Mediterranean Hegemony Road

When Ferdinand abandoned the strait strategy and switched to the peninsula strategy, the next negotiation would be much smoother.

For the Germans, if they can sacrifice Greece to keep the Ottoman Empire, it is completely acceptable. Now the ruling party of the Ottoman Empire, the Turkish Youth Party, their performance is still very satisfactory to the Germans!

Perhaps the German government is also ready to continue the historical practice, help the Ottoman Empire complete internal reforms, train a real new army, and relieve the pressure of the Allies on the Eastern Front!

It is no surprise that the first negotiator to complete the negotiation was the Kingdom of Montenegro. Since the differences between the two sides were not very big, Metev took over the request of the Kingdom of Montenegro to pay the war reparations instead of ceding the land. Of course, the indemnity figure was slightly increased.

On September 15, 1909, Metev, on behalf of the Prime Minister of Bulgaria and the Kingdom of Montenegro, signed an armistice peace treaty under the witness of various countries - the Paul-Montenegro Armistice Treaty, that is, the Treaty of Constantinople of Montenegro Treaty!

The treaty stipulates: Since the signing of the treaty, the two countries will officially end the war; the Kingdom of Montenegro will pay Bulgaria a one-time indemnity of 4.8 million pounds for the war, which can be paid in kind, and the insufficient part will be paid by loans provided by the Allies.

At this point, the Kingdom of Montenegro officially withdrew from the Second Balkan War. After the news came out, Nicholas I, who was far away in Podgorica, was deeply relieved.

Then began a hard life of debt repayment. Don't look at the small number of 4.8 million pounds, which is equivalent to 120 million levs, but for this small mountainous country with a population of only more than 1.2 million, it is equivalent to carrying 100 columns on the back per capita. The foreign debt of Fu, which is equivalent to three months of their gross national product!

However, in comparison, the Kingdom of Montenegro is not bad, Romania is a bit hard, and the Bulgarian army has occupied a large area of ​​the city, of course, it is impossible to let go easily.

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Metev said calmly: Okay, this is our final condition, Romania:

Either cede Slobozia and Constanta (about 3,000 square kilometers) and pay 6 million pounds in war reparations;

Either cede the Craiova and Slatina areas (about 14,000 square kilometers) without paying war reparations!

Either pay a one-off war reparations of 53 million pounds, or not cede the land!

At this time, Romanian Foreign Minister Barnosk could only look forward to German Foreign Minister Pilov, hoping that the Germans could stand for them.

Pilov did not disappoint him, he acted as a peacemaker and said, Mr. Metev, your country's asking price is too high, and the Romanian army did not cause much harm to your country in this war.

Judging from the loss of your country, it will not exceed 3 million pounds. Even if you add 10 million pounds of reparations for war expenses, it is enough!

As a responsible big country, we hope that your country should show the sincerity of peace and don't let hatred continue!

Metev said solemnly: No! Mr. Pilov can't calculate it like this. Due to Romania's invasion, we have mobilized a total of 300,000 troops, 260,000 people, and consumed a lot of materials!

This is our list, Mr. Piloff, please take a look at it, what's the problem?

After speaking, Metev took out a thick stack of documents from the document bag, and there was a chapter of statistical tables on it.

as follows:

Calculated according to Bulgaria's national product, 750 levs per person per month consumes 420 million levs of wealth every month.

In addition, during the war, we also have to pay military expenses. Based on the most basic calculation of 150 levs per person per month, the monthly labor salary expenditure is 84 million levs.

As well as the cost of weapons and ammunition, we calculate a whole number of 100 million lev.

From the outbreak of the war on July 8 to September 16, a total of 70 days, the total daily expenditure: 42000/30+8400/30=16.8 million lev

70 days: 1680*70=1.176 billion levs, a total of 1.276 billion levs, equivalent to £51.04 million!

After a while, Metev added: By the way, the casualty compensation has not been calculated, and the panic caused to the people due to the war has affected the normal economic operation of Bulgaria. We have not yet accounted for this part of the loss. Statistics out.

If you can wait two or three months, I think this part of the loss has been calculated, and we will discuss compensation again, it should be more accurate!

After listening to Metev's words, Romanian Foreign Minister Barnosc almost fainted, waited two or three months? At £672,000 (16.8 million levs) a day, who the fuck can afford to wait?

If you want to calculate war reparations like this, you should have said it earlier! We absolutely signed the peace treaty on the first day, it should not be the front line that fails, and immediately admits counsel!

