallachian wine, although he also thought it was good.

The conditions in Eastern Europe were better than those in Western Europe, but it was vulnerable to attacks by nomadic peoples. This is why Eastern Europe has always lagged behind Western Europe, because they acted as a shield for Britain and France.

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In Hungary, the civil war that lasted for nearly five months was finally coming to an end. The Transylvanian army crossed the Tisza River and conquered Debrecen. Seeing this, Sigismund could only negotiate with Mary.

Representatives of both parties signed an agreement in Debrecen to recognize the Principality of Transylvania. The two countries used Debrecen and the Tisza River as the boundary. In exchange, Mary recognized Sigismund as the King of Hungary, but if he had no male heir, then the throne must go to Mary.

The Hungarian Civil War ended, but the five-month war completely changed Hungary. The original Great Hungary was irreversible. The Orthodox Church successfully expanded its sphere of influence to the west of the Carpathian Mountains and had a great impact on Hungary's economic system.

Of course, Sigismund kept his throne. He only needed a male heir to eliminate the danger of Mary inheriting the throne, so he hurriedly selected from the Holy Roman Empire and finally chose a noble daughter named Barbara and married her on a chosen day.

For Mary, this was her first time to monopolize power. She finally didn't have to see Sigismund's face. In order to prepare for the next war, she had to seize the time to govern and build good relations with Wallachia.

As for Belgrade, Mary only ruled on the surface, but it was actually an enclave of Wallachia. The garrison and officials here were all sent by Wallachia, and many Wallachians were also immigrated. The situation where Serbs were in the majority was replaced, and this place was gradually becoming a Wallachian city.

According to the agreement, Mary handed over three cities including Busorav to the Chamber of Commerce, and the Chamber of Commerce handed them over to Peter. As a large number of Catholics moved away, Peter established a three-year tax exemption decree for these cities. And the local Catholic church was converted into an Orthodox church, and the influence of Catholicism must be eliminated to the greatest extent.

Transylvania was also under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Wallachia, with the bishop's seat in Cluj, and the Wallachian language began to be promoted. Transylvania was an independent country on the surface, but in fact it was already a vassal of Wallachia.

Wallachia's layout in the south and the west had been successful, and the entire Balkans were already his family's place. As long as they waited a few more years, they could send troops to seize all the Ottoman lands in the Balkans, and then it would be another territory of Alexius. As long as they worked harder, Basil II's territory would not be impossible.

Mircea sent people to congratulate Mary on her victory and invited her to go to Bukuryesti in the future to attend Peter's wedding and coming-of-age ceremony. Mary also agreed. If it weren't for Peter, she would probably have died. She must repay this favor.

In the alliance treaty between Wallachia and Transylvania, Transylvania would unconditionally support any military action of Wallachia, and Wallachia would guarantee the other's safety and support her claims in all of Hungary. The mutual support between the two countries laid the foundation for a series of subsequent events.