Bulgarian Empire

From the outbreak of the Balkan War in 1897 to 1908, more than ten years have passed.

After more than ten years of hard work by Ferdinand, Bulgaria has now completed the digestion of the domestic basic market.

Now Bulgaria is also a powerful country with a population of more than 20 million and a total industrial volume approaching that of Italy, but Ferdinand still feels that it is not enough!

Although Bulgaria's current development speed is very fast, Ferdinand is still not satisfied. He knows that the time for the world war is not far away!

With Bulgaria's current strength, it is enough to protect itself in the world war, but after the war to divide the cake, it is estimated that there will only be leftovers left. This is absolutely intolerable to Ferdinand!

As a time traveler, it would be embarrassing not to be able to compete for world hegemony. If you can't even become a regional overlord, then what the hell? In short, Ferdinand is also ambitious!

Ferdinand knew that it was time for the long-sealed "Three-Five Plan" to come out! This also means that the Bulgarian government, which has just paid off its debts, will be in debt again!

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Time flies, and following Ferdinand's order, the cabinet government came up with a "three-five plan" in the shortest possible time.

The original plan was of course cancelled! After all, more than ten years have passed, and the strategic goal inside has been completed long ago!

Apart from putting it in a museum for future generations to visit, it is probably only useful for historians to study the background of the times!

Compared with the previous two plans, this plan is not at the same level at all, and it is more suitable to be ambitious!

After all, many of the contents in it are very radical. Under normal circumstances, after such a wave of development, just wait for overcapacity, and then the economic crisis will erupt!

But Ferdinand doesn't care. Anyway, the world war should start at that time, and excess production capacity is no big deal. After a world war, any production capacity can be digested!

"Prime Minister, please introduce the content of the '3rd Five-Year Plan' first. Let's talk about the industrial plan first!" Ferdinand said lightly.

"Yes!" Constantine said forcefully.

Since Ferdinand took power in 1889, Bulgaria's cabinet has been very stable. First there was Chekov, a political tumbler, and Constantine, who had been prime minister for more than ten years.

But Ferdinand knew that after this term, if they were to complete two more terms, they would probably have to change their staff! (1907 was already their fourth term!)

This is not that Ferdinand wants to cross the river and demolish the bridge, but the real emperor's mind. After all, the cabinet with too high prestige is also a threat to the monarchy!

Bulgaria was able to get to this point, and the Constantine cabinet also contributed a lot. Letting them go home now is undoubtedly crossing the river and tearing down the bridge. Ferdinand still can't do it!

After the victory of the World War, let them return with honor, Ferdinand thought this was the best ending!

Oh, Ferdinand wouldn't admit it, he was trying to squeeze out the last value of the people, after the world war, the role of this group of people will be much smaller.

However, through democratic elections in Europe, the cabinet that has worked for 30 years is really rare!

This is not a fabrication. The support rate of the Bulgarian cabinet is really high now, and there is really no one who is qualified to be their competitor!

Bulgaria was originally known as Prussia in the Balkans, and Constantine was considered the second "Bismarck", and he was called the iron-blooded prime minister!

During Bismarck's tenure, he launched a war to unify Germany; during Constantine's tenure, he also launched a war to unify Bulgaria!

Don't be surprised, public opinion propaganda is so powerful! Looking back at the history of Bulgaria, there are too many materials to prove that this is really a national unification war to expel the Ottoman invaders!

This point has been recognized by the international community. During the Balkan War, Bulgaria won the support of various ethnic groups, which is the best evidence!

The other two both valued industrial development,

And a worker security system has been established, including: workers' pension, health and medical insurance and social insurance system. Oh, this is in the "Three Five-Year Plan"!

In short, after comparing them, many people found that the two have a lot in common, and they both created the rise of the two countries!

Well, Bulgaria and Prussia are really similar, the key is that they are both capable of fighting, but Bulgaria is too small, otherwise European countries will still worry about Bulgaria's crisis!

If it weren't for Ferdinand's high prestige, the power of Constantine, the "Prime Minister", would not be so great in Bismarck, otherwise he really deserved his name!

Oh, there is another reason that cannot be said. After the outbreak of the World War, Ferdinand needed a cabinet that could keep the scene alive!

After all, no matter how high the prestige of the Bulgarian cabinet is, it is not as high as King Ferdinand. He can manipulate the parliamentary election at any time and kick them out!

But the military is a headache. After the war breaks out, the military's power will inevitably increase greatly. As King Ferdinand, he can't personally charge into battle to suppress the military, right?

This is too embarrassing, so it is necessary to have a cabinet with high enough prestige!

Germany is a negative teaching material. In history, after the collapse of Russia, Germany II had the opportunity to pass negotiations and end the war decently. Unfortunately, his government can no longer suppress the army, and the country was dragged down by the Junkers. abyss!

No way, who called Bismarck, the most prestigious iron-blooded prime minister in Germany, died long ago? And William II has been emperor for three generations, and his prestige in the army is really not that good!

After sorting out his thoughts, Constantine said, "This 'three-five-year plan' is different from the previous two five-year plans, both in terms of investment amount and coverage, it is much larger than before!

