After Ferdinand's order, Constantine's interest in the German legacy immediately diminished, whether it was ships or other industrial products, he was allowed to divide between England and France, and Bulgaria still dismantled the factory and went back to build it himself!

After dealing with the reparations and division, it was the turn of the German colonies, don't look at the Germans challenging the old world, and think that they have fewer colonies, in fact, their colonies are still not small, but the value is not very high.

1. Pacific region:

German Samoa: 1899-1915

German New Guinea, including Kaiser-ilhelms-Land and adjacent islands: 1884-1915; Its political districts also include:

Caroline: 1889-1915

Mariana Islands: 1889-1915

2. German East Africa:

Later Tanganyika, today belonging to Tanzania: 1885-1917

Rwanda and Burundi: 1885-1917

3. German West Africa:

Cameroon: 1884-1915

Togo: 1884-1915

4. German South-West Africa, present-day Namibia: 1883-1916

5. Far East ** area: *** Zhou Bay leased land, including leased ** island: 1897-1915 (originally leased for 99 years)

Mountain~~ sphere of influence

Yellow~~~ basin sphere of influence

(Note: The outbreak of the World War in this time and space was delayed by a year, so the German colony was also delayed by the Allied powers.) ）

Anyway, after getting this information, Ferdinand knew how to choose, the colonies of these 5 major plates, first of all, excluded the Far East~~ region, and resolutely could not move under the protection of the Harmony Divine Beast!

Secondly, German Samoa, Ferdinand has never heard of it anyway, and it was not easy to find it on the map, located in the South Pacific Ocean not far from New Zealand, several small islands, for Bulgaria, the economic value and strategic value here are almost zero, do not hesitate to eliminate them directly!

There is no need to look at the German New Guinea region, the German colonies in the Pacific are not suitable for Bulgaria, either they are worthless, or they are within the sphere of influence of the British, and it is not cost-effective to intervene directly!

Then German East Africa, Ferdinand didn't bother to complain, what kind of rotten land, including Rwanda, Burundi, Tanganyika, and northern Mozambique in later generations, the area is not small, but the economic value is scum!

Rwanda and Burundi are both landlocked in Africa, and there is no need to consider that there is certainly no way to develop them in this era, that is, they have not been developed in the 21st century, and Ferdinand does not think that Bulgaria has the ability.

Tanganyika is large enough, what is he doing with it? Do you want to grow sisal and cloves? Or fish farming in Lake Tanganyika?

Mozambique seems to have some value, but unfortunately the Germans control the northern plateau, and there is no use for fart, even if it is to develop minerals, it is a problem after the 21st century, and Ferdinand has not gone crazy!

Ferdinand doubted that the total annual import and export trade of the whole of German East Africa was more than two million pounds. This is an obvious loss-making colony, unless it can be connected with the surrounding areas and carry out trade complementarity, it is estimated that it will be able to make a profit, Bulgaria should forget it!

German West Africa is still about to be, but it's still a poor word! Cameroon has many types of mineral resources, but unfortunately the reserves are not large and the economic value is limited.

Cameroon and Togo, it seems that Ferdinand will be able to develop agriculture, or sell timber, anyway, don't have much hope!

After taking stock of the circle, Ferdinand was surprised to find that Namibia, which was part of German southwest Africa, had some value in so many colonies, and was rich in natural resources, and had a certain foundation for the development of agriculture and industry.

Namibia is rich in mineral resources, known as the "strategic metal reserve", the main mineral deposits are diamonds, uranium, copper, silver, etc., and it is also the world's top ten fish producers.

However, in the short term, it does not have development value, and the development of minerals before the railway is built is simply looking for death, and the development of the fish industry is even more nonsense, and who to sell it to is the biggest problem!

In addition to developing agriculture in the early stage, it seems that it is not of much use, and for long-term considerations, the land can be occupied first.

In the end, Ferdinand still gave Konstantin a secret order, the first choice was German Southwest Africa, followed by German West Africa, then East Africa, and finally the Pacific Islands, and the Far East has nothing to do with Bulgaria!

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After receiving detailed information from home, Konstantin understood why he proposed to sell the German colonies at a price, but Britain and France did not object, the emotional and economic value was not high, and the strategic value was also very average, and it was the same for Britain and France, which had deep pockets!

Even for Bulgaria, most of them are chicken ribs, tasteless food, and it is a pity to abandon them!

Konstantin despised the eyes of the Germans fiercely, even if you miss the best opportunity to carve up the world, you can't take a bunch of rotten land to make up the numbers!

Don't you know that this is a loss-making business? Most of the colonies of European countries are profitable, and the German colonies, except for the Far East, are estimated to be in a state of loss, I really don't know what the Germans think?

You must know that most of the minerals in this era have not yet been discovered, and they are not even reserved resources in advance, and even if they are discovered, they cannot be mined, which means that after the Germans acquired these colonies, they were in a state of loss for decades, and it is no wonder that Prime Minister Bismarck would oppose the colonial policy of the German government!

The ensuing negotiations went much smoother, and neither British Prime Minister Lloyd-George nor French President Poincaré paid much attention to the division of the German colonies.

Konstantin smiled and said, "Let's start with the Pacific Islands and make an offer according to our pre-agreement!" ”

After speaking, he picked up the pen, filled in a number on the paper, and then waited for the two to bid.

In less than a minute, everyone filled out their own quotations, and there was no doubt that the Pacific Islands were taken by John Bull, and neither the French nor the Bulgarians had a desire to peep here.

Konstantin filled in 10 million at random, but the unit was Lev, and the number filled in by Poincaré was even more bizarre, directly filling in 100 francs, and the 10,000 in the back was directly omitted, so you can know their attitude.

