Bulgarian Empire

The genius remembers the address of this site in a second: (Apex Chinese), the fastest update! No advertisements!? There are too many things in 1927, and Ferdinand is a little overwhelmed. The biggest good news should be his two Both sons are engaged.

At his request, Boris quickly married the Danish royal family before Christmas, and became engaged to Princess Caroline Mathilde, the daughter of Prince Harald and Princess Helena. (Granddaughter of former Danish King Frederick VIII)

One-third of the biggest trouble was solved, and Ferdinand felt much better. After Boris got engaged, even Queen Xenia's frown relaxed.

Then there was the issue of the wedding. In order to hurry up, Ferdinand had scheduled the weddings of his eldest son and second son in February. The time for the wedding preparations was very tight.

Originally, every move of the royal family will attract the attention of the outside world, let alone this time it is the prince's wedding?

Ferdinand Jr. is the Crown Prince of Bulgaria, and his wedding undoubtedly involved more attention.

Originally, Ferdinand didn't want to do this, but the Grand Duke of Finland couldn't wait? People send telegrams for three days or two days, but they can't be kept waiting, can they?

Whether the Finnish people really support Boris as Grand Duke, Ferdinand doesn't know yet, at least the Finnish government really needs this new Grand Duke now.

It is said that since the founding of the Grand Duchy of Finland, they have never been paid enough, have no experience in governing, let alone how to deal with financial problems, and have suffered from bandits.

This kind of pressure is not something ordinary people can bear. The Grand Duchy of Finland has changed two temporary cabinets, but it still hasn't stopped. The current prime minister doesn't want to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor, so he urges Boris to take office every day.

As for the ability of the new Grand Duke, he doesn't care anymore, at least Boris can solve the threat of bandits, and he can also solve the problem of salary.

Finland's financial crisis is not serious. It is nothing more than tens of thousands of pounds in salary owed, plus hundreds of thousands of pounds in operating expenses, which can almost tide over the immediate difficulties.

This problem was directly ignored by Ferdinand. Boris could solve such a small problem by selling wood.

The top priority is to let Boris get married as soon as possible, otherwise, if they go to Finland, Ferdinand doubts whether they have the ability to undertake this marriage.

In order not to embarrass Boris, the wedding can only be advanced. Even the wedding with little Ferdinand has been brought forward. You can't let your younger brother get married first, right?

Holding a wedding in Bulgaria can also save Boris a lot of money. The guard of honor and venue facilities are ready-made, including a series of personnel receptions, and the Bulgarian government will do it for him.

With the current financial resources of the Finnish government, it is estimated that their financial income for two or three years will not be certain for this expenditure. Ferdinand has a deep understanding of this kind of life.

Back then he married a Russian princess, and the cabinet only gritted his teeth and used money to support the scene. In the end, he posted a sum of money himself, otherwise it would not be so beautiful.

If you don't have money, you can only lower the grade. The weddings of most European nobles are not that luxurious, and Ferdinand is not a person who pursues luxury.

Mainly because of political needs, the size of the political marriage wedding also shows how much you attach importance to this marriage, and there are also diplomatic relations between the two countries behind it.

At the beginning, the Bulgarian government had no money, but now it is different. No matter how high the specifications are, the cost is only tens of millions of levs, equivalent to only 1.8 million pounds.

What's more, this wedding is a reduced class. There is also a set of rules in Europe. Marriage with different identities corresponds to different etiquette regulations.

Queen Xenia is the princess of the Russian royal family and the third heir to the Russian Empire. The Bulgaria-Russia Alliance has just been established, and there are too many political factors involved.

Ferdinand played with the highest standard. If the Russian Empire is recognized as the successor of Eastern Rome, there will be no problems with the set of etiquette regulations.

Now the cost of little Ferdinand is much less, and Bulgaria does not need to show off its force at this time,

Naturally, he didn't need to learn from Ferdinand and lead the army across mountains and rivers to greet his relatives, which left more than half of the expenses.

After thinking about it, Ferdinand was surprised to find that the total cost of the wedding of his two sons this time was less than half of his original cost.

Now the wedding ceremony can arrive in the morning and evening, and the plane can go directly to the Netherlands and Denmark from Sofia, which saves the biggest expense.

Xenia, how are your preparations going, do you need help? Ferdinand asked thoughtfully

Are you sure you have time to help? Xenia asked back

Within two hours, I don't have any arrangements! It's my son's wedding, I always need to do something! Ferdinand said calmly

Hand over all the affairs to Xenia, just like when he got married back then, everything was handled by his mother. His irresponsible father died N years in advance.

