The Eagle of Eastern Europe

The changes in Anatolia could not be hidden from Constantinople. The Mamluks sent people to contact Peter as expected. The union of two countries with the same religion put a lot of pressure on Rome.

If a war breaks out now, Rome can dispatch 50,000 troops within a month, and northern Ukraine can also dispatch 10,000 troops and Cossacks. As long as it keeps suppressing the Ottomans, half of the blood can be shed even if there is no direct conflict.

For Rome, population is the resource that needs to be restored the most. Due to local expansion and the recovery of agriculture, the local population growth rate has increased a lot, with Wallachia and Moldova being the highest, followed by Bulgaria, Serbia, Smyrna and other places. The population growth in some places prompted them to migrate to Anatolia and Illyria, as well as to seek livelihood overseas or in cities.

The land near Ansela has been reclaimed, and the local policy of returning livestock to farming has been implemented. Some places that were not suitable for pasture were all converted into farmland, and small-scale tribal people were forced to settle and taught farming. Immigrants can also get preferential conditions to settle in new lands.

"Your Highness, our country's current population has reached 9 million, and it will take a few years to return to the population of John II's time.

Peter listened to the population report. The current population growth rate is about 1.25% to 1.5%. This result is already among the best in Europe.

"How many immigrants are there?"

"The largest number of immigrants came from Hungary, Bohemia, Lithuania and Naples. Most of them settled and cultivated land in Anatolia and Ukraine. They were all poor people. After hearing the offer, they all knelt down to express gratitude to His Majesty."

Peter nodded. Now he only needs to unify Anatolia, and the empire can consider regaining Egypt. I really don’t know how it took more than ten years to unify the East, which is so big.

"Now we need to continue to deliver supplies, and soldiers must continue to train."

Peter explained the next policy. The situation of large landowners in Anatolia was basically gone. The Roman version of the military merit-granting of land and land to the tiller policies promoted agricultural development. In order to have more labor force, farmers will naturally have more children, so the population will increase.

In terms of cultural education, Peter ordered many scholars at the University of Constantinople to compile an encyclopedia, in which various books were included. At the same time, the newly established Examination Yuan began a national unified selection examination. After passing the local examination, candidates from all over the country need to go to the capital to take the final examination. For those who fail, the government will give them travel expenses home, which is also respect for intellectuals.

These policies are things that other countries would not even dare to think of. Even people living in Northern Italy are willing to serve the empire. A reverse migration began. Some people who could not survive or wanted to make contributions came to settle in Rome and became farmers, businessmen, soldiers, and officials, working together to contribute to the future of the empire.

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When Mircea left Prague, the mayor sent him off in tears. Because the emperor is here, Prague's funds have been exhausted. Not only that, the city government also owes the Hanseatic League 100,000 florins, all of which need to be paid by the citizens.

What, if you want to collect taxes from the nobles, then you think you will die too slowly. Who dares to offend the nobles? It's better to bite the bullet and endure it.

Mircea, the country of Brandenburg, also took a look around. It was full of swamps, wastelands, closed farms, and the arrogant Catholic Church. The capital is only a small town of 2,000 people. Vlad also saw that it would be difficult to rule here, and he would have to learn from his elder brother.

Mircea's trip this time shocked many Central European countries. Small countries have completely surrendered, and some unwillingly turned to Sigismund, hoping that he could drive out the heretics.

Speaking of this Shinra Emperor, Jobst felt that it was useless. Apart from the high title, there is not much else left. The emperor of an empire often serves as the king of several countries. The king is real and the emperor is imaginary. This is called reality within imaginary. It won't work if it's completely false. You can't mobilize troops, you can't collect taxes, and you're just waiting for the princes to ride on your neck and shit.

What looks like an empire is actually just a loose confederation. The empire has more than 300 kingdoms and 1,500 knights' estates under its command. The emperor of the empire is just a fictitious position, has no real power, and is not easy to speak. The capital of the empire was not fixed either. Prague and Augsburg were both capitals. Such a country would be better off disbanded.

In France, a civil war led by the Orleans faction and the Burgundian faction began. An alliance was established against John and his supporters by Bernard VII, Duke of Armagnac, father-in-law of Charles, Duke of Orleans. The wedding gave the Orleans faction a new leader, making the Duke of Armagnac the protector of Charles and his mother, Valentina Visconti, and the Orleans faction was renamed Armagnac. Other members of this alliance included the Dukes of Berry, Bourbon, and Brittany, and the Counts of Alencon and Clement.

Bernard VII formed a band of robbers called the "Flayed Men" to plunder Paris and surrounding suburbs. The Duke of Burgundy entered Paris with sixty thousand men and attacked the Bretons. Although he eventually withdrew from Paris, he later made a surprise attack and defeated the "Flayed Man".

Britain took advantage of the situation and took advantage of the relationship between the two parties to provide support to both. The Armagnacs made a treaty with King Henry IV of England, ceding Guyenne and recognizing the English suzerainty in Poitou and Angoulême as conditions to prevent an alliance between England and Burgundy. Likewise, John the Fearless served British interests by protecting Flemish cloth merchants from the British wool embargo.

Henry IV was very happy to see his neighbors fighting civil war, but he still focused on domestic affairs. But the more important reason was that his main focus was on maintaining the Lancastrian rule in England. Likewise, King Charles VI of France had little intention of resuming the war because Henry had his daughter as a hostage. , his daughter was Richard's wife, Isabella of Valois. For these reasons, the truce between Richard II and Charles VI continued during the fourteenth year of Henry IV's reign during the Hundred Years' War. So Henry turned his attention to his land neighbor, Scotland.

Four years earlier Henry had led an army to invade Scotland, but was stopped in front of Edinburgh. Two years later the Scottish invaders were repulsed at Mount Homil.

Subsequently, English pirates captured James Stuart, the Crown Prince of Scotland, who was on his way to France on the coast near Flamborough Head. He was handed over to the King of England and imprisoned by Henry in Windsor Castle. This situation is great and should be the most comfortable period in the UK.