Mediterranean Hegemony Road

After the establishment of the Versailles system, Germany became the world's largest debtor country. Under Ferdinand's butterfly effect, no Americans gave them blood transfusions in this time and space.

Naturally, Germany's economy can't get better. From the end of the First World War to the present, they have not been able to return to the pre-war level, let alone move forward.

Before the outbreak of the economic crisis, the economic pillars of Germany and Italy were foundries. After the outbreak of the economic crisis, various countries have played with trade barriers. If the products cannot find a market, they can only close their doors.

By the end of 1930, the unemployed in Germany had approached the eight million mark, and the unemployed in Italy had exceeded four million.

In this context, the Radical Socialist Party came to power, and in order to get rid of the hunger crisis, they set their sights on the oil people.

There is no way. At this time, only the oily people who play in finance can afford the money. Most of the other domestic capitalists have suffered heavy losses in the economic crisis.

After the end of World War I, capitalists, including the Junker nobles, lost their turf in the financial field and entered the era of Oil Tai.

Coupled with heavy war reparations, everyone has not yet recovered, and half of industrial products have to be used to repay debts. For the real economy, it is simply a nightmare.

Judging from the current situation, it is obvious that the two sides are talking about it. The German government has started financial control and banned the outflow of funds. It will not be long before it depends on the situation.

Your Majesty, the London meeting has come to an impasse. The Japanese are dissatisfied with their naval tonnage ratio and do not intend to continue signing the contract! Megev said lightly.

This is obviously avoiding the important and neglecting the trivial. The London meeting has reached an impasse. How can Japan alone do it?

Even if the Japanese government wants to refuse and everyone jointly exerts pressure, they still want to compromise. The key is that Bulgaria does not want to renew the contract.

This has nothing to do with other factors. It is purely because of the growth of national power. This paper treaty is no longer needed. Now, if Ferdinand wants to, he can build a Royal Navy in only two or three years.

Entering the era of aircraft carriers, the advantages of the Huang family's navy no longer exist. Because of aircraft technology, they are now at a disadvantage.

Of course, they don't know it yet, and if they continue to advance on the road of large ships and giant guns, if there is no treaty restriction, now perhaps 50,000 to 60,000 tons of giant warships have already appeared.

In history, the Japanese did not come up with the Yamato-class battleship, which can be described in one word-big!

By this time,

The tonnage of the British and French navies is filled by a bunch of old warships. The Bulgarian navy has just been updated. The Japanese navy is reluctant to throw away old ships and wants to build new ones.

Use the arms race to divert the economic crisis? It's a good idea, but in fact it's all nonsense. You don't need money to build a warship?

Now that there are so many unemployed people in Britain and France, even if they start work on a hundred warships at a time, they can't support that many people.

Unless a world war is launched immediately, the military industry will not be able to accommodate many people. Besides, where does the government have so much money?

This is also the reason why Germany was in a hurry to launch a war in World War II. They have no money, and if they don't go out to grab it, they will be finished!

Let them go. Once someone takes the lead in tearing up the treaty, we will follow immediately. If we can drag down the British, that would be even better! Ferdinand said after thinking for a while

Ferdinand knew that the current British Empire was actually powerful on the surface, and the three North American countries and the London government were already in different dreams.

It is better not to expect them to share weal and woe with the London government and overcome difficulties together. The number of British people is less than 10%, and they have no solidarity with the central government.

It’s okay to enjoy the blessings together, but suffer together. People don’t mind flying solo. Isn’t it the same with the independence of the United States in history?

Unless the British can move their capital to North America, sooner or later everyone will go their separate ways.

Many people still think that the three North American countries are colonies of the British and want to become independent again, among which the Irish are the main force.

Well, Ferdinand admitted that he still has credit for this, and this has always been a key area for Bulgaria to export revolution.

In name, the three North American countries are already part of the Commonwealth of Nations. In fact, many regions refused to fly the British flag and hung the flag they thought was appropriate.

The London government can do nothing about it. The local people are not easy to mess with. Rifles and machine guns are childish. The local militia has tanks and cannons, even though they are still products of World War I.

