The Eagle of Eastern Europe

Since this operation was planned and prepared by Peter, it can only be regarded as his private action and will not rise to the national level.

Now the entire Hungary has become an isolated island in Europe. It is suffering from economic bankruptcy, political turmoil, and the nobles have independent thoughts. If they want to annex this place in the future, they have to take action.

They will start from Belgrade and attack north, but their ultimate goal is not the capital Buda, but the important northern town of Pozzoni.

Peter knew that now was not the time to annex Hungary. First capture the northern area, and then gradually encroach on it. Maybe Sigismund will give it up directly. After all, he has lost half of the land, so what benefit does he still have here.

Moreover, taking advantage of Hungary's low period, nobles from many surrounding countries used gold coins to purchase local land. Peter also spent a third of his funds to see how much he could buy. He would have paid so much today without plundering their assets. Really, those things bought from Hungary could only be sold to Shinra and Castile in a detour. Ya, everything else is on sale. He would be in big trouble if he didn't recover his losses from Hungary. He never did business at a loss.

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Theodore came to Bukul Yesti.

He came here this time to gain more support from Wallachia. Now Morea has been overexpanded, and the original system can no longer adapt to the rapid expansion. In addition, his emperor brother has begun to put pressure, so he can only Find support from in-laws.

He went to see Sophia. She was doing well these days, but her husband spent too much time away from home, which made her miss her a little.

The most important thing for Sofia now is to give birth to an heir, which is what Lady Maria values. But she couldn't call her son back, so she thought about letting her daughter-in-law go and be with him. It would be fine after a while.

Theodore met with Mircea. Theodore greeted them with greetings as soon as they arrived, and the atmosphere quickly became harmonious, just like a family gathering.

"You've been quite busy recently, haven't you?"

"It's okay. Even though I regained my homeland, I will inevitably miss it a little bit."

Larissa and Athens were once part of the Roman Empire. Now that they are back, some sadness and longing naturally arise.

"I miss these places, so of course I miss Anatolia, Egypt, and Sicily too, right?"

Mircea suddenly mentioned these places, and Theodore didn't know how to answer for a while. After all, these places have been lost for two hundred years at least.

"Now that we have defeated the Ottomans and recovered a lot of land, these places will come back sooner or later. But now the two countries need to face it together. I wonder if you are willing?"

Such straightforward words almost made Theodore slip. He never thought that Wallachia wanted not only an alliance, but also something else.

"Think about it, we have ruled almost the entire Balkans, not just here, but Anatolia, Syria, Jerusalem, Sicily, and Egypt. These will all come back one day. Do you want to give up such an opportunity and try to get it with great difficulty? land to the helpless nobles of Constantinople?"

"They enjoy our achievements but are unwilling to pay any wealth. It's okay not to want such nobles."

Mircea spoke fiercely, and Theodor even broke out in a cold sweat. He was very aware of the methods of this in-law and his son-in-law. In the past few years, he had killed at least three digits of nobles. The nobles in Constantinople are greedy, ignorant, and ignorant. They only know their own property and forget about their mission. The emperor cannot solve them because he relied on these nobles to get here. How can he basically kill himself? The principle of disk.

To be honest, he was no longer interested in the change of dynasties. In the crumbling ship of the Roman Empire, no one was thinking about how to repair it, but how to preserve their property. When the Ottoman Empire declared to its Eastern Roman ministers that it respected their private property rights, they all believed it and submitted to the conquerors.

Within the Eastern Roman Empire, there were constant court struggles, centrifugal local forces, corruption and lewdness among the aristocrats, and the upper class of society was clearly divided into pro-Pope (or pro-Western European) faction, pro-Ottoman Empire faction, and those opposed to Western Europe and the Roman Pope. The Orthodox sects who also opposed the Ottoman Empire were infighting and incompatible with each other, so much so that some people believed that the Eastern Roman Empire would not be destroyed.

In this case, why not find a ruler who can bring hope to Rome's prosperity, just like Alexios hundreds of years ago, pulling the Roman Empire out of the brink of danger. Wallachia also needed the status of the Roman Empire to enhance its prestige and gain international status. Although they were once part of the Roman Empire, that was thousands of years ago, so Mircea needed a status boost like Charlemagne did. The best was the Roman Empire.

"I don't know what the consequences will be, but I know Basilius will not accept your offer."

"They are not expected to accept it. After all, their options are running out, unless they are willing to risk excommunication and go to Rome and Paris."

Theodore didn't have any objections, and he didn't dare to have any objections. If it weren't for his daughter, he would probably have to explain this today. Even if they had to resist, Moria's size was not comparable to that of Wallachia. Therefore, he had only one way to agree.

However, this kind of strategy to force the palace also gave enough benefits, such as unified tariffs, a fee of 200,000 silver lei, closer cooperation, etc. Anyway, I don’t have a son, so I don’t have to worry about inheritance.

Grand Duke Mircea of ​​Wallachia and Despot Theodore of Morea signed a treaty in Bukur Yesti. In addition to the above conditions, Morea also leased the port of Piraeus in Athens to Wallachia. , when Wallachia sent troops, Morea had to provide soldiers to fight, or a part of the money.

The sudden approach between the two countries made Venice very nervous. The local governor of Venice sent people to inquire about the news, but found nothing. It was just such a treaty. Moreover, some Venetian families made a lot of money in Wallachia, and they did not want to see it. I tried my best to suppress such a report.

More and more trade was conducted by Wallachian and Greek merchants, leaving Venice involved only in providing transport services. As a result, this transportation service is also being taken away by Wallachia, and Antonio, the Governor of Venice, has begun to think about how to counterattack. Excluding the last resort of war, there is only a trade embargo, but even this has encountered problems recently.

Because of the counterfeit currency incident in Hungary, some Venetian businessmen also suffered heavy losses. They withdrew money from the bank. As a result, the bank was unable to bear it. The small bank went bankrupt and half of Venice was affected to varying degrees. But even so, they did not Cut naval expenses and prepare for land expansion to divert attention.