Bulgarian Empire

Chapter 26, High Debt

The destruction of the Second Pacific Fleet had a profound impact on the tsarist government. In addition to the military impact, the political impact was fatal.

Since the Black Sea Fleet has been buried in the Far East, the uprising of officers and soldiers of the Black Sea Fleet in history naturally does not exist.

However, what should come will still come! The social contradictions suppressed by the tsarist government in Russia can no longer be suppressed! Dissatisfaction with the tsarist government from all walks of life has reached its peak!

On March 14, 1905, 12,000 workers of the Tirov factory in St. Petersburg went on strike to protest against the arbitrary deductions of wages by the factory owners.

This move quickly aroused a group of imitators, and workers in other factories responded one after another. In just one week, the number of strikers reached 150,000!

On March 26, hundreds of thousands of workers gathered at the Palace Square under the planning of people with good intentions, preparing to submit a petition to the Tsar.

Among them, freedom of speech and the press, eight-hour work system, land ownership by farmers, and the convening of a constitutional assembly were put forward.

Oh, the result is that the petition was not received by Nicholas II, and the military and police directly suppressed the workers who petitioned, and caused thousands of casualties, which is known as "Bloody Sunday" in history.

Ferdinand knew that the fuse of the Russian Revolution was coming!

He originally thought that under his own butterfly effect, Bulgaria had introduced more than 2 million laborers from Russia, and the class contradictions in Russia had been eased, so the revolution would not break out.

Unexpectedly, the fuse of the revolution was only a few months later than in history, so the countdown to the Russian Revolution should also have entered!

Ferdinand knew that Nicholas II was in serious trouble this time. Judging from the information collected by the intelligence agency, this operation was jointly planned by the revolutionary party and capitalists, and even some people in the tsarist government were involved in this conspiracy!

It's impossible to think what some people said, that Nicholas II was stupid, planned the workers' demonstrations by himself, and sent military police to ambush them in advance, right?

As for the conditions put forward by the workers, it is even more ridiculous. The working class is on strike and does not mention the issue of wages and benefits. rights and interests?

Is the quality of the Russian working class in this era so high? Ferdinand expressed doubts? How could a group of illiterate people put forward so many demands with obvious political implications, and all of them were demands that the tsarist government could not fulfill? How is this possible if no one planned it?

The so-called ambush and suppression by the military and police later is even more nonsense. Even if you want to take action, you have to do it in advance? Wait until hundreds of thousands are collected before taking action? More than a thousand people were killed, and others were released. Isn't this waiting for them to rebel?

It is obvious that someone in the tsarist government is pushing their hands. They are no longer satisfied with the status quo, and they seem to plan to learn from the British constitutional monarchy!

But what Nicholas II did next was to make frequent tricks. Don't hurry up to appease the workers, clean up the moths inside, and throw out a few scapegoats!

Instead, they stood on the side of the bourgeoisie and blindly suppressed the labor movement. In the end, they lost all hearts! It is true that he is a reactionary tsar!

Oh, Ferdinand knew about Russia's internal problems, but he didn't mean to intervene. Instead, they took advantage of the internal chaos of the Russians to fish in troubled waters.

Now that the factory has shut down, those unscrupulous capitalists will naturally not pay wages. Many people are forced to commit crimes after losing their income.

The social security in Russia began to deteriorate sharply. Vicious incidents such as robbery and murder continued to be staged in the streets and alleys every day. The lives of ordinary people were even more miserable!

That being the case, of course Ferdinand is not polite, the society is unstable, it is a good time to poach corners!

Those ordinary engineers are the targets of his poaching this time. Anyway, they have a large base and are mixed with ordinary workers. Under the background of chaos, no one will notice how many people are missing!

If conditions permit, he doesn't mind abducting a few scientists,

Anyway, they are all acting in the name of non-governmental organizations, and it is normal for companies to dig scripts from each other!

Not only that, due to the turmoil in Russia, the number of immigrants began to skyrocket, and Bulgaria, which has the same language and customs, is their first choice!

Anyway, we are close, so we can wait and see the situation. If we are not comfortable in the future, we can wait for the situation to stabilize before going back. It's like taking a vacation!

At the same time, the spring of Bulgaria's industrial and commercial circles also came. Due to the suppression by the military and police, the strike movement quickly swept across the country.

However, the tsarist government did not take timely measures to appease the people and punish the culprit, which amplified the contradiction and even triggered a violent revolution, which dealt a fatal blow to Russia's industrial production!

It also created opportunities for the Bulgarian business community. Now that the economic situation in Russia is not good, the lives of ordinary people are not very easy, and cheap goods have become their first choice!

In terms of cheapness, who can compare to Bulgaria now? All counterfeit goods, and there are advantages in tariffs! Wumart may not be able to achieve it yet, but Ferdinand has achieved the ultimate in low price!