People have developed the right of self-defense to the extreme. Although the three North American countries have been included in the Commonwealth of Great Britain, there is actually not much financial gain, and the US central government has drawn a lot.

Now if there is an arms race, it is really hard to say how much power the British can use the three North American countries.

In the case of the UK alone, their total industrial volume is only less than one-third of Bulgaria's, and the two sides are simply not comparable.

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Father, this is the plan for the Eastern European Economic Summit, and we are going to invite Austria-Hungary, West Russia, East Russia, Belarus and other countries to participate.

Then we will establish an economic alliance with low tariffs, and then we will have an economic market with a population of 200 million people, and we will get rid of the shrinking export market caused by the economic crisis in one fell swoop! Little Ferdinand said cautiously.

It's a good idea, why not invite other countries to participate? Ferdinand asked

It's mainly related to transportation. These four countries are all bordering us. We can all trade directly. We can jointly reduce tariffs and break down tariff barriers, and we can benefit together!

The markets of the three Baltic countries are too small to be ignored, and Poland's diplomacy is too poor. If we let them join, we will have to spend a lot of energy coordinating their relations with Russia and Austria.

The four Nordic countries are too far away. Even if our products are shipped there, the high transportation costs will also lose our competitiveness.

Italy itself is an industrial country, and their market is too bad. If they are allowed to join and use their own cheap labor, it will also bring us a certain impact.

Not to mention Germany, we are not doing charity, there is no need to cultivate a competitor for ourselves!

France and Spain are far away in Western Europe. Let them join the alliance. We can't achieve a win-win situation, and there is no need for extra problems. Little Ferdinand analyzed

Well, your analysis is in place, this alliance can indeed maximize Bulgaria's interests, but not now!

You should urge Nicholas II first, it's time for him to repay the debt, according to the treaty, if they still can't make a loan within the next month, then we will take over Ukraine! ’ said Ferdinand with a slight smile.

It is important to establish an economic ecosystem, but this is a long-term benefit. In the short term, it is more reliable to eat Ukraine first.

If the delay continues and the Ukrainian region recovers, it will be even more difficult to integrate them.

Now is the best time. Affected by the war, there are only a group of old, weak, sick and disabled left in Ukraine. There are only a few young people left, and most of them went to Bulgaria to work.

At this time, annexing them all at once will not even cause any waves, and the leading party is ready-made. Those who came to work by themselves, there is no one who does not want Bulgaria to annex Ukraine.

This means that their annual income can increase by 30 to 40%, and they can easily obtain citizenship and a series of benefits.

Father, I know what to do! replied little Ferdinand

In order to ensure that this transaction can be completed smoothly, the economy of West Russia can only continue to deteriorate until the dust settles.

Nicholas II will choose to sell Ukraine only when they can't hold on anymore.

As for whether this transaction will affect the relationship between the two countries, it will definitely have an impact, but the impact will not be too great. This is a land sale with a clearly marked price, and it is not a plunder by force.

This is not the core area for Russians, and Ukrainians are not equal to Russians. The gap between the two sides has never disappeared.

It wasn't until the publication of Ferdinand's Theory of the Origin of Nations and the vigorous promotion of the governments of various countries that the ethnic conflicts in Eastern Europe were eased.

If we want to completely eliminate ethnic barriers, it will probably take another ten or twenty years. The older generation has almost passed away, and the new generation has grown up watching The Origin of Nations. common ancestor.

Before that, it is necessary to unify the language and culture first. Only when the language and culture are the same can everyone truly complete national integration.

Only Bulgaria has really achieved this, and those who are unwilling to integrate have been eliminated in terms of physical pain.

Whether you like it or not, now there is only one language, one language, and one culture in Bulgaria as a whole!

The rest was of course erased. Ferdinand had no morals in this regard, even history could be tampered with, and he didn't mind tampering with it a little more.

These are all verified by experts, and have nothing to do with him as the king, so he doesn't need to be responsible for it.

The question of true and false, and you can’t travel back to get evidence, who can say it clearly, as long as the Bulgarian experts and scholars can insist, it is true.

Ordinary people can't make a distinction, and the big deal between experts is a war of words. It's hard to explain these things clearly.

