"It's better to focus on the textile industry and the winemaking industry and support the development on a large scale."

Calvo also offered his opinion, and his proposal made Constantine a little interested.

"Tell me more."

Constantine encouraged Calvo to have a draft,

"Needless to say, textile products are selling well throughout Europe,"

After a pause, Calvo continued,

"Winemaking is our housekeeping skill, the empire's winemaking process is very perfect, before it was just because there was no land to grow grapes and other winemaking raw materials, now we have obtained a lot of land, if all the grain is grown, I am afraid that there will be a situation where the grain will hurt the farmers, we can set aside part of the land as vineyards, encourage the development of winemaking workshops, and can also bring a lot of taxes to the country."

In fact, this kind of policy support is similar to the salt and iron official camp in ancient times in the East, all of which are means to increase taxes, the difference is only that the East directly cut off the interference of all civil forces, while Byzantium only plays a leading role and allows civil forces to follow, of course, this is also related to the fact that salt and iron are the necessities of the country.

The common salt and iron official camp in ancient times in the East, there is no one in the West, and Europe does not restrict the private sale of salt, but some countries have special taxes on salt, such as France, and the special salt tax was not abolished until the Great Revolution.

"Very good, well-reasoned,"

Constantine appreciated Calvo's proposal, then looked around and looked at the other members of the cabinet,

"Is there anything else you'd like to add?"

Seeing this, Chavez also had some worries and was unhappy,

"We've been given a lot of land, but we're still not going to be able to build vineyards and pastures while maintaining food self-sufficiency."

This brings us to a very important question, that is, is it self-sufficient to provide the finished product directly? Or is it a processing industry, where raw materials are purchased from abroad and sold after processing?

The former is of course the best, at least don't worry about being stuck in the throat, the most serious consequence is just unsalable, the disadvantage is that the area is large, whether it is pasture or vineyard is very occupied, and the natural environment of these two needs almost coincides with fertile land, especially pasture, that is to say, as long as these two industries are more and more, the area of farmland will definitely be compressed.

Not to mention the Balkans, there are mountains one after another, there are few large plains, and most of them have a few open spaces between the mountains, which are very fragmented, but they are suitable for vineyards and the like, after all, grapes are not very harsh growing conditions.

"Actually, we don't have to hold it all in our own hands,"

Calvo spoke of the solution,

"The pasture covers a very large area, and we can import raw materials such as wool from abroad, so there is no need to be strict about self-production and sales in this regard."

"Muscovy is located on the steppes, rich in fur ores, and the territory of the empire today is mainly mountainous, which is not very suitable for grazing, and it is more practical to import wool from Muscovy."

To be honest, the early stage can also be self-sufficient, once the back of the international leading position, it is impossible to rely solely on the domestic, England is a very typical example in this regard, the early enclosure movement is the primitive accumulation, the back of the invasion is not for the cotton production area?

Seeing that Chavez stopped talking, Constantine continued to ask,

"What's your specific plan?"

Calvo took out the paperwork he had prepared earlier and handed it to Constantine, and he didn't stop,

"I think that there can be a restriction on the land leased by the state, and it must be grown for the first five years, and it must not be converted to other uses, and the cabinet will follow up at any time and set a lower limit on arable land, and each province is not allowed to have less than how much arable land, otherwise it will be punished."

"The establishment of large-scale farms has to be approved, so that we can roughly control the number of pastures, and we do not have restrictions on the establishment of vineyards, but the establishment of wineries can be copied from the previous ones."

Constantine couldn't help but nod his head, and he could see that Calvo had made a lot of preparations.

"Since the preparation is sufficient, then so be it, from now on, the textile industry and the brewing industry are our focus direction, the government should introduce policies as soon as possible, and you will discuss the specific plan in this regard, write a document and hand it over to me to see."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The cabinet members stood up and spoke in unison, and then left the palace.

After that, things are all concretely implemented, and the government wants to support a certain industry, the most common is tax cuts, which is also an important means to stimulate development.

