Mediterranean Hegemony Road

Great powers are great powers, even if it is a parallel import among the great powers, the strength of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is still not covered! The problem in the eyes of the Serbian government was easily solved by the Austro-Hungarian Empire as soon as it came forward!

Is it really so?

Anyway, after receiving the information, Ferdinand laughed, but he knew how powerful the Serbs were!

On the surface, the wind is calm, but in fact, I don't know how many undercurrents are surging! ! That is to say, I have just been severely injured, and I am still licking the wound, so I am a little more peaceful!

Parallel time and space At the end of 1894, Serbia had a population of more than 2.3 million, but this time and space was much more miserable! !

First, the economic crisis was overshadowed by Ferdinand, causing heavy losses; and the arms race provoked by Ferdinand intensified domestic conflicts. The rebellion, which should have been suppressed immediately, was dragged abruptly by Ferdinand's intervention. For two years, more than 100,000 Serbs were killed in the civil war;

Immediately afterwards, the Bulgarian War broke out again. This time, nearly one-third of the territory was lost. The direct loss of the population exceeded 300,000, and the economic losses were countless! !

Up to now, the total population of Serbia is less than 1.7 million, and there is a serious shortage of young and strong labor force. Most of the hot-blooded young people have been wrapped in horse leather, so naturally they lack the main force to cause trouble! !

On the surface, the Austro-Hungarian Empire helped Serbia to stabilize the situation. In fact, there are still nearly 300,000 time bombs that have not been removed! !

Long term? ? Austria-Hungary is not a philanthropist! !

Give them a way to make a living? ? Most of the 300,000 people are old, weak, sick and disabled. What can they do? ?

It's not all the same. In fact, there are still resources that can be used. After all, those who go to the battlefield are young and strong men, and they have nothing to do with women!

Even so, the 300,000 people will still be a burden on Serbia in the short term, and the Serbian government is now bankrupt, and the Austro-Hungarian boss can only help temporarily!

No one can stand it for a long time, and then it will be the moment when the contradiction between the two sides intensifies!

However, this has nothing to do with Ferdinand. After the overthrow of Serbia, the border has moved forward by more than 100 kilometers, and the Qiulin area is the main area. The strategic security of the capital Sofia has been guaranteed!

And within 20 years, Serbia will not have the ability to cause trouble for Bulgaria. In 20 years, if Bulgaria still has to worry about Serbia, Ferdinand doesn't have to mess with it, just find a piece of tofu in advance and kill it! !

The shadow of the failure of the Second Balkan War has completely disappeared! ! Without Serbia, the main force, and several other small countries in the Balkans, even if they are added together, Bulgaria is enough to deal with it! !

The Balkan countries at the end of the 19th century: Montenegro has few people and can be ignored directly; Greece has poor finances and maintains a navy, so it is natural that the army's combat effectiveness is abandoned; the only real threat to Bulgaria is Romania! !

Carol I of Romania, who was born in the army, has always attached great importance to the development of armaments, but what about the combat effectiveness of the army? It can only be considered so-so, the soldiers in the plains can't outperform the soldiers in the mountains, there is no surprise! !

Originally, with the natural conditions of Romania, there is still a chance to develop, but unfortunately, who said that Romania is in a bad position? ?

With Austria-Hungary in the west, Maoxiong in the north, and Bulgaria in the south, the direction of expansion is blocked! !

On the surface, the only way to break out of the encirclement seems to be to annex Bulgaria in the south, and then unify the Balkans! !

In fact, history has proved that this will not work at all, regardless of the attitudes of the two major powers around you; in terms of pure military strength, the Romanian army from the plains can't do the Bulgarian army with strong folk customs! !

Then there is no such thing, and as neighbors with the ambitious bear, one must be cautious, and there will be no scum that will be swallowed if it is not good! !

It can be said,

As long as the foreign powers do not make all-out efforts, the Balkans will no longer be able to threaten the existence of Bulgaria!

Serbia's problems can now be put aside for now! The management of the newly added land is the big problem now!

The population is a flaw. On an area of ​​18,000 square kilometers, there are less than 20,000 people living there! Without the previous 5%, it is really powerless to develop and utilize this land!

No way who told Ferdinand to send everyone back to Serbia? There are few local Bulgarians, and some minorities who are easy to assimilate are still less than 20,000 people!

Immigrants are a must. The problem facing the Bulgarian government is how to resettle them?

Obviously to develop industry, later generations have proven that the most suitable area is Niš, but unfortunately Niš is now the new frontier of Pause!

No matter how confident Ferdinand was, he would not be stupid enough to put industry on the border. If the Serbs suddenly went crazy and came over to do damage, the loss would be huge!

Industry is not enough, we only need to engage in agriculture! ! Except for the areas along the river and some plains, most of the other areas are mountains and hills, which are difficult to develop!

However, Ferdinand is not worried about this problem. The big deal is that there will be more rural poor people in the future, and the outbreak of this problem is at least a problem in the middle and late 20th century!

At the end of the 19th century, everyone's living standards were not good. Although the incomes of urban residents and remote mountainous areas were different, the living standards were similar, and they were struggling between the poverty line and the death line! !

Ferdinand thought for a while, and decided to take part of the land in the plain area and reward the soldiers who made military exploits to stimulate morale and cultivate a group of high-quality military nobles! !

Looking through the history books, we know that the general military literacy of officers from civilians is not comparable to that of nobles! !

Germany in World War I is the best example. Even if Junkers aristocrats held high positions in the army and hindered the fair promotion channels of civilian officers, their combat effectiveness was still the best in the world! !

Isn't Bulgaria known as the Prussia of the Balkans? ? Let's make them more worthy of their name now! !

As for the aftermath? ? Ferdinand believed that the rising military nobles could still be suppressed by himself! !

As for the future? ? After two world wars, the birth of nuclear weapons, and the stabilization of the world situation, the military aristocrats in the peaceful era naturally have much less influence, and there are no hidden dangers! !

For the remaining part, farms will be established in the plains; if the cost of direct operation in the mountainous areas is too high, bankrupt farmers will be recruited to reclaim it, or a redemption policy will be adopted to sell them to farmers!

Now that a decision has been made, Ferdinand did not delay, and directly left the matter to the cabinet government.

After all, it is easy to make a plan, but it is very troublesome to complete it. Ferdinand does not have so much energy to ask, of course, the main thing is lazy! !