In the end, John Bull won this area at a sky-high price of 1.2 million pounds, and it is estimated that it will still be lost to New Zealand or Australia for escrow.

The same is true of the subsequent colonial divisions, and when he encounters two uninterested allies, Konstantin got his wish and got German Southwest Africa (about 6 million pounds) at a sky-high price of 150 million leva, which is the area of Namibia in the future.

It's just that German West Africa was divided between Britain and France, and the most pitiful German East Africa, Rwanda and Burundi, as well as Tanganyika, were in the hands of Konstantin, of course, the price was really cheap, and the total price of 994996 square kilometers of land was not more than two million pounds.

In the end, the Germans had a colony of 2.59 million square kilometers, and the total price given by the three countries was less than fifteen million pounds, so you know how low this price is!

After the partition of the three countries was completed, it was the turn of other countries to participate, such as the British who lost the Pacific Islands to Australia and New Zealand as their reward for participating in the world war.

And the northern part of Mozambique was lost to the Portuguese by John Bull, which is considered their trophy, and it is not known what kind of exchange there is.

Konstantin was also in the Belgian discussions with the Belgians about Rwanda, and he would not mind another transfer if the Belgians offered the right bid.

In general, in addition to increasing the area of the colonies, Bulgaria will not see any economic benefits in the short term except for the colonial partition of the Germans!

After dealing with these problems, the most troublesome thing for everyone is the contradictions between the allies of the Entente, because of the small involvement with the major members, many times Konstantin has to come out and be a villain.

For example, on the issue of suppressing Japan, the three countries reached an agreement, forcing the Japanese to give up some of the German islands in the Pacific Ocean, and denying the Japanese government the rights and interests of inheriting the German Far East.

The two sides were at a stalemate, and for the sake of the Anglo-Japanese alliance, the British chose to remain silent, and it was Constantine and Poincaré who came forward to suppress the Japanese.

On the issue of the Russians, Konstantin chose to remain silent, allowing Britain and France to take the lead in suppressing the interests of the woolly bear.

In the end, the reparations paid by Austria-Hungary to the Russians were successfully limited to 180 million pounds, which could also be offset in kind!

It is estimated that Austria-Hungary will pack all their more weapons and equipment to the tsarist government, and it will be enough to produce another batch of weapons and ammunition, of course, this is impossible, Britain and France directly robbed this indemnity, and they had to repay the debts owed to them by the Russians first, and Nicholas II would not see this indemnity!

Under the bumps and bumps, the Paris Peace Conference came to an end, and it can be regarded as a few joys and a few sorrows!

On November 25, 1917, the Paris Peace Conference, which lasted for more than a month, came to an end, and a new page was opened in world history!

The French became the biggest winners of the congress, not only recovering the lost ground, but also pushing the border line to the Rhine, and also receiving huge reparations, and greatly strengthening their position on the European continent!

This was followed by the British, who received the second largest share of war reparations, and the Germans' navy, which once again consolidated world hegemony.

Bulgaria became the third big winner, not only received huge compensation, but most importantly, it determined the right to speak in the world and achieved the status of the three giants of the Entente!

With that done, Konstantin was only halfway done, and he was now tasked with selling Bulgaria's claims to a consortium of countries.

Don't look at the money lost by the Allies, but this is an installment payment, for Bulgaria, which is in urgent need of funds to develop the Asia Minor Peninsula, this is far from quenching its thirst!

In today's world, there are only three companies that can afford to eat Bulgarian creditor's rights, namely the most powerful British consortium, the nouveau riche American consortium developed in the world war, and the French consortium of the old financial group!

From a practical point of view, it is now the British and American consortiums that are interested in taking over Bulgaria's creditor's rights, and now the French Republic has suffered heavy losses due to the outbreak of the Western Front of the World War on French soil.

Their consortium is busy cutting the big cake in the country, and for a while there is no energy to participate in the sale of Bulgarian creditor's rights.

On this day, Foreign Minister Metyev knocked on the door of Konstantin's office and said: "Your Excellency, this is the quotation of the British joint consortium and the American joint consortium. ”

After carefully looking at the quotation, Konstantin closed the statement and said angrily: "Are they colluding to rob while the fire is burning?" It's all a unified offer, and it's directly discounted by 5%!

Could it be that they think we are fools, although the compensation of Germany and Italy is long-term, but the interest income is not low, and we also promised to help collect the arrears, they have no risk at all!

With such a stable income, they dare to open their mouths so loudly, is this to eat us? ”

Metev said with a wry smile: "Your Excellency, the amount of our debt is too large, and the total amount involved is nearly three billion pounds, and there are simply not many consortia in the world that can come up with so much money.

Now these consortia have chosen to join forces in order to keep prices down, and they are not all paid for by themselves!

Under normal circumstances, after getting our creditor's rights, they will sell them to individuals or financial institutions in China, and maybe in two or three years, they will be able to return to their original costs and even make profits!

In this regard, the experts sent by our Ministry of Finance will further communicate with them, and under normal circumstances, they will not give up this piece of fat, but the price may not be so ideal! ”

Konstantin nodded and said, "I know this, who told us that we are short of money?" Ask how much we can raise the price if we accept it, and how much we owe them money to offset it! ”

Bulgaria's previous loans to Britain and the United States are actually owed to the British and American consortia, otherwise the British and American governments alone would not have been able to come up with such a huge amount of money!

If the external debt is offset, this means that the Anglo-American consortium can pay nearly 900 million pounds less in cash, and they can directly settle the accounts internally.

However, the interest income they receive is double-shared, not only the risk they take is reduced, but even the income they receive is increased. In this case, it is only natural for Konstantin to ask them to raise the price!

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