Mediterranean Hegemony Road

On August 2, 1992, the internal meeting of the four Allied powers proposed by Ferdinand was held secretly in Paris.

Attending the meeting were British Minister of the Navy Churchill, Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward, the representative of Russia Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich, the representative of Bulgaria, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Metev, and the Minister of the Sixth Army.

Obviously, this secret only refers to the content of the meeting. This meeting cannot be kept secret. Britain, Russia, and Bulgaria have all sent heavyweights to participate. As long as the Germans are not stupid, they will know that this is aimed at them.

Therefore, on October 7, 1992, the Allies also held a meeting of the Allies in Berlin tit for tat. Obviously both sides are starting to prepare for war, and the smell of gunpowder in Europe is even stronger.

Ferdinand didn't know what kind of agreement the Allies reached, but after this meeting of the Allies, the Four-Power Alliance was really established!

The British are not free, and they also need to take military responsibility for the three countries. There is no way that they will not take military responsibility, and the Russians will not join. Can't let the two countries face the allies?

In that case, the world hegemon of the British Empire can also change hands, and Ferdinand will definitely retreat immediately!

According to the new agreement, any country in the alliance is attacked by the fifth country for no reason. The four countries must immediately negotiate and take joint actions to maintain world peace!

Obviously this was aimed at the Allies, or rather the Germans! Except for the Allies, no one in the world dares to attack the Allied countries, or even if there are idiots who dare to start a war, they don't need the Alliance to act together to settle it. Everyone still has this confidence!

At the same time, the countries also signed that the French will undertake the obligation to protect the British colonies in the Mediterranean, and the British will undertake the responsibility of protecting the French Atlantic coast.

At the same time, once the war breaks out, the French navy will be obliged to take joint action with the Bulgarian navy to block the Otranto Strait as soon as possible and prevent the navies of the Allied countries from converging.

As for the division of interests of various countries after the war,

This is not a result that can be discussed in a short period of time. In Ferdinand's view, it is estimated that perhaps the world war has broken out and everyone may still be confused!

However, for the obligations undertaken by countries, this time there is a preliminary division:

The British are responsible for solving the German navy, and at the same time will send 6 armies to support the French; the French are responsible for fighting Germany and Italy on the western front, and at the same time are responsible for guarding the Mediterranean route;

Bulgaria and the Russians jointly deal with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Romania, and the Ottoman Empire; at the same time, the Russians must attack the German mainland to contain the German forces; Bulgaria is also responsible for solving the Kingdom of Montenegro, and the navy must cooperate with the French to fight, if necessary. Sent to Italy.

Of course, this combat mission is the same whether it is divided or not. When the war breaks out, everyone still has to fight like this. It is all determined by geographical location. If you don’t fight the enemy, the enemy will still fight you!

In particular, the French are the worst, and they are likely to be attacked by the two great powers Germany and Italy at the beginning of the war. Even with the help of the British, their losses are absolutely indispensable!

Therefore, Ferdinand proposed to distribute benefits after the war according to his obligations and contributions in the war, and won the support of the French.

Well, no matter how it is distributed, Bulgaria has the lowest right to speak among the four countries, and the current distribution of benefits is only a draft.

In principle, the British would get all the spoils of the German navy and carve up the largest share of the Allied colonies; the French were supported in recovering lost territory, and even ceded part of Germany and Italy were acquiesced; the Russians were granted Austrian It is meaningless to belong to Poland and German Poland, and other territorial demands should be looked at in detail; Bulgaria's unification of the Balkans is also acceptable, but the colonial issue depends on the contribution!

To put it simply, in terms of core interests, countries still take care of each other, and there will be no internal conflicts before the war begins!

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Ferdinand said dissatisfiedly: Xiang, from now on we will speed up the immigration of the Greeks, we can take special measures if necessary, and our pre-buried secret hands can also act!

Two years have passed since the end of the Second Balkan War, and there are still more than 1.2 million people in the Greek peninsula. If the war breaks out, it will be an untimely bomb!

After the internal meeting of the Allied Powers ended, they obtained mutual endorsements from all countries, and Ferdinand became more courageous.

All the Ottomans on the Greek peninsula have been repatriated to the country, but in addition to the 300,000 to 400,000 Greeks on the peninsula who were forcibly removed at the beginning, only more than 200,000 people were relocated in the next two years. Ferdinand was dissatisfied.

Oh, it's not that the government didn't work hard. Originally, under Ferdinand's combination of punches, the people on the Greek peninsula were miserable and could only leave their homes, but the Bulgarian government's peninsula railway plan saved them.

Because building railways and highways requires a lot of labor, they have found jobs again. In addition, the Bulgarian railway company is a state-owned enterprise after all, and strictly enforces Bulgarian labor protection laws.

Therefore, the Greeks who have found jobs can still survive, and even many people who are now building railways are a little bit tired and hard, and their wages are much better than their previous jobs, so naturally they will not leave.

Ferdinand just discovered this, but he did not criticize the railway company's practice. Since the system has been formulated, it must be implemented, otherwise there will be endless troubles!

After thinking about it, Constantine said hesitantly: Your Majesty, if the Greeks are expelled now, it will be difficult for us to find so many laborers in the short term. The progress of the railway construction may be greatly affected, and the expenditure will be greatly increased!

Ferdinand thought for a while and said: Well, if there are not enough laborers, let's continue to think of ways from the Russians! As for the increased expenses, that's it, levy on the goods imported and exported from our seas and 6 land to the Greek peninsula. A 50% tariff should make up for our losses!

