The Eagle of Eastern Europe

Peter was also a Keynesian, building massive public works to improve the country's facilities and attract tourists and businessmen.

He contributed a lot of money to the construction of the new capital and was the largest donor after the government. In the design of this city, there is such an advanced thing as sewers. It's really awesome.

For the cathedral in the new capital, Mircea directly invited bids, and soon there were hundreds of designs. Most were sent from Constantinople.

Because the Crusades from the 13th to 15th centuries caused a lot of losses to the Roman Empire, from this time on, no Byzantine-style buildings were handed down.

Now there was suddenly a lot of need to build churches in the north, which naturally attracted the attention of the architectural designers of Junbao.

Among the requirements of the Grand Duke, bigness is one thing and height is another. Except for Hagia Sophia, other churches have to compare.

The new church was named the Cathedral of San Canito, which would give the Eastern Roman Empire a sense of crisis, because according to Greek, the name meant to rebuild the church of the empire. In other words, they want to replace Osman, or even replace them and become the only master here.

But this is not the time to look at names, after all Osman is there.

Mircea decided to choose a day to move the capital, but of course before that, he needed to change his title.

"By the grace of God, eternal ruler of Wallachia, Moldova, and Bulgaria, the greatest Caesar, heir to the country of his fathers." There can only be so much at present, and there is no more.

At the same time, he decided to promote Peter to co-ruler. He desperately needed his eldest son to be his right-hand man to handle the growing territory. Whether it is Bulgaria or Moldova, with more than 650 kilometers from south to north, it is a veritable Balkan country.

Next, Mircea had one big thing to do, which was to compile a legal code.

Bulgaria has the Bulgarian Code, Serbia has the Dushan Code, while Wallachia and Moldova do not yet have codified laws. There must be a unified code of law for the country to function properly.

Mircea ordered the formation of a council, including representatives of boyars, landowners, merchants, citizens, senior monks, as well as scholars from Constantinople and Tervono, who brought with them the Bulgarian Code and the Code of the Eastern Roman Empire for reference.

This was the first national congress of its kind in the history of Wallachia, and everyone was rejoicing. Except for the peasants, everyone else's participation was very high.

At this time, Wallachia is no longer a small principality. At this time, it has the conditions to transform from a principality to a kingdom, and it just needs to be crowned.

The Grand Duke temporarily rejected this proposal, because the Balkans are not yet at peace, and we will talk about it later.

Now he received envoys from Poland and Lithuania in Kemplonga. They congratulated Mircea on his success in fighting the Ottomans and proposed strengthening trade and exchanges between the two countries. Mircea agreed.

After that, another envoy from another country came to see him. It is said to be a country, but in fact it is just a city-state.

"Your Highness, I, Milanlovic, congratulate you on behalf of the Republic of Ragusa."

The Republic of Ragusa is a city-state centered on Ragusa (Dubrovnik). In 1358, the growing Hungarians went south and signed the Treaty of Zadar, forcing the Venetian authorities to give up jurisdiction over Ragusa. The Republic of Ragusa becomes independent.

As a mini-state, Ragusa must be founded on trade, but the trade in the Eastern Mediterranean was taken up by Venice and Genoa. And Wallachia's failure to recognize the privileges of the two countries in the new land allowed them to see an opportunity. So they sent people to express their congratulations, hoping to break into the Black Sea trade.

"Wallachia welcomes your arrival, and we welcome businessmen from all over the world to trade, but this is based on the willingness of both parties."

Mircea is very clear about the purposes of these countries. Who would really congratulate him on guarantees, trade, or other things? They are all just interests.

In addition to congratulations, the envoys also brought other news to the Grand Duke. When they heard that the Grand Duke's eldest son was still unmarried, they sent him many portraits of noble ladies of the right age. The purpose is to gain a powerful ally.

Didn't the Ottoman Sultan also marry a Serbian girl and gain this ally? Such marriages are also quite common. But Mircea didn't want to take advantage of them. His own son was rare in the world. If they wanted it, they would have to let Peter be reincarnated.

The lords and farmers of Wallachia began to farm with peace of mind. After nearly half a year of war, they could finally feel at ease. The Grand Duke also benevolently reduced their taxes, and the serfs on the Sipaxi land also gained their freedom. This is a new atmosphere and a new hope.

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The Constanta Chamber of Commerce has naturally extended its business here, and Peter has withdrawn from the decision-making circle and became the major shareholder behind the scenes. Not only that, Peter also gave the Chamber of Commerce a charter to do business in the East.

There is not only the Constanta Chamber of Commerce in Wallachia, but also similar institutions in cities such as Giurgiu, Iasi, and Tervono. However, they do not have government support, so compared with the Constanta Chamber of Commerce, their development is somewhat slower.

In Bukur Yesti, 18 hotels, 26 shops and markets have opened, and bells are ringing in small churches. Some workshops began to produce handicrafts, silk processing, weapons manufacturing, textile and other industries began to develop, and the population also increased from 400 to 4,000.

As for the city wall, Mircea handed it over to Peter, who started building the first star-shaped fortress in Europe with the bottom line of blocking artillery.

The star-shaped fortress is characterized by its many edges and corners that cover each other, so no matter which direction it is attacked from, it can attack the attacking enemies from the sides and rear with muskets, bows and arrows. Not only that, compared with the original straight city wall, the edges and corners of the star-shaped castle made it difficult for the enemy to open an open and undefended gap to launch an siege even with heavy artillery. The sloping wall greatly reduces the power of artillery fire, and the star-shaped corners make it difficult to reach behind the city wall. Even if great efforts were made to open the gap, they would still have to face intensive shooting from all directions through the gap, which made it almost impossible to destroy the city wall and launch a siege.

The star-shaped fortress is a flat building with multiple triangular bastions and trenches that can protect each other. Other additions such as half-moon fort, corner fort, crown fort, and auxiliary forts were added to form a complex but balanced building.