Chapter 437 Fusion of East and West

Chapter 437 Fusion of East and West

St. Peter's Basilica in Rome has been completely damaged. Peter wrote to the emperor and proposed to rebuild the church. For now, he will make do with the Lateran Palace.

"Your Highness, the Austrian army has entered Milan, and armies from other countries are also on their way."

Peter thought carefully about his current plan. The army of these people was just a deterrent. If they really come to fight, they will probably worry that they have no ability to fight back, and then they will wait to perish.

"Let the 1st and 2nd Corps move towards Bologna, and the navy must also cooperate with the Naples army to fight against the Aragonese navy."

After giving the order, Peter began to carefully visit the city of seven hills, where figures from the ancient Roman Empire all shined. Now Peter can also leave his mark here and let those people see that he is no worse than others.

In the city of Rome, only a few buildings, such as the Pantheon and the Colosseum, are still relatively well preserved. He just walked in, and his mind flew back to a thousand years ago, how prosperous and powerful Rome was at that time, but unfortunately it disintegrated in a series of crises.

"Your Highness, the people from Siena and Florence are here."

"I thought they didn't dare to come."

They really didn't dare, but the risk of imminent national subjugation still loomed. Although they have joined the anti-Romanian alliance, they are just an atmosphere group if they really want to fight.

For themselves, and even more for the future, they had no choice but to send people to negotiate with Rome, even if they paid tribute every year, as long as they could continue to live.

Peter happily received them and showed them the training of the Roman army. The rows of soldiers and artillery made their legs shake. This is a hammer, so kowtow quickly.

Florence and Siena were willing to pay 100,000 florins to Rome every year and asked the Roman army not to attack them. Peter agreed. He had to keep them anyway, so he might as well let them create value.

In the north, after a long battle, Queen Margaret finally approved the peace talks with Novgrod. Representatives of both parties signed the Treaty of Turku, which included the east of the Torna River and the Gulf of Bologna. The land was sold to Novgorod for 10,000 florins.

The reason why Margaret signed the contract so quickly was that, firstly, the land was really of little value, and secondly, there was trouble in Sweden due to the war, and the nobles demanded more rights, so they could only appease foreign countries first and then solve the problem. Internal worries.

In the Nordic region, the war in the past few months has been considered high-intensity. Mihai succeeded in gaining Finland, which gave Moscow a large area of ​​coastline, and he also controlled the Gulf of Finland.

Moscow had achieved a long-lost victory in expansion. When the Grand Duke heard the news, he immediately let the whole country celebrate. At the same time, he was sure that this was Moscow's luck, and he even prepared to write a will to let Michael succeed as the Grand Duke of Moscow.

Since breaking away from Mongolian control, Moscow's life has been getting better day by day. Since there was no need to pay high tributes, all the money flowed into the pockets of the Grand Duke of Moscow. Vasily could expand his army and force other forces to pay tribute. This is the advantage of forming an alliance with Rome, getting rid of the shackles of Mongolia decades in advance.

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Mircea took over the affairs of the colony during Peter's absence. In fact, he did not do much except approve the construction of six new trading stations in India. At the same time, Rome's first agent plan was also approved to unify Ryukyu by supporting the king of Zhongshan Kingdom in the Ryukyu Islands, and then Rome could gain many benefits here.

Thanks to Eastern trade, Mircea knew a lot of things. Especially in history, there was a founding monarch who was exactly like him, but finally abdicated.

Moreover, he and the queen had four sons, and he also had four sons. The only difference was that only one of the other's four sons died well, while all four of his sons were flourishing throughout Europe.

The famous fraternal rivalry is unlikely to be repeated in Europe, but it can end in the same way as the founding monarch. After all, the empire needs young people.

"Is this the land of the empire?" Mircea asked, looking at the map hanging on the wall of the Eastern Department.

"Yes, Your Majesty, these are for the expansion of the empire."

Mircea was really eye-opening. This kind of thing was usually done by Peter. It was the first time for him to see that the empire had expanded so much land and handed over so much revenue every year.

"Well, I heard there is a saying in the East that the whole world belongs to them, the residents living on the earth are their subjects, and the local rulers are also the subjects of the monarch."

Mircea looked at these places that were Roman territory, and felt that it would be good to become such a monarch.

The empire's reclamation rate was fastest in Ceylon, Formosa and East Africa. Large areas of uncultivated land can be said to be the places of choice for immigrants. The government stipulates that as long as you cultivate here for more than five years, you can get a piece of land with an area of ​​​​200 acres. Those who have made major achievements will receive a part of the land reward.

For a time, many people took ships to the East to cultivate in unknown places. In East Africa, large-scale reclamation centered on Sofia marked the beginning of Rome's penetration into Africa.

Almost all the land reclaimed by immigrants here is planted with crops such as cotton and sugar cane. Don’t ask why they don’t plant food, it’s just not suitable. The output benefits of these crops are dozens of times higher than that of food, and the food can be imported from Rome itself, so there is no problem.

The immigrants in Formosa were influenced by the native East Asians and cultivated wheat and rice as the main crops, with only a small amount of sugarcane cultivated.

At the same time, the recruitment of immigrants here was mainly from the people of the Ming Dynasty. The local government found that compared with the indigenous people who were fighting within Formosa, the Seris people were easy to get along with.

Moreover, their farming talents are simply too high, which is very helpful for them to control this place, so they recruit them in large numbers. Anyone who wants to settle here can get certain subsidies. When landless people in Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Fujian heard about this situation, they secretly went to sea from Ningbo or Guangzhou, and then came to Formosa. As long as they waited a few years, they could get a piece of 100 acres of land. It was a huge profit. (Rewards received by people of other ethnic groups for reclamation are halved)

The area controlled by Rome in Formosa continued to expand, and some tribes converted to Orthodoxy, bringing the population under their control to 5,000, of which 1,000 were Romanians, and the others were Seris and indigenous people. Orthodoxy accounts for half, and the rest are Eastern religions such as Buddhism and Taoism. Romanian became the official language, but Seris was the common language among the people.

In the current civilized state of Formosa, the cooperation with the Seris people must continue. Both parties get what they need, so that the benefits can be long-term and maximized.