In Ferdinand's view, it was too cost-effective for the government to bail out the market after the war, most of these enterprises were high-quality industries, but they were hit hard by the war, and as long as there was a working capital, they could resume normal operations.

Even excess capacity ceased to exist after the war. After the end of the world war, the population of Bulgaria will inevitably skyrocket, refugees + the population of the new territory + the mercenary family + the population of the original country > 40 million, if you calculate the sphere of influence of Bulgaria's expansion, it will eventually form a large market of 50 or 60 million people!

Well, this "big market" is also relatively speaking, and Britain, France and Russia are not comparable at all, and Ferdinand did not have any expectations for the colonial market, just look at the map.

There are basically not a few people in the vast colonies of Bulgaria now, and don't expect those nomads to have much purchasing power!

In Ferdinand's view, it is better to create a market if there is no market, and with the current land area and resources of Bulgaria, even if the population increases by three or five times, it is not a problem, then the family planning policy can still be sustained.

As the population increases, so does the market. At the same time, the new population will also consume a lot of people's wealth and enhance their fighting spirit!

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After taking stock of the gains that had been made, Ferdinand had to sigh that war was the best way to make a fortune.

If it were not for this world war, Bulgaria would not have been able to have its current foundation, even if it had been planted for another 180 years.

In terms of industrial technology, after the birth of this world war, it can be said that Bulgaria has generally caught up with Britain and France.

The biggest gain is still the territory, these new lands have laid the foundation for the future development of Bulgaria, the only fly in the ointment is that there are more than 80% of the land desert!

Planting trees and turning deserts into oases? This is a good idea, at least when the economic crisis comes, it can be used and used, it is better than learning from Roosevelt to build roads, "repair and demolish, demolish and repair", and rely on waste to increase jobs!

Of course, it's still too early, Ferdinand is busy teaching his son right now! He was busy training little Ferdinand to deal with government affairs, and to put it simply, he threw these problems to little Ferdinand and asked him to come up with a governance plan!

Not only the crown prince of little Ferdinand, but even several other little guys, he did not let go, each of whom had political homework of different difficulty.

It's definitely not that he's lazy, it's all about cultivating children's governance ability, and he doesn't dare to use the answers given by these little guys!

For example, how should Iraq be governed after the war? And how to deal with ethnic relations?

The answer given by Ferdinand Jr. is: military management + immigration! The locals all send Iran next door, or just find a piece of land and throw it away......

Peter's answer was: go to the concentration camps and send all the disobedient people to plant trees!

The answer given by Caesar is: immigration + tutu tutu

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There is no doubt that the princes of Bulgaria were all raised by Ferdinand to be hawks, and of course, in this period, it is difficult to cultivate doves!

And it's still nationwide, the younger you are, the more radical you are! These are all the after-effects of the world war, and the only way to reverse this situation is to wait for the end of the world war and the militant mentality of the people has weakened.

This is also something that cannot be helped, not only Bulgaria, but now the younger generation of the major belligerent countries around the world are now the main war faction. The reason is very simple - I was fooled by public opinion!

When the war is over, many people will calm down and begin to reflect on the war, and the government will loosen its control over public opinion, and this situation will change, but it is easy to go to the other extreme - fear of war!

Therefore, the national ideological education after the end of the war must be put on the agenda, and Ferdinand also has to correct the thinking of a few little guys, especially Caesar's "sudden and sudden attack", can this be said?

Even if you want to do it, you have to come a little, and you have to find a scapegoat first, and it will be even more perfect to be able to kill people with a knife!

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During the war, the efficiency of the governments was very high, and in more than half a month, Valikot's coalition troops successfully met in the northern Italian city of Trento.

Of course, this is also due to the initiative of the Italians to cooperate and use their railway network for transportation, so that the rendezvous can be completed in such a short time.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire had a hard time, but with the presence of the Aps, it was not so easy for the coalition forces to attack Austria.

Historically, the Italians have exhausted their strength to feed, but they have returned in vain.

However, the border between Italy and Austria-Hungary is so long, there are always weak points, for example, the Austrian army's defense in the Slovenian region is not as strong as Austria's!

