Bulgarian Empire

Chapter 107, Culture Store

This is an era of profit-seeking, and the sudden farce of the Allied Powers quickly disappeared with the change of the British foreign policy. \u00261t;/p\u003e

But the impact was far-reaching. The Italians were the first to be unlucky, and now they themselves don't know what to do? \u00261t;/p\u003e

Jump back to the Allies? People's attitude is obvious, not welcome! The Allied Forces have occupied Rome. Who would dare to believe that the benefits promised by John Bull can be fulfilled? \u00261t;/p\u003e

No, there is no chance of joining the Allied Powers. The Bulgarians and French have a very tough attitude. Either surrender unconditionally, or continue to fight! \u00261t;/p\u003e

Well, the enemy has seen the reality of Italy. There is no need to attack at all, the food crisis is already here, and in a few months Italy itself will collapse. \u00261t;/p\u003e

Stay in the Confederate States? Sorry, being a traitor once, it is not so easy to turn back, at least when asking for aid from the Germans, I have no confidence! \u00261t;/p\u003e

For the Italian government, it doesn't matter which side to join now, the tragedy is already doomed anyway! \u00261t;/p\u003e

If the Allied Powers won, they would be defeated, and if the Allied Powers won, they would also liquidate the traitors. They are no longer human inside and out! \u00261t;/p\u003e

Vittorio Emanuele III is really not broken now, and the Italian government is also divided. \u00261t;/p\u003e

The war faction advocated fighting to the end with the Allied Powers. They had the support of most of the Italians. They were just put together by the British. How can they not retaliate? \u00261t;/p\u003e

The peace faction advocates an end to the war. Anyway, it is now like this. No matter who wins or loses, Italy will not have good fruit to eat, so just admit it and forget it! \u00261t;/p\u003e

Well, the peace faction is now a capitulation faction. They are pessimistic about this war, thinking that if Italy continues the war, it will not gain anything except increased casualties! \u00261t;/p\u003e

After participating in the war for more than a year, in addition to paying millions of casualties, Italy's domestic economy was also severely damaged. Without overseas trade, it would be difficult for them to fill their stomachs. \u00261t;/p\u003e

In terms of personal feelings, Vittorio Emanuele III is the main battle. The Allied Powers have not yet been defeated, and Italy is just being bullied by the Allied Powers; if the Allied Powers are finished, shouldn't Italy be divided up? \u00261t;/p\u003e

But intellectually speaking, Italy can no longer continue this war. The reason why he agreed to the conditions of the British was not because Italy was short of food and could not survive this winter. \u00261t;/p\u003e

Moreover, the entire Allied countries are short of food now. Otherwise, why would Germany and Austria-Hungary leave Bulgaria instead of fighting and run to grab food? \u00261t;/p\u003e

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The Minister of the Army said excitedly: "Your Majesty, the actions of the Allied Powers have aroused the hatred of the Italian people. Now the morale of our army is very strong. As long as you give an order, we can take back Rome and drive the enemy into the sea!" \u00261t; /p\u003e

Vittorio Emanuele III nodded with a wry smile. He had no choice but to stop the war now, and only after taking back Rome would he have the confidence to negotiate with the Allied Powers. \u00261t;/p\u003e

At the same time, he is also desperate for the Italian army. Nima's morale is high now, why did he go early? As long as they worked a little harder before, they wouldn't let Rome fall in a day! \u00261t;/p\u003e

Little did he know that he and the Italian government escaped,

It was the culprit that caused the loss of Rome. If they organize the army to resist in time, it is impossible for the more than 200,000 Italian troops to stop the enemy for a day! \u00261t;/p\u003e

Vittorio Emanuele III asked helplessly: "What did British representative Gilmour say?"\u00261t;/p\u003e

The Foreign Secretary replied embarrassingly: "Gillmour apologized to us. He has already contacted the country, and they can do nothing about what is happening now. \u00261t;/p\u003e

He suggested that we surrender directly to the Allies, and the British government will try its best to protect the interests of the Kingdom of Italy! "\u00261t;/p\u003e

