The Eagle of Eastern Europe

Mircea had entered Bohemia and had the support of the citizens of Brno. As for the nobles, they were still in Prague and had not returned. They wrote to Mircea saying that they would give His Majesty the Emperor a grand welcome banquet there.

The imperial prestige brought about by the emperor's tours was increasing, and Peter's policy decisions at the Castle were also affecting the new country.

"Your Highness, the Sultan very much hopes to live in peace with your country. What happened before was purely accidental and was done by the Venetians who escaped."

The Mamluk envoys spoke to Peter about peace and friendship between the two countries, but Peter was not interested at all.

"If your country really wants to live in peace, you won't let this happen."

What is this thing?

After the trade in the Roman Empire recovered, the Mamluks also benefited a lot from it. But this is only limited to the upper class nobles and government personnel, and the lives of the people at the bottom are even more difficult. Especially those merchants and laborers. A large amount of Eastern trade was taken over by Roman merchants and the East India Company, but they could only do business in the desert, otherwise they would be prepared to go bankrupt.

What's even more irritating is what kind of agreement Constantinople and Cairo signed. Roman merchants only need to pay 2% tax to do business in Egypt, but locals have to pay various taxes, such as poll tax, commercial tax, city entry tax, etc. As a result, local Egyptian merchants are naturally inferior to Rome. Businessman.

This made them more and more resentful, and even the Coptic Church was hostile to them. Some robbery attacks occurred from time to time, but just a week ago, a group of thugs broke into the Roman merchants' residential area in Cairo and killed 16 Roman merchants. After finishing, they ran directly into the Al-Azhar Temple and were attacked. Protection of the Patriarch. The local people also applauded, thinking that these Roman businessmen had robbed their interests and must die.

This tragedy naturally spread to Rome. The Mamluks felt that this would cause a war between the two countries, so they sent envoys to cool down the situation.

"This situation was completely unexpected. Sudan wanted to protect your businessmen, but it happened too suddenly. Our country expresses sadness for the tragedy that occurred."

"Sadly, if your country really wanted to protect our businessmen, then this matter would never have happened."

Peter's angry expression gave the messenger the impression that he was declaring war on them.

"Your Highness, please listen to me. The two countries should not go to war over this matter. Besides, your country has just returned from victory and should rest and recuperate."

“Moreover, the current situation in your country is not very good.

This is a threat. The Mamluks know that Rome and the Ottomans are fighting to the death. If a war breaks out in the future, Cairo may join the war. They can find any excuse at will. Anyway, the caliphate is in their hands.

"About this, I think someone will give you a more detailed explanation, but I hope your country can understand that the empire is not the previous regime that only retreated to Constantinople. Whoever hinders the empire will be destroyed like Venice."

The messenger didn't say anything, and the eunuch beside him took him down. And Peter lost his temper for the first time since he left.

"Damn infidels, don't be complacent just because you have defeated the Eastern army. One day I will break through your holy place. I want to see what is in that black house."

Peter hated these people so much that he wouldn't even look at them if he didn't hold a key position. Now the colonial enterprise cannot be stopped, we can only think about solving the Ottomans first.

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A childish voice sounded, and Alexander ran over, followed by Sophia and Theodosius.

"Why are you here today? Shouldn't you be in the garden normally?"

"Alexander said he missed it, so I brought him here. I didn't disturb your work, right?"

Peter shook his head, and then kissed his eldest son. It made Alexander laugh. This prince who was born in the new century is undoubtedly the happiest member of the royal family. As the second-in-line heir to the empire, Alexander's future journey was arranged by his grandfather. If he were not too young, his marriage would also be arranged.

Peter also understood the social responsibilities that the eldest son had to bear, and he would undergo enlightenment education in a few months. Mircea had very high hopes for this person. In addition to the teachers hired for Alexander, they included Romanian, Greek, Latin, history, geography, etc., which made Peter wonder if he had given Stefan to him.

Who says the life of a prince is easy? Look at Philip II of Spain. He worked from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., just like a Spanish version of Yongzheng.

"It's time to study in a few days. You must study hard. Your responsibilities are heavier than others."

Peter spoke earnestly and sincerely to Alexander, while the little prince nodded vigorously. Sofia couldn't stand it anymore and softly scolded her husband. He shouldn't let the child have such a heavy burden.

"If he were an idle prince, I wouldn't be like this, but he is the future heir of the empire, and he must learn how to govern this huge country."

When Alexander was older, Peter would have people teach him military knowledge. The teachers selected from the University of Constantinople and the library were all top talents. The prince also grew up with the hope of Rome's revival, hoping that he could restore the territory and culture of the Roman Empire.

Before that, Peter had to pave the way for his son. Using the increasing fiscal revenue year by year to carry out military and other construction, in fact the income of 1.2 million gold lei was low even for the Komnenos Dynasty. This is because Peter simplified some taxes and re-established tax agencies to collect taxes directly, rather than the tax farming system used in Western European countries. In order to increase the population, we have to make some concessions in taxes.

Mircea issued an order after the start of the Venetian War that all foreign merchants must pay taxes. Unless the emperor personally approves tax exemptions, they must pay taxes at the same rate as domestic merchants.

This move brought an annual revenue of 80,000 lei to the empire. As for the idea of ​​a consumption tax proposed by Peter, it ended in partial failure after practice. Because there were too many types of goods, luxury goods such as spices, ivory, and salt were Government-controlled consumer goods were levied, but doing so would cause prices to rise. Fortunately, the people did not say anything.

As for construction, most of it is focused on infrastructure construction. For example, bridges, canals, roads connecting various places, as well as water conservancy projects for irrigating farmland, etc. Moreover, the government also encourages the construction of water conservancy road projects in various places. For example, part of the road connecting Cluj to Bukur Yesti is sponsored by local businessmen.