After the establishment of the Versailles system, Germany became the world's largest debtor country, and under Ferdinand's butterfly effect, there was no American blood transfusion in this time and space.

Naturally, the German economy did not do well, and from the end of the First World War to the present day, they have not been able to return to their pre-war level, let alone move forward.

Before the outbreak of the economic crisis, the economic pillars of Germany and Italy were foundries, but after the outbreak of the economic crisis, countries have played with trade barriers, and the products cannot find a market, so they can only close their doors.

By the end of 1930, the number of unemployed people in Germany was approaching the 8 million mark, and the number of unemployed people in Italy had exceeded 4 million.

Against this background, the radical Socialist Party came to power, and in order to get out of the hunger crisis, they set their sights on the "oil people".

There is no way, at this time, only the "oil people" who play finance will take out the money, and most of the other domestic capitalists have suffered heavy losses in the economic crisis.

After the end of World War I, the capitalists, including the Junker aristocracy, lost their territory in the financial field one after another and entered the era of "oil and power".

Coupled with the heavy war reparations, no one has yet recovered, and half of the industrial products have to be used to pay off debts, which is simply a nightmare for the real economy.

Judging from the current situation, it is obvious that the two sides have started talks, and the German government has begun financial control, prohibiting the outflow of funds, and depending on the situation, it will not be long before the butcher's knife will be spoken.

"Your Majesty, the London Conference is at an impasse, and the Japanese are dissatisfied with the proportion of their naval tonnage and do not intend to continue the contract!" Metev said lightly

This is obviously to avoid the important and trivial, and the London Conference has reached an impasse, how can Japan alone do it?

Even if the Japanese government wants to refuse and everyone jointly puts pressure, they are not trying to compromise, the point is that Bulgaria does not want to renew the contract.

This has nothing to do with other factors, it is simply because of the growth of national power, there is no need for this paper treaty, and now Ferdinand only needs two or three years to build a Royal Navy if he wants.

Entering the era of aircraft carriers, the advantages of the Huang family's navy no longer exist, because of the relationship between aircraft technology, and now they are at a disadvantage.

Of course, now they don't know that if they continue to advance on the road of big ships and huge guns, if there were no restrictions from the treaty, maybe 50,000 or 60,000 tons of giant warships would have appeared now.

Historically, the Japanese did not come up with the Yamato-class battleships, which can be described in one word - big!

By this time, the tonnage of the British and French navies was a bunch of old warships, the Bulgarian navy had just been renewed, and the Japanese navy was reluctant to throw away the old ships and wanted to build new ones.

Deflecting the economic crisis with an arms race? The idea is good, but in fact, it's all nonsense, and you can't ask for money to build warships?

Now there are so many unemployed people in Britain and France, even if they start building a hundred warships at a time, they will not be able to support so many people.

Unless a world war is launched immediately, the military-industrial complex will not be able to accommodate many people, and besides, where does the government have so much money?

This is also the reason why Germany in World War II is in a hurry to start a war, they have no money, and if they don't go out to rob it, it will be over!

"Let them go, as soon as someone takes the lead in tearing up the treaty, we will immediately follow, and if we can drag down the British, so much the better!" Ferdinand thought for a moment and said

Ferdinand knew that the current British Empire was actually superficially powerful, and the three North American countries and the London government were already in the same bed.

Expect them to share weal and woe with the London government and tide over the difficulties together, or don't think about it, the number of British is less than 10 percent, and there is no centripetal force on the central government.

It's okay to enjoy happiness together, but it's okay to suffer together, people don't mind flying solo, isn't it the same with the historical independence of the United States?

Unless the British can move their capital to North America, sooner or later everyone will go their separate ways.

There are still many people who think that the three North American countries are British colonies and want to be independent again, and the Irish are the main force among them.

Well, Ferdinand admits that he has a lot to do with this, and this has always been the focus of Bulgaria's export revolution.

Nominally the three North American countries are already part of the British Commonwealth, but in reality many regions refuse to fly the British flag and fly the flag they see fit.

The London government could not do anything about it, the local people were not easy to mess with, the rifles and machine guns were pediatric, and the local militia had tanks and artillery, although it was still a product of the First World War.