Then July is over, and more than 10 million pounds are still within Romania's tolerance range. Now, more than 50 million, it is really unaffordable!

Oh, he also knew that this was just an excuse made by Bulgaria on purpose, the reparations were fake, and the ceding land was the real purpose!

After all, Bulgaria's military meritocracy system, Barnosk has long been heard, and did not get enough land, so what should the officers and soldiers do about the division?

Well, what surprised Barnosque was that German Foreign Minister Pilov was silent. Obviously, the conditions proposed by the Bulgarians were within his tolerance, and he hoped Romania could accept them!

After all, if the land is ceded, the first case is only more than 3,000 square kilometers. This number is really not much, even if the compensation of 6 million pounds is added, it is not too much.

Moreover, this indemnity does not need to be paid directly. As long as the Romanian government is responsible for relocating more than 200,000 people on this land, it can offset most of it. This condition is not excessive!

After thinking about it, Romanian Foreign Minister Barnosc said: Please wait a moment, I will send this condition back to the country and wait for the final decision in the country!

After speaking, he breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he only paid more than 3,000 square kilometers of land to end this war, and he could explain it to the country!

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Seeing that Romania also passed the border easily, the representative of the Ottoman Empire, Smutafa Asim Bey, was also relieved. Now there are no Greek representatives in the venue. It is obvious that the Allies have given up Greece this time, but this is not the same as He's okay.

Dead Daoist friends do not die poor Daoists!

Even if Bulgaria directly annexed Greece, he would not object! It is an honor for the Greeks to be able to exchange the interests of the Greeks for Bulgaria's concessions to the Ottoman Empire, isn't it?

Now that the Turkish Youth Party has just come into power, if it cannot sign a decent peace treaty, how can it explain to the people of the country?

Unfortunately, now the Ottoman Empire no longer has the strength to continue the war, otherwise the Turkish youth party that just came to power would not mind using this war to solve the hidden dangers in the country!

The Romanian representative needs to ask the country for instructions, and the negotiation has to continue, and then it is the turn of the Ottoman Empire.

Metev did not detour and said directly: If your country can provide enough compensation, we can withdraw our troops from the Asia Minor Peninsula, but this compensation must be exchanged for equal value before we can accept it!

The conditions proposed by Metev this time surprised Smutafa Asim Bey. This is playing football. What is the equivalent?

For the Ottoman Empire, the Asia Minor Peninsula is the most important existence, and there is no equivalent at all!

indemnity? It is a pity that the Ottoman Empire is very poor now. Even if the Turkish Youth Party came to power and ransacked their homes, these funds are the funds for the future development of the Ottoman Empire, and it is impossible to use all of them to pay war reparations!

The most important thing is that in this war, the Ottoman Empire fell into a passive position in public opinion from the very beginning, and was killed by a few idiots. Because of the feelings of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, even the Germans could not help them. excuse!

There is no doubt that it must be ceded! As for how much to cede and where to cede, Smutafa Asim Bey would not dare to call the shots alone.

Mr. Metev, this war was provoked by the previous government, we express regret, and we are willing to take responsibility for it!

Everyone knows that the previous government was a decadent feudal dynasty, run by a bunch of idiots, and they all paid the price for it!

We can't blame ordinary Ottoman people for what a few idiots did, it's immoral!

Smutafa Asim Bey resolutely chose to take the blame. Anyway, it is no problem to introduce the corrupt Sudanese government to take responsibility.

Instead of arguing with Metev about the responsibility of the war, it is better to be humble and to win the sympathy of all countries. After all, the image of the Turkish al-Shabaab in the eyes of the public is much better than that of the Sudanese government.

The most important thing is that the mastermind behind Bulgaria's previous request for investigation has now died in the coup. Even if Smutafa-Asim-Bey admits it, Metev can no longer demand the surrender of war criminals. !

Facts have proved that Smutafa - Asim - Bey's approach is very effective, at least everyone sees his eyes to be milder, and there is no murderousness at the beginning!

Metev said with a smile: Mr. Smutafa Asim Bey is right, that's why I can get to the negotiating table, otherwise even if we hit Ankara, we won't let the real murderer go. of!

But the war has already happened, and your government still has to take full responsibility for this war! As for what price to pay, everyone understands, there is no need to pretend!

Now that we hand over the right of choice to you, isn't that our greatest sincerity?

If you want us to give up the peninsula of Asia Minor, then your country must cede another piece of land of equivalent value to us, or pay the equivalent currency as war reparations!

We accept lev, pound, franc, mark and other common currencies of various countries, of course, the lira is fine!

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