Byzantium's taxes are complicated, there are all kinds of taxes, divided into ordinary taxes and grade taxes, just arable land, it must be divided into three levels, each level of taxes is different, in the heyday of the empire, you can also find so many officials, but now where is the money to support so many officials, so Constantine directly stipulated ten taxes and five, that is, no matter how much your estate is, you can pay half of the tax, compared to before, it can be said that it is a big progress.

Constantine abolished all other taxes on the peasants and only collected agricultural taxes, so that the burden on the peasants was much lighter, and the state distributed land, the living standards of the rural areas were bound to rise, and the peasants had money to consume, and the vast market of tens of millions of people was enough to support the early development.

In addition to the agricultural tax, there is also the tithe of the church, which is required by the church and must be paid by all Christians, but this has nothing to do with the emperor, this is all collected by the church, and a large part of it cannot be used up, which is why the church often appears as a luxury.

Soon after determining the direction of the country, the Cabinet issued a decree to introduce a system of exemptions for textiles and liquor in the cities of Constantinople, Thessaloniki and Athens, halving the taxes on these two goods throughout the empire.

……

Rome

"Your Majesty, we are not well funded, do we need to add more contributions?"

A cardinal whispered to Pius II.

Originally, money was not a problem, the Holy See has always been a wealthy unit, and I have never heard that the Holy See is short of money, except for corruption.

But as soon as the war began, the roads in northern Italy were blocked, and the convoys transporting money could not enter Italy, even though the German bishop donated a lot of money very generously.

The bishops of Germany have been making a lot of money recently, and the movable type printing in Europe has just been invented, and the bishops of Germany are keenly aware of the importance of this technology, and its dissemination of ideas is simply nuclear bomb-type.

However, they did not take the opportunity to print religious books such as the Bible to expand their influence, but used this technology for the first time in the printing of indulgences, and claimed that buying indulgences can go to heaven after death, which is simply a dream for those nobles, oppressing the people on weekdays, and feeling very sad, now there are indulgences to buy, and they can still go to heaven after death, which makes their hearts feel a lot better.

In fact, indulgences have been sold for a long time, and the purpose is very simple, since the day of its birth, indulgences have been used to collect money, and the purpose of the Holy See is very clear.

However, in the past, indulgences were all handwritten, not to mention the trouble, the output was still small, and they could only be sold at a high price, and they made money by selling less and making a lot of money. The key is that it will not cause inflation, and anyone who uses it can say that it is good.

Not only that, but the church also hid this technology from the chicken thief, maybe they also knew how important these technologies were, so they held them in their hands and easily refused to show them, but the inventor of this technology - Johann Gutenberg was a poor citizen, and he owed a lot of debt to the nobles for inventing this technology, and it was the church in Mainz that mediated to save him from prison, so he directly gave this technology to the Church of Mainz,

But Gutenberg is not dead, no matter how deeply the church is hidden, it will inevitably leak out, and it is he who led a media revolution in history.

"Send a letter to the monarchs of the Iberian Peninsula, collect money from them, and send an encyclical to the whole Catholic world, condemning the actions of Venice and Genoa, ordering them to dissolve the League."

Pius II had a headache, if the matter of money was solved, mercenaries were everywhere, and there were no people who wanted to get rich, before the discovery of the New World, the Europeans focused their energy on the continent, and after the discovery of the New World, there were a lot fewer mercenaries, and most of them went to the New World to try to find gold mines and the like, trying to get rich overnight.

"In addition, write to the Archbishop of Mainz, the Archbishop of Trier, the Archbishop of Trento, and a few others, asking them to initiate a condemnation of several Genoa countries at the Imperial Diet, and to bribe some small countries to raise their flags for us, and to build up momentum."

"Ask the King of England if he is prepared to intervene in the war, even if it is only in name, and if they are not prepared to support us, then we have an excuse to abandon them."

Pius II said that there were too few allies in the Papal States for no one to fight France in person, and even Frederick III tacitly agreed to this.

In the past, the Pope was repeatedly jumping between France and the Holy Roman Empire, if the two countries reached an agreement, the Pope had no choice but to compromise, but this is difficult to do, there are so many small countries within the HRE, and there are not a few people who support the Pope, and the emperor can't ignore the opposition of so many people, it is difficult to influence a big country, it is not easy to influence a small country, you can bribe some money at will.