The right to self-defense has been developed to the extreme, and although the three North American countries have been incorporated into the British Commonwealth, there is actually not much to gain financially, and the central government of the United States has drawn more.

It is really difficult to say how much power the British will be able to exert in the three North American countries if there is an arms race now.

In Britain alone, their total industrial volume is less than one-third that of Bulgaria, and there is no comparison between the two sides.

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"Father, this is the proposal for the Economic Summit in Eastern Europe, and we are ready to invite Austria-Hungary, West Russia, East Russia, Belarus and other countries to participate.

Then we will build a low-tariff economic union, and then we will have an economic market of 200 million people, and in one fell swoop we will get rid of the shrinking export market caused by the economic crisis! Little Ferdinand said cautiously

"Not a bad idea, why not invite other countries to participate?" Ferdinand asked

"It's mainly about transportation, these four countries are bordering us, we can all trade directly, we can work together to reduce tariffs, break tariff barriers, and we can benefit together!

The markets of the three Baltic countries are too small to be negligible, and Poland's diplomacy is too poor, and if they are allowed to join, we will have to spend a lot of energy coordinating their relations with Russia and Austria.

The four Nordic countries are too far away, and even if our products are shipped over, the high transportation costs will lose their competitiveness.

Italy itself is an industrial country, and their market is so bad that if they are allowed to join, they will use their own cheap labor, and it will bring us a certain shock.

Not to mention Germany, we are not charitable, there is no need to train a competitor for ourselves!

France and Spain are far away in Western Europe, and if they join the alliance, we will not be able to achieve a win-win situation, and there is no need to make extraneous complications. Ferdinand Jr. analyzed

"Well, you analyzed it very well, this alliance can indeed maximize the interests of Bulgaria, but not now!

You should first rush Nicholas II, it's time for him to pay off his debts, according to the treaty, if they still can't borrow in the next month, then we will take over Ukraine! Ferdinand said with a slight smile

The establishment of an economic ecosystem is important, but it is a long-term benefit, and in the short term, it is more reliable to eat Ukraine first.

If it drags on any longer and allows the Ukrainian regions to recover, it will be even more difficult to integrate them.

Now is the best moment, due to the impact of the war, there is a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people left in the Ukrainian region, and most of the young and strong people have gone to Bulgaria to work.

At this time, if they are annexed in one go, there will not even be a little wave, the leading party is ready-made, and these people who come to work on their own will not want Bulgaria to annex Ukraine.

This means that their annual income can be increased by thirty or forty percent, and they can easily obtain citizenship and a series of benefits.

"Father, I know what to do!" Ferdinand Jr. replied

In order to ensure that the deal can be completed smoothly, the economy of Western Russia will continue to deteriorate until the dust settles.

Only when they can't hold it anymore will Nicholas II choose to sell the Ukrainian regions.

As for whether this deal will affect the relationship between the two countries, it will definitely have an impact, but the impact will not be too great, this is a land sale with a clear price, and it is not plundered by force.

This is not the core area of the Russians, and the Ukrainians are not equal to the Russians, and the estrangement between the two sides has not disappeared.

It was not until Ferdinand's "Theory of the Origin of Nations" came out, and with the vigorous promotion of various governments, that the ethnic contradictions in Eastern Europe were alleviated.

If we want to completely eliminate ethnic barriers, it is estimated that it will take another ten or twenty years, the older generation has almost passed away, and the new generation has grown up watching "The Theory of the Origin of the Nation", and they will recognize that everyone has a common ancestor.

Before that, it is necessary to unify the language and culture, and only when the language and culture are the same, can we truly complete the national integration.

Bulgaria is the only one who has really done this, and those who are unwilling to integrate have been wiped out in the flesh.

Like it or not, now there is only "one language, one language, one culture!" in the whole of Bulgaria! ”

The rest, of course, was erased, Ferdinand had no discipline in this regard, even history could be tampered with, and he didn't mind tampering with it a little more.

These are all verified by experts, and they have nothing to do with him, the king, and they are not responsible for it.

The question of truth and falsehood cannot be crossed back to collect evidence, who can say clearly, as long as Bulgarian experts and scholars can say for sure, it is true.

