With the city of Kemotini conquered by the Protectors, the Ottoman Empire was swept away in the Aegean region except for a few islands!

At this time, after the 7th Bulgarian Infantry Division had conquered Sere, the forward troops were again on the march of Salonica. At the same time, the 18th Division of the 2nd Army also entered the Thessaloniki Bay and completed the rendezvous with the 7th Division.

The limited number of troops in the city of Salonica, or the Lessaloniki Bend, is not the main battlefield of this war!

Bulgaria invested a total of more than 17,000 men in two regiments of the 7th Infantry Division plus the 18th Infantry Division.

As soon as the siege began, the 3rd and 5th Regiments of the 7th Infantry Division and the 123rd Regiment of the 18th Infantry Division launched two charges one after another, and under the cover of artillery fire, they stormed the city of Thessaloniki!

What is an anti-aircraft gun mosquito, this is it! At this time, the Ottoman Supreme Commander in the city, Tamar Pasha, was so angry that he was too bullying!

Now there are only three infantry regiments of the Ottoman defenders in the city, including an infantry regiment formed by temporarily absorbing the rout, with a total strength of about 5,000 people!

That's it, defend the city, it's acceptable to have fewer troops! The point is that Tamar-Pasha has cannons and no shells, guns and no bullets!

After the outbreak of the Greco-Turkish War, in order to fight back against Greece, the Ottoman government mobilized supplies from all over the country, and Thessaloniki was no exception.

Theoretically, the ammunition reserves in the city were kept to a minimum, enough to fight one or two medium-sized battles, but in fact, after repelling the first Bulgarian attack, the shells were already depleted!

Tamar-Pasha is not a martyr who would rather die than give in, when Bulgaria launched a second round of offensive to open a gap, he saw that there was nothing to do, so he decisively chose a strategic retreat!

But now the 456th Regiment of the 18th Division of the Bulgarian Army has not yet participated in the siege of the city, and when they saw the Ottoman army fleeing, of course they chased after it!

It's a pity that the Ottoman army of "ten days of training" still failed to outperform the Bulgarian army, except for a few people with different talents, most of the others became one of the prisoners!

First Serre, then Kavala, then Komotini and Thessaloniki, even if Ferdinand had a mediocre military level, he knew that the war on the Aegean coast was almost over!

Unless the Ottomans went mad, regardless of Constantinople!

"Why didn't the Ottoman navy go out?" Ferdinand asked, confused

"Grand Duke, it is said that the Ottoman Navy is defending the Sea of Marmara in order to prevent the Russians from taking advantage of the fire to rob!" Forhu replied

"Do you believe such an idiot's explanation? The Bosphorus is still in their hands, can the Russians still fly over? Ferdinand said with a sneer

"Yes! Judging by the data collected by intelligence officers, the Ottoman Empire was carrying out repairs to naval warships.

In the previous Greco-Turkish war, the Ottoman Navy had been dispatched, but unfortunately before they reached the battlefield, two warships were sunk on the road, and then they never dared to leave the port again! ”

At this moment, a group of grass and mud horses ran through Ferdinand's heart, what kind of navy can be strange enough to drive a warship to sink by itself?

"How is this possible? Didn't you say that it was destroyed in the battle with the Greek Navy? ”

"It's true, our intelligence officers have confirmed that except for the two sunken warships of the Ottoman Navy, the other warships are all well preserved, unlike in a naval battle!"

In addition, this is confirmed by the news that has just come from Greece, and not a single warship of the Greek Navy is undergoing repairs!

In a naval battle, except for the two sunken warships, the other ships were unscathed, which is very abnormal!

Moreover, judging by the intelligence we have gathered from the Ottoman government, the amount of naval funds they have allocated for the last two decades is actually less than 10 million pounds!

Their naval training schedule is even more bizarre: from 1887 to the present, each warship has made an average of less than three voyages, each time less than 500 nautical miles!

