On August 12, 1912, the internal meeting of the four Entente powers, proposed by Ferdinand, was held secretly in Paris.

Present at the meeting were British representatives of the Admiralty Churchill and Foreign Secretary Edward, Russian representatives of Archduke Mikhail Alexandrovich, Bulgarian representatives of Foreign Minister Metyev and War Minister Popov.

It is clear that this secret only refers to the content of the meeting, and this meeting cannot be kept secret, and Britain, Russia, and Bulgaria have all sent heavyweights to attend, as long as the Germans are not stupid, they know that it is directed against them.

Therefore, on October 7, 1912, the Allies also held a conference in Berlin. It is clear that both sides are beginning to prepare for war, and the smell of gunpowder in Europe is even stronger.

What kind of agreement was reached by the Allies, Ferdinand did not know, but after this meeting of the Entente, the Four-Power Alliance was really established!

The British are not in exile, and they also need to bear military responsibility for the three countries. There's no way they don't take military responsibility, and the Russians don't join, so they can't let the two countries face the allies, right?

In that case, the world hegemon of the British Empire can also change hands, and Ferdinand will definitely back down as soon as possible!

According to the newly signed "Four-Power Entente", any country in the alliance is attacked by the fifth country for no reason, and the four countries must immediately consult and take joint action to maintain world peace!

Apparently this was against the Allies, or rather, against the Germans! Except for the allies, no one in the world dares to attack the Entente, or even if there are fools who dare to provoke a war, they don't need the alliance to act together to settle it, and everyone still has this confidence!

At the same time, the countries also signed the Anglo-French Naval Treaty, under which the French would assume the obligation to protect the British colonies in the Mediterranean, and the British would assume the responsibility of protecting the Atlantic coast of the French.

At the same time, once war broke out, the French Navy would be obliged to take joint action with the Bulgarian Navy to block the Strait of Otranto and prevent the Allied navies from converging at the first opportunity.

As for the division of interests of various countries after the war, it is not possible to negotiate the results in a short period of time, and in Ferdinand's opinion, it is estimated that maybe the world war has broken out, and everyone may still not be able to figure it out!

However, there is a preliminary division of the obligations undertaken by each country this time:

The British were responsible for dealing with the German navy, and at the same time the land forces would be sent to support the French; The French undertook the Western Front against Germany and Italy, and at the same time were responsible for guarding the Mediterranean route;

Bulgaria and the Russians united against Austria-Hungary, Romania, the Ottoman Empire; At the same time, the Russians must also launch an attack on the German mainland to contain the German forces; Bulgaria was also to be responsible for the settlement of the Kingdom of Montenegro, and the navy was to fight with the French and, if necessary, to send troops to Italy.

Of course, this combat mission is the same whether it is divided or not, as soon as the war breaks out, everyone still has to fight like this, it is all determined by geographical location, if you don't fight the enemy, the enemy will still fight you!

Especially the French, they are the worst, and it is likely that they will be attacked by the two great powers of Germany and Italy at the beginning of the war, even if the British help, their losses are absolutely indispensable!

Therefore, Ferdinand's proposal to distribute the benefits after the war according to the obligations assumed and the contributions made in the war was supported by the French.

Well, no matter how it is distributed, Bulgaria has the lowest voice among these four countries, and the current distribution of benefits is only a draft, and it needs to be distributed according to the actual contribution of each country in the later stage.

In principle, the British would receive all the spoils of the German navy and divide the largest share of the Allied colonies; The French were supported in reconquiring lost territory, and even ceding part of the territory of Germany and Italy was accepted by everyone; It is meaningless for the Russians to obtain Austrian Poland and German Poland, and other territorial claims will have to be looked at in detail; The unification of the Balkans by Bulgaria is also acceptable, but the issue of colonies depends on the contribution!

To put it simply, in terms of core interests, countries still take care of each other, so that there will be no internal contradictions before the war has even begun!

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Ferdinand said dissatisfiedly: "Prime Minister, from now on we must speed up the immigration of the Greeks, and if necessary, we can take special measures, and our buried secret hands can also act!"

Two years have passed since the end of the Second Balkan War, and there are still more than 1.2 million people on the Greek Peninsula, and if the war breaks out, it will be a time bomb! ”

After the internal meeting of the Entente, the countries endorsed each other, and Ferdinand became emboldened.

The Ottomans on the Greek peninsula have all been repatriated, but in addition to the 300,000 or 400,000 people forcibly taken away at the beginning, the Greeks on the peninsula only moved more than 200,000 people in the next two years, a speed that Ferdinand was very dissatisfied with.

Oh, it's not that the government doesn't work hard, originally under Ferdinand's combination of punches, the people of the Greek peninsula were miserable and had to leave their homes, but the Bulgarian government's peninsular railway plan saved them.

Since it takes a lot of labor to build railways and roads, they have found jobs again, and the Bulgarian railway companies are state-owned enterprises after all, and the Bulgarian labor protection laws are strictly enforced.

Therefore, the Greeks who found a job found that they could survive, and even many people found that in addition to being a little tired and tired from building the railway, the salary was much better than their previous work, so they naturally did not leave.

Ferdinand had just discovered this, but he did not criticize the railway company's approach, since the system had been formulated, it must be implemented, otherwise there will be endless troubles!

After thinking about it, Konstantin said with some hesitation: "Your Majesty, if the Greeks are expelled now, it will be difficult for us to find so many laborers in the short term, and the progress of railway construction will probably be greatly affected, and the expenditure will increase greatly!" ”

Ferdinand thought for a moment and said, "Well, if there are not enough laborers, go ahead and find a way from the Russians!" As for the increased spending, so well, a fifty percent tariff on goods imported and exported from our seas, on land to the Greek peninsula, should compensate for our losses! ”

Well, now that the Greek Peninsula has been surrounded, and the surrounding waters are Bulgarian territorial waters, if half of the tariffs are imposed, it is estimated that the prices of the Greek Peninsula will rise to the sky, and the Greeks will not be able to leave if they want to!