If the Slovenian region is conquered, the Austro-Hungarian navy will be finished, and you must know that once the Bulgarian army enters the Yugoslav national zone, the number of leading parties will definitely be indispensable!

The Yugoslav National United Congress was not held in vain, and a number of resistance groups had received arms and ammunition from Bulgaria and were now waiting for their chance.

In fact, by the time the Allied forces arrived at the Slovenian border, the troubles of Austria-Hungary had already begun, and many local militia units chose neutrality!

They were still loyal to the Habsburgs, but they only swore allegiance to the old emperor, and they had little affection for the new successor Ferdinand II.

At the same time, many of them also have a good opinion of Bulgaria, especially after Ferdinand promised to let them decide their own future. In that case, why should there be a war?

Valikot has not yet decided on the direction of the attack, after all, the attack on Austria will have a greater impact, and the attack on the Slovenian region will be less difficult, at least without worrying about falling into the sea of people's war.

Of course, the wars that broke out in the countries of Europe almost did not exist in the vast sea of people's wars, because there were too few people and too many enemies!

At Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Ferdinand II was looking at the battle report with a headache, there was no bad news, no good news, the battlefield was still in a state of anxiety, and the daily casualties were as high as five figures, which had overwhelmed the old empire of Austria-Hungary.

There is no way, Bulgaria has already exerted its strength, and the long border between the two sides is full of blood, although the Russians have not attacked in an all-out way, it is still indispensable to organize two or three hundred thousand troops to fight a "friendly match" with them every three or five times.

Ferdinand II asked with a headache: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, the Entente has opened a new front in Italy and directly threatened Austria, what is the plan of the General Staff?" ”

Due to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, the emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire was no longer the idiot of Karl, and the position of Chief of the General Staff of Conrad was naturally retained.

Conrad thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the current situation is very unfavorable for us, and even some of the troops have begun to be unstable.

The General Staff is communicating with the Germans in the hope of exchanging twenty divisions with them, we send troops to the Western Front, and they send troops over against the Allied forces in the Italian region! ”

Conrad's worries were very necessary, because the current war situation was very unfavorable to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the ethnic minorities in the country had begun to be unstable.

Maybe now they are loyal to Austria-Hungary, but what about the future? People always tend to be profitable, and who knows if they can be reliable all the time?

Both Bulgaria and Russia are trying to win over the Slavic nations of Austria-Hungary, and due to geopolitics, the Russians are courting the West Slavic peoples, and Bulgaria is the Yugoslav peoples.

Once the situation changes, it is not impossible for these forces to defect! There may be people who are loyal, but human nature cannot stand the test, and Austria-Hungary cannot take risks now!

The risk of exchanging troops with the Germans is much smaller, and the troops composed of these Slavic peoples may be bought when the Bulgarians and Russians are at war, but it is much more difficult for the British and French to buy them on the Western Front!

Ferdinand II was very worried and said, "Will the Germans agree?" Do not forget that the combat effectiveness of our army is not comparable to that of the Germans?

And it is also inconvenient to command, this messy language, it is difficult for us to command ourselves, and it is even more difficult for the Germans to want to command! ”

Conrad said firmly, "Yes!" Unless the Germans want to see us defeated, they will definitely pull us along!

From a military point of view, we are already at a disadvantage on the southern front, and once the Italian front is added, we will not fight at all, and we can be consumed to death!

If we withdraw from this war, in three months at most, the Germans will be one enemy and four, and no matter how strong their land forces are, there is no way to face an enemy several times their size! ”

Ferdinand II nodded, and then asked cautiously: "Mr. Conrad, with your professional ability, purely from a military point of view, what are the chances of us winning this war?" It's just us, not counting the Germans! ”

Conrad thought for a moment and said, "If we talk alone, it won't be more than three layers, and the Germans have less than half of the chances of winning!" ”

Ferdinand II thought for a moment and said: "Well, politically, in fact we have lost this war!"

Due to the needs of the war, we now have to attach ourselves to the Germans, and even if this war ends, we will have to become a vassal state of the Germans!

If we don't have a way to win, then do you think it's necessary for us to continue this war? It's not worth our life to make wedding dresses for the Germans! ”

Conrad's face changed greatly, he really didn't expect that the emperor's attitude had been shaken, but the current Austro-Hungarian Empire really had no need to carry out the war to the end!