Vittorio Emanuele III said with a sneer: "One apology is enough? Don't they even give a reasonable explanation? \u00261t;/p\u003e

Let us surrender? Does he think we are all idiots? Dare to believe their words again? "\u00261t;/p\u003e

The last illusion was shattered. Even if the Allied Powers told him that it was just a misunderstanding and gave up Rome, he would act as if nothing had happened. \u00261t;/p\u003e

It's a pity that John Bull didn't even bother to do the perfunctory work, and directly handed over the dominance of Italy to the hands of France and Paul. \u00261t;/p\u003e

Xiang said angrily: "Your Majesty, order the attack! There are less than 200,000 enemies in the city of Rome. We have gathered 800,000 troops, and we will soon be able to drive the enemy into the sea!" \u00261t;/ p\u003e

Vittorio Emanuele III knew that the Italian government was now dominated by the war faction, even if someone wanted a truce, he did not dare to say it directly. \u00261t;/p\u003e

"Okay, let's attack, at all costs, we must regain Rome as soon as possible!" \u00261t;/p\u003e

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But now in the city of Rome, Valicot is busy sharing the spoils with the French. The British didn't want to attack Rome, so he beat them to pick up the railway. Naturally, they won't have their share of the spoils. \u00261t;/p\u003e

After conquering Rome, the most important thing besides the defense arrangement was the robbery. Banks and gold shops were ruined immediately, followed by machine factories and shops, and finally the mansions of nobles and capitalists. \u00261t;/p\u003e

Even the palace of Vittorio Emanuele III was not spared, and now the spoils from the collection were piled up on a hill. \u00261t;/p\u003e

The only fly in the ointment is that the church is ignored, this is the stronghold of Catholicism, and Ferdinand is still a "devout Catholic", so Wally Cote naturally cannot make mistakes. \u00261t;/p\u003e

If conditions permit, he really doesn't mind that the Vatican is robbed together. Of course, this kind of thing can only be thought about. If he really does it, he won't hang around in Europe. \u00261t;/p\u003e

Wallicot said enthusiastically: "Mr. James, I think this distribution is very reasonable. This is already taking care of you!" \u00261t;/p\u003e

Major General James retorted: "No, everyone is an ally. I represent the French Republic. We should distribute the spoils equally!" \u00261t;/p\u003e

Vallicott just stared at him and smiled, without answering. \u00261t;/p\u003e

After a moment of silence, James shrugged again and said, "At least four or six, we have already made concessions!"\u00261t;/p\u003e

Walicott said calmly: "No, or we don't divide it at all, whoever grabs it belongs to us! You see that there are so many soldiers now, if someone is hiding something, we don't know, even if the distribution ratio is determined, No one will know until everyone shows it!"\u00261t;/p\u003e

James said angrily: "No, you won the city first, and you snatched all the good things first, and we are left with some leftovers!\u00261t;/p\u003e

Three to seven points, this is our bottom line, otherwise let the foreign ministries of the two countries file a lawsuit! "\u00261t;/p\u003e

Walicott said calmly: "Are you sure? If the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is involved, do you still have your share of these spoils?\u00261t;/p\u003e

It doesn't matter to us at all, when all the spoils of war fall into the hands of the government, can you still get them back? "\u00261t;/p\u003e

James' face changed. The troops in his hands are all colonial cannon fodder troops. It is undoubtedly a dream come true to want to extract these spoils from the government! \u00261t;/p\u003e

Now that the war has progressed, the French government is still clinking poorly. Even the French regular army may not be able to take it out of the government's hands! \u00261t;/p\u003e

James said unwillingly: "Damn! At least we have to get a quarter, otherwise we won't talk about it!" \u00261t;/p\u003e

Walicott smiled and said: "Okay! Then one quarter, happy cooperation!" \u00261t;/p\u003e

The two looked at each other with their own ghosts and smiled. As the commander of the coalition forces, Walikote naturally leaned towards the Bulgarian army when he assigned combat tasks. \u00261t;/p\u003e

This is already a common practice. Anyway, the French now have colonial troops. Except for more than a thousand French officers, the rest of the black uncles are worthless. Major General James is naturally too lazy to care about their lives. \u00261t;/p\u003e

