Bulgarian Empire

"Your Majesty, the British have invited us. They plan to hold a naval arms conference in London in May to limit the ongoing arms race around the world!" Foreign Minister Megeve said

Ferdinand asked puzzledly: "The world naval arms race? When did this happen? Why don't I know? Could it be that a new round of arms race has started again?"

Megeve thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, the Japanese government is doing something in the Far East, and the British should be targeting them this time!"

Thinking of the Japanese, Ferdinand shook his head, how could they have been forgotten, given their poor domestic economic situation, it is not surprising that they have taken this path.

But even if you want to dare to do things, you have to look at the limelight, right? The British had just solved the colonial problem, so they just sent it to their door. Do you really think that the world hegemony is a soft persimmon?

Well, now the Japanese government is also very wronged, they are indeed preparing to do something. But the problem is that before he had time to do anything, he was knocked out financially by the British and was knocked out. Haven't reacted yet, the London meeting is here again.

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs can figure it out. This time we are just going to make soy sauce. As for the issue of limiting the tonnage of the navy, this is easy to discuss, as long as it conforms to our international status!" Ferdinand said

Megeve immediately replied: "Yes!"

But I was thinking about what kind of tricks the British would play this time. Now that the Royal Navy is the only one, it stands to reason that there is no need for them to hold this meeting, unless they have other plans.

In Paris, the French government is also worried about the meeting that the British will hold this time. Since the world has been at peace, there has been no enemy against the British Empire.

The pressure on France is also increasing. There is no other reason. Who told them to be close? The French felt military pressure when the British home fleet went there.

Now the main force of the British navy is mainly divided into three waves, the local fleet, the Far East fleet, and the Mediterranean fleet. The three fleets can just suppress the three countries of Paul, France, and Japan at the same time.

Ferdinand didn't feel the military pressure, mainly because Sofia was too far away from the sea. As a land power country, the Royal Navy couldn't scare him at all.

Besides, the Mediterranean Sea is not big, so if he really started to do it, he would not be afraid of the British. If the navy can't win, can't the army and air force also win?

Even if the United Kingdom wants to blockade Bulgaria, it can't do it. At worst, it will use the air force to block the coastline, directly seize the Suez Canal, and go to the African continent.

The prerequisite is that Bulgaria's ten-year plan is completed. Only by connecting the Eurasian continent through railways and roads can it be invincible!

Bulgaria is growing, how could the British not know? It's just that they are not idle, as long as they digest the three North American countries, their world hegemony will be as stable as Mount Tai.

With the end of the United States, the industrial proportions of countries around the world have also undergone earth-shattering changes. The British Empire once again won the first place in the world, and its total industrial output accounted for 34.8% of the global industrial total.

Bulgaria followed with 11.8%; Germans were hit hard by World Wars with 9.1%; French followed with 8.7%; Austria-Hungary with 5.8%; 4.1%; Kingdoms of the South Pacific (mainly California) 3.8%; United Kingdom of Germany and Russia 3.3%; Kingdoms of South America 3.0%, Japan 2.3%; Italy 1.4%…

This data is not due to the sudden increase of everyone's industry, but the weakening of the world's total industry, and the simultaneous baptism of war in Europe and the Americas. Now the world's total industry has fallen back to the level of 1900.

If you look at the three North American countries separately, you will be surprised to find that even if the United States is split, half of the top ten industrial powers in the world are split from them, which is enough to see how strong their families are.

The whole world is attracted by the upcoming meeting in London,

Ferdinand was still busy farming.

He inspected the Rose Industrial Park just now, and it is no longer the original scale. From production to processing to final sales, there are already more than 300 people working on this industrial production line in Bulgaria.

The products have also expanded from the initial rose essential oil, rose wine, rose beverage, and rose perfume to hundreds of brands now, including medicines, food, cosmetics, health care products, drinks, skin care products...

Well, the most profitable one is no longer rose essential oil. Medicines and cosmetics are the most profitable, followed by beverages.

What surprised Ferdinand was that the health care product market was depressed. Not only rose health care products were not easy to sell, but other health care products were also not easy to sell. It seems that people are not used to using these things in this era.

