Chapter 581: Big Discussion
"Mother, these earrings are too important to you, I can't have them!" Elizabeth realized the meaning behind these jewelry and hurriedly returned them to her mother.
"Take it, I don't need it anymore. And it will continue to bless you, my daughter!" Now her daughter is going to be the future queen of Romania.
She pointed to the long wedding dress and beautiful robe on the bed and said, "These are given to you by your father. They are all the best fabrics bought from Rome, and then embroidered for you by the best weavers.
These things can only express our feelings a little bit. We are reluctant to marry you off. Because of the wedding customs, adult men cannot enter your boudoir at this time. Your father asked me to say something to you. He hopes that after you get married, you will do your best to be the hostess."
Every time she told her, Elizabeth nodded vigorously. The two talked for a while before her mother left the room.
Elizabeth wiped away her tears and looked at the wedding ornaments covering the bed alone, a little dazed.
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"Brother, long time no see."
"Long time no see, are you doing well?"
Mikhail and Peter got together to greet each other. Next to them, Alexei and Theodore were bragging in various ways, trying to blow the other's way.
"I heard that you have gained a large area. Congratulations."
"No, it was easy. Although Kazan resisted strongly, it still failed. This shows that Russia will definitely conquer the East until the end of the continent."
Under the leadership of Mikhail, Russia took the first step to conquer the East: occupying the Khanate of Kazan.
Under the influence of the butterfly effect, the Khanate of Kazan was forced to come out decades ahead of schedule. Because the chaos of the disintegration of the Golden Horde also affected Kazan, the situation there was not very good.
In order to control the Volga River, Russia decided to attack Kazan. Mikhail personally led 50,000 troops and 40 artillery pieces to bomb Kazan for a month. In the end, he used tunnels to bury explosives to blow up the city gate and finally occupied Kazan.
After the fall of Kazan, other places also surrendered one after another. Russia added hundreds of thousands of people and a large amount of arable land, and completely controlled the upper reaches of the Volga River. This is very beneficial to Russia's future.
But there are still some Mongolian Tatar nobles who fled to the East and set up a central government to compete with Russia. It seems that we have to continue to move forward.
Under Mihaly's governance, the Russian economy developed rapidly. Although Russian agriculture was difficult to advance under the influence of serfdom, industry and commerce developed rapidly. Moscow, Novgorod, Smolensk and other important commercial cities. Mihaly also built a castle on the Baltic coast north of Novgorod and named it Petersburg. And built a town in southern Finland for easy control.
"Now the relationship between Russia and Romania is very close, but there are still some problems on the Polish issue."
Speaking of this, Mihaly got angry. It was agreed that the eastern part of the Vistula River belonged to Russia. Why did the third brother suddenly regret it? This is not good for him, or is it a counter-espionage plan by other countries.
"I'll take care of this issue for you, and it will definitely be resolved satisfactorily. Now just wait to attend Alexander's wedding."
"That's right."
Mikhail, the Russian Tsar, was still doing well, but he needed funds, so he could only set up a monopoly on some furs and impose taxes on salt, which increased his income and allowed him to do more things.
Another policy he made was that no matter who you were, as long as you worked and lived locally, you had to pay taxes, regardless of your beliefs and nationality. This expanded the source of taxes and allowed more bureaucrats to manage and increase control over the grassroots.
With sufficient finances and the conquest of Kazan, Mihaly decided to build a new church in Moscow and expand the palace where he lived. This palace was also called a fortress in the city, and tens of thousands of serfs began to work day and night to complete it in the shortest time.
In the Burgundy Ambassador's House in Constantinople, there were ambassadors from eight countries, including Savoy, Milan, Aragon, and Castile. They gathered here to discuss the issue of the anti-Roman alliance again.
Although it was impolite to say this when the Crown Prince's wedding was approaching, it was too late. The Bartlan family's erosion of Europe was too fast. Someone got the news from somewhere that Peter was going to unify Europe and become the only Augustus. This scared them out of their wits. With Rome's strength, it was really possible, and they could only make meaningless resistance.
This was the reason for today's gathering. They decided to formally form the second anti-Roman alliance. The previous ones were informal, and this time it was formal, indicating that their plan had begun to be implemented.
"According to the recent intelligence obtained from Sicily, Tunisia has had their navy disguised as pirates to repeatedly harass Naples and Roman ships, and has gained a lot."
The Aragonese ambassador spoke first. This news was good news that had been long missed. As long as Rome or its allies were defeated, it would be good news. It seemed that they did not dare to expect too much.
"As the last pure land, Burgundy will lead you to take back the land that belongs to us and drive away the pagans. Andalusia, Switzerland, Venice, and Rome."
The lands mentioned by the Burgundian ambassador made them feel full of power. As long as they gave an order, they could sweep through thousands of troops. In this way, they could also be canonized after death.
"Now Tunisia has caused them trouble. We only need to let Egypt send troops to cause trouble to Rome, and we can solve Andalusia within two months and take back Normandy."
After these two places are taken back, England will be an isolated island overseas and there will be no threat. Brandenburg will be attacked from both sides by Burgundy and Poland, and the remaining Rome and Russia will not be enough.
"Well said, the failure of the last time must not be repeated. This is for us and for God."
The second alliance seems to be more united and more powerful. In order to avoid the situation of the first time, everyone nominated the Duke of Burgundy as the commander-in-chief to lead the army. Everyone will divide the future results of the war according to the number of troops they send out. In addition to Rome going to the Pope, Normandy going to Burgundy, Castile taking back Andalusia, Brandenburg to the Solon family, Austria taking Switzerland and Venice, etc. Of course, they will not do things too extreme. If Rome gives up the western Mediterranean, it can still be recognized, and then recognize the King of England and the Russian Tsar. As for the one in Brandenburg, he can be given the title of Duke of Westphalia, which is not an insult to him.