After all, Ferdinand was still a bit embarrassed. Originally, he planned to hand over all these matters to his sons. Unfortunately, in this respect, women are always more talented than men.

In the end, it was Xenia who took over the task. Little Ferdinand and his brothers had long been hiding away, and it was fine if they didn't come to make trouble.

Well, then you are responsible for sending invitations! Queen Xenia thought for a while and said

Don't worry about this, the palace minister will take care of all this, even if it is missed, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be responsible for making it up in time! Ferdinand said indifferently

But, don't you feel more fulfilled to participate in your son's wedding? Queen Xenia asked

Alright then, I'll be in charge of urging them to complete it!

After thinking about it, Ferdinand found a job that suited him.

Get your hands on it? Regarding his hands-on ability, Ferdinand never had any illusions.

With so many relatives and friends, wouldn't it be embarrassing to make a mistake?

Among the European nobles, there are quite a lot of duplicate names. If the full name is not added, Ferdinand may not be able to tell who is who.

Among other things, there are as many as twelve nobles above the duke family named Ferdinand, eight named George, and nine named William.

With so many messy names added together, it's not bad if you don't feel dizzy. Who can tell the difference among non-professionals?

Ferdinand, this is really in line with your style. This is what you often say that you can solve problems with your mouth, so try not to use your hands, right? Queen Xenia thought for a while and said.

You can understand that! But what about little Ferdinand? Didn't I ask them to help you? Ferdinand asked suspiciously

The guard of honor has gone! Queen Xenia thought for a while and said

Honey, how did you complete so much work? Ferdinand asked suspiciously

It's not the problem you said can be solved with your mouth, so try not to do it?

It's all handed over to the palace etiquette team. I'm in charge of proposing amendments and checking for any mistakes! Queen Xenia replied with a smile.

Very good! Ferdinand commented

Ferdinand, how are the preparations going outside? I'm just in charge of the palace. How did you arrange the layout outside the palace? Queen Xenia asked with concern.

That's the job of the cabinet. They will take care of everything. Besides, it's still early. At this time, Sofia is probably still under renovation! Ferdinand thought for a while and said

The so-called renovation is not to demolish and rebuild, but to repair the damaged buildings, and directly demolish the irreparable ones, and repaint the old walls.

Most of these things are done spontaneously by the people, there is no coercion, and the king's incompetence can be known by looking at the actions of the people outside.

Little Ferdinand's wedding this time is relatively simple. The Bulgarian royal palace has already been expanded once, enough to accommodate tens of thousands of guests, so there is no need to go to the church this time.

In this era, religion had to make concessions to secular kingship. For this marriage, Ferdinand invited the Pope to personally bless the two couples.

Britain and France have harmed Italy, and it still has an effect, at least to make the aloof Papal State succumb to the secular world, otherwise the Pope would not give face like this.

Of course, if you don't surrender, it's hard to say whether the Papal State will still exist.

Who let the British who control this area believe in Protestantism?

John Bull did nothing else but guide the refugees to the Vatican. After tens of thousands of refugees entered the Papal State, the Holy See immediately became obedient.

No more fooling around, accusing the British of atrocities in Italy. The Pope who called on Christians all over the world to denounce the atrocities committed by the British has also returned to the embrace of the Lord.

Ok!

By the way, Ferdinand, how did you arrange the wedding ceremony?

It won't be like you again, bring an army to welcome the bride! Queen Xenia asked with curious eyes.

Of course not, but it's pretty much the same.

When I married you back then, I brought the army. This time, the two boys can take the air force. This speed is much faster! ’ joked Ferdinand

Oh, that's right. Airplanes are much faster than riding horses. Back then, you spent several months with cavalry, and it wasn't romantic at all! Xenia thought for a while and said.

Ferdinand was speechless for a while. Sure enough, men and women focus on different things.

Oops! exclaimed Ferdinand

What's wrong? Xenia asked concerned.

I forgot to coordinate with the Dutch royal family and the Danish royal family. I'm afraid they don't necessarily have such a big airport! Ferdinand said with a frown

There is no way, there are no large planes in this era, and the passenger capacity of each plane is very limited. At present, most of the civilian passenger planes in Bulgaria can only carry more than 20 people.