Of course, this is a small problem. Whether a small product sells well is not worthy of Ferdinand’s concern. It was only when he accidentally discovered a rose wine that he suddenly remembered that wine is also one of the important industries in the Balkans. .

The wine industry in the later generations of the Balkan Peninsula declined due to the war, with an annual output of 450 million liters, ranking second only to France in the world, with huge development potential.

In terms of natural conditions, from Herzegovina in Bosnia in the west to Macedonia in the east, the summer in the Balkan Peninsula is hot and dry, with plenty of sunshine and rocky slopes everywhere, making it an ideal place for growing grapes.

Anyway, these places are not suitable for growing food, most of them are in a panic, and they are used to open up vineyards as waste.

Ferdinand does not need to produce as much as the later generations, as long as the annual output is 200 to 300 million liters to meet the needs of the domestic market.

The problem of opening up the international market should wait for the people of the world to become rich. Now, at most, a small amount of sales can be made in Europe, and there is still competition from the French. This market is still very small.

Compared with the so-called industrial plan, the cultivation of vineyards is really not worth mentioning. 21 In fact, the world's first wine producing region, the total wine output value of France is only more than three billion US dollars, if it is converted to this era, it will be two to three billion levs!

However, we can't just look at the output value. Ferdinand has always attached great importance to the development of agricultural products, which will help improve the living standards of the majority of Bulgarian people.

Of course this is a lie, the real purpose is very simple, which is to increase the income of the peasant class and consolidate the loyalty of this class to the king!

Any industry, as long as a complete industrial chain is established, can bring a lot of employment to the society. It is still too early to build a wine industrial park, at least the grapes must be planted first.

As for the production technology, don't worry at all. As a great nobleman, how could he not have his own wine estate?

When he was still in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Ferdinand sold the excess production of his wine estate to the market. Now if you want to build a large-scale winery, there is no technical problem.

It’s just that what was produced back then was high-end wine, but now it’s mid-to-low-end wine. After all, the high-end wine market is very limited. The European aristocrats in this era basically have their own wineries and will not buy them from outsiders.

The big capitalists are also following suit. It is not difficult to spend a little money to build a wine estate. An estate with an annual output of several thousand liters of wine can be settled for a mere tens of thousands of levs.

Just do what you want, Ferdinand said directly, "Linka, call Karl!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" the maid Linka said.

...

After making an appointment for a cup of tea, Butler Karl ran in, greeted Ferdinand, and asked, "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"

Ferdinand said directly: "Find someone to do a wine market research, and at the same time count the production, origin and quality of Bulgarian wine!"

"yes!"

Butler Karl replied, and then asked: "Your Majesty, are you going to surrender the wine?"

Ferdinand nodded and said: "I have this idea. I found that many places in the Balkans are suitable for growing grapes, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, and Greece, which are very suitable for the development of wine industry.

Whether you want to do it or not, you have to wait for your investigation report in the end, and then decide after you get it out! "

Ferdinand is not a sophomore in middle school, he can do whatever comes to his mind, no matter how good the prospect of wine is, it is just a prospect, how big the current market is, and how much domestic wine production is, these are all factors that must be considered .

It would be a tragedy to invest blindly, plant a bunch of grapes, and only sell raisins in the end. You must know that the profits of Portugal are much higher than that of raisins.

Oh, of course, you can also sell fresh grapes, but this business is estimated to be able to kill people. How much can you sell with a grape production of hundreds of millions of catties?

It seems that there are grape drinks in later generations, but unfortunately Europeans don't like them, and the French in later generations have not made a name for themselves. Everyone's favorite drink is wine.

Before Ferdinand could come up with the result, Foreign Minister Megeve had already arrived.

"Your Majesty, something happened in Russia. Under the suppression of the tsarist government, the Moscow government ran away directly. Now they have given up the territory of Moscow generation and went directly to Siberia!

And it also occupied Nikolaevsk (Novosibirsk). Now that Nicholas II's main force has been transferred to the battlefield, he never thought that they would run away. There are not many troops in Siberia now, and I'm afraid it will be soon It will fall into the hands of the Moscow government! "

Ferdinand was speechless. He clearly had the upper hand, but now his strategy was passive again. The road to unification of the Russians was doomed to twists and turns.

