Mediterranean Hegemony Road

With Ferdinand's order, the Bulgarian government added more than two million people to the statistics.

As of the national census at the end of 19o6, the population of Bulgaria has reached 10,000, which is not far from the goal set by Ferdinand of 20 million before 1914!

Everyone is voluntary this time. After getting Bulgarian nationality, there are real benefits! Even if you see it, you can feel it, and the capitalists can no longer exploit them recklessly!

First of all, within the scope of the labor law, the protection they enjoy is more comprehensive. For example, in terms of salary, Bulgaria's minimum wage standard, they can also enjoy it, and they don't have to worry about being fired casually by the company.

There are also capitalists, you can no longer ask them to work overtime for free, otherwise you can report it, and once it is verified, it will be paid ten times the standard, and the capitalists will face jail!

Of course, this is also the case that the Bulgarian economy is developing at a high level. Even if this part of the expenditure is increased, the enterprise can still bear it!

This is the core reason why Ferdinand chooses to solve the immigration nationality issue now!

Otherwise, after the Russo-Japanese War is over and the economy gradually returns to normal, it will be difficult to solve this problem!

After all, this is to increase the cost of the enterprise. When the economic situation is very good, the increase will also increase. Everyone can bear it. After that, the enterprises and the market will adjust themselves!

After all, the increase in the income of these people also means that their purchasing power will increase, which will help to increase domestic demand, and the local Bulgarian market will also expand accordingly, and then reclaim the company. This is also a virtuous economic cycle!

If the economic situation is bad, it is not easy for companies to survive. To increase their expenses, wouldn't it force others to go bankrupt?

Oh, and this only works in a country like Bulgaria, where the capitalists have little say,

If it were other countries in Europe at that time, such legal capitalists would probably choose to ignore it directly!

If it was left in the Republic's house, it would be a big deal to impeach the government, and it's not like they haven't done anything about the collapse of the cabinet! Now that there is no threat from the Soviet Union, why increase your own costs?

This is also the reason why Ferdinand is determined to engage in nationalism. The government can control the country to the greatest extent, and at the same time, it can also handle the class contradictions in the country to the greatest extent!

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In fact, the 20 million population target set by Ferdinand has also brought a lot of pressure to the Bulgarian government.

In order to complete the task, we must also ensure the purity of the population. At least the language and culture must be consistent, and the religious and folk customs must not be deviated!

Apart from encouraging fertility, the only way left is to emigrate. It is a pity that immigration was restricted before. Basically, there was a shortage of people in the market, so the government brought in a batch of labor.

In this way, it is a good guarantee of social stability. After all, the immigrants from Russia are all working people. As long as they have jobs and food, they are great people!

Similarly, the way to increase the population quickly by means of immigration is blocked because of this!

After the Balkan War, due to the increase in the domestic population, Ferdinand revised the immigration law in order to ensure the employment of the domestic people.

The new law stipulates that the introduction of foreign immigrants must ensure employment issues and have similar language, culture and customs.

And you must have no criminal record in Bulgaria, no bad thoughts, and stable work for more than ten years before you can get citizenship!

Oh, except for scarce talents, such as senior engineers, scientists, doctors, etc., there are no restrictions!

Under so many restrictions, it is undoubtedly unrealistic to want to rapidly increase the population!

The opening that Ferdinand opened this time is undoubtedly a chance for the officials of the Population and Immigration Bureau!

Aren't these migrants going to go back to their hometown to visit relatives? It can also be said to be married, after all, so many bachelors always have to solve personal problems!

Then their other half, of course, can't be restricted if they want to join Bulgaria, this is just what they need!

Similarly, if their immediate family members want to immigrate to Bulgaria, the government also has to open an opening, otherwise it makes no sense!

According to the current calculation of more than two million Russian immigrants, if you count their other half and their immediate family members, is this number large enough?

Only one-fifth, or even one-tenth, of these people is needed to complete Ferdinand's mission! This is much more effective than slowly encouraging fertility!

According to the current standards of the Bulgarian government for the promotion of cadres, such a major task has been completed several years ahead of schedule. Everyone is ready to be promoted collectively!

In order to achieve political performance, the work enthusiasm of the bureaucrats has suddenly improved a lot. They took the initiative to do ideological work for these Bulgarian people who returned to their hometowns to visit relatives, and made a promise that they would be responsible for helping their relatives and friends solve the employment problem!

And this time, the requirements are not high. As long as there is no criminal record, the language and culture are connected, and there is no ideological problem, the government will give the green light!

This is also a common problem for bureaucrats all over the world. In the face of political achievements, they can always stimulate their potential.

