Although Tim did not deliberately pay attention to the melee situation in the Three Kingdoms, he had more or less heard a lot of news and rumors.

As usual, Ferrero continued to report to Tim about the war situation in the eastern Mediterranean: "Your Majesty, the Ottoman Turkish Army is now besieging the remaining Romans' territory in the Balkans, and the Venetian Navy has also faced the Ottoman Turkish navy in the Aegean. Now the three forces are in a stalemate."

After hearing this, Tim did not respond, but asked another question: "Have our businessmen delivered food security here to Lisbon recently?"

"Your Majesty, most of the food here has been sent to our local area. Our local area food problem has been solved. In addition, the news about the issuance of financial subsidies has been announced. The nobles have settled and are very grateful to Your Majesty. Now there is no turmoil in our country." Ferrero quickly replied.

Tim nodded with satisfaction: "Then there is no problem with commercial trade, right?"

"Don't worry, your majesty, business is good, you don't know that since Naples joined our country, not only the trade in our local ports has become more prosperous than before, but even the commercial trade in the Naples region has become much more active. According to Warren Groot, the wealth of our treasury has increased exponentially." Ferrero said excitedly, touching his palm.

Tim smiled and said nothing. With the support of commercial taxation in the Naples region, it would be strange if wealth did not grow.

"Your Majesty, what are you going to do next? We are going to go back to Lisbon?" Ferrero asked softly at Tim.

Tim shook his head and said, "Now let some of our navy and army go back first, so as to ensure that both areas have troops stationed and guarded! As for me, I have to stay in Naples for a while, because it is still unstable and there are still many things to deal with, so I plan to handle it properly and then go back to Lisbon."

In Tim's view, although Naples has become part of the territory of the Kingdom of Portugal at this moment, Naples is not closely linked to the land of the Kingdom of Portugal on the Iberian Peninsula. Therefore, Tim plans to make the two regions closer during this period.

Only when the two regions are closely connected can Naples not believe in the words of other countries and leave the Kingdom of Portugal. Only in this way can it completely control Naples.

In the next few days, Tim met with local merchants from Portugal and merchants from the Naples region at the Royal Palace of Naples, and then held banquets and various other activities to allow merchants from the two regions to communicate freely.

Of course, doing these things alone is definitely not enough. In order to ensure normal exchanges and common prosperity in trade between the two places, Tim issued several orders in a row:

1. Merchants in the Kingdom of Portugal, whether in the local area of ​​the Iberian Peninsula or the Naples region of the Mediterranean, must live in harmony and must not have malicious competition and malicious exclusion, otherwise they will deprive all their wealth of the Azores.

2. All commercial and trade activities shall not harm the national interests of the Kingdom of Portugal, nor shall they do things that harm national peace and national unity. Personal interests must be combined with collective interests and even national interests.

3. The two places implement unified commercial and tax policies. No one except the king can change or collect taxes at will, otherwise the Inquisition will serve them.

4. Resolutely obey the arrangements and commands of the King and Cardinal White, obey the mobilization of the country and the royal family, and obey the consciousness guidance of His Majesty the King and Archbishop White.

Five, Kings are supreme, nations are supreme, and country are supreme.

At the same time, in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the people, Tim also announced that except for the various taxes that individuals should pay, the remaining wealth obtained belongs to the individual, and no one can deprive you of your private property.

After these orders were issued, the Kingdom of Portugal was filled with joy.

"I used to feel very confused and didn't know who to make money for, but now I know."

"Yes, except for the amount of tax payment, the rest is ours."

“I’m going to work hard to make money from now on.”

"Me too."

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Stimulated by the policies issued by Tim, the whole country of Portugal burst into vitality and vitality that has been rare for hundreds of years. Many civilians began to work hard to save money for themselves, and many businessmen were even more relieved and began to make money desperately. They worked together and worked together.

The merchants in Naples and the merchants in the local areas of the Iberian Peninsula, on the premise and basis of having the same king and the same national identity, finally let go of their guards and grudges, and began to try to cooperate and communicate with each other.

With Tim's intentional or unintentional cooperation, sparks soon broke out in the business cooperation between the two regions. The funds of merchants from local Portugal influx into the Naples region on a large scale, helping Naples merchants build basic shops and commercial facilities.

The Naples region's grain, fruit, vegetables and other commodities are like a tide to the markets in Lisbon, Porto, Selibia and Algarve.

In addition, the two regions miraculously realized the sharing of commercial trade traffic through mutual cooperation and communication.

In several Portuguese ports facing the Atlantic Ocean, Portuguese merchants are actively lobbying these merchant ships to go to Naples for transactions and trading.

"Friend, are the goods on your ship ready to go to the English Channel in Northern Europe for trading?" asked the Portuguese merchant.

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"I suggest you don't go to Nordic Europe. Why not go to the Naples region of our Kingdom of Portugal. It has abundant resources and not only needs the goods on your ship, but also the goods you want to buy in Nordic Europe. And if you go to Naples, our Kingdom of Portugal, you don't need to pay more tariffs."

"So you're serious?"

"Seriously, our Kingdom of Portugal has regulations that as long as you pay a tariff, your merchant ships can trade and sail in other parts of the Kingdom of Portugal."

As soon as they heard that the Naples region was rich in resources and could pay less tariffs, the merchants were immediately moved and quickly cancelled the Nordic sailing plan and then headed for Naples.

In Naples, Naples merchants also introduced all the merchant and merchant ships that originally belonged to Alexandria and Little Asia to four ports including Lisbon.
Chapter completed!