In the end, Ferdinand still did not agree to the Admiralty's shipbuilding plan, but he did not reject it completely, at least he approved the construction of an upgraded shore defense battleship, two cruisers, and a destroyer.

This is also due to the geographical location of Bulgaria. Having occupied Crete, Bulgaria has built an island chain defense ring.

Theoretically, if the fleet of any country wants to attack the Bulgarian mainland from the waters of the Aegean Sea, it can only land and seize it island by island.

Just like the Bulgarian attack on the Ottomans before, if the Ottomans hadn't given up on their own initiative, this would have been a protracted war!

And Ferdinand knew that with the development of aircraft technology, it would soon be possible to threaten warships in the coastal zone, and this situation would no longer exist!

Without air supremacy, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to attack from the sea of love and threaten Bulgaria itself!

Crete is not a small island, Bulgaria can easily place hundreds of planes on it, and it can also replenish it from the mainland, as long as the enemy is not stupid, it will not attack from here!

Even if it is a submarine, except for the Ottoman Empire, it is estimated that no other country will dare to come in, and if you are not familiar with the islands and reefs that make up for it, you may end up on your own halfway, who will go in and die?

Therefore, the future maritime crisis of Bulgaria will mainly come from the Adriatic Sea, the Otlangtuo Strait, the Mediterranean Sea, which is the main reason for the construction of shore defense battleships.

Not to mention the role of building destroyers and cruisers, in addition to escorting battleships, but also against submarines of the Germans!

The main decisive battle of the Bulgarian Navy is not qualified, but it is still okay to bully the submarine, which is also related to the lifeline that Bulgaria can obtain supplies from the outside world after the outbreak of the world war, if it is all handed over to the British, Ferdinand is not at ease!

Anyway, these ships are not as expensive as dreadnoughts, and they will not be obsolete for a long time in the future, so Ferdinand naturally doesn't care about building a few more!

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Knowing that Ferdinand attached great importance to the population issue, Constantin deliberately put this issue at the forefront and said: "Your Majesty, this is the statistics of local governments on the number of new pregnant women in the first half of the year, an increase of 18 percent compared with the same period of the previous year, and this is still due to the short time of the implementation of family planning, and it is expected that the increase in the second half of the year will be even greater!" ”

Ferdinand smiled slightly, obviously he was very satisfied with this data, after all, the "Family Planning Law" was just implemented at the beginning of the year, and in just a few months, the number of pregnant women has increased significantly, and it can be seen that the Bulgarian government is still in a very good position in the hearts of the people!

After more than two decades of Ferdinand's efforts, the credibility of the Bulgarian government has been established. Judging from the reaction of the people, this is undoubtedly an affirmation of the government's work, otherwise people's first reaction is not to work hard to create people, but to find out whether this is true or false first!

Seeing Ferdinand's satisfied expression, Konstantin continued: "Up to now, we have established nurseries in every city, in addition to adopting children whose parents are unable to support, we can also help some special families to take care of their children in a short period of time for a certain fee, and now we have begun trial operation!" ”

Ferdinand was slightly stunned, so it is estimated that the nursery school in the future will become a kindergarten, in this era of Bulgarian education, although the kindergarten has a prototype, but has not yet been promoted.

"How is Thor Park running and how many applications are being received?" Ferdinand asked with concern

Konstantin thought for a while and said: "At present, everything is running normally, and in the more than a month of trial operation, only 281 applications have been received across the country, and after review, all of them meet the requirements!"

There are more applications to help take care of children, there have been tens of thousands of cases, and we only charge operating costs, only 5 leva per month, if it is a long-term stay, an additional 2.5 leva, these fees also include the child's living expenses! ”

Fortunately, in this era, people's hearts are simple and have not been corrupted by money, otherwise it is estimated that most of the children in Bulgaria will find a way to get into the nursery!

If you want to put it aside in the afterlife, it can be free anyway, so why give money? Throw the child inside, can the nursery still starve him?

Maybe even many children, even don't know who their parents are, if they are in a good mood, they will come to see once, if they are in a bad mood, they will simply leave it alone, and then find it when the child grows up, and use morality to oppress the children to be responsible for the elderly!

But this is Bulgaria, and Ferdinand is certain that this will never happen before he lives!

Of course, the price set by the Bulgarian government is also very conscientious, according to this charging standard, the children's eating, drinking, Lazar and sleep are removed, and it is estimated that the remaining money is probably enough to repair the venue.

This is really just the operating cost, theoretically if a nursery school accepts the profit of 50 children, it is enough to pay the salary of one employee, and in general, it is a fool's dream to make up for the expenses!

After all, the minimum wage standard for ordinary workers in Bulgaria is 75 leva, and the average daily wage is 2.5 leva, which is only the salary of ordinary workers for two or three days.

Of course, Ferdinand still supported this move by the government, and the working class was already having a hard time, and now that people have responded to his call to work hard to have children, how can he increase their burden?

One child spends their income for two or three days, and five or six children come down, and a labor force has no income!

It's not that Ferdinand is bad at math, adults themselves have to dress and eat, these all cost money! In this way, the income of a strong laborer may not be enough!

If you calculate the family expenses, a couple can raise five or six children almost to the limit, but it doesn't matter if you have a few more, doesn't the government have incentives?

The reward for the sixth child is 800 leva, which is enough for a child's living expenses for nine years if you put it in the nursery, and if you don't stay overnight, you can raise it until you are thirteen or fourteen years old!

Not to mention the seventh child, 1600 leva is enough to raise a child as an adult!

No way, raising children in this era is really cheap, the material standard of living is like this, for ordinary people, in addition to being able to eat enough, any other pursuit is a luxury!

Even the clothes are passed down from generation to generation, and after the parents' clothes are changed to a small size, they are left to the children, and the brothers and sisters are ready to take over in turn!

Education is paid for by the government, and if you can't be admitted to middle school after the age of fifteen or sixteen, then you will either work or farm in the society you were born in!

If you are lucky enough to be able to enter the army for a few years, just in time for the war, and make war achievements, then you can count it as earned!

Ordinary people basically don't have big expectations, which is why Ferdinand's Bulgaria is so belligerent!

Only war is an opportunity to change people's fate, otherwise if you want to fight on your own, it depends on luck and talent, and it is difficult to succeed by hard work alone.

Ferdinand said without hesitation: "Very well, as a government, we should do our best to help the people solve their difficulties!"

If we want to increase the population, we must let the people be bold to live and solve their worries. ”

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