It includes: politics, industry, culture, military, medical care, education, agriculture, social security and many other fields!

In terms of industry, we still focus on the development of heavy industry, mainly including:

1. Build two large iron and steel plants, and strive to achieve an annual output of 3.5 million tons of steel before 1914, of which the output of steel should not be less than half, and the output of special steel should not be less than 200,000 tons!

2. Coal output strives to reach 30 million tons;

3. Two 30,000-ton docks and one 40,000-ton dock will be newly built; strive for the total tonnage of large ships to reach 500,000 tons!

4. In the field of machinery manufacturing, because we have developed very well in this area, we are now on par with Austria-Hungary!

Therefore, the government does not plan to invest directly, but mainly encourages private capital to continue to invest through tax reductions and exemptions, and strives to catch up with the French within five years!

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Not to mention light industry, such as the textile industry and food processing enterprises, they were still the protagonists in the first two five-year plans, and now they are no longer in the eyes of Ferdinand. After all, the growth of military strength is faster than heavy industry!

Ferdinand thought about it carefully, and found that for Bulgaria, the least difficult thing is the second one. The pure mining task of coal production can basically be completed as long as the investment is increased!

After all, Bulgaria's domestic coal reserves are also measured in units of tens of billions of tons, and there are not a few open-pit coal mines!

The most embarrassing thing is probably the ships. In history, the total tonnage of British ships has exceeded 20 million tons. Bulgaria's goal is only 500,000 tons. It is really embarrassing!

What has not been said is that this gross tonnage is the sum of warships plus merchant ships, otherwise this figure will be even more embarrassing!

Oh, this is also the only thing Ferdinand asked not to improve blindly. The main reason is that he remembered the submarines of the German Navy. Basically, whoever builds more ships will be sunk when the time comes!

But Bulgaria is so close to Austria-Hungary and Italy. If a bunch of merchant ships are built, they will definitely contribute to the achievements of other submariners!

It's better to pretend to be an ostrich and let the British boss be responsible for the transportation. Bulgaria's protection of the transportation line in the Black Sea is the greatest contribution to the alliance!

Fourth, the machinery manufacturing industry surpassed France within five years. Ferdinand said he didn't see it, and the Gauls didn't care about the manufacturing industry at all!

And Bulgaria is a big manufacturing country with "copycat technology" as its core. As long as you give money, let alone surpass France, even surpass the Germans, it is easy to do, the premise is to sacrifice a little bit of performance!

On the contrary, the strategic goal of producing 3.5 million tons of steel per year is what really needs to be worked on. After all, steel factories in this era are all fucking pits!

In addition, in this five-year plan, there is also a development plan for airships, but the automobile industry and the aircraft industry are ignored!

Thinking of this, Ferdinand asked suspiciously: "Why is there no plan for the automobile industry and the aircraft manufacturing industry? According to the current development trend, the aircraft will be the king of the sky in the future, and the automobile will replace the horse-drawn carriage and become the most important in transportation. An important link!"

Constantine was taken aback, "Airplanes and cars" are the mainstream in the future? His first reaction was, how is this possible?

Seeing Constantine's reaction, Ferdinand understood that there must be people who realize the importance of airplanes and cars in this era, but no one believes that they will become the mainstream of transportation in the future!

After all, the replacement of horse-drawn carriages with automobiles will only happen after the cost of automobiles has been reduced. At the current price, who can afford it?

Not to mention airplanes, with the current technology of aircraft manufacturing, it is not enough to be used as a reconnaissance aircraft, transportation? If you don't consider the cost, it's hard to send a letter!

Due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, Bulgaria's aircraft started very early. As soon as the aircraft was born, it attracted his attention and started Bulgaria's aerospace industry!

So far, Bulgaria's aerospace industry has been the number one in the world, and it seems that only Bulgaria has an aerospace industry in the world now!

At present, Bulgaria's self-made aircraft is also the most advanced in the world. Its maximum range has reached 200 kilometers. It can barely be used as a reconnaissance aircraft. What about other performances? Or ignore it, the aircraft was born only four or five years ago!

Ferdinand realized that he had made a slip of the tongue. After all, not everyone has foresight. Constantine's reaction is normal in this era!

Ferdinand concealed his embarrassment, and then said: "Oh, let's put aside the issue of aircraft, but this time the automobile industry will also join the support of the 'Three Five-Year Plan'!

Maybe you don't know yet, the production cost of the new generation of cars designed by Bulgarian University has been reduced, and the expected time to market is just around the corner!

The price is about 6,000-8,000 levs, which is acceptable to the middle class; and this car also has a cargo version, and the price will not exceed 12,000 levs. It already has promotional value and will soon become popular Europe! "

"Oh!" Everyone was surprised

Obviously stunned by this news, although Bulgaria's auto industry is also a leader in the world, but the price has dropped so much all of a sudden, it is still somewhat beyond their information!

"No problem!" Constantine said cheerfully.

After all, if the selling price drops to one-sixth, or even one-eighth of the original price, the market for this has already increased substantially!

After all, compared with horse-drawn carriages, cars still have a high advantage, and it is still very meaningful for promoting the transportation revolution!