However, he still admonished: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that this problem will be difficult to handle, and the Italians are a lesson from the past!" ”

Ferdinand II nodded and said, "Indeed, the Italians fell for the British, and John Bull's promises are as unreliable as their discipline!" ”

Conrad said with some hesitation: "If the conditions can, we can't withdraw from this war!" ”

Ferdinand II smiled bitterly and said: "You think too well, the conditions given by the Entente are not good at all, and they can be said to be very harsh!"

The Russians wanted Austrian Poland and Galicia, Bulgaria wanted most of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Belgrade and most of Transnesia. ”

Conrad's face changed dramatically, which meant that decades of hard work by Austria-Hungary were about to be destroyed, and all the newly occupied lands were abandoned.

Ferdinand II seemed to see his nervousness, and said again: "This is already good, before the end of the battle on the Eastern Front, the Russians had a great appetite, in addition to these demands, they were also interested in Czechoslovakia, Hungary and other regions, and they simply wanted to swallow Austria-Hungary in one bite!"

Do you understand? Even if we withdraw from the war now, we must win the battle on the Southern Front, otherwise this time Austria-Hungary will have to shed a layer of skin if it does not die! ”

In fact, Austria-Hungary is not unable to cede land, such as the Transnesian plateau demanded by Bulgaria, not half of it, but all of it.

After all, this only weakened the Kingdom of Hungary, which was a good thing for the central government of Austria-Hungary, but not so much for other regions, they could not afford such a big loss.

Conrad replied cautiously: "Your Majesty, I can't answer this question to you, I'm afraid the battle on the southern front won't get the result you want!"

Based on the analysis of the actual situation on the battlefield, we judged that the Bulgarians had not yet exhausted their strength, and that the last reserves of the country were pinned down because the Entente had opened a new front on the Italian border.

If we can't do a quick solution, the problem will be even bigger in the later stage, as long as this battle drags on for two or three months, we will lose, and the polar bears in the east will be hungry for a winter, and they will definitely come out to hunt for food!

All I can say is that we'll do our best, but the odds of winning this battle are slim! ”

Ferdinand II stared at Conrad dumbfounded, he never dreamed that the chief of the general staff of the Austrian army would be so unoptimistic about the war!

It's right to think about it, this is all determined by its own strength, after the outbreak of the war, the combat effectiveness of the Austro-Hungarian army is really not reassuring?

No matter how good a strategy is, don't you have to be implemented by people? The combat effectiveness of the army is not good, and any battle plan may become a laughing stock.

After a moment of silence, Ferdinand said dissatisfiedly, "Alright then, let's pray God together!" ”

He never dreamed that he would inherit a mess of Austria-Hungary, not only unable to make a breakthrough militarily, but also politically passive.

After a pause, Ferdinand II added: "By the way, Your Excellency the Chief of Staff remember to knock on the Kingdom of Hungary, they are too unpleasant!" ”

Conrad nodded, he knew the bad things in the Kingdom of Hungary, as the largest grain producer in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he actually said that there was a shortage of grain, and he wanted the central government to allocate funds to buy grain for them!

This is simply a joke, during the war, Austria-Hungary also specially formulated a wartime law to combat hoarding, but in the Kingdom of Hungary, there is no such thing at all.

The granaries of the capitalists were still full of grain, and the government of the Kingdom of Hungary had to take measures to make them receive grain from the market, but instead sided with the capitalists and demanded that the central government pay for them to buy grain, and also demanded that it be paid in gold.

The whole world is watching the joke of Austria-Hungary, and it has to be said that it is a irony that its own currency in its own country is no longer in circulation.

However, Ferdinand II still had to find a way to solve the problem of feeding the common people, and the Hungarian capitalists had openly claimed that it was the central government that took away the grain, which caused the lack of food in the Kingdom of Hungary and led to the rise in food prices!

There is no doubt that these capitalists are retaliating after the government forcibly bought a batch of grain from them at an affordable price under the wartime law.

"Your Majesty, rest assured that I will sober up the Hungarians!" Conrad said murderously