Anyway, the Ottoman Empire is responsible for all the bad things.

Bulgaria is originally multi-ethnic mixed, and Ferdinand did not say that they are a single ethnicity. It means that there was only one couple in the ancestors who married across ethnicities, which is also mixed.

Such evidence is so easy to find that everyone can't help but believe it. Every family goes back more than ten generations, and there have always been cross-ethnic marriages.

My own family is the evidence, so is there any need to doubt it?

No, our royal family is not suitable for things like little Ferdinand. You must know that Nicholas II is your uncle. You should avoid suspicion and let the people in the government remind the Russians.

Let's pretend we don't know anything and can't affect our lofty status in the eyes of the Russian people, do you understand? Ferdinand added worryingly.

I understand, but father, where do we get our lofty status among the Russian people? Little Ferdinand asked suspiciously

This question is very simple. You have to know that after the outbreak of the cabinet civil war, your mother and I have donated money to help civilians many times. Almost every year, we donate 30 to 50 million levs.

After more than ten years, we have naturally accumulated a certain reputation. Perhaps our reputation among the people is higher than that of your uncle.

The money is used by our own charity organization, so there is more publicity, you know! Ferdinand replied calmly.

Little Ferdinand nodded thoughtfully. Donating money is a trivial matter, the key is to do publicity. Who knows how much good you do if there is no publicity?

The benefits of doing so are also very obvious. When Russians immigrate, they will definitely choose Bulgaria.

Not only is the distance close, everyone has a good relationship, but more importantly, everyone thinks that Ferdinand is not only a great monarch, but also a benevolent monarch.

Needless to say, it is great, just look at the development of Bulgaria, and kindness is naturally reflected in helping those in need.

The feelings of the upper class are not yet obvious, and the people at the bottom do not dislike a benevolent monarch, especially the Russians in civil strife. They are even more eager to have such a monarch.

After immigrating to Bulgaria, they have not been brainwashed yet, and they are already Ferdinand's supporters.

In addition, the life in Bulgaria is indeed far better than when they were in Russia. The government is clear and the world is peaceful, which fully meets their definition of a wise king.

These people have become loyal supporters of the royal family in the shortest period of time, and together with the original Bulgarian people, pushed Ferdinand to the altar.

Now it's little Ferdinand's turn, and he is going to be much more tragic. Such a good opportunity is obviously gone. No matter how good it is, if it is used for comparison, there will always be flaws.

People in this era are simple and simple. When someone is about to starve to death, give him a piece of black bread, and he will remember your kindness for the rest of his life.

When the population has no worries about food and clothing, if you give him another piece of bread, it is hard to say whether he will accept it, after all, he no longer needs it.

With no worries about food and clothing, everyone's pursuits will naturally be sublimated, such as houses and cars.

But the impact of these things on them is far less than that of the original black bread. This is not a gap in value, but a gap in feelings.

Ferdinand appeared as the savior of Bulgaria and pushed a small country to its peak. In the hearts of the Bulgarian people, he was naturally the greatest monarch, bar none.

Even if little Ferdinand can go a step further and continue to improve everyone's living standards, it can only be said that he is a monarch worthy of everyone's love, and has nothing to do with greatness.

Thank you, Father, I understand what to do next!

After a moment of silence, little Ferdinand replied that his mental quality is still good, and he knows that he doesn't feel that he was born at the wrong time.

Little Ferdinand, who was almost forty years old, had already passed the age of the second year of middle school. The start Ferdinand left for him was already the best among the European royal families.

All the big troubles have been solved, and the rest are some small problems, which are specially reserved for him to improve his political achievements, otherwise Ferdinand can do a lot of work.

For example, the issue of Ukraine, could it be that Ferdinand couldn't handle it and had to let him, the crown prince, do it?

Another example: the next five-year plan has been designed long ago, but it has not yet been approved for project approval. Can’t it be approved now?

It is precisely the more he knows, the more little Ferdinand can understand Ferdinand's painstaking efforts.

Without enough achievements, he, Ferdinand II, can only be the second emperor, not the second Ferdinand the Great!

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