Mediterranean Hegemony Road

After the German-Austrian coalition retreated to the Tisza River, the Bulgarian army had to stop its advance. Without a boat, it can't swim there, right?

Besides, Bulgaria has already won the battle on the southern front anyway, and everyone has no hatred, so why are you so desperate?

Then the two sides stared wide-eyed across the Tisza River. The war was temporarily subsided. Everyone was very busy. The German-Austrian coalition was eager to build a defense line, and the Bulgarian army was busy looting family wealth!

The capitalists of the Kingdom of Hungary are fortunately hoarded by the grain, and now it is just cheaper for Ferdinand, and even the front-line army food problem has been solved.

Now the problem is not that it cannot be beaten. As long as Ferdinand is willing, he can still fight across the river. The Tisza River is not wide, and there is an air force to cover. As long as the crossing is not a problem, there is no need to continue fighting!

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When the Bulgarian army entered the Great Hungarian Plain, Dante Kristof began to plan to take Belgrade, the gateway to the Balkans.

However, before it could be implemented, it was stopped by Ferdinand. The reason is very simple. The Austro-Hungarian Empire will not last long, and there is no need to spend precious troops here.

Due to the war, now the Kingdom of Hungary has added hundreds of thousands of refugees. Obviously, this has intensified the determination of the Hungarians to withdraw from the war. Once the Kingdom of Hungary withdraws from the war, then the Austro-Hungarian Empire will naturally be unable to hold on.

Now the only thing preventing the Kingdom of Hungary from withdrawing from the war is the hundreds of thousands of German troops on the front line. As long as they are there, the Hungarians will not dare to act rashly!

Otherwise, they would declare independence on the front foot and be suppressed on the back foot. Wouldn't it be tragic? We can't count on Ferdinand's integrity, and he will send troops to rescue them, right?

Of course, if Ferdinand is born, he will definitely send troops to help, but taking advantage of the fire is naturally indispensable. In case something happens along the way,

What's the point of being late, this is beyond human ability!

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In the Royal Palace of Sofia, Ferdinand is holding a meeting on the disposal of Hungary after the war. As an old neighbor, Bulgaria has no doubt the biggest right to speak on this issue.

Even if John Bull gave them a promise, Italy's lesson had already told the Hungarians that it was better to get the endorsement of the Allied parties before acting.

The magistrate is not as good as the current management. Large tracts of land in the Kingdom of Hungary are in Bulgaria's hands. If Bulgaria's understanding cannot be obtained, it will be difficult to clarify the ownership of these lands in the future.

Unless the Hungarians think they can use force to regain lost ground, it is better to negotiate the terms before acting, so as not to cry in the future.

The battle on the southern front has ended so peacefully. Ferdinand has been in a good mood recently, so the Hungarians have caught up with a good time. Of course, his good mood cannot change the final result!

Foreign Minister Metev said calmly: Your Majesty, Hungarian representatives have arrived in Sofia in secret, and they have applied to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for peace talks.

Judging from the current contacts, the attitude of the Hungarians is still very firm. They hope to restore the territorial area before the war. They want to take back the Middle Danube Plain and the Transylvanian Plateau from our hands.

Ferdinand smiled and asked, What price did the Hungarians charge?

As a defeated country, how could it be possible to withdraw from the war without paying the price?

Metev laughed and said: They cooperated with us to solve the German army in the Kingdom of Hungary, and also the friendship of the Kingdom of Hungary!

Xiang Konstantin smiled and said: Is it a condition to kill this German army? If the Hungarians have the ability, let them let the Germans go. I want to see if the Germans will let them go, this traitor?

As for the friendship of the Kingdom of Hungary? After independence, the Kingdom of Hungary is just an ordinary kingdom. Is their friendship very valuable?

It's not that Constantine discriminates against them, but the status of the two sides is not equal at all. The Hungarian Kingdom remaining in the Austro-Hungarian Empire is still a member of the great powers, and the independent Hungarian Kingdom is just an ordinary kingdom.

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the status between the great powers and the common countries was very different, otherwise Ferdinand would not have waste so much effort to get Bulgaria to join the club of great powers!

Although the Hungarians were ready for independence, they were not ready to face the changes in international status caused by independence, and they still conducted diplomacy with the international status of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Obviously, Bulgaria cannot buy them. If it is the Austria-Hungary Empire, they are indeed qualified to stop losses, but there is only one Hungarian kingdom. After the war, Bulgaria will not divide them with the bears, even if Ferdinand has integrity.