Well, now the Greek peninsula has been surrounded, and the surrounding seas are Bulgaria's territorial waters. If half of the tariffs are imposed, it is estimated that the price of the Greek peninsula will rise to the sky, and the Greeks will not be able to leave if they want to!

Yes! Constantine replied

As long as it is in the interests of Bulgaria, everyone can refuse it. As for the Greeks and the Bulgarian government willing to pay them to live and work in Syria, it is already very conscientious in this era.

Legally, George I is now equivalent to the Greek Grand Duke of Bulgaria. In theory, Ferdinand can still negotiate with George I to change a fief.

Anyway, no matter what others think, Ferdinand has reached an agreement with George I to let him go to the Jordan River to be king. That's right, the king, Ferdinand agreed to the Greeks' independence, provided that it was on the territory divided by Bulgaria!

In return, Ferdinand is also responsible for helping George I clean up the door, get rid of those who threaten his kingship, protect the interests of his king, and provide him with a loan!

The ecological conditions in Jordan today are not as bad as in later generations, and the vegetation destruction is far less serious than in later generations. In history, the Greeks also occupied Jordan for a time, and they are relatively familiar with the situation there. ..

Even Jordan in later generations has 900,000 hectares of arable land. In this era, there will only be more. It is more than enough to accommodate more than one million Greeks.

Anyway, Ferdinand only needs to ensure that they can survive and not starve to death, and it is not his problem to get rich and well-off.

In order to cover, Ferdinand did not directly immigrate the Greeks to Jordan, but now Syria is excessive. After the World War broke out, after the Ottomans were killed in Syria, King George I, the king, raised a banner in Jordan to attract refugees to win people's hearts.

If the Ottomans did not come out to raise hatred, Ferdinand estimated that the Greeks would probably have always regarded Bulgaria as the enemy of life and death!

But when the slaughter of the Ottomans came, all this changed in the face of survival, and they had to rely on the military protection of Bulgaria.

Even if the war is over, the Greeks are foreigners, and the people of the Middle East do not welcome them. Even in later generations, they will have to rely on Bulgaria for national defense!

Well, Ferdinand admitted that Jordan is a piece of rotten land. Except for agriculture, there are basically no other resources, but it doesn’t matter if the neighbors have it. As long as the Greeks work hard, they can learn from the Jews!

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With the order of Ferdinand, the Greek people suddenly had a hard time. Their income did not change, but they couldn't bear the rapid price rise!

Needless to say, domestic factories, large and small, go bankrupt directly. This time, it is impossible for gods to save them. Just look at the tariffs and you will know, don’t think about exporting!

Oh, now all the Greek capitalists with a little brains have run away, and even the international capitalists have withdrawn their capital, and there are tolls everywhere. This business is really not done by humans.

The Greek people suddenly found that the situation was not right, and this day really could not pass. In Bulgaria you can buy two kilograms of white bread or five kilograms of brown bread, but in Greece you can buy one kilogram of brown bread for 5 levs.

Fortunately, they work hard all day, and they cannot guarantee even the most basic life. Many people choose to run away. For them, as long as they can survive, Syria is Syria. They have no right to choose anyway.

There are also some people, unwilling to be oppressed, and with the support of the Allies, are preparing to revolt, overthrow the corrupt Greek government, and expel the Bulgarians to rebuild Greater Greece.

Well, just think about it, smart people all know that the Greek people have no spirit of resistance now, and they have not been driven to a dead end, and the ordinary Greek people have not had the courage to go all out!

Originally, these so-called revolutionaries tried to use the bourgeoisie to start an uprising, but unfortunately the capitalists were quick to see the opportunity and ran away ahead of time.

The life of the Greek people is not easy, but it does not mean that the life of the Greek officials is not easy! Now they can exploit the people unscrupulously, and no one cares. Is everyone's small life still nourishing?

Don't they know the situation in Greece? Do not! They know better than anyone else, so these smart people have to take the opportunity to make a fortune, otherwise Greece is finished, what will they live on in the future?

At the same time, Ferdinand ordered someone to fiddle with the publication, introducing the rise of several major powers in today's world with heavy brush and ink.

Of course, this is completely different from the Rise of Great Powers that has been circulated in later generations. This only introduces the eight major powers of Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Russia, Italy, the United States, and Japan. Spain and Portugal, which have already declined, are naturally ignored.

The more important thing here is of course the private goods of Ferdinand. He attributed the reasons for the rise of various countries to three points: shrewd leadership; 2. Good geographical location; 3. Rich resources!

It was proposed for the first time that a country must meet these three conditions if it wants to rise, especially the first and second, and also took Belgium and Sweden as examples. They are all because their geographical location determines that they cannot become a world power!

And came to the conclusion: a country is too far from heaven and too close to the great powers, it is doomed that this country cannot rise!

It is also very constructive to propose that there are no great powers born in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia, and the conditions for building a powerful country are met, and ethnic immigrants who are expected to build a world power are encouraged!

Oh, I also pointed out that Japan in East Asia is still a soft-footed shrimp. As long as the Manchu government defeats them, they can still return to the ranks of the great powers! Otherwise, just...

The embarrassing thing is that when this book was published, the Manchu Qing government no longer existed, and then I don't know if the revolutionaries have noticed this little hint!

By the way, Ferdinand also analyzed the mainstream contradictions in the world today, and clearly pointed out that the confrontation between the two major alliances is to compete for resources and markets.

Well, Ferdinand's is written for the Balkan peoples. Bulgaria wants to unify the Balkan Peninsula, and it won't work if they don't settle them! In line with how much you can fool, how much is calculated, you can also alleviate the troubles in the future!

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