Mediterranean Hegemony Road

After learning about the specific situation, Victor Keith's good mood suddenly fell silent. Now the situation of the United Kingdom of the Three Races is not bad, but very bad!

Apart from a group of refugees and a government in exile, there is nothing left. No, there is an army of more than 30,000 people. Its morale is good, but its combat effectiveness is worrying.

The main thing is that there is no shortage of weapons, ammunition, food, and medicine. In this case, even Victor Keith wants to strengthen his training!

Victor Keith asked in disbelief, "Is Ralph really out of money financially?"

Ralph smiled bitterly and said, "What do you think? Don't look at the fact that we robbed a fortune in the Ottoman Empire before, in fact, it was almost consumed during the war!

Besides, what's going on in our three-race United Kingdom, don't you know? We have quite a lot of territory in name, but when have we actually occupied those places? Did you get a tax? It was nothing more than taking an oath of sovereignty and gaining the recognition of the Allied Powers! "

Victor Keith asked again: "Can we lend to the Russians? Any collateral!"

"Forget it! The Russians' finances are not much better than ours. If it weren't for the loans from Britain and France, their finances would have been bankrupt!" Before Ralph could answer, Victor Keith himself vetoed.

Knowing that something is impossible, naturally there is no need to try it. At present, the citizens of the United Kingdom of the Three Nations are basically living on the relief food distributed by the Russians. It is enough for the tsarist government to provide so much food.

After a moment of silence, Ralph said, "Maybe we can apply for a loan from the Allies, or our people will starve to death!"

Victor Keith was startled and asked in puzzlement: "What? Why are our citizens dying of starvation? Didn't the Russians already provide relief food?

According to our prior agreement,

The weekly ration per person is 2800 grams of brown bread, 300 grams of meat, 280 grams of butter, 950 grams of potato flour, and 1.4 liters of milk. These foods can already meet a person's basic needs for survival? "

Ralph smiled wryly and said, "Yes, these foods exist in name, but in fact we don't even get one-tenth of what we got, and the Russians who made the difference directly used turnips to feed the livestock!

If you want to get enough supplies, give the money first! So our people are now hungry, waiting for you, the president, to solve the problem! "

Victor Keith's anger was unstoppable. He really didn't expect the Russians to do such a thing. Isn't this killing people?

"Didn't you protest to the Russians?" Victor Keith asked angrily

Ralph said coldly: "To tell you the truth, the highest Russian officer we could see before you came was only a colonel, do you think it would be useful to find him?

Don't you know what's going on in Russia now? Stop kidding yourself, okay? "

Victor Keith was silent, it was almost inevitable that this would happen due to the corruption of the Russian government! They don't even care about the lives of their own citizens, let alone these outsiders?

"In this case, let's get in touch with the major powers. No matter which country is willing to provide us with loans, we can accept it, at least let the people fill their stomachs first!" Victor Keith said helplessly, now he There is no hope for the Russians anymore.

After speaking, Victor Keith walked towards the refugee camp, looked at it and then turned away. He doesn't know how to deal with these citizens now. They are still struggling with life and death, but he lives in a comfortable house, eating steak and drinking coffee!

At this moment, Victor Keith extremely hates politics. He even misses the days of fleeing, eating the same food as the people, and helping everyone together.

After thinking about it, Victor Keith finally decided to find a way out for these citizens who supported him. For the first time, he violated the discipline and took the initiative to contact the country, explaining the situation and waiting for the judgment!

...

A middle-aged man walked up to Ferdinand and said expressionlessly: "Your Majesty, the No. 7 intelligence officer has sent a telegram for help!"

Ferdinand was shocked. This "No. 7" intelligence officer is not simple. It can be said that he is the best of all intelligence officers sent by Bulgaria. He has received many awards for his excellent performance. If he returns to China now, at least The position of a viscount is indispensable!

"Tell me about Sim, what's the trouble with No. 7?" Ferdinand asked with great concern.

There is no doubt that this middle-aged man named Sim is one of the new leaders of the Bulgarian intelligence organization. Naturally, his rights cannot be compared with the Fuhu era. The current intelligence organization has been divided into three.

Sim said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, there are more than two million refugees in the United Kingdom of the three ethnic groups in the Caucasus region. They are now severely lacking in food. On the 7th, I hope that we can provide necessary humanitarian assistance!"