Not only have they thought of ways to attract people, but even job placement, which is a headache for the entire capitalist world, they can think of ways to see that the potential of bureaucrats is unlimited!

Oh, this is what everyone learned from Ferdinand. Bulgaria has already implemented two five-year plans, so it is probably not difficult to start another three-five-year plan, right?

Everyone is prepared, and Ferdinand's mind has been figured out to some extent by the people below. As long as it is a policy that benefits the country and the people, it is the policy that the king likes! There's nothing wrong with doing things along this line!

Three-five plan Ferdinand has long wanted to do it, but unfortunately, there has been no chance! First the Balkan War, then the big immigration, then the economic crisis, and then the Russian-Japanese War, it can be said that the Bulgarian government has been very busy in recent years!

More importantly, it is poor. The government has too many things to do, and the money is naturally not enough!

With the current size of Bulgaria's economy, it is really impossible to do anything without a fund of 2 or 3 billion levs to carry out a nationwide Third Five-Year Plan!

If it's just a small fight, now that the government is doing it all the time, there is absolutely no need for Ferdinand to make things superfluous!

As we all know, the Bulgarian government has always been heavily in debt. The huge foreign debt has made the government dare not take any major action at all. But with the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, that all changed!

Since 19o4, Bulgaria's trade volume with Russia has grown rapidly, and it has always maintained a trade surplus status!

In 19o4, Bulgaria's trade surplus with Russia was as high as 120 million rubles (about 10,000 pounds, or 317 million levs);

In 19o5, due to the impact of the general strike in Russia, the trade surplus with Russia directly increased to 370 million rubles (about 10,000 pounds, or 978 million levs);

The final results for 19o6 are not out yet, but as we all know, the numbers continue to grow!

In just over two years, the Bulgarian government's international foreign debt has been directly reduced by half. If the Russian-Japanese War continues, then in 1907, the Bulgarian government will be able to pay off all its debts!

Oh, this is not an early loan repayment. International loans in this era are all overlord loans, and early repayment also requires interest!

This operation is just a transfer of creditor's rights. The French hope to control more creditor's rights of Maoxiong to strengthen their financial control over Russia!

Bulgaria hopes to pay off its foreign debt as soon as possible, otherwise it holds a large amount of rubles in its hands. Ferdinand said that he would not be able to sleep!

Who knows if there will be a devaluation of the ruble, anyway, he can't believe in the integrity of the tsarist government. If he is born, where will he cry?

So in the case of everyone's wishes, the French took over Bulgaria to repay the loan with these rubles, and then converted it into the Russian creditor's rights by purchasing the Russian debt!

Of course, the Bulgarian government repaid a lot of loans this time, but this does not mean that the Bulgarian government really made so much money in this war.

This is impossible. The Russians are not Japanese, and Bulgaria is not the British Empire. This kind of ripping off is still impossible!

In fact, this is just that the government used the foreign exchange exchanged for exports to repay its debts, while it was Lev who paid the domestic enterprises.

This can also be regarded as a financial foreign exchange operation. In short, the foreign debt of the Bulgarian government has begun to plummet, and the debt crisis is now relieved!

Of course, insider trading is also indispensable in this, otherwise the usury empire is not so easy to talk about!

To put it simply, the two countries have formed an alliance between the two countries, or another Bulgaria has been added to the Franco-Russian Entente, and the two-country agreement has become a tripartite agreement!

After all, the Russians are no longer in the state, and they are still fighting with the Japanese in the Far East, and they no longer have enough strength to suppress the Germans!

The balance of Euro 6 has been broken, the Allied countries have been at a disadvantage, and the strategic security of the French in the Euro 6 has not been guaranteed, which makes the French government very worried!

Although Bulgaria is a little weaker, it is second only to the six major powers in Europe. For the French who are in desperate need of allies, it is an existence that must be drawn!

Of course, to deal with the daunting task of the Germans, let the French do it themselves, or the Russians can do it, but Bulgaria is out of reach!

The treaty stipulates that once the big war breaks out in Europe, the Bulgarians must participate in the war, and they must join forces with the Russians to deal with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. At least 1.5 million troops of the Austro-Hungarian Empire must be contained to complete the task!

On this point, Ferdinand said that there is no problem, what the Serbs can do in history, there is no reason why Bulgaria can't do it now!

Anyway, due to the existence of the Russian-Russian Alliance, Bulgaria cannot be immune to itself.

In return, early repayment of the loan is only part of the equation, and Bulgarian interests abroad will also be protected by the French government.

Although there is almost no overseas interest in Bulgaria now, Ferdinand still brought it up!

Not now does not mean that there will be no future. France is still the second largest naval power in the world these days, and its international deterrence is still strong. Both sides can take what they want!

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