This time is no exception, but James is too lazy to care about it. If they are really in charge of the main attack, it is estimated that Rome is still in the hands of the Italians? \u00261t;/p\u003e

If the strength is insufficient, the distribution of spoils will naturally suffer. But it doesn't matter, at least he personally made a lot of money, and the French officers who came with him made a lot of money. As for Uncle Hei, they still want to share the money? \u00261t;/p\u003e

Except for a part that will be handed over to the military, the rest will be divided among more than a thousand of them. The total amount is not as big as Bulgaria's harvest, but their per capita harvest is great! \u00261t;/p\u003e

And Walikot doesn't care anymore, Bulgaria's military laws are strict, and if you hide the spoils of war, you will lose your head. In any case, they must be handed over uniformly before they can be distributed. \u00261t;/p\u003e

For most soldiers, they don't want to share the money directly, so it would be more cost-effective to convert it into land after the war. \u00261t;/p\u003e

Of course, the most important thing is that what everyone takes out and distributes are big items that cannot be hidden, such as small gold and silver jewellery, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc. Of course, they belong to whoever owns them, and most of them will not admit it anyway. , You can't search the other party's barracks! \u00261t;/p\u003e

For example, when the Bulgarian army ransacked the bank vault, the gold in it disappeared, leaving only a pile of Italian currency, and some krona and marks were gone. \u00261t;/p\u003e

Walicott asked with a smile: "Has our harvest been counted?" \u00261t;/p\u003e

The director of logistics replied: "We have roughly counted it, but the specific value is still difficult to estimate. Even if the pile of calligraphy and paintings, altars and pots are cultural relics, we have no way to count them!" \u00261t;/p\u003e

Walicott nodded in satisfaction, and said: "Don't worry about it so much, I will keep it as a cultural relic, and send it back to the country for the government to deal with!" \u00261t;/p\u003e

I have to say that the Italians still have a family background. After looting a Rome, the goods obtained can be used to build a British Royal Fleet. \u00261t;/p\u003e

Of course, this refers to the value before the war broke out, and the value will be greatly depreciated after the war broke out. As an ancient capital of history, the most valuable things in Rome are not gold or machinery and equipment, but works of art and antiques! \u00261t;/p\u003e

But these are worthless now, and it happened to be cheaper for Ferdinand. Before attacking Rome, his cultural company followed the logistics department to the front line. \u00261t;/p\u003e

Now it is naturally open for business, specializing in the acquisition of trophies in the hands of the French army, and waiting for the Italians to sell them themselves. \u00261t;/p\u003e

Anyway, the booty that the French officers have embezzled privately will not see the light of day, of course it must be realized as soon as possible. In the spirit of being able to catch one, it doesn't matter if you don't, the current antiques and cultural relics are all at the price of cabbage. \u00261t;/p\u003e

As for the Italians, the food in the city is now under control. Three hundred grams of rye per person per day is their entire ration. \u00261t;/p\u003e

Of course, for the poor, it is still possible to persist. Three hundred grams of rye can still make six or seven hundred grams of black bread, which can still be used for a day. \u00261t;/p\u003e

For rich people, this life is hard to live, who can bear to eat black bread every day? \u00261t;/p\u003e

Naturally, other foods can only be bought. Anyway, as long as they have money, basically any food can be bought from the state-run stores opened in Bulgaria, and they can still live the same luxurious life as before the war. \u00261t;/p\u003e

If you are hungry, the rich can only obediently pay for it, after all, your stomach can't fool you. The Italian lira cannot be spent, and the British pound, franc, and lev are the currencies in normal circulation. Of course, gold is better. \u00261t;/p\u003e

Then Ferdinand's cultural company started to boom in business, buying a large number of antique cultural relics at the price of cabbage, no matter which country they came from, they never refused. \u00261t;/p\u003e

In the end, I didn't even bother to tell the real from the fake, anyway, there was no way to tell the real from the fake, and Ferdinand couldn't find so many experts on antiques, as long as they were old, they would accept them. \u00261t;/p\u003e

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