Bulgarian Empire

The Ottoman Empire is already the biggest enemy of the bourgeoisie in Bulgaria and Russia! This is what Ferdinand felt the most. Who told him to be the biggest capitalist in Bulgaria?

Fortunately, Bulgaria's industrial products are sold to the Russian Empire, and the Ottoman Empire also blocked the entry of Western European industrial products, which can be regarded as offsetting the two phases!

But what about agricultural exports? The Russians don't need to import food, they can't finish their own food, so why export it?

After being scratched by the Ottomans, the Bulgarian government had to exempt companies from taxes to ensure their competitiveness. Even so, export profits are still extremely limited!

A Shuanghui food group owned by Ferdinand alone pays more than 30 million Levas in import and export duties to the Ottoman Empire every year. This is a painful pain!

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents!

Sitting on the Black Sea Strait, this golden waterway, the Ottoman Empire can be said to have pulled the hatred between Paul and Russia to its full value! Of course, Romania's feelings are probably the same, and the export of agricultural products will still be severely scratched!

It would be fine if the Ottoman Empire was strong, and no matter how dissatisfied everyone had to endure it. It's a pity that he is in decline now, which will cause hatred!

Even if the Russian government can bear it for the sake of the overall situation, the nobles in the country will absolutely not bear it for the sake of profit!

Otherwise, the Russian government would not immediately pack up a fleet as soon as it found an opportunity; Ferdinand would not be in a hurry to overthrow the Ottoman Empire, it was all driven by interests!

This point, the Bulgarian government is also very clear. Knowing that cooperating with the Russians is seeking skin from tigers, but they have no choice. The Ottoman Empire must be eliminated!

Otherwise, Bulgaria should not think about it. The Ottoman Empire always sucked blood through tariffs, and the benefits of industrialization were taken away by the Turks!

Of course, the Sudanese government will probably express their grievances. The tariffs they receive in the Black Sea Strait are already very low, lower than the tariffs of most countries! For Mao Xiong, he can't even hide, who dares to make trouble on purpose?

Everyone is innocent, but pregnant is guilty!

The Black Sea Strait is the throat of West Asia, North Africa and Southern Europe to the Black Sea. It is the only channel for the Russian Empire, Bulgaria and Romania to enter the Mediterranean Sea. It has always been a battleground for military strategists.

What's more, it is a golden waterway with tens of thousands of ships passing through it every year, with a gross tonnage of tens of millions of tons and a tariff revenue of tens of millions of pounds!

Adding up so many factors, the relationship between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire, Romania, and Bulgaria can be imagined.

If strategic issues can still be compromised, economic disputes will be completely out of the question! No way, who said that these countries are not rich?

It is obviously impossible for the Ottoman Empire to give up collecting tariffs, and that would be his death!

In addition to the state's financial revenue, the nobles of Turkey have not lost their benefits. If their source of income is cut off, the position of the Sultan will not be stable!

Not to mention Bulgaria, how can it achieve further development without annexing the European part of the Ottoman Empire? Where can I find raw materials and markets?

In this regard, Romania's attitude can be ignored. The land is not bordered by Ottomans, and the fleet at sea that can rival Bulgaria's "marine police" has no ability to seek the Turks' bad luck!

Mao Xiong, there is no doubt that their appetite is the biggest, but they have the strength to back them up! If it weren't for the mutual restraint of the great powers, it is estimated that the target would not be just a Constantinople.

The Asia Minor peninsula and Georgia are both good choices, and they are in line with their operation of turning the Black Sea into an inland sea!

And there is no enough food at all, even if Sudan wants to compromise with them, it will not work! That is to say, the strategic center of gravity of the Russian Empire is now in the Far East. Otherwise, if Ferdinand had the courage, he would not dare to seek skin from a tiger?

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Minister of Industry, Commerce and Trade Wei Zheng-Ivanlov went on to say: "Grand Duke,

Judging from the situation in 1895, the growth point of our import and export trade in the coming year will still be the Russian Empire.

In the global market, except for a few special products, other industrial and commercial products are still difficult to make a breakthrough!

Considering that war may break out in the next two years, we have decided to temporarily restrict the export of many agricultural products, and instead have the government purchase them as a strategic material reserve!

The economic growth rate in the coming year may drop sharply, and some industries may even experience negative growth!

At the same time, the government is coordinating major domestic enterprises, and can implement wartime economy at any time when necessary. Due to the previous Baosai War, I have already experienced it once, so the problem should not be too big! "

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After thinking for a while, Ferdinand asked again, "How much of our loan has been paid?"

"Your Excellency, our loans with major European consortia have basically been in place, and the first batch of loans promised by the French has also been issued!"

Speaking of this, Minister of the Exchequer Kennedy paused for a while, and said with some embarrassment: "But the French did not allocate all of the 300 million levas for the navy loan to us.

Except for the 20 million levs for the construction of the naval port and the 30 million levs for the construction of the dock, all other funds are directly allocated to the naval fleet!

Our Ministry of Finance has negotiated with them several times, but all failed. The reason they gave was: In order to ensure that the Navy’s military expenditure can be earmarked for its own use, they reduced the intermediate links and directly allocated it to the Navy! "

Ferdinand's face changed, and he recovered soon after. He knew that France and Russia had joined forces to deceive Bulgaria, but "people have to bow their heads under the eaves"!

He said coldly: "Forget it, this money is not so easy to get! It's already in someone else's pocket, and it's not that easy to get it out again!

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs protested to the French and Russians. Even if we suffer losses, we must suffer in the open. "

Prime Minister Constantine said worriedly: "My lord, now the military expenditure is directly allocated to the navy, which is very bad for us!

Originally, I had no binding force on this Russian fleet, but now I have even less influence. After the outbreak of war in the future, I am afraid that I will not be able to adjust it! "

Ferdinand sighed and said: "There is no need to worry about this. The importance of the Black Sea Strait to the Russians is much greater than ours. I am not afraid that they will not cooperate!

After the war, after we gained access to the Mediterranean Sea: the economic value of the Black Sea Strait has been reduced to a minimum; as for the military value, let’s wait until our own navy grows up to think about it!

It's too early to say this now. Without the Russians, even if the Black Sea Straits are sent over, we dare not take over! "

At this moment, Ferdinand had no choice but to envy those senior traversers. Others have created a large navy with ease, catching up with Britain and the United States in three years, and beating the world in five years.

It has been seven or eight years since I came to him, and up to now, I have overthrown a Serbia. Don't talk about going to the whole world to make troubles, even the Balkans haven't been settled yet, it's simply a shame for the traversers!