Obviously, this is beyond what an intelligence officer should do. Ferdinand did not intend to make his subordinates become the Virgin! So he asked coldly, "What's the reason? What reason is he going to use to convince us?"

Sim replied: "Seven thinks that we are now providing humanitarian aid to the United Kingdom of the Three Nations, which can buy people's hearts and lay the foundation for the future annexation of the United Kingdom of the Three Nations!"

Ferdinand shook his head and said, "Tell him that this reason is not sufficient. If the people of the United Kingdom of the Three Races are gone, wouldn't it be easier for us to annex them?

If there is no better reason, we can't pay such a high price for a group of irrelevant people! "

Just kidding, there are more than two million refugees. Even according to the most basic food supply, how can each person consume 10 kilograms of rye every month? More than two million people is more than 20 million kilograms, that is Consume more than 20,000 tons of food!

Now that the price of food on the European continent has risen to the sky, Ferdinand is not in the water, why should he donate so much precious food to charity?

Moreover, even if Ferdinand is going to buy people's hearts, why should we consider the feelings of the Russians! The United Kingdom of the three tribes is now the meat of their mouths, but can Bulgaria intervene?

In this regard, the two sides have long reached a tacit understanding, and they are not allowed to reach out to each other's sphere of influence. If they can break the rules, the relationship between Bulgaria and Russia will have long since broken.

"Yes!" Sim replied forcefully.

Ferdinand did not hold him accountable for the intelligence agent No. 7 who might become a virgin. After all, the hero is given preferential treatment, and everyone has become a president!

Perhaps, it seems that the value of the president of his government in exile is not high, but the future is uncertain. When Bulgaria completely occupies the Asia Minor Peninsula, the two sides will border, and his role will be reflected at that time.

...

The three-nation coalition government is a mixed bag of miscellaneous goods. There are not only pro-Russian factions in it, but also pro-British, pro-French, pro-protectionist, and even pro-German factions, but due to the relationship between the Germans and the Ottomans, the pro-Russian factions De Pai was not able to grow and develop.

Among these major factions, the "neutral faction" headed by Victor Keith is the strongest, and advocates maintaining friendly relations with the major powers of the Allied Powers, but does not completely rely on any power.

The second is the pro-Russian faction. This faction began to grow rapidly when the Provisional Government went into exile in the Caucasus, and even surpassed the neutral faction.

Then there is the pro-guarantee faction, which is mainly composed of international students and is deeply influenced by "The Rise of a Great Power". They advocate learning from Bulgaria's political system and realize the counterattack of a small country.

Then there are the pro-British and pro-French factions. Due to geopolitical relations, the influence of Britain and France in the interior of the Ottoman Empire is not very large. It is inevitable that this faction will not develop!

In addition, the United Kingdom of the Three Races was also formed temporarily under the pressure of the Ottomans. Because the establishment time was too short, everyone did not have much centripetal force, and most of them were maintained by the prestige of Victor Keith. Want to smooth the relationship among them - difficult!

Not being able to get domestic help this time, Victor Keith is not frustrated. He is also well prepared. In peacetime, that is, a matter of several million levs per month, it is still possible to pass.

But now is war time, European food production has dropped significantly, and no one knows how long the war will last. If it is not necessary, everyone try not to use their own reserves.

In this context, it is almost impossible for Victor Keith to obtain food from the country. But that's okay, no food doesn't mean no rubles!

It is also a good choice to borrow several million rubles from a Bulgarian bank for emergency use.

Commercial loans, as long as there is enough collateral is enough. Of course, there is no collateral in the hands of the United Kingdom of the three tribes now, but this is a small problem, and it is not impossible to pre-sell some minerals in advance!

Due to the risk, this price will naturally be very low. As long as the speed is fast enough, an agreement is reached before the Russians react, and the money can be obtained.

As for the follow-up issues, Victor Keith can't manage so much. Anyway, he knows that as long as the Bulgarian government does not interfere, the loan will probably be successful, and the bank is also able to settle the Russian government.

Will Ferdinand interfere? The answer is already obvious! Why don't you earn the money delivered to your door? Even if the Russians annexed the United Kingdom of the Tri-Clan, it would not affect the execution of this loan?

As for the fear that the Russians will not recognize the agreement after annexing the United Kingdom? It's all thinking too much. If you can't solve even this little trouble, why open a branch in Russia?

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