Now Russia's civil commodity field is divided between Bulgaria and France. The French occupy the upper-middle-class market, while Bulgaria occupies the lower-middle-class market. join in!

After the revolution in Russia, it immediately attracted the attention of the whole world, especially the Japanese. The Japanese government thought that the opportunity had come and planned to take advantage of it.

It's a pity that Nicholas II's reaction quickly gave them a head-on blow. "Ceded land compensation"? Go dreaming, I will continue to fight!

Don't look at the strikes everywhere in Russia, and the chaos in the country, but the supplies on the front line can still be barely provided by others!

The more than 400,000 Russian troops in the Far East are still fighting the Japanese with vigor and vitality, and they don't look like they are about to fail at all!

Now Bulgaria's industry is like a part of the Russians. It is running at full capacity to manufacture munitions for them. Even if the supply is not available occasionally, Ferdinand will use the inventory to fill them up first!

Then the Japanese government was in a tragedy. Historically, most European countries hoped that the Russians would lose the war, and they were basically trying to hold back.

Even the French don't want the Russians to continue fighting the Japanese, so their support for this war is very limited, and everyone is not very enthusiastic about exporting arms!

Of course, Ferdinand thought that the French capitalists looked down on the small money for exporting guns. Compared with usury, what is this little income?

Moreover, the Germans are always threatening the security of the French mainland. For the sake of the country's strategic security, why should the French government find a way to bring the Russians back? Compared with this, the insignificant gun profit is not worth mentioning!

This is the core factor that forced the tsarist government to compromise with the Japanese in the end. Even so, the tsarist government still negotiated with the attitude of not cede land, no compensation, and whatever it hits, and it succeeded!

Not to mention now, due to the Ferdinand butterfly effect, the scale of this uprising was much smaller, and the revolution was soon suppressed by the tsarist government!

Although the strike is still going on, Bulgaria's nascent industrial system is giving them blood transfusions.

Not to mention how strong Bulgaria's industry is now, but compared with Japan, which has not yet fully industrialized, it still has a clear advantage, especially in the field of heavy industry!

The war lasted until 1906. After unremitting efforts, the Japanese army finally conquered Lushun Port, but they still had Liaoyang and Fengtian in front of them...

As the uprising was quickly extinguished, the domestic situation in Russia began to improve, and the tsarist government had more confidence to continue the war.

Take out an attitude that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, if you want to fight, hit it, anyway, I will not compromise!

Now the British and the French are eagerly hoping that Japan and Russia can cease the war, so that the Russians can take back their strength and invest in the European continent to suppress the rising Germans!

Unfortunately, the Russians did not buy it. The tsarist government was worried that if it compromised with Japan, it might cause further turmoil in the domestic situation.

Therefore, even if the debts are high, the tsarist government still wants to continue the war, trying to use time to drag down the Japanese!

No way, the London government had to find a way to raise military expenses for the Japanese again. At this time, the Tokyo government's finances were exhausted.

Even the colonies of North Korea and Taiwan were used as collateral by them and mortgaged to the consortium, but unfortunately it was not enough!

As in the same period in history, the Japanese government relied entirely on loans and debts provided by the British and Americans to survive Japan, but now the financial hole is even bigger!

In the Russo-Japanese War in parallel time and space, the Japanese spent 1.8 billion yen in military expenditure (1 yen is about 0.75 grams of gold, or about 184 million pounds).

But due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, the military expenditure of the Japanese is now almost reaching this figure, but the war is still going on!

Not only the Japanese government's finances can't stand it, but even the Russians' finances are also unbearable. The military expenditure is 1.7 billion rubles (1 ruble is about 0.774 grams of gold, or about 1.8 pounds).

On the surface, it seems that the Russians have taken advantage of it, with lower military expenditures. In essence, the tsarist government would rather spend more than the annihilation of the Pacific Fleet! The navy is finished, and this part of the military expenditure will naturally be saved!

In addition, the weapons and ammunition imported by the Japanese government are all high-priced goods. In addition, they are limited by the neutrality treaty and have to go through a third country to change hands!

In contrast, the Russians are much better off. At least Ferdinand didn’t dare to take advantage of the fire and settle at the pre-war international price. This is a saving!

It's a pity that the Russians have high freight costs. In order to speed up, they have to organize a lot of manpower to transport materials around the clock. Naturally, the price in the Far East is not cheap.

Oh, if it's just military spending in the Far East, the Russian government can still stand it. The key is the domestic revolutionary movement, which is fatal!

The economic losses caused by the strike movement all over the country are immeasurable. Many industries have been devastated, and Russia's total industrial output value is now less than half of what it was before the war!

The man behind all this, Ferdinand, is still the most loyal ally of the Russians!

From now to the present, the Bulgarian government has always stood on the side of the Russians with a clear banner, and has not wavered in the slightest!

It has to be said that politics is dark!

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