Mediterranean Hegemony Road

In order to ensure the safety of the Black Sea Strait and to establish the "Great Slavic Empire", the Russians finally decided to support Bulgaria to challenge the Ottoman Empire!

But now the biggest problem is not the Russian government, but the attitude of the French government! Who called the Russian Empire financially bad? One billion levas is not a small number, it is equivalent to nearly 40 million pounds in pounds, and it is also hundreds of tons in gold!

It is not that the Russian Empire does not have this money, but it is absolutely impossible to have so many idle funds, which can be used as loans! Are they still borrowing money from the French themselves?

Of course, compared to the Russian loan, Ferdinand's lion's opening of a billion levas is actually nothing! During the Russo-Japanese War, the Russians once borrowed 800 million francs, and this was only a small amount of it!

Of course, the French are willing to lend to the Russians. In addition to their economic interests, the most important thing is that they need the Russian Empire, an ally, to jointly suppress the "Triple Alliance" on the European continent.

Bulgaria obviously does not have such strength, and the risk of lending to small countries is still very high. For example, the previous loan from the French to Serbia has basically been declared a waste.

In Serbia, which was beaten by Ferdinand, the government has long since gone bankrupt. Now there is chaos in the country, and the situation depends on the Austro-Hungarian Empire to maintain the situation. There is no "debt repayment"! With the relationship between Germany and France, it is impossible for Austria-Hungary to let Serbia pay back the money!

What about the Serbian government itself? It has long been overridden, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire is not a philanthropist. Even to help stabilize the situation, expenses will be reduced as much as possible. For example, the Serbian army was disbanded!

No, it can't be said to be disbanded. After the end of the Serbian War, the main army of Serbia disappeared, and Austria-Hungary just put their mobilized militia back home.

Then the last armed forces in Serbia, only Alexander I's guards were left with more than 3,000 people. There is also a group of policemen, and the Austro-Hungarian army has assumed the defense mission of Serbia. It seems that it will be annexed sooner or later!

The simple loan amount is not large, and the French people are rich and wealthy. The capitalists whose interests have suffered losses are very dissatisfied.

Now that Bulgaria has applied for a loan, they have already begun to grind their hands and prepare to make up for the loss, but the attitude of the international loan government is very important!

No need for Ferdinand to do anything, driven by interests, the capitalists have already started public relations. Want to use the influence of the French government to grab the best benefits for them!

President Francois Philippe Faure, is discussing with his staff. That's right, the sixth president of France who famously said "Du Dan spends his time in a flower, and is a ghost too"! (Note: During sex with his mistress, he died of a heart attack.)

Don't get me wrong, although they are discussing about Bulgaria, the core is not about Bulgaria's loan issue, but the relationship with Russia!

The Minister of Foreign Affairs analyzed: "Mr. President, from our point of view, the eastward shift of the strategic center of the Russian Empire will definitely lead to a strategic contraction in Europe. In the future, the pressure on France on the Western Front will definitely increase!

Our best option is to bring the Russians back to Europe, but that's hard to do! Unless their Far East strategy is frustrated, unfortunately, the Tatars in the East have fallen and are powerless to stop their expansion!

However, the greedy Russians still did not give up the plan to give up the Balkans, and instead started the idea of ​​supporting puppets!

So far, it has been very successful! The Bulgarians are doing well so far, but the future is difficult to say, the young Archduke Ferdinand is not so easy to control.

Nicholas II now wants to further control Bulgaria economically, but the Russians themselves are short of money, which is why the Russians asked us to jointly set up a bank. "

President Francois Philippe Faure thought about it,

Said, "I see what you mean, the Russians are still not giving up on the Balkans, or are they still interested in the Bosphorus, right?"

The Foreign Secretary replied: "Yes, Your Excellency! The greed of the Russians knows no bounds, and their appetite is much greater than we imagine.

However, Nicholas II seems to have learned the lesson of his great-grandfather, knowing that no one in Europe wants them to enter the Mediterranean, so he adopted a roundabout strategy, first using Bulgaria as a pawn to test the attitude of the powers!

Of course, it is not ruled out that it is to build the legendary 'Great Slavic Empire', and work hard, or even have both!

If we agree to this loan, perhaps a new round of Balkan wars will break out in the near future!

The Bulgarians cannot resist the bait thrown by the Russians! Whether it is Istanbul or the Macedonia region, Bulgaria is determined to win!

Once the Balkan War breaks out, the Russians will have to take back some of their energy back to Europe, whether they want to or not!

And as far as I can tell, if the Russians didn't do it themselves, but just supported Bulgaria's expansion into the Balkans, it's very possible. Oh, provided that the Russians did not enter the Mediterranean!

South Africa, now the British and the Germans, are still arguing over the Boers. In North Africa, the British and us are also in conflict, and they have no energy to interfere with the Russians' actions in the short term!

In order to make the Turks admit the fact that the British occupied Egypt, it is estimated that the British are still eager to break out the Balkan War immediately? "

Francois Philippe Faure asked in surprise: "So, the situation in the Balkans is now in our hands?"

"That's right!" the Foreign Secretary replied affirmatively.

François Philippe Foer loosened his shoulders and said, "We don't seem to have a reason to refuse? The Russians' actions in the Balkans will sooner or later conflict with the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In this case, it's better to fulfill them. !

It's best to pull Russia's strategic center of gravity back from the Far East, even if it fails, it doesn't matter, anyway, our capitalists can still make a lot of money! "

The Chancellor of the Exchequer interrupted: "Only if the Bulgarians win the war! If they lose, they won't be much better than Serbia. Then who will we get the loan from?"

The Foreign Secretary smiled and said, "Oh, I can answer that question! Success or failure depends on the Russians' input?

The Ottoman Empire has fallen, and now it just maintains an empty shelf, and it will be broken with a poke! Apart from us and the Russians, the British, the Italians, and the Austro-Hungarians all want them to lose this war, except the Germans.

So whether the Bulgarians will win, we don't know yet, but the attitude of the powers is the same, the Germans can only be neutral at most, anyway, the Turks are already destined to lose! "