Mediterranean Hegemony Road

Conscripted!

Conscripted!

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The annual conscription day is the most important festival in Bulgaria, which is dubbed Joining the Army Day by the people.

It is a pity that the world is peaceful now, and the number of soldiers recruited every year has been small. At the same time, if there is no war, naturally there will be no military exploits.

For the young generation in Bulgaria, this kind of life is really too difficult to endure.

The great achievements of the predecessors, they only have to look up to, and they can't even go on the battlefield, how can they surpass it?

Now is not the season for conscription, and by convention, unless there is a war, or the government is preparing for a war, it will not be conscripted in advance.

Birx is a member of the army of conscripts. He has already served in the military once. As a veteran, he has a great advantage in this kind of sudden recruitment.

Using the fastest speed, I ran to the bulletin board and carefully read the draft documents.

Soon he was disappointed. This time, it was not the government that recruited soldiers, but the Kingdom of the Netherlands recruiting mercenaries in Bulgaria.

The Balkans are also famous as the hometown of mercenaries. Turning history back, almost all of their ancestors did this rich profession hundreds of years ago.

At this time, the term mercenary has rarely appeared in everyone's sight.

If it weren't for the fact that during the World War, the Bulgarian government recruited millions of mercenaries, it is estimated that many people would have forgotten this familiar and unfamiliar term!

If the Bulgarian government is recruiting, there will naturally be a long queue. Are you still thinking about making a difference?

Now, the temptation to be a mercenary for the Dutch is much smaller, although the commission given by the recruiter this time is very high and the pension is also very generous.

But the title they most wanted, or social status, was not something that a mercenary organization could afford.

The Bulgarian government has long established a complete system, with very strict regulations on titles, military merit fields, and other reward and pension systems.

Now this mercenary is obviously not in compliance with the regulations. In nature, they are employed in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and naturally they cannot enjoy the benefits and social status provided by the Bulgarian government.

Birx is no exception. Money has never been his life goal. Like many young Bulgarians, he is eager to make a fortune and become a member of the aristocracy.

Obviously, this is not what the Kingdom of the Netherlands can provide. Besides, this mercenary is controlled by the Bulgarian government, and it is only in the name of the Dutch that it is politically necessary.

In terms of military salaries, the mercenaries are really generous, with a monthly basic salary of 280 levs, and all the spoils captured on the battlefield can be divided into eight layers, except for real estate.

Every time a war is won, there is a bonus, and the pension is as high as 80,000 leva. Including the usual supply of living materials, there is also a continuous supply of meat, vegetables and fruits.

Unfortunately, the allure of these benefits is not very attractive to them. Except for some restless people, most people are not interested in it.

Now the legal minimum wage in Bulgaria is 108 levs and 128 levs per month (note: the eight-hour working system and the ten-hour working system are parallel), the average salary is 176 levs per month, and the salary level of ordinary soldiers is the same as the average salary. .

Although the salaries of mercenaries are high, they are not high enough to make them look up to them, especially the military nobles, who are even more dismissive.

Even if the land area is the smallest, they can rent out the land, and then go out and find a job, they can still get a lot of money, and there is no need to work for the Dutch.

Ferdinand had a headache. Everyone had a good life and had no interest in being a mercenary.

Although the mercenary's salaries are high, it is a one-time thing. Once the battle is over, there is nothing left.

This is not like joining the army in China. There are a series of benefits that you can benefit from for life.

Being a mercenary, even if you have made great contributions,

It was also established for the Kingdom of the Netherlands and has nothing to do with Bulgaria. Even if they are rich and return home, the villagers only regard them as upstarts?

You mean that we have encountered difficulties in the recruitment work, and the number of applicants is too small? Ferdinand asked in confusion.

The conscience of heaven and earth, this question is completely beyond Ferdinand's imagination. Since he succeeded to the throne for more than 30 years, he has never heard of Bulgaria's lack of conscription.

In the past, it was difficult to recruit soldiers. There were always too many people who came to recruit, and the workload of selecting soldiers was very large.

The Kingdom of Bulgaria is based on martial arts, and everyone has to receive military training since childhood, and even basic training can be saved when enlisting in the army.

Started military training at the age of seven, and joined the army at the age of 20. After thirteen years, even the stupidest person has integrated this kind of training into his life.

Every time they recruited soldiers, everyone found that there were too many qualified soldiers, and there was no way. In the end, it was Ferdinand who came up with the method of drawing lots to determine the candidates, which avoided a series of troubles.

The number of people who signed up for the army is insufficient. This is probably the first time since the founding of Bulgaria. This kind of unexpected situation, everyone is not shocked!

Yes, Your Majesty! According to the previous recruitment practice, usually on the first day when the registration channel is opened, the number of applicants will exceed the number of applicants.

This time, our registration channel has been opened for three days, and the current number of registrations is less than 30,000. If nothing else, the number of registrations will not exceed 20,000 in the next four days.

In other words, the shortage of mercenaries we recruited this time will be very serious, and the number of soldiers recruited from China may not even be half of them.

You know, this time we have relaxed the registration requirements, even immigrants and even refugees can sign up! ' said Chief of Staff Christoph very distressed.

Okay, do you know the reason why everyone's enthusiasm for signing up will be low? Ferdinand asked with concern

It should be an honor! To join the National Defense Forces is to protect the family and the country. Not only is the treatment generous, but it will also be respected by the whole society.

Mercenaries may be treated better, but they cannot be recognized by society, and it is impossible for us to provide them with the same level of benefits! ' said Admiral Christoph after some thought.

