Chapter 15 Going Home for Christmas

In addition to training troops, building cities and public works. Peter's mission in Constanta was completed. He entrusted the territory to the supervisor and returned to Kemplong with gifts.

The Orthodox Christmas is January 7, because the church uses the Julian calendar, not the Gregorian calendar. (There is no calendar at this time)

The day before the festival, Peter rushed back. Because of the establishment of the post system, Peter was able to return to Kemplong from Constanta in a very short time.

The post system was established in 1389 by Grand Duke Mircea following Peter's advice. Each post station has a post house, post man, post horse, post donkey, post ship and post field. Post station use certificate. Anyone who needs to ask the post station for a car, horse, or man to transport official documents and items must see the certificate. This greatly facilitates the information transmission of Wallachia.

In addition to the government's need to use the post station when conveying policies, the other people who use the post station the most are merchants. The post station is like a hotel. It can not only solve the problem of food and accommodation, but also has a certain amount of armed forces.

Merchants only need to pay a certain fee to live in the post station. The safety of the post station is much higher than sleeping in the wilderness. Not only are the facilities here complete, but there are also government soldiers guarding it. Ordinary thieves dare not approach it at all.

The implementation of the post station system throughout the country is conducive to the rule of the Grand Duke and centralization. Because of this, news can be quickly transmitted to various places, and the army can be assembled quickly.

When I came to Kemplong, the scale here was larger than a year ago. The hawking of various vendors in the market continued, the city wall was expanded, and the church was renovated. All kinds of merchants and craftsmen came here.

When everyone saw Peter's team, they made way. They knew that this was the return of the Grand Duke's son.

Back to the castle, the first to greet him was his younger brother Mikhail. He has always regarded his father and brother as idols, and always wanted to fight on the battlefield. If he was not too young, he would probably join the big army.

He wanted to sneak attack from behind, but was thrown to the ground by Peter. He still refused to accept it and shouted that he wanted to compete.

Instead of competing with him, Peter gave him a set of armor and a big hammer.

"Whenever you raise it, I will compete with you."

Mrs. Maria also doted on Peter very much, and quickly asked the maids to prepare food and hot water. And Peter also took out various gifts to subdue his brothers and sisters.

At this time, his parents gave him another younger brother, and as an older brother, he certainly had to give him some gifts. The toys purchased from Galata were just right.

Of course, after the warmth. Peter and his father Mircea met again and entered into a conversation at the national conference.

There was no way. The end of the year was also the beginning of the Wallachian noble meeting. Facing these boyars, Mircea had to deal with them, and Peter also intended to strike these nobles. Who made them an obstacle to centralization?

Boyar, the name of Eastern European nobles. Evolved from the leader of the personal soldiers of the Eastern Slavic tribes. They lived in the palace as attendants of the Grand Duke (mainly serving as deacons who took charge of the Grand Duke's economy), and they were called "Boyar".

The boyars of Wallachia not only had land, but also served as judges. After decades of development, the boyars had become a huge political force. Grand Duke Mircea's centralized power and census system had seriously harmed their interests.

But the Chamber of Commerce and the business of the Port of Constanta gave them some compensation, which was why they did not express their dissatisfaction publicly.

At the boyar meeting at the end of the year, they should be prepared to launch a joint attack, and Peter was the strongest among all the boyars, but no matter how strong the lord was, it would be difficult to resist the siege of a group of nobles.

Peter's experience with nobles should be 0, because he was not good at intrigue. But he still investigated some boyars in the past few years and screened out their weaknesses or nobles who could be won over.

On Christmas Day, Mircea took his family to the church in Kemplong to worship. Archbishop Carol blessed their family.

"May God bless Wallachia." Archbishop Carol said.

Outside the church, a large number of Orthodox people were also praying. The church bells never stopped during the prayers, and only gradually disappeared after the prayers were over.

Many boyar nobles also came to the capital, and they were all attending the noble meeting that was about to be held. On the day before the meeting, some boyars were plotting something in the cabin.

"In the past few years, our land and our wealth have been robbed by the Grand Duke. I'm afraid we will lose our lives in a few years. Can you accept it?"

An elderly noble said to them. He was an old noble who had experienced three monarchs. He had great qualifications and a great voice.

"But what should we do?" said a boyar.

In the past few years, Grand Duke Mircea has eliminated many pro-Hungarian and pro-Ottoman nobles. Confiscated their land and redistributed it to his supporters. At the same time, he cultivated the citizen class to counter it. These are things that the boyars don't want to see.

"Of course, a person will fail in front of him, but as long as we can unite, he will be helpless."

I thought he had any way, but the result was the same old trick, and he attacked in groups.

But I have to admit that the trick is not afraid of the old one, as long as it is useful. There were 43 members in the Council of Nobles, Mircea and his supporters accounted for 20, and the so-called aristocrats accounted for 21. If only one person was taken down, Mircea would not be able to pass the bill.

The idea was good, but they seemed to have forgotten one person, the Grand Duke's son, the Lord of Dobruja.

Most of the boyars' business was conducted in Constanta, and if they offended the lord, they would have to go to Transylvania and Moldova, which was very expensive.

The lords whose fiefs were near Dobruja were very close to the Grand Duke and Peter, because the closer they were, the better the output of their land could be sold.

On the other hand, Peter sent people to send gifts to some small boyars. This 1,000, that 2,000, the money sent was the annual income of these boyars. How could they not be tempted.

The nobles were sometimes ironclad and sometimes loose sand. You only need to give some substantial benefits, and the wavering people will join your side. Golden coins are much more effective than one or two slogans.