Chapter 82: Is Osman unable to collect the money or is he seeking revenge?

Chapter 82: Is Osman unable to collect the money or is he seeking revenge?

In Hungary's Buda Palace, Queen Mary is admiring the scenery in the garden. As a queen who ruled jointly with her husband Sigismund, Mary did not have any big ambitions. She just wanted to spend her life quietly in the palace. Therefore, political affairs were generally left to Sigismund.

Recently, Sigismund began to make overtures to her. He also stayed in her room many times. Mary knew that he wanted a child, and as a wife, it was difficult to refuse, so she did this and that.

"Any news lately?" Queen Mary asked.

"Your Majesty, His Majesty the King has given 20 more manors to the following. Apart from these, it is Wallachia."

Mary's curiosity about Wallachia was aroused. She didn't know how this small country suddenly became a topic. When she heard that Wallachia defeated the Ottomans, she made an exception and went to the church to honor the warriors who fought against the pagans. pray.

"That Grand Duke should be older than Zigmund."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Grand Duke's eldest son is already 13 years old."

Queen Mary stopped asking here. No one knew what she was thinking. (Okay, let’s go too far, come back)

Back in Bulgaria, Peter's behavior towards Catholicism caused protests from the local church. A bishop brought a protest letter asking Peter to stop persecuting them. Peter accepted it but did not agree.

If you want to blame, blame them for doing too many bad things before. Now I can't bear just liquidation, my ability to bear it is too weak.

At the same time, Peter also opened the treasury and distributed some money to the common people, which quickly won their hearts. It also reduces resistance to policy implementation.

Sofia serves as the front line against the Ottomans. Cossacks and the most elite Guards Corps are gathered here. The Bulgarian Legion led by Constantine is responsible for the defense in the direction of Burgas.

After his service in Sipasi ended, Bayezid has basically regained his strength. The conquest of Anatolia and the tribute from vassals restored most of the treasury, and Bayezid felt that he was doing well again, but he still needed to accumulate strength and strive to invade Wallachia in one fell swoop after the armistice treaty ended.

Moreover, instead of staring at Wallachia, it is better to stare at other countries, such as the mayor of Constantinople. This is a bone stuck in God's throat and cannot be removed.

But Bayezid also received news that Wallachia was stationing troops on the border to prepare for war, and some Sipaxi who had been captured privately were also killed by them. The body was hung on a stake, which frightened the nearby lords.

He understood that this was a demonstration on the other side and asked the Sultan to control his soldiers. He wished he could just lead his troops to fight, but he would have a bad reputation for tearing up the agreement. So he must let the opponent take the initiative to tear it apart.

When Sipahi failed to plunder Wallachia, he plundered the Orthodox subjects of the Ottoman Empire. Merchants were often robbed, farmers' taxes were doubled, and labor was increased to four days a week.

Faced with oppression, some people decided to take risks and fled to Wallachia with their families. If they were caught, they would face even more severe punishments.

In order to catch them, a patrol team was formed in Sipashi on the border and wandered around the border every day. But some peasants still fled to Wallachia by water or from Serbia. The news they brought also made Peter understand that Osman had begun to squeeze money and people.

In the next confrontation, Ottoman may use the name of jihad. Because this can produce a large amount of cannon fodder, which is very resistant to the front line, and from Umayyad to Ottoman, they all used this excuse to attack cities and seize territory.

"I really don't know, they just created a religion and it turned out to be so destructive?" Nicholas complained to Peter next to him after seeing the history book of the Umayyad Dynasty hundreds of years ago.

"It's not that the religion is strong, but that they are lenient towards their subjects and their efforts to win over the local nobles are quite strong. This is the reason why they can take root."

It is very easy for New Moon to take a fancy to the weaknesses of Christianity. As long as you pay your taxes on time, you can do whatever you want.

In addition, people in other places coveted the fertile land of Christianity, so they naturally joined in and relied on holy war to obtain spoils.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. In a few years, I will find you a wife."

Peter began to make fun of Nikolai's marriage, because Nikolai was rebellious at the same age as him and did not even look at the wife his father found for him. He wanted to be independent.

"Sir, stop teasing me. Don't you have one too?"

"At least you can still choose. I'd better think about it again!"

There was no freedom in the heir's marriage, and Peter had to obey his parents' arrangements. Of course, it would be fine if he found someone with allies, but the problem was that there was no such thing.

But as everyone knows, allies can sometimes become vassals. If you can choose a country to support marriage, it will also be very beneficial to ruling the Balkans.

Peter looked at the Morea Despot in the Peloponnese, and stabbed it hard with a quill. It's him.

The Ottoman land in the Balkans still exceeds 150,000 square kilometers, and it is also mountainous and coastline. Wallachia might die if it swallowed it in one gulp, so if one country could divide it evenly, then assimilation would be a good option.

The shipyard in Constanta submitted documents to Peter. The construction of 10 various sailing ships ordered by the government has been completed, and most of the 120 small boats have been completed. This was the first navy of Wallachia.

Navy personnel cannot be recruited casually. They must have good water skills and be familiar with local hydrological conditions. Therefore, they can only be recruited from fishermen and offshore traders.

Navy training must be doubled, with twice the time and money. This is inevitable.

Since the Black Sea is an inland sea, Peter temporarily used the carrack as a warship. And equipped with artillery and flame launchers, these will be the general trend in future naval battles.

It will take at least several years for naval construction to take off. Venice and Genoa are not vegetarians. Even in the era when the Ottoman army was strong, the navy was in a mess. It was not until the arrival of Hayreddin Pasha that the Ottoman navy gradually gained victory. However, in the naval battle of Lepanto, the Ottomans suffered heavy losses. Even though they recovered quickly, it was just like that because they focused on the army.

In addition to independent construction, the navy can also be leased from Genoa. But Peter would never use this road, it would be suicide.

However, all independent construction is time-consuming, laborious and expensive. Some people who wanted to be lazy talked to Peter about renting from Genoa, and were almost punished by the governor.