It is wise for the Moscow government to jump out of the two tsarist governments. As long as they can occupy the vast Siberia region, it will be difficult for Nicholas II to destroy them.

Perhaps Nicholas II is still celebrating the recovery of Moscow, and he will cry in the future.

Before the Moscow government left, they were caught between the two tsars. The territory they controlled was only 200,000 to 300,000 kilometers, and the population was only five to six million, so there was no room for development at all.

But it's different now. The Siberia region has a population of 20 to 30 million. Once it is integrated, it will be a qualitative change.

But now that the two tsarist governments have been fighting together, Nicholas II simply doesn't have enough troops to eliminate this threat!

Even if there is, I guess he will not pay attention to it, otherwise the Moscow government of sandwich biscuits would have been finished long ago. You must know that they did not have a decent army at the beginning, but after fighting for several years, they established a regular army.

After thinking about it, Ferdinand smiled again. If Nicholas II unified the country so easily, then Bulgaria would have little effect.

This is just right now, the strength in Nicholas Jr.'s hands is not weak, and the British are behind the scenes to support him. If Nicholas II wants to kill him, it will be impossible to do it in two or three years.

After such a long time, the Moscow government has grown bigger. After integrating Siberia, it is estimated that both sides will be anxious when facing the exhausted Nicholas II.

As for the failure of Nicholas II, it is impossible. Ferdinand will not tolerate the Moscow government's unification of Russia, and all European countries will not let this happen.

Even if Nicholas II couldn't hold on anymore, Ferdinand would unite with Britain and France to support and eat him under the banner of the League of Nations, such as asking them to cease the war, and directly split the Russian Empire!

After learning the lessons of the Americans, no one dares to ignore the attitude of the League of Nations. For example, Japan, once the decision of the League of Nations came out, they clamored so loudly, and finally handed over Hawaii and the Philippine Islands honestly. what?

The worst thing to do would be for Bulgaria to take part in the battle in person. Ferdinand doesn't think the situation will deteriorate to that point. The tiger skin of the League of Nations still deters many people.

Only the three leaders, Britain, France and Paul, know that this alliance is essentially empty, and the contradictions among the countries are not small. It is simply as difficult as heaven to get everyone to unite again.

Unless there is another outrageous person who can make the European people want to kill them and be influenced by public opinion, everyone can unite again.

Some people may have seen through this problem, but no one dared to bet on it!

After all, on the bright side, the three countries of Britain, France and the Bulgaria have always appeared as allies. Under the principle of unanimous positions of major powers, who can resist this pressure?

After contemplating for a while, Ferdinand said slowly, "Pay close attention to the situation in Russia. For the time being, we should not get involved unless Nicholas II really can't stand it anymore and asks us for help!"

Megeve thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid such a situation will never happen!

Given the current situation in Russia, no matter how you look at it, Nicholas II will rule the country in the end, unless foreign forces directly intervene in the Russian Civil War! "

Ferdinand thought for a while and said, "It's impossible to intervene directly! Who knows if the British will do it?

The most important thing is the Moscow government, which went to Siberia. It is estimated that the tsar's rule in the local area will be overthrown soon. Their organizational ability should not be underestimated! "

Mezev nodded, and he had to admit that, as sandwich biscuits, it was very surprising that they could persist for so long between the two tsarist governments.

Perhaps the only people who suffer are the people around Moscow. After several years of war, there are only a group of old, weak, sick and disabled left. From the peak period of more than six million people to the present, there are only a hundred old and weak people left. .

These have become the burden of Nicholas II, the little father of the Russian people. Whether he wants to or not, he must continue, even though many people here have been brainwashed and hate him to the bone.

Most people still "eat pots of pulp to welcome the master". No, now there is only water left in the pot, just wait for the rice to go into the pot!

The long-term war has caused the local economy to collapse long ago, and food production is also unable to make ends meet. The young and strong have fled with the army, and the rest are old, weak, sick and disabled who cannot move.

For them, the arrival of Nicholas II's army means the arrival of meal tickets, and everyone is not stupid!

As long as you shout a few slogans and support His Majesty Nicholas II, even if it is for the sake of face, for your own reputation, and to show the justice of his war, Nicholas II will have to provide disaster relief!

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