After the outbreak of the war, in order to make up enough crews, they also forcibly recruited some sailors from merchant ships! ”

Ferdinand was speechless, he was used to seeing strange things in his previous life, and he could only be convinced by the Ottoman Navy!

If you don't raise a navy, forget it, why do you want to build such a fleet and put it away, don't you stand in the pit and not?

I don't understand the Ottoman Empire, Ferdinand doesn't care about it anymore, as the two strange empires of our time, there seems to be nothing they can't do!

"Is the Prime Minister's supplies ready for Istanbul?"

Prime Minister Konstantin replied calmly: "Rest assured, in order to ensure the smooth progress of the Battle of Constantinople, we have mobilized a total of 150,000 people to participate in the transportation.

People of all ethnic groups who were oppressed by the Ottomans along the way enthusiastically signed up, and various civilian volunteer teams were also arranged by us into the transportation team! ”

Ferdinand thought for a moment and said, "Well, you can't dampen the patriotic fervor of the people!" The people of Eastern Thrace will also be our citizens in the future, and this war will definitely affect their lives, and the government can consider cash-for-work to co-opt them! ”

Konstantin replied without hesitation: "Yes!" ”

After the Balkan War, Bulgaria will definitely gain a large territory, and with it a large number of people of all ethnic groups, who must be assimilated if they want to maintain long-term peace!

First of all, the Bulgarian government must gain their trust, otherwise assimilation will not be possible!

Ferdinand had been thinking about this question for a long time, and combined with the successful examples of later generations, he decided to start with a sense of identity!

It just so happened that the peoples of the Balkans had a common enemy - the Ottoman nobility!

Bulgaria has already done a good job in this regard, as soon as the Balkan War broke out, the Ottoman Empire fell into the sea of people's wars!

The Bulgarian army can advance by leaps and bounds, galloping across the field, and it is inseparable from the help of people of all ethnic groups along the way!

But this help, which is based on hatred of the Ottoman Empire, does not last!

Ferdinand also knew that for ordinary people, firewood, rice, oil, salt and vinegar were the fundamental problem, and any nationality and ism were empty talk!

Especially in the 19th century, when people couldn't even eat enough, if you talk to them about ideals, they will tell you: the ideal of life is to eat enough!

This is Ferdinand's chance, as long as this problem can be solved, it can guarantee that the common people will not rebel against him!

As for the others?

Those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me die!

Ferdinand thought for a moment and then said cautiously: "The next priority of the government is to establish institutions in the newly occupied territories and to vigorously announce the policy.

Now I will make three chapters with them in the name of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Kokhali family:

First, the exemption of agricultural taxes throughout Bulgaria in 1897; Permanent exemption from tithes, exemption from religious taxes, exemption from poll taxes......

second, the confiscation of the ill-gotten gains of the Ottoman aristocracy and capitalists; The government will give part of the land to the people who contributed to the Balkan wars!

Third, Bulgaria will adopt a tax system for agriculture, with a fixed tax rate of 5%, which will never be increased, and all localities can reduce it according to the actual situation! ”

Everyone's faces changed slightly, but they still replied seriously: "Yes!" ”

Obviously, this is Ferdinand has taken out the family honor as a guarantee, and no one is allowed to oppose it at all!

In fact, there is no need to discuss, if Ferdinand hadn't insisted on going his own way, let the government make a decision, it would definitely not have passed!

Ferdinand's three core policies will obviously affect the government's future revenue.

Rather, most of them are aimed at the common people, and the most beneficiary class is the peasant class. But the peasant class has no say in the government at all, and who wants to distribute the benefits to them?

As for the rest of the classes, in the Ottoman Empire it was an agricultural empire. The working class has not yet separated from the peasant class, and is mostly handicraftsmen, both farming and working!

There is no doubt that the Ottoman nobility was the enemy of Bulgaria, as were the capitalists who were attached to them, who did not strike them?