"Yes!" Konstantin replied

As long as it is in the interests of Bulgaria, everyone can do without it. As for the Greeks, the Bulgarian government is willing to pay for them to go to Syria to live and work in peace, which is already very conscientious in this era.

Legally, George I is now equivalent to the Greek Grand Duke of Bulgaria, and theoretically Ferdinand can still negotiate with George I for a fief.

Anyway, no matter what others think, Ferdinand had already made an agreement with George I to let him go to the Jordan River to be king. That's right, the king, Ferdinand agreed to the independence of the Greeks, provided that it was on the territory divided by Bulgaria!

In return, Ferdinand was also responsible for helping George I clear the gates, take out those who threatened his royal power, protect his interests as king, and provide him with a loan!

The ecological conditions in Jordan today are not as bad as in later generations, and the destruction of vegetation is far less serious than in later generations.

Even Jordan in later generations had 900,000 hectares of arable land, which will only be more than enough in this era, and it will be more than enough to house more than a million Greeks.

Anyway, as long as Ferdinand ensures that they can survive and starve, it is not his problem to make a fortune and become well-off.

For cover, Ferdinand did not directly emigrate the Greeks to Jordan, but now Syria excessively. After the outbreak of the world war, after the Ottomans were killed in Syria, the king George I was allowed to put up a banner in Jordan to attract refugees and win people's hearts.

If the Ottomans hadn't come out to pull hatred, Ferdinand estimated that the Greeks would probably always regard Bulgaria as a mortal enemy!

But when the Ottomans slaughtered, all this was different in the face of survival, and they had to rely on Bulgarian military protection.

Even if the war was over, the Greeks would not be welcomed by the people of the Middle East as outsiders, and even in later generations they would have to rely on Bulgaria for their defense!

Well, Ferdinand admits that Jordan is a rotten land, and there are basically no other resources except for the development of agriculture, but it doesn't matter that the surrounding neighbors have it, as long as the Greeks work hard, they can learn from the Jews!

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With Ferdinand's order, the Greek people suddenly found that life was not good again, their income did not change, but they couldn't stand the rapid rise in prices!

Needless to say, the large and small factories in China will go bankrupt directly, this time it is difficult to save the gods, as long as you look at the tariffs, you will know, don't think about exports!

Oh, now the Greek capitalists who have a little bit of brains have run away, and even the international capitalists have withdrawn their capital, and there are tolls everywhere, and this business is really not done by people.

The Greek people suddenly realized that something was wrong, and that there was really no way to live this day. In Bulgaria you can buy two kilograms of white bread for 1 leva, or five kilograms of black bread, but in Greece you can buy one kilogram of black bread for 5 leva.

Fortunately, they have worked hard for a day, and even the most basic life cannot be guaranteed, and many people have chosen to run away, for them, as long as they can survive, Syria will be Syria, anyway, they have no right to choose.

There were also some people, unwilling to be oppressed, and with the support of the Central Powers, prepared to launch an uprising to overthrow the rotten Greek government, expel the Bulgarians, and rebuild Greater Greece.

Well, just think about it, smart people know that now the Greek people have no spirit of resistance, they have not been driven to a dead end, and with the back road, ordinary people in Greece have not yet had the courage to fight hard!

Originally, these so-called revolutionaries tried to use the bourgeoisie to launch an uprising, but unfortunately the capitalists saw the opportunity quickly and ran away ahead of schedule, and the rest were not very bright-headed, and they were suppressed by the Greek reactionary government before they were launched.

The Greek people are having a hard time, but that doesn't mean that the Greek officials are not having a good time either! Now they can exploit the people unscrupulously, and no one cares, is everyone's small life still nourishing?

As for the situation of Greece, do they not know? No! They know better than anyone else, so they smart people have to take the opportunity to make a profit, otherwise Greece is finished, what will they live on in the future?

At the same time, Ferdinand's "The Rise of Great Powers" was published, which introduced the rise of several great powers in the world today.

Of course, this is completely different from the "rise of great powers" that was circulated in later generations, which only introduced the eight major powers of Britain, France, Germany, Austria, Russia, Italy, the United States and Japan, and Spain and Portugal, which had declined, were naturally ignored.

The main thing in this is, of course, Ferdinand's private goods, and he attributes the reasons for the rise of countries to three points: 1. Shrewd leadership; 2. Good geographical location; 3. Abundant resources!

For the first time, it was proposed that if a country wants to rise, it must meet these three conditions, especially the first and second, and also took Belgium and Sweden as examples, they are all because of their geographical location that they cannot become a world power!

And the conclusion was made: a country that is too far from heaven and too close to the great powers is doomed to not be able to rise!

It is also very constructive to put forward that now there are no great powers in Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia, and the conditions for building a strong country are met, and ethnic immigrants who are going to build a world power are encouraged!

Oh, and it was specifically pointed out that Japan in East Asia is still a soft-footed shrimp, and as long as the Manchu government defeats them, it can still return to the ranks of the great powers! Otherwise, ......

It is embarrassing that when this book was published, the Manchu government no longer existed, and then I don't know if the revolutionaries noticed this little hint!

By the way, Ferdinand also analyzed the mainstream contradictions in the world today, and clearly pointed out that the confrontation between the two major alliances is to compete for resources and markets.

Well, Ferdinand's "The Rise of Great Powers" was written for the Balkan peoples, Bulgaria wants to unify the Balkans, and it can't be done if it doesn't settle them! In line with how much you can fool and how much you can calculate, you can also alleviate future troubles!