Ferdinand nodded. The mercenary's treatment is not low. In addition to the salary and bonus, the most important thing is to divide the spoils, which is equivalent to legal robbery.

The Indonesian region is also very rich, and their loot after a battle may be their military pay for several years.

In theory, after helping the Dutch suppress this rebellion, it would not be a problem at all for everyone to receive tens of thousands of leva of booty.

In one or two years, they can earn an income of tens of thousands of levs, which is almost the income they can accumulate after working in the country for ten years.

This income must not be increased any more, otherwise the Bulgarian government will not be able to bear the expenses of military salaries.

In the absence of combat, a monthly salary of more than 20 million levs has to be paid. Even if the daily necessities are provided by the Dutch, the monthly cost of this unit will not be less than 2,000. Three million levs.

If a fight broke out, it would be even more expensive. Ferdinand would not find it strange at all to spend four or five billion leva a year in war expenses.

If Nanyang is Bulgaria's territory, then don't say 4 or 5 billion levs, even if it is 4 or 5 billion levs, he will not hesitate, but this time he is just helping the Dutch?

Well, first find a way among the refugees, if you still can't make up the number, go to the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the German region to recruit!

The big deal is to recruit two German divisions, and give priority to the major kingdoms. You can ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to coordinate. With their current economic situation, people who are willing to come out as mercenaries are definitely indispensable! ' Ferdinand thought for a while and said

Your Majesty, is it not appropriate to recruit a large number of mercenaries from Germany, which will increase their military strength? Christoph Zou asked with a brow.

I know this too, that's why I asked you to go to several big kingdoms to recruit people?

Except for the Kingdom of Prussia under the jurisdiction of the central government, the military strength of several other kingdoms, no matter how inflated, their populations are very limited.

Even the most populous kingdom of Bavaria has a population of less than 10 million. No matter how strong their military strength is, they do not have the strength to unify Germany.

Besides, aren't there French people? In the face of a unified Germany, the French government is expected to admit to cowardice. In the face of a small part of Germany, it is impossible for the French to cowardly.

Unless they want to see Germany united again and then launch a vengeance against them.

Even the Austro-Hungarian Empire could not tolerate German unification, and traitors are not so easy to be! Ferdinand said calmly.

Now Bulgaria needs a stable European continent. Only when the European continent is stable will it be impossible to create an empire that threatens Bulgaria's national security.

The current European hegemon, the French, has done a very good job in this area, unswervingly advocating the contradiction between Germany and France. As long as Germany and France cannot compromise, then the countries on the European continent will not threaten the security of Bulgaria.

Yes, Your Majesty! replied Admiral Christoph

Your Majesty, the military expenditure for recruiting mercenaries this time may be overrun.

According to our previous plan, mercenaries are recruited domestically, and they can be sent to the battlefield without much training at all.

But now, we are going to recruit troops from Germany and Austria, which will greatly increase our training expenses, including the cost of command and coordination, and will also greatly increase! ' said the chancellor with a gloomy face.

How much will it cost? Ferdinand asked with concern

There is no way to do this. The mercenaries recruited from Bulgaria have all the same training modes and can be used directly.

And these foreign recruits, even if they are all veterans who have retired from the World War, are now degraded, and they must be retrained and then run in for a long time before they can achieve the same command.

According to the calculation of recruiting 30,000 people, the training funds should be increased by at least 35 million levs, and the translation funds should be increased by at least 800,000 levs every month.

Your Majesty, this has greatly exceeded our budget, and the government's financial pressure will be great! ' Kennedy thought about it and said

Ferdinand furrowed his brows. On the surface, this number seemed small, but in fact, when the war ended, perhaps the increased funds would have reached hundreds of millions of leva.

Don't look at the current fiscal revenue of Bulgaria, there are already tens of billions of leva, in fact they are still very poor.

The ongoing ten-year plan has consumed a lot of financial resources of the government, so Ferdinand had to live his life carefully.

Well, let's do it like this! For the part of the overrun, use our Southeast Asian colonies as collateral to get a loan from the bank! Ferdinand said with a frown.

Lack of money is also a common problem for governments all over the world. The financial situation of the Bulgarian government is estimated to be the best in the world in this era.

At the very least, the government's debt ratio, which has been suppressed by Ferdinand, has dropped from seven or eight times the debt leverage at its peak to less than 30 percent now.

This is also because of the Ten-Year Plan, otherwise the Bulgarian government would have been debt free.

Less government debt does not mean less money owed to banks.

For example, the Bulgarian railway company still owes the bank more than 10 billion yuan; the Bulgarian road construction group is even more ruthless, and owes the bank more than 20 billion yuan.

There are quite a few similar state-owned enterprises. Of course, the Bulgarian Highway Group is not a state-owned enterprise, it belongs to a social welfare enterprise.

If nothing else, the Bulgarian Railway Company will also become a public welfare enterprise in the future. There are many similar enterprises. Almost all state-run infrastructure enterprises will eventually be transformed into public welfare enterprises.

Monopoly enterprises are not so easy to do, especially these industries that are related to international people's livelihood are typical of scolding.

The spittle stars in the future world can also drown people!

Many industries were not able to make much money, but in the eyes of the outside world, they thought it was a hugely profitable industry, and Ferdinand was not going to stay.

Anyway, no matter how the nature of the enterprise changes, the government's control over him will not be lost.

Yes, Your Majesty! Kennedy replied

Loans are loans. Anyway, the Bulgarian government has always been a high-quality customer of the bank. Compared with the high debts of governments around the world, the debts of the Bulgarian government have been falling all the way.

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