Chapter 426
The weather in Constantinople has finally cooled down a bit, and in the square in the city center, a makeshift execution platform awaits executions.
Scrooge was sitting in the prison car waiting for the death penalty. There were already many people yelling at him on both sides of the street, and he was already numb.
He was originally going to be hanged, but His Majesty the Emperor was particularly generous and changed it to beheading.
He wouldn't say anything grandiose about becoming a good man again twenty years later, but he would slowly move towards his ending.
"Your Majesty, the traitor has been executed."
"Um"
Mircea had no tolerance for the rebels and would not even think about any peace talks. He thought he had been kind enough to Venice, but he ended up being ungrateful on their part.
In order to remember this lesson, Mircea wanted to have someone write an article to record this incident, and let the world see how ungrateful and unfaithful these people were.
"I thought I treated every subject kindly, but I didn't expect there would always be people who would challenge the emperor's order."
It had been a tortured few months, and Mircea never wanted to leave any trace of Venice again. Destroy it.
The emperor now especially likes to listen to Eastern books, but those histories are too boring, but he is interested in different historical explanations. For example, in a book called "Shishuoxinyu", a talented man wrote a poem in seven steps, and the story of two people who were greedy for life and feared death and fled by boat was very eye-catching.
The translation movement in universities and libraries has increased a lot of knowledge. Scholars marvel at the advanced technology and theories of the East, but they also find it difficult to understand the historical figures among them.
"Let me tell you, this country called Song is sorry for its ministers. What was supposed to be an immediate reversal turned out to be a peaceful situation, and no one would do it unless the monarch asked for peace."
"Not only that, they often lose money to other countries, and they win the war. I've never seen anything so strange."
Scholars feel strange about the Song Dynasty. On the one hand, its economy, science and culture reached its peak. On the other hand, it suffered repeated defeats in foreign wars and paid large amounts of compensation. It didn't matter if it lost. The problem was that it paid compensation if it won. Their monarch was Not a coward per capita?
"But their ministers are good. One prime minister stepped forward and made great contributions to the country."
"No, I remember it was this prime minister who pushed the precarious kingdom into the abyss."
Another scholar refutes this view. He believes that trade needs to develop on its own. The government's policy is to protect normal trading activities from crime and at the same time ensure that it does not compete with the people for profit. Only in this way can we promote the growth of national wealth.
"What is your point of view? The country should invest resources in production and collect more taxes from industries with high profits. This is the long-term way for the empire to not allow businessmen to become powerful."
The movement led by this prime minister has divided scholars. After all, the books that can be consulted are highly controversial and the accuracy is difficult to guarantee. However, the policies implemented impressed them. Whether it was water conservancy projects or official loans, they all had the color of protecting agricultural farmers and inhibiting mergers. This is also what they admire.
There were so many imported books that learning Eastern languages became a trend among university students. The salary offered by the library to translators is very generous, and you can also learn knowledge while translating. There are usually many people applying for such positions.
Of course, the history here is the most divergent, especially the history of the Song Dynasty. Different people have different ideas regarding the national reforms led by the prime minister and the two-party struggle in the following decades. And it has spread to universities, where discussions have become one of the most important issues.
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After several months of sailing, Mason finally returned to Constantinople. This time he specially inspected the route from Andreiburg to Constantinople and worked out the safest route.
Zanzibar to Andreborg is the most important route in the south, and Sofia is an important node connecting the north-south route, so large-scale immigration and construction are needed to turn it into a permanent base.
"Sir, there is news from Formosa that we were attacked by local people there and 10 people died."
Formosa was one of the fastest-growing colonies of Rome. Many local people converted to Orthodoxy and relied on its geographical location for transit trade. The land was fertile and the forests were in an undeveloped state, which attracted many people to settle. In the local capital, there are already 2,000 indigenous people, 600 Seris, and 200 Romans.
The arrival of the Seris brought advanced production technology to Formosa. The authorities estimate that they reclaimed land and cultivated sugar cane, and were exempted from some taxes. And they spent a lot of money to import cattle from other places to develop production. The Seris people also built waterwheels and other facilities to irrigate farmland.
The senior officials were surprised by the other party's high talent for farming, so they took great care of him. And Roman merchant ships explored along the coastline many times, eventually drawing a rough map of the island.
The entire Formosa area is large, but the population is very small. There are no towns or ports found in the area. It seems that they are all in the mountains. The forests here are rich, and there are also sika deer, and deer skin is the largest export to Japan, because local samurai like to use deer skin to make armor.
Formosa began to export deer skins and other agricultural products in exchange for daily necessities, and some indigenous people also saw their things and took out their own things to trade. Over time, a kind of foreign goods market appeared.
There are a lot of unknown areas waiting for them to explore, and every exploration and investment can be rewarded tenfold or even a hundredfold. At the same time, it can also suppress the heretics.
Crescent religion already existed in northern Srivijaya, and Rome began to expel these religions after entering Southeast Asia. As the power of the Arabs weakened, the Crescent Cult gradually shrank in scope. In the north, Paramesura and ministers of Malacca converted to Orthodoxy, and relied on the trade wealth brought by Roman merchants to organize an army to attack the Kingdom of Ayutthaya in the north. Some indigenous people also converted to Orthodoxy and sent their children there. Study in a church school.
Due to the expansion of trade, the Romans entered Java, Kalimantan and other islands for the first time. The local aborigines were still in the semi-civilized or city-state era. Roman merchants took over their foreign trade and successfully established contact with Majapahit. There is one more trading partner.
When Mason was in Sofia, he learned about the current expansion of Rome, which was generally very good. Even local assimilation and immigration are still not ideal. They want to gain profits, not charity. Don't force them to turn colonial resettlement into colonial exploitation, and they don't want to go around fighting rebellions.