Ordinary people can't discern, and the big deal between experts is a war of words, and these things are difficult to explain clearly.

Anyway, the Ottoman Empire is responsible for taking the blame, and they are responsible for all the bad things.

Bulgaria is originally multi-ethnic, and Ferdinand did not say that they were a single ethnicity, that is, only one couple in the ancestors had an inter-ethnic marriage, and that was also mixed-race.

Such evidence is so easy to find, I can't help but believe it, every family goes back more than ten generations, and there are always cross-ethnic marriages.

If you are the evidence, do you need to be suspicious?

"No, little Ferdinand, this kind of thing, our royal family is not suitable to come forward, you must know that Nicholas II is your uncle, you should avoid suspicion, and let the government people remind the Russians.

We should not know anything, and we cannot affect our high position in the eyes of the Russian people, you know? Ferdinand added uneasily

"I see, but father, where do we have a high position among the Russian people?" Little Ferdinand asked suspiciously

"The question is very simple, you must know that after the outbreak of the civil war in the cabinet, your mother and I have donated money to help civilians many times, almost 350 million leva a year.

Over the past ten years, we have naturally accumulated a certain amount of prestige, and perhaps our reputation among the people is higher than that of your uncle.

The money is used by our own charities, so there's a lot of publicity, you know! Ferdinand replied calmly

Little Ferdinand nodded thoughtfully, donations are trivial, the key is to do publicity. If there is no publicity, who knows how many good deeds you have done?

The benefits of this are also very obvious, and when Russians emigrate, Bulgaria will definitely be the first choice.

Not only is it because of the proximity and good relationship between everyone, but more importantly, everyone thinks that Ferdinand is not only a great monarch, but also a benevolent monarch.

Needless to say, greatness, just look at the development of Bulgaria, and benevolence is naturally embodied in helping the needy.

The feelings of the upper classes are not yet obvious, and there is no one at the bottom who does not like a benevolent monarch, especially the Russians in civil strife, who are more eager to have such a monarch.

After immigrating to Bulgaria, he had not been brainwashed, and he was already a supporter of Ferdinand.

In addition, the life in Bulgaria is indeed far beyond their time in Russia, the rule of officials is clear, and the world is peaceful, which fully meets their definition of a Ming monarch.

In the shortest possible time, these people became loyal supporters of the royal family, and together with the original Bulgarian people, they pushed Ferdinand to the altar.

Now it's Ferdinand's turn, he's going to be much more tragic, such a good opportunity is obviously gone, no matter how good it is, there are always flaws when compared with it.

The people of this era are simple, when people are about to starve to death, give him a black bread, and he will remember your kindness for the rest of his life.

When the population has no worries about food and clothing, you give him another bread, and people are willing to appreciate it, then it is difficult to say, after all, people don't need it anymore.

In the case of worry-free food and clothing, everyone's pursuit will naturally be sublimated, such as: house, car.

But the impact of these things on them is far less than the original black bread, this is not a gap in value, but a gap in feelings.

Ferdinand appeared as the savior of Bulgaria, pushing a small country to the top, and in the hearts of the Bulgarian people, it is natural that it is the greatest monarch, and there is no one.

Even if little Ferdinand could go further and continue to improve everyone's living standards, it can only be said that he is a monarch worthy of everyone's love, and it has nothing to do with greatness.

"Thank you, father, I know what to do next!"

Little Ferdinand was silent for a moment before replying, his mental quality was still good, and he didn't feel like he was born at the wrong time.

Ferdinand, who is already nearly forty years old, has long passed the age of the second year of secondary school, and the start Ferdinand left him is already the best among the European royal families.

All the big troubles have been solved, and the rest are some minor problems, which are reserved for him to brush up on his political achievements, otherwise Ferdinand can do a lot of work.

For example, the issue of Ukraine, can't Ferdinand deal with it, and he has to let him, the crown prince, do it?

Another example: The next five-year plan has been designed a long time ago, but it has not yet been taken out to establish the project.

It was the more he knew, the more he was able to understand Ferdinand's painstaking efforts.

Without enough merit, he, Ferdinand II, can only be the second emperor, not Ferdinand the second!

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