Foreign Minister Metev still said with a smile: Xiang, now the Kingdom of Hungary is still valuable to us. We must give an explanation, right?

Xiang Constantine nodded, and after a moment of silence, he said, You mean to deceive the Hungarians and write them a bad check?

No, we cannot damage our international reputation for such a trivial matter!

After speaking, everyone turned their attention to Ferdinand. Usually, this kind of thing is made by him personally.

After hesitating for a moment, Ferdinand said slowly: Tell the Hungarians that they can take back these territories, but they have to pay a price, and we accept the land redemption.

Of course, if they had done enough in this world war, we could have given up asking them for this money too!

Everyone trembled slightly. There is definitely a problem here. When did Ferdinand speak so well? You must know that in Bulgaria's strategic planning, Transylvania has been included in the mainland, how can it be spit out again? At least the Kingdom of Hungary has not been able to get Bulgaria to return the meat that has gone into the bowl!

So there is no doubt that this is an empty check. How much contribution can the Kingdom of Hungary make to this world war? Is there a specific standard for this?

Unfortunately, no! Only contributions recognized by Bulgaria are contributions, otherwise they are all blind!

As for the land redemption, this is just a disguised war indemnity. As long as Bulgaria offers a sky-high price, it will naturally end without a hitch!

Understanding what Ferdinand meant, Metev immediately replied: Yes!

The next question is how the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should fool the Hungarians and convince them of Bulgaria's sincerity!

Education Minister Chekov suddenly said: Your Majesty, now we have confiscated a lot of Hungarian capitalists' farms. It's too wasteful to leave them abandoned now. Why don't we use them to resettle Romanian refugees!

These farms are all mechanized and do not need a few people at all. However, if all the machinery is destroyed and the labor is intensively cultivated, it will require a lot more manpower.

Chekov obviously dug a hole in the Hungarians and directly brought mechanized agriculture back to the human era. If it is a little more sinister, everyone will be allocated land according to the minimum standard, and it will not be a problem to resettle millions of people on these land. .

After the war, the Hungarians will be surprised to find that the once rich middle Danube plain no longer exists, replaced by millions of extra Romanians.

If Ferdinand goes a little further, it is not impossible to directly establish a Romanian kingdom here.

You must know that due to the war, many local aborigines have already fled, and the production materials left by these people can naturally be used for distribution.

Ferdinand thought for a while and said, Then according to the standard of 0.2 hectares (three acres) of land per person, the Romanian refugees will be divided into fields, so that they can live and work in peace and contentment in the central plain of the Danube!

It is a pity that the land of the old nobles cannot be moved, otherwise the Danube alone can settle all the Romanians.

Theoretically, a person of 0.2 hectares of land can accommodate 500 people in one square kilometer, and 5 million people in 10,000 square kilometers.

Of course, this is actually impossible. It is impossible for 10,000 square kilometers of land to be all cultivated land. Under normal circumstances, there will definitely be buildings, forests, grasslands and other land.

The allocation base of 0.2 hectares is already the minimum requirement to meet the normal life of ordinary people. (o.2 hectares = 2ooo square meters = 3 mu, the annual output in the plain area is calculated at 300 kilograms per mu, They can only make ends meet.) After all, they have to exchange other living materials, so they can’t eat all the bread!

But even so, there are more than 30,000 square kilometers in the central Danube plain area controlled by Bulgaria now, mainly arable land. Even if it is not arable land, grasslands and forests can also be turned into arable land. But it has nothing to do with Bulgaria.

And the owners of these lands are undoubtedly mostly nobles, then the capitalists, and finally the peasants.

The property of the big nobles cannot be moved, but the property of the small nobles is not counted, especially the new nobles. They have nothing to do with Ferdinand or Pan, and even their noble status has not been recognized by the old nobles!

To put it simply, Bulgaria has conventionally confiscated nearly four floors of land here, all of which can be used for distribution, and it has become a foregone conclusion that millions of Romanian roots take root here.

It is conceivable that in the future Kingdom of Hungary, the problem of Romanians will definitely be an important part, and a miniature version of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is being conceived!

But everyone didn't feel that there was any problem at all. Everyone had done many times to bring misfortune to the east, and even teammates could be pitted, not to mention that the Kingdom of Hungary was the enemy of Bulgaria before?

If the future kingdom of Hungary stands on the opposite side of Bulgaria, then supporting the independence of the Romanians is also a good choice.

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