Even Ferdinand's private plane can only carry more than 40 passengers. In this day and age, everyone still pays attention to ostentation. No matter how simple it is, there must always be thousands of people, right?

In addition to the formation of the air force escort, there are at least hundreds of planes. This landing site is not small, and it really needs to be coordinated in advance, otherwise it will be too late to set off by then?

It's okay dear, I think someone will take care of this issue for you! Xenia said with a slight smile

Your Majesty, Queen, there is a telegram from the Dutch royal family. They are asking about the number of people who will be married this time, so that they can make arrangements in advance! the maid said before the two of them.

Call back and tell them that the number of people is small, only 2186 people, just ask them to prepare a parking space for 230 planes! Ferdinand said forcefully.

This number is really not that many, including guards, entourage, and etiquette brigade, this is already the most basic configuration.

After all, you still have to save face. It's not too much to bring a flying group to escort, right?

Not sending an air division, this is already Ferdinand considering the actual situation, as the world's largest air force power, Bulgaria is the most lack of aircraft.

The Air Force has more than 3,200 aircraft of various types in active service. The most common organization is that an Air Force Combat Division has three regiments under its jurisdiction, and each regiment has four flight brigades, each with 24 aircraft.

A flying regiment, but 96 fighter jets, is really not that big.

It must be known that the colonial army and the colonial government are equipped with aircraft in Bulgaria. If all these aircraft are added up, it is estimated that the total number will exceed 20,000.

It is completely the rhythm of using an airplane as a car, but in the eyes of the Bulgarian government, they may not have really paid attention to this problem.

Most of the aircraft equipped by the colonies are leftovers after the First World War. In terms of cost, they are not much different from the prices of cars sold on the market.

The price of automobile fuel sold on the market is much higher than the aviation fuel purchased by the military uniformly. In terms of cost, flying an airplane is not much higher than driving a car.

(Remarks: Refer to domestic aviation kerosene and gasoline prices. At present, the price of aviation kerosene is only five to six thousand per ton. Gasoline has already exceeded ten thousand per ton. In the international market, gasoline is also slightly expensive in terms of tonnage.)

Anyway, gas stations now sell high-priced oil, which is well known and supported by all Bulgarians. Of course, government vehicles must also use this high-priced oil.

Since the cost difference is not big, in a colony with a large area and a sparse population, it is natural to use more advanced means of transportation!

Ferdinand, is this not good? Queen Xenia said hesitantly

What's wrong? Ferdinand asked suspiciously.

With such a small person, will little Ferdinand have any objections? You know, compared with the scene when we got married, he is not even one-tenth? Will he think that we don't pay enough attention? Queen Xenia said hesitantly.

Oh, Xenia, the nature of this is different! You know that political issues are very complicated, and you are used to it and don't like contact, so you can't explain it clearly for a while.

You have to know that if we make too much momentum, the Dutch royal family must also raise the level accordingly, which is a good thing in the first place.

But the Dutch government's current finances are not very good. Can they allocate funds? If the government refuses to pay, then the royal family can only pay for it, you know! Ferdinand thought for a while and said

If you pretend to be aggressive, you must also consider the other party's feelings, right?

According to Ferdinand's plan, after excluding labor costs, the budget should be controlled within two million levs, so that everyone can accept it and no one will lose face.

After all, the current Kingdom of the Netherlands cannot be compared with the Russian Empire in its heyday. If the scale becomes large, what do you ask them to take as a dowry?

Not everyone can be like the tsarist government, throwing out the title of grand duke, giving a gift of minerals, and earning a lot of money every year.

Although Xenia later gave up this income due to the outbreak of the Russian Civil War, the income of nearly one million levs per year, after taking it for so many decades, does not add up to a small number.

Okay, then I can only wrong little Ferdinand, I will talk to him, no matter what, we must consider the other party's feelings! Xenia thought for a while and said

Ok!

Ferdinand nodded. Compared with later generations, the European royal family in this era is still very happy. As long as the country is rich, weddings and funerals are basically paid by the government for a series of expenses.

Naturally, it can be as luxurious as it is. In future generations, the government has limited funding, and even needs to pay for it themselves. Many unnecessary etiquette can be saved as much as possible.

The originally extravagant weddings have gradually become ordinary, and they are not even as extravagant as the weddings of some rich people.

Naturally, this problem does not exist in Bulgaria. The mere expenditure of several million levs does not need to enter the Congress. This problem has long been considered in the special funds reserved by the government.

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